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PORTI Al .J , CRíC.ON
PIRMIT NO. 1266
Blacks encounter racism a t Jackson
POR TLA x o
Volume I
No. :<J roatiANO . oaioON
OBSERVER
Students claim racist A dm inistration
Senator George McGovern’s wife visits Albina
Speads morniag at Bethel
Child Development Center
M rs .E le a n o r M if .over n spent
h I her day Ihu rsd ay
v is itin g tire ch ild re n at Hetlrel AM
’ hi : I -eveloprnentCenter.
This was M rs . M cG overn’ s only
r tland stop duru ig hei two
lay v is it to Oregon. M S.McGove . was in Oregon on behalf of
her husband’ s bid fo r the D em ocratic P a rty nom ination fo r the
I'.S . ('re s ilie n c y .
M rs . McGovern joined th e ch ild r i's must* i g u n es, ate lunch
ettb i • .
‘ n,Oy’ V' S1Un* * ' ,h ChUdren “ Be,hel Ch,,d Development C enter,
« r e centers are one of her m ain in te re sts, she takes extensive notes
on each one she v is its to study d iffe re n t methods ar*f pro gra m s.
•
isslngthe center9!
program w ith the staff. Day care Is e of M rs . M cG overn’ s p r i
m ary concerns. She voluntee1 ed a .ea r’ s service at the Parent
C h ild Center in W ashingtonD.C. P < en t-C hild is a program de
signed to help rnotfrei s w ith child
e ano educational guidance.
M rs . M cGovern served as a I a in ii, L ile Educator, v is itin g the
ch ild re n ’ s homes and teaching m others the basics of good child
ca re.
M rs . McGovern enjoys tfie opp< t unity t v is it centers in d if
ferent areas ol the country and toe uparehow com m unities are
developing child care . She is p a n rularly conceme ' about op
p o rtu nities fo r patents to p a rticip ate in th e ir c h ild re n 's child
care p ogram s.
M rs . McGovern is an a Jvo cue for equality fo r women, which
she ami her husband consider a basic human rig h t, she Is m
fa vo r of Hie appointment of a worn in to th e P re sid e n t's cabinet.
When asked what position would be best fo r a woman to hold, she
sakl, ’ Any po sitio n. A w om m ean
:r« jo b as w ell as - m a n ."
M rs. McGovern enjoys the oppo U n ity to assist w ith her hus-
ially since ft allows her to travel f m
coast to coast. Senator M cG overn is in favo r of the P reside n
tia l P rim a ry since it gives the candidates an opportunity to be
tested in various sections ot tlie co u n try. she a ttrib u te s his
• event upswing in popular ity w ith the voters to his honesty - the
voters know he does not say one thing in public and another in
pi rvate, that lie does not say one ! ng in the I ast and a n o lte r
in the W est, one in the south ami another in the N orth. He be
lieves we can change the pi lor itie a ¡ this counti y, so people are
w illin g to liste n to him ami respon to him .
He believes that the country nee an o ve rall tax re lo rm to
close loopholes which allow m ajo
mpanres to avoid taxes. He
would use the funds genet ated to bull mass transp ortatio n, e l-
m inate p o llu tion , build,•om m .im tv-e
ente , more schools,
and Im prove the q u ality of the s 1 jo ls . One ol his m ore unique
Ideas is a m inim um in. me g u n .mice, wbe re every fa m ily woo d
r e c e i v e a designated amount ol monev Irorr. the governm ent.
rhose who earn above a c e rta in eve , wi ale repav the monev.
T his would remove the stigma : the present W elfare svstem .
I h is progi am is s till in the earlv planning stages with many de
ta ils yet to le reso ved.
M rs . M cG overn He» t o t ’ leve ind (o lowing her P ci tian I v is it.
She hopes to r t"u r n to the state several tim es before the p r i
m ary electio n. May ’ dial.
