M arch 14, 2012
Page 5
Crash Kills Two
T Week in
The Review
Larry Gene W illiams, 56, and Latasha
Sim one K inney, 32, w ere killed in a
car accident on N ortheast 162nd
A venue M onday, w hen W illiam s,
the driver, lost control o f the car
causing the vehicle to crash at a
high speed into a ditch. T w o other
passengers in the car w ere in seri
ous condition at an area hospital.
Virgin Adds PDX Rights
T he discount airline V irgin A m erica
announced
rect flights
to and from
Portland to
various lo-
c a tio n s ,
in c lu d in g
San Fran
cisco and Las A ngeles beginning
June 5. In honor o f the c o m p an y ’s
PD X addition, they have launched
a system -w ide fare sale and a call
out to Portlanders for help to nam e
their new 50th plane.
H
Assault Arrest Made
Death with Dignity
P ortland Police
M onday
a r
rested 26-year-
o ld
Q u n ic y
W ynn, w ho was
c h a r g e d w ith
assault and tam
pering w ith e v i
dence in co n n ectio n w ith a January
a s s a u lt a g a in s t a 1 5 - y e a r - o ld
B enson high school m ale at the
T riM et M A X In terstate A v en u e
platform at the R ose Q uarter.
A physician w ho cam paigned fo r an
O re g o n state
la w th a t a l
low s patients
w ith term inal
co n d itio n s to
end th eir lives
died Sunday in
his hom e surrounded by fam ily after
u sin g lethal c h e m ic a ls o b ta in e d
under the initiative he advocated
for. Dr. Peter G o odm an w as 83.
Timbers Debut Victory
W ith St. P atrick ’s D ay com ing on
S aturday this year, 54 percent o f all
A m ericans are expected to celebrate
the M arch 17 holiday, according to
a N ational Retail Federation survey.
T he n u m b er is a record high in the
survey's nine y ear existence.
U nder a steady rainfall, the Portland
T im bers had a 3-1 w in in their sec
ond season M ajor L eague S o ccer
debut gam e against the P h ilad el
phia U nion on M onday before a
sold out cro w d o f 20,438 fans at Jen-
ealth
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