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Abortion researchers unfazed by picketers P O R T - LAND (API — One of three Oregon doc* tors targeted in a harassment campaign by an anti-abortion group says she will not bar It down from her research. "Of course it would !h> bet ter if there were no abortions — or starvation or rape or (.hild abuse, either Our world will be better when all chil dren are wanted, and I work towards that vision." Dr Kliz abeth Newhall, an obstetri cian-gynecologist at l.egat v Emanuel Hospital, said Sun day. Newhall was targeted because of her involvement in testing the new French abor tion pill. RU-4R6 Also on the list was her husband. Dr fames Newhall, who provides abortions at Portland's Down town Women's Center The Newhnlls have been pii kotod twit e this winter by Advocates for Life Ministries, a Portland anti-abortion group that has played a key role in forming the national coalition. Kli/.aheth Newhall do scribed the experiem e as "very frightening," especially to the couple’s children. The third Portland doctor listed was Dr George KAbney, the medical director of tin' Love joy Surgi center Carve Ortrnan, l4V«|oy Stir gicenters director of counsel ing. soul kaha< \ would have no comment Hut she said it was ironic that a group proclaiming fam ily values should lie atlas king doctors who have families of their own "It's very disheart ening," she said The three were on the national "deadly dozen" list issued Sunday by the Port land based American (ionic tion of Life Activists at a news conferem e in Arlington. Va The group adopted the meth ods and even the name of the Oregon effort, called "No Place to Hide.” The coalition distributed mm k "wanted" (wisters .« i us ing the 12 do< tors of i runes against humanity." listing the home addresses of some, and offering a S5.0CH) reward for information about them Crane said that the reward was intended to encourage tr .11 king the.physit i.niv but lie dm lints) to speculate whether the i antpaign would expose doctors to the risk of violent attacks Sciences university may split from system SA1.HM (AP) - legislation to make Oregon Health S< lent es University a public corporation is drawing support from Gov John Kitzhaber and top leaders of both parties. The i hief sponsor ol the mea sure is Son Gene Timms. R Burns. a key player as co-chair man of the budget-writing Joint Ways iit Means Qimmittue. We must not allow handicaps of a state bureaucrat \ to destroy one of the finest teaching, research and health care providers in the country." Timms said at a conference Monday Bar kers of the plan sav it could make University Hospital, which provides fit) percent of QHSU’s revenue, more competitive by freeing it from state administra tive rules Kitzhaber said the school s future "depends on its ability to compete in a rapidly i hanging and increasingly competitive marketplace." "it is a great example of how wo i an find innovative wavs to deliver public servk es more etb ciently and cost effei tively," said kit/haber, who's a physician Among supporters of the pro pusal are Senate President (.or don Smith. K-Pendleton. House Speaker Hev Clamo. K-Hend. and major Democratic leaders "Kvery university hospital in this country is swimming in dil ficult waters because of the changes in health care." said Joseph VV C.o\, the chancellor of the State System of Higher Kdu cation. The legislation would make the si hnul a public enterprise, report' mg to a governor-appointed board and responsible to the Legisla ture Neither the stall- higher edu cation system nor the De|vartnnmt of Administrative Services would oversee its operations Timms said his proposal would eliminate the chancellor and the president of the state higher education hoard as non voting members of the QHSU governing board Pony may not find happy home f'.M'KRSON Wash (AP) It s a heartwarming story- abandoned pony rem mxl from railroad trai ks finds loving new home Hut ii may noi end well Under an obscure state lavs. I ho pony could Im? turned Into dog food His new family is hoping t onuncm sense will pro vail ("artene Whitesoll brought the pony home Dev 10 after he was spotted wandering untended near the trat ks The animal vsas unlikely to survive « run-in with a freight train The pony wouldn't have been there the next day," said Dolores Millimnn, a local farm owner The crows would've lawn eating him Whitesell w as among those enlisted by I’oatmaster Hoth Allen to lure the frightened animal away from the (vm let arid Into tbit Benton t bunt) town She brought the pony home to the house she and her family share with four dogs, two tats and a i m k at ini. Sons Israel, 12. and Hen (am m. ft. took to their new friend immediately and named him Bla/e Whitesell set about trying to find the pony 's own er. posting plat ards at the post offii e. and i ontai t ing area veterinarians and the sheriff finally someone suggested she i all the state brand inspec tor That's when the WhiteselK learned about the Revised (aide of Washington, litle in.Chapter 2-t. Se< tion 110. vvhil h says "Any horses, mules, don keys, or i at tie of any age running at large or ires passing ire de< lared to lie a publu nuisance " Bla/e will be impounded Tuesday If the liraiid inspector's office t an t find his owner, he'll be am tinned to the highest bidder, who h could he a slaughterhouse agent looking for horse meat Whitesell i all si an ely believe it "I resent the idea that they (the state) think they i an sell what's not theirs I bis is (ns! su stupid," she said I like In sit in there and talk to him. and feed him apples and carrots I don't want them to take him. t**i ante I 11W>> him." Israel said Whitesell'* offered in pay (or advertising to find the pony's ovvnor ami to sign doc