"Teenagers discuss crisis : VD epidemic in Portland
National s ta tis tic s reveal
that 77 iw iv e n t of tile repotted
venereal disease canes In
volved young jieople between
the rges ol I , and 2 I. (it tlese,
25 pe ivo nt of the cases con-
> eiTie<l youngsters lietwoen Is
and 19.
In (iie g o n there were 2257
repot ted cases of venereal
disease In 1971 in the 15 to 19
age bracket, an lnciea.se of
271.6 |ie r cent In fiv e years.
In Multnom ah County there
was an Increase of 209.5 per
cent. I w e nty-flve |« rc e n t of
tire cases of Conor t trea in r H e-
gon In 1971 Involved young
people letw een 15 and 19. in
the same y e n , 35
of the
repotted cases were m in o rs.
I Ire D bservei talked to tire
youngster s In Hie 15 to I9 ye a r
range to find out how they feel
about tire existence of such an
"e p id e m ic” and to obtain th e ir
suggestions fo r possible solu-
cions.
Oui firm question was an
obvious one... ” |)o you leel
that there Is a problem with
a V I) epklem lc In the P ortland
area o r Is the situation being
over -emphasized or blownout
of proportion?
We received a v a rie ty of an
swers:
" I don’ t
hear that much
about It and I cannot discuss
It w ith my pa ren ts.”
Several teens answered, ” |
read about It and hear It d is
cussed on the s tre e t, bait |
never liear about people get-
lin g It.”
Another stated, “ W ell, I am
too young to tie pa rt of I t . "
” 1 don’ t know of anybody
le rs o n a lly that has It, so It
doesn’ t
seem very real to
I here was much discussion
t l e r t is a com m unications
ol w liether V I) is a m oral or
problem in the home, so we
a health problem .
aske tie students if tliey lount
A 19 year old stated, " I f
it d iffic u lt to discuss sex and
society made It a health pro
\ l ) in p a rtic u la r w ith th e ir
blem instead ol a m oral p ro
patents. Most parents should
blem , (reople would ge' lie lp ."
pleased with tire rep lie s,
"P e o p le are afraid to get
‘ Il is a lot ea sie r to talk
treatm ent if they think it is a
our parents now a la y s."
m ora l issue, if It’ s like a
in ie m other is said to have
health problem , we can go and
commented, " I f we talked to
get lielp without talking to o u r
our m otliers the way they talk
parents.”
"Y o u don’ t have to le im t th e ir m others’ now, they
' o . 1 have l»en shoe ksd.”
m oral to have V I), you jusr
m e .”
Another answered, " I
nut that kirvl of irerson.”
m ight lie human and make a
m istake .”
Many teenagers feel that
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An interesting observation
made tiy one teen, " I don’ t
Boys and g ir ls found it eas
ier to talk to m others than to
fa th e rs.
Others laid, ' I lon’ t feel
uncom fortable talking to e ith
e r of my pa ren ts.” W hile one
express© !, ” | feel a lrig h t a-
bout talking to tuy parents but
1 ju s t don’ t feel | need to ask
my siste« s H) I I ot e ra , («•-
skies my sister o r my broth
e r told me . . . but | always
have a questior I lon’ t un
derstand . . , and how can you
go to yout is te i and ask le i
about it when she m ight not
know the answer?”
can w a it . . . 1 think It’ s m o r
a ls .”
’ ’ The m a jo rity of them use
it ( a situation of passion)
as an excu se."
r location concerning sex
and venereal ils e rs e In the
school has long feen a topic
of heat©: discussion across
the nation. We aske! the stu
dents if tliey fe lt they had neen
p ro p e rly educated as to the
causes and effects of venereal
disease, and if the classes
starter! early enough.
"Enough to know that you
Several Blacks state! «w as
a "W h ite pioblmn and not a
Black p ro b le m ."
Another
yout
,
" W e ll, yoi. ,
the way
to show that you re a lly love
me . . . but it isn’ t, I mean if
you really love someone you
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POR TL A N D
V o lu m e
he«» were few who
dunk they are as w ell edu
cate«; on the subject as the
high school kids who study
about it . . . J don’ t think
the; know that much about
it lecause tliey weren’ t ed
ucated that way. | think our
parents are aware of the na-
••
think they know it is a p ro b
lem in Portland.”
