Pag« 2 Portland Observer. Seotember 14.1983
Portland pitstop for biker brothers
O R A S S R O O T S N E W S . N . W. —
Portland became the pitstop for the
High Plains D rifter*, a motor bike
club from L .A . which was befriend
ed by Portlander Anthony "Sugar
Bear" Spraglin.
The D rifter* are comprised o f
four brothers, James Madison, Bob
Thomas, Joseph Jones and Tommy
what is known as a "reconstructed
“ P u ff* Stampiey. Their occupations
for 11 months during the year range
from realtor and plant worker
to garage owner. However, in
August they band together and
travel up and down the Pacific coast
line from California, Oregon, Wash
ington and Canada. They ride in
vehicle." According to Madison,
the High Plain D rifter* just added
the "soulful touch."
Portland«* Anthony "Sugar Bear" Spraglin
poaee with tha High Plains Drifters, L-R: Tommy
"Puff" Stampler, Joseph Jones, James Madison,
Jones said their name* came
from , "L oo kin g at the name* o f
other club* which were "T h e
Chosen F ew " and " T h e W ild
Bob Thomas. On a Pacific Coast tour, the bikers
rated Portland "Number One."
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
Out of work?
O nes." W e wanted something d if
ferent and one that would reflect the
part o f the country that we lived
in .”
From the cities that they toured,
the High Plain D rifter* rated Port
land "N u m b er O n e ." Jones said the
reason is the hospitality. " I t is
almost a little better than the
Southern hospitality.” They all
couldn't find the right words to de
scribe how it felt traveling all (hose
thousands o f miles across country.
" A ll I know is that it feels good,”
Madison added.
" I t relieves the tensions that build
up from working all year. Instead of
thinking about what you should
have done — you just do it ."
Sugar Bear found the High Plain
Drifters at a motel and offered his
home to them. " W e ll, I may be on
the road one day and I may need a
place to stay. I was always taught to
do unto others as you do to your
self. So, now I have made four
friends and the next time I go to
L .A . I'm going to look the brothers
up.”
The final words the High Plain
Drifters left as they road o ff into the
sunset were, "P o rtlan d , hang in
there."
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Dick Gregory joins Fast for Life
com edian and civil rights activist
Dick Gregory is supporting the Fast
for L ife with a support fast on water
only which will continue for the du
ration o f the Fast for Life.
Dorothy Oranada, 32, halted her
fast after 39 day* of taking only
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gun to experience blood volume loss
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the Fast emphasize (hat the faster*
remain in high spirits and are en
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»pint o f peasants made landless by
the war. Hurley spoke o f com and
beans being raised in the crater o f a
recently active and still steaming
volcano. "T h e country is unbeliev
ably fertile,” he said.
There are "poor on both sides" in
the fighting, said Hurley. When
young men reach the age o f 18. they
are required to fu lfill a mandatory
two year military commitment. " A ll
the young men are either dead, in
the army, in exile or with the guerril
las," he said.
Fundamentalist protestant sect*
are gaining somewhat of a follow
ing, he said, because to be a member
o f one means that you are anti-com
munist. stridently obedient to the
existing authority, and therefore
"s afe.” The sect* are financed with
large amounts o f U.S. capital, ac
cording to Hurley.
"O ne o f the really amazing things
about El Salvador is how close it
is,” said Hurley. But in the two
hour flight from Houston to San
Salvador, the visitor experiences e
"terrible readjustment," he said.
Hurley said he and hi* travel part
ners went through customs holding
hands, and they whispered con
stantly during their seven days stay
in a hotel only 200 yards from the
U.S. Embassy. "T h e whole time
was tense,” he said.
NOTICE:
T
he Sojourner Truth Theatre
wide, including cities in both the
U.S. and the U .S .S .R ., and plans
for civil disobedience were an
nounced this week in at least eight
locations, including Pershing missile
sites in Germany and (he U.S. Fed
eral Building and Soviet Consulate
in San Francisco.
