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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1973)
Mrn F r e n e “ Model Cities Board demands right to choose director The Model Cities Citizens Planning Board, in its meet ing Tuesday night, took ex caption to Commissioner Mildred Schwab's plan to select a new Model Cities director, and demanded their right to make this selection, Mrs. Schwab said in a le tte r to Leltoy P atto n , Chairman of the Planning Hoard, "I intend to appoint Puul Unman of my staff and to ask the Mayor and other Commissioners to name an assistant to a selection panel. Please name a panel of your board members to sit with this group and act as a screening panel." Procedure in the past has been for the Planning Board to select their applicants and offer them to the City Council, in order of their preference, for confirmation. The Board rejected Mrs. Schwab’s plan und named a committee of Board members to begin the selection pro cess. After screening by the committee, applicants will be presented to the full Board. Elected to the committee were: James Ixiving, Char les Ford, Brozie Ixtthan, Opal Strong and Greg Watson. Opal Strong. Commissioner Schw ab’s le tte r also stated , PORTLAND Volume 3. No. 5$| AN Portland, Oregon 'S in n Andy (Raubeson) has given thirty days notice, we have THE O N I Y NEWSPAPER IN (HE EOUAl some time to do recruiting and selection, Andy has as sured me that if additional time is necessary he will as surne responsibility for both positions until a successor is chosen." Raubeson has been appointed to a position in the Bureau of Human Resources. The Board voted to declare the position vacant on Nov ember 13th, whether or not a successor has been named. After a two hour, often O XFOSTUNITY EMPLOYER W M O tE WlOE heated, debate the Planning Board approved a commit ment of $50,000 in cash to the City of Portland for the Union Avenue Redevelop ment Project. The program will also receive $13,000 in cash from the Portland Eco nomic Development Com mittee, $8,(XX) in kind from the Portland Development Commission, $5.(MX) in kind from the Bureau of Com munity Development, and $186,000 from Federal Aide to Urban Arterial Funds. Dennis J Wilde, the con sultant who has been draw ing up plans for nearly a year, estimated that the pro gram will eventually use from $6 to $8 million in high way funds and from $10 to $30 million in redevelopment funds. The Model Cities Board had earlier voted to give the city the $50,000, but with the OBSERVER W O R tO IHAT R jA U Y CARES Ih u rs d a y , O ctober 18, 1973 lOr per copy A»OUT PEOREE Portland man wins IBM Corp, award Vernon V. Chatman III, former Portland resident, has been awarded an Outstanding Contribution Award by IBM Corporation. Chatman, who is on the IBM staff in White Plains. New York, is a Product Pro duction Administrator. He is a graduate of Roosevelt High School and completed his college work at Reed College and Portland State Univer sity. He did graduate work at the University of Oregon before joining IBM. Chatman was part of a team that worked on a new Product Pricing System, a term inal oriented computer technique that helps financial analysts simplify the complex job of determining product prices. Chatman designed and developed the special data base required for use in the new systems. He also served as an adviser on de sign and development prob lems. Chatman and his family live in Rye, New York, a suburb of New York City. He is the father of three children, two boys and one girl Chatman is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon V. Chat man, Jr. His mother, father and sister reside in Portland. Mrs. Chatman is a Reading Specialist at Irvington School, his sister, Mrs. Jean Steven son, is a 5th grade teacher at Sabin School; and his father is the Director of Education for the Urban League of Portland. A.L. Henderson, Editor and Publisher of the Portland Observer, accepts service award from Betty Overton, Presi dent of the Albina Women's League. DR RAY C. RIST Marcus Glenn and Father William Curtin receive the Police Relations As.ard. Th<- plaque, which will te awarded each year, hangs in City Hall. Sociologist councils Civil Rights Board Dr. Ray C. Rwt. associate professor of sociology at Portland State University, has been appointed one of ten consultants in the country to the United States Com mission on Civil Rights. Kisi, who goes to Wash ington later thia month, will be engaged in research and |«olicy analysis related to school desegregation. '• sell. Massell. who became At lanta's first Jewish mayor, was elected