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Portland young Black teacher slain in Child Cure Center
suit filed
Busing:
A hot political issue
by D r . l ee P. Brown
Busing w ill probably le tie
m ost heatedly debat©! issue
du rin g tin s election yea r. Eor
that reason, it is im pai alive
dial m em bers ol Black Com
m unity explore the question
ami develop d e fin itiv e posi
tions on die subject.
E o r us in P ortla nd , fusing
m ust he looked at on two
le vels. E h st, on the national
level ami second on the local
le ve l.
On the national level, there
are two plans re la tin g to (u s
ing that alfect Black |>eople.
Num ber one, there is theN ixon
P lan. I his plan Cakes us tuck
to die days ol Plessy vs.
McCoy vacates post
B ill M cCoy, C hairm an ot tlie
M ultnom ah
County I lem o-
c i . u k
C e n ti.il C om m ittee,
vacated his position at tire
regular m onthly m eeting on
M arch 2Jrd.
McCoy was the only black
county pa rty cha irm an in t ie
state’ s history .
McCoy vac’a ter I lire office ui
com pliance w ith party tiy-ia w s
that state that a candidate
f o r a rem unerative public o l-
fic e cannot hold a position on
tlie C e ntral C om m ittee Exe
cutive Board. McCoy is a can
didate lo r M ate Representa
tive iro in N inth S uh dtstrict
#15.
A lso resigning (or the same
reason were: Jim Aahbough,
D is tr ic t Representative l torn
tlie West sale s u lx lis tt icq Glen
; î . ^ ?
titto . A ltern ate V ic e -C h a ir
man; and Ruth O sborne, t asl
County S u b - d is tr ic t Repre
sentative.
M cCoy Is also a candkluie
fo r tlie National C om m ittee
man fro m tire state ol Oregon
and fo r a ileleg.ite position to
tlie D e m ocratic National Con
vention. lie w ill be die fir s t
black
to serve in e n tie r
capacity.
McCoy was serving his
second te rm a s c h a im ia n . . Ills
a d m u iistra tio n increased tie
nuin 1er ol pre cin ct com
m itteem en and women, o|>erierl
t ie flo o r ol the C e ntral Com
m ittee to the m em bers and
secured new o ffice space, I o r
tlie f ir s t tune in 12 v e ils , tlie
M ultnom ah
County Demo
c ra tic P a rty is out of debt.
;
Benj. Franklin^
F ra n k lin
Robert H Maien Pre« • IB OWIcee • Phone »4-1333
Home o n i c e Franklin Rldu , Porllend Oregon 97204
Eeiguson and tlie **sei>era(e
but ei|U al" d o ctrin e , which
only seived to make unequal
education (or B lacks the law
ol die land, as w ell a s tlie c u s -
tom . I he Nixon plan should
he viewed lo r what « Is — an
apa i the id.
N u in le r two, there are the
plans developed under court
o rd e r. I heseplansonlv serve
to place Black ch ild re n under
the con tro l ot white school
hoards which have not demon
strated any v is ib le signs of
compassion lo r quail tv edu
cational systems In the Black
C om m unity.
A study ol the
schools in any large Black
Com m unity w ill stustantiate
th is
allegation
(Including
P ortla nd ). I sing busing fo r
die sole purpose of racial
balance is a condition that
should be vig oro usly opposed
by the Black C om m unity.
T fie re Is no em p erica l e v i
dence to suggest that a Black
c h ild ’ s educational achieve
ment level increase ju s t be
cause he sits next to a white
student, fhus, we m ust reject
as false the notion that Black
ch ild re n cannot learn except
with whites.
I ssen tialiy, Blacks should
oppose both ot these plans in
that both make busing an ab
solute, rathe r than an option
to le exercised by Black
people.
Both take away the
determ ination from the Black
com m unity to con tro l the edu
cation ot Black ch ild re n .
lo c a lly ,
the real issue
should le high quality educa
tion lo r Black ch ild re n — ami
white ch ild re n too fo r that
m a tte r, r iu r concern should
not he etjual o r proportionate
d is trib u tio n ol B lack and white
c h ild re n fo i tie purpose ot
PDC explains
delay of funds
At the request ot residents
of the Model C itie s area, the
P ortland Development Com
m ission w ill assist in sellin g
up a meeting w ith the P o rt
land C ity Council and o lflc la ls
Iro in (he I '. s . Departm ent ol
Housing and (T hun Develop
ment (HI D) to resolve pro
blems affecting P o rtla n d ’ s
Neighborhood
I 'evelopm ent
P rog ram (NDP).
