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May 21, 1989 • Page Image 1
…�IYOl.11 ARBOR A seriou di cussion ong African-American student represe too place on Sa turday May 13 t the ·University of Midligam (U- M) around the possibility of aeatiDg a .chipD Alliance of African-A erican Stu dents. Hosted the Cell er for Afro-American d African Stu· Lounge by the United Coalition Against Racism (UCAR) tJ-M, the � ,/ reviewed recent st dent p'otest adiYity W. tate. University (WSU), .Ferri _ State Un...…
May 14, 1989 • Page Image 1
…'foreca it: • I for D m n-d- Black 90' tim troit certain out tate arc in neral and the Republican Party in p rticul r. R rt LaBr nt, vice pr i- dent of polictical affairs and generalcoun. 'Iofthe ichi an .. tate Chamber f mm rcc . ' said the 1990 federal cen u finding c uld cos t ichig n two cats in Congr 5S nd shift four or five t t ats in th Michi an Le . latur. I LaBr nt id a a result of reapportionment, the st te uld ...…
May 07, 1989 • Page Image 1
…d . ,poor coadi . in shelters and 0 were the �h_ief S;ymlJll Under the c the cures fOl' were· eel as aD"Qua Iy Of more CjIlI"'I.I.-. avallible '1IOa�5S. 8Dd :'_aat IadlIibes …
May 29, 1988 • Page Image 1
…ichi an ace n I ichigan. Arthur Johnson, president of the Detroit NAACP branch. W 0 desa d race relations in Michigan as "fair to poor t" said he was not surprised by the survey's findings. D to racial oppression and segregation, race relations have not im p oved to the level they should hav ,he id, . "The degree of racial isola tion is worse now than it was years ago," he said Johnson said unti -Blacks receive equal oppor...…
May 22, 1988 • Page Image 1
…c d straig F I ter A. H Sr. WASHINGTON ( NPA) - The U. S. Department of Labor's, rosy report for the month of April, detailing a 1.1 percent drop in the bon's UD employJnent rate to 5.4 percent, the lowest Yet in 14 years, . omleading as reported in the media, said Rep. Aqgustus F. Hawkins (D-CA). The report does DO repre sent the true. widespread un employment in the African American colDmunities across the nation, Rep. ...…
May 15, 1988 • Page Image 1
…I 'S DELEGAT IC P OC S A J C G By Jo· DETROIT - "Jesse', been hung out to dry." That is how one Jesse Jackson supporter analyzed the results of the May 7 Democr tic caucuses in which the Party made its choi ces for delegates to the tional C9n vention. From another viewpoiilt, the people come the rcallose . 'We ha\le squandered the op portunity for an iodepe den political oveme " 15 politi: lacalOll coordiDator Sam Riddle. ...…
May 08, 1988 • Page Image 1
…lUD.vaJ DETROIT - Opportunists, bidden agendas and party hacks threaten the political miracle Jesse Jack on worked in MichipD. On S turday, May 7, State pu h: I 'in ' in 8yJen � rW rei Capital News Service LA SI G - Bu messes Could m e ignificant invest ment in ichigan' economic future by "adopting" tudents under e e' g d tuition plan, according to State Treasurer Robert Bowman. Bowman said corporations could becom a "pow...…
May 01, 1988 • Page Image 1
…�AJI LANSING - Michigan's Blae population is dying of many dise e at dramatically IUgher rates than whites, accord UJg to a draft report by the tate Department of Public Health' Task For on Minority Health. The drart report . data gathered so far "stroagly s - gest that the overall health status of Blacks . deterioratiDg_ .. According to rticle puti ished by the AJsociated Press last week, the T Force '11 present its final repq...…
May 31, 1987 • Page Image 1
…IICiti Church eader Focu • • on economic po e ASH GTO -Leader of the African Methodis Epis cop Church met in Washington, D. C. last wee d issued call for Blacks to pi ce greater emphasis on developing their economic po r. The church leaders were joined in their can by some of the "s leading African American political and civil rights spo per ODS. Addressing the group of ral hundred re the Rev. J JaCksO CP heid Benjami...…
May 24, 1987 • Page Image 1
