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Oregonians protest, security beefed up statewide
(AP) — Thousands of Oregonians
prayed and demonstrated for peace to
day in the final hours before the U N.
deadline for Iraqi troops to leave Ku
wait.
Officials around Oregon also were
taking steps to improve security because
of Iraqi threats of terrorism against the
United States.
"The Coast Guard is taking seriously
the threats that have come from the
Middle East." said Chief Warrant Offi
cer George H. Ilornbeck. commanding
officer of the Yaquina Bay Station. "We
are reviewing and testing our security
plans."
Security also was increased at the
Trojan nuclear plant northwest of Port
land.
Steve Sautter, spokesman for Portland
General Electric, said all nuclear plants
received a notice from the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission last Wednesday
suggesting they review their security
plans in light of the threat of terrorist at
tack.
"We have taken some additional steps
to ensure that we are controlling access
to the plant both by foot and vehicular
traffic." Sautter said.
No increase in security is planned at
the 22 dams operated by the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers in the Northwest, in
eluding five major hydroelectric dams
on the Columbia River, a corps spokes
woman said
"We have increased our awareness
level and security is in place." said Di
ana Rrimhal). chief of puhlic affairs for
the corps' Portland office.
Security officials also planned to in
tensify efforts at Portland international
Airport
Roliert Palioca. area manager for The
Wackenhut Carp., which provides secu
rity for the airport, said some passen
gers may be subject to personal "pal
down” checks or will be forbidden to
proceed past a checkpoint.
Me declined to say what criteria will
be used to decide who will be frisked,
lie also said officials probably would al
low only passengers in the concourse
area of the airport. Tiiat would mean
well-wishers would not lie alicved be
yond security checkpoints.
Me said some of the security measures
would not take effect until the shooting
begins but others may be implemented
at any time. If there is a war. carry-on
baggage will not lie allowed, Palioca
said.
A peace vigil began at 12:01 a.m. at
the F.dith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal
Building in downtown Portland. The
crowd outside the building had grown
to about l IH) by daybreak
In Beaverton, parishioners of St Mat
thew Lutheran Church continued a 42
hour prayer vigil begun at 7 p.m. Sun
day Alxnjt !')(> people were expected to
pray in half-hour shifts untd noon to
day
Gunnar Simonson prayed for peace
between the United States and Iraq and
for the safety of his brother Krii . who is
with the Army in Saudi Arabia
Simonson said the vigil brings people
together during troubling times
"I just try to keep the hope and faith
in the fjord." he said. "For all of us. it s
really a time to cling to what we believe
in."
On Monday, the Oregon Senate asked
President Hush and Congress to use ne
gotiation rather than military force
against Iraq.
The Senate unanimously approved a
resolution, introduced by freshman Sen
Tricia Smith. I)-Salem, asking the presi
dent and Congress to exhaust all reason
able alternatives before using military
force.
President Bush and Congress have ap
proved military action against Iraq if its
troops do not pull out of Kuwait by 9
p.m. PST today.
In Gresham, about 100 students at
tended a peace rally Monday at Mount
Hood Community College. Students at
Portland's Marshall Mini) School hold a
candlelight peace rally.
More than 60 Western Oregon State
College students lit candles Monday
night to symbolically dispel some of the
darkness of the war threat
The candle-lighting marked the he
ginning of a .today, round-the-clock
vigil at the college in Monmouth
During the vigil, dozens of students
and faculty members are to take turns,
one or two at a time, guarding the flame
of a homemade. 2-foot-tall candle.
It's my own way of speaking out,"
student lanly president Tim Cook said
"It's a way of saying I don't think
what's happening over there is right
Mut it's also a way of remembering
friends who an; over there."
About 100 people attended a forum
on peace Monday at Willamette Univer
sity in Salem. Political science professor
Bob Dash said he believed one reason
for the United States' involvement in
the crisis is that, in post-Cold War
times, "The Pentagon has lost the rea
son for its being."
Blane McCaughy, a religion profes
sor. said the United States has a schizo
phrenic personality.
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