Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, May 13, 1971, Image 1

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C om m unity -h e d lth fo
M a y 11 at Emanu
Good eating for
it money
l eading the discussions wii
be Miss Constance Hoffman,
Nutritionist, Maternal anti In­
fant Care Project. Oregon State
Hoard of Health;M rs. Prince««
Reynolds, H o m e Economist,
Maternal and Infant Care P ro ­
ject, Oregon State Board of
Health; and M rs .I iorothy Meag­
her, Instructor, School of Nurs­
ing, Emanuel Hospital.
CONSTANCE FISHER
T h e secotxl in the series of
Community Health Foqums at
E m a n u e l Hospital will em -
¡4ia size "Good Eating fo ri ess
Money *’ and will beheld from
7:30 - 9 p jn . Diesday, May II,
In the Community Room
of
Emanuel E xtended Care, 3001N .
Gantenhein Avenue.
Seasonal
YIP of the week
Special recipes geared to
seasonal grocery "specials'*
will («distributed and lips given
by the experts on how to take
advantage of good buys to leed
the family better.
Programs are all free
of
charge and the entire family Is
invited. Participants in the pro­
grams are all volunteers. Baby­
sitting and coffee will be pro­
vided during the program.
Emphasis tlirougliout the
series of six programs will be
on mauitalning good health and
preventing sickness and Injury,
as well as on community re­
sources available incase such
problems arise. M rs.B arbara
Dale, Inservice Education in­
structor atEmanuel Hospital la
heading the program, assisted
by Miss Constance C . Fisher,
Community Relations Director.
Northwest's Newest — Most Provocative — Newspaper
Vol. 1 No 32 Portland, Ore.
N avy’s 1st
SALEM— ( Special ) — In the
firs t Rural M a n p o w e r farm
labor bulletin of the season, the
Employment Division reports
that the strawberry harvest in
the W lllam etteValleyare from I
to 2 weeks behind in
de­
velopment because of cool, w e t
weather.
Most of the state has reported
retarded plant growth and
a
slowing of other farm activities
because of the cool weather.
The strawberry harvest w ill
start In the Willamette V a I le y
from June 10 to June 15. Grants
Hass will s u n June I . Hillsboro
w ill have a picker shortage of
100 by June 21,no on-the -farm
housing available, except for
those with p rio r commitments
Gresham w ill havea slight pick­
e r shortage, no housing
or
transportation available.
T h e Dalles cherry harvest
w ill start from June 12 toIbwith
an anticipated shortage of pick­
ers . Salem w ill start June 25 to
30 and will havea shoitage of
1,000 pickers and limited hous­
ing.
T h e asparagus harvest at
Milton - Freewater is IQ£ com­
pleted with adequate labor.
The Beni - Madras area has a
shortage of m en and wotnec
potato warehouse workers with
the pay scale at $1.65-$1.75 per
hour.
More information on farm
jobs may be obtained at any
o f f i c e of th e Employment
Division.
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All States were asked today
by Secretary of Labor J. D,
Hodgson to take "earliest ap­
propriate action" to change
their laws to meet the require­
ments of the recent U.S. Sup­
reme Court derision on unem­
ployment Insurance program
The Court ruled on April
26 that California's unetn -
ployment Insurance payments,
could not suspend benefit pay­
ments to a claimant solely
because the employer appeal­
ed the determination allowing
the benefits.
The Court stated: "E a rly
payment of Insurance benefits
serves to prevent a decline In
the purchasing power of the
unemployed, which In turn
serves to aid industries pro­
ducing goods and services,"
The
Secretary
s a id ;
"Prom pt payment of unem­
ployment Insurance benefits
Is In the national Interest, and
the Court’ s decision affirms
this.
" A ll States have been asked
to review their laws and prac­
tices with the view of taking
appropriate action to conform
to the Court’ s Interpretation of
the Federal law at the earliest
practicable date. The practice
of suspending benefits In these
circumstances
has been
followed In most states.
"The objective of the UI
program la to put money In
the pockets of the unemployed
as soon as It ts ad minis -
tratlvely feasible after there
has been a determination of
eligib ility,” Secretary Hodg­
son said.
Judge Mercedes E. D eli
of the District Court of Port­
land, Oregon, lias been ac­
cepted for enrollment In an
Intensive four-week course In
post graduate legal education
conducted by the National
College of S t a t e of T ria l
Judges, and activity of tlie Sec­
tion of J u d i c i a l Adminis­
tration of the American B a r
Association.
