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May 16, 1976
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Kaxuki Sasaki, concertmaster of the Sapporo Symphony Orrheatra, joined the Orrheatra
in 1962 at the a|(r of 18. Two years later he was given the position of conertmaster. Mr.
Sasaki will play Yuzo Toyama's Violin Coneerto, Saturday. June 7th at Madison High
Srhool Auditorium.
Japanese symphony Festival event
One of the events of the
1975 Portland Rose Feaitval
is a concert by the Sapporo
(Japan) Symphony Orches
tra Saturday. June 7th at
7:00 p.m. in the Madison
High School Auditorium.
The concert marks the 15th
anniversary of the Portland
Sapporo Sister City re
lationship
The Sister City Program
provides planned and con
tinuous contact In-tween the
rttiea and citizens involved
by promoting international
cooperation and under
standing in the fields of
education, government, rul
ture, economic and social
relations.
Sapporo Mayor Takeshi
Itagaki, a goodwill delega
tion and the orchestra will
arrive at Portland Inter
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instrument.
For more
information, pleas«- call
287 1634
national
Airport
Friday,
June 6th at 1:00 p.m. Our
Japanese visitors will be
greeted by Mayor Neil
Goldschmidt, members of
the City Council and other
dignitaries and then es
corted by motorcade to the
downtown Hilton.
The Japanese entourage
will attend the Rose Festi
val queen selection and
coronation Friday evening
in the Coliseum.
Mayor
Itagaki is being asked by
Mayoi Goldschmidt to pre
sent the City of Portland’s
gift to the new queen.
This special concert is a
gift to Portland costing
S a p p o ro
m o re
th a n
$100,000.
A t the concert
Mayor Goldschmidt will re
ciprocate by presenting
Mayor Itagaki with a speci
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The Sapporo Symphony
Orchestra was founded ir.
1961 and has been conduc
ted by Peter Schwarz of
Munich, W est G erm any
since 1969
The concert
program includes Yuzo To­
yama's "Violin Concerto"
fe a tu rin g C o n certm aster
Kazuki Sasaki as soloist,
the Overture to the Flying
Dutchman by Wagner and
Beethoven's Symphony 03
in E Flat.
Adm ssion is free, by
ticket only and open to the
public. Pick up your tickets
at many branches of U.S.
National Bank and other
metropolitan locations. For
ticket availability, call the
Portland City Hall informa
tion number, 248 4583.
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Racouillat. who ia, thirty
three, has been Oregon
branch manager for some
three years.
He joined
Xerox in 1966 after working
as manager of the Investi­
gation Service for the State
Compensation Insurance
Fund in San Francisco and
Sacramento, and attending
law school at night.
He
worked his way up the
Corporate ladder to branch
manager with repaonsibility
for operations in Oregon,
Southern Washington and
Northern Washington.
Since 1972, he has taught
a sales management grad
uate class at PSU. OSU and
UO. During that time, he
e s ta b lis h e d a $ 1 0 ,0 0 0
minority student scholar
ship fund, coupling dona
lions from his faculty sala-y
with Xerox matching funds.
He
is presently
vice
president and board direc­
tor of the Portland Urban
Ix-ague, board director for
the Portland Metropolitan
Steering Committee, on the
Education Committee for
the Portland Chamber of
Commerce, and completing
a master of business ad­
ministration at Pepperdine
University with a thesis on
"Profitable Corporate Social
Responsibilities.”
The V ete ra n s A d m in i
stratio n have rem inded
veterans of their right (o
request correction of what
they feel are errors or
injustices in their military
records.
Application must be sub­
mitted to the branch in
which the veteran served,
but VA ran provide the
practice in Portland, ia the
author of the book “Silent
Tragedy, Child Abuse in
the Community” and a
c o n trib u to r to scientific
publications. The keynote
address will be based upon
his book Seargent Wesson
from the Portland Police
Department will speak from
her experience in working
with abused children. The
Conference will open with a
no-host refreshment hour
and registration beginning
at 6:00 p.m.
Dinners will
be served at 7:30 p.m.
followed by our program. It
will be held at the Hi-Hat
R e sta u ran t, 11530 S .W .
Barbur Boulevard on F ri­
day. May 16th, 1975. Re
servations may be made by
c o n ta c tin g th e F o s t e r
Parents Association, 226
1659, according to Darrell
Smith, President.
“Together For Children”
ia the program theme for
the 7th A n n ual F oster
Parents Conference, spon
sored by the Footer Parents
Association, a United Way
Agency. The program will
cover the growing problem
of ehikf abuse.
