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'•4 '^’•' "’r *«■ »■4-’ Volume /XXIV Number 44 I I I I Serving the community through cultural diversity Lincoln Girls Advance Serious New Sounds The C ardinal beats Wilson to m ove to the n ext round in the so ccer city cham pionships. B low out C om b is the latest album out fro m the D igable Planets. See Sports, page B3. I . Ij ; 11 H I g I s November 2, 1994 I Li *J See Entertainment, page B5. The Revolving Door Of Crime Ì A ■TS.-y fi» fO. 4 See page A7. ¿ (Llie !)jf a rtía n h ier i •£.« 25? ■ w ¡Í • I J I I '? I ¿¡ R 2 11 '{■ .-i --r •• m Jackson Attacks The Bell Curve National leader Jesse Jackson last week issued a scathing attack on the new best selling book "The Bell Curve.” The book argues that blacks are mentally inferior to whites and that there is little government programs can do to help them. Jackson labeled the book “dishon est pseudo-science” and “racist tripe” comparable to Adolph H itler’s rationale for killing millions of Jews. The youngest son of slain ci vil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King Jr. has been selected to head the non-violent social change center named for his fa ther. Dexter King, 33, takes over from his mother who has been heading the center since 1968. The center promotes K ing's memory and ways to bring about non-violent social change. Winfrey Runs With Her Dream F u eled by a c a rb o -lo a d in g m eal o f h er p erso n al c h e f ’s fresh to m ato sauce o v e r lin g u in e , O p h ra W in frey c o m p le te d her first m arath o n last w eek. “ It the best fe e lin g I ’ve ever h a d ,” the b eam in g talk show host said a fte r th e M arin e C o rp s M a ra thon. “ I t ’s b e tte r than an E m m y, I tell y o u !” W in frey fin ish ed the 26.2- m ile race in the m id d le o f the pack, c lo c k in g 4 h o u rs, 29 m in u te s and 20 seco n d s. EDITORIAL A2 •A4 ■' t • •X • . j * •. » ■ » — »? - 'd t - - ¡fe ty ^ sW’’-'»-5-' The Trail Blazers and Portland Parks and Recreation Bureau have teamed together to build and rehabilitate several public outdoor basketball courts, including the court at Alberta Park (above) which was recently resurfaced and restriped. ai/-'-' • fe w Heat Assistance Period Begins e lo to pay oav w n t te e r h he tin o H elp w i in e a tin g b ills is now a v a ila b le th rou gh p u b lic se r v ic e a g en cies in P ortlan d and M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty . A p p lic a n ts m ust m eet lo w -in com e g u id e lin e s e sta b lish e d by the fed eral g o v ern m en t w hich take into a c c o u n t the h o u seh o ld size and in com e. A h o u s e h o ld o f o n e p e rs o n Derrick Bell . u . . -, , w ould be e lig ib le w ith an annual in com e at or below $ 9 ,2 0 0 o r $767 per m o n th . T he incom e level in creases by $ 3 ,1 0 0 per y e a r or $258 per m onth for each a d d itio n a l hou seh o ld m em ber. T he p rogram also o ffe rs energy c o n se rv a tio n c la sse s w ith som e free w e a th e riz a tio n m aterials. F o r m ore in fo rm a tio n , call the U n ite d W ay E n e rg y A s s is ta n c e H o tlin e at 22 7 -5 4 3 7 from 9 a.m . to 3 p.m . M onday through F rid ay or the fo llo w in g ag encies: Albina Ministerial Alliance, 240- 0828. Friendly House, 228-4337, Human Solutions, 248-5200, N eighborhood House, 246-1663, Portland Impact, 239- 4328, St. John’s YMCA, 286-2165 or Transition Projects, 222-9361. A Sí1*.' The Pentecostal Church split along racial lines about 70 years ago. But last week black and white Pentecostal groups met in Memphis and agreed to form a nationwide association. They said the effort was designed toe nd racial divi sion. The new executive committee will be composed of six blacks and six whites. Luther King Center z -, C ontinued to p age B2 A review of President Clinton’s ju dicial nominees shows he is putting a record number o f blacks and other m i norities on federal courts. He has made 143 judicial appointments o f which 98 have been white, 31 black and 12 His panic. Clinton has been praised for the diversity o f his appointments, but ideo logically he has maintained a middle of the road stance and has thus done little to reduce the large num ber o f conservati ve judges appointed during the Reagan and Bush years. Son To Head Martin ■A-' ; r - - 'i • Clinton Appoints Minority Judges Pentacostals Move To Racial Unity ■1 In a benefit For the Urban League’s A fterschool Program ,C onant & Conant, Booksellers presents Professor Derrick Bell in a discussion of his new book, Confronting Authority: Reflections O f An Ardent Pro tester, Monday, at 7 p.m., 1001 SW 10th and Salmon. Offered as benefit for the Urban League of Portland’s W hitney Young, Jr Education and Cultural Center, donations are appreciated. An introduction to Professor Bell more often than not includes a list of such positions that he left in protest over racial discrim ina tion. In 1959, Bell resigned from his job in the Civil Rights Division (US Dept of Jus tice) when told to give up his m embership in the NAACP because it was deemed a “con flict of interest.” Here in Oregon, he resigned from his » •• •• I ‘ •H- J Derrick Bell Discusses Confronting Authority If ■ ;< • •• R ecidivism is dow n in O regon's p riso n system . C orrections D irector F rank H all explains in a special report. ■ m A < New Mobile Precinct Is Latest Police Tool Command Vehicle Will Be Used In Lloyd District B y P romise K ino Efforts to beef up security in the Lloyd District o f Northeast Portland is yielding positive returns. Police, Lloyd District and Lloyd Center officials are celebrating success of past safety measures and at the same time announcing new ones. Portland Police Bureau Northeast Pre cinct Com m ander Bruce Prunk last week unveiled the police departm ent’s new mobile precinct, a state-of-the-art command vehicle funded by the Lloyd District Association. The unit is 10 feet high and 38 feet long, equipped with three officer work stations, a small public reception area, conference space and a restroom. It also features a communication and dispatch system that utilizes com puter aided drafting and cellular technology which give police the ability to dispatch police vehicles in case o f emergency or in the event of fire. This new policing unit in Oregon has been the dream of Portland Police, but lack of funds held it back until the Lloyd District took about $ 123,000 from it's vault to pay for the precinct. “The Police Bureau is deeply grateful to the Lloyd District for their dedication to community policing and generosity in pro viding funding for the mobile precinct,” Prunk NATIONAL POLITICS A3 A4 A state-of-the-art command vehicle funded by the Lloyd District Association gives police a mobile precinct. said, while unveiling the precinct on wheels at the Oregon Convention Center The police commander said the mobile precinct, like other security measures initi ated by the Lloyd District, represent an excel lent measure of the com m unity’s com m it ment to public safety. Lloyd Center General M anager W alter METRO BI C. Froman said crime against people are down 24 percent and also crimes against properties compared to previous statistics. “Our goal is and always has been to provide a convenient, safe and fun place for families”, Froman stated. These encouraging results, according to the manager, are as a result of the proactive SPORTS B3 security measures put in place and a com m it ment “to do every th ing i n our pow er to insure the continued success o f our safety programs." Lloyd Center has instituted more safety programs designed to enhance it’s public safety networks during this yuletide. And it’s also preparing additional measures to boost its customer services. ENTERTAINMENT B4 CLASSIFIEDS B8 - 4 e ^M -, i , ....... - - \ > - I w ïîz ♦'z, i.iV Ï VvH 'i
