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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1972)
r P«ge8 P ort'and/obsei v e r Thursday, June 8. v/2 ü or u establishes research center Plans were recently re vealed foi establishing th e l-d - win 6 . 1’ sgoud Memorial Cen ter for I eukemu Research at the U niversity ofDregonMed- k'al School. In making the an nouncement O r. Charles N. Holman, dean, said, "T h e Center is named fo r the late r'tegon scientist who was one of the w orld's leading author ities on leukemia.** Initial funds fo r beginning the Center were provided by a $45,000 grant to the U niversi ty of Oregon Medical School Advancement Fund made in memory of John C . Higgins, a long tune friend of D r. Os good. The Center, which w dl be a p ail of the School’ sd ivisio n o f hematology, is scheduled to encompass a broad program of W illia m E . Lucy, a 38-year-old fo rm e r c iv il engineer was unanimously elected secretary-treasurer of the American Fed eration of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-C IO . Lucy assumes the union's second highest office. He becomes the highest elected black official in the American labor move ment after six years in the headquarters s t a f f of the union in Washington, D, C. As Executive Assistant to the President. Lucy was active in several m ajor organizing and collective bargaining struggles across the nation. He attended the Univ e rsity of C alifornia at Berkeley and was an engineer fo r Contra Costa County. In I9o5 he became president of Local 1675, having joined the union three years e a rlie r. Several sophomores, ju niors, and seniors from Adams High School have begun a 42-day trip to the eastern provinces ot Canada. The students are taking the trip to experience a French speaking culture. W hileonthe road, they w ill study French five hours everyday and speak the language continuously. A ll of the students have studied F rench as participants in a special program at Adams High School called “ Quincy teachers, and other m unieipa tion. He also noted that the service employees, “ people Justice Department, in coop whose services bring stabi eration with HUD, has filed lity , order and convenience more than 100 legal actions fo r into the nation's commu violation of F a ir Housing Law nities.*' provisions. Yet the negative view of the The HUD official declared poor persists, he conceded, that housing dispersal can be and it is a prim e fa cto r in pub achieved “ tu t only through by James L . Mack, M J). lic resistance to expansion of careful, objective planning and President Oregon Thoracic lo w - and moderate - income a cooperative partnership be Society housing into a ll ju risd ictio n s tween city governments and on a “ fan—share" b a sis."T he Mass testing fo r TB in suburban jurisdictions. myth must be exposed fo r what Moving from the housing Children is heing ieempha- it is if housing dispersal is to sized these days. But tuber problem to broader urban is prove its worth as a workable sues, M r. Jackson cited gaps culin testing in larger metro approach to solving many in black income, ownership politan industries may he val uable. m e tropolitan-a re a p r o b and power as three basic prob lems,“ he said. There are reasons fo r the lems underlying the current “ The real c u lp rits ," he as state of black communities. change of emphasis. F o r one serted, “ are not those oflow - thing, only a small percentage '•W hile welfare and social income, but those who perpe of children who are tested in programs serve a valuable tuate a system that maintains school programs show a posi □urpxise, they also ensure that intolerable living conditions in the poor remain dependent and tive reaction to the tuherculin our central c itie s .” test. Tuberculin testing iden powerless,” he said. "T h e re 5 fr. Jackson reviewed steps tifie s people who have tuber is an even greater need fo r in HUD has taken to ensure ex culous infections; these people creased opportunity fo r low- panded housing opportunities can be given preventive treat income citizens to earn or throughout the nation's metro ment so they w ill not develop supplement th e ir incomes.*' active disease. politan areas. These include: M r . Jackson advocated a (I) new site selection c rite ria Once children and even new “ Homestead A ct“ fo r m i- fo r public housing; (2) requir adults with tuberculous infec norities as one solution to the ing a housing element as part tions are spotted, however, it in n e r-city problems arising of each Comprehensive Plan can be a problem to convince from widespread absentee ning application; (3) provi them to take p ills so they w ill ownership. The billions of sions fo r low- and moderate- not develop active TB. T h e d ollars worth of land now income housing under HUD’ s situation is quite different in owned by the Federal Govern industry. Pr °?r *nis fo r new communi ment “ could fu lfill the drastic ties guarantee assistance and Take Wisconsin as an ex human need fo r housing and Workable Program ce rtific a - ample. In a recent a rticle in land where black people and “ Medical Tribune,” D r. Rlch- the poor can live.