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November 30, 2016
The
Week in Review
Ron Glass Remembered
Fidel Castro Dead at 90
Former President Fidel Cas-
tro, who led a rebel army to
improbable victory in Cuba,
embraced Soviet-style commu-
nism and defied the power of 10
U.S. presidents during his half
century rule, died Friday at age
90. For decades, Castro served
as an inspiration and source of
support to revolutionaries from
Latin America to Africa.
Ron Glass,
the
hand-
some, prolif-
ic character
actor
best
known
for
his role as
the gregarious, sometimes sar-
donic detective Ron Harris in
the long-running cop comedy
“Barney Miller,” has died at
age 71. Glass died Friday of re-
spiratory failure, his agent told
The Associated Press
Recount Moves Ahead
Democrat Hillary Clinton’s
campaign will take part in a
recount of Wisconsin votes in
the presidential race. Wiscon-
sin’s election board on Friday
approved the recount requested
by Green Party candidate Jill
Stein. She has said she wants
to guarantee the integrity of the
U.S. voting system since com-
Soccer Team Plane Crashes
puter hacking had marked the
A plane carrying finalists for
Nov. 8 election.
the South American football
championship crashed in Co- Jimmy Mak’s to Close
lombia Monday, killing at Premier Portland jazz club
least 75 of the 81 people on Jimmy Mak’s will host its final
board. The British Aerospace show on New Year’s Eve. The
146 short-haul plane was re- announcement comes as owner
portedly carrying members of Jimmy Makarounis battles lar-
the Brazilian club soccer team ynx cancer. “I simply need to
step away from the business to
Chapecoense.
focus on healing and beating
Supporting Standing Rock
this disease, once and for all,”
Neil Young is calling on Pres-
he wrote.
ident Barack Obama “to step
in and end” what he calls the Murder Case Reward
“violence” against protesters The Gresham Police Depart-
demonstrating against an oil ment, along with the Crime
pipeline being built in North Stoppers of Oregon, are offer-
Dakota near an Indian reser- ing a $2,500 reward for infor-
vation. In an open letter on mation that leads to the arrest
Facebook posted Monday, the of Demarco Herbert “Buddy”
71-year-old rock star calls the Streeter, a man wanted in the
protest at the Standing Rock shooting death of Harry Brog-
Indian Reservation “an awak- don Jr. last week on Southeast
Stephens Court in Gresham.
ening.”
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