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Black firm sells ’’IT” detergent P o lls M ili keting N | levalop- ment C o ip , u black m a r keting film out of Oakland, C a lifo rn ia . s , h iiis o io i I a llu y e i s Lunclieon on Wwlnesday m o r ning, A p r il 19th m 11:00 in tlie 1 lull»lei b ird M o to r Inn at Jant/en Beach. llu y e i s representing a ll flat u ia jm g io o e iy m a ike t chains at- teiKtod fo r the presentation of a new pi win t, " | | " Laun d ry I le te ig e n t, developed, m a tke tw l .ual <11sti llxited by P o lls M arketing 6 Develop ment (,'orpoi atlon (I’MI >). I lie luncheon was arranged and host« I by I .eon I la i l l s , A d m ln ls ti atoi foi ilie P o rt- h in t lle p a ttm e n t ol Human l.e lt to lig h t: I eon H u r Is; John !• o id . P resident, P o lls M a rke t ing \ | le velo plng ;C harles Rangel, Vice P resident; I e l Belcham, Executive V ice President - shown displaying P o lls product ■ ' l l " , a h lu le g i adeahlo laundi y detergent. “ I I * ’ Is succes lu lly c o n i|ie tin g w ith o th e i laun diyd eterg en ts in C a lifo i nla and Nevada, anil Is soon to le introduced to Oregon hy P o lls M arke ting •< Developm ent. P o lls was host«! m P o rtla n d by M r . H a rris and M r. Paul Knauls ol Geneva's Restaurant. around the d is trib u tio n ol P M Ii products tliloug h tlie chains repreeerned. I ’M D D f- fic e is expect that as a resu lt of the discussions Safeway, I-le d M eyei and other large chains would le leaders In supporting them Ijy placing la ig e o rd e rs . C a lifo i m a's leading bains, including Sale- way lead o llie rs s im ila rly when HM D 's lu s t product was ready to te d ls ti th titc l. I tie rem arkable sale , suc cess in C a lifo rn ia of the young H irn 's products is based on An in te rv ie w Hy Stephan G. G ilb e t t Albany, ( uegon M rs . I- iy Abraham stendet Is an Oakland attorney who | m i tlcip ated in the defense of I d i idge C le a ve r, 11 iey | . Newlon and George Jackson, slie was responsible fo r com p ilin g tlie le tte rs of Geotge Jackson fo r t ie hook soi l - HAD H R o n il R: I HI PRISON' letters op ta;oRGi JAC KStiN . She lias also just completed w orking on die book M AXIM ! M S li d R I IY: I.I. I - II.R s I Ri iM p r i s o n , « h ie d ■ 1 • 25 pp.; Jo.95, A paperback « Ilio n by Bantam w ill le pu blish» ! soon. I ay attended R e«l C ollege, the I n iv e is ity of C a lifo rn ia at B erkeley, anil the I n iv e is ity ol Chicago).aw school. | l e follow ing in te i- vlew was taped in le i Oak land o ffic e on M a rc h 9 , 1972, she spoke in P ortla nd A p ril I 4- 16. Q; Why dkt you decide lo go to law school? I S: I decided to go to law school her ause it d id n 't seem that the o rd in a ry clu ze n co u ld have any influence ot do any thing, ol that what inyhudy thought ot said made any d if ference. I had th is idea that the things one thought ami said m ight have some e tle c t ll one went to law school. I think in a c e rta in wav I was i ight— and In a c e ita ln way I was naive. Hut now, of course, we have the situa tion in the movement w h o r e to tlie extent that that’ s n u e , it's regarded is a ve ry te r r ib le thing — (hat p iotesslona ls arxl e lite p riv ile g e d types make decieone which o ilie r people ought to make. I was ve ry surp rised when I went to law school to tim I out that it was a ll about business ami p ro p e rty ami c o ip o ia tlo n s and accounting Chat was a rude shock, Ixn lieillg at Chicago kind of liel|ied because It had a t i ad It loti ot le in g an In te l lectual law school, and there was a lot ol connection w