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Mi». France» «cboen Ne v »paper Room U n ivcttity o f i revon Libraiy Eugene, »egon 97403 POH 7 LA ND Volum « 3, No. 13 Portland, Oregon THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN AN EOUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT PEOPLE Thursday January 4,1973 10< Secretaries go to Salem Reliable sources have con firm ed that the Oregon State Senate w ill have its firs t black secretary on January 8th, when M rs . Grace Gollghtly w ill become the secretary to Senator Keith Bum s. M rs. Gollghtly Is a student In P o rt land State U niversity. She and her young son w ill live In Salem during die legislative session. M rs . Gollghtly plans to study law. M rs . P h illis Smith w ill be s e c re tary to Representative - Free legal services w ill again he available to mem bers of tie Albina commun ity when tie ALBINA LEGAL CLINIC reopens January 3, 1973. The C lin ic, located at 2509 N . W illiam s near the com er of W illiam s and Russell, w ill he open every Monday and Wednesday evening, 5:30 - 8:30 p jn . Staffed by volun teer private attorneys and Legal Aid VISTA volunteers, the C lin ic w ill offer Imme diate free legal advice to those otherwise unable to afford legal help. If fu rth e r assis tance is needed. It w ill be elect H ill McCoy. M rs. Smith recently attended Portland State University and Southern Oregon College. While in Ash land site councelled m inority students attending SOCE.She has previously been employed by tie I ’o rtlm d Development Commis .Ion and Albina Child Development Center. M rs. Smith w ill le tie House's second black secre tary, tie firs t having leen ap pointed by Representative Howard W il I Its. offered free to the poor and at a minimum charge to those who can afford to pay. The Albina Legal C linic has been serving the Northeast community since September, 1970, h it was closed during the recent cold weather due to Inadequate heating. Recent physical improvements, how ever, are enabling the C linic to reopen its doors to those with legal questions. Pamphlets and information about the law and how it af fects community residents w ill also he available at the C lin ic . Some 70 low-Income residents of Portland are receiving funds from the federal government to attend college and earn teaching certificates through a new project administered by the Portland Public Schools called Career Opportunities Program . More than 10,000 adults who otherwise could not affoid to attend college are participating In s im ila r programs throughout the (J3 *tid Puerto Rico. M rs . Lucy Ellen Thomas Is the second local person to graduate from the program. She teaches fifth - and sixth-grade students at Whitaker ; lementary s vol 5135 N J i. Columbia Blvd. Federal program trams minority teachers Through a federally fund» program, Portland Public Schools la helping low -in- come persona and memhers of m inority racea become teachers. Tlw program, called Career ( ipporiunltles P rogram(COP), recruits low-Income persona, pays for th e ir college educa tion aid provides them with on-the-job training a t (each- era In local classrooms. The program la funded with federal monies through the Education Professions De velopment A ct of 1970. COP la open to any adult who has a fam ily Income that m eets I (»»-Income g u klelli»» of the Federal government, who has completed some col lege work and who Is em ployed by the Portland Public Schools. Presently men who are members of a m inority race o r Vietnam vetarans are re ceiving p rio rity fo r admission to the program. "T he iwrpose of the 1 p ro g ra m ," says M rs. Bobble 1 Nunn, COP coordinator, " I s 1 to bring new people Into tlie education profession. Right now there la a scarcity of men and m inority people among osaci»re so that Is who we are actively re c ru it in g ." Through COP, persona who could not otherwise attend college to become teachers receive money to cover the cost of college tuition and books. Each participant takes at least 12 hours of college- c re d it courses In education each semester at a local uni versity o r college. In addition, participants are ■mplo)»d as Instructional trainees In 26 Portland schools. They assist teach ers dally until 2 p jn . and receive counseling and tra in ing from members of the CUI staff while on the Job. F o r th e ir work as Instruc tional trainee a. participants Every day is pay day with true daily interest. At ihe Benj. Franklin, interest on passbook savings is compounded constantly, from day o f deposit io duy of w ilhdrawal. For maximum earnings on your savings, pay yourself first in a safety-insured account at the Benj. Franklin '■■■boa Saving, par annum C a rtiflc a t« « of D apoart per annum < ompoundwd daily •n d paid quarlarly 15 OOO m inim um for 2 year a Franklin A°b«,t H H a t.n Pr* . . 2) O llie *. . Phon* 248 ,234 Home Office Franklin Bldg . Portland. Oregon 97204 Circuit Court welcomes Judge Deiz Judge Mercedese Deiz, Oregon's firs t black woman judge ( ourt, was sw ,m in as a member of the C irc u it Court In the Court of Domestic Relations, which includes the J firs t black to serve on the C irc u it Court. Seated next Presiding Judge of the C irc u it Court. Black jobless unchanged The unemployment rate fo r blacks, at 9.8 percent in No vember, was not m aterially changed both over the month and from a year ago as the overall jobless rate declined by 0.3 to 5.2 percent last month. The unemployment rate fo r white workers was 4.6 per cent in November, down sharply from 5.0 percent In October and 5.6 percent in November 1971. While the overall jobless rate dropped to its lowest level since August 1970, to tal employment, at 82.5 m il lion, was unchanged over the month but up 2.2 m illio n over the year. N o n a g r l c u l t u r a l pay ro ll jobs continued to expand in November, posting a gain of 200,000 from O ctober.M ost of this advice took place in manufacturing the trade. The number of persons un employed declined In Novem ber, a month when total job lessness usually shows little change after seasonal adjust ment, and, at 4.5 m illion, reached its lowest level since September 1970. The reduc tion occured wholly among adult w n k e rs , divided about equally among men and wo men. In line with