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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1971)
ß U LK H A fl U. S. POSTAGE L¡ b r a r y T e g on S ta t e o r v a 11 i . , PIS' I ’ n iv tr s lty O re g o n 9 7 P A ID PORTLAND, OREGON PERMIT N O POR 7 'LA NO Volum« 2 No. 63 PORTLAND , OREGON AN th e ir efforts In building tire Center’ s program since its beginning in Msy, 1969. "T h e I'nrversiry is lurtuir ate In having tírese young men In charge of the Education Center,” he sakl. “ They have hullt the Center with a very minimum budget but their hand work and s p irit of ded ication have inspired other faculty members to donate their time and service." Winter term classes begin January 4. Anyone interested may call theCenter, 29-3864. "W e call this out store front campus," D r. Cease said, " T ie location la an old furniture store. NowthatPSU Is occupying tie building, we say we are furnishing minds with new «leasand information Instead ot furnishing homes with furniture. The Center Is of benefit to people in tie job market as well as In their per sonal liv e s ." Sabin-King plan approved A large delegation of Ktng- Vernon-Sabln resxlents were on hand at Portland C ity Coun c il chambers Weil re »lay, December 15th to speak for and witness the Council’ sun- animoua approval of an urban renewal plan fo r the area. Resklents of the Model C ities area neighborhood had develu|>ed ihe plan In coopera tion with the Portland De velopment Commission as a result of neighborhood meet ings since January 1971. Through this process, a Long Range Plan fo r the area has been developed to serve as a guide for yearly action programs. P rio ritie s have also been established to fu r ther assist the neighborhood In Implementation of the Long Range Plan. Residents and Mixlel C ities committees ap proved tire p la n e a rlie rln Dec ember . The rieighlxirhood p rio ri ties urtler tire plan Include: 1) Housing rehabilitation and replacement. 2) T ra ffic study. 3) Improve park fa cilitie s (access) 4) Community and social service fa c ilitie s . 5) Street improvements In lighting, beautification, etc. 6) Pedestrian greenways. 7) Public sanitary and storm sewer Improvements. 8) Im prove/replace com mercial buildings. (continued p. 5 col. 4) Employ the handicapped essay contest slated by Governor The Governor’ s Committee on Employment of the Handl- cafiped reports that material concerning tire 24th Annual A b ility Counts Wr Itlng contest has been distribute to all high schools In the state. Ihew r it lng contest based on the theme, "Employment of the Handicapped: flow Well is My Community Inform ed?", Is open to lltlr aid 12th grade students. Instant Earnings from Day of Deposit per annum com pounded daily ana paid quarterly Priinklin y Riibnrl H Hatan Praa H o m e O lllc a f ra n k lrn saviN«« a ia a s a««« • Dele T ro tte r, D ire cto r of Albina Fam ily ami Commun ity Services Project, announc ed tire intentions of Emanuel Boateng, a student from Guana, West A frica atterding tire U nlveralty of Oregon, to conduct a survey on the Im pact of Mass Communication on tie Black Community in the Portland area. Boateng, who Is working on his Dis sertation toward hla PhD, stated that the purpose of this survey would be to study tie effects of newspapers, radio, television and other types of communication on the aver- age black fam ily. He pointed out that quite often a black man looking fo r a Job is more like ly to go to a friend lo r in formation than to read a news paper . It is Boatengs object ive to find out why. D r. Ronald Cease, I lean of Undergraduate Studies at Portland State University, praises program of new classes at PSU Ed ucation Center. High school dropouts and older (reople who come to the Center to study for their GED (high school equivalency) test ar e encour gagtxl to take fu r ther courses alter they have passed tiro test. D r. Cease said. D r. Cease praised tire staff at the Center: Harold W il liam s, the director; and his assistant, Harvey Rice, lo r let Office« • Phone 254 3333 . P o rtla n d O re g o n SZ204 W ritten reports on the theme must not exceed three pages, typed double-spaced on white, regular-size typing paper, together with a cover sheet contalnurg the student’ s full name, age, home street address, and school address, plus tire student’ s and teach e r's signatures. F irs t place Oregon winner of the contest w ill receive an expense-paid trip to Washing ton, D.C., pad fo r by the Oregon AFL-CIO, plus a $330 scholarship award to the Ore gon college o r university of his or her choice. The firs t place winner is also eligible fo r competition In tire national contest with pi