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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1972)
Observer’s Periscope Oregon Black Caucus supports School Tax 11« Executive Com m ittee of the Oregon Black Caucus uiges support fo r School la x I evy, Built■, Measure 1 on the 23rd of May. Education is v ita l to our su rv iv a l. I he P ublic Schools of P ortland are the only places where most of our ch ild re n can go to get an edu cation. We must have the tools to Ixiild a nation. A fte r the passing of this tax levy fo r the schools, we must work fo r reform of tlie public schools. We are >waie that many of our ch ild re n are le in g kicked out of schools, being degraded, and a ie not le in g taught. We must work toward making tie Portland Public Schools m ore respon sive to t ie expei lences of our ch ild re n . No-one is going t j do this for us. j ' ‘ . ■- Am «i u an Car» n . i«t> B ik e -A -lh o n M . p *itk *ip d th x i m the b ilí y feneht. John pl.i bike« • w tit I« j u n k ijMd.'ig m the Hike-A- | B icycling enthusiast . t all aii» legally engage«] m signing up »pun,-, is i >•* f i r . - mg (hen muscle tn f © *lin e i* for lf»e hike- »»th n t * f i i w ill fe hel«J M iy fw*gin ning at H a .in. •*( i < (,i .«it in M u lti «euah <* «»/«tv in»I tn Cl»«k4ini% I , f II, f; t- ( mg gt C ' • C o lle g e . I. veryone ho? i ’ y< n s if .g r on up in e ligti le to p a rti cipate in the I ike -a-tli ■ •, which a ir I ' r h i M ’» held in thi .u - . j i. 1 • anienos, , ev rnan for t! • in cer Six le t), empl ' • if- H they a ie n* ? • • , *ay in which w’t j ’ ami a ll n w ifl» can nuke a sign if I* am r n »et, h enia : f th.it par- wbo uant to ess of (he >le »chers m- « in i 'a rk. Con- } ti f*ra tin g »0 j not want hring luncf r i y obtain b to ill fe set up anti bikers many 01 ts few feel able. Hie have space to alita te KO in IlilCN, but r tie r s fio tojiit tc go lui ther ni y f>tam two en ry ft ms. f he mrry I ¡.inks a re ava li i(9 At all bhC »‘le i epa ir shops the tw 1 counties plus many th <?« ..ois. 17 eight dresses of sponsors and a p l« tg e -p e r-m ile Irom each in « • Ike- i-th „n . Pledges n e collected by the hikers and turned in to the American Cancel Society of fice <n May 27 when each w ill le awanled i gold-and-blue bike-a-thon decal fo r his bike. k ai am inos said that p a rti cipants mav live outside of the county in which he p a rti cipates. I n t aid, bike re p a ir and safety control have leen a r- ged wuh the coopei ition ,,| perk N ile Ills, police and •heritfs offices of the two ' oolit e ., so that both people I lakes w ill 1« protected tie chairman said. I M rs Cft iAtn«*.‘ and «<1- Black agencia to be presented D r . I ee I dent of the i cu» w ill hoi enee at 9; ■! .ni (M ah oui X1» It th V) to sent (hi* Nat. . leal Agenda a ¡I ope.I and nli.pie ,1 at tlx* his- Black P olli tm i< i : Nett li , I ¡ary, h a i Conventi 11-12, JV72. Irtlh tiia . ' , . i l -, t ineous ptess conferences a , Il fe held t> usigli, it the nation. I 1« itli-nal Black I Bucai Convent'on Co- l. m i i .a, the In n o i 11 lc . i, must support ■ . w ithin the P ortland p u blic School system , (h is can be a step toward re fo rm . We must support the Black Education C enter. T heB jE jC is providing an a lte rna tive in education fo r our c h ild re n . It is a com m unity run school that operates on Saturdays and during the sum m er fo r childre n in 1st through bth grades. I lie school is located w ill begin June 1 i, 1972. Vote yes fo r the School la x • e»y, Ballot Measure .’ I, and Join the P ortland Black Cau cus to woi k fo r change tn the «luca tiona l system . io 1 H tcher,,n mo Ami i Baraka iivl the II.amt able Cha |.*s I uggs w ill present t'w.* .genita ’ ( ' national loess . on,eienee. At the ■ tine tin » . pi.* . confeiences w ill be held in the 50 states anil the D fs- tu c t of Columbia (or s im u l- i on*.sis presentations. t he Oregon P ress C onfer ence w ill le held a, Bethel A.M.I . Church 5828 Np 8th. All inteieste.1 persons are invited to attend the press conference. I I . Jol II U , È h f7 , ’ X , j ).,vls ,,f \ ew Y ork ! lre c (o r u( (he . J M u l,!k’ w e , ' e' ! c ta c k iro m ' * • " “ « S 1H ’ ' Ciane M astei ......... of the P rince Mall - Prince H all Masonic Grand Masters meet I lie Honorable M.W . I- lija h G raham , Grand M a ste r of M a sons of the P rin ce H all Gran., I ixlge of Oregon, has ju st re - ,'im e d from St. Paul, M in nesota, where le attended the 53rd session of theConference of Grand M asters, P rin ce Ha 11 Masons ot A m e ric a , lie meeting was held May 10, || and 12 at the s t. Paul H i l t o n H otel. Among the d is tin guished v is ito rs who were in troduce.! an.1 gave rem arks were Sovereign Com m ander John G. I ewis, J r . of the ancient accepted Scottish K ile of E re e M a so n ry, southern Ju ris d ic tio n and Kenneth W il- liam s. Grand M a ste r of i ihlo, brought greetings fo r theSov- e i’eign Grand Comin in d e ri.e - land O. French of the ancient accepted Scottish K ite of F ree M asonry, N o rthern J u ris d ic tion, PHA. I > i. John W . I lavis, D ire c to r of tfve NAACP I egai s is te r eatabliet community ecbools J ' 1 eckm.in .is i sponsor f, i (he he lo r m e i l ’ ,y president encouraged John's ' '' " : 1 ' • I« I« c otee«, but some n i.-i l i n k im is C.xinty that same ate. Bike-A-Thons for Cancer Society HR« We Cl idya M.-( oy, School Board 11 e t e n s e and Educational Fund, gave the 21st annual re po rt to t ie Conference of M a ste rs. M a yo r-e le ct L a r r y Grand M astersw hoattended were J.G . I ew is, J r , , o u is- lana; C harles W. Cam pbell, New Je rse y; Madison Bolden, i onnecticut; E lija h Graham , Oregon; ,\.|,. Neal, Georgia; D r. | le w ellyn W . W illia m so n , Arkansas; Vincent E. Best, New Y ork; Herman S m it h , W isconsin; Kenneth W illia m , (ih m ; John l i . P erkins, I l l i nois; I.H . C layborn, lexas; Joseph N. Ye.irw o.xl, D is tric t of C olum bia; H a rry A . B rew e r, C a lifo rn ia ; James c . G il liam , M is s is s ip p i; E rne st O. i 1 IV is, C. li.i a d ,. Kennel,’ I M oss, B a b a m .is ; A lvin II. Swiggett, Pennsylvania; Rufus II. I oste i , J r . South C arol ina; I homas G. W alden, J r , India na; W illia m I . McKee, Iowa:
