Portland Observer, December 1,1982 Page 3
METROPOLITAN
M AK e Z n EW HOME
AT THE OLD ADDRESS
Energy aid available
The State o f Oregon begins Wed
nesday accepting applications from
low-income families needing assist
ance w ith w in te r heating b ills . In
Northeast Portland, application can
be made w ith the Urban League o f
Portland.
This winter an estimated 523 m il
lion in federal funds w ill be a v a il
able state-wide. O f the $16 m illion is
reserved fo r energy assistance, $2
m illio n w ill be preserved fo r possi
ble transfer to other block grants
and $3 m illio n w ill be set aside fo r
weatherization.
T o be e ligible fo r energy assist
ance a h o u se h o ld ’ s gross incom e
must be at or below 125 percent o f
the poverty level established by the
federal government. For example, a
household o f one w ould be eligible
W ITH A
NEIGHBORHOOD
PROFESSIONAL
i f incom e were $5,850 or less, a
household o f two if $9,700 or less.
The am ount o f the paym ent
depends on the size o f the fam ily,
the area o f residence, and the type
o f fuel used. Payments (one-tim e-
o n ly ) range fro m $105 to $225.
Renters, whether they pay fo r heat
directly or in their rent payments,
can be eligible.
Wm. D. Herboth
Remodeling
CALL: 289-1600
te s
Persons w ho use m ore than 20
percent o f their annual income fo r
heat can be eligible for up to $250 in
emergency assistance.
CHRISTMAS
SPECIAL ,
The funds are distributed through
local agencies. The Urban League
program can be contacted at 249-
5808 and appointm ents are neces
sary. For other areas call 1-378-4729
or 1-8OO-452-78I3 fo r inform ation.
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at The B est Savings Ever.'
Sales tax opposed
ai.u that blacks o f every
nomic class and political pers'uj*.
are becoming more m ilitant.
A lm o s t d a ily th ro u g h o u t 1982,
there were a fresh series o f racial
atrocities in virtually every corner o f
the country, as reported in the A t
lanta-based p u b lic a tio n , R acially-
M o tiv a te d R andom Violence. On
December 19, 1982, and January 16,
1982, the offices o f a black newspa
per, the Jackson Advocate (M issis
s ip p i) were fire b o m b e d and
shotgunned, and s ta ff members
were threatened. On M ay 3, 1982,
Chester Recms, a black man in D ur
ham, N orth C arolina, was attacked
by a racist for "w a lkin g with a white
w om an.” The white man drove his
autom obile in to Reems, th ro w in g
him more than 80 feet. Reems was
pronounced deal on arrival at (D ur
ham 's) hospital, having suffered a
broken neck and m ultiple fractures.
On May 26, 1982, one young black
man was killed and another serious
ly wounded by a gun-weilding white
man in F ra n k lin to n , N o rth C a ro
lin a . Black fa m ilie s in B o sto n ’ s
H yde Park neigh b o rh o o d exper
ienced assaults, racial slurs, and had
their homes vandalized during July
an-*
r « l » 9J2.
in g '/ssh lo n s h o w to ba apon-
the w indo-ibar 6th,
chains and v r R ichard B row n)
fam ily escaped w ith ont>-
juries. The most pub^aized "ly n c h
in g ” occurred in B ro o k ly n , N e *
York, on June 22. A gang o f young
whites stopped an autom obile con
taining three black men. Two o f the
men were cut and punched, but
managed to escape. The third black
man, W illia m T urks, was b ru ta lly
beaten to death.
The violence against blacks can be
explained only through the prism o f
history. Im m ediately fo llo w in g the
C om prom ise o f 1877, and the end
o f the F irst Reconstruction, A fro -
American people experienced a wave
o f murderous race hatred and v io
lence. W ith the demise o f the Sec
ond R econstruction, many whites
have returned to the bloody Am er
ican tr a d itio n o f the a u to -d a -fe ,
mob violence, and c rim in a l beha
vior towards peoples o f color. What
we now are witnessing is "th e spirit
o f the m ob” ; a desire to in flict pun
ishm ent at random ; to te rro rize
rail children and their families; to
*~ck people ever back
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State Rep. W ally P riestley, (D -
Portland), announced today he has
begun to organize to fig h t passage
o f the sales tax. "Someone needs to
answer the repeated false claims o f
the business lobby.
" T h e business lo b b y has been
co n d u ctin g a covert cam paign to
soften up Oregonians to a sales tax
since last Spring.
"T h e business lobby would have
us believe a sales tax is necessary to
provide p ro p e rty tax re lie f, m a in
tain public services and schools, and
balance the state budget. This is not
true.
" A sales tax is u n fa ir to the
w o rk in g people o f our state. O ur
state budget can be balanced at pre
sent service and transfer payment
evels by c o n tin u in g o u r present
•vel o f taxes, p ro v id in g p ro p e rty
j* re lie f w ith a 'H om estead Ex-
t| t i o n '— and in s titu tin g a small
f ncrease w ith a graduated cor-
p ate excise tax.
^ C o rp o ra tio n s m ust bear th e ir
r8(share o f the tax load. Save fo r
n> loss o f interest earnings on ac-
tx
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celerated paym ent o f w ith h o ld in g
taxes ($2 m illion), they arc not p u ll
ing their share o f the state tax load.
This is the face o f massive federal
tax reductions.
" I w ill be sorely disappointed, in
deed angered if public employee o r
ganizations o f the cities, counties or
school districts support an unneces
sary sales tax.
" T h e sales tax is u n fa ir to the
w orking fam ilies o f Oregon. They
should not be betrayed by govern
ment employees jo in in g the corpor
ations to pass a sales tax. P a rticu
la rly a fte r a ll o f us have ju s t de
feated Ballot Measure No. 3 so as to
protect public services and schools
which saved jobs o f public employ
ees and teachers.
"B a la n c in g the budget m ight
seems d iffic u lt right now — because
several tax b ills passed d u rin g the
last two sessions to balance the bud
get were ’ tem porary.’ Now they are
up fo r question. We all know once a
tax is passed, it ’s near impossible to
get rid o f it. A sales tax is a case in
p o in t.”
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i f prostitution in Portlaand, featur
ing Rachel West o f the U.S. Prosti
tutes C o lle ctive (San Francisco
branch). On Friday, December 3, at
4:00 p .m ., there w ill be a talk and
reception in the V o llu m Lounge,
Reed College. On Saturday, Decem
ber 4, at 2:00 p.m ., a workshop on
p rostitutes organizing w ill take
place in room 298, Smith M em orial
-Center at Portland State University.
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