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Volume XXXVI. Number 15
, Week ¡n
The Review
Foxworth Put on Leave
l Police Chief
Derrick Fox
w orth was
p laced on
paid admin
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J leav e
by
Mayor Tom
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day pending an investigation of a
complaint brought against him
by a woman who claims sexual
impropriety and police miscon
duct. See sto ry on page A2.
t
Five More Soldiers Killed
The U.S. military reported the
deaths of five more soldiers in
Iraq, including three killed Tues
day in a roadside bombing north
of Baghdad. The latest casualties
raised the U.S. death toll so far
this month in Iraq to at least 31 -
the same for all of March.
Bomb Kills 41 in Pakistan
A suicide attacker detonated
bomb at a mass prayer service in
Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday
night, police said, killing at least
41 people, including the top lead
ership o f an influential Sunni
Muslim religious group.
Iran Enriches Uranium
Iran has successfully enriched
uranium for the first time, a land
mark in its quest to develop
nuclear fuel for peaceful pur
po ses, h a rd -lin e r P re sid e n t
M ahmoud A hm adinejad said
Tuesday. The W est is trying to
convince T ehran to halt its
nuclear program
Historic Church Reopens
Established in 1970
www.portlandobserver.com
Committed to Cultural Diversity
Wednesday • April 12. 2006
Movement Builds Momentum
Latino
families
appeal for
citizenship
(Yes We Can) in between exu
berant cries.
“W e've been waiting for
this for a long tim e,” said
Adrian Martin, a vocal sup
porter in the thick o f the
crowd. “Thousands o f us pay
taxes, w e're not convicts. My
kids are U.S. citizens."
Alberto Rossales stood on
the sidewalk with his son An
gel, observing the crowd within
the plaza.
"W eonly come for work,” he
said, “w e’re doing nothing
bad.”
Not everyone present was
for the march. Some Portland
S tate U n iv e rsity C o lleg e
Republicanswatched the rally
until only a few lingered.
“My fam ily came here le
gally from Mexico,” said group
president M ario Cam pbell.
"They had to jum p through
hoops, I do n ’t sec why they
can ’t follow the rules...w hat
makes them better people than
u s?”
The Portland protest was one
of hundreds across the nation
in the past few days, including
a crowd estimated at 10,000 in
Salem, and tens of thousands
in Washington, D.C.
According to the Pew His
panic Center, the number o f il
legal immigrants in Oregon in
2004was l75.(XX),a6(M)percent
increase from 1990.
by S arah B i . odnt
T he P ortland O bserver
Thousands of immigrants
and Latino American citizens
gathered in downtown Port
land Monday, after the col
lapse of a U.S. Senate bill to
put illegal immigrants on the
path tocitizenship, making way
fora U.S. House bill that would
crim inalize undocum ented
workers.
The rally began at Terry
Shrunk Plaza, with speakers
addressing a crowd at noon,
followed by a march down
Southw est T hird A venue,
w ith m any p assin g cars
honking horns in support.
Hundreds of Mexican and
A m erican flags w aved as
people chanted “Si Se Puede”
Jesus Guerrero ~
waves a flag as his
mother Ignes Guerrero
looks on at Monday's
Immigration rights rally
in downtown Portland.
S arah B i . olnt /
T he P ortland O bserver
se« related photo coverage
on page A6, Ineide V
photo by
■M N H N H M M M
The Tax Man Cometh
by S arah B i . olnt
T he P ortland O bserver
With palm fronds stacked high,
pews filled and joyous music,
St. A ugustine, the historically
black Catholic church in New
Orleans celebrated Palm Sun
day. T he serv ice cam e tw o
w eeks after the church was
closed amid protests over post-
Hurricane Katrina budget cuts.
But the re-opening may not last.
See story, page B5.
California Flooding
Gov. Arnold Schw arzenegger
declared a state o f em ergency
M onday in seven C alifornia
counties that have been bat
tered by storms and flooding.
$218 Trillion Phone Bill
A Malaysian man said he nearly
fainted when he received a $ 2 18
trillion phone bill and was o r
dered to pay up within 10 days
or face prosecution. The man
told a new spaper that the phone
was disconnected in January
and he settled a $23 bill.
As tax day nears, don’t let it end in tears.
Computer software like TurboTax can stream
line the step-by-step process, and those
who need face time with tax experts can drop
by the walk-in IRS office, downtown.
For the thousands o f Americans that
would never dream of a volunteer visit with
the IRS, Multnomah County libraries also
offer tax form s and assistance. Visit
www.multcolib.org for more information.
Procrastinators get a lucky break this
year - April 15 falls on a Saturday so last-
minute filers face a Postage cancellation
stamp deadline of midnight on Monday,
April 17.
STATE
The Oregon Department of Revenue is
offering extended customer service tele
phone hours of 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdaysand
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Call 503-
378-4988 or 1-8(X)-356-4222.
Weekday walk-in office hours at the Port
Late filers get two extra days this year
land district office, 800 N.E. Oregon St, Suite
505,are 7:45a.m. to 5 p.m., through Monday.
You can send an em ail in q u iry to
q u e stio n s.d o r@ sta te .o r.u s o r v isit
www.oregon.gov.
FEDERAL
IRS tax specialist Steve Matthews said
late filers can call the IRS at I -800-829-1040
for general assistance, or stop by the walk-
in office at 122OS. W. Third Ave. -open from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for people to get last
minute forms, advice and assistance.
It' s I i kely to be too late for most taxpayers
to order publications orforms, but Matthews
reminds unprepared filers that the most im
portant thing is to gather your records and
tile an extension Form 4868, available at
www.IRS.gov.
You have to estimate tax liability and
indicate what payments have been already
sent in, he said. However, any monies due
after April 17 could have interest - to avoid
continued
Yolanda Millage
receives tax help
from George
Vance, an AARP
volunteer tax
consultant, at the
Multicultural
SeniorCenter
located on
Northeast Martin
Luther King Jr.
Boulevard and
Killingsworth
Street.
photo by M ark
W ashington /
T he P ortland
O bserver
on page A 6
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