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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1971)
--------- --.WIVII MIDI trie 1 J > ( 11« »t. I i-.k.-- i • . « • w ---- — v j l Hill me joij , •iiinud nt cralnJng young (wople M rs. Gates said 50 students for •mployment during and attei have l»en seleemd r .. • - — ’---—••■■a u^|i|U inw ju i y . S he exjw cts about 200 Gull in th e P rlvato sector mote students to take part in the (VEPS), ttw new venture Is fund program alter school starts In ed by a $100,000 grant from th e tlie fa ll. U . S. Off ice of Education and w ll I I he Portland bl anch o f t h e 1» directed by M i a. Lola Gates. National A ll ia n c e of Busi I lie school d is tric t w ill pro nessmen, under thodlrectlon of vide counseling and remedial lion F loien, w ill arrange for Job training lo r the students and w ill openings loi the students and help employers establish tra in also w ill help employers In de ing progi aim , according toM ra veloping (raining programs. A G a te s . I he employers w i l l wkle vai lety of businesses al supervise the students on the Job ready lutve Indicated a w illin g a,si w ill train them for specific ness Io participate IntheVEPS occupational areas, she said. program, according to M rs. I he ultunate aim of the pilot Gates. program w ill he to establish on- M rs. I.ols Gates, director of tlie - job training asa part of (he th e VEPS program, and lio n tegulai curriculum f o r high Floreii, d ire cto r of theNatlonal school students, according to Alliance of Businessmen In M rs. Gates. Portland, w ill he at the VEPS I o be eligible for the program olflce I uesday afternoon to o|wn teenagei s must las Juniors o r die oil ice and orient students to seniors In Portland high schools th e program. T h e office Is and must qualify a a economical locate.] at 1501N J i. Fremont St. ly disadvantaged or as potential and die activities are scheduled dropouts. I he students a re to begin about 1:30 p.m. I he selecusl by school work -ex telephone number at die office la perience coordinators. 288-9159. While they ere In the training M t. Eloren w ill lie prepared program, the students w ill le to make a short statement about I * id $1.60 an hour through t h e VEPS and both le and M rs. Neighborhood Y o u th corps, Gates w ill he happy to answer hm ployeis w ill re bate $1.60 an juestlons. Portland - Lane Commun College o ffic ia lly Joined of private, state col leges and universities belong ing to OSP1RG at a meeting o f the Board of Directors of the Oregon Student Public In terest Research Group Sun day afternoon, July 18, In Eu gene. Students from Lane Community College’ s OSPIRG organizing group went before the L.C.C. Board of Direc tors on Wednesday, July 14 and successfully presented a voluntary OSPIRG funding procedure. The OSPIRG State Board of D irectors also formed a news 1971 c o p y le tte r subcommittee of the Public Relations Committee; adopted by-laws presented by that committee, discussed fall orientation programs tor new students on the fifteen col leges and universities pre sently represented In OSPIRG type of crim inal activity. and are pursuing possible of Of the total reporting fice locations in Portland. losses, 42 percent placed The staff Hiring Evaluation their total losses at $500 or committee is continuing to under; 9 percent at between review approximately 150 re $500 and $1,000; 6 percent sumes submitted by lawyers at between $1,000 and $5,000; scientists, administrators* and one percent between and ecologists from many $5,000 and $10,000. parts of the United States. In the loss brackets between A report from the ad hoc $10.000 and $25,000 and over whlch organized an $25,000, the losses are re OSPIRG booth at the recent ported by construction,trans portation and finance firm s , with about 2 percent of the reporting firm s In each of these catgorles reporting ity Vol.1 4 3 P o r tla n d , Job Bank Report POIC There was a general pick 3 lie Job outlook continued to improve, as measured by up among blue co lla r occu Area Job Bank openings. The pations. The most frequent professional field did not listings In the machine trades sliare In the general Improve were mechanics to repair a ment. Demand fo r d ra fts wide variety of equipment. men and engineers was rather There were a few orders for slack. In tlie medical field general machinists. Among