POR TLA ND V o lu m e 2 No. 19 PORTLAND , OREGON OBSERVER AN *O U A l OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER T h u r jd a y THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD THAT REALLY CARES ABO U T PEOPLE F e b u o ry 1 0 ,1 9 7 2 , Angela's mother finds Portland a City of Roses and Thorns — I lie inothet of M is s Angela D avis, M i s. sal lye I la vis dis­ covered P ortland to tie a c ity of roses and thorns during her v is it, I e b tu .ity 4 -5 . " I am so encouraged not only foi Angela, re t foi so many brothers and s ls te i s who are suffering as p o litic a l p rison ers in our co u n try. 1 he concern fo r ju stice Is le - fle c ta l by the openness and lu estio rlng faces of so many P o rtla n d e rs ." M i l . I iav is, fro m B irm in g - C a tliollc» protest the use ot st. Andrews Catholic Chut ch by a " co m m u n ist** s p e a ke r, P io te s te rs ct,.in t» l II«» Rosary and p ra y * ! as tlioy walked in fro n t of t ie c h u rc h . I le v did not accept I athet (¡onion D icker*'. in vitatio n to entei the c la n . h ind t e n to i tie tiis e lv e s Iw to iu judging M rs . Davis. Peace A w a rd s Com mittee honor O re g o n Senators A pei forrriance by folksing - er C la re Hangan w ill highlight Black H isto ry Week activitie s at Lew is a n d C la rk Coliege, Feb. 7 -1 2 . The observance w ill include a fu ll schedule of lege’ s Black students Union. A ll a c tiv itie s a ie o p e n to tn e pu blic. Adm ission is fre e to all events, except thecon;eit. teacher, a rrive d in Portland fo r a series of apjiearances to benefit her daughter, An­ gel.i, on tr ia l fo r m u rd e r, kidnap and conspiracy In con- no Don w ith an attempted Ja il- break it San Rafael, C a lif­ orn ia . on l-rld a y , she spoke at Portland State U n ive rsity tated, '1 Is jn o th e r exam ple of ju stice in our cou ntry, 'presum ed g u ilty un til proven in­ nocent.' " D uring Saturday and Sun­ day, M rs . D avis spoke at W estm tnistei P resb yteria n Chui h, HlghJaml Community C hurch, ir . t. Andrew** C atholic C hurch. "1 like to F e l. Il, at 8 p. m . in stan n D ining Room of Tem pleton College C enter. H is c o n c e rtia co-sponsored by the BSP and the colleg e's C u ltu ra l A rts Senes. T icke ts v. .'<1 be a va il­ able at the door. F ilm s Monday and Tuesday night at 7 p.m . m the Council Chamber of Tem pleton C o l­ lege Center w ill focus on black consciousness. The film s w ill include " A T ribu te to.M alco lm X , " "C o lo r ( s B la c k ," "A n ­ g e l a " a n d " A Vietnamese S e n a to r M a rk H a t f ie ld Injustice.'* * -a t o i ilckey, the assistant peeti r, l \ 0 obtain suppt»i t fot Xrigela .ind other p o litic .il pi Isonei s. met w ith the dem onstrators re io re the m arch legan and invitee them to liste n retore they judged M rs . D avis. "D o n ’ t hide behind the R o ta ry , come in amt lis te n ,” fie urge.! t ie crow d. "W e ixit Cod f i r s t , ” re - plied a de m o n stra to r. "Y o u come inside and lis ­ ten,” pleaded F a th e r Dickey, "a m i I ' l l come outside and pray w ith you.” The crowd moved on to pray w ithout fu r ­ th e r question. I l« Angela D avis Com­ m ittee were pleased ami en­ thused by tre weekend v is it. M i s. Hetty O verton of t ie Al­ bina Women’ s League stated, "M a n y doors and lie .irts are open now. M rs . D avis is a heautliul je rs o n w h o h a stu rn - ed on many other concerned persons to tlie cause of in­ ju s tic e in the co u rts ami ja ils . " Persons wishing fu rth e r in­ form atio n can contact M rs . O verton, C om m ittee secre - t tr y , at 288- • I 1 s ,. . are available from the Com ­ m itte e . Free Clinic for HOMEBUYERS Thursday at II a.m . in the Council C h a m fe r. F o lksing er Hangan, who heads the I pward Found program fo r the C la re ­ mont Colleges, w ill lead an in­ fo rm a l discussion F riday at 3:15 pa n. in theC ocncil Cham­ ber. ( f r e e dance is scheduled fo r Saturday at 9 p.m . in Stamm Dining Room. Black H isto ry Week concludes with a 10:30 a.m . chapel service Sun­ day, featuring the Essence of Soul gospel group. A tem po rary ru le concern­ ing the de fin itio n of "h o m e ­ stead” fo r the Homeowners’ P ro p e rty Tax R e lie f Act passed by the 1971 le gislature h a s been adopted by the De- p a r t m e n t of Revenue, a n ­ nounced D ire c to r C h arle s H. M ack. The ru le covers three items dealing w ith qualification fo r property tax re lie f. F ir s t, the ru le states when a homeowner m ust own and oc­ cupy his homestead to qualify fo r re lie f. A person m ust own ai*f occupy his pro p e rty as a homestead on Decem ber 31 of th e calendar year preceding the year in which he makes application fo r pro p e rty tax re lie f. F o r example, tc apply this year, he must have owned arkd occupied his homestead on Decem ber 31, 1971. Sickle Cell tests scheduled S e n a to r W a y ne M o rs e dom, Clergy and Laym enC on- cerned and Business Execu­ tives Movements for V ietnam Peace, is spe irl.eaded by M rs . Helen I . Gordon, chairm an. Follow ing tlie $2.50 a plate Vwards I ’ in n e i, a public meet­ ing w ill le held in the Church Sanctuary. 1 ickets a ie ava il­ able through the various spon­ soring organizations. T h i s event was in itia te ! because Oregon is unique in having produced two courageous and outspoken senators who fought lo r peace in Southeast Asia against th e ir own paity lead­ e rs . It is hoped by the Com­ m ittee that such aw ai d events w ill become an annual a ffa ir. M orse am! M ark (.), H atfield, w ill re honored at a dlnnei given by tlie Peace Awai :s C om m ittee, he! ruary . 1, *72, at I t United 5 «.fist C hurch. I he senators w e ie chosen because o! then devotion to t ie cause . : peace ami th e ir individual e ffo rts to end Am erican involvem ent in V ietnam . I'he C om m ittee, which is composed of representatives of (.begun and P ortland chap. te rs of national organizations such as: I he I nited Nations Association, W orld Federal­ is t, W omen's International League fo r Peace and F re e - Jefferson High school w i l l have testing fo r S ickle C ell vasmla, [ e! : .. try 23, fi a jn . to 3 p.m . A dance w il fol­ low the testing. An assembly w ill be held F ebruary 14, inform ing stu­ dents of the tests and the is - ease its e lf. Stan M ackenzie, P o r tla n d T ra ilb la z e r and chairm an of the P ortland Sick­ le C e ll Anemic f oundation, w ill speak. Sickle C ell Anemia is a n in - hei ited blow !disease, which is found alm ost en tirely a m o n g d ieted with it and KJ of all c a se s a re fatal. Second, the ru le covers pay­ ment of taxes and pro ratio n of benefits. The m ere payment of property taxes by one not own­ ing and occupying tiie property on Decem ber 31 does not by it - s e l f qualify the person f o r property tax r e lie f. However, if a ll other qualifications fo r pro pe rty tax r e lie f are met, a claim ant is not disqualified because someone else paid the p ro p e rty taxes on his home­ stead. Any p ro ra tio n o fp ro p - e rty tax r e lie f between a buyer sad a s e lle r, where one or the other qualifies fo r re lie f, must be worked out by agreement between them. N e ith e r theD e- partm ent of Rev enue nor any county tax o ffic ia l can give any tax re lie f to a person who pays pa rt o r a il of the taxes on his homestead but who does not otherwise qualify fo r re lie f. F in a lly , th e ru le concerns what kind of pro p e rty owner­ ship qualifies fo r re lie f. In o rd e r to cla im a homestead fo r p r o p e r t y tax re lie f, the claim ant m ust have e ith e r (1) a fee in te re st