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Asian-Americans - 2

Asian-Americans - 2

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--Old Culture, New Life--
Kathy Laufasa and Tupou Mamaea, both students at Chief Sealth High School, practice Polynesian dance steps. The Samoans are among increasing numbers of Pacific Rim natives who have emigrated to the United States.

Harris, Benjamin III - 1

Harris, Benjamin III - 1

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Harris, B.J. III

Benjamin Harris III was sentenced to death in 1984 for the shooting of Tacoma auto mechanic Jimmy Lee Turner. Harris was exonerated in 1997 and became the first death-row inmate released from prison in Washington state since the state reinstated the death penalty in 1981.

Asian-Americans - 5

Asian-Americans - 5

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Hang Sou, a Hmong refugee, stands in line for his final medical exam at a Thailand transit camp in the Non Fiction Television documentary "Becoming American", which will be televised over the Public Broadcasting Service Friday, June 4 at 9 p.m. (Check local listings.) The documentary by Ken Levine and Ivory Waterworth Levine follows Hang Sou and his family from a refugee camp in northern Thailand to their new home in Seattle, WA.

Asian-Americans - 7

Asian-Americans - 7

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Thien Long, his wife, Soeuth Tuy Long and their baby, Ellen Mary Long (age 1.5) rest on a bed in their apartment in Tacoma. This is for a story on welfare for Southeast Asian refugees.
Photo by Joe Giron

Asian-Americans - 8

Asian-Americans - 8

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Them Prom Kim holds three-year-old Sokha Buntun during a Tacoma Police Dept. seminar on crime prevention in the Salishan Housing District. These seminars are for people with limited knowledge of English.
Photo by Joe Giron

Heckman, Jim (Executive director of Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission) - 1

Heckman, Jim (Executive director of Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission) - 1

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Jim Heckman was hired to fill the position of Executive Director for the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission on May 6. He has been working for the Commission since last July as Director of Biological Programs. Prior to his employment at the Commission, Heckman spent twenty-five years with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Photo credit: Phyllis Stone

Safe Streets Program (Fighting Drugs and Gangs) - 1

Safe Streets Program (Fighting Drugs and Gangs) - 1

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About 2300 Tacoma and Pierce County citizens packed the Foss High School gym Thursday for the first "Safe Streets" community forum to Fight Illegal Drug Use, Gangs and Violence. 150 individuals held number signs to aid in forming discussion groups of 15 people each.

Bruce Kellman/News

Note: Published photo has the number of people at 1,600.

Asian-Americans - 9

Asian-Americans - 9

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Tacoma Police Dept. officer Manny Ortiz conducts a crime prevention seminar in the Salishan Housing District Wednesday. The seminars are designed for people with limited knowledge of English.
Photo by Joe Giron

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