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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
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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
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EX Convict makes good
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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.