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…i y' Ion uod everyone eem to be working to ard revitalization. Highland Par been good to (and) we will remain in Highland Park." I HIGHLAND PARK • r I link u t wi h eye on o pa Deeby added, "We are having one of our bigge t yea ." According to D eby, .. Snethkamp' position, in-so-far i - ENJOYING THE "GOLDEN DAYS" 0 SUMMER - (from left) 101 e Ke nedya d AaJII4!�';:�' Tucker were amon ome 20 seniors who attended the annual "...…

…, DETROIT een the p ople 0 ople 0 Yor SAM SAID he really didn't know where to begin; that so much wa happening that it taxing his patience to remain civil. I waited wondering why Sam, of all people, who e mouth run like" a clatter bone of a goo e's behind." was finding i difficult to put hi thoughts into word . Just a I decided to verbalize my thoughts. Sam poke. "Wrote!" he said. "I had this , God awful nightmare last nigh...…

….. I DETROIT VA Ho pit I contract vailabl to Inority contractor Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and the United States • Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) today aMOun<:ed the opening • of three "Construction Plan Rooms," where detailed construction draw- • in and pec:iOcatiolll for Detroit's • new $250 million VA Replacement • Hospital will be made available. The "Rooms" are loaued at tile offices of New Detroit, Inc...…

…Entertainment In Brief Prince N w J ck City A Sma h Despite all the controversy urrounding "New Jack City", it was thi pring' hotte t surpri e hit, gro ing over $41 million. Director Mario Van Peebles ys "New Jack" h opened door, but all the tudios want him to make are films about "five guys , moking crack" or a "New Jack", Partll. Instead he's got a studio intere ted in his next film, "Obsession", an erotic thriller he'll di...…

…• WESTERN MICHIGAN Building h r rapport with cus­ tomer didn't come overnight. Florence ketched in a b ckground which inel uded be uty chool nd three-year apprentice hip in Sagin w. "My career didn't begin until 1957 but I've alway known w t I want d to do. My first customer w a knot of corns ilk, I'd comb it out; braid and unbraid it. I've a"""v' loved people nd loved workin • h ir," De pite her ucce fu) b if and happy 20-plus...…

…2 FOOD I I I I I I I I I INAME----------------------1 I ADDRESS I I CITY STATE ZlP 1 I PHONE( GE_I I MAIL 10: eoc.cot c:IasIb' I I Sun 'n Sand St .... _ ... a&t.. I I P.O. Box 542831 I Dallas, TX 75220 __ ��.=�Dl_a,..:JIIIIIII� I ENTER ME IN THE Coca-Cot&. classici I SUN 'N SAND SWEEPSTAKES , . . "Pop usic • I _' ive A II ay op " .' .' . . ' " ar 00 DlAMO 0 O. Oiomond/C O. Johnson BCACH�D FAITHWAUCER C....…

…1 BENTON HARBOR AREA / D I 0 , ch ir- 1 y-offs," Brooks aid. per on of the Committee, ying Manning re ponded th t it he w going to "drop bomb" in w bee u e he w now the wolr I p, howed letter the "li on" betwe n the city and the committee aid it would end to I w firm t king Postelli' pi ce, the ttorney gener I king for and he wa "bringing her into writ of m nd mus, parity" with other dmini tr tive That mean the ttorney a istants. ge...…

…ie 0 r ance Allen i umb rOn la t f w year, Allen .. , ftl,J\J " ,. ,f .. .' p n of the national touring company of "MDlIJ/l Don't", a g pel m ic theatrical production that cored high mar with urban audienc aero the country. The expo ure h helped to prime Allen for th relea of th album which he y features ome gre t music. "There' ome laid-down, foot- tompin m ic on there. Then there' ome ballads that would make that Chri tia...…

