…0.4 OECE BER 31 - JA UARY • 19 1 ERVI G T I.cOU TV SOUT ESTER ICH GA refu , "until fixed." of dem ded repairs are made. On December 22, Jud e entered judgement ainst rs, Lewi , ordering er to p y the rents to the Housing Commission and to cate the apartment, ccording to rs, . the reque ed repairs not been made by Hou . Commission de pite testimony from Hou ing Commission employee Brenda in court that the repair d been made...…
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…1 VOL. III SERVI G TRI-COUNTY SOUTH ESTER ICHIGA Circuit Court Jud Chester Byrns t 'e the 1979 el etion in hich Joel Patter n d .. ilce Co e by three otes. Co e ed Patter on claiming that four of his pporter had been illegally denied the right to vote in that e ctioo. Byrnes agr d that three of the four h d been wrongfully turned ay fran the polls after making an attempt to vote, but th t the fourth not tried hard ough to ...…
…VOL. III O. 1 DECE BER 10716, 1980 SERVI G TRI�OU red th Com-' all er Yar ei . Control Data n t only does busine with South Afri but finds that the 'South African branch is the mo t profitabl out ide this county." Th t ob rvation mad by a Control Data official and quo ed in the ay, 1918 . e of "Southern frica" explain part" lly th computer giant' refu to ithdra from th coun try of aparth id. ontrol Data i the chief o hi...…
…R TOP G 3 VOL. II O. 52 DECE BER 3 - 9, 1980 SERVING TRI-COU TV SOUTH ESTER ICHIGAN commi on r agreed to 11 th former 01 build- ing at 522, C bus to the yor' sister arcel- Andr s of California. P tter n h d de yed the m ting' start in 0 der to clo himself with Com o ioners Juanita Echo and ichey Y rbrough, Y rbrough told the Citi- zen that th ayor had discu d the 522 Colurn- bu with them. In other busine the commission held...…
…O. 51 OVE BER 2&- OECE BER 2, 1 0 TYSOUT ICHIGA yor ed not been in- 11 a.m. ond y night meet in told re did not d ofT ers. Bill Lilly, Community De lopment oordi tor for the city re rted to ppearance of c nflict. All can atte t th t I did no ppr ch anyone in . idu- ayor's al to coerce th m. OFFICIALS ADOPT ding to City anager P ul <:Cauley. Comnussion …
…VOL. II O. 50 OVE BER 19 - 25, 1980 SERVI G TRI�OUNTY'SOUT ESTERN ICH GA inneapo d City Venture h been told by th t city there will be no more lucrative contracts for dey lopment until the ghborhood group are tisfied their oppo ition to City Venture has been re ol- ed. City Venture has repre nted it " cce s" in inneapolis to the Benton Harbor City commisaioners rea n for this city to a 375,000 start up contr t with the urban ...…
…Editorial on p 2 j R 12 - 18. 1980 SERve G TRe.cOUNTY $OUT ESTER ICHIGA min 0 m ing cia! trip, 'Rettig ys. The I tter charge that cia! trip h e been. t payer it isn't the all orking man th t is rippin them off it' y r Board of Com missioner who e not do ing th ir job or are ju t turning their heads and letting this happen. , ait for etter number o if you think this is mething. , T ithheld TEXT OF LETIE u …
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…COLD 0 EFIT OCTOBER 22 - • 1 0 SERVI G TRI-COU TV $OUT ESTER ICHIGA In ddition, th com pany for . of 16 holiday to b forfeited. 'They ant u to fo e .. fo the co t of living raise for 18 months, d then pay t reduced formu d d. e noted …
…VOL; II 0.44 SERVI G TRI-COU TV $OUT 2 CE TS. STER ICHIGA - 14, 1 0 tenant group. e' also ed Attor- lemma .... �1iDI Thru y, y Alp n Lewi to our Id ren until. Thunday night meeting," prQjec are G �t °d, and added that the group intends to A9COf(liq retain" rvice. . G 1be Co cerned Tenants chairperson, Charlotte Cumming, 945 Bu nounced that they d obtained 105 signature on petitions . g the Health Department to m e thor tion ...…
