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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2018
WORLD IN BRIEF
Associated Press
Trump declares primaries
delivered ‘great night’ for GOP
LOS ANGELES — With the prospect of a “blue wave” in the
November elections, Republicans and Democrats appeared to have
escaped embarrassment today after primaries across eight states.
President Donald Trump cast the night as a win for Republicans.
“So much for the big Blue Wave, it may be a big Red Wave,” he
tweeted this morning, hailing what he called “the Trump impact.”
While some California contests remained too close to call,
Republicans avoided disaster in the race for governor by nominat-
ing business executive John Cox to the November ballot. Lt. Gov.
Gavin Newson, a Democrat, easily captured the top spot in Tues-
day’s unique top-two primary system while Cox finished second,
putting to rest GOP fears that no Republican would qualify for the
deeply Democratic state’s top office.
Democrats were fighting to avoid a similar potential calamity
in California’s many competitive House districts, considered criti-
cal in their quest to seize control of Congress this fall. At least two
of their best pickup opportunities in southern California may take
days to be decided.
Voters in seven other states went to the polls. Overall, it was a
big night for women, as female candidates for governor advanced,
including Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham in New Mexico and
Republican Kristi Noem in South Dakota. Female Republican gov-
ernors in Alabama and Iowa will vie for their first full terms after
succeeding men who resigned.
California’s Sen. Dianne Feinstein also fared well, fending off
challenges from the left. It was still unclear whether a Republican
would earn enough votes to oppose her on California’s Novem-
ber ballot.
A key Senate race took shape in the heart of Trump country as
well. Montana Republicans were picking a candidate to take on
Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, one of the most vulnerable senators in
the nation. State Auditor Matt Rosendale won the GOP nomination.
The heat is back on high: May
smashes US temperature records
WASHINGTON — Record heat returned to the United States
with a vengeance in May.
May warmed to a record average 65.4 degrees in the Lower
48 states, breaking the high of 64.7 set in 1934, according to fed-
eral weather figures released today. May was 5.2 degrees above the
20th century’s average for the month.
Weather stations in the nation broke or tied nearly 8,600 daily
heat records in May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration reported. It hit 100 in Minneapolis on May 28, the
earliest the city has seen triple digits.
“The warmth was coast-to-coast,” said climate scientist Jake
Crouch at NOAA’s Centers for Environmental Information.
What made May seem even warmer was that April was unusu-
AP Photo/David Vincent
Schoolchildren visit the American military cemetery
in Colleville-sur-Mer, western France.
Veterans, families
mark 74 years since
Allied D-Day landings
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — Families of fallen
soldiers and dwindling numbers of veterans of the D-Day
invasion gathered on the Normandy shore today to mark
74 years since the massive military operation that helped
change the course of World War II.
Powerful gusts of wind blew through a heavy mist as rel-
atives and others paid respects at the American military cem-
etery at Colleville-sur-Mer, above the sandy expanse known
as Omaha Beach.
Ceremonies have been held this week at memorial sites
along the cliffs and coast where Allied forces landed in
Nazi-occupied France.
Thousands of U.S., British, Canadian and French troops
launched a combined naval, air and land assault as dawn
was breaking on June 6, 1944. The invasion weakened the
Nazis’ hold on Western Europe after they suffered a punish-
ing defeat in Stalingrad in the east.
ally cool for much of the United States, he said. Wisconsin had its
coldest April followed by its second warmest May.
The United Kingdom, Germany and other places also set May
heat records, but overall global figures for the month are still being
tabulated, Crouch said.
It was especially warm at night in the U.S during May. The
overnight low temperature averaged 52.5 degrees nationwide. That
broke the record by 2 degrees which “is unheard of” at this time of
year, he said.
Trustees report warns
Medicare finances worsening
WASHINGTON — Medicare will run out of money sooner
than expected, and Social Security’s financial problems can’t be
ignored either, the government said Tuesday in a sobering checkup
on programs vital to the middle class.
The report from program trustees says Medicare will become
insolvent in 2026 — three years earlier than previously forecast. Its
giant trust fund for inpatient care won’t be able to fully cover pro-
jected medical bills starting at that point.
