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Pag« 12 Portland Obaarvar, August 31,1963
Invitation to Bid
Request for Proposal
DEPA RTM ENT OF PUBLIC W O R KS
DEPA RTM ENT OF GENERAL SERVICES
M ARKET SEG M EN TA TIO N A N D PO TENTIAL S T U D Y . PHASE II
FOR THE REHABILITATION OF A S A N IT A R Y SEWER IN
W IN TER STREET NE A N D ALLEY EAST OF CAPITOL STREET
BELMONT TO M ILL CREEK
Sealed bids will be received at the office of the City Purchasing Agent, City
Hell, Salem, Oregon, until but not after 11:00 a .m ., Local Time on Septem
ber 14, 1983, at which time all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at
the Council Chambers, Civic Center. 566 Liberty Street SE, Salem, Oregon,
for REHABILITATION OF A S A N ITA R Y SEWER IN W IN TER STREET NE
ANO ALLEY EAST OF CAPITOL STREET. BELM ONT TO M ILL CREEK.
The proposed work consists of: the installation of 1601 lineal feet of 13.38
inch O .D . P.E. linear pipe and the removal and replacement of 449 lineal
feet of 8 inch sanitary sewer pipe and appurtenances.
Plans, specifications and other bid documents may be inspected and ob
tained at the office of the City of Salem, Department of Public Works, 566
Liberty Street SE, Room 336, Salem, Oregon. The bidder shall not file the
book of "Standard Construction Specifications" with his bid.
Notice is hereby given that the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation
District of Oregon (Tri-M et I w « receive proposals until 2:00 p .m .. Pacific
Daylight Time on September 23, 1883, St 4012 S.E. 17th Avenue. Engineer
ing and Contracts. Third Floor, Portland. Oregon 97202. Proposals win be
evaluated subsequent to the above time and date for:
P e a c e tim e re g is tra tio n fo r th e d ra ft Is co n tin u in g . Due to the
short time available to file for defermenu/exemptions after induction
notices arc sent, young men are urged to seek more inform ation and to
begin to prepare Conscientious Objector claims now. M ore inform ation
is available from the Fellowship o f Reconciliation and the Northwest
D raft Counseling Center at 238-0603.
Market Segmentation and Potential Study. Phase II, No. 84-541N
The successful proposer shall be required to comply with all the applicable
Equal Opportunity and MBE lews and regulations.
All proposers shall be required to certify that they are not on the Comptrol
ler General's list of ineligible contractors.
The Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon does not
discriminate with regard to race, color, creed, sex or national origin
The Request for Proposal may be obtained from the Engineering and Con
tracts. Phone: (503) 239-6486.
TRI CO UN TY M ETRO POLITAN TR A N SPO R TA TIO N
D ISTR IC T OF OREGON
Bids shall be made on the forms furnished by the City, addressed, and
mailed or delivered to the City Purchasing Agent, City Hell, Salem. Oregon,
in a sealed envelope plainly marked "B ID ON REH ABILITATION OF A
SA N ITA R Y SEWER IN W IN TER STREET NE A N D ALLEY EAST OF
CAPITOL STREET, BELMONT STREET TO MILL CREEK."
John R. Post, Director
Engineering and Contracts
Date: 8 /3 1 /8 3
A surety bond, cashier's check or certified check of the bidder, made
payable to the City of Salem, in the amount of ten percent (10% ) of the bid
must accompany each bid as security. Bid security of all save the three
lowest bidders will be returned following the bid opening; all bid security
will be refunded upon execution of the contract by the successful bidder.
No bid will be received or considered by the City of Salem unless the bid
contains a statement by the bidder that the provisions of ORS 279.360 shail
be included in his contract.
No bid shall be received from any bidder who has not filed a prequalification
statement with the City Purchasing Supervisor, 1340 20th Street SE,
Salem, Oregon, 97302, on or before September 6. 1983. Upon City
approval of the submitted prequalification application, tha bidder will re
ceive a valid proposal lor bidding purposes.
Prequalification class: "S ew er."
Bid No : 2517
Bid Opening: September 14. 1983
Patricia Wolfe,
City Recorder
Request for Letters of Qualification
PRELIM INARY ENGINEERING FOR THE SUNSET LIGHT RAIL PROJECT
No 84 544N
Notice is hereby given that the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation Dis
trict of Oregon (Tri M et) will receive Requests for Letters of Qualification
until 3:00 p .m ., Pacific Daylight Time on 22 September 1983, at 4012 S.E.
