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Page 2 January 18, 2017 The Week in Review says she will attend the inaugura- tion and the anti-Trump Women’s March on Washington the next morning. Americans Honor King As Americans celebrated the leg- Homeless Woman’s Baby Dies acy of Martin Luther King Jr. on A baby born to a woman living in a homeless camp near Southeast 91st and Powell died Monday. The 36-year-old mother may be mentally ill. Authorities say she showed a man waiting at a bus stop the infant hidden under a winter coat. Doctors tried to resus- citate the infant, but a later autop- sy declared the child was stillborn. John Lewis Rejects Trump photo by M ark W ashington / the p ortland o bserver Seattle to the Rescue Inauguration Boycott Grows Seattle’s Department of Transportation arrives in Portland with 11 snow plows and 15 crew members on Thursday to help plow the streets and clear downed trees after a foot of snow falls. The extra help was a welcome sight in north Portland where the crews were greeted by Dylan Rivera of the Portland Bureau of Transportation. Established 1970 Mark Washington, Sr. e ditor : Michael Leighton e xecutive d irector : Rakeem Washington A dvertising M AnAger : Leonard Latin Office Manager/Classifieds: Lucinda Baldwin c reAtive d irector : Paul Neufeldt P ublisher : r ePorter /W eb e ditor : Christa McIntyre P ublic r elAtions : Mark Washington Jr. r ePorter : Zachary Senn U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon who was beaten in a march with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Ala., told an NBC report- er Friday that he would not be attending President-elect Trump’s inauguration, saying Trump’s election was not legiti- mate, citing Russian interference with the election and the Republi- can Party’s campaign of misinfor- mation against Hillary Clinton. A group of Democratic members of Congress announcing they will not attend the presidential inaugu- ration on Friday grew to over 50 on Tuesday, including Oregon’s U.S. Representatives Earl Blu- menauer, Kurt Schrader and Peter DeFazio. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici the national holiday Monday, civil rights leaders and activists were trying to reconcile the tran- sition from the nation’s first black president to a president-elect still struggling to connect with most non-white voters. King’s daughter encouraged Americans to fight for the slain civil rights leader’s vi- sion of love and justice “no matter who is in the White House.” Inmate Found Dead A black inmate was found dead in his cell at Oregon’s maximum security prison in Salem Tuesday. The cause of death has not been determined. Dtanyum Arnold Huey, 45, was serving time for an escape from the Klamath County Jail. New Lady Liberty Minted On Thursday, the Department of the Treasury unveiled a new $100 coin which portrays Lady Lib- erty for the first time as African American. The coin is the first in a series to be released in the com- ing years, in addition to plans for Underground Railroad Abolition- ist Harriet Tubman to replace An- drew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill. ---------------------- USPS 959 680 ------------------ 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Manuscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope. All created design display ads become the sole property of the newspaper and cannot be used in other publications or personal usage without the written consent of the general manager, unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 2008 THE PORTLAND OBSERVER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PERMISSION IS PROHIBITED. The Portland Observer--Oregon’s Oldest Multicultural Publication--is a member of the National Newspaper Association--Founded in 1885, and The National Advertising Representative Amalgamated Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, and The West Coast Black Publishers Association CALL 503-288-0033 FAX 503-288-0015 news@portlandobserver.com • ads@portlandobserver.com subscription@portlandobserver.com Postmaster: Send address changes to Portland Observer , PO Box 3137 , Portland, OR 97208 PO QR code