(idease tu m to page 4, c o l. I)
More Porno
coming to Albina
Students at Jackson High School discuss ra c ia l problem s encountered last week at school,
f- rom le ft to rig h t - M y rtle F o rd , Candas Robinson, T oni Bonner, F rank Robinson, M ike
M onroe, and Ray L a rk in ,
Som e
people know i t ’ s
spring because flo w e rs are
grow ing, i t ’ s s t ill ra in in g , and
yard signs and b illb o a rd s are
cropping up f o r the M ay p r i
m a ry . Some parents can tell
because the kid is getting sus
pended fro m school m ore often
fo r figh ting . The prin cip a l
c a lls it ‘ name c a llin g ,’ ju s t
p a rt of spi mg fe v e r, and says
that a ll kids get it . K ids call
it racism and say that The Man
d iffe re n tia te s between those
who get it and thosew hodon't.
I t's ugly and i t ’ s happening
here in P ortland rig h t now.
Between 8:00 a jn . and 8:30
a.m . last Wednesday, A p r il 12,
at Jackson High School, Kathy
threw het lo cke r m ate’ s be
longings on the Hoot in the
hal way. 1 he lo cke r m ate, Roy
C u rry , also the boy she had
been dating, w asn't there, but
his s is te r, Jeanette, asked
K ithy why she had done It. A l
te r a b rie f discussion between
Kathy, Kathy’ s trie n d - B a r
bara, and Jeanette, a lig h t be
gan.
L a t e r , when asking M r .
sig n e r, u n i t p rin c ip a l, fo r
Kathy
and B a rb a ra ’ s last
names, he said, "T h e re was
not an incident on Wednes-
ia y ." Then he said the parents
would have to release t h e
g ir ls ' names, which they did
not do.
T hursday m orning Roy and
Jeanette C u rry , black, and
Kathy and trie n d B arb ara , both
w hite, » e re suspended. Before
leaving the building. Kathy a l-
ledge v told M a e J o y c e H a t-
cher, a frie n d ol Jeanette
C u rry , to "F u c k he: s e ll. "
Mae Joyce w is escorted to
th e
office by a substitute
teacher, but Kathy ami B a r-
hara were not asked to come
along. I hev did, however, go
to the o ltic e ot then own ac
cord.
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By Roger | )oi Kimi
NAACP kicks off membership drive
I his p ic tu re of then G overnor M ark O. H a tfie ld is In the P ortla nd NAACP office Gov
e rn o r H atfield had finished stgnmg the C iv il Rights A ct of 1959, and handed the pen to M r
H a rry W ard, president of the local branch of NAACP that ye a r. M r. I .Igar W III tains, no»
deceased, la on the fa r le ft,
M r . Ward Is accepting the pen, w ith I .G. P lu m m e t, M r .
Boone of the Urban League, and M r . P hil Reynolds looking on.
Senator Hatfield speaks to NAACP
I he
annual member ship
d riv e kic k o ff fo i t l« P ortland
Branch NAACP w ill be held
Wednesday, A p ril 26, at M t.
O live t B ap tist C hurch, at 7:45
p.m . according to K ills H.
Casson, pre sid ent.
Senator M a rk (). H atfield
w ill 1« the speaker, talking
on the subject "W h e re We
A re N o w ", senator H a tfie ld
has lieen a supporter of C iv il
Rights, and a frie n d ol the
NAACP since his ear ly days
as
p ro fe sso r of P o litic a l
Science and Dean of Students
at W illa m e tte U n iv e rs ity . He
was elected as state re p re
sentative to the Oregon State
L e g isla tu re In 1951, served as
state Senator, was Oregon
S ecretary of State, ami was
G overnor fro m 1959 to I9f>7,
In the Senate, he serves on
tire
Senate A pp rop riatio ns
C om m ittee, the .senate In
te rio r ami Insular A ffa irs
C o m m ittee, the Senate Select
C om m ittee on Sm all Business
and the senate Select C om
m ittee on tiquai Education i)p -
po rtu ntty.
He also selves
on a nurnlwr of Intpor tant sub
com m ittees.
Rev. John Jackson w ill In
troduce senatoi H a tfie ld at
tire meeting on the 26th. I he
public Is invited.
