T he P ortland O bserver • S eptember 21, 1994
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Second Portlander To Tourism Board
Haiti Peace Achieved
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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
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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.
And after several m onths, a
6,000 U.N. peacekeeping force
will replace the original U.S.
contingency.
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