Volume X X V I, N um ber 39 C om m itted to cultural di versi tx Chops are tops Chavez A majority o f children like pork-chops, and this article details this food's best preparation techniques. This play based on the life's work oJCezar Chavez starts this weekend. See Family, page A 5. ressurectlon Light rail like MAX can attribute its success to a minority inventor. See Portland Observador, page C4. See Minority Enterprize Development, page DL e |3nxtíatth I'rU e r Portland national Nuclear test pact signed A orporations, trad e groups, The Associated Press derived the $400 unions and other special Inter­ m illion spending total by randomly sampling ests spent at least $4 0 0 million one o f every 50 o f the more than 9,000 trying to influence the federal govern­ lobbying reports on file at Capitol H ill and ment in the first half of 1996, according using their reported lobbying expenses to to an analysis of the first disclosures project an industry-wide total. under a new lobbying law. Among the largest spenders in the first Expenditures ranged from the millions spent half of 1996: by A T & T and the nation’s largest doctors’ * Philip Morris. $11.3 million. Thetobac- lobby to less than $10,000 by the San Fran- co giant spent its money primarily in a fight cisco-based Family Violence Prevention Fund, to keep tobacco products from coming under which can afford only a part-time lobbyist. regulation o f the Food and Drug Adminis­ The figure is the most comprehensive es­ tration. timate yet o f amounts special interests spend * The American Medical Association. $8.5 on lobbying official Washington, but experts million. The nation 's largest professional say it is probably conservative. group fo r doctors lobbied on Medicare and “ I don’t think you’re at all out o f bounds Medicaid, tobacco regulation, health care with the thought o f a billion-dollar-a-year and legislation to change liability reform industry,” said Ron Shaiko, an American * The U.S. Chamber o f Commerce, $7.5 University professor who teaches lobbying. million. The chamber lobbied heavily on Under a law that took effect Jan. I , groups that lobby on federal legislation or regula­ tions must file reports estimating their expen­ ditures twice a year. The first were due begin­ ning Aug. 15. For two reasons, the first six-month figure probably is low. First, 1996 so far has been a quieter-than- usual season for lobbyists, said Wright Andrews, president o f the American League o f Lobbyists, the profession’s main trade group. Second, the new reports ignore money spent on grass-roots lobbying, the rapidly growing practice o f using advertising, fax machines, mail and telephone banks to stir up public support or opposition to policies. seven-year drive to take vehf cles used by drunken drivers Z off the streets of Portland, Oregon Is the model for a new nation­ al crackdown on alcohol-related acci­ dents launched by Oregon Congress­ man Earl Blumenauer. Blumenauer, who as a Portland C ity Councilman wrote the Portland seizure and forfeiture law, today introduced na­ tional legislation based on Portland’s ex­ perience. “ Portland pioneered this approach,” said Blumenauer. “ It was the first city in America to seize the cars o f repeat drunk drivers. The Portland law works, and the bill I am introducing w ill put the same tool in the hands o f cities across the country.” The bill is Blumenauer’s first since winning a special election in May and reflects his goal o f using Oregon success stories as a foundation for changing atti­ tudes nationally about a broad range o f issues inherent in making cities more liv ­ able Blumenauer’s legislation has wide sup­ port in Oregon from police officials, anti­ drunk driving organizations such as Moth­ ers Against Drunk D riv in g (M A D D ), beer and alcohol distributors, and others. Bernie Guisto, C h ie f o f Police in Gre­ sham, Oregon’s fourth largest city, said, “ Drunk drivers have a devastating effect on families and communities across the nation Repeat drunk drivers often ignore fines and keep driving even after their licenses are suspended. Seizing their cars gives law enforcement an important tool and leaves a lasting imprint on the life o f the offender. “ Forfeiture laws are real deterrents for repeat drunk drivers,” agreed Jeanne Canfield ofthe Oregon Chapter ofM A D D . “Taking away the car gets their attention and gets them o ff the road.” This legislation is being introduced in the face o f an increase in national drunk driving deaths. From 1994 to 1995, drunk driving deaths in Am erica went up 4% , with the death toll totalling 17,274. Port­ land, however, experienced a 4 2% de­ crease in drunk driving deaths during the same period This decrease can be attrib­ uted, in part to the vehicle seizure and forfeiture program. The Blumenauer B ill creates an incen­ tive for states to adopt a forfeiture pro­ gram. Nationally, almost $25 m illion is awarded annually to states in federal anti­ drunk driving grants. Currently, states must meet five o f seven eligibility criteria to receive such grants. Exam ples o f the seven criteria include expedited driver’s license suspensions for people convicted o f D U 11 and state­ wide checkpoints for determining if driv­ ers are intoxicated. This bill would make forfeiture programs the eighth optional criteria. esearchers at the American Film Institute said Tuesday they un­ director, and a co-chair o f the institute’s covered the oldest