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This and other Information
was e l i c i t e d from 3500 In-
depth Interviews at 2l<Jenomi-
natlons in the United States ami
Canada over a two-year p e ri
od. T h e results were sum
marized by the National Coun
cil of Clurchss, which, how
ever, did not conduct or spon
sor the survey.
St. Martin’s has party
Child r »n at St. M artin 's Day Nursery presented aChrlstm as
program for their parents and teachers. The day nursery for
3, 4 ani 5 year olds Is sponsored by the St. Vincent de Paul
Society.
Courses
offered
Church investment
in war revealed
The
National Council of
Churches criticised 10 major
Protestant denominations on
ethical and moral grounds for
Investing >203 million In com
panies that hold m ilitary con
tracts. Spokesman for several
of the churches said they were
concerned about their Invest
ment poll, lea and were re
viewing them.
The Council Itself admitted
to having >333,831 Inverted In
five corporations doing war
business. The study showed
that some at the churches that
have been In the forefront of
opposition to the war are mort
gulMy of holding Investments
"placing themselves In com
plicity with the Irresponsible,
Immoral and socially Inju r
ious acts" of 38 corporations.
The report said the church
has a tradition of being a moral
leader and therefore "has a
special obligation to question
complicity" with corporations
manufacturing
armaments.
Instead "the churches are
providing Important amounts
of economic support for the
m ilitary-Industrial complex
and the war In Southeast Asta
and
"assisting the manu
facture and use of weapons of
mass
human and environ
mental destruction.”
Rodney Page, A s s o c i a t e
Director of the G reater Port
land Council of Churches, an
nounced today the beginning of
a teacher education progiam
for church school teachers.
Various age group courses
are offered to give support to
derson w ill attend s planning
teachers in the church by pro
conference In Denver on Jan
viding them with opportunities
uary 1 8 - 2 2 .
to define or refine their pur
poses, to improve their teach
ing skills and for sharing with
The conference w i l l m a k e
other teachers.
plans for the General Confer
In addition to these courses,
ence of the African Methodist
two Bible enrichment courses
Episcopal Church to be held in
w ill be offered:
Dallas, Texas on June 7,1972.
t-) "The Cospel in the Gos
The General Conference is
pels”
, taught by D r. John
held every four years.
A n d e r s o n , of Lewis and
M rs . W inchester Is one o f
C lark College.
f i v e lay delegates elected to
2.) " B o n e h e a d B i b l e " ,
represent th e Puget Sound
taught by the Rev. Richard
Conference of the Fifth Epis
Rohrbaugh. o f S t . M a r k
copal D is tric t. She was a del
P r e s b y te r la n C h u r c h .
egate to the 1968 Conference
Each c o u r s e will run six
held In Philadelphia, Pennsyl
vania.
consecutive Monday evenings
from 7:30 to 9:30 at Westmin
Rev. Henderson is o n e of s te r. Presbyterian C h u r c h .
f i v e m inisterial delegates Those Interested In attending
elected to the P u g e t Sound should call the G reater Port
land Council of Churches, at
Conference.
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223-6101.
AME delegates to
attend Conference
M rs C orrine (Lewis) Win
chester snl Rev. A . Lee Hen-
The denomlattone and the
amount Inverted with defense
contractors are- United Meth
odist, >59.7 million Christian
Church, >8.6 million United
Presbyterian, >57.8 million
American Baptist Convention,
>30.5 million protestant E-
placopal Church, >28.• m il
lion. Lutherln Curch In A -
m erica, >7.7 million United
Church of Christ >2.8 million
Church of the
Brethren,
>801,188 Presbyterian Church
In the United States, >E4 m il-
lor.
Unitarian Unlveraaltsi
A sm » letton, >2.8 million.
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C orrine Winchester
ommon cause — . Protect the environment
Don’t be misled by the suc
cess same citizens have had In
h a lt in g
environmentally
harmful actions by govern
ment and Industry. Power re
lationships between polluters
and the polluted have not been
realigned. P a r from It. Tha
average citizen atUI la at a
staggering disadvantage whan
ha undertakes to fight pollu
tion.