17th Avenue, Engineering and Contracts Department. Tblrd Floor, Portland,
Oregon 97202, Attention: J o h n « Post;W iSctb»VF)dp«»alei4iUbeevalMat
ed subsequent to the above time and date for-
PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING FOR THE SUNSET LIGHT RAIL PROJECT
Scope of W ork shall include: route design, station design, systems engi
neering and scheduling.
The successful proposer shall be required to comply with all the applicable
Equal Opportunity and MBE laws and regulations.
All proposers shall be required to certify that they are not on the Comptrol
ler General's list of ineligible contractors.
The Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon does not
discriminate with regard to race, color, creed, sex or national origin.
The Request for Letters of Qualifications may be obtained from the Engi
neering and Contracts Department, Phone: 1503) 239 6466
TRI CO UNTY M ETRO POLITAN TR AN SPO R TA TIO N
D ISTR IC T OF OREGON
John R. Post. Director
Engineering and Contracts
Advertisement for Bids
The CITY OF ST. HELENS invites bids for the following:
Labor and equipment for replacement of existing 10" watermain with 12"
ductile iron pipe Protect length will be approximately 766 feet of 12"
ductile iron pipe, 90 feet of 6" ductile iron pipe, and 35 feet of 8" ductile
iron pipe.
Project also includes reconnection of 21 water service lines (% " , 1", 2",
and 4"). installation of 2 new fire hydrants, and installation of all other
associated valves, tees, fittings and hardware. Contractor shall furnish all
6 ", 8". and 12" ductile iron pipe, associated tees, and thrust block con
crete. City will provide all other materials.
Detailed specifications will be available from the City Administrator on Sep
tember 1, 1983 There is a 15 00 non refundable charge for copies of the bid
proposal, specifications and plans. An additional charge will be added to
cover postage costs, if mailed.
Bids must be sealed and submitted in writing to contracting officer by the
time of the public opening which is 4:00 p .m ., September 14. 1983. Pre
qualifications requests are not desired or necessary but must be received by
4:00 p.m ., September 12. 1983, if submitted.
The CITY OF ST. HELENS intend to award contract to low bidder who
complies with bid requirements and specifications. A bid bond and a perfor
mance bond will be required A City business license is also required for
doing business in the City. The CITY OF ST. HELENS is an Equal Opportu
nity Employer.
Rosaline L Mallory
City Administrator
CITY OF ST HELENS
City Hall
266 Strand Street
P O. Box 278
St. Helens. Oregon 97061
More bids on Page 11
Telephone (5031 397 6272
Black History book controversy
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said his references w e i. not very
comprehensive. "W h en you identi
fied the sources in the bibliography,
you didn’t provide me with a whole
lot of inform ation such as the
volume number and page,”
Stuart reacted by stating that he
used the narrative form o f research
which, he said, “ You don't have to
put a page number dow n.”
Another inaccuracy found by
Harris included, "Rosa Parks got
o ff the bus in Little Rock, A rkan
sas.” Historically and factually,
Rosa Parks boarded and got o ff the
bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
Stuart agreed that was a mistake.
" I t was corrected in the other edi
tio n ."
Stuart’s main defense during this
verbal interaction in Portland was
that corrections were made in “ the
third edition.” But a parent in the
audience, Lawrence C lark, asked
Stuart, “ You alluded to a second
. pdjyon W hal edition are we In i”
Stuart answered he was 'Ssell
over the third edition___ W e found
some errors in the second and as I
recall we found three or fo u r.”
However, a call to the publisher
in Phoenix, Arizona at Phoenix
Books, clarified what edition Stuart
was promoting. Publisher Boye De
Mente stated, "T here is only one
edition so far. The second edition is
being worked on. The very earliest
the second edition will come out is
at the end of this year.”
De Mente said Phoenix Books
was aware o f the mistakes in
Stuart's book. He called some o f
them "g larin g.” W e rushed out a
first edition in order to get started
on the marketing program. It is
taking us a little longer to do the re
visions because o f all the other pres
sures that we have.”
When asked why his company
promoted a book with errors in
dates, locations and names, De
Mente answered, " W e felt that with
all the errors brought to the atten
tion o f the people concerned, the
book was still valuable enough to go
ahead and sell. The book fills a
valuable need in all communities.
"T here is also a financial reason
involved. W e are small enough
where we couldn't take a loss once
the errors were caught.”
De Mente also said no historians
were brought in to review the book.
"T h e first edition was brought out
much sooner than it should have
been."
Among the errors in "Black
History
and
Achievements
in
Am erica" are:
"Roy Fanner headed the Congress
o f Racial Equality.” James Farmer
headed C O R E .
