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dr ri- " bulk rate >c boeri r ity i >{ i T U. S. POSTAGE P A ID on L ib ri Euv PORTLAND, OREGON PERMIT NO PORTLAND TN OBSERVER V o lu m e 2 N o .21 P o rtla n d , O r e g o n — THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN " ~ AN EQUAL OPPOP i JNiTY EMPLOYER THE WHOLE W.DE VQRLQ THAT REALLY CARES A B O u/p^^ * * 241972 ’0< P«' C°P* — nq citizens flccuse P o rtlan d Development Commission of coercion A rt Fletcher ANIP to speak a t b a n q u et officially closes A it lie t e be i , (o rm e r As sistan t Secretai y of Laboi and m o ie re ce n tly an A lte r nate Delegate to the I ruled the Inn at the Quay foi Me C la ik County Re|xiblican L in coln Banquet, County C h a ir man M is . M . a , Pitboud an nounced re ce n tly. I- le tc h e i, unsuccessful can didate foi Washington state 1 '• G< | - A , , named A sst, S e c ie t.u y of I i- Ixn foi wage ami laboi s ta n l- a id s by P reside nt N ixon. A t the tim e it was the highest appointed ledei at position evei held by a black. lie 1 d<- w I-, i, . n ,c d i s a I ,s. a lle i nate delegate to the I .N. l ' P o r t e . : •«• dem y, ! Model Cities holds workshop a n , . A v . s t m t t „ i! <■ I f , i d e ' , i . : C o t tl md S la te I i n v e ì a lly am i P r e s id e n t o l t l i e l ire g o n Academy ' • • ' ' •' I N i lie ti, Annual M W tU lf of IN- Aca («• field at P ortland State I n iv e rs ity . Porter announces Science conference I I I . C larence P o r t e i in p ie - .le n t ,,t the ( n egi.n A< d e m y ,,| s, l(.lb e. I o . p,., • me to ( iregon from Oklaho m a in I9~>7 am i a tte n d e d I ' o t t - Iamt ta lc U n iv e rs ity , w 'e r e he gi aduate.1 w 11 h a Hacheloi o l s, lance d e g re e in 1962. lie <J iin « s l his M aster of Science degr ee in Zoology at Oregon state ( n iv e r s ity m | 9 o i . |n 1966, he received hla loci Ui Pat a s .ln lo g y f i , « n O re g o n State I S ilv e r a n y . lie joined ti». Pot tla m lsta te I n iv e i a lly te a c h in g ■ i d l m M e l ' " 1 Of 1 " 's ' id . , \ , IM P ro fe s s o r. He was given tem p o ra l y i|s>oitilm enl a s l.x e c u - tiv e A ssistant io tlie P resa le ni in July of 1070 md m ill «ei veu in that capacity. 1 • P O T te I was elected presNlem of the Oregon Ac i- Model C itie s C itize n s P a r tic ip a tio n Win king C om m ittee w ill sponsor a one day wot k - dem y of Science in F e b ru a ry ol 1971 ami is serving a one- yeai te rm . lie was secre ta ry in l9n(j-69, | lie organization, which has approxim ately 2iAJ mend«-re, I < , | e n tls ts . Their |x ji pose is to extend the knowledge of sci ence among th e ir colleagues m the state, the y have re cently’ accepted m e m le rs h ip s ti om In stitu tio n s and cot poi a- tlon s. I hei e are six areas: • . M a th e m a tics-P h ysics. I hey a l s o have a Ju n lo i Aca demy fo r high school students. D r, P o rte r liv e s in P ortland •*« Cai w ic k s t ie e l. A ll nine W o rkin g C o m m it tees of M u le l C itie s w ill be represented at tlie workshop which Is scheduled fro m 8:00 a.m . to 5:(W p.m . A c tiv itie s w ill include g^est speaker W a lte r Hundley, D i- roctoi ot Seattle, Washington Model C itie s P ro g ra m . Inrtl- vklu a l w orking com m ittees w ill host a two hour rap ses sion fro m 3:00 p.m . to 5:00 pan. to h e a r com m ents about ami explain the variou s w ork co m m itte e s’ (unctions a n d M rxlel C itie s a c tiv itie s . About 300 c itiz e n s fro m in and aiound the M rxlel C itie s Neighborhood are expected to attend. one, Richat I Allen, age ■ ■ • , m onths, ( “ lease see page . ’ , it ide Center, 70S N .B o rtlt- I c o l. 3) HEW Secretary visits PSU re l u y of H e a lth , I 'a c ilio n ' ' 1 " . sr he I a le, I to v is it the L n vIro n - m ental l i i itiö n I'e n ie i now ne n mg , m pletio n at I ' o i t - l.allil date I II.V .