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Portland'Observer PEPI’S BOTTLE SHOP lad I’ epi's Hottie Shop be your headquarter* for chant pagnc, wine*, mixers . . . at the lowest price* in town. I.loyd Center Next lo the Liquor Store I’epi's on«' ami only stori'. Open 9 3(1 I.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily. Sundays: Noon to 4:00 p.m. 281-2731 G et D o w n P ro d u ctio n Presents In C oncert FUNKADELICS & OSIBISA P a ra m o u n t N o r th w e s t S a tu rd a y Dec. 8 ■1.00 Advance, 5.00 at door Ticket* Am erican Records Vancouver K ro w n ell*'* Stereo • Oregon City Today Kecords laike Oswego Penny's Music Company F actory - l.ipm an's \ l l store* The Cache - Salem Param ount N orthw est Box Oflice 221 0X92 Getting Smart À » À BY WALTER L SMART Executive Director National federation ot Settlements and Neiqhbortiood Centers T he n a tio n 's m e d ic a l school* have been warned that federal fund* may soon lx- cut for medical student recruitment and tuition sup |M»rt. Dr. Charles C. Ed wards. Assistant Secretary for Health, Education and Welfare, gave such a warn ing at a Washington meeting of the Association of Ameri can Medical Colleges. He said the continued financing of the Health Manpower Ed ueation Act threatened to create a "doctor surplus". He further stateil that if we maintain the current rate of medical graduates, in 19X5 the United States w ill have 50% more physicians, 40% more dentists and 60% more registered nurses than it had in 1970. There were 334,025 physi dans in the i ' s. in 1870 The National Medical As aoriation states that of this number only 7.000 are Black. Edwards estimates hy 19X5 there should be 501,042 dor tors in the II.S., or I doctor fur every 47X jiersons. To day there is 1 doctor for every 612 ,HTsons. What makes this a surplus? We know that there is still a chronic shortage of doctors in the urtian areas, particu larly Black doctor*. Often the ratio is 1 in lO.(MM) We suggest that federal sup[x>rt should be continued in this area of vital need. I railed the office of Dr. Edwards to find what rr i teria was used to determine a doctor surplus. His rea sons were not entirely based on riumbiTs. I talked to his public service director, Tom Eliger, who revealed that fir. Edwards feels there are sur pluses in various medical fields. He rile d surgeons. Again, asking what surplus meant, he explained that lie eause there are more sur geons, there is a higher and unnecessary demand for sur geons. If there were fewer surgeons, the demand would lessen. A similar argument has been advanced by the American Medical Associa lion. The thought of having a surplus of doctors is incredu lous! I am more concerned with the distribution of doc tors in urban and rural areas. In Dr. Edwards' speech, he spoke of few realizable plans to ensure decent medical accessibility for all Americans. Medical education costs are soaring and th«- government has seen f it to o ffse t such ro sts through subsidy. It is now time for us to place restric tions on the localities where a physician can practice who has in large measure had his education subsidized by gov ernment. We must take a firm stand to promote an influx of physicians to the areas where they are needed most. Conference schedules economic advisor I f you turn this off when nobody’s listening...you’re really tuned in to an energy conservation program! Conserve Electricity Use all you need but save all you can T h e P e o p le a t P a c ific P o w er America loves w hat the Colonel cooks "It'sßn^ertiekin good" Buy it by the Box Bucket or Barrel Perfect for Parties, Picnics, Lunch, or Dinner Take It Honte. Eet It Here, or In Your Cer i lx oee Yellow Pages for Store N earest You A man who served on the President’s Council of Eco nomic Advisor* from 1971 to 1973 w ill keynote the 11th annual Business and Eco nomic Outlook Conference to be held December 10 at the Hilton Hotel. The conference is spon sored jointly by the Portland Stat«- University School of Business Administration and the Portland Chamber of Commerce. The keynoter is Ezra Solo mon, currently Dean W itter professor of finance at Stan ford U n iv e rs ity . He is scheduled to l«*ad off the conference at X:45 a m. with an address on the national business outlook. Three other economic ex perts w ill discuss the st<xk market outlook, the regional business outlook and the capital and credit outlook. They are: Robert J. Farrell, vice p resident of M e rrill Lynch. Pierce. Fenner and Smith in New York; Edward