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50/ Building Wanted Fighting for Support Music group bids fo r form er Masonic Temple Advocacy groups face new round in budget fight See story, M etro section, inside See story, M etro section, inside - > P n rtla n h O bserver Al Uncoc’ ‘C .itv ity’ n of f Roses ....... Established Volume XXX III • Number 12 www.portlandobserver.com Committed to Cultural Diversity T, Week ¡n TheReview o Òs». War talk brings food fights A fter reports ofh o w U.S. citizens have turned on French fries and French toast to vent their frustra tion at France’s anti-w ar stance on Iraq, now it seem s the French have joined in the antagonistic food war. They are using pretzels. A French website is urging people to send p retzels to P resident G eorge W Bush, w ho fainted and fell o ffa sofa in January 2002 after gagging on the salty snack. But the French w ebsite says oppos ing w ar is not being against the A m erican people it is sim ply against the politics o f the Bush administration. In 1970 I N a w a f Kalil tr ie s o n a g a s m a s k w ith th e h e lp o f h is b ro th e r A b d u lra s a k Kalil a t a s u p e r m a r k e t in S a lm iy a h . K u w a it City Tuesday. K u w a itis a re prep a rin g for p o s s ib le reta lia to ry a tta c k s fro m Iraq in th e e v e n t o f a U S -led w ar o n B a g h d a d . (AP p h o to ) Wednesday • March 19. 2003 Poised fo r W ar Saddam mocks ultimatum; US troops await orders by D avid E spo A P S pecial C orrespondent In a n e d g y p re lu d e to w ar, Saddam Hussein m ocked an A m eri can ultim atum T uesday to surren der pow er and the Bush adm inistra tion claim ed 30 m em bers for its in ternational coalition supporting Iraq’s disarm am ent. The streets o f B aghdad captured the m om ent - panic buying by resi- dents bracing fo ra fearsom e U.S.- led attack, side by side w ith a gov ernm ent-prom pted, m ass dem on stration in support o f Saddam. Iraq “d o e sn ’t choose its leaders by decree from W ashington, L on don or Tel A viv," the regim e’s lead ership said after Saddam m et with his high com m and. It was a show o f defiance in the face o f an invasion force o f m ore than 250,000 troops. O ne day after President Bush set his deadline o f 8 p.m. E ST on W ednesday, troops in the K uwaiti desert loaded their am m unition and com bat gear into fighting vehicles, ready to invade on short notice. “1 think I ’d probably have a bet ter chance o f being elected pope than w e hav e o f M r. S addam Hussein leaving the country,” Capt. T hom as A. Parker said aboard the USS Kitty H awk - an aircraft carrier preparing to take on a supply o f 1 ,0 0 0 -p o u n d , s a te llite - g u id e d bom bs from a nearby m unitions ship. “So this is probably going to follow to its logical conclusion.” W ith a m ighty force in the field, the adm inistration announced a continued y f on page AS Mountain covers Its ‘nipple’ P ressure from un co m fo rtab le sk iers and o th er to u rists h as | prom pted the G rand Targhee Ski , and Sum m er Resort in Alta, Wyo. to cover the second h a lf o f the nam e o f one o f its m ountains. M a r y ’s N ip p le is n o w ju s t M ary ’s, and signs w ith the w ord “nipple” have been covered with tape. N ew signs w ere to arrive in about tw o w eeks. B ut the cov ered signs have rankled som e local skiers, w ho feel a b ito fth e ir history has been lost. C a ll fo r P e a c e j Bill follows man to the grave A m a n ’s phone bill has follow ed him to his grave. A local cem etery in A ubum , M ass, received a phone bill last w eek for D avid T ow les at his correct address - H illside C em etery, E vergreen Section, A ubum , M ass. 01501. T ow les w as buried there in D e cem ber 1997. He died at age 60. C e m e te r y S u p e r in te n d e n t W ayne B loom quist says he w as surprised to see the S print bill for 12 cents, including 10cents fo ra call placed on Feb. 16, five years after T ow les died. “O u r clients here d o n ’t usually get m ail,” he said. “ I w ondered if m aybe we should start putting m ailboxes on the m onum ents.' Sent to the doghouse A m an accused o f m istreating his 11 -year-old stepson w as o r d ered T h u rsd ay to sp en d 30 | nights in a doghouse. Prosecu tors said C urtis L ee R obin Jr. w hipped Z achary W eiger w ith a car antenna, m ade him sleep in a doghouse an d chop w o o d as punishm ent. H e accepted a plea bargain that gave him a choice o f | 30 days in jail o r 30 nights in a doghouse. H e chose the 2-by-3- foot doghouse so that he could continue to w ork as a forem an at a dem olition com pany. R obin is allow ed to sleep w ith eith er his head o r feet outside, since he cannot fit all the w ay into the d o g h o u