A Salute
To Black History
NATIONAL BUSINESS
LEAGUE
Founded in 1900 bv Booker T. Washington
OREGON CHAPTER
6939 N.E. Grand Ave., Suite 4
Portland, Oregon 97211
(503) 283-4006
Do you need—
• bonding
•w o rk in g capital
• technical and administrative
assistance
• expansion/development funds
•
Residential Burglaries from 12/24/82 to 1/24/83
X
/
Purse snatches from 10/24/82 to 1/24/83
O
Street Robberiea from 10/24/82 to 1/24/83
Reaidentiel Robberiea from 10/24/82 to 1/24/83
Street crime shows increase
Increases in purse snatching and
street ro b bery are occurring
th ro u g h o u t N o rth and N o rth east
P o rtla n d according to Police B u­
reau personnel. Victims have most
often been senior citizens and wom­
en alone.
Shop p in g centers and bus lines
are o fte n the location s where the
crime occurs or where the potential
victim is spotted.
According to crime analysis staff
most suspects are teen-age males.
A p p ro x im a te ly filic e li yuuins arc
w orking throughout the neighbor­
hoods. T h e tim e s /lo c a tio n s and
methods vary since these are consid­
ered to be crimes o f opportunity and
depend on random circumstances.
C itizen s should be aw are that
Union Avenue, Killingsworth, por­
tions o f A lb in a A venue and the
L lo yd C enter area are most hard-
hit.
T o avoid being a vic tim people
should consider acting on the fo l­
lowing crime prevention tips: Try to
travel in p airs. A v o id carrying
purses, large amounts o f money or
other valuables with you. Be aware
o f your surroundings and o f anyone
who appears to oe watenmg you too
closely. Do shopping at hours where
there is a greater chance o f numbers
o f people being out on the streets. If
you are fearful ask shopping center
staff to escort you to the car. Park
in w ell lit areas W hen re tu rn in g
home, call ahead and ask a neighbor
to watch out fo r you. Some o f the
crimes have occurred as people are
u nlo ad in g groceries at th eir back
door. Alley access to homes should
be well lit and shrubbery trim m ed
back to guard against providing hid­
ing places.
The map below reflects patterns
for a part o f H u m b o ld t and P ied ­
mont neighborhood. The maps also
show residential robbery patterns.
Citizens should never open the door
to strangers. It is im p o rtan t to let
(he person know you are at home
and aware o f their presence.
State predicts high unemployment
1983 m ay look b etter in many
parts o f the nation but it w ill bring
more unemployment to Oregon, the
State E m p lo y m e n t D iv is io n p re­
dicts.
M an y economists are predicting
economic recovery— although slight
— for the nation in 1983. Others pre­
dict that the bottom o f the depres­
sion has been reached but a predic­
tion o f even slight recovery would
be overly optimistic. Oregon, which
has been in a recession fo r three
years, will lag behind the rest of the
nation.
The State E m ploym ent uses na­
tio n a l p ro je ctio n s o f D a ta R e­
sources In c ., (a national economic
consulting f ir m ) , to p ro vide as­
sumptions fo r O reg o n ’ s economic
forecast:
• Housing starts w ill rise sig nifi­
cantly nationally. This will be a pos­
itive note fo r O re g o n ’ s tim ber in ­
dustry but w ill not create em ploy­
ment until 1984 and 198$. The O re­
gon timber industry is not expected
to reach pre-recession highs due to
permanent plant closures and mech­
anization.
•Consumer spending will improve
only slightly in 1983 and will consist
mostly o f new cars. Oregon's econ­
omy will not feel the impact o f con­
sumer spending because its economy
is orien ted to w a rd c a p ita l goods.
There could be an upswing in retail
sales in the spring when federal (ax
refunds arrive.
•M ilita r y spending w ill increase
s ig n ific a n tly but w ill not affect
Oregon, which has few military con­
tractors.
•M a c h in e ry and equipm ent w ill
be one o f the weakest aspects of the
economy and will bring further cut­
backs in O regon’s metals, machin­
ery and electrical industries.
•T h e w o rld w id e recession, the
high U .S . dollar exchange rate and
the T h ird W o rld debt w ill cause a
decline in exports which w ill hurt
Oregon. Oregon relies heavily on ex­
port.
•T h e federal budget w ill provide
too little stim ulus to the private
economy but the high budget deficit
could keep interest rates up.
•State and local governments will
lose federal aid and be forced to re­
duce spending.
E m p lo y m e n t lags behind in an
economic recovery period. Em ploy­
ers usually respond to what could be
temporary improvements by provid­
ing longer hours to employees rather
than hire. The labor force also grows
faster as ’ ’ discouraged w o rk e rs "
again begin to seek em plo ym en t.
Nationally the unemployment rate is
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expected to go to 11. 1 percent in the
first quarter o f 1983 followed by a
gradual decline to 10.3 percent.
O regon's unem ploym ent rate is
also expected to rise to about 12 per­
cent.
A m ajor question is whether re­
covery is really on the way. Record
federal budget deficits— S I87 billion
— could create pressure on the f i ­
nancial system, causing tight money
and high interest rates which will in
turn depress the econom y. O th e r
problems are the rising Third W orld
debts and the p o s sib ility o f trade
b arriers that w ou ld slow in te rn a ­
tio n a l trade and cause a deepper
world-wide recession.
O regon’s economy is closely tied
to the n atio n al and in te rn a tio n a l
economic conditions.
Juveniles
(Continued fro m page I cot. 3/
because judges send ’ bad boys and
girls’ to Hillcrest. Oregon does not
have the money for all these alterna
tives th at C S D w ants. U n til the
community can be assured that our
youngsters will have the kinds of fa­
cilities it needs, then H illc re s t
should not be closed.”
Rance Spuill, Director o f the A l­
bina Y o u th O p p o rtu n ity School,
labeled the proposal as "incon sis­
tent. In thinking about closing down
an institution in this state you have
to know how you are going to
replace that in s titu tio n w ith in the
community. W e see children on the
streets all the time with nothing to
do. I could see them becoming insti­
tutionalized. I want C S D to be for
real with the proposal and the time
and com m itm nent it would take in
terms o f resources. You are asking a
lot o f this community. You are ask­
ing us to put bucks in your p ro ­
gram ."
" I l is ganarally better to
deal by speech then by
letter."
Francis Bacon
We are always getting ready
to live but never living."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
CHARLES F. CREWS
h t I ' m * / V v im ìt r i
O B HILL
NATIONAL BUSINESS LEAGUE
Founded in ItOO bv Bookrr T. W s j / i in y Ion
Forerunner of Black Solidarity and Archi
lect of Economic Emancipation.
Arerwfuv
JAMES BERRY
We invite you to
attend a business
meeting on
February 24, 1983,
7:30 p.m ., Vernon
School, 2044 N.E.
Killingsworth.
R.S.V.P. and
membership
inform ation,
283-4006
"The nadon'« oldetl economic development and trade
aikociahon ’*