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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1971)
Kinsey reports KINSEY REPORT - SALEM---- Representative Lloyd C.K1NSEY, Republican from Multnomah County, yesterday voted to extend the benefit period of unemploy ment compensation fo r unem ployed Oregonians fo r an addi tional 13 weeks. This b ill, which is the fir s t m ajor piece of legis lation to pass the Oregon House of Representatives In this sess ion, extends die compensation for unemployed workers who have exhausted th e ir 26 weeks of un employment e lig ib ility . In supporting the House action. Representative Kinsey stated that he did so fo r three m ajor reasons, the fir s t being "th e need fo r Im mediate action to provide some additional compensation fo r the 5,500 Oregonians who have ex hausted their unemployment compensation to date, and tfie ad ditional 2,500 Oregonians who w ill exhaust their benefits each month over the next several m onths." Ihe second reason cited for the b ill was that "th e U.S. Con gress in 1970 amended the Fed eral Unemployment Compensa tion Law so that each state must have an extended benefit program in effect by January 1, 1972, or the Federal Government would ca rry out the Unemployment Law in that state through the U.S. Iie - partment of Labor. If this were to happen, all employers would pay a flat 3.2% federal tax and there would be no m e rit rating fo r business." The last, but perhaps most im portant, reason tor supporting the extended benefit b ill is that it sets up ** system of payment fo r the employer which spreads the tax over a three-year period. This allows the immediate problem of additional compensation fo r the unemployed Oregonian to be sol ved now, without putting the en tire b ill on the empolyer during a period of economic downturn. ing harmony between races. If enough parents take advantage of the opportunity to read the paper, many of their questions might be answered, and hopeful ly some more raised. "So many parents have hecome apathetic," commented M r s . Shepard concerning what might just turn off parents In the firs t place. So many parents would benefit if they attended meetings and got Involved, but don’ t even Auto Repair Tune Ups & Broke Jobs MOTORS 3103 NE Union 2 87 -3 1 0 3 CARRY OWN CONTRACTS O.A.C. 1967 1966 1966 1965 Cadillac Cp Deville loaded ........... 52745 Dodge 2 door real sharp...................... - 995 Pontiac GTO V8 Ht. & PS ................... 995 Dodge real sharp .................................... 695 495 Station Wagon .............. 395 Ht PS clean ........................ 99 1965 Ford Fairlane 2 dr. Ht. V8 1965 Rambler 4 dr 1 96 0 Ford 4 dr V8 Come See Carl Wadley Financing Difficulties our Speciality M rs . Ancena Boozer, Grant H ig h School social studies teachers and Black Student 'Union advisor, Sharon Durens, 1406 N E. Tillam ook S tre e t, prepare to model black f a s h io n s as a part of.the second annual B la c k Culture Week at Grant. Sharon is a sophomore and w ill soon be modeling p ro fe s s io n a lly ---- if the promises of a local agency m aterialize. Verna Shepard consider it until a conflict or pressing situation has developed. The parents now are v ita lly needed but they can’ t be blamed fo r all the problems that th e ir children have to face. The circumstance M rs . Shepard is here to prevent. As a final comment, M rs. Shepard wished to express her opinion of the so-termed assaults experienced In the school. On this subject she remarked tha she believes that a ll incidents are not racial. Immediately when a black person and a white person have a conflict, it is labeled as a la c ll- ly Incited assault. M rs. Shepard great concern now Is try and get more Black parent involved. "E v e ry parent should care enough about their child to get involved In school activities "P arental involve ment is an investment in the bank of Tom m orow ," M rs. Shepard said. LI LLI AN »S 'Beauty’Salon Specialists In All Phases O perators: Lillian Williams Ruby Reed 53632 N. Williams Ave. Kelly’s MOBIL SERVICE 2643 N.E. 7th 2 8 2 -2 8 5 8 Shepard describes role M rs. Shepard’ s time is often spent in the halls acquainting her self with the students. She feels that since she cannot hand out • grades or punishment«, she is less re strictive than an adminis tra to r. Sometimes, a youth just needs some diversion to prevent situations that could lead to sus pension or expulsion. A fter school she Is s till on the Job, M rs . Shepard says, "n .y job of helping youth at Grant High School and throughout the city never ceases because there is so much to be done." If I can make it here at Grant with the students our whole community and city tails and maybe the Nation, M rs. Shepard said. Her Job p rim a rly is to work with studentsand par tic u la rly Involve their parents in school and socially related pro blems. When asked how she plans to get parents Involved, M rs. Shep ard said that tier main weapon just might be anger; the media being the newspaper. The "P o rtlan d o b s e rv e r" is Just such a paper oriented to promot PORTLAND/OBSERVER 18,1971 Grant high school Ebony soul strutters . HIGH PARK IT ENTERPRISES DOES AGAIN ! ! ! Brings 3 New Jobs to the Northeast Area Voc village student Diane J inings, a marketing ma jo r at Vocational Village High School, was elected president of the Portland Area D istributive Education Club Council fo r the - school year 1970-71. Tuesday evening, February 9, Diane ana ner caDinet were in stalled at the sixth annual em ployer-employee banquet. A l though the council had its beginn ing last year, Diane is the fir s t elected president of the Council. Diane is now preparing her campaign strategy to run for State president of the D istrib utive Ed ucation Clubs of Am erica. She is also planning to enter some of the various contests sponsored by the D istributive Education Clubs, in cluding competition on aspects of advertising, display, merchand ising, and marketing. A Portland high school dropout, Diane, 16, has been attending Vo cational Village fo r a year. In the Village program she was able to sample various kinds of career training and, according to Village d ire cto r Ron Thurston, ‘ market ing and Diane ’ clicked*." Her instructors describe her as a dynamic g ir l who is exhibit ing great leadership potential. 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