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Portland/Observer
Thursday. March 21. 1974
Wolfe plans party
Rieke seeks position
Mary W. Rieke, incumbent
2-term legislator, has filed
for re-election to the Oregon
House of Representatives,
District #9, which covers the
central west side of Mult
nomah County.
Mrs. Rieke served in the
1973 session as Vice Chair
man of the Education Com
mittee. Chairman of the sub
committee on Higher Educa
tion, and as a member of the
Loral Government Urban Af­
fairs Committee.
Mrs. Rieke previously
served for twelve years as a
member of the Portland
School Board, as chairman
for three years. From 1967
Minority people testify at County Commission meeting, telling experiences of county job
discrimination.
Killeen files
Jay A. Killeen. Marketing
Manager of Seaport Shipping
of Portland, has announced
his candidacy for Position
No. 4 on the Portland School
Board.
Killeen. 36. advised that
his programs as a member of
the school board will be:
1. To implement plans for
business people to participate
more directly in school pro­
Factory Authorized Sale grams; 2. To develop a stu
dent forum wherein students
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Killeen was formerly World
components
Trade and Transportation
Manager of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce and
he also taught marketing
classes at Portland State
University. In his present
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Killeen is responsible for
developing international pro­
motional programs.
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lO w ner!
Greg Wolfe, Democratic
candidate (or the Third Con
gressional D istrict, will
launch his campaign Thurs
day, March 21st, with a gala
(tarty opening his campaign
headquarters. The party will
begin at 8:00 p.m. at 4047
N.E. Sandy Boulevard, across
from the Hollywood Theater.
Wolfe said the public is
invited to the opening.
"Those who want to enjoy
the refreshments and just
listen, and those who feel
they may want to participate
in the adventure of the
democratic process . .
to 1974 she served on the
National Advisory Council on
Educational Professions De­
velopment, and was made
chairman in 1971. She is the
wife of Dr. Forrest E. Rieke,
Portland physician, and has
three grown children. She
has been a resident of Port
land since 1941 and of Dis­
trict 9 since 1947.
Mrs. Rieke's particular
legislative interests are in
school finance reform, com
munity based educational ser
vices for children with physi
cal and learning disabilities,
and modernization of local
governments to resolve ur­
ban and environmental prob
lems.
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Minorities demand jobs
bv Rosemary Allen
Members of the minority
community and of the United
A ffirm ative Action Com
mittee testified before the
Multnomah County Oregon
Board of County Commis
sioners Thursday, March
14th. in regards to Mult­
nomah County's record in
Affirmative Action. A list of
dem ands for "immediate
action" were submitted to
the council. Chairman of the
Board of Com m issioners
James Gleason was charged
with “. . . dereliction in the
discharge of your duties and
malfeasance in office . . ."
The charges were listed as
follows:
1. You have continually
and flagrantly maintained a
policy within your adminis
tration to deliberately bar
minority members from
gaining meaningful employ
ment in government ser
vices of Multnomah County.
2. You have failed to im
plement and comply with the
Civil Rights Act of 1964. the
Equal Employment Oppor
tunity Act of 1972 and the
Multnomah County Board of
Com m issioners Resolution
passed December 23. 1971 on
Affirmative Action.
3. You have, by your ac-
tions, purposely abused the
authority granted under the
Home Rule.
4. You have imported per
sonnel to circumvent Af­
firmative Action, and placed
this personnel in positions to
perpetuate your policies of
discrim ination against m i­
norities.
Testimony from numerous
minority members described
Morse
seeks office
Former Senator Wayne
Morse has filed his candidacy
for the position of United
States Senator, a position he
held for 24 years before
loosing it to Robert Pack
wood in 1968 by less than
3500 votes.
While a member of the
Senate, Morse was respected
for his work in education,
labor, civil rights and foreign
affairs. He was one of the
first to oppose the Vietnam
war, which he called "illegal
and immoral".
In filing for office, Morse
said he will work for in­
t e g r ity in g o v e r n m e n t.
Morse has been an outspoken
critic of secrecy in govern
ment.
Morse will oppose State
Senate President Jason Boe
and State Senator Vern Cook
in the primary, and the
winner will fare Packwood in
the general election in
November.
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The first big fund-raiser
for City County Consolida
tion has been set for Wed­
nesday, March 27th. at 7:30
p.m. at the Forestry Center,
located in the Zoo-OMSI com
plex in Southwest Portland.
Tickets can be obtained for
$5 by calling the Consolida
tion office at 777 4889. or
they may be obtained at the
door.
The fund raiser is being
organized by Caryl Waters,
under the theme of "Get It
Together”.
There will be
famous people auctioning
fabulous items at ridiculous
prices. The chief auctioneer
and master of ceremonies
will be George Russill.
Musical entertainment will
be supplied by a local Port
land group, “Tuesday’s Edi­
tion". Refreshments will also
be served.
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YWCA is sponsoring a pro­
gram that will provide in­
formation about Westwind,
the Portland YWCA camp on
the coast.
