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PORTLAND - Portland's hope for a
World Boxing title in the middleweight
class. Mike Colbert will have his first and
probably most severe test since having
his jaw broken by an illegal punch last
November by No. 1 ranked Marvin
Hagler when he holds down the ten round
feature. Thursday. March 30th at the
Expo center in Portland.
The bouts, re-scheduled from March
9th because a suitable opponent for
Colbert was not available will again be
promoted by Northwest Sports and
matchmaker Ron Ail has one of the
country's top middleweight's in Cinci-
natti's Clifford Wills.
Wills credentials include a 18 win 2 loss
record but his two losses were to No. 1
ranked WBA middleweight Ronny Harris
when the fight was stopped in the tenth
round because of a cut and a 10 round
split decision loss to “Sugar" Ray Seales
of Tacoma, the No. 2 ranked WBA
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middleweight and U.S. rated boxing
champion.
The classy 23 year old former national
A.A.U. champion is a class boxer stated
Seattle promoter Joe Williams who pro
moted the Seales fight in Vancouver. B.C.
He is a stalker and does not back down
even when being punched stated Wil
liams. He will be a worthy opponent for
No. 2 ranked by Ring magazine Colbert
and he comes to fight.
Wills manager Ray Cantrell was elated
at the opportunity to fight Colbert and
assured Ail that Wills will be ready for
the classy Portland boxer.
Four other bouts will be on the
evenings’s carding with a 8 round semi
main and three six rounders, with four
top area pros matching their skills
against top out of state talent.
Persons holding tickets from the March
9th fight, those tickets will be honored at
the March 30th slugfest.
Book explores career
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games that •«¡aaf’w With them began the
golden era of Negro baseball.
Brashler recreates the magical mo
ments of those days when Josh's bat met
ball, sending it soaring right out of the
stadium. And he resurrects the flam
buoyant style and spirit of the game - the
“doctored" balls, the unbelievable mo
tions (sidewinder deliveries, hesitation
pitches), the tricks (bunts, force-plays,
intentional walks, hit-and-run plays at
unheard-of moments).
The author deals with the frustrations
of playing in the Negro leagues. The
ever-present bigotry that spelled incon
venience in some places (teams using the
Pittsburgh Pirates' stadium, for example,
couldn't use their showers and lockers)
and danger to life in others. The broken
promises of the Big Leagues that they
would sign Black players. The recogni
tion never achieved by those who were
too old when racial prejudice turned the
comer in 1945 and 1946.
Through the ‘30s and '40s Josh played
on, winning fans all over, even in Cuba,
Mexico, and Puerto Rico where the
climate was more hospitable to Black
^layers. But his heavy drinking took its
toll. Though he won the Negro National
League batting title in 1945, his health
was poor, and when the Big Leagues
began tapping Black talent, signing
Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella. and
Don Newcombe, among others, Josh
wasn't on their list. (Neither were Sat
chel Paige. Buck Leonard, Cool Papa Bell
and others considered too old.)
In the early morning hours of January
20, 1947, Josh Gibson died of a stroke. In
1972 he finally found his place in the
Baseball Hall of Fame and three years
later, admirers replaced the metal plaque
that marked the number of his plot with a
simple but proper stone.
created a monotheistic religion which
shattered the foundations of Egypt's
security. Tutankhamen brought his
homeland back to its ancient gods.
Stampfer will lecture on Moees, who
was of roughly the same time period, at
2:30 p.m. April 1st at congregation Nevefk
Shalom. 2900 S.W. Peaceful Lane. The
Tut lecture will be at 2:30 p.m. on April
2nd in room 338 of PSU’s Smith Memorial
Center. Tickets are free but may be
reserved by calling PSU (229-4440) or the
synagogue office 1246-8831).
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of Negro League star
The “Black Babe Ruth." That was Josh
Gibson, a baseball legend in the first half
of this century, barrel-chested like the
Babe and a hitter who meant murder
every time he touched bat to ball.
On April 26th, Harper & Row will
publish “Josh Gibson: A Life in the Negro
Leagues" by William Brashler ($9.95).
Brashler is also the author, most recent
ly. of a biography. “The Don: The Life
and Death of Sam Giancana" and of a
novel, “The Bingo Long Traveling All-
Stars and Motor Kings," about a barn
storming
team of Black ballplayers To
The 1 railblazcrs loot their fourth in a row as injuries still plagued the champions.
write his new book. Brashler interviewed
Dave Cowans led the Celtics to a KM victory with 28 points and 16 rebounds
many of the old-time players who toured
Maurice Lucas returned to the Blazer lineup after sitting out six with an injured
with Josh in the Negro lea g u es -
foot, getting 14 points and 14 rebounds. Havlicek. playing his last game in Portland
baseball greats like Hall-of-Famer Judy
before retirem ent, finished with 14 for Boston.