Admiral
"The fact that an appeal la
taken at that point seeking
further review of the deter­
mination Is Insufficient rea-
11. J
At the age of tSCaptalnSani-
uel L. Gravely, J r .. command­
ing officer of (he guided missile
flrgate USS Juuett (DLG-29),
was sailing home to San Diego
when it waa announced that he
had leen selected as the IJ,S.
Navy’ s first Black Adm iral.
When Captain Gravely dona
his Adm iral’ s hat lie w ill have
completed a Journey many sail­
ors
dream
about but few
achieve. He w ill have risen
from (he rank of Seaman to
Admiral In a naval cai eer span­
ning nearly 29 years.
Captain Gravely was In the
Pacific Wednesday, April 28th
when (he anncmceir'wnt waa
made, bringing hla ship and Us
crew of 400 officers an>! men
home from a seven month Viet
Nam deployment.
During
the seven month
cruise to the F a r East and Viet
Nam the USS Juuett spent about
75% of Us deployment at sea
Including over 50,000 mites of
steaming in it« Tonkin Gulf,
son to wttnnold or suspend
benefit payments,*' Hodgson
said.
The Secretary said the de­
cision In no way affects the
appeal rights of either em -
ployer or worker.
"But It does mean that after
a determination to pay benefits
the clal-.iant can’ t be deprived
of the benefits permitted In
the determination even though
the employer appleas from the
determination. Benefits may
be withheld, however, If the
employer's appeal la decided
In his favor," he said.
NAACP Observo» Freedom Day
An outstanding pu bile S|«akai
and lay leader In the Junes! nlt-
ed Methodist Church of
San
Francisco will speak als m iss
meeting of the Portland Branch
of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People on Sunday, May l6at4:U0
p.m. at VancouverAvanuaFirst
Baptist Church, 3I38N . Vancou­
ver Avenue, according to E Ilia
C a i a o n , P o r t l a n d Branch
NAACP présidant.
J o ie p h Kennedy, Municipal
Court Judge from San Francisco
meeting. Significance of the
date May 16 la tlie observance ui
the 17th anniversary of the 1954
Supreme Court decíalo«.
Judge Kennedy Is a member of
the National Board
of the
NAACP and a formai president
of the Northern Area
Con­
fo lance of the organization, lie
is a form er member of (he Slate
I n d u s t r i a l Accident Com­
mission (¿California, (he first
black man appointed to die cum­
in la a Ion. He has also been Pub­
lic Defender ln die San Fran­
cisco bey area.
Sunday’ s mass meeting will
bo the climax to " NAACP
PRB EI« At DA-I •’ being ob-t-i v-
ed In Portland under a procla­
mation Issued :<y Mayor T ei ry
Schrunk. Churches have been
asked to have a,ecial services
that day, wlthni.nlstei a stress­
ing human rlgh> a and dignity in
tlw lr sermons.
Fhe mass marling Is open to
the public.
MAYOR'S
PROCLAMATION
Whereas, the National Associ­
ation for the Advancement of
Colored people for over 60
years has devoted Its efforts to
the elimination of racial In -
justice with a view to securing
equality and freedom for all
American cttlreus, and
Whereas, the program and ob­
jectives of the NAACP are to
be commended and have been
supported and endorsed by
many distinguished cltlienz
of our Nation, and
Free Clinics
Home Improvement—Mondays
Home Buying—Tuesdays
Home Building—Wednesdays
It’s a great year to buy, build or remodel, and
the Benj Franklin is conducting Free Clinics to
help you with your questions. Mondays, Mary
Fisher of Pacific Power & l ight moderates on
remodeling. Tuesdays, realtors arc our guest
speakers, and Wednesdays we have home build­
ers Each is followed by a Benj. Franklin expert
on financing. Call 224-3333 to register.
7:00 p.m. — Franklin Building
Iranklin
a i o t a assn
Robed H H e/en Pre» • ,4 Office» • Phone ??4 3333
Home Office f rentier» Bldg Portland, Oregon 97704
river w a t e r s h e d will
be handled as a compenlon
project to Expo *74, separate
but related. An ecology-con­
cerned nation will 1» shown
that the Spokane river water­
shed can be cleaned up to
trout-water q u a lity-b a c k to
what it was before the white
men came to Spokane F alls .
Seattle t an is Model
King F . Cole, Expo s execu­
tive - director, said Seattle's
Century 21 changed the course
of history as far as fairs were
concerned, which were prac­
tically on the way out. H ecall-
ed Seattle's fair a textbook
case.
