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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.
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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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Minimum wage
The House o f Representatives on Thursday
approved a bill to raise the federal minimum
wage by $ 1, to $6.15 an hour, over two years.
The Republican plan was linked to $122.7
billion in tax cuts, which President Clinton
has threatened to veto. The president on
W ednesday tried to rally support for the
increase over two years without the tax cuts
but failed.
The original GOP plan was for a $ 1 increase
over three years coupled with the tax cuts,
a move that resurrected portions o f its $792
tax-cut package that Clinton vetoed last
year.
Memphis murders
Firefighters responding to a house fire
W ednesday in M em phis, T enn., w ere
ambushed by a man who stepped out o f the
garage and began shooting. 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.
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