. July 14. 1977
From behind the wall
by Larry
O.8.F.
DOCS A N Y O N E K N O W I ’M
Two men forced to live under the tame
conditions, behind the wails of the Ore
gon State Penitentiary, - in a prison cell.
Although both have much in common,
same age, convicted unrelated of the
same crime, eat the same food, wear the
same type of clothes, there is a great deal
of difference in their lives. One is Black,
the other white, each from a different
area in Oregon, different background and
Hfostylaa.
This Reporter has asked each man to
express in writing their emotional feel
ings and thoughts while in prison- -to
accept or reject this time spent in prison
is important only to the individual.
1 also hope that a few of our faithful
readers would take time after reading
what each nun feels - and w rite him a
letter. A letter to the most important
part of a person's life in prison-because it
qpe,«» up a path of communication of
sharing lives and thoughts - and it also
answers a very important question in
these nun's minds. Does any on
Tm here?
The large steel doors stemmed shut
behind me as I walked to the Receiving
and Discharge Room. February 28,1977
I began my fifteen year sentence for
attempted murder, in the Oregon State
Prison: an end to 18 years of criminal life.
This tune prison life is
any I’ve ever experience
time. I came to prison with the Lord,
Christ Jesus in my heart, and a new
outUke on life.
In November of 19701 was waiting trial
far six fokr / eases; a lost soul ir. the true
sense of U u word. Sitting in my lonely
coll, God began speaking to me in my
heart and convicting n u of my doomed
self. For the first time in my life I really
realised if I continued la live as Tv«
always lived I would see hell i
most. I had tried many times to live a
good clean life but I ’d never honestly met
the lo rd Jesus as my personal savior.
And soon Td be back to drinking, taking
drugs, then inevitably, crime and Jail.
God knew what it would take for n u to
ever get my Ufa straightened out and that
jail cell became a very enlightening room.
I mean to say that when the presence of
Jesus enters a place things begin to take
M A new DersMctive
On November 9, 1970 the Lord led a
spirit filled Christian nun to my eel] to
visit me. I had decided to really give my
life to Christ but didn't know how, and
M r. Don Clause, the founder of the Full
Gospel Businessmen's Association for the
Lake County Chapter, stepped into my
life. He had so many answers I'd been
looking for. and for some reason I knew
God was speaking to me through him.
That day I pled with the Lord Jesus to
forgive me of my terrible life of sin and
cleanse me from it, to come into my heart
and change me into the person I really
am. I did more than just accept Jesus as
my savior. I gave my life to him. and since
that day I sse life as God intended it to
be.
I ’ve been in prison almost three i
now and I have never been as
full of Joy as I am now. Is e e i
human beings that are no different than
anyone else. Convict or guard, they are
all the same in God's eyes. I thank the
Lord Jesus for the reality I experience
living for Him.
A Born Again Christian doesn't have a
life “full of song and roses” every day. We
the aame trials, the aame
nd discouragements say-
does. The big difference to that
in all these trials we have a Lord who
victory over every single
M y constant prayer is that each and
every man. woman or child come to know
the Lord Christ Jesus as t heir pw*"«**!
savior. Life without Him to death in
itself, I know.
OSP wardei gm t speaker
inee 1904. I t was incor
porated in 1975 and since then has
I a eounaeling center at 8946 N .
For information on the pro
ject, eall 282-4706.
Coordinator of the Tea id Mrs. George
(Odesssa) Hendrix, who has prepared an
extensive and varied display. Refresh
ments will be served and entertainment
includes music by “Brothers. Sisters and
Friends” from Seism.
The Tea w ill be held from 2:00 until
6:00 p.m.
Prison Ministries, Inc. wili bold its
Second Annula Prison Ministries Tes at
the King Neighborhood FaeOity. 4815
N X 7th Avenue, on July 84th.
Among the spécial speakers *01 be
Hoyt C. Gupp, Superintendant of the
Oregon State P*nitentiary.
roctor of
l. Vivian.
criminal or Judge are the same
Both are doomed to hell If they
haven’t met Jesus as their Savior.
A fter one week in prison I found that
many other men have accepted Christ
and are living for him here. A prison
i t step the Lord from giving a
i the good life only Christ can give.
A prison dossal stop the Lord from
rebuilding a broken m arriage into a solid
relationship.
Each day men come and go to work in
here and settle down to th e “prison life”
form of living. But it doesn't have to be a
cold, hard experience anymore for me. I
meet man daily that are warm, loving
individuals. Men who really ears about
other's lives. Men who
help a person cry or
share problems with each other. Only the
Lord Christ Jesus can turn a prison into a
home, and fill it with love.
Prison. I know now, is not Just concrete
walls and iron bars. Prison is that hard
shell around an individual's heart that
elosss him off from reality and drains his
being into pure death. Prison lays within
ana's self. But assay men have escaped
this spiritual prison and have let Christ
Jaras sot them free.
