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"The City Of Roses"
Volume XXXII
Number 23
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Committed to Cultural Diversity
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Wednesday
June 12,2002
Hyperactivity Study Crosses Cultures
OHSU research considers ethnicity in condition affecting youth
Bush Hitting the Road
W A SH IN G TO N — President Bush is
mixing dom estic security and politics
w ith a visit to M issouri. H e’ll pitch
his p ro p o se d h o m elan d se c u rity
agency at a w ater treatm ent plant in
Kansas City before headlining a fund
raiser for R epublican senatorial can
didate Jim Talent.
Ann Beckett works
to open the health
care system to
more African
Americans in a
cross-cultural study
about the impact of
Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity
Disorder on kids.
Final Piece of Pentagon
Facade Dedicated
,
W ASHINGTON— Workers fitted the
final piece of limestone facade into the
rebuilt section o f the Pentagon. The
blackened stone was part o f the origi-
nal facade damaged during the Sept. 11
attack on the militaiy headquarters that
killed 189 people.
PHOTO BY
D avid P lechl /
T he P ortland
O bserver
Mob Boss John Gotti Dead
NEW Y O RK — John Gotti, who swag
gered, schemed and murdered his way
to the pinnacle o f organized crime in
America only to be toppled by secret
tapes and a turncoat’s testimony, died
at a prison hospital. He was 61.
Afghans Optimistic
Assembly Will End the Chaos
K ABUL, A fghanistan — The grand
council— or loya jir g a — will choose
a governm ent to run the country for
the next 18 m onths. T here is an al
m ost reckless sense o f optim ism that
the U .N .-backed assem bly will en
able the nation to get the things it
needs.
by D avid P lechl
T he P ortland O bserver
Researchers at Oregon Health Sciences
University are conducting a cross-cul
tural analysis o f families affected by At
tention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a
serious and debilitating mental illness
affecting kids.
The study by the OHSU School of
Nursing is unique in that it will consider
equal numbers of children from black,
white and Latino families; 1 SO in all.
It is widely known that ADHD crosses
gender lines, cultural lines, and ethnic
lines. However, less is known about m i
nority access to information, treatment
and services to help battle the illness.
Ann Beckett, an African American, is
one of the study’s primary investigators
and consultants. She has worked with at
risk youth in the inner cities and after
Space Station Gets Shields
receiving her doctorate degree from
OHSU.
Beckett said it is important to have a
black researcher doing work with African
American families.
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Murder
Suspect
Pleads Not
Guilty
CAPE CA N A V ER A L— Tw o space
w alking astronauts ventured outside
and hung a giant handgrip and cos
m ic-debris shields on the Interna
tional Space Station. It was the first
o f three spacew alks planned during
E ndeavour’s w eeklong visit to the
station.
U.S. Links Kuwaiti
to WTC Attacks
W A S H IN G T O N
—
U .S .
counterterrorism officials are focus
ing on a K uw aiti lieutenant o f Osama
bin Laden w ith links to the 1993
W orld T rade C enter bom bing as a
key architect o f the terrorist attacks
on Sept. 11.
Bus Blast Kills 16 In Israel
JERUSALEM — A powerful car bomb
exploded next to a bus, engulfing it in
flames during the morning rush hour.
At least 16 people w ere killed and
dozens injured, police and rescue
w orkers said. Israel quickly m oved
forces into nearby Jenin, a town o f
ten used as a terrorist staging area.
India Considers Joint
Border Monitoring
NEW D ELH I, India — Indian Prime
M inister A tal Bihari V ajpayee said
that India w ould consider jo in tly
m onitoring the disputed K ashm ir
border w ith its longtim e rival Paki
stan. Such a m ove may be a m ajor
step to ease tensions betw een the
nuclear-arm ed neighbors.
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North Portland Show Stopper
Area residents and visitors to Peninsula Park at North Ainsworth and Albina are dazzled by the
brilliant colors of the city's largest rose garden in full bloom.
Oregon Lawmakers Meet Third Time Under Duress
Consensus on plugging Oregon's state budget deficit remains elusive
(A P)— Lawmakers bracing for a spe
cial session starting Wednesday are un
der duress from the governor and from
anti-tax interests as they wrestle with an
$880 million budget shortfall.
Gov. John Kitzhaber on Monday called
the session although lawmakers hadn’t
reached an accord on how to plug the
budget hole w ithout further cuts to
schools and social services.
Kitzhaber said timing is important be
cause a cigarette tax increase needs to be
passed by Friday to maximize revenue
from that step.
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Legislators of both parties generally
are supporting raising the cigarette tax.
But the Oregon Republican Party has
turned up heat of its own by erecting
roadside signs urging legislators to reject
tax increases.
In another developm ent M onday,
Kitzhaber officially unposed ahiring freeze
for agency positions financed with gen
eral funds.
“It formalizes stuff w e’ve done ear
lie r ,” K itz h a b e r spo k esm an Bob
Applegate said.
K itzhaber also barred out-of-state
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travel that would spend general funds,
which makes up about one-third of the
total state budget.
K itzhaber’s budget-balancing plan is
centered on a three-year income tax in
crease. He also proposed a 50-cent per
pack cigarette tax increase.
Lawmakers are considering a plan first
advanced by H ouse Speaker Mark
Simmons, R-Elgin, that includes a 75-cent
cigarette tax boost but no income tax hike.
The minority Democrats dislike added
budget cuts, on top of $450 million slashed
in earlier this year.
Ladon Andre Stephens
The man accused o f killing a 14-
year-old northeast Portland girl and
of raping four other teen-aged girls
in the c ity 's north and northeast
neighborhoods has pleaded inno
cent to the charges.
Ladon Andre Stephens, 33, en
tered the not guilty plea during his
arraignm ent M onday.
Stephens is charged with m ul
tiple counts o f m urder, attem pted
murder, sodom y, rape, kidnap, bur
glary and assault.
Police and prosecutors say DNA
evidence linked Stephens tothe mur-
d e ro f M elissa Bittler. Investigators
continue looking into other u n
solved cases involving sexual a t
tacks in the Portland area.
Bittler’s body was found in the
back yard of a n eighbor's home last
December.
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