…De pi pol ution complaint , . e &omtbc comlllunity tliat G&M EDterp . is conltaJl�1tiII1g . around the city. ter , the city commission on y, JUDe 18, ap oved an extension of the Riverview, Michigan companys until July , 1990, to do major repairs ad interior and exterior repainting of Bento Harbor' 650,000 gallen elevated ter or tank 0 Britain A�ue. City Manager Steve Manning said G&.M had to delay k on the water orage tank d...…
…, 00 • i Commi sioner R Ipb Cren ha said they hould consider giving the enior • tize 10 percent discount on their ter bills. "I thin we need to do something for the senior citize W� either give m discount up front 0 th t it uld make it e ier on them to p y the bill to tart with or don't everely pen lize them hen th y don't h ve the r source to pay it," s id Crensha . ve no problem wi it, (the 10 peree ) d I'm a enior cit i...…
…Obituaries LUCILLE G I ES &.AR....,� ..... 25, «Beatoa ...... :adlIY, J 12. ne IUDelrai bcld day, JUDe 18, at Robbins Brothers Home, BeatOIl Hubor. B • in Cry Spinp Ccmetay. . Mis Gaine was born November 8, 1964, in Bentoo Harbor. She a Iifeloag area resident. Survivors include: her mother, Laura Gaines c:l Benton Harbor; soa. Dontc Gaines of B Hatbor; ix brothers, Tunmie Gaines, Teny Gaines, Robert Gaba, Beanie Gaines, - L....…
…: Do y,* HIIVr A H 11 …
…I, t n II' °1 IY 23 • , . vmouth Acclaj� These were people who said they would consider buying a Japanese import. Then, they rated t e cars in 33 tough categories. This head-to-head comparison, conducted by an independent testing company, cove everything from exterior and interior. appearance to comfort and convenience to the riding and driving experie ce, Plym uth k laim beat Honda Accord 44 to 6� Plymouth Sundance beat Honda Civ...…
…s of Booker T. WasbI·D2t«lIl cOoud BethUDC. d . Die Griffey and his noc:lUdlloas …
…I Detroit play view I dido't need to. Mainly the Iotcr view w about the owner being bitter to underprevilaged people, and it showedhow some employers treat those people.' The appicants were all sorts of people. The handicapped, the blind, the elderly, and even a teenaged father of three. There was a display of sar casim and plain comedy. It gave . justice to the inadequacy' of our society and the types of people the live in i...…
…D S E s U B G Ed ard M. elca, Jr. J c E. Koepke Albert Cali11e TRUSTEES .It . y., It ,,, '1'" - _ _.-- . 0 .431 …
…- I HELP AifiiOAT JOBS ec&ouwrwn . NO !)CP. TRAVEl. CALL 24 tn. 1-8Q0.488.U23 Tol 711 JOBS saOOlHR NO EXP. . CALL 24 tn. "IoII[D4!11W!ii� l 12.00. 711 RUCTION JOBS $28IHR EXP. TRAINING. GROWTH. CALL 24 tn. 1� T 12.00. 711 OA=ICE JOBS "5.00/HR NO EXP. . CALL 24 tn. 1� T 12.00. 1/1 PlANT JOBS $32.OMiR NO EXP. • CALL 24 1� l S2.OO.711 TRAVEl BENEflTSI CRUISE SHIPS A 0 CASINOS NOW I ALL POSITIONSI OIl (1) S2.m1111!!�m Ext. Y-...…
…Ten'ants call for Housing Dir cor's ou t r Cerence t the Fi r t r - byterian Church on Saturd y June 9. The Conference ended with march to. nd rally at 'he leffrie low-ri project. Temple at J hn Lodge. PUBL) HOU I d- vocacy groups. tenant -. mem ber of the Wayne County Union of the Homele and people from aero th city turned out 200 tron to up port. the re urbi hment r her th n destruction of the e vi able uni 19anizing ...…
…,. o ·GOD C EAT Din h na JOHA ESOURG, SOUTH AF leA - Saying he w feeling "on top of the orld" -South African Black nationali t Ie der elson Mandella t eek bcgan a 4S-day trip during hich he ill vi it the United States and countrie in Africa and Europe. The trip started hortly . after andela ucees rully underwent ursery to remove a cy t on hi bl ddcr. Mandela i 71. The once jailed te der of t e tru le to e hile minority ru...…
