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Page 8 Portland Observer, September 29, 1982 Bits and Pieces The Reverend and Mrs. Elonza J. Edwards were feted at a Welcome Reception, Sunday, September 26, 1982, in the Fellowship Hall o f the Allan Temple C.M.E. Church. N eighbors o f W oodcraft is announcing a new program to help Oregonians in planning and finan cing their children’s college educa tion while the children are still in junior high/high school. The organ ization has set aside $15,000,000 for this purpose and will guarantee low- interest student loans fo r up to $15,000 for qualified individuals. For further information about the benefits o f this low-interest, Guar anteed Student Loan Program, con tact the Neighbors o f Woodcraft in Portland at 224-3525. • • The Reverend T.J. Jemison o f Baton Rouge, La., was elected pres ident o f the National Baptist Con vention, U.S.A., Inc., defeating Dr. Joseph H. Jackson who held the po sition since 1953. The National Baptist Convention, U.S. A ., Inc., is reported to have a membership o f 6.5 million with over 30,000 congregations. • • The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act o f 1974 requires that all educational institutions that re ceive federal funds must afford par ents o f students under 18 years o f age (or an 18-year-old student) the right to inspect and review the edu cational records kept by the school system on the student; the right to challenge or request the removal or modification o f materials felt to be inaccurate, misleading or inappro priate; the right to lim it the number and type o f individual who w ill be able to see the student’s records; the right to receive a list o f those indivi duals who have been permitted by school o fficia ls to see a student's records; the right to be notified every time a student’ s records are turned over to a court by judicial or der or subpoena; and the right to be informed by school officials o f the provision o f this act. • • According to State School Super intendent Vern Duncan, "U n e m ployment chased thousands of fam ilies out o f Oregon this year, giving out schools our biggest student loss by Ruth Spencer Bose City's annual The public is invited. • • LORETTA THOMPSON GLICKMAN in history—nearly 8,500.” "W e had predicted steady growth for the 1980s, because o f a sharp in crease in the number o f Oregon births since 1973. But fewer Oregon jobs mean fewer Oregon students,” said Supt. Duncan. • • Dr. Matthew W. Prophet w ill be the guest speaker at Allen Temple C .M .E . C hurch's A nnual Day o f Lay Activities, Sunday, October 10, 1982, 5 pm. M r. Walter M itc h e ll is the Lay Activities President. The Reverend Elonza Edwards is pastor. % OFF The A ffirm ative Action Program o f the Oregon State Bar invites all interested persons to a M in o rity Law Day at Lewis & Clark College. Saturday, Oct. 28, 1982. This is a chance to get facts on minorities and the legal profession from those who know first hand. • • Loretta Thompson G lickm an, mayor o f Pasadena, is the nation’ s first black woman mayor o f a city with a population exceeding 100,000. (There are 27 other black women mayors in the U.S., most o f them in small predominantly black towns in the south.) Mrs. Glickman held the office o f city director and served as vice-may or before being elected mayor. Send or bring news for Bits and Pieces (weddings, promotions, trips abroad, teas and other public func tions) to the P ortla n d Observer, 2201 N. K illingsw orth, Portland, OR 97217, or call the Observer, 283- 2486. Or call Ruth Spencer, 286- 8093, 6-9 pm. (This column sponsored by Amer ican State Bank.) Civil defense meet draws protest marked prices on pre-owned machines. Í© *■ r M any brand« and modala N aw . Singar, Viking. Naw Horna, Bamlna. Pfaff. Elna. Whits, m achines 20-50% off ••• also - Yt off Repair with this ad. Rose City Sewing Machine Center 59th and NE Sandy Blvd. 249-2994 1« Professi onaFFest Control Supplies For Do-it-yourself Hom eowners Call: 286-6252 • Licensed Consultants • Eliminate your pest problems like the pros FFe can tell you what to use and how to use it. 1 “ Everybody’s going to make it if there are enough shovels to go around. Dig a hole, cover it with a couple o f doors, and then throw three feet o f d irt on top. I t ’s the dirt that does it.” —T.K. Jones Deputy Undersecretary o f Defense 1982 Chad Debnam was named by the Republican Multnomah Cen tral Comm ittee as their candi date for House of Representa tives. District 18. Chadnam ie a Portland businessman, active in management/marketing/pro- The controversy over the Reagan $4.2 b illio n c ivil defense program w ill come to Portland October 11th with the national conference o f the U.S. Civil Defense Council. For many years the people o f the w orld have known that a nuclear war would mean the end o f man kind. In the United Sûtes, the possi bility of winning a nuclear war and surviving has been a frequent topic o f official discussion. Since the ad vent o f the Reagan administration, talk about winning a "p ro tra cted nuclear w a r" has increased and planning for the possibility o f such a war has begun. " A close look at the facts shows w ith fa ir certainty that with reasonable protective mea sures, the United States could survive a nuclear attack and go on to recovery within a relatively few years.” for four million essential workers at their work sites to protect against di rect effects o f a nuclear explosion. —Federal Emergency Workers would commute to keep in Management Agency (FEMA), 1981 dustries working. •Industrial protection: dismantle, disperse and bury machinery so a f The Reagan adm inistration ap ter an attack they could be reassem pears to be convinced that nuclear bled. war can be won and is making de- •Continuity o f government: pro Uiled preparations, hoping that the vide government officials with facil leadership, economic system and ities and duplicate government rec some of the population will survive. ords to ensure survival o f the U.S. The first step is to prepare the Am government. Protect presidential erican people fo r nuclear war so successors. they will not be frightened and can FEMA was scheduled to partici not be intimidated into a surrender. pate in several workshops during the With a fearless population the U.S. Civil Defense conference scheduled can intimidate the Soviet Union and in Portland for October 11th through maneuver fo r m ilita ry advantage. 