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4k. % % POR TLA ND V o lu m * 3, N o. H Portland, O re g o n ___________ _________________________ _ , M THE O N tY EvaistM diqiiom leads workshop Reverend M erre l D . Hooker w ill lead a clergy workshop Friday, January 19, 1973, at Emanuel Hoepltal School of Nursing. 2828 N, Gantsnbeln, Portland, Oregon, 9:00 a jn . - 3:00 p jn . "T he Church and tha M inistry of Healing - To ward Personal and Social Wholeness". Is tha subject of tha workshop. This program Is sponsored by the Albina M in isterial Alliance and the Emanual Hospital Chaplaincy Department. It Is Intended to call attention to tie resour ces within the religious com munity for personal and so cial renewal, and to encour- age clergy leadership In this activity. The guest speaker. Rever end Hooker, la a member of the facility of Garrett Theolo gical Seminary, Evanston, I l linois. He is adjunct profes sor of Pastoral Counseling for the Church and Rlack E xperl- I ence Program at tie Semin ary. His experience In minis try lncluiles liavlng served pastorates In Chicago, New Jersey. He has teen In hos pital m inistry at Detroit Gen eral Hospital, Detroit, and Freedman's Hospital Wash ington, D .C . Now he Is d ire c tor ot chaplain services a tE v - anstonConununlty Hospltaland Provident Hospital, where te works with the hospital staff and Seminary In supervising the training of seminary stu dents In pastors! cars. All clergy of metropolitan Portland are Invited to par ticipate In this program. Rev. Hooker w ill have two presen tations, “ Goals and Ways of Achksvlng Personal andSoclal NEWSPAPER IN AN EOUAL OPPO’ TUNITY EMPLOYER THE WHOLE WIDE W Q R tp THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT larship Fund. The program, which is an Incorporated non profit organization, was founded In 1968 by the educa tion committee of the Port land State University Black Students Union. The program has grown and diversified so that It now provides financial assistance to students who are residents of the Model Cities area who attend any college or university. Since the program Is funded by Model C ities, grants are lim ited to Model Cities resi dents. Annually between 200 and 250 students are provid ed tuition and books to the sum of $705. The purpose of the fund drive, which has a goal of $20,000 is threefold. The additional money will be used to assist students who are not residents of Model Cities, wUI Increase the number of grants possible, and w ill assist some a workshop for the member ship of the AMA, Saturday, January 20, 1973 10 a jn . - 2:00 pun. at Emanuel Hoepltal Extended Care Facility, 3001 N . Gantenheln, Community (Please turn to page 8 col. 3) GRACE GOLIGHTLY l-ee scales and eligibility crite ria have teen dictated through the artlface of an Orientation Workshop. These regulations are to be effec tive February 1, 1973. This action would serve re I y lim it the availability of child care services to those parents who are In the tenuous position of struggling to become self- sufficient. It would sppear that this action contradicts the re cent Emergency Hoard action where tie Children's Services Division, having been unable to establish a sufficient finan cial emergency, w ta told to maintain the program at Its present level. It. therefore. Is ttie considered opinion of this organization that the "em ergency" being dealtwltb Is a blatant power play to lim it local control of these programs. " T i e DsyCsre Providers", finding "em ergency" rule making unnecessary and not In the beat Interest of children, (Please aim to page 8 col. 3) Names in the news Jams a Loving Is receiving acoladss fo r his " s ilv e r- tongued o rato ry" as main speaksr at the Charles J o r dan Appreciation Banquet. Phil McLauren. form er D ire cto r of the PSU Black Studies Program, was named administrative assistant to M ayor Goldschmidt. BUI McCoy and M a ry Rolerts. both f r e s h m e n representatives, were ap- pointed to the Houee Ways and Means Committee by House Speaker, Representa tive Richard Eymann. M ary Roberts, also know as Wendy, Is sn employee ot the Model C ities section of the M u lt- Every day is pay day with true daily interest. At the Bcnj. Franklin, interest on passbook savings is compounded constantly, from day of deposit to day of withdrawal. For maximum earnings on your savings, pay yourself first in a safety-insured account al the Benj. Franklin. 5% 6^i K<knj.|j| Franklin Psaaboofc S a ving « par annum C e fS S eaN M o f DopoaH po» annum com pounded daily and paid quarterly I f t OOO minimum ’or 2 year« Robs 1 1 H Hatsn. Pres . 