W. Reed, senior vice presi dent and economist for the U.8. National Bank of Orc gon; and Peter Crawford, vice president and dir«*rtor of domestic research for the First National City Bank of New York. The uncertainty of the eco nomic picture in light of the bouncing stock market and the fuel shortage, among other factors, makes the con ference especially significant this year, says Donald B. Parker, dean of the School of Business Adm inistration at PSU. So far, more than 200 persons representing pri marily top management of businesses in the Portland metropolitan area are registered for th«- one day conference. Reservations still may be made by mailing $20 to Busi ness O utlook Conference, School of Business Adminis tration, Portland State Uni veratty. P.0. B n 781. Port land, Oregon 97207. Reser vations are on a first come, firs t served basis. The fee includes a conti ventai breakfast, a luncheon and a copy of the proceed ings. The conference is con durted in cooperation with the Harvard and Stanford Business School Associations of Oregon. Thursday, December 6. 1973 Fellowship applicants sought The second annual Ralph Bunche Fellowship compel! tion a national compel! tion for $5,000 fellowships in international affairs for Black A m ericans has been launched hy the United Na tio n s A ssociation o f the United States. Applications are now being distributed on every Black campus as well as major universities with large num bers of Blark students. A t the same time, UNA USA President Edward M. K orry announced that Fran cis M. Lee, until last week Associate Director of De velopment of the NAAC'P Legal Defense A Education Fund, would b«' Director of the Ralph Bunche zkwards Program. "We are extra ordinarily fortunate to have such an experienced and dynamic young man to head the only national program in in te rn a tio n a l a ffa irs that m em orializes any B la ck," K orry said. The new 33 year old direc tor has had previous experi ence as an account executive with Harold Oram. Inc., J. W alter Thompson Co., Car ver Federal Savings A Ixian Association and the Freedom National Bank. Lee also has been a consultant to the Second World Black A A fri can Festival of Arts A Cul lure Inc. and the Black Eco nomic Research Center. L«-e attended Adelphi Academy and Clark and Columbia I'm versities. The Ralph Bunche Fellow ships are awarded to Blacks under 30 to support work on global problems, with a par ticular emphasis on the inter relationship of domestic and forcign affairs. Activities of a Fellowship holder may in dude research projects with the Cniled Nations family, with agencies of the U.S. government or with the U.S. Congress. UNA U S A also disclosed th«- formation of an executive committee of the 45 member Ralph Bunche Advisory Com mittee which is under the overall leadership of Mrs. Vera Foster of Tuskegee, Alabama. Edwin ('. "B ill" Berry, Special Assistant to the President ot Johnson Products, Inc., w ill b«' its chairman. The executive committee w ill have four sub panels: D A Development panel headed by Mr. Berry, which is seeking 100 Black Ameri can* as charter members of a development fund campaign to pledge $1,000 each for five years. 21 A F e llo w s h ip panel chaired by Dr. Ronald Walt ers, chairman of th«- Political Science Department of How ard U niversity, which will be responsible for supervising review of th«- applications. 31 A Ralph Bunche As sociates panel, chaired by Dr. Theophilu* McKinney, director of Institutional Ser vices of the United Negro College Fund, which w ill be developing a second phase of the program, an informa tional network of Bunche Associates on the campuses of the United Negro College Fund member institutions. 41 A Media A Information panel chaired by George Daniels, director of Interpre tive Services, Board of Global Ministries, the United Metho dist Church, which w ill publi cize the programs and its accomplishments. Other members of the exe culive committee are: Alan Boyd. Executive Assistant to Senator Clifford Case; Ben Brown, Georgia state legis lator; and Ralph Caprio of the R obert F. K ennedy Memorial. And tw o ex officio members: Mrs. Foster and Mr. Korry. Roberts discusses hospital regulation It may become necessary for Oregon to regulate hospi tals as it now regulates elec tr ir u tilitie s and natural gas companies, said Slat«' Sena tor Betty Roberts in Eugene Saturday. She sail! health care costs have increased by more than 5X0 |HTcent nationally since 1950 and w ill m a rly double again in th«- next six