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Tears of Joy Family
Series
Intimate Portrait:
Phylicia Rashad
Share your favorite plays
with this year's puppet
shows put on by Tears o f
Joy.
See the actress, wife, and
mother, special premiring
on "Lifetime" on August
29th.
See Entertainment, page B3.
See Family, page A3.
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REVIEW
M is s ile
S tr ik e s
C ru is e m is s ile s
fire d
at
s t r a t e g i c t a r g e t s in A f g h a n i ­
s ta n a n d S u d a n a g a in s t t e r ­
r o r i s t s w h o b o m b e d tw o U .S .
e m b a s s i e s in A f r i c a . T h e a t ­
ta c k w as o r d e r e d b y P r e s i ­
d e n t C lin to n so m e tim e a f ­
te r a d d r e s s in g
th e n a tio n
a b o u t h is s e x u a l i n v o l v e ­
m e n t w ith M o n ic a L e w in s k y .
H u r r ic a n e
B o n n ie
H u rr ic a n e B o n n ie h a s b e e n
m o v in g up th e A tla n tic w ith
w in d s c lo c k e d a t 115 m p h at
4 0 0 m ile s w id e . T h e C a t­
e g o r y 3 s t o r m is c a p a b l e o f
c a u s in g
se v e re
c o a s ta l
flo o d in g an d s e rio u s d a m a g e
to b u i l d i n g s a n d h o m e s .
B o r is
■ New Program To Aid
Additional Portland
Families
he P o rtla n d D e v e lo p m e n t
C o m m is s io n ’s (P D C ) N e ig h ­
b o rh o o d H o u sin g P re serv atio n
P ro g ra m h as re c e iv e d a p p ro v a l to o ffe r
F a n n ie M ae H o m e S ty le lo a n p ro g ra m s
to P o rtla n d h o m e o w n e rs.
“ W e a re v e ry p le a s e d to b e o n e o f the
few p u b lic a g e n c ie s a p p ro v e d as a F an n ie
M ae le n d e r ,” sa id P D C H o u s in g D ire c ­
T
to r B a ru ti A rth a re e . “ T h e a llia n c e w ill
a llo w us to m a k e h u n d re d s o f new h o m e
lo a n s a v a ila b le , stre tc h o u r p re c io u s p u b ­
lic fu n d s fa rth e r, a n d in th e p ro c e ss,
s tr e n g th e n P o r tla n d n e ig h b o r h o o d s ,”
A rth a re e a d d e d .
T h e n ew p ro g ra m w ill:
♦B e a v a ila b le to fa m ilie s n o t p r e v i­
o u s ly s e rv e d by P D C p ro g ra m s.
♦ A llo w g re a te r u se o f th e h o m e ’s e q ­
u ity b y c o n s id e rin g th e v alu e o f the ho m e
a f te r th e p la n n e d r e p a ir w o rk is c o m ­
p e te d
♦ P ro v id e an a ffo rd a b le h o u sin g re-
th e c i ty ’s B u reau o f H o u sin g an d C o m ­
m u n ity D ev e lo p m e n t.
F a n n ie M ae is a p r iv a te c o r p o r a tio n ,
f e d e ra lly c h a r te r e d to p r o v id e f in a n ­
c ia l p ro d u c ts an d s e rv ic e s th a t in c re a s e
th e a v a ila b ility a n d a f f o r d a b ility o f
h o u s i n g f o r lo w - , m o d e r a t e - , a n d
m id d le - in c o m e A m e r ic a n s .
T oday,
m o re th a n tw e lv e m illio n A m e ric a n
fa m ilie s liv e in h o m e s F a n n ie M a e h as
h e lp e d fin an c e.
In 1997, F a n n ie M ae p u r c h a s e d or
g u a r a n te e d $ 2 1 8 b illio n fro m h o m e
m o rtg a g e s.
Placement Of
Monument To Dr.
Martin Luther
King, Jr.
