In d ian s Fight
to Save
Mississippi Election
M oio than 250 blacks are tunning lot public office In the
at.ite of M ississippi,
Black voter* outnumber white In at
least 17 of M ississippi's HI countlaa.
Some of tlie best known candidates ate: C harlie Evers
who la running lot Governor; Aaron Homy, State Chairman
of the NAACI’ ami Chairman of the Loyal Uem ocratsof
M ississippi, who 1« running for the legislature; ami M rs.
Fannie l.ou Hammel, who Is running for the Stute Senate.
A well organized campaign la expected to bring out the
black Voters on November 2ml, Blacks me also supporting
12 white candklates.
I lie Atlanta-based Votei Education Project, lieaded by John
I ewls, foumlei of SNCC, has funded 25 votei leglstratlon
drives.
o ve r 31X1,000 blacks are registered lu t l ewis
explained that white control of jobs, housing, welfare, food
stamps ami medicare causes many black people to tai afraid
to reglstei ami v o t e .
E vers’ candidacy, which was o rig in a lly considered to he
only symbolic, la teing taken more seriously, lie faces two
white candidates who could spilt the white vote, ami I« la
gaining support from poor whites who are on strike against
p u lp -m ills, liv e rs ami the other black candidates are stressing
tlie fact that white office holders seldom Consider tlie Interests
of blacks or poor whites.
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The Home Economics class
of Jefferson High School is
co-operating with the M etro
politan Area 4-C Council in
training young people fo r
possible careers In early
childhood development. Ilie
students are placed In center s
throughout tlie 4-C program.
Each student is required to
spend a few hours each week
with the children, then report
their observations to thewhole
class.
There are tb it ty-seven Jeff
students participating In tlie
program. They are presently
working with the staffs of
Bethel Child Development
Center, WoodlawnChlldDeve-
Ipment Center, Oerean Child
C a re C e n le i, BugesMernorial
Child Care Center, North
Portland Center, and Parent
Child Care Center. The stu
dents work along with the
staffs of tlie centers In super
vising the children in the
various activities.
Some of tlie young persons
working with tlie centers made
comments
on the obser
vations. " I like children and
I like to be with them. It’ s
really fun and I enjoy It ."
" I t ’ s pretty good, most of the
kids I’ ve worked with are
really friendly and easy toget
along w ith ." "1 really enjoy
working with them.”
Jackie K ling, he id of Jeffer
Borne Economic Depart
ment, stated that tlie program
had three main ohje> live-,,
besides encouraging the stu
dents to seek out careers in
child
development.
She
pointed out that along with
encouraging Interest In the
career asirect. "We are help
ing tra in young people become
good parents, and alg< value-
able because of Hat community
son
C e n te r
Ave
Y O l HAVE T O R F G O O D TO S P E C IA L IZ E
Iu tr n i I t o n Iti i s
te a t h e r s
“ Negro soldiers seem to
liave lost faith In the Arm y
system. They ere not aware
of the many accomplishments
of the Army In their behalf and
their leaders are either un
aware their troops liave com
plaints or are unpre;iar<*d Io
handle the profdems «M l b
come to their attention. A ll
young black troops anda large
number of while troops ex
pressed a desire to openly d is
cuss Hie racial differences
and and misunderstandings In
order (hat tensions can be les
sened.”
So stales a briefing for sem
inars on racial tension and e-
qual opportunity Included In an
Information packet being d is
tributed by the Race Relations
Coordinating GrouplT.S.\rm>
Infantry Center,(Attn: AJIGF-
EO, Fort Bennlng, Ga. 31905).
Among other Items In (he
packet Is a reprint of an a rtic le
from Commanders Call e n titl
ed "Race Relations In (he
A rm y.” «Most blacks and
many whites,” says the a rtl-
le, “ seem to believe that (he
degree of racial understanding
In (he Army Is low and tliat
tensions are getting more c r i
tic a l. Assessments of (he de
gree of danger vary, but some
believe that If nothing Is done
there are likely Io be targe-
scale disruptions In a year or
two,” The packet also con
tains a handliook for the con
duct of race relations sem i
nars by moderators, coordi
nators and commanders; a
suggested reading lis t a film
handbook, and several other
a rtic le reprints.