…ighland ark studen bene" s from fundraising effor -TumtoPg.7 ursing charges lead uskeqon group to school reform effort -Tum to .2 or er manager ee z BENTO HARBOR Family members of avy Petty Officer arshall Hayes had their prayers answered when word came Tuesday, May 19, that Haye had survived the Iraqi attac on the USS Starke where the 10-year avy veteran was a ere member. Hayes, a 1976 graduate of Benton Harbor, was report...…
May 17, 1987 • Page Image 1
…Blae Ie survival: doing some hing o.help byJ ROYAL OAK-The elected upervisor here gain d more control of . indebted to ip April 29 following ruling by 0 d County 6th Circui Court. Judge Hilda Gage reduced the authority of Royal 0 Twp. Superintendent Patrick cGannon, and returned chief po r to u- ruoor!.,.�n .. G. McRjp y. Gage's ruling modified earlier court order by limiting the perintendent's duti to purchasing agent and ma...…
May 10, 1987 • Page Image 1
…"SER VING THE 25 z STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY" MAY 10 - 16,1987 all orth lin teen cr me 0 hite con r I Turn to Page 2 C· hop in To n hip TurntoPaae4 no to ci Tum to PageS Urb n Le gue for annual b n------ .. �- • I rbar y By James Bala Baptiste DETROIT-The Miclripn Chronicle per in ita May 9 . ue displayed a half page �t for a Rcv Ion product despite a national boycott led by Operation PUSH against the hair c...…
May 03, 1987 • Page Image 1
…, Highland Par's new councilman the inner and outer Fran Ross Page3 VOL. IX NO. 23 "SER VING THE 00 pf t There is a constitutional ar aging in Michigan hich pits urban school di tric against giant cor porations. One kirmish in this ar finds the Pontiac Schools up against Chrysler Corpora- tion. ' Armed with City Council approval to leave the City of Highland Park, Chrysler Corp. no Qualifies for a 50 percent tax break fr...…
May 25, 1986 • Page Image 1
…rimme call unge more WASHI GTON-"IfHands Aero America succeeds in get ting million of Americans to put themselves on the line for poor and hungry people, I'm all for it," Arthur Simon, executive director of Bread for the World, said today. "People ill be doing omething tangible abou t domestic hunger, many for the first time." But Simon also wants U.S. citizens ho will be participat ing in the trans-continental extravaganza...…
May 18, 1986 • Page Image 1
…onna Cbee ta Turn to P g 14 2 BUL RATE u.s. Po t •• PAID 141M>22 rm t 0..50 Addr' •• Cor. R'q.t VOL. VIII tant "boy" m ric n. DI G" OF Poor People's Campaign Gets Boost EEK TO BLOCK DE SHIFT W hin ton, DC - Over a thou nd Dem cr tic party a tivi met in W hin ton last k hoping to block what th a hift to th con ervative right by the party's national I ad r. Cow r n organizer Michael H rrington told th �ath rin th t "On R publ...…
May 11, 1986 • Page Image 1
…-' • A Mother's Day Heroine Tum to Pltg 14 VOL. VIII NO. 24 A Y 11 - 1 7. 1986 NEWS BRIEFS LK III FOR GEORGIA SENATE Atlanta, Ga. - artin Luther Kin III ha announced hi intention to run for th Geor i t te enate. The 2 -y r-old on of 1 in civil ri h leader Martin Luther King, Jr. will be comp tin ainst a field of three other candidate in the D mocratic primary. All candidate ill be vying for the eat bing vac t d by Julian Bond. Bon...…
May 04, 1986 • Page Image 1
…ULKMTE u.s.'" PAID 48022 ... , 0.50 SCLC lau c es oor Peoples cam.paign ATLANTA - At its Spring board meeting in St. Peters burg, Florida the South rn Christian Leader hip Con ference approved Pre id nt Lo ery's recommendation to launch a econd Poor People' Campa' n in the ummer of 1986 and climax in the nation' capital in 1988. "Poverty" id Lowery, "ha been put on the b ck burner of the nation's agenda, and orne body ha...…
May 27, 1985 • Page Image 1
…e - The num- of Blac elected officials ro by 6.2% nationwide I t ye r, reports the Joint Center for Political Studies, which h conducted 'an annual censu of Blac official ince J 970. Be tween January 1984 and Jan uary 1985, the total number increa d from 5,700 to 6056. Las ye r's increase as 1.7%. The outh ain w the largest gain, 85% of the increa in the region with 53 p rcent of the country' BI ck popu lation and 63 percent...…
May 20, 1985 • Page Image 1