…JUNE 7·23, 19 0 MICHIGAN CITIZEN PAGE THREE lions of African-Americans and those opposed to part held," predicts McCutcheon, "only the steadfa t insistenc of tho e millions will guaran tee that the U.S. keeps th pressure on South Africa." I'.'� , t Chair of Afrlcana tudles named at WSU Ph.D. in p ychology frol" the University of M achuseus, Amherst, in 1979. He also holds a B.A. from City University of New Youk' (CUNY), and M...…
…. , v ,. -EDITORIAL- • • • • CML ROHTS The �ority of the 10 n, lio ADgolaDs ttend church every Sunday. yet they 0 in church . y . owing D aDotbcr terrori bomb of . UNIT A 0 destroy another church or or school or Before I left ADgo the Min- o er of He th, Dr. Flavio Her nandez, ked me to let the peop e of America know that this unj war 0 ola has also caused a severe health emerpcyo There i no epidemic pre din through •...…
…hould'marc he &L bantJi on By Ro D Die Two weeks ago David Du e, the Klansman turned State Legi lator from Louisiana, was successful in getting a bill passed which in effect banned affirmative ac tion programs in the State of Louisiana. Meanwhile in Missouri City, Texas, that great American protector of white American rights, the Klu Klux . Klan, was preparing to mount a series of marches and demonstations to prote t the al...…
…-lea en-: political ue to manipulate udiences again t r ci m. The only effective trategy to counteract medi i support for Black publication and medi an Iy is hich will et fectivel y rticulate the truth about our conditions and our people. ? Dr. Kwame rumah c tI d fr P 5 sed in th Conclusion to hi I t boo'. Revolution- ry P th in 1972; "The African people. in olid rity ith comrade in every p rt of the orld, h ve lh mean' t...…
…IC.1,11 ucc . . . JUNE 17-23, 1 n ctlvlt In Hlghl nd Park HIGHLAND PARK Michigan Week was celebrated wi th a great deal of pomp and cirbumstance May 19-26 in Highland Park. The eek's cuvitie tarted off i th parade to celebrate Armed Forces Day, Saturday, and ended i th v rious ae tivitie for' Youth Day. Other Michigan Week Ac tivities included Senior Citizen Day, Tue day, where enior citizen got a chance to how off their ...…
…o - The ill be For more informaation call 313-577-5244 or write the errill-Palmer Institute. Wayne State University. Detroit, Ml 48202. …
…Tenant group City Council Pre ident Maryann Mahaffey opened the meeting by ddressing the Conference's intentions to better the living conditions of the people in Detroit' public ho ing. The conference offered a ie of workshops where in- s ted organiza tions, leaders and concerned tenants were able to obtain inform - tion to improve their situa tions. The workshop topics were: -Organizing for Tenants Rights , headed by DOT's ...…
…etropolilan i ocated at Boulevard, ll· p, , SPECIRllZl r; l BLRCK DR T R 11 COLLECTRBlES r ta e fir t ·Scienc F r e re r 1°11 h t rough the guid nee of t rr member nd voluntce . "The ·H cenrr model i b don th ucc ful opera lion of the -H center on Detroit' a t ide. It provide non-going progr m th t 1- 10 youth nd' dull to learn by doing. to ether or in dividu lIy." Y illi m �iIl. e xp n ion project director nd yne Count...…
