Oregon Advance Times_1968-03-07

Planning Board Elected; Early Meetings Set Portland, Oregon The Oregon ADVANCE Dozen Jobs Open Now For Planning Twelve job openings have been announced by the Model Cities office. Three citizen participation representatives (both part and full time) will be em– ployed to work in the com– munity, going from door-to– door on the streets and talking at meetings to pro– mote resident participation in Model Cities planning. Vol. 1, No. 6 Classes Open At Art Center The Albina Art Center has several openings in classes now in session. Three or four places are available in the preschool pro– gram, which meets five days a week from JO to 11:30 a.m. Both black and white children are welcome. The Junior Band, which meets Monday nights at 7:30, also has openings for high school age and younger stu– dents interested in playing any musical instrument. People of any age inter– ested in dramatics can in– quire at the Center about the drama class in process. Al– so, the knitting class, which meets Tuesday nights, an– flounces room for more stu– dents. Requirements for these jobs include the ability to speak well, to like people, and be committed to full resident participation and citizen leadership. Appli– cants for the jobs will be interviewed and screened by the Citizen's Planning Board. Group Sets They must be residents of the Model City Neighborhood. The salary range for these Panel Help jobs is $425 to $575 per month. Five planning assistants F C II ;~!f ~an::;tte~m:er;,e d~~ or O ege velop plans in the areas of education, economic develop- ' H_igh schoolk Jd·untiortst adnd . . . seniors are as e o a en a ment, social_ services, pubhc panel discussion on entering safety, hous1_ng and employ- college, to be held Saturday, ment. Apphcants for these M h 16 St PhT • f . 1 . . a re , at • 1 1p s pre-pro ess~ona ~ositions Church, N. E, Knott Street will be mterv1ewed and d R d A screened by the Citizens' an ° _ney venu~. Pl · B d S 1 . Questions of high school annmg oar • a a r 1e s h . .ll f $ 450 $ 575 students about t e requ1re- wi range rom to ments for entering college per month. and the opportunities at col- A secretary is needed who lege will be discussed, start- is experienced in office pro- . t 2 cedures, stenography and mg a p.m. typing who will serve as sec– retary to the director. Ability to co-ordinate staff work loads, take minutes at staff and board meetings and knowledge of dictation and (Continued on Page 8) Forum Tolles War, Peace Westminster Presbyterian Church will have an open for– um on war and peace Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to the forum of five speakers. They are Leverett Rich– ards, military editor of The Oregonian and an Air Force officer: Joe Harris, advertis– ing manager of the Oregon Advance Times and a Viet– nam veteran: Ray Thornburg, business college student who served in Vietnam with the Navy; Dr. Morris Webb, pro– fessor for Eastern history at Portland State College, and Jack Kirkwood, Hillsboro teaL·her. "Ri.c'1·:. -fa is expected to speak for staying in Vietnam with Webb and Kirkwood ad– vocating withdrawal," said the church pastor, the Rev. Laur– ence P. Byers. "The two ex-servicemen will tell what they observed in Vietnam, Harris describ– ing how difficult it was to confront the enemy and Thorn– burg explaining the difficulty of pacification work in the villages." Dean Francis Nickerson On the panel will be Fran– cis B. l\ickerson, associate dean of students at the l 'niversity of Oregon; Mrs. Althea Williams, community agent at Sabin school, and Herbert C. !vl:cMurtr)', regis– trar of Portland Community College. They have had widely varied experience at many different universities. Dean J\,ickerson has been assistant to the chancellor- of the Ore– gon State System of Iligher Education and recently was on a special assignment in Liberia for the t..:. s. Depart– ment of Education. Mrs. Williams, a member of the State Scholarship Com– mission, received her early education at Tuskogee Insti– tute, is a graduate of the Uni– versity of Iowa and attended Reed College and Portland State College. McMurtry, a native of Nova Scotia, Canada, is a graduate of Union College in Kentucky. _Single Copies 10~ Thursday, March 7, 1968 Civil Disorders Key Points: Do They Fit Portland? Editor's Note: The following outlines some of the points made by the National Advisory Com– mission on Civil Disorders. It is presented in the hope it will suggest things that are possible in Portland. The Advance Times invites comments from readers on what they believe the report could or should mean in Portland. and the dramatic struggle for equal rights in the South. The frustrations of power– lessness have led some Negroes to the conviction that there is no effective alternative to violence as a means of achieving redress of grievance and ''moving the system." To some Negroes, police have come to symbolize white power, white racism and white repres– s ion. And the fact is that many police do reflect and express these white attitudes. Social and economic condi– tions in the riot cities (the cities in which major riots oc– curred in the summer of 1967) constituted a clear pattern of severe disadvantage for Negroes compared with whites • Frustrated hopes are the residue of unfulfilled expecta– tions aroused by the great judicial and legislative victories of the civil rights movement The Black Power advocates of today consciously feel that they are the most militant group in the Negro protest movement. Yet they have retreated from a direct confrontation with Ameri– can society on the issue of inte– gration, and by preaching sepa- (Continuect on Page 2) Hope for Park Jobs Thin, Youth Service Workers Hear Dorothea Lensch, director of Portland's Bureau of Parks, met with community service workers at the