…P a THO E O�TROIT EAST DETROtT WEST 1 Alcoy 91 Ashton o do n/ 0 yr •. �2,800 o down/15 yl 16,500 760 E. Out r Drlv 1062 F rdlnand o down/30 yr •. 31,00 $0 down/5 yr . $5800 14924 E. Stat. Fair 7817 Heyd n o down/30 yr •• 28,000 900 down/30 yr $26,900 1 033 Ro •• lnl 15151 Lah er o down/30 yr •• 19,000 o down/10 yr •• 15,900 43 4 om r.et 18945 Ro. lawn o down/30 yr •• 17,500 o down/15 yr . $41,000 14 14 Cor...…

…for his people. , More than 2,300 Africans and Indians have been jailed in South Africa since June 26 for such "crimes" as walking through public entrances marked" Whites Only" or for sitting on a railroad station bench reserved for "Europeans." And now we read that four African women are to be flogged. But 'despite the jails and the whips, my friend on the corner J is right. They are going to win because they mean to win. '�e mean to ...…

…NAACP, Tran Africa, ANC all rip U.S. action premature for two 0: "The violence (in the townshi ) h resulted in ituation here there is no climate for free political activity. Furthermore large numbers of persons, defined as political pri oners in term of greement reached between the ANC and the South African overnment, remain in jail," the ANC said. The South African Human Rights Commission said in a s tement it was convinced there...…

…4 s JU This Week In Bt a c k History 14th - Freedman's Journal, 1827. 15th - Co un tee Cullen. 16th - The hristian Methodi t Episcopal Church (formen y the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church (781,400). 17th - Earl G. Graves. JULy 16. 1822 - VI A. Jo 0, fir t Bl ck oman to p dice before th U.S. Supreme Court, born. 1872 - I B. W I reformerlwriter, born. Which. QIJIOftg ntQjor Block reli,ioUJ institutions, is belUNed 10 � t...…

…Briefly ... Daryl Ga o din hi po t chief o th Angle POlice Dep ment. That recommend tion chi f mon many' ed July 9. "Th lAPD n organi - tonal culture th t emph ize crim control over crim preven­ tion nd th til t the police from the communi ties nd the people th y erve" . d report, prepared by p I formed after the March 3 beat- i of Bl ck motori t Rodney Kin . . Gat ' response w that it w no time to le ve although he had aid ...…

…:. . . · · . . · . . . ... EDITORIAL o o Western chi Ii ippi of old, where th killin of Blac unpunished. In MUlkcgon. Lo . Franchot Green, young Bl man w shot and killed by a restaurant p tron, some 40 minut tter Green entered the restaurant. The killer bad 40 minut in which he could have left the taurant and gone home. Or, be could have left the restaurant to find anotber phone to call the police. . Or, be could have staye...…

…1 Ith O. Hllon om L tino r Afric n too Many Latino re African. not 11. but enough. Some will ay ye when ked, orne will y no. The · cultur I richne of numerou L tin Americ n . nation consi tenlly reflect · African, European and A i n root. The e root re in we tern term. Black. white, red and brown. With thi noted, we have. vi HILTON: HIGHER EDUCATION. tated on everal occasion that one of the be t inhou e deci ion .. that B...…

…HIGHLAND PARK "land contract" purchaser' paymen ere $1,000 per month. Unfortun tely, t 1 t for the pur­ chaser, hard times t in and accord- 1987 Michigan ing to McDermott, of July 1, be, However, MCD d lion, in' 1 t came to the concl ramifi tio m t weIy come p and did not believe the Lio Club could afford the le mi Downes Manor tenants press on for quali y home by DERRIC C. LEWI StaqWriUr heads, but some of their money i till...…

…• BIGIILAND PARK'S NEW SAFETY OFFICERS-Standing taU wltb H bland Park' Director d Deputy . DIrector of t e Department or PubUc rety are el&bt ne pubUc safety omce . Left to rigbt (front row) are ty Dlrecto Jobn McMeekiDs, oftlcers Jon than P rneu, Judith Norwood, Realn Allen, SheD He DIrectOr Manbal Emerson Junior. B ck row, left to right are Bobby W rd, Eugene 'lahul Kev M-= d Jimmie Wheeler. (pho b, N. Scott) PA 7 HIGHLAND PARK nym n...…