four years ago with strong Black support. It was he who injected racism into this contest, at tempting to connect Jackson with Hosea Williams, whom he designated as a “radical". Williams, who was a can didate for Vice Mayor, is a former aide to I)r. Martin Luther King and the Chair man of the Atlanta Metro C hapter of the Southern Christian leadership Confer ence. He lost to a white moderate. Wycher Foster, 33. Savings rates are UP ~ Ä 5 p«r annum Passbook savings are compounded constantly from day of deposit to day of withdrawal Benj. GO) Franklin Robert H Hazen, Pres • 22 Offices • Phone 248-1234 Home O tlice Franklin Bldg , Portland, Oregon 97204 manded a roll call vote. "Let the people know how you voted so they will know who sold us down the river," she said. The Board voted to restore $6,000 to the budget of the Albina Contractors Associa tion. The program had been cut from $44.000 to $22.000. and of that $7,000 was with held by Model Cities staff. Eugene Jackson, ACA Busi ness Manger, explained that $7,000 had been withheld from this year's budget be cause of misappropriations and misuse of funds in past years. The money had not been deducted from the pre vious year's budget and when the Board acted on the 1973 74 budget they were not aware that funds would be withheld or that there had been any problems. Jackson explained that there were disallowed expenditures of $1500 to Nero Industries for consultation; a check of over $400 written to George Chris tian, then ACA president; and $1500, misused by V. Lester Jackson, former Busi ness Manager. Elvin Rob erts, Fiscal Manager for JERRY GRIFFIN Talent Search Program seeks Vietnam Vets The formation of the Com mittee to Support the Repub lie of Guinea Bissau was announced recently. "It is a citizen's effort to encourage thousands of Americans to recognize and support the newly independent Republic of Guinea Bissau in West Africa." the Honorable Wil liam H. Booth, chairman of the committee, said. It is believed to be the first time in American his tory that citizens have or ganised to recognize directly a foreign government. Guinea Bissau declared its independence from Portu guese colonial rule on Sep tember 24, 1973. "I feel that our Govern ment, long a supporter of Portugal, will not extend diplomatic recognition now," said Booth, president of the American Com m ittee on Africa and former chairman of the New York City Com mission on Human Rights. “It’s up to the American citizen, on a people to people basis, to recognize and sup port this new government in Africa," The committee is spon sored by seventy seven per Jerry Griffin, talent searrh and helps with domestic prob specialist, is looking for vet lems. low income housing, erans who are interested in drug counseling, and pro continuing th e ir education vides emergency food assis and need additional informa tance. The program has a tion about various problems. grant of $97,500 from HEW. The purpose of the talent All veterans who are in searrh program is to recruit te r e s te d sh o u ld c o n ta c t Vietnam era veterans who V.E.C.O. at Mt. Hood Com have served after March 31, munity College Extension 1964. Center, 10100 N.E. Prescott, The V.E.C.O. Program is telephone 256 3430, or call the main component of talent Jerry Griffin at 281 1986. search, which provides GED training and Upward Bound Programs for veterans. The main purpose of the talent ss searrh is to recruit veterans who meet low income back Cami Hill is the PBX re- Faye LyDay is joining the ground or who are unem r^ttionist for KGW. She has City Bureau of Human Re ployed and who have poten th re e children and is in sources as one of the Com tial for post secondary edu munity Neighborhood Plan terested in a career in tele rational success. Veterans ners. Faye still doesn't give vision. may he physically disabled any comment on the promo and lark knowledge about Dr. William Steward. Dean tion, but that is the rumor in available opportunities for of Mt. Hood Community Col City Hall. admission and financial aid lege, is chairman of 4 C’s George Rankins' program for attendance at institutions Search Committee to find a on Channel 12, KPTV. is of higher education through new Central Administration. gaining great popularity. He out the state of Oregon. is airing controversial issues All veterans who enroll in Lillie Walker, former em that keep the viewers look the Upward Bound or GED ployee of Model Cities, has ing for the next show. His component of the program just been hired as Adminis demands as an MC make him ran receive up to 9 months trative Assistant to Debbie