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over nu<*« Block male jailing stirs racial
C o n tio v e is y
c o n ti
-niong Hie citlze ne an
o ffic ia ls of Vancouvei, I
uigton over a 19 - ye,
black m usician who was I
In Jail, while s t ill risked,
a scuffle w ith two polle«
ca r« .
11 lai for Bennie <
lls v ls is set foi |.ei,.
lie is charged w ith le s ls tm g
ar rest and assaulting a police
o ffic e r on the m orning of J a n ­
uary 1.
D avis and his w ife were
•ippar ently walking home from
a New Y e a r’ s Eve p a rty . I wi.
police o ffic e rs p a tro llin g (lie
area In search of pra nksters
stopped tlieru to ask questions.
When tlie policem en lajgin
flashing lig h ts, Davis and his
w ile lagan running, lir a of
the o ffic e rs ordered him to
stop, which he d id . A lleged­
ly, the officer received rack
In ju rie s from I la struggle
which followed.
POH TLA IMP
D avis got aw ry anti co n tin ­
uer! home to prepare for ta il.
I he officer s pursued and upon
ai r iv a l, D avis answered lire
door In the nude. A fte r a ten
m inute strugg le , D avis was
handcuffed and ritaced.
Davis was then taken to
Jail, s t ill nude, and placed in
a c e ll
m ore
Some (
A bondman ir r iv o d
n
‘ our , later with
'a lls .
1 u.,ed of indecent
e <P'. ie e m
in rd d itlo n to tra
Othei cb a lg e
bul it was later
d ro p ia d
The a i r e 1
su rro u n d in g n h
tensions
sue In a meeting between black
citize n s and police and c ity
o ffic ia ls , p a rt of a series of
sessions attem pting Io im ­
prove po lice -co m m u n ity r e ­
la tio n s.
L ie m eeting its e lf
tui ned into a la s te d debate
A review board was estab­
lished which included C ity
conducted .
g and degl
nd the poi ie
tre u n ju stifie
C hief Davis,
it the in. ide ,
OBSEHlIli
Volume I, No. 17 Portland, Oregon
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T h u rs d a y J a n u a ry 27,
stauv caatt Atout s to rti
Casson named Seattle Pacific "Alumnus of the
E llis II. Cu .son of P ot Hand,
Dragon .u s ju st twen named
Alum nus of tl» year j,y
in the shipyards, but after tie
w ar, was laid o ff, and took on
any Job s le could to support
her fa m ily , Casson says i t ’ s
this m aternal d e term in ation
that made a deep im pression
on him and is s t ill a guiding
fo rce In his life .
In 1949 Casson graduated
from Jefferson High School
in P ortla nd , a school that
named him to the H a ll of
Champions 21 years la te r. In
1950 1« joined the A ir F orce
where lie served as a com ­
m unications s p e c ia lis t.
In
1952 he jouied a unit of the
Seattle Pacific College Alumni
Association, in re ognilion ol
hla many ami varied c iv ic
a c tiv itie s since h is g i aduallon
fro m «fie school in 1962,
Casson Is lire |5th SPC
graduate to be named Alum nus
" ! tins y e . ii, tfie ! ighe -.t ho noi
given by (lie A lu m ni A ssocia­
tion. A ccording to R. Brooks
E ake r, president of Hie A sso­
cia tion , Casson was named
because " h is life represents
Hie very le s t arv! highest
Steals ol servanthood.’ ’
I he fo rm a l presentation
w ill le made during He ha lf­
tune cerem onies atSaturday’ s
homecoming le s k e tls ill game
m He Seattle Ce iei
when Hie .Seattle P acific F a l­
con« take on Portland State
U n iv e rs ity .
Casson's I lie style is, and
alwaya has teen charactei ized
by being h is y . A t Hie moment
lie Is regional c iv il lig h ts
o ffic e r foi the U 3 . D epart­
ment of T ransp ortatio n, Fed­
e ra l Highway A d m in is tra tio n .
He la a l s o a m e m fe i of th e
C ity of P o rt Ian.! Planning
C om m ission, p ie svle n t of He
Portland
branch
of
the
NAACP, and chairm an fo r He
National Association of In te r-
Croup
Relations O ffic ia ls .
A"d. i U ii '- i
eno ,
Casson is also He associate
m in iste r of He H e tle l A frican
M ethodist Episcopal Church in
P ortland.
