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NEWS BRIEFING * tOOK AT I HIS MORNING S MtAOHNTS Environmentalists arrested at Tote Crook timber sale CORVALLIS (AP) - Kim ronmenlai protester* who entered • timber tele closed to the public were attested Monday, but tbelr leaders promised they would return Thi» will out bo (he last effort lo MV* the old-growth forests." Mid Thom** Gil* cnn *«rv»tion c tuimun lor the Audubon St* >etv ' of Corvallis Gllg Mid 24 pnHouter* were charged with trespassing at tha Tube Creek Weal timber m1« about 3 mile* aoulheaat of tha town of Alsea in the Oregon (out Range About 100 people turned out. The protester* croaaed into an area closed to the public by the U.S Bureau of band Management despite a warning from Benton County * her iff • deputies, a theriff* * poke* man Mid Deputise identified group* involved in the protest as Earth First!. Siskiyou Forest Defenders and the Corvallis Area Forest Issues Group The Tobe Creek West sale was completed in 1990. Gila Mid the tale was withdrawn under President Clinton's Northwest forest plan, but was released by the so-called timber mI vage rider passed as part of a congressional appropriations bill Tha rider suspends enforcement of environmental laws to increase logging on federal lands Gilg Mid the Mle area provides habitat for salmon and northern spotted owl. and con tains one of the few pristine stream* in the | Coast Range Onion shed burns to the ground NYSSA. Ore (API —• A 40.000-square-foot onion shed belonging to Fiesta Farms j burned to the ground Monday after sparks i from a welding torch ignited a gasoline can | inside, fire officials Mid. The welder. Mark Bybee. suffered burns i on hi* hands and legs He was flown to St Alphonsus Regional Medical Center In j Boise. Idaho, where he was in fair condition j Monday night, a nursing supervisor Mid Firefighters from three Idaho towns —• j Parma. Payette and Fruitland — responded j to the blaze Nyssa is oil the west bank of the \ Snake River, which marks the Oregon Idaho j border GOP OutQuns Democrats in Congressional Competition MATtONM (UJENN DALE. Md (API — Tba crockary «u flying — and gotting blasted to bit* — as itapublican and Domorra ti< uwmlan of (nngraia vt»d »» ngnn tn a mooting content Mon day The Republican* w«m tup gun* The good na Hired ribbing, ntuia making and dwelling fan room on the mtsem than the hit* made the competition »«**»« akin to golf although lb* effort was far noisier and mqutmd a lot leaa walking Rep CnlHn Peterson. a conservative [bnu> tmt from Minnesota, cam* up with a novel excuse for hi* sudden trouble shooting the bright orange clay pigeon* vaulting from left to right during the *kaet competition. **l »p*nt the weekend with (Paul) Well *1 one." he «aid. referring to hi* state's liber al Democratic senator "I can t go right anymore “ After an early round showing of 19 in *keet and 14 tn trap — out of a possible 25 in each — Peter*>n Mid Brewster, going to kill me ” Kep Bill Hmwfter. IVOkU. a National Rifle AMociatiun hoard member, "put pro**ure on me." Peterson Mid He * *o competitive He * worried we re not going to win “ And they didn't When the final round* were all over at the Prince Gaocga’s County Trap and Skent Center, the Republican* had (tagged 3M bird*, compared with 370 ft if the Democrat* The lieet ihooters were Brew tier, with 80 out of «00. and Rep* Pete Geren. D Texas and l hi mart Hunter, R-Galif. both with 70 The «ky wa* oven a*t during ih# com pen tion that wa* »*pet ted to retie $5,000 for the Congressional Sportsmen'* Foundation San John Breaux. D-La , clearly off hi* game, nevertheless wa* the best shooter among the senators present He was also the only senator present His total score was IS out of 50 "You can't call what I did shooting." Breaux Mid. blaming a friend for tending him a shotgun with a "crooked barrel " The Ml Republican and 10 Democratic members of Congress competing included only one woman lawmaker competed Rep Karen Thurman. D-Fla. Sba scored 10 out of 50 for the day Former Texas federal judge presides at war crimes trial wo* to THE HAGUE. N*ih«Und* 1AP) — Th« ftr*i tninriMf tonal wmt niin« tribunal ilnio World W« || ofMriu Tuaadav with • T»»ah in «hanw. • for mot U s ierieral |u*lge who worked at a civil right* lawyer in 1900* tiahrielU Kirk McDonald will preside over • thraejudg* pa not trying a Bosnian Sorb prison guard for murdor. rapo and torture — an event that mark* lha