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“I dig this attorney’s
to list."
______ ________ “I was shocked to
Bob C o o m b , Oragon State Public De­
fenders Office la Salem. addressed a
«roup of Black iomatea, students of the
Bteek Law Class at Oregon State Penl-
toxttary. teat Friday night.
Attorney Cannon baaed his two-hour
teeture around Oregon post-conviction
status of law. Csnaon. who electrified his
■udtence with his unique sad well in
taoaoteo to foil attention through the flow
of questions throughout the evening.
Cannon has bean with the Oregon
State Public Defender’s offles for a period
of five years sad baa lectured at W illam ­
ette University College of Law. A fte r
Attorney Cannon's lecture, this reporter
» of the sudents about their
assn:
“M r. Cannon Is a
i attorney and Ms lecture has
my outlook on post-convic­
tion. I would like him to return as often as
pooafide. He is an asset to the knowledge
of criminal justice."
five. I think I teamed m oratonight than
in any previous class."
Grady R e4te^* “He needs to come
back and talk to the full body of the Black
Culture Organisation."
I enjoyed his talk so very much. W e have
to have him beck again."
hear Me comment that 80 per cent of the
attorneys in this state are ineffective to
try a eaae properly."
But moot of all this reporter would like
to add Ms comment about Cannon's
lecture. " If I had an attorney with such
dedicstfor as thte ms» »hows, and if he
were to try m3 case in a criminal court of
law, even tf I loot, I would walk awgy with
a smiln, knowing he did Ms job complete­
ly-"
The Bteek Culture Orrsnisation Black
Law Claaa and its one hundred and
twenty Black inmate membership, would
like to publicly acknowledge our appreci­
ation for three individuate for their
assistance in the development of the ORP
Black Law Claaa: William Crocker, D ir­
ector of ORP Education Deoartment:
Charles Keaton, Director of Academic
and Vocational Training, and our Bteek
Culture coordinator, Ray Charles Maple.
Without these men's full confidence such
a class could not have been a success,
being taught to inmates behind the walls.
h r GJ 5 A (an O 8P
si
I but he
He could hear and he could 1
couldn't move. H e knew his eyes were
open but he couldn't sse anything. I t was
like walking frees a deep sleep: an Ms
first awareness was the odor of pine.
The d ear ringing fames of a voice came
to his
MUMS And I » KltAHAti
aa the voice was saying: "We beseech
vpu nh T/wrt to aeeot unto the Kingdom
o f Heaven, the soul of this, our departed
brother. Jack. 0 . Diamond."
That’s met
he thought. Jack 0 .
Diamond. The .0. standing for Olaf tho
he had divulged that to only one man in
the past and ended up having to kill that
man to stop Ms constant raising.
He wondered what kind of joke this
was as the voice continued: “In common
with all gunslingers, he lived by the gun
and he died by the gun; This same gun so
stained by death and violence i u being
committed with the body.”
Yeah! he thought - 1 lived by my gun,
and many a slower man died by it. Lived?
What in hell's going on here? W hat’s that
fool talking about? He tried to move
again. He thought he shouted but there
was no sound. Just that voice saying:
"Ashes to ashes and dust to dust.” Then
he heard the distinct sound of a heavy
book being closed and the light rattle of a
handful of loose d irt striking just above
his fees. Things were dearer now and
they
across Ma mind as the first
clods of sod M t the coffin Kd. The town
the Main Street - the swiftness of the
stranger's draw - then nothing, till a few
minutes ago. Must have been a mite
fester than me and be plugged me
someplace. Now these yahoos are bury­
ing me alive.
The shovelfulls were becoming less
audible and he thought of what the voice
laid about his gun. With an effort forced
by fear be succeeded in moving his right
hand a little.
The sounds above were muffled '.hru
distance and thickness when he finally
managed to wrap his hand around the
pistol butt and slip a finger thru the
trigger guard. By the time his thumb
found the hammer he no longer heard
noises from above. Slowly he cocked the
hammer and more slowly he pulled back
on the trigger. The gun went off with a
deafening blast inside the closed box.
Five more times he repeated this, then
held his breath and listened for sounds
from above. There were none.
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FACT
They say it’s for your own good
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W A SH IN G TO N - A bunk for the first
time stands to lose its federal contracts
for felling to comply with the govern­
ment's equal employment opportunity
Labor Secretary Ray
1 filed against the
National Bank of Commerce of San
Antonio. Texas, by the Labor Depart-
from present and future government
1 for refusing to abide by federal
“This action marks a major step toward
mt of this depart
t’s equal employment opportunity
1." Marshall said. " I have eentin-
ued to emphasise the importance of
ory.
Executive Order 11248 prohibits fed-
origin. I t is administered by the Depart­
ment's Offieo of Federal Contract Coat­
te tha Employment
Aa aa issuing and paying agent of
I and aa a federal
r. tha National Bank of Com­
te subject to the executive order
and te required to develop and implement
an affirmative action ]
on. During
a federal
1978. the
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refusing to comply with their
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If
tho National Bank of
»would be the first bank to lose
on behalf of the ’
t against tha National
I groupa in tha bank, an
this administration to enforce vigorously
the equal employment opportunity re­
quirements in federal contract work,"
Marshall pointed out. "W e do not intend
to allow this bank or any other federal
contractor to circumvent or ignore its
obligations. Companies which choose to
do so will forfeit the benefit of doing
business with the federal government.”'
acceptable written affirmative action
program. Specifically, the bank refused
to set goals and timetables for hiring and
promoting minorities and women, had not
made plans to correct underutilization of
three groups in the bank, and had not
considered remedial measures for any
past effects of employment discrimina­
tion.
Disputing the allegations, the bank
The bonk has 20 days to respond to tho
contended that the written"*affirmative
administrative complaint, wMch initiates
action program requirement is, a violation
enforcement proceedings, and to request
of federal civil rights laws and constitutes
a hearing before an administrative law |
reverse discrimination when there has
judge. Should it foil to respond, it could
been no court determination of employ­
face immediate debarment from govern­
ment discrimination.
ment contract work.
The Labor Department, however,
T V s case arose when the Treasury
pointed out that the executive order as
which has enforcement re­
the force and effect of law. "The concept
fer the banking industry
of affirmative action goals and timetables
■ the executive order, found during a
under the order, without prior finding of
discrimination, has Already^ been upheld
view that the National
Bank of Commerce had not developed an
by the courts." Marshall emphasized.
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woman naad
au ist
Much has been said about the plight of
ity. Yet, Btttei
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$4,650 47 at $119.20
la t 118.19
ANNUM
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Total of
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__________ 18% of them are females
Ntwoao tho ages of 17 and 21. On a
ity-by-eity basis, tbs percentage ean be
« high as W % for
Black
In light of society today.
to the
roman are«
that is often
¡Jemmas of
Although they too suffer
and living conditions
that of
iced with tho problems of survival in
»day's society. A t this time, N C N W is
ivolved in two programs. Operation
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ommunity Service (W IC 8) which pro-
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low-income
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The National Council of Negro Women
rges that consideration be given by
igtelators and other concerned persons
> the development of programs that will
eal with the plight of unemployment
nong young Block women.
NCN W ateo urges its individual
»embers and affiliate organisations to
ask means by which they can develop
rograms that will aid in alleviating the
robtems that unemployed young Bteek
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