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Volume 4, No. *
Í «Portland. Oregon
Thursday. June 13. 1974
Art Festival loses grant
A $30,(MX) grant to conduct
a Peoples A rt Explosion in
Portland has been withdrawn
by the National Endowment
for the Arts. The grant for
the three day art festival, to
have been held in August,
was awarded to the Black
Cultural Affairs Hoard of
Portland State University,
with the assistance of the
PSU Education Center.
Spokesmen for N E A in
diealed that the grant for the
festival was withdrawn be
cause of "professional jeal
ounies" on the part of the
Advisory Committee estab
lished to assist the project.
O.ll. Hill, director of the
project, believes hostilities
(rom
PSU
administrators
indicated to the sponsors
that the festival would not
receive the necessary co
operation from
the
pro
fessional community in Ore
gon.
The event, one of five in
the nation, was organized for
the purpose of bringing to
g eth er
p erfo rm in g
a rts
groups and artists from the
entire Northwest.
Of the
attitude of the
Portland
State University community
toward the project. Hill said,
"It just goes to show that
Oregon is not
politically
ready to allow minorities to
demonstrate their abilities,
to conduct programs in the
area of A rt and Culture of
this magnitude . . Of course
we are disappointed with
NEA 's decision, but this only
goes to show that the entire
system is not willing to risk
such a chance at allowing
minorities such an oppor
tunity, once there is oppose
tion from the ranks of the
establishment."
Hill said the Black Cultural
Affairs Board has already
"picked up the pieces” and is
planning its program for the
coming year.
The BCAB,
which is a student orgamza
tion funded through student
activity fees, has lost 42
percent of its funding for the
1974 75 school year.
Hearings study school decisions
P A U L C. COOK
Bank promotes Cook
Northeast Portland resi
dent Paul G. Cook, assistant
vice president and rommer
rial loan officer at Eirat
National Hank of Oregon's
Head Office, has been elected
vice president.
Cook has been a bank
employee since 1956 and
after
several
assignments
was named general loan
officer at the East Portland
branch in 1967.
He trans
.erred to the Portland Main
office as commercial loan
officer and assistant vice
president in 1966 and later
moved to Head Office, the
bank's principal (tanking of
flee when the new First
National Center opened in
1972
Cook is a graduate of
Portland State University,
having received a bachelor of
science degree in business
administration.
State, county, and city
officials, school superinten
dents, teachers, parents, tax
p a y e rs and c o m m u n ity
groups will have a unique
opportunity to present their
views on control of public
schools at a citizen sponsored
hearing to be held Wednes
day. June 26th, at the De
partment of the Interior
Building at the Lloyd Center.
The hearing, third of six
being held across the country,
is being conducted by the
Commission on Educational
Governance, a project of the
National Committee for Citi
zens in Education.
Purpose of the hearing is
to examine who, in fart,
controls decisions affecting
c u rric u lu m , budget, pro
Blacks protest FCC changes
Black leaders and orgamza
tions throughout the country
are lining up in strong op
position to a bill pending
before the U.S. Senate that
would stifle attempts by
Blacks and other minorities
to gain access to the broad
cast media.
Public hearings are sche
duled June 1H, 19 and 20
before the Senate Commerce
Committee on the Broadcast
License Renewal Act (H.R.
129931, which has passed the
House of Representatives.
A
high level
s tra te g y
meeting at the leadership
Conference on Civil Rights
was held to outline a grass
roots campaign in opposition
to the bill. The meeting was
convened by Joseph Rauh,
Jr., legal counsel for the
IA X’R; Dr. Carlton Goodlett.
president of the National
Newspaper Publishers As
soriation; M. Carl Holman
and Berkeley Burrell, co-
chairmen of the National
Business league's National
Committee for Policv Re
view, and Ronald Brown of
the National Urban league
and chairman of the LCCR
Task Force on Regulatory
Agencies.
“This bill strikes a de
vastating blow to the legiti
mate aspirations of Rlaek
Americans to gain ownership
and control of mass com
munications media in their
com m unities," states D r.
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gramming, salaries and other
major aspects of the nation’s
public schools.
The first hearing was hi^JJ
April 22nd in Minneapolis,
the second in St. Ixiuis May
22nd. Those to follow will
take place in Atlanta, the
Northeast and Los Angeles.
Though the Minneapolis
and St. Louis hearings have
not as yet
been
fully
analyzed, preliminary find
ings indicate that though
each city has unique prob
lams, the difficulties faring
the public schools are often
strikingly similar.
