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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1972)
Body and Fender Repair Lionel Hampton reminisces M o il re a s o n a b le shop in town Carlos 2 8 7 -8 5 2 9 2 6 0 9 N. V a n c o u v e r A ve P ortland, O re g o n PORTLAND CLEANING WORKS k NORTH & N.E. PORTLAND L one day service Called Today, mayoral candidate J. Herbert K e rr. J r . (center) an attempt to sabotage his campaign. " A Place Called Today” s»r ln8 up a bank brings into sharp focus the atmosphere of political unrest in a large northeastern c ity . F o r Randy Johnson ^Herbert K e rr, J r . riYEW TV'l Closed Circuit L Full Color J 7 rising young black attorney, it solidifies his conviction that equality through evolution w ill taxe too long and a more dynamic catalyst Is needed. Carolyn Schneider (L a n a Wood), also a political acti v is t, agrees that he deserves his chance though “ in the end w e 'll probably have to blow this whole c ity sky high after a ll.” Carolyn’ s life is com plicated by an emotional love a ff a ir with Ron Carton (Richard Smedly), producer- d ire c to r at the netword af filia te television outlet. C ar ton refuses to get personally involved in any cause, but agrees that the general con dition of the city cries fo r an in-depth probe of the can didates in the coming mayor a lty election. He confides his thoughts to Cindy (Cheri Caffaro) C artw right, with whom he is also rom antically linked and whose father is the controlling economic force in the c ity . She couldn’ t care less fo r "nothing that goes on in this city touches my life unless 1 want it to.” In a deserted warehouse, Randy and Carolyn hammer out a shaky coalition with radical elements, black and white alike. A t Randy's d ir ection, a campaign of cal culated violence w ill be waged against the city. Randy w ill run fo r mayor and demon strate to a frightened elec torate that he alone can end the violence fo r. of the avail able candidates, be alone understands the issues that have created it. Davis featured SEN ADM. 254 POST TIME 7:30 FREE PARKING COMPLETE DINING & BEVERAGE FACILITIES NO SUNDAY RACING (Sorry. Racio® Committion prohibih aomut on of chilOran unOar 12.) MULTNOMAH KENNEL CLUB N.E. 223RD & HALSEY EAST OUT BANFIELD FREEWAY (80N) PHONE 665-2191 Lenwood G. Davis was re cently notified that he w ill be featured in the tenth edition of the "D ic tio n a ry of Inter national Biography.” The D ictionary is a biographical record of contemporary achevement and is published in Cambridge, England. M r. Davis is an instructor of H istory at Portland State U niversity and was Included because of his research as w ell as published works. He has w ritten many articles, book reviews, books and bi bliographies that have been published in many profes sional journals and quarter lies not only in the U. S „ but also in A frica , England and Switzerland. Electricity is , . 20years behind the times: In price While prices for most everything have risen, the aver age cost of a unit of residential electricity is actually less today than it was 20 years ago R eally' That makes elec tricity one of the greatest household values you II tind But. though it s behind the times in price, electricity's as modern as today in convenience. The typical home now has twice as many work-saving appliances as it did 20 years ago A fte r all. we re economical, but not old- fashioned! Pacific Power e "D ic tio n a ry of In te r nal Biography” gives led biographies of men women of achevement Il parts of the w orld. ahled him to meet «ml make friends with many of the w orld's richest and most in fluential businessmen, indus tria lis ts and politicians. Rut "Ham p” never has severed his roots. He has shared and is sharing his good fo r tune with numerous Blacks — by hiring over the years i lite ra lly dozens of the grea- ® st young singers and in strum entalists in jazz history, and, by exerting positive in fluence on powerful p o liti cians, businessmen and in d u s tria lists. “ I started In with Nixon when he was a Congressman,” Hamp said. "T h e fir s t time 1 played a political ra lly. I played it fo r him .” Lionel Hampton and President Nixon discuss Republican Hamp campaigned fo r the F’ a rty politics in the President’ s White House office. late President l'w ig h t D. Eisenhower in 1952. He cam paigned fo r the Eisenhower- Nixon ticket in 1956 and played fo r the inaugural everything from Bach to Fats ball. Through the years, he W aller. Mozart to the jazz of has supported Republican can today. | want to teach lib i.- didates, including Nelson A. making, television, elec Rockefeller, to whom he sug tronics, medicine, law and gested the fir s t campaign fo r business,” the New York Governor’ s "T o do all that, uf course, office. He has also cam w e 'll have to hire the le s t paigned fo r New York Sena available people in each field. to r Jacob Javits. 1 Intend to do that.” Eisenhower and Nixon both He went on to say, "We named Lionel Hampton as an Hamp said approximately Blacks have got to le lp our international "goodw ill am $25 m illio n is involved in selves. We’ ve got to break bassador." in this capacity the «(lartment projects. down the racial w alls. We last year, Hamp toured the Hut he lias even more am should bring in white exper F a r East, Hawaii, Europe, bitious plans: He wants to tise where it can help. We and the United States. Ixiild a university in Harlem should, in fact, want to bring "W h y,” Hamp was asked, at an estimated cost of $100 a ll people of a ll races, "d o you favor the Republican m illio n l creeds, and colors to our P arty?” 