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Portland Observer Thursday. September 6. 1979 Page 7 Finding racism in Salem joined w ith Steve Allen in Portland to tape audience participation sag menta for Electric Energy Test” —a six-state regional network energy special to be aired September 12th. Television viewers in Oregon. Washington. California, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming will be asked to take a family energy quiz while watching the show Answer cards appear in this week's "Observer" on page 5. Continued from page I column 6) darkness was a nigger.” A Black woman told me that once some white men in Salem had threat ened her at knifepoint. Other Blacks said they have become accustomed to being called •‘ nigger.” I noticed that the majority o f the Blacks I talked to that live here are not planning to stay in Salem per manently. They came to the city to take advantage o f job opportunities. Aside from the racism I encountered, my biggest complaint about Salem was its lack o f a visible Black com munity—that is until I learned it has one. That was probably the most de pressing day o f my life. When I toured Oregon Stale Peni tentiary at the end o f July I saw Black people everywhere. A tour guide told me that Blacks constitute I6.3 per cent o f the inmate popula tion. But Blacks make up less than two per cent o f the state population. My three-month visit to Salem has not been all grim. I ’ve met several nice people, who showed some sensi tivity and understanding about what a young Black person has to deal with here. I ’ ve also enjoyed some pleasant experiences, but this does not com pensate for the man who tried to molest me at a local disco, or the other people who made my stay un pleasant. I know that regardless o f geographic location, racism is every where, but I hope I find no city more blatantly racist than Salem. (Editor's note: Gail Harris, a 21- year-old senior journalism student fro m the U niversity o f Southern California, Los Angeles, California, took a position with the Oregon Statesman this summer. Here she has related some o f her experiences during her stay in Salem.) $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ S C R A P B A T T E R IE S «PASSENGER SIZES....................$4« Paidi sDRY, BROKEN, FOREIGN SIZES $3°° Paid,* DELIVER TO: STANDARD BATTERIES, INC. 3750 SE Belmont PORTLAND 234 7251 BATTERY X CHANGE 2930 SE 82nd 774 3131 BATTERY X CHANGE 12990 SW Canyon BEAVERTON 644 3425 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ PP&L airs 'Electric Energy Test' Regional energy problems will be given m ajor attention in a 6-state television special to be aired Septem ber 12th by Pacific Power & Light Company and hosted by popular performer Steve Allen, whose Emmy Award-winning show “ Meeting o f Minds” is currently being seen on national public television. Called “ Electric Energy Test,” the one-hour program w ill focus on present and future power demands in the Northwest, dramatizing the op tions, lim itations, and implications o f the issue through direct viewer in volvement. Steve Allen—coming to Portland to head the energy special —has won honors and applause in so many creative endeavors that the term "Renaissance man” has often been applied to him. He has been a writer o f short stories, plays, and scenarios, a composer, singer, pianist, and recognized figure in jazz; an actor, director, producer, teacher, master- of-ceremonies; and one o f the first stand-up comedians to innovate in late-night talk shows for both radio and television. In order that the inform ational flow o f the program might not be in terrupted, there w ill be no commer cials within the body o f the special. The PP&L sponsorship will be in dicated only by special messages at the open and close o f the broadcast. Linder the d ire ctio n o f Emmy Award winning producer Jim Gates o f H o lly w o o d , the q u iz-fo rm a t program w ill include divergent viewpoints by energy specialists, op posing o pinio ns by environm en talist spokespersons, and man-on- the-street interviews captured on location throughout the Northwest region. Incisive questions based on the electrical energy challenge w ill be posed. Studio and home audience members w ill then compare their an swers with those both o f the experts and o f research specialists in the field. “ We are deeply concerned about future regional electric energy sup plies,” says PP&L chairman o f the board Don C. Frisbee. "O n this tele vision special—the largest public in formation program we have yet at tempted—we hope to show why we are concerned. New electric customer growth continues at record levels. D iffic u lt decision.« must be made. We want our customers to be an ac tive part o f those decisions—and the television special will p ro vi^t basic- background facts, simply and clearly stated, to help the p ublic par ticipate.” “ We know that many electric- customers in the Northwest are con fused about this whole, big subject,” Frisbee adds. “ Many don't know the history o f the problem, its implica tions, or what the options might be. That's why we are producing this program We want to help the elec trical power users in our region—and that’s all o f us—catch up on their homework on this issue as they're called upon to help with the major decisions.” featured contributors to the quiz include: (roughly in the order seen) George Gwinnutt, population fore caster lo r Bonneville Power A d m inistration; population specialist Edward Schafer o f Portland State University; John Ellis, president and ch ie f executive o f Puget Sound Power; M errill Schultz, coordinator fo r Northwest Power Pool; W ashington Congressman M ike McCormack; Kristie Duyckinck of Trojan Decommissioning Alliance; British Physicist Amory l.ovins: Ir win Stelzer, president. N ational Economic- Research Association; Coal deposit plant expert Dick Me Carthy o f Centralia, Washington; Kate KcKeon o f Oregon Fair Share; Bill Parrett o f PP&I s Medford o f fice; BPA A dm inistrator Sterling Munro; John Platt, executive direc tor o f Oregon Environmental Cotin cil; Oregon Governor Vic Atiyeh; W ashington Senator Henry Jackson; Norma Jean Germond, President, Oregon Chapter, League o f Women Voters; Lloyd Marbet, Forelaws on Board; and others. The program w ill be seen and heard in Oregon, W ashington, Idaho, M ontana, W yom ing, and C a lifo rn ia — via cable connections and through direct broadcasts from stations in four states. Participating in this energy special network are: KOIN-TV Portland, 7:00-8:00 p.m. “ The problems that must be faced in keeping up with electrical energy demand are problems that cannot be met by the utilities alone," Frisbee says. “ That is why we want to broaden the base o f participation in the issue. 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