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S eattle Bus S hooter ID C onfirm ed
C lin to n Probe
A su b p o e n a was a p p ro v e d by
H ouse J u d ic ia ry C o m m itte e R e ­
p u b lic a n s th a t c o u ld lead to an
in v e s tig a tio n o f p o s s ib le abuses
in the p r e s id e n t's 1996 r e - e le c ­
tio n c a m p a ig n . T he re v e a lin g
e v id e n c e w e re f u n d - r a i s i n g
memos from C harles L aB ella, the
fo rm er head o f the J u s tic e D e­
p a rtm e n t c a m p a ig n fin a n c e task
fo rc e , and FBI D ire c to r L ouis
F reeh . T his re c e n t d e v e lo p m e n t
w ould not a lte r the tim in g or
c o u rse o f the im p e a ch m e n t in ­
q u iry a g a in s t P re sid e n t C lin to n .
SE A TTLE (A P) —- Police con­
firm ed Monday that a 43-year-
old man shot a city bus driver,
causing his bus to careen across
Aurora Bridge and fall 50 feet
onto an apartm ent house.
Silas G arfield Cool shot Mark
M cLaughlin in the abdomen Fri­
day before shooting him self with
a .380 autom atic handgun, said
Capt. Dan Bryant, head o f the
Violent Crime Unit.
The bus bounced o ff the roof o f
an apartment building before com­
ing to rest in the b u ild in g ’s yard.
Cool, M cLaughlin and passenger
Herman L ieb elt, who suffered
head injuries in the crash, died.
A nother 32 people were injured,
with 15 still hospitalized Monday.
Police said they did not know o f
a m otive. Police posters along the
bus route Monday showed C o o l's
picture with the caption, “ This is
th e p e rs o n w ho sh o t M ark
M cL aughlin,” and an appeal for
help.
Police also said C o o l's finger­
prints were found on a gun near
his body, and a second loaded gun
was found on his body.
C ool, a native o f P lainfield,
N .J., had lived in Seattle since
1979, and had been supported by
his parents since becoming un­
em ployed in 1991, police said.
...And Let The Shopping Begin
The November 26th decorating and
lighting of the Christmas tree, at
Pioneer Square, marks the
beginning of the Christmas
Season, Shopping Frenzy, in
downtown Portland
W orld A IDS Day
P re sid e n t C lin to n h e lp e d r e c ­
o g n ize W orld AID S Day by o f ­
fe rin g $10 m illio n in g ra n ts for
the care o f AID S o rp h a n s , in ­
c re a se d fu n d in g to the N a tio n a l
I n s titu te s o f H e a lth re s e a rc h on
HIV p re v e n tio n and tre a tm e n t
aro u n d the w o rld . A c c o rd in g to
in te r n a tio n a l f o r e c a s ts , th e re
w ill be 40 m illio n c h ild re n who
w ill be o rp h an e d by AIDS by the
year 2010.
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Exxon Buys M o b il
E xxon re c e n tly b o u g h t M obil
for $73.7 b illio n to c re a te the
w o rld ’s la rg e s t c o rp o ra tio n in
the w o rld . E x x o n ’s a n n u al r e v ­
e n u e is a b o u t tw ic e th a t o f
M o b il’s. As a re s u lt o f th is c o r ­
p o ra te ta k e o v e r, 9 ,0 0 0 E xxon
jo b s w ill be cut w o rld w id e . The
deal is e x p e c te d to a lso red u c e
the c o m p a n y ’s e x p e n se s by $2.8
b illio n .
C ensus A d ju s tin g
The S uprem e C o u rt in M arch
o f 1999 w ill decide on a new c e n ­
sus ta k in g p ro c e d u re th a t uses a
tra d itio n a l head co u n t by m a il­
ings and d o o r-to -d o o r su rv e y s
to m ea su re 90 p e rc e n t o f the
p o p u la tio n and s ta tis tic a l sa m ­
p lin g to p re v e n t an e s tim a te d
m in o rity u n d e rc o u n t in the 2000
cen su s.
The Pioneer Courthouse Square Christmas Tree.
A r th r itis Drug
A new a r t h r it is r e l i e f d rug
called C eleb rex w ill hit the U.S.
m arket soon. It is a firs t in a new
c la ss o f p a in k ille rs c a lle d “ cox-
2 in h ib ito r s ” th a t a c ts as an a n ­
a lg e s ic and a n ti-in fla m m a to ry
re su ltin g in few er sto m ach -d am -
aging sid e e ffe c ts .
Kaiser Permanente Opens $32 Million Medical Office In
North Portland
Tobacco S e ttle m e n t
J u d g e A n n a J. B ro w n o f
M ultnom ah C ounty C irc u it C ourt
sig n ed d o c u m e n ts th a t is p a rt o:
a $206 b illio n s e ttle m e n t in v o lv ­
ing 46 s ta te s c o m p e n sa tin g sta te
M ed icaid p ro g ra m s for the c o sts
o f tre a tin g sick sm okers. O regon
is e x p e c te d to re c e iv e $2.1 b i l ­
lio n d u rin g the firs t 25 y e a rs.
A d v e r tis in g , p r o m o tio n s and
lo b b y in g w ill be b an n ed in O r­
egon th ro u g h th is a g re e m e n t.
M e d ic a l M a riju a n a
It w ill soon be legal th is m onth
for O re g o n ia n s to use m a riju a n a
for m ed ic al p u rp o se s . A c c o rd ­
ing to th is new ru lin g , the law
does not p ro v id e a so u rc e o f
su p p ly and it w ill s till be ille g a l
to buy or s e ll m a riju a n a - even
for m edical use. A d e fin itio n and
o u tlin e o f the law w ill not be
a v a ila b le u n til S p rin g o f 1999.
Visitors to opening ceremonies earlier
this month for KaiserPermanente's new
medical office at 3500 N. Interstate
Avenue were entertained by teenage
violinist Lutomia Kuto. Kaiser
Permanente physicians helped save
Kuto when she was bom prematurely.
The new two-story, 8 4 ,0 0 0 square-foot
medical office houses everything from
operating and recovery rooms to a
fracture clinic, as well as mammogram,
ultrasound, nuclear medicine and other
services. It is joined by an enclosed
walkway to a Kaiser Permanente
medical office next door which received
$12 million in renovations, including a
new pharmacy and earthquake-bracing.
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