…In • Gcw'erDIlDelll i 12th AlII ..... TraiDiDi ecm .lUll.. aty, 0. ADlmd 22- 26, 1990 the HJ tfIII:'J Crown Ccater, Presideat Rubye s. annoamced. • • oaly the secoad • ·ow olJaniz tioa. of fov'ermDeal employca d i tI"aiDiDs coafereDCe • de � W . agtoo, DC. Fields . d the idea· to make the ev IDCI'C ible to its member ship, hich· composed of civil serv the· onal, S and local government levels . .de. BIG is a nonpartisan dDOD...…
…Attomey Philip L. BurtOll. d /OT numy cJuzU- of the Redtess Com- o/ the S b1tlllCla of the NAACp, �M . Iinu 1949. His of- flu tried numy of the crimiIuIl casu stemming from the Block c tIUCtion . . g in eattle in the early 1970'. and, in th late'71 and etuIy '80s, Bur ton represented the NAACP in a l 'SUit arising out of tIlIewide anti-bwing Initiati 350. Fred Hyde, an administrative la judge for the State of Washin on, rep te...…
…1 ICHIGA CIrrIZE . ; Your money's worth and a whole lot more. …
…, u 7· z .' «e i . , � , . { 4!: 'l � . I d o OTHE I ACfO In dition to continually suppre led an er, there Ire other ri f ctors, One is I I about three time more com men-In blac s than in hites i the tendency for tbe kid ney to excrete alt more 10 Iy under t • In mo t people the kidneys peed up odium excretion under tre , thu belping eep blood pre sure 10 • Sio ing do n odium excre tion under tre r i e blood pre ur...…
…{ • , I Group seeks control of city eroe!!r!ies: Will poor be �.eft out? BENTO HARBOR -Mem bers of I bousing task force were present at the Monday, June 11, Benton Harbor City Commi ion meeting to layout a plan to take control of ci ty o ned properties, no doubt making it harder' for city resi dents or poor folk to get one of many city 0 lied .homes. I Ricbard Schanze, Chairman of the People State Bank and Chairman of the Co...…
…C n u Seeking Workers The Bureau of the Cens r till in n ed of workers for the 21 t Decennial Cen u. Count. You m y pply and te t for enumerator po itions in Berrien County by calling 616-382-7 (collect) to ct up n ppointm nt to t 1. Te tin ill be held on Tu d y, June 19, at 10:00 a.m. t the M ud Pre ton P lcnskc cmori I Library. 5 r ct St., St. Jo eph. ntr ct On Thu day, June 21, at 10:00 a.m .. testin ill bc a the c Buf 10 T...…
…Volunteer South e JUNE 17-23, 1 MICHIGAN CITIZEN PAGE SENENTEEN needed In tern Ichlgan The S . estern Michigan VolUlllcer' Center is seeking vol To find about dac or otbcr volUllttU oppoc- . • call 983-0912 in the St, Josepb-BcatQII Harbor area or 683-5464 in the Niles area foe . further illfOl'lDabOlL - Pmcigcucy Sbclter Ser vicea in Beaton Balbo is in aeed of • teeD voluotccr inter e ted i elping out ith gronncIskC¥.pi1W ...…
…. " �. .- I.' ...... , .... U 7· on . nd R CH (e Doro y o 0 • Ip r Dorothy J. Benedict i oun lor for the REACH Small Bu ine 0 velopment Center. joint project of nuf'acturcr B' n • RE CH. nd nc St· rc ine ry (0 report . From 19. 4 to 1989. Benedict held the po ilion of commcrcu I 10 n officer and i I nr cr dit m n cr with Fir I of America B' nk in Detroit. Sh 1'0 g incd ex ericnce in' ouming n hum n .rc. ources d e...…
…JU E 17-13, 1 MICHIGAN ,IZEN PAGE NINETEEN � �.ftM. iJ-._. -_ -tiC1IUIl_- &llml,,"", Sou --------�EATHEALT Fre h Apricot- ut Cobbler Makes His�ry cold .. the all-Am rican d rt, c;obb r ia t with· a ICOOp of vanilla ice cream or &e.h whipped a.m. California freah' apricota need not be limited to rU. Th y are tasty for breakfut, lunch or anacka, and u�ly vitamin A, potassium, dietary fiber and iron to the dil t. To hance th ripeni...…
…U ,. t Continued 0 21 …
