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Ura F ra n c e s S chosn-I oH T prip-r P o n U n iv e r s it y o f Cr ro n L ib r a r y . PORTLAND V olu m e 3, N o. 37 P o rtla n d . O regon *N fO U A l OPPORTUNITY IM P lO V i« 1 OBSERVER T hu rsd ay lo n e 21. 1973 IBe per copv _____________ POIC survives administration shakeup POIC has a new adm im s tration but th e principals in ■i I J? ? ? Shag Thomas returns Mr. James Thomas, the short stout man known to us all aa Shag Thomas, is hark on the wrestling scene again after a 6 months vacation. It was Shag's first vacation in 20 years. His wrestling career began 17 years ago while attending Ohio State College. When asked if professional wrest lers really do all you see on television, Shag replied. “No body's giving away money. Believe me, it's real.” During his career Shag has wrestled with the toughest and the best. He has w re a tle d alongside such names as Gene Caneski and Pat O’Connor. He wrestled for the world championship 5 times and, although he never raptured the title he has gained popularity and respect the world over. Shag is now the referee at Portland Sports Arena every Saturday night. Sports an nouncer for K P T V wrestling coverage, F ra n k Bonema. commented in regard to Shag's refereeing abilities: "Shag is one of the best, if not the best, wrestling ref erees on the West Coast." On A pril 7th of 1972 Shag opened his own Arena. A combination restaurant, bar and nightclub at 1470 N.E. Killingsworth. Shag has now. however leased out his restaurant. James Thomas Jr. manages the nightclub in which live entertainment is offered on weekends. James Thomas Jr. is one of Shag's six children. None of his sons have followed him in the wrestling world. Shag is pleased at this. He ex (Please turn to p. 8 col 5) Pageant schedules Johnson The eighth annual Miss Black Oregon Pageant will he held this Friday, June 22, at the Memorial Coliseum. For the first time T .V. cov erage of the Pageant will be provided by K l’T V Channel 12. Television viewing of the affair is being planned for the following evening. Highlights of the Pageant feature ventriloquist Grover and his partner Joe: Rosalie Booth, vocalist; and Channel 12 newsman Harold Johnson as Master of Ceremonies. The Portland pageant is produced by Jimmy "Bang Bang" Walker. The four contestants will compete for the title in swimsuit, talent and evening wear competition. The win ner will make the traditional trip to New York where she will compete with young ladies from all over the United States for the honor able title of Miss Black America. Previous winners include: Carolyn Randolph. 1966: Jo Ann T w itty . 1967; Debbie Davis, 1968; Jennifer Was son. 1969; Betty Harris. 1970; Tina Ia th a n , 1971; Jo Ann Bryson. 1972 Grandparents serve children by Rosemary Allen If you've reached the age of 60, and it suddenly dawns on you that you're 'Over the Hili', don't be alarmed. There is plenty going on 'Over the Hili'. The following is a little bit of the action. The Foster Grandparent's Program, the first of it s kind in Oregon and the entire nation, began in 1965. It's purpose is twofold: Direct ing itself to the individual and social needs of both older adults and deprived children. Adults ranging from the ages of 61 to 84 who meet poverty criteria receive sti pends la fixed pay unrelated to the amount or value of services renderedl of $1.60 per hour and transportation. They work five days a week, 4 hours a day. Supportive services including social secu rity in fo rm a tio n , help with housing, free physical examination's free medical care and cold, influenza and other immunization shots are provided. F o s ter G ra n d p a re n ts is 90% funded by the Depart ment of Health. Education and Welfare. 10% of the funding comes from non Mrs. H ayes, foster g ran d m o th er at P rovidence Child C en ter, federal sources. All Fo.-tei ‘plays with one of her special children. Grandparents must work in a Center and W averly Chil brought to the children and licensed facility. They pro dren’s Home. received by each foster vide individual attention and The program is funded for grandparent is as priceless personalized care for children only 36 grandparents and a as the rarest of gems. with special needs in insti tutionalized settings. Three waiting list exists. However, (P lease turn to p. 8 col. 61 it is to be acknowledged that facilities now being utilized the love and happiness are Providence Ghild Care Salute to Black Business Black officials ask equitable revenue sharing Aroused Black elected offi cials across America have fired the first volley in their organized assault on the Treasury Department's ho- hum responsi- to appeals for an adjustment in equitable revenue sharing allocations policies. Current allocations formu las. based in part on popula tion statistica, fail to take into account the I 88 million Black Americans who are not in eluded in official population figures resulting from the 1970 census, the Black of ficials argue. Thus, they say in a 2 page formal letter of appeal to Secretary of the Treasury (ieorge Shultz, a hard nosed refusal by government to reflect the Black undercount in revenue sharing allocations "results in one of every 12 Blacks being literally relegat S a v e fo r w e a lth ... r id e f o r h e a lt h The Benj. Franklin has great buys on bikes for those who save now! FOLDING BICYCLES With $5,000 deposit - $25 With $2,500 deposit - $35 With $250 deposit - $45 10-SPEED BICYCLES With $5,000 deposit — $45 With $2,500 deposit — $60 With $250 deposit - $75 lk ij.