ith people In die graduate school com m unity, Qf A re there m ore women going into law now in the Hay area 7 FSl The numtiei of women In (lie C n lv e rs lty o fC a lifo rn la I .aw school class is supposed to be enoim ous - - a th ird of the class o r som ething. I t ’ s a big Increase. Q! How does le in g a law yer f it In w ith having a fa m ily and taking care of housework ami so on? Youi husband,M arvin, Is a lawyei too — do you and M a iv ln s h ire the housework equally? PS: I worked half tim e fo r about eight yea rs, ami I d id n 't work at a ll fro m the tim e that Neal was born to (he tim e (hat F i l l was born, so that fo r about three years I d id n 't w ork and I was home when they were real Infants, You can’ t re a lly ra ise babies ami w o rk without any help. Then I wotked half tun e, ami now I hursday A p r il 27. 1972 Page 7 March (C ontinu«! fro m page I) Re sources Albina M u lll-S e i- vlce C e n to . M r . H a rris Is anxious to see th is young black organization get a soutsl foot ing in tlie (uegon business com m unity. He o p tim is tic a lly looks fo rw a itl to tlie 'lay wlien PMI I w ill need a packaging plant In tu e g o n , tlie ieb y p ro viding much nueded jobs. The new de teigent, " I I " , is form ulated and packaged to please all housewives, in cluding it« ecology minded, I tie regula i deteigent Is box«l In a 49 oz. size, and tlw non- p o llu te i comes in concen tra te d form in a 5 lb. box, l i e tevo lutio na i y packaging Concept em ploys a live model shown on the 5 colot seal eial boxes, c a llin g attention to Its e lf on any m a ik e t shelf. lU scussions it this m o r nings lunclieon centeied P o rtla n d /o b s e iv e i When you were w orking G a rry (C h arle s G arry, Huey P. Newton's lawyer) did is i do ie s e a i cb fo i him , oi d k l you gel up amt argue in court? I'b : W e ll, I did a lot ot arguing ui c o u rt hut I argued m otions ami ip ie a ls ami so on in C O H ft, I d k ln 't do ju t v ti la ls, which take all day and a lot ol e v tia e ffo i t and you've got to te tlie re con tinu ally. You can 't go home at three o 'c lo c k , I did go to com l a lo t. C o u rt is m ostly in the m ornings, except ol cuui se, jui y d ia ls which in n a ll d iv . II I had leen w orking lu ll tim e ami had had re a lly good lielp w ith the c h ild re n , o r child care centei s o r things like that I pi obably would havedone m ore ju ry woi k and I probably would have done m ore tr ia l work ami w o u ld probably le doing m ore todav, so it d * l have an e ffect - it kepi me out ol tlie kinds ol things that re q u ire vooi total ap- p re ntich shlp when you 're younger. QJ D o you teel that you’ re at a disadvantage le in g a woman when y o u argue in court? ES: I'm not at a diaadvan advantage in te im s of having a lo t ol tr ia l ex |e i lence, because dui mg the years when |eo ple get that experience I was home taking care of the c h ild re n . Ih .itw .is m y own pei son.il pi oblein. It Isn 't so much that I w ant«! to work lu ll tim e . I think women should le able lo w ork hall tim e when then kids are s m a ll. Hut it did w ork out that tlie re were c e rta in things that I d k ln 't get as much tra in ing In fo r that reason. i j t Do you leel that le in g a woman gives von any advan tages in re la tin g to p rlso n e rs? F.s: I think it's a personal m a ile r. I think some women relate v e ry w e ll to priso n e rs ami some men do and vice v e is a - some don’ t. I think th a t's in d ivid u a lly d e te r m ined, (?: You said something the oth er day about taking m ore tim e off fro m w ork lo i e ith e r recre atio n