…IS 11IE LA E TO VOTE! _" VOL.. II 0.43 OCTOBER 1 -7,1 0 5 RVI G TRI-COU TV $OUT ESTER ICHIGA lOOper month ing, not nece of in entory c tro Auditors chided Co • 12 Benton Harbor city in- spectors h no t ecked Hou ° Projects for code violation in t nine years, Bill Thomp n, acting chief of the city's Inspection Department d to Th Citizen. '70 my no led , no inspector has r n in projects since I' been here," id the nine ye ...…
…•• TOP G 7 SERVI G TRI-COUNTV SOUT ESTER VOL. II O. 42 SEPTE BER 24 - 30, 1980 ICHIGA CENTS. I, claiming to rebuild d terio ra d ctions of cities. Chamber official are pro- moting ity Venture fo I Benton arbor. IL-_--- City Ve ture demands th cal government d to pu up fund in fr nt condi . n of its involvement. Commissioner approved requ from Bethlehem Ternpl Bu t meetin . tly t 7:30 from Sept. 23 to ov. 4 t th comer of ...…
…Benton Harbor City m "on within 30 day on Commi " ners onday progre . night ordered City an r In other busi e , th P ul cCaul y to 'pursu comm on ted to e and d elop grant applica- a are of the 1980 club tions for an ailable pro- and dance n fee 0 gram de' ed to create th 8 chelor 14 Club. Th employment. ' move cle the y for Th resoluti - pprov- th ichigan Liquor Con- ed unanimou y - pre- trol Comrni on to ppro dented by ayor Joel tr...…
…raval before city attempted to t the job of city engineer and public or director combined into ODe. The over mon brough argued, "it' be a Q) cutting m re to eep it tha t Yarbrough's defeated. In r matte c- Ca ytdco ooen be had arranged fc. a meet in ith C itol d � ate developer of the Riftr- Terrace H . g clege1op- ment behind art. a lot of eon community d the p'cket- , _"_ .. '-- "I' eel for a mee With the City Attor...…
…SERVI G TRI..cOUNTY $OUT ESTER ICHIGA Pr 2 c PUTS QUESTIO E BALLOT ci y loaned J ck n 8,250 in arch of 1979. …
…VOL. II AUGUST 27 -SEPTE SER 2, 19 0 RVI could r . or arne d charter. Tb ayor out fo tro g yor form of g rnment that could be form d only after a charter change. In other bu " on- dy, th commission 'held public hearing for tax e empti fo Tech Fab r and Twin City etal Finish at hich th re were no public comment . city, qr e AI S SERIOU Finley, 40 h d n by . a car driven by ymond Jord , 562 Broad y, on Friday, ugu 15 in f...…
…When and if the City of Benton Harbor recei close to 100 parce of tax reverted prope . from th state hinges on ayor Joel Patter n. "According to T.. c- ker t Division Chief Land Division of D ,he nt a letter to the ayor on July 8 that h not yet been answe d. letter nt in to rveral qu by occupan of tax- erted proper' lo- cated in the city 0 been .appro ed by River- . e Development C rpora- lion to buy their h di pro- Turn...…
…VI G TRI-COUNTY $OUT STE ICHIGA A: October 1, e are not funding thre countie. The ency . only geared up for Ber rien County. e e pulled out fund f V uren dC . board compo ition mu t be changed. Th current facili ty is too large, too costly. In t of community identification, in outlying ar name of the doe not carry a good connotation, a nam . In rms of boaId compo ·tio , the reeompo- ition of b rd and chan in the by- s ...…
…TU TOPG7 er to the commi . n, not the city man r. P ttersoa noted that time, unpaid c� . nen do not h ve time to pervise employee . Carl Bro , 661 P anne, told "you haft m e 0 bad tion. Yau fail to the Ie· tift function (of the c . 'OIl) to t policy. Your rernUkJ indicate you feel you don't competant staff. But t pri- oritie, let no g let DO evaluative procedure by hich to (judge your taff. A strong ayor could run it into ...…