"Louis Armstrong wrote 'A in ’t
Misbehavin’ . ” In truth. Fats W aller
wrote “ A in 't Misbehavin’ . ”
"M arcus Garvey organized the
Black Steamship L in e ." It was the
Black Star Line.
" In 1963, Nkrum ah organized the
African Unity O rganization.” It
was the Organization o f African
Unity.
Among the errors in definition
are:
“ Black movies like ‘The W ater
melon Man* and 'Cotton Comes to
" It it always with tha bail
intantiont that the worst
work it dona " Oscar Wilde
H arlem ,' showed Blacks as respon
sible characters.”
"Lin co ln freed the slaves at the
Gettysburg Address in 1863.”
“ Ethiopia is in West Africa and
Senegal is in East A fric a .”
"Colonialism was first and fore
most a political instrument.”
Stuart left out the economics of
colonialism which many historians
believe is just as important — i f not
more so.
Kamau Anderson, a civil engineer
and consultant on Black History for
Portland Black Schools, questioned
Stuart about the lack o f any refer
ence made to M alcolm X . " I n my
wildest imagination, I cannot under
stand how you can give an overview
o f the struggle without including
Malcolm X . How can you talk
about the 1960s without Malcolm
X? He was one o f our most im por
tant heroes o f that decade."
Karlton Stuart said he made a
judgment call by excluding M alcolm
X and others. As these and other
mistakes were being pointed out to
Stuart, he became increasingly hos
tile in his mannerism, especially
toward Joyce Harris. "L o o k , young
lady. I told you there were 24
mistakes and we corrected them !"
Rev. Garlington stated, " I really
have no axe to grind with you. Any
new book that comes out that shows
Black history and achievements I
applaud. But one o f the things we
have dealt with in the Black com
munity was the misrepresentation of
our history by whites. We don’t
have to put up with that by Blacks.
It becomes far more important that
a Black historian be certain o f the
facts.
" W e commend your desire to
write our history, but I cannot sign
my name and endorse this book
with over six dozen mistakes. T o the
extent tha> I have influence in the
Portland Public Schools I would
oppose them using this book in its
present fo rm .”
Garlington then calmly walked up
to the front o f the church and
placed the book on the table next to
where Stuart was standing.
Stuart responded, " I f you come
along with a book that brings out
the facts then it has constructive
objective value. This book in its
present form received endorsements
from the Superintendents o f Educa
tion in Arizona, Pennsylvania and
other states.”
But from the audience a state
ment came. " I don't think there is a
white superintendent who has the
background to know that H . Rap
Brown was Ray Brown as indicated
in the book. They couldn't have cri
tiqued this book without some
knowledge or background in Black
history.”
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Billy E ck atln e. In te rn a tio n a lly fa m o u s jazx a rtis t, will open this
year's Artquake a day early on Thursday, Sept. 8, 8:00 p .m ., at the
Masonic Temple, 1119 S .W . Park. Shirley Nanette will open. Tickets are
S I0 and $20 at Meier A Frank stores and the Artquake office, 227-
AR TS. Artquake will continue on Sept. 9, 10 and I I in the South Park
Blocks.
Boise N e ig h b o rh o o d Im p ro v e m e n t A s so ciatio n meets on Sept. 6,
7 p .m ., Albina Youth Opportunity School, 3710 N . Mississippi. Com
missioner M ike Lindberg is the guest speaker.
N o rth P o rtlan d C itizen s C o m m itte e meets Sept. 6, 7:30 p .m .,
Neighbors N orth, 7508 N . Hereford. North Portland delegates to Com
munity Action Agency o f Portland w ill discuss funding cuts to North
Comm unity Action Council.
D iab ete s an d Your Eyes, a fre e c o m m u n ity e d u c a tio n p ro g ram ,
will be offered by Good Samaritan Hospital, T h u n ., Sept. 8, 6:30 to
8:00 p .m ., in the Nursing Education Building, 2235 N .W . Northrup St.
Free parking is available in the adjacent Devers Eye Clinic lot. Call 229-
7205 or 229-7561 for info.
P o rtlan d S ch o ol B oard meets Sept. 8, 7:30 p .m ., Blanchard Center,
501 N . Dixon.
" L a w E n fo rc e m e n t C h a lle n g e " ILEC IV ) is being held at Camp
Withycombe, Clackamas, Oregon from Sept. 2-4. Portland Police
officers and members o f the Portland Police Bureau's Law Enforcement
Program will participate. Any Portland area youths, ages 16-21 years,
who would be interested in joining the Law Enforcement Explorer
Program should contact M r. David Howe at 226-3423.