S p o k a n e a Expo plannera
have done, and aredolng, ihetr
homework, with the learning-
process based p rim arily on
study of mistakes, not suc­
cesses, among fairs.
Cole said San A n t o n i o
waa a Case In point- a city
which had a firs t class fair
hut overbuilt, ts w ellaso ver-
eatlmated attendance, anil It
also underplayed the need for
tourist-attracting advertising
and fa lla l to get local par­
ticipation and Involvement.
S u p p o r t for Dxpo *74
local, statewide, regionsl-al-
ready Is strong.
Whereas, the Supreme Court
of the United States In a de­
cision has declared that "In
the field of public education
the doctrine of 's»q>arate but
equal* facilities has noplace,"
and
Whereas, May 17 marks the
Seventeenth Anniversary of
the aforementioned school de­
segregation decision of the
Supreme Court and the 108th
Anniversary of the Emanci­
pation Proclamation;
Now, Therefore, I, T a rry U.
Schrunk, Mayor or Portland
Oregon, the "C ity ofRoses,"
do hereby proc laim May 16,
1971, as
NAACP FREEDOM DAY
In Portland, In recognition of
the meritorious service ofthe
NAACP to their communities,
and In further recognition of
of said Supreme C o u r t de-
datoli.
D P
HAAS TO SENATE
sponsors
BURNS TO HOUSE SEAT tours
Major Theme Will He "Progress Without Pollution”
Spokane- This city’ s Expo ’ 74 Is well under way. Ihe firs t milestone was passed when an 18-
foot model for development and beautification of 3,800 acres of Spokane river waterftont wnei
on display recently at F ort Wright College. The model, result of a four-year study by archi­
tects, engineers a rei landscape architects, tieslnwlth the theme of the F a ir, "Progress With­
out Pollution.” Eliminated from the huge, new park will 1« unsightly railroad lines of the Bur­
lington Northern and Union Pacific railroads.
A special committee representing community leaders and environmental interests Is handling
this package, designed to make Its dehut with Expo '74 but serving as a guideline for develop­
ment of public and private lands for the next 50 years.
, „pollution of the Spokane
HARL HAAS
The
appointment of State
Representative Hart Haas,
House Minority Leader, totlie
Oregon State Senate came as
a surprise. Haas Is serving
hla second term from East
Central Subdlstrlct. He haa
been an effective leader In
the House and a good repre­
sentative of the East Central
Subdlstrlct. Ha has been a
willing and effective sponsor
of
civil rights legislation ,
We are happy M r. Haas lias
tot been lost to the Oregon
legislative process and con-
gratulatulate him on a wall
earned elevation to the Senate.
Replacing
Haas
In the
House of Representatives la
another
capable and well
known Portland lawyer Keith
Bums. Keith works hard at
the legislature whether he la
a member or not— working for
K E IT H BURNS
civil rights legislation, city-
county consolidation and other
measures effecting the urban
canter of our state. Burns
la a IS year executive board
member of the NAACP and
haa bean Its volunteer legal
counsel tor six years. He
Is a form er deputy district
attorney and administrative
officer of the United States
Courts In Oregon. Ills p ri­
vate practice as an attorney
la extensive.
He recently
won acclaim for his victory
to winning the most Important
civil rights case to Oregon's
history against Georgia Paci­
fic Corporation, one of the
country's major corporations.
A batter replacement for Haas
could not liave l>een picked.
We commend the Multnomah
County Commissioners
for
th eir selection of Haas and
Bums.
G rand M a tte r Visit M ountain
M . W. Grand M aster Elijah
Graham paid his official visit un
May 8, 1971 to Sabre Ludge H 7.
MTT9 Home A PH, Idaho. After a
very splendid meeting we all
went tu the service center where
a Banquet waa prepared In honor
for AIwyn S. Taggart, J r . who
after being at the base for five
years are being ship out tu
Panama C a n a l. T h o s e ac­
complishing tin Grand Mastei
L
.
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Doiz e n ro lle d
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Spokane’s EXPO ‘74 Right On Schedule
H S iM i
10< per copy
Laws to bo
roviewod
help needed
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AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Thursday M a y 13 1971
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This is your paper, because you have demanded it. — Something of interest to everyone.
Lodge
to M 179.Home, Idaho.was A .W .
Denton, PGM. T h o m a s
K.
Vickers. DeputyC.M . L e e G.
