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I ” •» Thursday, January 3. W76 Portland/Observer Jo« Joseph 575 N K ¡H in g s w o rth H A lc o h o l t r e a t m e n t a v a i l a b l e .Getting Smart 2 8 9 -9 6 7 4 BY W ALTERL SMART Executive Director 2 8 8 -0 5 2 5 Natiun.i! I ederation of Settlements Life iiwurance, t'durntinnal saving* program », retire ment, health insurance and group insurance. LEADERS IN THE FIELD Kentucky 9ttd¿¡wdta« KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN KENTUCKY BEEF SANDWICHES H. SALT ESQ. FISH & CHIPS Perfect for parties, picnic*, lunch or dinner - A LL OWNED AND MANAGED BY 31 LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU See Yellow Peg«» and Neighborhood Centers The prim ary reason for the so called "Energy Crisis" uppears to Ire due to the lack of adequate plunning tin the part of the II.S. based oil interests. The Arab em bur go on oil imports to the U.S. has just aggravated the problem. Il seems strange that none of the major LJ.S. oil interests foresaw a future increase in demand for oil and made the necessary in vestment to insure that they would have a larger share of the market, i f one oil rum pany revealed it had plenty of oil, a larger share of the oil market could be realized. Ilu t that would be free enterprise competition. With free competition, prices could be lowered substan tially. I really believe that th«- major ml suppliers are work ing in concert to reduce the supply of oil to push prices upward. We are now in a situation where the American public is prim arily at the m erry of the large oil in tiTests and secondarily at the graces of thi- Arabs. Our preoccupation w ith th«- poli tics of the Mideast ran blind us to the reality of our domestic oil producing prob lema. The upshiMit of the public's im,H-n<ling inability to obtain oil is that a large portion of our society is already housed in old. dilapidated, poorly- heated and poorly insulated dwellings. An oil and gas shortage means more to the poor than not driving on Sunday, lowering the therm«»- stat to 6X degrees and cut ting down on the use of electricity. It means that many w ill In- dying because cutting down on heat w ill at times mean no heat at all. It is true many lives w ill I m - saved by reduced driving speeds. I fear, howerver. that the number of lives lost to pneumonia and influenza w ill be drastically increased. Landlords who would nor mally reduce w inter heating temperatures to increase pro fits w ill have larger windfalls now at the expense of the poor. Any landlord can ar h itra rily reduce temperatures by citing his inability to ob tain oil from his local sup [»her. Not only w ill the poor be threatened by landlords, but by retailers of cheap, poorly constructed heaters. Sales of heaters have boomed in past weeks and most were prob ably purchased by the bud get minded |M»or. An increase in the number of fires is a real threat. Untold number of lives w ill be needlessly lost through the misuse of faulty equipment. The fuel crisis, be it fact or fiction, w ill necessitate more than ju st federal regulation of the everyday citizens' use of fuel. It must also force oil supplier* to supply the de rnand for oil and regulate a minimum as well as maxi mum temperature for apart ment dwellings. W ithout th is p ro te c tio n , the poor apartment dweller w ill be even more prey to the ruth less landlord. G a s s a le s p o l ic i e s b r in g in v e s t ig a t io n If 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 The People at Pacific Power DR. JEFFREY BRADY Says: DO Not Pul Off Needed Dental Care" Enjoy D e n ta l H e a lth N o w a n d Im p ro v e Y our A p p e a ra n c e (0M ( IN Al TOUR (ONVINIINU OPlh SAJIIROAV MORNlhG • A tto rn e y G eneral Lee Johnson has announced that hi« Consum er P ro te c tio n Division is investigating a numlx-r of complaints that certain Portland area service stations are refusing to sell gasoline to "non regular" cus turners. Referring to the long w aiting lines and er ratic, usually briel business hours of the Portland sta tions. Johnson said. " I am disturbed by stories of mdi viduals who