…SEE PAG 10 VOL.1t 0.35 AUGUST 6 - 12, 1910 ;ERVI G TRI-COUNTY SOUTH ESTERN MICHIGA figure no to ho Cso 50,000 f , f r in debt the omrm on but id th t of the month report, they 40000 ort. � of Sm I Small tter re d: e P P rty a destroyed by UCOC ha a ry note d mortg e on this property. "On your behalf, 1 t en steps to try and pro � UCOC's inter this property . ranee y invol been notifi of your inter- d h been nt a copy...…
…VOL. II 0.34 JULY 30 - AUGUST 5, 1980 SERVI G TRI-COUNTY SOUTH ESTERN ICHIGA 20 CE TS nt, C. re- o C o ere found i If over nd its fund for p ym nt. "I d Ser- vice to e if they could help. y id bring in all your receipt from February. I didn't them, I ed the . t company. They th y c dn t gi m to me but if the Department of Socia] Services ould del ys inevitable. According to Bernard, ere flooded with many p . ns, by th ...…
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…JULY 16 - 22, 1 80 SERVI G TRt-COU :rv SOUTH ESTER ICHIGA 20CE TS r p Accord· to , any city Jling Urb Re- for development can to�I'S�I_"OeIl'L .. ;t;tltilMal* demands th t 21 to 28 percen t of the 0 en be minoritie Boone said. K. orris Gavin, Ben ton Harbo City Attorney, ho drafted the agre ment for the no· ch pro . . n had been in- ded in the contract. de a Dum nee_mI. for the city ," Gavin .. He in dicated that the ci...…
…VOL II O. 1 JULY 9 - 15, 1 0 SERVI G TRI-COU TY SOUTHWESTER ICHIGA 20CE TS r fourth member under que . n, en Piatt, provided the Board with . letter fr m Senior Citizen …
…commission. In perfect -rerun form, Dan Fia arned the no former 0 any 1 on BlI. City h aJJoea. ted $100,000 by HUD for 312 10 thiS year, reported in June. Citizen. The ad so' . . bi apparently premature. Guy Huddleston, H.H • ConStruction, 4 …
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…YO II SERVI G :rRI-COU 2 C TS. LE TO CLEME IS I VEST E d etch ts anti a 312 Loan from the federal go t for a building it 145 aiD Street. �n In t Re ty Co. 811 Ship 8t. St. Joseph, mitted t for an $87,000 BUD 312 to 145 . Housing and Urban Devel opment (HUD) m e 10 - inte loans a for th renovation of buildings in distre b SAY PEA SO B E OT GIV� . rity Contrac ASII()CI8' tion CAl ill begin p' e the Benton HarbOr :Job...…
…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. ...…
…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...…
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…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...…
…SEE uBLACK EMPO APRIL 30 - AV 6, 1980 SERVING TRI�OUr.TY SOUTHWESTERN ICHIGAN Berrien County cion A Board of Director managed quorum ed- nesd y, April 23 and ble to conduct busine . F ced with recent r ig n tions the Board h been un ble to meet on pril t 6, for lac of quorum and had to po tpone the meeting. In attendance re board m mbers Rev. ilas Le ,Darlene Ble n, Har- ry yoolds, Vertis Tho- - m Dan Dej y Ken th Platt Beu...…
…SEE "BLAC RME r'p G 2 . 0.20 APRIL 23·29, 19 . SERVING TRI-COUNTY SOUTH ESTER ICHIGA YOUTH PILG A national youth pil grimage day, for "jobs, pe ce and justice" h been can d for by Rev. Je J n, hi d o( Operation PUSH (people United to ve Hwnanity). J ck set May 17 - th 26th anniversary of the Brown . Tope Board of Education deci . n - i a correlation direct police b ru tali ty in crea d crime and an in ere in jail pop tio...…
…TO G 7 .1 I SERVI ICHIGA Turnkey - Jail guard, on job training u ility to meet d deal ed ith the public, CETA. in em- Acco ding to Ho d' complaint, an employee in eriff' department re to pt his appli - to evaIu te th hich d bee cit- Ho rd originally m d th it in 1976 but nd- ed hi origin complain arch 7, 19 o. ivil Righ t report goe to y,' r. Greer ta ted that by him being bl c , be specifically ed if he knew the field ...…
