Packwood fails to report money sources
PORTLAND lAP) Son Hob
Pnckwood filed reports with the
Federal Klei tion (!ommi«<iion
that fail to identify the o< i upa
tions of about 51 pon ont ot indi
vidual contributors who gave
him SJtit) or more. The Sunda\
Orvfioninn reported
Pat Ik wood's dtsi Insure state
ments from tout through I lei
turn Day 1‘MliJ reveal I’ai kwood
apparently could not determine
what Grammy winner Quito v
(ones and others eat li of
whom contributed $1,000 or
more to the senator — did for n
living
The olfters ini lode these
prominent names John Chafee.
a Republican senator from
Rhode Island: I lav id Km kefeller
a former Chase Manhattan flank
chairman: and the late Steven !
Knss, who once headed Time
Warner Inc
Federal elei tion law requires
candidates to make a good faith
effort to identify their contribu
tors' names, mailing addresses,
011 upntions and employers The
low's intent is to help voters
determine w here a i andidale's
allegiances lie
"II voters knew that before
hand. thev might think twice
about the people they last their
votes lor.” said Donna Kdvvards
of Congress Watch. .1 public
interest lobby ing group
The newspaper reported that
Pnckvvood could easily identify
hundreds cd his c ontributors,
especially longtime friends and
major financial hackers Hut
since 1‘tHfi, Pac kwood has
•ink**il tirst or set Olid among
Senate candidates tor failure to
identify major contributors in
campaigns raising SI million or
more
Paikwnod du< ltnod to !m>
inters ievv oil by The Sunday t In*
^oman lor its story But (leoffrey
l) Brown, the senator s cam
paign treasurer. said contribu
tors tailing to identify them
salvos receive a letter from
Pat kwood's campaign asking for
tlm information.
The critu ism really ought to
be loveletl at the contributors to
some extent." Brown said
“They have as much of a resjxm
sibilitv to give us the informa
tion .is we have to trv and get
it."
Using computer databases
from the National Library for
Money and Politic s. newspaper
stories and business diret tones.
The Oreffatuan identified more
than Hit percent of Pai kwood's
rei ent contributors
About 1,700 individuals who
collet tively gave Pat kwootl S1 1
million were on the paper's tar
get list
One ol the people, Sam Klein,
gave Pat kwootl three personal
contributions totaling $1,500
between August 1001 anti ()< tu
ber 1002 Klein lives in Hot a
Raton.* l-'la . and Pui kwootl s
report clest ribos Sam Klein as
"retired
However, law enforcement
otlu tals describe Klein as a for
mer (’level and bookie with lies
to Gerardo "Jerry" ( atena. the
late boss of the Genovese < rime
Sen. Bob Packwood
fiitniiv of New Jersey
Sr\ era I years ago. Nevada
(nullingControl Hoard invest iga
tors took a pir.ture of Klein play
ing golf uitli C atena in Hoi a
Raton.
Klein ilnl not return phone
i alls from the paper to Ins Hon
da offil e
1 lie senator's reports do not
identify former Tennessee Sen
I lm\ aril (taker |r w ho ser\ eil as
President Konald Reagan's i.hiel
ol stafl anti is now a registered
lobbyist And tiles do not iden
tify Alan 'Punt h" Green, who
was President George Hush's
Oregon i ump.ngn manager in
t'lHH and then served as t S
ambassador to Romania
The newspaper said Pai k
wood i tainted lie i mild not
learn the business or m i upation
of other lug donors stu h as
I.aw rein e Weinberg, a Hexerly
Hills. (Ullif developer and fur
mer Portland I'r.iiI Blazers own
**n Oregon lumbermen Rob
Frews and I 1 Slul> Stewart,
or Peter F Bih hen president of
PacTrust
An analysis l>\ ill** Portland ,
paper imlii Hi**** ii large portion
of ill*' [leople n**l fulIv identified
were lobby isis. laiy vers and * nr
pnraft* executives
"There art* i orporalions tlint
i an tap Into their tiers of e\e< u
lues said Fd wards of ( ongress
Watch Oil** CF.O * an put
together SbO.OOO or sro.imo or
more .mil got il to .1 i andid.it*'
I In* * undulate knows vvlirri* U s
i outing from "
Politic al at lion committees
can 1411 ** a mas 1 mum of Sin mu 1
pur i'll** lion While individuals
are limited t<* 5-’.IKK), there is no
limit on how many people from
on** organization * an make
donations
For iiistam e I’a* kw oo*l
rn owed dozens of contributions
from Nik*' In* ol Itenvertim
Pat kwood s 1 umpuign tilings
seem to unfit ate he re* etvod only
$ > iill) m donations Iroill Nike
sources 5 t.UfM) from Nike s t or
porate politi* al ai lion 1 mu*1111■
lei*. S.: 1 it til Irom Nik*' * Imirntnii
Phil knight and S'iOO from Carl
k Davis the company 's director
ol inleriiational trade
Hut Tlw Oivtii'iunn identified
more than J t > Nik** off it oils and
family memhers whose individ
uni donations to I’a* kwood
totaled SH.'M) Counting the
PA( money the total Nike rtdiit
ed gilts added up to at least
Vtt) -’Ml
Car plunges
into river;
baby likely
drowned
(API a stvmonth-old
Imliy u .is presumed
droyvned after litir mother's
i ar wenl mil <>l i ontrol find
plunged into the rain
swollen Willamette Kiver
near Kiigene Saturday morn
ing
I'hu mother. I lulleeii Lliza
I M*th I .other, and a passenger.
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were able to est ape the t fir.
hut they i mild not rent It the
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I I Ar> a m
I he haliy . ( larissa Luther
Mi 1 eaii. was strapped into a
t luld t arrier ill the hat k seal
I lie l ane ( anility sherltl s
department said Luther's i nr
was headed north along tin
ny er w hen it left I he road
way. i rossetl hat k at ross the
roadway and strut k a mail
tins and a pile ol rot ks I he
ear then i rossetl the road
again and plunged into thi
rty er
t he I S Army ( orps of
hllgilieers yeas untitled and
yyas to In-gill limiting the
yy.iter floyy from a dam
upstream to help divers
lot ale the i nr the sheriff's
department said
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