p«ge 6
Portland/Observer Dec. 21, 1971
Trem endous g a in
S h elter fo r
p e t*
fo r m in o ritie s
By 1973, about 78 per cent of all black men entering high
school w ill graduate .. .Incomes are higher fo r younger blacks.
In 1970, fam ily heads between 25 and 34 were earning $6,994
annually; by 1975, they w ill earn$ 10,016 a year and, by 1980,
the level w ill reach $14,446 . . .In 1962, the number of Negroes
elected to national office equaled four Congressmen; by 1970,
13 Congressmen and one Senator were black. Only 52 blacks
sat in state legislatures in 1962; the figure today is 198. There
are now 81 Wack mayors and 1,570 other elected black officials
across the country — approximately half of them in the South.
"These figures are encouraging to all our citizens, regard
less of race,” Coleman concludes, "and are making obvious the
great promise of A m e rica ."
re q u ire d
M a rin e A rtis t here
L’SMCRS Portland, C re g ,
Dec. 13 - A rtis ts are every
where m one form o r another,
whether with a paint brush or
other m aterials at hand.
The Manne Corps is no ex
ception and a prim e example
of this was in Portland last
week.
Staff Sergeant James A.
F airfax, a Marine C oips A rt
ist appeared at the American
Vocational Association con
vention at the Coliseum. He
also appeared at Adams and
Jefferson High Schools and on
KATU-TV.
"1 was designated a Marine
Corps A rtis t in 1968 and I’ m
one of only a few active career
Marines in the fie ld .”
In the lastfew years, the 13-
year-M arine veteran, has had
many paintings and drawings
accepted
into the Marine
Corps A n Collection. "M o st
of the a rt is used as display
m aterial, telling the Marine
Corps story, in a rt shows, ex
hibits, fa irs , galleries, and
publications throughout the
co u n try," F airfax comment-
*1. "Some though are kept on
fxsrmanent display at Head
quarters Marine Corps in
Washington, D .C ."
While in Portland, Staff
S e r g e a n t F airfax displayed
some examples of Marine
Corps A rt, along with his lat
est work entitled "C hristm as
T re e ."
" I saw these Montinanyard
troops from the F ir s t Mobile
Strike Force while 1 was in
Vietnam in 1969. The scene
really struck me so 1 made
some sketches and photos and
just recently finished the
Earth num bers
The inhabitants of Earth to
taled about 3.7 billion at mid
1971, according to figures
from the Population Reference
Bureau, Inc» in Washington,
D.C., 74 m illio n more people
than the previous year.
Overall, the w orld’ s current
annual growth rate is 2 percent
which means that the human
race gains 200,000 members
daily. At the present rate of
increase, world population
• • •
Nothing
says " M e rry
C hristm as” quite the way a
tray of invitingly colorful
Christmas cookies does. It
is not too early to begin baking
(and hiding) your seasonal
goodies. Cookies and cookie
dough
maintain
excellent
freshness from 9 months to
a year in a freezer.
w ill double in 35 years.
The highest growth rate in
the world - 2 .9 percent - be
longs to Latin A m erica. But
Asia, with a growth rate of 2.3
percent and 2.1 b illion people,
adds the most numbers to
population - 48,000,000 last
year. The U,S. has a 1.1 per
cent rate, up from 1.0percent
the year before. Bymid-1971
we had 2,300,000 more c iti
zens than m id -1970.
• • •
It’ s oftentimes the little
things
that cause tra ffic
crashes.
The PORTLAND
TRAFFIC
SAFETY COM
MISSION says a little too much
to drink; a little too much
speed; or, maybe, evena little
e rro r in judgement can cause
a BIG crash. How aboutusing
just a little defensive driving
to show you through the holi
days this year.
Clean electricity...
Santa's helper
(yours, too)
H o lida y ham or turkey cooks to
perfection on your electric range
~
(So do your meals all year round ) j
Reddy K ilow att sees to that w ith
temperature controls that do
away w ith guesswork. A nd how
about the w a y ^ o u can relai
w ith your guests while that
self-cleaning electric
oven is tid yin g up
after its e lf!
Cold weather is he ie an lp e t
owners should not forget their
pets, accoidlng to Gene Bur
gess, executive d ire cto r of
Oregon’ s
SPCA. Adequate
shelter is a must fo r all do
mestic animals as well as food
and water.
Now Is the time to check
over your pet’ s quarters and
make any necessary repairs to
insure they are warm, dry, and
d ra ft-fre e . Oregon law pro
vides that an owner mu at pro
vide adequate food, water and
shelter fo r pets and urxler a
new law passed by the last leg
islature, provides that a peace
o ffice r may obtain a seizure
order and Impound any ani
mals that are being neglected.
Hundred’ s of animals suffer
and die each w inter as a re
sult of owners not beetling in
time cold weather care fo r
their [« ts. Free pet care book
lets are available at the Ore
gon Humane Society lit Sl’CA.
Cases of animal neglect or
cruelty should be reported to
your nearest law enforcement
agency and the Oregon Humane
Socetty at 1067 NE Columbia
Blvd. Portland, phone 285-
0641.
The straw berry shortcake that's so good
in December, or the fresh-tasting peach pie in
F e b ru a ry -th e y 're just some o f the nice things
electricity helps you do w ith vour
painting.