years. ".Americans spent nearly $70 billion on health care in 1970 about $300 for every man, woman and child." she said. “ Research ers expert health care costs to rise to $X5O per person each year, or $135 billion total, by 19X0." Senator Roberts said the problem of rising health rare costs is particularly signifi cant to the poor and elderly, the groups most susceptible to illness and least able to afford it. "Consumer resistance has set in and the public is demanding action," she said. “ A credibility gap exists be tween the public and the providers of health care. If Congress does not act. and history indicates it does only in times of crisis, Oregon must take major steps to insure adequate health care for its citizens." Senator Roberts also dis cussed alternative health de liv e ry system s, in clu d in g clinics set up in Portland by the Seventh Day Adventist Church and a h«-alth main tenance proposal being con sidered by Lane County. She spoke at a health care conference sponsored by the Central Presbyterian Church in Eugene. SHOP lENOW'S FOR (DBS 646.260) "No person engaged in th«' business of selling gasoline shall, with (he intent to suppress com petition or create a mo nopoly: a) Discriminate by direct or indirect methods in the sale of gasoline at whole sale between purchasers in uny section. b) Make or carry into ef feet any contract, under standing or agreement with any person, co rp o ra tio n , partnership or association of persons in this state to fix prices with respect to the sale or distribution of gaso line so as to prevent or ob struct competition in the purchase, sale or distribution of gasoline." Senator Cook, who said the law dates back to 1933. said. “ By this statement I'm asking our ¿Attorney General to commence an investigation to determine whether or not there has been a violation of our Unfair Gasoline Sales law. Certainly it appears there has been. This investi gation would complement the investigation by the Federal Trade Commission requested by Wayne Bowlby. executive director of the Oregon Gaso lin e D ealers Association. While the federal govern ment has broader jurisdie tion, we at the slate level are not helpless. I hope the governor w ill join the At tornev General in attempting to bring about a rollback of this unjustified gas price in crease." Senator Ctxik has indicated that he may Ix-come a candi date for U.S. Senator or Governor. -V A R IE T IE S y o u lik i - SIZE S v o u w a n t • M il 5 1 M « . e • • 14»«. A y I • >»I"d » ' S I • k •#» »»•»•» • • • • • D /i.B e w 4 d O'« * W* »• DENTIST /ts G o o d to Know * NONE O f MY HELPFUL DENTAL HEALTH POLICIES HAVE CHANGED M0 r Appointment 1CHF ( u m e in t l % u u r < o n \ e n ie n r e ( t/fit r - H u u n H I I I « ID I < FOR COM PLETE DENTAL SERVICE 3 C o n v tn itn f/y located D e n t a l O H ic e s I I I » ft Mt MfMnfeta ROBTLAND • SALIM e EUGENI PRICES QUOTED IN ADVANCE N o F in a n c e C o m p a n y o r B a n k to D e a l W it h Ffcaae 2 2 7 -2 4 2 7 ALL DENTAL lawriiec lawrtiee Insurance Accepted E E N T IS T «• «ill E$it$l Tw •'Hl IM t«r«$ - D w î m m 5 1 5 s* 4 th Ave letveea AUet A Washiiftoa Bettv Palmer and Barbara Brown are our Personal Service Representatives at the Union Avenue branch. And if you don’t know them, you should. Beeause their only job is to make your banking a lot more pleasurable. That means introducing you to the right people for faster service. And helping \ou choose the right kind of checking or savings account. They'll even help you balance your checkbook if you want. A long time ago l .S. Bank promised to make banking a very personal thing. People like Betty Palmer and Barbara Brown are helping us keep that promise. Come in and meet them. They’ll he waiting on a red carpet to greet you. Cai erviic e , -, ì I • M IM B tS O t U N IU O GSOCtSS 1 1 Member I 1' I C Mv. . $>••• A I • »• R • ••»«»» •' >1. A M ,»i u »J.’asst » G'»«rt N lO"’hi'd «* G«e*«r* * »»♦♦» AS* I»... 8 r> ^ ►♦.!•» r«a»A • ?»•«• A We»« N Bank with Betty and Barbara. UNITED SI ATI S NATIONAL BANK OF OREGON 5505 N I I mon WilliamC Spicer, Manager - ,4 ' - B R A N D S y o u kno» wholesaler investigation asked Senator Vern C«>ok has requested Lee Johnson, Ore gun's Attorney General, to begin an investigation to determine whether or not the tw o oil companies which raised the price of their gasoline Saturday by 2 and 3 cents per gallon and other gasoline wholesalers doing business in Oregon have vio lated Oregon's laws which say: Page 3 A very personal bang. 0 ‘. OAlOl M 4 k* $ « «0.1 see
