Page 8 The Portland Observer July 25, 1990
P rofessional S ervices D irectory
AMERA
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'Donnie s
Natural nail and hand care
Com plim entary Instructional
M anicure
925 N .E . B roadway
P ortland , O R 97232
(503) 249-7204
Call 288-8966
Wamta Davis,
Consultant
Raleigh and Donnie Lewis
"A good product is
M cM urphy’s
»our best advertisement"
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RENI
plus
Jewelry
African Sculpture • Masks
African-American Books
Framed African-American Prints
Hand Painted Sweats, T-shirts
Pants and Tops
A sk a b o u t o u r
Buying Appliances
Working or Not
Suite A
Portland, O R 97204
(503) 240-5323
288-3233
CAREER NETWORK INC
W ASHERS & DRYERS
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rental-C ó
washer
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A G EN C Y
$15 OFF
EXECUTIVE MGMT
ACCOUNTING
HIGH-TECH
ADMINISTRATIVE
FINANCE
BOOKKEEPING
MARKETING
CLERICAL/OFFICE
SALES
CONTROLLERS
SECRETARIES
DATA PROCESSING
ENGINEERING
delivery &
INSTALLATIO N FEE j
$30. Delivery & Installation
Portland
231-7413
Vancouver
693-4000
¡ ZOO NE Multnomah Suite 400 ■
P R O G R E S S IV E
R EALTY
236 S.W . Salmon,
IN C .
O R A L. H A R T,
P re s id e n t
4601 N. Williams
281-6873
2 8 3 -4 5 4 2 • 2 8 1 -3 0 3 8
3 1 7 N .E . K illin g s w o rth
P o rtla n d , O R 97211
Princess Mouse Products
(Beauty Safon
For Your
Shopping Convenience
CUSTOM SEWING
C rystal - China - Silver
Location:
GWEN JOHNSON, MANAGER
2723 N.E. 7th
281-7053
5928 NE 12 th Avenue
Portland, OR 97211
Home: 282-0054
Ready to S e n e You as Always!
(503) 284-6717
Products supplied by Princess House, Inc. A
Colgate-Palmolive Company
M a ry Paris
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DBB ENTERPRISES
ALM A BARNEY • JANICE BANKS
ja ’bell’s
Beaulv * Barber • Nails Supplies
co owners
309 N E W y g a n t/282-9970
5832 N.E. Union Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97211
(503) 281-6393
and
5?87 N. Lombard Street
Portland, OR 97203
(503) 283-6085
It’s A
Small World
Cooperative Preschool
CLOTHIER
319 N.E WYGANT PORTLAND, OR 97211
M c K in n e y I n s u r a n c e
Auto Insurance
SR22 Filing
Fire Bonds
Trucker
Local & Long Distance
CONSTRUCTION JOBS
$28.00/hr
No. exp. Training. Growth. Call
24 hrs. 1-900-468-5323 Fee $9.99
OFFICE JOBS
$15.00/hr
No. Exp. Training. Call 24 hrs.
1-900-468-5323 Fee S9.99
Press strives to help every person In the firm belief that all arc h u rt as long as anyone
to held back.
BAR-B-QUE DINNERS
Sponsored By
CENTER OF PRAISE MINISTRIES a n d ONE STOP RECORDS
"G ospel Music Promotions"
S aturday, July 28, 1990
11:00-4:00
16th & Killingsworth
For O rders Call:
C hurch: 281 -7868 or 284-9914
M o n .-F ri.
10 A .M .-6 P .M
Saturday 10 A .M .-5 :3 0 P .M .
C leaning & R e-Styling
N ear Lloyd Center
282-1664
1105 N.E. Broadway
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Deaf
I just ca n 't understand
some words.
I h a v e d iffic u lty h e a rin g in noisy situations
I h e a r p e o p le speak b u t h a v e d iffic u lty u n d e rsta n d in g th e
words.
I h a v e d iffic u lty u n d e rsta n d in g
o n th e p h o n e .
I h a v e to turn u p th e ra d io or
television to w h e re it's
u n c o m fo rta b ly lo u d fo r others.
I h a v e n 't h a d m y h e a rin g teste d
In m o re a year.
>u said yes to a n y o f th e a b o v e , it's tim e to g e t yo u r h ea rin g
3d a t a n a u th o rize d M iracle-E ar C enter.
C all Today for Free H earing Test.