…DETROIT - Vi it the library. Help tbem navi te throu the ro and ro of boo and p e out something fun. Later they can return on their 0 n. Qec if your library offen peeial children's activities and movi . Share cookln respo ibilities. It' nice to have the help. Ma e the experience fun - ch them bow to meaure, read a recipe . and respect kitchen lafety rule • Remember that even though sonool.is over learning doesn't have to st...…

…14 • 1 PA DETROIT H GOOD, director of the Community d conomic Development Dep rtm nt (CEDD), indicated the home will ell for pproxim tely $70,000, r . - ing some council members con­ cerns of Detroit r sident bing ble to afford them. THE COU Council President M ry nn uld ve been ve heard it for m "I TELL YOU Wrote: I need to be mayor of Detroit for one day. I _ I ould clean house; get rid of all the city Iwitchboard operato ...…

…Stevie Slams Back With Another Hit Stevie's a social activist. He's marched on Washington to push for the King holiday, he' up- "Boy: N TM Hood," a powerful ported various campaigns to fight apartheid and drama about coming of age in Black The name Stevie Wonder has been synonymous hunger and he has a big oft spot when it comes 10 urban America, marks the feature w,ith hitmaking music for nearly three decades, and a education. film writin...…

…RISONS continued from Page 1 mE CONSENT DECREE re­ quired Michigan to "design and im­ plement a professionally-ba ed cl ification plan by June 30, 1988" since the Court considered it integral _ to the correction of the alleged Con­ titutional infringements. c However, no sooner had Michigan proposed a plan, than it "" opposed. , Objections included concerns ,that a "significant number of "dangerous pri oners were being con­ fine...…

…P 12 1 BENTON HARBOR AREA Want to know who will b The mended ppropri tion 11 for gener 1 fund revenue in the mount of 9 2 nd otber fund 5 753, of 11,242 7. E tim ted e pend i­ tures total $11,101, Tb e lima d e nditures in- cl ude $ 1, for a reorganiza­ tion/layo pl n by t Ci ty er Steve Manning. It w tfu reor­ ganization that roused the commis- ion opp ition. Many of the commi ioners were gainst the reorganization of the de...…

…Briefly ... BUSINESS FINANCE .' N.arly 00 billion to public .ducatlon Bank contributes to' neighborhood development Manufacturer'S Bank of Detroit h announced that it will build a permanent endow­ ment of $500,000 with the Com­ munity Foundat ion of Southea tern Michigan, to up­ port neighborhood develop­ ment activities in Detroit nd other low- and moderate-in­ come communities within the b anks service area in southeastern ...…

…, .'. u Y 14 • 20, 1 1 RELIGION .. �" , . . - . , -4 , , , I SIX lily todtJ, i ciuud? Pre byteri n 0 c ped the 200- e majority report that been three ye in the makin and recommen the bl ing of "re ponsible, joyful, nd rin" inter- course ou id of marri ge for teenage nd hom exuala" . Re lion to th report has been controversial, confirming that xuality i the m t powerful i u too y. Up until now. enure ve been ble to deal with t...…

…B nton H rbOf Are chool Wayn R. Heming ay Purchulng Ag nt LEGAL NOTICE Y OP IS OF TH REGULAR MEETI G OF THE BENTON CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES HELD ON TUESDAY JULY 2,1881, AT 7:30 P.M. ' Member. Pre.ent: Supervl.or Jeffer.on, Clerk Scott, Trea.urer MoCau.land Tru.tee. Hud.on Croo ett, Mammlna & Martin. ' Member. Ab ent: None. The meeting w called to order at 7:30 p.m. and a .lIent Invocation wa. given. The mInute. of the...…

