…u ing &yD Capitlll News Service ... LA SING- How much money does it take to asure a " quality education? According to state averages, $3,367 was spent during the 1986-87 chool year on each public schoohtudent But this is an average and raises the question: Do those districts that spend, say, $2,500 per student offer the same quality of education as districts that pend $7,200 per student? . Figures from the State Department of...…
…• II OPINION I be· of toJenlOOlll. There will be 0 - effective solutio for thi crisiS until ere i a greater under tanding by the jority of the peop e of . country as to e profitable r t play both Canan ci lIy and politically by the powerful oppr We forces that really co rol the United States. Th the immedi te burden is on e African Ameri com mun·ty to t e aU appropriate me ures to educate all eg ments of the community bou...…
…5 of Ye o/m r bering his Iif and legacy in memorial observances and birthday commemor lions for IDOr than two decades. They meaniag and rele ee a . know that "truth crushed to . of �-A rican CX)D- earth will ri again·. • sao rISeS to 00Dfr0at the EI Hajj Malik el S azz _ CODtin� reality of ra' ra- Malcolm X' 0 the rise. All . I oppression and economic· ...------� exploitation on these ho lile Amerieaa res. . The rich are FttiD...…
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…HIGHLAND PARK FOCUS H· d Puk CommUDity Col., . a deficit of $1.4 . million enter ina the curreDt chool year, has imposed S799,(XX) in aIts· die eofreceat �of a pi'oposed 3.4-miD tax . crease, aCCOJ'· to Q)lJIeIC Preside t Dr. Comu Heath llL 1DI1I*&e pi'opoUl -_._ .• __ OYer $614,000 ill I additio 1 revenue Uy, based on CUlTCDt property 5eSSmelll(S and estimated ooDec- dents -� 1I1I Tbe-propolC<i 10- tax levy defeated by an 8.1S...…
…co ct 0 an entry p z.a in front of t Holy Trini ureb. Fixing curb a d SIOI:waJ . …
…Demonstrators' at the Detroit of Arts (DIA) Saturday, Y 6, dwged the DIA . .. to the racial and ailtUral up of the city. A group of approximately 2S picketer 'carrie� ips which demanded that die DIA adopt an aflirmatiYe action program to change the character and ad-. ministrative oomposition of the institution. Consisting of local artists, former DIA employee and their upporters, the demonstration came in the aftermath of 1 ui...…
…I , 9 n' a, • A.W. Curt" Jr. - A .. l.qend DETROIT .L Since childhood, A.W. Curtis, Jr. presideDt of A. W. Curtis Labor tori been n expert at tunling adYersity into success. I 1932, in the mi st of America's worst economic depression, Curtis earned a b chelor of science degree in chemistry from Cornell Univer sity. He ub equently taught at the annie Burroughs ational sao The group also donates TrainiDgSchpol in Washington,...…
…Church • MUSKEGON Church • ECO D RUTHC Departmen of Leland aluted r. Caldwell on Sunday, April 2, and this . ill wha they h d to y: " any ye r have come and gone since our member of the month joined the Leland Bap- . t Church family. The f ithful sinceri y nd dedication . p yed by . christi . beyond comp reo The or o be oved done re count- I ; e ever given t it . done it ccur cy and thoroughn . Our member is vice preside...…
…Benton Harbor Area News at. home., DICKEY REALTY I GROUP ·EwryIIt· We TOIIdt,. TuN ID SOLD- Co mi i longev· 1 � .. Lr-. Br At Monday night's, May 8, Benton Harbor City Commis sion meeting the commission approved longevity payments for city employees totaling $47,772.88. City Manager Steve Man ning told the commission that the longevity payments cost the city about $100,000 a year. He also said that other cities have bee...…
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…The cou . for lMC ude who have complet d Principles of At.. counting I aott II or Busine Account ing I and II, and also for people with accounting d r from oth r coI I g show· toprepa fQfth CPA exam, said ne Knutel, instructor. Regjstration is currentiy in progre - , from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridayatthe LMCmaincampus, 2755 E. Napier Ave., Bent9n Township For more information, call th ...…
…• • • • I. Better Li"ing (] e ] PA ENCLoser}. ( )$15 - one [] - x mont [) 25- oy.a TOOAYTO: PO BOX 03Se0 - Hl[iI�ANO 48203 c _z - ,- …
…than a form of slow financial suicide. JCeclIaceY No one knows eUctIy en but the Americm addiction to debt is coming to an end. The current situation canno con tinue. In the long run it will ruin the nation. Kic your addiction no . The best ay to reduce your deb burden is to increase your income and use part of the in-: crease to reduce your deb For get bout debt-reduction loans. You cannot borrow your way out of debt. Such b...…
