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Why no Blacks
Nixon plan for PNW
produced at the dams. Thermal
power w ill cost five to seven
Our
residential and com
m ercial e lectric rates w ill go
sky high.
However,
the "e le c tro -
process industry” w ill find the
rates inviting. The main reason
aluminum companies can afford
to ship their ore from Jamaica
to Oregon and then back East
by ra il is our incredibly cheap
industrial e lectric power rates.
In 1970 the Kaiser Aluminum
plant in Spokane bought more
power from
the Bonneville
Power Adm inistration
than
PGE
bought to service their
entire d is tric t.
In the past several years
Harvey Aluminum in the Dalles
has lost $1.3 m illio n in lawsuits
awarding " w illfu l damages" to
Hood R iver orchardists. They
conceded that the plant flouride
gas
emissions killed
or
damaged their crops.
In the lead and s ilv e r mining
areas in Idaho near Kellogg and
Sm elterville, there are no birds
and no leaves on the trees. The
finish on the new car lasts about
six months and then starts
to
b lis te r.
When FDR began his industri
alization program Oregon was
a prim ary production a gri
cultural area. Forest products
and canneries supplied
the
backbone of
the W illamette
Valley economy. Many of these
resources have been irreplace-
ably lost due to industrialization
If
Oregonians allow it the
Nixon Adm inistration w ill make
this a prim ary production in
dustrial area. The one shot,
e ith e r-o r economy we see in
Oregon too.
Today we have a choice,
tomorrow we w ill not.
Lower the age fo r m ajority
Senate B ill 583 would pei m it
persons 18 or more years of age
to act as ju ro rs , provided they
meet the other existing qualifi
cations of citizenship, mental
condition and crim inal record.
SB 584 would allow 18 year old
males to m arry without the con
sent of a parent or guardian.
Females presently can m arry
at 18 without consent. Members
of the JudiciaryCom m ittee, in
addition to Sen. Y tu rri, are Don
Elizabeth Browne and Gordon
McKay.
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THE BARoN...has foosball
THE
Why was there not a single
Black applicant fo r admission
to the University of Oregon
Medical School last year7
A committee to study the
question is presently at work
seeking answers and w ill soon
report their findings and re
commendations.
"F indin g applicants to fUl the
lim ited vacancies each year is
usually no problem ,” Richard
Speight, D ire ctor of Student
Admissions, said. However,
of the 96 applicants who quali
fied fo r admission last year
not one applicant was a Black
Oregonian. Speight believes
that there is a lack of counsel
ing of students as fa r back as
the 7th and 8th grades. He ex
pressed a willingness to speak
to interested students from 12
to 20 p a rticularly, as well as
those
who are considering
medical school. "Y ou must
often meet and talk with young
people in th e ir early education
to helpdevelop their interests.
Speight said.
The U niversity has recogniz
ALFRED LEE HENDERSON, Publisher and Editor
The Trojan
atomic power
plant is m erely one more step in
President
Nixon*s plan
to
industrialize
the Columbia
Basin.
In a November 1969 speech
entitled "B rin g in g More In
dustrialization to the Pacific
Northwest,”
Nixon announced
his plans to make the PNW the
" L ig h t Metal Capital
of the
W orld,”
Trojan One w ill be foil owed by
19 other one m illio n kilowatt
power plants ontheColumbia
and its tributaries by 1985. In
dustrial customers fo r these
m illio ns of kilowatts of power
are already streaming in.
American Metal Clim axCo.
is planning an aluminum plant
near W arrenton on Young's Bay
south of Astoria.Don Chemical
Co. is planning two p lants- one
near the Grand CouleeDam and
the other on the Washington side
of the Columbia across from
The Dalles. Harvey Aluminum
is also planning a plant on the
Washington side of the riv e r.
Franklin
Delano Roosevelt
began industrialization erf the
PNW with the Bonneville Dam
in 1938. Since then all but half a
dozen of the 230 dam sites
planned by the Arm y Corps of
Engineers have been fille d with
concerte.
Although $250 m illio n has
been spent on fish ladders and
salmon conservation programs,
the dams have nearly wiped out
the fish.
Nixon intends to replace the
dam experiments with huge
atomic reactors using theCo-
umbia and its tributaries fo r
cooling water and fo r industrial
garbage dumps.
This "H ydro-Therm al Plan "
w ill add new therm ally produced
e lectric power to that presently
I'HE BARoN...has 3 pool tables
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THE HARON...has Bowling
ed that m inorities have been
conspicuous by their scarcity
on the medical school campus;
and about eight weeks ago D r.
Charles Holman, U ofO M edi-
cal School Dean, appointed the
committee to study the prob
lem . It is headed by D r. D el-
ben Kole, psychiatrist.
He
explained that the committee
has been meeting with groups
in Albina as well as elsewhere,
which has already resulted
with two inquiries made by
Blacks whom he termed as ex
cellent candidates.'* He ex
plained that it would be at lea st
a year before d ire ct results
are evident.
Spokesmen at the school stat
ed that the findings of the com
m ittee should be completed In
about a month. They express
ed optimism about the possibi
lity of enrolling more Blacks
and other m inorities at the
school ."o n the h ill.”
M r. Speight pointed out that
Junior High School teachers
and those teaching at higher
level could arrange to have
him speak to classes when the
subject being taught included
pertinent data to health, nurs
ing o r medicine.,
BARoN...has
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in
the Senate Jud iciary Com
mittee
which is chaired by
Anthony Y tu rri.
Senate
BUI (SB) 581 would
perm it anyone 18 or more years
old to purchase and consume al
coholic beverages. SB
582
would make legally valid and
binding any contract signed by
any person 18 o r more years of
age. If the parent or guardian did
not consent to guarantee the
contract, he or she would not be
liable.
Four b ills which would lower
the age of m ajority to 18 are now
"N o amount of legislation, no I
degree of commitment on the part ■
of the national government, can
Itse lf bring opportunity and
achievement to Negro A m eri
cans. It must be joined by a mass
ive e ffo rt on the part of the U.S.
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF
INDUSTRY AND A L L CITIZENS
WHITE AND NEGRoTThe P resi
dent of the United States Address I
to Congress. A p ril
28, 1966.
Jessie Henson
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