Casson was born in a New
Y ork alum in 1931, «nd alm osl
d ie t as an infant, lie sa yi
bis grandm other u s e d to c a n y
Casson le f; Hu A ir F o rce
In 1954 and moved to Seattle
w 'e re he went to w ork at
th e
B tw i'g A irp la n e Plant
at the same tim e studying at
night to prepare foi college.
I l was dui ing the same period
Casson also studied fo r the
m in is try in Hie A frie s n M e th o ­
d is t Episcopal C hurch.
In
1956 he was ordained ami sent
to pastor his f ir s t church in
G reat F a lls , M ontana.
R em iniscing on that f ir s t
preaching experience, Casson
says, " | was fu ll of youthful
enthusiasm . The AME church
had a gram! total of eight
m em bers, and maybe ten or
so people who c a in e fro m tim e
to tim e .”
He started re ­
c ru itin g m em bers fo r his tiny
congregation fro m a nearby
A ir F orce Base, and the a t­
tendance began to im prove.
He also started attending
classes at theC ollege of G reat
F a lls where he was Hie only
P rote sta nt
m in is te r
in a
E L L Is CA
him beneath tier clothing to
keep him w arm enough to
liv e . He managed to aurvive,
and he c re d its the pra yer«
of his gi andm other’ a church
group fo r much of th is . Hla
e a rly childhood w a s spent in
the d ir t and m isery ol n a ije m .
In 1943 his m other moved
to P ortland w ith tier l.u n ily ,
and Casson says Uilngs took
a tu rn fo r Hie be tte t, although
the fa m ily remained poor. His
m othei walked fo i a while
Cftthou institution.
In 1/
fie ti in sfe rrod to
Eber never AM I. Church in
B rem erton, Wn., and legan
his asso lalion with Seattle
P a c ifr College.
As in the
pasi, f as ri began taking on
ext' a
runes . . . raising
a
’
.
mm
ng la ily
to Seattle
t SPC,
was ele ted president of the
Brerne ton B la n c h of tne
NAACI , and ils served as
chairm an of the In te t-F a ith
com m ission for tlie Council
of C huiclies.
1959
elected
: iei !n e t< : foi nine
states, and tra n s -
tc Hie San Francisco
m ile there 1« man-
- !., work
■ | , tad
e
I San F ra n -
ln I96i the
a g ire d i pay Casson
ary while tie
I fu ll ru n e .
him to re tu rn
P a c ific C o lle g e
.*, » -
In
p ro je t
became
c o -o rd in a to r
fo r
Dper.ti n c u tre a ch , a War
c
I .e rty pro je ct , while
Bernadino, C a lif.
M r . Casson has served as
A d m in istra tive Assistant to
Supt.
of
Portland P ublic
Schools.
A t present, he is
the regional c iv il rig h ts of­
fic e r fo r the U.5. Departm ent
of T ra n sp o rta tio n , Federal
Highway A d m in is tra tio n .
recelves appreciation c e rtific a te fro m L e w is ami Cl arke D is tr ic t of the Bov Scouts
le award is presented by M ike R e ba gliati.
Brown recieves Scout’s appreciation
M r . L o u is Brown of the Van­
couvei Avenue B ap tlstC hu rch
was one who received an ap­
p re cia tio n c e rtific a te f r o m
M ike R ebagliati, fo r the D ls -
t r lc t C om m ittee. M r . Biown
is a holder of the S ilv e r Beav­
e r a ril is ve ry active as a com -
tnitteem an m scouting.
Lew is and C la rk e D is tric t
Boy scouts of A m erica held its
A pp ie cla tio n D in n e r, January
17, at the Augustana Lutheran
C hurch. W ith M r . Norm an F.
(F lease tu rn to page 8)
Model Cities resident makes good
standing of th e problem s of"
w e lfa re recipie nts, s h e w a s
prom oted to Assistance W ork­
er.
cWfe want ^YQU
Ifonj.i® Franklin
eeeeees
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eaviw ee a ve a n aeee.
Robert H Hazen. Prea. • 19 Offices • Phone 224-3333
Home Office: Franklin Bldg. Portland. Ore. 07204
ititi il
“ You’ re not going to go back
to school any younger,” M rs .
M in n le H o lt told h e r s e l f a
half-dozen years ago, thinking
about th e nursing ca re e r she
had always wanted.
She enrolled in thePorHand
C om m unity College course in
Licensed P ra c tic a l N ursing
and got acquainted with.Em an-
uel Hospital w h e n she went
there fo r c lin ic a l experience
as pa rt of the p r og r a m . By
M ay, 19fcb, she was on the staff
as a fu lltim e LPN employee.
ence^ is arie to accept re soon
s ib iiitie s n o t included in ai
LP.N’ s jo b de scrip t.o n .
