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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1978)
Mr a U ni lty PORTLAND O B S E R /E R Volume 8 No. 4 Thursday, Jaauary 19, 1978 10c .»er co.iy Ed Center sponsors engineering The PSU Educational Center is spon soring a new program to interest mino rity students in engineering. The pro gram, which is just getting started, will provide classes in engineering and mathe matics to high school students as well as introduce them to different aspects of the field of engineering. "Our purpose is to expose students to engineering, a field that many have not considered and to give them a boost with their education," Lucius Hicks IV , di rector of the Educational Center ex plained. Hicks contacted fourteen high schools to find students who were interested and who had the necessary background in math and English and preferably in Science. "A fte r examining their grades and talking to students and counselors, we narrowed the field down to sixteen, then selected five to join the program.” Hicks said it was purely accidental that the four students who were finally selected were young women. Karen Bell is a junior at Monroe High School and works part-time at Kozell's a mathematics course from Dr. Rita Bell, which is designed to place them in second year level math. D r. Bell, who is new to Portland, is an instructor at Portland Community College and a graduate of the University of Houston in Administration of Curriculum. The classes will provide 21 hours of college credit and 3*/t of high school credit over a period of nine months. The students continue to carry their full high school course load. Hicks hopes the new program will not only help the students enrolled but will acquaint other minority students with engineering opportunities. “W e find many excellent students with science and math backgrounds who have just never thought about engineering, yet it is a field in which good jobs are available after four years of college as compared to seven or eight years for medicine or chemistry.” The program was started with the assistance of Tektronix. BP A , and Ap plied Science and Engineering D epart ment at PSU, and P S U ’s Dean of Under graduate Studies. Restaurant. She is seventeen years old and already knows she wants to be an engineer like her older brother. Her parents are M r. and Mrs. John Bell. Desiree King, a seventeen year old senior at Monroe High School, is the daughter of M r. and Mrs. Norman King. She is taking “work-experience” at Bon neville Power Administration and is sure that she will become a nuclear engineer. She has applied to Oregon State Univer sity. G retta Franklin is a junior at Jefferson High School, the daughter of Ms. Doris Franklin. She is employed part time by Dr. Samuel Brown as a dental assistant. Karen Tally is the exception. She is a 1977 graduate of St. M a ry ’s Academy, now attending Portland Community Col lege. She has applied to Hampton Institute and is in the program to get a headstart in engineering principles. H er parents are M r. and Mrs. Ben Tally. The students will take two classes. The first is comparable to first year college engineering, taught by D r. Erasmus Ogbuobiri, an engineer with Bonneville Power Administration, they also will take Mrs. M arie Smith, recipient of the 1977 Russell A . Peyton Award, received a corsage from the Oregon Association of Colored Women's Clubs, presented by Mrs. Betty Thom;i- son... And a kiss from Mayor Neil Goldschmidt, who presented the Aw ard, which is conferred annually for dedication to human rights by the Metro,»olitan Human Relations Tax plan benefits downtown property owners by Representative W ally Priestley, Member Portland Public School Board Las! week we saw how urban renew al*. in the Portland area, since it began in 1963 has benefitted Portland's down town core area property owners while shifting the tax burden to others. This is being done in two ways: 1) Raising the tax rate of every property in common with the area designated as the ‘urban re newal area’ and; 2) By directing all of the increased taxes raised from every taxing district in common with the 'urban renewal area’ back into the urban re newal urea. Analysis We saw how this process automatically raises more tax money for the urban renewal area should the people choose to increase their taxes for any reason, be it schools or parks. W e saw how the taxes ’saved’ by shortening the school year of the Portland Public Schools by five days ($2.4) million just about equal the in creased taxes raised by Portland area taxpayers and directed into the core area ($2.3 million). Further, we saw how the passage of the proposed tax levy, because of the additional 54c per thousand dollars of property value it generates, will automa tically benefit the core area by $45,360 at today's values. Should the levy pass at the May 1978 Prim ary, their benefit will increase 150 percent next year. otherwise use property located in any of the seven districts in common with the designated 'urban renewal area', you’re paying. Even businesses or services you buy shift their tax increase to you if they can. Add up the changes in rate from the table and then multiply this times the value of property by it's value in thou sands of dollars-fEveryone living in the sands of dollars. Everyone living in the City of Port land has all seven districts in com mon with the benefitted area and their tax rate is increased the most - this year by 31c per thousand dollars of value. However, every property within the This week we want you to be able to calculate your 'contribution' to improved public service to Portland and Oregon's most valuable property and their rich owners. Here's how: from the map, or the table, determine the rate your property tax has increased. I f you own. rent or three metropolitan counties of Multno mah, Washington, and Clackamas is effected even if they live in faraway places like Bonneville (Multnomah County), Tualitan (Washington County), or Mollala (Clackamas County) because