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Vegas shooter had interest in
guns, video poker, real estate
MESQUITE, Nev. — Stephen Paddock had a penchant for
guns, high-limit video poker and real estate deals. His father was
a notorious fugitive bank robber. He had a recent live-in girlfriend
and two ex-wives and seemed to live a comfortable life in a Nevada
retirement community.
His life is the subject of a sprawling investigation into what
drove him to show up at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in
Las Vegas with at least 10 suitcases fi lled with guns and open fi re
on a country music festival, killing 59 people and injuring nearly
530. Law enforcement and family members could not explain
what would motivate a one-time accountant with no known crim-
inal record to infl ict so much carnage. Police police said he had
23 guns at the hotel, including semiautomatic rifl es, and 19 at his
home along with thousands of rounds of ammunition.
The 64-year-old gunman killed himself in the hotel room before
authorities arrived.
On the surface, Paddock didn’t seem like a typical mass mur-
derer, said Clint Van Zandt, a former FBI hostage negotiator and
supervisor in the bureau’s behavioral science unit. Paddock is
much older than the typical shooter and was not known to be suf-
fering from mental illness.
“My challenge is, I don’t see any of the classic indicators, so far,
that would suggest, ‘OK, he’s on the road either to suicide or homi-
cide or both,” Van Zandt said.
Acts of heroism saved countless
lives at Las Vegas shooting
LAS VEGAS — Rob Ledbetter’s battlefi eld instincts kicked in
quickly as bullets rained overhead.
The 42-year-old U.S. Army veteran who served as a sniper
in Iraq immediately began tending to the wounded, one of sev-
eral heroes to emerge from the deadliest mass shooting in mod-
ern U.S. history. Amid the massacre in Las Vegas, there were acts
of compassion and countless heroics that offi cials say saved scores
of lives.
There was a man one survivor knows only as Zach who herded
people to a safe place. There was a registered nurse from Tennes-
see who died shielding his wife.
Like many people in the crowd of some 22,000 country music
fans Sunday night, Ledbetter heard the pop-pop-popping noise
and fi gured it was fi reworks. Then he saw people dropping to the
ground. When more booms echoed in the night air, he recognized
the sound of automatic weapons fi re.
The gunman, identifi ed as Stephen Craig Paddock, created his
own sniper’s perch inside the 32nd fl oor room at the Mandalay
Bay casino hotel, across from the concert grounds. He appeared to
fi re unhindered for more than 10 minutes, according to radio traf-
fi c, and then killed himself before offi cers stormed in and found
23 fi rearms.
Trump heads to Puerto Rico
to survey hurricane damage
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is heading to San
Juan today to meet with some of the 3.4 million Puerto Ricans
struggling to recover from Hurricane Maria, as criticism that the
federal government’s response has been sluggish continues.
The president is expected to spend more than fi ve hours on the
island, meeting with fi rst responders, local offi cials and some of the
residents struggling to recover from a hurricane that, in Trump’s
words, left the island U.S. territory “fl attened.”
“There’s nothing left. It’s been wiped out,” Trump said last
week. “Nobody has ever seen anything like it.”
The trip will be Trump’s fourth to a region battered by storms
during an unusually violent hurricane season that has also seen
parts of Texas, Florida, Louisiana and the U.S. Virgin Islands inun-
dated by fl oodwaters and whipped by winds.
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Trump and fi rst lady Melania Trump are scheduled to attend
briefi ngs and meet with Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, as well as the gov-
ernor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. They’ll also meet with Navy and
Marine Corps personnel on the fl ight deck of the USS Kearsarge.
Nobel prize cites fi nding of
ripples in fabric of universe
STOCKHOLM — Three U.S.-based scientists won the
Nobel Physics Prize today for detecting faint ripples fl ying
through the universe — the gravitational waves predicted a cen-
tury ago by Albert Einstein that provide a new understanding of
the universe.
Rainer Weiss of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
Barry Barish and Kip Thorne of the California Institute of Technol-
ogy won the 2017 prize for a combination of highly advanced the-
ory and ingenious equipment design, Sweden’s Royal Academy of
Sciences announced.