…BULK RAT U.S. OSTAL .. AID Benton Haft)or Mich an 4 022 P rmlt No. 50 VOL. VII NO.25 AY 20, 1985 ct. The cited and th ir en i include illiam 'Bennett, th n Chairman of th tiona) Endowment for th Hum ities ( and current- 1y th S cretary of th De partment of Education); Jam Miller, Ch irman of the Feder rade Commi ion; and illiam French Smith, then ttorney General of the United St te at th De partment of Ju tice. In th re r...…
May 13, 1985 • Page Image 1
…Theme of thi ye r' b n q t i 'E onomi D elopmen ommitment to Human Dignity" hich highlight the o 1 the branch h t for the fA Call To Religious liberty SCLC is organizing a mass protest to "guarant e paration of Church and State. 5,000 Black robed ministers ar expected to participat _ Turn to Page 10. ; ye r. To achie e the goal, th branch i wor On to dev lop F ir h r voter regi tr ion m mbership nd du ati n. Tic et for the Jun...…
May 06, 1985 • Page Image 1
…IF ummer i coming, then it must be time to re ' ter for Summer ou Employment Trainin Program. This ual job program i sponsored by the Private Indus try Council of Southwe ern 'chigan, Youth ge 14 through 21 are eligibl fOT the 3.35 an hour job with overnment and non profit ncies, according to PIC Director Richard Dornbos. Youth attending school should e th ir school counse lor to ign up, Dornbos id, out-of- chool youth shoul...…
May 30, 1984 • Page Image 1
…t andards of code enforcement the city operating by? That question concerns Re. athaniel Gathright, pre . dent Concerned Tenan Organization. lett from one of the landlords in Action Rentals to tenant t 474 Pipe- • one led to qu tion. The tenant - Charlene eridy and Barbara artin - nt a certified letter wee, y 24, to Bapti . Their letter amed the landlord that if did not fIX certain items "thin en d y they ould begin withholding t...…
May 23, 1984 • Page Image 1
…. .. f 30TH A 25( id • c • I . BENTO HARBOR - u the city lDspecuon department lpful to th o tenanta at 821 Pawnn hen they d er er tin up in a bathtub? Apparently not. ea·' to 821 P onne by dty lnapectors, there wrt1� report. Abo, tbete atill WitJ�� by The 22, Olnontha t of a flood Reed r c ca " said Ballard (a Ie ge d po company) had been out an� pumped out the buement. It was just a complaint." Reed . d there . no r...…
May 16, 1984 • Page Image 1
…2 0.24 MAY 16 - 22, 1984 d of national voter regis- tration campaign sharply criticized recent I . do d by the 'chigan Hou ta . hich prohibit three te nd from using their employee to p .. te in the campaign. H Jo, national director of the Ruman Service Employees Registration d Voter Educa . Ii (SERVE) campaign, . d . group will consider taking legal action If the proposed legislation become Jo . Detroit r ntly to ational . tion o...…
May 09, 1984 • Page Image 1
…2 BE 0 HARBO� - Ho ould e pend the money? That i the quest 'on the Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) want the residents of the city to er. In order to hear the er, the CAB will hold public hearing on Saturday, ay 12, t the Benton Harbor Public library at 11 a.m. . Arnold Smith C B pre 'dent, told tb C B memb r at their ay 3 meet in , th t the city will have 614,000 to pend for th fiscal year beginning October 1, 1984. � Smith expla...…
May 02, 1984 • Page Image 1
…y • ml ay.3. Amol1l the other speakers t the Summit's plenary 'ons will be Dr. Jame Comer, Director, Child Study Cen ter , Yale University; Dr. Bernadette Chachere, Chainnan, Department of Bconomi , Hampton Institute; Dr. Jame A. aya, founder of the "Adopt-A- . Family" endowment, and . er Falaka Fattah, Director, House of Umoja, Phil - delphia. In ddition, other not bles making presentations at the orkshop ns ill be Dr. Lee P....…
May 25, 1983 • Page Image 1
…I , SIGHT? CALIFOR IA CLERGY E DORSE JACKSO . P ESIDE T IAL BID f JOB 5 ,J 0 B S - A E THE BUL RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Benton Harbor, I 49022 Permit 0.50 VOL. V NO.25 MAY 25 - 31,1983 25 cents 00 r 10000 bre . Turn to Pa 7 G Ronni a of th Y Sho ri ni Leonard i , right, recei ed the ard for � h Idin o prof or ca c p c o og lim . ut l _0 }' ar thi r IlJ In JI J 0 IlJ P r in nt- ab ut " …
May 18, 1983 • Page Image 1