orders levelled o ff for tech bench trades demand for sew nologists and fe ll In the n ir- ing machine operator and slng profession. There was seamstress continued strong. some o*iportuntty fo r manager Other listings Included up holsterer and furniture fin trainees. The office cle rica l field ex isher. Demand for small pro hibited considerable activity. duct assemblers remained O rders were up substantially lig h t. Structural work orders fo r bookkeeper, key punch op showed a characteristic ln - e rator, and office machine c rease, particularly for build operator. Demand rose mod ing trade craftsmen. Makers erately tor socroiary, recep o f motor truck components and tionist, and clerk general of travel equipment are calling fice . The supply of office fo r experienced production personnel w ill soon be aug workers. Oiontngs In the m is mented by students and grad cellaneous line are greatest uates, Retail sales openings fo r truck d rive r, service sta attendant, and car slacked off considerably. On tion the other hand, there were cleaner. There are not near m ore orders fo r Insurance, ly enough m aterial handling com m lssloi, and h o ise -lo - Jobs for tlie large surplus of house salesmen. Tnere was laborers. Unfilled Joo openings In s till considerable unmet de man lfBcturlng edged up about mand fbr so licito rs. The strong demand for 7 percent between March and waitress, bus boy, and t>ar A p ril. This was ascertained mald continued, openings to ' from reports submitted on the cook, combination g irl, and Job Openings Labor Turnover institutional cook rose con (JO LT) Program. There were siderably, Food service Jobs o /e r 300 openings largely are tiard to f ill In outlying concentrated In lumbering, lo * at to ns. There were fewer other durables and apparel. calls for motel maid, nurse Long term openings constitu aide, and watchman. On tlie ted 21 percent of the total. other liand, demand rose for This pattern snowed no change p o rte r and cosmetologist. from March to A p ril. Mass Meeting Business Crime National Environmental Health Association Confer ence said the booth was a great success, and mentioned that it had won the 3rd place award granted by the con ference delegates. The unique booth consisted of a place for conference members to drink coffee, snack on cookies, and talk with OSPIRG students a- bout the organization. The State Board unanimous ly passed a proposal from a University of Oregon re presentative that state Board committees Include an addi tional alternate represen tative from each member school, and that any member of the public be allowed to serve on OSPIRG committees without voting rights, as des ignated by the Chairman of the State Board o rth e co m m l- the state Board o r the com mittee chairman. The next state Board of Llrectors meeting w ill be held Sunday, August 1, at an as yet unknown location, pending final decision of a Meeting Location Subcommittee, P er sons wishing to attend the meeting should contact the Portland state University OSPIRG office at 229-4545, o r w rite: Post Office Box 1364, Portland, Oregon 97207. The common garden v a ri ety of thievery continues to be the biggest factor In crime against small and independent business, but shoplifting Is coming up fast Increasing In Portland Opportunities In some areas 70 to 100percent. dustrialization Ct Her w ill hold In fact, shoplifting, which its firs t annual mass meeting on appears to be heading toward Sunday , August 1, at the Church epidemic proportions Is the of God in C hrist, 1737 N. E. only crim inal act against In Alberta at 3:30 pm. dependent business wnlch Is The purpose of the meeting Is showing gains, according to to inform residents that P o rt the continuous surveys of the land olC w ill be training 200 National Federation of Inde enrollees in various occup pendent Business. ation and the objective is to An analysis of the returns from the fir s t and second place 40 percent of these en quarter of the year, with ap rollees in meaningful jobs which these categories reporting It Is estimated that during the proxim ately 30,000 respon Every year, the number of losses of this size. w ill have an Impact on the com SALEM - - (Special) - - More would get In the boat. 12 months ending June 30,1972 dents covered In each quar boating accidents and fa ta li There are definite regional munity equal to three m illion than 5,900 newly - returned The Coast Guard lias a sim that 5,800 newly - returned te r shows 13 percent report ties increases, despite the differences in the reports of veterans received more than dollars in savings to the tax ple rule: " I f tlie lioat looks servicemen w in collect ap ing losses from theft, which efforts of many organlzatons losses from shoplifting. While $4.5 m illion in unemployment payers. o r feels overloaded, It pro- proximately $4.3 m illion with Is the same as reported In teaching water safety. This In most geographical areas Insurance benefits to help baldy Is. so don't take It out.