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O ctober 25, 1995 • T he P ortland O bserver
The Mother Of All Marches, Part II:
What Took You So Long?
B y P rof . M c K inley B urt
a so cia l and econom ic m agnitude
My goodness, gracious, d id n ’t as w ould draw ju st as m uch o ve r­
last w eek's assem blage o f b la ck seas attention as the upcom ing
men shake up the w orld.
U nited N atio n s an n ive rsary.
I repeat, “ the w o rld ,” w ith
B ut, true to form , b ig brother
reverberating headlines in Europe, watched c a re fu lly over h is flo ck ,
A sia , A fr ic a and w herever else assu rin g “ h is ” p u b lic that, “ no,
there is m edia; free, co n tro lle d or 'th e y ’ are not in revo lt, ju st rest­
hesitant.
less from agitation by this u p p ity’
I made the rounds o f lo ca l M in iste r F a rra kh a n .”
news stands that carry the fo reign
We note, how ever, that C o n ­
press«Kind I had friend s on the gressm an Newt G in g ric h is not as
Internet to m o n ito r e le c tro n ic dense as he and his fe llo w co n se r­
space. A n ab so lu te ly in cre d ib le va tive s som etim es pretend. B r a ­
global ¡esponse (w ith a few no ­ zenly, he stated, “The march ought
table and predictable e x ce p tio n s.) to be a w ake-up c a ll for all o f
I trust than none o f the rea d ­ A m e ric a . A n d in a w o n d e rfu l
ers were naive enough to expect ir o n y , a ll o f us ow e L o u is
that the lo cal “d a ily B u g le " n ew s­ Farrakh an a thank you for h avin g
papers in O rego n w ould s u f f i­ told a ll o f us, if the pain le ve l (o f
cie n tly trust their reader’ s in t e lli­ b la c k s) is great enough for him to
gence to make proper and a n a ly ti­ be a leader, then we all have a lot
cal judgm ents o f an event o f such b igge r ch alle n ge to le ad .”
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W hen : F ri . & S at . O ctober 27 th & 28 th
T ime : 7:30 p . m .
F un D ancing F ood C ards D ominoes
V ideo G ames O pen M eeting
W e N eed Y our H elp !
or the
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A dults $5 14 & over
C hildren $3 13 & under
C hildren are welcomed , but need to be
closely supervised by a parent !!
T hank you for your support !
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Th at is an interestin g and re­
ve alin g statement from the most
co ld and c a lc u la tin g leader o f
R e p u b lica n s dedicated to repay­
ing the lo b byists, drug com panies,
m u ltin a tio n a l co rp o ra tio n s and
other cam paign contributors with
m onies wrenched from the health
and sustenance o f tens o f m illio n s
o f ethnics, elders and children (not
to m ention a few m illio n s o f plain-
o ld -w h ite -fo lk s who have no po­
litic a l clo u t).
Y o u had better b elieve that
there is great concern in both high
and low places: “ What in the world
is it that these b lack fo lk s are
g o in g to go home and “reconnect”
about! T h e y were too quiet, too
peaceable, two o rderly, too lo v ­
in g, B y G od , it ’s frig h te n in g .”
A n d speaking o f b lack lead­
e rship, or w hite-appointed black
his supporters wherever he went but
his visit sparked protests by thou­
sands o f Cuban exiles, including his
daughter.
He told a mostly black, cheering
crowd in Harlem: “ I’m still being left
out o f the dinners and banquets as if
nothing had changed, as if we were
still in the Cold War.”
He also gave a one-hour televi­
sion interview, telling C N N it would
be very difficult for a dialogue to
open between him and Clinton as the
1996 U .S. presidential elections drew
closer.
“ I think it is very difficult for
something like that to happen in the
near future, for the time being,” he
said with a smile.
“ I wish (Clinton) the best. But
generally I only get to speak to (U .S.)
presidents when they are no longer
presidents,” he added wryly.
Castro brushed o ff questions
about protests staged by Cuban ex­
iles around the United Nations, even
though thousands came out to jeer
and call him an "assassin.”
Am ong the protesters was his
daughter A lina Fernandez Revuelta
who fled Cuba last year and who says
her father is a brutal dictator.
“Castro must go. We are all try­
ing to get the embargo toughened,”
she said.
The United States has kept an
economic embargo against Cuba
since 1962 and Republican leaders
in Congress want to tighten those
sanctions to weaken his government.
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P o lic e A eu x
Case #95-34: Wanted Subject
Portland Police Bureau De­
tectives, in cooperation with Crim e
Stoppers, are asking for your help
in locating James Robert Ringrose.
A felony arrest warrant has
been issued in Multnomah county,
charging Ringrose with TwoCounts
o f Aggravated Theft in the First
Degree. According to investigators,
the charges, stem from the taking
J a m e s R o b e rt R in g ro se
and selling o f company owned wind
-generator components.
James Robert Ringrose is de­
scribed as a 53-year-old white male,
with a birthdate o f A p ril 19, 1942.
Ringrose is 6 ’0 tall, weights ap­
proximately 150 pounds, with blue
eyes and graying brown hair.
Aliases used by Ringrose in­
clude: John Paul Patterson, W. L.
G riffin, PhillipG eorge Riley, John
L. Lew is, O liver Spilling, John J.
Baxter, and Peter Max Lee.
Crim e stoppers is offering a
cash reward o f up to $1,000 for
information, reported to Crim e
Stoppers, which leads to an arrest
in this case or any unsolved felony
crime, and you can remain anony­
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Restitution Center Accepts Women Offenders
Expires After 12-31-95
sa lé
the m edia needs a q u ick “ ratings
and revenue” generator to replace
the O .J. Sim pson saga.