…Wild West Show roars to town . Rose E low The Blac Wild West Week Inc. is sponsoring a rodeo and cowboy show in honor of the 5,000 Black cow boy who rode the range in the heyday .of the cowboy, at the Michigan State Fair grounds on June 27. Since one out of every eight cowboys were Black, but only one man in ten in the population as a whole, they were more heavily repre ented in the saddle than their proportion in the populat...…
…z ... u ,. Obituaries L ETRE PARIS • reporting an illegal dumper. Approved an greement itb South m Michigan Commi ion to update the M ter Par nd Recreation Plan. Held Public He ring and dopted re olution pproving n Economic Development Implement tion Grant ap plication in the amount of $125,526.00 on bebalf of Ouic -Way Party Store. Held Public Hearing and bent: Trustee dopted r olution approving n Economic Devleopment ca...…
….;- -TwENY·m NO EXP. TRAI TRAVEL CALL 24 twa. 1-100-4 5323 TOII •. 00.7/t ConeapoDCleD weekly . t have iDler"t iD your COIDIDUDity, Ibili ty to report even ae curaldy. Will train the ript in dividual. ScDCl resume and/or letter of inle t to: Michigan Citizen. P.O. Box 03560 High laud Part, MI 48203 1-100 .11 5323 T 12.00.7" STRUCTtON JOBS U8.1HA o EXP. TRAI I G. GROWTH. CALL 24 h,.. 1-800 .1. 5323 Toll 00.7" • OFFICE ...…
…color of ju ice o her as ail double I andard in son' dea' h Blac la makers plit o chool und,ing , y CgpiIIIl Nnn Svvice By D rrick . Le Correspondent A gun hot in dead-end lIey on M morial Day weekend, end d the life of eventeen y ar-old Regin Id Elli . Th su . P ct. John M. 46, a white m n from SI. Clair Shore, i till at-large Iter a w rrant a i ued for his ar- LANSING - With the ever gro iDg Dumber of school finance pr...…
…I nd C nt r sity. p up ort to combat ing m …
…Budg·et backs politicians agaims Con ider Dipping Into 'r iny day fund' By st phen Dravis Capital News Sevic« LANS G .. State officials will have to make. some tough political choices in this election year to eep state government out of the red, a Lansing con sulting firm says. No Lansing official are speculating that higher taxes could be one of those choices. The practical options in clude making massive budget cuts and d...…
…z -EDITORIAL- • 00 y ar ince h r Columbu Ily 1 .,. _ The tr gte for hum n ri ht nd fr edom i toric 1- Iy h been to brei myth th t h ve been con idered popuJ rly to be true. One uc myth i th t Chri tophcr Columbu "dl covered they have 10 t .igtu of thc truth - the p in of 0 many people who live on the con tinent." v' nee rna ring the SOOth , nru vcr ary of Chri toph r Columbus fin I nding in the c tcrn hcmi pre. e rc c II ...…
…Racism blinds many whites to the real enemy By ROD D. The ·ruling elite of America has used racism and ethnic chauvinism to divide varius raci I, ethnic and religious groups in the in terest of preserving the privileges and power of tbe rich and the super rich. The American political economy thrives on greed profiteering nd the exploitation of the many by tbe few. African Americans have often been the most visible and convenient sc...…
…e:rae: • for I larted round r ed by a r ci t ociety. We have much to do in order to trans form thi nation into one that i truly olerant nd j 1. Pub licatio Ii e " inds Stayed on Freedom" do help bo - ever. They remind 11 of u - Blac nd hite-ju t how painful t truggle for raci I freedom nd equality b been. By eeping us a re of the hi tori cal evil per petuated by r cism pe ODai torie prevent us from ta ing 'for granted t...…
