Portland observer., May 30, 1974, Image 1

Jordan leads City Council race
Cl*rlei Jordan placed first
in th' race for City (ouncil.
Portion *4. which he now
h^fs
With approximately
.If
percent of the vote,
Jjrdan facet a run off elec­
tion in Novem ber with
second place Gene Anderson.
A majority of the votea cast
is neccaaary
necessary to win election
in
in the
the Primary.
Primary.
Jordan was
was appointed
appointed In in
Jordan
April
A p ril to
to the
the ('ouncil
Council poat
post by by
the
the City
( ity Council
( ouncil to
to fill
fill the
the
unexpired term of Com
missioner Lloyd Anderson.
In analyzing the returns,
Jordan said he had hoped to
win about 30 percent of the
votes
votea in in competition
competition with
with 14
14
other
other candidates,
candidates, and
and was
was
pleased
pleased to
to learn
learn that
that he
he had
had
done
done better
better than
than expected.
expected.
He praised hit campaign
workers and expressed his
appreciation to all of those
(MTsons who made hia elec
lion puasiole.
p<»»inle.
tion
Commissioner Jordan
Jordan will
will
Commissioner
spend the
the next
next few
few weeks
weeks on
on
spend
two important
important functions
functions of
of
two
the Bureau
Bureau of of Human
Human Re
lie
the
sources. Since the City of
Portland has been named the
area agency for the pro
grams for the aging, he will
bo
be working
working on
on development
d>
of
.
He will
of that
that program
program,
hold
hold a a series
aeries of
of meetings
with
with Senior
Senior Citizens
Citizens to to de
de
(erm
ine the
o e s of
e r v ic e s
termine
the tv types
of s services
they need and want, and
then set up an administrative
structure, to deliver these
The
The city's
city's manpower
manpower pn
pro­
grants
grams will
will also
also be be in in t) the
hegindfng
beguiling stages
stages of of develo|
develop
rnent
ment and
and he he will
will be be buildin
building
an an ad administrative
m in istrative sten
etu i
structure
for those programs.
Jordan expreswd pride in
the Fire Bureau, for which
he is now responsible, saying
it is rated as one of the best
in the nation. "Our job now
is to make sure we slay
current ¡end not get com
placent."
He plans to
strengthen the Fire Bureau
affirmative action program.
Jordan is looking forward
to the fall election campaign.
“We learned a lot in this
campsign. We made a lot of
mistakes, but we sacrificed
some efficiency to get a lot of
,M'O|>le involved, and that is
im,tortant. I have no doubt
that we will be successful in
our bid for election."
Jordan is the first Black to
serve on the Portland City
( 'ouncil.
City Commissioner Charles Jordan
Tke Black
candidates
Three of Oregon's Blark
candidates for election have
won their primary bids. City
Commissioner Charles Jor
dan led 15 candidates for his
seat. P osition *4. and (ailing
The state’s next Governor?
State Senator Victor All
yrh miiii a landslide victory
over Secretary o f State Clay
Myers, winning over HO
percent ol the vote in a
defeat that astounded even
the most acute political
analysts.
Atiyeh served three terms
in the House of Represents
lives, beginning in 1960. He
m now serving his third
four year term in the Senate,
where he was Republican
leader of the 1»71 and 1973
sessions. He is currently a
member of the State Finer
gency Board and the State
Energy Council.
Atiyeh was raised in Port
land.
He attended thi
University ol Portland until
at the age of 20. his father's
(Please turn to p. 4 col. 6)
Bob Straub edged Stale
Treasurer Jim Redden and
State Senator Belly Roberts
to win the Dem ocratic
Party's gubernatorial nomi
nation. Straub, who served
two times as Oregon's State
Treasurer, leaving office in
1972.
He has made two
previous attempts to win
election to the governorship.
Straub is well known for
Bend in the River seeks citizens
A Bend in the River
Council will be held ii > Rend,
Oregon July 4th through 7th
at which citizens of the slate
will he given the opportunity
'($» peruse, review, consider
and express opinions on
possible directions for the
next 25 years. A steering
committee has been formed
to investigate these tentative
categories:
transportation
and power, land use and cn
vironmental design, edura
tion and religion, law and
community,, health and eco­
nomics, and consciousness
and communication.
Town meetings will he
held in a sample of Oregon
communities to assess fur
ther concerns of the citizenry
and to elect delegates to the
Council in Rend. Flection of
Portland delegates will take
place at a series of five
community m eetings in
various areas of Portland.
The purpose of these meet
ings is twofold: (1) to dis
cuss what the people ol
Portland want for Oregon’s
future, and
(21 to give
people an opportunity to
nominate and elect their
representatives to Bend in
the River. Ten more dele
gates will be chosen at a
as a saver
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city wide meeting during the
last two weeks in June. At
each of these meetings,
people will have an oppor
tunity to express their con
cerns about Oregon's future
verbally and by ballot.
