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C om m itted to cultural diversity.
Summer Angels
A Taste Of
Louisiana
Portlanders can cruise
with the Summer Angels,
Somer Are Not musical
review.
See Entertainment, page B3.
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Minority Youth
Initiative
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Beignet's, in Vancouver,
WA., features a cuisine
done in a real southern
method.
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Minority Contractors
recruit at risk youth for
careers in industry.
See Metro, page BI.
See Family, page B2.
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Rose Festival To Crown Queen
REVIEW
Heavy Rain Hits
Crash Site
I leavy rain associated with the first trop­
ical weather system o f the year doused the
Everglades site o f the ValuJet crash, as
di vers wearing spec ial biohazard suits dove
into the inky black water tillin g the crater
left when the DC-9 went down. Rescue
workers hoped to be able to recover the
cockpit voice recorder and more o f the
oxygen-generating can isters that may have
been involved in an explosion, The plane
plunged into the Everglades muck on May
11, taking the lives o f all 110 people on
board.
Amy Rodger,
David Douglas High School
Ana Campean,
M arshall High School
Muang Saeteurn,
M adison High School
Church Fire Probe
Continues
Federal investigators say they have not
found any evidence that a national conspir­
acy is behind a series o f fires at southern
black churches, but they're promising to
continue extensive investigations. The d i­
rector o f the Bureau o f Alcohol, t obacco
and Firearms told the House Judiciary
Committee the ATF is investigating 25
tires at predominantly black churches since
January o f 1995. Assistant Attorney Gen­
eral Deval Patrick told the panel it’s pre­
mature to say i f the tires are part o f an
organized hate movement, but he added,
“ we’re facing an epidemic o f terror.”
Sara Wood,
Wilson High School
Chala Barrington,
Parkrose High School
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Shazi Tate,
Lincoln High School
K ristin Waldram,
St. M ary's Academy
Ja im iJo n e s
C leveland High School
Rosem ary Breihof,
Franklin High School
Adrienne Newman,
Benson High School
Erin Fuller,
C entral Catholic High School
Shuttle Retrieves
Satellite
Shuttle Endeavour’s 50-foot robot arm
reached out and plucked a small satellite
from orbit today to bring it back to Earth.
The satellite holds the results from yester­
day’s test o f a giant inflatable antenna that
NASA hopes w ill be a prototype for cheap­
er space structures. NASA project manag­
er Steven Bard says they w on’t be able to
say that the experiment was a full success
until they look at the data from the satellite.
The parachute-like M ylar
antenna was jettisoned from the satellite
at the end o f yesterday's test. It’s expected
to disintegrate in a fiery plunge through the
atmosphere.
US: Iran Behind
Israel Attack
Secretary o f State Warren Christopher
says there’ s growing evidence that Iran is
using “ terrorism” to undermine the Middle
East peace process. Speaking to the Wash­
ington Institute for Near East Policy, Chris­
topher accused an Iranian-backed group o f
a shooting in Israel last week in which an
Israeli-American student was killed. He
says that while the United States continues
to believe that a comprehensive trade em­
bargo is the only way to get Iran to change
its behavior, the U.S. is not opposed to
opening a dialogue with “ authoritative rep­
resentatives” o f the Iranian government.
Iraq Hails UN Oil
Deal, Hits US
O fficial Iraqi newspapers are combin­
ing jubilant reports o f an o il export agree­
ment with the United Nations with fierce
attacks on the I Inited States The newspa­
pers said the accord, which w ill allow Iraq
to sell limited amounts o f oil to buy food
and medicine for its citizens, is the first
step toward the complete removal o f U.N.
sanctions against Iraq that were imposed
after its 1990 invasion o f Kuwait. One
newspaper blamed the U.S. for the deaths
o f “ Hundreds o f thousands o f martyrs who
passed away due to hunger and disease
during the past six years.” Another called
the U.S. “ the slave o f Satan.”
FRONT
SEC TIO N
EDITORIAL
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I he achievements o f 14 young women
from Portland-area high schools w ill be rec­
ognized Thursday, May 30, at C ivic Audito­
rium and one w ill be crowned Rose Queen at
the Incredible Universe Queen's Coronation
presented by KW'JJ. The event, scheduled to
begin at 8 p.m., promises entertainment and
suspense starting with the introduction ofthe
14 court members and culminating with the
coronation o f the Rose Festival Queen.
