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Portland Cousins Share Pageant H opes Former President C arter Breaks Ties With Southern Baptists Page A5 Page B2 Bulk Rate U.S. Postage PAID Portland, OR Permit No. 1610 Jartlanb Volume XXX Num ber 43 Wednesday Com m itted to Cultural Diversity Established in 1970 www.portlandobserver.com October 25, 2000 Daylight Saving Time Ends Sunday Halloween Pumpkin Hunt F A L L W idow M ay G et Seat JE FFE R SO N C ITY , Mo. - M issouri’s new governor has decided to appoint the w idow o f Mel C arnahan as senator if she w ants it and the late governor receives m ore votes than Sen. John A shcroft in the Nov. 7 election. M rs. C arnahan’s 66-year- old husband, the D em ocratic governor who was challenging R epublican A shcroft for the S enate seat; their 44-year-old son, Roger; and an aide, Chris Sifford, 37, w ere killed Oct. 16 w hen their tw in-engine plane crashed enroute to a cam paign stop. U N IT E D N A T IO N S - K osovo, the Serbian province that has been under inter national control since last year, should becom e an independent country after it fulfils a host o f conditions, a com m ission recommended. The report, delivered to U.N. Secretary - G eneral Kofi A nnan, recom m ended that the province becom e a sepa rate state w hen it can guarantee safety for its m inorities and after it takes part in nego tiations w ith other Balkan states on its future independence. A lb right M eets K orean L eader Palestinian G unm en O pen Fire N A B LU S, W est Bank - D efying an Is raeli deadline for a truce, Palestinian gun men and rock-throw ers attacked Israeli soldiers at W est Bank friction points, and six Palestinians w ere killed and several w ounded by m assive Israeli return fire. It was the deadliest day o f fighting in two weeks. T he violence has left 110 people dead, the vast m ajority Palestinians. Ex-Sargeant Pleads G uilty N EW Y O R K - A form er A rm y sergeant pleaded guilty to charges related to the 1998 bom bings o f U.S. em bassies in A frica that ki 1 led 12 Am ericans and 212 others. Ali M oham ed, 48, adm itted conspiring with O sam a bin Laden and others to m urder A m ericans in an effort to force the United States to get out o f the M ideast. M oham ed was am ong 17 people nam ed so far in an indictm ent resulting from the bom bings. Yem en S afest A m ong ‘ R ats’ N e s ts ’ W A SH IN G T O N - The Y em eni coast line, w here an apparent terrorist bom bing o f the USS C ole killed 17 sailors, is a “sieve" for terrorists, the form er U.S. m ilitary com m ander in the Persian G u lf regions said. But it was the best option available for refueling N avy ships, he said. M eanw hile, authori ties are follow ing a lead from a 12-year-old Y em eni boy w ho says a man paid him to w atch his car w hile he w ent out to sea in a small boat and never returned. LA T ransit Workers Return to Jobs LOS A N G ELES - Bus and subw ay driv ers headed back to w ork, ending a month long transit strike that stranded 450,000 com m uters. The U nited T ransportation Union voted overw helm ingly to accept a new contract providing raises o f 9.3% over three years. W hat bus riders get out o f the 32-day w alkout: ftee rides for the next five days. w BA C K Independence for Kosovo PYONGYANG, North Korea - Secretary o f S ta te M a d e le in e A lb r ig h t h e ld groundbreaking talks with N orth K orean leader Kim Jong II. The m eeting w ith Kim was the centerpiece o f A lbright’s trip, the first by a U.S. secretary o f state to N orth Korea. A lbright hopes to use her tw o-day visit to advance her goal o f laying the groundwork for a visit by President Clinton, possibly next month. Û 53 The third grade class at St. Agatha 's Catholic School in Sellwood enjoy the rewards o f a fie ld trip to the Pumpkin Patch on Sauvie Island. Halloween is Tuesday, Oct. 31. (P hoto by M ark W ashington /P ortland O bserver ) Oregon Begins Vote Tally O rego n resid e n ts are now ca stin g votes fo r p resid e n t, local ca n d id a tes and in the host o f state b allo t m easures. The sta te ’s all v ote-by-m ail general elec tion, the first in the n atio n , g ot u nderw ay F riday w hen c o u n ty o ffic es b egan sending out m ore than 2 m illion ballots. T here are no m ore p ollin g p laces. V o ters can fill in b a l lots at hom e, then m ail them o r tak e them to drop b o x es - as long as th ey are retu rn ed to elec tio n o ffices by 8 p.m . on N ov. 7. S ecretary o f S tate B ill B rad b u ry said he exp ects a v o ter tu rn o u t o f 80 p ercen t or b etter, p artly b ecau se O re g o n ’s unique system m akes it m ore co n v en ien t to cast ballots. B ut for can d id ates and p o litical o p erativ es, m ail vo tin g m eans the final push to w in o v er u n d ecid ed voters is a th ree-w eek m arath o n instead o f a last- m inute dash. D espite the p ro lo n g ed voting period, B radbury b eliev es a lot o f people w ill hold o nto the th e irb a llo ts until the last-m inute. Som e 40 p ercen t o f voters returned their mail ballots in the last two days leading up to the state’s all-mail ballot primary on M ay 16. That, too, was the nation’s first such primary. “The main thing is there are 26 measures on the statewide ballot. That large num ber o f mea sures to decide on will slow people down in casting their