o r to le w ith the kid s. What made you decide to do that? FS: Employment A I 'l l . N I ION LADIES N ice op()oi tun ity to e a rn e xtra money, p a rt-tim e . I 'o r in te r view call 2 3 4 - 5761. Lahcu forem an - $624-6X8 per month at Oregon 5tate U n iv e rs ity . S u p e r v is o r y background In street ami road maintenance w ork esse ntia l, semi resume to C lassifie d Pei .onnel o ffic e , OSI , P.O. Box 1086, C o rv a llis o r c a ll 754- 1103. AN AEI IR M A IIV E ACTION - EQI AL OPPoR D N H Y EM PLOYER PIANO OR ORGAN LESSONS: Latest and m odern method g u ju n te e s that you can learn to play e ith e i in s tru m e n t.F o i >d 287-1634. S team fittei - $759-836 fie r month at Oregon State U ni v e rs ity . Oregon p lum b er’ s license re q uire d. M ust have steam and hot water system s experience. Semi resume to C la s s ifi« ! Personnel O ffice , OSI , P .O . Pox 1086, FOR SALE (d i. Just woi king double sh ifts fo i two years - re a lly w orking way ovei lu ll lim e, alm ost double tim e , I just re a lly got very exhaust«! and realized I was re a lly down to a situation where I lite r a lly dkl alm ost nothing but work am! then fa ll in lx»! exhaust«! ami ju s t tlie to ll ot that a lte r a couple ol years; I guess t ie tru e analysis ot It is that at this |>oint 1 don't teel guilty about not working that hard. H e r e 's so much w o rk. You could w o rk tr ip le tune fo r you i e n tire I lie. QS What was your ro le ui getting M -LED AD BROTHER p u blish« ! 7 I S: I he f ir s t hall ol tlie book is le u e is that George Jack- son w rote to h is la m ily before I eve r m et him , which I ac quired at G eorge's request. A lte r 1 had gotten about five le tte rs I realized tliat he was not ju s t a b r illia n t person, but a w r ite r . | took these le tte rs to Jean Genet, who h ippcn«l to le in tlie country at t ie tim e , ami although te speaks no E nglish, th is was done through an In te rp re te r, and he said that they were im le«l very good am! tliat he was quite a w r ite r ami that he would have them p rin t« ! in Prance, ami at this point I c o lle c t« ! the e a rlie i o ie s and tle n tin ough Jessica M ltlo rd u tu a llv got to this agent who sold the book. : How lid M A X I M I M M 't’l R| i"Y o iig in a te ? q EM W e ll, that is le tte rs m ostly to me Ixit also to some ol these young law yers who w e ie w o i king around on these p ris o n e rs ’ issues w ith ne at that tim e , am! there we just iw that those two were ve ry, very pow erful, ami we gave them to the same agent who had done si i| I.D A D H R i 11 HI R ami this tim e she sold tlie collectio n to Dutton. Now Bantam w ill again do a paper back. W hen w ill tins paperback le out? 1-5: It may le out in two oi three m onths. I ’m not sure. (?: What can |ieople on the outside do In llie way ol sup- poi l lo r pi isoners? FS: W ell, there is this IN - 511 >1. t il I program whh h is developing a com m unity sup port group lo i p ris o n e rs . (Inside ( mt / p.<). Box 5311 / Room 215, 61(1 W llla m e tte St., Eugene, ( ir e . 97-toi. F o r in h u m a tio n ca ll 342-6403) I h e re ’s a ll kinds of things. I here are book pro gra m s ami pi Isoner correspondence p ro gram s ami com m unity events- people that go in to re la te to p ris o n e rs , so rt o l bringing the com m unity into the prison ami try in g to get the p riso n e rs out Into the com m unity. Just understanding what the p r i sons are lik e ami what the problem s of p riso n e rs are like when they get out. Nobody understands - - it's ju s t an outcast caste which m ost peo ple who don’ t have re la tive s involved w ith It - - which is m ost people - - ju st have no klea. We have this s o rt of 1962 C A D ILLA C Sedan de v ille . PS, PB. PW , 6-way Power Seats, Radio with power antennae, heater /d e fro s te r, facto y a ir conditioning, 390 cubic inch engine, much, much m ore A gre at buy fo r only $550 o r best o ffe r. C a ll 282-0067 a fte r 5 p.m . 