…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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…PAGES6A 07 Serving Tri-County Southwestern ichigan 20 CE 1'5 BOA 0 GIVES PEEPLES 30 0 YS ith po ible bo d in Community ciation fund- o ing, the Berrien County Board (DCA) has gi n the agency' director t J . Feb. 11 ith cer- …
…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...…
…JA UARY 1 • 22, 1 o LY L C t, home of Ver , Jr, 681 Pipe- his office, ou County, a sui filed in Circuit court d a mo f n filed in Distri t Court. In Circuit court, for a preliminary qunctio to prolu;'it the 1 enforce- ment uthori . from The city of bor's ¥, January 14, to rent the ore front at 156 E. Prift Industry Council (PIC) dre crit- from Percy Carr, Benton Harbor b,UIiIJ' leu d , GE L I SU CE � GE T COU ...…
…ern Michigan elected ichigan , e enin,g. Som '2060 de eg t from cr the n tion ill _ be addressing th issues of C pita! Formation regula tion and perwor· 0- men in busi ; fed ral procurement; minority busi ne d velopment; inflation· economic policy develop ment; in rnational tr e; education - training - a ie, t ceo innovation and tech nology; energy ve erans in me" Other ar people ho will be in attendance a : � Roger Cur...…
…VOL. II O. 4 JA UARY 2 • I, 1 DEAL ILLEGAL department. in grant pro posal , it be fiti from feder fund, its de . ti by this body in your offlC' proceedmgs - it ems the pub}" must be granted it risht in regard to the dl positi n of the property.' , "I'm sure that if has own concern the citizen of th . ty, then the citizen will concern for the » Th commissi oners after much di . on felt th K lly' objections re after the fact...…
…VOL." NO.3 ter mon of ch the Board of DireCtc. of Berrien Ole cted the Gr ry B�, 72 aiD, Benton Harbor, the permanent tte for the trainin center's program. In a special meeting, Dec. 21, 7:30 a.m. at See y eCord 001 the 'te committee of the Board lected the propoul of JAD Development Corporatioo for the down town Benton Harbor ite. lADE' principal mem ber -, John A. Di ey, who �ch �bWWlingfrom e city of Benton Harbor comm...…
…"I ref .to mankind . the .t�·"_l. r B lovin each 0 " f. Martin Luther Ki Jr. I Prict s;e h December '10, 19. L e VOLII 0.2 SERVING TRI-COUNTY SOUTHWESTER ICHIGA P01'e Jo RIll for: Ci 3, 1979 20 CE TS 1 million t. minimum ntinued. u in D o A rom nt trying to find methin - any thin at all - r ng nd then to build a n to re 0 e bi from offi . oft . f fund- Blac pastor challenge 'slav ag nda' or human …
…GIVES YOU THE fRANIA DTHESHAH VOL II SERVING TRleCOU TV SOUTH ESTER p, 20 CE TS .1 DECE E 12-11,117 Turn to P 4 …
…VOL. 1 NO. 52 DECE BER 5-11, 1979 Serving Tri-County Southw Ie hiS v\ '/' � • - , -r-, th t city. Benton H r po t Lt. arl Huland r & e fir t the party if they have preference. If they h no preference, th n th offi r call in and the de om r c II the rno t ppropriate on . 9 Hul nder ent e plain that often no is av ilable or t wre k, r d not an Battle Cree attorney ha labeled that city' police force 'a Klanish- tyle police ...…
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…Serving Tri-County South estern Michrgan . SE EL_ ODEZ, DAVIS, D OSTO FIST UDGET PI CH …
…SEESTO on aU treet. Tuetday, 0 m Director, Hazel Cochr, eel phone conference of many Board Directors a could . Cochran ' that e had no been bl to con ct r. Di ey. el1y ed that th Boan! postpone any deci until offe had been made in 'ling and no ice ent to all possib land- 10 A Call put' to Di ey and a tour of the Gray build' g e . thin 0 houn. d will meet offices of YS, 145 E. aiD, t 1 :45 . to vote on finding a tempor...…