*' Opportunity Industrialization an average weekly benefit the firs t quarter. Losses Is due to the Increasing num the reports of losses from No Life-Saving Device. This them wnlle they looked fo r is a national organization and amount of $54.50. There were reported from robbery this cause Is below the na ber of people buying their Is the Number One deadly e r suitable Jobs during the one- 89,947 total weeks of unem the national objectives are: dropped from 3 percent of the tional average, In the middle firs t Ixjats an<l then, without ro r for boaters. The law re year period ending June 30 ployment Insurance benefits To train o r retrain m illions respondents In the fir s t quar A tlantic states It has Jumped any training o r previous ex quires tliat All small boats Ross Morgan adm inistrator, paid during Fiscal 1971 to of men and women with untapped te r to 2 percent; from bur a third from 10 percent re perience, launching the !><>ais have Coast Guard-approved Employment Division, report newly-retuned veterans and glary, 8 to 7 percent, while talents and unknown skills, who ed here. porting shoplifting losses and embarking on what may buoyant cushion, rlngbuoy,or It Is estimated that around losses reported from vandal are unemployed or underem e a rly In the year to a cur At the same tim e, Morgan turn out to tie disastrous voy buoyant vest for each person, 80,000 weeks w ill be paid In ism remained at one percent. ages. ployed. rent 15 percent. said, the Employment D lvl- but the d ifficu lty Is that the fis c a l Year 1972, Morgan However, losses from shop In the South Atlantic states son contacted a ll returning It Is highly desirable to have To involve the total commun law can't force people to use said. liftin g Jumped In the last quar respondents reporting shop veterans to give them Infor boat owners and o|ierators them. Many a boater who has ity in tlie awareness of the val Unemployment Insurance te r from 10 percent up to 12 take at least a basic course liftin g losses have more than mation on services available voiced complaint to the owner ue of preparation, thereby stim benefit payments to r newly- percent. As to be expected In seamanship before "going to help them find jobs. These doubled so far this year,from ship and use of such life -s a ulating and inspiring individuals returned ex - servicemen are the biggest percentage suf to sea." These courses are are continuing a low of 7 percent to the programs ving devtces lias gone to his authorized under the Ex-Ser to seek higher levels of pro fering these losses were re available most anywhere In present 15 percent and In the under a concentrated effort death. vicemens Un - employment ductivity, creativity, and ta ile rs. However, whole the country and are sponsored " I t would be desirable tor Mountain states the jump In o l co - operating agencies Compensation Act o l 1958 and achievement. salers, service organizations, by the . i,«st (eiard Auxiliary, everyone to wear a life Jacket the same period of tim e has under the Governors Jobs for are paid under Congressional and professional organi To develop among trainees i lundnma, boating at all times when on the water gone from 10 percent to 17 Veterans Task Force, spear appropriation. E ligible newly- zations which maintain coun clubs, yacht clubs, and even In a boat,** says the Coast and associates a sense of in headed by the Employment returned ex-servicemen are percent. te r or showcase displays ol sports stores, creased economic security. Division in a ll of Its local entitled to 26 weeks and 13 Guard. "And certainly, i«m- goods also report losses from Rarwity, while attending o ffices, MORGAN STATED, To foster and nurture a sense swimmers, young children, weeks o l extended unemploy this source. the I resident's Cup Paces on the aged and phyalcally-handl- Morgan said that the average ment Insurance benefits If of self-pride which w illgivethe Losses due to rio ts show the Potomac Itiv e r, many of capped In a small open boat 1 he 27th annual tournament o I unemployment benefit check trainee confidence In himself up as a negligible fraction ol Leisure Hour Golf Club w ill be to veterans during the 1971 they cannot find suitable work us were aghast to see a small should always wear one.’ ’ during that tim e. Claims and enable him to participate a percent. polls. homemade rowboat out in the I he I .eague of W omen V ote rs Year was $50.10. may be filed at any office Overconflcence. Amazing held at Bowman's Country Club Fiscal with dignity in the total society. The incidents of both rob middle of the riv e r with five Local League »throughout the Under the new Employment o f the State Employment Div ly , It’ s not the cocky novice of Uie I nited states has recently To stimulate loyalty and pride bery and burglary hold fa irly this year. very scared adults holding on Division law, which upped the ision just as fo r regular to at the helm wlio accounts for announced the receipt of a grant United States ace invited ■ •.e"<! beeln with th e usual in the community . . . a sense constant In a ll thwmuependeut fo r dear life everytime ano maximum b"- - fit amourt to un - employment Insurance the majority of boat accidents. in tlie sum o l$351,000 from the participate in this project. T h e t w o - m a n bestball toui ¡lament business vocations with the ther I oat went past. The The disturbing fact Is tliat F o r d Foundation. fills grant study project may well result in of brotherhood Involving all re $62 a week, starting July |f benefits. exception o f burglary from scheduled fo r Sunday, August 1, boat was overloaded. There more than half the boat acci w ill make possible programs helping to restore voting rights ligious, racial, cultural , ec finance firm s going below the followed by the annual get- ware no life Jackets on Imard. onomic, political and other dents last year Involved oper under tlie League's Education to m a n y ol the de facto dis average with only 2 percent acquainted picnic on the resort One oar was lost, and only ators 26 to 50 years old with Fund. groups. enfranchised voters, and thus reporting suffering from this picnic grounds. two of the five could swim. more than 500 hours of op To adapt the training pro type of crim e. A n election systems survey w i l l be a significant p u b lic We look (hem aboard our boat The fir s t 18 holes of the36hole erating experience. Tartly The Independent builder- tournament w ill begin on Monday service to th e community at gram to meet the challenge of and irnt them ashore. Another cent, the unemployment rate to blame is overconfidence, w ill he carried out in Coopera Employment in the poverty changing technological ad large. contractor and the Independent accident averted, but how soon tion with theNatlonal Municipal fo r teenagerswasdownslight a tendency to throw caution with T e e -T im e at 8:00 a un. fo r neighborhoods of the Nation's vances and current business transportation firm s are the w ill the same unsafe thing Ih is survey w ill be carried League. M i s . J a n e Cease, ly from the fir s t quarter. to the waves because they 100 largest metropolitan are hardest hit by both vandalism both days. happen again? president o f th e Portland out under die direction of a needs. know "no matter what comes. Jobless rates fo r both A soul food buffet dinner is as was unchanged, but unem To develop an awareness of and theft. Among the builders There are some fatal m is League, stated that this Is a National Program Committee, I can handle the situation.*' whites (9.1 percent) and Ne planned forMonday at Bowman’ s ployment rose from 9.0 to 10.1 15 percent report losses from takes tliat twat owners or man's relationships and re The safe lo a fe r, no matter commumry - oriented study de appointed by both the League of groes (11.9 percent) in urban a t 6:OJp.m , and music foi percent (seasonaly adjusted) skippers maketluil account for sponsibilities to his fellow man, o?n» aUsn’ and 23 f * rcen* from how expert he may be, enters signed to discover what ob Women Voters of the United poverty neighborhoods moved •heft. Among transportation dancing is provided by t h e over 95 percent of the acci between the firs t and second every new situation cautiously National along with the ability to act In firm s , stacles to registration ami vot S ta te s and th e up over the quarter, but the lo percent report Monarch on M o n d a y evening quarters of 1971, the U.S. dents. Study the following and and recognizes both hts own a constructive manner In the ing whether proceduial, ad M u n ic ip a l L e a g u e . E a r l losses from vandalism and rise in the white rate was rather than Tuesday this year. Department of Labor’ s Bur learn from the mistakes of and the boat’ s lim itations. 