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All People's Congress000 meet in Detroitto prtest Reagan cutsDETROIT (UPI) — Morethan 2,000 people, ranging from political fugitives to disgruntled housewives, gathered at Cobo Hall over the weekend to show their solid, grass roots opposition to Reagan administration budget cuts.Members of the All People’s Congress met for a second day Sunday at the riverfront arena, holding workshops and plotting strategies to combat the effects of the Reagan budget cuts.One of the more vocal participants of the Congress was Bernardine Dohrn, a onetime Weather Underground fugitive who surrendered to authorities last December after 11 years on the run.“This is one of the few gatherings for the left that has taken place in the last few years,” said Dohrn, who now teaches at a community college in her hometown of New Haven, Conn.Joining Dohrn in her battle against Reagan budget policies were a coalition of more than 100 leftwing political, ■ labor and social groups, including Northern Irish Aid, Committee of Lesbian and Gay Male Socialists, the New York Association of Haitian Workers, American Indian Movement and Chilean Trade Unionists in Exile.Less radical representatives included Chicago Area Veterans, National Tenants Union, several neighborhood groups and a number of silver haired women from Detroit’s Mother of Our Savior Roman Catholic Church.Irene Norwood, 54, said she traveled from Chicago where she represented the South Austin Community Council in a poor, predominantly black area of that city.She said she was not a leftist or a rightist.“I just feel if we don’t do anything about Reagan, we’re just going to be left.Period.”Ms. Norwood said her family lost two regular sources of income after Ronald Reagan took office. Her daughter lost her CETA job and her son’s extended unemployment benefits were cut off.“I’m fed up with the whole Reagan thing,” the woman said. “People have got to have power if we all get together.”Larry Holmes, an organizer of the congress from New York, said the meeting was not intended to be partisan. He asked a responsive crowd: “Are we trying to let the Democrats off the hook?”“No,” the crowd shouted back.“There is only one (political) party — the Republicrats,” Holmes said Holmes said the congress was an attempt at grass roots organization to combat the Reagan administration. He said congress participants were to draw up a time schedule for protest marches in major cities, shopping mall sitins and, eventually, a mass march on Washington.Banners and signs were obvious throughout the crowd On both sides of a platform banner imploringlisteners to “Overturn the Reagan Program,” individuals repeated speeches in sign language for thehearing impaired.DartballLADIES CHURCH DARTBALL Team WinsImmanuel 9Christ the King I 6V2First Lutheran SViCalvary Baptist 5Christ the King II 4ViR.L.D.S. 4V2First Methodist 4Bethany I 3Bark River Methodist 2Bethany II 1Batting 250 and OverImmanuel - E. Erickson 351, M. Peterson260. H. R. L. Jensen, A. Gasman Christ the King I * V. Peterson 357, N Hendrickson 347, M. Dart 325 and A. Irving 333 First Lutheran • G. Curtis 396, L. Andrews 375, C. Anderson 333. H. R. C. Wedell Calvary Baptist * A. LaChance 333 and C. Zimmer 270 Christ the King II - E. Lawson 263R.L.D.S. • J. Alsworth 333 First Meth. - D. Embs 333 Bethany I • A. Kivi 400, E. Boerchinger 309, H. O'Donnell 266 and A. Paulson 259Bethany II R Arkens 289. H. R. Marie Martinson *4%Tuesday's Schedule ,Immanuel • Christ the King Christ the King II - Bethany Bethany II - Bark River First Luth. - First Meth. Calvary Baptist * R.L.D.S.ISUPPORTSPORTSCOMPLEX
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Escanaba, Michigan, US
Mon, Oct 19, 1981
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