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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1973)
Pag« 8 P o rtland/O bserver Thursday January 25, W 3 Emanuel names VP W a lte r L .B eh n, 38, has been named executive vice presi dent of Emanuel Hospital, Portland, O re ., effective Jan uary 1, 1973. Previously, he has served as vice president at Em anuel, assuming that position in 1969. Behn arriv ed at Emanuel in 1963 as an adm inistrative resident, here to obtain the one year hospital residency requirement needed to obtain his m aster’s degree in hos pital adm inistration. Upon earning his degree in 1964 he was named adm inistrative as sistant. Behn fills the position open ed when fo rm e r Executive Vice President Roger G .L a r son assumed the position of chief executive officer and president of Emanuel Hospital last Novem ber. Larson re placed re tirin g President Paul R. Hanson. The new executive vice president is a mem her of many professional organizations in cluding the Am erican College of Hospital Administrators, the A m erican Hospital Asso ciation, the Association of Western Hospitals, the Oregon Hospital Association and the Portland Council ofHospitals. He is also a mem ber of the Multnomah Foundation for M edical C are, the Health M a in te n a n c e Organization Community Advisory Com m ittee. the Model C itie s - Emanuel Hospital Liason Comm ittee and the Emergency Service Committee of the O re gon Association of Hospitals. Behn is a graduate of the University of Iowa, earning his bachelor’ s degree in 1960. and his m aster's degree in 1964. OCL seeks director The Consumer Protection to other agencies which have Program , a Model C ities pro legal enforcement authority. ject, is seeking a new d ire c Persons interested in the to r. Jack T aylo r, chairman, position of D ire c to r should of the ManagementCommitcee send a detailed resume before for the Oregon Consumer Feb ru ary 1, 1973 toConsumer League, stated that interested Protection, P.O . Box 14656, applicants should have dem Portland, Oregon 97214. onstrated adm inistrative abil ity and a know ledge of current consumer problems. Appli cants should reside in the Model C ities area and have at least some college educa tion, although these are not prerequisites. With a staff of four operat (Continued from pg. 1, c o l. 7) ing from an office at 575 N . T u rn e r, a Portland re s i Killingsworth, the Consumer Portection Program sponsors dent, and Arnold, who lives various educational programs in Bothell, Washington, were cited fo r th eir outstanding to increase consumer aware ness among lew-Income and work In enlisting 53 men into m inority groups. Future plans the Coast Guard in one month. The men were all from the include c re d it and auto re p a ir workshops. The Program Portland area and were en listed during the Rose F esti also processes about 75 in dividual consumer complaints v a l. The enlistment marked each w eek. Mediation between the largest number of man the aggrieved consumer and e v e r enlisted in the Coast the business concerned is firs t Guard from one recruiting station on the West Coast in attempted. When this fails the one week. complaint is usually referred Portland men nn: n i \ d /? unsi'm ui Salutes Youth of the Week Trail Blazers hold kid’s contest The Portland T r a il Blazers and the Converse R u bier Company w ill sponsor a Run- Dribble-Shoot Contest fo r grade school boys and girts age 8 -1 3 during the month of February and firs t half of M arc h . The grand p n ze fo r both the boys and the g irls is the opportunity to be a T ra il B la ze r ball boy o r ball g irl fo r the 1973-74 season. Ad ditionally, the w inner’ s par ents w ill receive two season tickets to next year's games. E v e ry contestant w ill re ceive a free ticket to a T ra il B la ze r game this season and a Converse Rubber Company booklet “ Fundamentals for B e tte r Basketball” . Sem ifinalists and finalists w ill receive Converse A ll- S ta r shoes. Converse Y e a r books, autographed T ra il B la ze r basketballs and team pictures, souvenir waste baskets and a pre-gam e tour of the B la ze r locker room with introduction to all the B la ze rs . The competition w ill be divided into three age groups. 