Jennifer Duran,
R oosevelt High School
Court members are judged on leadership,
scholastic achievement, school activities, civ­
ic involvement, volunteer projects, commu­
nication skills and the overall impression
they make on the judges. The Queen w ill act
as ambassador for the Rose Festival and the
C ity of Portland for the next year.
This years rose court:
Am y Rodger, front David Douglas High
School, plans to obtain a doctoral degree
Renee Watson,
Jefferson High School
after she attends Marylhurst College and
receives a degree in Education. An Honor
student, Amy has earned an excellent rating
at the 1995 Publications Olympics and first
place at the 1995 American Scholastic Press
Association C om petition. She coaches
Y M C A basketball, is active in the Midway
Christian Youth Fellowship and is a belly
dancer.
J esse B row s
wrongs o f yesterday can’t be righted, so we
he impetus provided by the re­
hear. Never would such a notion be more
cently concluded four-year na­
plainly misplaced were it to deny the simple
tional commemoration of World
truth and justice o f honoring these black
War II was barely sufficient to lift one
of
soldiers.
that e ra ’s untold stories from obscurity.
In an exhaustive and meticulous study o f
In late A p ril, I he White House announced
half-century-old documents, a distinguished
it was seeking a congressional waiver so that
team o f scholars assembled by Shaw Univer­
the Medal o f Honor could be awarded to
sity under contract with the army made a
seven black soldiers whose deeds in battle
compelling case for its recommendations.
date back to the 1940’ s
Clearly concluded was that disparities did
In and o f itself, belated awards for heroism
exist in the criteria and administrative pro­
are not unprecedented. But in this instance
cesses associated with valor awards. Blacks,
we have more than the usual oversights,
whose acts o f bravery seemed to meet the
paperwork snafus and other lapses that mark
Medal o f Honor test o f “ above and beyond
earlier redresses o f missed recognition Here,
the call o f duty,” were instead awarded the
it was the astounding fact that not a single
Distinguished Service Cross.
black who served in World War II received
1 he H istorians, noting the nature o f segre­
the nations highest decoration for valor.
gated m ilitary forces and all-white higher
As a nation that today still struggles with
command echelons, perceived a form o f bias
issues o f racial division, we tend to chalk-up
and discrimination; they viewed the outcomes
vivid examples o f earlier offenses against
as a product o f the times that in many ways
people o f color to times best forgotten. The
relegated blacks to inferior status, The u lti­
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mate formation and deployment o f all-black
combat divisions may have itselfallowed the
issue o f race to prevail over proclaimed ob­
jectivity.
Men and now women, in battle confront
dangers that are nonselective. War kills and
maims without regard to race, gender or
creed. It has always been that way and it most
certainly prevailed among the 1.2 m illion
blacks who served in World War II
The medal o f Honor for that era was
awarded - many posthumously - to 432
Americans whose regard for their own safety
evaporate in a supreme test o f human strength
and nobility. Today, only one o fth e seven
new nominees survives. But kin and others
seeking to somehow reconcile these now
proven instances o f prejudice, can inherit the
wise morality o f President C linton’s deci­
sion. In no small way, this is an act o f healing
at a time when it may very well mean more
than it might have 50 years ago. We w ill all
be better for it.
METRO
SEC TIO N
and is senior class treasurer at Marshall High
School She is a baccalaureate chair and
publicity director for Marshall’s peer men­
tors. Born in Rumania, Ana plans to attend
the University o f Portland and obtain a de­
gree in business management with her eye on
starting her own import business. Ana is
active in her church choir and band, a mem-
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Ana Campean plays varsity volley ball
ia s Found In V a lo r A w a rd s For B lacks
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Tami Fitzpatrick,
Grant High School
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DOLE
EXPLORES
FUTURE
S
enator Bob Dole completed
his first full-length foray as a
soon-to-be ex-senator Monday
- a preview, his aides said, of what
Dole might he like a t a full-time pres
idential candidate.
But D ole’ s campaign schedule was
sparse and cobbled-together, as his staff
sought to adjust to the candidate’ s sudden
new status, which has forced them to re­
think their entire approach.
Dole spoke in Key l argo for a total o f
four minutes on the subject o f education.
That was one minute longer than his cam­
paign appearance Sunday night, in which
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ARTS & ENT.
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