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Portland, Oregon
Thursday, September 4, 1975
10c per ropy
Public Defender seeks rights for poor
by llrurr Hubert
When an individual of low income is
charged with a crime in Multnomah
County, rhanres are he will seek the
services of the Metropolitan Public
Defender».
Metropolitan Public
Defenders is a private non profit
corporation which contracts its ser
vires with Multnomah County
Due
to the socioeconomic status of their
clients, public defenders must profess
a genuine interest and concern for
people
Ancer Haggerty is one of
them
Horn and raised in the Portland
area. Haggerty attended Jefferson
High School and graduated from The
University of Oregon, where he
lettered in football, in 1967
Like
many young tnen his career ohjec
lives were unclear, leading him to the
Marine Corps for a three year stint
It was in the Marines that his
interest in Law was generated, as he
was selected to serve on a court
martial panel.
Presiding over
approxim ately tw enty five rases,
Haggerty had the op,H>rt unity to
cx,»erience the flavor of a judicial
system
After being wounded in
Vietnam he left the service with law
school aspirations
The thirty one year old attorney's
plans were realized, when he was
accepted at the University of ( ’all
forma Hastings Law School, in San
Francisco
As a Law student
Haggerty worked for a Hay Area
corporation However. Haggerty said
"I didn't like the corporate scene. I
enjoy working with people " The
following year he worked for the
Metropolitan Public Defenders as a
clerk
Upon graduation, in 1973,
Haggerty joined the firm, where he
has lieen practicing for the past two
years
Haggerty sees himself as more
than just an attorney describing the
role of a public defender as a
counselor and advisor as well.
Usually handling thirty to thirty five
open cases at a time. Haggerty
said many of these people are on the
bottom of the social ladder. I try to
help them as much as I can." Unlike
private attorneys, public defenders
have their clients appointed by the
court. This, according to Haggerty
makes it necessary to develop a
convivial atmosphere of trust and
confidence before a working relation
ship ran lie established
Often concordant with low income
is low education, many of the clients
Haggerty sees, a lack of knowledge of
their rights and an ability to
appreciate the implications of their
predicament
adding to the diffirul
ties of their defense
According to
the public defender, many of his
clients damage their rases because
•bey lack the knowledge that more
educated people possess.
While unable to comment on any
particular rase, he said, “each one is
seperate and unique.” Adding that
some clients aren't completely hones’,
while others damage their defense by
appearing in court unkept
in the
eyes of the bench
While content with his position,
Haggerty said he looks ahead to
private practice, or a career in
politics. In the meantime it's good to
know there are men of rompetance
and understanding in the public
defenders office
Scout leader finds program beneficial
“The four and one half years that
I've been in professional scouting,
both in San Francisco and here in
Portland, I've been asked, repeatedly
why I feel the Scouting Program is
important to todays youth?
My
answer has always been a simple one:
because it gives a boy a variety of
activités and challenges to pursue,"
said Allen Jones. District Executive
of U.8. Hoy Scouts of America
“There are other contributing factors
that makes scouting superior to many
other youth programs."
When laird Haden Powell started
the
Hoy Scout movement some
sixty five years ago. he wanted to see
these characteristics develop in a
hoy
Those being citizenship,
character and physical and mental
fitness Haden Powell did not expect
the image of scouting to reflect its
self around the world and become the
largest youth organization of its kind
on earth
Scouting has survived
through wars, depressions, reces
sious. inflation and national turmoils,
simply because the program is
relevant and necessary as it was then
and as it is today.
"Scouting is
relevant because it overtly challenges
a hoys physical dexterity and mental
determination to accomplish a task he
hasn't tried before." Jones said
The necessity arises as a boy grows
older that he must find avenues to
funnel his energy and imagination. It
is necessary that a boy have the
opportunity to leave the world of
concrete and plastic, to visit the
natural habitat that "Mother Nature.”
has provided; to he able to identify
by name different plants and trees;
build a campfire in the snow; read a
compass in the middle of nowhere
and find his way back home, being
able to work with other boys and
Roslyn Henderson, junior reporter for the fkbserver,
interviews I,on Mitchell, who plays
Mark” in Ironside
Newest Commissioner at home in position
by Rrure Hubert
Although a member of the Mult
nomah County Board of Commission
ers, it is likely that Dennis Buchanan
is a stranger to many Multnomah
County residents. Unlike the other
members of the Board, he was not
elected to office he was appointed to
the office by his fellow colleagues last
January
and KGW TV News, the latter two
positions providing him with a
first hand knowledge of the workings
of county government Asked if he
would be less adamant in his criticism
of politirans if he were to return to
lournalism. Buchanan replied. "No,
not really. It's like any other job and
I believe all officials are accountable."