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Here’ s a safety tip for bike
rid e rs
from
the Portland
T ra ffic
Saf ty Commission:
When the tra ffic really gets
fra n tic In the downtown section,
get o ff your bike and walk It
across the busy Intersections.
The same rule applies to narrow-
lanes on bridge; or under
passes.
The p rim a ry purpose
in
establishing a senior adult
service center is to employ
on a part-tim e basis a m ini
mum of fo rty -fo u r older
model neighborhood residents
to assist and serve other
older
model neighborhood
residents. Services in this
operation w ill include the
following;
TRANSPORTATION
two twelve-passenger buses
fo r Senior Citizens to and
from shopping centers, banks,
medical centers, food stamps,
etc.
HANDYMAN SERVICES
T ri-M e t New s
(le ft to right) Dorothy spencer, Connie Gonalzes, Portia
White, Janet Lynn and Tony M arshall, att staff members
at Bethel Child Development Center, A. L . Henderson,
D ire c to r.
Head Teacher Portia White (center) plans curriculum with
staff members. T heir fir s t concern is " duality Day C a re ."
HEADLIGHT TO TAIL-LIGHT
The board also viewed a pre
sentation by James Howell,
spokesman fo r STOP (Sensible
Transportation Options for
People), suggesting making
increased information on bus
services available to the put>
lie through bus stop maps of
routes. Howell said his group
was interested In giving sup
port to more use of mass tran
sit to help the environment.
Ridership increases on sev
eral T ri-M e t bus lines was
reported to the T ri-M e t board
Monday by General Manager
Tom King.
A check of schedules to atxf
from M t. Hood Community-
College for the firs t three Jays
of the term "shows excellent
patronage” , King said, with a
total of 752 rid e rs. A t the
same time Portland Com
munity College line patronage
showed a total of 2,111.
Board members asked for
more information on the pos
sibility of transfer arrange
ments between T ri-M e t and
the Dunthorpe Bus Line, which
serves a small area of South
west Portland.
Inci eases were also reported
or. the 82nd Avenue crosstown
line and on the Im p r o v e d
Molalla-Canby- Oregon City
service. King said patronage
on the experimental 122nd
Avenue line continued to be
extremely low and that he
would recommend discontinu
ance unless there was an
indication of improvement.
Board Chairman W illiam
Roberts said T ri-M e t should
avoid assuming the responsi
bility for the Dunthorpe ser
vice if transfer cooperation
can prevent it. The p rivately-
owned Dunthorpe s e r v ic e
operates between tlie residen
tial area anil downtown P o rt
land.
OUTREACH SERVICES
Provides companionship (a
weekly visit) and m inor house
hold assistance to Senior
Adults.
Also, re fe rra ls to
other services, if needed.
NNPA calls
for
"Societal
reform »?
The Board of D irectors of
the National Newspaper Pub
lishers Association, com
posed of 79 black publications, i
issued the following statement '
concerning the tragedy at
Attica Prison;
"Everyone is appalled and
troubled by the savagery and
the loss of 42 lives at New .
Y ork's Attica Prison. True, I
violence has never solved any I
problem.
However, the
tragedy is that In America few I
great social reform s, even I
prison reform s, have ever '
occurred on the basis of non- i
violent petition.
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"O u r
government
and I
society ofalleged‘ free people’ ’
have required that social J
change occur only after being I
triggered by violence.
1
SHORT MEMORY
"W ith in a few weeks the
memory of the bloodshed at
Attica w ill pale from ourcon-
sciousness, and the penal au
thorities in the 50 states w ill
return once again to business
as usual — the using of the
state correctional institutions
as islands of persecution and
fo r the savage demeaning of
human beings, rather than re
structuring the prisons as
microcosms in which frag
mented physical and psycho
logical entities, the prisoners,
can be rehabilitated for a new
start in life.
