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Man Held
in Serial
Killings
JFK Jr Presumed
Dead in Plane Crash,
Officials Say
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REVIEW
Ballooning Trade Deficit
T he C om m erce D epartm ent reported
today that the trade deficit had ballooned
to $ 2 1.3 billion a 14.8 percent increase
since A pnl. O ther national trends in­
clude a surge in oil prices, A m ericans
buying m ore import autos and less o f a
dem and for U.S. exports.
Fighting Racism
President Clinton appealed to law ­
yers to help m inorities and the poor
benefit m ore from A m erican dem ocracy
and prosperity. This sam e m essage w as
voiced by his political hero, John F.
Kennedy. Clinton also announced a se­
ries o f com m itm ents aim ed at prom oting
opportunities to m inorities in the legal
profession. His intention is to increase
faith by m inorities in the legal system .
President Botha
Implicated
F o rm er P resid en t P.W . B otha w as
rec en tly im p lica te d in th e 1985 k ill­
ings o f eight a n ti-a p a rth e id a c tiv ists.
P o lice o ffic ia ls gave th e ir testim o n y
ab o u t the activ ists w ho w ere k illed in
an o p era tio n ap p ro v ed by the C a b in e t
m in iste rs and the fo rm er p resid e n t.
B otha had refused in the p ast to a p ­
p ear b efo re the T ru th and R e c o n c ilia ­
tio n C o m m issio n last y ea r b ec au se
the co u rt ruled that his su b p o e n a w as
te c h n ic a lly invalid.
A quinnah, M assachusetts, (Bloom berg)
— U.S. Coast G uard officials said it’s un­
likely that John F. K ennedy Jr., his w ife, and
sister-in-law surv ived an apparent plane crash
in w aters o ff M artha’s Vineyard.
R ear A dm iral R ichard L arrabee said the
search for the w reckage resum ed this m orn­
ing b ut said the chances o f finding su rv i­
vors is all but hopeless. He said no one
cou ld survive m ore than 18 h ours in the
cold w aters w ith o u t a life raft or life ja c k e t,
neith er o f w hich w as available to K ennedy,
the 38-year- o ld p u b lish er o f the m agazine
G e o r g e , h is w if e , C a ro ly n B e s s e tte
K ennedy, or h er sister L auren B essette, an
inv estm en t b an k er yvith M organ S tanley
D ean W itter & Co.
Larrabee said to d ay 's search for the m iss­
ing plane would be m ore focused because the
Coast G uard had “a relatively good idea o f
w here the m ost likely spot” o f the crash was.
“W e’re bringing in some very sophisti­
cated equipment that will methodically search
that area," Larrabee said on N B C ’s Today
program. " I ’m confident that ifthere is som e­
thing to be found out there, they w ill find it.”
C oast Guard, U.S. Navy and M assachu­
setts state authorities spent the w eekend
searching o ff M arth a’s V ineyard, w here
K ennedy' s single-engine Piper Saratoga plane
B> M axine B ernstein of T hf O regonian staff
probe w ill stu d y w reck ag e, a ir traffic c o n ­
trol tapes an d w eath er p attern s an d should
take six to n in e m onths to co m p lete, NTSB
C h airm an Jim H all said in a te lev ised
p ress co n fe re n ce yesterd ay .
“We are at the very beginning stages o f
w hat will be a painstaking, detailed investi­
gation,” H all said.
CONTINUED ON PAGE A4
ortland police announced the ar
rest o f a 32-year-old N orth Port
land man M onday in the stran­
gulation deaths o f three women found in
Forest Park and partly credited a detective
who had arrested the suspect in a sexual
assault case seven years ago
Police took Todd Alan Reed into cus­
tody about 11:30 p.m. Sunday at Rinella
Produce in Southeast Portland, where he
worked a night shi ft loading trucks. Hewill
be arraigned today on three counts o f
aggravated murder.
Portland Detective Sgt. Dave Schlegel,
an investigator assigned to the Forest Park
Task Force, remembered Reed from a
1992 arrest in a sexual assault and kidnap­
ping case and was helpful in recalling
information that helped crack the serial
killing case, police said. Reed served three
years in prison and was kicked out ofasex-
oftender treatment program two weeks
ago because he failed to attend.
“One officer remembered him from a
previous investigation and brought him to
our attention,” said Detective Sgt. Kris
Ferrell, one o f the primary invesngators in
the serial killings.
