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Portland Focus
A Supplement of
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(© b s e r tte r
Publisher
Chuck Washington
Editor
Larry Jackson Sr.
Copy Editor
Joy Ramos
Creative Director
Heather Fairchild
4747 NE Martin Luther
King Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97211
503-288-0033
Fax 503-288-0015
Email:
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Deadline for submitted material:
Articles: Friday by 5p.m.
Ads: Monday by Noon
Portland Focus welcom es freelance
submissions. Manuscripts and photo­
graphs should be clearly labeled and
will be returned if accompanied by a
self-addressed stamped envelope.
All created display ads becom e the
sole property o f the newspaper and
connot be used in other publications
or personal usage without the writ­
ten consent o f the general manager,
unless the client has purchased the
com position o f the ad.
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C r im e
W arner Bros.’ Sus­
p e n se film , ‘T ru e
C r im e ’, d ire c te d by
C lin t E astw o o d an d
s ta r r in g E astw o o d ,
Is a ia h W a sh in g to n ,
Denis Leary, Lisa Gay
H am ilto n an d Ja m e s
Woods, is opening na­
tionwide M arch lD‘h.
Steve Everett (Clint
Eastwood) is an investi­
gative rep o rter with a
lot of problems. An al­
coholic, he’s only been
sober for two months.
An unrelenting woman­
izer, he’s on the verge of
being thrown out by his
wife, B arb ara (D iane
Venora). T hanks to his
messy personal life, he
was fired from the New
York T im es. H e h as
Photo By Sam Emerson
since relocated to the
Clint Eastwood and Sydney Poltier star in Warner Bros, suspense drama. “True Crime."
W est C o a st a n d th e
O akland Tribune. If it
ing San Q u en tin execution of con­ B eachum at the prison, E verett re­
wasn’t for his dear friend Alan M ann
v icted m u rd e re r F ran k B each u m
ceives m ore information that supports
(James Woods), the T ribune’s editor-
(Isiah W ashington), has been killed in
his in stin cts. H e quickly begins a
in-chief, he wouldn’t have a job at all.
an autom obile accident. T he final in­ search for inform ation that will stay
T he move to the West C oast and
the condem ned m an’s execution.
the last-chance job haven’t really influ­ terview with the condem ned m an has,
therefore, been handed to Everett, who
Everett’s late arrival to the situa­
enced Everett’s style m uch, which is
in fu ria tin g to th e T rib u n e ’s stiff­ relu ctan tly begins to do a little re­ tion is an obvious disadvantage. Still,
search on the case, anticipating a rou­ his relentless pursuit of the truth keeps
necked city editor. Bob Findley (Denis
him chasing leads while the clock con­
Leary). Furtherm ore, Everett’s unor­ tine story.
Despite the reoccuring complica­ tinues to tick against Beachum , who
thodox conduct has personal conse­
sits on D eath Row w ith the odds
tions in his own life, from the jalopy
quences for Findley. In fact, when
he drives to his collapsing m arriage,
stacked against him and with only one
Findley wants to send Everett on a
Steve Everett is an excellent reporter.
particular assignment, the editor calls
hope of survival.
H e b a c k g ro u n d ch eck o n F ra n k
S tev e H a r r ie t, h a r r ie d , d e te r­
home and asks his own wife, who is in
Beachum finds details of the robbery
m ined and trying not to self-destruct,
bed with Everett at the time, to please
and hom icide th at took place in an
has less than 12 hours to save the life
put Everett on the phone.
O akland convenience store that just
Findley has made the call because
of a m an he knows is innocent.
another reporter, covering the impend­ d o n ’t add up. W hen he meets with
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