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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.
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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.
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(Enter in rear door near Emerson, go to 2nd floor)
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Call the Oregon AIDS Hotline 1 -8 0 0 -7 7 7 -AIDS
Multnomah County Health Department
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