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August 07, 2002
Committed to Cultural Diversity
Volume XXXII
Number 30
City Plans Russell Face Lift
More foot and traffic flow expected with light rail line
Israel Strikes In Gaza,
Sets Travel Ban
JERUSALEM — Israel struck back at
the Palestinians, firing missiles at a
suspected weapons factory in.the Gaza
Strip and announcing a Palestinian
travel ban in the West Bank. At the
same time, however, Israeli and Pales­
tinian ministers were meeting on a pos­
sible cease-fire.
Surgeons Separate
Conjoined Twins
LOS ANGELES— Surgeons separated
1 -year-old Guatemalan twins joined at
the head, a risky procedure that took
about 20 hours to complete, a doctor
said. Houman Hemmati, a doctor who
assisted in the surgery, said the sepa­
ration appeared to be successful.
Gun Turret of Civil War Ship
Raised After 140 Years
HATTERAS, N.C. — The silt-packed
gun turret o f the Civil War ironclad USS
Moniiorwas raised from the"floorofthe
Atlantic, nearly 140 years after the his­
toric warship sank during a storm. The
turret was raised during a $6.5 million
expedition. The remainder o f the wreck­
age will stay on the ocean floor because
it is too delicate to pull up.
North and South Korea Agree to
Reopen Talks
SEO U L, South K orea — N orth and
South K orea agreed to restart high-
level talks next w eek, getting their
stalled reconciliation process back
on track, according to a South K o­
rean new s report.
New Stamp Honors Justice
Who Championed Rights
WASHINGTON — The late Supreme
Court Justice Thurgood Marshall — a
champion o f equal rights who devised
the legal strategy to end school segre­
gation — is being honored with a post­
age stamp. The first-clas stamp will
feature a black-and-white photograph
o f Marshall that was taken in 1967,
shortly after President Johnson ap­
pointed him to the high court.
Boston Settlement Could
Influence Other Abuse Cases
BOSTON— Allowing the Boston Arch­
diocese to back out o f a settlement
agreed to verbally by its top official
could set a legal precedent that would
derail hundreds o f lawsuits filed across
the country by victims o f child sexual
abuse committed by priests.
Senator War with Iraq Likely
W ASHINGTON— War against Iraq is
likely, Sen. Joseph Biden said while
exploring U.S. options to deal with
Saddam H ussein’s potential threat.
Other lawmakers joined Biden Sunday
in pressing the Bush administration to
make the case to Congress before any
attack.
Suspect Might Have
Contacted Six Judges
VENICE, Italy— A suspected Russian
mobster might have contacted as many
as six judges in trying to fix a pair o f
figure skating events at the Salt Lake
City Olympics, Italian police said, a day
after arrestin g suspect A lim zhan
Tokhtakhounov.
Max light rail lines and new curbing along Interstate Avenue a t Russell Street gives the historic Albina district a new look. City officials now want to improve
Russell even further to accommodate a revitalized neighborhood.
photo by D ay id P i echl /T he P ortland O bserver
D avid P i . f . chl
T he P ortland O bserver
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The city expects greater increases in
the levels o f pedestrian activity and traf­
fic flow as North and Northeast Russell
Street prepares to link with MAX light rail
service at Interstate Avenue.
In response, the city is planning cos­
metic and functionary improvements with
the help o f area business owners and
residents.
At a meeting last week, city architects
and facilitators m apped out designs
based on community suggestions.
City facilitator Jason franklin ad­
dressed the 50 or so people that came out
to participate, "The reason w e’re doing
the planning is to help bump our chances
o f getting these th.ngs done. What is
important for the residents?” Franklin
asked. “What is imporiant for the busi­
nesses?”
The stretch o f Russel I under consider­
ation runs from Martin Luther King Jr.
Boulevard, west to Interstate Avenue.
Businesses, restaurants, empty lots, parks
and industry share the street collectively.
One hot topic was the balance o f in­
dustry and commerce in the area. Com pa­
nies I ike TA R R must navigate its 18-wheel­
ers while pedestrians and drivers find
their way to the White Eagle Tavern and
a handful o f other restaurants and coffee
shops that dust the area.