Thia Imbalance - particu
larly as it applies to law suite-
must be corrected, and Com
mon Cause has Joined ths fight.
Ths Environmental Protection
Act (S1O32), a bill we are sup
porting, would establish the
right of every member of the
public to the protection, pre
servation, and enhancement of
the environment. Moreover,
the bill would establish an ad
equate remedy to protect that
right. It may surprise you that
thia right has not yet
clearly established by Con
gress or that remedies are
hard to come by. But It ex
plains why effective anti-pol
lution action by citizens la so
difficult.
The legislation la
to
correct the present Imbalance
of power among citizens, ea-
lahllahed economic Interests,
“ d government bureaucra
cies on management oftlw an-
vlronment.
The Environmental Protec
tion Act (S 1032) Is being coo-
aklarwl by the Environment
Subcommittee of the Senate
Commerce Committee. Mem
bers of the Subcommittee
should be urged to act favor
ably on the b ill. The Senator«
M lch ^P h lllp H art, sponsor of
the bill) Utah - Prank Mosa,
R J . - Jo h nP atora,Tenn .-H o
ward Baker, L a . - Russell
Long, K y .-M arlow C o o k,K an.
James Pearson, O re. - M ark
Hatfield, Va. - W illiam S p « < .
The legislation now being
studied by a Senate subcom
mittee deals with citizen en
vironment suits. Thia would
make clear that c itize n ^ on
their own or In behalf of citizen
organizations, have the right
to bring law suits against pol
luters or government agen
cies.
Personal
Service Of
High Ovality
Pricing That
Meets Your
Requirement
Courtesy That
Is A Tradition
C.Don Vann
” There is no doubt when you
call Vann's"
Existing law presents many
roadblocks to legal action by
an average citizen unless he
can show he has a real stake in
the
environmental damage
caused by a gene Ms or busi-
oasses. Legally, it la hard to
establish thia real Interest
which gives a citizen "stand-
lag" to sue; the m erits of ths
Issue ate never discussed.
Por example, the S ierra Club
has encountered extraordi
nary problems In establlshli<
Its right to challenge govern
ment authorization of a large
rasort, electlrc power lines
and highways In Sequoia Na
tional Park In C a llfo m la . The
bill we are working fo r would
enable individuals and groups
■uch as the Sierra Club to take
their cases into court with as
surance that the m erits w ill be
argued.
But ths b ill would do more.
Presently, citizens may not
challenge the m erits of " d is
cretionary" acts on the p a n of
regulatory agencies, particu
la rly those agencies managing
our natural resources.
Bureaucrats are shielded
from the scrutiny of the courts
and the public because of ths
Ill-founded notion that only ad
m inistrative specialists have
the ability (1) to Judge the ef
fects of a proposed action that
might harm the environment
and (2) to Judge the public In
terest in ths m atter. TheSen-
ate bill ( S 1092) would open
up d » agencies’ "discretion
ary” acta to public challenge
and evaluation by an Indepen
dent arb iter - the courts.
As things stand now, citi
zens are without power to
challenge, on their merits,
such agency actions as grant
ing oil leases in the Santa Bar
bara Channel, decisions to au
thorize the SST, and govern
ment extension of time for
automobile manufacturers to
meet a ir pollution emission
standards. Ths Importance of
providing this power to cit
izens Is emphasized when it is
recalled that most government
regulatory agencies are sin
gle - Interest organizations,
•4.
the Atomic Energy Com
mis« Ion. ths Federal Power
Commission, ths Department
of Transportation.
Common Causa has now be
gun to lobby for passage of
the Environmental Protection
Act. In September, we testi
fied before the Senate subcom
mittee considering tha bill.
Appearing on our behalf ware
Charles R .H alpern and Robert
Hallman who have consider
able experience In environ
mental protection efforts and
In public Intsiest law work.
