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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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