P ro file o f a P resid en t
By Slemhile Matatu
CONNIE THOMPSON
T hom pson KO M O co-anchor
Connie Thompson, daughter o f
to have prim ary responsibility for
M r. and Mrs. Vernon Thompson,
business and consumer reports.
has been promoted to co-anchor for
Miss Thompson believes an im ­
television station KOMO in Seattle.
portant ingredient in reporting con­
Miss Thompson has been with the
sumer news is to gain trust.
station since 1974.
Her interest include art, music,
Miss Thompson began her career
h iking, cam ping,skiing. She is a
while at KEX Radio, where she was
member of the Business and
employed w hile attending the
Professional Club o f Seattle, the
University o f Portland. During her
NAACP and the Urban League.
last year she was a reporter in the
She recommends that young
K E X newsrooms, handling news
people who think they might be in­
writing, field work, production and
terested in a career try it. Any job
on-air news. She produced daily ski
can
lead to something better. “ 1
reports, the KEX Commuter Traffic
d
id
n
’ t decide to go in to com ­
Watch. She also worked two sum­
m u n ic a tio n s,” she adds. She
mers at KATU -TV.
worked as a secretary - receptionist
She joined the KOMO news staff
at
a radio station and while there
in 1974 as Production Assistant and
developed an interest.
became a reporter - trainee in July
o f 1975. By the following spring she
‘ ‘ I emphasize that the best way to
was a full-fledged general assign­ learn anything is to work at it. You
ment reporter. As co-anchor o f the never know what you learn along
late news program she w ill continue the way will be useful.”
P ortland Observar M ay 8. ISSO Paga 6
In the 70’ s Banana re-wrote the
Lord’s Prayer to retlect the goals o f
African nationalism: "Forgive us
our docility and give us this day our
g o ld ..." urging militancy and the
fight against white supremacy. At
the Geneva Conference held in
1972, he brilliantly prophesied the
fa ilu re o f M uzorw ea’ s p o litica l
career
--
to r
underneath,
M uzorew a’ s skin he sim ply
diagnosed there was no political
spine. It was not surprising then
when Rev. Banana’ s name was
missing from the list o f political
prisoners
Muzorewa ordered
released.
Muzorewa called him a traitor, a
bad influence and a threat to the
peace. He was right, quite right be­
cause Rev. Banana would eventually
have joined in the war against
Muzorewa and his fo rtu n a te ly
short-lived regime.
To m illions ot Zimbabweans,
Rev. Banana is their man and was
the correct choice for President. To
his wife, the past decade has been
one ot hard struggle but it was all
worth it.
He w ill, no doubt, use all his
talent and experience to make the
presidency more than just a
ceremonial post. He may be short in
stature but he is intelligent, talented
and influential.
At 44, it is not surprising that a
Methodist m inister. Rev. Canaan
Banana is now the first true Black
President o f Zimbabwe. He is a
simple, hard working man whose
concern was not only to teach the
word ol God but also for the day to
day weltare and human rights o f the
people he preached to.
His love tor his country made him
seek justice fo r his people. Ian
Smith tabled him a trouble-maker
and his name went down in the
regim e’ s Enemies L is t. The
Methodist church hierarchy found
his politics hard to swallow and gave
him the option ot either resigning
from po litics or the m inistry.
Banana chose to resign from the
ministry.
Short in stature, Rev. Banana’ s
simplicity and ideas make his past
well remembered by the youth. He
was a very welcome visitor to the
youth meetings where he came to
confer with the young people. He
was regarded as a friend and always
very encouraging. He indeed
remains a friend o f the youth in
Zimbabwe.
In the 70’ s, he was elected the
A N C ’ s (M uzorew a’ s party) vice
president. He helped Muzorewa to
success when, with his experience
and popularity, the AN C led the
rejection ol the Alec Douglas Home
E D IT O R S N O TE: Stembile
proposals. This was an attempt at
Matatu is a nursing student from
settling the Rhodesia deadlock in
Zimbabwe cu rrently studying in
1971 but the proposals were such
London, England.
that they would have left effective
power in the hands o f the whites for
at least another 200 years. This suc­
cess earned Banana a permanent
spot on Smith’ s Enemies List and he
was in and out o f prison. At one
point he was even forced into exile
in the United States.
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Dr. Lee P. Brown, Commissioner
o f Public Safety in Atlanta, Georgia
and former director o f Public Safety
to r M ultnom ah C ounty, w ill
keynote the third annual "D r. Lee
P. Brown Awards Banquet” on
Sunday, May 18th.
Robert Lamb, D irector o f the
Justice Department’ s Com m unity
Relations Agency, Region X, will be
the guest speaker.
Beltie Lou Overton, president o f
the sponsoring A lb in a W om en’ s
League Foundation, announced the
awards:
Basic Education:
Dr. Harold Kliner, Rance Spruill,
L illian Herzog, Vernon Chapman
and Edna H. Baskett.
Community A ctivitist Education:
John Jackson, Herb Cawthorne,
Charlotte Williams, Ron Herndon,
Bernie Foster and Arm ando
Laguardia.
Community A ctivitist:
Father W illia m C u rtin , Gail
Washington, James Loving, Ron
Sykes and Gregory Gudger.
Commissioner o f the Year:
Dan Mosee, Frank Ivancie,
Charles Jordan, Gladys McCoy,
and Mildred Schwabe.
City Supportive Services:
Nick Barnett, A1 Jamison, Anna
Street, Marcus Glenn, and Veronica
Alberti.
State Supportive Services:
Calvin Henry, Lillie Walker, Kay
T oran, Jackie W inters, H arold
W illia m s,
Hazel Hays, and
Chalmers Jones.
Dr. Lee P. Brown Youth Award:
M aurice Kent, Bennie Choy,
Deana F ord, Travis Cam pbell,
Byron Walden, Mary Holden, Daryl
H ill, Lonnie Wilson. Rita Redeau,
Denise Lucas, and Karl Robeson.
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Bourbon Street, NE Grand and
Weidler, at 7:30pm. Cocktails will
be served at 6:30pm. Donation Is
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