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Kerry Leads Washington
A new poll indicates that Sen.
John Kerry, the Democratic presi
dential nominee, leads President
Bush by 8 percentage points in the
battle for Washington state’s 1,
electoral votes.
The CNN, USA Today, Gallup
poll shows Kerry leading Bush, 52
percent to 44 percent among likely
voters, with independent candidate
Ralph Nader capturing just 1 per
cent.
The results among registered
voters are similar, with Kerry lead
ing Bush 51 percent to 43 percent.
Nader is supported by 2 percent of
registered voters.
The telephone poll o f 808 regis
tered W ashington state voters
was conducted this month just
after the Republican National Con
vention. It has a margin of error of
4 percentage points.
The new poll results are sim i
lar to other polls conducted in
the state in recent w eeks, and
indicate that gains m ade by Bush
in other states have not trans
lated to the D em ocratic-leaning
W ashington state.
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September is. 2004
Solutions to Violence Sought
Unemployment Spikes
(AP)—Oregon’s unemployment
rate has jumped up more than half
a point to 7.4 percent in August, the
biggest single monthly increase in
joblessness since 1983.
The monthly increase marked the
first time the statewide jobless rate
has moved above 7 percent since
March, when the rate was 7.2 per
cent.
The Oregon Employment De
partment said the upward figure
was cause for concern but it will
take at least another two months to
determine if it signals a trend.
Seasonally adjusted payroll
employment fell by 9(X) jobs in
August after the state gained
2,000jobs overall in July.
T rade, tran sp o rtatio n , and
utilities added only 500jo b s for
the m onth, w hen ag ain o f 1,500
would be the norm al seasonal
change for A ugust. G ov ern
ment also declined, losing 1,700
jobs, or about 500 more than
the normal reduction for the
month.
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Post Offices, libraries and other state agencies.
Rev. J. IV. Friday leads the “senseless violence leads to silence " march Saturday along Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
The event honored Asia bell James, a 24-year-old mother who was randomly gunned down in 2002 while sitting on the front porch
o ther north Portland home. Special remembrance was also paid to Isaiah Strickland, a 1 7-year-old murdered on the streets o f
northeast Portland in 2003 and all victims o f violence.
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affected neighbors and friends
throughout Portland. The person
who took her life is still at large. Her
husband, Tyrone James was also
shot in the head and is now legally
blind.
Special remembrance was also
paid to Isaiah Strickland and all
victims o f violence.
Strickland, 17, was living lifeasa
normal teenager when he was mur
dered on Nov. 2,2003 on Northeast
Seventh and Fremont with about 20
witnesses present. He loved to hang
out with his friends, telling jokes
and laughing.
Kerry assails Bush for failing America
(AP)— Democratic-
Sen. John Kerry on
M o n d ay
ac cu sed
P re sid en t B ush o f
ducking his responsi
bility to protect the
country from crime
and terrorism by al
lowing a national as
sault weapons ban to
expire.
John Kerry
Kerry outlined his
own $5 billion plan to
Fight crime and picked
up the endorsement of
the National Associa
tion o f Police Organi
zations, a coalition of
more than 2,000police
unions and associa
tions.
“Today G eorge Bush m ade the
jo b o f terrorists easier and m ade
the jo b o f A m erica’s law en fo rce
m ent officers harder and th a t’s
ju st plain w rong,” the D em ocratic
nom inee told a W ashington au
dience.
Kerry said, “G eorge Bush made
a choice today. He chose his pow-
erlul friends in the gun lobby over
the police officers and the fam i
lies he prom ised to p ro tect.”
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