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PRSDRTSTD US POSTAGE Study Shows Racial Profiling Exists in Portland Ceasefire Oregon Gun Turn-In See Metro Section, Page B 1 PAID Set for Saturday, See Metro Section, Page B 1 PORTLANDOR PERMIT NO 1610 Knight Library 1299 University of Oregon Eugene OR 97403-1205 Volume XXXI Number 19 www.portlandobserver.com Wednesday Committed to Cultural Diversity Established in 1970 5<F May 9 ,2001 2001 Rose Festival Court Ranking W A S H IN G T O N — T he United States is missing from a top 10 index measuring the status o f m others around the world, mainly because o f its failure to address the health needs o f the country's minorities and poor, a report says. T he U nited States ranked 11 th out o f 94 coun tries on the ‘M others’ Index’ found in a report com piled by the Save the C hildren foundation. T he organization ranked countries on the basis o f a m other's access to health care, use o f contraception and family planning, literacy rate, and participation in governm ent. China Says Spy Plane Will Not Fly Home C le v e la n d H ig h - S k y C la rk e Jefferson High - Ahquoya Brooks St. Mary's Academy - Ashley Caldwell Central Catholic High - Bcnthany Sills B E U IN G — C hina said that it will not allow a d am ag e d U .S. N avy spy plane to be re paired and fly hom e u n d er its o w n pow er. T h e ann o u n cem en t cam e as A m erican su r v eillan ce flights n ear C h in a resu m ed , and C hinese o fficials w ere q u ick to voice th eir o p p o sitio n to th e co n tin u ed surveillance. Postal Governors Approve Higher Rates W A S H IN G T O N — P o stag e rates are going up on July 1. T he 34-cent price o f a first- class stam p w ill not ch an g e, but m ost oth er n se a s 'tK e p ost office stru g g les to cope w ith risin g costs and shrinking incom e. W hile the price o f the basic first-class stam p w ill not increase u n d er new rates, m;uiy oth er co sts such as priority m ail, ex p ress m ail and periodicals will. « W Cincinnati Officer Charged with Misdemeanors CINCINNATI— Misdemeanorchaiges filed against a white police officer w ho fatally shot an unarm ed black man brought outrage from the victim 's m other but mostly peaceful protests in a city scarred by racial tension. O ne month after the sh y in g that sparked the city 's w orst rioting in three decades, a grand jury indicted Officer Stephen Roach o f negligent hom icide and o b structing official business. ® David Douglas High - Vanessa Sanford Grant High School - Loanda Schaad 4* Blackouts Again Ordered for California S A C R A M E N T O , C alif. — A s tem p era tures soared to record levels in parts o f C alifornia, black o u ts cu t electricity to m ore than 100,000 cu sto m ers in w hat p o w er grid o p erato rs w arned w as a p review o f sum m er. H our-long outag es, o rd ered by p o w er grid m anagers, hit p o rtio n s o f selected cities for the first tim e since M arch. Benson high - Sharitha McKenzie Lincoln High - Wesley Grout Marshall High - Michelle Sagucio Roosevelt High - Ursula Gray Jurors to View Tape of Teacher Shooting W E S T P A L M B E A C H , I la . — P ro secu tors p lan n ed to show ju ro rs a school su rv eil lance vid eo tap e that show s a seven th -g rad e boy shoot and kill his E nglish teacher. N athaniel Brazill, 14, is on trial in the death o f L ake W o rth M id d le S chool teach er Barry G runow , w ho w as fatally shot M ay 2 6 ,2 0 0 0 , the last day o f school before su m m er break. T h e boy faces life in prison w ith no p arole if co n v icted o f first-degree m urder. Nations Wary of U.S. Missile Defense Plan L O N D O N — W orld governm ents re sponded nervously to President B ush's deci sion to build a shield against missile attack. Britain and C anada stopped short o f endorsing the plan, and Sw eden offered sharp criticism. M uch o f the apprehension focused on B ush's declaration that a 1972 arm s-control treaty w as outdated. United Nations Secretary-General Kofi A nnan said the missile plan w ould "inevi tably im pact upon global security and strategic- stability" and appealed to all countries to avoid a new arm s race. Republicans Strike Tentative Tax Deal W A S H IN G T O N — H ouse and S enate R epublicans tentativ ely agreed to push for an 11 -year, $ 1.35 trillion tax cut, law m akers said. U n d er the ag reem en t, tax es w ould be cut by $ 1.25 trillion betw een 2002 and 2011 — $.350 billion less than B ush had insisted on for m ore than a year Masdison High - Lindsay Heiberg W ilson High - Kelly Ferguson Hranklin High - Kristina Pongracz Park Rose High - Fclccia Whcatfall Ambassadors Begin Goodwill Tour The Rose Festival Court is com prised of 14 outstanding women who were selected from 14-area high schools. Each court member repre sents her school throughout the months of May and June at many community events. To qualify for the Rose Festival Court, the young women must be full-time students, he a member of the graduating class, have a grade point average of at least 2.75, dem onstrate good citizenship and have a good attendance record. The candidates arc evaluated on character, communication and pres ence. Court members are elected by vote of their respective student bodies. The Portland Rose Festival Associa tion awards each am bassador a $.3,000 scholarship courtesy of Randall Realty Corp. This year's Rose Festival Queen's Coronation is set for Thursday, May 31 at 8 p.m. at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. I "X * «m»»»—i* * " ’*' *V