21 Olllcsa • Phons 248-1234 Homs Ollies Franklin Bldg . Portland. Orsgon 87204 nomsh County Juvenile Court. Betsy Preston, fo rm er ad ministrative assistant to NeU Goldschmidt, was appointed temporary director of the Bureee of Human Resources, tie position vacated by Char les Jordan. Before Joining the Goldschmidt team, M s. Preston was an assltant Dis tric t Attorney assigned to the JuvenUe Court. First day exciting for Senate secretary Grace Golightly, the Oregon State Senate's firs t black secretary, met her firs t day of work with both enthusiasm and confusion. Secretary to Senator Keith Bums. M rs . Golightly attended the Senate's opening session, where she saw her employer sworn into office, and the Joint session of the House and Senate, where the Governor of Oregon addressed the assembly amid pomp and ceremony. M rs . Golightly said she ac cepted her position p rim arily because she was Impressed by Senator Bum s’ sincerity and concern. She sees her work with the legislature as a rare op portunity. As a potential law student, she w ill have the op portunity to see how laws are made, she w ill gain In sight into the workings of politics; and she w ill meet all kinds of people. Her duties Include taking notes on tl«e floor of the Senate, taking care of the Senator's office, answering the mall, talking to constituents, and many other s im ila r jobs. M rs . Golightly was borr In Youngstown. Ohio in 1941 and came to Oregon at the age of five. She graduated from Lincoln High School, where she was student body vice president. She attended Columbia Basin College In Pasco, Washington, where she is proud to say that she was a straight A student, and re cently attended Portland Community College where she majored In speech. She hopes to eventually go Into crim inal law. Other recent positions were with the area office of HUD, the Portland Development Commission, and Media. She was Executive Secretary to the Vice President of Albina Corporation. M rs . Golightly is the mother of a five year old son, Darren, who Is living with her In Salem. She has found the people of Salem to be very friendly and helfbl, and is sure she w ill enjoy life In the legislature. Student plan honors Bill Berry Oberlin College Is parti cipating with the Chicago Urban League In the esta blishment of s community service Internship to he known ss the Edwin C . " B U I" Berry Internship. B erry was executive direc to r of the Urban League of Portland from 1945 to 195b and was Instrumental In the passage of Oregon's earliest CivU rights legislation. B erry, who was bom In Oberlin, Ohio and Is an alum nus of tha college, has had s lifelong commitment to the elimination of racism . The purpose of the lnter- shlp la tc provide community service experience fo r col- level minority students In particular, to give them experience in the ghetto areas of Chicago. Oberlin PV students, particularly those with fam illes, with living ex penses. The program Is operated by a twelve member board of directo rs. Charles Crews is chairman. The members of the board are: Allan Bowens, Bowens and Duncan Bookkeeping Service; Phil M cLauren, Administrative Assistant to the Mayor; Fred Buckwalssr, President of Dennis Uniform Company; Ken M cC oll, Professor at Catlin-Gable; Sam York, pro fessor at Portland State Uni versity; George Rives, At torney; Bob Peterson. Budget officer at the University of Oregon Medical School; Henry Hewitt, attorney; C o t t r e l l White, teacher at John Adams High School; Raymond Hallo way and M el Toran, students at Portland State University. Peace offensive planned REVEREND M ERREL D . BOOKER Child programs challenge state Today, Community Coord inated Child Care (4-C ) pro grams are receiving yet an other challenge from the State of Oregon Children'sServtces Division. Fred Stickney, chairman of “ The Day Care Providers'*. charged rhs Children's Services Division with bypassing the Adminis trative Procedures Act In such a way as to endanger the ability of day care adminis trators to ensure the provi sion of quality child care serv ices. Thursday Jan u ary 11,1973 10< per copy PEOPLE_____________________________________P Service to commemorate Dr. King’s birthday A memorial service honor ing tie birthdate of D r. M a r tin Luther King will be held on January 15, 7:30 to 9:00 p jn . at M t. Olivet Baptist Church, 116 N .E . Schyler. The service Is sponsored by the M artin Luther King Scholar ship Fund of Oregon and tie Albina M inisterial Alliance. The theme of tie service is "F o u r Facets of D r.K in g ’s Philosophy". Speakers pre senting the four topics are: Religion — Reverend John Jackson; Education — Char les Crews; Human Rela tions - - M ayor NeU Gold schmidt; CivU Rights Gayle Gemmell, Administra tor of the CivU Rights Bureau of the Oregon Department of Labor. A num ter of choirs vUI provide musical selec- lons. The service wUI launch a campaign to raise funds for the M artin Luther King Scho Awareness", and''opportuni ties and Hazards In Christian G row th". The Friday program Is the beginning of three events for the Albtna Ministers) A l liance. The second event Is OBSERVER % z%. % ‘fc, V Is the firs t college to p arti cipate with the Chicago Urban League In the community service internship program. Other colleges are expected to Join the program later. The overall experience wUI be channeled into service with the National Urban League at the affUlass level. Two to three minority stu dents w ill be chosen each semester, beginning in the 1973-74 academic year, based on their potential fo r career service with the National U r ban League. Each student w ill receive ten hours of credit for field work com pleted In Chicago. An additions! four hours of credit wUI be