'I want to build a univer communities. "1 tell you,” he replied, sity fo r the kids of today,” " I favor this party, because, Hamp said. " In fact. I've we must clean up our f i r of a ll, 1 was brought up already picked out the loca streets. And we sim ply must as a Republican (he was born tion of the u n ive rsity.” do something about crim e in Louisville) and, second, " I want to see our kids >«te. Women can't even walk the Democrats are always learn history — Black his tlie streets in safety today. trying to sell us something — tory, American history, world That isn’ t rig h t.” at election tim e. They use history. But, most of a ll, "N o t too long ago, every us as guinea pigs. The Demo 1 want them to learn better one was scare.) of law and crats are the ones who how to relate to ‘ right o rder. But, now,” (lamp saki, created the te rrib le destruc h e re '.” "everyone's begging fo r it.” tion in the ghettos.” ' N aturally, | want a music " I f tfiat's conservatism, we Hampton projects cu r- school — and I want to reach need more of It!” A nationwide study of his to ric places which involve black Americans in U.S, His tory w ill be luanched under the terms of a contract signed between the National Park Service and the A fro -A m e ri can Bicentennial Corporation, according to a jo in t announce ment by Secretary of the In te rio r Rogers C .B. Morton In being able to participate in what he considered an im portant program fo r worthy students. Students of needy fam ilies w ill be given loan preference under the C rosby-C rest por tion of the AFDE program. Funds w ill be available to students regardless of race, co lo r o r creed. Washington-based p r o f e s sional association with a nationwide membership, w ill play a m ajor advisory role. The study was urged by a panel of 20 leading scholars In the field of black history who met In Washington In January under the auspices of the National Park Service and ABC, Secretary Morton said. A part of the Service's National Survey of H istoric Sites and Buildings, the study w ill identify and evaluate his to ric places associated with black <ontrlbtulons to the de velopment of A m erica. ABC w ill d ire ct the research and investigation by recognized The Initial goals Is to raise authorities on black history. $500,000 fo r the overall pro A special advisory panel of gram . This w ill make ap leading scholars w ill review proxim ately $5 mUllon in designated National H istoric loans available to dental stu Landmarks, which deserve dents. fu rth e r study fo r possible ad The Fund’ s long-range goal dition to the National Park la to raise $3 mUllon In loan System, and which should 1« deposit funds which would considered by state officials swell the amount of Ioans fo r nomination to the National avaUable to $30 mUllon. R egister of H isto ric Places. Funds fo r the study were provided by the Congress In the 1973 fiscal year appro priation act. Contingent on future funding, the study is expected to last three years. The firs t year's study w ill focus on three areas of A m eri can history expected to be p a rticu la rly rich In black as sociations— development of revelation lights toe English Colonies, 1700- 1775; political and m ilita ry a ffa irs; and society and social conscience. National H isto ric Land AUMT0RIUM-S UN. OCT. 14 PJL marks are places determined nCMTS *5, *4, ’J JB by the Secretory of the In » r w,t II, »n-rt,... . w te rio r— upon recommenda tion of the Advisory Board on National Parks, H istoric Sites, Buildings and Monu m ents-—to possess national historical significance. H istorical units of the Na tional Park System, most of which are called National His to ric Sites, National Monu ments, or National H lsotrlcal Parks, are natlonaly sig n ifi cant places that lend them selves to park purposes and that have been specially au thorized by the Congress. I hese places, such as Gettys burg and Indejiendence Hall, are preserved and managed by the In te rio r Department's National Park Service. Already Included In die National Park System are several areas commemorat ing significant blacks, such as George Washington C arver National Monument, M is souri; Booker T . Washington National Monument, V irginia; and the F rederick Douglass Horne In the D is tric t of Colum bia. The National Register of H is to ric Places Is the Nation's o fficial Inventory of cultural properties worthy of preser vation. A ll National H istoric Landmarks and historical areas of the National Park System are listed as well as places of State and local sig nificance nominated by tie States. T ie results of the black history study eventually w ill be made available In book FROM NEW YORK'S FILLMORE EAST KNIT BLOCKING OUR SPECIALTY Bob 'W ooly' Woolard of Inner City I >evi demonstrates tins M a rse illa is pool shot gulatlon Tables, GENEVA’S 4 2 2 8 N . W illia m ! Enclusive P ortland Showing Alameda Theater 3 0 0 0 N.E. Alberta St. 2 8 7 -2 8 8 7 You w ant your city R G H T FOR IT! aplace n called today |11 Co-feaTure- THE LANDLORD S.arnn9 Beau Brjd g e ( Pearl B ally D iana Sands N o one under 18yrs. O p e n M o n d a y thru Thursday -7:15 F rid a y -S a tu rd a y -7 :O O -S u n d a y - 5 :0 0 Coming Septem ber 27,1972 THE MAN GOT D O W N ... BR O TH ! RS Wl Rl VIRGIL FOX A SOUND ANO LIGHT SPECTACULAR -S You’v * Triad The Rail, Now Try Tho Bott N. Alexander, Proprietor Black landmarks identified Cosby provides grants Actor-comedian BUI Cosby and the C rest Professional Services Division of P roctor 4 Gamble this week an nounced th e ir participation In a new program fo r needy students In dental school. The move was cited as a m ajor step In generating a total of $1,000,000 in loan funds available beginning this September. C rest contributed $100,000 to toe program, with $50,000 of that placed In Cosby's name, Cosby’ s contribution was In lieu of payment fo r services rendered in toe making of C rest television com m ercials. Coaby, currently working on his doctoral iegree in edu cation, expressed pleasure I [ Thanks to you it's working . . . through United YOU MUST SEE IT IT’S A MOTHER! M ÍT H tz CG ( .. . Good Neighbors 1 New World Pictures Release «{R]
