J^iews'n^ews
Portlarid/O bserver
A Birth-Control
Method
Could Be Aided by a t est
for the homemaker
Two yeais ago medical sci
ence admitted what m ill ions of
women alieady knew: The
rhythm methixl of birth control
was, at best, chancy. Scient
ists had generally belivedthat
rhythm worked 80 per cent of
the tim e, but a 1969 George
town lln lve i sity study ieduced
that figure to 30 per cent.
Now a new test for fe r tility
is on the way, one acceptable
to women who prefer natural
methods of b irth control.
An Illin o is chemist and a
C alifornia
physician la s t
week refrorted prelim inary
development ot a simple, self-
iklministered saliva test that
can predict a woman's fe r
tile period from one to five
days ahead of tim e. Chemist
Haymond O. Foster and D r.
A lte r! B. Lorincz told tire Am -
A lb e rt B. Lorincz told tire
American Chemical Society
meeting in Washington, D.C.,
d ia l tie test employs a strip
of chemically sensitive tape a
woman can hold in her mouth
Chili pot
for the beans:
1 cup dried kidney beans
2 cups cold water
I clove pressed garlic
I tsp. salt
1/H tsp. freshly ground black pepper
Wash beans; soak overnight. Add
more water, if needed, to cover beans.
Add g a rlic , sa lt, pepper. Bring to
boiling point; reduce heat, ('over,
sim m er until beans are tender (about
2 hrs.). Add more liquid, if needed,
set aside.
1 or the chili pot:
large green pepper, diced
large onion, chopped
2 tbsps. vegetable oil
2 lbs lean ground beef
2 tbsps. chili powder
10 drops tabasco, optional
1 clove pressed garlic
2 tsps. salt
1/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1/2 tsp. cumin seeds
2, 1- lb. cans tomatoes
1/4 cup tomato paste
1/2 tsp. sugar
Saute green pepper and onion in oil
until golden; add beef, cook until meat
turns gray. Stir often with fork to
keep loose texture. Blend in chili
powder, tabasco, g a rlic , salt and
peper. Cook 5 m in s., stirrin g. Add
cumin ( tomatoes, tomato paste and
■sugar; cook 30 m ins.; stir often to
prevent burning. Add cooked beans
' 1 m ins. It >nge . raste to cor
rect seasonings. Serve alone, with
tam ales, or spoon over rice or fill
taco shells. Serves 8.
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R e s ta u ra n t fo r lease o p e n 3 y e a rs
d o in g g o o d business little m oney
n e e d e d fo r rig h t p erso n
A(i lean fabrics hail a brief
rage a lew years ago, but to r
many reasons, failed to |ieri-
etiate
tbe
ready-to-wear
scene widely. But the o r ig
inal Ity and band-made quality
of African fabrics are too good
to die out.
Perhaps tire present inpor-
tatiori by PH T extiles w ill start
them up again. 'Oils firm has
re-drecovered tbe reversible
blanket cloth woven by the
Basuto tribesmen In tire little -
known country of Lesotho.
B rillia n tly co lo rfu l, heaufl-
fulIy designed in both abstract
patterns
and
" s to r y ”
motifs, tire blankets ate worn
much as the American Indian
wore his.
PB Iras translated IS such
designs into lightweight acry
lic , to be sewn Into blankets,
wall hangings, ponchos and
even skirts. I he blanket cloth
Joins such olherP B indigenous
fabrics as tire Metsovaara
prints Bom Finland,
(c o n i, from page 2)
T he citizen advisory com
m ittee'., each composed of two
high school students and seven
adult residents appointed by
the Board of Education, were
organized in 1970 to allow
more citizen and pupil in
volvement ui education. The
member s le lle c t their school
Communities and advise tlie ir
areas on educational pro
grams, building n e e d s and
school operations.
They meet at 7:30 p.m. on the
third Monday of each month
during tire 1971-72 school year
In schools thioughout the dis
tr ic t. The meeting dates are:
( 'Ctoiei 18, November 15,
D e c e m b e r 20, January 17,
February 14, March 20, A p ril
February 14, M a r c h 20,
Api il 17, June 19.