I he im m ediate concern is
»AOO.lKKI in NDP funds I • the
Boise-H um boldt area Ivin g
field up by HI D, but the under
lying problem could affect
funds to r o th e r NDI vt rea s
(AA oixl lawn,
Irving to n,
and
K ln g -\ e m on-Sabin).
Ihe tunds to r B oise-H u in -
Ixilrlt w ere approx©! by III D
on January 31, Ixit tlie money
has l«een held up by i f nito rm
Code disagreem ent between
III I) and the C ity ol Portland
at»I a problem ol the fis c a l
basis fo r the B oise-H um boldt
pro gra m .
('liv e r N o rv ille , PDC at
torney, sakl tlie problem in
volves the "w o rk a b le pro
g ra m " req uire d w ith all NDP
applications.
Ihe workable
program is a general pro
gram ol the city relating to
needs in bousing, codes, plan
ning, relocation and citize n s
pa r t 1c Ipa t io n. I lie pa r t icu I a r
problem holding up approval
ol P o rtla n d ’ s w orkable p ro
gram at th is tune, relates to
HUD requirem ents to adopt
un ifo rm codes fo r building,
housing, e le c tric a l and plum b
ing. I he codes Include a num -
ber of p ro visio n s that are
teing questioned by P ortland
and other c itie s across the
nation.
Ih e P ortland C ity
t ouncil has taken no action
on die w orkable pro gra m .
"Ih e
housing .ode pro
posed by m D ” ,N o r v ille s a x i,
"w o u ld |x?nnit im provem ents
o r ccxfe c o rre c tio n s to be made
by the c itv , where diepropertv
owner (ailed to com p ly, with
an assessment lien against
die pro p e rty lo r tlie cost ol
the w o rk. These provisions
raise serious legal and prac
tic a l questions which ir e of
extrem e concer n to the c ity .”
According io N o rv ille , die
code also appears to have
low er safety standards than
die p re se n t
stand.r r.is.
city e lec trical
John Kenward, PDC Execu
tive D ire c to r, Indicated he
u ixle rsto o t HI I) was try in g to
get c i t i e s throughout the nation
to adopt the u n ifo rm codes.
Ihe other problem specdic
to the B oise-H um boldt neigh-
borhood is that HI D has re
quested the new area project
should l«e lt.nded on sepaiate
fis c a l year basis. I his ap
pears to he contrary to le d e r.il
law, according to N o rv ille ,
" I o have every p ro je ct on a
d iffe re n ce fis c a l yearw ouid lx?
chaotic, crea ting a situation
which would bury the Com
m ission In paper w o rk .”
A t th e ir Monday, M a rch 27,
m eeting, the P ortla nd De
velopment
Comm is stone i s
agreed to w ork with theM odel
C itie s residents to bring then
concerns to the C ity Council
and III D. M r . B r o z le l athan,
co -ch a irm a n of the B oise-
llu in lx il.lt C oordinating C om
m itte e , asked fo r the com
m ittm e n t. lie text a sizeable
delegation fro m the area at
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achieving " r a c ia l balance.”
R a tte r, we should be con
cerned with ihe needs ol tie
children, and not the co lo r
ol th e ir skin s.
F o r Black
people, the issue should not
fe busing, per se;
ra th e r
the issue m ust be superioi
quality education fo r o u r c h il-
dren. Busing should he only
one of several options a v a il
able to us.
In sum m ary, busing should
be only one option available
to Black people.
It should
he tlie Black Com m unity that
lias tlie say in exe rcisin g that
option.
A su it was failed M arch
13th in M ultn o m a h C o u n tyC ir-
c u it C o u rt on behalf of Kent
Fond, P oor C itizens fo r F a ir
D is tric tin g and others regard
ing the d iv is io n of the poor
and black com m unities into
fo u r le g isla tive d is tr ic ts .
A fte r the new d is tr ic ts were
announced, the group peti
tioned the State suprem e C ourt
which
deni©! the petition
"w ith o u t p re ju d ic e ."
The
C o u rt said the question of the
d ivisio n ol e le c to rs com
m unity by economic class o r
ra cia l make up was not a
question of e ith e r the state
constitution o r state law . D is
m issa l w ithout prejudice in
effect made necessary the new
c o u rt suit.
The suit asks fo r a de
c la ra to ry J iid g e rrrrt. 1« w ill
be scheduled in about 5 to 6
months.