McClinton
G ra n d Lecterer,
Alton Johnson.Chairman of tl»
Grand S e s s l o n C o m m l t t e e
Buerett Waason, G .S .D . M rs.
Dorothy Vtckers, Grand Worthy
Macron, T .V .M ason s. G ra n d
Patron, Francis Johns, G r a n d
Lecturer, M rs. 1 .V . M a s o n s ,
and Hauls. M ills .
Emanual Displaced iwrsons
Association (EDPA) Is spon­
soring a ’Community open
House' on May 15, 1971, from
10 A A ,, to 3 P .M . I he open
house w ill consist of walk­
ing tours at the area Includ­
ed In the Emanuel Hospital
expansion project.
Tours w ill begin each hour
from the C-CAP office, 106
N .E . M o rris, alter a brief
explanation of urban renewal
and its effect on the commun­
ity-
EDPA Is an organization of
citizens who live in te expan­
sion area. T hey are to 1« re­
located by the project. The
organization was form »! In
an attempt to solve the prob­
lems connected with urban re­
newal and what happens to c ltt-
zens who are forced to relocate.
Judge Mereedos F . Delz
The college, located at the
University of Nevada to Reno,
Is dedicated not only to pro­
viding continuing education tor
Judges regardless of their
length of time on the bench,
tut also to bringing modern
court management techniques
to
trial courts nationwide.
Judge D e li w ill I » attend­
ing Session 1 from June 20 -
July 16, 1971 , and w ill study
proceedings twfore tria l, new
developments
to evidence,
c iv il, family and crim inal law
aa well as advanced concepts
to court management and ad­
ministration.
Union
Wage» Up
Hourly wage rates of union
building trades workers to
cities of 100,000 Inhabitants
or more averaged $6.59 on
April 1, 1971 - - the U. S.
Department of Labor's Bureau
of Labor Statistics announced
today. The average was up 1.1
percent or 7 cents during the
first quarter of 1971 bringing
the Bureau’ s wage rate Index
for building trades w orkersto
13-f.e (1967-100), The per­
centage Increase to average
rates exceded the 0 .7 percent
rise during the firs t quarter
1970, The Increase for the
year ending April 1, 1971, a-
mounted to 12.3 percent com­
pared with 9.1 percent for the
previous year.
When employer payments
to health, wel&ire, and pension
and vacation plans are added
to basic wage rates, Increases
to the average were 1.1 per­
cent for the first quarter 1971
and 13.5 iwrcent for the year.
In 1970, corresponding ad -
vances were 0.6 and 10,2 per­
cent, respectively.
M r. George Rankins explains In details.
M r . George Rankins, D ire c­ R o IC Program at Oregon St­
tor of Portland's Concentrated ate University.
Rankins has l«en the bead
Employment Program has been
selected as tt« PUR I LAND OB­ of the Portland CEP since
February, 1970. He was sel­
SERVER’S VIP of the Week.
ected as sucessor to Cleveland
Rankins took up residence in
in talking about
Portland after he finished his GUcrease.
m ilitary career to 1967. He Is the program, Rankins point­
m arried to the form er Con­ ed out the four principle (ea­
stance C. Mariey of the city. rn res of CEP, They Include;
T hey have two children, Scott. Enlisting the active support and
cooperation of business and la­
12, and Lisa, 7.
Now as head of a mil I Ion dol­ bor organizations to local com­
la r Federal Program , Rankins munities, Providing a wide ran­
talked about his lackground. ge of counseling, licalth, ed­
He stated that he attended Dud­ ucation and training services
ley High School , Greensboro, on an individual basis. Devel­
North Carolina. His college oping employment opportunities
career was spent at Hampton suited to each individual to the
Institute to V irg in ia . However, program, and Provides the fol­
1» quit to enter the m ilitary low-up necessary toassurethat
service where he remained for a job, once obtained, w ill not
quickly he lost.
23 years.
'Portland CEP is a succes­
While to the service, Rankins
made .julte a record as an out­ sful program and Is cited by
many as one of the outstanding
standing service man.
His
to the country. But, this would
career Covers serving two
years
to Germany and three not have taken place without
the lull support of the prime
tours
of duty In Korea for
which
1» recleved the Silver sponsor’ s D irector, M r . cu­
erease...and my right and left
Star for g
Star for Gallantry to action arm s, C arl Stonington, Support
under enemy fire . Also, while Manager, and Dell Smith, Op­
to tlie service, Rankins was the eration Manager.’
firs t black Instructor for the
Teacher Trainees
sought by Portland
lie Schools
The Portland Urban Teacher
E d u c a t io n Project Is a
federally-funded program de­
signed to recruit, train and
certificate twenty adults who
can work effectively with ur­
ban, disadvantaged young peo­
ple In Inner-city public school
programs. The project w ill be
based at Adams High School
and will Include training sites
at Adams, Jefferson, Grant,
Roosevelt
and Washington
High Schools and Portsmouth
and Whitaker middle schools.