have waited in long lines to buy gasoline only to be turned away at the pumps because they are not regular customers." Johnson noted that the Oregon D ece p tive Trade Practices Act prohibits nils representation caused by a failure to d is c lo s e the facts as well ns misrepresentations which affirm atively mislead custom ers. "B y holding themselves out to the gen eral public as retail sellers of gasoline, which obviously all services stations have strived to do until recently, these stations have created the public impression that gaso line w ill be sold to all romers on an equal basis. Any ser vice station which intends to lim it its sales to certain fav orite customers has a posi tive duty to the general public to advertise this re striction. A t the very least this means posting promi nent signs which w ill warn motorists before they have endured a long w aiting line to purchase gasoline." G re m lin s A m b a s s a d o rs • ‘ COMPILI II DI MAI ùlRvillS W E N TW O R TH & IR W IN IN C . r .ik lr » . Any F a rli n S h o p ia * MOUS Y W eeh do y« S JO a m lo » p i o Set A 3 0 a m »o I p m SEMI(R BUILDING S 3 rd A M o m u n St P o it lo n d f u l e E le va to « to 2 n d f lo o r 3 'd St Phone: 2 2 8 -7 5 4 5 O re g o n f nttiintk A M E R IC A N M O T O R S CARS a n d JEEPS SALES & SERVICE 1005 W. Burnside I 1 M a ta d o r s Hornets SAVE HUNPREDS OF D O LLA R S AL GUARANTEED A L L W IT H LO W M IL E A G E U N IO N O * COM PANY O IN T A l IN S U S A N C I C O V IA A C I ACCtPTtO O N Y O U * M U O IO OIMTISTAV DR. JEFFREY BRADY, DENTIST Johnson also c ritic iz e d those service stations which are requiring the purchase of a car wash or miscellaneous accessories as a condition to the sale of gasoline. Johnson declared this practice to be a classic example of an undis closed tie-in sale, also pro hibit«^ under the Deceptive Trade Practices statute. " It is quite possible that such a practice also violates federal controls on retail gasoline prices." Johnson said. "M y Consumer Protection D ivi sion sta ff is meeting with IBS officials to discuss this question and to c<x»rdinate state and federal efforts to eliminate all attempts to ex ploit the current fuel crisis." Demo Sale NO AFPOINlMINi XlfOfD lO M Pinr rooPiRAiiOh ON A ll GiNIAI / INSUR a NU PLANS Johnson said his office has had discussion w ith M r. Wayne Bowlby, Executive Vice President of the Oregon Gasoline Dealers' Association, who has pledged his support in arranging for appropriate signing by the service station operators notifying I he public that they may be serving o n ly re g u la r custom ers. Johnson said he recognizes that the dealers are having very severe problems result ing from the shortage of gasoline, and that such prob lems must be worked out in a cooperative effort. " I am pleased w ith Mr. Bowlby's cooperative attitude." John s o n said, "and I am confident the dealers w ill do every thing possible to eliminate hardships on the public." 226-7711 A new intensive treatment program for alcoholics, cov ering eight Weekends, will be initiated January 4th by the .Southwest Washington Al coholism Recovery Founda tion ISW AKF), located in Vancouver. Washington. The program is geared to in d ivi duals who cannot afford to leave work during the week in order to receive the regu la r 21 day tre a tm e n t at SW ARF Center. Announced by John Soit man. executive director, and Hoy Preston, coordinator of the new program, the un usual approach to treatment w ill compress into IX week end days the SWARF 21 day intensive inpatient program which has been undertaken by nearly 1,500 patients in the five years since SWARF was founded. Preston explained that new patients w ill begin the pro gram in an extended week end, Thursday through Sun day. For the following seven weeks, the individual w ill he at the center each Saturday and Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Some adjustment w ill be made for those living at a distance from Vancouver. The program, firs t of its kind, was encouraged by both judges and employers, whose clients or employees need alcoholism treatment hut must remain at their jobs during