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P ortlan d, O ra. AN EOUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Thursday
July
8 1971 10< per copy
Development
Board
Vacancy
Louis A rm itronq dmd in New York Tuesday of 71.
Louie Arm strong, trumpeter ami gravel voiced singer, the
wotld reknowned ‘ Ambassador of Jazz', died lueeday. lie was
71 on tlte fourth of July.
Arm strong had been plagued with a kidney disorder and re
late d heart complications since M arcli, but doctors were en
couraged by recent Improvements tin.I wete of tlie opinion that
he could resume practice one hour a day.
In a recotded uuervlew Louis told the repot t o t , ‘ T in fool
ing good ... I ’ m coming along Just fin e .”
'Satchiiiu* ami his wife of 29 years, I ucllle, were frequent
v is ito rs to die Hose C ity, lie played here many tim es, die most
tecenl In 196% fo r Lloyd Center's fifth anniversary. He drew
a crowd of 33,000 fans in the West Mall for his two free per
formances.
An international celebrity diat received numerous honorary
degiees. he was concerned widi the problems of tuday; race
relations ami world a ffa irs.
lie was a conn ibutot to many
youth organizations, p a rticu la rly In his home town. New t ir -
leans, Louisiana.
Evers in Portland
MAYOR CHAR Id.
by spurgln Waters
like to talk about my chances
In the race, Pm going Io
he governor sure enough,
Pm going lo win.
Albina Summer Tim e Pro
grams are off to ambitious
beginnings in eleven centers
and churches.
Providing
opportunities
tor recreation, education
and culture,
over 1,303
ALBINA CENTER WINS AWARD
An upcoming vacancy on the
Portland Development Com
mission Hoard was I he sub
ject of a press conference
called today at Friendly House
by Portland’ s neighborhood
cltlren groups.
M r. Lou Himes of the North
west District Association and
spokesman for the groups
stated, “ Ned Ixmk’ s second
term w ill expire on July m
1971, And It Is tim e for some
fresh Ideas from the people
who are directly affected by
the
Portland
Development
Commission and Its projects.
There
are active cltlren
groups In all of the neigh
borhoods where the PDC has
urban renewal projects going,
and yet, none of these In
volved and concerned citizens
has yet been asked to serve
on the PDC Hoard. We be
lieve the City of Portland and
•he PDC should follow the
example of the federal govern
ment In recognizing the Im
portance of citizen Involve
ment In all phases of planning.
And so, today, we are pre
senting,
for the Mayor's
consideration.
a list
of
people, anyone of whom, we
feel, would be well qualified
to serve on the PDC Board.
We a re asking thal Mayor
Schrunk make his appointment
from this lis t.”
The people suggested and
the groups they represent are:
I>r. Gerald C’ogan, Northwest
District Association
M r. Ocle W. T ro tter and
M rs. Leo W arren, Emanuel
Displace Persons Ass’n
M r.
Gary
Michael and
M rs. Mae Grable, Hill Park
Association
M rs. C lair
(Jo)
Brown
various
Southeast
groups
(East-C A P, Sunnyside Action
Project,
Good
Neighbors
Community Center, Buckman
Neighborhood
Improvement
Project)
M rs. Opal Strong, Humbolt
Neighborhood Association
M r. Marcus Glenn,
King
Neighborhood Association
M r. James Loving, Boise
Improvement Association
M r. Chalmers Jones, Eliot
Neighborhood Association
are participât
Ed cation electives ln -
lude r .-edlng skills, numiier
tea, Slack History and rhet
oric, guitar lessons, photo-
T'i. / , cooking and sewing,
1 he new State of Oregon
Albina M ulti-ServiceC enter
at 5022 N. Vancouver A v e ,
has earned Portland General
E le ctric
company's A ll-
E le ctric Building Award.
I'he center is unique in that
it combines many agencies
under one roof, directed by
Leon H a rris .
A bronze plaque was pre
sented to W illiam A . N ick
erson, owner of the building,
by James L . Hunt, PGE
Portland division manager,
in a ceremony recently.
Recognized in Hie huilding
community as a hallm ark of
excellence, the A ll-E le c tric
Building Award was esta
blished as a means of
identifying outstanding new
commercial buildings which
are designed and engineered
to embody high standards of
electrical quality
The building was designed
and constructed by McKee
and Associates. O lsocElec-
tric was the mechanical
contractor. Lighting levels
square -foot building equal
o r exceed the standards re
commended by the Ilium mat
in Engineering Society.
