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P O L IC E
Senate Getting Tough on
N E W S Gun Control
C R IM E S T O P P E R S
W ANTED
SU B JECT
T he P ortlan d P olice B ureau, in
co o p eratio n w ith C rim e S toppers,
is asking for y o u r help in locating
and apprehending Leo John W ayne
H arland. F elo n y arrest w arran ts
are on file in U m atilla C ounty,
P olk C ounty, C lack am as C ounty,
a n d M u ltn o m a h C o u n t y , o n
charges ranging- from P ro b atio n
V iolation and U n au th o riz ed U se
O f A M otor V eh ic le , to F elon In
P o ssessio n O f A W eapon,
Leo John W ayne Harlan is a 31-
year-old white m ale, with a date o f
birth o f August 30, 1967. He is 6 ’3
tall and w eighs approxim ately
230 pounds, with brown hair,
brown eyes, and a tattoo o f a
m erm aid on his right forearm.
W hile Pendleton, Oregon is
considered Harland's hometown,
he usually stays somewhere in Port­
land or Clackamas County, Or­
egon, or Vancouver, Washington.
Crime Stoppers is offering a
cash rew ard o f up to $ 1,000 for
inform ation w hich leads to an
arrest in this case and you need
not give your name. Call Crime
Stoppers at (503) 823-HELP.
tran sit passes. The forged passes
had b een show ing up since M arch.
P o rtla n d P o lice o ffic e r Phil
H arp er and M ilw au k ie P olice o f­
ficer C raig S ten sru d headed up the
tw o-m onth in vestigation. T he su s­
pect is believ ed to have sold passes
to d istrib u to r for $20. B o n d ’s co m ­
p u te r and p rin te r, as w ell as o th er
item s used to cre ate the forged
p asses, w ere also co n fisc ated . T ri-
M et A ll-Z o n e m o n th ly tr a n s it
p asses sell for $49.
“T h ese tw o o ffic ers d e serv e a
lot o f cre d it for b rea k in g th is fo rg ­
ery ca se ," said T ri-M et S ecu rity
D ire c to r C ap t. L arry F in d lin g .
“ T hey w ere co m m itted to fin d in g
the su sp e ct an d fo llo w ed lead a f­
ter lead until they cleared the case.”
Police Watching
Construction Zones
SALEM . OREGON — Oregon
State Police have begun increased
traffic enforcem ent in work zones on
busy highways. More than 200 cita­
1 1 U I 1 3 were
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Sunday
an n eight
mile stretch o f the 1-5 freeway in the
Salem area. The highw ay includes a
construction zone. U nder Oregon
law. citations in construction zones
are ~ ~ doubled.
— ------------ Some fines can exceed
more than six hundred dollars. The
increased enforcem ent com es as the
sum m er traffic season gets under­
way... am id growing concerns about
more accidents on crowded freeways.
Drive-By Shootings Way Down
PO R TLA N D , OREGON
D riv e -b y sh o o tin g s in O re g o n ’s
la rg e st city are d ro p p in g -o ff s ig ­
n ific a n tly . In 1995 there w ere 168
d riv e-b y s. L ast year, ju s t 41... and
for th e first th ree m o n th s o f this
year, only eight. I f the tren d holds,
the n u m b e r o f d riv e-b y sh o o tin g s
in P o rtla n d w ill b e 32. P o lic e
c re d it tou g h m a n d ato ry se n ten c -
ing re q u ire d by B a llo t M e asu re
E le v en , an d a c o n s iste n t p o lic e
p re se n c e in the c ity ’s g a n g -a c tiv e
n eig h b o rh o o d s.
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Golf Tournament To
Benefit Retired and Senior
Volunteer Program
A m erican Express Financial A d­
visors and the City o f V ancouver
retired and Senior volunteer program
(RSV P) invite golfers to play for fun
and prizes at the 18lh annual RSVP/
Jim Chriss M em orial G o lf Tourna­
m ent at T ri-M ountain G o lf Course,
1701 N W 299,h St, in Ridgefield.
T he tournam ent is scheduled from 8
a m. to 2 p.m. Friday, June 25.
A prize raffle will feature a w eek’s
stay in W aikiki Beach sponsored by
Riverview Savings Bank (airfare not
included).
The entry fee is $65 per person or
$260 per foursom e. G olfers can sign
Environmental
A rtist
Displays
M ixed Media
V a n c o u v e r’s W ater R esources
E d u ca tio n C e n te r w ill host “ R e­
se ed in g G a ia ” a w ork o f m ixed
m edia, ac ry lic and ink on p ap er by
A lice D u b iel, a S eattle e n v iro n ­
m en tal artist. H er w ork w ill be
d isp la y e d on the second floor art
g allery at th e C e n te r from June 1
to Ju ly 31. H ours are 9 a m. to 5
p.m . M o n d ay through S aturday.
A n a r tis t’s rec ep tio n is sched u led
from 5 to 8 p.m . T hursday, June 3.
D ubiel brings a sense o f social
im portance to her mixed m edia work
through brilliant colors, vibrant im­
ages, and a sense o f new and diverse
responses to the environment.
F o r m o re d e ta ils c a ll M aya
Jones, W ater R esources E ducation
C e n te r, 6 96-8478.
up as individuals to be matched with
other players, or sign up as a team.
Entry fee includes g o lf cart, g o lf ac­
cessories. door prizes, refreshments,
lunch buffet and awards.
