Volume X X V Number 22
Committed to cultural diversity.
Join In Celebrating Our
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Honoring
Achievements
Five new Debutantes,
are featured in a special
series, including Bahia
An is Cross (right).
Mayor says there is more
to come.
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to succeed Joy Lawrence of Lincoln High School as Po,
rival in Portland.
r ools compete Thursday night at the
Festival Oi/Gton, The annual evento/ficiallff
Meadow Clendenin (Franklin)
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Anna Song (Parkrose)
Maryänne Garvie (St. Mary 's)
Carrie Pay, (Cleveland)
Chastity Clegg (Jefferson)
Corne Mayhew (Madison)
Karida Griffith (Benson)
Transit Union Picks
Portland
Oregon Welfare Bill
Passes
Portland has been chosen over New
Orleans as the 1996 convention site for
the black caucus o f the national A m al­
gamated Transit Union. The caucus nor­
mally attracts between 300 and 400 black
transit union members, bu, could bring
700 to 1,000 members to Portland when
they meet next May, according to Roy
Jay o f the Oregon Convention and V is ­
itors Services Network.
Economic Fears
Fuel Terrorism
The O regon Senate has passed
tougher new welfare laws to get parents
to complete their high school education
and acquire sk ills needed to enter the
work force. The legislation also pro­
vides incentives from the public sector
to create job opportunities. “This is tough
love," said Sen. Stan Bunn, R-Newberg, the
bill’s sponsor. “ What people need from wel­
fare is not a hand out, but a helping hand.”
Panther Movie
Recounts Era
Americans are becoming increasingly
violent because they are losing faith in their
political system’s ability to maintain well­
paying middle class jobs, according to a
University of Oregon political science pro­
fessor. James K lonoski says those eco­
nomic fears are fueling terrorist groups
like the Michigan m ilitia who may be
linked to the bombing o f the federal
building in Oklahoma City.
Filmmakers Mario and Melvin Van
Peebles have attempted to set the record
straight in their new hi, film “ Panther.” The
movie focuses on the social side of the Black
Panthers’ efforts to help the poor and disad­
vantaged of their communities. The film is
being shown in about 500 theaters across the
country, as opposed to regular Hollywood
hits that are booked in thousands of movie
houses