surviving preservation committee. American feature film, preserved in near­ “ The fact that the print is in nearly mint mint condition for over 30 years in a cool condition is nothing short o f a miracle,” Oregon basement. Scorsese added in a statement The 1912 adaptation o f “ Richard I I I ” was In recent years movies produced before only the second feature length film ever pro­ 1951, which were made on strips o f nitrate, duced in the U .S., and it was the first o f a have been disintegrating at a rapid rate, send­ Shakespearean play Moreover, it was col­ ing researchers and historians scrambling to ored with a rare process that shades some o f find and preserve them. the film ’s scenes in red. The Los Angeles-based American Film “So few o f the earliest feature film s exist Institute, known as A F I, defines a feature today that each new discovery is like finding film as running at leas, 40 minutes, or about four reels o f 35 millimeter film. The first feature, “Oliver Tw ist”, still exists, but it is missing a reel In 19 12, the first year o f American feature films, eight o f the long reeled movies were made. Only three exist in complete form, and two others are incomplete. "Richard II I ’ was thought to have van­ ished completely until 77-year-old Portland. Oregon resident W illiam Buffum donated it to the institute Buffum, a former $50-a-month film pro­ jectionist at Portland's old Bluebird Theater in the 1940’s, swapped his entire collection o f silent films for “ Richard II I ” and 19 19’s rare “ When Bearcat Went D ry” over 30 years ago. He stored the movies in his basement, carefully rewinding them once a year to keep them from sticking He said he did not know o f the film ’s importance and only recently decided to donate it in order to preserve the quality. “Richard III” starred English actor Frederick Wardc, who was described in playbills ofthe time as an “eminent tragedian " The movie was made for $30,000 and featured 70 scenes and hundreds o f actors and extras. President Clinton signed the nuclear test ban treaty at the United Nations this week. He used the same pen that President Kennedy used to sign a limited test ban treaty. Clinton is the first world leader to sign the treaty, which would forbid all test blasts. Clinton exchanged a cordial hand­ shake with the man he has vowed to oust — U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros- Ghali. V Atlantis, Mir separate The space shuttle Atlantis has undocked from Russia’s M ir space station after a five-day visit to pick up one astronaut and drop o ff another. The seven Americans and two Russians had earlier wrapped up five days o f joint work in which U.S. astronauts Shannon Lucid and John Blaha swapped places and more than 6,000 pounds o f cargo was transferred to and from Mir. Atlantis is due to head back to Earth Thursday. Do The Right Thing Day was held on Saturday, Sept. 21, 1996, with children marching down Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd (above). The march was held to celebrate inner-city youth in Portland. Fed meets on rate hike The Federal Reserve’s policy-setting committee is meeting to decide whether to institute the first interest rate hike in about a year and a half. A slim majority o f international economic experts said they expect the U.S. central bank’s policy-m ak­ ing Federal Open Market Committee to decide to bump up short-term rates by a quarter o f a percentage point. Arguing for a rate rise are tight labor markets, rising wages and an economy that is operating in an “ inflationary danger zone.” ! Urban League volunteer Helloise Hill (left) and others welcomed marchers at Jefferson High School’s football field. Dole finds silicon support A group o f about 180 Silicon Valley executives, venture capitalists and attor­ neys are planning to endorse Bob Dole for president today. An organizer says the announcement w ill be made at the head­ quarters o f Advanced M icro Devices Inc in the heart o f C a lifo rn ia ’s high-tech center. j I Report links hillary, deal j I A report from federal banking regula­ tors says first lady H illary Rodham C lin ­ ton’s legal b illin g records suggest she helped draft a sham deal under which Madison Guaranty savings and loan in Arkansas evaded regulations and deceived bank examiners. S.Korean new war games South Korea says it wants to re-start military maneuvers with American troops as soon as possible. The “ Team Spirit” exercises were suspended last year as a peace gesture toward North Korea. But now South Korea is angry about last week’s incursion by a submarine from the North. Clinton signs defense bill President Clinton has signed into law a measure that provides money for a 3 per­ cent pay raise for U .S. military personnel. Clinton put his signature on the $265 b il­ lion blueprint for U .S. military spending in the fiscal year that begins on Oct. I . Turkey, US agree on N.lraq The United States and Turkey have agreed to work together to try to contain Baghdad’s role in northern Iraq. U .S. offi­ cials said the strategy now being devel­ oped by Washington and Ankara is to have the Kurds and the Turkmen minority take control o f security in the Western-protect­ ed area, fillin g the void left by Iraq’s intervention there. EDITORIAL EDUCATION Lobbyists paid 400 million C R HOUSING FAMILY RELIGION behalf o f the Republican "Contract with America, " which included many business- friendly provisions ARTS & ENT. CLASSIFIEDS OBSERVADOR