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Volume XXX
Num ber 43
Wednesday
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October 25, 2000
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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.
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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.
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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
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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-
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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.
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