Bi LAURIE K ELLM A N ______________
C I
Transit Police teak
Forgery Ring
T ri-M e t T ran sit P olice officers
h av e a rre s te d a su sp e ct on 13
counts o f fo rg ery , 1 count o f co m ­
puter crim e and 10 counts o t crim i­
nal p o sse ssio n o f a forged in stru ­
m ent. D ennis Ray Bond (D O B
M arch 14, 1961) w as arrested in
S outhw est P o rtlan d and charged
w ith c re a tin g an d d is trib u tin g
forged T ri-M et A ll-Z one m onthly
Lawmakers Vote to Require Safety Locks on Handguns
Players o f all ages and abilities
are welcome. Proceeds from the tour­
nam ent will benefit RSVP.
To register for the tournam ent
call Judy Davis at 576-9985.
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A sso cu tud P m »
WASHINGTON (May 19)-Chum-
ing through a juvenile-crime bill. Sen­
ate Democrats declared new victories
when Republican leaders allowed votes
on measures that would impose addi­
tional restrictions on gun sales.
But Republicans immediately at­
tacked Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s re­
tooled gun-control amendment, which
wouldclose loopholes in firearms sales
at gun shows and pawn shops.
• ’The goal very sim ply is to satisfy
the A m e ric a n p e o p le ,” sa id
Lautenberg, D-N.J. ‘’It’s their belief
that anybody who buys a gun ought
not to be anonymous in that purchase.
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said the
amendment opens the door for a new
tax and does little to encourage more
prosecutions. " I s this ju st show ?”
Sessions asked on the Senate floor.
The mass killing at a Littleton,
Colo., school loomed large over the
proceedings as senators tried to deal
with a host o f gun-control am end­
ments in a seventh day o f debate on
the crime measure Tuesday. At the
end o f the day, Senators voted 78-20,
to require safety locks or secure con­
tainers to be sold with every handgun.
The amendment also would provide
liability protections for a gun owner
who uses a safety lock and whose gun
is stolen and used in a crime.
"Littleton was the last straw. De­
mocracy works,” said Sen. Charles
Schumer, the first-term Democrat from
New York who had been the H ouse’s
most vocal gun-control activist. ‘ ’The
public mood has changed.
Shortly before the vote, the new
House speaker, D ennis H astert, a foe
o f previous gun control legislation,
entered the fray by suggesting in an
interview that the m inim um age for
handgun purchases be raised from
18 to 21 for handguns and that back­
ground checks be required for all
sales at gun show s - a position the
Senate first rejected and then ap­
proved in voting last week.
The com m ents by the top Repub­
lican in the H ouse, coupled with a
recent series o f votes in the GOP-
controlled Senate, underscore how
the political landscape has shifted in
the m onth since tw o students at C ol­
umbine High School killed 12 stu­
dents and a teacher before turning
their guns on them selves.
" I think there needs to be unifor­
mity in what they do at gun shows
and w hat they do in a retail busi­
ness,” Hastert, R-I1L, said in an in­
terview in his Capitol office.
Sim ilarly, he said, " I ’m ju st say-
in g 2 1 is basically a standard o f adult­
hood, and th ere's probably a unifor­
m ity that fits there.”
Republicans acknowledge that the
April 20 shootings in Littleton have
influenced the Senate debate, with
some in the GOP lamenting that the
issue reached the floor o f the chamber
while emotions still were running high.
• ’ W e probably should have waited
until w e could have addressed this in
a thoughtful m atter as opposed to an
em otional response to the Colorado
tragedy,’ ’ said Sen. Tim Hutchinson,
R-Ark.
Though he believes it is the right
time for the bill to com e to a vote, its
sponsor. Judiciary Com m ittee Chair­
man Orrin Hatch, acknowledged Tues-
day that he had misjudged the effect
o f the shootings on the legislation.
"1 thought (the shootings) would
get it passed a lot faster than it is,”
Hatch, R-Utah, told reporters.
The wide-ranging, $5 billion bill,
w hich w ould make it easier to pros­
ecute violent juveniles and make it
harder for kids to get guns, has been
mired in partisan wrangling fora week.
The five-year bill includes $435
million a year for juvenile crime pre­
vention; $450 million to help states
and cities build detention centers and
perform drug testing; $75 million for
grants to states to upgrade juvenile
felony crim inal record-keeping and
to m ake those records available na­
tionwide; and $40 million for research
into the effectiveness o f juvenile de­
linquency prevention programs.
Republicans last w eek reversed
an am endm ent that w ould have made
background checks at gun shows
voluntary. Dem ocrats, m eanwhile,
have been forced to pare dow n their
list ofdozens o f am endm ents under a
threat from Sen. M ajority Leader
Trent Lott, R-M iss., that he would
pull the bill from the floor.
Betw een the shooting spree in
Colorado and the 2000 elections,
both parties w ant to avoid blam e for
the death o f a bill designed to keep
m ore guns out o f children’s ’ hands.
But the bill has been a public
relations nightm are for Republicans,
w ho have backed o ff previous op­
position to tighter governm ent con­
trol on guns, senior congressional
aides acknow ledge.
H astert suggested tightening gun
sale restrictions as part o f what he
described as an emerging bipartisan
House response to Littleton. He said the
spec i fics have yet to be vented by H ouse
Republicans.
I he Chieagivarea congressmans oted
against the Brady Law in 1993, which
instituted a three-day waiting period for
handgun purchasers and established the
system of ins tant background checks that
supplanted it Healso voted against 1994
legislation to ban certain types ofassault-
style weapons.
In the in terv iew , H astert re­
sponded to a question about the age
o f possession for handguns, although
an aide later said the speaker was
referring to raising the age for pur­
chases, not possession.
" I want to reiterate my support for
legislation that closes legal loopholes
which allow people under the age o f 2 1
to purchase handguns at gun shows,”
the Illinois Republican said in a written
statement." I do not believe that people
under the age o f 21 should be allowed
to purchase handguns.”
He also called for greater enforce­
ment o f existing laws, saying, "It
does the country no good for the Con­
gress to pass gun laws if the executive
branch fails to enforce them .”
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