“ How do we resolve that conflict be­
tween industry and trucks and pedestri­
ans down there," asked Franklin. Some
people suggested sidewalk extensions to
make street crossings safer, but not if it
meant hindering navigation o f the big
rigs.
Because o f light rail service, the #5 bus
Drug Free Zones
Face Challenges
Portland is considering
dropping a drug free
zone in the Woodlawn
Park neighborhood
(right) o f northeast
Portland because o f
lowering crime rates.
Restrictions could ease in some
areas and increase in others
M ark
W ashington /
T he P i > r i land O bserver
will no longer run down interstate and Tri-
Met may consider routing buses through
Russell. City planners suggested that
participants at the meeting think about
bus stops and lighting.
S u g g estio n s w ere co m p iled and
marked on a map o f the street.
Ellen Vanderslice is aconsulting archi­
tect for the city. She introduced design
tools like benches, phones and transit
depots: places for standing, visiting, and
sitting.
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photo by
L ee P erlman
T he P ortland O bserver
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The city may soon adopt new drug and
prostitution-free zones with new bound­
aries and procedures.
The zones allow the police to exclude
people arrested for sale or possession o f
illegal drugs, or soliciting prostitution,
from entering a given geographic area for
a specific amount o f time; if they do, they
can be arrested.
The law has been praised by authori­
ties as an important tool to rid some neigh­
borhoods o f long-standing drug and pros­
titution problems - but attacked by others
as an infringement o f personal rights.
The Boise Neighborhood Association
will discuss the topic at a meeting on
Wednesday, Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. at the
Mississippi Rising Ballroom at North
Mississippi and Shaver Street.
In late September, the Portland City
Council is tentatively scheduled to hear
the proposal by the Multnomah County
District Attorney to create the following
new boundaries:
—The eastside zone, which formerly
covered several blocks o f the inner
eastside from Southeast Stark to North­
east Lloyd Boulevard, would expand to
A man near the Lloyd Center Max Station at Holladay
Park approaches a group o f young women. Police want
to make the area a drug and prostitution free zone.
PHOTO by
D ay id
P i.E ( h i
/ T he P o r i land O bseryer
take in most o f Lloyd Center, including
Holladay Park.
—The Beech zone, bounded roughly
by North Concord and Northeast Sev­
enth Avenues and North and Northeast
Simpson and Fargo streets, would ex­
pand eastward to 16th Avenue, north to
Ainsworth, and south between Martin
Luther King Boulevard and Vancouver
Avenue to Sacramento Street.
-P a rt o f the Alberta and all o f the
Woodlawn districts would be eliminated
because o f decreasing drug and prostitu­
tion crime rates.
-S andy Boulevard and 82nd Avenue
prost i t u t i on free zones wou I d be re tai ned,
but the Martin Luther King zone will prob­
ably be eliminated.
Additionally, because o fa recent court
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New Minimum Wage Faces Vote in November Ballot
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(AP) - State elections officials have
verified the required signatures needed
to put a proposal to raise the minimum
wage on the November ballot.
“ It was an easy initiative to get signa­
tures on,” said Gene Pronovost, a chief
petitioner and president o f the United
Food and Commercial W orkers’ Local
555. “ I was always confident we were
going to qualify."
If voters pass it, O regon's minimum
wage would jum p 40 cents an hour to
$6.90 next year
The statewide measure also would
adjust the minimum wage for inflation in
future years. It w ill be the first time ( )rego»
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nians have voted on whether to boost the
wage requirement since they approved
an initiative in 1996 that gave the state the
nation's top rate for a time.
The proposal will face opposition from
industries such as agriculture and restau­
rants because it will increase labor costs.
Bill Perry, director o f governm ent
relations for the O regon Restaurant A s­
sociation, noted that the 1996 m in i­
m um -w age vote cam e in the m iddle o f
the '9 0 s econom ic boom . N ow the
econom y is struggling, and bo o stin g
the minimum wage will hurt businesses
and w o n 't help people w ho are looking
for jobs. Perry said.
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