Portland Observer, December 10, 1981 Page 9
Bits and Pieces
by Ruth Spencer
M rs. Jay Stokes, w ife o f U .S.
Rep. Louis Stokes, speaking o f be
coming 40 years o f age, encourages
women to look forward to their fo r
ties. "T he forties are not the end o f
anything, but the beginning o f a lot
o f things. Just be grateful you are
there,” she said.
Derrick Bell, dean o f the U niver
s it y o f Oregon Law School and
form er Harvard U niversity profes
sor, in a keynote speech to a P o rt
land Meeting o f (he National Coun
c il o f U rban E ducation A ssocia
tio n ’ s approved a n a tio n a l trend
• away from busing as a remedy fo r
school segregation.
;
B arbara J o rd a n , fo rm e r C on-
: gresswoman. was recently selected
• one o f (he 25 most influential worn-
;-cn in the United States fo r 1981 by
: the W orld Almanac.
•
Ms. Jordan was selected the most
• outstanding woman in the fields o f
education and political science. She
served as United States Kcprescnta-
- live from 1972-76, and is presently a
professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson
■ School o f Public A ffairs, University
o f Texas at Austin.
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The N ortheast Y o u th Service
Center w ould like to alert the par
ents o f m in o r c h ild re n that a law
was passed in 1979 which gives Ore
gon store owners the rig h t to sue
you fo r up to $250 i f your child is
caught sh o p liftin g . Please encour
age your children not to s h o p lift;
for further inform ation contact the
Northeast Youth Service Center at
288-6708.
(. aged B ird Sings.
J
The death rate from the nation’ s
No. I killer, hear/ disease, dropped
IK per cent between I97O-8O. The
; toll from cancer, /A e.second leading
> cause o f death, has been going down
; for people under 50, but rising slow-
, ly for people over 50. The death rate
,« for stroke declined 32 per cent in the
• last decade. (U. .S’. News and W orld
' Report, 12/4/81.)
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?
How to Cope W ith Family Stress:
s I) Pace yo u rse lf. 2) Exercise. 3)
' A v o id arguments. 4) W atch what
you cat. 5) Think positive.
• ••••
•The Whole W orld In His Hands
(C itadel. $17.95), a p ic to ria l biog
raphy o f Pau! Robeson by his
granddaughter Susan Robeson.
•B o b M a rle y: Soul Rebel— N a t
u ra l M ystic (St. M a rtin ’ s $7.95), a
pictorial biography by Vivien G old
man w ith photog ra phy by A d ria n
Boot.
• The Black Discovery o f America
(Person L ib ra ry , $14.95) a history
o f voyages o f ancient West A frican
mariners, by M ichael Bradley. For
inform ation call The Talking Drum
Bookstore, 282-9465.
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A c c o rd in g to the “ E conom ic
Status o f Black A m ericans," w rit
ten by Robert B H ill and published
by the N a tio n a l U rban League in
The State o f Black A m erica 1981,
the o fficia l jobless rate for teenagers
in 1980 was 36 per cent. But the Na
tional Urban League’ s Hidden U n
employment Index placed the actual
jobless rale for Black teenagers at 59
per cent during the same period.
D ick Gregory, comedian-activist,
starved him self fo r science seventy
days and seventy nights fo r his re
search p ro je c t at D illa rd U n iv e r
s ity ’ s F lin t-G o o d rid g e H o s p ita l.
L iv in g on prayer and a g a llo n o f
m in e ra l w ater a day, he dropped
from 154 lbs. on July 21, 1981 to 104
lbs. on Sept. 28, 1981. Dr. James Car
te r, one o f G re g o ry ’ s a tte n d in g
physicians, said that The G regory
Research Project has already yield
ed some te n ta tiv e and im p o rta n t
conclusions about the way the body
defends itself during starvation and
prolonged fasting.
