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^ ' ; - ' ^ « E G . f î 7 .3 ; P Û - Northwest's Newest Library (Jregon State University Corvallis, Ore. 97331 This is your paper, because you have demanded it. - Vol. 1 No 24 Something of interest to everyone.________ Portland, O f . AN EQUAL OPPORUNITY EMPLOYER Thuridoy March 18 1971 10< par copy NAACP Director speaks model cities Emanuel Teen-aae VT ward V I I VI -- L .. M iss Simmons was featured In the September 2, 1969 issue of the New York Times in an article "b la c k Woman in C iv il Rights : Is She a Second Class Citizen.*' Model Model C C ities ities mission m ission i is . -----------— toim prove the quality of life in t h e Model C ities Neighborhood. The life-blood of this mission doesn’ t surprisingly enough come from the Federal dollars pumped into the projects, but rather from the during the summers of 1965- 67. She Is a Vice-Chairman of the c i t i z e n s themselves. One important function of citizens Board of D ire ctors of the En campment fo r Citizenship, a exists in the Model C ities Work member of the National Associ ing Committees. The purposes of al ion of Intergroup Relations — each W o r k in g Committe, es tablished by the Citizens Plann O fficials (NAIRC), theAmerlcan ing Board, are to assist the C iti Society of T raining and Develop- zens Planning Board by develop ment(ASTD) and the American ing Model C ities projects. T h e Management Association. Working Committees’ plans then She has served on the re go to the Citizens Planning Board source staff of the Colorado Resi and the Portland C i t y Council. dential Assembly sponsored by Besides p r o j e c t s , the Work the Bureau of Speech Services ing Committees develop work of the University of Colorado in programs ahd p r e l i m i n a r y 1966, *68 and *69 and was guest b u d g e t s ; approve projects for lecturer at the NDEA Summer c o n t r a c t with an operating Institute In U.S. H istory at St. agency, m onitor on-going pro Lawrence U niversity, C a n to n , jects in conjunction with work New York, in 1965 and 1967. Althea T. L. Sim m ons programs and budget. The Work During the fa il of 1970, Miss M iss Sim m ons is an ing Committee also recommends Simmons lectured at the Sonnen- outstanding le a d e r in herg International Centre, St. continuation, m odification o rd is - the civil rights field. Andreasberg, Germany arid In continuance of t h e project; plan Em anuel Teen-A ge Ward a c tiv itie s l e a n fo r future action y e a r s . Other Althea T. L . Simmons was ap m ajor West German cities under tow ard fe stiv itie s with any excuse at all- pointed Nation»! D ire c to r for assignments are also given to the the auspices of the United Sates W o r k i n g Committees by the Iia ln in g Program s fo r the Nat Information Service. and when T e rry Sprague was a p a t i e n t Citizens Planning Board o r the ional Association fo r the Ad M iss Simmons, a form er co ll la st su m m e r, his birthday was the o cc Executive Committee. vancement of Colored People In ege teacher and newspaper Charles Jordan, Model C ities February, 1965. P rio r to this woman, asion fo r a lot of excitem ent. Above, -- was graduated from d ire c to r, explains most clearly appointment she was Field D lr. Southern U niversity(La.) in bus festive foods (patients can have anything the importance of c i t i z e n s fo r the West Coast Region of the iness and holds an M.S. d e g r e e participation. He said recently, they want, as long as it is n ’t c o n tra ry Association, serving branches in in Marketing from the U niversity that the program could do m u c h Southern C a lifornia, Arizona and of Illin o is and a Bachelor of to d o c to r’s o rd e rs)ra n g e from popsickles more with as many people taking Nevada .1 Laws degree from theHow a rd soft d rin k s, m ilk and candy b a rs to a b irth an active role as there was total During the fall of 1964, she co University School of Law. She m o n e y fo r the program . o r d in a t e d the Association's has pursued fu rth e r study in day cake; staff includes, from le ft,M iss P. nation-wide voter le g is la tio n There are nine W orkingCom - leadership development, manage Seybold, who’s since gone back to college m ittees for citizens to choose drive which played a vital part ment training and contact com in achieving a record-breaking pliance at from and include health; educa the U niversity of M rs. Oneida H arvey, licensed p ra c tic a l n u r registration of m o r e than s o u t h e r n tion; employmenq law and jus C alifornia in Los s e , 623 NE M o