28 percent from theft. m inistrative, o r a t t it u d e — Blumenhauer, assistant to the community and the world. proportionately greater than others. Than, Join In with The awards dinner is scheduled eau of Labor Statistics re Hence, opportunities Indus- Violating "R ules of the Forty-one percent of all generated- - have the effect o f president of Portland Sute Uni the hundreds of thousands who that fo r Negroes. As a re fo r Tuesday evening atb:00p.m ., ported today. These neigh tria llfa tlo n Center w ill seek Road." Boats, like autos, independent firm s report keeping citizens away from the versity, has been appointed a go hack to the sea In boats sult, the ratio of Negro—to— according to.Mr.Leon McKenzie, borhoods account fo r approx to develop the "whole man." losses suffered from some and enjoy every minute of are subject to tra ffic laws member ol tlie committee. white jobless rates in these Tournament Chairman. imately 7 1/2 percent of the that govern yielding the right- it - aafaly. neighborhoods dropped slight country's population and labor Overloading. Too much of-way, speed, lights, etc. The ly; during the same period, force. weight spells death for many fellow who disobeys these the comparable ratios in both rules is asking fo r (rouble. The second quarter 1971 in a siriall-lstat occupant. Typ the Nation as a whole and in One skipper, towing a water ical Is this case. Four men crease in unemployment fo l- the other urban neighborhoods s k lle r, failed to yield tlie s e t o ff on H fishing trl|> III lowed 2 quarters in which edged up. and crashed a 14 1 2 - foot boat with a right-of-w ay the rate was the same (9.0 Among white workers, un 25-horse-power engine. The broadside into a motor lo a t, percent). The unemployment men’ s weight alone was 800 hurling a 12-year-old occu employment rates were up for rate in the ether urban neigh Ever hear of a $7,950 home pant to her death. Another pounds, not counting fishing three m ajor labor force being sold fo r $26.457 W illie borhoods of the 100 largest gear. As the lioat sped along boater, speeding nt night with groups, with the largest in Joshua almost did when his areas remained at 5.8 per out lights, ran down and killed Its bottom sat deep In water, crease occurring in the teen home at 3706 N. Haight Ave. cent fo r the second consec a 16-year-old bather. One so that only five Inches of the age rate - from 18.1 to 23.8 fellow, who "fo rg o t” the was almost sold out from under utive quarter, while the rate boat's side protruded from the percent over the quarter. F or meaning of a red light, fo r the Nation as a whole, at him to pay a delinquent tax water. Not far out, a slight rammed at h ill speed Into wind sent waves over the bow. 6.0 percent, was not essen Negroes, jobless rates rose lien owed totheC ity of Portland. Soon swamped, the lioat sank, a sea wall. tia lly different from the rates fo r both adult men and women Joshua was one of several Rules of the road vary ac and two of the men drowned. of the previous 2 quarters In the A pril-June period, with home owners who faced the loss the increases about in line Common sense should have cording to the body of water - (5.9 percent). of their properties as a re lakes, rive rs, o r oceans. A dictated that only five Inches with those among white adults. sult of the seemingly time Labor Force and Employment skipper must know and obey of freeboard, as it Is called, However, the unemployment honored practice whereby the The population and labor was dangerous. The men laws applying to the area In rate for Negro teenagers fell city "auctions’ ’ off deeds to force in poverty neighbor- which he Is operating. It should lutve realized that any from 44.9 to 363 percent. speculators for the amount of hotxls were