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…by DERRICK C. LEWIS Staff Writer The United States General Accounting Office (GAO) has identified more than $250 mil­ lion in Medicaid claims not paid to the state which Michigan Blue Cross/Blue �.��.��� ve i bility or, a ordi to a GAO report given by Rep. J ohn Conyers during a news conference last Monday. The claims date back to 1972, with the Medical Ser­ vices Agency (MSA), which administers the state's $2 bil­ lion Medica...…

…gonH i h byMICHA CHILLICUTI' Mulh,on Co",spoNl.nt Ju t ix month ago. JoAnn Robert w ppointed su­ perintendent of Muskegon' Height Publ ic Schools. Now six months later, he ha be­ come the t rget of thre t and an attempted fire bombing at her home. Robert ha vowed to repair the Muskegon Height School sy tem, which she s Id I. In "ruin ." She blamed the recent thre t nd violent ac­ tion on politician nd Ichool official who have...…

…Caddying pays off tor Detroit students Kudo to four Detroit high Ichool students, ho were. prolent d ith four-year Icholarships from the Bvan Scholar Founs! ion at la t T aday Detroit' school board eetin . C I Technic 1 Hi h School loniorl Tod Willon, brothers a e and Shawn Ward, and Rc aiaunce Hig School I.aior Kevin Siefker ore the Blacks can· fight media • racism b1 Lea A. SalDuel Corr •• ,oNl'nt , " , . tereotypical ima...…

…ome ay that it I . the most concentrated location for craclc cocaine le in e on County. But the resident of t Par anor, nown a 'Brie City', de cribe it a a nellbbor oocS tbat ent from being a relatively nice place to live, &0 a crime-infested baven for crack cocaine dealen nd en In j t 0 year.. . Tbe 200-u it public ho in project in the northeast drant of MUlke on ei bts il predominately Black. It I al 0 dra n a lot of attention from p...…

…ey d NNPA N� Service WASHJ GTON, D.C. African-American Ie der , call­ ing for cea e-Iire in the Per ian Gulf War, have adopted a n tion- I trategy which includes up­ port for con cientiou Objector nd war re ister nd rete e of n "open letter" urging Pre ident Bu h to begin negoti lion iHl Iraqi President S dd m Hu ein, Participants at a recent day- long me ting convened under the aus ice of the National o by are hi her amon whi...…

…VOL XIII NO. 14 February 24 - March 2. 1991 50 cents elth' office, aid the Hou e bill may not be implemented i but it ill "get the is ues out there." Thl bill would redirect . Tour promotes 'Choice' erlt. -;- by DERRICK C. LEWIS SItl/lWriter African Heritage: Where art meets busine s Wi con in State Repre­ entative Polly Williams was in Detroit last Friday to push for cbool of choice. William was in trumental in e tablish.ng ...…

…on Afric n Americans do not stand lone in' their fi ht for justice for the years of slavery. African will pre ent their dem nd for reparations to the United ation folio in eetin of the Or a ization of African U ity che uled for Niaeria hi June. ·We have more th n legitimate cl im for d m ge for the crime committed ag in t Africa. It's going to be a big i ue in the I t dec de of the millennium. We are going to pu h for It," Jide...…

…VOL XIII NO 12 February 10-16.1991 I c I d r qu on m h m , Bu h) th t this war mu t be won, but we now this conflict­ will not la t forever nd w.e­ need to ddre he pre ing i � ues on the home front ... " "African American h ve 1- w ys shared with our fellow citizens a tot I commitment to the protection nd defense of this nation . . . in our illing­ ness ... even our e gerness to take up arms whenever the need has arisen .....…

…VUL XIII NO 11 f [HHUAHY 3 C), 1991 50 Ce nt s Y DCC. L WI . Stalf Writer More tban 75,000 Blac died wh t experts c 11 "exce deaths" in 1987. The term refers to the number of deaths mong African American which would not occur if Bl ck lived under the ame health conditions as white. ate ee . .lnput on' wa te policy By BEAT ER L. H S CapiltJi News Serv·u I LAMS! G -If �ou are cerned about hazardous , Se WASTE, Page 7 , Homic...…

…• VOL. XIII NO, S January 27 - February 2. 1991 50 cents OU an 0 i ters y the P ntagon 1 L 0 ttempting to hide the growin re i t nce , e .p c ial ly mon re ervi t. The Pent gon tated about 100 oldier have ought con cientiou .. Objector (CO) -Haitian born Air F r talus according to the ATWJ. vi t Rorratd B8 t-�t Military coun elors say the wa given a le: than honorable Army ha revised it rules in n di charge De .17. after he main- e...…