To qualify fo r the A ll-
E le ctric Building Award,
new comm ercial and indus
tria l structures must incor
porate high standards of
lighting, heating and cooling,
plus e le ctric cooking and
water heating where appli
cable. PGE maintains a staff
of experts in its sales de
partment to provide assis
tance to contractors, archi
tects, engineers and building
owners.
and creative drama.
Recreation opportunities
Include
swimming. tennis,
gymnastics
and archery.
Special basketball clinics
are being conducted by the
Portland T ra il Blazers.
Field trips Include M ilt -
nomah F alls . Portland Zoo,
Alprenrose Farm and Dairy,
Blue Lake Park, Damon’ s
Hideaway, Port ot Portland,
and the Oregon Coast,
Information can be obtain -
by call to? Rev. Dale Stitt
or Joyce M arshall, Coordin
ator for seven
church pro
grams, at 288-5173. Other
centers of activity Include:
Albina Art Center,
Red
and Albina Women’ s League,
(see page 2)
Clean-Up Joins Hands
Jack and
Jill Parent
“ Look at your Child —
Other
PeopleD o", is this year's
Mayor Charles Evers, first
He fell victory would be
theme fo r the Seventh F ar West
M ark polltlrlan to run for
These suggestions came
sure because of the state
Mother’ s Regional Conference
governor of Mississippi and
about niter careful discussion
ratified
constitutional a-
of Jack and J ill of America,
cousin of M rs. Manuel Scott,
within each group as to nec
mendmenl regarding the I a
A manual on dissemination made fo r the top two or three In c , which w ill convene on
arrived In Portland Satur
essary
qualifications
tor
year old vole, about the
of alucational information won competitors In each category, Thursday afternoon,July 15, and
day, July 3 to address the
serving on the PDC Board,
M ississippi youth he had this
Omega Psi Phi f raternity’ s
national honors for Henry C. usually with fifteen to fifty en
continue through ths Saturday
and the list was presented to
to say,"they know that I care,
12th District at the Hilton
Mayor Schrunk yesterday tor
Ruark, PCC information chief, trie s in each.
evening, July 17, banquet and
that I know that now Is (he
Hotel In a banquet affair.
his consideration.
in the annual National School
dance.
time for change. Concerning
Ihe
Oregon
manual
written
’ ’Of course they’ve changed,
Himes pointed out the fed
change and education, Evers
Public Relations Association by Ruark won f ir s t Honorable
Jack and J ill of America,
th ere’ s a black man running
eral government Is now recog
revealed
thal
his
attitude
to
competition.
Inc.
is a non-profit national
for governor and he hasn’t
Mention
in
its
category
of
Public
nizing the need tor community
wards private education In
I'he manual, submitted by Relations Handbooks. Other organization
established
to
been shot yet,” said Evers.
th irty " c ity kids” win have
Involvement In federally fund
Hie south was favorable as
the Oregon Board of Education Honorable Mention awards went
Mayor Evers also reflected
create a medium of contact fo r
ed programs of all
types
nevei leen out of Hie • itv.
long as It maintained “ equal
fo r its 1 itle II ESEA program, to the Arkansas State Depart children, which w ill stimulate
on the change undergone
to fact, many federal guide
ity for a ll.” Ills hopes and
left Portland last Ihuisday lo r
was prepared by Ruark fo r the ment of Education and to the growth and development, and to
since he became head of
lines
now
require
citizen
aspirations aboutMIsslssIppl
a to-day two-state tour as part
Board and covers the theoiy Pennsylvania State Department provide fo r them a constructive
Eayette, Mississippi, which
participation in all phases of
seemingly rested with the
ol a federally funded summer
now has three Industries, de-
and working techniques of dis of Education,
planning. This has not been
future, the young M ississ
fo r s im ila r educational, cultural, civic, re
program
in
Hie
Portland
Public
•■rrphaslzed welfare
In
seminating the results of In manuals.
done by the Portland Develop
i p p i , "th a t's what the
creational, and social program.