Johnson. “Cool Papa" Bell, a gazelle of an
outfielder, and Jimmy Crutchfield. The
result is a biography that captures the
joys, sorrows, triumphs, and frustrations
of the Black ballplayers in the ^ s , ‘30s,
and '40s and paints a portrait of an
Schedule of events for Martin Luther King. Jr. Meeh. KBPS Radio (13901: Sunday,
extraordinary athlete wire might have
^ p rii 2nd, - 9:45 * m. Special guest interview, Nick Barnett. Director. Metropolitan
made it but for the color bar.
Human Relations Commission, Darrell Milner. Black Studies Program. Portland State
Born on December 21, 1911 in a village
University Monday. April 3rd - 7:30-9:00 p.m. Special broadcast, “From the Pulpit.
outside Macon, Georgia, Josh Gibson
From tlie People," a benefit performance. March 15th-18th, Catlin Gable School,
featuring gospel singer Willa Dorsey, speaker Herb Cawthorne as Dr. Martin Luther moved to Pittsburgh where his father
worked in the steel mills. While still in his
King. Jr., and the New Hope Baptist Choir. Very good. Tuesday. April 4th - 5:30 p.m.
teens, Josh began to make his name as a
Special dinner meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee for Martin Luther King. Jr. W eek, at
the Albina Women's League Center, 8 N.E. Killingsworth. Barbecued ribs, beans and sandlot ballplayer. By 1928 his baseball
salad, about »2 per person Please R.S.V.P. 231-1449 early a.m. or late p.m Friday, career was launched with the Crawford
April 7th. - 9:45 b jb . Presentation ceremony. Martin Luther King School. 490b N.E. Colored Giants, a team he helped orga
6th. Gorti.nd l»aily - 12:00-12:30 Noon - a series of lectures delivered by Dr. King nize. His position was catcher, a natural
for this big strong boy, 190 pounds of
shortly before his death and produced by the Canadian Broadcasting System. These
muscle spread on a six-foot two-inch
were aired in Canada in 1967 and will be broadcast for the first time in the U.S. by
frame, with solid legs as fast as a
National Public Radio. Monday: The relative merits of violent and non violent
sprinter’s.
approaches to racial problems: Tuesday - Conscience and the War in Vietnam;
By summer, 1930 Josh was hitting
Wednesday - Youth and Social Action; Thursday - Non Violence and Social Change.
baseballs out of parks all over Pittsburgh
Friday - Peace and Non-Violence.
as the Colored Giants regular catcher.
In celebration of National Library Week. April 2nd-8th. the Albina Branch Library.
And then he joined the Homestead
3605 N.E. 15th Avenue, will present readings by local Northeast Portland authors on
Thursday, April 6th at 7:00 p.m. Willis Eberman, William Kaplan and Robert Reid
Grays. The tale most commonly told, and
probably least truthful, puts Josh as a fan
will read selections of their poetry and author Susan Green will read from a novel in
progress. All interested persons are invited to this free program. For additional
in the stand suddenly called in during a
crucial game.
information call the Albina Branch at 287-7147.
A ‘-*1* Spaghetti Dinner. Saturday. April 29th from 3:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. will be
In 1932 Josh rejoined the Pittsburgh
held at St. Andrew Community Center. 4940 N.E. 8th Avenue. There will be a charge Crawfords - the Craws - under the aegis
of $3 for adults and $2 for children. The dinner is being sponsored by the Oregon of a new owner, Gus Greenlee, who
Coalition for National Health Security as a fund raiser, to help in its work of educating turned them into one of the best and most
stylish Black teams in the country.
the public on the issues of a national health plan.
(Satchel Paige was also among the
On Sunday. April 2nd, at 3:00 p.m. KGW-TV presents “From the Pulpit - From the players he signed.) Greelee built them a
People," a 90 minute tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. The program features 45 stadium of their own, provided an abun
members of the New Hope Baptist Choir and the Youth Choir of Portland, gospel dance of first-rate equipment (including
clean uniforms and two bats per player),
singer Willa Dorsey, and Herb Cawthorne.
