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Portland Observer Church provides bail The General Synod of the United Church of Christ, meeting in St. Ixiuis, voted recently to direct it's Exe cutive Council "to provide bail for the Wilmington 9" and directed it's Commission for Racial Justice "to main a tain an on going program of o rg an iza tio n , tra in in g and mobilization in the Wilming ton. North Carolina com munity in cooperation with other agencies of the United Church of Christ'*. Delegates to the Synod directed the Executive Coun cil to "borrow up to the amount sufficient to provide bail for the present incar ceration", with the interest on the loan being paid from the United Church of Christ priority funds. The Wilmington 9 is com posed of eight Black youths and one white woman who were convicted last year on charges of arson and con spiracy to assault police and firemen. The nine, along with the Reverend Benjamin Chavia, a staff member of the Commission for Racial Justice, were given long sen tences and excessively high appeal bails. Bail for Chavis was set at $50,000 and bails for the others ranged from $20,000 to $45,000. Prison sentences ranged from 10 years for the w h ile woman to 29 years for Chavia. The United Church of Christ, after being urged by it's Commission lor Racial Justice, posted the $50,000 appeal bail bond for Chavis last December. The other nine persons have been in jail for a year, unable to raise the exorbitant bails. The Commission lor Racial Justice sponsored the re solutions calling upon* the United Church of Christ to post the bail for the W il mington 9. The nine are: Mrs. Ann Sheppard, Marvin Patrick, Jerry Jacobs, Connie Tyndall, W illie Vereen, James McKoy, Reginald Epps, Wil liam W rig h t and W ayn e Moore. The charges against the Wilmington 9 arose out of racial conflicts in Wilmington in 1971 in which white vigi lanles roamed the Black com munity with shotguns stick ing out of car windows. The Reverend D r. Charles E. Cobb. Executive Director of the Commission for Racial Justice, praised the decision of the General Synod as “evidence that the church still can be the conacience of this nation, calling it to jus tice and righteousness in the true spirit of Jesus Christ. This should serve as a re minder for all to see, that this rhurch will not stand by idly while rampant injustice prevails." D U R IN G E x t r a c t io n s using Sodium Pentothol W H I N D IS IB ID M rffia fe re rf I n r i i h r l u f in 4 lle w < te « ee No Appointment Necessary NO Finance Companf If YOU N ( I D O tN T U fffS ASK ABOUT " I m m r d iX e " or Bank DENTURES Program aids m inority students BOOST, a state and fed erally funded program to help m in o rity and poor whitea complete their edura tiona, ia looking for a new group of participanta for th e ir G E D (high school equivalency) and college ad mission programs. Last year BOOST coun aeled 450 persons and enabler! 296 of them to be accepted at the state's colleges, univer sities and community col leges. Other persons are in G ED programs and upon completion will be eligible for college. Now in it's third year in Oregon, BOOST pro vides financial assistance, aca demic counseling and college admisaion help for students throughout the state. "W e're trying to identify high school and college drop outs and past high school graduates who wish to re enter some form of the edu cational experience," BOOST director Ken Marshall said. Thia summer 'Street Coun selor' Ozie Johnson is comb ing the A lb in a area - hangouts and com m unity centers - to find residents who would be interested in getting back into the educa tional mainstream. In the fail, BOOST counselors will appear at Portland area high schools and high school coun selors throughout the state will begin referring potential BOOST students to Marshall. A special program through the Office of High School Relations. State System of Higher Education, also en ables a number of inmates from Oregon Penal Institu tiona to a tte n d classes through the BOOST program. G E D classes are in pro gress continuously, so BOOST participants may begin any time and start at whatever level they may be. Due to the "open door" policy at community colleges, many students will be ready for admission to two-year edura tional institutions by fall or w inter term. There are also a few openings left at four year colleges and univer sities this fall for - students who already have their high school diplomas. Besides help with coun- K EN M A R SH A LL OZIE JOHNSON •eling, admissions and finan cial aid, BOOST makes use of the testing center at Port land Community College to help p a rtic ip a n ts discover what abilities and aptitudes they have. Students are then matched with the voca tional or academic program at the college best suited for them. Participants are from the Portland metropolitan area, small towns and farms, and last year 108 were from cor rectional institutions. About half are women and half are men. Persons who want to know more about the BOOST pro gram should phone Ken Mar shall, director, at 229 4869. The office is located on the P o rtla n d S ta te U n iv e rs ity campus. 