The Council in Bend will
officially open with a general
brainstorming session re
garding views on the next
quarter century. "Experts"
will speak on the various
interest areas, and Tom
McCall will give a keynote
speech on "The Oregon
Story".
By Saturday afternoon all
the categories will hopefully
have been covered and cer­
tain issues aroused. Satur
day evening will be a wide
open, live television session
devoted to drafting a ballot.
Sunday morning will find
this ballot printed on the
front page of the state's
new spapers, and Sunday
morning will find this ballot
printed on the front page of
the state's newspapers, and
Sunday afternnon will air
another live broadcasl with
spokespeople from various
sides of each issue speaking,
refuting and rebutting.
The Southeast Portland
meeting, to be held June 1st
at Sunnyside M ethodist
Churrh, will be the second of
five rommunity meetings in
Portland. It will focus on
Information sharing, discus
sion of issues of concern to
the future of S.E. Portland
as well as Oregon (l.e.
energy, inflation, transports
tion, etc.) and to elect dele
gates to the Bend Counril.
There will be a slide show of
the historical development of
Southeast Portland, and
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his strong emphasis on en
vironmental protection. T h e
Beach Bill, which gives the
state ow nership of the
beaches, was one of his
major accomplishments. H<
also conceived the Willamette
Greenway plan, which will
provide public access to, as
well as some preservation of
the Willamette River.
He
advocates a stronger plan,
which would provide public
ownership of the river banks.
Straub advocates a bal
anced economy for Oregon,
one that would provide em
ployment but would protect
(Please turn to pg. 4. eol. 4)
Tiger returns
Former Senator Wavne
orse has won the Demo
atic nomination to U.S.
•nate by defeating State
-nator Jason Bor- by a w ide
trgin.
Morse served 24
ars in the Senate before
s 1968 defeat by Robert
ickwood. He will oppose
tckwiMid in the November
neral election.
Morse campaigned on the
issues of integrity in govern
ment and the consequences
of runaway inflation.
Morse, who was Dean of
the Oregon Law School
before his first election to
the Senate, is considered one
of the nation's leading ex
(MTts on Constitutional Law
He is also respected as a
Ijbor Relations negotiator.
Morse was first elected as a
Republican, but changed to
an Independent and then was
re elected as a Democrat
following his differences with
President Eisenhower's poll
CM‘S .
Morse, often called the
"Tiger of the Senate", won a
reputation for his motto
"Principles before Politics"
as he stood, often alone, for
what he thought was best for
the nation. He was one of
the earliest opponents of the
Vietnam War and was one of
I Please turn to p. 4 col. 4)
Black puklisker receives konors
Frank L. Stanley, Sr.,
editor publisher of the Ixiuis-
ville Defender, was awarded
an honorary Doctor of I^jws
degree last week by the
U niversity of Kentucky,
which he helped to desegre­
gate nearly 25 years ago.
Dr. Otis Singletary, presi­
dent of the university, pre
sented the degree to Mr.
Stanley during the ll)7th
commencement exercises.
Four whites^were similarly
honored.
In conferring the degree
upon the Louisville editor,
the university rited his many
outstanding achievements, in
eluding the authoring of a
1960 Kentucky higher edura
tion integration bill which led
to the desegregation of all
colleges and universities in
the state.
Also it pointed out that he
wrote three other Kentucky
civil rights hills, writes an
award winning syndicated
column, and edits a paper
which has won 88 state and
national awards.
In addition, the citation
said that he served on a four
man journalism team which
the State Department sent
to Africa in 1962 to conduct a
seminar for African editors
and radio program directors.
And during the Truman
administration. Mr. Stanley
headed a commission to in­
spect the conditions of
American troops in Orrupied
Europe which led to the
desegregation of the U.S.
to receive over 50 percent of
the votes, will face a run-off
election in November.
One of the opponents de­
feated by Jordan was James
“Shag" Thomas.
Gladys McCoy was unop
posed for re election to the
Board of Education of the
Portland Public Schools.
Bill McCoy won the Demo­
cratic primary for House
District #15.
John Toran lost to former
State Representative Frank
Roberts in his campaign for
the State Senate.
Jim m y "B ang Bang'
Walker and Oliver Smith
both lost in their eflorts to
replace Dr. Howard Cherry
in House District #14.
Berna Plummer failed in
her effort to win the Repub
lican Party nomination for
County Commission Position
#3, which will be vacated by
Commissioner Ben Padrow.
NEÀ asks Student Rigkts
A call for the establish­
ment of an Office of Student
Rights and Student Protec
tion by the U.S. Department
of Health. Education and
Welfare and by each state
department of public insiruc
lion has been made by
Samuel B. Ethridge, director
of civil and human rights
programs for the National
Education Association.
Ethridge, concerned about
the increasing numbers of
students who are dropouts,
"pushouts". or who are ex
pelted each year from schools
both in the North and South,
believes that such offices will
help alleviate w hat he calls a
"serious crisis" in the schools
of the nation.