A t the
same time, the solutions and
their proposers
were as
varied as the problems were
similar.
Barbara Schwartz,
spokesperson for a Minne
apolis citizens group, de
scribed the experiences of
her group:
", . . The goal isn't to make
who controls the schools the
issue
it's the openness,
the flexibility, the kind of
democracy that really is
functioning in the institution.
Many people and educators
feel that public schools are
the institutions that are
teaching our children how to
live democratic lives, how to
be good decision makers, to
be participators. Sometimes
that is the last thing the
Goodlett.
“And, for this
reason, there must be an all
out effort to defeat this
repressive legislation."
Tony
Brown,
executive
director and producer of
“Black Journal", says the bill
"sets a dangerous precedent.
If while broadcasters in
collusion with Congress ran
extend the term of a broad
cast license from three to
five years in 1974, then next
year these anti Black forces
ran extend it from five to ten
years."
Jim McCuller, director of
(he National Black Media
Coalition, states that the
Ray C. Rist, - associate
Coalition is "vehemently op
professor of sociology at
posed" to the bill and that
Portland State University,
"all members of the Coalition
has taken a year's leave of
will make their conrerns
absence to become a senior
known to Senator Pastore
and members of his Sub policy analyst for the N a
tional Institute of Education
committee."
in Washington, D.C.
Other organizations op
In this position Rist will be
posing the Broadcast License
Renewal Act include:
the responsible for overseeing
leadership Conference on school desegregation re
search being funded through
Civil Rights, the NAACP,
the United Church of Christ, out the country by the
Department of Health, Edu
N atio n al U rban League,
Americans for Democratic ration and Welfare.
Since January, Rist haa
Action, Unitarian Church and
the National Association of served as a consultant to the
Early Learning Task Force
Black Broadcasters.
Dr. Goodlett points out of the N IE . He also received
that "not a single television a grant this year from the
station in the United States National Science Foundation
today is owned by racial to study interracial contact
minorities and only 25 of among students in Portland’s
almost 7,000 radio stations elementary schools.
Rist’s latest book. "The
are in the hands of minority
Urban School: A Factory for
group owners."
Goodlett adds, "If the re Failure", published in Jan-
newal legislation is passed by uary by the M IT Press,
traditional
the Senate, it will choke off challenged the
and stifle Black participation American belief that mass
education
provides
in the broadcast media.
In puhlic
short, what this legislation equal opportunity for upward
means is the perpetuation of social mobility for all rtiil
the exclusion of minorities dren.
This spring "The American
from the single moat in-
fluential force in American School Board Journal", after
life today -- the communi reviewing 2900 books pub
lished last year, listed Rist's
rations media.”
Brown. McCuller and Good book as one of nine "as ea
lett urged Black organiza sential reading for school
ad-
tions to send letters and board members and
(Please turn to pg. 2. col. 7)1 ministrators."
school administrator wants
a participating citizen.
As
citizens, I think we saw our
selves as part of a problem
and therefore part of the
solution. We are all citizens,
we are all part of the public
institutions, we all have a
role to play."
D e m o s th e n e s D u B o se .
President of the St. Louis
Teachers Union, saw one
way in which parents could
be part of the solution when
he stated that "Parents need
to gain and maintain control
of their organizations so that
they
w ill
tru ly
re fle ct
parents' interests."
Chairperson for the broadly
representative Commission is
Sarah C. Carey, a Wash
ington, D.C. attorney. Other
members of the Commission
who will hear testimony in
Portland are:
R. Stephen
Browning, hearing counsel,
Washington,
D.C.;
Karen
(Please turn to pg. 2, col. 1)
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teachers
chosen
Two teachers from Sabin
E le m e n ta ry School w ere
among four Oregon teachers
named "O u ts tan d in g Ele
mentary Teachers of America
for 1974".
Mrs. Marian Jacobs and
Miss Barbara Williams were
nominated by their principal,
Isaac White.
M is
Jaco b s
te a c h e s
seventh grade at Sabin and
coordinates the sum m er
school. She is also helping to
plan revision of the Health
Science curriculum for Area
I I I schools.
When Mrs.
Jacobs came to Oregon she
had taught previously but
did not have an Oregon
certificate, so she worked for
the Veteran's Administra
tion.
In 1962 she received
her degree from Portland
S tate U n iv e rs ity .
