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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1972)
Mr« F ra n c e s Schoen New spaper Roorr U n i v e r s i ty o f Oregon L i b r a r E ugene, Ore bülï H ïàt L u s. POSTAGE p a id P ortland , O regon _ *« M IT NO POR TLA ND V o lu m e 2 N o . 3 4 P o rtla n d , O re g o n 2H t_O N LY_N EW SPA PER IN 1266 OBSERVER AN EOUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER THE WHOLE, WIDE_ WORLD THAT REALLY C X . U ABOUT T. J . « P iO P tE " ’ U ' * d<” ' J u n ’ 8 , 9 7 2 , 0 < P« «py Triplets leave Hospital D ay Care W orkshop On Sunday, June IIth at 3:00 p .m , the 4-C Model C llw s Point of Information and Re fe rra l w ill hoslgiaduailonex- erclses / o r the children who w ill he leaving 4-C Model C l ues Day C areCentere to enter school In the fall. I he ceiemony w ill be field at It» New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, at 3725 North Gantenbetn. M s. Dolly Bow man. Principal of M artin La ther King School, w lllbethe guest speaker and there w ill tw musical selections by tfte Bailey Fam ily. R e f r e s h m e n t s w ill be ■wived aftei the ceremony and the public Is cordially Invited. Seale runs for Mayor Black Panther Party ch air man Bobby Seale, running on a platform that calls for com munity control of police and rent ceilings, announced his candidacy for M ayor in Oak land’ s city elections next year. “ What the people want in the community will tw the mayor ls a je ," the 35-year-old Seale told a Panthers Black Com munity Survival Conference at Bobby Hutton M em orial Park. Seale said his campaign platform wU I also embrace the party’ s 2 0 -point program, which includes free food, medical service and clothing. T rip lets born May 5, 1972, at Emanuel Hospital to M r. and M rs . Lugene Golden, 4334 N .E . 26th Si., went home May 30, aveniguig a pound and half more apiece that they did at birth. The three g irls have an old e r sister waiting for them; she’ s Sandl, now 3-1/2 years old. I lie re are also grandpar- enta, a great grandmother, and a numlwr of aunts, uncles and other relatives. Triplets are: Tammy M arie, whowelglwd 3 pounds. 6 ounces at birth, weighs 4 pounds, 11-1/2 ounces now, anti measures about 17- 1/2 inches long; I ma Lorine, who weighed 3 pounds, 4 ounces at birth, weighs 4 pounds, II ounces now, and measures about 18 Inches long; I aunya Denise, who weighed 3 pounds, 6 ounces at birth, weighs 4 pounds, 15-1/2 ounces now, and measures about 18- 1/2 inches long. Ihe trio were “ good babies all the way along," sayEman- uel nursing staff members. Because of their size and that they are triplets, all were placed in the Emanuel Inten sive Care Nursery Immedi ately after birth; with the next week to 10 days, all had teen moved Into the regular nursery. They’ve remained there while they gained enough weight to go home. T riplets are the first born at Emanuel since November 20, 1969, the date which ended an approximately 13-month period in which five sets of triplets were delivered in the Emanuel maternity hospital. Previously, it had leen more than II years since a set of triplets hud teen born there. Commission soys busing necessary for education Busing Is not the answer to achieving a quality educa tion for all, but it Is the most workable solution for ending segregation In schools caused by racially divider) neighborhoods, said a report released by the U.S. Com mission on C ivil Rights. The reixirt, “ Your child and busing” Is a compilation of data on busing gathered from various private and gov ernment sources during the last several months. M rs . Franklin M .F reem an , St. Louis attorney and n u m ber of the Commission, re leased the report at a news conference. She said some 300,000 copies would be dis tributed. “ The plain fact Is that our present pattern of neighbor hood schools means segre gated schools,” the Report said. “ To do nothing would condemn American children to additional generations of segregated schooling, for It Instant Eafnings from Day o f Deposit per annum compounded daily and paid quarterly Kenj.(0 Franklin A Robert H Haren. Pres. • 18 Offices • Phone 248-1234 Home Office Franklin Bldg . Portland, Oregon 87204 w ill he decades before any meaningful changes can 1« made In the all-to o -fam iliar pattern of rigidly segregated neighborhoods." In defending the necessity of (using, the Commission said It believed that every child deserves a high quality education; that the Supreme Court has been right In de cisions handed down on the issue; that racial justice and racial unity are necessary to the Nation’ s future well-being and cannot be achiever) when children are educated In racial Isolation; and that the continued acceptance of school segregation “ w ill leave to future generations a heritage of distrust, cynicism anti alienation which may prove Irreversib le." The report refuted tie a r gument that children have a right to attend a “ neighbor hood" school. "T he education trend In re cent years has been away from the neighborhood school, whose facilities are neces sarily limited by size, toward larger schools which canpro- vkle better facilities and a b r o a d e r curriculum . The neighborhood school was not sacred In the days of segre gation, and there Is not reason why It should 1« today," the report said. The report said opponents of busing Insist It endangers children by sending them fa r from home Into dangerous neighborhoods. However, the report said, " I f a neighbor hood in which a school Is located poses a threat to school’ children, the school should he closed and the chil / (Please see p. 8 col. 6) (Additional pictures page 8) Summers selected os director li'e r n o n Summers was named D irecto r of the M etro politan Human Relations Com mission, replacing Russell Peyton who retired In A p ril. Summers is the firs t black to hold this position. He was selected by theCom- misslon and approved by Port land Mayor