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‘City of Roses’
Volume X X X III
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Saddam’s face uncertain
For U.S. leaders, the latest
airstrike aim ed at Saddam
Hussein has returned the Iraqi
president to the limbo he had
occupied after the first bombs
nearly three weeks ago. Offi
cials just don’t know if he is
alive or dead. After videotapes
were aired last week in which
Saddatji seemed to refer to
wartime events, officials said
he probably had survived the
March 20 strike aimed at kit ling
him.
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Baghdad attacks
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U.S.-led military strikes in the
Iraqi capital Tuesday hit a ho-
tel filled with hundreds ofjour-
nalists and an Arab television
network, killing threejournal-
ists and injuring three others.
Two Arabic-language televi
sion networks said their of
fices were intentionally tar
geted by American-led forces
- claims military officials de
nied.
Andrea Mears, Grant
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Camel named as
LA County deputy
He’s been on the job for a whi le,
but it became official last week:
Bert the camel is now a Los
A ngeles C ounty S h e riff’s
deputy. Bert, whcrweighs in at
,, 1,700 pounds, got his sh eriff s
ID card after a swearing-in cer
emony Saturday during a fes
tival in this city 30m ileseastof
downtown Los Angeles. Bert,
a public relations representa
tive who travels with his han
dlers to local schools, joins
other members o f the sh eriffs
four-footed force that also in
cludes dogs and horses.
Pricilla Chandler, Benson
Kristen Acheson, Lincoln
Cezanne Surratt, Madison
Pricilla Isaacs, Franklin
Lion tamer runs
off from the circus
A woman lion tamer has run
away from a circus in Germany
1 with eight lions, two tigers and
the circus director's son. The
woman, in her late 40s, is be
lieved to have developed a
close relationship with the^O-
year-old man she was training
to become a lion tamer.The
couple eloped with a truck
containing the animals and is
still on the run, since disap
pearing on Monday night. “If
she can handle lions and ti
gers she s h o u ld n ’t have
trouble with a 20-year-old
man,” said police spokesman
Georg Dongowski.
Kali Sanders, David Douglas
Mimi Danh, Parkrose
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Kira Lesley, St. M ary's Academy
Phoebe Keever, Roosevelt
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Drugs in the manger
Customs agents at Rom e’s
Fiumicino airport have seized
a nativity scene made entirely
out o f pure cocaine with an
estimated street value o f al
most $3 million. Airport offi
cials said the parcel aroused
suspicions because it had been
sent from Peru. Police have
arrested the recipient - a 50-
year-old man with a police
record who was posing as a
collector and an expert on sa
cred art. He reportedly claimed
he was collecting a unique
p iece o f art from South
America.
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Lisa Sheridan, Central Catholic
Vatlana Nasteka, Marshall
Autumn Dones, Wilson
mbassadors from 14 Portland Queen's Coronation on Thursday, May Grand Floral Parade is the second-
high schools are now in place 29 at 8 p.m. at the Arlene Schnitzer largest all-floral parade in the nation
for activities leading up to the Concert Hall.
and ju st one o f three colorful parades.
Portland Rose Festival,
The Portland Rose Festival bursts into Add to the mix an 11-day waterfront
te high school seniors will kick bloom each June to celebrate the City of festival, the high-speed thrills o f a
he world-acclaimed celebration Roses with special events, excitement Champ Car World Series Race, and a
the theme "Fun, Fantasy and and entertainment fo r all ages.
fin e arts and crafts festival, and you
fa r e ” during the Fred Meyer
The festival's Southwest Airlines have ju st the tip o f the rosebud.
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Brandy Gump, Cleveland