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Era Francea Schoen-.Ve« U n iv e r s it y o f O rcron !. Senate adopts King holiday Citizens Party Grenada's P.M. endorses Jackson killed Seapag« * Page 2 See below ¡ g v o u 0 v o t i[ x ) v o n ( g v o t i0 v o T i[ 5 < lv o T i[ x ] v o t i0 •J _______________________________________ Halloween safety tips Page 7 PORTLAND OBSERVER Volume XIV, Number 1 October 19, 1963 26C Per Copy Two Sections U*; PS 9*9-680-855 Dellums blasts missiles ? ¿is, by Conn Hallm an O A K L A N D . C X .— Drawing his audience back to (hat chilling morn ing in 1962 when the U .S. and Soviet Union came within minutes of a nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis. U.S. Rep. Ronald Del- Iqms (D -O akland) last weekend de livered a powerful call to halt the de ployment of U .S. missiles in Europe. "O u r lives hang in the balance." the dynamic Congressperson told hundreds of people who packed the Hyatt Regency here Oct. 8. Billed "N e w leadership for the 80s,” the dinner also featured C h i cago M ayor Harold Washington, and drew an audience representing community organizations, church es, labor, senior and peace groups, virtually the entire spectrum of acti vist progressive and left organize uons in this city. Indeed, the crowd bore a remarkable resemblance to what has come to be called the Linda Williams, former Oregonian reporter for City Hall, diacuaaes her reporting experiences In the Rose City. (Photo: Richard J. Brown) Williams discusses City politics by Lam ia Duke G rassroo t News, N . JF.— P o r t la n d ’ s only daily newspaper. The O regonian, is about to lose one o f its best reporters. The Black com munity will miss a voice it had come to trust. 'T hat voice was the writing o f C ity H a ll re p o rte r, L in d a W il liams. W illia m s ’ news tenure at the slate's largest newspaper gave the paper insight in to issues it never knew existed In 1981 her series on police b ru ta lity caused her to be come the focus ol verbal abuse by the Police Union's publication, The Nap Shed The Nap Sheet told her if she ever needed heip, not to call the police. " M y g u n d m o th e r used to tell me there was a certain futility in paying ioo much attention to idiots. No one irgues with a fool but a fo o l," W il liam s said in an interview at C ity officers planting drugs on people, lying to obtain search warrants, as well as the historically bad relation ship w ith the Black com m unity It was interesting because there were four reporters assigned to the story and only Alan O ta, a Japanese A m erican, and I were targeted for that abuse." W illiam s believes there was a lot more to the criticism she received fro m the Police U n io n . "S o m e people who historically did not like The O regonian, fo r their own rea sons, attacked me They thought I was a more vulnerable symbol than a white m ale." As an A fro -A m e ric a n w om an , Williams fell her presence has made a d iffe ren ce at The O reg o nian " T h e paper is m ore sensitized People are really careful about using certain cartoons, and they are care ful to note how the story will be per ceived. I also hope there w ill be I Please turn to page 4 column I) Hall H o w ever, W illia m s had to take this attack somewhat seriously. " I t identified me as a target lor anyone out there who wanted to attack me. They (the Police Union] did not un derstand, nor did they have any re spect fo r, a person tryin g to do a professional job . They took every thing personally and reduced every issue to the simplest, idiotic base of 'You don't like m e .'" W illia m s sought and received a personal clarification from the Po lice C h ie f, Ron S till, who told her those opinions did not reflect the Bureau's. " W h a t we were w riting about at that time raised questions about the police department in general These were le g itim a te questions in the minds o f the public. W e would have been derelict in our duties if we had not w ritten about this. There was the whole scandal involving police "rainbow coalition.” Dellums delivered a detailed in dictment o f plans by the Reagan Administration to deploy Pershing II and Cruise missiles starting Dec. 15 of this year, warning diners that only an "escalation of activity" can get the world through "this fright ening and dangerous m om ent." “ Maybe it's time to go to ja il,” Dellums said in a call for stepping up civil disobedience "M ayb e it ought to be 800,000. maybe eight m illion.” Bringing to bear all of the expert ise he has developed from his posi tion on the House Armed Forces Committee, Dellums gave the crowd a scary nuts and bolts view of exact ly what deployment o f the missiles will mean He pointed out that over the past 10 years there have been 107 separate incidents in which compu ter and radar errors have resulted in nuclear alerts. In those previous accidents, “ we had I ) to 20 minutes to check them o u t," Dellums said, but pointed out the new missiles can strike major Soviet targets within "six minutes of launch." Warning that the possibility o f ac cidental nuclear war will become a " re a lity ," Dellums urged the au dience to become deeply involved in the Oct. 