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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1976)
I Portland Observer Corps of Engineers awards equal opportunity Raymond Chang and Virginia Shea, who were honored tor their work aa equal employment opportunity counselors. Corps EEO Officer Kev Collins said Johnson “has assisted the Corps of Engineers in its summer aid program, its EEO program, its training functions, community contacts, and recruiting in general.” Johnson also worked for the Corps part-time as a summer aid counselor in summer 1973. Collins said Garcia has helped the Corps' EEO program by referring job — —— SSSJ V U I tri OllgllltTCrB honored five persons for their contribu lions to the equal employment oppor tunity program at the Coips’ Portland District. Cited were I^eon T. Johnson, director of youth services for the City of Portland; Jose Garcia, director of migrant educa tion for the Washington County Interme diate Department; and Patricia McAvoy of the Grant High School work ex perience office. Also awarded were Corps employees cvu Equal Employment Opportunity award winners (left to right) Patricia McAvoy, Leon T. Johnson, Jose Garcia, Virginia Shea, and Haymond Chang are congratulated by Colonel Clarence 1). Gilkey, then Portland District Engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. They were awarded for contributions to the Corps’ equal employment opportunity program. Court accepts Black’s redistricting plan A federal District court ruling on February 26, 1970, accepting a redistrict ing plan drawn by Black plaintiffs in a Mariettta, Georgia case, could have dramatic effects Southwide if used as a model for action against racial gerry mandering which denies political repre sentation to minorities, according to the Voter Education Project, Incorporated (VEP). "The court approved redistricting plan for political subdivisions which had been gerrymandered in Marietta is a long awaited answer to the petitions of Black people who have been unlawfully denied representation," said John Ix-wis, execu tive director o f the Voter Education Project. "The Marietta case demon strates that local citizens can organize and achieve redress of such grievances and inequities and that's a lesson we can pass on to minorities in hundreds of .similarly situated local municipalities throughout the South," said Lewis. In a ruling for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division. Judge Charles A. Moye, in effect approved a redistricting plan submitted by Donald P. Edwards, attorney for local Black plaintiffs who began their court challenge three years earlier. The same court had earlier ruled in favor of the plaintiffs that the existing city council ward boundaries unlawfully excluded minority political represents tion. Stanley Alexander, VEP’s research director who provided the local plaintiffs with consultation in preparing both the court action and the redistricting plan, asserted that the Mariettta rase should serve as a warning to the "hundreds of racially malappointed municipalities in the South and especially those local governments which have consistently refused to comply with provisions of the Voting Rights Act." One of the local plaintiffs, Hugh Grogan, pointed out that the Marietta decision means that Blacks need not be in a majority in a city or town to achieve equity in political representation. “Blacks in Marietta constitute only about fifteen to sixteen percent of the population," Grogan states, "but now, after all these years of work and waiting, we finally have a situation where it is not virtually impossible for a Black candidate to be elected to public office. » ■ J Director, decried the action of this Board and expressed shock that it was initiated by liberals on the Board. The measure, initiated by Kathy Brown Rice and Howard Miller, states: "Now therefore be it resolved by this Board that there be no compulsory bussing of students in the l>os Angeles Rangel asks investigation of Nixon China trip Congressman Charles B. Rangel (D- N.Y.) has urged an investigation by the General Accounting Office into the use of public funds to finance former President Richard M. Nixon's recent trip to the People's Republic of China. Rangel, in letters sent to the directors of the General Accounting Office and the General Services Administration, re quests an investigation and report concerning government expenses in curred because of Nixon's trip. "Mr. Nixon's trip was clearly not an official mission on behalf of the people of the United States," Rangel said. “Yet an untold amount of taxpayers' money was spent to provide a number of services for Mr. Nixon and his party on this private excursion." “The American people have a right to know how much of their money is being spent to provide luxuries to Nixon as a private citizen travelling abroad on unofficial business." Rangel, who represents the Harlem. East Harlem and Upper West Side areas of New York City, said that given the fiscal austerity program we are currently experiencing, there was no rationale for any government expenses related to the China visit, regardless of any briefings Nixon might provide the Ford Admini stration on his meetings there. Tax information available Is your youngster in a child care program so that you can work? You may be able to deduct some or all of the cost from your income tax. But you have to itemize your deductions. For more information and the form you will need, call the Internal Revenue Service at 221 3900. If you’ve recently made a major purchase, like a car or a boat, you know what a severe dent it ran make in your budget. Rut, if you itemize deductions for income tax, you might be able to get some of that cost bark, notes Consumer News, the newsletter from the Office of Consumer Affairs. You can deduct the sales tax that you paid on this purchase as well as the sales tax specified in the tax table. If you made a purchase last year and got a rebate, don't include it as income on your income lax. Consumer News, the newsletter from the Office of Consumer Affairs, says that the Internal Revenue Service considers this a discount on the price rather than income. For information on a variety of consumer topics, send for a copy of the Consumer Information Index. 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Ms. McAvoy was commended “for her special dedication and devotion to duty which has assisted the Corps in recruiting numerous young people, many of them minorities, for jobs as summer aids, stay in school student workers, work study trainees, and permanent em ployees.” Save 26% - 94% B argain C enter C learance Sale n1 SAVE 9” ADJUSTABLE BAR STOOL 21 "We have achieved our rights only because we, as a local community group, pressed the issue and shouldered the burden of our own defense," said Grogan. "Our efforts were helped immeasurably by the willingness of the Voter Education Project to provide research and technical assistance and by the close cooperation of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. 97 REGULARLY 31.95 Smart, wet-look vinyl seat, urethane foam- padded, adjusts 24 to 30” H Has steel base and chrome foot rings. The Voter Education Project is a nonprofit organization which promotes minority political participation in the eleven southern states from Virginia to Texas. Its programs include citizenship education, voter registration, research, technical assistance and leadership de velopment. Los Angeles anti-bus role called cheap politics Passage of an anti bussing resolution by the Ixis Angeles U n ifie d School District Board of Education has been labeled "an insult to the California State Supreme Court and a cheap political gimmick" by the Regional Director of the West Coast Region^ NAACP. Mrs. Virna M, Canson, Regional Thursday, March 11. 1970 CATALOG OVERSTOCK SALE »/vu KY i ’ à ’/ à ’ I Unified School District." The resolution passed the Board on a four to three vote: Voting for the segregationist measure were: Kathy Brown Rice, Howard Miller, Julian Nava and Phil Bardos. Voting against were: Dianne Watson, Dr. Bob Doctor, Presi dent of the Board and Richard Rerrara. Mrs. Canson said, "This action is shocking. It is difficult to understand how a professor of law, a lawyer and officer of the court could stoop to cheap politicizing of the bussing issue to exert public pressure on the State Supreme Court. “Los Angeles Board of Education is a defendant in a case now pending before the California State Supreme Court. Crawford vs. Board of Education was heard before this high court on January 8th. Mrs. Canson commented on the affirmative vote of Board member Julian Nava. She said, "This vote is particularly sad. The Black minority's historic struggle has been directed to righting the wrongs through the courts and the legislature. Education is the cornerstone of this struggle. The Black struggle has laid a legal foundation which undergirds the fight being waged by other minorities and women. “It is a disservice to the struggle for minority politicians especially to appease the racists." 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