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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1971)
.¿(5' * U h r, 'li itale I U lV ef .¡(y <ireg. 973.31 Opportunities Through Portland Fire Bureau l ire Chief Jam es H. Riopille shows po sition of F ire Bureau training station to Linda Hale, Portland F ire B u reau 's only A. Lee Henderson (center) and Ed W ar Black em ployee, is a s e c re ta ry in the cen moth of the M ayor's Office. tra l fire station. A bove, she d iscu sses Left: T raining c e n te r located at Willa methods of rec ru itin g m inority w orkers m ette and In terstate where tra in e e s will with fire fighters. experinece the life of a fire fighter. 7 LA ND V o lu m e 2 N o . 6 0 AN PORTLAND , OREGON Oplomists provided dinner at H ighland EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Look in the book « 0roI^ 1, J‘’ ,<h.H lll’ GP“ ’m ' ’ «Ciubandthe I *g.rd (.p to m ,.t Club f J , r e He people ^ John Adams Highschool w ill be the firs t Portland High School to conduct a school- w ile Sickle Cell T ra it testing Adams m D * m p * '' l ’ ' ” " donl» <‘gard o p tim ist ciuh; | ou p . ?«. ^sleigh u n ia o p tim ia !Club; Ray Bowles. V ice • sklent, RHtC; Jim Kolph, Past President. KH< C NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES are scheduled fo r delivery in Portland area beg inning No vein ber 30. With the help of d ire c tory assistance operators like Jolene Thorson, Pacific North west Bell is hoping its new slogan, "L o o k in The Book" w ill re mind customers to check their phone book hefore calling fo r directory assistance, o f the mote than ISB.OOOdirectory assis tance calls dally In Oregon more than 80 percent of them are for numbers already listed In the dire cto ry. In the Portland area the average of calls to directory assistance has Increased from 77,500 to 112,127 in the past thiee years. 7 D ecemb * r 2> 1971 ,0< per coPy Links present Ebony Fashion Fair nomah County Public Health Nurses, Albina M inisterial Alliance, and parent Health specialists. serves arxind four hundred Black students In a total school pop- Ulation of 1650. The schools a t’ ff, parents and students are w< idting with many existing health service agencies toco- ordlnate an immediate testing and long range educational program. t manuel Hospital is donat ing its services to test me blood drawn at a c lin ic to be held December 7th at the school. A newly developed procedure using the auto-ana- lyize r method w ill be used for the Adams testing program. In order to make this e ffo rt pos sible several other agencies are Involved. They include: the Red Cross, Fred Hamp ton’ s Memorial Health C linic, P acific Northwest Bell Com munity Relations team, M ult provided fix ,! fo r , com m unity thanksgiving Dinner at HUrtil.rwl Community Center, Picnnod delivering OBSERVER Adams test for Sickle Cell p ro g ra m . The Portland F ire Depart ment la initiating a new pro- gi am to provide training and education fo r unemployed or underemployed residents of Portland to asistthem in qual ifying fo r F ire fig h te r posi tions with the Bureau of F ire . The program is federally funded under the Emergency Employment Act of 1971 fo r 36 training positions. To qualify for training candidates must meet minimum physical fit ness requirements - they must be at least 5*7** tall and have good health. A ll applicants must have a hign school edu cation o r have a G.E.D. c e rti ficate. Nor.-veterans must be between 20 and 24 years old and Veterans w ill be accepted to age 29. There w ill be no written test. The training program w ill include in-service job training conducted by the Portland F ire Department. This w ill consist of laying and picking up lines, operation of the pumps and hoses, raising ladders, etc. (continual p. 4 col. I; Included in the plans w ill be an assembly featuring Honor ary C ity chairman oftheSlck- le Cell Campaign, Sidney Wicks and National Campaign representative, Stan McKen zie. December 8th, the Friday night following the clin ic, “ Shades of Brown" a local band directed bv Greg Smtth w ill contribute Its services for a dance at the school. AU stu dents tested at theAdam sC ll- nic w ill be admitted free of charge. Jackson High School which serves arouixl 50 Black stu dents, mostly bussed from the North East wUl also be in volved in the program. Any in terested persons in the area are urged to call V icki Jones at Adams Highschool fo r more information on the project. Security O ffic e r p ro m o ted New telephone directories delivered »J. Discussing the prepaiatlon of the ham and turkey dinner are (lo ft to right) Joe Russell,Social worker, Yaun Youth Care Cen- te i; Jim Melaner, RH; Dennis Johnson RH; Walt Morgan RH. The dlnnei was prepared