Page 6 Portland Observer October 9. 1980
Norelco markets Black man's razor
SOME FACTS ABOUT BLACK
MAN RAZOR BUMP
• M ore than 50 percent o f ail
Afro-Am erican males suffer from
the disease. Few Caucasians ex­
perience it. The recommended cure
is to grow a beard.
• The disease firs t became a
p u blic issue during the Vietnam
W ar when Black soldiers com ­
plained about it.
• Often, the more victims shave,
the worse their skin becomes. Con­
tinued shaving can bring on
disfiguring scar tissue that never
heals.
• Some victims o f razor bumps
even find it painful to put their faces
on pillows.
• Instead o f grow ing a beard,
some sufferers use depilatories. But
the result is raw, tender skin.
N orelco
is
m arketing
a
revolutionary new electric Rotary
Razor this fall, called the Black Pro
zw It is designed specifically for the
Black man’ s beard and it is felt from
tests that have been conducted that
it provides the best relief available
from
the agonizing shaving
problems most Black men suffer
from.
“ In a study conducted at a
leading Black university, Black men
suffering from razor bumps tested
the Norelco Black Pro TM Rotary
Razor /.win daily shaving. In almost
every case. Black men were able to
shave regularly with the Black Pro
TM without creating razor bumps,
and a majority found that the Black
Pro actually reduced or eliminated
razor bumps, entirely." (A leading
professor o f Derm atology at a
leading Black university).
engineered fo r the Black m an’ s
shaving problems. The Bump Brush
is made up o f hundreds o f tiny hair
raising loops designed to brush
whiskers up and lift curly hairs out
of ingrown pockets. As the razor is
glided over the skin, the loops catch
the hair and raise it up so the blades
can shave it off. Therefore hairs are
shaved o ff regularly and do not get
long enough to grow back into the
skin.
The independent research at a
leading Black university has
provided proven results that the
Norelco Black Pro tm w ith its
unique Bump Brush tm Head ac­
tually improved over-all skin
problems with over 80 percent o f the
shaving participants.
Regular twin blades cannot do
this. They may shave o ff some o f
the curly hair, but often cause the
Computer aids minority purchasing
W ASHINGTON - For minority
firms interested in marketing their
services and products to the federal
government, reaching the “ right
procurement personnel," and lear­
ning what services and products are
in demand, can appear to be an
overwhelming obstacle.
An office in the U.S. Department
o f Labor is helping m inority and
small disadvantaged firm s bridge
this gap with the department. It is
the Office o f Small and Disadvan­
taged Business U tiliz a tio n (OSD-
BU), headed by Walter C. Terry.
Terry says a primary function o f
his office is to assure that a " fa ir
p ro p o rtio n ” o f contracts are
awarded small businesses and
disadvantaged firms.
In effect, this office serves as a
"referral system” to suppliers and
buyers.
This is done primarily by a com­
puter term inal used to retrieve
detailed information in response to
queries by business persons and
procurement officers.
The terminal at the Labor Depart­
ment is part o f the Procurement
Automated Source System (PASS)
o f the Small Business A d ­
ministration.
This data bank, Terry notes, con­
tain inform ation on 35,000 small
and disadvantaged firms, including
6,600 m inority-ow ned firm s and
4,000 firms owned by women. The
number o f firms registered in PASS
is constantly rising as well as the
number o f PASS term inals In
federal agencies, according to
Terry. Forms to register in PASS,
may be obtained from the OSDBU
or the Samll Business A d ­
ministration. Registration is volun­
tary, and there is no charge for this
service.
Registration does not assure that
the firm will receive a contract. But
it does assure that once in the data
bank, information about the tirm ’ s
services or products is readily
available to a wide source o f poten­
tia l purchasing contractors, says
Terry.
PASS permits each user to search
fo r
small
businesses as a
procurement source by name, em­
ployer identificatio n number,
location, keyword and other in ­
dicators. The system also permits
the user to search fo r small
businesses by postal Zip Codes.
R U .D . s
A SORRY
RECORD
■ Since 1932 Oregon voters have rejected thirty-seven
"peoples utility district" proposals.
1 Ordinary razors
promote ingrown hairs,
causing razor bumps
? The Nore i ) Black Pro M stands whiskers up
and away from skin, into the blade
There are 6,984,000 Black men
over 18 in the United States and
those who shave are often plagued
by p s e u d o fo llic u litis barbae —
simply put, razor bumps. This is a
painful, scar-causing skin disease
caused when sharp tips o f recently
shaved hair curl back and penetrate
the skin, thereby creating infectious
lumps or bumps.
The new Norelco Black Pro tm
Tripleheader tm Razor has an ex­
clusive Razor Bump Brush tm
covering its head — custom
r
razor bumps to worsen.
This is the firs t electric razor
designed for the Black man with a
“ built-in” feature to raise the curly
hair and p ull it out from the
ingrown pocket.
Furthermore, the Norelco Black
Pro tm features specially designed
cutters and combs that shave at, but
not below skin level, also preventing
the occurence o f razor bumps.
Shaving every day with the Norelco
Black Pro tm assures that the beard
stubble does not get too long.
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few ever supply their customers with any electric service.
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■ Only fourteen "people's utility districts" have been started.
Ten of the fourteen PU.D.S have since been abandoned,
dissolved or are now inactive.
1942
Union Co I’ D D
I lissolved
Nehalem Basin IT I D
Abandoned
0
Columbia River P.U.D
Inactive
L e v ie d T a x e s ___
( latskanie I T 'D
Activated—1942
Levied Taxes
None
4,200
Hood RiverPU 1 i
Dissolved
Levied Taxes
None
None
N Wasco PU D,
A c tiv a te d - 1949
Levied I axes
None
8,200
McKenzie R PU.D
Abandoned
0
Wickiup PUD
Inactive
Levied Taxes
None
None
None
None
Lake ( reek PU.D.
Abandoned
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None
None
Tillamook PU.D
A ctivated—1940
Levied laxes
None
15,400
None
None
VOTE NO
O N THE “PEOPLE'S UTILITY DISTRICT’
— S.W. 3rd It YAMHILL — Portland
A tto cia tr Doctor of O p to m ttrr
PORTLAND
Or Lorry SEMLER
Or M KELLY
Or J BERRY - Dr Chria MAYER
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Or «OBERT MULL Optomome
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EUGENE
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