Testifying before the House
Subcommittee on Equal Op-
vortunities for the Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Pre
vention Act (H.R. 6265).
Ethridge said:
“We have not come here
today to ask for new laws, as
much as we have come to
ask for better enforcement of
the laws on the books. The
poor cannot afford lawyers to
defend their rights through
court systems.
The pro­
tection of student rights
must not be left to the
private organizations.
The
National Education Associa
tion does not have the per­
sonnel or the resources
ne«-ded to carry out such a
vast undertaking."
Ethridge cited what he
called " shockin'.’ statistic«”
on the numbers of students
dropping out of school, being
pushed out, or expelled for
disruptive behavior.
Based
on samplings of surveys and
independent reports from
various parts of the nation,
Ethridge said that the es­
timate of the number of sus­
pensions per year in the 17
Southern states is 200,000.
He explained that the sus­
pension of students is not
just a Southern problem or a
Black problem, but also a
problem of First Americans
(American Indians), Asian
Americans, Chicanos, and
alienated w hite stu d en ts.
Many Northern school sys­
tems are experiencing the
same kinds of problems, he
added.
Should an Office of Stu
dent Rights and Student Pro­
tection be established by
HEW and by each state
department of public instruc­
tion, Ethridge stated, these
offices should be staffed "by
(Please turn to page 3 col. 3)
Oregonians join sigkt volunteers
Frank L. Stanley, Sr., right, editor publisher of the
Louisville Defender, is shown receiving an honorary Doctor
of Laws degree from the University of Kentucky. Dr Otis
Singletary, president, is conferring the degree.
Army. This occurred during
the first of three separate
eras during which lie served
as president of the National
Newspaper Publishers As
soeiation, of which he is a
founding member.
Among the many other
honors that have come to
Mr. Stanley are: election as
national president of he
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity,
appointment ns commissioner
of the Midwestern Athletic
Association, and the receipt
of a Doctor of Humanities
degree in 1955 from Allen
University.
Mr. S tan ley's parents
brought him to Louisville
when he was 6. He received
his education at Atlanta Uni
versity, where he starred in
football, basketball and base
hall, and at the University of
Cincinnati.
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facturer new glasses ac­
Impaired vision is a handi
ap shared by millions of cording to specific prescrip­
people the world over. It is
tion to fill gaps in the roller
not confined to those who
tion, and currently have
live in the highly civilized
about 400 pairs made. "We
areas w here ophthalmic care
are only too glad to do this
is available. Vision problems
work." explained Maurice
also occur in the world's
Merrick, department coordi
primitive areas where, in
nator and instructor.
"It
most cases, it must simply be
gives our students construe
endured.
live experience, invaluable to
Conscious of this fact, a our program, as well as a
group of opticians, optome­ sense of involvement in a
worthwhil effort."
trists. o p h th a lm o lo g ists,
an esthesiologists, nurses,
The first ophthalmic MGM,
screening personnel, and
organized in 1969, visited the
other workers have or
Republic of Honduras. Since
then teams have made two-
ganized Medical Group Mis
sions iMGM's) under the
week expeditions to the
auspices of the Christian
Dominican Republic each
Medical Society.
These year.
About 1600 patients
people have traveled at their are examined, l'200 pair of
own expense to give aid eyeglasses fitted, and atx,ut
where not otherwise avail­ 80 operations performed
able.
during each visit.
The Optical Technology
People of all ages, some of
department at Portland Com
whom are completely blind,
ntunity College has volun­ travel from all parts of the
teered for an active role in Oomiean Republic in the
this program. The students
hope of receiving treatment.
determine the prescriptions It is not only elderly people
of the thousands of pairs of who suffer from difficulty.
used ey eg la sses donated
Many children are expelled
through churrh groups and from school because they are
service organizations, dassi
too near sighted to see the
fy. label and pack them for blackboards (which are used
in lieu of textbooks). Eve
shipment. They also manu
-A
glasses supplied by the MGM
have enabled hundreds of
these children to return to
school.
The working conditions
under which the MGM teams
work are extremely primi­
tive. but due to the gener­
osity of an anonymous donor
in Texas, they now have a
$40,000 trailer equipped as a
portable surgery unit which
enables operations to be
performed in optimum cir­
cumstances.
Volunteers to the program
have come from throughout
the U.S., Canada, England
and Mexico.
Participants
from Oregon include Dr.
Raymond Roy, Sr., Jon
Panecello and Priscilla Pane
cello of Portland, Dr. Don
Chambers of Milwaukie, and
Dr. Roy Clunes of Corvallis.
Drugs and supplies have
been donated bv both Ameri­
can and Canadian surgical
and o p h th a lm ic su p p ly
houses.
The expense of
shipment of supplies and eye
glasses, as well as other
incidentals, is borne b; the
Christian Medical Society,
which is supported by the
donations of its members and
other interesteil individuals.
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