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K.-» F ra n c e s F c h a e n -r.’ e w s p a p jr R oca U n iv e rs ity o f O r?re„ L ib ra ry Û7SU3 SPECIAL CONVENTION ISSUE!!! Co awards Page 3 Island coolers Indian child welfare Page 7 Page 8 PORTLAND OBSERMER uv» Volume XIV, Number 42 August 8, 1984 25C Per Copy Two Sections /«M Prostitution zone proposed Donald Means, age 9. beats the heat In the Alberta Park wading pool. (Photo: Richard J. Brown) The Portland C ity Council voted unanimously, August 3rd, to make it a cnme to engage in “ unlawful prosti tution procurement activities** such as circling blocks in cars, publicly lingering or other actions that ap pear to in v o lv e p ro s titu tio n . Comm issioners Charles Jordan, Margaret Strachan, Mildred Schwab, and M a y o r F ran k Ivancie heard lestim ony fro m several N o r th east neighborhood residents upset about pim ps and prostitutes near their homes before voting fo r the new city code am endm ents. C o m missioner M ike Lindberg was out of town. Portland lawyer Robert W o lf bad asked lhat voting on the new amend ments be delayed for tw o weeks so a C ity Club report on prostitution, in the works for more than a year, can be released. W o lf ca lle d the am endm ent on p ro s titu tio n p ro curement "u nw orkable** and "u n - Jackson w o n 't run for Senate Jesse Jackson announced, August 1st, he will not run for the U.S. Senate fro m South C a ro lin a this year. Jackson made the announcement at a press conference after addressing the 74th an n ual conference o f the N a tio n a l U rb a n League held in Cleveland, O hio. " I feel a strong obligation to con tinue to stimulate voter registration and voter turnout among members o f the R a in b o w C o a l i t io n .. . ," Jackson said in e x p la in in g his decision not to run. He would have opposed incumbent Senator Strom Thurm ond, a conservative Republi can who has served six terms in the Senate. Jackson said his m ain responsi bility after registering voters was to maintain pressure on the Democra tic P arty to address issues o f con cern to Black and m inority A m eri cans. H e told 3,$00 U rb a n League delegates to the annual conference thai "th e re is still unfinished busi ness” between the Democratic party and Blacks. He said the party wants Black and Hispanic votes but is not prepared to give anything in return. Aides to Jackson indicated he was worried about what a loss to T h u r m ond w ould do to his a b ility to w o rk fo r o ther Black candidates around the U .S. Jackson m oved his legal resi dence fro m C h icag o to South C a ro lin a tw o weeks ago, a move that caused speculation he intended to oppose T hu rm on d . The p opula tio n o f South C a ro lin a is a p proximately 30% Black In another m ajo r announcement fro m the Urban League, President John Jacob said, Wednesday, the or g an iza tio n w ill em bark on a " 9 0 - D a y C o u n td o w n C a m p a ig n ” o f voter registration aimed at getting at least 60% of all eligible Black voters to the polls in November. Jacob said the d riv e w ou ld in volve 34 Urban League chapters across the country and w ill be n o n -p a rti san. H e estim ated as m any as 1.2 m illio n new voters could be registered and would vote. Jacob said the estim ated 3,$ 00 conference delegates are now aware o f how im p o rta n t th e ir votes are and w ill " g o back home know ing fu ll w ell th at the Black vote can determine the outcome o f the 1984 elections, and they must participate in getting that vote o u t." The four-day Urban League con ference attracted more than 12,000 people, in c lu d in g Defense Secre tary C asp ar W e in b e rg e r; Jesse Jackson; W alter M ondale and G er ald in e F e rra ro . Each o f the fo u r spoke to the crowd. President Jacob said chapters will begin by targ ettin g voter reg istra tion among those least likely to vote— 18-10-24 ye a r-o ld s — and w ill also focus on getting Black voters to the polls on November 6th. constitutional'* and said the council should set up a prostitution "zone** where such activity could take place w ith o u t causing interference w ith other neighborhood activities. H e said the city o f Boston has such a zone, and it has helped draw prosti tu tio n activities aw ay from neigh borhoods. James H ennings o f the M e t r o p o lita n P u blic D e fe n d e r's O ffic e also «.ailed the code amendment on procurement "unconstitutional** as w ell as " a b s u r d ." H e added lh a i Finding it unconstitutional would be like "shooting fish in a b arrel." M ost o f Ihose te s tify in g at the council meeting Thursday, however, did not agree. They said they were tired o f having their children walk to school pasi pim ps and p ro s ti tutes, and lhai if the council m em bers refused to do anything about it, they would. " I think citizens have a right to some sort o f protection from that sort o f th in g ," said M ichelann O rt- lo f f , president o f the E lio t N eig h borhood Association. O r tlo ff said residents near Interstate and Union Avenues do not w ant to penalize prostitutes alone, but somehow cut down on the prospective customers cruising around and the pimps who frequent the areas. The code am endm ents were the result o f three years o f complaints by In te rs ta te A venue and U n io n A venue residents w ho say th eir neighborhoods are d e te rio ra tin g because o f the prostitution. O rtlo ff, who is a Northeast C o a lition o f Neighborhoods representa tive on the C ity-C ou n ty Council on P io s titu tio n A lternatives, said she and other supporters o f the amend ments also support diversion p ro grams fo r pro stitutes. These p ro grams seek to p ro vid e education (Please turn