For fu rtlie i information cal I:
Fran Baumann, Public Infor
m a tio n s p e c ia lis t, 234-3392,
Ext. 336.
c a ll or see
C osm etology
courses
o ffe re d a t
PCC
P au l a t G e n e v a 's 2 8 2 - 6 3 6 3
Two Vocatiun.il Teacher
Education cour ses of interest
to instructors in schools of
treauty w ill lie offered this
year at Portland Community
College.
''A udio-Visual and Instruc
tional Mater ial Pr oduction" is
a three-cr edit-hour cour se to
be held from 7 to 10 Itiesday
evenings at tira Sylvania cam
pus. "Psychology of Learn
ing, ”
also a th re e -c re d it-
hour class, w ill be held from
7 to 10 on Mondays.
Regular classes in art,
biology, chem istry, business
administration,
recreation,
w ill also Ire offered.
F or a fu ll schedule of class
es, call Portland Community
College, 244-6111. For furtliei
information on tlie vocational
teacher education
contact
Grant Scott at PCC.
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Child
It may be some time before
women w ill be able to buy tie
tape, however. D r. Foster
said additional studies were
needed before the Food and
Drug Adm inistration would
approve - th e new fe rtility
guide.
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S a fe ty
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Here's a reminder about safe
d riving from the Portland
T ra ffic Safety Commission:
Summer highway repair and
lane repainting can be danger
ous fo r the d rive r who’ s not
a le rt. Watch closely for flash
ing lights, flagmen o r b a rri
cades ... reduce your speed
quickly and prepare to stop.
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WHITE- MANN APPLIANCE
COMPANY
When you’ re planning your
vacation trip this summer,
i ortland T ra ffic Safety
Commission says to consider
th is: Night driving is about
four times as dangerous as
daytime travel.
Plan your
tr ip to avoid blinding head
lights and the other up-tight
hazards of night driving.
When you’ re driving your
car, It’ s what the other guys
don’ t know that might hurt
you.
The Portland T ra ffic
safety Commission urges you
to Communicate with the other
d rive rs - let them know your
intentions by using signal
lights, horn and even hand sig
nals when necessary.
budget-priced ranée
W o m e n ’s E m ploym ent
O pportunities
these a re tire days when par
ents of elementary students
are puzzled about their child’ s
inability to read and that the
child has little or no interest
in reading.
Parents talk to other pa rents
arxl to the teacirei s, asking for
some suggestions to stimulate
an interest in l eading. If they
ask their second grade child
if Ire is interested in reading,
the child w ill admit tlrat he has
no Interest in learning to read,
and therefore is having prob
lems in school.
Discussions with three ele
mentary teachers produced
thr ee somewhat s im ila r con
cepts, tlrat when put together
answers tire question by say
ing that there is no single way
in which to stimulate a non-
reader to read. L’nfor ornately,
there are fa r too many child
ren w ho go f r o m grade to
grade, even reaching h ig h
school, with little or no ability
to read adequately, opinions
are that ,»re n ts should work
closely with the child's tea
cher. Clrecks should be made
to see if tire child is under-
physical d iffic u ltie s , such as
poor hearing or poor sight.
Perhaps an emotional prob
lem may be involved.
Since the child Is only in the
second gr ade, it may be that
he is Just not ready to begin
reading. Not all children de
velop leading patterns at the
same age.
However, by tire time a child
is in the second grade, he
should show evidence of some
interest In learning to read, a
curiosity, a desire to know
what tire words in his books
mean.
Sometimes, teachers say,
leading stones to the child
w ill help. Take an interest in
tire school w ork. Encourage
him.
A ll three teachers insisted
tlrat par ents must not nag or
pressure the child. That can
become deadly and prove to
he a boomerang.
If a l l e ls e fa ils , parents
might consider a special read
ing class, where disabilities
could be detected--if any— and
help provided.
It’ s liack-to-school-tlm e again.
When you’ re d riv in g ... Watch for
sudden
children.
St»re the
speed and save the child.
b rie fly each day.