•in ly ilki give a I» ia f pahin i.kl ess. I he double ippearance at PSI 's !. in c o lti Ila H ( I at m e i ly i 'l l M i ,n) w ill Come du r mg in appointment p a ck» I tw elve- hour v is it to i »regon by R lch- ardson. lie a expected In the Centet in Room 37l it 1:20 p.m . md in Room 7> at 3:30. Fu vio I ny a t s I lepai tin n ii ■I I i ilio n g, m t o f $ I •, Hid, the Environm ental l duration Cantei w .ll have its (o rin a l ofXjning in M arch, accoi I ng to D ire c to i Don s to tle r. tijx jn houses a ie scheduled fro m 9 a.m . to 9 p ju . on F rid a y , M arch 10 anil fro m I to S p .n i., Saturday M arch I I . I he C enter is J c iig 'ie d asa sell - I "ai n.ng npei itio n c re a t e d to b rin g people together ami act iv ne them into a ssist ing in solving environm ental problem s an d proposing p ro je c ts in the ti i-co u n ty n e i. I he C e n te r already has can- s u it» ! on m . re than 30 en viro nm en tal proposals to he subm itted lo t funding in 1972. F u m i those that are success fu l, environm ental p ro jt lets aikl co nenia w ill t v dsvv »I- Free Clinic for HOME BUYERS Arc you planning to buy or build .» home and have a loi ol questions.’ Get the answers at one ol our Irec Weilneaday evening clinics. Pronii nenl builders ami realtors w ill speak on home construction and home buying Henj. I ranklin ollieers will talk on financing, followed by a question and answer period Io register call 224 .13.1.3 Wednesdays—7:00-9:00 p.m. Franklin Bldg.. S.W. 5th at Stark I'n iiik iiu Rotwrt H H a» n . Pre« • dl O fflc n • Phon« 2 Í4 3333 Hom» Olhc» Franklin H irtä . Portland Or«uon «Z2O4 o|veil ami In s e m in a te d . I ., according to S to tle r, is that " th e environm ental c r is is w ill not Is: here today j i * I gone to - mu11 ow . " D l a ll the c ris e s which have lace,I e a rth anil its inhab itants in the -"Ith C e n tu ry, this is the le ts! tt ansdie y . and the least likely to be m itig ated by cra sh pro gra m s w hich lack a c o u iin iiii, cogent philosophy. ’ ’ There ¡snolongei tune to r 11 agiiienr.sil, Incoiierant ac tio n . R ather, to sustain ami enhance life over tim e ie - |U, es w ell planned, com patible systems lo i spreading in fo rm a tio n , atfectin g a tn - tu lc and i e , e l, . | i ng s k i l l s that w di bi mg about change in the way man relates to h is e n - vlro n m e n t. I he E nviron m ent al Ldu.-ation t ' e n t e i is a t- tm ip n n g to Inm ate and im ple ment th is pro cess.” W i" king to make the C en te r p o s s i b l e are m em bers of many public ami p riva te o r ganizations, including seven s k k ln im e , (twangs and M e r r i l l irc h lte c ts , an a rt class from M a rsh a ll High School; the G eorgia I ’ a c lftc a m lC ro w n Z e lle i bach C o rp o ra tio n s; the Women’ s A r c h i t e c t i l i . i l I eague: the F u s t National Bank; i'M s |; I ightmg.spec la i ties; i astsi te I looi k'oveiang; ami the 1 aak W alton L e ig u e . Boise Humbolt residents angry I he P ortla nd Development C om m ission celeb iated Me com pletion cerem ony of tne A lb in a Neighborhood Im provem ent P ro je c t on Sunday, l>9brua . ¡0, it Bi m e n ta iy School. I he pi ogram was chaired by John B. Kenward, E xecutive D ire c to i of 1'IXd, Speakers were: Ire C . K e lle r, p a s t Cha in n an of PDC; O scar Pe derson, Regional A d m in is tia - to r, lie p a itm e n t of Housing and l i baa Attaint Russell h . Dawson, Area D ire c to r, III D; C ity C o m m issio n e r F ra n c is Ivancie; and J o h n G r iffith , C hairm an of P I j C . M rs . M ayeretta Penton, p ie se n