uinents saving sha would give him up if his owner make* an appear am n She s offered to pay the stale whatever Blare would likely feti h at amt ion But the lacs doesn't work that way If the pony remains mu tainted and Whitesell wants him. she would have to hire a horse trailer, drive an hour or so to tin1 auction site m i entral Washington or One gon. and try to outbid the meat industry and nny one else who might want Blaze "I don't want hint taken from here, it doesn't take long for an animal to become part of your fa mi It Ins mother said ' But w hen t ou don't have any politu at influent e. you < an't do anything " Whitesell tlul i ill longtime state Sen Irt New house, a Republican from nearby Mahton That prompted a series of phone calls involving Senate ‘•tatters the itti.! ii.’S genera! ■■ ottu •• imf state A,;n i nltiire Department offli ials But on l-'nday New house w as told the pony vs ill la* (in ked up Tuesday and taken to the Sunnyside l.ivestoc k Market If his owner t an't l«* found, he'll lie sold Newhouse believes the department lias other alternatives, sm ii as negotiating a sale to Wlulosoll if the pony's owner i an't Im* found But "they haven't chosen to do that I've tried to tie as impartial as 11 an Is*, hut t sympathize yvith the lady and her hoys.'' In* said "Our role and our responsibility isi ut and dried," said Agriculture Department spokeswoman kroim. ... !<■ ..a.*- ^ on find something you i all Us. vve come and impound it. we advertise it (or to days After that, we take it to the nearest market, and whoever has the funds ts able to bid " otfii ials did promise to let W hitesell know when and yvliere Blaze will tie am tinned Heport may limit Tri-City economy RICHLAND. Wash CAP) Economic diversific nhon efforts in the Tri-Cities could lx stymied by findings of a draft report fiy the Department of Energy’s insjx-ctorgeneral, busi ness leaders said The report savs 1K)E c annot require a contractor to build a laboratory nearby as a condition for winning its contract to help c lean up wastes and c unlamma lion at the Hanford nuclear reservation "If Westinghouse (Hanford Co.) and other Hanford contrac tor* don't have tfce ahilitv to include a local service require ment in cuntrai ts, then firms in New York or anywhere else could (Hill work away from here and there is no ts onomic benefit to these communities," said Sam Volpenfest. executive vim president of the Tn-City Indus trial Development Council The preliminary report con cludes Westinghouse could not require international Technolo gy Corp to build a new labora tory within 25 miles of the I re Cities as a condition of winning a 52 IH million, eight-year con tract. The requirement, included ill the contract issued to Interna tional Technology in August 1993, vvds inlunded to boost of forts to build the Tri-Cities ik onoftty Thu company is known now as Quanterra. following a tnnrg nr in rm ftil months between International ! tn hriologv ant! (arming Analytii al Co Volpontest w.mts thi) develop itmnl count it to lobby Congress for legislation that would allow the Department of Energy to require that environmental cleanup work be done in com (nullities near the polluted fed eral sites This is where all these prod nets were produced, where the pollution happened," he said "I dott t see w In.the lie. k linn, it) some other cities should finan cially lienefit from the problems left behind we’re trying to solve," II the DOE stops requiring i mitral tors from doing work in or near the Tri-Cities, it will be violating the Tri-Parly Agree merit The Tri-Party Agreement between the DOE, bv the state Department of Ecology and the ITS Environmental Protei tion Agency sets out the guidelines and a timetable by which Han ford is to lie cleaned up over ill years It also includes the requirement ili.ii Hanford i loan up work In* performed within lift miles of the Tri-Cities Meant* Idle, si in e the cnntrai t was nwurdt'd. changes in * leniuip pros edures hove greatly mdiu ed the amount of work ilia! Quanlerra will do for Westing house Though it will analyze about tln> same number of sain pies, it won’t perform as many lusts on them That will reduce tha value of the contrai t from the original estimate of $2trt million to about $r.O million Hut the company intends to go ahead with the groundbreaking si hoduled next month for a $5 million expansion of the firm’s existing Ko hlsnd laboratory despite Ixnilg told the local ser vo e requirement was improper, • ml (trad I Igley, v n e president of Quanlerre. based in Denver "We are committed to meet ing (Tri-Party Agreement) mile stones,” Figley vtul "To do that, all of the work has to he done there in Richland " Westiiigbouse Hanford < o of fit ials referred inquiries io DOF in Kn bland Tom Bauman, a DOF spokesman, said DOE would not have any comment until it see*, a final report SputkKlttd K iftc* UnilRMf (Jl Ovcyuti LJutatun*) atxj Sufifttft Semto Tuesday afternoons 4-5:30 pm The Koinonia Center 1414 Kincaid Street Fur inure mturnuoun call and leave a <ur Jenmtef Seit at J46-1142 or the LGBA at i kiO And Jne'l keen the tCBA o.rftec,Sunal hour ever* Thunder jfcrmoun at 4 p m Drop-In Group Oolor f Overheads! & Slides! > Brishten your presentation & keep their attention kinko's win hunch i>11 ice 1265 WiU*m«tte 344 3555 lit 344-0870 (Onw join tlw fun at , \ *u ve . tune i! in (he',h. iwCf, you ve done .! m the ,*r. t.>mr down In Senorit.il .indbe the st.e tfi.it yi.. .»<*) 4847044 wry Thursday night,« 9 00pm Enjoy dll the gre.it food, spirits. music ,tnd dancing Bring your f.imiiy and friends irvj take advantage of .ill the specials) verything is okey dokey when you tome to karaoke n SenorrtaV Latino Muuc FriuayI f Hki *Ai MIAY | Ofruv of If "t<v,iy A. |'X*| • I i«m |/y» Jhurs I. 1 ■
