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by Morrie Turner Portland Crime
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DO YOU WANT ME TO BE
CROSS AND GROUCHY
THE REST OR THE DAY?
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Wake up residents
Cant, from page, 1.
This Economic Development
finance and management as
sistance Corporation, provides
management assistance for
minority businesses In th e
Model Cities area. MEDIA’
C rim e took a m '»live in
I he Western states recorded
enterprise development s e r
Poltlaad in II« first
agenerallylower rateofcrlm e
vices are divided Into t h r e e
1971.
growth than tlie national aver
basic areas. They are manage
According to the I |j| i n,„
age, although only tw ocrim es,
ment counseling, technical as
io rn i C rim e Repoi t, muider
sistance and financial
a s
rape anil auto theft, showed a
sistance. E a c h of which
Is
and nonnegligent homicide
general slight downturn.
divided Into specific areas such
dropped from nine
, «
Only the Northeastern states
as scope of service, duration of
just five com pare1 with
showed an Increase In auto
service and eligibility for s e r
firs t three montl
I 1970,
thefts -up 14 per cent. The
vice.
Auto theft wa» down 24 (<;f
Northeastern
states also
Under management counsel
cent^from 9701ncider • i 7 'ii.
showed the largest crim e in
ing, the scope of service deals
“ I l ’ s HARD to
/ why it
creases — a 35 per cent gain in
with individual Model Neighbor-
happened,’ * comm to, Capt.
crim es of violence and II per
food o w n ed and operated
John Nolan, chief ol iete live
cent in property crim es.
businesses. They assist the In
dividual businessmanin solving
In tlie Portland Pol. ebuieau.
NEARBY
SEATTLE,
their problems by applying the
"Maybe it*s the efft it toward
gripped In a major economic
tools of management accounting
cr true prevention or the recent
recession, also showeda major
and related fiscal controls, pur
emphasis on law and order.
crim e recession, according to
chasing and inventory manage
But tlie general trend is still
tlie reported figures.
ment. T h e duration of service
Seattle’ s tapes were down to
offers continuous liaison which
Other slumping figures for
13 from 72 In a comparable pe
will be maintained wlthtbe en
te firs t quarter IncludedanS
riod last year.
Robberies
terprise served to ensure that
jier cent drop In forcible rape
slumped to 391 from 514. Ag
recommendations match the
cases, from 34 to 'll, a 12 pei
gravated assaults were up to
needs of management and pro
cent drop In robberies, from
blems are resolved. Each In
245 from 200Burglarlesplum-
ion to 409, a 4pei cent ropln
dividual enterprise will be de
rneted from 4,241 to 2,912 .Lar
termined on a case by case basis
aggravated assults, from 218 cenies were down to 1,784 from
committed to staff time. The
to 208, and an 11 per cent drop
2,305 and auto thefts plunged
eligibility f o r service has
in m ajor larcenle ..from 1,857 from 1,021 to 785.
management counseling which
to 1,635.
is requested by the enterprise to
population
class
was
generally
The only recorded upturn
be served. T h e management
was In burglaries, up 8 per up by 7 per cent. Including a 14
coknseling service are avail
cent from 2,290 t< 2,490.
per cent Increase in cn m e so f
able to all MN resident owned
THE
NATIONAL crime violence and a6 p e rce n tclim b
and operated enterprises on an
on call basis.
trend fo r cities in Portland’ s in property offenses.
Financial assistance has the
basic area activities of scope of
service and eligibility for se r-
TELL OLE ADVERTISERS YOU SAW
vice. Scope of service offers
THEIR AI) IN THE PORTLAND OBSERVER provisions of assistance se r
viced by the corporation which
are covered In the eligibility for
service. B provides provisions
of assistance service by the
Corporation which Is governed
by management counseling, self
sealing, consumer credit In
vestment or relending, specula
tion and change of ownership.
MEDIA will be moving to Its
new location at 4128 N.E. Union
Avenue. The new office building
covers a p p r o x i m a t e l y 28
hundred square feet. The open
ing date for MEDIA’S new office
building Is July 6,1971. O f f ic e
hours a r e from 8:30 to 4:30,
Monday thru Frlday. If you need
any appointments, please call
288-9148.