M rs . Holt saw o e p ro cle ir
in connection w ith going fcaci
to school again; s e was •>
r i e d a b o u t th e m a t h and
s c ie n c e requirem ents s h e
would nave to m ee t. She de­
cided to e n ro ll ui some ni»ht
s c h o o l m ath an d ch e m istry
classes.
The resu lts e::c»u: aged her.
S h e made another t r ip to the
PCC campus, this tim e to en-
ter the tw o-ye ar A ssociate of
A r t s degree nrot-rarr. u. ■
n were
ow her
t be tte r
- OK Off
e exam ina-
m. Results
itior.; xere
porti
Freedom Book of Finance
substantial lending powe<
Aetna Life & Casualty
Harold W illia m s , dn
of Portland Stale Univei
Educational Gemei al
as a saver
M rs . M innie H o it, le ft, whose
profession of nursing, has adee.
a licensed p ra c tic a l nurse: among t
like [ j, . David E , Shanks, rig h t, a e s .
“ I lik e to take care of peo­
p le ," she said at the tim e; " I
lik e to see the patient get bet­
te r and go home.’ ’
She was w orking on the o r­
thopedics flo o r, finding h e r
duties " v e r y rew arding’ ’ —
but w ith in two years, she was
thinking about taking another
step. A registered nurse, w ith
additional educational e x p e ri­
»uns ii om N orthw est secon­
dary schools arvI u n iv e rs itie s
to be selected fo r Hie o ve r­
seas (ra in in g pi ogi am o ffe r-
oil under a ’ ’T r ip le T ” g ia n t
(n a m in g the t e a c h e r s of
teacheis) adm inistered by the
I n lv e is lty of W ashington,The
U n iv e rs ity
of Oregon and
P ortland State U n iv e rs ity are
the co-operating in stitu tio n s.
’ ’ The purpose of the m am a
HAROLD WILLIAMS
to
to
M rs . Bethune is the only su­
»«ion a lte r 5 years w ith t h e
M u tn oniah County P u b li c
^ ’ " • ‘••IW p e rtm e n t. w h e n ,
she neldvarlousposIH ons.Slv!'
s ta rte il as a ty p is t In S ta ffD e -
*«lopm ent. M rs . Bethune as­
sisted M r . Le w is W inchester
w setting up the Model C ltle a
^•p srtm e n t of W elfare when it ’
was established. T h ro u g h d il-
*< •"( w ork and a keen un de r-
p e rv is o r in the state W elfare
D epartm ent to gain such a po­
sitio n w ithout a c o l l e g e de­
gre e. She attended E lio t E le ­
m entary School a n d G i r l s
P olytechnic High School in
Portland and spent two years
«» th e U n iv e rs ity o f Oregon.
She has two ch ild re n , T ro y anil
Tam m y.
She I t ihe daughter of M rs .
H a n,in Scott, 4828 N .E . M a i-
v INI e B l 1HUNK
P ortla nd , Oregon, January-
18, Freedom Bank of Finance
today announced it would oe
able to expand its lending pow­
e r by ap proxim ately $ 100,000
because of a lo ng -te rm deposit
made by Aetna L ife Si C is u a l-
Freedom Bank of Finance
P reside nt V . F . Booker s..id
t h a t Aet
$2u,ikX> dept ait, a
skie ;e d by banking standards
capable of supporting r ighly
$ 11A),Oik) in loans.
The F reedom B ink of F i-
nance deposit is p a rt of a na­
tionw ide Aetna program tc de­
po sit a half a m ill ion d o L a rs m
m in o rity banks during 1972,
according to A e t n a General
Agent George C . F ra s e r.
F ra s e r said Aetna plans to
deposit $2l),lXX) in each of 25
m in o rity banks, thus enabling
a total expansion In loan fond«
Of approxim ately $2.5 m ii;
N e a rly th re e -q u a rte rs o f t i
co u n try’ s 36 m in o rity bark«
w ill be reached by the pro­
gra m , he said.
Booker s a id H e Aetna depo­
s it w ill be used as backing fo r
a v a rie ty of business, edui i-
t l o n , m ortgage, home lm
^ro ve m tn t and other co i -
(Please tu rn to page 8 col. 4)
M rs . H olt r e -
- :-
■ signed in,
; e. trd s car-
■ ’ ’ M in -
said; " R .N .’ ’
k a ll of the
- v ita l,” s h e
t the help of
, I couldn’ t
, “ he’ s
i b rie f va-
studying and
'r. the result«