*' he said. ard P. Jahn - medical d ire cto r Closing the three g a p s,"w lll of the Wisconsin Tuberculosis require a political action plan and Respiratory Disease As that speads without reserva sociation - repons that less tion to problems of m inorities than one per cent of prim ary in the 70*s. school children in the state “ U ntil these gaps a re closed, true liberation fo r m i norities cannot be achieved, and real harmony among peo ples cannot e x is t," he con cluded. A635 N«E« 9th A va, Freedom to be your own boss, freedom to have your own business. Freedom to work creatively. Freedom to earn more money. Free- dom to meet interesting peo ple. Freedom to be pan of tie marketing program of a m u lti-m illio n d o lla r com pany. Modest inventory in vestment brings you gener ous commissions. The rest is up to you. F o r details: (503) 252-5171 , Charles E . Davis Portland D istrib u to r Center 320 S Ji. 82nd Avenue Portland, Oregon 97216 F o r information concerning your future, clip and send this coupon to me now. o r call (503; 252-5l7l,Monday-Saturday. N a m e ............. s tr e e t................ . . ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; • ........... Z t o ........... PSU sum m er session o ffers v a rie ty Tony Laws, London metal smith, Pearl Greenberg, lead ing a rt educator from New Jersey and Roberta Caughlan, project manager of Portland Public Schools'Eco-Aesthetic Center w ill teach three spec ial two - week seminars at Portland State U niversity Summer T erm . D r. Greenberg's seminar “ A rt with 7 extilesinE lem en- tary School" w ill be offered June 16-29. P rofessor and coordinator of a rt education in the Fine A rts Department ' ot Newark State College, D r. Greenberg presented a “ Tex tile P ut-o n " last October fo r the Oregon A rt Education Association. She has published two books, "C h ild re n 's Experience in A rt: Drawing and P ainting" and “ A rt and Ideas fo r Young People.” From July 1 0 -2 1 M rs. Caughlan, longtime teacher, consultant and supervisor in art education in the Northwest, w ill teach a seminar on ' ‘De veloping Awareness of the Visual Environment.” Also designed especially for the teacher, the seminar in cludes studio, field tr ip and lecture experiences dealing with the c ritic a l areas of the visual environment of neigh borhood, city and region. Laws, who taught at summer term two years ago, returns this year to teach "Advanced M etalsm lthing” August 14-26. In London, die a rtis t teaches at the Hoinsey College of A rt and has his own design studio. Among hlscomrnissions are the CrossandCrown of Thoms f o r the new Coventry Cathe dral and a commemorative key used in a dedication by Queen Elizabeth II. The workshop w ill concen trate on hand production of metal form s Including fla t- ware and hollow ware, stress ing positive design solutions. Registration is open now for all three programs. Contact the PSU Summer le rm o ffice fo r details. 2 8 8 -5 0 9 , M odel C itie s resident Ad Space Salesm an fo r m etro n ew sp ap er.! Com m , w ith a d v a n c e . Vem Summers discusses the responsibilities of his new post tion as D ire cto r of the Metropolitan HumanRelationsCummis- sion with C ity Commissioner Nell Goldschmidt. scholarships from local ser vice clubs to covet traveling expenses, and some activities of all students have been funded by a grant to Adams High School from tlie jo h n l) . Rockefeller m Foundation. But, most of tlie money ne cessary to make the trip - $225 per [ie is o n -h a s teen raised by special stuilentpro- jects. I- a rtie r this year, the students sold hand-crafted novelty items in the school boutique, st age« I two car washes ami hosted two spa ghetti dinners to raise money fo r the trip . [he students plan to econo mize by camping overnight m churches and parks. The txis they w ill he traveling m is owned by C allison. Testing fo r TB C harles E. Davis C , l y ......................................... State School.” They decided to take the trip jf t e r receiving en couragement from French teacher Barb Yeomans who, along with math teacher Dick Callison. volunteered to cha perone the students. The students departed by- bus from Adams High School, 5700 N .t. !U[h x t , M xtay Id. They w ill return on June 21 af te r visitin g the French Cana dian citie s of Toronto, Mon tre a l, arxI Quebec C ity. In addition to studying French daily, the students plan to v is it with French-speaking youths in schools and on faim s and attend French plays and film s . Because of the tr ip 's em phasis on cultural activitie s, some students have received I AMA D a y /N ig h t Cara Fam ily Adam s students v is it C anada M yths must be dispelled Public a c c e p ta n c e of “ myths’ * concerning low -in come people must be reversed if the housing needs of all Americans are to be met, an o fficial of the Department of Housing and I rban Develop ment official said in New York C ity. Addressing the Legal De fense Fund of theNational As sociation fo r Advancement of Colored People (N A A C P , , HUD General AssistantSecre- tary Samuel C. Jackson de nounced as “ misconception” the view that low-income per sons, m in o ritie s and the poor, are an irresponsible, seldom- employed group, solely re sponsible fo r the crim