…, ., LAN ING - Michigan .re idents may h ve to w it until 1994 to ee th full 20 perc nt property tax cut. Gov. John ngler promi ed in hi camp ign. With the new adrnini tra­ tion wrestling with a pot n­ ti 1 $500 million budget "defic tt Budget Di rector Patrici Woodworth said the property tax cuts �ay have to be slowly pba ed in over the course of the next four years. "You can't dump a full 20 percent cut po all,.y one year, "...…

…... . Stall Writ r .. , .. Though King' birthday i now observed on the third M n- . day of J n ry, hi date 'of birth i Jan. 15 and ome Detroiters h ve expres ed outrage that U. S. Pre ident George Bush and the United Nation hav_ coo en thi daV ,'he deadline for Ir qi Pre ident Saddam Hus ein to pull bis troop 0 t of Kuwait. See, KING' DAY. Pal , . :./ '8(?'m uni V_ map pia. PeaG.e March on. W .. . 0- JOI n ing on More tha...…

…( rar or by', ch out tie was q�i�tly with Bush 17.4 percent of the enlisted when the troops were first per onel in' the Marine. ar deployed blocking action Black. gainst fur e r- �gre sio'n, The A ACP s t te.d the from Iraq. but then he aid, overrepr entation of Black "Here-we are tearing off the in the ar ed force dcmand , day of the calend r and we that the Black community be _ .The Ad Hoc Afr ican an't even get the prin .) vigilan...…

…mi New YORK - The C'om­ mis ion for Racial Justice, major civil right organiza­ tion, announced that it will (ca 'No blood for 01/' y cKi y NNPA News SelVice . W ASHI GTON, DC The la t ctive duty task for ex-Air Force Sergeant Mi e Bo den w s to bring home body b g of rines Killed in the Beirut bombing in Oc­ tober 1983. Today Bo den is mobiljzing nti -War ac­ tions in Philadelphi . L rry Moore of Mil- au ee recently organiz...…

…" Highland Park Community College does a "first" - page 3. arra a • • , '1 MO •• )lllery Oaicgo Citizen CHICAGO - tion of I lam leader, Minister Loui Farrakhan aid the reason that any sc ools re filing to educate stu­ dents, is becau e the religous root has been removed. D rinl a recent Saturday evenin Iuadraiser, the con­ trover i I le der addre ed over SSO ullim , Catholic. Hebre Is­ r elite and other Ie der of indep...…

…student take control. • Oakland U. controversy ity new paper as being repre- sentative of t entire Black tud nt body, ay 'committee United und r rhe b of pokesperson Monica WhH , "self determination," Oakland whicb she disclaimed. University' Black tudents The three letters criticized voted to place Black Aware- the presence of whi on the ness ontb (BAM) activities committee, the hifting of the under their own supervi ion. month' fo...…

…z INI OH,�.'l4 TIUN IS P()�·.'ER lac lIked out of a Black Aware­ ness Month Planning Com­ mittee meeting last Thursday, threatening a boycott of February's BAM events if change were not made. Monica White, Associa­ tion of Black Students (ABS) u By Derric C. Lewi SlIIll Reporter Diua ti fied wi th pur­ ported hite control of Black A areness Month (BAM), more tb n a dozen Black o and Universi ty tudents delegate to the commit...…

…Emerging from ble k 8�' , Blacks face dire tim s in 90's B Trabiaa Shorten Capilill News Service Co"espon:delll LANSJ G--E�onomic reces- ion in Michig n could mean another depression in Michigan' urban reas and a disproportionate rise in Black unemplo t, 0 'ng urb n official . A study released by the alional Urban' League silo ed a dramatic reversal in the eighties in tbe equality of w g earned by Blacks and whites in the Midw...…

…I tnner-ci flight-justified? The rever e migration of BI c to outhern state ,e - caping the gang violence of I rae urban rea in the we t, north, and ea t, wa recently poll ighted in the n tional new media. A Blac doctor said he De it time to abandon L.A. when hi daughter's priv .tc e le m ntary school b�gan hoi ing 'drive-by hooting' drill, BC' Today h nOled.· D pi t thi Ir ntic flight by m ny upp r-income BI c prof'c: ion I ...…

…i fant death rate reaches staggering levels 4f) out of 1 ()(J() child d' In fl t HIOHI..AND PK - Highland Park' infant mortality rate in 1 wa ering 0.5 per 1000 children born. Ac­ cording to W yne County Dep rtm nt of Public He' Ith '_-';'�_.;<"'-�."""1. Dir ctor Cynthia T It I one of the highc tin thc uate. The rate i almo t twice that of Detroit' 1988 rate of 20. per 1000. but Taueg aid there are poe ets in Detroit with a cou...…