X ratings ami raunchy title s
w ill soon lx? appearing on the
mat quee of the Lom b.it
Ifie .ite i, 842 N . Lombai ,
destined to become i porn,
graphic film
theater alte r
\ p i II 18th.
Once a neighbo hoixl thea
te r, the 1 oinbai began show
ing an a rt H im program ap
p ro xim a te ly one year ago
under the management of I >ave
P o rte r ami associates, win
are the ownei s. \\ ith business
sadly (ailin g, die theater was
placed under new management
In January ,
I he new m anager, Ken
M a rg o lle , fo rm e rly involve
in theater in san F rancisco,
began doing his best to revive
a seem ingly "d e a d h o rs e ".
M a rg o lle revamped the thea
te r
to crea te a sort of
"m a g ic show" atomosphere.
Health foods were substitute I
fo r much of the usual candv
at the counter, p ric e s were
made reasonable, and an ex
ce lle n t v a rie ty of a r t film s ,
many consideied cla ssics,
w ere placed on the b illin g .
Besides film s by such w ell
known d ire c to rs as Bergman
and G odatd, M a rg o lle sche
duled a v a rie ty ranging from
O liv ie r ’ s O th ello to Bustei
Keaton, tin one evening the
I ombard even relive,! the old
sile n t Him days w ith liv e piano
ami g u ita r.
In spite ol a slig h t increase
in p ro fits , the owner recently
i alie,! M .ugo le to in fo rm him
that w ith in ten days he would
lx? term inated as inanagerand
die theater wou.J begin show
in g poíno tilm s .
The owner
■-tate,l that the change was
necessary tor financial rea
sons. (P om e tilm s are a va il
able at low costs ami top
p rice s can he charge! lo r
him lesion).
A b rie f suivev o tth e n e ig h -
txarhood around the 1 ombard
im lic a te t that nearby re s i-
erits are ve iy opposed to the
presence of a porno theater
then com m um tv, p re le i mg
instead a neighborhood tvpe
t e a te r, Seveial thought that
t e existing theater unde the
management of M a rg olle was
pornographic. I his was pro
bably due to die m o te earth
nature ot some a rt film s and
ihe inclusion in die schedule
of some m ild pornography
(c e rta in ly of a m ore tasteful
v ir ie ty than what’ s coming )
It is Interesting to note that
no one from tlie neighborhood
had approach»' M r. M arge lie
to indicate the ty |e ot film s
they d e s ire d .
Perhaps w ithout local sup-
I'o rt the porno business w ill
not th riv e at the Lom bard.
One would hope that present
ipathy w i not pi evail ami that
local people w ill make known
to the new theater manage
ment then d e sire toi aneigb-
Ixirhood the ater, and support
it, if and when it appears.
e day, an
o i l boyfriend of K ath y’ s,n o ta
student, and two trie n d sca m e
to the school. He called P a t
C u r r y , b other to Roy amt
Jeanette, a " n ig g e r "
and
asked him to step outside.
About halt ot those m the lunch
room went outside to watch.
I'liree whites in th e ir twenties
» ltl one black L a b ra d o r Re-
ti ievei were pitted against the
voung black man in that lunch
period.
Director
appointed
Appointment of a public
a ffa irs lir e c to r fo r th e E x e
cutlve Departm ent was an
nounced today by C leighton
Penw ell,
d ire c to r
of the
departm ent.
Penwell named Gene Maud
lin , t l, Salem, to the post.
M audlin w ill coordinate public
in fo rm atio n se rvice s of the
E xecutive
Departm ent and
assist the g o ve rn o r’ s o ffice
in news media re la tio n s, Pen-
w ell said.
F o r the last year am! a
halt M audlin has teen an
Associated P ress newsman,
p rin c ip a lly
cove rin g
state
governm ent.
| | e was c ity
a lit o i of the C apital Jou rna l
in Salem before jo in in g the
Associated P ress.
M .s . H a rris , m other of one of the suspended students,
discussed d is c rim in a te , y p o lic ie s at Jackson fro m a p a ren t's
point of view . P icture d w ith her, fro m le ft to rig h t are Penny
L a rk in s , M rs . H a rris , Tom Bonner, Ray L a rk in s , and Candas
Robinson.