On April 14th. loth, and 16th, the First Portland International Conference on and gave them a bus and a secretary. The
Human Rights will be held at the King Neighborhood Facility. This conference will Craws were sensations, winning 99 to 135
feature speakers, workshops, and cultural events which will focus on the international
struggle for human rights. Keynote Speakers are: Colistus Ndlovu - Representative
to the United Nations for the Patriotic Front of Zimbabwe. Vernon Bellecourt -
National leader of the American Indian Movement. Hassan Noti - Professor at UCLA,
Los Angeles; an expert on the history of the Middle East in particular the Palestinian
issue. Jose Alberto Alvarez - First Secretary of Puerto Rican Socialist Party. New
York For information call 234 5860.
King Tut and Moses will be the
subjects of a free two-lecture series to be
presented April 1 and 2 by Rabbi Joshua
Stampfer of congregation Neveh Shalom,
adjunct associate professor of Middle
East Studies at Portland State Univer
ally.
Stampfer, who will teach a course this
summer at PSU “King Tut's History"
calls Tutankhamen a “heroic tragic figure
who survived the age of Ikhnaton and
returend the land of Egypt to its tradi
tional course." He explains that Ikhnaton.
ruler before Tut, established a new god
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grads meet
High school students compete
Peter Hero, executive director of the
Oregon Arts Commission, announced the
1978 statewide creative writing competi
tion for high school students. Competition
is in poetry, fiction and essay, and is open
to all 9th through 12th graders.
Twelve winners will be selected to
participate in a unique, five-day work
shop at Lewis and Clark College with
professional writers and poets. Tuition,
room and board will be awarded to the
winners. Workshop dales are June 26 30.
All entries should be submitted by the
English Department of each school En
tries must be postmarked no later than
April 15th.
The workshop will be conducted by
Sa idra McPherson, a poet, and James
State
SALEM, MARCH 27 - Retroactive
food stamp benefits may be available to
past and present clients of Adult and
Family Services Division under a recent
court decision involving issuance of emer
gency food stamps.
In the past, emergency issuance of
stamps required full proof of need, either
by a friend of the household or by the
household itself.
The emergency is
suance also was good just once every six
months. Under the Federal Court Ruling
(Aiken vs. Obiedo). both the time limit
and confirmation of need have been found
illegal for households with no income.
Past and present clients of Adult and
Family services Division who applied for
Welch, a novelist. Ms. McPherson is a
poet of national stature and she has
taught at the Aspen writers conference
and the University of Ioway.
James Welch is an American Indian
novelist and poet from Montana. His
poetry has been published extensively in
American journals and abroad. His first
novel, “Winter in the Blood”, has been
praised by many national publications.
Welch has conducted numerous resi
dencies as a guest writer and has worked
in poets-in-the-schools programs in many
states.
Students who are interested in the
contest should contact their English
teachers.
Graduates of James Monroe High
School (Girls Polytechnic) wffl hold their
annual reunion on Monday, April 3rd
from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the school.
A brief program will be held in the
Auditorium beginning at 7:30 p.m. This
will be the 50th Anniversary of the
present building, which will be its last
year of use as a high school. Historic
items will be on display in the hall
showcases.
The school is also attempting to com
pile a history of the school, its staff and
students. Those who have yearbooks
before 1930 that could be duplicated the
night of the reunion and returned, or any
other souveniers or items of interest are
asked to take them to the reunion.
All students, neighbors, relatives, fac
ulty and husbands are urged to attend
the reunion.
food stamp requirements
food stamps from August 5, 1974 to
January 1st of this year and who were
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possibly could be eligible to receive
retroactive benefits. People currently
not receiving food stamp benefits but
who applied during the 1974 1976 benefit
dates are also potentially eligible for
retroactive benefits.
Past proof of
application need not be in written form
but those who declare themselves eligible
must sign a consent form.
Retroactive benefits will not b e given
as a lump sum but as a percentage of
coupon allotment.
These percentage
payments will be issued on a monthly
basis until past benefits are exhausted.
“There is no way to determine how
many people might be eligible for these
benefits." said Bill Gardner, Manager of
the AFS Food Stamp Unit. “However, if
you think you are eligible for retroactive
benefits, contact your nearest branch
office of Adult and Family Services
Division. Each person's record or claim
will be examined and assessed on a
case-by-case basis...this will not affect
normal verification of eligibility required
of households applying for food stamp
benefits."
This new ruling could affect the 54,000
households currently on the food stamp
program as well as those households that
were eligible in past years hut do not
receive benefits now.
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