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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1973)
P «f 6 PortlandA>b— r a r Thurw Uy, M «y 24. 1973 Blesfe Europe featured D ’U rv ille M artin and C .L . W illiam s dress up as ku kluxers to frighten a rival numbers gang and end up frightening them selves in a very funny sequence from "Book of Numbers” , which opened Wednesday, May 23, at the Alameda Theatre. Trans World Airlines is offering again this year the only Black oriented European tour program the "Sights, Sounds and Soul of Europe". The tours will be operated in conjunction with Elsewhere Holidays, Inc., a Black owned tour operator. The packages, ranging from 15 to 22 days, feature contacts with local residents and high light Black cultural and his torical contributions. "We’re combining the best of all possible worlds in tours that will turn you on." said Eran Blackwell, president of Else where Holidays. "This means Black art, Black theater. Black history and Black food. And. along with all this come such attractions as the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe. the Tower of London and the Changing of the Guard, the Prado Museum and much more. Kuril,x* is really going to come alive. NOW from ZIDELL 3 - CO M PA RTM EN T LO CK ER S SAVE ON Ideal for Paints, Ports, Pickles and | what have you. All Steel, Fold Down DESKS P ort Truly a space «aver, if you don’t need a full time desk or don’t have the room, this could be the answer. It has 5-spacious drawers and a Foldup-and- aw ay writing surface Heavy steel construction . . with or without combination lock ing strong box holes t D e ro ra fto n piece Treot yourself to something I p * d if f e r e n t |AI«o A v a ila b le S e c re ta ry S ty le ' ' typewriter BENCHES D IS K S Secretary Style os shown is all steel with lino leum type *op, some have foldoway typewriter top IS LB. -to FIRE EXTINGUISHERS Equipped with foam type nor- M e ta l w ith fold •ng legs Id e a l for a Deck or Patio About 7’ long PUP xles, have them refilled ond TENTS save over new cost A T .5 0 All Sturdy Steel STRONGBOXES 5 / 8 " CHAIN Help keep your receipts, records, etc protected larger ones may be used for pharmaceutical», with combination locks. Priced from Black Proof Coil Type in 100 foot lengths. A lU M M U M . OOUBK BAH. BUNKS For Cabins, etc with w eb springs, A t rem oved from surplus N a v y Ship« He made his professional acting debut in the o ff Broadway plav, “ H ig h Name Today,“ w hich dealt w ith the Korean W ar. H i* first m otion pictu re was “ Black L ik e M e,“ w ith James W hitm o re. He then attracte d a t tention w ith his pe rform ance in “ The P aw nbroker.“ sta rrin g w ith Rod S teiger His actin g career was fu rth e r enhanced by appearances in such film * a« "T h e Comedian»,“ w ith E lizabeth T a ylo r and R ichard B u rto n ; " M r . Moses,“ w ith R oliert M itc h u m ; “ M r. B u d d w in g "; “ .Madigan,“ w ith Henry Fonda; John W ayne’s “ Green B e re ts"; “ U p tig h t,” for Jules D assin; “ I f He H ollers, Let H im G o“ and “ (Change o f M in d .” St. Jat quea ha* al*o appeared in a num ber o f netw ork television *hows, in« lu d in g “ The D efender*.” “ H a llm a rk H a ll o f Fame“ and 'N aked C ity .” A bachelor, St. Jacques is an ei- pert cook and fin d * special en jo y ment m having frie nds sample his c u lin a ry s k ill. He is also an avid reader, an e n th u *ia *tic horseback rid e r and a first-rate am ateur photographer. 7 »15. to ‘ 7 5 . | ROPE ♦ A” THICK H.mP d.a Single Style, Fits bunks shown above meters to 3 Raymond St. Jacques make* his movie d ire c to n a l debut on “ Book o f N um bers,” in ad d itio n to sta rrin g in the film as “ Blueboy H a rris ” and serving a* producer. The pi« - lu re is a Joseph E. Levine and B rut presentation for Avco Embassy re lease. Since he made h i* *<reen debut several years ago. moviegoers around the w orld have Ireen treated to many sterlin g performances by th is handsome, im po *in g actor w ith the com m anding voice who recent ly starred in “ Come Back C harles ton B lue,” his 13th m otion pictu re. In this sequel to the succe**ful “ Cotton Comes to H a rle m ," St. Jacques recreated his role o f Coffin Ed Johnson, a hard-no*ed H arlem detective. Born in H a rtfo rd , Conn., St. Jacques was reared and educated in New Haven, where he was