…VOL. II O. 11 APRIL 9 -15, 1 SERVING TRI-COU TV SOUTHWESTER ICHIGA C T • , formerly . that con trac t no commercial rub bl will be collected. Ac cording to City r, John Lottrid , the cur rent 3 mills levied . t all city property will to be rnie . According to Lottrid ,by tho 3 miDI can only be for rubbo co ction d notbin& The COlt to the city for Automated' wiD be 5119,000 per ye . city wiD 0 of its to Auto ted for ...…
…H POLITICS I VOL. II O. 17 APRIL 2· APRIL I, 1 10 Inte t in opment of do ton Harbor - ali SERVI G TRI.cOU TY SOUTHWESTER ICHIGA 2OCENT5 explained the project or�tion h d been in ved in - ce their incep- tion in 1973. • aftemooo's most eoth tic ape er and one receiving the most e auer ce re tion the director of the Cereal City De opment corporation in Battle Cree, George . Dunn. Dunn pre bed the DeCetI1- ty of a positi¥e ...…
…TU TOPG6 VOL. II O. 16 ARCH 26· APRIL 1, 1980 SERVING TRI-COUNTV SOUTHWESTERN ICHIGA lOC Will m e opening remar s folIo ed by David Turner o the Economic Develop ment Office, ichigan Dep rtment of Commerce ho�will pe on "Down- town De elopment echan- sultant for the ichigan Tr vel Bureau will h ve 'Tour' m a Downtown Developm nt Tool' for his topic. George Dunn, execu tive director of th Cereal City Development Corpor - t...…
…NO.15 ARCH 19·25, 1980 SERVI ESTERN ICHIGA OCEHTS TU TOP GE 3 ere is the contract be een arm r d er chants 8 and the city of Benton Harbor.in hie th b to 'em- to employ a certain, yet unknown a number of 10 r income city comrni . n approved the contract on Jun 4, 1979 in order to meet HUd guid applying for an un G grant. as to be vie Drive. t th arch 10 city commission IDee' Citizen publisher Char sKelly ed the eommi ...…
…G TRI.cOU TV $OUT ESTER ICHIGA th chairm to con en a special meeting if pe- titioned by majority . CAB ted • at it Feb. 28 hold 27. Hager d Paul Smith organized th pe . tion dri to force an earli eJectioo. • Arno d Smith . a foe of yor Joel Pat- H r n Cler John wiD be reeordin mee to for the rd. bout …
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…Tum to 5 VOL. II O. 11 FEBRUARY 20 - 26, 1980 ESTER ICHIGAN 20 CE TS be C"r'han� you, Crispus Attuc�s, fOT falling in the cause • 1-, of liberty. .. Than� you, HaTriet Tubman and Nat TUTner, too, fOT so stTongly bac�ing up the belief that all men are bom free. Than� ·you, Blac� composers, �noum and un�nown, for lifting the spirit above' the daT�ness of slavery thTough soul, • stirring song th�t lighted the flame of faith, enabling ...…
…S P G VOL. II o. 10 ESIDE D d pertaining to civil rights h d rna d to pro ect b ° c rigb ts b t that dO rirnin tion till festered and gre ° The reversal civil right gain many rigins Bond but 0 of th origins of t e ction an era Rich d ixon president in 1968. 'The majority of the American popula tion quickly then began a movement, halting d di rganized t flrst but pe e," in lid 1 driving b hope- de by minority id Bond....…
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…VOL. II NO. 7 JANUARY 23 • 29, 19 0 ILLIO • • Benton Harbor city i ted to receive about S230 000 of a ne S40 million tate aid p c fo 33 "distr d com- munitie in ichigan. . The bulk or 76.7 percent - about 30.7 million - . to to Detroit. The plan unveiled by Gov. iliken in hi annual budget me ge to the legisla tur on day. T program i de- signed to upp men t ex' - ting tate aid for local go ernment But the ne money would be...…