She
taught at Portsmouth and
Boise before transferring to
Sabin four years ago.
Miss Williams is a grad
uate of Portland State Uni
versity. She did her practice
leaching at Sabin and has
taught in the primary de
partment for three years.
Mrs. Williams is currently
working on her Masters
Degree at PSU.
Mrs. Frances Hamar and
Mrs. Ellen Reddekopp of
Cloverdale School in Clover
dale were also named.
The four teachers are
eligible for consideration as
"outstanding
ele m en tary
teacher of the year," five of
whom will be chosen from
schools all over America by
the O utstanding Teacher
Foundation.
The school in
which each of the five
teaches will be given an
(Please turn to pg. 2. col. 8)
P ro fe s s o r
studies
in te g ra tio n
Michael Rice shows award winning row garden.
Rose garden wins Trophy
Michael Rice of 133 N.E.
San Raphael won the Terry D.
Schrunk Trophy for the best
rose garden in the inter
mediate and large size in Rose
Festival competition.
This
was Rice's first entry of his
garden in the competition.
Rice's interest in roses
began in 1962 when he moved
into his present home and dug
up three holes in the lawn to
plant rose bushes. A neighbor
criticized him for ruining the
lawn and he told her the roses
would win him a trophy. In
1965, he called the Rose
Society to see if he could enter
their spring show. He carried
his rose to the show in a shoe
box and brought home a
ribbon.
Since then Rice has entered
Rose shows throughout the
country and has represented
the Portland Rose Society at
six national conventions. He
won first place in the Meier
and Frank Rose Show two
years ago and last week won
8he Challenger Trophy in
Salem.
On one occasion he carried a
rose to Missoula. Montana on
the train in a box on his lap,
and won six trophies with a
single flower.
Rice spends much time in
his rose garden, which con
tains a variety of roses of all
colors. He has no favorites
among the flowers, but treats
tbern all with equal care.
Rice believes flowers re
spond to the rare they receive
and the attitude of their
owner
if he is kind to
them and cares about them
they will perform at their
best; but if he treats them
roughly
the garden
will
suffer. He attempts to give
each plant the same food and
attention so none will feel left
out. Rice said he had seen
plants wither and die because
their owners did not have
good attitudes toward them.
Rice plans to enter addi
tional roses in the Rose Festi
val show, and hopes to add
more trophies to his growing
collection.
Aging programs neglect minorities
Bill McCoy, State Repre
sentative and Chairman of
the House Subcommittee on
Aging, presented the Key
note address at the Institute
on Minority Aging sponsored
by California
State
Uni
versity at San Diego.
McCoy said that although
minority groups were asked
to participate in the 1971
White House Conference on
Aging and their grievances
were written into the recom
m endations, nothing has
been done to implement
them.
Much of the money
has been impounded
by
President Nixon and other
portions of the funds that
should go to programs that
reach the people have been
siphoned off for studies, pro
posals and research that will
never
result
in definite
programs.
McCoy emphasized that
the minority elderly are
worse off today then they
were in 1971.
The result of the 1971
White House Conference was
a series of reports: "Toward
a National Policy on Aging".
“Reports of the Special Con
cerns Sessions", and "A
Report on the Administra
tion's Continuing Response
to the Recommendations of
the Delegates to the 1971
White House Conference on
Aging".
The conference produced
94 recommendations to im
prove the lives of aging
Blacks. 36 recommendations
for action on behalf of
Spanish speaking eld erly
persons; 23 recommendations
for
programs
for
Asian
Americans; and 30 recom
mendations to meet the
unique needs of the elderly
Indian. The general feeling
is that aging minorities have
not benefited from the op
portunity to “participate in
d e v e lo p in g
a
n a tio n a l
strategy
in roping
with
problems of the aging."
On May 19. 1973, the
National Black Caucus of the
Black Aged assessed the
1971 Conference response
and contended that "nothing
of a substantive nature of
any consequence” had been
accomplished
for
Black
Americans.
In 1969 white males in the
United States had an esti
mated average length of life
of 67.8 years and white
females 75.1 years, while
Black and “other" males had
a life expectancy of 60.5
years and females of 68.4
years.
Nearly 20 million
people in the United States
are over 65 years of age. or
about 10 percent of the
population.
There were approximately
1,601.000 Blacks over 65
years in 1971, and 321.200
Spanish speaking people.
The "others" were lost in the
statistics.