world community'* Br*t attampt to try violation* of intamalional humanitarian law Previous war crime* trial* warn tot up by victorious nation*. Ilka tha Nurnmborg and Tokyo trial* aftar World War II Hut tha tri bunal wa* put ingot her by tha UN Security Council in roaponta to international outrages ! at atrocities committed in Bosnia The ciefendant. Dutan Tadic, i* nol the btg fith U N proaacutor* had hoped to catch Far from tha cotnmandat* accused of ordering tha murder* of thoutand*. Tadic l* an alleged thugfor-hire accused of killing and torturing Muslim inmate* at a Serb-run prison tamp Ha i* one of S7 war crime* suspet is named i by tha tribunal In tha long run. McDonald hopes*, the tri bunal will nave lha way for a permanent international war crime* court Tha*e international rule* of human behavior have not been enforced for SO years, she said "It would be a real void if it wasn't carried on. because I'm afraid that inevitably there are going to be conflict* They are not going to slop with the former Yugoslavia" One of two women among the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal * It |udges. McDonald. S3, plans to draw on her background a* a lawyer during the U S civil right* move | men! Her work with the NAAC'.P'* lagal i Defense and Educational Fund gave her esperieuce with new law* — something ! she 1! need in The Hague Rape will be tried a* a war crime for the first time at The Hague The HMtl Pari* Genocide Convention will lie pul to the test for the first time And the tribunal also will prosecute breaches of the ttM» Genova tin ventions forbidding mistreatment of prison er* of war or civilian* f T AIS MISCKlKANKOt'S Department of Huiunr will *|«!iiwn « showing of ; The ImH fjipamta at 7 p m in Room UN) Will* matt* Producer dire* tor Susan Uoyd. will introduce the film and have a discus Won afterwards Oumt tenter will offer an Effective fitters tewing Workshop today fnun 1 l» 4 JO in Roan 12 IMrick Hall Information is avail aid* in Room 244 Hendricks or by calling .146-600) lanwr Canter snitouncm dm following umi|MniM will be open for bidding beginning Itxiay Wedne* day Columbia Ultimate. Peer * (awp«, Intel. Auto mated Office. Hridgesi<j«e/P t rea t one. 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San NX) HvhMo.okvm (503) 228 1900 <S0J> J7J M50 (Mil «*><<> **•».> tny/'wwttw wtfiiktMlHsaM Mu IWMfdlHt itUMO OR-M-WOll Naked man on tracks attacks train crew, police say DARIEN, Coon (APJ - After commuter train «rew member* *u«fbx ted they ran over a body, they made an emergency tiup and found a naked man an the tracks who was not only alive, hut very angry The man, who was lying in the space between the two tells, attacked threw Metro North use members who checked to see if he wes elive early Sunday, police said "When the workers turner) their flashlights un. he jumped up and started beating them." said Metro-North police Officer lames Pymrn He said the man then ran into nearby wood* The three crew members were treat ed for scratches, bites and bruts es. Artsy Drinks. 23. of Bridge port, was captured about an hour later and hooked on aaaault and trespassing charges He was taken to a hospital for a psychi atric evaluation The New Haven bound Metro-North train left New York City around 1 30 a m Sunday and the incident occurred aa the train neared the Darien station about an hour later The train and its passengers were delayed by more than an hour. Courteous cab drivers may give New York City's image a boost NEW YORK (AH) - Which of these are you most likely to hear when you hand a New York City cabbie a $50 bdl fur a $5 cab nde? A) Thank* for the Up B) Are you out of your mind? Q I am aorry, but I am not required to change a $50 bill. Please let me drive you to the nearest place where you can get change tf the Taxi and Limousine Commission get* it* way, cabbiea will be answering "C," along with 49 other courteous state ments such as: "Thank you for hailing me. sir (madam)." After finally requiring driver* to speak English and know how to find Broadway, the agency n»w want* to banish the quin* tessential New York image rude cab driver* "The cabdnver is often the firs! and but \<*W Y<>tk«r tha: a tourist meet*." TLC Commissioner Christopher Lynn said, **t think it will be a boost to our image and tourism." Summer Duck Call Is Here Register now lor l C) Summer c Kisses. Pick up a tree summer bulletin with schedule of classes in 333 Oregon I fall. (
