Fourth arson suspect arrested
SALEM (AP) — A fourth person was arrested
Thursday In the doalhs of two people flrebombod
in a basement apartment
Leon L. Tucker, 22, of Salem, was scheduled
for arraignment Monday on two counts of aggra
vated murder, police said.
Hattie Mae Cohens, 29. and Brian Mock, 45.
died after a molotov cocktail was thrown through
their window Saturday, fire officials said.
Tucker was captured Thursday about 7 mllos
east of Nowport after he was spotted by a Lincoln
County road crow.
Authorities had been searching along the coast
for Tucker since Tuesday ovoning, when he fled a
Volkswagen van that was stopped by a sheriff's
deputy on U.S. Highway 101.
Another man in the van, Michael W. Palmer.
22, was arrested on an unrelated folony wurrant
from Multnomah County.
Three others also wero charged in the deaths.
Philip Bruco Wilson Jr., 20. and Sean Robert
Edwards, 21, wore chargod with aggravated mur
der and arson. Yolanda Renee Cotton, 19, was
charged with felony murdor and arson.
Wilson and Cotton were identified by the Port
land Police Bureau s gang enforcement team as
"sklnhoads," a loose group of racist youths.
Friends said both wore admitted racists but
thoy had nevor boon violent.
Both Cohen* and Mock were homosexual*, and
Cohon* was black, according to neighbor* and
former tenants of the house.
Police have not said whether ihoy consider the
arson a hate crime, but gey groups say they con
sider It an act of political terrorism.
The FBI was investigating any potential civil
rights violation* but no federal charges hud been
filed, said Stnphon Polfer of the U S attorney s of
fice in Portland.
Salem police and the Murion County district ut
torney's office refused to comment except to say
that a foderal Investigation was warranted
Ariel Waterwoman, editor of the Portland
based publication. Just Out. said the homosexual
community blames iho Oregon Citizen's Alliance,
Iho right-wing group Ihul sponsored the anlt-gay
Measure a on the November ballot.
"Wo blame the (X)A for fanning the flames of
hate In this state and creating an almosphem
whore bigotry can foster and kill innocent peo
ple.” Waterwoman said in a joinl statement with
publisher Renee LaChance.
“Violence against Iho lesbian and gay commu
nity in Oregon and nationwide is on the rise and
groups like the OCA are encouraging It,"
Waterwoman said.
| senate candidates spar
over China trade policy
1 WASHINGTON (AP) — Oregon Republican Sen Bob Packwood
| and his Democratic challonger Rop. Les AuCoin sharply attacked
each other Thursday over U.S. trade policy toward Ghina.
Packwood. siding with President Bush, placed a premium on
economics whilo AuCoin prioritized human rights.
Packwood said AuCoin was being irresponsible. AuCoin said
Packwood is "over the hill." Both said the issue is a ma)or differ
ence between thorn in ono of the nation's most hotly contested Sen
ate races.
AuCoin voted with the House majority Wednesday to override
the president's veto of the bill that would have placed conditions
on China's most-favorod-nation trading status.
. Pockwood, voting to sustain Bush's veto Thursdoy, said China
should rocoivo the preferred status without conditions primarily
because of the market’s economic importance to Oregon.
• Speaking on the Sonnto floor. Packwood singlod out AuCoin as
one who formerly endorsed free trade between the United Status
andChinu.
■'No one has stated it bettor than my colleague from Oregon ...
I when he said way back In 1970 that normal trade relations with
| China would, 'translate into dollars, cents and paychecks for Oro
! gon workers and l>e of substantial economic and political benefit to
| the United States,'" Packwood said, reading AuCoin’s old state
| men!
"I agree with him," tho senator continued. "Those words ure as
[true today us they were then.
» "It would bo irresponsible for me or any member of Congress
f from Oregon toduy to vote against his own state's interests in such
a blatant way as revoking or conditioning most-favorod-nation stat
us for Chinu," Puckwood said.
Packwood ucknowledgud there is room for China to improve its
human rights [>olicy.
"Whilo none of us bolievo China is there yol, lot's not stop the
progress by conditioning most-favorod-nation status," he said.
AuCoin. a loud critic of tho slaughter of pro-democracy demon
strators at China's Tiananmen Square In 1990. said President Bush
"has turned a blind eye to human rights.
Ranchers
fear return
of grizzlies
WINTHROP. Wash. (AP) —
Thorn Is no such thing us a
nlct) grizzly when It comos to
domostic livestock, cattlemen
said at a meeting to discuss
plans for re-Introduclng the
boar In the North Cascade*
"Wo're here basically to
stop this nonsense any way
we can,” said Tonnskot
rancher Dal Dugnon, repre
senting the Washington State
Cattlemen's Association, u!
the North Cascades Grizzly
Boar Steering Committee
meeting.
After a six-year, 5350,000
study of the threatened sjxi
cies, the U S. Fish and Wild
life Service has propoaod a
plan to restore grizzly popu
lations in some parts of
Washington and Idaho. Such
efforts already ore under way
in other areas of the West,
ranging from Wyoming to
Idaho.
"The question is not If the
grizzly bear will Im> recovered
in Washington, but how,"
said Doug Zimmer. Fish and
Wildlife Service spokesman.
That prospect doesn't sit
well with cattle ranchers.
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