to Page 4, Column 4/ s i l k i-AMII.V kl.LMOY W 1 ■ n Tba Barbaa-WInchaatar family bald a reunion pic nic Sunday at Peninsula Park. Ralatlvea came from i aa far as A tlan ta. Tennessee and D etroit. Three generations of the family ware rapraaantatad. (Photo: Richard J. Brown! Sons, fathers, grandfathers defend rural Nicaragua from attack by B ill Collins B ill Collins, a ten year resident o f Oregon. was a m ember o f the U.S. Witness f o r Peace delegation which visited N ic a ra g u a in J u ly. 1983. D u rin g June an d July o f this year, C o llin s spent seven weeks in N icaragu a studying Spanish in the town o f Esteh where he also worked as a nurse. A battle still raged after two days o f fig h tin g outsid e the n o rth e rn N ic a ra g u a n to w n o f E steli as the Sandinisla M ilitia pushed the C IA - financed, anti-Sandinista "contras* back to w a rd th e ir base in H o n d uras. " W e have 2S0 o f them su rrou n ded ...t h e fig h tin g goes w e ll," said G u ille rm o M eza , a 66- year old Sandinisla m ilitia volunteer on a h a lf-d a y leave. T en o f his 22 grandchildren happily surrounded M eza as he continued more solemn ly, " W e found the body o f an 8- or 9-y ea r old boy as we fo llo w e d the co n tras. H is th ro a t had been s la s h e d ." T h e o ld e r ch ild re n gasped; the younger ones paid little atte n tio n as they h ap pily clung to their grandfather's shirt. Estelians firs t became aw are o f the contra presence July 12th, when a rural health-care caravan was a t i . ta c k e d , d estro y in g one jeep and killing the driver. The 800- to 1000- m an co n tra co lum n next attacked th ree ru ra l a g ric u ltu ra l c o o p e r atives, p en etra tin g w ith in three m iles o f E s te li. T h e 25-year old p o lice ch ie f o f E ste li was kille d in an ambush as he delivered more arms to peasants in the area. Late th at n ig h t, his b od y was carried through the streets o f Esteli as hun dreds joined the grieving but defiant crowd. As it wound through streets, the crowd passed groups o f youths and adults standing watch over their n eig h b orho od s. T h e neighbors rem ain ed at th e ir posts, ta lk in g quietly as burning tires illum inated their faces and brightened the dark streets. T h e q u e stio n was o fte n asked, " D o you think they w ill a t tack tonight?” A t the hospital. N o rth Am erican students and Swiss technicians gave 18 pints of blood. The U .S. students quietly discussed Reagan’s foreign policy and legislation he "is pushing which could make opposition to in te rv e n tio n in C e n tra l A m e ric a i lle g a l." T h e y re fe rre d to the so- called a n ti-te rro ris t bills H R $613 and SB 2626, currently in the House o f Representatives and the Senate. As they waited turns to give blood. Guillermo M ete posee w ith hit rifle end hla grandchildren in the (Photo Bill Collins) Nicaraguan village of Eatell news o f dead and w ounded N ica ra g u an s tric k le d in to the hospital. One hospital worker said, " W e don’ t blame the people o f the U n ite d States. W e b la m e your government." T he fo llo w in g day, in fo rm a tio n about the attack accumulated Two S an d in isla m ilitia b a tta lio n s had mobilized and joined armed peasants fro m the co o peratives. T h e y had repelled the attack. Five Sandimstas were d ead , six w ou n ded, and 20 co n tras had fa lle n . A m on g the w ounded were ch ild re n fro m the cooperatives. These were the co n firm e d figu res. T h e re were m any u n c o n firm e d rep o rts o f o ther deaths. Refugees fro m the three agricultural cooperatives under a t tack gathered at the R u b in D a rio School in Esteli. W orkers from the governmeni health center organized m edical care. T h e d ire c to r o f the health center explained lhat "m a n y children developed diarrhea during their escape.” Foul odors filled the a ir as m others washed soiled clothes. Teenage volunteers fro m the town played circle games w ith the children whose eyes still revealed te rro r. Fathers and g ra n d fa th e rs p ositio ned a ro u n d the school grounds w ith a u to m a tic rifle s , guarded their fam ilies . T ire d eyes w atched the h ills they had le ft behind, and smoke could be seen in the distance. O ne of the co o p e ra tiv es, T ayacan, includes a m u lti-m illio n dollar agricultural aid project o f the D u tch g o v ern m e n t. A D u tch technician estim ated that the c o n tras caused over one-m illion dollars dama<> >o buildings alone. He also ‘ »Ss, w mentioned the entire seed stock for August p la n tin g had been destroyed. Total damage figures for the three co o peratives w hich produce potatoes, coffee, and basic grains, was not available. In a speech at the funeral o f the fallen police c h ie f, a c o m m u n ity leader described his understanding o f the Reagan A d m in is tra tio n strategy. He views it as an attempt to u n d erm in e p o p u la r support o f the S an d in isla re v o lu tio n by exhausting the will o f Ihe people and the economy. He cited consistent at tacks aim ed at d estro y in g food storage and production, destruction o f fuel reserves, and fo rcin g ihe Nicaraguan governmeni to redirect needed resources to the defense e f forts. N icaraguan forces have bad to p ro tect both n o rth and south borders as well as both coasts from C IA -d ire c te d c o n tra attacks. Schools, medical facilities and their personnel have also been comm on targets. Presid en t R eag an , in a recent speech in support o f his policy in Nicaragua claimed the Nicaraguans are worse o f f now th at they were under Somosa (the former dictator). D u rin g the week o f this a tta c k , (Please turn to Page 8, Column I) aH B m