They told the subcommittee
that the time has come to grant
citizens and citizen organiza
tions the unqualified right to
challenge such things as air
quality standards, water pol
lution abatement schedules,
m i n e r a l leases, radiation
standards,
waste disposal
practices, expansion of elec
tric power facilities, on their
m erlts and before the unbiased
forum of the courts.
On January 29, M rs .G e ra l
dine Hammond, better known
as "M is s G e rl" , the beloved
T .V . personality, w 111 show
how to make and entertalnwith
simple puppets at ths Multno
mah County L ib ra ry , 512 N.
Kllllngsworth.
281-2836
Portland, Oregon
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Christian Ycxith Fellowship 6:00 P jyj,
(2nd and Fourth Sundays)
Rev. Thomas Strayhand. Minister
in
rural areas in poverty.
The leaders of the Aztecs
is their " T a ta " , who is re
cognized as their spiritual and
earthly leader whm they would
like to place in the throne once
occupied by Emporer Mocte
zuma.
The ceremonies practiced
by the group are a reberth of
the culture anx religion of the
Aztecs. The Aztecs had a rich
culture before the coming of
Europeans, a written language
a
calendar,
mathmatics,
medicine
and an advanced
architecture
and a rt. The
present day Aztecs have giv
en up the practice of human
sacrifice.
Alabama
to
reapportion
I he State oí Alabama was
ordered by a federal court to
reapportion the State Legisla
ture.
Representative Fred Gray,
one of two blacks in the leg
islature, said the decision w ill
show blacks in Alabama to be
represented for the firs t tin »
"In p r o p o r t i o n
to o u r
strength."
The decision, to go into e f
fect in 1974, creates 105 sin
gle-m em ber districts in the
H o u s e and 35 in the Senate.
Senate districts arecomposed
of three house districts.
The plan gives blacks a bet
ter chance of being elected be
cause they w ill run in predom
inantly black districts t h a t
w e re
previously combinad
with districts with white ma
jo rities .
Charles M o r g a n , s o u t h
eastern director of the A m er
ican C iv I I Lib ertiesL n io n ,
said the case can require the
single m em berdistrlct across
the South. He was a plaintiff
in a suit in 196 4 in which the
U.S. Supreme Court required
five Southern states, including
Alabama, to be apportioned on
a population basis.
Olivet baptist Church
r/zf’
Re*
John H Jock ion
Minister
N.E. First ond Schuyler
Portlond, Ore.
Phone 2 8 4 1954
Sundoy School
M om .ng Worship
Vesper
9 am
11am .
5 pm
Lei uà erUrr so uzon/u/7 and depart u> aene
vAethodisf £
5828 N.E. 8th
A. Lee Henderson, Minister
2 8 8 -5 4 2 9
Ellit C o tto n , Associate M inister
Church School ...........................
Morning Worrhip
Wed Noon — The Hour of Power
Wed Prayer & C la n Meeting
9:45 am
11:00 am
12:00 noon
7:30 pm
Nursery Core Provided
W e e re m o k i n g O u r N e i g h b o r h o o d A B r o t h e r h o o d ’
The Israeli Supreme Court
Issued an order staying the de
portation of twenty American
"Black Is ra e lite s ".
The
blacks arrived In Israel In Oc
tober to visit relatives who
were among the "Black Is
raelites" who began migrating
to Israel from Chicago two
years ago. The tourist visas
expired In November and they
were ordered to leave the
country. They claim to be
descendants of ihe ancient Is
raelites,
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Aztec religion
A Mexican religious s e c t
Is quietly plotting the over
throw of the mexican govern
ment. It is part of a revival
ot the ancient Aztec religion
and a new racial conscious
ness among Mexican Indians.
The Indians feel they ahve
been pushed aside by the m exi-
cans , Spanish or Spanish-
Indian ancestry.