given fo r en rolling In a private reading course at Obertln to do re search on a topic related to the student’s field work. This work w ill be done under the supervision of a faculty spon sor. The B erry Internship w ill be listed In the Oberllne Col lege curriculum as an offer ing of the African-Am erican (Please a im io page 3 col. 5) A broad based antiwar coalition has been formed in Portland. Calling itself the "Inauguration Day Peace Coalition" — in reference to the group's projected January 20th demonstration — the coalition was formed after two large meetings attended by over 100 representatives of various groups. The momenttiin fo r the peace demonstration, planned as a response to the govern ment's continued prosecution of the w ar, has been building at an unusually fast paoe. The group ' xs secured an office at 234 ¿.W . Salmon, room 6, and has received broad en dorsement from various In dividuals and organizations Including Howard W illits, Oregon State Representative; Business Executives Move for Peace; The Student M o biliza tion Committee to End the W ar In SE Asia; L a rry McCabe, President of the Portland Federation of Teach ers A F L -C IO ; and the Wo men's International League for Peace and Freedom. At its second meeting, the Inauguration Day coalition heard reports from Its Out- Reach committee which is charged wtthestablishingcon tacts with the labor move ment and further expanding the support fo r the January 20 demonstration. The group also appointed five coordi nators: Phoebe Freldman, Women for Peace; Helen G or don, Portland Federation of Women's Clubs; E ric Stoval, Radical Education Project; B ill Scheer, Portland State University Student M obiliza tion Committee; Sue Kosky, Another M other for Peace. The Intention of the de monstration, one of many scheduled nationally for the 20th, Is to give visible op position to the Nixon admini stration’ s two fold peace stra tegy: Talk peace at home and drop bombs In Vietnam . The temporary bombing halt above the 20th parallel In Vietnam was taken up at the meeting whose unanimous feeling was that this, as well as previous bombing halts were merely m ilita ry maneuvers designed (Please turn to page 6 col. 5) Schwab to speak Mildred A . Schwab, City Commissioner In charge of public affairs w ill speak at the meeting of the NAACP, Portland Branch, Sunday, January 14, 1973, at 4:00 pun. The occasion, which w ill be held at Bethel AME Church, 5828 N .E . 8th, w ill be the Installation of officers and board members according to E llis H. Casson, President. Commissioner Schwab, long committed to human rights, was appointed to the city com- mlsslon In December to suc ceed Nell Goldschmidt upon his elenation to m ayor. The public is invited to attend this meeting. Representative Bill McCoy REPRESENTATIVE BILL McCOY leaves the Capitol Building after the legislature's opening session. At 8:55 a jn ., January 11, McCoy became Oregon’ s firs t black legislator and the state's highest ranking black public official. CHARLES CREWS tries bicycles that w ill be offered for sale in his bicycle shop. The shop, which w ill open in February, w ill offer sales and service for all types of bicycles. Bicycle shop comes to Portland The firs t black owned bicycle shop is coming to Portland. Charles Crew sw ill officially open his shop at 7017 N . Lombard early in M arch, but he w ill be open fo r sales and service In February. Crews w ill offer a complete line of bicycles — 10 speeds, 5 speeds, 3 speeds, one speeds with coaster brakes, and children's bikes and t r i cycles. His service depart ment, headed by Stanley M it- chell, a bicycle mechanicwith 30 years of experience, w ill offer pick-up and delivery service. Among the brands the shop w ill carry are Jeunet, C rystal, Jupiter, and Colum bia. The shop w ill train young people In service and repair and Crews sees this as a field with great poten- tlal for young people who are Industrial. Crews sees the bicycle business as a combination of his desire to enter the busi ness world and of his deep Interest In ecology. A firm believer In the need to e li minate all types of pollution. Crews advocates a strong bicycle lobby to promote bi cycle paths and parking stands. He sees the need for educational programs for cyclists and for automobile drivers on the proper use of bicycles in traffic. Crews is a graduate of M artin Luther King Elemen tary School and Jefferson High School. He graduated from Portland State U niver sity In Sociology In 1971. While attending college, lie was Assistant D istrict Exe cutive for the Boy Scouts of America, Columbia Pacific Council, was advisor to the P.S.U , Education Department, and was research assistant to D r . Lee Brown. After graduating, he became a research assistant In the of fice of Commissioner Lloyd Anderson. During his employment with Commissioner A n d e r s o n , Crews has been Involved in coordinating a $100,000 grant to do a comprehensive study on noise pollution and worked »1th tie affirmative action program. He has leen asked to stay with the Commis sioners office and w ill work oart time tem porarily. But, -lis main effort will be with his bicycle shop. I /