this reduction in the overall unemployment rate, rates fo r most of the m ajor demographicgroups al so declined substantially over the month. Jobless rates decreased from 3.9 to 3.6 percent fo r adult men and from 5.5 to 5.0 percent fo r adult women. (Please turn to page 8 col. 2) receive wages from either Portland Public Schools or Model C ities. C urrently 7l) adults are par tic ip a tin g in Portland's C areer Opportunities Pro gram . They are among 10,000 participants In 132 programs throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. CABLE CLLTTER - Engulfed by some 100 miles of new According to Mrs.Nunn, the telephone cable, T e rry Lowe, Western E le ctric Co. installer, goal of COP I s to have each connects wires to help expand Pacific Northwest B e ll's long participant attain a teaching distance fa c ilitie s center at 819 s.W. Oak, Portland. PNB certificate, l<it he can te rm i Is Installing additional call switching equipment to handle the nate his training at any tim e ." growing rate of long distance calls in Oregon. The Portland "Those participants who center relays most Oregon Interstate phone calls. don't complete the full four- year program aren't failures In my m in d ," continues M is . Nunn. "T hey Increase th e ir schooling and acquire skills that help them get better jobs F o r the firs t tim e in Its office switching Holdings, In than were open to them lefore history, Pacific Northwest cluding expansion of PNB’ s they joined COP." Bell w ill spend $100 m illion long distance relay 'enter at " A ll the COP participants In one year to Improve phone 819 S.W, Oak St. downtown. when recruited had poverty- service In Oregon. That’ s the This switching center b indies level Incomes. Many have 1973 telephone construction all interstate long distance lapge fam ilies to support. And, forecast from Don GUnde rson, calls fo r tlie whole state. The several maintain one-parent PNB’ s Oregon Vice President remaining dollars are fo r un fam ilies so any Improvement and General Manager. derground cable installations. In t ln lr earning power Is a The 1972 construction pro As of the end of November, success fo r COP.” gram expenditures totaled an the Portland telephone ex Nathaniel Baker Is typical estimateti $93 m illio n as De change served more than 426, of the people enrolled InCOP. cember drew to a close. 20(1 telephones, a gain of some A black Korean-veteran who PNB has sc bet iu led approx 9,200 over the previous year’ s has worked as a merchant imately $15.7 m illio n fo r total. seaman and an assembly-line m a jo r seivice improvement l ’NB Installed its one m il w orker fo r Boeing, Baker projects in Portland fo r 1973, lionth phone In Oregon in Sep wants to teach physical ed Gundersen said. (A project Is tember at a residence on ucation. termed " m a jo r” when It ex H a y d e n I s la n d (Jantzen "COP has done an awful lot ceeds $50,000.) Beach). Now, at the year’ s fo r m e ," Baker contends. " I More than $12J m illio n is end, that total is approaching couldn't pay fo r college If I fo r Improvements and addi almost 1,029,000 serving 100 weren’ t In the program .” tional equipment fo r central communities in the state. L lrle a n Anderson, anotlwr participant, has been working toward a bachelor's degree since the 1940's. A good stu dent who took time out to raise four children, M rs . An derson says, "I'v e wanted to At this time, PortlandCom- slng, legal, general, and med ployer and student. The CWE do (this) fo r a life tim e ." munlty College Is Involved in ical secretary, hotel-motel c o o r d i n a t o r c o m m u n i According to M rs. Ander- an extensive campaign to re management, food services, cates with the student and son, going to college and c ru it employers to participate restaurant management,engi employer to see that both ben teaching In an elementary In the Cooperative Work Ex neering, drafting, etc. e fit from the program. school simultaneously Is "a perience Program . This pro The CWE Program provides A student normally pursues great way to find out what's gram is currently In Its sec opportunities fo r students to a fu ll-tim e class schedule at going on In the w orld’ . " ond year. Employers are en explore occupational areas PCC, S kills taught in tf« Lucy Ellen Thomas Is one couraged to (»come Involved and/or to »•« s k ills acquired classroom continue to be de of two participants to com In this program by taking on In the classroom in an on-the- veloped while the student re plete 0 « program. Mother of students In a part-tim e work job situation. ceives the belief It of a related five children, M rs. Thomas ing situation. These students Students register fo r their work experience, seminars recently received a $ 1,000 may be pursuing an associate th re e -cre d lt CWE p rio r tothe are conducted so the student scholarship from Carnation degree In a number of d iffe r beginning of each term In ad can Interrelate classroom and Co. to continue studying fo r ent areas. The areas of study dition to regular classes on- on-the-job experiences. a m aster's degree while si» Include automotive, diesel canifxis. A work schedule is By helping a swdont's ed teaches fifth - and slxth-giade mechanic, business education designed taking Into consider ucational experience through (Please turn to page 8, col. I) and management,dsta proces- ation the needs of both em- (Please turn to page 8 col. 2) PNB improves service PCC seeks student jobs Navy dynamited Petty O fficer F irs t Class M e rre ll H a rris, ing officers at the Navy Recruiting office shows signs that were destroyed by tlx that shook the office e a rly Tuesday moi Portland police are investigation the dynami Jackson resigns HUD General Assistant Sec Street law firm of Stroock retary Samuel C. Jackson •nd Stroock and Lavan, with announced jointly with the offices in New York City and W hite House his resignation Washington, D.C. from duties with the Depart M r. Jackson has served by ment of Housing and Urban Presidential appointment dur Development to re-enter the ing the past four years as practice of law in Washing HUD Assistant Secretary fo r ton, D.C. Community Planning and Man Effective January 20, he w ill agement and as General Man- become a member of the Wall (Please turn to page 8 col. 3)
