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Iraq President Named
A pow erful Sunni
Muslim tribal leader
and critic o f theU .S.-
led occupation was
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Ghazi Masha] A jilal-Y aw ertothe largely
ceremonial position, officials announced
the entire interim government due to take
power on June 30 - and the body moved
quickly to begin its work.
Minority Prison Population Rises
Am erica’s inmate population grew by
- 2.9percentlastyear,toalm ost2.1 million
people, with one o f every 75 men living
in prison or jail. The inmate population
' continued its rise despite a fall in the
crime rate. In 2 003,68 percent o f prison
and jail inmates were members of racial or
ethnic minorities. An estim ated 12 per
cent o f all black men in their 20s were in
jails or prisons, as were 3.7 percent of
Hispanic men and 1.6 percent o f white
men in that age group.
Smoking, Worse Than Thought
The list o f diseases linked to smoking
grew longer Thursday. Add acute my
eloid leukemia, cancers o f the cervix,
kidney, pancreas and stomach, abdom i
nal aortic aneurysms, cataracts, peri
odontitis and pneumonia.
Bush Overruled in Oregon
A federal appeals court ordered the Bush
adm in istratio n not to m eddle w ith
O regon’s assisted suicide law, ruling
that doctors in Oregon may prescribe
lethal doses o f medication to terminally
ill patients. The court said U.S. Attorney
General John Ashcroft cannot sanction
or hold Oregon doctors criminally liable
for prescribing overdoses, as the state’s
voter-approved D eath W ith Dignity
Act allows.
Human Rights Casualty of War
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The U.S.-led war on terror has produced
the most sustained attack on human rights
< and international law in 50years, Amnesty
International said in its annual report.
Kerry to Accept
Nomination
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Bowing to pressure,
John Kerry decided
to accept the nomi
nation at the Demo
cra tic p re sid e n tia l
convention in July,
John Kerry
scuttling a plan to
delay the formality so
he could narrow President B ush's public
money advantage.
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Gore Calls for Resignations
A1 Gore issued a fiery denunciation o f
Bush administration policy in Iraq and
demanded the resignation o f Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, CIA direc
tor George Tenet and national security
adviser Condoleezza Rice.
Rose Festival
promises family fun
The Portland Rose Festival is in bloom,
with most o f the main events beginning
Thursday, June 3 and continuing through
Sunday, June 13.
“D isco v er the W o n d e r” is the them e
o f th is c la ssic sp e c ta c le w ith re tu rn
ing a ttra c tio n s su ch as the d o w n to w n
Pepsi W aterfro n t V illage carnival w ith
n ig h tly c o n c e rts, the Q u e e n ’s C o ro
n atio n on T h u rsd a y , Ju n e 3, a F ire
w orks S p e c ta c u la r on F rid ay , Ju n e 4,
and the T riM et S ta rlig h t P arad e on
S atu rd ay , Ju n e 5.
The G rand Floral Parade, the second
largest all-floral parade in the country, is
on Saturday, June 12.
Neighborhood Rose Festival events
will include the Art on Alberta celebration
on Thursday, June 24 and G ospelFest on
Saturday, June 19from 1 p.m. to 6 p .m . at
The Pepsi Waterfront Village draws thousands of people to Tom McCall Park
downtown during the annual Rose Festival. The city's largest civic event
opens Friday with food, rides, games and souvenirs. Major entertainers also
will fill the waterfront's main stage for eight consecutive nights.
Jefferson High School, featuring local and
national talent.
T he G ood in the N eig h b o r “ H ood"
m u ltic u ltu ra l m u sic and food festiv al
is S atu rd ay , Ju n e 26 th ro u g h S u n d ay ,
Ju n e 27 at K ing S ch o o l P ark, at the
4 8 0 0 b lo c k o f n o rth e a st 6 lh A venue
and H u m b o ld t.
The festival officially opens Thursday,
June 3 when the 2004 Rose Court ad-
dresses the crowd at the Q ueen’s Coro
nation at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert
Hall.
This y ear’s concert series features tal
ent ranging from country to rock to hip-
hop, including Andy Griggs and Melody
Guy, Presidents of the United States of
America, The Katinas, Amanda Perez and
the Y ing Yang Twins, the Violent Femmes,
Latin Expression and more.
Doris’ Return
Institution fo r African-American cuisine is back
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Loyal patrons can look forward to
his signature dishes, including ribs,
catfish and chicken wings.
A Portland institution for quality
southern style soul food and atmo
sphere is returning to the city at a new
location.
A community staple for 15 years,
Doris’ isnowbeingrun by original owner
Rosa Dean's sons, Keith and James.
Doris’ Café will reopen at 3606 N.
Williams Ave., between Fremont and
Beech, on Saturday, June 12, with grand
opening festivities including music and
of course, great food.
According to Keith Dean, the new
restaurant has a homey atmosphere.
There are also plans to expand
Doris’ by renovating a building on the
same block.
The new beginning for the popular
restaurant, most recently located on
Northeast Russell Street, comes with
the return of Chef Jewell Thomas, an
original with Doris’ Café, when it started
at another location on Williams.
“By 2006, we plan to have a full
service restaurant with live gospel and
jazz music, nightly," he said. “T hat’s
the future of Doris’ Café.”
For more information, call the res
taurant at503-460-2595.
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at a new location
at 3606 N.
Williams Ave.,
offering southern
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purposes will be added to all 10 Interstate Max The record is
stations.
4.000 daily rides
The transportation agency is using savings »uglier than trips
from the construction of the light-rail system set in O ctober
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and monies from the TriMet general fund to pay 2000.
for the security improvements.
The addition
In addition, security cameras will be added to of more frequent
the existing Rose Quarter, Lloyd Center, Skidmore service to some
Fountain and Portland Airport Terminal Max sta bus lin es, re
tions and two park-and-ride lots. The Sunset gional job growth
Transit Center and the Gresham Garage Max and record gas
stations will have existing cameras upgraded. The prices are all attributed to the ridership gains.
cameras should be in place by Sept. 30.
The high gas prices means more people are
TriMet is also announcing new ridership looking for a cheaper alternative for their com
records. Passengers using both buses and trains munity and for getting around the region, TriMet
have reached an all time record of 308,100 trips officials said.
TriMet Okays Fare Increase
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Keeping up with inflation,
TriM et is increasing its fares
by a nickel on Sept. 1. A
standard two zone fair will
increase to $1.35, with all-
zone single fares becoming
$1.65. Monthly passes will
increase by two dollars.
F o r h o n o red citiz en s,
•'-» monthly passes will increase
by a dollar, while youth and
student fares, which can be
used by anyone under 18, or
through high school, will be re
duced with a monthly pass for $ 17,
a half month pass for $8.50, a single
fare for $1.05, with books o f 10
tickets costing $10.
The transit agency also chose
to simplify ticket vending m a
chines by dropping rarely used
ticket selections and lifted restric
tions on how many children age 6
and under can ride with a fare
paying passenger.
Tickets and passes arc avail
able onl i ne at tri met .org or by call-
ing 503-238-RIDE weekdays be
tween 7:30a.m. and 5:30p.m. Tick
ets are also available in person at
the TriM et Ticket Office at Pio
neer Courthouse Square or at Fred
M e y er, S afew ay an d m ost
Albertson Stores.