A Red Cross B aby C e re Class is being offered for parents o f infants
through the first year o f life on the following Thursdays: Sept. I , 8, IS
and 22 from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m . at the Chapter Services Center, 3835 SW
Kelly St. Cost is $5. Call 243-3272 to pre-register.
T h a 6th A n n u a l “ xtlo n e l C lo w n . M im e , P u p p e t an d D a n c e
M in is try W o rk s h o p will be held Sept. 2-5 at Westminster Presbyterian
Church, 1624 N .E . Hancock. Registration will begin at 1:00 p.m. on
Friday the 2nd, with the first workshops at 3:30. Some childcare is avail
able. Call 297-3846 or 287-1289 for info.
Free blood pressure checks every Friday are offered by Providence
Medical Center from 9 a.m . to 12 noon, and 1 to 3 p.m . in the Primary
Care Clinic at the medical center, 4805 N .E . Glisan St. No appointment
is needed. Call 230-1111, ext. 5002 for info.
A n o u tp a tie n t alc o h o lism tre a tm e n t p ro g ra m is offered to the
public on a year-round basis by the Providence Medical Center. The five-
week program includes both individual and group counselling. Call Bill
Salmon, Program Director, at 230-6119.
M o s t classes a t PC C C ascad e ca m p u s w ill b eg in th e w e e k o f
Sep tem ber 2B. and registration is n o w u n d e rw a y a t 706 N . Klllings-
w o rth . For schedules or to register, call 283-2541.
W alt T ilfo rd , „Vice-President o f
the Phoenix Urban Lebgue and a
history teacher M id he pointed out
to Stuart the mistakes in the book
before mass circulation. "K a rl told
me that they already started running
several thousand copies. He said the
errors will be corrected in a later
edition.”
T ilfo rd also said, "O verall, it is
alright to use as a resource book. He
was trying to get the community col
leges to use it as a textbook, but I
told him we couldn't because it
didn’t have enough depth.” Tilfo rd
agreed with Joyce Harris about the
incomplete bibliography and called
it "inconclusive.” "H ow ever, there
is enough general inform ation in the
book so you can talk about it .”
Don A lfo rd , Recruiting C oordi
nator for the Phoenix O .I.C ., stood
by his endorsement o f the book. “ It
was heralded as a fine example o f a
collection o f inform ation. Now ,
there were a few mistakes, but not
enough to bring about this contro
versy.”
A researcher from the National
O .I.C . office in Philadelphia, who
declined to be identified, said she
had read the book. "B u t I didn't
read it from the standpoint o f a true
history book. I read it for just the
general inform ation that was includ
ed.” Because o f deadline pressure,
we could not determine if Stuart was
a member o f the National O .I.C .
board or if the National Board en
dorsed the book.
D r. Ann Taylor, from Scottsdale
Comm unity College near Phoenix,
said "T h e book is generally what
the author says it is. There were
some mistakes — some major and
some minor. I don't think the mis
takes are critical.” It was later
stated by a source in Phoenix that
Dr. Taylor put the workbook to
Portland’s largest black-owned newspaper.
gether that accompanied the book.
Stuart said the mistakes in his
book were being blown out o f pro
portion by the audience in Portland.
"1 have never had this type o f
forum before and I have traveled
across the country. I didn't like the
manner and approach that was
used. The reason why questions are
controlled is to avoid arguments."
Kamau Anderson pointed out to
Stuart that arguing occurred because
Stuart kept interrupting the members
in the audience who questioned him.
One concern brought up by W ally
Scales was that the book received
endorsements from local ministers
like Rev. John Jackson and Bishop
H .B . Daniels. Bishop Daniels said,
"Stuart came by the church and his
talk sounded good. I just signed a
piece o f paper. It was in my haste
and my busy schedule I didn't go
through it.” Daniels said Stuart's
connections
with
the
national
O .I.C . office gave Stuart more
credibility than a thorough reading
o f the book deserved. Rev. Jackson
could not be reached for his
comments.
Another parent in the audience at
Vancouver Avenue First Baptist
Church said, in light o f the discus
sion and the way Stuart handled the
observations made about his book,
she would not buy it. Dorena Puscas
stated, "A s you have noticed, I ’ m
white and my son is both Black and
white. I want him to have the
knowledge o f both races so he can
take the best and become a better
person. I can't, with a clear con
science, give my son this book and
tell him that 'this is your history.*
How can you bring this book to the
public for sale? It doesn't matter the
errors vs. what is correct when we
are talking about the education o f
our children. And that comes firs t."
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