…o W , ES H U SDAY, JULY 16 LC WELCOMES ISS 'BLACK AM RICA PAGEANT 20TH AN IVERSARY CONVENTION o ERA ION PUSH, INC. "S ING THE Do ESTIC AG NDA OR lH 21 ST C NTURY" JULY 17 - 18 'ali n: Hilt )0 at th ir I .Indi n poli JULv19-20 LOC.li II: India a Conv ntion 'ont r 'II d Hoo ier I om W 0 ESDAY, JULY 17 UCAllON DAy/R LlGION DAY '8:00 1 Interfaith Or , ( hullenge to th Black hur h," all n: Ballroom, Hilton at th 'ir I , 31 W. ...…

…VOL XIII NO. 33 Jul 7 - 13 1991 'Lewd' rap lyrics sp cia) i cide t By ALUSO 'JO Correspondent MUSKEGON-The ruling of ju tifiable homicide in the shooting death of Louis Green by man who had time to end hom for his gun raises more questions than it answers. Mu kegon County Lou Green Prosecutor Tony Tague ruled July 2 that Robert Collins Sr. shot Green in "self-defense". According to the Prosecutor, on the night of June 18, sho...…

…Appro imatety hat percenta e of Jamaican / consi t elves B k? I . JULY 8. 1914 - lUy in er, w born. 190 - Loul Jord n, axophoni t/orch tra le d r, w born. Which famous American artist was the onofanAMEChurch bishop? JULY 9,1 H eWUU first ucce operation. Frederic: orrow, w appoi nted to Pre ident Ei enhower' taff. 1947 - OJ. Impson, football player, was born. Did Blacks ever pastor and preach at white churches in colonia ...…

…u.s. District Judge , Robert F. CoUin • State cuts aid to college students LANSING - About 2.600 welfare clients now enrolled in college will lose their General Assistance payments starting July 1 because of budget cuts, Department of Social Services Director (Jerald Miller an­ nounced last week. Those students might con­ tinue to qualify for food stamps and medical coverage depending on their cir­ cumstances, Miller said. St...…

…F UIT( HH. \1 . me • ca VIEWS m n inpri onorun r m form of correctional upervi ion, and 66% of all femal pri on re Black women. Given th tattling statis­ tics, one must either conclud that there i something wrong with people of color, or there are condi­ tions and forces within U.S. ociety which are responsible for th dis­ proportion tre incarceration of people of color. RACI M, POVERTY and in­ adequate education are identifie...…

…JU Due VIRTUALLY ALL higher education institutions in the United States, both public and private, are chartered by the individual tates. The only institutions chartered by the federal government are the service academies; U.S. Military Academy (1802), U.S. Coast Guard Academy (1876); U.S. Mer­ chant Marine Academy (1936); and the U.S. Air force Academy (1964). The federal government also suppons institutions in the District of ...…

…Mattie Carter Candidates me or H.P. City races by CARLA UU StalrWri r o It's election time again for High­ land Park and the following people have filed and qualified as can­ didates for the Mayoral race; Titus Mcavy� Anna R Peeples, Linsey Porter, Martha G. Scott, Ethel Ter­ rell, Scotty Wainwright, and Rod­ ney Watts. In addition, candidates running for City Council are Deneene Benefield, Wanda L. Bostic, Katherine Clarkson,...…

…HIGHLAND PARK p 7 ht the ppro t. i. CONC R '� S:':':App�'x In tely SC)o people New Betbel Baptl t Church und y, June 30. (Photo by N. coCt) - ' JULY 18� 1991, • 7:3()�M H 0 0 S 1 E ROO ME' DOW N TOW N ' 'I N 0 I A NAP 0 LIS NEVER TO YOUNG-Eight-year-old Kelly Bufkin t kes in the gospel ounds and later clapped _and danced a the music moved him. (Photo by N. Scott) Raven Ware, a flve-year-old, was as the s ylng goes: It A pretty a...…

