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Tree Going Up at Portland
Square
PORTLAND, Ore - If you want a jump on
your holiday spirit, you might try the Pioneer
Courthouse Square in Portland early next
week. An 85-foot tall Douglas fir donated
by Willamette Industries is going up on
Monday. The tree was harvested from a
sustainable manage forest.
13-Year Old Found Guilty of
Murder
PONTIAC, M ich .-A 13-yearoldboy was
found guilty o f second-degree murder in a
crime he committed when he was just 11.
Nathaniel Abraham was found guilty o f
shooting Ronnie Greene, 18, outside a
convenience store on O ct 29, 1997.
Nathaniel was the first youth to be charged
with first-degree murder and tried as an
adult under a January 1997 Michigan law.
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FBI Takes Over EgyptAir
Probe
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NEWPORT, R.I. - The FBI is taking over
the investigation o f the crash o f EgyptAir
990, Clinton administration officials said an
indication that officials think that the plane
may have been brought down by a criminal
act. Investigators will try to determine
whether the perpetrator was assisted by a
terrorist group in a suicide plot or acted
alone because o f a personal problem.
Hurricane Lenny Threatens
Caribbean
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic
Forecasters say Hurricane Lenny is gaining
and headed for Puerto Rico. The storm,
carrying winds as high as 100 mph, was
about 230 miles south-southwest o f Santo
Domingo at 10 a m. EST. Weather experts
say Lenny could hit Puerto Rico within the
next couple days. It also is threatening
Haiti and the Dominican Republic with
heavy rain.
Thailand Orders Top Officials
Home
B A N G K O K , T h a ila n d - T he T hai
government is barring senior officials from
traveling abroad Dec. 29 to Jan 5, saying
they must be at their posts to deal with any
problems arising from the Y2K bug. Thai
Airways is also considering canceling New
Year’s Eve flights despite earlier running a
public a test to assure the country that the
state-owned carrier would be safe at the
turn o f the millennium.
Industrial Production Surges
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve in
a report said industrial production at the
nation’s factories, utilities and mines surged
in October, rebounding from the hurricane
that had depressed production b y . 1 percent
o f the month before. Industrial production
rose a bigger-than-expected. 7 percent, the
largest jump since 0.7 percent increase in
March.
Karolyi To Oversee U.S. Gym
Team
INDIANAPOl .IS Bcla Karolyi, who helped
Nadi Comaneci, Mary Lou Retton and Kem
Strug win gold medals, is taking charge o f
the U.S. women’s gymnastics program less
than a year before the Olympics. Karolyi,
who retired after the 1996 Olympics, will be
the women' s national team coordinator but
he will not coach the Sydney Olympics.
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Hundreds o f children participating in the
SMART (Start Making A Reader Today)
program at four elementary schools in Portland
will benefit from books donated recently by
Kaiser Permanente.
One hundred hardbound health-related
books - 25 each - were donated to Meek,
Beach, Buckman and Creston elementary
schools in Portland. This is the first year for
the SMART program at these schools. “Kaiser
Permanente’s generous donation to these
four new SMART schools will help build their
perm an en t c o lle c tio n s,” says V alerie
Anderson, Multnomah County area manger
for the SMART Program. "We thank Kaiser
Permanente for this very important, creative,
and useful gift and in supporting SMART
and their commitment to building healthy
communities.”
Kaiser Permanente Regional President Barbe
West was pleased to make this donation of
non-fiction health books, specifically targeted
toward young readers. "There books are a
great way to promote healthy living in children
while developing their reading skills,” says
West, a SMART volunteer at Applegate
Elementary.
Many other Kaiser Permanente employees
also volunteer their time helping young
children with their reading through the
SMART program at a number o f schools
through out the Portland area. K aiser
Permanente is a prepaid, group practice health
care organization serving the health care needs
of about 440,000 people in Northwest Oregon
and Southwest Washington.
FBI role in EgyptAir probe delayed
A ssociated P ress
Officials prepared Tuesday to turn over the
investigation of the crash o f EgyptAir Flight
990 to the FBI - indicating suspicions o f a
criminal act - but delayed the move at Egypt ’ s
request.
The development came amid indications
someone in the cockpit made a religious
utterance just before the jet went into its fatal
plunge, the Associated Press learned.
