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December 25, 1985, Portland Observer, Page 3
METROPOLITAN
PIIAC will resissue subpoenas
hv Jerry ( htrner
I ast Thursday the Police Inlrrnal
Investigations A uditing Committee
(PIIA C ) stated that it ssill reissue sub
poena* tor three Portland policemen.
The audit com m ittee has been a t­
tempting since October to get the o ffi­
cer* to testify before the committee re­
garding two cases o f alledged police
misconduct.
The City Council committee which
oversees the I’ ll AC, voted last week
to ra tify the subpoenas City t om
missioners Mike I indberg, Margaiei
Slrachen, and Commissioner Dick
Bogle voted against requiring the of
fivers to testily before the committee.
If the policemen refuse to testily, the
Portland City Council may ask the
city attorney's office to enforce the
subpoenas.
Die officer* were first subpoenaed
during audit committee hearings (X ,
2K and 29 Neither ol the policemen
Support our
attended the hearings Instead. Port­
land Police Association attorney, Sam
Im perati. represented the officer*
during the healing*. Imperati conten­
ded that the P IIA C subpoenas were
invalid
In other police related news, the
estate ot Kobeita "B e rt" late filed a
notice ot w ro n g fu l death claim a-
gainst the City of Portland. Tate, an
Sh war okl Black woman, was slug and
bled to death at her home I ale was
shot bv P ortland police when they
mistook hei to i I hornas I (.¡raves
who lived at the I ale home (¡raves,
T7, who was men,alls deranged, was
also killed during a standoff with the
police.
I ast month the city paid $ I K.OtK) to
late's son tor property damage and
living expenses as a result o l the
shooting late's estate is represented
bv the law lin n ol lames and Tellers
ol San I rancisco, ( A
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lack Nicaraguan leader speaks at Church
by Jerry Garner
"Blacks have been struggling for
their independence in the Caribbeans
and on the east coast o f Nicaragua
since the days o f slavery ,” said Ernan
Savery.
Silvery made this statement Sunday
at Maranatha Church to an audience
o f about 60 people. Mr. Silvery is on a
national tour o f the United States, the
title o f tils speech was " Die Atlantic
Coast o f Nicaragua: C u ltu ra l and
Political Perspectives.” Savcry's visit
to Portland was sponsored by the
American friends Service Committee
and the Oregon Rainbow Coalition.
Savery told the audience if one 1* to
understand the present issues in
Nicaragua, one must know and un­
derstand the past history o f that coun­
try. According to Savery, Blacks
living in Nicaragua have always had
one common struggle, that being the
p o litica l struggle. "S lavery was a
political system, it was a system that
led to capitalism and imperialism."
Savery said Blacks came to
Nicaragua around the 1620s when
cotton and sugar cane were planted by
the Puritans. Slave ships from Cuba,
H aiti, and Jamaica were sailing near
Nicaragua. One slave ship stopped on
the middle coast o f Nicaragua and
slaves came ashore. This, said Savery,
was the firs t encounter between
Blacks and M iskitu Indians. Savery
said there is an ethnic relation be­
tween Blacks and the Miskitu Indians
During this time, some Black slaves
tied from Jamacia and settled in (he
bluffs o f Bluefield.
, ater pirates captured some o f
them and look them back to the
island. T he Blacks who weren’t cap­
tured were helped by a Dutch pirate
named Levitt. In turn the slaves guard­
ed l.e v itt's treasures which he stole
from the Spanish. "B lacks were be­
tween tw o swords: they were
threatened by slavery from the cast,
and the Spanish from the west,” said
Savery.
Under the Samoza regime, Blacks
and other Nicaraguans were still
fighting for political rights.
Savery was a teacher at the time
Samoza was president. He and other
teachers were labeled communists and
revolutionists Savery said, "W hen
Samoza was president, Blacks in
Nicaragua went up only to the sixth
grade.” W ith help from a Catholic-
priest, they started a high school for
Blacks.
In 1978, Savery and tw o priests
who were anthropologists founded
the Culture o f History Institute o f the
A tla n tic Coast o f Nicaragua in
Bluefield, Nicaragua. Savery said that
in spite o f the Black's struggle in
Nicaragua, they have kept some o f
(heir African and indigenous culture.