Y e lt s in
V ik to r C h e rn o m y rd in w as
r e c a l l e d b y B o r i s Y e l t s i n to
b e c o m e h e a d o f th e R u s s ia n
g o v e rn m e n t. C h e rn o m y rd in
w as Y e l t s i n ’ s p rim e m in i s ­
te r fo r fiv e y e a rs b e f o r e b e ­
in g f i r e d in M a r c h . T h e n e w
le a d e r
fac es
se v ere
eco ­
n o m ic a n d p o l i t i c a l c h a o s .
Q u ebec A tte m p ts
S e c e s s io n
A c c o r d i n g to C a n a d a ’ s S u ­
p rem e C o u rt ru lin g , Q u eb e c
n e e d s th e c o n s e n t o f th e f e d ­
e r a l g o v e r n m e n t to s e c e d e .
Q uebec
w as o b lig a te d
to
a ls o n e g o t ia t e w ith th e o th e r
C a n a d ia n p ro v in c e s as p a rt
o f th e p r o c e d u r e .
In c r e a s e d H o m e
S a le s
J u ly
fin d in g s h av e in d i­
c a te d th a t th e re h a s b e e n a
4% in c r e a s e o f s in g le fa m ­
ily
h o m e s a le s . T h is
has
b e e n e n c o u r a g e d b y lo w i n ­
te r e s t ra te s an d h e a lth y in ­
co m e g ro w th . T h e re a l e s ­
ta te
tra d e
g ro u p
p re d ic ts
th a t s a le s o f e x is tin g h o m e s
w ill r e a c h 4 .7 m i l l i o n th is
y e a r.
The monument was transported from Millennium Art
Works in Wilsonville and then hosted to its final resting-
place at the Oregon Convention Center on Monday,
August 24, 1998.
The dedication o f “The Dream” will be held on
August 28, 1998 from 6:30 to 8:00 PM at the Oregon
Convention Center (777 NE Martin Luther King Jr.
Blvd.). The ceremony w ill take place thirty-five years to
the day o f Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech. The
public is invited to share in the celebration with dignitar­
ies including: Houston Mayor Lee Brown, Portland
Mayor Vera Katz, Metro Presiding Chair Jon Kvistad,
Portland Parks and Recreation Director Charles Jordan,
Bishop A. A. Wells, and the artist, Michael Florin Dente.
Serena Cruz Confident as
November Run-off Approaches
T h e s ta le m a te c o n tin u e s
b e tw e e n
NBA
p la y e rs and
o w n e r s w h ic h c o u ld
fo rc e
th e N B A to c a n c e l g a m e s f o r
th e f i r s t tim e e v e r . S o f a r ,
t h e 2 2 0 b a s k e t b a l l p l a y e r s in
th e le a g u e a re o w e d $ 8 0 0
m i l l i o n in s a l a r i e s .
U n e m p lo y m e n t
R a t e D ro p
In J u l y , P o r t l a n d ’ s u n e m ­
p lo y m e n t r a te d ro p p e d fro m
4 .2 p e r c e n t to 4 .1
p erc en t
w h ic h in c lu d e s V a n c o u v e r ,
W a s h i n g t o n . O r e g o n 's s t a t e ­
w id e
ra te
h a s s ta y e d
th e
s a m e a ll s u m m e r a , 5 .4 p e r ­
c e n t.
O re g o n ACT
S c o re s
O r e g o n 's C l a s s o f 1 9 9 8
h a v e th e h ig h e s t A C T s c o re s
in t h e n a t i o n . T h e s t a t e ' s a v ­
e r a g e s c o r e is 2 2 .7 o n a 3 6 -
p o in t s c a le c o m p a r e d w ith a
n a tio n a l
av e rag e
of
21.
T w e lv e p e r c e n t o f O re g o n
s e n io r s , v e rs u s 37 p e rc e n t o f
a ll U .S . s e n i o r s to o k
th e
A C T te s t.
530,000 Ordered To
Evacuate in N.C.
Bv ESTES THOMPSON
NBA L o c k o u t
A
Serena Cruz prepares for November Run-off for
Multnomah County, District 2 seat.
See El Observador De Portland. page A6.