The scientists were key to the fi rst observation of gravitational
waves in September 2015. When the discovery was announced
several months later, it was a sensation not only among scientists
but the general public.
The prize is “a win for Einstein, and a very big one,” Barish
told the AP.
Gravitational waves are extremely faint ripples in the fabric of
space and time, generated by some of the most violent events in the
universe. The waves detected by the laureates came from the colli-
sion of two black holes some 1.3 billion light-years away. A light-
year is about 5.88 trillion miles.
The 2017 Nobel prizes kicked off Monday with the medi-
cine prize being awarded to three Americans studying circadian
rhythms — better known as body clocks: Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael
Rosbash and Michael W. Young.
Tom Petty a rock classicist
from the beginning
NEW YORK — Given the leather jacket and sneer Tom Petty
wore on the cover of his 1976 debut, many people assumed he was
one of those cheeky punks bent on tearing down the walls of rock
‘n’ roll.
He wasn’t. It’s not that Petty and his band, the Heartbreakers,
didn’t have their share of energy and attitude. But the kid from
Gainesville, Florida, was a rock classicist to the core, and he built a
body of work to stand with his heroes.
That debut contained songs that stood the test of time, the snaky
“Breakdown” and “American Girl,” which so echoed the Byrds
that it confused that band’s leader. “When did I record that?” Roger
McGuinn recalled thinking when he fi rst heard it.
Only a week before his death Monday night after suffering
cardiac arrest, Petty and the Heartbreakers fi nished a triumphant
40th anniversary tour in his adopted Southern California home.
His sturdy compositions built a discography so strong he couldn’t
get to all of his hits. “The Waiting,” ‘’Listen to Her Heart,” ‘’Here
Comes My Girl,” ‘’Refugee,” ‘’You Got Lucky,” ‘’Don’t Do Me
Like That,” ‘’Even the Losers,” ‘’Don’t Come Around Here No
More.” And so on. All are fi st-pumping favorites.
It was melodic rock ‘n’ roll built with the solid structures of
his favorites from the 1960s. Petty had an impish grin and playful
drawl, and in concert he raised his arms to direct both his band and
the thousands of fans singing along from the audience.
Supreme Court takes up key case
about partisan redistricting
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is taking up a case
about political maps in Wisconsin that could affect elections across
the country.
The justices are hearing arguments today in a dispute between
Democratic voters and Wisconsin Republicans who drew maps
that have entrenched their control of the legislature in a state that is
otherwise closely divided between the parties.
The Democratic challengers are asking the court to declare for
US to ask Cuba to cut
most of its diplomats
WASHINGTON — Only days ago, the United States and Cuba
maintained dozens of diplomats in newly re-opened embassies in
Havana and Washington, powerful symbols of a warming relation-
ship between longtime foes. Now both countries are poised to cut
their embassies by more than half, as uncanny, unexplained attacks
threaten delicate ties between the Cold War rivals.
The Trump administration will ask Cuba today to withdraw 60
percent of its diplomats from Washington, American offi cials said.
The request is a direct consequence of last week’s U.S. move to cut
its own embassy staff in Havana by a similar proportion.
The request marks yet another major setback for relations
between the two neighbors, less than three years after they renewed
diplomatic relations. It comes as the U.S. seeks to protect its own
diplomats from unexplained attacks that have affected at least 21
Americans in Havana, in some cases harming their hearing, cogni-
tion, balance and vision.
Pathologist: North Korean had
low enzyme due to poisoning
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia — Outcast North Korean scion Kim
Jong Nam had extremely low levels of an enzyme vital for ner-
vous system function in his body due to poisoning, a Malaysian
government pathologist testifi ed today at the trial of two women
accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim’s face in a brazen air-
port assassination.
Blood tests on the two murder suspects showed they had nor-
mal enzyme levels, said chemical pathologist Nur Ashikin Othman
on the second day of their trial in Malaysia’s High Court.
The potency of VX depends on the dosage or concentration, the
type and duration of exposure and whether decontamination mea-
sures such as washing hands or taking an antidote were made, she
added.