Children unware
of killing-because
of skilled staff
Ronal Coleman, acting su p ervisor of Hughs M e m o ria l C hild
C are C enter, was fa ta lly wounded at the center Tuesday m orn
ing. Coleman was shot in the sta irw a y leading to the u p sta irs
room s. The alleged k ille r , Kenneth C ia ik , sur rendered to the
police about an hour la te r.
1 w enty-tw o ch ild re n , ages 3 to 6, and th e ir teachers were in
the basement child care center. The ch ild re n did not witness
the m u rd e r and were im m ediately removed from the cen ter to
a teacher s h« : . -
,. M rs . Robert B ailey, Head T eacher,
credited the quick thinking of the staff In preventing the ch ild re n
fro m witnessing the afterm ath of the k illin g . The childre n were
tra n s fe rre d to other child care centers in the area fo r the re
m ainder of the week.
Ronald Coleman, 24, was born in P o rtla n d .
He attended
Madison High School, where he was a s u r half-back, and
graduated fro m Washington High School.
He attended the
U n iv e rs ity of Oregon, the U n iv e rs ity of Washington and M t.
Hood Com m unity College.
Co eman had been employed as a teacher at Hughs M e m o ria l
C hild C are Center since It opened in the Spring of 1971. P re
vio usly, he was a social e • •
at Albina C hild Development
T e n te -,
C
>. n also officiate.! at basketball games fo r the
P o rtla ixi Pa.-x Bu eau. He was m a rrie d and had two c h ild re n .
n
Black Panther
inquiry suppressed
•N either the I erleraI Gov
ernm ent nor the state sought
to establish the tru th ” tn
the k illin g ol two Black Pan
the r party leaders du rin g a
raid on a Chicago fla t in
the rep. rz ol 0 » i - r;.
m ission of Inquiry into the
Black Panthers and l aw En
forcem ent o ffic ia ls contends.
Ihe independent com m is
sion was form ed bv 27 per
sons in c iv il i ights, law, pol
itic s and business a lte r Ere.I
Hampton and M a rk C la rk were
killexl and lo u r other pei sons
wounded in a raid by Illin o is
M ate’ s Attorney’ s po lice . Ihe
cu rre n t co-chairm en of the
group are Roy W ilk in s , exec
utive d ire c to r ol the NA \C P
anti Ramsey C la rk , fo rm e r
I tilted state
Attorney Gen
e ra l.
Acco: ling to che comm is
sion re p o rt, M r. Hampton
"w a s shot from the .Io. rw.iv
to his bedroom as he lay
druggevl an.1 defenselesi : in
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I he report said that an at
mosphere of suspicion in.l
m is tru s t existed
tim e
ol the ra»I. It sakl: ’ ' I his
com m ission found :he Sit-
uation had grown so c n tic a l
by the tim e of ihe Hampton-
C la rk
incident that many
ghetto inhabitants r.i longei
looked to the ixil ice lo r assis
tance in even the most har
rowing of circum stances, toi
te a r of riskin g personal ab.se
at the hands of the p o lic e ."
M r . C la rk had lire.1 a shot
gun blast through a do or.
According to the re p o rt the
police fire d the f ir s t shot
du rin g the ra id . ’ ’ P o lto e fire d
through w a lls and doorways
into darkened room s. There
was no resistance to th e ir
g u n lire .
Occupants trie d to
h»!e from the b ille ts ured
into th e ir room s, and crie d
<Xit f o r police to stop, but
the shooting continued. Ered
Hampton was k ille d in his
b v l, and police kept fir in g . ”
Bem re he was k ille d , the
rep ort continues, M r . Hamp
ton "c o u ld not !e roused by
any ol tlie three persons who
trie d to wake h im .”
It says
E d 11 I. e . I secotl 11 hit ]|,
a sle ep -inlucin g,nu na i.itctive
drug were lound in his bo.iv,
'possibly in a lethal concen
fe
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tra tio n ."
it also says that an un
named black m lo rm c r had
“ successfully in filtra te
tlie
apartm ent and the Panther
ir.d e ,” and that " th e I- ©feral
•grind ju ry undertook not io
investigate, Ixit to r e b it, this
evid e n ce ."
Com men ting on the ra in ,
the report sakl:
-
in
Get ge Rankins igres that it Is a ■
,
however, men make it m ore interesting fo r women.
spectate
watch w ith enthusiasm .
i he M ie t-
ti'd i is that the raid, con
tra ry to its state 1 objectives
(to obtain Panther weapons,
was conceived an., planned a
a search and destroy m is
sion aimed ai the leaders n
the Illin o is chapter ol tire
Black Panther p a rty .’ ’
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