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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<
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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
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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
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m onths,
( “ lease see page
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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
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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 -
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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)
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