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...January, getting a rise out of Oregonians who love the bread's light, crispy texture. The 1939 bread law was written to protect consumers against "balloon bread" that had more air than dough. But doubling the weight of the 2-ft.-long baguette would mean doubling its size. Says Portland Baker Howard Minh Le: "Who is going to buy a 4-ft. baguette?" After receiving dozens of letters and calls from baguette boosters, authorities agreed to give the French bread a break. The loaves will be available at least until a hearing later this month...
...show of force in South Florida has resulted in much faster growth of the smuggling business at other border crossings and landing strips from San Diego to Portland, Me. Smugglers' jets equipped with long-range fuel tanks now bypass Florida's notorious narcs and land instead in South Carolina, Tennessee or even New York's Long Island, which puts the product only a few miles from Manhattan's penthouses and discos. The influx has prompted New York Governor Mario Cuomo to assign 200 more officers to drug-enforcement squads...
Among requirements for the rank of eagle scout are community service, leadership and organizational ability. So when Scout Kenneth Pulley industriously organized volunteers a year ago to clean and paint eight of the 800 bus shelters in his hometown of Portland, he was rewarded four months later with a promotion to eagle. More recently, Pulley, 16, earned a less meritorious recognition: his project was cited in a labor grievance for violating the local transit union's contract with the agency that runs the city's buses...
...wanted, insists Dan Dana Sabine, 35, was a loan to buy some new clothes. So last week he walked into the Maine National Bank in Portland and asked a teller, Sandra Lee Cashman, 21, for some money. Although she did not see a weapon, Cashman was convinced that Sabine, who appeared "real scraggly looking," was a bank robber. Frightened, she handed over three bundles of $20 bills, totaling $1,500. Overcome with his good fortune, Sabine told the teller that he loved her, and set off to shop...
Sylvan Learning Corp. opened its first teaching store in suburban Portland in 1979. Mainly through aggressive franchising, it quickly surpassed Reading Game in size, and now has 211 franchised centers and nine company-owned facilities in 39 states. At an average cost of $25 an hour, Sylvan provides help primarily in reading and math at all grade levels...