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Committed to cultural diversity
Volume XXIX. Number 10
G eorge Clinton Returns
to Portland
MARCH 10.1999
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Dr. Norma Ella Cantu
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University of Oregon
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TUG AND BOW OF NEW
C A R IS S A M AKING
GOOD PROGRESS
The Unified Command expects bow to arrive on-site Thursday
Social Security
R epublican leaders in C ongress had
proposed a budget plan that w ould wall
o ff Social Security funds so that they
could not be used for tax cuts or new
G overnm ent spending. They hope that
A p air o f Intel executives, w ho first
tra v e le d to A fric a to g e th e r o n th e ir
honeym oon, retu rn ed to the rain forest in
search o f adv en tu re and gorillas, o nly to be
brutally m urdered in a rebel kidnapping.
Rob H aubner, 48, and Susan M iller, 42,
w ere the o nly A m erican s k illed w hen
Rw adan rebels storm ed their cam p M onday
in southw estern U ganda. The m en rounded
up several foreign and U gandan tourists,
led them on a forced m arch through the
ju n g le and hacked the v ictim s to death w ith
m achetes.
All told, eight foreign tourists w ere killed
and six others w ere rescued.
The State D epartm ent w ithheld identities
o f the dead A m ericans pending notification
o f th e ir re la tiv e s, b ut th e ir em p lo y e r
confirm ed the victims as H aubnerand Miller.
The two w ere em ployed by Intel since the
m id '8 0 s and w ere b ased in suburban
H illsboro, O re. H e w as w orldw ide director
ot custom er support: she was a senior trade
show m anager.
their plan w ould be an im pedim ent to
D e m o c ra ts, le a v in g them o p e n to
accusations that they are raiding Social
Security if they w ant to increase domestic
spending. A ccording to the Republicans,
their budget proposal is designed to
safeguard Social Security m ore than
C lin to n 's proposal would.
Mexico's Presidential
Nominees
President Ernesto Zedillo ofM exico urged
his governing party to elect its presidential
candidates this year through a senes o f
state primaries culminating in an American-
style party convention. If this happens, it
w ould break a 60 year tradition called
“dedazo" where the ruling President would
hand-pick its successors.
Cable Deregulation
Cable television is almost com pletely
deregulated. For many years, consumers
have had to endure cable companies hiking
up their subscription rates by 22 percent -
more than four times the rate o f inflation
sin c e
th e
p a s sa g e
of
the
Telecommunications Act ot 1996. The cable
companies justify that the price increases
Local
Couple,
Intel
Execs
Kidnapped,
Killed in
Uganda
W aldport,Ore. At l2:00p.tn.,M arch9.the
tug Sea Victory was 122 m iles west of
W aldport on its trip to the location w here the
bow o f the New Carissa will be scuttled. The
US Coast G uard and the US N avy are still
considering a num ber o f options for sinking
the vessel once it reaches the designated
spot248 nautical m iles out tosea. T heU nified
Com m and expects the tug and bow to arrive
at the sinking site Thursday and preparations
to sink should begin as soon as possible after
arrival on-site. The am ount o f oil appearing
on beaches is steadily decreasing. Shoreline
clea n -u p assessm en t team s w ill su rv ey
beaches from Heceta Head north to Lincoln
City today, conducting a com plete overview
o f the area affected by the New Carissa.Clean
up crews today w ill focus on the area w here
the vessel was grounded. Two crew s will
w ork from Yachats north to Alsea Bay and
from the south jetty to the north spit. A nother
team w ill clean Shepard's Point in Alsea Bay.
In addition, clean up crews w ill work on the
beaches near Coos Bay today Individuals
w ho see oil on the beaches or oiled w ildlife
should call (541) 563-7614. In addition, a
com m unity hotline has been established at
(541) 563-7600witli régulai' updates on wildlife,
vessel position and beach clean up. For
inform ation not included on the hotline,
inch v ¡duals may call (541 ) 5 6 3 -7 6 0 1 or (541 )
563-7602.
"They loved to
travel around
the world, ”
w ere used to pay for new' channels and
programs and advanced systems.
Joe DiMaggio
Tunnel Re-Opened Friday March 5th
Baseball legend. Joe D iM aggio of the
New Y ork Y ankees died recently at the
age o f 84. Joe D iM aggio was hospitalized
and suffered from life-threatening lung
infections and pneum onia. He was known
sh o ck ed and stu n n ed ."