8 and 9 year-olds; 10 and 11 year-olds; and 12 and 13 y e a r- olds. Each age grouping w ill only be matched against themselves and not against the other ages. A ll prizes w ill be awarded in triplicate o r one set to each age group ing. The competition w ill be held on five consecutive Saturdays at five different locations be ginning February 3 in Van couver, Washington. Com petition fo r the North P o rt land area w ill be February 10. fo r the Beaverton-Sunset valley are on Saturday, Feb ru ary 24, fo r East Multno mah County including the east side of Portland, the David Douglas, Parkrose. M t. Hood, G re s h a m , and Reynolds school districts on Saturday, F eb ru ary 24 and fo r South east Portland including Lake Oswego, Milwaukee. Oregon C ity on Saturday, M arch 3. The semifinals w ill be held M arch 10 and the finals w ill be held at the halftim e of the T r a il B la ze r - New York Knick game on Sunday, M arch 18. The top five contestants from each age group at each of the five sites w ill advance to the semifinals and the top two from the semifinals to the fin a ls . The contest itself w ill con sist of four phases — foul shooting, field goal shooting, dribbling and a bonus shot. Each contestant w ill take six free throws, six field goals - one each from 5 feet, 10 feet, and 15 feet on both the le ft and right hand sides of the basket, and a bonus shot from 18 feet. The final phase w ill involve dribbling an obstacle couree half court in under 30 seconds. Point totals w ill be based on 100 points with five points given fo r each free throw and field goal and 10 points for the bonus shot. Points fo r dribbling w ill be fo r the num ber of seconds under 30 that is left when the con» sunt finishes. Application blanks w ill be available next week in the schools o r at any Converse sporting goods d ealer. Ap plication blanks must be signed by parents. The Portland T ra il Blazers are pleased to have the con test and feel it w ill be bene ficial to kids and the com m unity. H a rry Gltckman. Executive Vice President of the Portland T r a il Blazers, sums up these feelings: “ We are extrem ely pleased to he involved with the Con verse Rubber Company in providing an exciting con»st in which youngsters can p articipate.” “ The winners w ill be re warded with the dream job of every youngster in P o rt land — being a T ra il B lazer ball boy o r ball g ir l.” W H A T W IL L THE M OBILE SCREENING C L IN IC DO? The M obile Screening Clinic is designed specifically to screen and d e » c t cancer of the uterine cervix in the fe male population. This detec tion w ill be carried out through the adm inistration of the “ Pap T e s t” , a sim ple, effective and painless procedure. Although the Pap Test is the prim ary screening procedure there may be other screening » s ts available also, t.e „ breast, etc . W H A T IS THE M O BILE SCREENING CLINIC? The Mobile ScreeningCHnic is a motorized 29-foot long Dodge, one-ton Van. The C lin ic is fully self-contained with internal examination rooms (fully equipped), bath room, reception area and is designed to tra v e l. W HY IS A M O BILE SCREEN ING C L IN IC NEEDED? Cancer of the uterine c e r vix is almost IOO55 curable. The Pap T es t has made ea rly deBctlon of uterine cancer possible. The problem is this; it is estim ated that 75% of the women in the Model C ities area have never had a Pap T es t (of this 75% one in ten is expected to show some sign of cancer). The reason for so Black employee leaves Vancouver by Roy H a rris Ralph G riffin , who came to the public attention in Novem ber of 1971, as being the firs t Black to be hired fo r an ad m inistrative position with the C ity of Vancouver has been terminated from the $12,000 a year position as Assistant C ity M anager fo r Youth and M in o rity A ffa irs . The 24 year old G riffin who was employed by the City of Vancouver un d er a Federal Em ergency Em ployment funding grant, just a few months before the ra cial nude jailing incident, held the position fo r over a year, before City M anager Alan Harvey made recommendation that G riffin ’ s salary be cut from $12,000 per year to ap proxim ately $9,000 to be In corporated in the proposed budgeting. An additional rec ommendation that the duties of G riffin be rearranged to meed other needs of the city, meaning that the young Black would have little o r nothing more to do with m inority » !