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PORTLANDOR
PERMIT NO 1610
Knight Library
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene OR 97403-1205
Volume XXXI
Number 19
www.portlandobserver.com
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Committed to Cultural Diversity
Established in 1970
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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.
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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.
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David Douglas High - Vanessa Sanford
Grant High School - Loanda Schaad
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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.
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