I thank God daily that he loves tbs
people in the world enough to give Christ
Jesus up unto death so that we can have
this life in Him.
May God bless you much.
Love In Christ
by T.
An I a powerless broken individual so
in need of direction that my emptiness
has become conspicuous? Believe me, my
intentions have been just the opposite.
My trying to hibernate those elements
that attribute such an attitude has
evidently proved futile.
If by chance your initiative to reform
that attitude does not prove sufficient-
do not feel hurt if I blatantly reject your
proposition. When you recognise the
need for autonomy there should not be
any misunderstanding: Keeping in mind
that Fm not dead nor in a state of
suspended animation. So it goes; “Any
thing forced isn’t what it's supposed to
be;” Otherwise it will be stolen, you
would not have to force it.
Excepting your philosophy with the
speed I feel necessary for my comfort,
does not mean I do not understand your
purpose and meaning. For me to adhere
to all your philosophies and ideologies
would mean I have no self-respect. I am
just as much a part of the noise and
anguish prevalent in this world as anyone
•toe. Your long lived indoctrination to
slowly falling apart.
You forgot to
contemplate the actions of your Chattel
Carter has named 14.
O. D aria, retired, to a
nine-member commission to propose
changes in the system of military pay,
pensions and benefits that now make up
> than half of defense spending and to
system to
The National Center for Health Stat
istics recently announced that “the most
startling, most important" rise in cancer
deaths in the last quarter century occur
red among Black and other non-white
adult males. I t reported that between
1960 and 1975 the cancer death rate per
100,000 popukuon was more than twice
as high for non-white adult males than it
was for white
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In the end, the debate over legalisation
of heroin "must ultimately be a debate
about social values,” say Prof. Mark
Moore, former D E A consultant, now at
Harvard's Kennedy School of Govern
moot. Legalisation would result only in
one additional form of treatment, he
contends.
“I t doesn't relieve us of the problems of
finding jobs for heroin users, preventing
new use among ghetto populations or
enforcing against the unauthorised
r________ and sale of heroin,” Moore
charges. “To the extent that we do these
things badly now, we are likely to do
these things equally badly in the future.”
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Definitely not.
Conservation by Pacific
Power customers, if anything,
should and must increase. In
fact, it Is a permanent level of
conservation that is the key to
slowing future rate increases.
The major reason Pacific
Power’s rates are now rising is
that new electric plants being
built to meet growth in electric
load are much more expensive
than existing plants. Thus, load
growth causes PP&L’s average
costs, and thus, rates to rise.
Permanent conservation will
allow Pacific to meet some of
this load growth with existing
plants, thereby lessening the
pressure for future rate
increases.
This filing, in fact, includes
a new rate schedule which is
specifically designed to pro
mote conservation and repre
sents a means whereby the
impact of the rate increase
may be lessened by residential
electric heat customers who
choose to bring their dwellings
up to current insulation
standards.
W hat doos this rats
increase svsan in doUara
and cents?
If this general rate applica
tion of 18.7% is approved, the
result would be an increase in
the average residential cus
tomer’s monthly electric bill
(1,131 kwh) of approximately
$4.71. or an additional 16<
per day.
This application proposes
to increase Oregon annual
revenues by approximately
$36.000.000.
Why is it necessary to
continue to ash fo r rats
increases?
Some of the reasons have
already been mentioned. But
here are three factors, in addi
tion to normal inflation in
which we all share, that have
pushed costs up in recent
years.
G rowth.
New power plants, new
power lines, all the equipment
necessary to produce and de
liver energy to you starts with
continued growth in demand
for electricity.
That demand, in the past
few years, has been alarming.
For example, in Oregon,
first quarter 1977... new cus
tomer requests for electric
service were up 58% over the
same period last year. Last
year broke all records.
In 1970 the average annual
residential kilowatt hour con
sumption was 11,539 kilowatt
hours. In 1976 that figure was
12,876 kilowatt hours.
Hydro Power: Nice
w hile it lasted.
Until the late 1960’s prac
tically all the power we used in
the Northwest was made at
dams, and it was cheap.
About then we started to
outgrow the capacity of dams
to supply enough electricity...
and Northwest utilities started
to build coal and nuclear plants
to supply growth.
These new plants are much
more expensive to build and
operate. We're paying for this
transition in our electric bills.
OREGON MONTHLY FAMILY BUDGET
1976
1970
Average
Family Income:
Expenses
Food
Housing
Medical
Fed Taxes
P P & L Electricity
$865 (1)
$179
$124
3 66
$121
$ 15
(2)
(2)
(3)
(2)
(4)
verdee
Family Income $ 1 2 3 6 up $371
Expenses
Food
$258 up $79
Housing
$191 up $67
Medical
$118 up $52
Fed. Taxes
$167 up $46
PP&L Electricity $ 21 up $ 6
1. Current Population I
Consumer Income. West I
Median Family Income
estimated by regression with U S
total personal income
3. 1975 Statistical Abstract.
