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Jordan Stands
by Clinton
W ashington lawyer Vemon Jordan said
Tuesday he testified “truthfully and com
pletely” before a grand ju ry investigating
the W hite House sex scandal, and he reaf
firm ed his friendship w ith President
Clinton. Jordan, the first central figure in
the scandal to be summoned to testify by
prosecutor Kenneth Starr’s office, said he
would return for m ore questioning Thurs
day, when the grand jury next meets.
Starr’s grand ju ry is investigating allega
tions that Clinton had an affair with former
W hite House intern M onica Lewinsky
and, in concert w ith Jordan, tried to cover
it up by encouraging the young woman to
lie under oath. Clinton and Jordan both
have vehem ently denied the allegations.
Microsoft
Monopoly
M icrosoft c h ie f executive B ill Gates
Tuesday defiantly defended his com pany
as an innovator not a m onopol ist predator.
In testim ony before a Senate com m ittee,
Gates sparred w ith lawmakers and his
competitors. The richest man in Am erica
said his com pany had no intention o f turn
ing the W orld W ide W eb into a M icrosoft
toll road, and he called it ‘ ’preposterous’ ’
to think one com pany could control ac
cess to the the vast Internet. But rival Jim
Barksdale, CEO o f N etscape, accused
Gates o f trying to drive his Internet browser
com pany out o f business. Gates dodged
questions about whether M icrosoft has a
m onopoly in the com puter operating sys
tem business.
Clinton Warns Iraq
President Clinton sent Iraq a blunt warn
ing Tuesday that it faces military action if
it fails to g iv e U .N . arms inspectors unre
stricted access to suspected weapons sites.
Clinton made the threat as he praised a
U .N Security C ouncil resolution passed
unanim ously yesterday warning Iraq o f
the “severest consequences” i f it fails to
live up to a U .N .-brokered agreement on
the inspections. C linton avoided any ex
plicit reference to armed strikes, but said
the Security C ouncil resolution provides
“authority to act” i f Iraq does not keep its
word.
Troops to Get
Anthrax Vaccine
The U .S. military w ill begin vaccinat
ing all o f the more than 3 5,000 American
troops in the G u lf this month against the
deadly anthrax b iological agent. D efense
Secretary W illiam Cohen announced Tues
day. A senior W estern officer said several
thousand British and Canadian troops in
the region also w ill be vaccinated. Cohen
said he had decided to begin the m ass
inoculations at the request ofM arine Corps
Gen. A nthony Zinni, com m ander o f U.S.
forces in the Gulf. The United States says
Iraq has developed anthrax into a lethal
weapon.
McKinney Denies
Sex Charges
Sergeant Major G ene M cKinney, once
the U .S. A rm y’s top enlisted man, testi
fied in his ow n defense for the first tune
Tuesday and denied any sexual m iscon
duct or obstruction o f justice. M cK inney,
a black 29-year army veteran, has con
tended that the prosecution is racially bi
ased. F ive o f his six fem ale accusers are
white and the other is o f m ixed race. “N o ,
sir, I com m itted none o f those offenses,”
M cK inney said w hen his attorney asked
him about the allegations.
Photo By Neil Heilpern Pictured above
Raleigh Lewis and Paul McCoy
he crowd at Saturday’s opening
festivities for the McCoy Vil
lage A partm ents oohed and
awed as if it were the birth o f a new baby
in the neighborhood.
A fter touring one o f the apartments
with some friends, visitor Brenda Curry
stepped out onto the second floor walk
way, peered over the open courtyard be
low and called it “a fabulous place”.
The $6 million, 55 apartment complex
for low-income renters sits on two city
blocks along Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd,
between Prescott and Skidmore streets.
The first floor is proposed forcommeT
cial space, with the second through fourth
floors containing one, two, three and four
bedroom apartments for families earning
50 percent or less o f Portland’s median
income.
The apartment complex also includes
a community room, a computer/leaming
center and a human services advocate
who will help residents with human ser
vices and economic needs based on indi
vidual plans and goals.
At a time when apartment complexes
usually get a bad rap because o f drugs and
gang activity, m ost visitors and speakers
at the reception applauded the vitality
which the M cCoy Apartments are ex
pected to give N ortheast Portland.
Raleigh Lewis, Affirmative Action Director for the governor's office ( upper left) and Paul McCoy, candidate for County
Commissioner, talk at the new McCoy Village Apartments on MLK Blvd. Photo by M. Washington
“ I remember when this was car lot alley for
20 years," said Jess McKinley, board chair
man o f the Northeast Community Develop
ment Corporation (NECDC), which co-de-
veloped the project with California based
O N E . Company (Opportunities for Neigh
borhood Empowerment) and others. For years
the land was empty and weed-infested.