Schools.
grams because of Increased
novative educational projects.
young people want- An end
ment Commission although a
Ruark is leaving his PCC The ages range from pre
I
he
students,
both
boys
and
employment, vocational ed
great deal of Interest has
to many thliqp that have been
The NSPRA competition Is post to become editor and pub- school to college age. In addi
g irls from grades 9 through
ucation programs, a full-
been
expressed by these
bad In th e past - racism
divided into ten categories, Usher of the largest educational tion, the organization has also
time« doctor and medical
17, are |<ai ticipants in Summei
groups to PDC’ s current big
and segregation.
covering
everything
from media journal, EDUCATIONAL established a foundation to pro
center. Fayette’ s total pop
Mobile Experience 11 (SMEX),
projects such as the Emanuel
He admitted however, thal
magazines to legislative re
ulation Is around 1,600. AU
SCREEN s AV GUIDE, with vide education funds fo r cul
an
outdoor
study
project
funded
Hospital
program
and
propos
there would always be some
ports. Top honor is the Award headquarters in Chicago. He turally deprived male youth,
of the above programs were
by a lederal gi ant under 1 »t le
ed projects to the L air Hill
segregation bul that, “ there
of Distinction, conferred this w ill also edit a series of paper p a rticu la rly under-achievers.
Instituted by Evers.
neighborhood and the Good
I of th Elementary ami Sec-
must be a change In the way
year in only three coategones. back books and manuals In the
M r. Evers said, ” 1 don’t
Featured speaker is M rs.
Samaritan Hospital plans for
(continued page 2)
ondaiy Education Act.
I he
Clean - Up Days in the A l
the Northwest area. It was
field of educational media and Evelyn Warren, Regional D ir
group w ill travel Oregon and Honorable Mention awards are
bina Community j o i n many
also noted that none of the
ector,
who
w
ill
preside
over
alucational
communications.
California
studying ecology,
hands, young amt old.
five current PDC commis
the business sessions. The
geology, and archeology horn
S p o n s o re d by theAlbina
sioners live to an area that
Portland
firm
remaining
regional
officers
July I through July 10, a junket
M inisterial Alliance, over
w ill be
undergoing urban
are:
M rs . Lois Meyers, * three hundred workers have
of more than 1,000 nuies in a ll.
gets parks jo |,
renewal now or to the fore
Secretary - Treasurer; M rs.
The trip is the brain child
seeable future.
participated.
Ruthe Spencer, National Cor
of Washington high school tea-
The National Guard provide
responding
Secretary;
M
rs.
Ihe U.S. A rm y Corps of
chei, Gordon Bolton, who la l
th e t r u c k s .
Guardsmen
Engineers Portland d is tric t has Josephine Stokes, Foundation volunteer th e ird rivin g tim e ,
a sim ilai student study evpe-
More
than
2Q0prlniary-age
Mem
be
r-a
t-L
a
rge.
dition last summer.
awarded a contract for $877,690
D r. George Guy w ill lead and the community churches
u ^ T ilC i ty Landscai'eCo., P o rt-
“ Doing is one of the iw st pupils in the Portsmouth and
Revised city maps of four
p r o v id e
the w illing hands.
Ball
School
attendance
areas
a
discussion
on Group Involve
lami,
to
construct
two
new
wasy
of
learning
w
lie
t
her
it is
O r e g o n communities have
Over sixty truck loads h a v e
have
a
second
"
la
m
ily
"
this
ment
and
Response.
Highlights
recreation
areas
at
Foster
In or out of school,” Bolton
been prepared by the State
been taken to the city dump.
of the conference include a
Lake, on theSantlam Rivernear
says. "SMEX incorporates the summer.
H ig h w a y Division
In
R e v. Dale Stitt character
T h e youngsters are caking Sweet Home.
Thursday evening social, "S ip
element of fun Into learning
cooperation with the Federal
izes the days as "dem onstra-
part
in
a
special
summer
and
D
ip
",
which
w
ill
be
The
two
areas,
Lewis
Creek
given
Highway Administration.
and provides opportunities foi
tionsof budding a better com
school program at Ball (4221N Park and Sunnyside Park, w ill
at the home of M r. & M rs.
T h e communities
are
students to experience as well
munity
together.” " y oung
have boating and picnic fa cili Ulyssess Plummer; a "C __
Fairview , Rivergrove and
ity
as lead about things,” he adds. W illis Blvd.). Ihe school is
persons want to work; they are
designed
to
h
e
lp
vicinity, Gresham and Scio.
of
Roses"
breakfast
on
Friday
t
h
e
ties.
The
work
w
ill
be
complet-
Holton and five other Wash
T h e maps are drawn to a
youngsters—all of whom wete «1 by May, 1972, according to morning; workshops on:
ington faculty members w ill
is celebrating a period of outstanding
scale of 800 feet to the Inch
I. Behavior, Appearance,
recommended fertile program Col. Paul D. T rle n i, Portland
accompany the group on the to
growth To all ot our savers and home loan
and are plotted on a 17hv 19-
and the Peer Group
day journey into Oregon and by th e ir classroom teachers— d is tric t engineer.
lnch
sheet.
