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Page A2 December 24. 2003 Gore Son Arrested for Marijuana Early Christmas for Local Kids ( AP) — The son o f former vice president and 2000 D em ocratic presidential candidate Al Gore has been charged with marijuana pos session. Albert A. Gore III. 21. was ar rested Friday night after he was stopped for driving a vehicle with out its headlights on. Tw o passengers were also ar rested and charged with m isde meanor marijuana possession. A M ontgomery County, Md., police officer noticed the car’s win dows and sunroof were open, de spite cold tem peratures. There was also a smell of m arijuana coming from the vehicle, police said. A search of the vehicle turned up a partial marijuana cigarette, a cigarette box containing suspected marijuana, and a soft drink can that also smelled of marijuana. In Septem ber 2(X)2, the younger Gore was ticketed for driving under the influence. In the summer o f2000, he was cited by the North Carolina Highway Patrol for driving 97 mph in a 55-mph zone. Jon Mathis o f Hasson Com pany Realtors, David Yandell from Radio Cab, Mark Dybvig o f Swift Couriers celebrate the holidays with Boise-Eliot Elementary School students Angela Williams, Whitney Hall, Nancy Reyes, Shaniece Holh and School Principal James Brannon. Yandell and his fleet o f Radio Cab drivers brought 100 students at the north Portland school bicycles and helmets during a school assembly last Wednesday. photo by M ark W ashington / T he P ortland O bserver A Secret No More Daughter of senator framed by race issues steps forward (AP) — The 78-year-old daughterofthelateSen. Strom Thurmond and a black maid said that now that she has come forward to disclose her heritage, “at last I feel com pletely free.” "There are many stories like Sally Hemings’ and mine,” said Essie Mae W ashington-W ill iam s. referring to T hom as Jefferson's relationship with one o f his black slaves. “The unfortunate measure is that not everyone knows about these stories that helped to make America what it is today,” W illiams said. W illiams announced she is the illegitimate daughter of Thurmond, a former segrega tionist, and a black teenage maid in his family home. Carrie Butler. Thurmond was 22 and But- lerw as 16when Williams was bom in Aiken, S.C., in 1925. Starting in 2004, we will be taking a more comprehensive look at how a student comes to OSU. I Ins approach w ill help ns improve the future OSU community as well as ensure your individual success. Io find out more about becoming part of the OSU class of 2004/2005, pick up an admissions O R E G O N S T A T E U N IV E R S I T Y packet online. o re g o n s ta te .e d u Open minds. Open doors. Essie Mae Washington-Williams comes forward to disclose she is the 78-year-old daughter of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond and a black maid who worked in his South Carolina family home. (AP photo) She was raised in Pennsylva nia by an aunt and uncle, see ing her mother sporadically and not meeting Thurmond until she was 16. A fter T hurm ond died in June at age 1 (X), W illiams said she began to think about end ing “all the speculation and questions" about the long-ru mored relationship. She said she did not come forward ear lier because she didn’t want to jeopardize Thurm ond’s politi cal career. “I am not bitter. I am not angry,” she said during a news conferencejust blocks the State house where a monument of Thurmond sits. "In fact, there is a great sense of peace that has come over me in the past year. “I feel as though a great weight has been lifted. I am Essie Mae W ashington-W ill iams, and at last I feel com pletely free.” Cabbie Killer Sentenced Free H IV Testing in NE Portland (A P) — A man convicted o f w as robbery. aggravated m urder in the death B arr, a rre ste d in a P o rtla n d o f a Portland taxicab d river has b ar d ay s a fte r the c rim e , a d m it been sentenced to life in prison ted in M u ltn o m ah C o u n ty C ir w ithout the possibility o f parole. c u it C o u rt on M onday th a t he Stephen W. Barr, 63, pleaded to o k the tax i to h is w o rk p la c e , g u ilty to k il li n g G r ig o r y th en w ent in sid e and re trie v e d R ogozhnikov, 33, avoiding the a han d g u n w ith the in te n tio n o f death penalty. sh o o tin g the d riv e r, w hom he Barr killed R ogozhnikov early h a d n 't paid . Feb. 16, ju st hours after he had A fter dum ping the v ic tim ’s been cited for drunken driving by body behind an electrical trans Portland police and had his car form er box in front o f the bu si tow ed. Police think the m otive ness, B arr took o ff in the cab. Tuesday and Thursday Evenings 5 :0 0 -8 :0 0 p.m. (last check in a t 7 :3 0 p.m .) NE Health Center MLK J r. 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