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lobby Seale
speaks
Cawthorne
interview
Sports
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PORTLAND OBSERVER
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Palestinian students
hold memorial
for massacre victims
N A A C P concerned about OLCC
Rep. M argaret Carter
" I'm p ositively outraged
it
undermines the essence of w hat the death o f Dr King
means to all people, not ,ust Black people (L R) Rev John
Zn \u ih u n ie l S. t i l l
Chris I yons, director ot retail oper
aliens w ith Oregon I iguor I o n tro l
Commission (O l ( ( I, said. "AAe arc
trying to gather inform ation concern
ing M a rtin I uthet k in g ’s b irth d a s .
when asked why O l ( ( was laking a
"customer opinion p o ll" in the N m th
Jackson, Ora Nunley and Carter at press conference i ailed
try N A A C P
and Northeast
I he p oll is asking p o te n tia l cus
lomeis " D o sou prelei to base the
liquor stores slay open ot closed lo r
M a rtin i uthei k in g ’s birthdas ?"
I sons maintained the inform ation
is needed in order tor (>1 C l ’ to de
ter mine whethei or not liquor stores
should remain open or closed " I I no
(P h oto Richard J B row n )
action is taken, the stores w ill remain
open,” she said.
"AA«- llm ughl oui N orth I'o n la n d
customers would be interested in this,"
she said, when it was pointed out that
the opinion jx.lls were mils being con
ducted tit two areas ol the state
I he opinion (soil began circulating
last week, ami Monday the National
Assixiation lo t the Advancement ol
( o lo ie d People ( N A A l I’ l held a
news conleieuce lo voice concern oser
O l ( ( N action I he press conference
included slate Kep Margaret Cartel;
Kcs lo h n ll I.1« kson, co chairman ol
Portland’s chaplet ol the 1(1,uk I titled
I rout and sice piesident ot (I k Albina
Ministerial Alliance, and O la Nunles,
president ol the N A A( P
Res Jackson said, " D r k in g ’ s
birthdas ought lo he a holulay like
.ms <>ther holiday I >> me it ’s an insult
io sas lila«. k people in this d istrict
would rathet go to a liquor store than
oh .e ivi M a rlin I uthei k in g ’ s b u lb
«las It the sloies .lie open, we w ill
boycott," he said
Nunles said, " |O | ( ( | was sowing
seeds ol dis«.out hs polling (he sloies."
She added that the poll would " fu e l
bitterness between groups."
Kep ( liter, the duel sponsoi ol the
legislation dial m ade Di k in g ’s bull)
«las a legal holiday, said, " I ’ m post
lively outraged AAe must lig h t this
because n is precedent selling
Rep ( a rt« said. " I t undermines the
essence ot what the death ol Dt king
means to all people, not inst Black
people "
" O u r concern is whs single D i
king o u t," she said, adding, “ to do
ibis without the consent ol the I egtsl.i
tute is a disgrace ami a m ix kets
Kep I .met said (>1 ( ( has no tight
to oset,ule the legislation on whethei
oi not liquoi stores should lx1 opened
or closed
I he I lin e n e r inters tewed sesetal
residents wh«> reside in the N otth and
Nottheast community I lies sirougls
resented the O l ( ( ’s actions.
Mats W ashburn said, "W hs not
|x >11 AAashuigtoii’s btididas It’s limns
tlies would hold .1 p>’ll now
Most o l Ihe people were shocked
that O l ( ( would do such a thing
h i R o h e rl
Z o lh iu n
I or three days in September, 1982,
Palestinian lelugee camps on the out
skitts ot B eirut, I ebanon, were the
scene ol one ol the worst tragedies ol
mans in a pad ol the wot Id where men
seem to do then worst lo each other.
Right wing Christians surrounded
the Sabia and Shatila camps and mas
sacred over a thousand defenseless
Palestinians I lies also desltoyed
hotties, schools, and «limes, wiping out
the iis ili/.ttio n the Palestinians had
built in the «.imps
I .ist week, the General I m o il ot
Palestinian Students at PSI held a
m em orial lo t those w ho died In a
loom lined with posters, the students
played a video ol the 19X2 Israeli insa
sion ol I ebanon and siege ol Ben ut
leading to the massacre, and a slide
show ol the camps alter the massacre,
shown were almost incomprehensible
images ot death and destruction
” I he tr.igeds is that the same thing
is happening a g a in ,” said B aket, a
Palestinian student from Iordan and
piesident ol the Palestinian students'
union. " I t 's an ongoing thing fro m
.ill sides in the Middle fast
from the
1st,n ils and then .lilies hi the A ru b
governments "
B.tket said Ihe latest round o l at
ta. ks against Palestinian «.mips is com
mg fro m the S hiite A tn a l m ilitia in
I ebanon I lies want to dfivc Ihe Pal
eslimaus out so tlies «an emerge as one
ot the dom inate gtoups in I ebanon,
lie said.
