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celebrates Black History Month
February 26.2003
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Suspect Arrested in Cabbie’s Murder
Stephen Warren Barr
Portland police arrested a sus
pect in the murder of a Broadway
cab driver Sunday.
Stephen Warren Barr, 62, was
taken into custody at the Daily
Double Tavem at Northeast 162“'
Avenue and Halsey.
The bartender said Barr had been
sitting at the tavern for about 45
minutes, drinking Budweiser and
talking to the customer next to him.
Police recovered a handgun during
the arrest.
Barr is accused of killing Greigory
Rogozhnikov, 33, in the course of a
robbery on Feb. 16.
Police said he had called for a cab
* the same day of the murder, just
shortly after being released from
police custody on a driving while
intoxicated charge.
Rogozhnikov, a native of the
Ukraine, died o f a gunshot wound
to the head. His body was found
behind anelectrical transformer box
in the 12400 block o f Northeast
Whitaker Way.
Rogozhnikov was buried last
Thursday. He left behind a 28-year-
old wife and a 5-year-old son.
Barr served eight years in prison
for a 1990 armed robbery o f a bar.
In v e stig a to rs su sp e ct he has
photo by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
robbed taverns along the 1-5 corri 4 funeral procession with dozens o f cab drivers file past a police officer Thursday in route to the Lone Fir Cemetery in southeast Portland. The drivers were paying
dor between Portland and Seattle.
their respect to fallen Broadway cabbie Greigory Rogozhnikov who was murdered Feb. 16 in a suspect robbery.
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Tragedies Spur Inspections
Response follows
mass deaths in
two nightclubs
(AP) — Fire departments have
launched a flurry of inspections of
bars and concert halls around the
country in response to two night
club tragedies in the span of a week.
The result o f the heightened
safety was seen early Sunday when
inspectors evacuated the second
floor of a Chicago club after fnding
overcrowding, blocked exits and
other problems. A week earlier in
Chicago, 21 people were trampled
to death at the E2 nightclub.
In Salem, Ore. a rock band com-
petition was canceled after an in
spection there revealed the venue
didn't meet fire and building codes.
And other cities, including D al
las and Kansas City, Mo., put more
inspectors out until the early hours
Saturday and Sunday, when clubs
are most crowded.
The wave of inspections closely
followed the deaths of 97 people
late Thursday in a West Warwick,
R.l. nightclub, where a rock band’s
pyrotechnics ignited the ceiling tiles
and quickly engulfed the nightclub
and its trapped patrons in flames.
Fire officials across the country
said th a t th ey w ere fin d in g
clubgoers almost everywhere were
more aware of their surroundings
than usual - and more willing to
report problems.
“W e’ve seen a sharp increase
in th e n u m b e r o f r e p o r te d
o v e rc ro w d in g s,” ev en though
most d id n ’t prove to be p ro b
lem s, said Brian H um phrey, a
spokesm an for the Los A ngeles
Fire D epartm ent.
Kansas C ity’s fire departm ent,'
which typically conducts inspec
tions during the week, sent four
teams o f investigators to 54 estab
lishments on Friday night and Sat
urday morning.
On Saturday, one Miami Beach
club, Ibiza, was cited for having
about 230 patrons - well above its
legal limit of 142. Fire marshals ush
ered patrons outside until the level
was back to the limit.
Arsonist Tells Judge He’s ‘Ashamed’
Environmental activist sentenced to 41 months in prison
M odam e C.J. Wolker, Hot ¡elf-made American wom an millionaire • H ym an S. Thomas, invented the potato chip, originally
known as the Saratoga chip • M a tth e w A. Henson, first m an to set foot on the N orth Pole • ¡essie ¡arue M ark, first wom an
to earn a doctorate in botany • Isaac Murphy, won the very first Kentucky Derby • Dr. Charles Drew, discovered the
method for preserving blood plasm a • few el LaF ontont M ankarlous, first wom an to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme
Court • IVonne Clark, first woman to earn B.S. in chemical engineering a t Harvard • Louis Armstmng, first to sing in "scat-
ting’ style • Otis Boykin, invented guided missile device ■ lane Wright, pioneered several advances in the field o f chemother
apy • Frederick Mcklnley tones, inventor o f portable X-ray machine ■ William A. Hinton, developed first test for syphilis
Norbert Rillieux. developed the first system for refining sugar . 5. Boone, invented the first ironing board . Frank Grant,
inventor o f the baseball chmguard • L.D Newman, inventor o f the hairbrush • Shelby /. Davidson, created the first adding
machine • W illiam Warwick Cardozo, pioneered the study o f sickle cell anemia • Kurtis Blow, first rap artist
Kou con f talk about Black history without talking about American history.
tences of about 40 years.
Three other people— including
well-known protester and fugitive
Michael Scarpitti, better known as
Tre Arrow — face Charges in con
nection with the logging-company
fires, which caused $50,000 in dam
age at Ray A. Schoppert Logging
o f Estacada, and $210,000 in dam
age to trucks at Ross Island Sand &
Gravel.
Aaccording to court documents,
Sherman “immediately began to
cooperate” with investigators after
his arrest, and pointed investiga
tors toward others involved in the
bombings.
C o u rt d o c u m e n ts file d by
Sherman' s attorney identify Arrow
as “the leader and instigator" of the
arsons.
Arrow “groomed” Sherman, the
documents claim, slowly introduc
ing him to radical protesting. As a
student at Portland State Univer
sity, Sherm an stopped bathing,
stopped wearing shoes and began
eating a strict vegan diet to imitate
Arrow.
In his letter to the judge, Sherman
mentioned heavy peer pressure and
said his beliefs were blurred.
“I had some distorted vision that
the arsons would stop damage to
the environm ent,” he wrote. “I got
caught up in schemes to bum down
trucks.”
Arrow, a former congressional
candidate, has been on the run since
last year.
Vehicle Inspections Begin at Portland Airport
Let s remember the African Americans who helped build America.
In accordance with security man
dates from the Transportation Se
curity Administration, Portland In
ternational Airport has begun ran
dom security inspections of ve
hicles traveling to the terminal
building area.
The inspections come in re-
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(A P)— An environmental activ
ist was sentenced Thursday to more
than three years in prison after
pleading guilty to firebombing log
ging trucks and equipment at two
Oregon companies in the spring of
2001.
Jacob Sherman told Judge James
Redden that he was “ashamed” of
participating in the bombings. He
has been linked to the Earth Libera
tion Front, a loose group o f activ
ists that the FBI has classified as an
eco-terrorist group.
“There has not been a single day
since (that) I have not thought about
and regretted the role I played in
those events," Sherman wrote in a
letter to the judge earlier this month.
The crimes carry maximum sen
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sponse to the recently heightened
national “O range" threat level.
Law enforcement officers use a
traffic signal to stop vehicles on
Airport Way as motorists approach
the airport. Then, permission is asked
of motorists for a visual inspection
of randomly selected vehicles.
Motorists who refuse the inspec
tion are asked to turn around and
exit the airport, or turn around and
park their cars in long-term or
economy parking facilities.
For more travel tips and informa
tion, contact www.flypdx.com or 1 -
877-PDX-INFO.