Portland Observer, September 4, 1986, Page 3
A photographer's journal o f Nicaragua
Richard J brown, photographer
fo r the Portland Observer, spent
seven weeks in Nicaragua learning
about and meeting its people His
photographs will appear here as a
weekly feature
□ tirin g m y stay at the co o perative
Ernesto Acuna, for th ree days w e
w e re in a h ig h s ta te o f a le rt be
cause A m eric an b a c k e d co u nter
re v o lu tio n a ry fo rc e s (C o n tra s )
w e re s p o tted only a fe w k ilo m e
ters aw ay W om en also defend the
c o o p e ra tiv e The w o m a n on th e
rig h t is a bngadisla. v o lu n te e r in
N ic a ra g u a s lite ra c y c a m p a ig n
She w a s am o n g 1 600 young poo
pie w h o had given up their studies
for tw o years to tea ch campesmos
(p e a s a n ts ) to re ad an d w r ite
C a lle d th e se co n d w a r o f lib era
tion, the literacy cam paign brought
the illiteracy rate d o w n from over
50 percent in 1979 to about 12 per
cent in )980 and th e w o rk is con
tinuing I w as aw ed w ith the dedi
catio n and c o m m itm e n t of these
young people w h e n I learned that
800 hngadisias had been killed, kid
napped or fo rced to leave by the
Contras
(Photo Richard J Brow n!
A rb itra to r hears
te s tim o n y in Police
T-shirt in cid e n t
EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY
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GiveFossid
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peopl«
284 772£
Family planning essential
SUNSHINE BARREL
A Public Service of the
Portland () b \r r v t r
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by Jerry Harrier
I asi week an arbitrator heard testi­
mony from the City o f Portland and
the Police Union regarding the tiring
ol two policemen, Richard A Monlee,
46. and Paul A Wickersham, 11, tor
selling the infam ous “ D o n ’ t Choke
T in , S m o ke ’ I n t" I shirts Montee
and W'iekerham were tired b\ Mayor
Bud Clark on the recommendation ol
Police Chief Penny Harrington
The T-shirts were sold by the two
policemen hi the I raining Division at
the Justice ( enter and at l ast Pre
cinct on A p ril 26, the day of I loyd D
Stevenson’ s funeral Stevenson, I I ,
was a Black man who was killed when
police applied the carotid or "sleeper”
hold on him A lthough a P ublic In
quest Jury ruled that Stevenson's
death was the result ol negligence, sev
eral days later a M ultnom ah ( ounty
(irand Jury tailed to indict anv ol the
officers involved in Stevenson's
death.
During the four days ol hearings.
A rb itra to r Paul H anlon listened to
testimony fro m C hief Penny Har
nngton, M ayor Bud C lark, M u lin o
mah County
D istrict Attorney
Michael Schrunk, former I S Attor
ncy fo r Oregon Sidney I c /a k , and
Dwight fo rd , a Black policeman, who
all testified that the selling o l the I
shirts was serious enough to justify the
firin g o f Montee and Wickersham
I he attorney fo r Montee and W icker
sham tried to convince the a rbitrator
the selling o l the T-shirts wasn’ t as
serious as the opossum incident, there­
fore, the to officers should not have
been tired. Several officers who
bought the T-shirts also testified that
they protest the ban on the sleeper
hold.
Schrunk said his office received
letters from the White community and
many were outraged over the T-shirts
episode. However, Herb Cawthornc,
President o f the Portland Urban
I eague, testified that while the I -shirt
incident was a blow to efforts to calm
the community after Stevenson’s
death, it was not as serious as the
opossum dumping by officers
I he arbitrator w ill rule sometime
in October on the fate ol the two ol
iuyi tes and 4, Still abortions in die nest
I itle \ is the mainstay ol our n.i
lion's ongoing commitment to prevent
unintended pregnanes and thus iedii>.
the need lo r abortion. Vet lit lc \ is
being held hostage bv sonic m em bci.
ol ( inigrevs who lead the anti aboiii.m
movement in this countiv
How can those opposed to aboinoii
attempt to destroy a program that pic
vents abortion 1 W hat is then la lio n
ale ’ W here is then compas ion ’ J leal
ly, their misguided morality has over
come then common sense
I he people of this state should fc
oulraled bv such callousnes O rc o 'ii
receives $1.459,697 ol Id le \ tin .!
distributed among county health de
partments, Planned Parenthood and
other coinuuily agencies, to deliver
essential contraceptive service, to
M .<»»> low and marginal income wi
men and sexually active teenagers ea, h
year It Id le \ is not renewed, we
estimate tliat die loss ol this monev will
directly result in 9,DtX) unwarned pi
seat alone
\ bi/arre as .ill dns seems, we have
witnessed a steads increase in anti
a b o ition activities Despite public
'I
'ii poll documenting dial 91
\in e i ic an per 'pie lav or
• 'iai .keption, and despite the use ot
contraception bv virtually all married
couples ot all religious persuasions, at-
t.ic k • on conception and Binding lor
contraceptive programs continue
( onsider the pain and suffering dial
w ould be inflicted on Americans
should couples be forced to give up
practicing birth control as the tar tiglil-
•viih element demands I heir goal of
no birth control and no abortion repre
a d oom sday plot lor die Amer
lean laniilv
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