7 LADIES 10 - 15 hours a week, y o u choose hours. Pleasant, en joyable custo m e r serv i enear home. C a ll 234-5763 lor per sonal tn te ivie w . C o r v a llis o r c a ll 754-3103. AN A F F IR M A T IV E ACTION - I d / A L O PPO R II NH Y E M PLI IYER NORTH-EAST HOTLINE Hotline volunteers are needed fo r service in the Model C itie s a r e a . Interested p e r s o n s should contact M s. Janet Sweet or M s. Annie A lien at 288-9145 M o n da y-F rid ay, 9 a .m .-5 p .m . Albina F a m ily Si Com m unity Service, 73 N . e . M o r r is . Accountant CITIZENS FOR CASSON CO M M ITTEE Outstanding opportunity ; w ith local wholesale firm ! fo r graduate accountant [ w ith at least two yea rs ex- : perience in public account ing and tax preparation. E xce lle n t fring e bene fits . ->al 1 ry co::.men .- ate [ with experience. Send detailed resume, including salary h isto ry, to: P.O . Box 123 P ortla nd , Oregon 97207 ••Need money ••N e e l w orkers Bowen-Duncan Company O perators of Automated Book keeping and Accounting Sys- te rrij. 27M \ . . C a ll 288-M34I. ' M I EG GRi ICESS, INC. . . 1 P o rtla n d , Oregon 97222 THIS SPACE IS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR BUSINESS MESSAGE!! An Equal O pportunity E m - HELP! A fte r 40 re m rm fe r to ask your doctor for a pro cto as part of your annual health checkup I t ’s a hfevaver, says the A m e ri can Cancer Society. DIAL-A-JOB j 227-5828 Many adults cannot read. Please te ll them that FREE PRIVATE tutoi ing is a v a il able at Laubach T u to rs . C a ll Id e a l A p p lia n c e C e n te r Sales and Service. (.. sed R e frig e ra to rs, Ranges, F re e ze rs, W ashers and D ry e rs , We service all appliances, all makes. 2142 222-2124. N K illin g s w o rth Ph,285-4732 w ith Fay Stender I work fu ll tim e or m ore. We don't have any help with the house and it 's d ir t ie r than we would like It to In ami I do a litt le ami M a rv in d ie s a little , Ixit we do n't do v e iy much ami it 's a so rt of on tm uing problem which is never to ta lly solved. Sometime-. I'm so exhausted dial we eat out. We eat i-ut m ore than we would lik e in te rm s ot how much it costs. M a rvin doe« m ore housework than m ost men. I in (lie othei hand, tie does less than I do so (here s till is a kind of a d ille re n - tia l. I s t ill do m ore than lie does, although lie does a Ian am< m t, iml our c h ild re n don't do anywliere near enough. Q: lo i P M li's unique approach to m a ike tin g which re fle c ts the com m unity ex|iei lence ot Its young executives who are tunoJ-on, In touch and tru ly fa m ilia r w ith the needs ami 'lu s tre s of today'sconsum ers. I lie tremendous sales vol ume genet atei I by P M D 's " ll ” de teig en t, is the f ir s t step In die Black f ir m * ! goal to ■ levelop p to g ia m s ami p io - ducts which relate the needs and opinions of tlie m in o rity com m unity to die A m erican m ainstream . ponents fo r the “ e le ctro n ic ba ttle fie ld .