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August 24, 2005
Airport Adds
Concourse Connector
Portland International A irport
celebrated the opening o f a co n
co u rse co n n ecto r betw een the
north and south sides o f the a ir
port M onday that m akes it easier
to transfer to other Hights w ith
out the need for an additional
security check.
The connector features mov
ing sidewalks for traveler comfort,
plus abundant windows offering
natural lighting. Leather-cush
ioned benches provide comfort
able seating in the center of the
corridor and outstanding views
o f the airfield.
photo by
M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
S iste rs in Action for Power rally Thursday on th e corner o f N o rth ea st Ainsworth S tre e t a n d Martin Luther King Jr. B oulevard to p ro te st
various c h a n g e s within th e Portland Public S ch o o l District.
Sisters In Action Rally for Schools
Fed up with grow ing pressures
facing P ortland’s neighborhood
schools, Sisters in A ction for
Pow er recently protested on the
corner o f A insw orth Street and
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
to raise aw areness.
C on cern s o f the com m unity
b ased , y o u th -le d o rg a n iz a tio n
in c lu d e lo sin g fe d e ra l funding
fo r low incom e sch o o ls, drops
in en ro llm e n t as stu d e n ts tra n s
fe r o u tsid e o f th e ir n e ig h b o r
hood, school c lo su re s, and the
stre ss o f the N o C h ild L eft B e
hind A ct.
T he group has spent the last
y e a r r a is in g a w a re n e s s and
show ing su p p o rt fo r stu d e n ts
and sch o o ls th ro u g h p ride ra l
lies and o th e r p u b lic ev en ts,
in clu d in g a large co m m u n ity
m e e tin g title d “ N o t In O u r
N am e.” It has also sp oken out
and p ro v id ed re so lu tio n s su p
p o rtin g academ ic a ch iev em en t
and a g a in st a tta c k s on public
e d u c a tio n .
For more inform ation, call Sis
ters in A ction for Pow er at 503-
3 3 1 -1 2 4 4 o r e - m a il s is te r s
@hevanet.com .
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(AP) - Coretta Scott King is
slowly recovering from a stroke that
had left her unable to walk and
barely able to speak, and she has
been singing with a speech thera
pist, her daughter said Sunday.
“It’s not in the soprano voice
that she has,” Bernice King said of
her mother, a trained classical
singer. “But it’s in a voice that’s
good to hear.”
D octors say the 78-year-old
widow of civil rights leader Martin
Luther King Jr. suffered a stroke
Tuesday that left her weakened on
the right side of her body and mostly
unable to speak.
At a prayer vigil at The King
Center, Bernice King said her
mother was able to lift her right leg
Sunday.
About 400 people attended the
vigil, including C hristine King
Farris, the sister o f Martin Luther
King Jr., and civil rights activist and
comedian Dick Gregory.
The Rev. Joseph Roberts, senior
pastor at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Bap
tist Church, where Martin Luther
King Jr. preached, noted Coretta
Coretta S c o tt King, widow o f slain civil-rights leader Martin
Luther King Jr., s p e a k s during an interview a t th e King C enter for
N onviolent Social C hange on Jan. 1 3 , 2 0 0 4 . (AP Photo)
Scott King’s courage in the days
after her husband was assassi
nated.
“That kind of person can never
be put down,” he said. “We know
the same spirit that carried her
through the moments of sorrow ...
is available to her even now.”
Dr. Maggie Mermin, King’s per
sonal physician, said she is expected
to remain at Atlanta’s Piedmont
Hospital for another week or so.
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paying off
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(AP) — President Bush needs
hard evidence to show that his
gamble on a democratic future for
Iraq is paying off, but deep sectar
ian and religious divisions, paired
with rising violence, make his task
far harder than he or his advisers
had banked on.
The negotiations over a national
constitution are the latest case in
point. With public support eroding
for a war with no front lines and no
end in sight, the Bush administra
tion has prodded and pleaded and
back-room arm-twisted for a deal.
Iraqi leaders embarrassed Bush
P resident B u sh vacationing
Tuesday in Idaho. (AP Photo)
by blow ing a second deadline
Monday to complete the charter, a
critical first step toward political
stability and independence in Iraq
and a marker on the path to an
eventual U.S. exit.
Earlier Monday. Bush sounded
optimistic about the constitution
deadline, and about the larger U.S.
undertaking.
“Our military strategy is straight
forward: As Iraqis stand up, Ameri
cans will stand down,” Bush said
during a speech to veterans.
It's a line he uses often, and it
applies to the Bush administrat ion' s
goals for Iraq's political future as
well. On both counts, however,
Bush’s meaning is imprecise.
It is not clear how the administra
tion would regard a constitution
that cuts Sunni Arabs out of the
political mainstream, as some said
the draft document would do.
Bush calls Iraq a cornerstone of
democratic expansion in the Middle
East, leaving open the question of
what to do with an Iraq that is less
than a democracy, or that relagates
women to legal second class.
Broadcaster Accused of Terrorism
try from becoming “a
citizen of that country,”
launching pad for com
Rangel told reporters.
munist infiltration and
“It’s huge hypocrisy to
Muslimextremism.”
maintain this discourse
against terrorism and at
"W e have the abil
the same time, in the
ity to take him out, and
(AP) — V enezuela's vice presi heart o f that country,
I think the time has
dent accused religious broadcaster there are entirely terror
come that we exercise
Pat Robertson on Tuesday of m ak ist sta te m e n ts like
that ability, “ he said.
“We don’t need an
ing “terrorist statements" by sug those."
Pat R obertson
The State D epart
other $200 billion war
gesting that American agents as
sassinate President Hugo Chavez. m ent d ista n c e d its e lf from to get rid o f one, you know, strong-
arm dictator.”
Vice President Jose Vicente Robertson’s comments.
“We do not share his view, and
C havez was dem o cratically
Rangel said Venezuela was study
ing its legal options, adding that his comments are inappropriate,” elected. He has emerged as one of
how W ashington resp o n d s to spokesman Sean McCormack said. the most outspoken critics of Presi
On Monday, Robertson said on dent Bush, accusing the United
Robertson’s comments would put
its anti-terrorism policy to the test. the Christian Broadcast N etw ork's States o f conspiring to topple his
“The ball is in the U.S. court, “The 700Club” that Chavez should government and possibly backing
after this criminal statement by a be assassinated to stop his coun- plots to assassinate him.
After call to
assassinate
Venezula leader