••••
You asked, Where are they? Port
land Public School employees: Bar
bara Friday, form er prim ary school
p rin c ip a l, is on leave. A. W. W il
liams is a vice principal at Jefferson
The R everend Jessie Jackson,
speaking to 200 Black delegates at
tending the 1981 Congress o f Cities
said: “ The B lack c o m m u n ity is
under siege. A ll three branches o f
governm en t, led by the executive
branch, have turned their backs on
us. T h e re ’s a k in d o f a n ti-B la c k ,
a n ti-p o o r meanness— m ania g rip
ping the country. The government is
inducing pain, hunger, unem ploy
ment and school closings.”
He said th a t we m ust f ig h t f o r
"o u r share" o f the w orld’ s econom
ic wealth; Blacks collectively must
be a " D a v id " and take up “ econ
om ic r o c k s " to fig h t against the
“ G o lia th o f the w hite m ilita r y -
in d u s tria l c o m p le x " to get a fa ir
share o f the econom ic pie. “ T o o
much focus is on G o lia th and not
enough on D avid and his rocks."
Ron A d d icks was selected presi
dent o f the OSP Lifers Club with an
overwhelm ing vote. The 281 mem
bers— a ll
serving
life
sen
tences— w ork w ith in the prison to
encourage inm ates to take advan
tage o f educational o p portun ities,
p ro v id e c o m m u n ity services, and
educate the public as to life in prison
and transition problems.
New Books:
•T h e H eart o f A Woman (R an
dom House, $12.50) is the fo u rth
volume o f Maya A ngelou’ s autobi
og ra p h y. w hich began w ith the
a w a rd -w in n in g / K n o w Why The
The Reverend Ira D. M u m ford
reports that he is beginning his 3rd
year as pastor o f Sm ith Chapel at
Columbia Villa. He has an outreach
program that identifies the needs for
food and c lo th in g and counseling
for poor people.
Vernon E. Jordan, executive d i
rector o f the N a tio n a l U rban
League, was the guest on the tele
vision p ro g ra m , M eet the Press,
Sunday Dec. 6th. M r. Jordan did an
outstanding jo b . He was rig h t on
target.
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H igh School. M ic h a e l G rice is an
adm inistrative assistant at Ockley
Green Middle School. Edna Basket!
is an a d m in is tra tiv e assistant at
Rose C ity P ark. In fo rm a tio n f u r
nished by P o rtla n d P u b lic School
Personnel Division.
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The Reverend John G a rlin g to n ,
Pastor o f M aranatha C hurch and
president o f the A lb in a M inisterial
Alliance, was a guest on KATU-Te-
levision Sunday, December 6. The
p ro g ra m . W h a t’s R ig h t, p a r tic i
pants discussed the topic, "Reagan
omics and the Poor.”
John Jacobs has been appointed
Executive D irector o f the N ational
U rban League to succeed Vernon
Jordan who leaves the o ffice at the
end o f 1981.
M r. Jacobs is vice president o f the
N a tio n a l U rb a n League, and has
w orked w ith the o rg a n iz a tio n 17
years. He promises to carry on the
work o f the Urban League and con
tinue to be a voice for the voiceless.
Judge Mercedes D iez, her hus
band, C arl and their son, B ill were
delightful guests on the TV program
Face to Face, Dec. 5.
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Is the purpose o f Khadafy mania,
r<tRing in the press, e m ittin g fr o m
the W hite House, to fo c u s away
fro m the depressed conditions o f the
econom y and the 9 m illio n unem
p lo ye d in the U n ite d States? H ow
else can a little country the size o f
Alabam a w ith a population o f 2 ' / j
m illion cause such attention? Watch
fo r the next focus away fro m the
serious mess we are experiencing!
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The M t. O liv e t B a p tis t C hurch
Chancel C hoir w ill present a Christ
mas musical, "K in g o f Love,” Sun
day, December 13, at 5 pm at the
church. The public is invited. The
Reverend John Jackson is pastor.
The B lack E d u c a tio n C enter,
P ortland’ s only independent school
designed to educate Black children,
is striving to educate the 30 students
now e n ro lle d . W ill you help by
pledging $10 per month? Individual
and group pledges are welcomed.
Please call the school, 284-9552.
I f we d o n 't make sure o u r children
are educated no one else will.
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N o n -d e n o m in a lio n a l B ro th e r
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group whose purpose is to strength
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