…JUNE 1 1 1 CBIGAN CITIZEN _I. .... ;,; - • ,_ .�.__ <�'i r - yeing pre id ntial bid RiCH . 0 D, V A.- La t year L Dou I Wil_der bee me the fint Black elected governor in botb Virgini and U.S. hi - tory. No ,the que tion being here mo t cuts ill take pi ce. Military benefit have al lowed hundred of tbousands of Blacks to a ttend college and purcha e homes. Tho e benefits will be lost. so and there is growing speculation ihat ...…
…ITE S, the council 0 errode even of the m yor' 1 vetoed b d et item . yor Scott Ive lhre re on hy he etoed t e entire budget resubmitted , to er office. She id the council did not comply ith m nd tory provi ion in the city ch r cter, the re oluuon n t comprehen ible for the dmini tr lion 10, under t nd, nd th t the council r the 8 hour veto on 44 E. Buena bled for further ant to de elop into the Dr. ar- din pro r m for yout...…
…EDICAL ARTS PHAR ACY 13700 OODWARD 869·1800 Largest Consumers or edicine in U.S. Seven oqt of 10 older prnons take II tone p-escription medi cine every day. Recent urveys indicate Ihat thee derly .as a group, are the Iarg consumers of medi ci . the United Sta&eS. There are veral reasons why. For one thin. elderly experience more ill - most 80 percent ve one or more chronic IaIth condi tion .. As an e group, the elderly .-e...…
…'�' -,. �6 \ - .:. -." =- . ,,'. .'. - .� _ • .._ J'-.,.i .... - - . r • I ople in dignified im- re a o e ys, smiling. Today, Johnso is working on De line of full-color collector' plates with scene t en from her p . ntings. he continu to dra and paint for pIe ure, grateful for the op portunity to do 0 d happy can e oth r happy 'th it. "If I couldn't do my art I I ould be very, very frustrated," Johnson ay quietly. "My gr...…
…e 8y R. Nat I Taylor DID YOU KNOW ... that Black males may be geneti cally predispo ed to high blood pre sure. A University of North Carolina tudy found that the hearts of Black male , during exerci e , beat 8 times a minute more frequently than .white ma�es. A a general rule, the more heartbeats per minute mean the heart is having to work �arder lO pump blood through the body. DID YOU KNOW ... thal . California' Stanford Univ...…
…tice," Mrs. Cox declared. The Continued fro P 1 petition charged that • since 1984, the U.s. Govenunent, in collusioo with the WasbiDgtoo I Po t (ne spaper) and other media, has ontinually slandered, brutalized and ter rorized the Mayor aad his fami Iy, well the citizens ... " Mrs. Cox, who is also columnist for the Capital Spot- light new , points out I the federal government' efforts cause sen harm to Barry's political future...…
…omen' He Ith By Dr. Ezra David Jr. …
…Ci Y official 8y 8 Ice 8ro CO" ,OMeltt Benton Harbor City Manager Steve Manning a,nd Mayor William Wolf were in Detroit Monday. June 4. to meet with officials from the U.S. Department of Hou ing and Urban Development to di cu s the City's Community Development Bloc Orant program (CDBO). The City wa given until the first of June by HUD to pre ent a plan to them for the operation of the CDBO pro gram. "WHEN YOU LOOK at the pa...…
…- ;.. , .;,_. - - .. . '. . -;:;_ 2 The Senior U her 80 rd of i Ion ry B pti t 1 E. Bri t in nu , B nton H rbor ill elebr tin their Annu 1 on Sund Jun 17, p.m. Speci I th Union .E. Churc • J hn on c y f r Joh on ill e t e pea er. at er U her of the cl ty h e een invited to ttend. Bobbie Hop in, Presi- dent. Rev. alter L. Bro n, P lor. The Chri tian Li ht Bapti t Church, 2059 E tl nd Avenue. Benton H rbor, ill 1 rl t...…