…\Whether it was by 1,�00 v�es or 7,000, taking he . ur an vote fo granted c r BI nchard hi governor ip, a d Sen. Dav d Holmes, 0- Dqt. De trott co ti ist Ed Smit H Dispute erupt over Black jobless 'figures Blanchard aide denl UL finding disagree on "The State of Black Michigan." Department of L bor Director Elizabeth Howe criticized a report called "The State of Black Michigan" released by CULE in July. Howe id the report...…

…s The data' on "e ces de th "i c lcul ted by taking the number of B1 c Ameri n wbo die annually nd u tracting the number in a pe-. vember He Uh, f the fact .,... ..... _c . ..$tIl/[RIipotter 1m e of brainle s childr n, ome born with in­ tern 1 rg ns outside of the body r h ving no limb were u ed to discourage ex­ pect n young mothers from indulging in lcohol, tob c­ co, n illegal drug usage. Ped atrici n Gerald Oliver sed ...…

…The olution of t BllC mal according to Dr Simpson, Pisto of Tlber- e e Baptist Ch reh. Durin the " ICt lie At �isk· confere ce, hosted y Hi hllnd ar Com- 'y College ( CC), Oct. J -1 , Samp on iid to the stu ents in t e mixed audience of bout 400 peo le, ·You are tb elution, don t look for solutions, you are ,he solution. St rt with .di covering your elf, tart with di cipline." H pointed out di cipline is hunning the everyday ...…

…, LANSING .- There are $:\00.000 worth of floures­ c nt Ii hts iuing in the hase­ ment or it cell block in the State Prison of Southern Mi higan at Jac son. . That" becau e th prison -can 't afford to have union electrician in. tall them. The late Department of Correction could afford to have the light put up by By Trab n Sborte Capi/tll New Service LANSI a-As Michigan's gubernatorial race ne rs it end. Gov. Blanchard' urb h ...…

…Caravan to focu on dwindling peace dlvldend and moun�ing dome tic cri is budget rea that Deed federal pending dollar ac­ cording to other car v n' other m jor pon or in­ cluding: the Southern Chri - t i n Leadership Con­ ference, the Feder tion of Southern Cooperative, Clergy nd Laity Con­ cerned, the Southern 0,.- i C Major Deep South freedom (civil right ) or­ 'ganizations are urging outherners to "stand up and fight for th...…

…001 -fu LA SING - Ott. 1 marked the beginning of a new fiscal year, which mean' Michigan' new tate school aid act went into effect - to the di may of many "out of Iormula" choot district in Oakland and Macomb Coun­ tie. Zimbab e presiden honored at U y Derri C. Le stag Reporter I G - Zim­ b Pre ident Robcrt ugabc r ceived n honorary Doctor of Law degr e from Michig n Stat Univer ity Frid y, Sept. 2, t fe tive ceremony att...…

…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...…

…G RA 0 APIDS, Miell. -­ Ei' t bite police officers are uing the city and tbe police rtment for S7.5 million, lIeging a promotion policy implemented to settle a 1 la uil by mi orit, female officers a OUD reverse discrimination. Plaintiffs in the suit fi d thi e ek in 0.5. Di trict» Court j net ude even hite men nd one w bi ie bo contend they ere over­ looked for promotion to the ' rank of ergeant despite being near the top of an...…

…The ineo es of the nation's wealthiest citizen have in­ creased so much in recent years th t the riche t 2.S million Ameri will h ve nearly much after-tax income in 1990 as the 100 million Americans with the 10 est income, a report i ued recent., by the Center on Budget Policy Prio . . -d. S ed aDOther way, the gap between the very rich and other Americans become so great the top 0 e percent of the population this year will have...…

…AID ... J MlChip Citiun Reporter ClDCAOO - Operation PUSH IaUDched an attack on the billion dollar athletic shoe industry nd the fir t opo ent in the battle for equity • N"1ke, Inc. The battl is based on the "Kindem Theory, - explained Rev. Ed Riddic to a PUSH meeting August 4. "This. our community. we 0 it. We are kings of our dominion and Black America in 1989 spent $286 bil­ lion ith the athletic shoe in­ dustry: Rev. Riddi...…

…/ CP: Politic fe r; n Dear EditOf: ThaD you for "Free Micliiaan's Mandela" (July 7- 12). We apee in principle t tbe e African People I Organization (NAPO) is doing to help Ahmad Radman ccure his freedom; however, Mr. Rahman i not the only political pri oner in Michigan. Most African American in Michigan prisons are political prisoners. Recently Governor BI nchard r n an ad showing an African A boot camp. Thi NAACP wa ffe...…

