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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1971)
PORTLAND/OBSERVER Thursday M ar. 18, 1971 NAACP note Corine Winchester them and c h a rg e d them to put th®m to p u l th e ir s o u I s into to “ M M aklngevery aklngevery citizen of Portland a mem her of the NAACP. Key l e a d e r s h i p among the Clergy, labor, business, p r o fessions, radio and T .V .C Iubs& Organizations are striving to help the BRANCH reach at goals. The tfc r tn e 1971 drive is Is geared to a goal of »971 m aking e every v e r v r citizen ir < 7 » n a a member making but 1 know the membership chair man would be happy to least 10,000 new members. Ihe NAACP HAS BEEN CHAMPION FOR THE PEOPLE many a year. There is a new thrust a foot to give It “ New soul,” by adding members. W in c h e s te r OFF TO A G(XJO START — Ihe membership campaign that is being launched by the NAACP w ill have plenty of soul. If le ft to James Lee -Co-Chairm an and to E llis Casson, Presldend of tie Portland Branch NAACP. They have gathered workers around Richard P arker, Sec’ y of the NAACP with the Treasu re r Betty White. KinSfiV ■ B iiW W W hot I I V I I I I ¡1 I I 1 C A ™ L a r g e crowds have been In evidence at the Capitol this week as public hearings were held on several»! l i t e r b ills . HB 1036 would require a deposit on a 1 1 beverage containers, and a somewhat related b ill, HB 1039 also had a hearing t h Is week on the proposal to impose a 5 f t a x tainers In an attempt to encourage manufactures a n d shippers to use returnable cartons. It is apparent from the Interest these measures h a v e generated that there a r e many people who a re seriously concerned about our Jitter problems and are w illin g to become involved in seeking solu tions. In other legislation dealing with litte r problems, it was with mixed emotions that I voted fo rH o u s e B ills 1037 and 1038, which provide penalties fo r the dumping of gar bage or trash on private property, public roads, o r near the ocean or s t a t e waters. I find it hard to understand why our citizens in sist upon despoiling our publi |U1S Big enough to bowl like my daddy. That's how big I want to be!" He II never need Wonder Bread more than right now. The time to grow bigger and stronger is during the “Wonder Years”—ages 1 through 12 —when a child reaches 90% of adult height. Help your child by serving Wonder Enriched Bread. Each'slice supplies vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates and protein. Delicious Wonder Bread! • : ____> _____________________- - and private property, b u t it has apparently become necessary to impose harsh penalties in order to get some of o u r people to change their habits. The report of the House Task Force on W elfare, which came out last week, is s till being wide ly discussed and analyzed, and s o m e of the recommendations made in the report are worth of further discussion. A prim ary recommendation of the r e p o r t was the n e e d to intensify job training programs as a m e a n s of helping people to get of Welfare ro lls . Other suggestions w e r e to encourage fam ily planning, and to give p r o p e r t y tax re lie f to persons over 65 years of age. It was n o t e d in the report that many of our elderly people are being f o r c ed by high property taxes to go onto welfare or into nursing homes. In reviewing the Welfare Task Force r e p o r t , one wonders if firm e r steps and direction on the part of the Oregon administration m ight have prevented some of the problems we now face. There must surely be a way todecrease the fantastic growth of welfare in Oregon from the 39% increase in welfare cost experienced just d u r i n g the past year, and we should concern ourselves with the sudden jump in caseloads to see if there aren’ t s t e p s to be taken which would slow d o w n this increase. During the past few eeeks every le g is la tiv e activity has been directed toward the g o a l of having all legislation submitted which is to be considered during this session of the Legislature. We have n o w reached that goal, with a record number of nearly 2,000 b i l l s introduced to date, which is more pieces of Legisla tion than has been considered in any p r e v i o u s Legislature in Oregon's history. It w ill require all of our talents, energy and de dication to complete our task dur ing the session, but the attitude seems to exist that we’ re ready and eager to meet the challenge. PCC dope problem helps buddstrong bodies 12 Helps build strong bodies 12 ways A series of a rticle s on the dangers of the currentdrug scene w r i t t e n fo r the Portland Com munity College student news - paper THE BRIDGE, is b e in g reprinted in a number of other community college newspapers throughout Oregon. The a rticles are written by 1’CC students who have exper ienced what it is like to become a drug addict; some are s till un der treatment and in the process of withdrawal from a d d ic t io n undergoing rehabilitation and in preparation fo r employment. Each report is re a listic and sometimes very graphic in its relation of circumstance, situa tion, and reaction. An editorial in the Blue Mountain Community College student newspaper THE SPOKESMAN says that “ they express the dangers of the drug scene in a more graphic and poig nant manner than medical or le gal machinery’ could ever do. Per vading these a rticle s. . . is a sense of reality - they are cred ible because the situations re lated are actual experiences - - not just hazy p o ssibilitie s.” Student editors of THE BRIDGE pointed out that the a rticle s are the fir s t m aterial to be w idely- used throughout the community college system student newspap- college system student news papers, in a new e ffo rt among student editors to exchange news and other m aterials “ thought to be important for all students in the system.” ••urn C H R R B E \ FOR NEWS IT E M S "
