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I I'ortl.ind H lw n i r Joe Joseph 5 7 5 N. K illings worth Blacks return to rural South T w e n t y y e a r * ago. G e o rg e Jo nea c o u ld n 't m ake a go o f 2 8 9 -9 6 7 4 it in h i* sm all s o u th e rn hom e to w n . A n d so he le ft it, and found a job in Chicago. 2 8 8 -0 5 2 5 Life inaurance, educational aavlnga program ., retiregneut, health insurance and group Insurance. p n O F IN P M A U C How Leakproof 1$ Your Roof? CM Today. econom ist SV Check . , . see. Is this th e S p rin g roof? let us look it over, find any trou ble spots and give estimates. Free. WENDELL E. B R O W N C O N STR U C TIO N C O M P A N Y Itooling • Crmrnl Hock • Hcmodclin< • Con*!ruction \ Model \<*ij(hborh<H»ri llu*»in«*** M em ber Albino < a n lro rlo r* V n o ria lio n N K illin g s w o r th 2 8 9 -5 5 4 9 coW> ’•«4. O wl Radio A TV Co. The Portland High Impart Anti Crime Task Force has approved $.'WI,000 of the $116,000 Multnomah County District Attorney Harl Haas had requested for a Rape Victim Advocate Program. The Task Force, headed by Mayor Neil Goldschmidt and Attorney General Lee John son, recommended that the $30,000 rover an initial six month period, and that the D istrict A ttorney's office apply for state block funds for the remainder of th«- program. Haas told the Task Force that the number of ra|»as in Portland has increased from Gospel Jazz, Soul and Pop L.P. Tapes & Accessories Etc. Northwest’s Largest in Gospel Records and Tapes 1623 N V a n c o u ver A v e P o rtla n d . O reg o n 97217 O pen 10 a in. to 8 p m John Calvin L. Beale, a USDA specialist in demography, believes thi» is just the beginning. More and more lilark* are employed where there are adequate pension plan», and tor many, it will lie the firttt generation ot lilark» to have adequate financial resource* to actually »elect a place to retire. Beale teel* the South i* going to see a gradual return of successful Black» to rural areas, just as the national trend is toward more people staving in or returning to the countryside. That'» not to say, though, that this will ciniie anywhere near offsetting the tide of young Blacks leaving the rural South. Nor will the number of Black» retiring to rural areas to a* extensive as that of whites at least not in this decade. Over the past two decade,, nearly 3 million Blacks mostly young have left the rural South. 1,hc mam reason was the lark of jobs. City provides funds for rape program Subsidiary of Phone 287 4 1. Mi W FH H JA C K S O N lO w n e r l a »uceessful th«- g o vern in ment. And he'» thinkg about hi» retirement 10 year» oc to from now. And he'» thinking about home. The last Census »bowed taint signs of other Blacks like» Jones »ueeeeding in the rity arid retiring to the country, sometime» bark home. you'll need a new 575 he's III 1971 I,. 192 in 197.1, with 70 re|»>rte<l for the first three months of 1974. If the trend continued, he said, we Toran FOR STATE SENATOR DEMOCRAT ___ DISTRICT »9 I C A M P A IQ N C O C H A IR R E RSONS Roberi K Ron Bu»l Dr Kent 0 Lawrenr« BurtchMd Clara People« Agriculture, the biggest em ployer of Blacks in the South,, ha» changed greatly. Of the three biggest crops, cotton is now about 99 per cent harvested; peanuts are increasingly harvested by machine; and tobacco pro duction is being streamlined. The result is a decreased need for labor. On the other hand, net movement of the white population out of the rural South has nearly ceased. During the 1950's, nearly 3 million white (tcople left small towns and rural areas of the South, compared with about I '/« million Blacks. But in the 1960's, this out migration dropped 95 |>cr rent for whites. Only a net outm igration of 123,000 whites was recorded, com pared with some 1.3 million Blacks who left the rural South. Most Blacks leaving the rural South move to cities in the North or West. Chicago is a major destination, and 7 out of 10 Blacks who moved there from the South from 1965 to 1970 came from rural areas, mainly in Mississippi. New York and lx»s Angeles had a 'smaller proportion of southern Black residents coming from rural areas’ About 56 percent of those settling in Los Angeles came from non metro areas in the South. In a study ot four agri cultural counties in the South, Beale found that over the past two decades up to 60 ,>crrent of the young adults left each year, with no signs that the rate slacked Henry Guiepper DeNorvel Unthenk M D TR E A S U R E R Walter C Raynohh M O FINAN CE C H A IR M A N T J McInerney Paid for by the Committee to