t co -ch a irm a n of Me A lb in a Neighborhood Im provem ent C o m m ittee, p ie - senterl c e itlflc a te s to p a s t c h a iim e n : Reverend C .C a m - b l 1C,’ F athe r M e ll Sted; Rev erend R oosevelt Rogers; E J i. le a l; Ruth A rn s t; and Rev- ei ned C re e l. F athe r sted read a c o n g ra tu la to ry t e l e g r a m fro m Ills c o -c h a irm a n . R ever end T .X . G raha m . C e rtific a te s were given to the fa m ilie s of deceased m em bers of the A N IP com m ittee: .M itt Dishman, Ruth Henson, C h arle s M o ig a n and M r . san- Ron. Tax assist provided F re e F e d e ra l Income Tax A ssistance w ill be available on Weilnesilay evenings and Set- urdsy m ornings at the Albi.m B r a n c h of the M ultnom ah County L ib r a ry , M i . Ralph B. S h o it, D is tr ic t D ire c to r of In te rn a l Revenue S ervice, re minded today. T h e assistance w i l l be available on each Wednesday- evening between 5:30 pan.and 8:30 p.m . and on each Satur day m orning between 9:30 a m . and 1:30 pan. through A p ill 15, 1972. T h e A lbina Branch of th e M ultnom ah County L ib r a ry is located at 3630 N. Vancouver Avenue. , Jam es Loving, elected re p resentative of the Boise neign- . i i Ke le t, show s plaque given in ap- borhood to the Model C itie s .ne ciatio n by residents of A lb in a. He is accompanied by O scar C itiz e n ’ s Plan ing Board, told ■ edereon, Regional Administrator of the i _s. Department of t h e O bse rve r that the plaque Housing and I rban A ffa irs . presented to Ira K e lle r by the people of Albina to demon stra te th e ir love, was in fact purchased and inscribed by- P ortla nd Development Com m ission ( P IC ) Staff. 7 he plaque was presented to K e lle r, format ! airm an of PDC, at the closing ceremony fo r the Albina Neighborhood Im provem ent P ro je ct (A N IP ). Loving lu rth e i stated t h a t | few er than 20 residents of tne p ro je c t area and fewer than 6 m em bers of the project com m itte e were at the cerem ony. M r . Loving asked to he on the agen.:,, t, epn,• I t l te citiz e n s who a.-e displeased w ith the p ro je c t. He asked to speak follow ing the last sche duled speaker, but M rs.H a ze l Reve enc <' im t i u . f n st cl.au man of AN’IC, re c e iv e s c e r- H a y s , P u c coordteator oi . icate of award b o m ANIC co-ch airm a n, M ayeretta Penton. com m unity services and c it i zen p a rtic ip a tio n , offeied him a spot follow ing the benedic tio n . Of M rs . Hays, Loving said, ’ M ost b l a c k s who know her hate her. she ca lls herself ■ epi escm ing U i- ria c k people when she is c a rry in g out PDC’ s bureaucratic p o lic y ." He feels her assignm ent in the Albina com m unity should te r m inate. M r . Loving wanted to speak fo r the Excluded C itiz e n ’ s G r o u p , an organization of about 40 persons who live out side the ANIP area and a re e x- cluded from fe d e ia l a ssis tance. They also have the sup p o rt of ANIP residents who are d issa tisfie d w ith the re su lts of aw m de,end Ro° Seve,tKc« e ‘ s. fo r n » r A NIC cha irm an , receives the p ro je c t. D issa tisfa ctio n among A M P residents includes unfinished p r o j e c t s , low standards of w o rk, and the feeling that they were coerced and not fu lly in volved in the decisions. In p ro je cts such as alleys oi sidewalks they w ere assessed without the o p po itun tty to de cide whether t h e y wanted o r needed them. Some residents cla im they we e told th e y would have to obtain im prove m ent loans o r th e ir proper tv would be condemned, accord ing to M i . Lov ing. King school receives poem M r s . R osalie Boothe w ill present to the M a rtin Luthei h tng School tlie second nie m - oi lal plaque of tier poetic d