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r, v*.'* ■ ; r W Ä W « B § » i a m a - s .'- i . W i i ' f '? -» .« . >»Wt«Jt.-K . V- . ..- * .*? >» > V - f - . ‘. - .Tu^—. ..Alá * .'.,.,f i 9 Volum e X X V I, N um ber 18 May I, 1996 C om m itted to cultural diversity. PSU Places First Hidden Center Yurok Indian Artist A team o f civil engineers from Portland State University took first place in a regional steel bridge contest. Cultural center recognized in state and nation but not well known in own community. Yurok Indian Artist Rick Bartow will speak on his art and culture. See Education, Page AS. See Metro, Page BI. See Entertainment, Page B2. (Che -jlartíatth (T ■M M HM M ■ Siletz Tribe Opens Casino City’s Crime Rate Drops P ortland's crim e rate dropped slig h tly in 1995 placing it 165th in a 195 c ity list. O ve ra ll crim e dropped from 136 per 1.000 people to 129.5. M ost crimes were against property rather than people. M urder, van dalism and b icycle theft decreased, but burglary. rape and aggravated assault rose. There were no reported trends by neigh borhoods crim e decreased in eastside n e ig h b o rh o o d s and increased in the westside Sharon M cC orm ack manager o f the crim e prevention program fo rth e c ity ’ s O ffice ot Neighborhood Associations think Portland is do in g w ell. “ It is a pretty safe c ity to live in and there is a feeling that there is a much higher level o f crim e that there really is o ve ra ll.” she said Bomb Explodes At Spokane City Hall A pipe bom b fille d w ith nuts and bolts exploded outside a main entrance at Spo- kaneC ity H all. Itw as th e th ird e x p lo s io n in less than a month. N o one was injured in the blast but residents are shaken and wary. The first bomb exploded A p ril 1 outside a suburban bureau o f the Spokesman Re view . H ow ever, police believe it was a rouse to cover fo r a robbery o f a near by bank. S ecurity at city buildings w ill be high fo r the next few days. Fire Burns Out Phone Service N/NE Portland A tw o alarm fire last Wednesday wiped out service to almost all north and north east Portland. A ffe c tin g 50,000 residents and businesses. The fire started in a base ment o f a US West sw itching station and burned through cables affe ctin g its backup systems N o one could call 9 1 1 leaving p olice to add more patrols. Flights were delayed at Portland International A irp o rt and A T M m a c h in e s d id n ’ t w o rk . Firefighters had responded to a smoke alarm early that m orning but found noth ing. they returned an hour later to find that the source o f the fire was a power line that had shorted and burned through the insula tion. Nike Gives $500,000 To Schools P h ill K n ig h t C EO o f N IK E presented Portland Public Schools $500,000 in cash and e q u ip m e n t fo r sp o rts p ro g ra m s. $300,000 is fro m a cash challenge grant fo r t the com pany’ s Participate in the Lives o f A m e rica ’ s Y outh ( P. L. A . Y .) program, w ith an additional $200,000 in equipm ent and apparel. “ T h is grant w ill a llo w athletic programs to remain at courant levels fo r the *96-’ 97 and ‘ 9 7 -’ 98 school years, w hile I at the same tim e a llo w in g us to sh ift exist ing sports funding to other c ritic a l academ ic program s," B ie rw irth said. Jackie-O’s Yardsale Brings $34.5 million In an extraordinary estate sale o f more than 5000 bits o f m em orabilia from Pres ident John Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy Onassis turned into a “ feeding frenzy” as bidders paid far more than estimated p ric es fo r a piece o f Cam elot. One buyer paid more than 20 tim es the estimate fo r a Christm as g ift Jackie gave her mother weeks after her husband died. The volume o f inauguration speeches fo r all the US presidents was inscribed “ Jack was going to give you this fo r Christmas -- please accept it from me now .” She stipulated in her w ill that her children and the John F. Kennedy L ib ra ry keep wha, they wanted and sell the rest. The proceeds w ill go to the estate. FRONT S E C T IO N The Siletz Tribe's new casino/conference center is scheduled to open June 28 and will feature resaturants gambling and entertainment by D an B ei l velopm ent Corporation was established to center and casino. Since the central Oregon Coast is a destination point fo r over 5 m illio n visitors a year. L incoln C ity is ideally suited for a casino convention center. The new casino opens June 28. The m od ern brick and glass design has a d istinctive Native Am erican influence. O ve rlo o kin g the Pacific, it w ill feature blackjack, poker, slot machines, video poker, and bingo I he main floor w ill house the game area and bingo parlor, and the second story w ill accom he Confederated T ribes of Siletz develop economic enterprises for the tribe to will soon open their Chinook create jo b opportunities and to foster eco Winds Gaming and Convention nom ic and social betterment o f the trib a l Center over looking the beach in Lincoln members. Congress passed the N ationalG am - City. The Siletz is a confederation of 24 ing Regulatory A ct in 1988 This was seen Indian Tribes that inhabited northern sp e cifica lly as a economic strategy to help California to Southern Washington from Indians w ith landed reservations, or recog 18 5 5 to 1955. nized trib a l nations. T They were recognized as a trib a l entity. A t first the tribe wanted to locate a gaming However, in 1955 they were dissolved as a tribe and their land appropriated. A fte r y ears o f fighting for recognition, Congress re-in center near Salem. However, due to success ful opposition from comm unity aided by form