Elect Toran; Walter C. Reynold« M.D., Treasurer; 234 S.W. Salmon Street; Portland, Oregon 97204; Phone 226-3511; would wind up 1974 with approximately 280 rapes in Portland, making our city’ second highest in the rate of rapes among impact cities. "1 am disappointed that we did not get the entire amount," Haas said, "but this will give us a beginning. We certainly look forward to the support of the hoard and of the Attorney General when we apply for the additional funding necessary to run the rape victim program." Haas pointed out that this project is the only one presented to the Task Fore«', which has responsibility for allocation of $20 million, which focuses on the victim of crime. "This type of program will h«'lp us fmgin to reorient the criminal justic«' system to show the same kind of care and concern for the victim of crime as we do for the of fender." said Haas. Auto law confuses Portland area driver* who may be required to file proof of future financial responsi bility with th«' Motor Vehicles Division sometimes have a difficult time understanding how a filing is made and when their license to drive can be reinstated, according to W'.J. Riegler. manager of th«- North Portland field of fie«- of the division. Mr. Biegler said ,>eople often come to th«' local office expecting that because they have obtained insurance from a local agent th«' local DMV office ran immediately re instate their license. “That's not the way it works," he said. The SB 22 certificate required under the law must he on file with the division h eadquarters in Salem and is usually sent to the division by th«' insurance company rather than the local agent. In these cases, the l«»'al field office may accept the reinstatement fee in advance, hut it cannot issue a license to drive until the division headquarters has written a letter to th«' driver verifying the filing and authorizing him to go to a local office to reinstate his license, A field office cannot re instate a license even if the driver comes to the loeal office with the SB 22 certifi cate or any other related insurance documents. These reinstatements, Mr. Biegler said, can only be authorized by Salem and the filing must he made with division head quarters. off in the I960» Fewer middle aged or older Blacks left, and this rate dropped off somewhat in the 1960's. By contrast, the white popu lation experienced a strong outmigration in the 1960's, hut this had turned around in the 1960's, Wilcox county. Alabama is one of the «»unties Beal studied. It's not within commuting distance of any metropolitan area Its popu lation is primarily Black. During the I960'», Wilcox county Blacks saw employ ment in agriculture their main industry plummet nearly 80 percent. Nonagri cultural employment for Blacks dropped 3 percent. Meanwhile, white nonagri cultural employment rose 10 (»■rcenl. And t h e white out migration reversed itself in the 1960's. While this was the most extreme ol the lour counties Beale studied, the other three also experienced simi lar situations, situations rea sonahly typical ol the agri cultural regions in which they were a part. Thus, while nonagricultural employment is growing in the rural South it lends to be bcnctitting the white segment of the population, not the Black. Not known is whether this is because thi economic improvements are simply not sufficient to at tract Blacks to stay as op|»ised to the lure of the cities, or whether the Blacks have not had th«' same ari'css or eligibility for the new agricultural «Tonomy THE i FAMILY*. LAWYER Booby Trap Against Trespassers On the outskirts of town stood an old open-air theater, aban doned for years. The owner of the propertv, resentful of oc casional trespassers, ilecideil to get tough He placed a small bomb uniler the stage, connecting it to a nearby «loor. Sure enough, a few «lays later a youthful intruder opened the door, set off the bomb, and suf fered falal injuries. Could the property owner be held legally liable for this tr.ig- edy? At a court bearing, lie in sist«! be bad the right Io safe guard bis property against any unlawful intrusion. However, a court belli him re- sponsihlc for the young man’s death. “ It is no defense,” said the court, "that (the victim) was a trespasser. While the law au thorizes an owner Io protect his property by reasonable means, considerations of humanity pre clude him from setting traps dangerous to the life and limb of those whose presence may he an ticipated. even though they may be trespassers." On the other hand, levs dras tic measures against trespassers