ballot," Bradbury said. Orego nians passed statewide vote-by-mail in 1998 after using the system for years in local con tests and some special elections. Critics have said the mail ballot offers too many possibilities for fraud. Gore Brings Campaign to Portland Speaking with a passion environm ental ists have been w aiting to hear, A1 G ore says he w ould p ro tec t o ld -g ro w th trees and roadless areas and enlist the help o f science to restore salm on runs. T he Sunday night speech w as aim ed squarely at environm entally-m inded voters, especially those thinking o f voting for Green Party candidate Ralph Nader. “ W hen it com es to the environm ent, I’ve never given up, I ’ve never turned back, and I never w ill," the Democratic presidential can didate said before a cheering crow d o f nearly 4,000 gathered outside Portland State Univer sity. Oregon has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1984, but polls show the race betw een G ore and Texas Gov. G eorge W. Bush to be a virtual dead heat — partly because o f N ad er’s appeal to environ m e n ta lists. M a in stre a m e n v iro n m e n ta l groups, including the Sierra C lub, have en dorsed the vice president, but m any activists contend that G ore has not been show ing a strong enough devotion to the environm ent I John Kitzhaber at a rally at Portland State University. over the past few years. They especially w ould like G ore to com e out in favor o f breaching four dam s on the Snake River as a way to restore salm on runs G ore has not gone that far, saying the idea needs more study. In his Sunday night speech. G ore stayed away from saying dam s should be breached, but he spoke with m ore em otion about the environm ent than he has to date. "Now here are the differences betw een me and Gov. Bush clearer than on the environ m ent." G ore told the crowd. G ore touted, for example, the Democratic adm inistration's ef forts to p re se n e O regon’s Soda M ountain and Steens Mountain. Republican vice presi dential contender D ick Cheney, on recent cam paign stop in Oregon, said a Rush adm in- Story Continues on Page B3 I t ’s tim e to tu rn y o u r c lo c k s b a c k o n e h o u r s ta rtin g at 2 a.m . S u n d a y , O ct. 2 9 , o r b e fo re y o u go to b e d on S a tu rd a y n ig h t. D a y lig h t S a v in g T im e s ta rte d in 1918 d u rin g W o rld W a r I. B u t it w as n o t u n til 1967 th a t c o n g r e s s p u t in to e ffe c t th e U n ifo rm T im e A c t, w h ic h in s titu te d D a y lig h t S a v in g T im e fo r th e n a tio n , s ta rtin g a t 2 a .m . o n th e la st S u n d a y in A p ril an d e n d in g at 2 a m. on th e la s t S u n d a y in O c to b e r. In 1986, P re s id e n t R e a g a n sig n e d a b ill th a t m o v e d th e s ta rt o f D a y lig h t S a v in g T im e to th e firs t S u n d a y in A p ril, b u t le ft th e en d at th e la s t S u n d a y in O c to b e r. A lo n g w ith th e tim e -c h a n g e , co m e a few o th e r im p o rta n t tim e -a n d s a fe ty - re la te d m a tte rs : S et c lo c k s , w a tc h e s an d V C R ’s b a c k o n e h o u r, a n d c h a n g e tim e rs on lig h ts an d s e c u r ity sy ste m s in h o m e s an d o ffic e s . A lso , b e c a u s e it g ets d a rk ev e n e a r lie r n o w , re m e m b e r to d is c u s s c u r few s an d s a fe ty tip s w ith y o u n g c h il d ren . Paul Allen Supports Transitional School The Community Transitional School, w hich serves children o f hom eless fam ilies, has re ceived a S 15.000 grant from the Paul G. Allen Charitable Foundation. “C hildren o f hom eless fam ilies are often forgotten w hen people think o f chanties, yet an education could change these young peo p le” lives, and we are pleased to support theeftortsofC om m unity Transitional School" said Sue C oliton. foundation m anager o f the Paul A. A llen C haritable Foundation. The Paul G. A llen C haritable Foundation supports a w ide variety o f charitable endeav ors in the Pacific Northwest. T he Foundation is dedicated to prom oting the health and developm ent o f vulnerable populations and to strengthening families and com m unities. The Foundation invests in projects and pro gram s that address social challenges and prom ote positive change. Past grant recipi ents have included YM CA ofG reater Seattle, The A m erican Red Cross, and H abitat for H um anity International. Founded in 1988, The Paul A. Allen C hari table Foundation is adm inistered through V ulcan N orthw est, Inc., o f Bellevue, W ash ington. The C om m unity Transitional School was founded in 1990 as the YW CA Transitional School and becom e an independent non profit organization in 1998. Its m ission is to provide an alternative school for at-risk chil dren from hom eless families and to help them overcom e barriers that prevent them from regularly attending school. T he school p ro v id es stu d e n ts p re -k in d erg a rte n th ro u g h eight g rad e stu d en ts w ith ed u c atio n , tu to rin g , m ed ical and d en tal sc re e n in g s , c lo th in g , sh o e s, sch o o l supplies and m eals in an environm ent w here stu d en ts are u n en c u m b e re d by the p re s sure o f b ein g d ifferen t. T he C o m m u n ity T ra n sitio n al S ch o o l serv es ab o u t 60 c h il dren a day an d o v er 200 a tte n d th e sch o o l each year. •• • V
