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IN BRIEF
Two Marquette University
students shot during party
MILWAUKEE — Police had three
people in custody Sunday after the
weekend shooting of two Marquette
University students who were trying
to prevent a group from entering a
house party.
One of the students, shot in the ab
domen and face, remained in "very
critical" condition Sunday night at
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospi
tal in Wauwatosa, said police Capt.
Eric Moore. The other was reported
in stable condition Sunday.
One of the four males trying to join
the party late Friday pulled out a gun
and fired multiple shots after they
were pushed away by students,
police said. The four were not
Marquette students.
The shots also hit one of the shoot
er's friends. He went to an area hos
pital seeking treatment for a gunshot
wound to the torso, police said. He
was in stable condition and under
police guard at the hospital Sunday.
Police had another suspect, 19, in
custody and were looking for two
other identified males Sunday.
Moore said a third person taken
into custody had not been at the
shooting scene but allegedly tried to
report the car used by the others as
stolen in an attempt to obstruct
police.
Costs top $750,000
from Puget Sound spill
TACOMA, Wash. — A seal pup
found oiled on a Tacoma beach was
examined Sunday to determine
whether its death was caused by a
1,000-gallon oil spill in south Puget
Sound.
Cleanup costs for the spill have
topped $750,000 so far, said Larry Al
tose, a spokesman for the joint infor
mation center of the state Ecology
Department, U.S. Coast Guard and
other agencies.
The young seal was discovered
alive and “lightly oiled” Saturday at
Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, the
Voters' Pamphlet
look-alike causes
confusion, outcry
Secretary of State Bill Bradbury says the flier,
distributed by a pro-Measure 35 group, is a ‘trick’
BY RUKMINICALLIMACHI
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PORTLAND — A campaign flier
that closely resembles Oregon’s non
partisan Voters’ Pamphlet has drawn
the ire of election officials.
The “Voter’s Guide for the State of
Oregon” is printed on cheap, gray
newsprint — just like the Voters'
Pamphlet. In bold letters, it features
the phrase “State of Oregon Election”
on each page.
But unlike the official document,
the copycat is clearly partisan,
showcasing arguments in favor of
Measure 35, a ballot measure that
aims to curb the escalating cost of
malpractice awards.
Oregon election officials convened
an emergency press conference Sun
day in the wake of the mailing.
“It’s real clear based on the phone
calls we got to our office that voters
are scratching their heads,” said Sec
retary of State Bill Bradbury.
He shared the podium with mem
bers of the No on 35 campaign, but
stressed that even though he is voting
“no” on the measure, his actions were
prompted by concern, not politics.
“I don't want them hijacking what
is essentially a very trusted public
document,” he said.
Bradbury argued that the only rea
son to print a pamphlet reminiscent
of the design of the official pamphlet
is to “trick” voters into thinking the
positions detailed in the pamphlet
wer& backed by state officials.
“I have to tell you one thing —
only the government does such
cheap printing,” Bradbury said,
prompting laughter.
The mailer was produced by Ore
gonians for Quality, Affordable and
Reliable Health Care, the organiza
tion fronting the Yes on 35 campaign.
Jim Kronenberg, a spokesman for the
group, said Bradbury's accusations
are “ridiculous.”
The pamphlet contains a dis
claimer‘on every page. It's also only
a few pages long, whereas the Voters'
Pamphlet is much thicker.
Any resemblance is accidental and
is a function of the inferior quality of
the paper, chosen to save money —
not for some ulterior political motive,
he said.
“Does this mean we're not allowed
to send out things on inexpensive pa
per? Our choice of media is really
ours and not the secretary of state’s,”
Kronenberg said.
Bradbury stressed that while the
resemblance is troubling, it is not il
legal. For the law to have been bro
ken, the look-alike guide would have
had to simulate the state seal. In
stead, it only used the words, “State
of Oregon” — not an infringement in
the legal sense, he said.
He was joined at the podium by
former Gov. Barbara Roberts — a vo
cal opponent of Measure 35 — who
implored voters not to be “fooled.”
“Oregon was the first state in the
union to have a Voters' Pamphlet,
and this fake voter’s guide is a cheap
political stunt,” she said. “It threatens
the trust that Oregonians have in this
important and familiar voter re
source. ”
The pamphlet was part of a “wide
spread mailing,” said Kronenberg,
who declined to say exactly how
many of the fliers were sent out. But
Charlie Burr, campaign manager for
No on 35, estimates the mailing was
in the “hundreds of thousands.”
Measure 35 would place a
$500,000 limit on so-called pain and
suffering awards, though juries
would still be allowed to award full
compensation for medical expenses
and earnings losses stemming from a
malpractice case.
The measure mirrors President
Bush's efforts to enact a national
malpractice damage cap. It raises key
issues about availability of medical
care in Oregon and people's ability to
win adequate compensation in med
ical malpractice cases.
agencies said Sunday. It was trans
ferred to the Progressive Animal Wel
fare Society wildlife .center in Lyn
nwood, where it died Saturday night
or early Sunday.
Remains were taken to NOAA
Fisheries for further examination.
"Oil can be harmful to seals and
other wildlife because it interferes
with insulating properties of feathers
and fur,” Altose said. But at this time
of year, some young pups that have
been weaned are dying naturally, he
said, so the cause of the pup’s death
is not yet clear.
An investigation continued to find
the source of the oil spill reported
T hursday, which spread a sheen of
oil over south Puget Sound around
the Key Peninsula, Tacoma and
Vashon and Maury islands.
Pentagon: Ex-detainees
return to terrorism
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Despite
gaining their freedom by signing
pledges to renounce violence, at least
seven former prisoners of the United
States at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
have returned to terrorism. At least
two are believed to have died in fight
ing in Afghanistan, and a third was
recaptured during a raid of a suspect
ed training camp in Afghanistan, Lt.
Cmdr. Flex Plexico, a Pentagon
spokesman, said last week.
Car bomb kills at least
seven in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. troops
pounded Fallujah with airstrikes and
tank fire Sunday, and the Iraqi gov
ernment appealed to residents to ex
pel “foreign terrorists” to prevent an
all-out attack. A suicide driver in
Baghdad exploded a car near a police
patrol, killing at least seven people
and wounding 20. A mortar shell also
exploded at a Baghdad sports stadi
um minutes before interim Prime
Minister Ayad Allawi arrived to in
spect a cash-for-weapons program
for Shiite fighters.
— The Associated Press
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