the week. Soil man said. Cost of the Week end Program is $150 or $25 per day. SWARF'» 21 day program has been increased to $525. P re sto n described the SWARF program as "whole man treatm ent", and said that it includes education about alcohol abuse, group therapy, personal counseling, and the principles of Alco holics Anonymous. Family members may be included in the Family Support Program, SPECIAL! for which an additional charge is made. The new Weekend P ro gram w ill incorporate the use of Antabuse as an added support for patients between weekends. Preston explained that Antabuse makes the user extremely ill if he drinks alcohol while the drug remains in the body. Organized in 1969, SWARF Center occupies three wards in the Vancouver Veterans Adm inistration Hospital. The Center, which has no con nection with the V.A. Hos pital except for leasing the facilities, is operated by an independent, non profit c iti zens board. The Center serves men and women from all of the Northwest states, including Alaska. SWARF's mailing address is P.O. Box 1719. Vancouver. Washington 98663. The phone is i2Ü6) 696 1659. Bachelors Laundry On« Day Service SAVE YO UR CLAIM TICKETS! 10 cleaning and pressing claim tickets good lor I X lb. load of cleaning and pressing. BUDGET DRY CLEANERS 7 2 2 0 N Fessenden Court in Chicago, Illinois. The decree partially re solves an employment dis crimination suit filed by the Justice Department on March 15, 1973, which charged that the fire department used d is c rim in a to ry h irin g and promotion tests that excluded members of the m inority groups. F e w B la c k s h o ld h ig h f e d e r a l jo b s As of December 1, 1973, there were only 239 Blacks holding top level positions in the executive branch of the Federal Government out of more than 11,000 such posi tions - in other words. Blacks hold a little more than 2% of these prime jobs. This in fo rm a tio n , com piled by Black Enterprise Magazine, ran be found in its January issue, which deals with poli tics. Black Enterprise Magazine contends that a major reason for the government's failure to employ more Blacks in high level positions is the lack of pressure from outside sources to do so. A fte r World War II. Blacks in increasing numbers gained well paying, but low level civil service jobs in the fed eral government, and now non whites constitute 23% of all the federal bureaucracy. But. as the Black Enterprise list indicates, at the top level, or "Super Grades", Blacks hold little more than 2% of these positions. Blacks are distributed un evenly in these top positions. State. Health. Education and Welfare, Housing and Urban Development, and Transpor Home repair discussed H ousing R e h a b ilita tio n : What does it mean to Model Cities residents? Marian Scott, coordinator of the Portland Development Commission's neighborhood o ffice se rv in g th e Model Cities neighborhood of King Vernon Sabin and Irvington, is the featured guest on KGW’’s public affairs pro gram "People". The program, to be viewed January 6 at 8:30 a.m., fo cuses on m inority guests and th e ir involvement in pro grams which directly affect their lives and livin g environ ment. Mrs. Scott talk» about the Home R e h a b ilita tio n Pro gram administered by the PDC in the Model Cities area. She discusses the guidelines and crite ria for a family to become eligible for assistance, which can take the form of either a loan or grant. Mrs. Scott shows examples of homes that have been rehabilitated. She notes that assistance is bast'd upon the financial status of the family and the type of repair that is needed. C riteria for repair, which is established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is that it makes the home safe and sanitary. ta tio n D e p a rtm e n ts have relatively large numbers of Blacks at the executive level; while at the Departments of Commerce. In te rio r and De fense. Blacks hold less than 1% of the top positions. The Black Enterprise study concludes that Blacks are still far from gaining their fair share of the Federal Government's better paying and more responsible top level jobs. 2 8 6 -2 2 9 6 