281-2661 or 281-2663, ask for Sheila
Miracle-Ear
Heating Oils
104 N Æ . R u s s e ll S t.
P o r t la n d , O r e g o n
2 8 2 -5 1 1 1
Speedy Service - Friendly
Call for Quote
Travel Roberts'
3415 N.E. Broadway
120 N.E. Knou
(503) 287-1745
SUMMER ENROLLM ENT
M u lti-C u ltu ra l
Contact J erri 282-7081
Low A ir Fares
" C a ll Today"
(503) 282-3533
national antagonisms when It accords to every person, regardless of race, color, or
creed, fu ll human and legal rights. H ating no person, fearing no person, the Black
Synthetic & H um an H air
F or Braiding & W eeving
Oil Service
21/2 to 5 yrs. old
C R EED OF T H E BLA C K PRESS
Eva Gabor • Naomi Sims • Renee of Paris
DAD'S
9 am-Noon Mon-Fri.
The Black Press believes that A m erica can best lead the w orld away from social and
One o ftheN orthw est Largest Wig Displays
Wigs andH airpieces F o r A ll Nationalities
Comer of Columbia & M.L.K., Jr. Blvd
ACCEPTING SPR1N.Ü.&
PATRICIA TR IC E - FIE W ASH
P o rtlan d , O re g o n
OPEN 24 HOURS
5852 N .E . 42nd Ave.
Portland, O R 97218
(503) 281-9495
O PEN :
Tuesday thru Saturday
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
ALTERATION
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Enriched * Stimulating
Learning Environment
"Learning the Way of Leisure"
9 i.m . - 6 p.m.
G ian t Towels
-V acuum s
W ax
Armorall
M.L.K.. Jr. Blvd. (Union) & Fargo
Next to Nike Square and Popeye Chicken
Broadway
Hairweevers
LEE OWEN STONE
Carolyn Sims, Owner
2 8 1 -4 5 7 7
4 9 4 4 N. W illia m s A ve.
•Spot Free Rinse
•Engine D eg reaser
•Fragrance V endors
•C arp et S h am p o o
Linda Sevier
DESIGNING &
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225 N . Killingsw orth
Portland, O R 97217
285-9008
The Look of a Relaxer with the
Maintenance of a Curl!
Garbage Service
1101 N.E. Alberta
Portland, O R 97211
287-0262
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233-0055
GOING ST.
MARKET -
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Golden Rule
Opon: Hon. thru Set.
ACCESSORIES
COIN CAR WASH
R.D. Sevier
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Philip Morris' President Speaks
Against Potential Advertising Ban
In a dinner assembly that drew
over 600 guests-one of the largest
crowds drawn in the history of the
NNPA-President of Philip Morris (a
tobacco retailer), John Murphy, spoke
of the negative impact their industry
would suffer in the event attempts to
ban tobacco and alcohol advertising
should succeed.
"W e are linked as much by our
common ground in the present as we
are by our roots of solidarity in the past.
For Philip Morris, these times are ev
ery bit s challenging as the mid-1950s,
when racists boycotted our products-a
boycott sparked by a donation we’d
made to the National Urban League...a
donation highlighted by a column in
the Amsterdam News,” Murphy said.
* * And for you, the ecomony is such that
newspapers and magazines in this
country are disappearing at an alarm
ing rate...we won’t have to wait long to
watch the dominos fall: the repercus
sions for your newsrooms and printing
presses will be direct and devastat
ing.” The Philip Morris executive
goes on to call the restrictive proposal
one that will “ restrict commercial free
speech.”
Murphy cited a recent study by the
Leadership Council on Advertising Is
sues that projected what the conse
quences would be if tobacco and alco
holic beverage advertising was reduced
or eliminated. A five per cent across-
the-board reduction in tobacco/alcohol
advertising would result in, continued
Murphy, the loss of 31,500 media and
advertising jobs, 438 news and infor
¿Ahi
mation outlets would be shut down and
more than 200 radio stations would go
off the air.
"T he boom will fall most heavily
on the diverse media that have contrib
uted so much to the communities of
this country, and that have been the ad
vocates for those communities.
“ You’ve been vigorous in making
it clear to your communities just what
restrictions on free speech really mean.
The beauty of living and working in
American is that although we may not
agree with every point of view, we all
have the right to speak or to use the
press as a forum for our ideas. As free
Americans under our Constitution, as
long as something is legal, people and
companies alike have the right to speak
about it, and to sell it-to the whole
spectrum of people and markets and
communities.
“ We will be sending a lot more
public messages that say, in effect:
"Hey, look. W e’re good Americans,
just like you. And if it’s ever against
the law to sell cigarettes or beer, then
we’ll deal with it. But until these
products are made illegal, we’ve got
our rights. But until these products are
made illegal, we’ve got our rights. Our
right to speak our minds, for starters.