er G overnor Barbara Roberts, that goal stated the tribe to their fo rm e r status in 1977, m aking them only the second tribe at that tim e to do so. There are approxim ately 2,300 was not readily realized. I he issue remains in litig a tio n . L in c o ln C ity, the trib e 's second choice. restaurants, one w ith an ocean view In the evening the bingo parlor w ill double as a forum for headline entertainers Chris Christopherson w ill be the first to appear members o f the Siletz T ribe at present In 1985, the S iletz T rib a l Economic De now serves as the site o f the m u lti-m illio n d o lla r com plex, that is both a convention opening day June 28, and Lou R a w ls w ill fo llo w o n J u ly 4. Ih e C h in o o k W indsC asino Ethiopia War Crimes Trial A fte r long delays, prosecutors in A ddis Ababa began presenting witnesses in the tria l o f the Derg, the M arxist ju n ta that overthrew Em peror H aile Selassie in 1974 and ruled u n til 1991 when it was d rive n from power I he tria l marks the -tart o f what promises to be the most extensive ju d g m e n t o f w at crimes since Nuremberg the tria ls o f Nazis after W o rld War II. Forty-six m ilitary leaders stand accused, not o n ly o f m urder but also o f genocide and crim es against humanity. A nother 22 are being tried in absentia, in clu d in g form er Pres ident Mengistu Haile M a ria m in exile in Zim babw e w hich refuses to extradite him. O ffic ia ls in A ddis A baba argue that the o n ly way to establish the rule o f law and to end the eye le o fc o u p and re vo lu tio n is to hold leaders responsible fo r the k illin g s at an open tria l. “ I th in k it is high tim e fo r E thiopia to really break away from the past and to th in k in terms o f democracy and the rule o f law ,” said G irm a W a kjira , the c h ie f special prosecutor. “ In Ethiopia we used to have a saying: you can’ t p lo w the sky any m ore than you can modate the eon vein ion center, nursery . and two is b ille d as the largest fa c ility o f its kind on the Oregon Coast. Revenue from the gam ing center w ill go to further enhance developm ent in education, health and financial assistance, fo r the tribe. Am ong S T E D C O ’ s accomplishments are the com pletion o f 54 homes fo r tribal housing and the establishment o f the Siletz C om m u nity Health C lin ic fo r T rib a l and non-Indian members, and it has gained H U D approval for the construction o f 26 units for elders and low -incom e fam ilies. S I E D C O also markets tribal tim ber and runs the Siletz. Smokehouse in Depot Bay and the Independence Box Company. C hinook W inds anticipates em ploying 700 individuals. G am bling w ill be available all day. C a ll 1-800-863-3314. accuse or try the king. There-is now a clear message to the government — past, present or future -- that government should be account able to the people and answerable before the law ." The trial, which began in 1944. is bein'! held only two days a week and is expected to last years B e s id e - the h ig h -ra n k in g iunta m em bers, some 800 policemen, soldiers and m idlevel adm inistrators and about 900 members o f local o f local revelational guards w ho carried out most o f the killin g s, are also aw aiting trial. The prosecution plans to call at least 100 witnesses but the mam evidence comes from the m eticulous documentation kept by the regime. The notes detail deliberation among o ffice rs about who was to be kille d im p ris oned or tortured. There are even records o f how many bullets used on each victim . N o one knows precisely how many were k ille d but a v ic tim s ’ rights group has regis tered more than 10,000 in Addis Ababa alone. They estimate the actual death to ll is five times higher. Annual Gun Turn-In Scheduled For Saturday C easefire Oregon will sponsor its annual gun turn-in the first two Saturday's In May. On M ay 4 and 11 from I - 4 p.m., at fo u r locations -- Lutheran In n e r-C ity M inistries, 4219 N E M L K Jr. B lv d .; Eastport Plaza, 4000 SE 82 A ve.; U nited First M ethodist C hurch SW 18th Ave. and Jefferson St. and, in W ashington C ounty, at Legacy M eridian Park H ospital, 19300 SW 65th, T ualatin - people w ill be able to turn in guns fo r a $50 EDITORIAL HOUSING A2 A6 EDUCATION A4 g ift certificate; no questions asked. I Ceasefire Oregon a project o f Ecum eni cal M in istrie s, is a grassroots form ed in 1993 to reduce gun violence. A side from sponsor ing the gun turn in program , it sponsors educational programs about gun violence and on positive means o f c o n flict resolution. Statistics on gun violence are overw helm ing: • One o f every tw o households has a gun It is estimated that a gun in the home is 43 FAMILY A3 times more like ly to k ill a fa m ily member or friend than an intruder treatment fo r each person hospitalized fo r gunshot wounds and $373,500 fo r fatal inju • Adolescent and adult suicides are five times ries. (m any o f the victim s are uninsured o r underinsured and the taxpayer picks up the tab.) more like ly to occur in homes w ith guns. The number one cause o f death fo r 10- to 14- year-olds in Oregon is suicide and most are com m itted w ith guns owned by the v ic tim ’ s fam ilies. • The number o f ju v e n ile murders w ith guns doubled between 1985 and 1992. It costs an average o f $33,000 fo r medical METRO BUSDIR S E C T IO N AS « ARTS & ENT. B2 • Ceasefire o f Oregon, in cooperation w ith law enforcement has collected nearly 1000 guns at their tw o previous turn-ins T o turn in a gun today call Portland Police at 823-8000 o r M ultnom ah C ounty S h e riff's O ffice at 255-3600. RELIGION CLASSIFIEDS B4 B7 *