Reductions
of
the
customers who have made this possible, we
IL Education, Careers, and
In establishingapositive self-
noi
thei
n
C
alifornia.
sheets to a scale o f 1,800
by Richard W llson
extend our warmest thanks Youi support
the Good Life
I he group w ill explore the image as well as In improving
f e e t to th e Inch are also
Angler»
extension
and confidence have helped us reach a new
III.
Religion,
M
orality,
and
Washington, D.C.—An incon
their
reading
skills,
according
lava beds outside Bend, the
available.
Mental Health
gruous sidelight on President
landmark of strength In Oregon
fossil beds near John Day, the to M rs. Luctllle W lenecke,
Cost of the complete large
The conference concludes on Nixon's attempt to establish
size map of Gresham Is 60
Now over $400,000,000 strong, we thank you
Malhetu National W ildlife Re project coordinator.
The Oregon Game Commis
Saturday evening with a banquet more normal relations with the
Ihe federally-funded pro
cents, T h e s m a lls lz e sells
very much
fuge in llarnev Cixinty, the
sion has extended the salmon
for 40 rents.
and dance. Business sessions Chinese Peoples Republic can
Steens and Pueblo Mountain gram also Includes an lndepth angling season to the u p p e r
They may he purchased by
w ill be held during the day. be found in the F B I's Intensi
exploration
ami
study
of
the
Ranges, ami the Diamond
W illam ette River and
Its
writing to the Program and
Ihe Saturday luncheon, with fication of counter-intelligence
C ia te is ami Alvord Desei t ol Oregon coast, with Held trip s trib utaries through July 11
Planning Section, Photocopy
to different beaches.
M rs. Evelyn Warren, Regional
I he FBI is tra ining agents to
southern
Oregon.
Befote
following
a
public
hearing.
and Map Distribution Unit,
D ire cto r, asguest speaker,will understand and speak v u mus
I he school sessions run
T h e commission approved
heading up the . Uegon coast,
Hoorn 17, State Highway
txs highlighted by a fashion show Chinese dialects and in general
they w ill dip into C alifornia to each day except Friday from the extension, which provides
B u i ld i n g , S a le m 97310.
Robert H H e/en Pre» • 14 Office» • Phone 224 1.133
and
is open to the public.
fishermen
wtth
II
additional
8|3t)
a
.m
.io
12:30p.m.
Theday
is beefing up its
counte:
s
tu
d
y
th
e
historical
Indian
Checks should he made pay
Home O f,ti e f renhlin Rido Por,lend Oregon 97204
includes two reading periods days of fishing, because o f a
M rs. George Guy is the espionage programs as well as
battlegrounds aiound Captain
able to the Oregon
state
Pood run of spring Chinook to
I resident of the local chapter its surveillance of domestic
Highway Division.
Jack's Stronghold.
(c o if. page 2)
Jhe W illamette system.
M aoist subversion.
ol Jack and J HI;
City Kids
yo I? tors
tog.
PCC man wins honor
to Explore
Oregon
M00M0.000
City
"thank ran very much”!
Oregon’s Largest Federal Savings
Maps
Student has
second Family
■n summer
anxious to work. We must do
more to provide the opportuni
tie s ."
"T here is so much we can do
to ensure .i le tte i tomort w ,”
said Rev. S titt, " i f given th e
opportunity ami inspiration.”
Next scheduled Clean-Up is
J u ly 24. T a r g e t area
is
Fremont to Alberta,
and
W illia m s toAlblna. Clippings,
trash, discards should
be
placed on the curb by 9:00 a.m.
Worker - party w ill follow th e
Clean - Up at Mallory Avenue
Christian Church, 120 NT. .A l
berta. Anyone wishing to help
in the project is welcome to
assemble a t M allory Ave.
C hristian Church at 8:45 a.m.
Interpretive Report
Franklin
Un the suilace this increased
activity might seem contradic
tory to a Nixon administration
policy which is promoting cul
tural exchanges, opening up
trade and softening itsattxitudc
toward Chinese admission to the
United Nations.
Strengthening Cnmese coun-
n gem
is, I owevei,
quite consistent with policies
affecting the Soviet Union. We
(conf, page 2)