The program is scheduled
at the N.E. YWCA Center,
126 N.E. Alberta, on March
28th at 7:00 p.m.
All in­
terested parents and girls
ages eight years and older
are invited to attend to see
slides of W estw ind, sing
camp songs and receive in­
formation on campships.
Delvon Barrett, the N.E.
YWCA Director, reports that
transportation home from the
program will be provided.
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especially for women with
two jobs: at home and at
"work".
Lynn Bonner will lead the
discussion on March 27th.
The Annual Reunion for
the Alumnae of Girls Poly
technic James Monroe High
School will be held Monday,
April 1, 1974. at 7:30 p.m. at
the school, 2508 N.E. Everett
Street. Portland. All former
students and faculty mem
bers are cordially invited to
attend.
The graduating
classes of 1924 and 1949 will
receive special recognition as
they celebrate their 25th and
50th anniversaries.
Alumnae President Ingrid
Herwick has announced a
special program on hair
fashions and makeup for to­
day's women, which will be
presented by a lormer stu
dent, Betti Dionne of Dionne's
West, who is also the Style
Director for the Oregon Hair
Dressers Association. Make
up will be under the expert
guidance of Steve Sistrunk,
who is a hair dresser and
cosm etologist at Dionne's
West.
Dr. Eileen Shank, Principal
of Monroe, will bring us up
to date on "What's new at
the School”.
For further
information, please call 234
0836.
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The Multnomah Associa
tion for Retarded Citizens
will hold a public meeting on
March 25th at 7:30 p.m. at
the Portland Rehabilitation
Center, 3829 S.E. 74th on the
subject of parent training.
Speakers at the meeting
will be Sarolta Nagy, an
educational consultant with
the Oregon State Mental
Health Division in programs
for the development of men
tally disabled, and a team
from the Carl V. Morrison
Center: Dr. Julian Taplan,
director, and Cheryl Been
and Mary Orrino.
On April 2nd, 3rd and 4th,
from 8 to 10 p.m., a presen­
tation on a woman's care of
a car will be given by Dave
Vail at Canyon Chrysler
Plymouth, 10760 S.W. Can
yon Road. Beaverton.
"E verything you have
wanted to know about your
car and were afraid to ask"
is the theme. To register,
call 229 4830 before March
25th and submit your check
of $2.00 to the Multnomah
County Extension Service to
cover materials.
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sistentlv supported Affirma
five Action. The Board has
set a policy tone that is pro
Affirmative Action.
Com
missioner Gordon pointed out
that the Board of Commis
sioners ",. . has no authority
to carry out policies. The
administration branch must
do that."
After a couple of hours of
testimony and some discus
sion Irom the Commissioners
and a short recess, Commis
sioner Don Clark moved that
a freeze be put on county
hiring (tending a meeting
with the Civil Service Com
mission to determine how
the county could proceed
with Affirmative Action. The
second meeting is to be held
before April 1. 1974.
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“Is Yours an Equal Op­
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be the topic for the first
Brown Bag Get-Together' on
March 27 at the YWCA
Women's Resource Center,
1111 S.W. 10th.
The ‘Brown Bag Get-
Together' will be scheduled
each Wednesday from noon
to 1:00 p.m. It is designed
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discrim inatory encounters
with Oregon employers, and
the lack of sincere appliru
tion of the Affirmative Ac­
tion program.
One infuriated citizen of
fered a plea to the council.
“It is time we people as a
people grade each other on
their ability to do. not on the
color of their skin," and then
demanded, "either do what
you're going to do or do
what Mr. Gleason is going to
do, get out!"
Paul Cooper, a citizen,
stated "There are people in
this room with Ph.Ds and all
other kinds of alphabets at­
tached to their names that
can't even get a job."
Commissioner Mel Gordon
stated "The Board has con
Wolfe said his campaign
com m ittee plans to have
small meeting and campaign
centers in private homes
throughout the district.
“This is going to be a
people campaign, an issue
campaign
a campaign in
which success will depend on
the desire of the voters to
become involved in turning
this country around," he said.
"We must have a turn
around in the world and at
home. It must be related to
the certainty that our work
ing people will have jobs;
that galloping price rises for
food, utilities and rent will
slow; that unmet needs for
social services will be met.
And underlying all of this,
that essential confidence is
being restored; that the
branches of our government
at all levels are functioning
as representatives not of any
special interests but of all
the people . ,
W olfe recently resigned
front his position as Presi
dent of Portland State Uni
versity, which he had held
for 6 years. He served on
the staffs of P resid en ts
Kennedy and Johnson as a
planner of mass transit lor
Washington, D.C., and was
Executive Director of the
G reater Boston Economic
Development program. For
nine years Wolfe managed
economic programs in the
United States, Canada and
Latin America to expand
employment and trade op
portunities, aehieve low cost
housing and upgrade agricul
lure.
He was formerly
Director of the laitin Ameri
ran office of the U.S. State
Department Bureau of In
telligenre and Research.
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