i aniatization which she con i- posed and dedicated to thebe- loved late Rev. M a rtin L u th e r King J r . in the fo rm of a lu lla by title d : "G o tin (,ut M y C h ild ” . H er poem re la te s to the w ords spoken by D r . King in his search ami plea to r true brotherhood ” | Have A D re a m ” , fh e poem is p o r trayed in a v e ry tender ami touching epitaph of a m othe r’ s love, connection w ith the Ixfau- ty of Human Tolerance ami God s love. Revealed is the M a s te r’ s plan of how H ew ant- eil v a rie tie s to f i l l th is l.iml in the fo rm of the flo w e is , I -.mi ds, b it la and My d a rlin g . He even meant people live you ami m e .” M rs . Boothe would like to think that this poem does not ju s t id en tify toward Black Awarneee, but it fits the need of a ll Atnei lea, the epitom e of s im p lic ity dealing with re la ting to A m erican s in a v e n special way. |t sum m arizes the utm ost of com passion to ward upholding what really should 1« the ideal Am erican way oi life, liberty and the p u rs u it of happiness, the very T e n III C n p e , 5 2 -y e a r-o ld ph arm a cist a tR o s e C lty P ha r m acy, 383, N.l . I nion, w ig shot in tlie back dm mg a i ob- bery Saturday. |w o y o u n g men w ere seen leaving th e store. G rip e was tre a t« ) at H o l laday I ’ ai k H o spita l. I he bul le t, which entered his back, p ie ice d a lu n g before e x itin g through his chest. edminletretton. of appron— m ter. lupxxl people in Me I ■ --- - H -i.-..- ( I I t a re I, ,nly about 60 homes w ill be in volved. It is t h i s draw ing of exclusive boundaries to which the people object. They feel the e n tire Albina area should be reh ab ilita te d. M r . Loving accused PDC of refusing to meet with the peo p le . I he coordinating com m itte e repiesenting the o ffi c ia l B o is e and Hum boidt Neighboihood O rganizations asked to meet w ith PDC Staff. I he PDC staff met two hours e a rly , so when the neighbor- houl people a rriv e d , they they were leaving. M r . Loving a l s o objects to the concept of P D C which started re h a b ilita tio n in frin g e areas such as Woodlawn. T he reason given is that th is w ill "c o n ta in b lig h t” . The oldest areas - Boise and E Hot - were le ft u n til last, although they are the most blighted areas. He feels that since funding could end at any tim e , those m ost in need shoul.J have been served f ir s t . U f E lio t, M r . Loving said that PDC had paid only m in i mum p; ices {■.. houses owned by the persons who f i r s t agreed to relocate. I he cash paid was not enough to allow the people to purchase homes, since many were unsocial Se c u r ity . After the rem aining residents went to Legal A id and h a d the fe d e ia l fumis stopped, the people were paid up to J 15,000 and provided Me assistance to which they were e n title d . The residents in tne rem ainder of the E lio t area are in the mam older people who a e helpless in tlie face of encroaching industry and in stitu tio n s. The B oise-H um boldtN eign- borhood Com m ittees w ill meet ano determ ine what type of plan they want in th e ir a r e a : C, they w ill go the Model C itie s Board. Lov ing is serving his second tw o -ye a r term as elected rep resentative on the C itiz e n 's Planning Board fro m the Boise area. PDC answers charges (Supplied by P ortland [ evel opment C om m ission.) Rosalie B o o th e ideals that D r . King liv e ! anil died fo r. I he plaque w ill le presen ted du rin g a s o c ia l cet eim ny on " P rid e Day” , March I. at 10:30 a.m . I he plaque w ill le recleved on behalf of the school by 1'rin ipal B ill W hite. P harm icist shot Albina citize n s liv in g out side the ANIP area resent Me fact that sm all ateas have