1633 S.W. Park, Portland. 97201. to Deal With O tN TU fffS BfADV * • M MOST CASIS Comemketo.« IO • ffik. W o W 4t fr y • • O*4seo* pmwe OoRiweoa 4 » m l e w O *v Nolo: Dr Philip Somlor D B N T IB T D e n t u r e e la s Now an Associate on l sir Staff ' J th-W w I - REPAIRS tact Street Level 51 5 * * d b n t ih t s w 4 t h A ve. . . ••tw een Alder A Wethmgten ★ FREE Parking 2 2 7 -2 4 2 7 OF PICES ALSO SALEM Si EUGENE APCOA LOT 2n d A 3rd . S. W. M orrison D e a r P o rtla n d O b s e rv e r Custom er This offer is limited to customers of the Portland I Observer only. From July 12 to July 31 the presentation of this ad is rood for the following discount at either of the two Lynn Kirby Ford l-ocalions. These discounts are I off of the suggested retail prices, including dealer ! preparation charges. $1300 off of any 1972 or 73 T Bird in stock. $800 off of any 1973 L T D Wagon in stock. $700 oft of any 1973 GaJSOO Country Sedan Wagon in stock. $700 off of any 1973 L T D 2dr. in stork. s offer is only valid with the presentation of this ad, ing the time prescribed, with only 1 discount per unit chased. TW O L O C A T IO N S N ortheast B roadw ay at T in t • 288 5211 5430 North Lom bard • 288 5216 By V irginia Knauer Special Aaaiatant Io the P rm drnt and Director O B re of Conauaicr Affair« Churches will continue to press American corporations regarding their responsibili ties as investors in Southern Africa, says the coordinator for a coalition of church groups that approached U.S. companies during the cor porate annual meeting “sea son” in the late spring. Tim Smith, director of the Church Project on U.S. In vestments in Souther Africa 1973. said "The churches are committed to a long tern, ef fort challenging U.S. cor porations and the U.S. public to face the implications of investing in white minority regimes like South Africa and Angola. One by product of church and public pressure is that numerous companies have taken a small first step by raising wages for African workers past the starvation level.” He said the Southern African issue dominated cor porate social responsibility challenges in 1973. The Church Project oper ated under the umbrella of the Interfaith Committee on Social Responsibility in In vestments, of which Florence L it t le , tre a s u re r of the United Methodist Women's Division, is chairperson. The Interfaith Committee works on varied issues of corporate social responsibility, of which Souther Africa is one. A lth o u g h 17 companies were approached by churches and church agencies in the Church Project, a coalition of seven denominational or ecu menical agencies and one independent group. The total of 17 represents the largest number of corporate challenges by the churches on issues in Southern Africa, re v o lv in g la rg e ly around ap a rth e id and colonialism . The resolutions were aimed at situations in three coun tries -• South Africa, An goia and Namibia (South- W est Africa) which is held by South African in defiance of a ruling of the Inter national Court of Justice and a vote of the United Nations. Groups in tbe Church Pro ject who 1 had a com bined total of well over 100. 000 shares of stock in com panics challenged - were the N a tio n a l council of Churches, the Unitarian Uni versalist Association, Episco pal Churchmen for South Africa and one or more agencies of the American Baptist Churches, the United Church of Christ, the United Presbyterian Church in the USA, the Episcopal Church and the United Methodist Church. The actions were in the form of stockholder resolu tions filed with the com panies for placement in an nual meeting proxy state ments and thus on meeting agendas. In 11 instances, the chai lenge was the same: The company was asked to make public disclosure about it's operations in South Africa, including such information as co m p arative s ta tis tic s on numbers of workers, wages paid and compliance with apartheid laws. In seven cases, negotia tions between the church agency asking for disclosure and the company challenged brought agreement. The companies promised to send stockholders in f o r m a t io n about their South AFrica situation, either in a com pany publication or through another channel. The church agencies then withdrew proxy resolutions they had filed. The companies willing to mke disclosure were East man Kodak Co.. Texaco, Inc., B u rrou g hs C o rp .. In te r national Telephone and Tele graph Corp. ( IT T ) . Ford Motor Co.. Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. l3M l and Xerox Corp. In four instances, com panies refused to disclose d ata re q u es ted , and the proxy resolutins went to the annual meetings. In all cases - Caterpillar Tractor Co.. First National City Bank, General Electric Co. and International Business Ma chines Corp. (IB M ) the resolutions were defeated by large margins, but church spokespersons said the goal of raising the issues with m anagem ent, stockholders and the public was achieved. Besides the disclosure re solutions. a variety of other challenges w ere filed as proxy resolutions. One, by the Episcopal Church asking Phillips Petroleum Co. not to start operations in Namibia, g arn ered a c o m p arative ly strong 4.5 percent favorable vote. The same resolution was presented by a United Church of Christ agency to Continental Oil Co. and gained over 5 percent. Another Church Project member, the Unitarian Uni ve rs a lis t Association, r e quested Exxon Corp, to es tablish a special committee to investigate the implica tions of a proposed invest ment in Angola's off shore oil fields. Also addressing the issue in that meeting were statements from the presi dent of the Oil. Chemical and Atomic Workers union and a representative of the Orgam zation of African Unity. The United Church Board of World .Ministries filed re solutions w ith N ew m on t Mining Co. and Mobil Oil Corp, asking equal oppor tunity and treatment in such areas as wages for all the companies' workers in South Africa. Episcopal Churchmen for South A fric a challenged A m e r ic a n M e ta l C lim ax IA M A X ) and Newmont to w ithdraw from Namibia. Sup port was given by the presi dent of the South West Afri can Peoples Organization, an African movement working for th e Independence of Namibia. .. .in rime nf need CALDWELLS C O LO N IAL M O RTUARY S I 14ih .il Sundv .in<l Hurnxitlc 2 3 2 -4 1 1 I Call On Us the total com m unications people, for the best com m unications system in the world — and then some. Gymnastics program © begins Summer gymnastics for boys ages five through post high school will begin the week of July 23 at Portland Community College, Sylvania. 12000 SW 49th. The five week sessions will be taught by Ray Kreps. PSU student who will graduate with a degree in physical education this winter. Kreps is a member of the PSU gym nasties team and a former member of the PCC and Wilson High School teams. Each class is limited to 20 students and will be divided by age groups, meeting from two to three hours weekly. Students may register at the first class session. Tuition will be 50 cents per hour payable in advance. For a complete schedule of class times and locations contact PCC C om m unity Education. 244 6111. deride not to use an FHA tag even though the carpet meets F H A test requirements. Smalt carpets and rugs that do not meet the Federal fiammabUity standards must be labeled. "Flammable) Should Not Re Vied Near Sources of Ignition or Flam mable Furnishings.” In passing on Upa. I should add: 1. Be wary of a salesman misusing trade terms to im ply good quality. For ex ample, "broadloom" means simply that a carpet was made on a loom six or more feet wide; the term "broad loom" says nothing about quality. 2. Re wary of the "bait- and-ewitch” routine in which you aak about an advertised low-price carpet and learn It ia supposedly sold out or "of such poor quality (hat you wouldn’t want it in your home.” Then a salesman may try to pressure you into buy ing a higher priced carpet of questionable quality. 