*' I he reaction against large companies such as l, T .T , ami other a n u s m an ufacture rs on tlie p a rt of those opposed to the w a i, constitutes a “ pro test beneath the p ro te s t". I his protest is a c ry in the w ilderness against a techno c ra tic society which values P 'x lu c tio n ami p ro fit ovei loss ol life in liuman te rm s , ft is a system which makes no in o a l judgement as to how products are us«! o r against whom, o r what the effect is on the environm ent, as long as pruuuction continues. It seems to this re p o rte r, that much of the p ro te s te r's ad m ira tio n of the V ie t Cong stems Iro m an id e n tifica tio n w ith tliein as the sm all man strugg ling against an indus- t ila l m onster. I his id e n tifi cation re su lts Iro m a common pligh t on the pa rt ol many in this country who leel alien ated 11 u iii tlie forces of big industry who have neglected out human ne «ls too long. h o rro r - - this s o rt ot out cast caste th a t's teen around a ll this tune. In C a lifo rn ia it is a whole way ot I lie to r many fa m ilie s to be d e ci mated, disrupted, am) des tro y « ! by m ostly th e ir inen le in g o il in Youth A u th o rity and p riso n s. Now in white com m unities, in states like Oregon and Washington ami so on, few er m e n d e rs ol the com m unity have re la tiv e s in p rison s so th e re fo re the o r d in a ry com m unity is very unaware the hideous pro blems lacing p ris o n e rs a n l th e ir fa m ilie s , m te rm s ol jobs, and status, ami tance, ami ju s t s u rv iv a l when they get out. One re a lly learns a lot about what this society is bas«l on by seeing who they lock up. E sse n tia lly, aside fro m some c rim e s ol passion, they lock up people who have no money, no p ro p e rty, and no jobs: people who stole things. So it ’ s a way of enforcing the whole p ro jie rty tilin g . It's not rea lly entorced by consensus with regard to the w orking classes. It's e n lo rc « ! by p riso n . I WANTED ’ M en an d W om en I I H irin g G ood I JZoast in M AXIM U M SECURITY? W hy would it le ol interest to the general public? Is : It's p o w e rfu lly ami in tim ately w ritte n . You'd read it lo r the same reasons you’d read a w ar novel. It was w ritte n by people who have had experiences tlia t are p io - lound a m i- in th is c a s e - - te r r ib le , ami yet in some sense b e au tifu l, T h e ir sufferin gs a re n 't beautiful, Ixit the la d that ireople retain th e ir humanitv in spite ol th e ir s u lle i ings and le com e , some ol them, re a lly philo sop he rs— that is beautiful. It le sci d e s lile In a rat maze where everything is set up against the p ris o n e r so that lie has to dedicate Ins e n tire being to s u rv iv a l. It's pow erfully expressed. Some ot it is very w e ll w ritte n . A ll ot it is com pellingly w ritte n . Q: I was surprise.1 that a lot ol the p riso n e rs |xit th e ir real names on the le tte rs . FS: Alm ost a ll. In (act, all dkl txd we took a lew oil because there were only a verv lew who had s o rt of made it out ol lockup by the tune this hook was out who we thought - - ami they fe lt - - did not want to jeopardize th e ir getting thrown hack into the hole ove r these le tte rs . Everybody |xit tlie tr names on them o rig in a lly . I hev w eren’ t w ritte n fo r publica tion, ixit every body w as asked if they wanted to le in this book. QS Do you think t ie people who w ro te those le tte rs w ill le subject to repi tsals? FS. W e ll, they a ll would le except that th e y 're a ll in the hole and th e re 's no m ore re p ris a ls »hat can te taken. These are lo n g -te rm lockup people whom the state was going to keep In as long as they possibly could, so tle s e are je o p le e sse n tia lly against whom you ju s t couldn’ t take any m ore repi isa ls. N.E. W anted Paper boys for the Portland Observer fo r ja n ito r ia l service." im m e d ia te ly . A lb e r ta b en efits. 