izes of $1,000, $600, $400, $300, ami $200 In cash, pad by the Disabled American Veterans. Second place Oregon winner receives a $220 scholarship aid third place winner a $110 scholar ship. Fourth, fifth and sixth- place Oregon winners receive special citations. Closing date fo r Oregon en tile s Is February 18, 1972 ami completed reports should 1» sunt to Fred M .Tolleson, Exe cutive Secretary, Governor’ s Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, 402 Labor and Industries Bldg., Salem, Oregon 97310, postmarked on or before that date. F or further information about the contest contact the nearest office of the Employment Di vision. OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Tuesday Decem ber 21,1971 )0t per C opy Boateng to conduct survey on news PSU Education Center starts winter classes Rogistiatlon la now In p to - groat fo r winter term classes at the Portland State Univer sity Education Center, 2611NE Union Avenue, according to D r. Ronald Cease, Dean of Undergraduate Studies In charge of Special Programs at tire University. A number of new courses are being scheduled. “ Portland State is an u r ban unlveralty, committed to serve urban residents with the kind of education they need and want“ . Ire stated. " I he Education Center la an Important arm of the Insti tution. We regatd it as an educational "Halfway House* wher e people can come to take crajt sea In Mathematics,I'.ng- llslr. Sociology, Psychology, etc. arxl when they consider themselves ready to do so, move on to cnutses on the downtown campus.“ Classes are taught by PSU professors, he emphasized. Most of them donate their time because of their inter est In helping people who real ly want to learn, and may have been deprived of tire oppor tunity at some time in ih e lr lives. Portland State stifclerits anl graduate assistants work at the Center as tutors, help- mi! people who need special assistance. A special rate of $6. a term 1» available for those who want U niversity credit, | ir . Cease said. People In tire M ule I C ities area may take one course a term at this rate. Non-credit courses are only SI. fo r reglstr atloneach term. “ Our courses at tire Ed ucation Center are not watered down in any way,” I II . f , . , « . said. “ People who register fo r them earn PSU College credits. However, at theCent- e r we try to give people |ie r- sonal attention to holster their self-confidence to do college w o rk ." EQUAL OBSERVER of advantages and disadvant ages of those areas. He point ed out that this survey was not aimed at Just one section of the Hack community, but a ll. He was inters ted In mass media» effect on tire poor as well as the rich in the community. The survey w ill consist of a printed questions re which w ill ask questions con cerning family life and use of Communications. The survey. It is hoped,wlll answer some of communications. The survey, tire following questions: Do Black Americans consider to Ire important that following topics: educational opportuni ties, family planning, financial loans, housing, Joboremploy ment opportunities, local and national news, local/national organizations, political, poli tical elect I on/voting, shopping and welfare? What media arxl non-media s o u r c e s are readily available to Black Americans for obtaining in formation on the above stated topics? What kind of credi b ility do Black Americans assign o r g iv e to th e se sources which they use on the a b o ve listed topics. The meeting was attended by James G riffin of Media, Inc.; Azree Lathan, Community Volunteer; Charles Jordon, C.D.A.; E lla Mae Gay, Oper ation Step-Up. The meeting was held In hope that the var ious organizations represent ed would assist Boateng In hla efforts. Many studies have been made by whites with re M r. Boeteng expressed the sults drawn from white fam i- hope that the results of this les, but never has a study been survey would be of help to made to obtain information Black publication and other from black fam lles. types of news-media not only When asked why he chose the In this area but through-out Portland area fo r this survey the country. He is expecting to as opposed to larger cities begin work in the near fu such as Los Angeles, D etroit ture with help from local a- or Washington, D x , Boateng gencles. stated that Portland had all !? . A -O-Yz EX Convict makes good S T S . ™ Charles "B o b b y" Powell is a soft spoken, quiet man with compassion fo r his fellowman. It could be that this is because "B o b b y" has experienced some of the good and much of the unpleasant In his th irty - five years of life . The summer of 1953 he was a member of the Portland Bea vers BaseballClub and was of fered college scholarships fo r his athletic a bility but since he had not made any vocational decision, he enlisted In the U.S.A.F. in the fa ll of 1953. When talking of his ex periences a f t e r returning home, "B o bb y" smiled and explained a "fe e lin g of close ness" to Nathan M ille r and all (approx. 