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Margaret Carter
Announces Candidacy
For Oregon Senate
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Interest Rates Rise
T h e F e d e ra l R e s e rv e h as
raised interest rates by a quarter
point. This is the second time
this sum m er that the Fed has
raised the rate. The intent o f the
Fed is to boo st the federal fund
rate - the interest banks charge
each other on o v ernight loans,
and to cool the econom y by m ak­
ing it m ore expensive for A m eri­
cans to borrow .
Turkey’s Health
Fears
H undreds o f aftershocks in
Turkey have occurred after the
devastating 7.4-m agm tude quake
that left 18,000 dead and 200,000
hom eless. The real heath threat
stemming from the disaster is poor
sanitation, contam inated w ater
and the interruption o f routine
m edical care, not the presence o f
la rg e n u m b e rs o f u n b u rie d
corpses.
Collision at Sea
A c ru ise sh ip , c o n ta in in g
m ostly A m ericans, collided with
a cargo ship o ff o f E n g lan d ’s
s o u th e a st c o a st. A t le a st 20
people w ere slig h tly injured in
the collision, and both ships have
stayed afloat. The cargo ship,
E ver D ecent was on fire and had
been taking in w ater. There w ere
no details on how the collision
occurred. The w eather was not a
factor.
Photo by M. Woohlngton
Margaret Carter I . greeted b , tong time hienda and confidante.. Raleigh Lewis, and Lolita tone, Darb,
ormer State Representative M ar
garet
Carter (D
dav August
21 -Portland).
i w c n o Satur
sea
day,
August
21.
1999,
chose a
fest’ive Block Partv in Irvington
Neighborhood^ o the s rte 'to announce
D 'T
istrict
8.
h e event
was free to the public and
Friends, supporters and well-wishers
were elated with the announcement and the
featured food, music, games for children
and public safety information presented by
representatives from the Portland Fire and
prospects o f M argaret’s future involve-
ment in the shaping ot laws that protect the
qua.ity-of-.ife issues o f all Oregonians,
her candidacy, for the O regon S enate,
Police bureaus.
Hurricane Bret
H urricane Bret hit the south­
ern coast o f Texas and spun to­
ward the Rio G rande. It dumped
up to 20 inches o f rain and had
top winds o f 140 miles per hour.
A uthorities said that there were
no know n dead or even anyone
su fferin g m ajor in ju ries from
Bret. P o w er lines w ere down
which left 10.400 people without
electricity.
Airlines Cut Fares
Seven m ajor airlines have cut
their fares by 15 to 30 percent.
The sale, introduced by UAL
C orp’s United Airlines, offers dis­
counts on m ost routes in the U.S.
and C anada and applies to flights
between Septem ber 7 and Decem­
ber 17. T ickets require a 14-day
advance p u rchase, a Saturday
night stay and must be bought by
Septem ber 3.
Portland Schools
The first school day for Port­
land public school children will
be W ed n esd ay , S ep tem b er 8.
Teacher inservice activities will
take place in schools on Tuesday,
Septem ber 7 with many teachers
focusing on the d istric t’s new
math m aterials.
Bret
Down­
graded to
Tropical
Storm
Photo by »1. W M hlngtb"
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RIVIERA. Texas - A blustery
shadow o f its form er self, H urri­
cane Bret was dow ngraded to a
tropical storm as it plodded across
a sp arsely p o p ulated sw ath o f
southern Texas.
The storm, the biggest hurricane
to strike Texas in nearly 20 years,
continued to drench the region with
thunderous squalls, but no injuries
had been reported since Bret made
landfall about 6 p.m. Sunday in
Kenedy County.
‘’It sounded like a big je t en­
gine w as com ing dow n on top o f
us. It was very scary ,” Jesse Sali­
nas said in Sarita, the only town in
Kenedy County.
There was little structural dam ­
age in Sarita, a town o f 460 people,
but pow er lines and trees were
down, including several large trees
around the courthouse square.
Up to 25 inches o f rain fell by
early today on the coastal plains o f
Kenedy County, where the average
rainfall for a whole year is 29.7
inches, the National W eather Ser­
vice said Rain tapered o ff there
but continued falling elsewhere and
there was a chance o f flooding in
places plus isolated tornadoes.
The King Ranch occupies much
o f Kenedy and Kleberg counties.
Ranch president Jack Hunt said about
50 people were evacuated before
Bert arrived, leaving some 55,000
head o f cattle to fend for themselves.
A tornado between Rockport and
Aransas Pass destroyed a mobile
home and damaged several other
b u ild in g s, the A ransas C ounty
sh e riffs department reported today.
D am age w as su b sta n tia l in
Falfurrias, about 60 miles south­
w est o f Corpus C hristi, M ayor
M ichael G uerra said.
The eye passed over the town of
about 5,800 residents, ripping roofs
from homes and businesses.U p to
90 percent o f the town had no elec­
tricity, he said.
” We have a lot o f debris and
live pow er lines in the roads, and
w e 'v e had four convenience stores
lose the canopies from their gas
pumps. And some o f the less-struc-
turally sound buildings have lost
roofs and windows, he said.
Major damage also was reported
in Port M ansfield, about 50 miles
north o f Brownsville, especially to
mobile homes.
Power outages were reported from
the s ta te ’s so u th e rn tip near
Brownsville and McAllen to the
counties surrounding Corpus Christi,
said Jessica Mahaffey, spokesw oman
for Central Power and Light Co. in
Corpus Christi. The company serves
much o f South Texas.
Three o f the four m ajor pow er
lines serving the lower Rio Grande
V alley were down because o f the
storm , said Jack Colley, assistant
director o f the state D ivision o f
Em ergency M anagement. Demand
was low because so many people
had been evacuated, he said, ' but
if the fourth line goes dow n then
there is a m ajor problem .”
Evacuees were allow ed to re-
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