number 1. If you haven't defiency benefits from the Norman at Model Cities In seen his program, do so be V.A., which will not be de formation Referral Office. cause you cannot afford to ducted from the entitlement miss it. that is due them. Mr. Eugene Jackson joins Talent Search also offers the slate Affirmative Action Dr. Robert Hughley has counseling on changing the staff as director of per resigned from the Portland status on disability claims sonnet. Public Schools, Names in the News sons from the Congress, the arts, churches, universities, labor, law and movements for minority rights and for social change. Prominent among the sponsors are; Louis Stokes, Shirley Chis holm, Charles C. Diggs, Jr., Julian Bond, Angela Davis. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Elea nor Holmes Norton. Douglas Turner Ward, Carey McWil liams. Noam Chomsky, Vine Deloria, Jr.. Sue Thrasher and others. The independence of the Republic of Guinea Bissau was proclaimed on Sep tember 24 after a decade of armed struggle against Por tuguese colonial rule. One- hundred and twenty elected representatives of the Na tional People's Assembly met in the Boe Region of Guinea Bissau, proclaimed the Re public, approved a Constitu tion. national anthem, flag, and various organis of gov ernment. Luiz Cabral is President of the new Re public. At present. 59 nations have announced recognition of Guinea Bissau, with more than 70 nations expected to do so in the near future. Since the U.S. Government Model Cities, said only $1.900 had been withheld, but could not explain the absence of the additional $5,000 James Loving said the present leadership of ACA should not be held respon sihle for past deficiencies and that the Model Cities staff was remiss in not bringing this to the attention of the Board earlier. Loving, who is chairman of the Fiscal Committee, had earlier de manded a full accounting of all Model Cities expenditures by October 22nd He said the staff is not carrying out Board orders for a quarterly audit. Ella Mae Gay called for a government auditor to audit Model Cities and all programs. Harry Ward asked that steps be taken to recover misappropriated ACA funds from those who were re sponsible for expenditures. "Stealing is stealing and we need to do something about it," he said. The Board also voted to give the City $14,000 toward the Youth Service Center Project. PDC resists law ’s intent Eugene Jackson, Business Manager of the Albina Con tractors Association, charged the Portland Development Commission with attempting to subvert the state's free dom of information law. The law states: “Every person has a right to inspect any public record of a public body in this state, except as otherwise expressly provided by .. . this Act." In inter preting the law. Attorney General Lee Johnson said, "Proper and reasonable op portunity must be provided to anyone wishing to inspect and examine records and reasonable facilities to make memoranda and abstracts. While open disclosure is the prescribed policy, the Public Records law makes it clear that agencies can make rea sonable rules and regulations necessary for the protection of records and to prevent interference with the regular discharge of (their) duties. The agencies should make every effort to accommodate members of the public even though a request may be extensive." Attorney General Johnson goes on to say, “In such cases it may be necessary to charge for the cost of making records available." The law also states that certified copies of documents must be prov ided on demand. Jackson requested copies of PDC meetings and initially was refused by PDC Execu live Director Juhn Kenward. He followed up his request in writing. Guinea Bissau support organizes The 29 year old sociologist has conducted research and w ritten numerous articles and several books on the subject of education’s influ ence, particularly on Black children, as well as white children. Dr. Risl's latest book, “The Urban School; A Factory For Failure", will be pub lished within a month. Atlanta elects Mayor Maynard Jackson, 38, was elected Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia to become the first Black mayor of a major Southern city. Jackson served four years as Vice Mayor under his opponent, incumbent Mayor Sam Mas stipulation that the program's director lie a Model Cities resident. Goldschmidt had turned down the proposal. The resolution finally passed required that the project contain guarantees that some of the employees will be from Model Cities and that training for minorities be provided. Those who were opposed pointed out