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Working Feverishly in an Impatient World 500 Northeast Portland's Dora Campbell cuts hair fo r 34 years ®íí oc’ ‘City of Roses r n 1 5 J See story, Metro section, inside. TJnrtktitit ffibserüer Fctahlich^H in 1070 Established In 1970 www.Dortlandobser www.portlandobserver.cQm Committed to Cultural Diversity Volume XXXII • Number 35 Wednesday • September 04. 2002 U.S. Attacked, THEÏS REW One Year Later Anniversary of 9-11 prompts memories of son’s escape Jazz Great Lionel Hampton Dead at 94 (AP) — Lionel Hampton’s six decade career ranked him with the greatest names in jazz his tory. Lionel Hampton, the vibra phone virtuoso and standout show m an w hose six-decade career ranked him with the great est names in jazz history, died Saturday at a Manhattan hospi tal. Hewas94. See related story Dee Craig o f northeast Portland, thinks about the people she loves and how life can be lost In a flash. Craig's son, Meaux, survived the attack on the World Trade Center in New York. by D avid P lechl T he P ortland O bserver on page A 5, inside. Bush to Take In Attack Sites on 9/11 WASHINGTON — President Bush will visit the Pentagon, Shanksville, Pa., and New York City on 9/11 before ending the day addressing the nation. The remembrances will include a moment o f silence at 8:46 a.m EDT, the time the first hijacked airl iner hit the World Trade Cen ter one year earlier. Environment, Poverty on Tap at World Summit JOHANNESBURG, South Af rica — World leaders threw their weight behind the push for ac tion to save the Earth and its people, citing problems ranging from starvation in Africa, to floods in Europe and Asia, to financial crises in the Americas. Officials Fear Human Spread of West Nile Federal health officials are work ing this week to determine the threat that the West Nile virus poses to recipients o f blood transfusions and donated or gans. At the heart o f their in quiry is the trail o f an infection — thought to be West Nile but not yet confirm ed— that began in Georgia and has spread to Florida. United Names New CEO CHICAGO — United Airlines named veteran oil executive Glenn Tilton as its new chair man and CEO. Tilton, 54, vice chairman o f ChevronTexaco Corp, and acting chairman o f Dynegy Inc., was selected by unanimous vote of the board o f United parent UAL Corp. WTO Allows EU to Impose Sanctions on U.S. GENEVA — The World Trade Organization ruled that the Eu ropean Union can impose trade sanctions o f up to $4 billion against the United States in a tax dispute. The WTO considered the EU request after ruling last year that tax breaks for Ameri can companies created illegal subsidies and violated interna tional trade rules. Buildings Fall for PCC Expansion Demolition crews tear down the second o f three buildings on North Killingsworth Street, ju s t across from the Cascade Campus o f Portland Community College. It's the first step in the construction schedule for the expansion o f the school's campus and is the location for a new gymnasium. photo by M ark W ashington ZT he P ortland O bserver Big Fight is First in 40 Years Roy Jones enters Portland ring Saturday, Sept. 7 in title defense which Jones also owns, who is promoting the fight, for settling on Portland and the Rose Garden arena. “I like to do things in different places,” Jones recently said. “Big fights happen in Las Vegas and New York all the time. Why take it to the same old, same old, same old places? Other people want to see things too.” This card will also include a 12-round bout betw een IBFjuniormiddleweight cham by F elicia L. S lider T he P ortland O bserver Where were you 14,600 days, 350,400 hours, 21,024,000minutes and approximately 12,614,400,000 seconds ago? Yes believe it. It’s been about 40 years. Do the math; it’s been about four decades since the last world title bout that surfaced in Portland in 1962. Rose City boxing fans have gone through four fashion eras all the way back to when Barry G ordy’s Motown sound ----------- ruled the radio, and a time when cold waves and bouffant hair dos were boss during Portland’ s last host to championship fight. The date was Oct. 20, 1962 when Oregonians saw Denny Moyer win by a unanimous decision vs. Joey Giambra for the juniormiddleweight title. So yes, one might ask, then why P o rtla n d ? Is P o rtla n d hot enough, entertainment wise, to h o st w o rld c h a m p io n sh ip fights? Along with NIKE, whose w o rld h e a d q u a rte rs is in Beaverton - only minutes away from the Rose Garden event arena, Portland is the right place. And why now? If you didn't know, Roy Jones has a promo tional deal promoting N IK E’s Ian Division. So why not. Light Heavyweight Champion Roy Jones. v that the math starts to add you could speculate on some o f these