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Final great torchiere turn-in this Saturday Egyptairs
Consumers get one last
blackboxes
chance to turn in their hot,
energy-guzzling halogen
apparently
torchieres for discounts on
new, efficient compact
fluorescent models
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PCC Hosts WRCBAA in Portland
Portland Community College is
hosting the WRCBAA Conference
in Portland, November 4 through
6, 1999 at the Double TYee Inn,
Columbia River. The opening night
isThursday, November 4th, at 6:00
p.m. with George Curry, Please
join u s as our special guest for a
Taste of Oregon. Shou Id you decide
to register, the price is $295 (See
w e b site w w w .w rcbaa.org for
conference info.
Elections T o Provide 1 nsight for 2000
NEW YORK - Voters are picking a
new M ississip p i governor,
Philadelphia mayor and Virginia
Legislature today in contests that
seem likely to cut against the
political grain. Republicans hope
to elect their first Philadelphia
mayor in nearly 50 years and seize
c o n tro l in In d ia n a p o lis an d
Columbus, Ohio.
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Buchanan Joins Reform Party
FALLS CHURCH, VA. - Longtime
Republican Pat B uchanan left the
party to seek the Reform Party’s
p re s id e n tia l
n o m in a tio n .
Buchanan, who twice ran for the
GOP’s nod, said, “our vaunted two-
party system has become a snare
and a delusion, a fraud upon the
nation."
Rangers Trade Gonzalez to Tigers
NEW YORK - TYvo time AL MVP
Ju a n Gonzalez was traded from
Texas Rangers to the Detroit Tigers
in a nine-player deal today. The
Rangers called a news conference
but did not disclose the subject.
EgyptAir’s Black Boxes Apparently Heard
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NEWPORT, R.I. - A positive sign
emerged today for investigators
trying to determine what caused
the crash of Egyptair Flight 990, as
officials said signals from both of
the planes “black boxes were
detected by a sonar-equipped Navy
Ship. Investigators are trying to
determine why the plane fell 33,000
feet without a hint of trouble.
Clinton Vows Veto of Spending Bill
WASHINGTON - R ep u b lican s
pushed the year’s last and biggest
spending bill through Congress
today and toward a sure veto by
President Clinton. T he $314 billion
m easure financing education,
la b o r a n d h e a lth p ro g ram s
squeaked through the Senate by a
49-48 vote.
Bush Supports School-Discipline
Plan
GORHAM, N.H. - George W. Bush,
Challenging educators to “cultivate
conscience" by setting lim its,
called for legislation today to protect
teachers from discipline-related
lawsuits and said students should
be allowed to tra n sfe r out of
chronically unsafe schools.
Greenspan Touts Boom in Home
Sales
WASHINGTON-The boom in home
sales in America has had a bigger
impact on the country’s prosperity
than soaring stock prices. Federal
R eserve
C h a irm a n
Alan
Greenspan said today. Research
indicates that stock market gains
have lifted the level of consumers
spending by around 3-4% annually.
T he A ssociated P ress
T he P ortland O bserver
The Great Torchiere Turn-in. an event to encourage
consumers who own halogen bulb floor lamps-
known as torchieres-to turn them in a purchase, at
a discounted price, safer and more energy-e ffic ient
lamps that use a new generation o f fluorescent
technology.
Close to4,000 halogen torchieres were exchanged
for new fluorescent models at the first two Tum-in
events held in September and October, but there
are still thousands o f energy guzzling halogen
torchieres out there turning up the heat in Portland
area homes.
Customers who recycle their halogen torchiere will
receive a $5 coupon toward the purchase if one o f
four different models o f fluorescent torchieres.
The new lamps, ranging in price from $22.00 -
$43.00, are already discounted through funding
made available by the Northwest Energy Efficiency
Alliance.
Saturday, Nov. 6 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Parking lots o f seven Portland/Vancouver
areas Home Depot stores:
Home Depot, Hillsboro. 1950SI MinterBridgeRd
Home Depot, Jantzen Bch, 1728 N. Jantzen Beach
Ctr.
Home Depot, Beav., 13700 NW Science Park Rd.
Home Depot, Airport, 11633 NE Glen WidingDr.
Home Depot, Tigard. 14800 SW Sequoia Pkwy.
Home Depot, SE Portland, 10000 SE 82nd Ave.
Home Depot, Vancouver, 8601 NE Andresen Rd.
Home Depot, Salem, 3795 Hagers Grove Rd. SE
PGE lighting expert Randy Hansell throws < e more halogen torchiere into the
Halogen bulbs produce light only as a by-product
dumpster during the First Great Torchiere I urn-In. Close to 4,000 torchieres have
ofheat, so up to 90% o f the electricity they consume
been turned in by customers who received a coupon fo r $5 o ff a safer, cooler compact
is wasted. Because they bum at hot temperatures,
fluorescent model
they also pose a potential safety hazard.