At the v ic tim s’ m o d em , w hite hom e
n estled on a w oo d ed h illsid e ov erlo o k in g
P o rtlan d , sp o rt-u tility v eh icles ja m m e d the
d riv ew ay and d o zen s o f friends m illed
as “the greatest living ballplayer" for
playing 1,736 gam es w ith a batting
average o f .325 and hit 361 hom e runs
w hile striking out only 369 times.
around inside.
A m an w ho answ ered the door but refused
to give his nam e said the tam ily w ould be
Lewinsky's Book
M o n ica L e w in s k y 's b o o k e n title d ,
issuing a statem en t later.
“ T hey w ere a rem ark ab le co u p le," said
N icky L am an, w ho lives a next door. " I t’s a
tragedy. I c a n ’t b eliev e it h appened "
T he reb els _ w ho cam e to U ganda alter
R w a n d a’s 1994 g e n o c id e _ w ere m em bers
o f R w an d a e th n ic H utu m a jo rity , and
specifically targeted Am ericans and Britons,
S tate D ep artm en t o fficials said
T hree A m ericans, six B ritons, three New
Z ea lan d e rs, an A u stralian and a S w iss
w o m an w ere am o n g th o se k id n a p p e d ,
U gan d an o fficials said A C an ad ian citizen
" M o n ic a ’s S to ry " w as ju st released
through St. M artin s Press. Lew insky
was has been portraying herself as a
venturesom e rom antic who m eant well.
She w as quoted in her biography as
being a "paw n used to get the P re sid e n t"
The book detailed the prison threats
against her and her fami ly ’ s ow n torment
throughout the investigation.
Breast Cancer
Scientists from the Univ ersity ofNew South
W ales in Sy dney, Australia found that hair
from the healthy women had a different
molecular structure than hair from cancer
patients. Researchers drew hair from the
pubic area which was found to be the most
reliable for X-ray analysis to detect breast
cancer. They determined that a mutation o f
the BRC A 1 gene is associated with a higher
nsk o f breast cancer.
1 hey w ere on a tw o -w e e k v a c a tio n , th eir
third trip to A frica, hik in g the m ountainous
ra in fo re st m a d e fam o u s in th e film
"G o rilla s in the M ist.” T heir goal: to catch
a rare glim p se o t the 320 m ountain gorillas
th a t r e m a in a l o n g th e m o u n ta in s
im p e n e tra b le slo p e s.
“ T hey loved to travel around the w o rld ,”
said Intel spokesm an W illiam t alder. VVe re
The Sunset T unnel in the C oast Range on
U.S. 26 re-opened Friday at noon, according
to O regon D epartm ent o f T ransportation
officials. Crews com pleted the project to repair
the tunnel by w orking nearly round the clock,
seven days a week.
An in d ep en d en t p an el ask ed by the
O reg o n T ra n sp o rta tio n C o m m issio n to
investigate the partial collapse o f the tunnel
and oversee repairs gave the go-ahead for
opening, follow ing final repairs and cleanup
early this m orning The panel’s findings
concurred with the opinion o f O D O I staff
and consultants that the work needed is
com plete, and it is safe to re-open the tunnel
for the m otoring public.
The tunnel has been closed since January
28, when it partially collapsed ODOTofficials
had predicted that repairs w ould require a
five-weekclosure. Friday's re-opening, which
m eets the agency’s self-im posed deadline,
com es as the result o f an extensive effort on
the part o f m any to re-open this vital link
betw een the northern O regon C oast and the
s ta te 's larg est p o p u latio n ce n te r in the
Portland m etropolitan area
also w as taken.
B ritish o ffic ia ls said four o f the six
k id n ap p ed B rito n s w ere am ong the dead
Intel spokesm an C alder said H aubner and
M iller w ere trav elin g w ith a n o th er m a rrie d
co u p le o f Intel em ployees S usan S tudd, 46,
and B ob M cL au rin . 44, w ere able to escap e
b efo re the v io len ce b ro k e out.
S tu d d is m a n a g e r o f th e b u s in e s s
p ractices n etw o rk in the hum an reso u rce s
d ep artm en t M cL aurin is a ssistan t d irec to r
o f m obile m odules o p eratio n s, p art o f the
m obile and h an d -h eld p ro d u cts group.