An international letter-writing
campaign has been launched this
week to coincide with the end o f the
first month o f I k - Fast for Life. The
goal is to generate five million
letter* world wide to heads of state
and other leaders demanding im
mediate action to halt the arms race.
Fast for Life supporters have also
announced a day o f No Business As
Usual on September 14, the 40th
day o f the fast, calling for both total
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world-wide actions against the con
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Johnson attends
art workshop
M arvin L. Johnson, co-director
o f Herero Designs, visual and per
forming arts company, co-director
of the Herero Danzers, local dance
company, and co-founder o f the
Northwest African/A m erican Arts
Council, will participate in the
workshop "Collecting Contempo
rary African American C u lture" in
Washington, D .C . Johnson is active
in promoting African/A m erican
arts in the Northwest.
The workshop, the second in a
program o f two, will bring together
staff o f African/American museums,
scholars, and museum specialist* for
intensive stimulating discussions
and exploration on collection needs
for participants and institutions.
will hold its premier showing
for a one night performance on
Sept. 29 at the Interstate Firehouse
Cultural Center. Nyewusi Askari is
The regular monthly meetings of
director o f the player*. Curtain is at
the Portland Branch N A A C P will
8:00 p.m .
resume on the third Sundays at 4:00
p .m ., beginning September 18 at the
Vancouver Avenue First Baptist
Church, JiJ8 N . Vancouver Ave
nue.
Reports from the recent N A A C P
Intereat rates on new energy project loans have been reduced
Convention in New Orleans will be
from 11.9 percent to 10.2B percent, according to a spokesman for the
given by the delegates, according to
Oregon Department o f Energy Small Scale Energy Loan Program
the N A A C P
Branch
President
(S E l.P ). The lower interest rate is possible because o f the low rate the
Hazel O. Hay*. "This will be a land
program paid on its most recent bond issue. $3.3 million is available to
mark convention in N A A C P annals
loan at the new rate.
and it it not insignificant that
Loans may be used for energy conservation or for renewable energy
N A A C P will enter upon it* 73th
projects such as wind or solar energy, hydropower, and others.
year next February. N A A C P i* the
Preference la given to applications from Individuals and small
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ty to report on this significant con
W e ll, th e y 're etill a t I t . , lead in g D e m o c ra ts and R epublicans
vention and the public is invited and
a lik e are trying to push through a sales tax. Fortunately for the people of
welcome to all our meetings” the
Oregon, Senate President Ed Fadeley is adament in his opposition to the
president said,
new regressive tax. So. too, is Rep. W ally Priestley o f North Portland.
NAACP meets
Business Notes
Among the so-called liberals from Portland supporting the sales tax are
Reps. Hardy Myers, Vera Katz, Barbara Roberts and Tom Mason.
For ev ery »1 billio n o f d irec t fo reig n In v e s tm e n t by U .S . m u lti
national corporations. 21.600 jobs are lost In th e U .S . (Cited in Blue-
stone and Harrison, The De-Industrialization o f Am erica. 1982). W ith
the increased domination o f banking over industrial capital, the process
of capital flight out of this country, as well as out o f the basic industries,
promises to accelerate.
C o n tra ry to th a b allyho o arou n d 'e c o n o m ic re c o v e ry ' the number
of American auto workers reported to be on indefinite layoff rose to
206,630 the week o f M ay 28, up 600, says Words Autom otive Reports.
According to the Washington Post. President Reagan received
691,619 In tea savings from his "Econom ic Recovery Tax A c t" which
was signed into law in 1981. This savings cut Reagan’s taxes by above a
third. The 1981 tax-cutting measure was billed as a lax cut for all tax
payers, but this inform ation demonstrates who he had in mind. (Source:
Tax Talk. 4/8 3 ).
King Facility
holds opening
King Neighborhood Facility will
hold a Grand Opening on Friday,
September 16th, 2:30-5:30.
Speaker* will be C ity Commis
sioner Charles Jordan and Margaret
Strachan and Dr. Ernest Hartzog
from the Portland School District.
The program will include tours, a
magic show and entertainment by
the Jazzmin Band.
A conference room will be chris
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