Oregon Daily
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1991
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 93. ISSUE 62
Frog turns himself in,
officials say ‘not yet’
" By Dan EiSier :
‘ * T f *■'-f.-vi! 'f •:
A Lugetie III.Ill, kiuivvn ft) most s! idents .: i 1S as ! :c eg ' .11: 1 lega.
|y sell his |ukf books on 1 its sidewalks
Hi’ .ilso can't gel himself arrested lur it. .is In- found out Inst
I hursday when hi’tried to turn hinr.ei! iti
David Henrv Miller who sells ink. hooks It>< ,i!lv. lent to l,ta;iT.r
Munic 11 tal Court \o\ V-i to notllv of In ails lie 1 outdo t pav the Iinn
ins fifth imposed against him last month for violating a 1 it\
ordinance prohibiting sidewalk vendor's m s. !!:in; .mything In
sides flowers, food, (leverages or fialloons
I tried to get mvself arrested . fit It thev Wullldn 1 take ire Miljfr
said Wednesday1, as he peddled he. ink, fxmks. v.'i I, t.ith Avenue
where he said Ive docs his best Inlsiiii-ss and afsii has ret eiveil his
tit kets
Miller said he went to Municipal Court Nov I t u tell officials
he didn't have anv monev to pav the line and to turn himself in
"just to get it out ot the wav ! 1 an t pav ti e tine and wouldn't 1! I
had it am wav
Then fa- was told he couldn't turn himself in that dav, hut then
would he a warrant for his arrest on Muaiiav Millet 1 • <t tile Mu
nicipal Court Mondav and was told ;! would be read v ! uesdav
1 rode i>V a ' op todav \\, dh> sd , , i M:U. ; ;.d if. s.ed lieu
but he didn't arrest me
As Miller 1 it tills, i.agent- (1011i . u, in k ■ • V. 1 • w ' ■ lias s
eted Miller 111 the past for violating tin -da; m. . m . hv and
asked him if tfte warrant was ready
Miller told Saxon what had happened u.d tl.it tl-a- warrant h e
to lx- proc usseif and signed hv a |udgc
Saxon said even alter a judge signs a warrant, it takes three to
four days tor further processing 1'hen In- left
In the meantime, Miller said lies planning to call the Lugenc
City Council and tell them he's outraged about the hassles tie's eti
(lured "lor Irving to make an honest living
Miller has vowed to appeal his fines lor violating the ordinance
Attorney Ketircca Davis is donating her services to handle the Dis
ini t Court appeals and attornev Ceorge Kells is donating fits set
vie es to handle Miller's appeal to the (frc-gmi (lourt ot \ppeals
Both kelly and the citv's altornevs ftave filed briefs with the
Court of Appeals and will argue tin- case earlv next year. Kills
said
The tickets violated Miller's right-- under tin c-cpia! protection
clause in Article I. Section .10 of the Oregon ( .institution, which
prohibits passing laws granting anv 1 ltl/en ,1 gtc ,p ! c ili/ens spe
cial privileges not appl liable to ever V olle . ; K• . i V •■aid
Idle law a Iso V i 1 ilates Miller's r: g! 11 t: - - spe. ■; !: '.1 pi a!
