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Clinic Director Rejects Ouster
Board m em berCottrell White, a
Mariah Taylor as a nurse practitio
ner in M arch," said the statement school administrator, claimed T ay
issued by Board Secretary and Port lor had wanted to relinquish her
duties as executive and needed a
land Attorney Kelly Clark.
“ In the m eantim e, the clinic is well-deserved leave of absence.
Board member D ’Norgia Price,
well staffed by qualified and c a r
ing health professions, including the director o f adult services for the
other nurse practitioners and ad Urban League of Portland had no
m inistrative personal, including comment. Board Chairman Bud
an acting executive director to be Bylsmacould not be reached. Clark
nam ed in the future," the state and Price had no way for the Port
land Observer to reach him.
ment continued.
ing confidence in the future of the
clinic, but refused to discuss any
to pay for the position, she said, conflicts.
blaming the board for failing in its
“Our recent decisions concern
fundraising responsibilities.
ing the administrative structure of
The board also took the side of the clinic are designed to carry out
a disgruntled staff member who the mission of the clinic in a way
never worked in a clinic before that we believe will be even more
and they failed to properly inves outstanding and efficient than be
tigate the complaint, Taylor said. fore,” the statement said.
The clinic’s board o f directors
“We hope and expect that the
issued a statement Friday express clinic will be welcoming back Ms.
continued
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Eugene McCarthy, outspoken liberal Democratic politician.
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1968 campaign toppled president
Former Minnesota Sen. Eugene
J. McCarthy, whose insurgent cam
paign toppled a sitting president in
1968 and forced the Democratic
Party to take seriously his message
against the Vietnam War, died Sat
urday. He was 89.
McCarthy challenged President
Lyndon B. Johnson for the 1968
D em ocratic nom ination during
growing debate over the Vietnam
W ar. T he c h a lle n g e led to
Johnson’s withdrawal from the
race.
McCarthy got 42 percent of the
vote in the New Hampshire 1968
Democratic primary.
T h at sh o w in g e m b a rra sse d
Johnson into withdrawing from the
race and throwing his support to
his vice p resident, H ubert H.
Humphrey.
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nation, but was assassinated in
June 1968. McCarthy and his fol
lowers went to the party conven
tion in Chicago, where fellow Min
nesotan Humphrey won the nomi
nation amid bitter strife both on the
convention floor and in the streets.
McCarthy said he opposed the
Vietnam War because "as it went
on, you could tell the people run
ning it didn’t know what was going
on.”
“1 admired Gene enormously for
his courage in challenging a war
A m e ric a n e v e r sh o u ld have
fought,” Sen. Edward M. Kennedy,
D-Mass., said Saturday.
Draw i ng a parai lei to the current
debate over the Iraq war, Kennedy
said, “His life speaks volumes to us
today, as we face a similar critical
time for our country.”
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