Considering the eligible
age for retirement benefits
and the lark of commitment
to the special needs of
minority elderly, there is
reason to believe that minori
ties are systematically ex
cluded from the benefits of
programs for the aging.
There is a widely accepted
belief that minority people
are not affected by aging
because of cultural factors
and because there is little
change in economic status -
they go from poor to poorer.
One example is the belief
that Asian Americans always
can look to their families for
help, resulting .in a complete
lack of funding df community
programs for Asian Am eri
can elderly.
There is concern over the
lack of federal interest in the
unique
problems
of
the
minority elderly and over the
lack of p a rtic ip a tio n of
minority people in policy
making. since it is unlikely
that the minority elderly will
benefit from white operated
programs any more than
minorities in other categories
do.
Nurse dedicates life to service
»«. MARY RICARDA E R H
Center gets director
Sister Mary Ricarda Eich
of the Sisters of St. Francis,
Dubuque, Iowa has been ap
pointed new director of the
St. Vincent de Paul Day
Care Center, 44 N.E. Morris
Street, Portland, according
to Charles Royer, Executive
Secretary of the St. Vincent
de Paul Society.
She re
places Sister
Mary
Ann
Hackenmiller, who after six
years as director, has taken
a new assignment in Iowa,
Sister Ricarda was pre
viously principal of St.
Mary's School in Waterloo,
Iowa. She earned her B.A.
in elementary education at
Briar Cliff College, Sioux
City, Iowa, and an M .A. from
Loras College. Dubuque,
Iow a, in A d m in is tra tio n ,
Guidance and Counseling.
She is a member of the
National Principal« Associa
tion. the Non Public School
A d m in is trato rs , N a tio n a l
Catholic Education Associa
tion and the International
Reading Association.
The new director has had
training and experience in
child development and early
childhood education, coun
seling, administration, com
munication and human rela
tions.
One of Oregon's
best
known
and
most
highly
respected nurses will soon
retire. Dorothy E. O'Deane is
leaving her post as Licensure
Consultants for Institutions
of Care for the Multnomah
County Health Department.
Since 1953, she has been
responsible for inspection of
hospitals,
nursing
homes,
homes for the aged, child
care centers, private kinder
gartens determining qualifi
cations for licensing and at
tempting to upgrade care.
Mrs. O'Deane's decision to
retire from nursing reflects
the concern for people that
she
has
d e m o n s tra te d
throughout her career.
In
the face of extensive layoffs
in the County Health De
partment. Mrs. O'Deane is
retiring at this time so that
another nurse might retain
her position.
“I will retire
earlier than I planned so that
someone won't have to be
laid off."
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Mrs. O'Deane was the re
cipient of the first Oregon
H ealth C are Association
Horizon Award, for signifi
cant contributions to the
long term care field in 1971.
She was chosen "Woman of
Dedication" for 1973 by the
Oregon Nurses Association,
District One.
Mrs. O'Deane has had a
wide variety of interests and
experiences in nursing and
community service and has
been instrumental in bringing
about changes. For example,
she was responsible for the
change of regulations that
sends an ambulance directly
upon request rather than
having a police car go to the
scene and then order an
ambulance.
She
was one of
the
founders
of the
Oregon
Nurses Association’s Geria
trie Section, and has served
on its various committees.
She participated on a task
force for three years that
developed
a project
for
training aides in nursing
homes.
One of Mrs. O'Deane's
special interests is child care.
She served as State Chair
man of the Rules and Regula
tions on Infant and Toddler
Care.
She is an honorary
member of the Oregon Day
Care Association, a member
I
>
of the lay advisory com
mittee on Day Care;
a
member of the Board of
Directors of the Lay Ad
visory Committee to Catholic
Charities. She has served as
the Oregon Nurses Associa
tion's liaison to the W elfare
Commission and to the
Pharmacy Board, and cur
rently is on the O N A Pro
gram and Public Relations
committee.
Mrs. O'Deane's volunteer
service includes assisting
M ultnom ah
C o u nty
im
munization clinics and rabies
clinics.
Dorothy
O'Deane
grad
uated from Good Samaritan
School of Nursing in 1933
and earned her degree in
Public Health at the Uni
versity of Oregon in 1954.
Her background in nursing
has ranged from general
duty in a Veterans Ad
ministration Hospital to an
assignment with the Bureau
of Indian Affairs in Alaska.
She has been in licensing
since 1960 and has earned
the distinction of serving
longer than any other nurse
in licensing.
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