Ju st im agine the number o f
both white and b lack fo lk s who
w ould be unem ployed if A fric a n
A m e r ic a n s in d e e d re tu rn to
“ reconnect” and to experience a
sp iritu al renewal in their co m m u ­
nities; la y o ffs for policem en, j a i l ­
ers, prison guards, crim in o lo g ists,
so cio lo g ists; ju d g e s, law yers, gun
dealers, drug dealers and other
m illio n s w hose liv e lih o o d d e ­
pends upon the u g ly econom ic
infrastructure built upon the backs
o f A fric a n A m e rican s.
N ext week, re view in g “ Jew s
and B la c k s ” by C o rn e l W est who
w ill be in Portland this Th u rsd ay
at L e w is and C la r k C o lle g e
. Is there a real chasm ? M edia
d rive n ? or both?
Continued from front
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1 s t ÿ A n n iv e rs a p y ...
lo n g ” to wake up, we have C o n ­
gressm an L e w is posturing for the
b ig stage and fle ein g fro m M in is ­
ter Farrakhan as though he ca r­
ried the plague.
A New Y o r k T im e s news ser­
vice photo show s him Hanked by
white congressm en B ill M cC o llu m
and C h a r le s S c h u m e r as they
“ ...announce a request to P re s i­
dent C lin to n for a co m m issio n to
study race relations in A m e rica.
T h e y say such a panel should have
im p e cca b le ’ cre d e n tia ls.”
Y o u know what that means,
d o n ’t you.
A l l p o lit ic ia n s and o th er
shrewd m anipulators o f the a f­
fairs o f m ankind know that the
best and q u icke st way to k ill an
idea or a m ovem ent in a dem oc­
racy is to ca ll for a study.
And it is not ju st the case that
World Stage
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Washington
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F A M E (Q FA SH IO N )
GRAND OPENING SALE
le a d e r s h ip ( t h r o u g h p h o n e y
boards, etc.) o f w hich I have been
h ig h ly c ritic a l the past year, many
readers o f m y la s, w ee k’ s article
were in clo se agreem ent with the
evaluation o f John L e w is o f the
C o n g r e s s io n a l B la c k C a u c u s :
“ L e w is has been roundly criticize d
by many b la ck s for not having
recognized the traum atic failure
o f the 'm e ltin g p o t’ co n ce p t.”
U n fo rtu nately, many o f our ap­
p ointed ’ leaders have continued
to hold out the hope to b lack
masses that they can broker cross-
cu ltu ral or heavy "rain b o w " sup­
port for b la ck go als and asp ira­
tions - in lieu o f the internal stru c­
turing and econom ic developm ent
practiced by other ethnic groups.
So it is not su rp risin g at all
that, w hile we are a sk in g some
b lack leaders, “ what took you so
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( .ill 288-0033
Co-ed Residence makes Resti­
tution Option Available for Women
The M C R C , in operation since
1987, began accepting females res­
idents on October 6, 1995.1116 tran­
sition to a coed residence is now
complete and in full operation.
M C R C is a program based cor­
rectional facility for sentenced of­
fenders. Its structure and programs
allow offenders the opportunity to
compensate the commun ity for their
actions through direct restitution or
through various work projects in
and for the community. Residents
are also required to maintain or look
for employment, pay room and board
to M CRC.attendclasses orprograms,
participate in a savings plans and
plan to meet family responsibilities.
One o f the goals o f the Restitu­
tion Center is to help residents deve!
op job skills that w ill facilitate reen­
try into the community and the job
market. The Sheriffs Office Inmate
Programs Division estimates that over
40% o f the clients in the M C SO
correctional facilities lack a high
school diploma or a G E D . Residents
have the opportunity to study for a
G E D while at the Center.
Traditionally, there have few-1
er options for female offenders be­
cause they make up a significantly
smaller portion o f the overall ja il
population. In Au gu sto fl 995, Sher­
iff Noelle approached the Citizens
A d v iso ry Board that oversees
M C R C with the suggestion to ac­
cept female offenders.
The addition o f fem ale in ­
mates e q u alizes the chances for
co n stru ctive program a c tiv ity
that p ro vide the opp o rtu nity fur
reh ab ilitatio n.
“Scapiing” James Taylor Is The Ticket To Arresi
A Portland man was cited after
he sold James Taylor tickets at an
inflated price to a Portland Police
officer. Under C ity ordinance, it is
illegal to “scalp” or sell tickets for
more than their face value to events
at municipally owned facilities.
James T aylo r is performing
with the Oregon Symphony at the
Arlene Schnitzer Performing Arts
Center on October 31st. A ll tickets
have been sold for the event.
Hoping to see the show, officer
Leo Painton, o f the Drug and Vice
D ivision, called a phone number in
a newspaper classified ad offering
James T ay lor tickets. Officer Painton
made arrangements to meet the man,
who was selling tickets for $55 to
$90. The prices seemed quite high,
and Officer Painton called the box
office to inquire.
He was told that prices for the
show were $33 to $38. and that the
Performing Arts Center had been
receiving complaints regarding the
ad in the newspaper. O fficials said
the man had bought 160 tickets. City
Ordinance 14.36.070 prohibits sell­
ing or offering tickets to events at
municipally-owned facilities at high­
er than the retai ( price.
After conferring with the C ity
Attorney’s office. O fficer Painton
contacted the ticket seller, cited him
for the offense, and seized 84 tick­
ets in the man’s possession.
A rre ste d was T o d d S.
Boedigheimer, D O B 07-02-66. He
was cited and released. The ordi­
nance only-pertains to city owned
facilities. Tickets can be resold, but
not for prices above those printed
on the tickets.
People buying large numbers
o f tickets intending to sell them
shou Id determ ine whether the fac iI-
ity is municipally-owned.