…" o y We of Grand Rapids is the aspirant from th Natural Law Party" BILL BALLENGER, editor of the newsl tter Inside Michigan Politics, said recent polls show votes given to the andidat will make the difference in th ra bet ween Democrat Bob Carr and R publican Spen r Abraham. Coon, 35, has pent many years in the lumber busin ,He said he had no po litical pirations until 1992, but he r ched a point where h felt "something had to...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 43 An Inf d Pcoole i A F P ormc cop C IS rce cople SEPTEMBER 18·24. 1994 I G, lebo (AP) - Rap s ar Tup c Sha ur, charged .la t year wi h felo- 11JPAC ne his attorney says. S hakur is a of try- . ing to hit ano h r rap star with a b ball t during an April 1993 c n rt. A near- riot ensu d. Jury selec io r for S hakur's lony ult trial was set to begin n xt wee fore Ingham unty C' - cuit Court Judge Lawrence Glazer...…
…men. A report on potential solutio COMBAT. A8 WSU Nursing College honors Detroit students Five students and an in tructot from Crockett Career Technical Center in Detroit were recognized recently by Wayne State University's College of Nursing. They received certificates marking completion of an eight-week program during which they a Isted faculty members conducting various research projects. Participant (left to right) are LaKisha Sear...…
…,hoi • nc Tiger Wood makes golf hi tory Although the white media Ilk na Tiger (Eldrlck) Wood to gottlng great Jack Nlcklau Wood ha atth age of 18, d mon tr t d hi f r sup rlor golftng skill . 'Wood w'on the U.S. Amateur, the most pr tJg oua ama t ur tournamerlt around. He battled back from aix under p r nd becam the young t ever to win. In comparing the two c re r ,Wood ha reached golfing mile tones ooner than Nicklaus. Wooks Brok 50 a...…
…OU8TO (AP) - Complaints of law officer publicly strip rching Blacks have led to a closed door m ing between the mayor, police chief and more than 60 minority leaders. "Something definitely needs to happen and happen in a hurry," aid the Rev. Jame Dixon of the North t Commu nity Baptist Church. "Our efforts are tremendously impeded when we are dealing with a police force ay hen they met. in troit. In 0 er to ak the indus- tri...…
…munity,· Mayor Curt' Rich id Monday. Under th curfew,]a office can stop nyone on city street between 9 p.m. and dawn. -On Monday, attendance at Crystal Ri� only high school as down 40 percent and some bu in e in the city closed early. By nightfall though, the Citrus County Sheriff Office was nding home some officers because the community was quiet. M nwhile, the police chief reiterated his support for the of ficer who shot Jer...…
…ca e- ByTOOENSI n Citizen DWAYNE BROWN A federal law making it a crime for GIs to advocate for, or join, a labor organization has been used to imprison two Black GIs who pro ted command sanctioned racism at Ft. Hood, Texas. Congress passed the anti-un ion la in 1977 in response to fears that active duty service o e By ALISON JONES Spec�1 to Michigan Citizen American (NCOBRA), has for malized plans to establish Black Commu...…
…• VIC op ace- o o VOL. xv NO. 42 .. 111/nf('rmt'd Pt'crll(' Is A Frce Poopte SEPTEMBER 5 -11. 1993 Mayor Sharon Pr�tt Kelly of th Dletrlct of Columbia, the R v.· J • Jack.on, left, and com dian Dick Gregory w re mong 20 demonetretor. arr t d Thur day for blocking Ind pendence Av nu In the on-golng .truga. for etatehood for th dl8trlct erst vote 0 DC state ood By ALLISON JONES says. This will enable the federal seat of governmen...…
…WANDA F. ROQUEMORE/Michigan Citizen ACORN seizes house to protest city's 'illegal' stoppage By WANDA F. ROQUE OR n Cltlz.n Q OIT - Angered nd f�trated with the city's low P ce in proce Ing homestead ing applications under the Nui ance Abate ment Ordinance (NAO), ACORN and residents of an tside neighborhood recently opened, cleaned and claimed for the com munity a vacant house the city refuse to proce under th NAO. "City officia...…
….' r By RON SIEGEL p.cl I to Michigan CltlHn HIGHU D - U.S. Con- gres man John Conyer said Chryslers' decision to leav High land Park hould entitle the city to U.S. di aster aid, imilar to the help given to Florida and Hawaii follow ing recent hurrican . "Economic dislocations are no le s harmful and dangerou to f milies and people than natural dis ters," Conyers told Th Michigan Citizen. Conyers said that it would be more ...…
