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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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