The tape registers tie level
of a cle m real enzyme known
as alkallnephosphata.se, which
is found in the saliva and ap
parently varies during tie
phase of a woman's menstrual
cycle. During tie few days
preceding ovulation, tbe time
wten eggs are released from
tie ovary and are vulnerable
to fe rtiliza tio n , tie level of
tills enzyme is significantly
higher than during other days
of tire month. D r. Foster also
discovered that the rise in en
zyme level paralleled tie r ise
in body temperature, anotier
indicator doctors frequently
use to estimate the onset of
ovulation.
Thursday, Sept. 23, 1971
A proposal fo r "significant
ly " Improving the employment
opportunities of American wo
men was today announced by
.Secretary of Labor J J j, Hodg
son.
Regulations spec dying " a f
firm ative action" require
ments among Federal con
tractors in all industries other
than construction have been
newly revised to cover women.
The regulations w ili require
Federal contractors and sub
contractors to develop goais
and timetables " to remedy
underutilization of women,"
Secretary Hodgson said.
The proposed order—de
veloped after a series of con-
sulations with the diverse or
ganizations—-has been chang
ed and w ill appear in the Fed
eral R egister of Tuesday,
August 31. 1971.
Secretary Hodgson expres
sed confidence that, when ef
fective, this revised regula
tion " w ill have great impact
on our e fforts to assure wo
men equality in the American
workplace."
" B y providing well-defmed
c rite ria fo*- correcting under
utilization of women,
this
order w ill insure significant
new job opportunities for Am
erican women," M r. Hodgson
added.
Order No. 4 provides guide-
Hnes fo r thedevelopment of af
firm ative action programs by
Federal contractors and sub
contractors in nonconstruc
tion industries. The office of
F e le ra l Contract Compliance
is responsible fo r carrying out
the order.
since the order w entintoef-
fect, tbe Department has be
come increasingly aware of
problems of equal employment
opportunities for women.
The central change to be ef
fected by the revised order are
requirements that employers
analyze th e ir work forces
against newly-developed c r i
teria " to determine whether
women are being underutilized
aixl, if so, to develop goals
and timetables for remedying
the
problem," Secretary
Hodgson said.
The c rite ria , s im ila r to
those now found in O rder No.
4 fo r "dealing with the under
utilization of m inorities, have
been ta ilo re d " to reflect the
particualr problems attendant
to the underutilization of wo
men in employment," the Sec
retary added.
F o r the past several mon
ths, John W ilks, D ire cto r of
the Labor Department* su ffice
of Federal Contract Compli
ance met and consulted with
representatives of women's
organizations, industry, labor
and human resources _groups
regarding the problems of un
derutilization of women in em
ployment and the best methods
fo r
dealing
with
these
problems. The revised order
Is the result of the3e con
sultations.
If your favorite ice cream
pie recipe calls fo r "s o ft
ened" ice cream, remove Ice
cream from the freezer and
place on the re frig e ra to r shelf
fo r about one-half hour. It
softens evenly rather than
melting on the outside while
the inside remains firm .
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This quickie ice cream
cooler w ill make a hit at a
summer birthday party. To
make 4 servings, divide 2 cups
m ilk and 1/2 cup chocolate
syrup into 4 glasses; blend.
Add 1 large scoop Ice cream
to each glass; f ill with spark
lin g water and s tir.
WHITE-MANN APPLIANCE
COMPANY
H o m e o f th e
best A p p lia n c e m a d e
Under tire revised rule.
Federal contr actors and sul>-
contractors w ill be required
to analyze tlie following fac
tors:
—Tire number of unemploy
ed women in tire labor area
surrounding tlie fa cility.
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— The percentage of women
tn the work for ce in the area
surrounding tlie fa cility.
—Tlie avallabllty of women
having the requisite skills in
the area surrounding the fa
c ility .
— The availability of women
seeking employment in the
area.
—The availability of women
having requisite skills in the
area in which the contractor
could reasonably recruit.
—The availability of " p ro -
motable and transferable"
women in tlie contractor* s o r
ganization.
—Anticipated
expansion,
contraction arxl turnover of the |
contr actor's work force.
— Availability of instit
utions ca|iable of training per
sons in the requisite s k ills .
—T ra in ing that the contrac
to r is reasonably able to un
dertake as a means of makeing
a ll job classes available to
women.
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