IN BRIEF
Police release sketch
tied to Corvallis assaults
CORVALLIS — Police in Corvallis
think the same man may be respon
sible for three separate recent at
tacks on women in the area.
On Monday, investigators re
leased a sketch of a possible sub
ject, showing a white male adult,
about 5 feet 9 inches tall and slight
of frame. The sketch also shows
that the suspect has medium skin
tone, a clear complexion and blue
green eyes.
The most recent assault was in
Corvallis on Nov. 9, when a woman
said a man tried to grab her and
drag her into her car before she
managed to fight him off.
Police say the suspect’s pattern
has been to approach a lone female
at night, either in a parking lot or on
the street.
The alleged assaults have re
ceived extra attention because of
the case of Brooke Wilberger, a
Brigham Young University student
from Veneta who disappeared last
spring from an apartment complex
near Oregon State University.
Police believe she was abducted,
and have identified several persons
of interest in the case, although they
have made no arrests.
Senator named to power
and conservation council
SALEM — Oregon Gov. Ted Ku
longoski appointed veteran Democ
ratic state Sen. Joan Dukes on Mon
day to one of Oregon’s two seats on
the Northwest Power and Conserva
tion Council.
Dukes was named to replace
Gene Derfler of Salem, a former
Oregon Senate president who plans
to leave the council when his term
expires on Jan. 15.
The full-time council that was
created by Congress in 1980 also
has two members each from Idaho,
Montana and Washington.
The agency develops long-range
electric power plans for the region,
while balancing power needs with
protecting fish and wildlife popula
tions affected by hydropower
development in the Columbia
River Basin.
The council is funded by power
revenue from the federal Bonneville
Power Administration, which mar
kets electricity from federal dams on
the Columbia River.
Dukes’ appointment is subject to
state Senate confirmation. If ap
proved, she would resign from
the Senate.
Dukes, who lives near Astoria,
has served in the Senate since 1987
and currently is the longest serving
senator. Her district takes in Clat
sop, Tillamook and Columbia coun
ties and parts of Washington and
Multnomah counties.
Commissioners from those coun
ties will meet to appoint a replace
ment to the Senate, who by law
must be a Democrat.
Veteran lawyer evaluates
investment council policies
PORTLAND — A veteran attorney
with banking and securities law ex
perience is evaluating the Oregon
Investment Council’s conflict of in
terest policies after questions were
raised about the role of the wife of
former Gov. Neil Goldschmidt.
Edward “Ted” McAniff, a visiting
professor at University of Oregon
School of Law and semi-retired from
a Los Angeles law firm, began his
review earlier this month under a
contract with the Oregon Treasury,
which oversees the investment
council.
He is expected to complete the
evaluation by June 30.
The Treasury announced on Aug.
20 that it planned to hire an outside
expert to conduct what is called a
“best practices” review of the coun
cil, which manages a $56 billion
portfolio of public funds, including
a $45 billion public employees’
pension fund.
The review comes after council
vice chairwoman Diana Gold
schmidt voted along with fellow
council members to allow a $300
million investment in a private
equity fund managed by Texas
Pacific Group.
Less than a day after the vote on
Oct. 29, 2003, Texas Pacific asked
Diana Goldschmidt’s husband, Neil
Goldschmidt, to participate in a po
tentially lucrative partnership that
would own Portland General Elec
tric, Oregon’s largest utility.
Questions about whether Diana
Goldschmidt or other council mem
bers knew about Neil Goldschmidt’s
association with Texas Pacific before
the vote prompted an investigation
by Oregon Attorney General Hardy
Myers and a decision by Gov. Ted
Kulongoski to remove Diana Gold
schmidt from the council.
Neil Goldschmidt withdrew from
any involvement with Texas Pacific
in May after admitting to sexually
abusing a 14-year-old in the 1970s
when he was mayor of Portland.
Myers began the investigation on
Sept. 29. He has declined to
discuss details while the inquiry is
under way.
“The department is making every
effort to complete the investigation
by January,” said Kevin Neely, a
spokesman for Myers.