For a'Just’
Deal call
Nosedives Burglaries
Excepted
Afro-American History
Vote to decide
C lifto n
R ic h a rd s o n
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285-3625 288-1092
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“ You've Tried THe* Rest, N ow Try The Best”
N. A lexander, Proprietor
merger plans
Voters in M u ltn o m a h
County Fire Protection Dis
tricts 10 and 6 will go to the
polls Wednesday to decide on
1826-1913 i —Fighter for freedom
a proposed consolidation of
—( Escaped slave uho inspired and helped many others find freedom the two districts.
The same issue was de-
feated in an election April 29
T h e slaves called H a rrie t T ubm an “ M oses“ Like M oses of when it was presented on the
th e Bible, she led h u n d red s of her people o u t of bondage «ame ballot as a $400,000
She was an escaped slave who re tu rn e d to th e S o u th m any
serial levy funding
tim es to help o th e rs to freedom As a c o n d u cto r of th e “ U n- A ccording to District 10
derg ro u n d R ailro ad ," she led th ree h u n d red slaves from th e ir spokesmen* approval of the
p la n ta tio n s and farm s to freedom in th e N o rth . She often issue would mean no in-
crease in taxes to District 10
b o asted th a t she never lost a "p assen g er.’
residents, but will mean an
increase to residents of Dis
trict 6 who requested the
merger and who previously
emale Sales Representative
contracted for fire protect:an
services from District 10.
National Financial concern is seeking
Fire Protection District 10
covers 70 square miles, and
a sa la ry sa le s rep re se n ta tiv e to r this
District 6 covers four square
a re a . N o tra v e l, sta rtin g sa lary plus
miles in the Gateway area.
Polls will be open from 2
incentive in c re ases a s earned. F o r
i.m. to 8 p.m. and will be
inform ation call 2 8 8 —5692
ocated in fire stations one.
five, six, seven and eight.
Harriet Tubman
f
Equal Opportunity Employer
(continued from page 1 Angela
Davis)
by the commissioners. One of
the motions was to censure the
council fo r its action. That
motion did not pass. Another
motion would have placed re
strictions upon COCAR so that
it would not be able to make
Deputy Sheriff
final decisions about ecpendi-
tures o r would not have funds
at its disposal. That motion
Multnomah County has career opportunities for college lost also. The motion which
graduates between 21 & 32. Contoct County Civil Ser finally was passed by the As
sembly was to communicate to
vjfce, County Court House, Rm. 140, Portland, Ore. COCAR the serious questions
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of the General Assembly con
cerning the propriety of alloca
ting money fo r the defense of
Angela Davis. 347 commis
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3 HR. House, Cm I. basement,------— keep Roomers-------
new oil furnanca, 50 X 100 level 5 BR. House, on 11,000 sq. ft.
lot, terms.
5625 N. E . 13th, BR. House, We have deals fo r Investors
B rick fro n t,2 fp lcs.,C m t,b a se -M -3 lots 3 B R , fixe r on car
ment,uil furnace, dbbl .gar. SOX lot, $5,000.
100 level lot,
o r o ffe r. 2 fixe rs on 100 X 100 lot.
Louis Scott 285 6574
mornings
1
sioners voted fo r the motion anil
303 voted against.
The report on the committee’ s
action was given to the General
Assembly by the Co-Chairman
of COCAR,
the Rev. Elder
Hawkins, previous Moderator,
and the firs t Black Man to 1«
elected head of the Presbyterian
denomination. Reverend Hawk
ins, whose statement was cer
tainly one of the more eloquent
of the entire annual meeting,
cited a sensitivity to movement
away from the e a rlie r c ivil
rights period, ami the aware
ness of a more acute and sub-
terranean racism •
He again cltnd the purposes m
tlie creation of the fund, ami the
potential fo r injustice visiting
a "B la c k Woman.” He listed
the emergence of the request
through judicatory channelsand
expressed tlie hope that Angela
Davis’ politicalaffiliationw ould
not effect the acceptance of
the Council’ s decision. Rev.
Hawkins finished the presenta
tion in an "1 have a dream**
fashion expressing the hope that
one day under God the Earth
shall be fa ir and all men shall
be free.”
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