40), employees of Charles Jordan (left) Ocie T ro tte r (standing) and Emanuel Friedman Bag Co. He was an Boateng study plans for an investigation of the i m p a c t employee of the firm “ on and of the news media on the Black Community. o ff" fo r twelve years. One day while he was work ing he received a call from his older sister, who was in Wen atchee, Washington, telling him that his mother had been hospitalized following a beat ing administered by his step father. Powell took the next bus to Wenatchee. When he walked into the house, he saw his mother bandaged and bruised. While he was talking to his mother, his step-father pulled a hatchet on him , then Powell shot him. Bobby says, " I f I hadn’ tg o t- ten Into trouble, I probably would not have ever looked at myself. I would have been s till running — and not going any where. A fte r spending 8 months In the county ja il before sentenc ing, he was given a 20 year sentence with 19 years sus pended providing he spend an additional year in the county ja il on the charge reduced from murder to manslaughter. A fte r 18 months Charles Powell was confined in the county ja il where there was nothing to do but play cards and listen to the radio. The last two months he was a trustee with little else to do and re main»! on the same floor of the ja il. When he was released he understood he was given a year parole. Have A Safe Holiday Artist displays art ARTIST - Staff Sergeant Janies A. Fairfax with his paint ing entitled "C h ristm a s T ree.” “ EO' - M d ” “ talning a gentleman friend. said she fe lt that he had no money coming. There was a fight between tire two men. Po- lice were called and charges were pressed against Powell. The presiding judge senten ced him to 1 year on assault charges. The local authorities wrote to the Wenatchee, Wash ington, police and after anex- change of several letters which stated that Powell was granted an "in a ctive proba tion” (not the understanding Powell had of 1 year), he had violated the terms ot his pa role. The parole violation hearing was heard in Wenat chee. Ther terms of the o ri g in a l Washington parole are s till cloudy to Powell as " in active probation" is a term not understood. As he was being taken from Multnomah County to Wenatchee, he asked an en forcement officer what the term meant and th e o ffice rd ki not know. A t the parole violation hearing Powell was sentenced to 20 years In the Washington State Penitentary at Walla Walla. He arrived there dur ing August of 1969 and served 3 years. In the spring of 1970 he was transferred to Larch Mountain HonorCamp and was there until paroled on Nov ember 10, 1970. “ Upon his return to Portlarxi be learned that the assault charges had been dropped arxl at present be is on parole from the state oí Washington. On February 8, 1971, heen- tered the S.TJS.P. Program . The program is the Suplemen tal Training and Employment P rogram . Powell qualified as an unemployed disadvantaged Individual. According to M r. Rich Seufert, Manager of the Southeast Portland, Oregon Employment office, " I t is a stop gap program fo r 13 weeks designed to give work exper ience so applicants can com pete in the labor market. The Job Developer in the program places people in meaningful employment p rio r to comple tion of the program ." Powell was assigned to the Vernon Neighborhood Care Associa tion as Adm inistrative Assis tant to M r. R J., Anderson. At the termination of the program he was transferred to the AIC Program where he inter viewed applicants fo r AIC fo r a period of 4 months. During this time he was liaison to the North Portland Oregon State Employment Office, working with m inority groups explain ing the Apprenticeship Pro gram. (continued p. 5 col 3) Merry Christmas to a When the time came fo r release, a Washington State Parole O fficer contacted the Friedman Bag Co. fo r Powell. M r .M ille r said "A n y time he is released, he has a Job waiting.” Consequently he was released on this basis, that he hail gainful employment waiting fo r him. In July of 1968 he gave an ac quaintance money to keep fo r him over the 4th of July hoi i— d iy . When he retur ned to hrs Roslyn I . and Alisha C heri Henderson wish the subscribers. friend and asked fo r his mon Advertisers and Friends of the Portland observer a very ey, his friend, who w asenter- M erry Christm«s.
