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• « J a .' , • Jk'» „ 2 is j<¡. » 1 •X. . r; > aito ■ B B S s m *3 . o n Volume X X V IL Number 33 ■ • n ’ L<A SV.rH¿ A .4. .< \r.’ • . Committed to cultural diversity. Eighth Annual Homowo Featival Mullins joins Bird African Royalty brings traditions to Portland. Golden State star traded to Indiana. See Arts & Entertainment page B2 Find ■ i whee Automomie consumers magazine takes you on high speeds. See Sports page A 6 Jorthmi* (Oh$mnr Demolitoli eyed for Cascade Hall PCC gets ready for another new building, more growth P Unions Back UPS Strikers The A FL -C IO offered m illions o f dollars today to help T eam sters w age a long strike against United Parcel Service, and the com pany w arned o f thousands of jo b losses as both sides dug in for the fight. The an nouncem ent that the federation o f 78 unions would aid the striking T eam sters w as a dram atic sign that the nine-day-old strike was taking a bitter turn. The A tlanta-based com pany stiffened its position, taking out ads in new spapers to tell its story. UPS also warns that T eam sters will lose jo b s if the strike is not settled quickly. Clinton Hails Welfare Progress C linton said the w elfare caseload has fallen by 1.4 m illion recipients in the year since he signed a R epublican-backed w el fare law . T he law en d e d the federal governm ent 's g uarantee o f federal aid and led to dire predictions about the f uture o f the underprivileged. Since he took office in 1993, the num ber o f people receiving w el fare benefits fell by 24 percent, or 3.4 million recipients, w hich C linton called the largest U.S. decline ever in the w elfare rolls. Bomb Defense Wants Trial Moved The second O klahom a City bom bing trial should not be held in D enver because potential ju ro rs in C olorado are too em o tionally involved w ith the blast victim s, defendant Terry N ich o ls’ law yers argued. Instead, they said in a court filing that the trial should be m oved to San Francisco. The law yers said new s coverage o f the Tim othy M cV eigh trial focused so heavily on em otional aspects o f the bom bing that “D enver had becom e a ‘siste rc ity ’ toO kla- hom a C ity ” by the tim e the proceedings were over. M cV eigh w as found guilty in June and sentenced to death for the 1995 bombing. ortland C om m unity C o lleg e’s C a s cade C am pus plans to rem ove the building that bares it’s nam e as it prepares the site for an eventual new ing and a grow ing student population. C ascade Hall was built in 1946 for the form er C ascade C ollege and now sits in the heart of the cam pus at 705 N K illingsw orth. “W e w anted to restore the building, but the costs w ere prohibitive," said M ildred O llee, executive dean. C ollege officials say the structure was built w ith cheap m aterials and has little his torical or architectural significance. T he building is plagued with toxic asb es tos and lead paint throughout; does not meet earthquake codes; has substandard ven tila tion and dry rot. T he structure also needs new w iring, heating, cooling and handicap access. PCC estimated a cost of $4 million just to bring the building up to code, which would have to be done before any remodeling could begin. “W e ju st d o n 't think th a t’s a wise use of public funds. For the sam e expenditure, PCC could build a new and far more functional building," O llee said. Cascade Hall serves a growing Portland Community College population, but will come down to make room for a new, larger building. (Photo by M. Washington) Groundwork laid forpolitical movement ortland activists are involved in the launch o f the New Party, a progressive political party building support across the U.S. T am m y Johnson, organizer with the New Party affiliate in M ilw aukee, W ise, has been assisting the local effort in a visit to Portland. She has met w ith local com m unity groups such as the Rainbow C oalition. Local m em bers o f a New Party exploratory com m ittee include Port land School Board M em ber Joseph Tam , M acceo Pettis o f the Coalition o f Black Men. Ben Priestly o f the Black United Front, G loria G onzales o f the Hotel and R estaurant E m ployees and Jam es Posey o f the A ssocia tion o f M inority C ontractors. “W e see ourselves as a different kind o f political party, that runs on people pow er, not corporate m oney," Tam said. By starting sm all and thinking long-term , New Party leaders are building a m ulti-racial, lively and creative political organization. They expect, over tim e, to break the stranglehold that corporate w ealth and corporate m edia have over the political process. T he N ew Party runs issues as well as candidate cam paigns. It works inside as well as outside the D em ocratic Party. P James Riley and Joe Banks missing after boat capsizes New Party organizer Tammy Johnson (left) and Jamie Partridge of the Portland Rainbow Coalition discuss the launch of a progressive new political party. The crew o f the space shuttle D iscovery aim ed a telescope at C om et H ale-B opp today hoping to learn m ore about the for mation o f our solar system . A stronaut Steve Robinson, on D iscovery ’s darkened low er deck, focused a 7-inch diam eter