they are paying a higher than otherwise tax rate because of the ‘urban renewal area’ to the Port of Portland. TAX ZONES IN MULTNOMAH COUNTY Among the three hundred ;tersons who gathered to honor her were M rs. Clara Bartholomew and Osley J. Gates... And 1975 Peyton Aw ard winner, E. Shelton Hill. Northeast Coalition writes own land use plan The Northwest Coalition has rejected three land use alternative plans provided by the staff of the City Planning Commis sion and has presented its own plan - now called Alternative IV . Although citizens have spent five years developing neighborhood plans that were to have become the Model Cities Area comprehensive plan, to be incorporated into the Citizen's Comprehensive Plan, the City has now determined to develop its comprehensive plan by providing the framework and policy to the neighbor hoods. The neighborhoods now will respond to the City proposals. Jan Chiles, the City Planning Bureau, explained to the Northwest Coalition that it is far ahead of some other areas since it does have a coordinating body. The comments and proposals of the several city planning districts will be considered by the Planning Commission in its w rit ing of the Comprehensive Plan, which will then be presented to the City Council for adoption. The C ity alternatives propose a higher housing density and added industrial development. The N .E . Coalition plan calls for viewing the area in its historical perspective and zoning accordingly.. Areas that are now used for single family dwellings but have other zone designa tions would be rezoned from single-family dwellings. Areas now zoned for commer rial, but actually used for multi-family dwellings, would be re-zoned for m ulti family dwellings. Commercial and multi-family housing would be located within two blocks of major street intersections as they are now located. Codes would be amended to require design and construction quality and to provide for historic conservation. Outside the commercial center all single family dwelling zoning within the City would be retained. The policy proposed by the Planning Commission to allow building on sub standard size lots would be restricted to require neighbor and neighborhood association approval. A separate zoning code for parks and open spaces is recommended. The plan proposes that land at commer rial centers now zoned for light industry be re zoned commercial and that indus trial development be promoted on vacant land near rail, w ater and truck transpor tat ion. It also proposes development of townhouses, garden apartments; and wa ter-oriented commercial establishments along the W illam ette south of Broadway Bridge, which is vacant or used for industry. The Northeast Coalition of Neighbor hoods, Inc., represents the Boise, Concor dia, Eliot, Humboldt, King, Piedmont, Sabin, Vernon and Woodlawn neighbor hoods. NAACP awards Humphry’s civil rights work Tax Zone Amount current tax rate increased in cents ,ier thousand dollars value due to downtown urban renewal district. A B 31.03c 20.27c 5.39c 8.97c 19.84c 19.73c 8.54c 8.46c c D E F G H NEW YORK - The first Annual W alter W hite Aw ard was presented to Senator Hubert Horatio Humphrey for his histori cal contributions to civil rights at the N A A C P Annual Fellowship dinner on Sunday, January 8th. M r. Humphrey, who was represented by his sister, Mrs. Francis Howard, was given the unusual N A A C P honor for his years of support to the civil rights struggle and the N A ACP. The award highlighted his "unremitting crusade against poverty, bigotry and discrimina tion” which "has helped renew the fiber of the democratic ethic upon which this nation stands." The award was presented at the Banquet which was also a special tribute to Benjamin L. Hooks, executive director, who took over the job that W alter W hite once had. M r. W hite was executive secretary, the old title, from 1931 until his death on March 21,1955, when he was succeeded by Roy Wilkins. It was presented by W illiam H. Oliver, a member of the Board of Directors and a vice president of the N A A C P . Also participating in the presentation was W alter W hite's daughter; Miss Jane White. M r. O liver noted that W alter W hite "led numerous campaigns in defense of freedom, justice and equal opportunity for Black Americans.” Indeed, one of W alter White's most singular contribu tions was his crusade against lynching. which began several years before he became executive secretary. He said that “we are proud that our first recipient is indeed an illustrious and outstanding American." Mrs. Howard, in accepting the award, said that Senator Humphrey attributed his concern for people to his late father, Hubert Humphrey. Sr. He said: “It was Dad all the way. M y Dad was a druggist. He never sold a pill, but he sold an idea. And the idea was one: people count. My Dad believed that you never owned anything, you only used it; you were a steward.” She said, "He believed that the dream was there before the reality. Of course, that's why Hubert cared so much.” Hubert H. Humphry 1911 - 1 9 7 8 — Taxing Districts in Common with Portland's downtown 'Urban Renewal District’ (UR D) Multnomah County Port of Portland City of Portland Multnomah County IE D Portland Community College Portland School District No. 1 Metropolitan Service District Total all lb s trifts Current Tax Rate per $1,000 Value Amount Current Tax Rate Increased in Cents per Thousand Due to Downtown ‘U R D ’ $4.26 1.15 7.92 3.85 0.58 9.06 0.14 4.01 0.87 10.76 3.58 0.43 11.30 0.08 <26.96 31.03 "T h e re a re those w h o say to y o u , 'W e are rush in g this issue o f c iv il rig h ts .' I say w e a re 172 years late. There a re those w h o say, 'This issue o f c iv il rig h ts is a n in frin g e m e n t on states' rig h ts .' The tim e has a rriv e d fo r the D em ocratic p a rt to g e t o ut o f th e s h a d o w o f states' rig hts a nd w a lk fo rth rig h tly in to the b rig h t sunshine o f h u m a n rights. P eople - h um an b e in g s — this is the issue o f the 20th century. - 1948 I
