Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1998)
•» Committed to eulturul diversity, http: wu w.portlandobscrver.net Volume \ \ \ II, Number 82 Maximiliano Pruneda III Pruneda 's art is imbued with a profound sense o f the unseen, mystical and the world o f spirits. JULY 29. 1998 The Negotiator $1 « - Chicago's two top negotiators must face each other. One o f them is holding hostages, the other is demanding surrender. See this summer's hot new See Entertainment, Page B3. movie •> p See El Observador de Portland, page .46 See Popeye s Coupon's i Inside! BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID PORTLAND, OR PERMIT NO. 1610 l Diversity o f Oregon Knight Library Newspaper Section ®Jje |lortla«b (Pb&erora* Council gives money to study stock exchange move B i L ee P erlman _________________________ _ T he P ortland O bserver S taff The Portland City Council officially approved $37,000 to study m oving the historic Kenton Stock- yard Exchange building from its current location to the Heron Lakes G o lf Course. Harsch Investm ent, which owns the property at 2416 N. M arine Drive, wants to remove the 40,000 square foot building to make room for new develop New Tri-Met General Manager Selected ment. It has offered to give the building away and contribute $130,000 toward its moving, provided that it is gone by year’s end. The Kenton Action Plan, a non-profit agency, and the Portland Bureau o f Parks are considering making the building a combination club house, meeting facility and bed and breakfast. The bureau had planned to put up a structure at the course, although on a smaller scale. Commissioner Charlie Hales called the move “a crazy idea that deserves support."M ayor Vera Katz chimed in, “ I love crazy ideas.” Com m issioner G retchen Kafoury said, "In honor o f m oving the Simon Benson House, I'll support moving this one too. David Myers-Eatwell testified that the 1916 building was once a major center of financial transactions, so much so that it contained seven bank vaults. Hales asked, "Have you checked to make sure they’re all empty?” III P o r tla n d US EPA Deputy Administrator & former DEQ director to head transit agency The Tri-Met Board o f Directors today voted unani mously to appoint Fred Hansen as the new General Manager for the transit agency. Hansen currently serves as Deputy Administrator for the US Environmental Pro tection Agency in W ashington, DC, where he is account able for daily management o f the agency, its 17,500 employees and $7.8 billion annual budget. Before his appointment to EPA in 1994, Hansen served as Director o f the Oregon Department o f Environmental Quality for 10 years. He also served as Deputy State Treasurer in Salem. Early in his career, Hansen served in the Carter Administration as Deputy Director for Carter's special project on federal cash management. Board president Phil Bogue said Hansen was selected after an extensive local national search, both inside and outside the transit industry. “ Fred has extensive experience in public service and is deeply interested in the issues facing Tri-met and this region,” said Bogue. "His leadership qualities and his Oregon and W ashington contacts will help Tri-Met be successful in expanding transit service to meet the needs o f this growing region." Hansen will lead the agency as it opens the Westside MAX line, expands light rail to the Airport and construct the South/North project. Tri-Met has 2,350 employees, and a $230 million annual operating budget. Hansen is C ontinued T o P age B8 Portlanders' cool off as the mercury reaches over 100 degrees. The City is expected to cool down later this week. (Photos by M. Washington) U.S. leaders bow their heads to slain officers y T abassum Z akaria The silence in a building where talk is « main currency was overwhelming on uesday as U.S. leaders bowed their heads i honour two police officers killed when a anman invaded the Capitol and started looting. Grown men cried. Democrats hugged epublicans, and President Bill Clinton and ongress joined together in one sentiment - to honour Capitol Police officers Jacob hestnut, 58, and John Gibson, 42, who ed in the shooting Friday. “Until crisis reveals their courage, we do not see how truly special they are. And so they walked humbly," Clinton said in a trib ute to the slain officers under the Capitol dome. Two flag-draped caskets stood in the place o f honour that has been given to only 27 others since 1852, including President Abraham Lincoln, President John F. Kennedy and unknown soldiers from various wars. Rows o f blue-uniformed police officers occupied about half o f the rotunda during the eulogy, while the politicians they help pro- tect took up the rest o f the space. The wives and children o f the men who were killed sat in chairs, dabbing at their eyes, across from the respective caskets. Fhe rest o f the room stood quietly. In a “laying ofthe wreaths” the top Repub lican and Democrat from the Senate and the House, Clinton, and the Capitol Police chief, separately moved a wreath toward the cas kets then stood briefly with head lowered. Statues o f past presidents and other key figures from America’s past such as civil rights leader Martin Luther King and suffrag- ette Susan B. Anthony stood near the walls. “ In th is room , th e re are m urals, p ic tu re s, sta tu e s o f the g re a t men and w om en in o u r c o u n try ’s h is to ry ,” S e n ate M a jo rity L e a d e r T re n t L ott, a M is sissip p i R e p u b lic a n , said. “ T oday, we h o n o u r tw o m en th a t sh o u ld rig h tly be re c o g n ise d in th is hall o f h e ro e s,” he added. Light streamed in from the circle o f win dows near the top o f the dome, the inside of which is covered by a painting done by the Italian artist Constantino Brumidi who died Capltol Shooting her grand jury testimony. Kenneth Starr’s subpoena o f President Clinton brings out an important question: Can a sitting president be subject to criminal prosecution? announced. Fox's surprise hit“AllyMcBeal' got 10 bids, one less than the top-nominated comedy “Frasier." Other prospective Emmy winning shows include NBC’s medical drama “ER” and Fox’s “The X-Files”, each with 16 bids. Gunman. Weston Jr burst into the Capitol building killing twoCapitol officers. Weston opened fire using a .38 caliber handgun. The shooter was diagnosed ten years ago with paranoid schizophrenia. He wrote a letter accusing President Clinton o f sending CIA agents to assassinate him. President Subpoenaed Monica Lewinsky met with prosecutors for five hours in New York over sexual suit against President Clinton. She was inter viewed by independent counsel, Kenneth Starr to determine her credibility and secure Phone Merger Bell Atlantic Corporation and GTE Corp., have agreed to merge. Their corporate mar riage will result in the biggest merger deal in the United States with a worth o f around $55 billion. The merger will have no effect on local phone customers in Oregon, but GTE long-distance users may see some changes. Emmy Bids The Emmy Award nominees have been in the rotunda when he fell from a scaffold while painting. The rotunda is also w here heads o f state such as the Q ueen o f England has been receiv ed , and w here President Ronald R eagan’s second inauguration w as held because it was too cold out side. All day, tourists and law enforcement officers in various shades o f blue, grey and brown uni forms circled the caskets silently, only their footsteps echoing against the stone. Light Rail Portland In Heat Portland Commissioner Erik Sten is try ing to block the city’s $120 million south- north light rail project. He proposed a finan cial request to have an additional $ 120 mil lion for the city to build mixed-income hous ing. T em peratures in Portland reached a record 100 degrees for two days straight The intense heat sent dozens o f people to hospitals and broke tem perature records in three O regon cities. The hottest area was the D alles w here the high was 112 degrees. Filipinos abroad and descendants in the United Sûtes are celebrating 100 years o f Philippine Independence from the Span iards. About 2 million Filipino Americans live in the United Sûtes. An estimate o f 10,000 live in Oregon alone Filipino History