(irotec tioli under the I list and 1 -11!; A11 (• -tat o :ei.: U I la S I nn
stilution, respectively, kellv said
'flu iugeiie law firm of Harrang, long Watkinson Arnold
Laird, under i ontrac t to handle 1 as. s lor tie- cits. tiad the disc re
t ternary cfioice to drop the c a sc- vvhe-n it t irst iost at t hi Mumc 1 pal
t lourt lev el ki lls said
Although the 1 its dec idl'd to appeal, the it s' is not singling Mill
er out. hut defending ils ability to regulate 1 dv sidewalks said k.-v
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Democratic candidate Harry Lonsdale hopes to beat out challenger Los AuCom and oust Son Bob
Packwood tor a seat in Congress to stop what he calls the corruption ot government
Lonsdale seeks ‘level playing field’
By Germ Koepping
: •• 1 Reporter
Students got iin early taste ■ f ill' upcoming
primary rue i‘ between 1 lemooratic Senate ehal
lungers l.cs AuCoin and Harry !.uiim!,iIi
Htilh are fighting lor .1 1 hum e !o run lor Huh
Pat.kwi«>d'• Senate sn.it in the I'l'i.: general
elec iiori Lonsdale disc usm'iI hi-, stanch. >11 key
issues and laid out Ills anti me umlient v plat
form in llie Bi n hinder Koom I hursday
l.unsdale said he w as running s.. In- i mild
stop what he called the corruption of govern
merit With the Keating five, the hounc eel
t hee ks, the perks and the national deht. I felt I
had to do something, he said
l.unsdale said that with the large sums nl
money thr pnlilH.il .u linn i (imnuili'i s (in',
mrmliiTs nl (a mg re-.s .in’ able in buy their own
rr i ll ! linns by oiitspending Iheir nppunents
It wi- li.nl .i Ii’vi-I playing held. VM- il turn . mi
gress nvrr in .1 minute, Lonsdale ...nil
t in i nrruptmn .mil tin- mfhiem e Inbliv isis
,inil l‘A( > have over Congress angers many
people. 1.1.! i -.il ,1 it ..II I VnliT resentment is .il
,itl ,111 linn' high, sn I ll.lVI' .1 good i b *1 111 1' nl
winning
l.niiMliiln, wbn 1 bums In liavi' never .k 1 rpl
. I any I’A( moni'v, said the imlv way bit
1 mild I dm- w mild lie il In- was massively mil
spent by eitber AiiOnin nr I’aiku-ind He
stressed Ins lampaign vs.is going In be grass
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Tune in_
l or Americans, the 1‘MiOs
are remembered for great
music. great drugs and lots
of violence Hut many peo
pIt- — including Mis activ
ist* and 'UOs activists - be
lieve public fascination with
the ora that "won't go
away,” goes beyond the mu
sic and the assassinations.
Sm story, Pays 4
Bear trap_
'I'ho Oregon men’s basket
ball team will got its first
sample of a hostile crowd to
night when the Ducks take
on the Grizzlies of Montana
tonight in Missoula
Sm story, Pag* 8
Americans still fascinated by Kennedy s death
By Daralyn Trappe
; 5 A* V .i!*’ t *
II vs as one ol [host! moments
in history ili.it makes an impact
on everyone It was one of
those events that serves .is ,i ref
erent e point in life for those
who were alive to remember it
And it is a chapter in American
history that continues to tie re
written and revised.
Twenty eight years ago to
day. on an early Dallas after
noon. President John Kennedy
vs as shot and killed For many ,
the questions raised immediate
ly thereafter who killed the
president and why remain
u nansw tired
From the moment Lee Har
vey Oswald yvas arrested and
charged with the assassination,
a flood of ever-growing theories
has evolved as tu whether In
w.is rt-iilly responsible, am! it
so, il !ir ,u ted alone
President I.vmlun Johnson
authorized tin- Warren tom
mission. headed bv then Su
preme (Hurt Justit i- Karl War
ri n. to investigate tin- shooting
In September 1'ifet, tin (aim
mission com luded th.it ( )sw alii
had acted alone
While these findings are sup
ported bv some, they are also
disputed bv those who Ixdieve
other forces were at work A
1‘itUt New York 7'f/rie.s poll
showed only I I percent of
Americans accept the commis
sion's com lusion Nearly two
third^support some sort of con
spiracy theory
Fascination continues
I’risi ilia Southwell, asso< late
John Fit/gerald Kennedy has been dead tor 28 years but that hasn't
stopped Americans from constructing theonos about exactly who
assassinated him
professor of politic.>il sr ienc e .it
tlic University, ><1 the fast m.i
lion with Kennedy's 1!f«• and
death is inevitable
"Bet ause In- was onlv in of
(h f Irss than three years, lie
was sidl in the honeymoon pe
rlod when he died. she said
"Thi! aura ot ( amidol r11■ \. er
had died, it never had a ( h.m< e
to diminish."
Kennedy's administration is
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