se. j Law bans watching pom while driving Pom and driving d o n ’t m ix - at least not in T ennessee. The state Senate has voted unanim ously to ban x-rated videos from cars and other vehicles i f the telev i sion screens can be seen from the stre e t. B ut th e m e a s u re w ouldn’t outlaw all ’red lig h t’ autos. Pom fans could still w atch sex tapes i f their car w indow s are tinted or covered by sh Ba t h ^ eP0 U LeW‘f r ! SD * * Frank F ro m h erz (left) a n d S a m J* * s o n (right) o f H oly R e d e e m e r C hurch. L ew is, a f a m e d c M I t i g h t s t e a ^ Congressman connects civil rights to worldwide peace effort by D avid P echl T he P ortland O bserver C ongressm an John Lew is, a fam ed civil rights leader and lifelong advocate forpeace and non-violent struggle, m ade a stirring appearance in Portland Saturday as he called fo rp e a c e in the M iddle East. L ew is said haw ks in g overnm ent are d o w nplaying the pow erful anti-w ar m ove m ent that has draw n mi I lions ofpeople w orld w ide into the streets to protest a potential w ar w ith Iraq. “ Its not ju s t so called radicals and so £ — called agitato rs,” said Lewis. “ Everyday peo p le w ant p eace.” Frank From herz o f H oly R edeem er’s O f fice o f Justice and Peace w as large ly respon sible for bringing L ew is to Portland along w ith Sam Jackson o f the ch u rch ’s O ffice o f “ H ere is som eone w ho understands that if you organize, you can transform unjust structures,” From herz said. “ His entire life has been dedicated to active non-violence.” Jackson added that Lewis rem inded him a lot o f Rev. M artin L uther K ing Jr. Its not ju st so called radicals and so called agitators - everyday people want peace. - OMrgla Congressman and cMI righto Issdsr John Lewis E thnic A ffairs. F rom herz teaches a course on the civil rights m ovem ent at the U niversity o f Port land and uses L ew is’ book ‘W alking with the W in d ’ as a teach in g guide. Lewis said w ar in Iraq w ould not bring about the intended peace with w eapons o f mass destruction, but w ould instead esca late a cycle o f violence and retribution. He led rapt listeners through the trials o f a civil rights m ovem ent forged by activ non-violence, a m ovem ent potent enoug to change the most pow erful nation on eartl Lew is said the peace m ovem ent toda has as much potential on the global scale a the civil rights m ovem ent had on a nation! scale in the 60s. "P eople are m uch better prepared nov w ith new technologies and com m unica tions,” he said, adding that discipline am dedication w ere the key instrum ents ii change. “T here w as a process. We prepared our selves,” Lewis said. "W hen the tim e cami the spirit moved us and we w ere ready.” Lewis was instrum ental in organizing ant participating in the bus boycotts, the Free continued y f on page AS War Propaganda and Domestic Violence Explored In tA r c t a to I - I Interstate Firehouse show celebrates Women’s ory Month i p the nation stands poised on the brink , M B . C ondon’s exhibit ‘W ar Studies’ I ’t be m ore ap propriately tim ed. : Interstate Firehouse C ultural C enter, < Interstate A ve., presents C o n d o n ’s o f 14 large go u ach e on p aper paint- s part o f an exhibition celebrating :n 's H istory M onth. The selection is erful counterattack to those ready for ry action. n p o sed , for the m ost part, o f three i, C o n d o n ’s p aintings suggest that £9 ** g a th e r in g a t th e n o r th P o rtla n d ch u rc h S a tu r d a y a n d th e n p a r tic ip a te d in a p e a c e m a rch in d o w n to w n P ortland. thev ìa u / ed p J as qo «+«„4; ii m m a j i w un they should should hp be v view studies for u b ; ill boards - the billboards you will never see. C o ndon w orks w ith im ages presented directly by m ajo r new s m edia pictures y o u ’ll rem em ber g racin g the paj ;s o f Tim e M agazine and U SA T oday - to e\.im in e the p ow er o f propaganda in shaping the collec tive m em ory. B ut then she m ixes things up a 1 ■ ttle bit by using only im ag eso fw o m en in her depiction N ow sh o w in g fo r W o m e n 's H isto ry o f suicide bom bers, terrorist troops and M o n th a t th e In te r s ta te F irehouse A m erican soldiers. The rugged m ilitarism o f C ultural C e n te r a re w o rks b y M .B. her p rotagonists is ju x tap o sed against floral C ondon a n d S a ra h R o s s . e le m e n ts -ro s e s , carnations and daisies - to create a tension ab o u t the role o f gender in propaganda are specifically fem ale - the the political sphere. Statue o f Liberty and the Scales o f Justice,” ‘T he prom inent visual ideals in American C ondon said in her artist's statem ent. “ What ------------------ continued y f on page A3
