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Rhythm-blues hall of fame proposed A number of black musicians In Ix>s Angeles have stepped up their 10-year campaign to build a "Khythm -and-Blues H a ll of Fam e." The proposed museum Is designed to preserve the black music form that Inspired today’s "S o u l" and "R o c k " f a d s . Many of those Involved were at th e ir height of popular ity In the 194O’s and 1950’s when R -and- B was the "p o p " music favored most by black youths. Much of the legal groundwork, such as obtaining a California state charter and tax-exempt status, has been completed, and the creators have begun concen trating on developing concrete plans. Bank leader and prom ot er Johnny Otis estimates the outline should be ready early next year. Otis told RRIC that in addition to enshrining R-and-B a rtists, the Ball of Fame would offer musical training and scholar ships to ln n e r-clty youths and provide tem porary assistance to R-and-B a rtis ts facing financial d ifficu lty. "W e e n v is io n a center resembling the kind of clubs we had to play in the old days, though may be not quite that funky," Otis said. " I ’ m happy to see that people are In terested In the music our people have produced," Otis said. "B u t Rhythm-n-Blues s till Is a little neglected, though things finally are getting b e tte r." He was re fe rrin g to the 1970 Monterey (C alif.) Jazz Festival, In which he and other form er R - a n d - B greats were starred perform ers d u r in g the annual blues segment museum project. They firs t received national p u b l i c i t y during O tis's recent guest appearance on "Hom e- wood," an educational TV show o r i g i n a t i n g in Los Angeles. " I t ’s something like Country- a n d - W e s t e r n music. People used to look down on It, but now It's respectable, and they have THEIR Hall of Fame in Nash v ille ," Otis observed. "In the old days," he recalled, "w e were musical step-children In the black w orld. What we played wasn't considered 'tru e ' blues- which Is a bunch of bull because our music was actually urban ize»! blues. Jazzmen also frowned on u s ." Board a sk s cou rt for c o n so lid a tio n Council o f Great City Schools Frank Case, a member of the Board of Education of the Port land Public Schools, has been elected to the nine-member Ex ecutive Committee of the Coun c il of Great City Schools. Mem bership on the Executive Com m ittee Is determined by the Board of D ire cto rs. Council membership Is compose»! of one Board member and the Superln- t e n d e n t from each of the member d is tric ts . The Council Is composed of representatives from 21 major school d is tric ts in the United States. Portland Is the smallest large city school d is tric t In the Council which Includes among Its membership the school dis tric ts of New York City, Dallas, Baltim ore, Milwaukie, Boston, Chicago, D etroit, San Francis co, San Diego, Ix>s Angeles and ten others. Case was elected to the post at a meeting of the group re cently in Dallas, Texas. Mem bership In the council Is com prise»! of both superintendents and members of the Boards of Education of the large city school d is tric ts . Portland has been a member of the Council for less than a year. "E lection of Case to the post is a significant honor both for the d is tric t and fo r M r. Case," according to D r. Robert W. Blanchard, Superintendent of the Portland Public Schools D r. B la n c h a r d said M r. Case's election was a tribute to the leadership not only of M r. Case but the Board of Education as well, and evidence of Its na tional reputation. He said that It Is unusual for a representative of a d is tric t which only recently Jolne»! the Council to be elected to a position of leadership. "P o rtlan d was asked to Join the Council only last s p rin g ," D r. Blanchard said, "because of the national reputation of the Board of Education In the area of e»lucational change and Inno vation In attempting to meet and solve the problems of urban ed ucation." D r. Blanchard also pointed out that Case's election to the Executive Council continues the strong tradition of Involvement by the Portland School Board In national educational a ffa irs. He pointed out that another Board member, Robert R. Rldgley, Ls currently a member of the Board of D irectors of the Na tional School Boards Associa tion. Function of the Council, Case said, is to provide opportunity for large city school d is tric ts to meet to discuss common urban school problems. The current thrust of the Council is to pro vide research and Information for career education, manage ment Inform ation, and Inform a tion on federal legislation. M r. Case also pointed out that the Council is