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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1972)
Page 8 (Continued from p. I) Boys choir representative chosen Michael Safranski. age II. w ill represent the Portland Boys Choir as a member of the U.S. delegation to the In ternational Boys Choir Con gress in the Netherlands. The Portland Boys Choir was organized in October of 1969 by Joseph L . Cornea, a native of Peru. Correa studied at the Lima, Peru Conservatory of Music. His musical background is in o r chestra, band, and choral music, and he organized radio and television shows. He plans to concentrate on music appreciation fo r boys. Before coming to Portland, Correa toured South and Central America and the Carribean, learning the music and culture of the people. The Portland Boys Choir has four choirs: training, resident, concert and touring. Boys ages 8-12 are eligible. They progress through the choirs as they qualify ac cording to responsible be havior, school grades, and music ability. Emphasis in the choir is on character building and self-confidence. As well as a musical educa tion, the boys are taught proper behavior fo r all oc- cassions so they w ill be able to represent their state and themselves properly and know how to make independent decisions. The choir practices twice each week. The boys are also provided recreation acti vities, such as skating or outings. They also attend music camp. Every boy looks forward to being a member of the touring choir. Last summer this choir toured the South West and Mexico. One highlight of the tripwas their performance to a crowd of approximately 8,000 in Oakland. They also sang with the Mormon Taber nacle Choir in Salt Lake C ity. This summer the choir w ill go to Hawaii, to Europe in 1973, and plan to tour Japan in 1974. The Portland Boys Choir is a member of the International Boys Choir Federation, which, represents 50,000 boys in 88 countries. The Federation is made up of three groups, tour ing choirs, school choirs, and Michael Safranski, who w ill be Oregon's representative at the International Boy's Choir Congress in the Netherlands, with John shallenburger, 1’ iesuient of the International Boy's Choir c T ir e a '10" and P° rtJand Boy‘ s Cholr leader, Joseph S? d l'e,nbur8e r discusses the Portland Boy’ s C hoir with choir boy, Leonardo Woods. land. A ll boys who wish to p a rti cipate in the ch o ir are urged to call M r. Correa at 281- 8393. The ch o ir is also in terested in contracts from churches in the area that would like the Boys C hoir to sing fo r them. church choirs. John Shallen- txirgei ofConnellsville,Penn sylvania, the president of the Sailway Foundation, a group which gives support to the worldwide Boys Choir move ment, was in Portland to an nounce the selection of Mike Safranski to represent P ort N E W ... : PORTLAND mxì & dqws »O« aiscavxrioMs ’ ■ A T M IN S call i . j TM « » . . » « C T * * „ o TM , . im , * , u to u , ö » ir p ic t a Friday Post Time 7:30 g !■■■ S aturday and Sunday Post Time 1:30 O 0 AJC Ô def o & o GHI JKL MNO © 0 0 PRS TUV WXY © © © See our light show. ( S ) Pacific Northwest Bell fhe Irimline Telephone f "Only one shot was fired by the occupants of the Pan ther apartment during the en tire course of the ra id ," the lepore added, explaining th.it "T h is commission Is com pelled to observe that the Fed eral grand ju ry failed to dis charge its legal function and obligations fa irly anti fu lly ,” the report said. It was also c ritic a l of the county grand ju ry . “ It is the judgment of this commission that the raid was not planned nor executed in compliance with the Fourth Amendment which guarantee against unreasonable searen ami seizures. “ The conception and plan ning of the raid, tire sequence of events inside the apartment, the volume of police gunfire, and the toll of deaths and in ju rie s do not p a rticu la rly lend themselves to the character izations of events as slaugh te r, ami summary execution.'' The pre-dawn raid was Con ducted Pec. 4, 1009, on the Panthers' west skle Chicago headquarters. , Subsequently, the Cook County State's Attorney, Ed ward V. Hanrahan, and 13 other persons were indicted fo r conspiracy to o b stru ctju s tice in this case. The commission report, in three large, mimeographed documents, reportedly was sent to commission members on March 25, 1971, by H er bert p . Reid, a professor from Howard L n ive rsity who served as staff d ire c to r. M r. Real was said to have tried unsuccessfully to get commission members to re lease the documents fo r pub lication since that tim e. Angered by the delay in publication of the report. M r. Reid, the law professor, who is black and an expert on constitutional law, sent a memoramluni to the commis sion last October 1 that read in pare ‘ ‘To withhold the fu ll report from the public is to deny the American people a re spectful rendition of facts upon which to base their own judge ment (on the Panther case) atxi demand a new m orality fo r administration of justice in this country.” THIRD BIG WEEK! HEY LOOK US OVER! 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I he I »rawing fo r the Aquai.um w ill be A p ril I at 6:00 PM and the drawing fo r the T .V . w ill be A p ril 8 at 6:00 PM. $1. ALBERTSONS .Y O U M A Y . W IN THE FOOD PEOPLE PRICES EFFECTIVE M arch Oregonians voice issues The Berkman fo r State T re a s u re r c o m m it t e e announced the results of a survey they commissioned to determine voter attitudes in Oregon. The survey showed that Oregon voters feel honesty is the most Important qualifica tion fo r holding public office, with 46 per cent listing that as their most important con sideration. Seventeen per cent said that the ability to do the job was most important, eight per cent listed other consider ations and 29 per cent gave no opinion. “ We had the survey taken to give us a better idea of what Oregon voters expect from their public o fficia ls,” candidate C raig Berkman said. " I t served to reinforce our conviction that Oregon voters expect only what they deserve - the highest possible standards in their elected pub lic o fficia ls.” The survey, taken by Central States Research C or- poration, Wichita, Kansas, e a rlie r this year in metropol itan Portland, showed that 42 per cent of the electorate identified them selvesasl,em - ocrats, 36 per cent as Repub licans and 22 per cent as inde pendents. The survey also disclosed that 16 per cent of the voters thought money was the state's biggest problem. Pollution and taxes were a close sec ond with 13 per cent apiece, and 11 per cent listed unem ployment as the state's big gest problem. Other problems concerning Oregon voters were: Schools - five per cent Welfare - five per cent Waste in government - four per cent Nineteen percent listed oth e r problems, five per cent said they couldn't all fie Iisted and nine per cent gave no opinion. Berkman is making his firs t bid fo r public office. He is a Portland businessman, who was recently named one of the nation's ten outstanding young men by the Junior Chainlet of Commerce. He has also been recog nized nationally fo r his role as a leader in the "People fo r Portland” organization that was credited with helping avert violence during the I >70 American le g io n National Convention. Berkman is the co founder of an electronics firm that employs over 175 people. ALBERTSON’S Fi-Ioi iä lü l 30,31 A April l| THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY ONLY! Let’s Get It Together House District #16 Have you registered to vote? I Do you know your district? "lb, 'la Do you know your candidate to 15 th the Oregon House of K ill ingsworth Representatives from M.’ ml Prescott District #16? O íd Prescott I 15th F i emoni 47 th skkJmore 75th1 F remont Jo h n T o ra n is the candidate for D istric t #16 He p ro m ises effective rep resen tatio n for a new d is tric t. L e t’s build . . . to g eth er. Help m e, to | help us all by working on my cam paign I to re p re se n t you. You’ll dig it. It's I building som ething to l a s t . . . W rite o r dro p b y 5 2 6 6 NE Union 287-1166 Paid: Allan Z. C om m ittee to elect Toran Bowen, T re a s . 234 S, W. Salmon