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…I I C R...,tlOl1 All IChooI g , There be a at· ine & cocktail party. cabar.t arid picnic "from th Cia •.• Cau or write to 382 ..... 'idaue Detroit. 48215; 52&5039. r Th. City of Detroit han nd of ewn "ich Ii more that 400 thing to do and to go In city d ring 1 gag. Singl fr.. copi ar availabl. from the City's Oepartm nt of Public tnform - tion (OPI) Office. 608 City County Bul ding. City informa· tion coun r, ighborhood Ci...…
…, ... Church of . The Youtli DepattJDellt will at 2. p.m. OD turday and will present thm p'gram at 7:30 p.m. Sa day with the (Town' of the . ce and princess. The convention . I con- P de OD Sunday . th agrandmus' The Convent" the Co' Together", John . King. State Presi dent. Mrs. Jacqueline Me Do Id' St te Board Clair pe and L'C, McFall is the t president, pastor. CLASSIFIED rc De tment of …
…CLASSIFIED SY OPSIS OF THE REG�LAR MEETI G OF THE BENTO CHARTER TOW SHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES HELD ON TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1989, AT 7:32 P.M. . MEMBER ESE T: Su- pervisor ic� en, Clerk Scott, Treasurer McCausland Trus , tees Jcffer on, Mammina, Hud- on and Marlin. . MEMBERS AB ENT: one. The meeting was called to order at 7:32 p.m. and a silent in vocati n \Y given. The minutes of th previous regular meeting were cccpted as present...…
…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 …
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…ay e , LANS G - If the Senate follows th same path as the House, community college stu dents may not face a fall tui . n ina-ease. By a vote of 101-3, the House I passed a 1990 community col lege budget that calls for a total $195.5 million for all of Michigan's 29 community and junior colleges. Thi is 4. 5 percent increase from the 1989 budget of $187 million. The budget contains funding in creases ranging from 3.1 to 6.19...…
…I OPINION .' ./ 1'5 t . Dr. Lenora Fulilni is the na �oftheNewAl IiIInu Ptnty GNl II pt'tICIidn So cUd TMnIpist in H.nm.. She am be � 1M New AJ- 21132 Fifth .If New DI'05oec:b I Yodr NY 1D1127111Ul tit (212) 996- 47tJIJ. e' …
…. I ( 5 Opinion/Commentary Editorials Letters Ies C. Digs, lpuuDu Amiii, the conference chambers. In Barak&, Hatcher and a host of seventeen years some things had other leaders bad called the changed, but mu remained P ed ith a deepening conYeDtioo to shape a "Black the same. erisi . charaete ized by a grow- Agenda" and to forge strategies At Gary, the Co vention had ing economic underclass, dras- for African-American em- declared tha...…
…Opinion Th� Komweibe, Ir., is professor of Afro-American Studies at San Diego State University and author of a book on A. PhiJip RJlndolph (No Crys tal Stair (1975). dedve . We …
…. , IDeIDbCrs- of bon of Mayor Martha G. Scott. , Green is aeeuai I the • . •• of the city . • vic) te the charter d or . of the City of· Park. • Vio . the charter· a DUlllISIUmie 0 8eca of cil ,tIWolUII. C· Attorney DarDeD Diclrer- on, aD appoiD of yor Scott, 0 geoerally gives Iepl dvice to all city officials, • Ioager the city clerk's wyer. . Wit' my opi ion th t the city's Iepl department caD not be allowed to haDdle this ...…
…I ( d e a d aAa.llE.aal�aad P r (313) 252-0 75 d Avenue a 48203 o mE COLLEGE PRESIDENT E 0 HIGHLANDPAR sec- UPPO rely, t€iJ?U-/ /i. ec 12;'-- In • ity …
…J Ma,y7-13, Highland Park Focus mOHLAND PIC. _ Council. bu�ce �ntract, Emergency IaDpage for getting a vote on a President insey Porter and (Me Services... atizeo �d of Review. Councilwoman Christine the -W"hh= .. ��of - Dickerso responded at a Franklin walked out of a High- with � �)U did sip previous meeting to the first two land Park City CoUDcil meeting aDuwu lel'VlCC! the Oak- dwges by telling Porter, "You May 1, to protes the fai...…
…Lee Arthur La ence, 51, J'�:::;�N:-coI.:::-:.;;t'Ltieeri key figure in the at- e to eep iami's drug problem nd the related violence from t king hold in Perine hich is only ten miles uth of . mi. Lawrence as killed bout t 0 eeks go hen hit by up to 30 bu ts fired from a semi-automatic eapon. President George Bush's son J eb, ttended the recent r . Over 400 other peop e ere in attendence. 0 one h been arrested in the case. …