e and drug problems plaguing the nation*s cities. They are instead, he af firm ed, “ victim s rather than culprits* of central city prob lems, trapped in slums with out decent housing, sufficient municipal services o r ade quate public transportation to th e ir jobs, denied the right to live in the nation's suburban areas where job and recrea tion opportunities are in creasingly available. These are the people whose incomes, nationally, average between $6,000 and $8,000, M r. Jackson noted. They in clude police and firemen. laboiatory re se a rch patient care and teaching, according to l) r . A rth u r J Seaman, head ol the division. A d ite c to rfo r the new Center is expected to he appointed in the near future. D r. Osgood, who died in Nb», had teen on the Medical School faculty fo r 48 years and had headed the divisions of ex perimental medicine and he matology fo r 20 of these. He was revered by hundreds of UOMS graduates as a teacher and by his patients as a com passionate and dedicateli phy sician. During his career 1« addressed m ajor scientific meetings throughout the world on his research ami discover ies in the field ot leukemia and authored two books and some 200 medical manuscripts on that and related subjects. a Ì S ecretary Equal O p p o rtu n ity E m ployer. P O , Box KISN appoints VP 3 1 3 7 , C ity 9 7 2 0 8 . A la m e d a Theater 3 0 0 0 NE A lb e rta Doyle Peterson, MSN local Sales Manager for tlie past two years has teen appointed V lc e -I’ reskient of MSN in charge of sales, it was an nounced today by M r. steve Shepard, I* re s id e n t ami General Manager of KISN radio. M r. Peterson is a native of Dtnaha, Nebraska ami starteli his radio career with KISN sister station K o ll in that city tefore moving to the Northwest. M r. Shephard commented that M r. Peter son s elevation to this im por tant position reflected the company's confidence in his a bility to provale the leader ship necessary fo r the con tinuing developmeni of this vita lly important department. 2 8 7 -2 8 8 7 Imitation of Life Lana Turner s ta rrin g Sande Dee Juanita M oor M o h a lia Jackson also Earl G rant fe a tu rin g Co-Feature The Great White Hope James Earl Jones show a positive reaction to the tuberculin test. In fact, >>8 per cent of all positive reactors in the state are over 20 years of age. Ami 84 per cent are above the age of 35. iibvioosly, tu berculin testing programs should aim at adults. An original demonstration ami training program was set up by the Association in indus trie s in tlie state luberculin positive rates in many indus trie s were high. Ami - a fac tor essential for IB preven tion - workers were w iiiin g to ‘egin a year-long preventive meant taking a drug called is- onia/id in one dose every <1 ly before breakfast. As a result many of these metropolitan in dustries decide! to finance ami continue their own permanent 1 B prevention program s. Tu berculin testing was made a prerequisite fo r employment in many industries. TB can be eradicated. Ami preventive programs in indus try can play a central role in controlling the disease, see your local tuberculosis <1 nd respiratory disease issocis- tion. They have the facts. Busing Jane A le x a n d e r Classes on everything from biology, chem istry, and astro nomy, to group singing and camping w ill he offered this summer by Portland Commu nity College and the Oregon Museum of Science and Indus try at PCC’ s Sylvania Center, 12000 S.W, 49th A venire, Port land. Two sessions ,i re plan ned: June 19 to July 7 «ml Ju ly 10 to July 28. Classes ire open to children grades two through nine; cost $11 per .ses sion fo r 30 hours of Instruc tion; and w ill he held 9 to II a.ni., Monday through F r i day. Parent v o l u n t e e r s are seeded to help with special field trip s and projects. Call Jim N o rris at Portland Com munity College, 244-6111, to enroll your child o r to volun teer your tim e. It’ s Rose Festival time again and that means fun — excite ment and p a r a d e s . The PORTLAND TRAFFIC SAFE- IY COMMISSION points out that the additional tra ffic can mean a rough go fo r a m otorist hurrying through town. T ry to plan your d i ly ing to avoid parade routes and times and if you can, avoid congested areas. GP Coming soon dren should le sent to another school." Figures cited in tie report showed that 43-5 per cent of the Nation’ s students are txised; “ most published e s ti mates put tie number of c h il dren txi.sel for desegregation at 2 or i per cent. |n fact, 'lesegreg it ion has reduced that anuxint of busing in some I , ,, . j • • Legend of Nigger Charlie and Buck and The Preacher Weeknights - open 7:J5 Sumley - open» it 5;U0 p.m. The COS* F amous labels > h a » P ^ ip AM t . >:JS RM ltla .,4 LIQUIDATORS O f FREIGHT D A M A C I GOODS A ND MANUFACTURES CLOStOUTS 3 Corner Stores • 283-3171 North K illin g iw o rth ot A lbina PUBLIC NOTICE Polly Sale af Unclai— d ft Damaged Freight T am IM IfnoT Am now J PLEASE I «—«— 1 note : î PC C/O M SI sessions set R ated (Continued from pg. I, col. 3) N« »-« « ... I ..1.Ì.. f » c. " J ..a *-»■ .— „ea,»«, a, A _____ • • • • « • • « • W e eat •» ! Fw«t.»w>e A * ix o * ~ T i n t S. 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