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VETERAN’S DAY
Special Edition
The
Week in Review
PCC Rock Creek Evacuated
The Rock Creek campus of Port-
land Community College was
evacuated Monday due to a bomb
threat. Two dozen officers and
bomb-sniffing dogs were used in
a search, but nothing suspicious
was found. Classes were canceled
for the day and evening as a pre-
caution.
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At least 20 residents were displaced by a fire last week that caused extensive damage to a six-plex
building at Northeast 27th and Killingsworth Street. A man living at the apartment is accused of
starting the fire.
Arson Fire Displaces Families
Man tells police he
started the blaze
At least eight adults and 11
children were evacuated from a
burning apartment in northeast
Portland last week that police say
was started by a resident of the
complex.
Police said Louis Duncan, 34,
admitted starting the fire, telling
authorities he had been diagnosed
with post traumatic stress disorder
and believed his neighbors were Louis Duncan
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trying to kill him.
The flames broke out about
5 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 2. A
day earlier, residents told police
that Duncan had threatened to
burn the building down. Author-
ities said he used a lighter to ig-
nite some paper and used that to
set a blanket on fire. The flames
then spread to pieces of furni-
ture and the apartment walls.
Duncan was arrested on accu-
sations of first-degree arson.
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the ball for the final out. “We did
it. We’re World Champions.”
Rose City Rollers Repeat
On Sunday night, the Rose City
Rollers beat New York City’s Go-
tham Girls 186-166 to repeat as
world champions in roller derby.
The Women’s Flat Track Derby
Association held its championship
in Portland, and 12 teams from
around the world competed at Me-
Black Face Controversy
After a white University of Ore- morial Coliseum.
gon law professor dressed in black
Janet Reno Dead at 78
face at a private Halloween party,
Janet
Reno,
sparking controversy in Eugene,
the first fe-
President Michael Schill said
male attorney
Monday that he’s still angry and
general of the
“more than a little sad” about the
United States,
situation. He said the racial depic-
died Monday
tion “wounded our community, di-
of complications from Parkinson’s
vided us, and exposed fissures that
disease. She was 78. Reno became
long existed under the surface.”
attorney general under President
Bill Clinton in 1993. Clinton is-
sued a statement honoring Reno as
“an extraordinary public servant.”
Portland State Assault
Cubs Win World Series
The Chicago Cubs ended more
than a century of flops, futility
and frustration Thursday when
they outlasted the Cleveland Indi-
ans 8-7 in 10 innings of a Game
7 thriller to win the World Series.
“It happened. It happened. Chi-
cago, it happened,” first baseman
Anthony Rizzo said after gloving
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Portland State University officials
said a man assaulted a student
he didn’t know Monday night at
the campus library, prompting a
search, but authorities couldn’t
find the suspect. The student
reported the man physically as-
saulting her and saying he had a
gun around 7 p.m. Students were
asked to shelter in place during the
search.
Rose Fest Parade Moves
After more than 100 years, the
Rose Festival announced Friday
that it will move the downtown
routes for the Rose Festival’s Star-
light and Grand Floral parades off
10th Avenue next year to accom-
modate the operation of the Port-
land Streetcar. The decision was
made under the direction of city
transportation officials and City
Commissioner Steve Novick.