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T he P ortland O bserver • S eptember 21, 1994 P age A 7 Second Portlander To Tourism Board Haiti Peace Achieved Continued from front nominating committee selected her over any other candidates because of her self determined teamwork spirit, professionalism and ability to go far beyond the call of duty to get things done. Oregon was the only state to have two individuals elected to national positions. This is the first tim e that P ortland and Oregon has ever received such prom i nence in the ethnic m inority and tourism industry, on a national scale. ATTA is one of the fastest grow ing professional ethnic m i nority convention and tourism as sociations in the country. A ccord ing to national president, C aletha Pow ell, m em bership applications are com ing in on a daily basis from th ro u g h o u t the co u n try . Should result in more financial re wards for those local minority busi ness and professional communities in cities where groups are holding conventions, meetings and confer ences. Ross Business Development Group in conjunction with Berch Business and Meeting Planned and Gail Walton & Associate was re cently awarded a contract from Port- Troops Enter As Peacekeepers Continued from front ▲ m en t to P r e s id e n t E m ile Jonassaint at his palace. “We had been led to be lieve and I believed it ahead o f time, that he was a figurehead,” C arter said. “This proved to be absolutely in co rrect.” Inform ed that w arplanes were in the air, Jonassaint, an 81-year-old form er Suprem e C o u rt J u s tic e , firm ly a n nounced he would accept the deal to step aside. C arter said he told his com m anders ‘We will take peace instead o f war. I will sign this ag reem en t.’ All o f J o n a ssa in t’s aids disagreed, C arter said. But the decision stood. Ftoy Jay, of Portland, Oregon and newly elected National Vice President of the African American Travel and Tourism Association takes a minute from busy convention schedule for photo with TV Star of “AMEN", Clifton Davis. At the time, President Clinton had planned a Sunday night invasion to restore democracy to the nation, having given up on chances of reach ing an accord. Sixty-one warplanes already were in the air and bound for Haiti. Tim e Running Out The news on the accord came ju st as “tim e was running out of the h o u rg lass,” C linton said. Powell expressed what the last-m inute deal achieved. “The im age that we were all afraid we would see som etim e this w eek has been av o id ed ,” Powell said. “And that image was of A m erican youngsters killing Haitian youngsters and Haitian y o u n g s te rs k illin g A m erican y o u n g sters.” Form al term s o f the ag ree m ent will allow exiled H aitian P r e s id e n t J e a n - B e r tr a n d A ristide to return to the island nation after the dictators step down. Lt. Gen. Raoul C edras and two other Haitian m iliary lead ers will step down after the H aitian parliam ent grants them am nesty. If the parliam ent fails to act by Oct. 15, C edras will step down anyway. An estim ated 15,000 U.S. peacekeepers will m ove into Haiti. The United States will seek to lift the current econom ic boycott as soon as possible. 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