Clarion Defender_1968-06-13

CLARION DERNDER OLIVER GILL, .JR., CHARGED IN SLAYING Mrs. Benjamin (Gloria) Kusney was shot in the chest through a window of her home and died on arrival at Emanuel Hospital, allegedly by Oliver Gill, Jr., who threatened to shoot the lock of the door in order to get his wife Minnie out of Mr. and Mrs. Kusney's house. After going home and obtaining his rifle he is alleged to have fired from across the street the bullet which struck and killed Mrs. Kusney. At home at the time of the shooting were Mr. Kusney and their eight children and Minnie Gill, Oliver Gill, Jr.'s wife. Gill was taken into custody Saturday night and charged with the killing Monday. - POSITIV~ R~PR~S~NTATION THE FIVE CANDIDA'rES WHO WERE NEGRO IN THE PAST PRIMARY ELECTION FARED WELL. EACH RECEIVED A "GOOD" VOTE AND EACH CAN BE PROUD OF THE PEOPLE WHO TRUSTED THEIR ABILITY. POLITICAL PRO NOW IT CAN BE TOLD -- OLIVER E. SMITH, THE POLITICAL PRO AMONG NEGROES REALLY HAD THE BEST CHANCE TO BECOME THE FIRST ELECTED NEGRO OFFICIAL IN THE STATE OF OREGON. THE PRESS AND THE POLITICIANS REALIZE HIS "KNOW HOW" IN POLITICAL PROCEDURE. THE .OREGON VOTER AND THE JOURNAL ELUDED TO HIS LEGISLATIVE KNOW HOW DUE TO HIS 12 YEARS ON THE STAFF OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE IN SALEM. HE MARKED A BALLOT FOR THIS PAPER AND EXCEPT FOR FIVE SENTIMENTAL VOTES ALL THE REST WERE RIGHT. HIS DISTRICT IS TRADITIONALIT DEMOCRATIC SO THE NOMINATION WOULD HAVE BEEN TANTAMOUNT TO ELECTION. SCHOOL BOARD VOTE AL BATISTE SHOULD HAVE WON THE SCHOOL BOARD. THIS WAS THE ELECTION FOR HIM. BUT THE ENDORSE– MENT OF THE CITIZENS SCHOOL COMMITTEE DISILLU- - STONED HIM. WHILE THE THREE WHO GOT THE NOD WERE WORKING ESPECIALLY FOR THEM, WHICH SEEMED ALL RIGHT. SHAG THOMAS SHAG THOMAS HAD WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A POLITIC– IAN. NAME FAMILIARITY, POPULARITY AND ABILITY. HOWEVER, HIS ODDS WERE GREAT. HIS PITCH HAS GOOD AND HIS POLITICAL TIES WERE GOOD. HIS ASSOCIATION WITH OLIVER SMITH OPENED UP MANY CHANNELS FOR SOME OTHER RACE IN THE FUTURE. NOTHING BEATS A FAILURE BUT A TRY MR. VANN AND MR. McCOY REALLY HAD NO CHANCE AND THEY KNEW IT. SO DID ALL OF THE OTHER POLI– TICIANS. NO ONE CAMPAIGNED AGAINST THEM TO GIVE THEM A FALSE HOPE AND PUBLICITY AND A GLIMPSE OF POLITICS. POSITIVE THINKING NOW MR. SMITH HAS ANNOUNCED AND ALWAYS SAID: ''I WILL RUN AS LONG AS THEY PRINT THE BALLOT OR UNTIL THE GOOD LORD CALLS ME." SO WITH THIS POSITIVE APPROACH AND DESIRE THE NEGRO POLITICIANS AND THE PEOPLE SHOULD FORM A COMMITTEE OF ONE, AND, WHETHER THEY LIKE HIM OR NOT, START WHERE SOME ONE CAN WIN AND MORE THAN LIKELY THE WINNER WILL BE OLIVER E. SMITH. HE WILL RUN AND GIVE POSITIVE REPRESENTATION TO NORTH PORTLAND AND ALL THE PEOPLE IN IT. K eep calm and cool t~is SUMMER, says the DEFENDER, E verybody ·counts, nQ MATIER ij')e g_ender. E fforts to b~ neighor•)y to one and .all . . , P. lays the greatest roJ~ whether large or smalJ. A sirlcere smile, rather than a frown might make happiness all around. ' C arry a ~es ire to p1ease the othE!r MAN, 0 thers have fee1i ngs tQ make. this a fine LAAID. 0 mit concern for race, -cre·ed o-r co1or, L ove us all one and another. S tay kind, thoughful an.d personable., too. U tmost manners and respe~t to all is due. M eet your neighbors and brothers more than half the way, M ake your every thought to see another DAY. E ven senior citizens, toddiers, aadlescents and teens. R emember-not just the s.treets-but your mind must lie CLEAN. POWER OF THE POLICE The United States Supreme Court upheld power of the police to stop suspicious-looking people on the street and frisk them for weapons. The decision by the Supreme Court passed 8 to 1. Two men acting suspicious in front of a store in Detroit were searched by policemen and found to be carrying guns. They were arrested and con– victed of carrying concealed weapons. Briefs supporting their appeals were filed by the N.A.A.C.P. and American Civil Liberties Union. They contended that any physical restraint of an individual is an arrest and may be made only on probable cause to believe him guilty of an offense. Chief Justice Earl Warren who wrote the Supreme Court's opinion noted that the court was dealing with a sensitive area of police activities, but he said "A proper balance must be struck." Chief Jusice Warren noted F.B.I. reports that 335 law enforcement officers were killed on duty from 1960-1966 and that 25,000 assaults of police officers in 1966 occurred. The Court's decision will give much encouragement to officers across the country. While there is no "stop and frisk" law here in Oregon the court generally holds that it is lawful for a policeman to stop persons acting suspicious in public places and to question them. It is also lawful for any Oregon policeman to frisk a suspect if the policeman believes he is in danger of an attack. The court here generally holds if a pistol is found in a search, the gun cannot be u~ed as evidence against the suspect. The "stop and frisk" bill would have permitted police to persecute pistol toters. The decision by the Supreme Court,we hope, accomplishes the same purpose.