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Volume XXX
Num ber 43
Wednesday
Com m itted to Cultural Diversity
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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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