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Page 2 November 1, 2017 503-288-0033 The Subscribe ! Fill Out & Send To: Advertise with diversity in The Portland Observer Attn: Subscriptions, PO Box 3137, Portland OR 97208 $45.00 for 3 months • $80.00 for 6 mo. • $125.00 for 1 year (please include check with this subscription form) Call 503-288-0033 or email ads@portlandobserver.com Name: Telephone: Address: in Week Review Bike Path Massacre in NY At least eight people were killed and others injured Tuesday after a truck driver made a “purposeful turn” onto a jogging and biking path in lower Manhattan in New York City, police said. The suspect was taken into custody and the in- cident is being investigated as a possible terrorist attack. TriMet Plans for Hollywood MAX Memorial or email subscriptions@portlandobserver.com TriMet announced the details Thursday of its plans to create two me- morial tributes at the Hollywood MAX station in northeast Portland — one permanent and one temporary — honoring the people who lost their lives during a MAX stabbing on May 26.The tributes will also honor those hurt, including the two young women who were harassed. Trump Adviser Lied; Others Charged A former campaign adviser to President Trump ad- mitted he lied to the FBI about his contacts with Russians; and Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and a former Manafort business associate were indicted on felony charges of con- spiracy against the United States and other counts, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation re- vealed Monday. Trump Chief of Staff Defends Confederacy White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said on Monday that a “lack of ability to compromise led to the Civil War” and called the removal of Confederate monuments a “dangerous” scrubbing of history. Speaking to Fox news, Kelly went on to describe Robert E Lee, a Confederate gen- eral who fought for Southern states’ rights to own slaves, as honorable. White House Calls on Jubitz Truck Stop Owner The president and chief executive of the Jubitz truck stop and travel center in northeast Portland and a supporter of Republican political causes, has been nominated to an advisory committee for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The selection of Frederick Jubitz was announced last week by the White House. Fats Domino Remembered Fats Domino, the New Orleans R&B singer whose two-fisted boogie-woogie piano and nonchalant vocals made him one of the big- gest stars of the early rock ’n’ roll era, is being remembered after his death last week at his home in Harvey, La., across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. He was 89 Native Leader dead at 80 Dennis Banks, a co-founder of the American Indian Movement and a leader of the Wounded Knee occupation in South Dakota, died Sunday at the age of 80. Banks was one of several activists who held federal agents at bay for 71 days during the 1973 protest supporting Native American rights. Established 1970 ---------------------- 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 per- sonal 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 Ob- server--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 P ublisher : e ditor : Mark Washington, Sr. Michael Leighton e xecutive d irector : Rakeem Washington A dvertising M AnAger : Office Manager/Classifieds: Leonard Latin Lucinda Baldwin CALL 503-288-0033 c reAtive d irector : Paul Neufeldt r ePorter /W eb e ditor : Christa McIntyre r ePorter /W eb e ditor : Danny Peterson P ublic r elAtions : Mark Washington Jr. o ffice A ssistAnt /s Ales : Shawntell Washington 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