…, . •• • f • Highland Park Councilwoman: t' who voted for the Chrysler gree ment in 1987, said he upported it because he thought the company w building a tate of the art complex to compete with other industries, but would keep its world headquarters in Highland Park. "We were operating under the as- umption that we had solid under standing that Chry ler would stay in the city," Ross said. "Never in my mind was it that Chry ler...…
…Detroit students receive scholarships AI Scarface Is Back ENTEHTAINMlNT , By II onJ 'eciM � Aliclti,.,. CilizM "I t)x)ught Mayor Robert Wmen provided n excellent opportu nity for involving his own commu nity in the city' development," aid Robert B. Ingram, Mayor of Op locka, F1orida, and a conference par ticipant. Among the idem wittaSed fi t hand by the Mayors were the San- ford Vill e olject, . ion Area People (MAP) mod...…
…ELSCOTT the Coleman A Young center, were not cI ed while Brew ter Center, which h a hi torieal plaque in front of it, in addition to receivin Federal id for lcohol and drug abu e programs, ere cIo ed. Kay Everett .' clo the on ith Coleman A Youn on it" COU C L ID T fIey 'd,"If the recreation cente ere closed (by the mayor' dministIation) beca of the inoendiary con t, it (the contract) . igned .... Ay hould be opened, 0 . th peopl ...…
…, lor Jackson places blame in poultry plant fire . pected to announce oon wheth r h will eek the Democratic presidential nomination, po e to the crowd for 20 minutes in � ceremony that too on a religious fervor. h poke, a tencb eman ted from Im perial Food Product, where workers bad prepared chicken nuggets and marinated chick en breasts for restaurants and grocery stores for 11 years. Mo t of tho e in th crowd were Black, but AS...…
…ByD NY 00 C 1ft ICAl...AMAZOO-Mo than 330 p . one cram amazoo Coun- ty Jail e open the door. Sheriff Thoma Edmond m t reduce the jail' population to 293 or le to prevent ntence reductio from being ordered under the te' 0 ercrowding emergency law. Th commissione, and the chief judge of the,county, while seekm to apply the overcrowd ing· emergency law, are blatantly viol ing many other righ of t e confined, according to in mat...…
…VOL XIII NO, 41 m rican Wor African by ry Hell "Our history in merica is full of examples of outright deceit, abuse, violence, discrimination and exploitation. This p nomenon is in grained. We have come to accept, without question, the premise that African mericans and other people of color are assigned to the most dirty, hot, hazardous, tressful, and low-paying job ." - Willie Jackson, Executive Director White Lung A soc iation 'S...…
…Pioneer jazz saxophonist Lamonte Hamilton dies Paqe 2 • polic uit fil 70 victim u over 40 ncldent in o ay Sp!ciallo th Michigan Citiun LOS ANGELES. CA, -Blac and Latino re ident of Lyn- ood, California, and other filed I w uit in federal court September 25 alleging more th n 40 incident of police brut lily and mi COR duct by L.A. County deputy ne r i rr a signed to Lyn ood. rri All but one of these inci dent took place...…
…By II SOD Jo e CorrespotUlenl HlCAGO-- In a wide rang ing speech that addressed a v riety of topic - the Ni e boycott. Iraq. tate hood for Wa hington, D.C. - Rev. Je e Jack on 'ti r re t c crowd at th weekly Opera tion PUSH meeting. Septem ber 8. in a vi it to the ocial jus rice organization he founded. Prison im for chang - conterenc« examines high cost, no results By Der rtc . Le Stal! Reporter Hartford ernorial Bapti...…
…• ., ., Der C. Lew S"U Relo".r DETROIT - Reve nd Jim Holley of Detroit's Operation PUSH claims ike h lost 20 percent in le profits due to the n tional PUSH boycott of their gym shoe . Holley indicated Detroit PUSH chapter ba ept people informed of tbe oycott against Nike tbru church e rvice t nd com-' munity civic leaders. He id store in tbe Detroit rea hich ell ike products have not been targeted for boycott. bee the nation...…
…ereo I LO A OELES -- The leader of t alional Baptist Con ven'ion U.S.A. Inc. criticized Pre ident Bush' troop buildup in the Pe ian Gulf. "There i a moral i ue," aid the Rev. T.J. Jemi on, pre ident of the nation' large t African American religious body. "It' over oil. We' re jeopardizing our fine young men and women over oil in the Persian Gulf." The convention a ex- pected to vote Thursday at its 110th nnual meeting on a r...…
…2.9 million projec 70% 81 • In ck ci o TROIT" - Ro dwor being performed on Wood- �.��:l��I,;s:�w��ard between Si and Eight i e Roads, by companie contracted by the tate rai e the que lion of opportuniti for Blac -0 ned con. truction companie . According to Department of Tr n port tion Project Management SpeciaJi t Ar thur Davi, four D' a vantaged Bu in . Enterprise (DBE) loc ted ou tside of troi tare p r ucipating in the...…
