Do you know these faces?
Robert Scrulon, 8. is the
proud w inner o f the 13th
annual National Rotten
Sneaker Contest. The contest,
held each year in Montpelier.
Vcmxml. awards the owner o f
the "grungiest" sneakers.
PSim Postcma. who made a
bid to become major league
baseball's first woman
umpire, didn't make the final
cuts this year. She w ill work
as a crew chief in the
American Association until
nest year, when she'll
probably try again.
Susan Butcher raced a
team ot huskies 1.158 miles
across the frozen state ot
Alaska to w in the’ klitanxl
Sled Ikig Race. The victory’ is
Butcher s third in a row
It's not Michael Jackson
though the face may look
familiar. It's Michael's
younger sister. Kitova. w lxi
appeared at Tnimp's Castle in
Atlantic City las, month.
I. King Jordan was named
the' new president o f
Gallaudet University, the
nation’s only liberal arts
schixil for the ileaf. Jordan is
the first deaf person to
become president o f the
school.
UPIPMO’OS
A T IS S U E
W O RLD
Deadline draws near for immigrants
WASHING ION. IX '
Ihe
days are dosing in on illegal
immigrants in tlx-1 nited States
who have not yet applied tor
resident cards
In 1986, Congress passed a
law that asked all foreign bom
people living without |x-nnission
in the I mted States to apply lor
|x*nnuix*nt status before Mav 4.
19X8 H r - I s govemmeni
promised that all immigrants
who can prove they have lived
aixi worked in the I luted States
since before January I. 1982.
will nol he punished. llx ’v will
he granted amnesty. Ihe
govemmeni will ignore tlx- 1.x,
that the people lived in this
country illegally
Hx- I S ( ensus Bureau
gix’sses between three aixl live
million illegal immigrants live u,
tlx- I nited States Not all ot
these people will apply tor
amnesty aixl rvsxk’ix v status
Some teai they might not he
able to prove they have been
here lor sis vears ( Xhers are
atiaid then families may have to
split up txvause only some have
Carlos Romero-Gaitan(lefr) is the oldest person to apply tor a legal
U S. resident card His grandson. Sevi. accom panied him
the ixxessary pnx>,
Since tlx‘ rx‘w rules went into
el,eel. more than I .5 million
immigrants have filed with the
1 S Immigration a,xl
Natuializalioii Sets ice i INS i.
Congress says ‘Yes' to Reagan's ‘No’
\\ \S | IIN( , |( IN IX
W lx il 1’ie sn k nt R eagan veltx’d a
bill, lie’ e an seixl il hae k lo
t ongie ss Becausc Piesxk’UI
civil lights bill cadivi this veai.
( «Migiess dec ided no, Io lake’ no
loi an aiiswei
lo Ixionie a law lx>ih
house’s I>| ( oneress
tlx-
Sellale and ihe I louse ol
Repi esentai ives
musi approve
tlx’ hill I hev then se nd n io the
pic’sidenl loi his signature II lx-
signs n. ihe hill Ixcouïes law II
Ihe presidenl dix’s noi like ihe
Reagan disagicvd vv tili parts oi
the ( iv il Riglils Resioialion \c ,
he seni il back l o ( oneress
w iihoui signmg il
M ellllxisol ( oil’.’ti’ss
lloweve'1 vole’d lo o sc illile
Reagan s velo and make ihe’ bill
mio a lave lo oveitum a
presiilcni s velo, thè bill musi
pass Ix»ih house’s o| ( ont'iess bv
a Iwo (tmels majorilv I he
Sen.He- approved ihe’ hill ’ v Io
’ 1 I lie I louse’ approveil il 2‘C
In I B \ s lesull ihe’ hill w ill
Ix e ome a law
I he I iv il Rights Restoration
\e I protects women, minoiiiies
Ihe eldeilv and haixlu ap|xxl
liom disc uminatinu II hasxallv
broadens mles already in place
I his is ihe’ ninth lime ( ongress
has voied lo overrule a
ptesiileulial velo since’ Piesxlent
Reagan took olliee
Why do people want to live in the United States?
Lida Martinez-Torres, 13
Seattle. Washington
Teresa Nicole S h u rtliff, 18
Veneta. Oregon
Katie Kozuki. 10
Martinez, California
Travis Bowers. 8
Grants Pass, Oregon
Dennis Ray. 12
Martinez. California
I here are a loi more
Irvedonis here It’s known
we re a rich country 'lo u re
able to do more things w nhout
gelling pemnssion Irom the
govemmeni There is Ireedoin
ol sjx’ech and religion \ lot ol
my friends are ol different
religions, and with speech
you're practically allowed to
say anything. I think our
government takes pretty gixxl
care ot most of the citizens
People come to \m erica
because ihey want to liixl a |ob
so they can eal and teed iheu
families. I hey come to have
more Ireedoms I lived in India
until I was nine In India people
are siarv mg lo death, and they
don't have clothes to weal llxv
don't have wars or contlicls in
America like they do in other
countries It is safer in America
because the roads are better and
there are lewer ace ulenls
We have a lot o, freedoms in
\meric a I Ix’ie are many
tilings we can do here dial ottx’r
countries can't elo Ihey might
move here because’ llxv need
money People hear about
\iiie rx a when \n x ’t leans visit
foreign counlries W hen
loreigners move lo the I tilled
States, llx v te ll their relatives
about hie Ix-re I d tell a
loreignei about all ot ihe
freedoms we have
People come lo the I niled
Slates because iheie are a lot ol
gixxl people here It s beautiful,
lix» I here aie lots o, kids to
plav w uti and to gel to know I d
le’ll someone who was moving
lieie th.it I like going to sc I k h il
and playing with my friends
Ihey should live in the I niteil
Stales because there are not a lot
ol b.xl jx’ople and gixxl things
can hap|x-ii lo ihem Plus
notxxly will boss vou arouixl
I he I niled Slates is a
(xipulai counlrv because il has a
lol ol plan’s (X’ople like’ lo go II
is a real populated eounlrv and
has lots (>t good sights around
Ihe country Il's a great nation
bee ausc’ people c an do almost
anything they want I would tell
toreigix’is there aie a lol ol great
plan s like I )isix-y land lo v isit
Aixl that it’s a tree eounlrv
where there are no wars lliere
are gixxl |obs. iix>
ah
APRIL 18 MAY 2
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