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The organization’s legal coun sel. Dennis Hayes, will serve as interim president while a national search is conducted. "For the last nine years, I’ve had what I believ e is both the honor and the privilege to help revive and to help restore this great organiza tion, which h a s ... really become an American institution,” Mfume said. Mfume. 56, has been president > NAACP P resident K w eisi M fum e is ste p p in g dow n as the h e a d o f the nation s o ld e s t and la rg e st civil rig h ts group. (AP photo) o f the National Association for the Advancement o f Colored People since 1996. Before that, he was a congressman for nine years. He inherited an organization Half Order Ham Benedict Two Eggs Any Style, 2 Maple Sausages & Yukon Potatoes * * * Heisers Also Provides Catering, Food To Go & Boxed Lunches burdened by a $3.2 million debt and is credited with steering it into an era o f stability and growth with corporate-style management tech niques, including cost-saving lay offs. In S e p te m b e r, th e g ro u p launched an advertising campaign aimed at combating what officials describe as stagnant membership growth. Mfume, whose adopted West African name translates to “con quering son of kings,” began his career as a dashiki-clad popular radio talk show host and political activist in the 1970s and transformed him self into one of the nation’s foremost civil rights leaders. He was leader of the Congres sional Black Caucus before step ping down to head the NAACP. "To serve as the president of the NAACP ... clearly has been the most rewarding and the most fulfill ing experience in my life," Mfume said. "I walk away with more rather than less.” Police Brutality Cases Settled GAO to Investigate Video documented protesters claims (AP) — Portland is set to approve pay ment o f $3(X),(XX) to 12 people who claimed police used excessive force during two anti-war marches in March 2(X)3 andduring President Bush’s visit to Portland in A u gust 2002. A federal judge spent at least five months mediating the claims, and the City Council is set to approve the settlement Wednesday. Plaintiffs argued in tw o law suits that the city. M ayor V era K atz, then-police C h ief M ark K ro ek eran d several officers violated th eir rights to free speech and - |Jortlanb (Ohsmwr free assem bly. They said they were doused by pepper spray at close range and that police fired rubber stingballs into a crowd. They used videotapes to docum ent their claims. Political activist Lloyd Marbet was among nine defendants who filed a lawsuit stem ming from the Bush visit. Police clashed with protesters outside the Hilton Hotel as a Republican fund-raiser headlining Bush was getting under way. Three children there with their parents and a teacher who was hit by pepper spray were among the other plaintiffs. Their lawyers reviewed more than 100 hours o f videotape taken by independent observers and the Police Bureau. 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Inves tigators will look at the way officials counted provi sional ballots, provided to voters whose names did not appear on voting lists but who contended they are eligible to cast ballots. C ongress’ investigative agency cautioned that it is not authorized to take action if irregularities are found. The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions Manuscripts and photographs should beclearly labeled and w ill he returned i f accompanied by a self addressed envelope. A ll created design display ads become the sole property o f the newspaper and cannot be used in other publications or personal usage without the w ritten consent o f the general manager, unless the client has purchased the composition o f such ad. 0 1996 T H E PO R TLA N D OBSERVER. A L L RIG H TS RESERVED. REPRO DU C TIO N IN W H O L E OR IN PART W IT H O U T PER M ISSIO N IS PR O H IBITED. 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