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Oregon Daily TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1992 Speakers attack status quo at MLK rally, march jKing associate, elected officials com memorate slain civil rights leader By Gerrit Koeppmg M.L.K. DAY S pc .ikl'fs assailed ihc SllltC of il ( lairs in the U n i t c 11 Slates at a r a I I v a n d man h Mull (lav tom moiiiotatintt M.itSin I.uiht : King It 's birth liuv Aggressive reform is needed in ihc nation. s.i ! Kev i’rod Sinillli's-iV.it!; vvi know and •v i . ki i! vv i!h K i live i n il rights nun mient i.et s set some limn tables, let's gel si im ^ ,:;s and gut till with m.iking America what it'-, supposed lo be Shultlesworth told the lifti tious story id voting mail who wanted to know what made lightning bugs light, so he asked his father His father, not knowing the answer, tried to distrai t his son bv bringing up other topics But !::s son kept asking wh.it made lightning bugs light until his father simply said, "the stuff s just in them " i here's enough good stuff in us to light up the world to m.iki Aun n a and the world tie belter Shuttlesworth said S S Rep I'ete Deha/io at talked tin Republican presi d< i-a .. . of Ronald Reagan and (feorge Hash lot their brutal in lifleretice to human Rights i)atitig the | units. two t vni i al administrations have aban doned tile American people to !urn ! RALLY Page -J More than 300 people commemorated slam civil-rights leader Marlin Luther King Jr afternoon march that ended with a rally at the Eugene Hilton ty A -l o U a Monday nape suspect commits suiciae at i exas roaaoiocK j Michael Patrick Ryan shoots himself after leading police on 60-mile chase By Gemt Koeppng \ i 'nurbitv student ( harm’d with the rape of an IB year-old t:nivcrsity Irtish mail killed himself after leading lev,is pula i in a 60-mile ( base i'ridav night Tlie i hase began in Abilene'. Texas when the 10H5 Honda Accord driven hv Michael Patrick Kyan, it strui k a c ar belonging to an investigator for the Tin lor Countv District Attorney’s office, said Sgl Mike (‘line of the Lugene po le e department Kyan sped north, beginning the ( base that (ended at a rnadhlm k in Haskell, Texas Cline said lex.is police shot out the tin s of llit- our K\ .in vv.is driving after he ran through the roudbtoi k Kvan then drove u sfiort vv.iv hetore crashing into .1 billboard and a ji.irked eur As polue approached the car on foot, K\an shot himsell in the head with a tj i aliliei automatii pistol. ('Ime said Hi vv.is taken to Haskell Memorial Hospital where lie was pronounced dead on arrival It is not v et known where the gun vs as purt based. hut a receipt for the weapon vv as fount) dated Thursday . ( line said Kyan was wanted in con net lion with the rape of a University dorm resident assaulted a! knile point in the basement o( the Hamilton Complex, and later with the rape ol a 22-\'ear-old Boise. Idaho, vsoman in her home In hugene. Kyan allegedly approached the woman as she was wait lung televi sion sometime after midnight Saturday. Jan II. and persuaded her to at compu nv him lu .1 weight room in th<> (.(im plex The worn.m reported lli.it when she entered the room. Kvan pulled .1 knife, then raped and sodotni/ed her Kvan look the w Oman's keys alter the assault, ssiiuh prevented her from pel ting into her dorm without first going outside ai cording to polic e Kvan then borrowed the car Irom an other student and left town According to Boise police'. Kvan showed up in the Idaho 1 its at around a ill p m on Jan 11 at the home of a man w ho had given him .1 ride from Hu gene in Dec rmlier He spent the night and at around l p 111 on Jari 1J. he left and drove to a female ac tpiailitanc e's home, .u i circling to polic e The woman reported tfi.it she let him in after lie said he was