Several individuals associated
with the council, Texas Pacific and
the pending acquisition of PGE have
been interviewed by investigators
with the attorney general’s office.
They declined to discuss details.
McAniff will evaluate the policies,
rules and practices used by the Trea
sury staff and the investment coun
cil to determine whether a conflict
or potential conflict exists, accord
ing to the Treasury contract.
Man facing rape charges
tries to commit suicide
LA PINE — A man arrested for
the alleged rape of a 90-year-old
woman tried to kill himself while in
a holding cell, according to a
report from the Deschutes County
Sheriff’s Office.
The victim, who identified her at
tacker to police, was treated for mi
nor injuries and released from a
Bend hospital over the weekend, ac
cording to the sheriff’s office.
The alleged rapist, who is also
facing burglary charges, was taken
to St. Charles Medical Center-Bend
for observation and a mental health
evaluation, the sheriff’s office said.
The 38-year-old man was being
treated for non-life threatening in
juries, according to the sheriff’s
office.
He has a prior conviction on
sodomy and kidnapping charges
from a separate case in 1995, ac
cording to state Judicial Department
records, and was convicted of fail
ing to register as a sex offender on
Sept. 1, 2000.
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Iraq requests neighboring
nations tighten borders
Interim leader spokesman says nearby countries
have not pulled their weight against insurgency
BYSALAH NASRAWI
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt — Lead
ers meeting on Iraq’s future plan to
give strong backing to the interim
government’s war against insur
gents, but won’t set a deadline for
withdrawing U.S.-led forces from
Iraq despite a push by France and
some Arab countries.
The draft communique for the
conference that began Monday, also
says the interim Iraqi government
should meet with its opponents to
try to persuade them to take part in
the general elections scheduled
for January.
Iraq asked Egypt to convene the
conference to bolster world support
for its battle against insurgents and
its plan to hold national elections.
The meeting brought together
Iraq’s six neighbors, Iran, Syria,
Turkey, Kuwait, Jordan and Saudi
Arabia, as well as Egypt and several
other Arab countries, China and re
gional bodies such as the Group of
Eight, the United Nations, the Euro
pean Union, the Arab League and
the Organization of the Islamic
Conference.
Syria’s foreign minister, Farouk
al-Sharaa, had tried to seek support
for setting a deadline for the with
drawal of foreign forces in Iraq. But
the draft communique, which the
Egyptian foreign minister said late
Monday had been endorsed by the
conference, allows the Iraqi govern
ment to decide when the U.S.-led
troops should depart. It does remind
them that their mandate is “not
open-ended.”
For all its bloodshed, the insur
gency enjoys a certain support in the
Arab world, where many regard the
U S. and other troops as occupiers.
In a clear rebuff to such sympa
thies, the draft communique says the
participants condemn “all acts of ter
rorism in Iraq” and call for “the im
mediate cessation of all such acts in
order to alleviate the suffering of the
Iraqi people.”
In what could be the most con
tentious part of the conference, Iraq
has said it will ask neighboring states
to tighten their borders against the
infiltration of would-be insurgents
and to share information about
groups supporting the militants.
“The Iraqi government will put
pressure on the neighboring counties
not to use their territories to support
violence and terrorism in Iraq,” said
Thair al-Naqeeb, the spokesman for
interim leader Ay ad Allawi.
In an interview with the AP on
Monday, Allawi said neighboring
countries had not pulled their weight
against the insurgency.
“Certainly, some brothers and
leaders in some neighboring nations
did not do enough,” Allawi said.
“They should have tried to help us at
a time when we needed help.”
On his arrival Monday, Iraqi For
eign Minister Hoshyar Zebari
shrugged off calls by some Sunni
Muslims for Iraqis to boycott the
elections, set for Jan. 30.
“They do not represent all Sunnis.
If they want to prove their populari
ty, the only way is through the ballot
box,” Zebari said.
In Baghdad, Allawi also dis
missed boycott advocates as “the
eventual losers,” and said his gov
ernment was determined to hold
the elections on time.
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