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Local seniors
giving back
Long-time residents are
giving their time and skills to
make our community better
See Metro, page BI.
Power o f sound: Now two decades on th
music charts. UB40 has a new album for
listening enjoyment. See Entertainment, page B2.
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Hooking up fo r a good time
early 2 0 0 people, young
and old alike, put their lines
in the w ater and crossed
their fingers for good fishin’ at the
annual Fishing Derby at Roselyn
Lake.
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Robert Mitchum dies
Actor Robert Mitchum, the sleepy-eyed,
barrel-chested star of more than 125 films,
died in his sleep early Tuesday at his home
in Santa Barbara, Calif., his agent Jack
Gilardi said. Mitchum was 79. M itchum ’s
films credit include “R yan's Daughter,”
"The Friends of Eddie Coyle,” “The Big
Sleep” and the original “Cape Feat ” i n 1962.
Mitchum also appeared in the 1991 remake
of “Cape Fear. ”
The multi-generational event, spon­
sored by the U rban L eague o f
Portland’s Multicultural Senior Cen­
ter o f North and Northeast Portland,
was designed to bring young people
together for a fun day with elders.
The activities included fishing,
games, music and a picnic lunch.
Bus transportation was provided
from the senior center on Martin Luther
King Jr. Blvd to the lake about 40
minutes from Portland.
Several organizations had a hand in
helping sponsor Friday’s fishing fun,
including LivingColor, Lyden Farms,
Neil Kelly Remodeling, Williams Street
Market, U S. Air Force Reserve, and
IJ.S. Naval Reserve.
Individual contributors included
John Brazeau. Michael Steinbach and
James Harvey.
Thousands demonstrate
in Hong Kong
Up to 10.000 Hong Kong activists
marched Tuesday to demand the new Chi­
nese-picked leaders restore democracy in
the first test of the right to protest since
China look back the territory from Britain.
The march passed without incident, and
China’s foreign minister was quoted as
pledging not to deploy troops and armor
against Hong Kong residents, apparently
to offset images of the 1989 crackdown on
activists in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.
Robert Brooks (left) o f Portland,
gives pointers to Leonard
Leveque, 8, at Portland Urban
League multicultural, multi
generational fishing derby at
Roselyn Lake.
Volcano puts
M exico City on alert
Tens of thousands of people are on
emergency alert Tuesday after a giant vol­
cano near Mexico City belched red-hot
rocks and giant clouds of ash in its biggest
eruption in 72 years. Clouds of ash and
acrid gases showered down on much of
Mexico City late Monday from the snow­
capped 17,890-foot Popocatepetl volcano,
forcing a temporary closure o f the interna­
tional airport.
Vast US food w aste found
The U S. Agriculture Department said
Tuesday Americans routinely toss away
uneaten vegetables, day-old bread and
other pantry items, wasting one-fourth of
the nation’s total food supply. A new study
said that if just 5 percent o f the wasted food
that is nutritious and safe was recovered
from restaurants, grocery stores and pan­
try shelves, it could feed an estimated 4
million poor and homeless U S. citizens.
New report on Ramsey note
A newspaper reported Tuesday that a
handwriting sample from the mother of
slain child beauty pageant winner JonBenet
Ramsey allegedly came from the same note­
book as one used to write the ransom note.
The Rocky Mountain News said a sample
of Patsy Ramsey’s handwriting that was
given to police by her husband on the day
of the murder was later determined to have
come from the same legal pad used for the
ransom note.
UFO buffs land in Roswell
(Photo by Nell Hellpern)
New era in Welfare Looking for a July 4th bang
T
he welfare offices look the same, but the job their staffs
are doing certainly isn’t. Counselors who once simply
calculated benefits are now calculating howto move the
poorest Americans into the work force.
This sea change in American welfare policy, begun in the early
1990s, culminated last August with President C linton's signature on
a law ending the nation’s six-decade guarantee of help for the neediest
families.
On T uesday, the law takes full effect, and states will have to be ready.