- fairs involving the c ity . Track bus runs Start of express bus serv ice to and from the Portland meadows track fo r the horse racing season has been an- ounced by T r i- M e t General M an ager Tom King. Racing begins Saturday, January 20, with Saturday, Sunday, holiday and Wednes day night and F rid a y night program s. Saturday, Sunday and holi day service w ill begin at 11:45 a j n . from S.W. 6th and M o r Cancer screening clinic rison, King said. F ir s t bus w ill be at 6 p jn . on Wednes day and F rid a y nights. Buses w ill o pera» via S.W. 6th, N .W . E verett, Steel Bridge, N .W .G lis a n ,N .W .5 th . S.W . M ain and S.W . 6th to M o rris o n . One way fare is 50 cents. Honored citizens, and students w ill pay 15 cents over th eir reduced fare s . T ra n s fe rs w ill be 15 cents over the base fa re . During mid - year, con cerned Black and W h i» c it izens, leveled heavy critic ism of the C ity Managers action to elim inate G riffin 's position. From past news events, M r . Harvey, was not satlsfiedwlth young G riffin ’ s job perform ance in the wake of racial tensions during January and February of 1972. Blacks of the community contended that G riffin was not given a fa ir shake and sharply blasted the city manager and Vancouver C ity Council for elim inating the position, when it was pre viously known that no Jobdes- crlption was ever w ritten for G riffin . According to KeithShawlee, Personnel D ire c to r fo r Van couver, G riffin left his post a fte r his job terminated and refused to apply fo r another exslsting vacancy in the per sonnel management section of C ity H all at a lesser salary. There seems to be contro versy over the elimination of G riffin s position. W hile one city official claim s that they could not maintain the $ 12, 000 a year salary because of financial problems, some Blacks and concerned W h i» residents say that the only reason that they could see for the action taken by C ity Hall was because he, (G riffin ) was B lack. The city has, however, hired a 24 year old w h i» man. Brad Skinner, to fill a newly creat ed capacity of Assistant C ity M anager Involving Urban de velopment and renewal p ro -* jects. few women having a Pap Test may he because of a lack of opportunity o r a lack of money fo r the test. t o meet these problems, the M obile Screen ing C lin ic w ill be driven to six sites within the Model C ltw s area and » a t admin istered free of charge. WHO W IL L STAFF THE M O BIL SCREENING CLINIC? The M obile ScreeningCHnic is under tlie direction of Emanuel Hospital. On duty at all times ts a fully-quali fied and experienced doctor and registered nurse, ixitstde of the medical area of the van is a medical clerk to record background informa tion about each patient (fo r the purposes of the doctor) and a d riv e r to help volun teers with the “ coffee and in form ation” sessions. The C lin ic is made possible by funds provided by the Oregon Regional Medical Program and by volunteer assistance of the Am erican Cancer So ciety. HOW W IL L THE M OBILE SCREENING C L IN IC WORK? Through the established Model C ities Agencies, c iti zens associations, churches, clubs, etc., information as to the location of the C linic, dates and tim es, w ill he communi cated to the women of the area. They w ill be invited to a "c o f fee ami inform ation" session a fte r which they may take ad vantage of the C linic if they w ish. A ll information about each patient and all inform a tion sent to each patient about the results of tlie test w ill be held In tlie strictest of con- Child care (Continued from pg. I, col. 6) last no more than 24 months and is approved by CSD. 4) Tw o-parent fam ilies In which one parent is employed and the other incapacitated o r both incapacitated to the degree that neither is capable of caring fo r the child. F am ilies form erly served by 4 -C programs who w ill now be completely eliminated Include: Alaska seeks teachers The Urban League of P o rt land has been requested