3. Re wary of a sales pitch that quotes carpet prices in terms of price per square foot, auch as “only $1.95 a square foot.” Since carpet usually is sold by the square yard, ask the salesman to give you his price In terma of square yarda. That way you can easily compare hia price with prieea of other stores, which regularly figure the price per aquare yard. 4. Examine carefully any “brand name" carpet. Fiber manufacturers ninke fiber for carpet, but thev do not make carpet. Some questionable salesmen attempt to capital ise on n well known brand name fiber by suggesting that the fiber company made the carpet itself. To order the Carpet and Ruga booklet, send a check or money order for 90 cents (payable to Supt. of Docu ments) to Consumer Product Infoi motion, Pueblo, Colo. 81009. Pacific Northwest Bell Model C ities Child C a re C e n te rs a re taking applications for su m m er en ro llm en t. C all . . . . METRO AREA 4-C COUNCIL POINT of IN F O R M A T IO N & REFERRAL These churches support your paper thru advertisem ent Compare. I ’ve said it before, and I shall continue urging shoppers to compare price and quu lity everytim e they plan a purchase. Comparison shopping applies to ev eryth in g — food, cars, houses and washing machines as well as area rugs and w all-to-w all carpet. If you are not aura how to compare quality in »elect ing carpet and ruga, you may want to get a copy of Gen eral Services Administra tion's new consumer informa- tation booklet, Carpel and Rugs. The booklet covers such points aa the following: a Your needs. How much you are able to «pend, what type of use (heavy traffic, decorative, etc.) and site era among the key factora you should know before buying. a Knowing what materials »dll beat meet your needs. Durability, fastness of color, cleanability, texture and other feature* all depend up on the materials uaad In making tha carpet and how the carpet ia mads. The quality of carpet mad« with a particular brand of fiber can vary from poor to excellent, depending on how the carpet ia made, the density of tha liber and tha various characteristic« of th« fiber. Generally «peaking, tha greater tha density of fiber (whether wool, cotton or »ome of the many aynthetica) packed into an area and firmly anchored, the higher tha quality of the carpet. a Proper installation meth od*. A good carpet can be hurt or helped by the type of padding material used and by tha cart used in installation. a Federal Government reg ulations. Carpet aamplee (and the invoice for cut orders of carpet) mint inform you of the manufacturer's or distri butor's name (or Federal Trad* Commission registra tion number), tha country of origin of an imported carpet and tha common names of fiber« and tha percentage of each by weight. Carpet« tested by Fed eral Housing Administration may have a tag saying it meets FlIA 's minimum qual ity standards. However, not all carpet is tested, and manu facturers of eome carpet may Page à South Africa investment target of Church body Dear Consumer Wall to Wall Thursday, Jul\ 12. 1973 ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHUR CH C o m e r of 8th and Skidmore Sunday School 9:30 a jn . Sunday W orship 11:00 a an. Christian Youth Fellowship 6:00 p.m. (Second and Fourth Sundays) WELCOME TO ST. MARK'S BAPTIST CHURCH 119 N . E . M o rris Sunday Service 9:15/11:00a jn . Evening Service 7:30 pan. Reverend Edward W ilder Reverend Thomas L . Strayhand, M in is te r Church and School for Community ST. ANDREW S CATHOLIC CHURCH Reverend Bertram Griffin SOti N .E. Alberta Portland. Oregon 97211 281 4429 Masses: JZerean Vancouver Ave. First Baptist Church 3138 N. V ancouver Ave. Phone 282-9496 Sunday School Morning Worship 9:00 a.m. Hvmns 10:30 a.m. Choir 12:00 p.m. Folk Mass Cfueich * *8 2 2 North Vancouver Avenue * 2 8 1 -0 6 8 0 / 2 8 4 -2 3 3 4 9 :0 0 A.M. 11:00 A.M . Dr. O . B W illiam s, Pastor "T he church with a heart-felt welcome" Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday School “W here we sing our faith" 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship 6:00 p.m. Young Disciples, Youth Group, Adult Bible Teacher Training 7:00 p.m. Evening Service Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Prayer and Bible Study . They received the W o r d ... and searched the scriptures d a i l y . . . ’ Acts 17:11 Rev. W illie O. Peterson, Pastor A. Lee Henderson, Minister 5828 N.E. 8th 2 8 8 -5 4 2 9 Church School ........................................................ Morning Worship ................................................ Wed Noon — The Hour of Power W ed Prayer & C la n Meebng Nursery Core Provided 9:45 am 11:00 am 12:00 noon 7:30 pm "W e ere m akin g our Neighborhood A B rotherhood" « MARANATHA CHURCH 1222 NE Skidmore Church school and Bible class: Sunday morning worship: Sunday Evening worship: Wednesday Evening prayer: Friday Worship Service: Bob Harrison - Pastor I 9:15 a.m. 2 88 -7 241 10:45 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m.