Gooi Soon Seng, the lawyer for Indonesian Siti Aisyah, told
reporters the normal enzyme levels supported their assertion that
the two women were not exposed to VX.
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deceased.
Case No. 17PB06867
Notice is hereby given that
Daniel Lynn Goodell has
been appointed personal
representative of the above
entitle estate. All persons
having claims against the
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Personal Representative
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A Ward. Case No. 17JU06304
PUBLISHED SUMMONS
TO: Jacklyn Jo Smith
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON:
A petition has been filed asking the court to terminate your parental rights to the above-named child
for the purpose of placing the child for adoption. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PERSONALLY APPEAR
BEFORE the Clatsop County Court at Courtroom 100, 749 Commercial St., Astoria, OR 97103, on
the 8th day of November, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. to admit or deny the allegations of the petition and to
personally appear at any subsequent court-ordered hearing. YOU MUST APPEAR PERSONALLY IN
THE COURTROOM ON THE DATE AND AT THE TIME LISTED ABOVE. AN ATTORNEY MAY NOT
ATTEND THE HEARING IN YOUR PLACE. THEREFORE, YOU MUST APPEAR EVEN IF YOUR
ATTORNEY ALSO APPEARS. This summons is published pursuant to the order of the circuit court
judge of the above-entitled court, dated September 15th, 2017. The order directs that this summons be
published once each week for three consecutive weeks, making three publications in all, in a published
newspaper of general circulation in Clatsop County.
Date of first publication:
Date of last publication:
September 26th, 2017
October 10th, 2017
NOTICE
READ THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY
IF YOU DO NOT APPEAR PERSONALLY BEFORE THE COURT OR DO NOT APPEAR AT ANY
SUBSEQUENT COURT-ORDERED HEARING, the court may proceed in your absence without further
notice and TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS to the above-named child either ON THE DATE
SPECIFIED IN THIS SUMMONS OR ON A FUTURE DATE, and may make such orders and take such
action as authorized by law.
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
(1)
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY IN THIS MATTER. If you
are currently represented by an attorney, CONTACT YOUR ATTORNEY IMMEDIATELY UPON RE-
CEIVING THIS NOTICE. Your previous attorney may not be representing you in this matter.
IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY and you meet the state’s financial guidelines,
you are entitled to have an attorney appointed for you at state expense. TO REQUEST APPOINT-
MENT OF AN ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT YOU AT STATE EXPENSE, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY
CONTACT the Clatsop County Juvenile Department at 800 Exchange St # 200, Astoria, OR 97103,
phone number (503) 325-8601, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. for further information.
IF YOU WISH TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY, please retain one as soon as possible and have the attorney
present at the above hearing. If you need help finding an attorney, you may call the Oregon State Bar’s
Lawyer Referral Service at (503) 684-3763 or toll free in Oregon at (800) 452-7636.
IF YOU ARE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN
CONTACT WITH YOUR ATTORNEY AND TO KEEP YOUR ATTORNEY ADVISED OF YOUR WHERE-
ABOUTS.
(2)
If you contest the petition, the court will schedule a hearing on the allegations of the petition
and order you to appear personally and may schedule other hearings related to the petition and order
you to appear personally. IF YOU ARE ORDERED TO APPEAR, YOU MUST APPEAR PERSONALLY
IN THE COURTROOM, UNLESS THE COURT HAS GRANTED YOU AN EXCEPTION IN ADVANCE
UNDER ORS 419B.918 TO APPEAR BY OTHER MEANS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TELE-
PHONIC OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS. AN ATTORNEY MAY NOT ATTEND THE HEARING(S)
IN YOUR PLACE.
PETITIONER’S ATTORNEY
J. Dean Taylor
Assistant Attorney General
Department of Justice
100 SW Market Street
Portland, OR 97201
Phone: (971) 673-1880
ISSUED this 20th day of September, 2017.
J. Dean Taylor #903902
Assistant Attorney General
Published: September 26th, October 3rd and 10th, 2017