by volnteera from Highland United C lu rch of C h rist. There’ s a bonanza of Infor mation — including new num bers - - in the 1972 telephone directories lasing distributed In Portland, Lake Oswego and Milwaukie - Oak Grove by Pacific Northwest Bell be- twoen November 30 and Dec ember 13. For the curious, page 4 of the Yellow Pages section has calendars thatwUl give you the date of everyday from the year 1176 to 2000. As a firs t, yellow pages 5 through 7 show T ri-M e t bus routes in the Portland core area and through the metro politan area. And If you’ re not sure how to address a letter correctly, look on yellow page 1 fo r "a d dress hygiene" or pages 2 and 3 for Z ip Codes. F or thed’ scrln iln a tin g d la l- e r, according toPNB Portland Division Manager E .L .P fe i fe r, there’ s a lot of new Infor mation up front In the white pages—alphabetical section- of the d irectories. With 12 more pages this year — fo r a total of 800 — the "alpha” section contains some 235,000 listings. That’ s about 4,600 more than a year •go. Among the 235,000 listings, P fe ife r points out, are new numbers fo r most Multnomah County offices and also for 2,300 phones in 110 federal government offices. The fed eral offices — p rim a rily those on Portland's westside — Change to a new phone system the weekend of December 4. The new numbers fo r federal (continued p. 3 c<r 3) M ilitary Race called explosive cUfe want CYOU as a saver Beiij. 0 Franklin ■ A V IN O « A LO A N ASON R o b o rt H Hnzon, Pres • 15 Odíeos • Phono 224-3333 Homo Odien Frnnklin Hldg , Portlnnd. Oro 97204 The Congressional Black Caucus la holding hearings in to "ra c is m in the m ilita r y " . Caucus members told of per sonal visits to m ilita ry liases and a 50-page report was sub mitted by Rep. Shirley Chis holm on race relations among US troops in Europe. Rep. Ronald Del turns, co- chairman of the hearings, made public what lie called "s e c re t and cor.f klentlal** govei nnient documents that said a lim it« I number of "c a re fu lly chosen" black ser vicemen would tie assigned to Iceland. Secretary ofDefense Melvin La ird denied that he had authorized such an agree ment. Frank W, Render, who ser ved as aDeputy AssistantSec- retary of Defense fo r 14 months until he was dism is sed, said he had become aware of black-white conflict in the services. He waa the highest ranking black man In the Pen tagon. Rerxlet said the problem is the failure of civilia n and m il itary leadership to c a rry out its equal opportunity respon- (Continued p. 8 co l. 2) Claudia T ate, Ebony Fashion F a ir Model, in a double-yoked white wool coat with stand ing c o lla r designed by Fouks of P a ris . The sim ple elegance of the coat is enhanced by black and white Fox sleev es. This item is rep resen tativ e of those that will be shown at the Ebony Fashion Show, sponsored by the Links. Pinkerton names first Black Sergeant C lifford Jackson has been with the Pinkerton Security Service since 1968, when he retired alter 38 years with the railroad. Today, he Is the fir s t Black sergeant named by Pinker ton’ s in Oregon. " I t was a merit promotion to sei ge.int," according to Security Super visor W alter Adams of Pink erton’ s Portland office; ’ ’ he’ s done a great job fo r us.” Last week. C liff’ s supervi sor a rriv a l at the door of the Jackson’ s tew home at 2718 N.E. Hancock and askedjack- son to surrender his cap and badge. The promotion came ts quite a surprise. " I guess I ’ m fire d ," the puzzled officer told his wife. It was just an exchange. The supervisor handed over a new cap and badge with a big d if ference; the new ones read "se rg e a n t." Continue page 4 col 4 ) Fund ra is in g The Thunaerbird M otor inn at Jantzen Beach w ill be the setting for the 14th annual Eb ony Fashion F a ir, spousorad by the Portland Chapter of Links, Inc M rs. Walter Sayles is President and M rs. George Guy Is General C hair man. The fashion fa ir w ill be held Sunday, December 12th, at 7:00 P.M. There w ill be.iNo- Host Cocktail P arty In the Ne halem Room 5:00 to 6:30 P^M, The theme this year is "W hat’ s Coin On” In the fash ion world, and w ill feature some of the most attractive g irls In the world who w ill be modeling 185 stunning crea- scheduled tions by world famous design ers. Proceeds from this gala w ill benefit the Whitney Young Scholarship Fund, the Sickle C ell Anemia Research Foun dation, the United Negro Col lege Fund and the A frican A rt fo r the Portland A rt Museum. Tickets are moving briskly at $8.00 for reseived seats and $6.00 fo r general admission. Foi ticket information contsct Link members or phone 235- 2842, or 284-3267, or 636- 5459. Tickets are on sale at The Portland A rt Museum and there w ill be tickets at the door.