" I t is hopeless to talk of
prison reform unless the in
mates in prison at large —
- - American society — are
fir s t rehabilitated.
Here’ s a defensive driving
tip from the Portland T ra ffic
Safety Commission: Keep your
eyes moving when you're be
hind tlie wheel. Don’ t stare-
-but look far ahead to get
tlie big picture— know what’ s
happening to tlie skies and
check the rear view m irro r
frequently.
"W e must become a people
less avaricious, less destruc
tively concerned with the ac
quisition of things anil less
exploitive of people, and we
must redirect our energies
toward building a society in
volved in expanding the di
mensions of the human per
sonality.
" I f we do not firs t achieve
this goal of societal reform ,
the possibhties of prison re
form represent a myth and a
facade. We suspect that San
juentin and Attica are just
a beginning.”
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TELEPHONE REASSURANCE
Provides daily telephone
calls to Senior Adults to see
if they are up and around,
and if any service is needed.
Also provides re fe rra l to
other services.
NEW DIRECTION
m ills
le n t t i e r s
Provides m inor household
repairs, such as opening stuck
windows, repairing broken
windows, fixing leaky faucets,
repairing broken steps, and
repairing broken door latches
fo r Senior Adults.
Defensive D riving Tips
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4 9 0 4 N.E. Unien Avenue
287-2110
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Provides transportation In
two twelve-passenger busses
Participating in a group activity with the kids are E liza-
beth P hillips and Collette B accellerr.
The children are
Rhonda Boyd, Mark Blaylock, Ronald Coleman and Dionne
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Joil Southwell
In Ils a rticle on tlie prison
e r rebellion at the New York
state penitentiary at Attica,
Time magazine (Sept. 27)
cited the circulation ol tlie b il
lowing poem, described as
"w ritte n by an unknown p ris
oner, crude tu t touching in Its
would-be heroic style.”
" I t we must die,
let It not he like hogs.
hunted ami penned
In an unglorlous spot,
while round us bark
the mad and hungry dogs,
making their mock
at our accursed lo t.”
Rather than being tlie work
of "an unknown prisoner,” the
stanza is part of one of tlie
most famous poems by a black
w rite r in the twentieth cen-
truy: " I f we Must D ie,” by
Harlem Renaissance ligure
Claude McKay
SHOP
able because of tlie community
and schooldeveh prnrmt. M rs.
Kling also stated that tins
part of tlie studio were cen
tered around the second year
student. "T h e students enjoy
working with tla children,"
she commented, *‘ jt gives
them a break from routine
class w o rk ."
When asked
about future plans, she in
dicated that she hoped tlie
program would continue.
re la tio n s
liv e call on you to discuss
your
make regrowth te a rly impos
sible.
tie opeiatlon by blocking tie
loggers access to the logging
sue. A Washington court o r
dered tle m not to interfere
with tie logging ami s a ld tle ir
only recourse Is to appeal to
tie Bureau of Indian A ffa irs .
T ie Sierra Club, a conser
vation cluti, has come to tie
trib e 's support, urging Pres
ident Nixon to "ta ke im m ol-
iate action to insure that poor
ly executed logging operations
such as tlese do not destroy
trib a l traditions o r tie Indian
means of earing a live
lihood."
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Tlie (julnault Indian tribe
of Not thwestern Washington
is lighting to r improved log
ging practices on tille r reser
vation. The logging operation
has lieen contracted to a p ri
vate logging company and tie
Indians claim tlie company Is
u s mg n as thud s t ha t a re d am ag
ing the forest. There are
documental Instances uf ruin
ed fishing streams, erosion
ami logguig practices that
make regrowth nearly I i ii | m > s -
slble.
I he tripe attempted to stop
tie o| « ra t ion by blocking the
and logging practices that
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" A lte r carefully assessing
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that it would be impossible
to save enough money for
Dental School in the F a ll,"
he concluded.
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