the only group In which both members of Boards of E d u c a t io n and Superin tendents of Schools participate together on a continuing basis. The Richmond, Va., school board has asked U.S. D is tric t Court to o rder the consolidation of the Richmond school system with the school systems of adja cent Henrico and Chesterfield countries. Richmond, which Is under federal court order to es tablish a unitary, nonracial sys tem, has 64 per cent black and 36 per cent white students. If the three systems are con solidated, the racial proportion would be about 67 per cent white C a s e said he regarded his and 33 per cent black. Judge* election to the post, which runs Robert R. Merbige J r . w ill hold until 1972, as a "re fle ctio n of a hearing Nov. 18 on the Rich the national recognition of the mond board's motion to make reasoned approach of Portland o fficia ls of Henrico and Ches School D istrict to change In ed- te rfie ld counties and the state of u c a t i o n . ” He added that with V irginia parties to Richmond’ s both he and M r. Rldgley serving school desegregation suit. Fed on the boards of national educa eral courts have shied from tion organizations, Portland w ill crossing political boundaries on be in a unique position to Influ school desegregation suits, al ence the course o f federal fund though Judge J . Skelly Wright, ing fo r education. In his 1967 ruling In the Wash Case said that this means that ington, D.C., school case, rec the d is tric t can help to be sure ommended that adjacent dis that urban school d is tric ts get tric ts cooperate on a voluntary t h e help they need to better basis in a racial distribution of equip themselves to meet the students. problems of urban education In At an Atlanta seminar on the 70*s. school desegregation last year, "T he people of Portland can U.S. Fourth C ircu it Court Judge point with a great deal of pride J . Baxton Craven J r . predicted to th e ir schools even though that this Issue would soon come there ls much work yet to be before the courts. done both In continuing to up grade the general education -o- program and modernization of out-dated physical fa c ilitie s ," Freeways are safer than M r. Case said. other highways and provide a " I hope that my participation quick, safe passage through at the national level as a many areas of Portland and member of the Executive Com Oregon. However, the Portland m ittee of the Great City Schools T ra ffic S a fe ty Commission w ill help bring additional talents says even freeway drivers m u s t drive defensively In and federal resources to the order to avoid crashes. Slow Portland School D istrict so that down when the freeways are we might better face the tre wet o r frosty, especially when mendous Job ahead of us In Portland and in urban education y o u ’ r e entering a tunnel or bridge approach. g e n e ra lly," Case concluded. Speech team scores in competition PORTLAND/OBSERVER Nov. 26, 1970 To Buy or Sell Business Income Property Large or small Financing available to all new purchasers call Portland Community College speech students are scoring well in competition with other colleges, and currently lead all Junior colleges in point compe titio n . In the fir s t tourney of the year, at Lewis and C lark re cently, PCC placed five finalists In the tough competition gen erated by 29 colleges and uni- 228-3181 333 S.W. Park v e r s l t l e s participating, and Lonnie Anderson, of (3122 S. G lenm orrie Drive) Lake Oswe go, took fir s t place in oratory, and placed th ird In Junior men’ s Remodeling Contractors Interpretation. Other finalists In the Lewis & 735 N.E. ALBERTA C lark meet were Lorien Tem a- Ph 287-4176 han of (3737 S.E. Carlton) Port land, senior women's oratory; Grant Hoss of (3333 39th) Portland, senior men's Inte r pretation. Also participating were Dick j7 » h a n d K n o tt 2 8 4 -4 6 5 6 j W h it s o n , of (19615 S.W. Rasa Rd.) Aloha; Bob and Alice Reid, husband-wife team, of (226 N. W. Glisan) Portland; Charles J Watkins of (6770 S. W. Oakwood D r i v e ) Beaverton; and Phil BONDED Lund, of (5310 N. W illiam s) IN S U R E D Portland. Other members of the team are Greg Capshaw of (2330 S.W. 2 3 9 t h ) H illsboro, and John P A IN TIN G W rigley of (11795 S.W. Camden COM PANY Lane) Beaverton. C O M M E R C IA L & R E S ID E N T IA L P A IN T IN G The team w ill participate in the Western Speech Association Tournament at the Portland H il ton Hotel Nov. 26-28. Speech in structor Stan Sch 3037 N.E UNION AVENUE • PORTLAND, OREGON 97212 midt, of Portland, is the speech R O B ER T BROWN, C ontractor 287-2331 team coach. DEAN VINCENT, INC. NEIL KELLY CO. P A IG E ’ S PHARMACY ! 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