Gunnery Sergeant Bruce
Broussard and Staff Sergeant
Cal Braxton, Portland re
cru ite rs, accompanied Staff
Sergeant Fairfax during bis
Portland v is it.
George Page, host of the
" T h ird
W o rld " television
show on KATU-TV In te r
viewed Fairfax, and he made
video tape presentations to the
a rt classes of Adams and Jef
ferson High Schools.
S ta ff S e rg e a n t F a ir fa x
works as an illu stra to r and
graphic arts man at Headquar
ters Marine Corps in W ash
ington, D.C. and came to P ort
land fo r the American Voca
tional Association convention.
He was featuied in the May,
1970 edition of Ebony Maga
zine.
T ra ffic authorities ca ll this
month Deadly December. That
means bad driving conditions,
more holiday partying and
more tra ffic . The PORTLAND
TRAFFIC
SAFETY COM
MISSION urges you all to
drive more defensively during
the holiday season.
Family sized
Washer with
Permanent Press Cycle!
FILTER-FLO"
WASHER
F iller Flo System
Traps Lint Fuzz
3 water-level
selections
3 wash. 2 rinse
temperatures
Porcelain enamel
top. basket and
tllil
Permanent Press
Cycle with
"Cooldown"
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C-E BITERS
l he Justice Departmentes-
tlmates that upwards of $1.5
billion is stolen annually from
transportation f a c i l i t i e s .
Truck lines are said to be the
chief victim s, losing about
$900 m illio n a year to hijack
ers who make liq u o r,cig a re t
tes, and furs their prim ary
targets.
D rinking d rive rs are in
volved In more than half of
the fatal Christmas season
accidents. The PORTLAND
TRAFFIC
SAFETY COM
MISSION says, "P ro m ise Not
To K ill Anybody This Hoi iday-
—lf You D rink, Don’ t D riv e ."
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• 'It Is time to call a halt to pessimism, negativism, doubt in
our society . .. time for a renewal oí confidence and faith in the
promise of Am erica. And this is as true fo r blacks as for
whites,” declares Latrice Coleman, Chicago divisional mana
ger fo r Waddell Si Reed. Inc» who notes that "slow as it may
sometimes seem blacks aie making tremendous gains.” Cole-
man himself Is black. His
company is a Kansas C ity -
based national financial ser
vices complex which manages
and sponsors the United Funds
and United with assets of ap
proximately $2.6 billion and
more than 500,000 sharehold
e r accounts. " In the invest
ment community, seldom a
day goes by without a refer
ence to the lack of investor
and consumer confidence,"
I Coleman observes. "T here is
no disputing that we are s till
in the midst of an unwanted and
unpopular war, racial pro
ROBERT G. SWAN
blems, student unrest, high
crim e rates, drug abuse ano pollution of the environment. How
ever, there is also no disputing that the elements that made this
country the proud nation it is today are s till present; and we
must use them. Unfortunately, many Americans — fa r too
many blacks — often fail to realize the great strides that have
been made and those that are on the horizons."
Coleman can cite many recent and projected gains for black
Americans: Blacks today own and operate 4.5 per cent of all
businesses in the United States. In the past two years alone,
the number of black-owned and operated businesses has in
creased by approximately 200,000 . . . more than 97,000 jobs
fo r men, nearly 92,000 jobs fo r women . . . The median income
of Negro fam ilies in which both husband and wife work is now
v irtu a lly equal to that of comparable white fam ilies, in the
Northern and Western United States.
In i960, only nine per cent of black fam ilies had purchasing
power above $10,000 ( in 1969 dollars). Today, the proportion
is about 27 per cent — an increase of more than 270 per cent.
• • •
National median income of black fam ilies climbed 108 per
cent between i960 and 1970, toabout$0,06<l Negro median in
come is rising at the annual rate of 7 h per cent, compared with
slightly over six per centforw hites. By 1975, the black median
w ill be $9,606 and, by 1980, should be $13,855 . . . Ten years
ago, over 50 per cent of black fam ilies had incomes at or below
the poverty level; by Í970, fewer than one-third were in this
category and the percentage continues todrop. Most of the pov
erty-level fam dies are in the South, and rural . . . Between
1960 and 1970, the number of blacks in the work force increased
about 22 per cent; th e ir employment in professional, technical
and c le ric a l occupations climbed more than 100 per cent.
Two out of every five housing units occupied by blacks are
owned by them . . .In 1970,56 per cent of all young black adults
25-29 years old had completed high school, compared with only
38 per cent in 1960 . . . Between 1965 and 1970, the number of
blacks 18-24 years old enrolled in college almost doubled. The
number of blacks graduating from four-year colleges is ex
pected to exceed 10 per cent of the white college enrollment by
1980.
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A nd when it comes
to doing up those m oun
tains of holiday linen,
your electric .vasher and
dryer really come in
handy’ And don't forget,
the permanent press
clothes your children
get for C hristmas come
out w rinkle-free when
they're laundered the
dean electric way
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W hippin g <ream for the
pum pkin pie? Blending frosting?
M aking sauce or < hristmas
pudding? ( ookm g waffles?
These and dozens of other house
hold ( hores dean electric ity
does fo r you w ith your handy
household appliances
Beautiful holiday musu The
big game The < heery lig h tin g that
is part o f the gladness o f Christm as
These are more of the good things
electricity brings you So just sit
batk, relax and en|oy the holidays
Clean electricity w ill help you
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