SHOP lENOW'S FOR -B R A N D S you knot C h ic a g o FD m u s t h i r e B la c k s The Department of Justice filed a decree requiring the Chicago Fire Department to hire more Black and Spanish surnamed persons as fire men. Assistant A ttorney Gen eral J. Stanley Pöttinger, head of the C ivil Rights Division, said the decree was e n te re d in U.S. D is tric t Page I - V A R IE T IE S y o u Ilk The decree allows ttie fire department to hire some 170 whites and 10 Blacks re maining on its 1968 eligible list, but requires that an a d d itio n a l 160 Black and Spanish surnamed persons be hired as firemen by next June 30. The decree further requires the fire department to adopt a goal of hiring half of its firemen from among the two m inority groups for each of the next five years. Under the decree, the fire department agreed to dis continue use of the alleged discrim inatory tests and to develop new- tests in accor dance w ith guidelines estab lished by the Equal Employ ment Opportunity Commis sion. Mr. Pottinger said issues unresolved by the decree re main pending before the court. The decree was the first obtained by the Justice De partment in the seven em ployment discrimination suits filed against city police and fire departments. - • S 64f IZE S v o u »1 4 w ant I s | M « . .» . ,1, <51 M,. . . . • * ♦..« $$,»•.%(•» • ’ . :««» * % t .« « « • j ,, ,, 4 w, | «*,«»■• w » g i • • • % le * * * t> a '< t a» G r e e t * , • je*K « * • * . « , * M .II* P ’a . a • ; i,,i 4 • a ," « 1 a - S 6 (J . - • • M fV b iv O » U N D ID , » H * H C R O C IB S D A I N T I ” EEASÏ N /lM u ^ ^ o t h in g im proves the look of a room so s w iftly and so in e xp e n sive ly as a fresh coat o f p a in t. C all us fo r an estim ate. W E N D E L L E. B R O W N C O N S T R U C T IO N C O M P A N Y Roofing • Cement Work • Remodeling • Construction A Model Neighborhood Business Member Albina Contractors Association 5 7 5 N ^ K illin g s w o r th 2 8 9 -5 5 4 9 .Prices good Wednesday January 2 thru Saturday January 5. Compare and Save at Fred Meyer Topeo Rhodes W h ite or W h e a t Bleach Gallon Jug Rag. 44 Frozen Bread 33 O / Em 54 ' pkg of 4 Dough loaves Reg.‘ 1.04 Delicious flavor and excellent texture. each loosens dirt, bleaches, deodorizes and sanitizes. Save with Topeo. U.S.D.A. Inspected Blue Ribbon Cut Up MY-TE-FRESH G ra d e A A . AvoUoblo Grocery Sections 77 Macaroni Dinner Fryers Large Eggs 69 Dozen 1st Two dozen All additional Reg price Very best, strictly fresh eggs 49 Rea* 67' lb. with Cheese M edium Size C a lifo rn ia O rla n d o V ariety M ilk Bread Tángelos 39 Milton Bradley The Game of Life SJ74 Reg. ‘4.79 Oo’»r '■ For ages 10 to oduH 2 »o 8 con ploy Move through th«» 3 d'men MO no I world o> «■ citing make believe No 4000 Avo.loble Variety Sections G ille tte Foamy I I Oz Can Reg. 97' 59 each • Regular • Menthol • lemon-lime • Surf Spray For smooth, comfortable shaves A .a tla b l. Cotflwhc Section« AvailableGrocerySections A H ygrade W est V irginia Sliced Bacon 3 49 99 Reg. *1.4916. One of the finest grown. Save 20* per bog Available Produce Sections Pound Avotloble Delicatessen Sections Dow W indshield S pray Springcrest Sheer Nylon Deicer Knee Hi's Reg. 79 59 Melts ice, thaws provides traction. locks and Avoiioble Vonety Sections Reg. 41 2 S1 Reg. 69 Furnace Filters Shave Cream ■eg. 21 each Tender macaroni with the added good flavor of cheddar cheese Economical to serve Lb. Tray pack fryers. Flash frozen to lock in that farm fresh flavor. Reg. 69 22‘ 4«46, 714 Oz. MY-TE-FINE 22 h Oz lo a f ■eg. 46 t each Flavorful loof mode nutritionally richer with added milk nutrients. Makes wonderful toast or sandwiches. Kraft. 29< 1 size. Keep your furnace run ning more efficiently this winter. Available Variety Sections O pen 9 a.m . to 10 p.m. d a ily , including Sunday, A lw ays plenty o f free and easy p a rk in g . Comfortoble elasticized top in beige, coffee and suntan. Available Apparel Sections Men's Famous M a ke r W ork Socks 5V $ 1 36 Reg. *1.76 | Pkg 100% cotton. Cushion foot, stay up rib ’ White or assorted colors Sizes 10 10'^. 11-1 and 12-13. A .atlabfr Apparel Section« Fred Meyer