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Volume XXVI I, Number 92
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Sparkling Halle
Portland Power
Competing with the best,
now taking it all, in the
role as Dorothy Dandridge
MVP Natalie Williams
makes a comeback
See Metro, Section B
See Entertainment, page B3
See Popeye's
Coupon's
Inside!
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New
A soon to be
35,000 foot
Safeway replaces
the old with more
departments
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C e n te r
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k e t,
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B ro a d w a y , w ill c lo s e
1 0 , th e c o m p a n y h a s a n ­
nounced.
The e x is tin g 2 0 ,0 0 0 sq u are
fo o t s to re w ill be d e m o lish e d
and re p la c e d by a 35,000 square
foot fa c ility w ith new ex p an d ed
se rv ic e s. A recen t ag reem en t on
a new le a se by S afew ay and th e
G lim c h e r C o rp o ra tio n , o w ner
o f L lo y d C e n te r, a llo w s th e
p lan s to p ro c e e d . T he new sto re
sh o u ld be c o m p le te so m etim e
n ex t sp rin g .
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Knight Library
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Emmert International
moved this four-unit,
100 ton structure from
Northeast Knott Street
to Northeast Russell
Street last weekend.
The move clears the
land, part of a one-acre
O c to b e r parcel abutting
Northeast Martin
Luther King, Jr.
Boulevard, for
redevelopment.
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"McMenamins* Buy White Eagle"
h e M c M e n a m in B r o th e r s ’
b rew pub ch ain has acq u ired
an o th er gho st from the p ast -
th e W h ite E ag le T av ern and o ccu p an t.
T he ch ain w ill tak e o v er o p eratio n
o f the h isto ric bar and lo n g -tim e rock
m usic venue at 836 N. R ussell St. a fte r
O c to b e r 16. C u rre n t o w n e r C h u c k
H ughes says that on the last w eekend
o f o p e ra tio n , O cto b er N in th and 10th,
the ta v e rn w ill host the R ascals, one o f
the first b an d s to p la y there u n d er h is
ow nersh ip .
“O c to b e r w ill m ake 20 y ears th a t
I ’ve b een h ere, and I p ro m ised m y se lf
th at in 20 years I ’d be d oing so m eth in g
e lse ,” H ug h es says.
A sk ed w hy he b o u g h t the tav ern ,
M ichael M cM enam in says, “ I ’ve been
co m in g th ere since 1971. I love the
a tm o sp h e re , i t ’s a b e a u tifu l b u ild in g , a
White Eagle Tavern.
great p a rt o f tow n, and th a t’s eno u g h
fo r m e. W e ’re very lucky in d eed to be
this w ould req u ire e x te n siv e re p a ir and
ab le to acq u ire th is.”
w o n ’t hap p en in the im m ediate future,
M cM enam in says he w ill clo se the
he says.
W hite E ag le for ab o u t 10 days o f re fu r­
T h e p u r c h a s e w ill b r in g th e
b ish in g , then reopen in late O cto b er.
M cM enam ins w ithin tw o b lo ck s o f an ­
T he ta v e rn w ill th e n have an “ e x ­
other m icro-brew er, the W idm er fam ily’s
p a n d e d ” m enu and bev erag e sele c tio n .
o p e r a tio n a t 9 2 9 N . R u s s e ll S t.
He w ill c o n tin u e its n ig h tly live m usic
M cM enam in sees no pro b lem w ith the
form at, and retain histo ric features such
p ro x im ity . “ W e ’re all frie n d s,” he says.
A s the tile floor. H e m ay som e day
“ W e 'll be se llin g th e ir b e e r at the W hite
‘u tiliz e the u p p er flo o r, p o ssib ly fo r a
E ag le.’
sm all b e d and b re a k fa st o p eratio n , b u t
The M cM enam ins are natu rals to take
o v er the op eratio n , being old hands at
re sto rin g v in tag e stru ctures.
T hey have resto red E d g efield M anor,
the B agdad T heater, n o rth w e st’s M is­
sion T h eater, the C rystal B allroom and
K ennedy S chool, the last an o th er n a ­
tional re g iste r structure.
W ith the W hite E agle, ho w ev er, they
w ill in h e rit som e u n u su a l m o re -th a n -
life tim e te n a n ts. H u g h e s and o th e rs
c la im th e b u ild in g has at le a st one
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Human Rights Pact
A new human rights treaty was signed
recently at the U.N. Headquarters by C hina’s
U.N. ambassador. The treaty, called “The
International Covenant on Civil and Politi­
cal Rights” will allow for freedom o f ex­
pression, religion and self-determination to
1 protect human rights that has been denied in
China for m any years.
Gene Autrey Dies
Hollywood singing legend, O ene Autrey
died o f a lengthy illness at die age o f 91 He
was famous for entertaining on radio and
TV broadcasts. As the previous ow ner o f
baseball’s California Angels along with own-
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re s id e n t g h o st, p o ssib ly as m any as
th re e . T he se c o n d sto ry w as o n ce a
b ro th e l an d , a c c o rd in g to le g e n d , a
p ro s titu te n am ed R ose w as m u rd ered
th ere by a je a lo u s lo v e r. R ose a n d /o r
her frie n d s have been know n to cry
w ith in h e a rin g d ista n c e o f the b a r,
m ove o b je c ts a ro u n d , throw c lo c k s
from th e ir w all fa ste n in g s, c reate su d ­
den and d ra s tic c h an g es in te m p e ra ­
tu re , and e v e n to u c h the b o d ies o f the
living.
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(Photo by M. Washington)
B oth b u ild in g s are part o f the L ow er
A lb in a h isto ric d istrict. B uilt in 1905,
the W hite E agle has been a “ public
h o u se ” o f som e sort th ro u g h o u t its h is­
to ry , has been know n by th a t nam e fo r
all but a year o f that tim e, and is the
o ld est co n tin u o u sly operated liq u o r o u t­
let in P ortland. The b u ild in g is on the
n atio n al reg ister o f historic places. O nce
know n as a row dy “ b ik e r” b ar, it now
has a m erely lively atm osphere.
ing several m edia firms. G ene A utrey
am assed a multi-million dollar fortune. He
was listed by Forbes magazine as one o f the
richest Americans for many years.
Federal Budget Surplus
President Clinton announced that the to­
tal federal budget surplus is $70 billion.
This will allow sustained grow th o f the
American economy into the 21st century.
According to Clinton, this puts an end to
three decades o f deficits and launches an era
o f balances and surpluses that has resulted
from a series o f deficit-cutting
enacted in the ,9 9 0 ’s.
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Current Owner Chuck Hughes
Free Internet
The National Cable Television Associa­
tion plans to install free high-speed connec­
tions to the Internet in libraries throughout
the country. This program is part o f a 2-year
cable industry initiative that has already
helped offer the same connection to 2,500
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