T e rry Schrunk and Chairman of the Board of Multnomah County, M . James Gleason. T he responsibility of the D i rector of the Metropol Itan Hu man Relations Commission is to promote and secure mutual understanding and respect among all citizens Including economic, religious, ethnic, and social groups In the Port land metropolitan area. In ad dition, It coordinates efforts with all agencies and depart ments In the City of Portland, County of Multnomah; encour- ‘ges the Metropolitan Human Relations Commission tocon- duct positive programs to es tablish better understanding tetween all citizens of the community regardless of their racial, religious, social or azonomlc differences; to co ordinate with programs and agencies within the City of Portland and County of M ult nomah; and to try to bring about better human relations not only In government, but In the community, to accomplish le tte r communication and un derstanding with all citizens Black Caucus holds Convention D r. Lee P, Brown, C hair man of the Oregon BlackCau- eus, announced today plans for convening the F irs t O re gon Black Political Conven tion. The Convention w ill I« field on the 30th of June and the 1st of July at Bethel AME Church, 5828 N .E . 8th Ave., Portland, Oregon. According to Brown, the convention w ill serve several purposes. “ F irs t, It will be a means of bringing together and uniting Black people throughout the State of Oregon. Second, It w ill le the mech anism we will need to elect Oregon’ s Delegates to the Hosts In our Metropolitan area. Summers, who has been Acting D irecto r since Pey ton’ s retirem ent, has held the position of Assistant Director of the Commission since 1969. Summers, 47, was previ ously an assistant housing planner in Portland’ s Model Cities program and was code enforcement officer for the Albina Citizens W ar on Pov erty Committee, Inc. Summers, a long-tim e Portland resident, was In the insurance business before joining local poverty pro grams. He has been cited by Boy Scouts of America for sig nificant service in the Camp Development Campaign of the Columbia Pacific Council, by the President’ s Council on Youth and the Irvington Com munity Association for his service to thecommunity. He has also received a letter of commendation from Gover nor Tom M cCall for his dedi cated community service. He Is a member of the Na tional Association of Human Rights W orkers, the CityClub of Portland, Prince Hall M a sonry, the Urban League of Portland and the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People. Summers is m arried with two children and two grand sons, and lives at 2618NJE. 8th Avenue in Portland. His selection was announced Monday by C ity Comm Is sion- Albina Art Center exhibits art National B la c k Assembly. Third, at the convention we w ill develop a platform speci fically related to Blacks in Oregon." Eddie Robertson, Chairman of the Caucus’ Political Com mittee is responsible for put ting the convention together. The Caucus w ill hold its monthly meeting on June 18th at 6:00 p m . at the Elks Club, I ülamook and W illiam s Ave. According to D r . Brown, “ A ll EUacks interested in Improv ing the conditions of Blacks in the State of Oregon are invited to join and participate in the Caucus. G raduation On Friday and Saturday, June 16th and 17th, a two-day workshop on day care f o r children w ill be held for pre school teachers, assistants, volunteers, and any one else who is Interested In the needs of thechlld. The workshopwill be sponsored by the 4-C Model Cities Point of Information and Referral In conjunction with the Oregon Council onAdull Training and Education, and will be held at Portland Com munity College, CascadeCen- ter. Presentations w ill he made by persons eminent in the fields of child care and child development. Enrollment Is limited to the firs t one hundred people to register. Further information maybe obtained by calling the 4-C Model C itiesP olnt of Informa tion and Referral offlceat 288- 8861. e r Neil Coldschmidt, who is liaison with the Commission for the city. CountyCommls- sioner Ben Padrow serves this function for the county. Summers hopes fo rg rea ter involvement of the individual citizens, as he believes Indivi duals, as well as organiza tions or agencies, need access to the city and county govern ments. He sees the Commis sion as an educational agency to assist residents as well as one designed to implement city-county policy in the areas of human relations. He sees a new direction for theComm le sion - that of bringing people together to work with govern ment for betterment of human conditions. Block prints Including the above are featured in the exhibit of the wotks of Byrd Bettis now showing at the Albina A rt Center. The Albina A rt Center is currently presenting an art show featuring the Center D i rector, Byrd Bettis. The exhibit, entitled “ The New World African: a Byrd Show of Paintings & Draw ings“ , opened June5th and w ill be on display until June 2bth. Byrd received an undergra duate degree in Rhetoric from San Francisco StdteCollege in 1966. His art training in school was mostly In the fields of music and dram a. Itw asn't until later that he got Into the art fields of painting and draw ing, most of which he picked up on his own. A fte r graduation from San Francisco State he taught Eng lish at a secondary school In Ghana, where his art began to take on a definite African In fluence. He returned to M onterrey, California where he taught and became Chairman of the Black Studies Department at Mon terrey Peninsula College. Byrd then moved to Portland where he became Assistant Director of the Black Studies Center at Reed College. In addition to his accom plishments In the areas of teaching and art, Byrd is also a published poet. A reception is being held this Sunday, June II, from 6:00 p jn . to 8:00p.m.providing the public- with the opportunity to meet Byrd anfl browse through his exhibit.
