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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1971)
i v-zi\ x un iu aiireriifii in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. O PIN IO N LEADERS C O M E IN m SEVERAL COLORS m y / ✓ / Crossroads program for Crossroads Program for Foreign students to be held for firs t time In Portland F o r the firs t time the Instl - tute of International Education In New York has chosen the Pacific Northwest as one of three locations In the United States for Its 15th annual Cross roads Program for foreign stu dents returning to their home countries. Crossroads Portland, to be co - hosted by Portland State University and Lewis & Clark College, will be held June 16-23. I lie federally-financed pro gram Is designed to give out ward bound foreign students who’ ve been studying in vari ous parts of the country for one to two years aan opportunity to meet and compare notes and to share new experiences In a section of America they haven’ t seen before returning home. Directed byM rs. Marguerite Marks, director of International student services at PSU, and m m i j a i student assisted by D r.C liffo rd Hamar, director of International programs at Lewis and Clark, the program w ill Include semi nar sessions covering various foreign policy and education. Visits to Tektronlcs, Bell Telephone Company, the Warm Springs Indian Reservation and the mechanized chicken farm of form er state representative, Alan Tom are planned. The 25 foreign students will spend one evening In the homes of Portland fam ilies. Housing will be provided at Lewis and Clark College. -O— Tiny children In a car can become easily Injured flying missiles when there’s a crash. The Portland Traffic Safety Commission urges all parents to provide a belt or safety h a r n e s s tor the little ones. The younger they are, the more easily they can be In jured - even In low speed crashes. -o - The times are different. ’ ’You used to be able to walk Times are better although we up to one of them in the lobby all remember the good old and ask if she had a free day,’ ’ simple days. The days of yes complained the firs t. terday we can remember when "But you don't dare now,’ ’ color was a convenient guide to said the othr, "She might turn w h a t was what and who was out to be your neighbor." who? Well, the times they are " E x a c t l y . O r your kid's a'changing.’ teacher." Consider the conversation a " O r your Local Planning friend of ours overheard in an Board Representative." apartment house elevator. Two "O r (like some of the people matrons were chatting. In the Photo above) a personnel specialist, w riter, researcher, communications e x e c u t i v e or social worker on a professional call - or a social one, or a member of model c itie s ." Black people, you see, have come a long way since the "good old days." Their opinions are being heard and felt, and for responsible black opinion lead ers in Portland, there is one " m u s t ' ’ newspaper - THE PORTLAND OBSERVER. The Portland Observer has s o m e t h in g of Interest for everyone. The Portland Observer tells which Nixon policies affect them most and how. The Portland Observer tells them what Mayor Evers, and o t h e r Black lawmakers are doing. The Portland Observer tells them about Black artists, inven tors, business men and student leaders you never heard of. And black w riters, black law e n f o r c e m e n t officials, black churchmen and we even bring to other readers, people of other ethnic groups. T h e Observer tells them about inside story of City Hall and city officials also what hap pens in Salem. For local and national news it is found in the Observer. People of all color look for ward to the Observer every T h u r s d a y . Most of them will never see the other papers. So what Observer reader thinks of your products is what the Black community at large thinks even tually of your products. H's +he PEANUTS GANG! Sears M llT O S 1 S ave Peanuts Gym Sets On Sale! Regular $59.99 Now W ith A Lucy a n d C h a rlie Brown b u d d y Swing a n d Exciting R .d B aron G lid er. Vfe Sears Eagy p ayment p lan W ith 2 -p a s s e n g e r b u d d y swing, sw inging steel la d d e r, s te e l-re in fo rc e d swing, and Snoopy’s fa v o rite r id e --th e racy Red B aron g lid e r w ith p ro p e lle r. 7 -fo o t long slide h a * sm ooth, g la v a n iz e d steel b ed , fla t step la d d e r, plus a C h a rlie Brown b a ll toss. Toys-Lower Level SHOP AT SEARS AND SAVE Satiefaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back Sears O AK S, B O U U C X AND CO. Grami At Lloyd Mrd. Phone 234-3311 PARKING
