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October 4, 2000 Page A2 ¿Ctje flo riim tb (Ohsvruer Portland (Observer Police News/Vancouver MHMH Inside-A Kaiser and Unions Agree...........................3 Racial Profiling Draws Apology...................... 4 Chinook Return......... 5 Metro- After-School Programs Expanded....................1 Schrempf Announces Retirement...................3 Carter Pushes USA to Gold.............................3 El Observador........... 4 Through the weekend Todav Sunny 71°F High 41°F Low Thursday Friday Partly Cloudy 74°F High 47°F Low This Week Continued From Front president. “He will look at this FDA ru lu j^m a different light,” she said. lit h e pill fails, which it has seven percent o f the time, doctors said the woman will have no choice but to undergo a surgical abortion. Anti-abortion organizations have fought to keep RU-486 out o f the United States since the drug debuted in France in 1988. They pledged to continue the fight. To ensure the pill is used accu rately and safely, the FDA mandated that women be given special bro chures called “MedGuides” explain ing who is eligible for a pill-caused abortion and what side effects to expect, and that they must make three trips to the doctor to undergo the procedure. R U -4 8 6 , now k n ow n by its chemical name mifepristone, can be used only within 49 days o f the beginning o f the woman’s last men strual period. T h e w o m an ta k e s th ree mifepristone pills. Two days later, she returns to the doctor to swallow a second drug, misoprostol, that causes uterine contractions to ex pel the embryo. She returns for a follow-up visit within two weeks to make sure the abortion is complete. The FDA will allow mifepristone to be distributed only to doctors trained to accurately diagnose the duration o f pregnancy and to detect ectopic, or tubal, pregnancies, be cause those women cannot receive mifepristone. A lso , the FD A re s tric te d mifepristone’s use to doctors who can operate in case a surgical abor tion is needed to finish the job or in cases o f severe bleeding — or to doctors who have made advance ar rangements for a surgeon to provide such care to their patients. Studies show mifepristone is 92 percent to 95 percent effective in causing early abortion, by blocking action o f a hormone essential for maintaining pregnancy. Without that hormone, progesterone, the uterine lining thins so an embryo cannot remain implanted and grow. The pill-induced abortion can be painful, causing bleeding and nau sea. Heavy bleeding is a potentially serious side effect but one the FDA determined is rare. In safety testing o f the first 2,100 American women who took mifepristone, four bled enough to need a transfusion. A small New York company, Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Sunday 69°F High 49°F Low gators did not disclose a possible motive. Martin previously served time on negligent homicide charges after he shot and killed 5-year-old Charlie Johnson. In that incident, Martin fired through a window and the bullet went through another window, hitting the child. The suspect in Thursday’s shoot ing is a stocky black male in his 20’s, around 5’ 9", wearing a brown short-sleeved shirt, blue je a n s, tai after undergoing surgery. “ 1 got blankets, towels, I tried to wrap their heads, I tried to find the entrance wound to stop the bleed ing. There was nothing I could do,” said Sean McMillen after he tried to save his neighbor. Police set up a perimeter in the neighbhorhood and scoured the area with search dogs. The victims were both shot in the head while sitting in their car, ac cording to Portland police. Investi Laurelhurst Bomb Had a Target Man Wanted for Rape, Sex Abuse T he W a sh in g to n C ounty Sheriff’s Office, in cooperation with Crime Stoppers, is asking for your help in locating appre hending George Richard Gray Jr. A felony arrest warrant, charging Gray with Sex Abuse and Rape is on file. George Richard Gray Jr. is a 37-year-old white male with a date o f birth o f March 9, 1963. He is 5 ’4” tall and weighs ap proximately 165 to 170 pounds George Richard Gray Jr. Love, a thousand, thousandvoices, From night to dawn, from dawn to night, Have cried the passion o f their choices. To orb your name and keep it bright. —William Rose Benet Danco Laboratories, will market mifepristone under the brand name Mifeprex. It should be available in about a month. Abortion providers say the pill-caused abortion should cost the same as surgical abortion, but a Danco spokesman refused to confirm that Thursday. But abortion-rights proponents p u sh e d the FDA to approve mifepristone, arguing a pill-caused abortion offers a surgery alternative that feels more like a miscarriage and typically is offered earlier in pregnancy than surgical abortion. The F D A ’s d ecisio n , com ing in the m idst o f the p resid en tial e le c tio n c a m p a ig n , is sure to g en erate fierce new controversy. R e p u b lic a n c a n d id a te G eo rg e W. B ush opposes abortion; his fa th e r’s ad m in istratio n banned R U -4 8 6 from th is c o u n try in 1989. T he pro-choice C linton- G ore a d m in istratio n worked for seven years to bring mifepristone here. In 1994, F rench m anufacturer R o u sse l-U c la f turned over U .S. rig h ts to the drug to the n o