"T h e Samoza government d id n't
do anything for Blacks, they took
land away from Blacks, and became
very brutal to them. Kids were beaten
by his troops so Blacks on the east
coast decided to fig ht against the
Samoza government. ”
Savery said under the Samoza die
tatorship, over half ol Nicaragua's
children were undernourished. ” I he
Sandinistas have cut infant mortaihty
by over o n e -th ird ,” according to
Stvtry
No amount o f U S. funding o f the
Contras is going to topple the
Nicaraguan government or make it
nonrevolutionary," says Savery. "the
funding only increases the human toll
on both sides.” Savery said that the
( ontras, not the Sandinistias, are
killing the Miskitu Indians
Presently, Blacks arc working with
the Sandinista government in
autonomy , said Savery Autonomy is
the center ot ethnic development
"G ro u p s should have the rights to
govern themselves \ ll we want is our
natural laws to be respected, we have
natural laws Usually people explain
culture, and exclude the natural law
of a group," said Savery.
Savery was asked by someone in
the audience d the Sandinistas 01 the
Intrastate telephone rates go down
local rates will rise
Public Utilities Commissioner Gene
Maudlin has approved a plan which
w ill reduce long-distance telephone
rales within Oregon and increase local
rales for most telephone companies in
the state. The changes w ill take place
Ja n.I.
Under the plan proposed by Pacific
Northwest Bell Telephone Co. (PNB)
and the Oregon Independent
lelephone Association, intrastate toll
rates will drop between 3 and 11 per­
cent, depending on the calling d is­
tance.
Most local phone companies w ill
increase local rates between 25 cents
and $2 a m onth to make up for
revenue losses that w ill occur because
o f the lower to ll rates.
The local rate increase w ill allow
PNB to reduce rates on long-distance
calls it handles within the state begin­
ning Jan. I. PNB carries lon g ­
distance tra ffic for the independent
companies as well, so (heir rates also
will fall
Maudlin said public hearings on the
rate changes will be conducted early in
1986 The PNB increase w ill be sub­
ject to refund. The independent
phone company rates could be a d ­
justed, but the companies’ revenues
will equal 1 Heir additional costs.
M audlin also has asked the PUG
staff to conduct an investigation and
public hearings into the possibility o f
providing rate relief for low-income
elderly residential customers who
cannot a ffo rd to pay the rising
telephone service costs.
The Federal C om m unications
Commission (FCC) has approved a
lifeline-type plan which could
eliminate charges ordered by the FCC
fo r certain single-line residential
customers, such as low-income per­
sons. The FCC ordered a SI charge
on residential customers last June; an
additional SI w ill take effect next
June.
Maudlin said he has asked his staff
I
to identify the needs ol low-income
elderly, and to determine how muvh
rate relief might be made available
through the TCC plan and povviblv
through other means w ithin the in
Hastate rale structure
Free day at
Forestry Center
Are your kids going stir-crazy after
nearly two weeks of Christmas vaca­
tion? Or maybe you need a break
from the tedium at work or at home.
Come join uv at the Forestry ( enter
on Friday. Jan. 3 for an entertaining
and educational day at no cost to you!
I Teat’s right; it’s Free Admission Day
at the I orestry ( enter on Jan. 3. 10
a.m.-5 p.m.
Arrive by If) a m. and we will offer
you warm refreshments and pastries
in conjunction with the unveiling of
the Forestry Center's new name.
The Forestry Center features
exhibits unlike any other on earth,
from the 70-foot talking tree to the
priceless Jessup Wood Collection with
its more than 500 species of wood. DI
special interest is a spectacular presen
tation, Forests o f the World, an 18
m inute, m ulti-m edia show which
recently won an international award
for its script.
The Forestry Center is located at
4033 S.W. Canyon Road in Portland,
near the Zoo and OMSI. For more in­
formation, call (503) 228-1367.
S P E C '^-
Reagan backed ( ontras were more of
a threat to Black Nicaraguans He
replied bv saving the ( ontras were
more ol a threat than the Sandinistas.
" At least we van talk to the San
dinistas," said Savery.
Savery is also a noted musician and
ethnornusicologisi He has authored
several articles about tra d itio n a l
Airis an customs and home economics
on the Atlantic ( oast and is cuneiiilv
w ittin g a book on ethnics ol the
Atlantic ( oast
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218 S .W B roadw ay
Phone 228 3966
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