Creative energy
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Jennifer Lloyd (right) and Travis Carlson (center), both seniors in geology, and their friend Ingrid
Opsahl reveal their creativity outside their suite Wednesday
Winning skater cancels show
PORTLAND (AI *) Figure
skating champion Tonya
Harding abruptly i anceled an
appearam o in Virginia on
Wednesday amid reports that
tier husband and bodyguard
were under investigation in last week's attac k on
rival Nam \ Kerrigan
A Portland minister went to the FBI after hear
inga tape recording in which the two men alleged
lv spoke with a “hit man'' from Arizona about
attacking Kerrigan, a private investigator said
Wednesday
The FBI alerted Kerrigan's family to an impend
ing development, said Dewey Blanton, a
spokesman for Kerrigan
The Oregonian newspaper reported Wednesday
that the FBI was investigating Harding's husband.
Jeff Gillooly. and tier bodyguard. Shawn Kric
Fckardt, in the attack on Kerrigan Jan 6 la;fore the
U S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit
In that attack a man brandishing a club struck
Kerrigan after a practice session in Detroit, severe
ly bruising her rigid leg and forcing her to with
draw from the competition. He escaped
The International Committee of the U S. Figure
Skating Association named Kerrigan to the U S
team for the Winter Olympics anyway, along with
Harding, who won the U S. championship at the
trials. The Olympics will bo held in Lillehammer,
Norway. February 12-27
Harding has denied any link to the attack, saying
she felt cheuted of the chance to compete with
Kerrigan
No one answered ihe telephone at Harding's j
house, and her i oai h Diane Rawhnson. did not |
reply to a message left on her answering m.n hine
A call to the l S Figure Skating offii e was not |
returned j
I he private investigator, (.arv ( row e, said I lard j
ing evidently knew nothing about any plot to j
attai k Kerrigan
Crowe said the minister. Fugene C Saunders,
came to him for advice alter an aci|uaintance
played the tape recording lor him
Crowe said Saunders told him the tape record
mg mode it clear that Kerrigan was the target
Saunders told him a man s voice on the tape
asked. "Why don't wo just kill her7'
The response was Wo don’t need to kill her
Let s just hit her III the knee
He said Saunders identified the voii os on the
tape as those of Cilloolv. Fckardt and an Arizona
man.
Sounders was friends with Kt kardt, Crowe said,
hut he didn't know w hether it was hi kardt who
hud provided the tape
No one was home at Saunders' house Wednes
day Hu did not return phone messages left on his
answering machine
Gillooly told The Oregonian fie had been ques
tioned by the FBI hut denied that he was involved
in the attack.
"1 wouldn't do that,” Gillooly said "I have more
faith in my wife than to bump off her competi
tion."
hi kardt called the allegations "absurd "
Jury says Jackson didn’t steal songs i
LOS ANGELES (AL) —
Mu haul Jackson did not steal
his hits ''Thriller,” The Girl is
Mine" and "We Are the World'
from two other songwriters, a
federal jury ruled Wednesday
The panel deliberated for just
over three hours before return
ing with its verdict in the copy
right infringement trial nguinst
Jackson and three others.
' I'm just very happy that all
my clients' innocence has been
reaffirmed by the jury," lawyer
Robert Rotstein said. "We
always thought that there was
absolutely no merit to the suit."
Keynaud Jones and Robert
Smith, two childhood neighbors
of the Jackson family in Gary,
Ind alleged parts of their songs
were pirated for the three Jack
son hits, including "We Are the
World.”
Jones claimed the 19HTi
African famine relief anthem
was based on his 1977 song,
"What Will Become of the Chil
dren."
Jones contended that "We Are
the World” co-writer Lionel
Richie, "Thriller" songwriter
Rod Ternperton and record pro
ducer Quincy Jones also lifted
part of the duo's demo tape,
which had been left with the
Jackson family.
The plaintiffs' attorney.
Howard Manning Jr., was in
court and could not he reached
for comment, said a woman who
answered the telephone at his
law office.
Jackson did nol attend the
three-week trial, but ho tostifiod
in a deposition videotaped in
Mexico City on Nov 8 and Nov.
10 during his "Dangerous" tour
Jackson quit his international
tour on Nov. 1 1, saying ho was
seeking treatment for drug
addiction.
"He knows in his heart that ho
didn't write those songs,” Jack
son said of Jones
Jackson returned to the United
States Dec 10 He faces a law
suit filed by a 14 year-old hoy
who claims Jai kson molested
him.
Jackson denies the allegations.
No criminal charges have been
filed against him.
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