little changed from w ill keep him alive and out sm all wave five Inches high Between the second quarter unpaid taxes, usually just a o f a lawsuit. the firs t to the second quar of 1970 and the second quar ters of 1971, after declining fraction of the properties’ ter of 1971, the labor force assessed valuation. in most of the previous quar in urban poverty areas de This antiquated system of ters. Employment in poverty clined by 155,000 as the pop collecting taxes came to light neighborhoods averaged 5 3 ulation In these areas also last Friday In an a rticle by m illion, seasonally adjust, a- dropped. The proportion of G erry P ra tt published on the bout the same as In the firs t the population 16 years of age front page of The Oregonian. quarter of the year. and over in tlie labor force The revelation by P ratt, Of the total number of p e i- also edged down over the year, txisiness-eeonomic analyst and sons in poverty areas who from 56.9 percent of the pop television personality, tr ig were employed in the second ulation to 55.5 percent. This gered action at Portland^ City quarter of 1971, about 16 per decline in poverty area labor H all. cent were working part tim e. force participationwas slight This was the same proportion ly larger than that which took P ra tt’ s disclosures also served to inform Joshua and several as a year ago and was also place in other urban nelghbor- others they were about to lose equal to the proportion of hotxls. Employment In pov their homes because, they workers currently working erty neighborhoods dropped claimed, they had never been part time In the other urban by 310,000 over the year, notified by the city that the neighborhocxls. The number while unemployment in tax b ills were due. of persons on part time fo r creased by 165,000. As a result of P ra tt’ s a rti economic reasons (such as Over the past year, un cles, Mayor T e rry Schrunk due to slack work or mat employment rates m poverty ordered the city attorney' s e ria l shortages ) in poverty areas have moved steadily office to draft a proposed neighborhoods, at 4.8 percent upward among the m ajor age- of the employed total, was sex groups. amendment to the C ity Charter The sharpest fo r placement on the ballot in twice the proportion In the increase took place among other urban areas. a special election this fa ll. adult women, whose Jobless Unemployment Instant Earnings from Day o f Deposit The m ajor’ s proposal called rate rose by about three- for the elimination of the U nemployment among both fourths, while the rates lo r per annum com pounded daily and p a id quarterly auction*’ required In the char adult men and women in pov adult men and teenagers in te r, turning overtheunpaid bills erty areas increased in the creased by about one-third to the c ity 's assessment and second quarter of the year, and one-fourth, respectively. collection fund. HOME NEARLY LUST — Television personahty Gerry on a seasonally adjusted ba 1 he unemployment rate among pay overdue tax bills, prevented speculators from seizing Additionally, the mayor P ratt (left) explains to a dismayed W illie Joshua (right) sis. The adult male raterose white workers rose by one- homes of Joshua, at 3706 N, Haight A v e , and several others. a io ta t i i N ordered emergency measures how the City of Portland planned to sell Joshua’ s $7,950 from 7.1 to 8.3 percent be half, from 6.0 to 9.1 percent P ra tt's investigation also triggered action by Mayor Terry R o b a n H H n /a n Prax • I« O llie«« • Pkooa Î Î 4 3333 be adopted to contact home home fo r $26.45 to pay delinquent tax Hen. P ra tt’ s timely tween the 2 quarters. The over the year, while that for Moma o n ic e H a n tlin Rida Portland Oreaon M7JO4 Schrunk to eliminate Inequitable practice from Portland’ s owners whose property could disclosure, based on an exhaustive investigation into Portland rate fo r adult women moved Negroes by one-third, from city charter. Looking on Is Ted Channel. Joshua’ s lie n be sold In mid-August, when C ity Hall practice of auctioning off private properties to up over the quarter from 7.8 8.8 to U.9percent(seasonally w a s p a id by th e F re e d o m Bank. more tax bills become due. to 8.9 percent. A t 27.8 per- adjusted). Safe boating no accident Vefs get benefits G o lf T o u rn ey LEAGUE STUDIES LAWS Employment Situation Mayor acts to halt City in Lien practice Franklin