…VOL. V 0.24 AY 18 - 24, 1983 rm n P 11 CHU CHES CASH I o C OW EVE TS D n in h' BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Benton Harbor, I 49022 Permit 0.50 25 cents SHIP - ton Summerfelt and uth Euclid Streets. U d car lot li cen ere granted to John Broad ater for the ite t 2235 Red Arr High- ay; and to Leon P r nd Gre ory B out for 6 0 -139. In other are th board pproved ite plan for a be uty shop - Th e t Little Hair Hou In To n ...…
May 11, 1983 • Page Image 1
…U I p B ESIDE TTLE C T CAL S FO EE SPEECH Y 11 - 17, 1983 JOBS P OGR STO YO P G S BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID B nton Harbor, I 49022 P rmit 0.50 e • T B reci ents .a day. That's level but till 10 er h e uffered elfar pendin B Terry elly BE TO H RBOR - The ity pr posed redra in of ard boundaries is un c eptable nd the pro e s of dra - in th nard lines should be opened up to the publi . That me s ommuni ted to cit ...…
May 04, 1983 • Page Image 1
…VOL V 022 IY 4-10, 1983 Ii urvival onappal L i latur d al ith-issue in Econom i c Growth r a act Ie i lation if it pes. ccordin to Baird, nton Harbor bu . essman Rob rt Jackson' efforts to ch nge the Citizen ouncil re not li el to pa the HQu Urban ffairs commit te . I found ymp theti ears in Lan ing f r our pr p I that the Citizen C un il 110 for th th Gro th th Citizen But the cerned ho Continued on 9 lac 'gre BULK RATE...…
May 26, 1982 • Page Image 1
…A y 26 - JU E 1. 1912 GETS AISE; CE P ASE -OUT …
May 19, 1982 • Page Image 1
…VOL. IV O. 24 AY 19 - 25, 1 2 Sen Tri-County South D?- TOPAG c I • I • I …
May 12, 1982 • Page Image 1
…VOL. IV . 23 A Y 12 - 1, 2 Sen Tri-Coun ich an 25 °t Joel ho in job � ci HUD mu bO ° OP IE …
May 05, 1982 • Page Image 1
…TO AGE3 , VOL. IV NO.22 AY 5 - '" ,1 82 Sen In 25 . con tructio con act Of inoriti 9 t ,000 …
May 27, 1981 • Page Image 1
…SERVI TRI�OU ICH GA 25 CE TS TUR TO PAGE 3 community," community will be . • str po °tion regard- ° g City Vento - h t they t; to do it; t NEXT EEK …
May 20, 1981 • Page Image 1
…VOL. III RVI TRloCOU TV $OUT EST R IeH • us into , . …
May 13, 1981 • Page Image 1
…financially. " Conti CA p ercy e ced recently. group of ministe e organized to cificaI1y ad- the· of health erey. Bl and Benton H bor a ey, reached by city resid nt. Currently, this paper Tue y, id on the 27 mem r board that consolid tion ch there' only 0 the ob tric department dent and 0 e ill be an "on going pro- The ministers - ce to keep (rom dupli- ed to he . vo d in any eating rvices, " dee' . on or planning for art of the...…
May 06, 1981 • Page Image 1
…or be matter of o.b.," remWk • Jon man of the Concerned . . en, the group fighting the tling 0 f &em- , . …
May 28, 1980 • Page Image 1
…SEE STORY BELO By V4llIftll""lijW.��. At a special call meet ing of t Benien County Action Board of Direeto , Tuesday, ay 27, ora Jefferson named the choice to fill th po of Executive Director. , The po had been cant since arch' hen the Board terminated James Peep Able to ster a quorum after failure to do ee earlier, t Board ted Jeffe n from a field of finalist According to A ard CIWI' mlJtl'- con ts from different c s. ...…
May 21, 1980 • Page Image 1
…PAGE 4 I I G TRI.cOUNTY SOUTHWESTERN ICKIGAN T Whirlpool Foundation p b . its ann re- port for the year ending De cember 31, 1979 and, rding to a legal notice .) ed in . daily paper, Ie to public for r . e at the Whirl-. pool Administration Cen ter. In the health care category, the South e tern ichigan Health Care A sociation, $25,000. The Urban Gate ay (TUG) that runs the Benton Hubor RIF(Reading I Fun damental) progr...…
May 14, 1980 • Page Image 1
…Choices m de by the Berrien County Board of Commissi to fin five ala on a tly created Co ty Economic op- ment Committee.have …
May 07, 1980 • Page Image 1
…VOL. II 0.22 AY 7 -13, 1 0 TY SOUT.H nd for i bor- is ur d to t want re.' Thirty-fi percent of Benton Harbor job ould amount to 900,000. Huddl on related t St. Loui Job Corps Cent r projec "tatted lib par- this with minority contra - to left out. They pic eted d ut it down for . mon . They end d up with 40 percent: emb r of and elude: Clinton Fran T 1 ce B m Robert Jam e, Elli Hull Longpre listed me f the till to b su b...…