The
Conference is designed to
appeal to all parents and
persons interested in im
proving services to child
ren.
The evening Con­
ference will bring together
experts in the field of child
welfare and a aeries of skits
by caseworkers, and
a
Keynote address focused on
the
association
goal
of
improving services to child
ren.
Co-speakers Peter
Decourcy, Ph.D. and Ser­
geant Mavis Wesson will
speak on child abuse fol­
lowing a 7:30 p.m. dinner.
Dr. Decourcy, in private
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Most Worshipful St. Jo­
seph Grand Lodge, A .F. &
A M .,
Scottish
Rite
of
Oregon and Mount Olive
Grand Chapter, Order of
Eastern Star of Oregon will
present their Annual Tea
and Queen Coronation on
Sunday, May 18th, 1975 at
Portland Community Col­
lege. Cascade Center, Stu­
dent Union Building. 5606
N. Borthwick Avenue. This
promises to be a gala affair
from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m.
The public is cordially
invited to share this affair
with us. Further informa­
tion may be had by calling:
289 9683.
Teaching children about
sex is the topic of two
workshops for parents,
sponsored by the Planned
Parenthood Association at
the Albina Branch Library.
Workshops are scheduled
for Saturdays. May 17th
and 31st, 12:00 noon to 2:00
p.m.
Marjorie Moss of
Planned Parenthood
will
show films and distribute
reading material.
The Albina library is
located in the shopping
center complex at 3630 N.
Vancouver Avenue.
Ad­
mission is free
to all
interested parents.
The Burnside Community
Council is composed of
interested citizens who wish
to maintain the viability of
the Burnside area, espe
cially housing and services
that affect the people.
Tickets for the benefit
are available through Ste­
vens and Sons, Lipman's
Ticket Place or by calling
M ike B urton, 283-7216.
Tickets are $5.00 per per­
son, the price of which
includes the film and a
champagne and hors d'
oeuvre reception.
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society, on a full time basis
and do it with full psy, with
full benefits and with full
assurance of their job and a
warm welcome when they
come back to Xerox."
So far, only a skeleton
description of Racouillat's
social leave has
beeyi
worked out. He will spend
two months, starting May
1st, interviewing business
leaders, women and minor!
ties in the Portland metro-
politan area in an attempt
to define the program.
Donald Parker, dean of
the School of
Business
A d m in is tra tio n at P S U ,
says that the goal is to
match needs voiced
by
people in the community
with appropriate resources
at the University. Even
tually, Parker hopes Ra
couillat's program will be
come a model that could be
used in other colleges and
u n ive rs ities across the
country.
Racouillat says business
leaders of today face a
unique problem. "Many are
not hiring, yet they have to
increase productivity," he
says. "A t the same time,
they must meet affirmative
action guidelines.
The
answer is to make present
minorities and females more
productive and ready for
Foster parents confer
necessary Department of
Defense form , D D 149,
"Application for Correction
of M ilitary or Naval Re
cord."
It was pointed out that
while some errors may
seem insignificant, correc
tion of others could prove
important, resulting in eli­
gibility for V A and other
benefits.
Generally, veterans are
expected to file requests for
correction w ith in th ree
years, but this deadline
may be waived in interest
of justice.
Applications may be filed
by the veteran, survivors
or legal representatives.
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A series of photographs
on "Wildlife of the North
west" is currently on dis­
play at the Oregon Museum
of Science and Industry.
The color photographs by
Robert B. Smith portray a
number of animal indige
nous to the Pacific North
west in their natural habi
tats. Subjects include big
horn sheep, moose, hum
mingbirds. and bald eagles.
Robert Smith is an Ore
goman who combines a love
of the outdoors with an
e x c e p tio n a l t a le n t fo r
photography. His work in
"Portraits of the Oregon
Coast" for the Oregon Coast
Association won first prize
in the national contest for
tra v e l m otion pictures.
Smith's credits also include
p ro fe s s io n a l ci ne m a to
graphy for Hollywood film
director Tom Beamer.
The Recession Is Here . . . We're Liquidating
Companies that didn't make it!
Robert Racouillst. Oregon
branch manager for Xeroa
Corporation, is taking an
eight month leave from the
company to plan a manage
ment development program
for minorities and women
through the School of Buai
ness A d m in is tra tio n at
Portland State University.
Specifically, he hopes to
develop a program to help
give minorities and women
the skills to become more
productive and ready for
responsible m anagem ent
positions in th e ir com
panics.
