Page 5 Portland Observer March 16,1989
BLACK VOTER TURNO UT AND
REGISTRATION RATES FALL IN
LAST
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
Fifty-two percent of the 19.7 million voting-age Blacks went to the polls
in last November's general election, compared with 56 percent in 1984,
according to a report from the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau.
The White turnout dipped from 61 percent to 59 percent, while the rate for
Hispanics fell from 33 percent to 29 percent. The report notes that 37
percent of Hispanics in the survey were not U.S. citizens and therefore could
not register.
Black voter turnout was higher in the North and West (56 percent), than
in the South (48 percent). Among Whites, 60 percent voted in the North and
West, and 56 percent in the South.
Sixty-five percent of voting-age Blacks reported they had registered for
the 1988 presidential election compared with 66 percent in 1984. White
registration fell from 70 percent to 68 percent, and among Hispanics it
declined from 40 percent to 36 percent.
The turnout rate for the nation was 57 percent in 1988, down from 60
percent in 1984. It is the first drop in a presidential election since 1976, and
marks the lowest voting rate recorded by the bureau since it began taking
this survey in 1964.
The report notes that although official counts of the number of votes
actually cast last November were not available when the report was written,
news media have indicated that about 50 percent of voting age persons went
to the polls.
The report notes that data from surveys are subject to sampling variability
and response errors, and that despite differences between survey estimates
and official counts of the turnout, the survey provides useful measures of
differences in voting behavior among population groups.
Copies of Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1988
(Advance Report), Series P-20, No. 435, are available prepaid from the
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,
D.C. 20402.
PERCENT REPORTED VOTING, BY RACE
AND HISPANIC ORIGIN:
NOVEMBER 1984 AND 1988
100
BLACK
PERCENT REPORTED REGISTERED BY RACE AND
HISPANIC ORIGIN: NOVEMBER 1984 AND 1988
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Beaverton Lodge
this Saturday.
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eed is a taste of Beaverton Lodge.
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omplimentary English tea. This Saturday afternoon, any
ime between 1 and 4 p.m.
While you're here, you'll be able to take a leisurely
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wo bedroom apartments~the ones with patios and decks,
'heck out the pool and health club. Hear about our
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,f what living here is really like. All for one reasonable
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u n ,
Sound like we're pouring it on too thick: Maybe, nut
o far more than 100 residents have come for a taste ...only
o discover that Beaverton Lodge really is their cup of tea.
BEAVERTON IQDGE
Retirement Residence
12900 S.W. Ninth Street • Beaverton • Phone. 227-7645
Off Main St. between Farmington and Allen Blvd.
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omplimentary English Teas will hr served every Saturday during the Sfinng.
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BLACK BUSINESS:
STUDENTS
URGED TO
PREPARE FOR
W O RLD
BUSINESS
(.* I z
NEW YORK - George Lewis, Vice
President and Treasurer, Philip Morris
Companies Inc., advocated "integrity”
and "creativity” as vital attributes fora
career in business. He told a recent
meeting of Black MBA students, also,
to perfect their communications skills
while preparing to work with cultural
diversity in an increasingly international
marketplace.
Lewis was the keynote speaker for
the 9th Annual MB A Conference at the
Columbia University Graduate School
of Business in New York.
In addressing his topic, “ Career
Positioning For Global Success,” Lewis
said, “ you cannot assume that your
boss will be an American.”
Lewis told the group to learn to
speak foreign languages, to get an
understanding of foreign currencies as
well as the geographies and cultures of
foreign lands.
“ A new corporate buzz term is
'managing diversity,” Lewis said.
“ There are cultural differences. You
have to deal with that. The good news
is, so will members of all die other
cultures.”
Most people, Lewis said, are most
com fortable among people like
themselves.
“ But you have to be prepared to
develop relationship,” he said. “ You
can learn amazing things about what’s
really going on in the company by playing
golf or racquetball, or just being sociable
after work.”
More than 300 black business students
and guests attended the two-day session
on “ The Black Professional: Positioning
Ourselves For Global Success In The
1990’s.”
To demonstrate the_ growth of
international business, Lewis tdfdTthe
students that when he joined Philip Morris
in 1967, the company had operations in
11 foreign countries ‘ ‘but they generated
such a negligible part of our revenues
we didn’t even break them out in our'
annual report.”
Lewis said: “ We now have operations
all over the world, and they’re generating
roughly 31 percent of our total revenues
and they are the fastest growing parts of
our business.”
Lewis noted, in addition, that Philip
Morris recently received commitments
for $ 19-billion to complete the recent
acquisition of Kraft, Inc. Foreign banks
represented 69 percent or $8.3-billion
of the financial commitment, Lewis
said, including 14 banks in Japan, eight
in Germany, four each in Canada and
France, three each in Switzerland and
the United Kingdom, two each in the
Netherlands and Belgium, and one each
in Australia and Austria.
Lewis complimented the students
for their successes, noting, “ you had to
be good to get this far. You are people
who can make a difference.”
He also cautioned them to remember
that “ you owe people. Not those who
went before you, like me. You owe
your brothers and sisters who’ll be
following after you. It’s not enough to
achieve success - you have to leverage
it for those behind you.”
(Contact: T. Johnson (212) 686-4711)
SPECIAL
TRANSPORTATION
GRANTS
AVAILABLE
Guidebooks and applications for the
1989 Elderly and Handicapped Capital
Assistance program are now available
from the Oregon Public Transit Division.
The program offers grants to private
non-profit organizations for equipment
used to provide transportation services
for elderly or disabled people.
The division will award $501,108 in
grants this year. Last year, 17 out of 42
applicants shared $504,418 in program
funds.
“ The grants can be used to buy
modified vans, buses, wheelchair lifts
and other transportatio n -related
equipment,” said Stephen Fosdick,
special transportation coordinator for
the division. “ The grants provide up to
80 percent of the purchase price.
Applicants must provide the balance.
“ Funds arc available only to areas where
existing services arc either insufficient,
unavailable or inappropriate,’ ’ Fosdick
said.
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they’re a necessity.
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