…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...…

…, ·A Me age for BI ct Leaders," • resolution autbored by Dr. Carlton Goodlet, a board member of the . r Publis rs (NNPA), and t body the to no lonler co aDd promote the re ults or BI ck leaders net in their ffectiag Btac c a or groups to include the Black press in their ini tiaJ pI and negotiation in matters affecting Blac . The re 01 ution e poused the tradi tional role of the BI ck pres being tbe voice of the people, nd...…

…promi e from busine leaders that problem affecting the city's fric community mined. aid a E ARK. .J.---HHS Secreta ry Louis W. Sulliv n, M.D., called for "a open, frank, comprehensive nationa I dialogue on the cri i of the Blac male." Calling the crisis of the I ck male "a crisi for Americ ." Secret ry Sullivan told the National Convention of 100 Blac en of America, "A P inful s the ubject i - much a we ri r op ning ounds...…

…African city'« Denic c. Correspondent DETROIT - The applause from the audience, be _id, )Ie wisbed be could leave tbe ge and join tbe people in t e t nd nd "embrace one and all." . He wen t on to than tbe people of the Midwe t for wb t be called' their broad anti-ap rtheid movement. "Your olidarity b ve given trength nd courage. In the f ce of your own problem nd di fficul tie , you b ve not for t . e HI ver forget you" aid ...…

…ued 0 e2 o rr- During I pre conference I the Detroit P Cl ub Tue d y, Ju 26,' Arab American In tinne Executive Director Jam Zogby repudi led a claim from letter to out-or-state pro-Israel org nizatio from Michig n Sen tor earl Levin, t t th AAI him at the top of their hit I' t sen te pro-I Committee' I I …

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…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 ...…

…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...…

…on WASHINGTO • D.C.- -If taxation ithout repre- entation in America rong in 1776, it is till rong in 1990," said Rev. J e Jackson calling upon PresideDl Busb to meet ith him on the i De of Slatebood for W hiJa&1on, D.C. The predominananUy African American population of the tion's capi1al DO YOIi me ben in either the U.S. Sena or the H of KeI�1eD1a1i founding d ipaled three-fim. of a person - thougbt it be cia ere to locate ...…

…ASH I GTON, D.C. - - African-American I ol1l.Dizatio exci aDd thrilled that South African anti- partheid symbol elsOn odela is comiog to America JUDe 20-30, but they are protesti plans to invit Frederic W. deKJer presi- dent of t African country' all-white government, 0 vi it the U.S. firsL RecenU years in prison, Mandel the African National Congres p rty leader, will addre the U.S. Congres , meet with Pre ident George B h and...…

…u nes r a si lance. Erner on's bill ould keep the state in line with changes in the federal r te until April 1, 1991 when • the minimum 'wage increase from $3.80 an hour to $4.25 an bour. But unlike legislation enacted by Congress, Emerson's bill ould extend increase in the minimum wage until 1993 and prohibit employers from using a sub­ minimum wage for wor ers in SI G-Michigan' busi­ aDd labor leaders say they eire at odds...…

…Homele s jailed for a ing emp y UD house 8yR En Correspondent The Wayne County Union of the Homele -(WHU) ized yet other home located at 14436 Prevost on the CitY west ide, re five WHU members e arrested on Monday May 7. Removed from the home and arr ed were Kim Knighton AlIe� Anthony AIleD, Richard d James Jo The Aliens, home aDd determined to se up house in t revest residence, said upon their release they will be b ck, ...…

…, . By Chri . urr y Capital New Serv�ce . I.A G-- Leg lation i- ing the exci e t x on cigarette would provide dduional revenue for Gov. James Blanchard' Healthy Start pr - ram, .ays the mea ure's chief .pon or. Rep. Perry Bullard. D-Ann Arbor, aid a 25-ccnt incrc c in the tax on a pack of cigaret­ te • commonly known s " in" tax. would provide an ad­ ditional 36 million to Healthy Start. a program that would give health care f...…

…ar r atening· ,prof ay ie harpton lead - march to pro� t police murder viobltiD2 rights. . "I think civil liberties are . eroded by the presence of drugs," said Rei director of Office of Drug �cies. ·Particularly in the inner . ies peop Ie free to bo there' n- dous fear of leaving their h " But 7.01 on Ferency, profes- or of crimin I ju tice at Three thousand people mar­ ched through Teanec Jer­ sey on Saturday. April 21. le...…

…The Panama invasion. What happened? . Drav dJo Gov. Jaua Blanchard dis- agrees the pison buildup is strainiag the stale's budget, say Ron Koehler of the governor's news office. " He (}ill ) ought to do his h ework," Koehler said 35 . "We' winding down the' constnIdioo phase," he said. BlIT, VEN WHE the tate has built the prisons, they aren't all in use yetHillegonds said, Many of the operations cure traces African merican lit...…