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Big Terrorism Drill Coming
fourth TOPOFF exercise since the military leaders in Salem to an­
d rill w as e sta b lish e d by the nounce the exercise.
Security experts said one of the
Clinton adm inistration and C on­
main
problems during a crisis is
gress will involve more than 50
maintaining
effective communica­
local, state and federal agencies
tions,
which
the latest drill is de­
in a five-day test of their prepara­
signed
to
test
extensively.
(AP) — Portland will be at the tions and response to a staged
One
of
the
other
difficult ques­
centerofthe biggest terrorism exer­ terrorist attack.
tions
in
disaster
planning
is how
Much of the event will be staged
cise ever staged nationally when
the
public
will
react
to
a
real
emer­
TOPOFF 4 begins with a fictional at Portland International Raceway
gency,
and
that
involves
mostly
north
of
the
Kenton
community
in
"bang” from an imaginary "dirty
bomb" to test the emergency re­ north Portland, but it will also spread guesswork the drill is not designed
sponse of local, state and federal out to other areas of the Portland to answer, said Gary Pearlstein, a
Portland State University expert on
metro area.
agencies.
"This is a big deal for Portland, terrorism.
But Gov. Ted Kulongoski says
"One of the things we're lacking
this
is a big deal for Oregon," said
next w eek’s drill will also prepare
is,
nobody is really educating the
Portland
Mayor
Tom
Potter,
who
the state for inevitable natural di­
public
on how to do the things they
joined
Kulongoski
and
a
host
ot
sasters, such as a major earthquake.
need
to
do," Pearlstein said.
government,
law
enforcement
and
Short for "top officials," the
Staging at
raceway, other
locations
Looking Back at Little Rock
The Mt. Hood Community Col­
lege Historians' Roundtable kicks
off the fall season with a commemo­
ration of the 50th anniversary of the
Civil Rights clash at Little Rock
Central High School.
The year was 1957 and nine Af­
rican-American students tried to
enroll at the all-white Central High
School. Even though the Supreme
Court had ordered public schools
to integrate, the nine students were
stopped by an angry mob and the can students to class.
Barnes, an alumnusof Little Rock
A rkansas governor. President
Eisenhower ordered the 101s, Air­ Central, will share his personal recol­
borne Division to Little Rock to lection and insights; Dawkins, who
knows several members of the Little
guarantee the students’ safety.
Two MHCC instructors, Jim Rock Nine, is another Arkansas na­
Barnes, history instructor, and Larry tive recounting his memories of this
Dawkins, speech instructor, were turbulent time.
The discussion will be held on
both there at Little Rock Central
during the 1957-58 school year when Thursday, Oct. 25 in Room 1308,
the 101st Airborne spent the entire from noon to 1 p.m. This event is
year escorting nine African-Ameri- free and open to the public.
photo by R aymond R endleman TT he P ortland O bserver
Rally Confronts Skinhead Visit
Twin sisters Sylvia (left) and Olivia Arinze brave the cold with about 200 others in Lents Park in
southeast Portland Saturday for an anti-hate rally sponsored by the Portland NAACP and several
other civil-rights organizations. The event was in response to a gathering of 100 Hammerskin
Nation racists converging to the Portland area for a convention. The skinheads were later
kicked out of the Sherwood Elks Lodge when club officials learned of their purpose.
Support Grows for Minority Owned Media, FCC Confronted
Three leading members of Con­
gress have endorsed FCC Commis­
sioner Jonathan Adelstein'scall tor
an independent, nonpartisan task
force to address the disgracefully
low levels of media ownership by
people of color.
Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.,
Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich. and new task force.
"Dozens of diversity enhance­
Rep. Hilda Solis, D-N.Y., endorsed
the creation of a task force in public ment recommendations have been
statements and letters to FCC Chair­ collecting dust at the FCC since as
man Kevin Martin. The national, farbackas 1992," Adelsteinsaid. "I
nonpartisan media reform group believe 15 years is long enough -
Free Press is urging the public to justice deferred is justice denied."
At the national level, according
contact the FCC in support of the
to research by Free Press, people of
color make up 33 percent of the
entire U.S. population yet own 7.2
percent of all full-power radio and
TV stations. While women com­
prise 51 percent of the entire U.S.
population, they own less than 6
percent of full-power commercial
radio and TV stations.
"It is clearly in the best interest
of our democracy that media own­
ership reflects the wealth of this
nation's diversity," Sen. Menendez
wrote in a letter to Martin. "As a
public trustee of the broadcast and
wireless spectrum, it is the respon-
We
want
you to
know
sibility of the FCC to advocate on
behalf of minorities and women in
the radio and television broadcast
industry by working to remove the
increasingly onerous obstacles to
ownership these groups currently
face."
"It is unacceptable for the FCC
to move ahead with plans to allow
for more media consolidation with­
out first addressing how to increase
minority ownership," Congressman
Conyers, the chairman of the House
Judiciary Committee, said in a state­
ment.
"We need to deal with the dis­
graceful state of ownership by
women and people of color first,"
said Joseph Torres of Free Press,
w hich
c o o rd in a te s
the
StopBigMedia.com Coalition. "The
FCC has ignored these issues for
far too long. Unchecked media con­
solidation makes it nearly impos­
sible for anybody but the largest
conglomerates get on the public
airwaves. We need an independent,
honest and thorough accounting
of how FCC policies have impacted
women and minority owners before
even considering any changes that
could make things worse."
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