2. Business Statistics. Survey of
Current Business Feb 1977.
Total U S
4. Average C/kwh at 1000 Kwh
O u r new Hom e Energy
Analysis Service. The hast
>c have to help you
For some months now.
Pacific Power has been testing
a new customer service called
the Home Energy Analysis
program.
Customers have told us
that this new service is proving
to be of genuine benefit in
Environm ental Protection. understanding and then doing
something about lowering
Power plants and other ac
tivities of Pacific Power involv electric bills.
Basically, the service Is a
ing power generation and
comprehensive inspection of
transmission of electricity re
quire compliance with a multi your home by a trained Pacific
Power representative. Your
tude of various state, federal
home's total energy saving
and local environmental
potential is looked at. Existing
regulations.
insulation, weatherstripping,
Although necessary, the
heating systems ...a ll are
cost of this compliance is very
examined and a detailed report
expensive. Retrofitting of
and conservation plan is
Pacific's Dave Johnston plant
prepared.
with pollution control devices
Besides the report and ad
costing $60 million... at Jim
vice on how Io get the job
Bridger, air quality equipment
done, on request Pacific will
there will total about $140
provide assistance in locating
million.
financing to accomplish home
How high Is up?
conservation programs.
Since the early 1970’s the
The Home Energy Analysis
price of electricity for Oregon
program is conducted at no
customers has increased
extra charge to any PP&L cus
steadily.
tomer. IVc strongly urge you Io
But have those increases,
dollar for dollar, outstripped all enntacl your local office early
to arrange an appointment. The
other categories of necessary
demand for the Home Energy
family expense? The accom
panying chart depicts increases Analysis service has been high.
M r hope you 71 bear with us
in the Oregon monthly family
budget over the past six years. as some customers in certain
Oregon locations must neces
sarily be placed on a short
waiting list.
Rss. 2545184
3120 N. William
After
exploited a
outlet.
On July1,1977,
Pacific Power filed for an
Oregon electric rate increase.
After you say,“Ohjio7 w
we hope you’ll say “yes”
to a way we can help you
pay us less.
have
r General Benjamin F. Bailer
a Black Heritage USA
tamps to start
next year with H arriet Tubman as the
first and D r. M artin I ntbor King, Jr. to
be recognised on January 15. 1979,
marking the 50th aaniveraary of his
birth.
Almost overlooked by the fact that the
Lutheran World Federation ehoee Tan
tania's Bishop Jeofab M . KJbtoa to head
the 58-miliion member orrsnixstion war
the fact that the delegates turned aside
proposals to condemn human rights vi
olations in Chile and other non-African
countries while calling for an end to racial
segregation in South Africa and Rhod
esia. They condemned “boundless atroci
ties" ia Us
neither one has thought of the other. Our
Uvss were totally i
The many factors constituting this
perception to based primarily on your
in m a f ic
Nation
laws and rules. Some of them are being
manifested thru "involuntary servitude”
and “court slavery". There seems to be
a need for you to prescribe a one-track
solution for my problem. The way you
initiate your practices and implement
insensitive authority makes me reject
your archaic human domination. I feel as
though you try to adjust my behavior
without realising the premises for my
abberant behavior. I can not find any self
gratification emptying my mind to have it
“infiltrated" bv unwelcomed rhetoric.
The sources you so proudly interpret
consequently gives you self gratification.
Don't expect me to have the same
feelings and effect as you. Through the
diverse situations we've encountered.
Portland • 700 N.E. Multnomah • 238-2811
1975 7 6 estimate based on pie
vious years trend. Total U S
applied to Form 1 average
monthly consumption
This current request for a
rate increase in Pacific's
Oregon electric rates is ad
mittedly a far more complex
matter than has been
described.
For further information,
copies of Pacific's testimony
and exhibits are available for
inspection in our local offices
statewide. The address and
telephone number of the PP&L
office serving you is listed
below.
If you wish to receive infor
mation on the time and place
of any public hearing on the
PP&L rale increase a special
toll-free number has been
established by the Oregon
Public Utility Commissioner.
That number is 1-800-452-9105
or. you may write: Oregon
Public Utility Commissioner.
Labor and Industries Building.
Salem. Oregon 97310.
The purpose of this notice
is to provide Pacific P»>wer’s
Oregon customers with general
information as to the proposals
made by the Company and
their effect. The calculations
and statements contained in
this notice will not be binding
on the Commissioner.
The People at
Pacific ra w e r