Jim H all, c h a irm a n o f the N ational
T ran sp o rtatio n Safety B oard, said in
Washington that additional Egyptian experts
were joining the investigation.
"Given this further development, it is only
prudent for the National Transportation Safety
Board to fully evaluate this information prior
to any final decision on w hether the
responsibility for this investigation should
tra n sfe r to the F ed eral B ureau o f
Investigation," Hall said.
Hall said at a news conference that the
government would hire a private salvage
company to retrieve the airplane wreckage
from the ocean floor. He said officials were
particularly interested in the cockpit. "Based
on the evidence we have seen thus far - the
flight data recorder, the cockpit voice recorder,
radar data and the small bits o f wreckage that
have been recovered - we have found so far
no sign o f a mechanical or weather-related
event that could have caused this accident."
Sears department store opens at Lloyd Center
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On Saturday,November 13 at 9:45 a.m.. Sears
held the grand-opening ceremonies for its
new, full-line store near downtown Portland
The three-level, 145,000-square-foot Sears at
fashions, tools, appliances and electronics.
"W e're proud to bring our urban customers
a convenient, fashionable new place to shop,"
said Sears Store General Manager Maureen
Deal. “Our store will offer the best of Sears
products, values and service for the many
people who live and work in downtown/East
Portland.”
The Sears at Lloyd Center, which is located
near the Rose Quarter, features a dramatically
refined interior developed by a New York-
based architectural firm.
With 96,000 square feet o f selling space, the
new Portland Sears will feature brand-name
apparel, as well as Sears exclusive lines of
clothing.
Sears also will offer an extensive home fashions
department.
The new Sears also will offer conveniences
such as Sears Gift Registry, Portrait Studio
and Optical Shop, as well as miracle Ear.
The new Portland Scars will employ about 300
associates, most o f whom are new to the
company.
The Sears at Lloyd Center is one o f 19 full-line
units that the com pany plans to open
nationwide in 1999, as the retailer continues
its $4 billion building-and-rem odeling
program.
(Left) Sears store General Manager Maureen Deal
(Above) The Sears, Roebuck and Co. officials present a check for the Make-a-Wish
foundation
Also during the ribbon-cutting ceremonies.
Sears presented a grant to Make-A-Wish
Foundation ofOregon, Inc., for its worthwhile
community efforts.
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Leading a made-for-TV demonstration that
evoked the style o f the civil rights movement,
the Rev. Jesse Jackson was arrested Tuesday
as he stepped onto the grounds o f a high
school to protest the expulsion o f six students
for a brawl at a football game.
Jackson was taken away in handcuffs after
leading a throng o f ministers and other
protesters to Eisenhower High. He had
promised to force his own arrest to dramatize
the students’ cause.
"It is an honor to be arrested for a righteous
cause,” Jackson said hours later, when he
and three supporters were released after
promising to appear in court Dec. 16.
Jackson was charged with mob action and
two misdemeanors, solicitation to commit a
crime and contributing to the delinquency of
a minor. His supporters were arrested on
charges including mob action, resisting police
and aggravated battery.
Detective Cmdr. Mark Barthelmey said two
officers were struck in the face during a
confrontation after Jackson was led away. He
did not say who was involved. Later, Macon
County State’s Attorney Larry Fichter said at
least one officer was treated for an injury, but
the prosecutor would not elaborate.
The arrests came nine days after Jackson’s
arrival in Decatur brought national attention
to school officials’ decision to expel the
students for their part in the Sept. 17 fight.
Jackson had indicated earlier he would try to
bring the students back to school, but the
teen-agers did not approach the police line.
” We want the youth to stand still knowing
that their parents and their ministers would
cross the line for them ,” Jackson declared.
’’The parents will fight for their children. And
that is a good and noble thing.”
Jackson inched toward the school through a
phalanx o f reporters, photographers and TV
crews holding boom m icrophones high
overhead.
At one point, he asked the media throng to
move out o f the way so he could approach the
police line and get arrested.
At the law enforcement center where he was
held, about 75 people gathered, chanting.
‘ ’Let the children in, let the reverend out.”
Jackson had spent Tuesday morning in
closed-door talks with school officials but
made no headway.
Sears, Roebuck and Co. is a leading U.S.
retailer o f apparel, home and automotive
products and services, with annual revenue
o f more than $41 billion.