there to tape mu sic for tier Once inside Kvan obtained a sharp instrument and raped the woman, police said Tuesday night, j.m 1 1 a H . i hler ( olo resident reported seeing the i..ir Ryan u as driving R y .HI spent (lull! Seplemb i ! *iH(S ; . September 1‘i'il In the Oregon Suite 1‘enitentiiirv after being convicted nt rubbing .i wtiiiniii .it gunpoint lor S10 .1! .1 Medford shopping III.ill before th.lt he spent p.irt of 1 'lit-I in .i California prison for .into thrift In l'litl he spent time in gill lor theft loan ( opperwbe.it. ,i supervisor lor the Oregon parole and probation depart nielli, said that prior to the 1MHH rot) berv, Ryan had no history ot violent crime I'.ugene police now suspect Ryan might also have heen responsible for as many as a six robberies in the Tingle dorm that happened over Christmas break (lline said PASSPORT International students bring a world of experi ence to area youth. Sm WORLD, Pag* 7 HEALING BY FITNESS Are those painful shin splints acting up again? If so, you may want to consult the Sports Medicine/Physical Therapy Department at the Health Center. See PHYSICAL THERAPIST, Page 8 DOZED OFF Ninth-ranked UW spoiled the Ducks' upset dreams Saturday night. Set SPORTS, Pag* 11 Roe vs. Wade anniversary to be honored j Reproductive rights ac tivists say this may be the last chance to cele brate landmark decision By Rene DeCair EmwatcJ Assoc.iie EcMnr IROE vs WADt I 1973 - 1992 On lho l'Mh annlvi.Tsury of Koe vs Willi l!, pro- c it o i t: •• groups urn hold ing a i undlolighl i;cI i;bra t Ion to honor vvii.it Ihev s ii y * 1 s t ti e last yuirr abortion may bo Inga I. IV UU VS >VUUl', the ll>73 landmark legislation giv ing women the right to privacy, in cluding abortion, could he over turned by the United States Su preme Court if it hears one of six eases currently winding their way through the courts This is possibly the last Roe v Wade day we'll have," said Dnbi Webster. co-director for llio louver s i l v s Students for Clinic e Tho r.illy is m heduled to take plme hi Salem, 7 pm Wednesday Jan 22 ul 555 S f. Liberty Si Speakers mi hide Butty Roberts. for mer Orogon Supreme Court justicn. stain Sen Trie :ia Smith, and Diane Linn. dim.lor ol Oregon National Aborlion Rights Ai lion League Car caravans will leave from Smith Lugene High Si hool .il -1 [i in Wednesday and from ihr Crower s Mark.nl .it 5 15 p m f or information on obtaining a ndt-. or on driving others, call Dehbi Webster a! 087-0920, or stop by 1-All.1 Suite 0 and leave a message Il seems real appropriate lo have a pro-choice presence in Salem he c atise it has tx'un wav heavily repre sented m the other camp." Judith Schoup, Lugene NAKAL organizer, said of the groupss plan to lot us their attention in Salem on the an niversary day "I think it is time that Salem saw there is a pro-c hone presence." Schoup said "(This dav) draws people's alien non in tim fact (li.it iitxirlion can In come illegal (his year if the Su preme ( uuri hears tin- Pennsylvania Case, \\ ebster said Tills Week (In' Supreme Court is eXpei led (l> release |[S lift ision whether (u hear dm < use Planned Parenthood nl Southeastern Penn sylvanin vs ( vises Both pro choice .ind .inliabortion .ictivists want (lis I’eiins\lv.mi i i.use to lie heard, Webster said, lo find out il abortion will continue to be legal in the next few years The Pennsylvania i use is seen as (he most likely case to overturn Hoe vs Wade It challenges a statute signed into lavs by Pennsylvania Cov Hubert Casey in November. l‘MW which could prevent married women from obtaining abortions without first notifying their hus bands The statute also requires that a woman rei five counseling before an alxirtion and then requires her to wait 2-1 hours before obtaining one Pro-choir e activists are also w or T jn ‘o ABORTION Puqe 4