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."
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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.
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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.
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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 . . . .
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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
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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
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9:15 a.m.
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10:45 a.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.