…7 DETROIT I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I . I SAM OFTEN SAYS that Iss c 1bomas should remember his roots becaUse hen he w going through hi trial and tribulations being a whimp! according to Sam, TV commentators id Magic Johnson sent him "a bag of balloons" and told him to remember where he came from. So I knew Pal ce Pi tons and Ponti c lions were t1ashe of Sam' danger zone. - "Wro�" . "When ...…

…7·1 • I ct. Career Beginnin IF "mid­ dle-of-tbe-road" high school juniors and nio who aren't at the top or bottom of their cl and re often overlooked. They attend and main in average , but their ic ldlls are a couple of level behind their peers. early all the particip. nts are .. poor and half come from Ingle­ pamet home . THE PROGRAM combines dult mentors, career and COllege preparation, and emphas on basic kills to raise gra...…

…nt rtainment ar i . wher African m ri have n opportunity for the leading edg no urpri econd comin American from th 1 on the at de j t uperbly cted film with Oscar rated performances by George T. Odom, Anne D. Sander and Lawrence GiI1i� but question "Straight Out 01 Brooklyn" not box' for both white and African ongwri r o h Y r Janet J c on nd Kenneth "B byface" Edmond were named Songwriters of the Y�ar at BMI' 39th nnu I Pop...…

…JU WESTERN MICHIGAN TE DE Joann Roberts cited numero complaints in defe e of her recommendation to di mi Warren. Although mo t of the complaint again t Warren centered on hi job performance during the 1 90-91 chool year, Roberts cited pa t activitie that he felt warranted attention al o. Among Robert • complaint against Warren were: ode o C o t e oad rrstmas parade Hard work and dedication gets a dream going By Jao McDowell ...…

…2 BENTON HARBOR /\REA Ino t nH t I ph n for public Th ci ty commi ion proved r Publi Telepho Compen­ greement with Michigan Bell Amerit h Company to in- t 11 fifteen public telepho on it throughout the ci ty. Some of th loc lion would be: Coif x d M in; Pipe tone and Jefferson; Pipe tone nd Empire; Pipe tone icy: n Bell In- than .00 Com pens tion one; $90.00- $239.00 - Compen lion 7 ; $240.00-$269.00 - Compe tion 8%; $270....…

…U 7· 1 Sa Ie t \ . \ nd I h' a I. h B rid'" Cabinet Clean Up IsCrucial The la t time you came - down with the fluoracold,did you drag your elf to the medicine cabinet in hopes of .. finding ome relief! Did you - w de through a sea of bottles trying to remember which medicine wa for which ymptom? Children are. not the onl y o who can be poisoned by what i lurking in a medicine cabinet. The National Safety . Council recommends...…

…1 RELIGION Jehova · the Ca pa e a fog d d DElROrr- All hutory is important alld the Michigan Citizelllul the hinory of an particularly importDltt. From time to time we will prae1Il Oft ow reli DIU pa e, 1M history 01 di/lert!ltt cJwre eltCOtITa e all cJwrchu to end au their clJMreh lti.rtory 0 it CtJII be iIIcluded ill: A LookAt MicJai'QII� ClaMreha. Jehovah ionary Sap . t Church, 1 1 J Camp lit w organized on April 15, lKS. The...…

…Jl!LY 7 • 1 1 ------------------------------------��------------------------��----------------------------------------------�--------------- , or .... mbllng produot •• t home. 7-d y 24·hr. rvlee. Info 504·848-1700. DEPT. p8232. m ASSISTANT METAL EL T TECHNICIAN - Full· m posI on. Full b.n.flt. Pack ge. ed - high aohooI . ploma or equivalent. with oour ework In ohern try and phyaIos. Inm lurgyor m eof a plus. RequIred - knowl...…