© lT a iik liii Robert H Hs/sn. Pres • 22 Offices • Phone 248 1234 Home Office Franklin Bldg , Portland. Oregon 97204 ed to the status of ‘invisible man'." A t the forefront of this latest initiative are past and present leaders of the Na tional Black Caucus of Ixtcal Elected Officials (N B C /L E O I. the national political orga nization that is the watchdog in Washington for the nation’s approximately 2.700 Black elected officeholders. A letter of challenge to Secretary Shultz, was signed by Mayors W illiam S. Hart. Sr. of East Orange, N.J., current president of NBCZ- LEO. and Robert B. Black well of Highland Park. Mich., another past president of N B C /L E O . The three Black municipal executives reminded Shultz, in their letter that he is em powered by revenue sharing regulations issued by his office to take corrective ac tion. They refer to a regulation that states that where data used in the allocation formula "are not current enough or are not comprehensive enough or are otherwise inadequate to pro vide for equitable allocations," the Secretary of the Treasury "may use other data, includ ing estimates . . ." The Black political leaders emphasized the broad im plications of the problems. "A t first blush," they observ ed. “it might suggest that Black Americans are being shortchanged. This is, in part, true. But of greater con sequence is the fart that all persons Black and White, poor and rich in those cities (Please turn to p. 3 col. 3) by Rosemary Allen In the 1960's Bob was very active in the Albina Citizen's Together Committee, was on the Board of Directors of PMSC and was active as a citizen in many other com munity organizations. How ever, M r. Hughes says "Be cause of a lack of support Many of us in the com munity are working at dif ferent jobs bi-cause that's all we know how to do. A t the time we should have been going to school we were forced to stay home and raise our children or work in order to survive. This week's Salute to Black Business turns out north to Budget Cleaners, 7230 N. Fessendon. Budget Cleaners' success story applies to the statements above. Ada and Langston W a lk e r opened their business on November 20. 1973. Ada. a nurses aide, had hurt her back and was ordered by her doctor to only do light work. She worked for some one else at another Cleaners for a short while; however, she didn't particularly like one person as her boss. She found that "W orking for one man, although you may have ideas of your own, you must go by only what he says." T h e re fo re , the W a lk e r's entrance into the cleaner's business was twofold: One. lighter work for medical rea sons; and two, a new inde pendence in doing for self. Mrs. W alker, manager, now employs three people and claims that the public is now her boss. Buget Cleaners also supply laundry facilities. It was when she saw the complain ing frowns of bachelor's when they were doing their laun dry that Mrs. W alker got the idea of Bachelor's Laundry. In bachelor laundrying. Mrs. W alker actually does the washing and drying of soiled laundry for bachelors. This service caught on pretty well. (Please turn to p. 3 col 4) (Please turn to p. 8 col. 4) Bob H ughes. E bony's Eligible Bachelor from Portland. Ebony selects Hughes Ebony magazine, published by Johnson Publishing Co.. Inc., a Black owned Pub lishing Company, each year selects 50 Black eligible bach elors of the year. The bachelors g en era lly range front the age of 21 to 40 and their annual salaries range from $10,000 a year to an affluent $100,000. This year, for the first time, an eligible bachelor has been selected front Portland, Oregon. Read the following closely ladies: His name is Bob Hughes. He's 33 years old and a resident of Port land for 22 years. He g rad u ated front Jefferson High School, attended Port land C o m m un ity College, Multnomah Junior College and Portland State Univer sity for 2 years. Bob is a professional high fashion model for commercial agencies, working strictly in Portland. the shift are not vet willing to discuss th e m a tter. POIC. affiliated w ith the national O IC , p ro v id e s v o c a tio n a l training and rem edial educa tion to d isad v an tag ed adults. R everend E ugene Boyd, J r ., d irecto r of POIC since it's inception, has left his position. He declined to com m ent on w h eth er he re signed voluntarily or was asked to resign. Speculation is th a t the national office was displeased over Boyd's lack of success in g en eratin g finan cial su p p o rt for the program through th e national closed c ir c u it TV p r o g r a m . “ Be Som ebody", th at was