graduated from H illh o u *e H igh School. He became an actor. a**ist- ant d ire c to r and fencing d ire cto r for the A m erican Shakespeare Festival in S tra tfo rd . Conn., staging a ll the duels and fencing scenes. Fencing has continued to be one o f hi* hobbies and he s till fin d * tim e io teach th is ancient art. 1 0.0 0 steel lots of Alum inum storage for only: *1 3.0 0 MATTRESSES - *9.95 Raymond St. Jacques Stars In, Directs 'Book Of Numbers' Steel - HEAVY C A N V A S TARPS ^ Condl„oo CRIBBLE TORS er use fer MACHINE TOOL BASES Equipped with Drip Trough and drain hole for grease or oil All Steel, approximately 3 feet by 21". Come look them over at Zidell Use for equipment covers Vor sites 6' RUBBERIZED TARPS - H .0 0 Approx 6' square lightweight but good - P A R T S B I N S - BATTLE LANTERNS like New Condition These are great tor Camping, Trailers. Boats etc. Get them Today! Without Bat tenet *1 .0 0 to . Single aisle & some double aisle types, various depths ond Bm Openings All Sturdy Steel and built to last The way costs are rising we don’t know how long we can hold this low price N S PA RTS BOXES 10* to IS * LB. ~ Priced according to depth Odum chosen Most Worshipful Grand master William B. Odom, Jr. was selected last October by the members of Willamette Consistory *23 P.H.A. to go to Philadelphia in May of 1973 to receive the 33rd degree. Following his coronation in Philadelphia. G.M. Odom at tended the Annual Prince Hall Grand Masters Con ference in New Haven, Con necticut. STEEL TABLE HEAVY BUTT W e hove literally 1 0 0 's of Hot leovet and extends to obout 10* - You can clean and paint & Save lockers - Some Aluminum ond some of steel You'll have to pick out yours LO CKER S CARCO N E T S 1*' Formerly used os Navy First Aid boxes about 1 2"x 12"x 1 4" DECK, PATIO O R - ^ YARD LIGHTS J—A -J Bo re a d y for summer o n d shed some light on your w a ll o r p o l i o As rem oved from Surplus Vessels, some colored lente* See or C a ll H a rry Roos O p e n w e e kd a ys 8 0 0 A M to 4 30 | P l AT (ROM M S I ZIDELL Surplus Sales e VARIONS SIZES C o rn e r o f S W G ifib s & M o o d y P o rtla n d lllB IIB I e eeM IA eA » ><ryi,r> U nder the W est End o f the Ross Island H> l Phone 2 2 8 8691 1972. The busiest year in our history O u r cards went through a lot last year. M ore |K-ople had them tucked in to b illfo ld s and purses than ever before (o u r m em bership rose 11% p u ttin g us over a h a lf m illio n ). M ore pcopk- used them than ever before (we handled over 678,000 claims, a ‘¿ ff/i increase over 1971). A nd in h a n d lin g those claims, we paid out more money than ever before ($50.4 m illio n , a 16% gain over 1971). But significantly, even though o u r w ork load was up last year, o u r cost o f h a n d lin g that load was down. O u r ra tio o f o ,ic ra tin g ex,tenses Io in< ome diop|x>cl last year from 7.53% to 7.1 »%. I hut sim ply means last year o u r members received the greatest re tu rn on th e ir memlx-r- ship d o lla r ever, l o r every d o lla r we received, 91.32 «cuts of it came hack to o u r members as a paid m edical h ill w ith 1.53 cents going into a reserve fo r fu tu re benefits. I lie- highest return o f any s im ila r plan in the Northwest. Bui Blue- Cross o f ( )regon is do in g more Ilian just paying h ills p ro m p tly and efficiently. We're w o rkin g hard to do som ething alxiut im p ro v in g the q u a lity and ac c essihility ol health c are and stabilizing costs. We’ve in creased out sup,wilt, in Ix itli iiiu ii , x » wct and d o llu i s, to ( Comprehensive H ealth Planning assex iations. We re wot kin g w ith several groups H om e O ffic e to investigate alternative health care d e liv e ry systems. We’re w o rk in g w ith hospitals th ro u g h out the state in U tiliz a tio n Review Programs to assure q u a lity care w h ile h e lp in g them to contain costs. We're d o in g a ll this (and a lot of other things you never hear alxiut) Itecause we want the people o f O regon and Southwest W ashing ton to have m ore than just e ffic ie n tly paúl health hills. We want them to have better lieulth «are. T h a t’s always been o u r business. T a kin g care o f people. 100 S W M a rk e t St., P o rtla n d . O regon 97201 • D is tric t of lie es i n Salem, Eugene. M edford and Pendleton eReg M ark. 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