The Commissioner’s previous ca­
reer in journalism makes him no
stranger to the problems and issues
faring Multnomah County. He grad
uated from the University of Texas,
at Austin, in 1954 receiving a
Bachelor of Arts in English He then
attended the School of Journalism at
the University of Missouri, receiving
his H.J. Since then he has worked as
an investigative reporter for the
Chicago Tribune, the Oregon Journal
As Commissioner. Burhanan s re
sponsibilities include administration
of many of the county's basic
functions overseeing the conduct of
elections, the collection of taxes, the
county's parks, and the court and jail
systems. The Commissioner said
among the major issues faring the
county are management of the count v
budget and the intelligent planning of
the county's growth
The new Commissioner is an
independent, while his previous work
would tend to classify him as a
liberal. On the Mt. Hood Freeway,
Burhanan said, “I feel the courts
should decide.” In regard to the
alleged abuse of CRISS the rommis
sioner said that he shares the concern
of everybody, however, he did say
that although the facts on the issue
were clear, many of the guidelines on
CRISS were not
The Commissioner definitely plans
to run for election in 1976. He has
already held one fund raising party.
Meanwhile. he is one hundred per
cent confident of his prospects for
election.
Buchanan said that he has no
"grandiose ideas" about what he «•an
and cannot accomplish as a Commis
sioner but added that he feels he is
doing an able and honest job
Urban League changes project name to Leap
The Urban League of Portland has
announced that it is changing the
name of the Urban League Project
Outreach to LEAP Outreach. The
acronym stands for Labor Education
Advancement Program and is in
concordance with the name used by
the Urban Ik-ague throughout the
nation, according to program director
Charles Ganter.
The program is designed to provide
jobs for men and women. I.EAP's
goal is to provide individuals with
long term career employment
pri
manly journeyman skills in the
construction trades. The program
prov ides counseling, pre apprentice
training, and journeyman upgrading.
The project works in conjunction with
labor unions to insure certification
and union scale wages.
The program features a women's
division which seeks to employ
women in non traditional jobs The
Portland program is one of seven in
the country, and boasts the highest
placement rate
Allen Jones discusses mountain climbing with Lute Jerstad at scout
leadership seminar
America in the public relations
exchange ideas, skills and even
department for several years.
philosophies about life in general.
The reason why scouting is not as
It is a documented fact that when a
visable in the Albina community as it
youth goes through the scouting
is in Beaverton, latke Oswego, and
program that he will be less apt to
other suburban communities is not
become involved in criminal activities
solely a matter of "economies." It is
than the non scout by a very
true that scouts in suburbia are in a
impressive percentage. The Scouting
position to go to World Jamborees,
Program has been endorsed by such
(Please turn to p. 6 col. 51
notable personalities as: Mohammad
Ali, Walt Fraizer. Hill Russell, Nate
Thurman (who was active in San
Francisco), Shirley Chisholm. Harbara
Jordan and former Gold medalist.
Jesse Owens, who has been on the
The Koyal Esquire Club's Roast for
national staff for the Hov Scouts of
E. Shelton Hill will be held at 1708
N.E. Alberta on September 6th. not
on September Mth. as reported in last
week's Observer.
The Esquire’s will honor Hill for his
many years of service to the
community, including fourteen years
as Executive Director of the Urban
League of Portland and twelve years
as its Director of Industrial Relations.
Hill retired on December 31st, 1973
According to Herman Plummer,
president of the Royal Esquire Club,
tickets can be obtained from any club
member. The social hour will begin at
6:00 p.m., followed by a steak dinner
at 7:1X1 p.m. Dancing to the music of
Babe Williams will complete the
evening.
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A special meeting will bo held on
Monday, September 8th, by the
Portland City Planning Commission
to discuss the Model Cities Compre
hensive Plan, this meeting will In-
held at 7:00 p.m. at the Physical
Education building of Concordia
College at 2811 Northeast Holman
The Model Cities Comprehensive
Plan was developed by residents of
the Model Neighborhood and pro
poses future land use in the Model
Cities area, it accepted by the City
Council, it will become a part of tin-
city's plan.
(Please turn to p. 6 col. 3)
Portland State University's Drop-In Advising Center
is operating in the lobby of Neuberger Hall on campus to
give students a place to get help while planning which
courses to take this fall.
PSU students find counselling helps
Nearly one hundred students per
day have been taking advantage of
Portland State University's drop in
academic advising center since it
began gearing up for the start of fall
term.
The center, designed to give
transfer and returning students an
opportunity to meet with faculty and
upper division student advisers while
planning which courses to take this
fall. operates in the lobby of
Neuberger Hall at 724 Southwest
Harrison
"It is hard to keep track of the
number of students because it s been
so busy," says Eileen Rose. PSI "s
new director ol admissions "Rut wc
think there have been at least ninety
per day The phones have been even
busier.”
Students may make appointments
tor advising sessions bv calling
229 4563 or 229 1982. Hours lor the
center are 8:3(1 a m. to 73X1 p.m
Monday through Thursday and 8:(X)
a.tn to 5:00 p.m on Friday.
M' Rose says the center is staffed
by l.unity and students representing
all major areas of the University,
including science, social science, arts
and letters, education, social work,
business and physical education