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Friends o f Rory Weitzel
participate in walk for
cystic fibrosis.
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Dunleavy Takes
Blazer Helm
Portlanders visit with the
crew o f the ocean-going
ship Logos II, berthed at the
downtown waterfront.
Portland wilI be the new home
for the NBA s Mike Dunleavy
after stints with Milwaukee
and Los Angeles.
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REVIEW
Bombing witness grilled
Lawyers for Oklahoma City bombing sus
pect Timothy McVeigh attacked the cred
ibility of the government's star witness,
portraying him as coached by prosecutors
and desperate to save himself. Michael
Fortier testified that McVeigh planned the
1995 bombing of the federal building in
Oklahoma City to avenge a government
siege at Waco and to spark an uprising.
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Compromise reviewed
The White House Tuesday said it's pos
sible President Clinton could support a
compromise proposal on banning “par
tial-birth" abortions. The compromise
would include bans on all late-term abor
tions with exceptions for cases where the
woman's life was in danger or where she
risked "grievous injury" to her health.
White House vs. Congress
A showdown is simmering between the
White House and Congress. The White
House says it’s still deciding whether to
defy a congressional committee looking
into campaign fundraising and possible
illegal contributions by foreigners. Presi
dent Clinton’s legal counsel Charles Ruff
has been asked to testify Thursday before a
House committee and the White House
says a decision on whether to comply will
be made within a day.
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Members of the Oregon City Pioneers, national champion
girls basketball team, are thrilled with their photo on a box
of the new Team Cheerios cereal.
(Photo by Neu Heiipem)
Strike against GM
General Motors is having more labor prob
lems. A third strike against the carmaker
started Tuesday when more than 8,200
workers walked off the job at GM ’s electri
cal wiring factories in Warren, Ohio. GM
is already contending with walkouts at
assembly plants in Michigan and Okla
homa.
Shuttle Countdown ongoing
NASA says there are no apparent obstacles
to an on-time launch for the space shuttle
Atlantis on a supply run to Russia’s Mir
space station. NASA’s shuttle test director
says controllers haven't detected any tech
nical problems and the weather looks fa
vorable for a blastoff Thursday.
Drug therapy used
Researchers say ovarian cancer has been
fought successfully with an experimental
three-drug therapy used after surgery. Eddie
Reed of the National Cancer Institute says
that based on 60 patients given the three-
drug cocktail, 70 percent weredisease-free
22 months after surgery. By comparison,
previous data showed about half of women
who got standard chemotherapy after opti
mal surgery were disease-free after 18 to
19 months.
CIA to restrict retirees?
The CIA reportedly is considering a plan
that would bar its top officials from work
ing for any foreign government or political
party for three years after retirement. The
Washington Post says the proposed regu
lation is close to winning final approval
and it would be the first of its kind for any
U.S. agency involved in foreign relations.
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sity and teamwork of a cham
The other teams included a football team
pionship high school athletic
from Lewisville, Texas; a softball team from
team meets the diversity and taste
of a
Northhampton,
Pennsylvania; and a basket
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ball team from Westminster, Florida.
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In the case ofthe Oregon City High School
girls basketball team, they just gottheirteam
photo on the box o f the new "Team Chee
rios” cereal.
Although General Mills has displayed
faces o f professional athletic super heroes
on Wheaties boxes for years, the Oregon
City Pioneers last week among the first
four high school groups in the United
Students in the Oregon City football sta
dium cheered as a helicopter flew over the
school, down to the field and released several
hundred boxes of the cereal into a giant bowl
on the 50 yard line.
“This is a diverse team that melded to
gether as a unit,” exclaimed Carl Tinsley,
Assistant varsity coach, when someone lik
ened the team to the oats, corn and wheat in
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the cereal’s makeup. He noted that the team,
although predominately Caucasian, includes
a Hispanic, an Asian, a deaf girl and a
student who plays in spite of her affliction
with multiple sclerosis.
“This is a wonderful honor,” said Tinsley.
“It is neat of General Mills to recognize high
school teams on boxes, and for us to be one
o f the first four is great for these kids.”
"It’s kind o f weird,” exclaimed player
Lindsey Yamasaki, as she picked up a box
and saw the photo on the back with all 14
girls and two coaches. "W e’re known all
over Oregon, but this will be nationwide."
“ I have relatives all overthe world,"noted
Carrie Strahle, whose ancestry is German.
"They'll be eating this cereal over there and
looking at us—once in a lifetime!”
" This is really big,” said Cherisse Fowler.
“Things like this usually happen to profes
sionals.”
Chris Helle, the new cereal's marketing
manager, told a crowd of several hundred
students and media “The teams selected for
the introduction of this cereal exemplify
what the teamwork can accomplish.”
As giant replicas of the four boxes were
unveiled, Helle looked at the Oregon City
team and said, "See...Great things happen
w hen a team comes together.”
Annual Community
Peace and Justice Fair
eace and Justice Works (formerly
Events at the fair will include music, free
Portland Peaceworks) will be host
vegetarian food, cooperati ve games, informed
ing the annual Peace and Justice
speakers, poetry, an open mike session, dis
Fair in Portland on Memorial Day, Mon
cussion circles, activities for young people
day, May 26th.
and more.
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The gathering will begin 12 noon in
Irving Park and last until 6 PM, rain or
shine. Irving Park is located at 7th and
Fremont in Northeast Portland. Once again,
the P&J Fair is being cosponsored by KBOO
90.7 FM (Nonprofit Community Radio).
The main goals of the fair are:
• celebrate and deepen connections among
organizations working on issues of race,
gender, sexuality, labor, environment, mili
tarism and other social concerns;
• inform and empower the general public to
get active on issues which affect them;
• pay tribute to those who died in violence
while working toward a violence free world.
Peaceworks will bring these elements to
gether through input from participating peace
and social justice groups and musicians.
The 1995 event featured 90 groups and
was attended by over 500 people. Groups
committed to attend this year include Am
nesty International, the Liberation Collec
tive, Greenpeace and Pride Northwest will
have representatives and literature avail
able. Over 10 musical acts and numerous
poets will perform, including Bye Bye Chi
nook, Lisa Miller and Ngoma.
If you or your organization want to help
plan or to participate in any way, please get
in touch with us at 236-3065.
Battle waged to save MHRC
demonstration and call to ac
tion is being waged to save the
M etro p o litan Human Rights
Commission.
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As part of its planned budget cuts, Port
land and Multnomah County officials have
proposed abolishing the citizen commission
and moving some of its functions into the
office of neighborhood associations.
Opponents argue the move would elimi
nate the independent nature of the commis
sion and limit human rights advocacy and
policy review functions.
Area residents are encouraged to show
their support for the commission at a city
budget hearing Saturday at 10 a m. at the
King Neighborhood Facility, 4 8 17 N.E. Sev
enth Ave.
"If you can't come, call Commissioner
Jim Francesconi (823-3(X)8), Mayor Vera
Katz (823-4120) and County Chan Bev Stein
(248-3308) and let them know you support
the MHRC and the continued existence of an
independent citizens' human rights com
mission with advocacy and public policy
review responsibilities,” organizers said.
Mark Bradwell and Jason Mokleburst, 6, enjoy the Safe Haven after school
dinner at Hughes Memorial Church in northeast Portland. Church sta>
volunteers and members o f the Labor Community Service Agency have been
| instrumental in helping youngsters improve their academic skills.
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I Photo by Nell Hellpe