22 demonstrations to halt deployment o f (he missiles, and to join in support o f the "h o t au tum n” demonstrations in Europe. " W e have to assert our right to live," Dellums warned. " I t is time to escalate the controversy, time to intensify our activity." Given who the two major speak ers were, coupled with the impres sive array o f U.S. representatives, state, and local political figures, a major draw for the evening was the subject of the 1984 election and the possible candidacy o f Rev. Jesse Jackson. Dellums. who just re turned from a European tour with the Operation PU SH director, has endorsed Jackson’s candidacy, al though Jackson himself has yet to declare himself in the race for the Presidency. "Jesse Jackson has a winning set of politics, not just a personality," Dellums told the crowd, and argued persuasively for candidates repre senting "every major oppressed group in the U .S ." Dellums pointed out the key role Jackson's candidacy could play in the registration of Black voters, and what impact (hat could have on the REP RON DELLUMS 1984 race. " In the 1976 race Blacks elected the President," Dellums said. “ In 1980 Black people stayed home and dumped a President. We don't have to buy someone in M id die America We can elect a progres sive voice in 1984." The U .S. representative was strongly upbeat in his view o f Ihe impending showdown wilh Reugan next fall, and then expressed confi dence Ihe Republican President could be defeated. " I f we go out and look up all the people he has hurt, there is no way he can be elect ed,” he told the diners. "They got the money, we got the votes. I ’m not afraid o f Ronald Reagan," he said, /Please turn Io page 2 column 2/ Grenada:P M. Bishop killed V i / m /’ i i «’ Hishop, Prime Minister ol Grenada, was killed Wednesday. Neports from Grenada slate that Hishop was freed fro m house arrest by followers, went to army head quarters and was in the act o f obtaining weapons f o r supporters when he and several others, including two soldiers, were killed in shooting that insued. On Saturday, the Grenadan Army took temporary control o f the liny island nation from its popular leader, Prime Minister Maurice Bishop M ajo r Liam Omo Cornw all, who is Grenada’s Ambassador to Cuba, issued a statement over Radio Free Grenada Sunday, staling that Bish op was removed because he refused to share power with the Central Committee o f the party in power— the New Jewel Movement. Cornwall said, " N o one man can be above the rule No man can be above Ihe ma jority. As much as we love and re spect Comrade Bishop, we will defi nitely not tolerate this development in our country." He added that Bishop is under in vestigation to determine if he had elected Prime Minister when Great Britain declared the island indepen dent. Bishop, a lawyer, was educat ed in Great Britain and returned to Grenada in 1970. He was elected to Parliament in 1976 Since Ihe 1979 Revolution the na non has opened free public schools for the first time, built new hospi tals, attempted to diversify its agrar ian economy, developed mass o r ganizations to enable the people to be involved in local and national de cisions. It has developed trade ties with Cuba, the Soviet Union, Chechoslovakia, East Germany, and other socialist nations as well as with France and Western Europe The nation is in the process of devel oping a new constitution and elec toral process. Grenada also has been under d i plomatic and economic attack from the U.S and fears an invasion simi lar to that being waged on Nicara gua by the U.S. The break between the U.S. and Grenada closely fo l lowed the 1979 Revolution When Grenada requested aid in developing its airport and tourist facilities, the U.S. offered $5,000, but only if spread a rumor that there is a power struggle in the Government Bishop reportedly is being held under house arrest The Arm y, Cornwall said, is an integral part of the government and "w ill tolerate absolutely no manipulation whatsoever of coun terrevolutions. no mailer in what guise, shape or fo rm ." Army Commander, General H u d son Austin, said the Central t o m mitiee had given Bishop an ultim at um to share power or resign He said the Central Committee had de cided Bishop should work among the masses while Deputy Prime M in ister Coard guided and organized the "political work of the party." The problem, he said, "is that C o m rade Bishop has disgraced the party and the revolution by trying to by pass the New Jewel Movement's col lective leadership and spreading a rumor that Deputy Prime Minister Coard had plotted to kill h im ." Coard, who is expected to be named Prime Minister by the party, resigned in response to Bishop's charge Bishop, 39, led the 1979 coup which took power from U.S.-sup ported Sir Eric G airy. who was /Please turn to page 4 column 4) Through tha cat scan Tha camera, peeking through Kaiser s naw cat scan, picks up visitors with Alvin W Washington. Vice President and Ra gional Associate Manager (canter), and Hanry Mead Kaiser. grandson of Henry J. Kaiser (right) during radadicatlon caramony (Photo: Rlchdrd J. Brown) t V 1 a A * - • •* » •/ m M M ■■ • « . ’ r . ’ ' • .4 * • • a / . i t *■