pion Ronald"Winky” Wright(43-3,25 knock ons why Jones would want to fight in outs) and Bronco McKart (45-3,29 knock land. Tobe mentioned in the same breath outs A bout with Jones would be a huge pay- professional boxing hotbeds as other per-view event with enormous purses for :s that were potential sites for the event both fighters HBO will broadcast each fight Atlantic City and Las Vegas, Portland is between Wright-McKart and Jones-Woods. <y. But for those other cities in conten- So for Portland, yes it’s a big deal for big i to host Jones like San Diego or Biloxi, boxing. Especially for a city that, although it is., well, lets just say, good choice, Jones. rest in between two major live by the minute >o Portland thanks Square Ring Inc., cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles and t I Seattle. Portland can be at times, a little behind the times. So Square Ring Inc, thank you. And if not Jones, then who? Portland thanks Jones Jr. because he is the best o f the best. Boxing columnist William Detloff of H B 0.com Sports wrote on Aug. 29 that Jones is among the most dominant champi ons in the business. Consider: when Jones enters the ring Saturday, Sept. 7 against Clinton Woods, it will be his sixth defense o f the undisputed light heavyweight title and his 11th light heavy weight title defense overall. If you count all the way back to when he .won his first world title, the IBF middleweight ver sion in M ay 1993 against Hopkins, Jones has been a champion at one weight or an other for nearly nine uninter rupted years. Many make the argument that Jones fights few deserving contenders. Ifyou're talking about Glenn Kelly and Otis Grant and Rick Frazier and maybe Richard Hall, you're right. But the great majority have been perfectly qualified challengers. In fact, Jones has beaten six o f the w orld's 10- best light heavyweight con tenders, as rated by "The Ring" magazine. Assuming he beats Woods, who "The Ring" rates 10th: it'll be seven o f the top 10. That’s the definition o f cleaning out a division. How many champions today can claim to have faced so many top contenders There' s more: Jones is the third longest-reigning cham pion in the game, behind only Hopkins and IBF titles Tim Austin. Among active cham pions, h e's defeated more current or former continued on page B6 • Almost a year has passed since Dee Craig’s son, Maurice “Meaux” Craig narrowly sur vived the attacks on the twin towers o f the World Trade Center in New York, but it still feels like yesterday. When she woke up the morning o f Sept. 11, she saw images o f Tower 1 in flames. Thirty seconds later, the second plane hit Tower 2 where Meaux worked on the 92nd floor for AON Financial For a moment she thought “why are they making a movie now?” But the thought quickly turned to shock and horror when she realized the flames and destruction were real. For four and a half hours. Dee and hus band, Jim, didn’t know ifMeaux was alive or dead. They could only watch the horrible scenes o f destruction and pray for the best. Finally a call from a family friend and even tually Meaux him self confirmed that he had made it out alive. When the first plane had hit the opposite tower, Meaux immediately took the advice of superiors to “get out.” He was at the 42nd floor when the second plane hit his building. The force knocked him to the ground, jarring his neck. Smoke filled the corridors and panic ensued. Meaux wasn’t sure what to do. The atmosphere was confused. Dee thinks guardian angels led her son out. and Meaux is not reluctant to agree. “There was a guy that appeared out o f nowhere and led me out o f there," he ex plained. Meaux said the man encouraged him to help others along the way and the focus o f those acts helped him concentrate on getting out in one piece. continued on page A3 City Considers PGE Takeover The city o f Portland has taken a formal step in taking over Enron subsidiary Portland General Electric, the largest and oldest utility in the state. The move came last Wednesday, just a day after Enron put up PGE for auction. Unlike other potential buyers, how ever, Portland has the ability to condemn PGE and take its assets under the doc trine o f eminent domain. Peggy Fowler, PG E's chief executive officer, opposed the move. “PGE will oppose public condemna tion because it doesn’t make sense for our customers or employees," Fowler said. She said the three major arguments for municipal control o f the utility are all “misconceptions” and selling PGE to the city would not guarantee lower electric ity rates, prevent local control or insulate the city from potential liability for Enron debts. Mayor Vera Katz said the resolution approved Wednesday simply allows the city to explore its options, not make an offer. continued on page A3 t