“ I hey are our people, they are
being killed u n ju s tly ,” he said "W e
aie protesling Ihe silence ol the Arab
governments And the American gos
eminent, which claims io be w inking
lo t peace, ihx's nothing about th is ."
Bilker said that Amenc.in media lends
to hide the tiu th about the plight ot the
Palestinians by slanting the news in
tasoi ol Israel, under pressure from
the "Zionist lobby” in the U S.
According to Baket. Palestinians
base been iXTscculed throughout this
century, and especially since I94X,
when they were d rive n fro m then
homeland when Israel became a state
Massacres punctuate then im gi.itious,
similar to that ol the Jews, as they are
shunted from country to country in the
M id d le I asl and forced to live in
camps, he said.
I here were massactes in I94X, in
1970 m lot dan, and in 1976, I9K2, atul
1985 m I ebanon, Baket said Several
ol his friends were killed, and he hasn't
heard from others in years.
A sotnpulci science student at PSU,
Ikiker said dial he and about KM) other
Palestinian students in P o rtla n d are
leal mug skill in the I S so they «an go
hack ami help then people.
"O u r goal is a democratic, seculai
state in Palestine where people ol all
taces and religions, including lews,
could live nt peace " H ow ever, he
said, " N o Z io n ists co u ld live i l l a
democratic society.”
" I would like lo ask Ihe Amencan
people to seek the truth tro in all sides
ami not just the side the media ami
the Z io n ist lobby presents here. I
would like also to ask the A m en, an
people lo recognize out tight to have a
homeland as much as any other nation
luis theirs."
Baker declined lo comment on the
ship hijacking, sac mg o n ly . " I 'm not
supi’oiiive ol ten ot ism ."
Eliot-King residents voice frustrations at city officials
hy Jerry ( turner
I asl Wednesday at the king Neigh
borhood fa c ilit y , residents voiced
their fru s tra tio n s to a panel o l city
and county o ffic ia ls concerning the
problem ol «hug trafficking and pros
I Hut ion in their com m unities I he
panel included Portland Mayor Bud
I lark. M ultnom ah ( outily ( omrnis
sinner Gretchen kalourv; Susan Hunt
er, Program ( oordtnator, ( ouncil lor
P ro s titu tio n A lternatives; Harley
I icber, C o m m u n ity Service, M u ll
nomah C ounty C o rre ctio n s; M u lt
nomah C o u n ty D istrict A ttorney
Michael Schrunk; and Sherry Sylves
ter. Program Manager, ( rim e Pte
vcntion Program.
Many in the audience told the panel
there is a lack o f law enforcement in
their neighborhoods A man in the
crowd shouted to the panel th.it the
police a re n 't doing their jo b in this
area. "T here are more than 11«) drug
dealers and many are armed How are
we to protect ourselves ’ AA hat about
our k id s ? " Ih e crow d applauded
the man
I t C la rk ot the N o rth Precinct
replied, "W e ate continuing to make
cases against drug dealers, but we are
restrained by the lim it ot the system
and the crim inal justice system itself,
just as you are. We are arresting the
dealers and serving warrants when we
«an (iisen the lack ot jail sjiacc, they
are released because ol the nature ol
tlieir ol tense
Sieve Anderson, a local business
man asked M asoi ( lark it he would
loletate a «lope house o p e ra tio n in
fro n t o l his home lo t nine months.
I here «as no response fro m the
Mayor
M ultnom ah ( outily District A llo t
ties Michael Schrunk told Ihe crowd
that Ins o ffice has made some cases
against drug dealers Schrunk told
the audience to not blame the Correc
(tonal D ivisio n A bout 97 percent
are convicted, but they are consul
ered bs the penal system as being non
violent tvjx’s "Ih e refo re , they are the
first ones booted out ot the d o o r."
Schrunk said, " S nee there is not
enough tail sjsiice, the community must
ask this question, do sou want us to
keep the rapist ot the drug dealer in
ja il'1 Ih e y 're doing the best they
can."
Mayor ( lark said declining revenues
ol local governments and changes in
the d is trib u tio n o f revenues at the
lederal level are part o f the reason
fo r the crim e problem s A rresting
criminals is not the only solution to the
crime problem Attention must be fo
cused on some o f the causes o f crime.
I here needs to be more jobs and qual
ity schools to teach young people
skills io be successful in this society.
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Mayor Bud Clark at podium addressing rnsKjflnts o f the King and Eliot neighbor hoods about the c ity’s street crim e eradication plan
(P h o to R ic h a rd J B ro w n )
said ( lark
Nut only were citizens upset about
the drug dealing in th e ir neighbor
hixxls; they also angrily voiced com
plaints to city and county officials tor
not addressing the problem ol prostitu
lion in the area I t ( lark said that hi
the last three weeks N o rth Precinct
attested 9( iiishvuJu.ils on jvrostilulion
charges, (0 customers and 61 prosit
nites