2 8 8 -5 1 3 8 . j a nitorial I I Service | For in fo rm a tio n c a ll' WANTED ol Wbtt*a * w a g e s -c o m p a n y 714 Emergency 289-4527 P IP I’S BOTTLE SHOP F u ll-tim e C h ild C a re C are A ssistant L e t PEP1 S BOTTLE SHOP be your headquarters fo r champagne, wines, m ix e rs . . j t the lowest p rice s town P lease send resum e to: Bethel Child Care Center 5 8 2 8 N.E. 8th A ve. P o rtla n d , O re g o n 97211 Douglas Bass 3 9 7 3 N .E .R o d ne y 2 8 4 -8 0 8 9 Lloyd Center — Next to the Liquor Store A . - • ¿ Û rr-x r 7 r'çÇk PEPI'S end GZtity Only oiO» Store r ■ — • • - One «.eu O P *1 * 3 0 e m to 9 00 p i.m. Daily Sundeyt Noon to 4 00 p V I' 2 8 1 -2 7 3 1 Supervisor of Handyman and Telephone Reassurers Home maintenance background in minor repairs and supervisory experience required. $700.00 per month. Make application at, or send resume to: Senior Adult Service Center 3904 N.E. Union Avenue Portland,Oregon 97212 Closing date for applications is April 28, 1972 at 5:00 p.m. Body and Fender Repair M is t r e a s o n a b le shop in tow n Carlos 2 8 7 -8 5 2 9 2 6 0 9 N . V a n c o u v e r Ave P o rtla n d , O re . NATE HARTLEY Fuel Oil iiXatUK :»«0 Lov-L.ee-L.idee ...............................................10b N . K illin g s w o rth Neighborhood B il l’ s Sausage I td .......................95 N. I lllam ook Georgia P a cific B ld g ................................................... 900 S.W. 5th County C o u rt H o use.................................................... 1021 S.W. 4th P aige's P re s c rip tio n P h a rm a cy............................... 2701 N .E. 7th G rant High P h a rm a c y ............................................. 2647 N.E. 33rd f reedom B u n k ....................................................... 2737 N .E. Union Rich Si S Cigar Man ......................................... 734 SW Alder G re n fe ll's F o a l M a r k e t.......................................... 4239 N.E. Union L illia n 's Beauty Salon....................................... 3<’ 3-> N. W illia m s M axey’ s B e tte r B u y................................................4b0l N . W illia m s M I’e rts o n ’ s .......................................................... 909 N. K illin g s w o rth C la rk M a ik e t ........................................................ 833 N. Peninsula F red M e y e r s ............................... ........................... 5408 N .E, Union Phipps P harm acy.............................................. 4001 N . M is s is s ip p i Cathay G ro c e ry .................................................. ’619 N. W illia m s P d P - M A G ro c e ry ............................................... -517 N ,W illia m s Shop & Save S u p e rm a rk e t................................... 4947 N, W illiam s 15th Avenue r h r ifr w a y ...............................................2526 N .E . 15th PAPER BOXES 2 8 2 -5 5 3 9 2330 N. E. A lb e rta St. Portland. Ore. 97211 Neat 2 tx lrm . - g a r. - level 50 x 100 lot - $6,500. L o t s - zoned com m ercial - 5,000 sq. i t , 2 - IO.OOOsq.lt.- M ust se ll. 3 tx lrm . - '0 .x 100 co rn e r - fr u it trees - fc b . - te rm s. The good life iw a its you in th is » tx lrm . bi ic k - t il« ! roof home, fin is h « ' bsm t. w ith party rm . and fire p la ce . 2 -2 /3 baths, w w carpet, covered patio, it'le . g a r , lots of shrubbery, priced fo r quick sale. N orth side - 3 B d rm s .-b s m t. Jble. g a r .- 5 0 x 1 0 0 lo t -$ 6 ,5 0 0 2 M r m . - 50 x 100 lot - fr u it Home and income - 4 apts. - $9,500. tree.;. - $7,500 - te rm s . L in n s. 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