by the Anchorage Borough School D is tric t to assist it in re cruiting m inority teachers fo r the next school year, 1973-74. The recruiters w ill be in Portland February 7,8, and 9, 1973. The system is interested In certified teachers and sen io r college students who w ill receive a degree in Education in June. A ll Interested p e r sons contact E . Shelton H ill. Urban League of Portland, 718 W est Burnside, Telephone number 224-0151. The salary ranges from $10,350 to $20,700. WHY IS THE MODEL CITIES AREA FIRST? The Model C ities area was chosen as the firs t assign ment of the M obile Screening C lin ic for two reasons: 1)75% of the women have never had a life-saving Pap Test to de tect uterine cancer, and 2) the Model C ities area is in close proxim ity to the Em an uel Hospital. You warn Io see (he tug game Schedule January 23 - 26 and Jan uary 30 - February 2, at Mount O livet Baptist Church, 116 N X . Schuyler February 6 - 9 and Febru ary 13 - 16 at VancouverAve. Baptist Church, 3138 N. Van couver Avenue February 20 - 23 and Feb ruary 27 - M arch 2, at Aug- ustana Lutheran Church, 2710 N X . 14th M arch 6 - 9 at Hughes M em o rial Methodist, I 1 I N X . Fallin g M arch 13 - 16, OPEN M arch 20 - 23 and M arch 27 - 30 at lierean Baptist Church, 4822 N . Vancouver A p ril 3 - 6 and A p ril 1 0 - 13 at Highland Baptist Church 607 N X . Alberta A p ril 17 - 20 and A p ril 2 6 - 27, at Woodlawn Methodist Church, 1425 N X . Dekum C lin ic Hours: 4:00P ,M . to 8:00 P .M . Any resident of tlie Model C ities area may attend any of the above clinics. I average (4.0 being the highest average possible). Involvement In programs outside the school suchl “ P roject Second Wind” keeps M arsha w e ll] occupied and well qualified fo r Student of the] as _______ M onth. _____________________ C o u rte s y o f (2) Pacific Northwest Bell " F o r this perceptive lea dership, although we are still at work on the business of achieving equality, every Am erican who understands and loves his country gives thanks.” M r . W ilkins recalled that M r . Johnson “ had the v o » in mind fo r many years. It did not seem to the M ajo rity L ea d e r of the U.S. Senatt that anyone In good con President Lyndon Johnson said to Congress on Febru ary 15, 1967: Pacific IW y 'rutLtaAfaflto- SAVE TODAY! SMITH'S Family sized Washer with Permanent Press Cycle! 1) Tw o-parent, low-Income fam ilie s. 2) o ne-parent fam ilies in which the parent is attending college o r a training program not approved by CSD. 3) Tw o-parent fam lliesw lth moderate income who are not able to pay the full cost of ca re . 4) F am ilies in which c h il dren need child care for emotional o r physical rea sons. The fee schedule Is such that It w ill be mandatory fo r all fam ilies above W elfare standards and w ill work a hardship in fam ilies of low and moderate intum e. F o r example, a mother with one child earning $585, a month w ill pay $160. fo r child care e ri A parent who earns $435. per month gross pay and hat two children w ill pay $ 6 0 X 0 a month fo r child c a re . No allowance is made fo r the 20 per cent o r more that comes out of her check for (axes. Many programs estim ate that as many as one half of the fam ilies using 4 -C child care w ill have to give up their jobs and go back on W elfare if the new regulations are put into e ffe c t.o th e rs w lll have to drop out of school o r training programs and apply for W e lfare . wArrr t lM r m t y ih al mukrs ihm ui nn t r for everybody. FILTER-FLO* WASHER • Fllter-Flo Syatem Traps Lint Fuxa • 3 water-level selections • 3 wash. 2 rlnaa temperatures • Porcelain enamel top. basket end tub • Permanent Press Cycle with "Cooldown'' J S189 ****"" iA sr pA YMINTS SMITH'S (terni frw/rwdiingd IH O S » I O t mon TMSu rei SAT T il 4 fOoteS Sun I 30th and S. E DIVISION • 234-9351 “ Freedom Is the right to share fully and equally In Am erican society - to vlte, to hold a job, to enter a pub lic place, to go to school. It Is the right to be treated in every pert of our national life as a person equal In dignity and promise to all others. "B u t freedom Isnotenough. You do not wipe away the scars of centuries by saying: Now you are free to go where you