that there are no such pro visions in the program and that once the money is gone there is no assurance the recommendations of the Board will be followed. Wilde also admitted that the writ ten information provided to the Board was incomplete and contained errors. Wilde warned that even a delay of one week could make the project impossible. Board member Ella Mae Gay advocated withholding the money until guarantees are insured. Reverend Sam Johnson told the Board, “You have no power but green power. Once the money is gone you will find you have no power.” Mrs. Benson, saying the Board is aban doning its responsibility to programs for the poor, de is an ally and supporter of Portugal, the committee does not expect the Government to recognize the new Repub lic now. The committee's goals are to: (1) organize citizen recognition and sup port for the Republic, and i2l demonstrate popular sup port to the Nixon admi.'istra tion for governmental recog nition of the Republic of Guinea Bissau. A 140-word Message of Support and Solidarity to the People and Party of the Republic of Guinea Bissau, for which the committee will be gathering thousands of signatures, reads in part: “We recognize the inde pendence and sovereignty of the Republic of Guinea Bis sau . . . “ Be assured th at your countrymen and women are welcome among us . . . "Be assured that we are prepared to discuss ex changes between our peoples, based on equality and mutual respect . . The struggle for liberation has been led by the APIGC I African Party for the Inde pendence of Guinea and Cape Verdel whose late Secretary General, Amilcar Cabral, was assassinated through a Por tuguese plot on January 20. 1973. The Republic has pledged to continue the struggle against the remain ing Portuguese forces oc cupying the Cape Verde Is lands and several major towns in Guinea Bissau. The Republic of Guinea Bissau is located in West Africa and is bordered on the south by the Republic of Guinea and on the north by the Republic of Senegal. Tom Kennedy. Community Services D irector for PDC, delivered copies of the min utes to Jackson's office, along with a bill of $49, a charge of 50 cents per page. With the bill was a letter stating “. . . if you wish to have copies of the January 8 - September 10 Commission minutes, the charge would be $49 for 98 pages of minutes. As stated above, however, you are welcome to come to the Commission office and examine these minutes with out charge." Jackson refused to pay the charge and later the copies were delivered again without charge. Jackson said he con sidered a charge of 50 rents a page to another publicly funded agency as exorbi tant. "How can the ordinary private citizen have access to public information if it will cost him 50 cents a page? I think this charge is just another form of harassment to keep the people ignorant of PDC's use or misuse of their tax money. It certainly is not in keeping with the spirit of the law. Maybe they have something to hide." Jackson also objected to the fact that he was not in formed of the charges prior to receiving the bill. “I just don't think this is proper behavior for an agency that is supposed to serve the public." he said. African journalists visit OBSERVER Two African journalists visited the Observer during a 45-dav tour of news facili ties in the United States. Jean Claude Andrianovo, 30, is Editor in Chief of Radio News Programs, Radio Mad agasikara. Tananarive. He has also been a radio editor, reporter of sports and a states reporter for Television Malagasy. Saturnin Ki. 25. is Deputy Chief of Programs for Upper Volta Radio and TV, Ouaga dougou. He has been a reporter, announcer and pro ducer since 1971, He holds a Certificate of Broadcasting from Studio School of the OBTF in Paris. Andriananivo and K; were accompanied by an escort, David Vailtancourt. Vaillan court was a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal from 1964 1966. For the past five years he has been a person net officer for the Batu Shoe Company of Senegal. The tour is a project of the African Youth Leadership Program of Operation Cross roads Africa. Governor Melvin H. Evans of the Virgin Islands was elected last week in Point Clear, Alabama as the first Black chairman of the Southern Governors Conference. He is shown receiving the gavel from Governor George C. Wallace of Alabama, whom he succeeds for the 1973 74 term. Governor Reuben Askew of Florida was voted ro-rhairman. Governor Evans, a medical doctor, was born in the Virgin Islands. He earned his medical degree at Howard University. Photo by Cockrell of the Mobile Beacon I I r