All course work Is given
through Oregon S t a t e Uni­
versity.
The
extreme shortage of
black
teachers throughout
the Portland Sc ho 1 D istrict
#1, the first priority tor se­
lection Into tlie project w ill be
given to qualified black candi­
dates.
The training program w ill be
for one year, beginning June
14,1971. During the summer
phase, candidates w ill be in­
volved
to b o th teaching
students to a summer school
program at Adams High School
and In university course work.
During the academic year, the
program w ill consist of In­
dividualized training experi­
ences tor approximately two
thirds of a full teaching
schedule at one of the tra in ­
ing sites. Additional work w ill
program should qualify par -
tlclpants for certification on
the secondary level In Oregon.
consist of afternoon courses
taught at Adams High School.
Successful completion of the
D. Eligibility:
1. Persons who have a coll­
ege degree and who desire to
enter teaching.
2. Persons who have within
thtrty(30) hours of c o l le g e
credit before receiving a coll­
ege degree and desire to en­
ter teaching.
III. Financial Support
Tuition for all trainees w ill be
paid by the federal government
for the entire twelve month
program. Trainees w ill re ­
ceive $100 per week for each
of the eight weeks In the sum­
m er phase, and w ill receive a
salary of approximately $4400
tor the academic year. T h e
only costs to trainees w ill be
books and application fees to
Oregon State University.
IV . For Further Information
contact:
D r. John Parker
Director
Portland Urban Teacher
Education Project
John Adams High School
5700 NE
39th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97211
Phone: 288-7211, ext. 44
Dick Wlthcombe-Asst. D lr.
Tom Vlckers-Asst. D lr.
Black Caucus Now
Moves To Congress
WASHINGTON------ Fhirteen
black Congressmen who met
with President Nixon recently
say their next target for de­
mands of racial justice will 1«
the Democratic leaders ofCon-
gress.
A spokesman for the black
caucus. Rep. W illiam L .C la y ,
D - M o , said Sunday that poli­
tical pressure will be Increased
until Its goals a re met. Clay also
predicted the numbei of black
Congressmen w o u ld double
from 13 to 25 on the basts of the
_
1970 census.
He saki because ofthts pos­
sible change In the makeup of the
house and because blacks con­
tu egon t'rofesslonsl E nglneeis President Robei t E . Pailthorp, stitute slgnlflcantmtnorlties to
of Cornell, Howland, Hayes and M eri Ifleld .C o i’vall Is,(center) an­
many Congressional districts,
swers questions about ilw obergDani project from Leonsid A rzt. the caucus demands w ill have
assistant public relattonsdirectoi of the National Society of P ro -
Impact.
fesslonal Engineers, of W ashington,!).C. Steve Harney,
PCC
"1 say this because there are
second-year C ivil Engineering student,(left) looks on. Barney was presently
sitting In Congress
one of group of PCC students who designed srel supervised con- 173 m enders whose districts
strue.Ion of the larg eearth-flllO b etg D am last year. T hree got are composed of anywhere from
together at nationally-sponsored workshopat PCC, seeking ways 10 per cent to 70 per cent black
to which Northwest professional engineers could assist public in­
constltuences,"
stitutions and agencies wlthcrucial problems. (PCC Photo by
Clay said the group that took a
piogram
of 60 recommenda-
Paul Bltxt)
tions to the White House March
25 w ill now confront Democrats
"w ith the same kinds of recom­
mendations that we put before
tlie President."
If the response from Nixon
and democrats Is not satis­
factory. Clay said, "w e have a
number of options....there are a
number of things that we as
black Amerlcanscando In this
country to achieve w hat we con­
sider to beequaltty and Justice”
Clay said political pressure
was a prime weapon.
"W e are organizing political­
ly because we found that unless
you have political clout you can’t
do all of the other things that
you’ re talking about and It’ s
meaningless.” he said.
"W e live Ina country that has
no conscience.Sowtwn you are
talking about appealing to the
conscience of people who have
no conscience, then you're talk­
ing folly. 1 he thing they under -
stand Is power and we can see
that our most effective power ts
to the area of politics."