…ICHIGA CITIZE JU Y 7 • ,1 1 . lave Frederick Douglass was invited by the Rochester (New York) Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society to give an oration in Corinthian Hall on the Fourth of July, 1852. He agreed, but not on that date; on the day after Independence Day, staunchly antislavery Rochester crowded into the hall to hear what came to be know Frederick Douglass's Fifth of July speech- "Wh t to the Slave Is.the Fourth o/July?" . Douglass...…

…ajor Black groups: Ian fire chief b me for cnttdren death Ku Klux Klan members working for the Blakely, Ga., fire department are responsible for the deaths of two African-American children, according to a class action suit filed recently by members of the Concerned Black Citizens of Bla ely. The lawsuit identifies Fire Chief Franklin Brown as a member of the KKK and charges that a pattern of "unequal" fire protection exists fo...…

…e�·-i hl� _ orld'i 10 poorest countrie, trail Ea tern E rope and even Latin America in eery vita ltati tic fro aro tio product to e ·Id urvival. In diti Africa a lar er OODt of tiODal debt than any other contioenL G , -- -.. . . :. ·TB 0 T TBI G t t could bappen,· conclude Jo on, ·is t t people begin to vie Africa as an intractable problem, as ome tbi I opele. But buman being are never ill hopei • A dus approacbes, Leonie ...…

…�ICHIGAN CJTIZEN PAGE 3 Council gives bank, the riverfron DETROIT - Comerica Corporation received the I�abead Wednesday, July 18 to demoli b Ford Auditorium nd build it $200 million corporate beadquarters on the riverfront by a 6-3 vote of the Detroit City Council. Comerica and city officials '. lobbied council members right up to tbe vote, and council members re ce.ived hundreds of letters and phone calls from citizens against...…

…J e convention' u. . procedure to for adoptin internation I treaties is complex. After I s dyin I convention, t U.S. Sta Dep rtment nd t tional Securi ty Council ill m e recommendation to Pre ident Bu h. If tbe Pr ident favors doption, m t ign t con ention and send It to the Senate for approval. Interaction. a coali lion of priv te U.S. organization active in· intern tional bum nilari'an effort, i mobilizing public and cong...…

…The Washington media and the national press are having a virtual field day itb tbe Marion Barry· affair. Tbe demi e of a powerful BI ck elected official, particularly an African American Mayor of the nation' capital makes good copy. The trial and the media coverage boarder on a soap opra fiJIed with al1 tbe dram tic elements of po er, . x and drugs. But wbile the media and some ithin the government have been celebrati ng Marion...…

…/1 /0 b fflin en the of Clyde Detroi t a behind the time .. r ctory to n... ithout any factorie. e could have generated tho nd of job for city re idents ye rs go if e h d d the ut to fi ht or light rail tran portation y tem th t hoo ed into the People over, that hite elephant e no mu t ub idize. D OITE UST no give City Council Pre ident ary nn ahaffey nd Council dd t 0 members Keith Butler nd el Ravitz ma imum upport in the...…

…chool Board giv cr tari contract IDGHLAND P. - At • onday July 9 mee • the . Highland Par School Board eel by a • margin to 10 over the head' of the administration in an unprecedeDted y, proposiDg • head of the administration in an unprecedented ay, Df(l1DQlW:' .. • settlement of labor dispute ith the secretarYs union. In a Iy UDaliIIDOiUI wte, the board supported a rcaolution by John Holloway, urging the dministration to . d...…

…Guard to demol b bo es. He poi ted out that t rvice are free, Dd tbe city of Flint ed tbem to demoJi b their nt bo es. P tor Alonzo Vincent of Berea-St. Paul t United et odi t Cb rcb exp ed di may to e committee .. He aid be totally di ap- poi n ed in tbe committee. -If you ant to teU you your jo then you eed to di olve you elf: id Vincent. any ciuze did come to tbe meeting expecting the committee to e a pI n for e city after ...…