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Residents reported 4.9M <ar thefts through July 24 — that's one an hour "I used to sneak out of my house every night and steal a car just to go to my girlfriend’s house." Vaughn said The bus doesn't run after midnight, he said, and "1 didn't feel like walking " While Vaughn may lie an experienced car thief, he is not a particularly adept one He was arrest ed by Portland police four times last year But those arrests and others for assault and harass ment never landed him in a state training school. "They just gave me a lot of chances." he said in an interview at his juvenile counselor's office. The car theft problem has infuriated residents and prompted Mayor Vera Katz to appoint a spe cial task forte to tackle a situation she iuiIIs "intol erable " Juveniles like Vaughn account for almost half of the theft They steal cars with near impunity hetause they know that the juvenile system is so dogged with violent offenders that few judges will send a mere car thief to Hillcrest or Macl-aren. the state training schools Vaughn, who said he has given tip stealing cars, thinks those judges an- making the wrong choice. I'd just tell 'em to be real hard on them, because they weren't hard on me." he said Proses.ulors say the juvenile system allows even r«p«at offender* to avoid punishment. "I don't think the general public has any idea what's going on in the juvenile system until they re victimized, their car's stolen.'' said Mark McDon nell. a deputy district attorney " I hen they come to court and see what's happening and they re extremely angry " McDonnell traces the problem to 1985. when the legislature — with the support of then-House Speaker Katz — cut the number of beds at MacLaren and Hillcrest bv about one-third. The move reflect ed a Ixilief still held by many experts that children should not be institutionalized Almost overnight, the state shrank its juvenile capacity from 750 to 513. The high rate of juvenile crime in Portland is relat ed to those missing beds, said Hillcrest Superin tendent Marv Ellen Eller "Capping at the '85 number, when gangs were just a glimmer in Oregon's eye and when the pop ulation was beginning to skyrocket, just made no sense at all,” she said. Vaughn's counselor, Laura Burgess, defends the current system. She said Vaughn suffered substan tial penalties for his thefts and benefited when he finally was sent to Son Village, a group home on the Salmon River. "People think automatically that kids should just do time." she said. "1 think this was far more ben eficial to him." Vaughn credits counselors at Son Village for per suading him to give up car theft. One thing they told him was that with one more offense he could go to Macl-aren. "Three hours of fun for three years in jail." he said. "It's not worth it ^ a a - a a . ■ Former Hajneesnees rignt extraamon PORTLAND (AH) - Two for mer Rajneoshees charged m an alleged pled to kill a U.S. attor ney in Oregon have fought efforts to extradite them from Britain in i ourt — and now are enlisting the Britisfi pn*ss Kally-Ann Croft, also known as I’rem Savitn. and Susan Hagan, also known as Anand Su, fai e murder conspiracy and firearms charges The pair contend they would not lx* able to get a fair tri al in Oregon Ins aus*- of their pas! ties to the serf led by Indian gum Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Croft now works as an at i mili tant in London. Hagan is an aro matherapist in Hertfordshire But prior to September 19H5, they were among the leaders of the Rajneesh Nito-Sannyas Interna tional Commune at Rancho Rajneesh The federal murder conspira cy and firearms charges allege that Hagan and Croft, along with the Bhagwan's chief aide. Anand Sheola. and several others, formed an elite hit squad, acquired false identification, bough! guns and then planned to kill former U S Attorney Charles H Turner in an underground parking garage near the federal ft is the quickest route to the hearts and votes of the redneck residents of America’s Bible Belt.’ The Daily Telegraph, London newspaper courthouse in Portland The Daily Telegraph in Lon don criticized the attempt to extradite the women: "As to why the Oregon authorities should lie interested in prosecuting mom l«<rs of a cull whit h left the state eight years ago, the answer seems to he that it is the quickest route to the hearts and votes of the red neck residents of America's Bible Belt " By ron C. Sholdnhl. chief crim inal assistant U S attorney in Oregon, said he was startled to si>e Oregon identified ns the Bible Belt. "If they're trying to make a legal point that we waited too long, the answer is no. we did not." he said. According to The Independent newspaper in London, the British High Court on July 2‘) ruled that former British Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke “had not prop erly testtsl the reliability of Amer ican evidence" before he signed the extradition order in April. A review of the order is to take place this tall Clarke told The Daily Tele graph in April that “the charge is a serious one This is a case where guilt ought to be finally determined by a comjx'tent court of law and not by me no by the judgment of various distin guished people whose letters 1 have also read and considered carefully." Both Croft and Hagan have insisted that they dropped out of the murder plot when they left Rancho Rajnoosh. But Sheldahl said “once you join a conspiracy, you've com mitted the crime at that point." One of their attorneys, Andrew McCooev. has suggested that British authorities are pursuing the extradition for political rea sons McCooev urged Clarke this past spring "not to sacrifice the lives of two innocent British women for the sake of Anglo-U.S. relations.” Bruce Lee note sells for 529,000 BEVERLY HILLS. Calif. (AP) — A note written in 1469 by Bruce Lee predicting he would become famous and worth 510 million went for $29,000 at an auction attended by collectors and fans of the late actor and martial arts legend. The personal, handwritten note, catalogued as worth up to $15,000, read: "I, Bruce l,ee, will be the first highest-paid Ori ental superstar in the United States. In return I will give the most exciting performances and render the best of quality in the capacity of an actor. Starl ing in 1970 1 will achieve world fame and from then onward till the end of 1980 1 will have in my possession $10.(KM).0<H) I will live the way I please and achieve inner harmony and happiness." Lee grew up in Hong Kong and lived several years in Seattle and California before returning to Hong Kong. He died in 1973 of acute cerebral ede ma. possibly caused by an allergic reaction to a prescription painkiller. The auction was authorized by his widow. Lin da Lee Cadwell, who said she felt it was time to give fans a more complete pit tore of the star of the movie Enter the Dragon anti The Green Hornet television series. Lee's Hong Kong driver's license, estimated to be worth about $1,200, brought $8,000. His old reading glasses, held together with wire in the days before he could afford new ones, went for $6,000 in the Saturday bidding, w hich attracted about 150 people. Items for sale included Lee's essays, auto graphed pictures and movie contracts. His mar tial arts outfits, trophies, and the training records of two of bis most prominent students, actor Steve McQueen and basketball star Kareetn Abdul-Jab bar. were also included. The reading glasses were particularly signifi cant, his widow said, because Lee held them together with w ire during the late 1960s, when he had trouble getting acting jobs and couldn't afford new ones. After he became a star, he pledged to always keep them to remind him of the hard times.