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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1971)
■US' P l5 Library < *egun State University Corvallis, Orejón !i7 : 1 f/« POR TLA ND AN Volume 2 No. 64 PORIIA N U , OREGON THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN portla :, .~x EQUAL THE WHOLE PÜRAHT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER WIDT WORLD THAT OBSERVER Thursday D ecem ber 30,1971 ,0, por Copy REALLY CARES ABOUT PEOPLE Take A Backward Glance And A Forward Look People and places in the 1971 news As 1971 comes to a close we glance back and review the events that weie Important to us. tin the national scene there have leendlsappointmenrsand gains. Anothei year has pas sed and the wai In Vietnam is not ended. Instead it spiead In l.aos amt Cambodia; the Near l-.ast is on tlie blink of war; and India and Pakistan fought another battle in their Continuing war. I lie wage freeze caught low income workers and c iv il ser vants, Ixit profits ami prices continue to rise, fh e d o ll.u was devaluated, tlie firs t time since the Roosevelt A dm inu- tiation. President Nixon suc cessfully appointed two con servatives to tlie Supreme C uuit, one of whom is consi dered Io be a ra cist. Nixon vetoed a far-icaching child caie b ill. Prominent Blacks, A rt Fletcher and Frank Render left tlie Nixon A dm inistration. Charles Evers ami 290 blacks tan for public office m.Missis- sl|>pi, and Iived. IheCongies- slonal Black Caucus lield hearings on a nurnter of sub- D r. I e e l’ . Brown director of Ihe Pot Hand state I nivei sity law enforcement progi aril, was named chairman .one of twelve task forces estabiIslied by the national Advisory Council on C rim inal Justice .Standard! and Goals, l it . Brown was a l so named a Danfoith Associate In recognition foi excellence in teaching and concern fo r human values. m ilita ry sei vices. Julian Botxl called foi coalition politics to give blacks a gieatei voice in govei nment. China was admitted to the t nlled Nations giving ita voice in tlie fam ily of nations. The I Js. lost its most successful peacemakei with tlie death of Ralph Hunche. In cregon, the state was re apportioned to assign slate senators and representatives to single member d is tric ts . Albina was divided into four senatorial and four housedls— 11 lets, with ilie black popula tion making up no more than 15% ol each. The State Su preme Court upheld this move to "d ivid e and conquer**. A special session of theleglsla- tu ie referred an increased cigarette tax to the [«ople, with a threat of financial c r i sis in government if It Is not passed. Governor McCall ve toed a controve. sial farm la- boi law that would have made unionism nearly Impossible. flie Human Resource lie - partrnent was organized at state level with all services fo r children going to child ren’ s Services D ivision. Chalmet s Jonesw.is appointed by Governor McCall to lead State Programs - I lie State Econom c Opportunity Office and I be Govemoi s Manpower Planning Council. Keith Bums irttn g as I egal Counsel for tie NAACP was appointed to the House of Representatives. Julian Aaron Brown joined Judge Ulez In tire D is tric t Court, a result of the move ment toward city-county con solidation. Three school borxls weie turned down by the voters resulting in a short school year. I he students of John Adams High School voted to stay out of the Rose F e sti val. I he Principal of Adams was " fir e d ” and a tighter rein put on the students. Environmentalists lost then fight to prevent Ben jamin F ranklin's building a large parking structure In downtown Portland, fh e fig h t to block airport expansion into tlie Columbia Rivei continues. Recycling Is the latest fad, and pollution the most popular Tight. The City Club again i efused Frederick D. Givins became the fir s t black train conductor in the Northwest. Northern and has complete responsibility fo r the tra in . (Photo by A l Williams) tc admit women as members resulting in the resignation of many of its prominent mem bers. Model Cities completed its F irs t Action Year and is well Into tbe Second Action Year, emor Citizens program pro- aies part-tim e employment i 40 older citizens as well as pi ov Kling varied services. Community Care has expanded and its D ire cto r, M rs . Clara Peoples, was featured in Eb ony. The cregon Consumer League had a successful Con- sumei education and consum e r protection program. Me tropolitan Area 4-C Council opened child care centers at New Hope Baptist, Bethel AME, Hughes M em orial, Woodlawn Methodist. Berean Baptist, M ulti-S ervice Center (Maranatha), Adams 4 Jeffer son High Schools, AMA Family Day and Night Care, after school care at the public schools, as well as operating the Information 4 Referral Center. A .L . Henderson was elected chairman and Ms. Pat H ill, Secretary, of the t r i county 4-C board of directors. The Albina Citizens Toge ther was discontinued. The OEO programs fo r Albina were reoiganized under me direction of PMSC and.Marcus Gunn hired to d ire ct the new Community Action program. Legal Aid has asked to with draw from PMSC and to re ceive direct funding. Legal aid has confined its fight for rights of Welfare recipients. The M ulti-S ervice Center moved into its new quarters at Vancouvei and Alberta, and Memheis of the Religious Society nt Friends Join other concerned citizens In protest ing the wai nut Nixon administration policies during I lw Presklents v is it to Portland. ... . . „ , ............ -.-«w«™ , luul year te ,.n, tue vancouvei School F (Below) c h ild re n learn to cook at M allory Avenue Ch. isr,an Church summer pm which was sponsored by IF«. Albina M in iste ria l A lila , ■. Instant Earnings from Day of Deposit per annum com pounded daily and p aid quarterly llaij.0l'riinkliii ■ B u b n rt H H a ro n H o m o O llie « B tii-k PATÉ U S. POSTAGE P A ID « i n«M , , , . Pr«« 16 O lite « « • P h o n « 224-3333 I r a n k iin B ilia P o r t la n d O r « g o n ll7 ? 0 4 North. He is employed by Burlington is recievmg national aclaun. and information due the resi Among the newer services are dents. The City Club cal led for the Pediatric and dental c li elimination of the Portland nics. Development Commission and The Edgar W tlliam s Hous the assignment of its duties to ing P roject wasdedicated; the a city agency. housing project on Schuyler Portland Community Col was completed with the assis lege’ s Cascade Center haa tance of black sup-contrac- seen great growth. PSL ’ s A I- to -- iina E 5 ‘ fere Albina M in iste ria l Alliance low cost credit classes toM o- with Rev. John H. Jackson as del C ities residents. chairman, held a successful New emphasis is being summer youth program. The placed on the detection of Sick T ra ilb la ze rs gave an exhibi le Cell Anemia, a disease pe tion game to help fund the pro culiar to blacks. C linics were gram. held fo r students of Adams and Sidney Wicks came to me Jackson High Schools. T railblazers, but had trouble The Portland ebserver cel finding suitable housing be ebrated its fir s t Anniversary cause of discrim ination in me of publication, but the joy was real estate industry. Tne dimmed by the death of three Trailblazers have had a bad black-owned businesses - A l year, but hope fo r better. bina Corporation, Rose City The relocation of residents Cab Company, and the Mana of the Emanue! Project area is ger’ s Restaurant. We incite nearing completion, some w ith the righteious indignation of reluctance, others with great whites to help support black satisfaction. A suit by me business, to help overcome me Emanuel Displaced Persons Association and Legal Aid was required to obtain the rights ), cf . ícon i • '/ <
