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Portland Observer, December 21, 1963 Section I Page 3 METROPOLITAN SCISSORS HAIRDESICN « STUDIO ro a d w a Carter to run by Lam ia Duke Grassroot News. N. B' — Sur rounded by her daughters and sup porters, Margaret Carter formally an nounced her candidacy for State Representative o f District 18, F ri day, December 16th. W ith the spec ter o f disunity haunting her, Carter has vowed to run an aggressive cam paign against the incumbent, Ed Leek. Last month Ms. Carter won the support o f the District 18 Leader ship Forum, beaung Luther Strong and Harold W illiams. The forum was designed to pick a single candi date that the community could back. W illiams, who has not Accept ed this defeat, has filed to run, and Calvin O. Henry has his name in the news with the Oregon Assembly for Black Affairs gearing up to sponsor a candidate in A p ril, ’84. M A R G A R E T CARTER Carter is facing the fight for the seat by announcing her candidacy early and stimulating voter registra tion in District 18 at the grassroots level. The themes o f her campaign are openness, accountability and re sults. Her prepared statement reads: ‘ ■District 18 must work for job training programs. O ur representa tive must act to insure the State's Private Industry Council (P IC ) re quires the local P IC to provide ade quate training and employment for the unemployed in this district.” "O u r representative must take the initiative in seeking to redress the in equities in school support which re- suit in school districts with large numbers o f special needs students, such as Portland, receiving less than adequate levels o f State funding." “ We must focus on changing criminals into productive citizens and we must see that those convict ed o f crimes compensate their vic tims.” Political observers who live in District 18, and beyond its boun daries. see a correlation between her campaign and that o f Rev. Jesse Jackson for the presidency. Both are subjected to the same type o f cri tic is m -la c k o f political experience, and that both are the wrong "m a n " for the job. Jackson has no chance of winning— so it is said— and C ar ter is the wrong man because she is a woman. Carter replied, “ The only correla tion I see is that Rev. Jackson and Margaret Carter are people who are interested in the people o f their community. "A s far as lack o f experience goes, one day 1 was not a college teacher, but another day 1 was. I ’m not new to politics. It is just that I wasn't standing on the soapbox year after year trying to get elected.” Carter said male chauvinism “ was parading around” her cam paign. “ When my people were de livering campaign literature, other people were saying. 'Tell Margaret Carter to get out of the race because she is a woman and she is muddying the water.' W ell, we have while women in the legislature and none o f this is happening to them. But nevertheless, I plan to turn this around.” Another problem which needs turning around is one of her adver saries— Harold W illiams. Ms. Carter said, " I think it’s more than sour grapes. In the first meeting of the District 18 Leader ship Forum he said he would respect the wishes of the churches and the community to back one person. I have no problem with M r. Williams running. This is a free country. But I feel since he said what he said to the ministers and the Forum leaders that he should have abided by his words.” Rev. John Garlington, a member o f the Forum, said, “ It was a ‘gen- tlepcrson’s' agreement. When that is violated, what can you do?” Wv curtv P erm anent W aves r « b ms » N o w *35°° Curls Ruq w N o w *35°° Including Cut and Style Sculptured Nails Reg ’45“ N o w *36°° Designer - Joyce Benbo 288 543» With thia coupon only Robert Butler, owner of Travel Roberta, with his wife Mary, pro vides a full range of services for the traveler. (Photo: Richard J Brown) Couple aid travelers MRS. C’s WIGS »6 »10 b >16 Bta ,\ds so by Lam ia Duke Grassrool News. N .W .— When the snow chills you and the rain soaks you there is a husband and wife team who can literally lake you away from all this. They are Robert and M ary But ler. and they own and operate Travel Roberts, a travel agency. Since 1977 Travel Roberts has survived a recession and a depres sion. Robert Butler stated that the 1978 deregulation of the airlines has created a mobile population. "T h e air fares are down. They can go anywhere they want to. They can open up new destinations and the new kid on the block is offering lower introductory fares which seem to get the phones ringing around here." Butler said a travel agency does all the shopping around for a travel er. "T h e service we provide to the community is free and it is a service we all need at one time or another. We deal with all the airlines and other forms o f travel. We are able to come up with the most economical form o f traveling vs. an airline who wants you to stay on their lin e." Butler also stated that a travel agency can provide alternative ser vices for the traveler from hotels, to automobiles, and entertainment. In the competitive travel market Butler said Travel Roberts is doing "quite w ell." “ The air fares are lower so our volume has increased. In a way it's bad because we are doing twice as much work for the same amount of money. But we are getting new busi ness from these first-time flyers.” Travel Roberts can lake you on the trail o f the Portland T railblaz ers, to visit the M otherland— A fr i ca— and to our sister city, Seattle. “ One that I'm excited about is our tour to Trinidad and Tobago for carnival in M arch, 1984. The carnival is a lot o f fun and Trinidad is a very interesting country. In March everyone will be tired o f the rain so you might as well take o ff and go down and party for aw hile." The Butlers see themselves as role models for the youth in their home lo\*n. He said he survived the bad times by cutting back and saving when times go better. “ The key to opening a business and keeping it open is consistency. I f you say you are going to open up at a certain time then open up at that time. The day you don’ t will be the day everyone will come in and want to do business.” • Expiration date. December 30, 1983 Betty Cibine Proprietor Featuring wig« by N A O M I SIM S ANDRE DOUGLAS BILLIE t> NATALIE COLE Hair Products (11 (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) “ W e have everything you n eed .” T.C .B . Care Free Curl Lustrasilk N ew Era S Curl W orld of Curl Revlon U D o-lt Special Feeling Pro-Line And m any m ore item s to qfioosa from . M RS. C ’s W IGS I.E. Fremont 281-652S A Mon. 0 F IN T h m . thru Sot. 11:30 AM to 4:00 PM Burnside "Poverty Tree" christened by Nathaniel Scoll Sale elective through Dec 24ih How serious is the plight o f the homeless/shelterless? Congressman Ron Wyden answered, “ It's a na tional crisis, from Portland, Ore gon, to Portland, M ain e.” Congressman Wyden's remark was made Tuesday, December 6th, at Baloney Joe’s, 313 E. Burnside, where he christened the Burnside Annual Poverty Tree. Michael Stoops, co-founder of Baloney Joe’s, said they were "in desperate need of funds.” In addition to needing funds for its continued nighttime shelter, day time drop-in center and meals. Ba loney Joe's needs $10,000 to install a mandated fire sprinkler system, according to Stoops. Stoops said, “ We feel for the safety o f the people staying in Ba loney Joe's.” The fire sprinkler sys tem is the final phase o f Baloney Joe’s renovation project. The estimated 3,000 homeless men, women and children, are still with us. They seek shelter, food, medical aid, clothing— the bare es sentials o f life, pounding the pave ment of Portland. The Burnside Project’s D rop-In Center, 523 N .W . Everett S t., ac cording to Jean Demaster, director, is providing shelter for 118 men and 15 women nightly. Fifteen or more are turned away. Baloney Joe's nightly intake has increased to 90 and the Women West Hotel, 127 N .W . 6th Avenue, is averaging 30 to 35 women and children nightly, on an emergency basis. 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