…Frederick Dougla Saluti g The B ae When the U.S. Constituti n wa belie ed that freedo th pre and guaranteed in the very first a From the founding in 1847 of The No Star new paper by Frederick Dougla . , to the writing of Jame aldwin, ew paper reporter � author , poets and playwright have rotected recorded and taught black hi tory to each .'uc essive ge eration. Freedom 'caimot function without t e free pre ion and com munication of ...…
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…( S;II(.'(' /984. / k!lrfJil bmneOlJ. 'lien; qualified for more .\1. '/lIJA I mit! improrement loans from Comerica tban JiTJm tII� 'oll -r lender: • I • c; I"� "I, .. , nAhAn \I�",t -r.ltic, .. - Last y ar, trc it hom) " qualjf f )r over mil k n in mort gages, h xn · improv m nt loans, and 'HDA h xn improvement I(YJn'i from one hank. om rica. What d' . that mean? Well, if y( U want a I<YdIl maybe y( u: 'hould com to us, too,...…
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…At the May 1, Benton Harbor City Commission meeting. the chamber was almost full of regulars and ne face of people waiting to find out the outcome of the e of the VI& cent Place and other city properties. The commission kept the audience in suspence until near the end of the meet mg. A City Cler Margaret Bowman read the resolution, naming Perry Ballard and Theodore Smith as the bid win ners of the Vmcent, you could see the d...…
…2S, birthday 1*tY. day, come for lunch, your rvation ITh BENTON 1WP - Printed Spring and Summer Class Schedules are no available at La e Michigan College, and daily registra . n i in progr Any perso who uld like. to receive a free chedule should call the College at (616) 927- 3571, 1-800-2S2-lLMC,or(616) 684-58S0. Registration is being held from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. 'Mon days through Thursdays and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ridays in t...…
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…MUSKEGON J • Rev. William Burrell is the pas tor. � Echo'. be h Mrs. Mattic Wesley Davis Sunday, May 14 at 3 p.m. at Ne Light Baptist ClurdL M Da . she is _, .... uhas been aaWe in church d the community for many years. There . be soloi choi male orus, aad other groups of the city. Rev. E. SJDith � h or. \JiGIuaar e cha Alexa der , cro d Mis P hionetta, recently the Mus Har- bor Hilton Hotel received a $1,000 scholarship....…
…• e correc D you have II que.rtion 7 Write Dur Betty CIocUr, Box 1113, Dept. Betty, inMtIpolis, MN5SUO. TI 0 ler FRUITS & VEGETABLES icho es Are Tasty Globes Try Pepper Dip or Spinach Stuffing USA r entree. Enjoy • …
…21 Better Living Detu DitUol"': I'm really worried about my te.nage dIIJqjtler. SM used to be (I bit � but now 1M' exII'mIely thin from tJOt eIIIint much./s this okay? I tell her she's mal nouri6laetL ST., Sl LA. . oe&r Sarah: It oould be big trouble. R pid weight loss is a • r-------------------..-...;..-------:....! , oommon sign of numerous ills. Eighteen percent of teenage girl' have symptoms of anorexia, a syndrome resulti...…
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…, CLASSIFIED LEGAL NOnCE HELP MTED The Berriea-Ca I-Van txXJRDiNAfOR Of NiiiiOnii HOi •. Buren Private In Council Experience ·in supervision and announce the vailability of . of domedc and D .. lnll .. trh 1::' Pr cri i ntIon requRd. Offtce)o- &""{-- ror • a cated in metro 0etraIt .... Send Yo th Employment Service to: MCArN, P.O. Box 7032, (YES) program in Berrieu, Cass. Hu ngton Woods, 48070. d Van Burell couilties for the 1989-90...…
…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...…
…1 d d, did not illingnes to pending to id to th poor. Other 1 the meeting in- d:John E.J cob, president of the ali n I Urban League; rion right Edelman, ·C ildren's Defense Fund; Dorothy He' t ation I Cop Ier ence of egro Women; Ed' . Willia Joint Center for Poli 'cal Studie ; Dr. James Cheek, president Ho ard U' ity. …
…l ir aDtl5ft1e 1l1i1Sb1ID 1986, 115,619 children re a ratio of 7;a, people per bed, St. Joseph County a I- ter with 12 beck d in 1986 helped 37,531 omen and children, a ratio of 3,128 people to a bed, ccor' to do . Violence S . tics. In 1985, 2,313 �DS the state were deoicd er be- e . DO room for the ccor to data.. Domestic viole ce is the cause of one third of all homicides in America and <WeI: three million men are beetea ...…
…( ) pill i 0 11" ( ., nunc 11 tar �. lv tt l r �" \ i l" \\ , e. o chil ren es, friends and I U parents to arian Wri t Edelman is Pre ident of the Children's Defense Fund, a 1UlIi000001lOice for childmt. …