n p r o f it P o p u la tio n C o u n c il o f N ew Y ork, w hich launched U .S. c lin ic a l trials needed for FDA c le a ra n ce . A lth o u g h the FDA ac tu a lly declared m ifep risto n e a safe and e ffe c tiv e a b o rtio n m ethod in 1996, final approval was d elayed until now. A new traffic plan may provide relief for drivers who cross into Oregon from Clark County every morning. State highway officials on Wednes day approved installing a new carpool lane on southbound Interstate 5. Oregon installed carpool lanes 1-5 two years ago. and now Washington is ready to give them a shot, as well. The lanes will be reserved for vehicles car rying at least 2 people. Construction is well under way to create the additional 1-5 lanes. One of the new southbound lanes will be set aside during the especially jammed morning commute as a carpool lane. Debate B ush c ritic iz e d G ore o v er the f u n d - r a is in g s c a n d a ls o f the C lin to n e r a . H e m e n tio n e d G o re ’s co n tro v e rsia l v isit to a B u d d h ist tem ple, w here robed p rie sts later m ade d o n ations, and said G ore n eed ed to take re sp o n sib ility fo r w hat w ent on in the W hite H ouse. “I believe they’ve moved that sign, ‘The Buck Stops Here,’ from the Oval Office desk to the Lincoln Bedroom, and that’s not right,” Bush said. Continued From Front support Governor Bush’s prescrip tion drug proposal,” he said. “They oppose mine.” Bush made a sour face when he heard that, and in his next breath offered a swift rebuttal. “I’ve been standing up to Big Hol lywood and Big Trial Lawyers,” he shot back, mentioning two groups that have lavished campaign dona tions on Gore and Democrats. Stepping onto the podium a few minutes before the debate began, the vice president blew a kiss in the direction o f his wife, Tipper, a re minder o f the embrace they shared on stage at the convention six weeks ago. Gore and Bush shook hands twice, once before debating and then afterwards. Each man came equipped with a refrain. For Bush, it was the accusation that Gore was practicing “ fuzzy math” with his attacks, sometimes rendered as “ fuzzy W ashington math.” For Gore, it was a loud, audible sigh, meant to convey profound skepticism over Bush’s claims about the economy, prescription drugs and other issues. The criticism grew sharper in the debate’s closing moments, when COME FOR THE BENEFITS STAY FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES (h s Fully paid medical, dental and vision benefits after only one month of employment. Start with part-time and progress to a full-time career, $ 10.19/hour to start, $12.02 in 6 months, $18.52 in three years. Requirements: • Two years strong customer service skills • Five years good driving record • Solid work record O r for application details call 503-962-7635, stop by Tri-iMet, 4012 SE 17th, or visit our website at www.tri-met.org/jobs. “You may want to focus on scan dals. 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Gray, who has family and friends in the Stayton, Salem, and North Portlanc area and was last known to be driving either as white Pontiac Firebird oi an unknown make pickup, should be considered armed and dangerous. Crime stoppers is offering a casf reward o f up 1,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Call Crime Stopper at (503) 823-HELP. 1 T ri-M e t is h irin g bus drivers.1 1-5 Vancouver Fast Lane Planned Thought for the week brown gloves and a baseball cap. Several hours after the first shoot ing, Sherveil LaRay Moorer was shot in the chest in another area o f North Portland. Police said the 26-year-old was shot near the 4600 block o f North Vancouver after leaving his father’s house to shop at a nearby store at about 11 p.m. Moorer crawled to the doorstep with a gunshot wound to his chest and tried to mumble something to his father. Police investigated three murders that happened within hours o f each other and within 10 blocks in North Portland Thursday afternoon. In the first shooting, a father and son were killed as they sat in a car parked on North Congress Avenue. Police searched fora gunman who apparently fled on foot. Myron Dean Govan, 46, died at the scene. His son, 28-year-old Darius Mendel Martin, died late Thursday at Legacy Emanuel hospi- The explosion that shook the Laurelhurst community recently was not a random act of violence, police said. A local resident was injured when he kicked the explosive in his driveway. ”1 don’t think the neighbors out there or other people have to be concerned about that, as far as some type of random act affecting them,” said Police Lt. Mike Hefley. However, police would not disclose v ho they suspect was the target o f the b >mb or what the motive was. 74°F High 49°F Low in Historv w RU-486 Partly Cloudv 69°F High 44°F Low Saturday O ctober 3— 1950— The first Af rican-American lead on a television series (Ethel Waters) appears on TV - Beulah. O ctober 5— 1930— The Colum bia Broadcasting System (CBS) be gins it’s Sunday night live radio broadcasts o f the New Y ork Philhar monic. O cto b er 8— 1914— Jesse Jack- son is bom. October 9— 1960— The Colum bia River pact is signed by the United States and Canada, providing for thejoint development ofhydro-elec- tric power in the Northwest. Three Murders Within Hours Weather Madtson. Wl 53783 I