ultraviolet telescope through a sm all porthole in a cabin hatch to catch a glim pse o f the com et. It was the second tim e the astronauts had viewed H ale-B opp since they rocketed into orbit last T hursday. Teaching Hospitals T eaching hospitals may be better for your health than local com m unity hospi tals. T h at’s according to a new study. R esearchers at the Case W estern R eserve U niversity School o f M edicine in C lev e land found the death rate was 19 percent low erat teaching hospitals. They also found that the length o f stay was generally 10 percent less. The findings are based on a review of nearly 90,000patients in theCleve- land area w ho were treated at various teach ing and non-teaching hospitals for stroke, heart attack, pneum onia and other co n d i tions. HEALTH........................ A7 ARTS & ENT............... B3 METRO......................... B I SPORTS........................ A6 FAMILY.......................... A5 CLASSIFIEDS............... B4 A team of professional builders set a record as they construct a two-story townhouse on Northeast Cleveland Avenue in just one day. (Photo by M. Washington) Habitat townhouse built in a day team o f 50 professional build tow nhouse from floor to roof, com pleting ers did their part to com bat costly fram ing, roofing and w indow and door in housing by building an afford stallation on the site at 4 8 3 1 N E. C leveland able tow nhouse in northeast Portland in a Avenue. single day last week. Portland H abitat invited the public to sup H ome B uilders A ssociation volunteers, port the hard work o f these skilled volun in a stunning blitz o f construction, built the teers by w itnessing this astounding event A Portland men feared drowned Shuttle Crew on Comet Watch EDITORIAL.................. A2 "Still, it will be m issed by the college and the com m unity, O llee acknow ledged, "and we will ju st have to work on designing a build replacem ent building th at's even m ore co m m u n ity -frie n d ly an d p ro v id es m o re r e so u rce s.” I he north Portland college is planning for new program s and expanded services and capacity in the future, according to O llee. "C ascade cam pus is serving the co m m u nity well now , but we plan to do a lot more in the future. In fact, we believe we . an seise twice as m any students in the not loo distant future if we plan carefu lly ." O llee said. “T he changes at C ascade these past two years have been dram atic. The cam pus looks more like a college now, and we are able to give m uch better services to our students." O llee added. “O ur new library building is m ore than double the size o f the library we had before and the new student services building pro vides a central place for students to go for support serv ices,” she said. C ollege officials say the work to tcardow n C ascade Hall could begin as early as this sum m er o rearly fall. “T o my know ledge," said Home Builders A ssociation m em ber Terry Voss o f Voss Fram ing, Inc. “No one has ever put up two tw o-story attached tow nhom es in one d ay .” The blitz-bui'd marks the second partnership between Portland Habitat anti the Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Portland. he M ultnom ah County R iver Pa trol was continuing to search the W illam ette R iver near T erm inal 4 Tuesday for tw o men m issing alter the boat in w hich they were riding capsized M onday. The m issing men are Jam es E. Riley. 28. of southeast Portland and Joe A Banks. 44, o f Troutdale. John Lee, 53, o f northeast Portland survived, and was pulled from the water by a passing boater, Tom L augle of Oregon City. The search for the tw o men continues by dragging and using an underw ater video cam era. A ccording to Lee, the boat, a 12 foot alum inum craft ow ned by Banks, began to lake on w ater due to w aves created by a passing barge and pleasure boats. T h eir e f forts to bail out the w ater were not success ful, the boat sw am ped and capsized. Lee was able to hold on to Riley for a short tim e, but was being pulled under and was unable to hang on. Banks attem pted to swim to shore. Al ter being pulled out by Laugle. Lee and Laugle tried to m ake it to one of the men, who was struggling, but were unable to reach him before he went under. Laugle said he had to m ake a quick deci sion on who to try to rescue first. He first went to help the man struggled in the water, extending an oar to him. "I was ju st three feet aw ay." he said "I was scream ing at him to stay up one m ore tim e." Lee was barely hanging on Io the boat's hull was also scream ing for the man to keep Ins head above w ater But the man s head ducked beneath the murky w aters o f the W illam ette I had to m ake the call," Laugle said. "Get him or the one I know I can save. He turned his attention to Lee w ho was hanging onto the capsized boat's hull. He w as loo ex h a u ste d to clim b into Laugle's boat, so Laugle tied him to his craft At that point, som eone on another boat hail arrived called 9-1-1 and ano th er person donned a life vest and ju m p into the water and com pleted the rescue. R e scu e o f fic ia ls c o u ld ndt c o n firm w hether the tug's wage caused to boat to capsize but are investigating T »