rris; and M rs. F ra n c e s C. tice; recreation and c u lt u r e ; 6,000,000 Negro voters ami d i Angeles, the American Society social services; economic de rected highly successful NAACP fo r I raining and Development D ouglas, ward c le rk , 802 SE 27th. velopment and transportation ; Summer Projects In leadership Institute at the University of IT ’ S STILL a swinging scene, a where ttfey have to be prepared citizens participation and phy development and voter re g istra t Wisconsin (Madison) and the good share of the t i m e in the fo r h i-jin ks and hijinks and high sical environment and Housing. ion In A laba m a,M ississippi La., American Management Assoc popular Emanuel Hospital Teen s p i r i t s and a lot of practical iation. Model C ities residents who are South Carolina and Southeast Mo age W ard a department that won jokers. There’ s also window-de not presently Involved in the I n t e r n a t i o n a 1 fame and a corating fo r s p e c i a l holi program are invited to part full-length story in the old Satur icipate in the W orking Committee days — Christm as, for instance, day Evening Post a decade ago. when holiday designs cover win of th e ir choice. F urther in fo r The department was the fir s t in dows up both sides of the cor mation is available by calling the nation when It was opened in rid o r. Model C ities office, 288-8261 1957, at the i n s p i r a t i o n of o r dropping by at 5329 NE Union. Chief advantage of having a de E m a n u e l President Paul R. partment of th e ir own, however, Hanson, and itworked so well that is the mutual encouragement the J im Giggins and Mai Goode of neither Hanson n o r the staff patients give each other and the ABC; Hal W alker and C ha nee physicians could figure out w hy no upbeat enthusiasm that is general W illiam s of CBS. Natney is White one had ever thought of it before. ed to elim inate any tendency to be House correspondent fo r NBC, The idea developed by accident depressed. The relaxed,cheerful and Gordon Graham also works —one that involved Hanson’ s son, atmosphere is good therapy-and out of NBC’ s Washington bureau. then 13, who sliced open his knee providing the best care possible Norma .Juarles, who works out cap jumping off a roof and wound is why the hospital’ s here. of New York, is on the a ir about up in the hospital pediatrics ward, Arc you planning to buy or build a home twice a month. Giggins is in surrounded by small children and have a lot of questions? Tuesday, ask Vietnam and Coode covets the His complaints led to investiga United Nations fo r ABC. Walker tion which eventually resulted in Jerry Fuller. Bucher Realty general man is in Washington and W illiam s is o p en in g of the Teen-age Ward ager; Wednesday, ask Dale DeHarpport. in Los Angeles. which has since been much copied home builder. Each is followed by a Benj. The Governor’ s Advisory Ponchitta Pierce, who had been around thenation. Committee on Chicano A ffa irs Franklin loan officer speaking on home with CBS in New York, was re - Here, patients have unlimited w ill hold a press conference leased on Feb. 19. Lem Tucker, v is ito rs , a diet that leans heavily financing. To register, call 224-3333. today, at 10:00 a un. in P o rt fo rm e rly with NBC in New York, on hamburgers, milkshakes, and land, Oregon. It w ill be held resigned some tim e ago to be Home Buying-March 23-7:00 p.m. soft drinks on demand, and clieer- at the Koinoma House, 633 SW come news d ire c to r of WOR-TV ful visiting hack and forth. Home Building-March 24-7:00 p.m. Montgomery, Portland, Ore. in New York. Tucker frequently There's also a lot of the "o ld The topics to be disucssed Franklin Bldg., S. W. 5th at Stark substituted for Frank B la ir as school tie ” about the department, include the problems of Mexi newscaster of NBC’ s Today show. with discharged patients return cans - Americans in Oregon There are, at the most, se ve n ing as v isito rs to check upon the that have been brought to the black reporters who appear on progress of friends made in the Governor’ s attention — what network television news broad hospital. has and what has not been casts, network sources have in Nursing s t a f f members like accomplished; the Chicano - Robert H Hazen Pres • 14 Offices • Phone 224-3333 formed the Observer. They are Teen-agers a n d th e ir assign movement in Oregon as com Home Office Franklin Bldg Portland, Oregon 97204 BUI M atneiy, Gordon Graham ments to be 18-bed department, pared to the movement m C a lif. and Norma Quarles of NBC; — Free Clinic for HOME BUYERS Black newsmen Governor’s committee Franklin