Teachers came to break up
the crow d, and the outsiders
were asked to leave. They re
turned at the end of the school
day w ith another dog, a black
shepherd, but a c o n flic t was
avoided. P at C u rry w a ssus-
pended.
M r . H ild re th , u n it p rin cip a l
and the man in charge of sus
pensions, was not present
du rin g the fig h t, nor when the
suspension was de live red . It
was oid e re d by the oth er unit
p rin c ip a l, M r . Signer, and
signed by H ild re th 's secre
ta ry .
When questioned about this
M r . Signe; said that the proce
dure was routine when one o r
the o th e ru n itp rin c ip a l wasout
of the building.
F rid a y m orning, Ray L a r
kins and M ike M onroe, were
confronted with this state
ment: "Y o u black dudes a in 't
nothin' but a bunch of s h its ."
5 lig h t soon errupted between
six blacks an. 18 -20 w hites.
M rs . H atcher ami M r s .C u r
ry , m others cl the lo u r sus
pended black stu lents, a rriv e d
during the lig h t to bring th e ir
ch ild re n pack fo r rea dm is-
sion.
M a .k Cunningham pushed
the re turn in g Pat C u rry . Pat
hit M a rk beginning another
figh t. M r . D earborn, a teach
e r, is accused of h ittin g Pat
and leaving a gash behind his
ear in o rd e r to stop the fig h t.
A ccord in g to D earborn, he
did not touch Pat C u r r y . He
was p e rfo rm in g his duties
as deputy r e g is tra r at the Reg
is te r to Vote table when the
disagreem ent began. He said
that hegrabbe dM a rkC un ning-
ham and took him into the re s t
room to cool o ff.
M r. H ild re th , u n itp rin c ip a l,
and the parents attempted to
stop the b ra w l. The po lice
w ere called and three uni
form ed o ffic e rs and fo u r plain
clothesm en p ro m p tly broke it
up.
F n d a y afternoon an acci
dent occu rred which raised the
tension level once m o re . M r .
ey, freehm in ind sopho
m ore E nglish teacher, .pened
an a u d ito riu m -ty p e door m
Iieb bie S m ith’ s face. Debbie,
a black 15-year-old, accuse!
M r . Cumley of breaking her
glasses on purpose and asked
him to pay fo r them.
C u m le y
told her s h e
shouldn't have ieen so close to
(please turn to page 6, c o l. I)
Liada Williams receives
service award
Linda W iliu m s , G rant High
S chool
senior, has b e e n
awa ded the Paul A . Rhemus
Aw ard f o r c it ’/enshipand s e r
vice w ith the intent of fu i th e r-
ing education a n d /o r tra in in g .
Linda is the ii r s t recipie nt of
th is $200 award, which w ill be
given annually.
Paul R hem js was superin
tendent of the P ortla nd P ub lic
Schools fio in 1947-1953, re
signing because of il l health.
He was an educational consul
tant fo r the F o ld Foundation
fro m 1953-1959.
Now liv in g in Palo A lto,
C a lifo rn ia , Rhemus and his
w ife wished to esta blish this
award
in a p piecia tion fo r
C ra m H igh’ s cent, ibutions to
th e ir own c h ild re n 's educa
tions. Amy and F r e d g i’Sdu-
ated fro m G rant in 1951 ant
1952 respectively.
Linda A\ illia m s , th is y e a r’ «
recipie nt, is desciib ed by hei
counselor as " a fine s c h o la r.’
Linda wants to attendeithe:
Seattle P a c ific U n iv e rs ity or
I regon College of Education,
m ajorin g in elem entary edu
cation. She wants to eventually
reach kin de iga rte n o i grade:
1 -3 .
Now L in d a 's tim e is fille t
w ith graduation plans and a
heavy homework load. During
vacation
she w orks w i t I
a neighborhood club to fine
sum m er Jobs fo r black youtf
tn the P ortland area.