The modern Aztecs, who are
several hundred in number,
consider the present govern
ment of Mexico to be the suc
cessor of Cortez, who con-
c/xeied the Aztec Em pire in
1521. They accuse the M exi
can government of doing noth
ing for the Indians who live
Thunday, Jan. 1
À
The
operations of U. S. sible for U. S, companies to
owned companies doing b u s do more than they are to over -
iness in South Africa general come apartheid. He said 16
ly "strengthen and butress" million blacks and 2 million
racial separation In that coun coloured (m lxed)aredom inat
try , two officials of the Am er ed by 4 million whites.
ican
Baptist
Convention
The average salary for a
charged.
black Is >67. a month while
A sixteen man delegation of the average white earns >382.
American churchmen visited
The statment released by
South Africa In November to the delegation said that U.S.
Investigate the racial policies firm s In South Africa should
ot American firm s there and make an "Im m ediate, total
to make recommendations on withdrawal from the Implicit
how those firm s can help to support of the Apartheid pol
end apartheid.
icy " or must undertake “ stud
Rev, Richard Ice, deputy ex ied, deliberate, strategic use
ecutive secretary of the A - of corporate resources . . .to
merlcan Baptist Home M is bring about a more Just so
sion Sorltles, said It Is pos ciety” .
Why some are
leaving church
Despite th e findli^s about
why people d rift away from the
church, pastors and laymen
Interviewed expressed faith In
the future of organized re li
gion,
K a te d least Important In
reasons why people leave or
ganized religion were "social
Involvement of the c h u r c h ,
doctrinal differences, and in
adequate church fac ilitie s."
Kathsr, they d rift away, ac
cording to most pastors que
ried, because of a feeling that
"the church Is not Important
In modern life ," or l a c k of
tin » , or a compensating Inter
est In other organizations in
the c o m m u n it y - in other
wotds, they do not feel t h a t
what the church offers them
today has much meaning.
M o s t of those questioned
said they belwvwl the major
function of the local church Is
winning others to Christ a n d *
providing worship f o r mem
bers. Modern churches often
forget thsse basic responslbl-
1 It lea, they said.
Portland/Ob«erver,
U.S. business in S.A.
supports racism
Religion in the No mrs
When people d r o p o u t o f
church It la not due to the m-
atltutlon’ a Involvement In so
cial Issues or sim ilar dissat
isfaction, but becauae the
church has ceased to be Im
portant to them, a survey In
the United States and Canada
shows.
Many people, as an excuse
for no loriget attending serv
ices, say the church Is "too
activist,” or "too involved,"
o r Is taking on Interests a t
variance with the gospel.
Hut these people often are
rationalIzlng - digging for an
excuse to cover up a general
lag In Interest In spiritual
m atteis - the survey suggestt.
better Informed because you read It In the Observer!
from the kids.
Presbyterians andCongre-
gatlonallsts in England w ill
combine Into a single church
with a membership of about
200,000. T h e new o r g a n i
zation w ill be called the U -
nlted Reformed Church.
An Army private was sen
tenced to four months confln-
tanced to four months confine
ment for wearing a stiver
cross outside his uniform. The
soldier said upon hearing the
verdict, “ If some men receive
medals for performing nu
merous bombing runs while
another man Is punished for
wearing a cross, we must as
what are the values we hold."
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\ ancouver Ave. First Baptist Church
3138 N. \ ancouver Ave.
Phone 282-9496
Sundoy School
9:00 A M
Morning Worth,p
11:00 A.M.
Or. O .Ì. Williams, Pastor
'The Church With A H e a rt-F e lt Welcome"
Moranathci Evangelistic Center
moo NE
u r Skidmore
eirfrimz..»
1222
Sunday School
Sunday Evening Worship
Hour of Power-Wed.
You.i Meetlng-Frl.
9:15 a .m .
7:00 p. m.
7:00 p .m .
7:30 p .m .
Church Office 288-7211
Youth Office 288-7243
Sunday Morning Worship
R e v . A M r« . Jo s e p h E. B r a z il-In te r im
11:00 a. m.
Pastors
'Unmual Services With An Unuaual People Becauae Of An Unusual Christ