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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1971)
PORTLAND/OBSERVER Thursday April 22, 1971 Kinsey hot line As the Oregon House of Re presentatives completed its third month of legislative business, a new round of controversy has stirre d up around Oregon’ s welfare budget as the result of a report by Touche, Ross & Co. on welfare e lig ib ility in Oregon. This company is a nation-wide accounting firm , hired to study e lig ib ility in the A id to Dependent Children program, and the report pointed out that “ there are few problems facing Oregon which approach the magnitude in terms of cost, confusion and con - troversy as that of the public wel fare program .” The report revealed that wel fare in Oregon has grown from $112.7 m illio n I t th e !>67 bi ennium to $359.7 m illio n i i the 197i-73 biennium, representing a 60% increase over a fo u r- year period, thus reaffirm ing the find - ngs axnounc«<l e a rlie r this year by the House Task Force on Wel fare which was appoint*! in December. In the 1 >67-39 bi ennium it was estimated that there w ere43,000 people maceiv- ing welfare, where today that figure is estimated to be nearly 100,000.. The House Task Force report indicated that perhaps between 15% and 20% of the cases in the ADC category were fraudulent, which was confirmed by the ac counting fir m ’ s figures showing that 18% of the ADC cases were found to be incorrect either in the amount of money given or in total e lig ib ility . The greatest shock effect of the entire report, how ever, was the cost factor involved in that type of e rro r, which show - ed that approxim ately$330,000 a month was being lost either through e rro rs o r by fraud. Gone but not forgotten Although dealing specifically with ADC cases, the report re - commended changes in adm inis tration and better ce rtification of e lig ib ility fo r welfare grants, which it was ascertained would save as much as 60% of this$33O, 000 a month during the next bi - ennium. One of the most controversial b ills to have come before the House this session. House B ill 1036, was passed last week. The net effect of this b ill would be to ban all non-returnable bottles and cans in Oregon, which would in essence prohibit the re ta il sale of beer o r non-alcoholic beverages fo r off-prem ise consumption in containers without a minimum refund value of five cents; and the b ill also provides fo r the preven tion of re ta il sale of beverages in pull - tab cans. The b ill met strong opposition from some segments of industry and labor, but the public reaction was over - whelmingly in favor of this ap proach as at least one means of attempting to get at the litte r problem which has become so ap parent along our roadsides and re so rt areas. The House also voted this week to create the Oregon F a ir Plan Association to provide essential property insurance in high ris k areas where previously many property owners in these areas were unable to purchase in surance. The insurance in dustry, the State Insurance Comm issioner, and residents of the affected areas are a ll in agreement that this legislation is the answer to the problem of eithe r no available insurance, or higher premium rates if in surance is available. P C C S o c io lo g is t w r ite s TV s c rip ts D r. A lbert E llsw orth, PCC in structor in the social sciences has been participating in the production of a television series titled THE CHANGING C ITY, being prepared fo r broadcast over the state-owned edu cational Channel 10, K O A P -T V . He ha s been w o r k in g on scripts fo r the programs in con- juction with M rs. Judy Hyde of the Portland Public Schools television department, pro viding much of the historical in form ation fo r the series, which w ill consist of eight fifteen- minute programs. PCC w ill videotape the series fo r use in college classes as the program s appear on Wednesday at 10:30 a jn .a n d via re - runs on Fridays at 12:45 p jn . In loving memory of my son Colonel /David Abbott passed away 1 year A p ril 13, 1970. You lived a life that all may envy, Loved, Loving, Gentle, and kind. In death your blessed memory com fort those you le ft behind. Your Mom, Brother, and Sisters. Sabin school news M r. Weitz, seventh grade teacher, reports that the students who volunteered their tune after school have nearly completed their work on the project, a booklet entitled “ Black People Making H istory in Portland.” Information fo r the biographical sketches was obtained through personal interviews and form letters, giving the students some ex trem ely interesting contacts. This booklet w ill contain som e f o r t y t o f i f t y bio graphies of black people who are contributing to th e ir community through a variety of methods. The intent of this booklet is te •show students both black and white, that black people are very much a part of American life and history, and the way they live right now helps determine the future course of this country and the world I It should also show that many black people have overcome ob stacles through education and hard work, and, hopefully, that adults really do care about what happens to today’ s youth. The Portland School D is tric t w ill publish the book which should be going to press shortly. Once the book is published, each contributor, each student who worked on the project, and each student’ s parent w ill be in vited to an open house where they w ill be presented with a copy of the book. The students have worked en tire ly on their own time and have done an outstanding job of gathering and compiling the m ate rial, especially Anita E llio tt who worked every night after school in order to com plete the project. 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