…20C O. OCTOBER 31 - OVEMBER, 1979 7 S�VJ G .TB1-:COUNTY SOUTH pe pi . 'Fund to provide job for our youth effort to 0 hooI de gregation d cut food tamp fund ... ffect r youn peopl ry dir ctJy. tt mpts to r trict affirrnativ action or to cut the windfall pro- fit t directly harm par- en with direct con - quence to their childr n " Bri tatement read. Th re ere 48 f 433 ongr who rated zero in the tudy. • e hope and other Con ...…
…VOL 1 0.46 OCTOBER 24-30, 1979 lJen has ntin ally d « tedly be n b nt from her el t ed pon ibili ies. It is a credit to the persons in that . office that she is not mi d more than e i . Sh ha obviously been confused a to her responsibility to the people of Berrien County her indeci 0011 about re� evidence. The amount of time that y from her office is SERVING TRt-COUNTY SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGA Three attempt to hold meeting fail ...…
…TUR TO PAGE 12 VOL. i NO. 45 OCTOB�R 17-24, 1979 SERVING TRI-COUNTY SOUTHWESTERN MfCHIGAN · 6 Fir men and Chi f d .er-hunting -Phon r port d not r pair call mad or in y t no to phon company cl t to the fire manned reportedly by one - man. Of the three me to the shift, 0 . and 0 !ion acc:orcjlina to report phone probl , Treyfry thi report: - 'On June S, the fir tation reported it couldn't call out. ph ��pany foun an interi t...…
…VOL. 1 O. 4 OCTOBER 10-16, 1979 SERVING TRI-COU TV SOUTHWESTERN ICHIGA p, Advise on Urbandale, proiect .. lion include ar of em- p oyment, educati n, h ins, public accommod tion or public service. The . on wiD con- vene at 7:00 P ., onday October 22. The Commis ° n will recon e t 9:00 A ., Tuesday'l October 23 for it regular busine da. Individual or repre tnes of groups ith concern or problems relating to rights of protect...…
…/- VOL 1 NO. 43 OCTOBER 3· 10,1979 SERVI G TRI-COU TV SOUT ESTER ICHIGA , . 20 CE TS REV. JESSE L. JACKSON c E art of TUR ro PAGE 3 ACIS o PAGE n, yow candidate nee Cooke d First ard Commission candidate Arnold Smith served what incumbant, Commissioner . ey Yarbrough coo ed. Candidate Don Fin) Y pro ided ch uffer nice. The . or citizens ere no I pi than the Citizen reporter ho fo d the eg, pancake d e fautl . "Itt ...…
…, VOL 1 NO. 42 SEPT. 26 - OCTOBER I, 1979 SERVt G TRI-COU TV SOUTH ESTER MICHIGAN ency to do TOPAG 10 Pr A report . ued by the Benton Harbor Community Development Department tates th United Community Development Corpo tion . in violation on six poin of i contract . th the city fo dministration of Com munity De lopment funds. ccordin to Roscoe Da . , who autho ed the report, the UCDC . guilty of these con-. tract violations: ...…
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…o SEPTEMBER 12 - 18, 1979 Community Corporation officer t organ ization to can in a 50,000 it P Store �lIC:'mg: of e in- suran irregularity, Carr id, "Dan Fla "t on the Board of vot the P Party Store 10ID. Flaugh A n cy msures P Party Stor . I 't that a conflict of make matters id, "UCDC 815 for a bill Twin Ci" G charg ed to Par Party Store for 'repai of) damaged tore fr t - ton doo and ety U 111 invoice Carr re- fer...…
…TURN TO PAGE 5 found SE�TEMBER 5 - u. 1979 SERVING TRI-COUNTY SOUTHWESTERN rc IGA CHARLES KELLY, inY'om!lllf!!Dt· UCDC COIDInittJ Pr 20 c t YO to p two from ,oflie , committ Voting to strip the 0# Benton Harbor busi e • men ere: ary DePoe, Barne, the Blac Huddle ton, Karp, Dill and alder. it chell voted no. Jo ph ab stained. tti B me explained later that ' e mad no c arge, e didn't eel qual ified to make charge . Kelly...…