want, do as you desire and choose the leaders you please. "You do not take a person who, fo r years, has been hob bled by chains and liberate him , bring him up to the s tart ing line of a race and then say, 'You are free to compete with all the others,’ and still justly believe that you have been completely fa ir. "Thus it is not enough just to open the gates of opportun ity. All of our citizens must have the ab.ll try to walk through those gates, " T h is is the next and more profound stage of the battle fo r civil rights. We seek not just freedom hut opportunlty- not just legal equity hut human ability - not just equality as a right and a theory hut equality as a fact and as a result. “ F o r the task Is to give 20 m illion Negroes the same chance as every o th e rA m e rl- can to learn and grow, towork and share In society, to de velop th eir abilities - phys ical, mental and spiritual, and to pursue their Individual hap piness. " T h e re is no single easy answer to all of these prob lem s. "Jobs are part of the an sw er. They bring the income which perm its a man to pro vide fo r his fam ily. "Decent homes In decent surroundings, and a chance to learn - an equal chance to learn - are part of the answer. “ W e lfare and social pro gram s better designed to hold fam ilies together are part of the answer, “ C a re of the sick is part of the answer. “ An understanding heart by all Am ericans Is also a large p art of the answer. “ T o all these fronts - and a dozen more - I w ill dedicate the expanding efforts of the Johnson Adm inistration.” 111«» Free Heaters ‘ * I NOW PLAYINC um m o w n (Continued from pg. 1, col. 5) M iss M arsha Peoples is a Senior at James Monroe | High School. She is currently Student Body P re s i dent, a mem ber of the National Honor Society I and is a m em ber of every service club at h e r! school. M iss Peoples, who is a fo rm er B la c k ] Student Union President, maintains a 4 /) grade] Sound like a pretty good deal? It Is Electricity It's a bargain And we know that bargains are hard to find today Almost as hard Io find as enough leg room in the grandstand OeSes A iS l LBJ civil rights achievement science could object to the extension of the right to vote to every c itizen .” The result of President Johnson’ s efforts, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, enabled the Black population to elect Blacks to m a jo r offices, he said, citing numerous exam ples. “ F o r the Sixties the con ception and enactment of the voting rights act was a high point,” M r . W ilkins said. "D espite its competition from frievous assassinations, vio lent encounters with the police and spectacular repression of the Negro population, the voting measure may prove to have been the most signifi cant accomplishment of the decade in the area of civil rig h ts ." M r . W ilkins added that the decade of the 1960’ s "w as a tim e of significant history” and "satisfying achievement in which Black Am ericans helped th eir country toward its declared purpose, Its destiny.” ^...including transportation So wha( do you do? Just switch on your I V set And see more of the action than most of the men on the field. You've got the best scat in the house for about 2« worth of electricity per game revises* ] the Voting Rights Act of 1965 w ill be recorded in history as the “ LBJ legacy to the awesome Am erican civil rights movement.” Calling the legislation “ the most significant” accom plishment of the 1960’ s, he said: “ The effo rt, spearheaded by President Johnson, was, of course, a redress of the wrongs of many decades. M o re im portantly, however, it was the placing of a tool in the hands of the Black population with which it could fashion its own p ro »ction and c h a n its own progress in a dem ocratic society." W ilkins paid his highest tribute to President Johnson in saying: Your ticket to the big game: fidence (as in any doctor- patient relationship), te tho dynom Ho dudo n am od O U M M I ctxuius/a ercruAf s Preowwa W hontho mon como» up mob vlolonoo It'» timo to Qunn him down I BRENDA SYKES Oooolttof m am a P M U 2 S ¡ Ä BLUE ifH A M U IH C O ÍN » m w w w JOHN H IY M AN ^» N O n U A M P n iO O tN DOLLARS ■ AL HAATFOOO -OAV» f W erre« CL-