pre s e n te d in 40 c itie s la s t O ctober. The program . held at the M em orial Coliseum, a ttra c te d only 30 to 10 |M-r sons, although it featu red big nam e e n te rta in e rs such as R oberta Flack and th e Jack son Five and w as supple m ented by live local talent. Bishop W .L. M cKinney re signed from his position as chairm an of t he Board of D irectors. Bishop McKinney said his decision w as due to health problem s anil the pres sure of local and national church work. H ow ever, he will still rem ain a m em ber of board. J im - W ashington, acting as lem porarv d irecto r, had no com m ent to m ake about the adm inistration of the POIC. except th a t th e program is stable and th at it will con tinue to o p e ra te as usual. O p p o rtu n ities In d u s ) ria li zation C e n te rs tO ICl is a m anpow er train in g program that w as founded in I’hila delphia in 1961 by R everend Leon I! Sullivan. R everend Sullivan began on the prin ci pa I th a t men and women can develop pride and self esteem through the develop m ent of m arketable skills. T rainee« a re train ed in skills in which th ere is available em ploym ent and a re pro v ided g e n e r a l e d u c a tio n classes and |«t-r«onal coun si-ling. The program , with an aa nual budget of $17 million in p riv ate and federal funds and c en te rs in over KM) cities, train s persons at a cost ol about one half th at of o th e r training program s. P o r tla n d O IC w a s o r ganized in 196M bv a group of m inisters who hail seen th e S eattle OIC in operation and w orked to bring thi- p rogram to P ortland. Minority workers ask greater job percentage The new Piedm ont Plaza, bounded by N orth Missis sippi. N orth M ichigan, N orth Je ssu p and N orth Sim pson, is a $1.2 million ren tal hous ing ren tal project for low or m o d e r a te in co m e fa m ilie s. The project, which is being built by H ammond D evelop m ent C orporation, a sub sidiary of Ross B. H ammond Com pany. Inc. of P ortland, is financed u n d er th e FHA 236 program . This is the first sizeable 236 project in the Model C ities area. On F riday. Ju n e 15. mem b ers of th e U nited M inority W orkers sh u t construction activities down at the Pied mont building site. I MU claimed "E qual em ploym ent plans a re not being im plem ented," as the reason for th eir closure. It w as originally planned th at th e project would use four m inority sub contractors: C hristian E lectric. William T. Flem m ing C om pany. Com plete G radening S erv ice and Baldwin S an itary S ervice In an article in a daily new spaper, J.M . M iller ex pressed asto n ish m en t th a t the project w as th e first ta rg e t of UMW pickets. He said "W hat we a re doing has been w ith the cooperation of the Black com m unity and m inority group people." M r. G e o rg e C h r is ti a n , president of the Albina Con- iP lease tu rn to page 8 col. 3 ) Black doctor performs first heart surgery Eighty years ago this sum mer. in a stifling little oper ating room on Chicago's south side, a Black surgeon opened the chest of a young man -- and opened an era in medi cine. W ith that swift stroke of his scalpel. D r. Daniel Hale Williams also brushed aside fear of censure and ridicule by his colleagues, which he definitely risked. For pre vailing medical dogma said that one did not operate on the heart. But D r. Williams, 37. decided that sweltering night of July 9, 1893. that operation was the only way to save the patient's life. So he went ahead, leading the way into a field of surgery that has since saved count less thousands of lives. On the sultry night of July 9, 1893, a young Black ex pressman named James Cor nish got into a fight in a saloon and was stabbed in the chest. He was taken to nearby Provident Hospital, which D r. W illia m s had founded in 1890. The wound appeared to bi- minor an inch long cut just to the left of the breast bone, between the fourth and fifth ribs. There was little bleeding to be seen. But soon Cornish com plained of pain over tin- heart and showed signs of shock. D r. W illiams decided that either a major blood vessel, or the heart itself, had been damaged. If it was the heart, there was only one accepted course of action: hands off. The only advice offered to physicians then was to keep the patient cool and quiet, pack him in ice if it was available and, if not, to put him in a cool cellar. No one. therefore, would have criticized Dr. Williams had he chosen merely to keep the patient cool. But he decided to try and save Cornish's life. He sent an aide to round up any in terested observers and six physicians - four white and two Black - crowded into the operating room to watch. Working without sophisti cated anesthesia methods, blood transfusio n s, a n ti infection measures or any of the surgical tools taken for granted today. D r. Williams began. To minimize shock, he knew he had to work fast, and conservatively. He first lengthened the stab wound into a 6 inch incision between the ribs, then ru t the cartilage of the rib away from the breast bone, making an opening l> t urT| p g ro|