R acouillat ia one of
tw e n ty eig ht X ero x Cor
poration employees across
the country
nineteen
men and nine women
who have been given full
pay and full time leaves
ranging
from
three
to
twelve months to partici
pate in social service pro
jects of their own choosing
Other leaves will be used to
counsel delinquent young
people, record for the blind,
rehabilitate alcoholics, set
up a scout program for
handicapped boys and give
legal aid to the poor and
aged.
Xerox officials say the
four year old social leave
program “allows employees
to take time off from work
to do something for their
Portland Observer Pare 5
Less than three weeks to
apply for a public fireworks
display. June 6, 1975 will
be the cut off date for the
4th of July.
It is illegal to discharge
any fireworks in the city
limits of Portland, except
with
a
written
permit
issued by the City Council.
Toy caps are the only legal
fireworks authorized
for
sale and use in the City of
Portland.
For further information
contact Inspector Spring at
the Fire Marshals Office.
248 4363.
The Multnomah Associa
tion for Retarded Citizens
will hold its 22nd annual
dinner meeting Tuesday,
May 20th. at 7:00 p.m. at
the Congress Hotel.
Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger.
Syracuse University pro­
fessor, will be the guest
speaker.
Dr.
Wolfens
berger has achieved inter
national acclaim in the field
of mental retardation and is
considered the founder of
the citizen advocacy con
cept. He will speak on self
renewal of the agencies for
retarded citizens.
Reservations for the din
ner must be made before
May 16th by calling the
MARC office.’ 223 7279.
Note: D r. W olfensber
ger’s appearance is possible
oecause he is attending the
American Association for
Mental Deficiencies conven
tion in Portland May 18th
through 23rd.
The Association m ain ­
tains an activity center 114
N. Alberta.
Mayor Neil Goldschmidt
and Chief of Police Bruce
Baker will act as Masters of
Ceremony for the 1939 film
classic. "The Hound of the
Baskervilles” to be shown
for the benefit of the
Burnside Community Coun
cil on Sunday. June 1st, at
the Movie House, 1220 S.W.
Taylor.
Sponsored by the Sher
lock Holmes Society, the
film stars Basil Rathbone
and Nigel Bruce. The film
was obtained by the Movie
House a fte r n eg otiatin g
with the Sir A rthur Conan
Doyle Estate for two years.
The film has not been seen
in the United States since
1945.
This showing will
mark the West Coast pre
mier of the film.
The Rose City Trade
Srhool In., is presenting a
City wide talent show at
the Memorial Coliseum in
the Assembly Hall Saturday
May 17, 1975.
There will
be all types of music and
ta le n t,
s ta rrin g
T h a ra
Memory (young Black con
ductor and composer) and
his well-known jazz band,
Linda H o rn b uckle, Ken
B e rry , James Johnson,
Danny Osborne and the
Jefferson High School choir
and many others. Donations
$2.00.
The American Indian To­
day, a class examining the
conflict between traditional
Indian values and the domi­
nant cultural values will be
offered by the Center for
Urban Education on May
20th, May 27th, and June
3rd. The class, taught by
John Spence, will be held
from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the
Dekum Building, 519 S.W.
Third i third floor), Port­
land.
The class's introductory
session will review federal
Indian laws and* policies.
The following two sessions
w ill e x a m in e
c u rre n t
aspects of Indian culture,
including non interference,
silence, respect for other
life forms, tribalism. Indian
time, Indian humor, and
other customs.
The class
will also review
Indian
social problems including
their difficulties with white
institutions.
The in s tru c to r. John
Spence is an American
Indian (Gros/Ventre/Sioux),
current director of the
Indian Education Project at
Portland State University's
School of Social W ork and
past chairman of Portland's
United Indian Council.
The course is open to the
public.
There is a $10
charge for registration, and
a $1.00 charge for reading
materials.
Further infor­
mation is available from the
Center for Urban Educa­
tion, 0245 S.W. Bancroft,
Portland. 97201. (503) 221
0984.
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On Thursday, May 15th,
from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Portlands Open Door So
riety will hold a fundraising
luncheon sponsored by Fred
Meyer
products at
St.
Lukes Lutheran Church at
6835
S.W.
46
Avenue,
Portland.
The public and anyone
interested in adoption or
talking with people who
have adopted children is
invited. Games and prizes
will be part of the activity.
Tickets are $1.25 and may
be purchased from any
O.D.S.
member or
call
Kathleen 244-6738 or Pat
287-4640. All proceeds will
go to the Open Door
Society.
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