The report says Social Security will become insolvent in 2034
— no change from the projection last year.
The warning serves as a reminder of major issues still languish-
ing while Washington plunges deeper into partisan strife. Because
of the deterioration in Medicare’s finances, officials said the Trump
administration will be required by law to send Congress a plan
next year to address the problems, after the president’s budget is
submitted.
Social Security recipients are likely to see a cost of living
increase of about 2.4 percent next year, said government num-
ber-crunchers who produced the report. That works out to about
$31 a month.
At the same time, the monthly Medicare “Part B” premium for
outpatient care paid by most beneficiaries is projected to rise by
about $1.50, to $135.50.
Both the cost-of-living increase and the Medicare outpatient
premium are not officially determined until later in the year, and
the initial projections can change.
More than 62 million retirees, disabled workers, spouses and
surviving children receive Social Security benefits. The average
monthly payment is $1,294 for all beneficiaries. Medicare pro-
vides health insurance for about 60 million people, most of whom
are age 65 or older.
ACLU sues over plans for
citizenship question on 2020 census
NEW YORK — Civil rights lawyers sued the U.S. Commerce
Department today to try to stop plans to add a citizenship question
to the 2020 census, calling it an unconstitutional attempt to dis-
criminate against immigrants.
The Manhattan federal court lawsuit on behalf of immigrants’
rights groups blames racial animus for the recent announcement
that the census will include a citizenship question for the first time
since 1950.
The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and
others, claims the question intentionally discriminates against
immigrants and will increase fear in their communities. It alleges
census participation will be depressed, diluting the economic and
political power of residents in places like New York City; Prince
Georges’ County, Maryland; Houston; San Antonio, Texas; and the
Florida counties of Miami-Dade, Broward and Orange.
The lawsuit predicts the citizenship question will result
in at least two states losing a congressional seat. It alleges that
the question was added unconstitutionally with discriminatory
intent to diminish the political power and influence of Latinos,
Asian-Americans, Arab-Americans and immigrant communities
of color generally.
Port: ‘It would be wise for us to engage with a master plan’
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to improve its ailing proper-
ties such as the mooring basin.
Port staff have called the East
Mooring Basin a priority for
the Port’s property and com-
munity development efforts.
“Regardless of what we
do with the East Mooring
Basin, it would be wise for us
to engage with a master plan,
and finding the money to do
so,” Knight said of the grant
application. “Here’s a crack
at it.”
The amount of the grant is
uncertain, and the Port would
need to match 12 percent of
the award.
Cronin’s application lists
letters of support from Asto-
ria Mayor Arline LaMear,
the Astoria-Warrenton Area
Chamber of Commerce, Clat-
sop Economic Development
Resources, Sunset Empire
Transportation District and
the Columbia River Estuary
Study Taskforce, along with
nearby property owners Floyd
Holcom from Pier 39 and the
Patel family from Hampton
Inn & Suites.
Port Commissioners Rob-
ert Stevens, James Campbell
and President Frank Spence
approved the grant application
during a Port meeting Tues-
day, with Dirk Rohne absent.
Commissioner Bill Hunsinger
opposed the move, calling the
application a rushed decision
without a chance for review
by the commission and public.
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sell the Astoria Riverwalk Inn
and use the profits to invest in
Pier 3. The Port is in settle-
ment negotiations with Param
Hotel Group, an aggrieved
former suitor that was recently
awarded the right to a sev-
en-year lease on the inn or
nearly $900,000 in damages.
“I just don’t see why our
Port continues to get rid of
our properties and not man-
age them ourselves, when
every other port in Oregon and
Washington is looking for new
properties,” he said.
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“Once again, here’s the city
right in the middle of our busi-
ness, our property” he said,
equating a partnership with
the city to a land giveaway.
Hunsinger railed against
recent Port decisions and
ideas, such as exiting a lease
at North Tongue Point and the
potential study of restoring the
base of the Skipanon Penin-
sula into a wetland mitigation
bank.
Hunsinger claimed he was
told the Port was preparing to
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