In general, the new regime includes a time limit for welfare payments
but help with a resume, punishment for skipping work but child care
with ajo b
“ I think w e'regoingto be more likecareercounselors,” said Rochelle
Halperin, a caseworker in Phoenix, Ariz., for five years. “ In the past, we
focused on education and skills training and help with any other
barriers. Now, she needs to be out there working."
H alperin’s office and three others in Arizona officially become
“empowerment centers" on Tuesday, where applicants will be greeted
by bulletin boards o f job listings.
“ When people walk into our offices, they’ll understand this is no
longer an entitlement. W e’re here to help you get a jo b ,” said Bruce
Liggett, who is helping to implement A rizona's program.
Thanks in part to the economy, the number o f people on welfare
already has dropped dramatically. About 4 million families were on
assistance in March, dow n 20 percent from the 1994 peak.
With unprecedented authority to design their plans, states' ap­
proaches do not radically differ. Most hold onto the premise of
traditional welfare: a check to help poor families.
There's plenty o f room to browse for fireworks as damp skies had many people staying home from the
July 4th stands this year, according to the sellers at this Vancouver fireworks stand.
Betty Shabazz given a tribute
Thousands of UFO buffs, researchers
and alien-watchers are gathering in Roswell,
N.M.. Tuesday for an extravaganza mark­
ing the 50th anniversary of the most fa­
mous of all alleged alien landings on Earth.
Organizers say between 60,(XX)and l(X).(XX)
people will arrive over the next six days to
swap stories of alien encounters.
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EDUCATION................ A3
EDITORIAL..................A4
H0MES&GARDENS...A5
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(Photo by Mark Washington)
came when Shabazz’s six daughters, led by
etty Shabazz’s family, her friends,
the eldest, Attallah, spoke o f their mother.
dignitaries and thousands of ad­
Choking back tears, her voice cracking
mirers remembered herSunday as
with emotion, Attallah spoke o f trying to
a woman of strength, vibrancy and perse­
conjure up "not just the dynamic Betty
verance in a final tribute at the Riverside
Shabazz, not just the triumphant Dr Betty
Church.
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Progress at Kennedy School: The McMenamins Kennedy School
Redevelopment takes time out for an open house. The Portland-
based McMenamins restaurant, brewing and entertainment company
hosted a neighborhood party last week, as efforts move forward to
restore the northeast Portland landmark into a brew pub, movie
hOUSe and recreation Center.
(Photo by Charles Washington)
Shabazz, the widow o f slain civil rights
leader Malcolm X, died Monday at the age o f
63 from burns she suffered in a fire allegedly
set by her troubled grandson.
Among the 2,500 people whocrow ded the
G othic-style church in the M orningside
Heights area o f Manhattan were New York
State Gov. George Pataki and four New York
City mayors, including the current office­
holder, Rudy Giuliani.
Also attending were Myrlie Evers-W ill­
iams, the widow of slain human rights leader
Medgar Evers and chairman o f the NA ACP;
Dr. Coretta Scott King, the widow o f assassi­
nated civil rights leader Martin Luther King
Jr.; poet Maya Angelou, a close friend o f
Shabazz; andCalifomia Rep. Maxine Waters.
The most tearful and poignant moments
Shabazz, but to fin d ... something as pure and
as simple as mommy."
“She lived as the wife o f Malcolm X be­
cause she was his woman. His pulse was with
her until she made the transition," Attallah
said “She’s with her dance partner now ...
serenading," she added.
Alexis Herman. U S. Secretary of Labor and
a friend o f Shabazz, delivered a message from
President and Mrs. Clinton saying the nation
“has lost a true heroine ... (w ho) has given us
so much strength and beauty.”
The eu logy was given by actors Ossie Davis
and his wife, Ruby Dee “Go we II, Sister Betty,
as Malcolm steps from the shadows to greet his
beloved Betty and w hispers in your ear. Well
done, Betty,"' Davis said, looking at a 3-by-5-
foot color photo of Shabazz at the altar
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