“This is one o f several new projects along
MLK to bring back the community,” said
Mckinley. “Northeast Portland is alive and
thriving.”
Neighbors Tracy and Chris Robertson
looked over one o f the courtyards, filled with
rock-lined areas o f reddish-brown bark dust
that felt like rosy cheeks. The open space
provided the image o f numerous buildings
joined together, rather than one big block. To
their right was the fence which separated the
apartments from the Robertson’s single-fam
ily home.
Calling it “very nice,” Tracy told The
Portland Observer she was happy the apart
ments would be available for “people trying
M utant Tomatoes From Corvallis
Invade Je ffe rso n High School
eally. T hat’s not a tabloid head
line. Terri Lomax,aplantpatholo
gist from Oregon State Univer
sity, will help launch a new Science Con
nection by bringing her mutant tomatoes to
Karen K elly’s high school biology class
(D-35).
The Science Connection will link Port
land science teachers and their students
with Oregon State University researchers
and the undergraduate and graduate stu
dents in their labs.
Each high school program in the Port
land Schools will be part o f a pilot project
this school year. We hope to expand it next
year.
,
30 OSU researchers have already signed
up. OSU students will get internship credit
for their efforts.
OSU partners with Jefferson High School to create a science connection.
Oregon State hired Liette Powell, a re
Photo
by M. Washington
cent graduate in biology and international
Portland teacher will be lecturing inCorvallis.
studies, to coordinate the connections.
The basic concept: make science real for
C
level and High School’s Dick Pugh is sched
The learning is not one w ay from
students o f all ages. Mutual curiosity about
Corvallis to Portland. Not only will OSU
uled to bring his expertise in the study o f
science brings the teachers and the research
professors find out what is really going on
meteors to classes on possible life in outer
ers together. The key is tapping into that
in the high school classroom, at least one
space.
same curiosity in the students.
R
E V E N T SCHEDULED T O H O N O R
W O R K A N D SUCCESS O F SHAC
ommunity Leaders and public o f
ficials will gather from 2:00 until
4:00 pm on F rid ay , M arch 6,
1998 to honor the w ork and success of the
S in g le s H o u sin g A sse ssm e n t C e n te r
(SH AC), a facility designed to assist home-
C
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less single people which will close M on
day, M arch 16, 1998. Multnomah County
Chair Beverly Stein, Portland City Commis-
sionerGretchen Miller Kafoury, Community
and Fami ly Services Director Lolenzo T . Poe
Jr., Housing and Community Development
Director Steve Rudman, SHAC Advisory
Com m ittee Chair Bruce Allen, Sergeant
David Pool, and former SHAC guests are
among those scheduled to speak at 2:30. T he
SH A C is located at 1212 N.W . 9th S treet in
P o rtlan d , O regon.
to have a good quality o f life”.
“As long as it is kept up and maintained,"
said her husband, “it will help the commu
nity and MLK Blvd. come up”.
The apartments are named for long-time
Northeast Portland advocates, the late State
Senator Bill M cCoy and wife Gladys, who
served as M ultnomah County Chair. The
day was also the couple’s wedding anniver
sary and Mrs. M ccoy’s birthday. Several o f
their children and other relatives were on
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UNITED AIRLINES
BRINGS THE WORLD
OF WORK TO
3,000 STUDENTS
WORLDWIDE
ednesday, thousands o f stu
dents from across the country
and around the world spent the
day working alongside United Airlines em
ployees as part o f a U nited’s third annual
sponsorship o f Take Your Community To
Work Day. to maximize the value o f this
program. United will give participating stu
dents (in select cities where United has a
large employee base) a “Ticket to the Fu
ture.” This ticket will guarantee the students
a job interview with United, providing they
com plete high school and meet all eligibility
requirements.
“ Many children may find it difficult to
explore career opportunities because o f their
home situation, poverty or lack o f educa
tional opportunity,” said John Edwardson,
United Airlines president and chief operat
ing officer. “These students would not ordi
narily have access to United Airlines or other
corporate settings. Take Your Community
To Work D ay is important to our employees
because it enables them to share their talents
and expertise with the students in their com
munities who need it most. The program is a
prim e example o f the positive impact that
public-private partnerships can have on com
m unities throughout the United States."
Take Your Community To Work Day is a
global mentoring program that offers young
people from under-resourced environments
first-hand exposure to the world o f work.
Students will assist United employees with
activities such as serving passengers at ticket
counters and gate areas, sorting baggage and
even servicing aircraft.
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