been designate«! fo r f e d e r a l l y funded redevelopment and oth - e i pro p e rty owners Io not have access to federal gra nts and loans to im prove th e ir p ro p e rty . The Boise-H um boldt area has teer; «»ffered a HI D g ia n t «af $50O,OtJU hut has been t o ld by PDC that only $ l0 0 ,0 0 0 w ill te used f o r d ire c t im p ro ve - ■ . NOTICE NAACP Régulai meeting is scheduled fo Sunday, F e b ru a iv 27,1972 l;00 p .m ., wl 7752 N. W illia m s Ave. e "<» Cas.son ’• Pr’ »Ment. M rs . Boothe ha ils fro m s t. She came state side to fu rth e r her education. .she manages a L a b o ra to ry fo r D r . M anlove and D r. Landreth at N.W. Thomas V ir g in Islan ds. i “ t 1 \>enue, as a m e l i c i l technologist, sidelined w ith her va rio u s a r tis tic en deavors. She w rite s and re cite s poetic d ra m a tiza tio n s, dabbles at a r t and has p e r form ed w ith tlie P ortland e p - era Association. She appeared as a co n ce rt a r tis t singing VUdleh ind Hnbrnw, and IS now appearing at the Hoyt Hotel p e rfo rm in g the R oar ing 20’ s a n i l the B a rb a ry Coast on weekends. She is a m em ber of the YWC A, F ash ion D o lls anil an o ffic e r In tne R obert E . M aso nC ultui at Soc ie ty . She reside s w ith her husband, I tan anil hei daugh t e r Saundia. I he Albina Neighborhood Im provem ent P ro je c t is tru ly a "p eo ple p ro je c t” - a p rim e exam ple oi te sxle n ts helping them selves. Governm ent help in th e p r o je c t wasp: im a rily that of p: i v ..iingfur,:» in tit e r assistance to enable re s i dents to accom plish what they would h a v e been unable to do through other means. The m a jo rity of the re s i dents of the ANIP area seem quite pi oud and happy with Me accom plishm ents fo r which they, them selves, worked long and hard. The 585 re sid e n ts, whose homes w e r e re h a b ilita te d , through, e ith e r then ownfunds oi Federal gra nts and low in te re s t loans, s e e m happy. They requested the eh ab iln a tion in an e ffo rt to im prove then homes. They chose th e ir own co n tra c to rs . In th is le - ga rd, t he rn w as only < ne n n - n o rity general c o n tra c to r in Albina t, p e rfo rm re h a b ilita tion w ork when tlie p ro je ct f ir s t s ta ite d . Today th is has grown to 13 genera I and II sub- conti actors. M i no r 11 y con tra c to rs p a rticip a te d in many of the ie h a b illta tio n jobs am! M odel C itie s c o n tra c to rs w e re responsible fo r 7 1 per cent of all work in the ANIP E xtension area. T lie residents of the p ro je c t area also seem proud of the oth er accom plishm ents of Me p ro je c t. In fact, it was the residents enthusiasm and ha w o ik which got many ot Me jobs accom plished, it was the residents who c ircu la te d peti tions fo r better street lightin g. It w a s the residents w h o re quested p a v e d a lle 's a n d s tie e ts and th e re va of XM^OO fe e t ol : ted w ire s , it was the residents who came up w ith ideas to heh design th e ir unique park. It was t h is c iti/e n ’ s p a r tic i pation which was th e focal point of the C om pletion C e ie - mony, Sunday, F e b ru a ry 20th. Speakers from the neighbor hood, the c ity , the P ortland Developm ent C om m ission and the Departm ent of Housing ami Urban [development (HUD) a ll paid trib u te to the resident's support. Reverend Roosevelt Rogers sun un el up the s p ir it of the cerem ony in his Benediction re m a rk s . He said that though he was not a conti actor o r an a rc h ite c t, he was proud of his role as a cit.zen in preparing the m oi ta i without which noth ing else c o u ld have been ac com plished. T!ie B oise-H um boldt P ro je c t surrounds the ANIP ire a . (P lease turn to p. 3 co l. 6) l?66
