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Page A2 March 15, 2000 (Tljv ^lurthnxò (Pheeruer {Jurtlaiib tf)b, Police News/Vancouver Have a safe and happy St. Patricks Day Crimestoppers Mideast peace Ending weeks o f deadloek. Israeli Prime M inister Ehud Barak and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat resumed peace negotiations Wednesday. In the second o f two quickly planned summits in 16 hours, the two leaders bridged differences on land and scheduling issues and agreed to send envoys to Washington later this month in hopes o f making progress toward a final peace treaty in September. “The meeting was very constructive,” said Dennis Ross, thechiefU .S. peace mediator. “The p arties m ade good progress in addressing and resolving many o f the interim issues and ag reed to inten sify th eir negotiations.” The two met again Thursday with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Wanted Subject The Portland Police Bureau, in cooperation with Crime Stoppers, is asking for your help in locating and apprehending RichardGilbertCiarlo. A felony arrest warrant is on file charging Ciarlo with Manufacturing a Controlled Substance in the Second Degree. Richard Gilbert Ciarlo is described as a 36-year- old white male w ithadateofbirthofSeptem ber 17, 1963. Ciarlo is 5 ’ 10” tall, weighing 175 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair. He has a scar on his back and possible bum marks on his face. Ciarlo may frequent the Saint Johns area. His last known address is on Northeast Simpson Street. Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward o f up to $ 1,000 for information, reported to Crime Stoppers, which leads to an arrest in this case or any unsolved felony crime, and you can remain anonymous. Call Crime Stoppersat(503)823-HELP. March 14 through March 28,2000. MAILER SALE! Super Tuesday Texas Gov. George Bush effectively silenced the challenge o f Arizona Sen. John McCain for the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, setting the stage for Bush to court McCain and his supporters to join in a GOP crusade in the November election. Vice President A1 Gore cleared his way to the Democratic presidential nomination with a primary sweep that prompted challenger Bil 1 Bradley to announce his withdrawal on Thursday. McCain “suspended” his campaign but did not throw his support to Bush. Gasoline prices The price o f gasoline is likely to increase by 20 cents by the end o f May and continue increasing into the summer driving season, perhaps reaching $2 a gallon in Oregon and C alifornia, governm ent o fficials said Monday. The worldwide supply o f oil is low, making a price increase inevitable even if OPEC agrees to increase production, according to the Energy Department. Regular gasoline prices currently average $1.46 a gallon nationwide, $ 1.57 a gallon in Oregon. Police brutality Three white New York City police officers were convicted Monday o f a cover-up in an attack on a Haitian immigrant in a station- house restroom in 1997. C harles Schw arz, Thom as W iese and Thomas Bruder were found guilty o f lying to investigators to conceal Schwarz’s role in the attack, in which Abner Louima was handcuffed and held down while Officer Justin Volpe sodomized him with a broom handle. CityofVancouverto begin construction on sanitary sewer pipeline The City o f Vancouver has contracted with Tapani Underground o f Battle Ground, WA, for the construction o f a new 16,500 lineal foot o f sanitary sewer pipeline. The pipel ine will extend from a new pumping station, presently under construction south ofNE 18lh St. along Andresen and Evergreen Blvd., to a connection point at the intersection of SE 5th. and Blandford Dr.. This $ 1.9 million project which is necessary to accom m odate new developm ent, is funded through system development charges paid by new customers. The project began on March 13'h and will involve the installation o f 32” piping starting from the new pump station and proceeding south along the westside o f Andresen toward and through the Mill Plain intersection. The project will continue along A ndresen though the intersection with MacArther, and south to the intersection o f Andresen and Evergreen. From there, the pipeline will proceed west along Evergreen to the intersection o f Evergreen and 5lh St., and then along 5lh St. heading west to the final connection at Blandford and 5th St. Motorists are advised that the installation o f pipe in the south bound lanes o f Andresen from the starting point to south o f Mill Plain (where the alignment shifts to the median) will require all traffic, both north and south bound, to be shifted to the two existing northbound lanes. Drivers should be aware that delays are possible in this area from March 13lh through March 31 ”. As the project approaches the intersection ofMill Plain, left turns may be restricted from Andresen on to Mill Plain. Additional traffic re-routing will be necessary when pipeline installation on Andresen, from Corregidor to Evergreen, will require the complete closure to traffic on Andresen. This closure is currently scheduled for April 17lh through May Ia. Advance notice will be supplied oiffiortable changeable message signs, and the detour routes will be clearly marked. The remainder o f the project will be constructed with flaggers moving traffic through the work zones. Project completion is scheduled to occur by the end o f May, 2000. Construction is currently scheduled for daylight hours only, with some work scheduled during weekends to avoid the heaviest traffic in some intersections. 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Two firefighters and a sh e riffs deputy were killed. The su sp ect, Fred W illiam s, an o ff-d u ty firefighter, was wounded, and his wile, Stacey, was found shot to death in the garage. Officials said Williams had just returned to work as a firefighter last week after an extended leave on disability. Officials were not sure o f the motive for the shootings. Police overtime Portland City Auditor Gary Blackmer has announced he will begin an audit o f police overtime records later this month. The audit stems from the Police Bureau s increasing overtime costs and a criminal investigation into overtime abuse at Central Precinct. Recent police contract talks highlighted significant problems: years of lax oversight o f police overtim e pay, variations in overtime allotment by precinct and division and no system to track the hours police actually worked. t I V I I
