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...African leaders who converged on the steaming tropical capital of Monrovia, Liberia, for the 16th annual summit of the Organization for African Unity boasted, as usual, about the continent's "maturity." After four days of stormy confrontations, however, they could hardly brag about harmony...
...Ovrom, 32, and the five-member city council began considering cutbacks in spending and new sources of revenue three months ago. While some funds should be forthcoming from the state surplus, Ovrom based his new budget on the assumption that Monrovia would have to go it alone. Accordingly, many of the townspeople believe - understandably - that city hall is crying wolf. Concedes Ovrom: "Sure, a couple programs we cut may be restored, but we just can't count on much...
Where will Monrovia cut? First, notices will go out this week to 19 of the city's 185 employees. Ovrom will lose his top assistant. The library staff, currently six people, will be chopped by four. The 49-member police department will be left untouched, as will the 29 full-time firemen. But city council members will lose their $210-a-month stipends...
...Monrovia's local school district faces a loss of 44 of its 250 certified teachers. Some academic programs and most of the "frills," including athletics and music programs, will probably have to be reduced or shelved. So perhaps will summer school, with its remedial classes...
Back to basics is the rule. Last century, Rancher E.J. ("Lucky") Baldwin ordered his men to "clear the land, but leave the oaks" in the area that is now Monrovia. Today, Monrovians would say, "Cut our taxes, but leave the city...