Our customers have their rights too.
They have the right to learn about new
products through advertising, for in
stance-including cigarettes and beer.
And they have the right to read a news
paper that runs advertising for legal
products.’”
4 / Letters to the Editor...
To The Editorial Manager:
I am writing in response to the
Hers/His Opinion “ Why Date White
When You Plan to Marry Black?” printed
in the July 18, 1990 edition of THE
OBSERVER. After reading these two
'perspective” articles, I felt obligated
to respond as a eigh teen year old daugh
ter of an interracial marriage.
I do not deny the statistics Ms.
Hughes presented, nor the fact that
interracial relationships can cause so
cial hardships for each person in the
relationship. I do refute her stereotypes
of the “ successful” White man and the
“ very attractive” Black woman versus
the “ decent” black man and the “ un
attractive, overweight, inappropriately
dressed, tacky” White woman.
I do not deny the historical back
ground presented by Mr. Tucker, but I
do question his allegations that a Black
man could not, or might not provide the
same stable home for interracial chil
dren as he would for Black children. I
would also like to make it clear that
there are only three races o f people,
Causcasoid, Negroid, and Monogoloid,
and that “ Italian, Jews, Asians, Mexi
cans’ ’ are not races.
My concern with these two articles
is the fact that these two persons feel
that it is appropriate to give advice to
others regarding their social relation
ships. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lived
and died so that all of us would be
FREE to make our own choices of any
kind within the limits of the law. He
fought for the right for all to have an
equal education. I thought education
opened up our understandings and
widened the limits we might strive for,
but now two Black persons whose writ
ings reach many people have taken a
stand which suggests to the readers that
they should limit themselves....
As an interracial young person, I
feel I have had the best of both worlds,
and am equally familiar with my Afri
can, Danish, and Irish heritages.I have
attended a school that was predomi
nately White, and I have attended a
school that was predominatley Black
and there were few noticeable differ
ences in the ways that people related to
one another. The biggest obstacle seems
to be that ALL people are afraid of
differences. As long s people like Ms.
Hughes and Mr. Tucker continue to
promote separatism, these fears will
not subside.
We arc all human beings and we
are all striving for the same things. It
seems obvious to me that by pooling
each of our strengths we will come out
with more than if we each progress
alone. 1 have pride in giving back to the
world all that it is giving to me, and I
hope to stretch myself to become the
best person that I can be. I can do this
best by feeling free to socialize and
build relationships with any persons I
want. I hope that my generation will
continue to destroy the chains of igno
rance that were left behind for us to
deal with. I plan to move forward with
the confidence that each relationship is
special because it is a celebration of
each person’s unique qualities and is
made up of two individuals who have
chosen for whatever reasons at this
point in time to be together, and that it
is no one else’s business nor right to
interfere.
Sincerely,
Kellie Barber
See page nine for a response
To The E ditor
Recently I ran for the office of City
Commissioner, Position #2 in a blatant
attempt to get the city to recognize
many of the Portlanders (rather than a
few) facing degradation. My platform
spoke of our children facing workforce
2000, native Oregonians, Participatory
politics, senior citizens, neighborhood
activist, job opportunities, revitaliza
tion, and a vision of how best to make
the most of human possibilities.
For years I have spent countless
hours on strengthening the facilitation
for human necessities. The neighbors
living and dwelling in my neighbor
hood known as Sabin/Irvington Heights
helped to formulate an association that
is recognized by the Federal Govern
ment and incorporated in the State Of
Oregon.
Although we are recognized by
these governing necessities and enti
ties, our own city plays hide and go
seek with a bureau known as the Office
O f Neighborhood Associations, whose
salaries encompass over 1.2 Million
dollars of taxpayers monies. A Budget
they say, that helps facilitate the needs
of the people in 92 neighborhood asso
ciations and seven coalitions.
Why is it then, that our neighbor
hood association faces a need for reor
ganization when we want to hold a
block party? Because you don’t affili-
tate with a coaliton, and you need in
surance to hold a block party in order to
block off the streets. You will need “ to
get insurance on you own” :, was the
reply. Doesn’t our 1.2 million dollars
cover all neighborhood associations?
O f which, by the way, the federal gov
ernment and state has recognized.
I surmise that it is high time that
we abolish, apologize or re-evaluate
the guidelines for neighborhood asso
ciations, and certainly look at re-edu
cating the neighborhood bureau who
receives our tax dollars known as ON A.
Betty Gamer
Place your a d ve rtise m e n t in the
Portland O bserver
O ffice# (503) 288-0033
Fax# (503) 288-0015
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