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Mourned for Moral Conviction
would want to live.”
The turmoil on Capitol Hill
seemed close at hand during the
service.
In what sounded like a refer-
ence to the impeachment inquiry
(AP) — Rep. Elijah Cummings
against Trump, former President
was eulogized as a leader with the
Bill Clinton told the crowd, “We
fiery moral conviction of an Old
all know now that, at least until
Testament prophet Friday at a fu-
certain things happen, his legacy
neral that brought former presidents
is how ardently he honored his
and ordinary people alike to the Bal-
oath to protect and defend the
timore church where the congress-
Constitution of the United States.”
man worshipped for four decades.
“He knew that without the Con-
“Our Elijah was a fierce cham-
stitution, the laws that were passed
pion of truth, justice and kindness
under it, the rights that were guar-
in every part of his life,” said
anteed by it and the abuses it was Members of the public pay their respects Thursday to the late
former Secretary of State Hillary
designed to prevent ... he would Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings, the first African-American law-
maker to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol. Funeral services were held
the next day in Baltimore.
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Clinton, who took the stage at the
New Psalmist Baptist Church to
rousing applause.
Cummings, a black sharecrop-
per’s son and civil rights leader
who rose to power in Washington
over two decades ago with his
sonorous voice and powerful or-
atory, died of longstanding health
problems Oct. 17 at age 68 while
locked in political combat with
President Donald Trump.
The Baltimore Democrat led
multiple investigations of the
president, who recently lashed out
at Cummings’ district as a “dis-
gusting, rat and rodent infested
mess” where “no human being
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The
other names, Ursula K. LeGuin,
the late Portland author; and Ned
Flanders from the Simpsons.
Noose Shocks School
Temporary homeless shelters in
Portland were being opened Mon-
day and Tuesday as overnight
temperatures hit at or below 32
degrees and high winds impacted
the Portland area. Anyone seeking
shelter were advised to call 211 to
identify sites and warming center
resources.
A noose described as “incredibly
disturbing” was found at Chapman
Elementary in northwest Portland
last week in an area “generally ac-
cess only by custodial and mainte-
nance staff,” school officials said.
In a letter sent home to families,
Chapman Principal Pamela Van
Der Wolf described the incident as
hate speech that will not be toler-
ated.
Somolia Native Seeks Office
Sentenced for Hidden Camera
Cold Weather Advisory
Citing her background in health
and small business along with
work in the community as a resi-
dent in Oregon for 22 years, Naf-
isa Fai, an immigrant who grew
up in Somolia,
announced
Tuesday she
is running for
election to the
Wa s h i n g t o n
County Com-
mission,
a
historic candi-
dacy. Fai lives in Aloha with her
husband and their two sons.
Beatrice Morrow Name Lobbied
The name of an
African American
activist from early
Portland has been
suggested as the
name for a new
walking and bicy-
cling bridge com-
ing next year to
I-405 at Flanders
Street, downtown. The Pearl Dis-
trict Neighborhood Association
suggested Beatrice Morrow Can-
nady, the historic black publisher
who lived in northwest Portland
in the early 20th century, and two
Johnny Chan, 35, a Portland phar-
macist who was fired last year after
being arrested for secretly taking
photos of his co-workers using
the bathroom, was sentenced to
12 years in prison Monday after
being found guilty of intentional-
ly setting up the hidden cameras.
Multiple victims testified on how
they suffered emotionally from the
extreme violation to their privacy.
U.S. Military Kills ISIS Leader
The weekend death of Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic
State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS,
by U.S. military forces may end a
particularly brutal saga in the Mid-
dle East, officials said. But law en-
forcement and intelligence officials
said they are still on alert for pos-
sible retaliation from sympathizers
or sleeper operatives in the U.S.
Highest Honor in Comedy
Dave Chappelle on Sunday ac-
cepted the Mark Twain Prize for
American Humor. The award is
considered the highest accolade in
comedy and recognizes individ-
uals who have had an impact on
American society in the vein of the
19th-century novelist and essayist
for which the award is named.