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Rock of Ages’ Stands on Solid Ground C* & 50¿ Illustrated book pays tribute to African American churches See story, page B5, inside I ■ T, IJn ributti © bserlier www.Dortlandob.ser www.portlandobservcr.com FctahlichpH In in IQ7H Established 1970 ‘City of Roses’ Committed to Cultural Diversity Volume XXXII. • Number 42 Wednesday • October 23, 2002 Marchers Demand Equality At least 16 dead In Israeli bus explosion In K a rku r Junction, Israel, acar pulled alongside a com m uter bus and exploded M onday, trapping passengers in the fla m ing vehicle. Sixteen people were k ille d and 30 wounded in what police said was a suicide attack. Rule to boost generic drugs P resident Bush w ill soon an nounce a plan to make it easier to get generic drugs, a m ove that an a d m in istra tio n o ffic ia l says w il l save consum ers and governm ents $3 b illio n a year. The a d m in is tra tio n hopes it w ill take e ffe ct a fte r 60 days. Va. shooting linked to sniper; two men held A u th o ritie s lin k e d Saturday n ig h t’ s serious w o u n d in g o f a man in R ich m o n d , V a. w ith the sn ip e r k illin g s that have terrorized the region since Oct. 2. A n d they announced that tw o men are being questioned o ve r the incidents. P olice are also c o m b in g a w h ite van fo r Helen Sherman, A.L. “Skipper" Osborne, LC Oddie, and Frances O'Holloran rally to protest racial inequities in the criminal justice system. The peaceful demonstration and march was followed by an open “m ike" session at Irving Park where marchers asked for greater police oversight and decreased targeting of African Americans. photo by D avid P lechl /T he P ortland O bserver evidence. Grievances include police harassment, drug free zones Women fare better in recession than men W om en have become m ore re ce ssio n -p ro o f than men. For the th ird econom ic d o w n tu rn in a ro w . the une m p lo ym e n t rate fo r m en is ru n n in g hig h er than the w o m e n ’ s ra te .— a flip - flo p fro m the m onths d i re c tly pre ce d in g the d o w n turns, w hen men fared better. by D avid P ic c h i . T he P ortland O bserver O ver 100 demonstrators marched through northeast Portland Saturday ca llin g fo r an end to ra cia lly biased police practices and unequal treatment. Speakers questioned the fairness o f the c ity ’ s drug free zones, harassment by police and continued racial p ro filin g . said. The amendment guarantees equal pro A .L . “ Skipper” Osbon»v,president o f,h e local chapter o f the N A A C P organized the march in cooperation w ith the Police A c co u n ta b ility Campaign. Osborne thinks m inorities are u n fa irly targeted by police and incarcerated by a tection under the law. Area residents Lisa C lay and close friend B illie Jean McCrae, both to tin g canes and w ie ld in g megaphones, led marchers w ith ra cia lly biased ju stice system. “ The w hole purpose o f this march is our protection under the 14th A m endm ent,” he boom ing chants. People are strong when they stand to gether fo r a cause,” McCrae said. “ Human rights have been som ething w e ’ ve been fig h tin g for, fo r years. A change can come i f we w o rk together.” C lay met the late c iv il rights leader Dr. M a rtin Luther K in g Jr. when she was ju s t 10 years old. T ired o f w hat she sees as police b ru ta lity against young people and people continued on page .43 Drug activists to rally against Dior perfume A n ti-d ru g and addiction-recov Wellness Village Checkup ery groups plan rallies to per suade D io r to stop m arketing A d d ict, its cosmetic and per fume line that is seen to trivialize a critica l p ublic health issue. Council may allow use of medicinal marijuana A C ity C ouncil com m ittee in San D iego, Ca., proposed al lo w in g a ilin g people to have up to three pounds o f marijuana and g ro w up to 72 plants for their ow n use. The fu ll C ouncil w o u ld have to approve the pro posal . The city is trying to im ple ment Proposition 215, a state measure a llo w in g medical use o f marijuana. ■ jB » » Dr. Nathalie McDowell Johnson consults with patient Cecilia McCoy at the African American Health Coalition 's Wellness Village. The free health screening event drew hundreds o f local residents to the Blazers Boys and Girls Club on M artin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Saturday. The coalition was formed to improve the health o f local African Americans. See related story and photo, page A6. Parvo outbreak In Salem W ild life o ffic ia ls said local pet o w n e rs s h o u ld v a c c in a te th e ir dogs against Parvo v i rus afte r tw o raccoons d ied o f photo by M ark W ashington / T he P ortland O bserver the disease at an a n im a l reha b ilita tio n fa c ility in W est Sa lem . Parvo v iru s can k i ll dogs by a tta c k in g the lin in g o f the d ig e stive system and caus ing d e h yd ra tio n . III. hearings could spare 167 on death row Illin o is w ill begin tw o weeks o f clem ency hearings that could spare all 167 murderers on the state's death ro w from execu tion. Death penalty historians say such mass comm utations w o u ld be unprecedented. Jazz Club Ties Past to Present New venue mixes nightly music and African American ties by W ynde D yer /T hf . P ortland O bserver A new jazz club opens this week on southeast B elm ont that gives tribute to Portland’ sjazz g lo ry days when some o f the most popular nightclubs in the Northwest lined north W illia m s Avenue. The Blue M o n k, 3341 S.E. Belm ont, w ill feature liv e m usic every nigh, after 9 p.m. and the b e g in n in g so fP o rtla n d 's‘ U n o fficia l JazzM usuem .’ O w ner T im Gallineau, w ho shot a docu mentary on P ortland's ja zz g lo ry days, has collected hundreds o f photographs from the 40s, 50s and early 60s when the various nightclubs lined W illia m s Avenue, serving as popular stopping grounds fo r traveling to 12 block radius around W illia m s Avenue, where all the A frican-A m ericans w ould gather each night and spend their money from w o rkin g in the shipyards, or wherever. It was ju st night club after night club and w ith o u t a doubt one o f the most exciting places to be fo r ja zz at the tim e ." Gallineau, w ho also runs a website called PortlandJazz.com, fel, com pelled to ge, to gether photos and narratives from the m usi cians, friends and fami lies from the hey days o f jazz because he believes th e ir story is o f serious importance to Portland's cultural musicians on the ja zz circuit. “ There was pretty much no place else to * stop between San Fransisco and Seattle," G allineau said. “ Everybody knew it was a ju m p in ' scene. D ow ntow n Portland w asstill so segregated at the time, but there was a 10 4 I history. < A vintage photograph of Sweet Baby James Benton, from Portland's jazz glory days on North Williams Avenue, line the walls o f the Blue Monk on Southeast Belmont in what owner Tim Gallineau calls his 'unofficial jazz museum.' " A Io, o f these guys arc in their 70s and 80s," he said. “ I wan, to give people this knowledge that w ould otherwise be lost. M uch o f this firs, hand inform ation may not be around much longer." Anyone w ho wants to ge, tha, first-hand inform ation can come hear The O riginal Cats play a, The Blue M onk fo r the grand opening Friday, Oct. 25. The C a t’ s lineup consists o f v io lis t Sweet Baby James Benton, trom bon ist Cleve W illia m s, Bob Hernandez on sax and Bobby B radford on trumpet. Benton is continued y f on page A3