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p a ir o p tio n th ro u g h F a n n ie M a e ’s fle x ­
ib le C o m m u n ity L e n d in g G u id e lin e s at
c o m p e titiv e c o n v e n tio n a l le n d in g te rm s
♦ O ffe r P D C ’s p e rs o n a l an d w e ll-r e ­
g a r d e d c o n s tr u c tio n c o n s u ltin g a n d
m o n ito rin g s e rv ic e s th ro u g h o u t th e r e ­
p a ir p ro c e s s at no c h a rg e
♦ B o ls te r P o rtla n d c o m m u n itie s an d
p ro te c t n e ig h b o rh o o d liv a b ility by k e e p ­
ing h o m e s re p a ire d an d safe
P D C is th e C ity ’s a g e n c y for u rb an
re n e w a l, h o u sin g , a n d e c o n o m ic d e v e l­
o p m e n t. P D C ’s h o m e re p a ir lo an p r o ­
g ra m s a lso re c e iv e fe d e ra l fu n d s from
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M ore than a half-m illion tourists and resi­
dents w ere ordered to leave the Carolina
coast yesterday as H urricane Bonnie closed
in w ith gathering speed.
H urricane-force w inds could hit the coast
by daybreak today.
By early afternoon, traffic was bumper-to-
bum per on roads leading inland from North
C arolina’s Outer Banks as people tried to get
out o f the w ay o f Bonnie, a behemoth o f a storm
with winds o f 115 mph.
Many residents were unwilling to take the
chance that the first hurricane o f the Atlantic
season would follow the path o f some previous
storms and take a last-minute turn out to sea.
“This is a big sucker,” said Sterling Webster,
a resident o f coastal Dare County on the Outer
Banks.
“ It’s very, very frustrating. W e’re eating
some serious rent," Jane Hanley said as she, her
husband and two children were about to cut
short their long-planned v acation in Nags Head
and go back home to Sparks, Md.
On M onday, B onnie's path was so slow and
wobbly forecasters were unsure when or even if
it might hit land. But by yesterday night, the
storm was centered about 250 miles south o f
Cape Lookout and was pushing toward the
northwest at 16 mph — three times faster than
a day earlier.
H urricane w arnings w ere posted from
( hincoteague. Va„ toC ape Romain, S.C. Swim­
m ing was banned at beaches as far north as New
Y ork’s Long Island as Bonnie kicked up dan­
gerously rough surf up and down the East
Coast.
More than 3 30,000 people were ordered off
N orthCarolinascoastal islands. About 200,000
more, including 120,000tourists, were instructed
to leave South C arolina's two northernmost
coastal counties.
“Anybody w ho does not abide by the m an­
datory evacuation, our law enforcement has
been instructed to ask them their next o f kin,"
South Carolina Gov. David Beasley said.
Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore declared a state
o f emergency, authorizing communities to or­
der evacuations. But none had done so by early
afternoon.
About 60 Nav y ships at Norfolk. Va.. were
instructed to leave port and ride out the storm
300 mi les at sea. ( )ther ships were being moved
to inland waterways.
At Pope Air Force Base. N.C., “every plane
that is livable is leav ing," said Lt. Tisha McGarry,
a spokeswoman at the base. Fighter jets also
were leaving Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
in North Carolina.
Dave Davidge o f Downington. Pa., was
fishing on the beach just south o f Nags Head
when a park ranger sent him packing.
“I'm going out ofherc and heading toCharlcs-
ton (S.C.). I was getting a little scared, espe­
cially getting evacuated o ff the beach," he said.
It was Dav idge’s second warning o f trouble
from the storm. On Sunday, his 7-year-old son
was caught in one o f the riptides caused by
Bonnie as the storm churned the ocean hun­
dreds o f miles away. Dav ldge and a stranger
saved the boy from being swept out to sea.
Many people were staying just long enough
to protect their property.
At Surf City, Chris Medlin used a circular
saw to cut plywood to cover the w indows ofhis
fishing store "W e’ve done this too many times
to stick around." he said. “M other Nature tells
you when it’s time to split."
Farther out in the Atlantic, Hurricane Danielle
moved toward the U.S. Virgin Islands with 80
mph winds, and forecasters expect the storm to
be as strong as Bonnie within days.