Albina Neigh– borhood Service Center, Feb. 27 to discuss suggestions for the summer parks program in Albina. Service Center workers who attended included the director of Community Services, Au– gustine Roland; Mrs. Lizzie Shepherd, Mrs. Minnie Har– ris, Mrs. Mary Louise Car– son, and Mrs. Alyce Marcus. Miss Lensch told the group she hopes to be able to in– crease the park hours for evening, Saturdays and Sun– days. Mrs. Marcus suggested the possibility of showing some of the better, newer movies in the parks in the evening. Miss Lensch replied that be– cause of daylight saving time, this would not be feasible. She added that only the younger children attend these movies, rather than teen-agers, and since the movies could not be started until 10 p.m., this was too late for younger child– ren to be up. Miss Lensch wished to see services extended. said she the park She said she wants to see more families in the parks. She suggested families take picnic lunches to the parks and enjoy pic– nic suppers. Band concerts were brought up and Miss Lensch :mswered that the musicians union is able to ,dve only a few of these concerts each summer and they are usually given at Blue Lake. Other suggestions made by the community service work– ers included variety shows utilizing neighborhood talent, a parade, a circus, a baton twirling contest and ball teams. The subject of employment for teen-agers and people of the area was brought up sever– al' times by the community service workers. Mi s s Lensch told the group that recreational aides cannot work for the parks unless they have completed three years of college. Mrs. SlJepherd asked if there was any room for those who haven't yet completed high school and if the park bureau planned to hire anyone from the poverty areas. Miss Lensch replied that it "takes a lot of staff to train a per– son and we don't have enough staff.'' She said there is not even enough staff to main– tain two people per playground in the city. Mrs. Harris said, "Many of our young people have ath– letic ability. Can not these people be used?" Miss Lensch replied, "It would be nice if we could. We don't have enough staff to train them." She also said, "A lot of youn,! men must have this experience to get a de– gree from college and must have practice teaching exper– ience. These people get first chance at the jobs." One of the community service workers a!>ked, "How can wc get people from our area hired?" Miss Lensch answered, · 'We are happy to take their applications at any time." She added, "Not many can meet our criteria. Ma– turity means a lot in this business. Teen-agers are put on a spot and can't cope with situations that arise." She said, "Voltmteer helpers are needed at all times." Miss Lensch said that aP- plications are open now for checkers. There are 10 to 15 of these positions open in the city. Checkers work eight hours a day and must be over 18 years of age. Miss Lensch suggested the possibility of trips to Forest Park and other primitive areas. She said it would be well for the children to pay a dime each for transporta– tion so they would have a feeling of responsibility. Visitor Eyes Summer Plan A representative of the President's Council on Youth Opportunity, Clarence V. Mc– Kee, visited Portland March 2. He came to discover what this city is planning to pro– vide for youth this swnmer, Markey (left) and McKee and also to give technical advice and to discover how far planning has progressed. McKee is the representative of the President's Council in the Far West. Vice Presi– dent Hubert Humphrey is chairman of the council and has stated tha't the main pur– pose is to see that disad– vantaged youth in the nation's cities get a chance to have (Continued on Page 8) 1,781 Vote Selection From Area The community members of the Model Cities Citizens' Planning Board are ready to begin their work. They were elected last week in a turnout of 1,781 residents. This was a smaller vote than had been hoped for but it was de– scribed by John Whitesides, chairman of the Temporary Citizens' Committee, as comparing favorably with the voter turnout in other mu– nicipal elections. The community picked 16 members. Mayor Terry Schrunk is to name 11 other members. The 27-member committee will then begin its work of planning what should be done. These are the results of the voting Saturday with the leading candidates listed. In some cases as many as 17 candidates shared the votes. They were elected by school attendance areas. Woodlawn Mrs. Bobbie B. Nunn, teach– er W. Leonard Smith, printer Vernon James A. Thompson, Jr., sales supervisor Peter Wolmut, school admin– istrator Highland Emmett J. Baskett, building contractor Otto G. Rutherford, Service Center housing director Humboldt Norman V. Schroeder, teach– er Mrs. Luther Strong, house– wife Sabin Herb Simpson, roofer Rev. David H. Weed, min– ister Irvington Mrs. Treva Barker, house– wife Dean P. Gisvold, lawyer Boise Matt Dishman, deputy sheriff Tom Wilson, job counselor Eliot Rev. Edgar Jackson, minister Mrs. Rozelle J. Yee, house– wife The first of a series of pre-planning meetings was held Wednesday so the Model Cities staff could get direct reports from the people on what they want the Model City to include. Another meeting is set for tonight, Thursday, at High– land School at 7:30 p.m. A third meeting will be held Monday at the Knott Street Community Center. The meeting at Highland is planned for residents of the Humboldt, Highland and Sabin areas. That at Knott Street is for the Boise, Eliot and l rvington areas. Singers Invited The Allen Temple Singers have been invited to sing at the meeting of the Inter– national Lions Club March 21 at the Flower Drum Res– taurant in Portland. The group will be sponsorect by the Ben– son Lions Club. Ira Mwnford is director of the Allen Temple Songers.