Apartheid. USA 1988

April 30, 1987:

Ford Heights, Illinois, 25 miles south of Chicago is the most desperately poor suburb in America. The per capita income is 4 523 dollars a year. Kenilworth, a suburb at the other end of town has a per capita income of 48 950 dollars a year. Kenilworth is the richest suburb in America. Among the 5 300 residents of Ford Heights the jobless rate is presently 55 percent. Ford Heights is predominantly black, as are the five poorest suburbs in the nation. Of the ten most empoverished suburbs in America the other five are predominantly inhabited by Hispanics, like outside Los Angeles. Robbins, a predominantly black suburb south of Chicago, went broke in January and laid off its entire work-force. Workers began to return in recent weeks as the town's coffers were replenished. Until then, the services were provided by volunteers receiving unemployment compensation and vouchers for free meals at local restaurants.^92.

F Glenn Miller Jr, former leader of the White Patriot Party of white supremacists who reportedly threatened a war against Blacks, Jews and the Federal Government was captured in Ozark, Montana by FBI agents who fired tear-gas into a mobile home. Miller (46) was convicted last year in North Carolina for operating a paramilitary training camp. He was apprehended with three other men.^93.

92. The New York Times, from a report by Dirk Johnson

93. The New York Times, from a report by Associated Press