have usually been upheld. One case involved a barbed wire fence which a home owner pul up Io slop pedestrians front taking short cuts across his front lawn. This time, when an injured trespas ser claimed damages, the court turned him down. The jiulge said the wire obstacle, in plain sight, was a reasonable way for the owner Io protect his lawn. O f course, lire right Io use force is greater when there is menace not only to property but also to people. Accordingly, most courts liuvc sanctioned the use of deadly force, if necessary, against burglars breaking into a home. As one judge put it: “The idea that a man's house is his castle is not that it is Ids property. The sense in which the house has a peculiar immunity is that it is sacrcil for the protec tion of his person and his fam ily.'' A public m t v ice fe a tu re o f the A m erican Bur Asaoeialion an il the O regon Stale lia r . W ritte n by W ill B e rn a rd . C 197.1 American liar Association dii Hindu mythology has the earth resting on a tortoise! Indian charges agent SPECIAL! Bachelor« Laundry Ameriean Indian Move iTrimbach of his rights and ment leader Dennis Banks warned him that he might called for the immediate incriminate himself Banks said that "what this arrest of John Trimbach, special Fill agent in charge means lor Americans is that of South Dakota. North the FBI has perjured itself Dakota and Minnesota for on the witness stand, and governm ental mis conduct that this action affects not during 'he siege of Wounded only Indian people, hut all ,tt'Ople. K nee. Banks further charged that According to Banks, Trim news of the Wounded Knee bach testified at least four trial is fx'ing suppressed by times on the stand that he executive editors under pres never knew ol any wire tap sure from the federal gov on the Trading Post although ernment. Upon checking the application and the af with the Associated Press fidavit for the wire tap is office in St Paul, th« Indians signed by him. learned that a long story w as In the church sj»,nsored filed from St. Paul daily press conference. Banks in about the treaty trial, and dicated that at one point in vet there has b«'« n very little the trial, the judge informed national coverage. Brian R. Payne, former research forester, U.S. Forest Service assigned to Tuskegee In stitu te, and Donald R. Theoe. director of Profes sional program s for the Society of American For esters, have co authored an article. “ Black F o resters Needed . . . A Professional Concern" The article in the Journal of Forestry said in part: "When we foresters l«x>k at ourselves we see a diverse group We come from every section of the country, and from some foreign lands We have graduated from one or more of over 50 forestry schools. We have many things in common. Perhaps One Day Service SAVE YOUR CLAIM TICKETS! 10 cleaning and pressing claim tic k e ts good (nr I S lb load n( cleaning and pressing BUDGET DRY CLEANERS 72 2 0 N Fessenden 2 8 6 -2 2 9 6 SHOP IENOW S j FOR Few Black foresters l»-ss than a dozen Black Americans have been grad uated from forestry programs in the United States, a remarkable figure compared to the 40,000 or more for esters turned out in this country so far. This im balance has resulted in a concerted effort to increase the number of Black pro fessional foresters. Thursd.iv, \,.ril I». |9 7 | most important is our pro fessional dedication to serve society. But we're alike in another way; virtually all of us are white. Despite our diversity of background, ed ucation and experience, we don’t represent all segments of the society we serve." The article pointed to a (ire forestry program at Tuskegee Institute as a step in the right direction, and concluded: "The program at Tuskegee is only a small beginning, but perhaps it ran serve as a model for cooperative efforts elsewhere. Bc»'ause of its size i3.000 studentsi and its status as a private university having limited endowment. Tuskegee is unlikely to at tem pt development of a traditional four year curri culum. “ One thing is certain. Avenues for bringing forestry to Black students must be strengthened and broadened. The impetus for such efforts is unlikely to come from the Negro segment of American society. It must come in stead from concerned for esters. -B R A N D S you kn o w -V A R IE T IE S yo u l i l j - SIZES y o u w o n * A4f » N I M • . • . W A » * >..««» * NI G» sw N «• G< ei M . »«•»* M .H » P l a n • »/«Ml S f 0 . V • M lM M k I «••' A s I M.'. ■ANI M . • A s t .'!•« < A W e » » I*.. 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