Committed to cultural diversity.
Volume X X V II, Number 32
Rituals of the world
Adopting a resource
Tolerating pain as a mark of
honor is explored in global
proportions.
Area kids join campaign to
make repairs to an urban
waterway.
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Proud moments at the
opening of Adidas in the
plaza named for a longtime
Portland police officer.
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See Entertainment, page A2.
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Jet reported down
A Korean Air Lines jetliner that was
heading from Korea to Guam is reported to
have crashed on the tiny Pacific island. Dr.
Michael Cruz, ofGuam Memorial Hospital,
tellsCN N that the wreckage of the Boeing
747, which was flying from Seoul, South
Korea, to Agana, Guam, has been spotted
in a sparsely populated area. Reports say
331 people were aboard the plane. There is
no word yet on survivors.
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Clinton pens budget
Amid patriotic music and high-flying
rhetoric, President Clinton today signed
legislation aimed at balancing the U.S.
budget and giving Americans $95 billion in
tax cuts. In a ceremony on the South Lawn
of the White House, Clinton penned his
name to a budget bill that resulted from a
rare display of unity between political op
ponents. Clinton let House Speaker Newt
Gingrich have a lead speaking role.
Cosmonauts on way
Two relief Russian cosmonauts are on
their way to the problem-plagued Russian
space station Mir. Commander Anatoly
Solovyov and flight en g in eer Pavel
Vinogradov blasted off today from the
Russian launch cen ter at B aikonur,
Kazakhstan. Mission Control declared
"everything is normal” shortly after the
two rocketed into the sky. Solovyov and
Vinogradov will undertake the most vital
repairs in the history of Mir, whichcollided
with a resupply ship on June 25 and has
been running on partial power since.
Health workers strike
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Labor trouble is disrupting health care
in Ohio. More than 4,0 0 0 doctors, nurses,
social workers and other state-employed
members of the Service Employees Inter
national Union went on strike today after
a breakdown in negotiations. Pickets went
up around the state at state-run prisons,
hospitals, mental health centers and nurs
ing homes, a union spokeswoman said.
Korea talks open
North Korea, the United Stales, South
Korea and China opened talks today to
negotiate a more secure peace to replace
the fragile arrangement in place sincejhe
1950-53 Korean War. Officials from the
four countries began the talks shortly after
10 a m. EDT at the Columbia University
School of International and Public Affairs
in New York.
Smoking ban widened
President Clinton reportedly plans to
toughen the crackdown on smoking on
federal property. The U.S. military and
many federal agencies already restrict
smoking in their facilities. But the W ash
ington Post reports that Clinton plans to
sign an executive order that would ban
smoking in virtually every building owned
or leased by the federal government.
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Answering the call for action
People of all walks o f life take to the streets Saturday, united to dismantle
drugs and violence in our communities.
(Photo by M. Washington)
Racism attached to militia expo
Event called a forum for those who claim to hold
up the Constitution but in reality crumple it
ivil rights and community leaders are
calling a scheduled exposition in Port
land a vehicle for extreme racism.
“Bigoted messages of notable antigovern
ment extremists and white supremacists” will
be featured at the Preparedness Expo 97 in
Portland this weekend, leaders with the North
west Coalition Against Malicious Harass
ment said.
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The expo is founded by Utah-based Patriot
Dan Chittock and is little more than a thinly
disguised gathering lor those who continue
to flirt with and embrace A merica’s grow ing
racists and militia movements, the civil rights
group said..
“Some Oregon citizens may be under the
mistaken impression that the expo is about
alternative health and n u trition." said
Jonathan Mozzochi, executive director of the
C 174086
The confusion is understandable because
the event has been advertised as a consumer
show, dedicated to educating and preparing
people for economic instabilities, natural di
sasters. political unrest, threats to our per
sonal freedom, health and well being.
Presentations are scheduled by well-known
figures in the militia and racist movements,
including Larry Pratt, gun owners of America,
James "Bo” G rit/. 1992 Populist Parly candi
date and leader with the Christian Patriot
movement; Chris Temple, Montana core
spondent for the racist Identity publication
Jubilee; and John Troehmann, colounderof
the Militia of Montana.
"The fact that expo founder Dan Chittock
attempts to disassociate himself from the
bigoted ideas expressed and distributed at
the expo is disingenuous at best," said Eric
Ward, associate director of the Northwest
Coalition Against Malicious Harassment.
Support growsfor Portland monument to King
$150,000 fundraising drive to complete the
ortland artist Michael D ente’s monu
pro ject.
ment to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,
targeted for display at the entrance to the U .S. Sen. Ron W yden. U .S. Rep.
D arlene H ooley, P o rtland Police C h ief
Oregon Convention Center, is getting a big
C h arles M oose, P o rtland Parks and R ec
boost from corporate and political sponsors.
reatio n D irecto r C h a rle s Jordan and a
Former Sen. Mark Hatfield, a long-time
num ber o f state le g isla to rs are also c o m
advocate of civil rights, will join more than 20
m itted to assist the e ffo rt.
community leaders Thursday to kick off a
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Fred Meyer, the Trail Blazers and Legacy
Emanuel Medical Center have already con
tributed $ I ().(MM) each.
"W e've had grassroots support foryears,"
John Jenkins, the chair of the Martin Luther
King Jr. Statue Foundation said. "It’s great to
see community and business leaders working
together on this important project.”
The statue, created by Dente, is full of
symbolism.
Dr. King will be Hanked by figures repre
senting the worker, the immigrant and the
child. The base of the statue will feature
bronze bas-relives identifying other great
individuals from history such as Gandhi,
O regon's Chief Joseph and Rosa Parks.
Tri-Met
moves
enforcement
Police, security
headquarters to relocate
Tri-met is making a move to enhance
security along the downtown transit mall,
Town/ Chinatown and the Lloyd district.
The Portland Police Bureau’s Tri-Met
division and the Tri-Met Security Depart
ment are relocating headquarters to North
west First and Davis, placing offices next to
the Old Town/Chinatown MAX Station
and near the transit mall.
The move will help increase police pa
trols and bring quicker response to Max
light rail, the Portland Transit Mall, the
Rose Quarter, the Lloyd District and the
Central Business District, Tri-Met officials
said.
The transportation agency said its offic
ers will continue to work closely with the
police bureau's central precinct to combat
drug dealing and other criminal incidents
that occur on the mall, and to enhance
safety and security forTri-M et customers
and the community.
Tri-Met has made security and safety a
top priority, expanding police patrols, in
stalling video surveillance cameras, and
forgingcritnc-prevcntion partnerships with
theeommunity.
Portland workers at UPS form a picket line putting United Parcel Service trucks at a stop as a strike against the nation 's package
delivery giant goes into its second day.
(Photo by M. Washington)