14th. When a representative o f the The civil defense plan is an effort to Physicians for Social Responsibility make the American people feel se* was added to an October 12th work cure, believing they can outlive* nu shop—one o f fo u r workshops at clear holocaust. that hour— FEM A withdrew from The structure o f the administra the conference. FEM A—the agency tion’s civil defense plan is: responsible for promoting and im •Crisis relocation: relocating 150 plementing civil defense planning— million people from 400 urget sites had been scheduled to address the prior to an atUck. entire conference for 90 minutes and •Fallout protection: construction to participate in many workshops. o f millions o f shelters to house the The conference w ill go on—over entire population. the protests o f the C iv il Defense •Blast shelters: provide shelters Through Disarmament Ad Hoc Committee which states that “ Not only is nuclear war c iv il defense planning a waste o f tax money that should go to badly needed human services and creation o f em ploy amount o f funds w ill decrease and ment; it also in fact increases the local control increase under the new likelihood o f nuclear w ar’s occur Reagan block grant concept. ring in the first place.” The study could not be completed The Ad Hoc Committee will pick because o f lack o f funds and the et the conference at the Red Lion closing o f the Institute for Oregon Hotel. For inform ation please call 230-0346. Policy Studies. However, the re searchers identified the following areas taht require further examina tion: 1) Data on the distribution of home rehabilitation loans by race could be examined along with tracking sales/ resales o f those homes. 2) The relationship between avail ability o f rehabilitation funding and the increasse in white ownership at the expense o f black ownership needs to be evaluated. 3) I f rehabilitation o f dwellings enhances their value and upgrades a neighborhood at the expense o f housing opportunities for the poor, housing rehabilitation without safe guards is o f questionable value. This is one o f the most important issues C LEAR LY AHEAD related to community development programs and the d is trib u tio n o f J. MARK WAGENER costs and benefits o f their pro II. JAMES KRUEGER grams. 4) Differences between housing PORTLAND HOURS conditions in the white and black Monday • Friday communities and glaring discrepen- 10:00-7:30 cies in opportunities, suggests re- evaluation o f HCD efforts in Port Saturday 10 - 6 land is required. 5) More attention needs to be giv Sunday 12-5 en to the effects o f HCD programs on housing patterns and the social consequences o f spatial distribution 805 NW 21st Avenue o f social groups w ith in the urban 226-7135 area. Blacks lose home ownership (Continued from page ! column 3) decreased by 11 per cent and whites increased by 11 per cent. Sabin’ s black households who own their homes decreased by 23 per cent; white households who own their homes increased by 8 per cent. O f those homes in Irvington that are owner-occupied, blacks lost by 1 per cent and whites gained by 1 per cent. Black households who own their homes dropped by 11 per cent in Vernon, and whites who own their homes increased by 7 per cent. The percentages o f owner-occupied homes in Vernon that are owned by blacks increased by 16 per cent. In Woodlawn, black households that own their homes decreased by 27 per cent while whites who own their homes increased by 16 per cent. Blacks gained by 1 per cent their ownership o f owner-occupied homes in Woodlawn. The study found that white households made their largest gains in ownership in predom inantly black neighborhoods. The higher percentage of black households that were owner-occupied in 1970, the greater the loss by 1980. The study also found changes in the poverty level in the neighbor hoods studied. Boise had a 1 per f cent increase; E lio t, 3 per cent in crease; H u m b oldt, 8 per cent in crease; Irv in g to n , 2 per cent de crease; King, 2 per cent decrease; Sabin, 5 per cent decrease; Vernon, 3 per cent decrease; W oodlawn, 5 per cent decrease. The greatest in creases in families below the poverty level were in Kerns, 10 per cent, and Northwest, Lair H ill, Foster-Pow ell, Creston Kenilworth, all with 8 per cent increases. The purpose o f the study was to determine how the use o f federal Housing and Community Develop ment funds on home rehabilitation affects the character o f neighbor hoods. S lightly more than h a lf o f P o rtla n d ’ s grant money has been used fo r owner-occupied home re habilitation. Portland has received HCD funds since 1975, and during the years 1970-1975 provided reha bilitation in the Model Cities neigh borhoods through Model Cities funds. Findings o f the preliminary analy sis are: 1) Expenditures for housing reha bilitation tend to slow the trend tow ard decrease in the percentage o f homeowners who are black. 2) W hite householders clearly gained access to homeownership in Portland’ s black community. Data indicates that rehabilitation expen ditures may have facilitated this de velopment. 3) Housing rehabilitation expendi tures are related to changes in the percentage o f fam ilies at a below poverty level. 4) The housing crisis o f the mid- to-late 1970s had a much greater im pact on black householders than on white households. The study points to the need for a re-evaluation o f the expenditure of HCD funds, particularly since the 196 Liberty N.E. 99 Auto Broker* 26 Car* for sale Will financo anyona with job AnyrNng takan n trade 610 NE Union 236 6642 Salam. Oregon 97301 (6031 364 8243 SENSOGIUM ★ KEMI-KIL P R O D U C T S * 2030 N. Willis Blvd. (in Kenton) Mon-Fri: 9-6 Sat 9-2 pm _____ A n ts, roaches, silverfish, m oles, gophers, rats, m ic e — ju s t about anything! 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