Safer compact fluorescent torchieres help consumers save money. savings o f $20-$40 each year.
The bulbs used in these torchieres are six times cooler and use 80 The bulbs also offer consumers convenience, with bulbs that can last from
percent less energy than halogen torchieres, which can mean four to six years, less time is wasted on replacing burned-out bulbs.
Sports loses another great athlete
T he A ssociated P ress
The running back they
called “Sweetness ’ ’ wasn ’ t
the strongest or the fastest
or the biggest.
What W alter Payton had
was a huge heart, and it was
big enough to make up for
any qualities he lacked.
“I wish there was another
word I could think o f other
than greatness,” former
Chicago Bears linebacker
M ike S in g le ta ry said.
“That ’s what comes to mind.
Greatness.”
Payton, the N FL’s leading
career rusher, died Monday
o f bile duct cancer that was
discovered earlier this year
during treatment for a rare
liver disease. He was 45.
Payton rushed for 16,726
yards in his 13-year career,
o n e o f s p o r t’s m ost
awesome records. Barry
Sanders ensured it would
be one o f the most enduring,
too, retiring in July despite
being just 1,458 yards shy
ofbreaking the mark.
“ I want to set the record so
high that the next person
who tries for it, it’s going to
bust his heart," Payton once
said.
P ay to n d isc lo se d in
F eb ru ary th a t he was
suffering from prim ary
sclerosing cholangitis and needed a liver
transplant. His physician. Dr Greg Gores of
th e M ayo C lin ic , sa id P ay to n w as
subsequently diagnosed with cancer o f the
bile duct, a vessel that carries digestive fluids
from the liver to the small intestine
Relatives sobbed, screamed and fainted
Tuesday as crash investigators warned
them there was little hope of finding intact
bodies in the debris o f EgyptAir Flight 990.
“Everybody was screaming and crying,
because they weren’t expecting to hear
something like that." said George Arian, of
Jersey City, N.J., who has been helping
victims’ families at a Newport hotel.
A positive sign emerged for investigators
trying to determine what caused the crash,
as officials said signals from both o f the
plane’s “black boxes” were detected by a
sonar-equipped Navy ship.
Most search vessels were ordered back to
shore Tuesday evening as a storm arrived,
though one Coast Guard ship was expected
to try to ride out the storm at the crash site.
When good weather returns, perhaps not
until Thursday, the Navy’s top priority will
be to retrieve the cockpit voice recorder
and flight data recorder, which could help
explain the cause o f the crash.
All 217 people aboard the Cairo-bound
flight were killed when the Boeing 767
plummeted mysteriously into the sea a
half-hour after leaving New York early
Sunday morning.
By Tuesday afternoon, more than 150
relatives had arrived in Newport, where the
search for wreckage and human remains
was being coordinated. About 70 o f the
relatives flew in from Egypt, accompanied
by 39 Egyptian aviation and government
officials.
“I wish it had been me who had been
sacrificed," EgyptAirchairman Mohammed
Eahim Rayan said before boarding the
flight from Cairo.
Xerox shooting
suspect in
custody
T he A ssociated P ress ____________________________
“The malignancy was very advanced and
progressed very rapidly.’ ’ Gores said. Because
the cancer had spread so rapidly outside his
liver, a transplant "was no longer tenable,"
the doctor said.
Other doctors said transplants are never
attempted when a patient has liver cancer
“From the day in February when my dad told
the world o f his liver disease, the outpouring
o f love, support and prayers from around the
world astounded even him,” Jarrett Payton
said.
I n the latest outburst o f workplace violence,
a Xerox copier repairman shot and killed
seven co-workers in his office building
Tuesday morning, authorities said. He
surrendered after a five-hour armed standoff
w ith police.
Police believe Byran Uesugi.a 15-year Xerox
em ployee, shot seven fellow copier
technicians at about 8 a.m. (1 p.m. EST)
before fleeing in a company van with a gun.
He eventually stopped several miles away
in a leafy, residential neighborhood. Police
cordoned off the neighborhood and began
negotiating with him about two hours later.
Some five hours after the shooting began,
Uesugi emerged from the van, walked to the
back o f the vehicle with his hands raised
and then fell down on the ground. His
brother had helped in the negotiations.
SWAT teams raced toward him with
automatic weapons drawn. No shots were
heard and no injuries were reported.
“ It appears as though it was a disgruntled
employee who snapped,” Mayor Jeremy
Harris said. Police would not comment on a
motive though.
U esugi, 40, w as being boo k ed for
investigation o f first-degree murder, which
carries a mandatory penalty o f life without
parole.
The gunfire erupted in an industrial section
o f Honolulu, far from the Waikiki tourist
district. Five victims were found dead in a
conference room and two other bodies
were found nearby. All had been shot with
a 9 mm handgun, authorities said.
Police found 20 9 mm shell casings at the
scene. At Uesugi’s home, they found 11
handguns, 5 rifles and two shotguns.
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