A July 7 undercover police sting target­
ing men patronizing prostitutes along upper
West Burnside Street, round-the-clock sur­
veillance o f the suspect for the past week
and physical evidence helped police link
Reed to the killings, Ferrell said. Police
declined to discuss details o f the case.
Reed apparently made contact with
the v ictim s — L ilia F. M oler, 28;
Stephanie L. Russell. 26; and A lexan­
dria N. Ison, 17— along W est Burnside,
a spot the w om en frequented. All three
victim s w ere heroin addicts, and two
w ere involved in prostitution.
“They were connected by a lifestyle
he preyed upon," Ferrell said.
Their bodies were discovered between
M ay 7 and June 2 in a heavily wooded
section o f Forest Park o ff Northwest
Saltzm an Road. On June 4, police set up
a 16-m em ber task force dedicated to the
P
was headed Friday night en route to a family
w edding in H yannisport, M assachusetts.
NTSB Probe
T he undersea search is focusing on what
Larrabee called “potential targets" in a 24-
square-m ile area. A 250-foot N avy salvage
ship w ith 22 divers is leading the effort.
West Bank
P rim e M inister E hud B arak assured
P alestinian leader Y asser A rafat that
he intends to w ithdraw prom ptly from
a portion o f the W est B ank even w hile
p u rsuing an overall M iddle E ast se ttle ­
m ent. B arak w ill follow a 15-m onth
tim e fram e to determ in e if there could
be final settlem ents w ith the P ale stin ­
ians, Syria and L ebanon. A rafat re ­
cently called B a ra k 's tim etable u n a c ­
cep tab le and dem anded he follow the
W ye R iver accord he struck w ith Israel
last O ctober.
F oam in su la tio n , the kind that w ould
h av e lin ed K e n n e d y ’s plane, w as found
sp read o v e r a m ile o f beach w here o th er
d e b r is w a s h e d a s h o re y e s te r d a y on
M a rth a ’s V in ey a rd .
S tate an d fed eral au th o rities reo rg a­
n iz ed th e ir o p e ra tio n s, w ith the N atio n al
T ra n sp o rta tio n S afety B o ard exam ining
the ca u se o f th e ap p a ren t accident. The
Todd Alan Reed, 32, will be arraigned
in connection with the strangulations
of women found in Forest Park
A r
Left: John-John,
with his mother
J a c q u e lin e
K e n n e d y
O n assis, and
o th e r fa m ily
members a t his
father’s funeral
in 1 9 6 3 . On the
right, JFK Jr and
his lovely wife,
C a r o ly n
B I s s e 11 e
Kennedy
K9
park killings.
“W e’re very lucky to have this man off
the street We feel good about that. Police
C hief Charles Moose said Monday in an­
nouncing the arrest in Chapman Square
across from the Justice Center. I m cer­
tainly proud o f the task force for getting this
important piece o f work done ”
The Triumphs - The Tragedies
OF
Apollo’s 3 0 th
Anniversary
H u n d re d s o f g a th e re rs in C a p e
C anaveral. Florida celebrated the 30lh
anniversary o f the first m ission to land
m en on the moon. A m onum ent was
dedicated to the hundreds o f thousands
o f m en and w omen who toiled on the
im m ense project.
New Area Code
O regon will be getting a new area
code. O fficials have decided to overlay
the area code, instead o f carving out a
separate area for it. Jim H aynes w ith US
W est says new phone lines in the cu r­
rent 503 area will get the new area code,
w hich is 971. The new area code will go
into effect this com ing January, and
w ill m ean dialing ten-digits even to
m ake local calls.
Portland Officer Shot
T hirty-five year old O fficer Sze Lai,
a 6-year veteran o f the Portland Police
B ureau, was struck tw ice in the arm.
T w o o f the covering officers returned
fire into the apaitm ent and O fficer Lai
w as transported to Em anuel H ospital
for his injuries. O fficer Lai is reported
to be in fair condition follow ing surgery
to his right arm
The Kennedys
W ith its m ix of p o litic a l triu m p h and
hum an tra g e d y , th e ir sag a e n th ra lle d
th e n a tio n and m ade th e m A m e ric a ’s
m o st p ow erfu l fam ily
touted for higher office.
M em bers o f such a B eltw ay fam ily
w ould have as good a ch an ce as not to
pass E thel K ennedy, B o b b y ’s w idow and
BY HUGH SIDEY
still the ex u b eran t duchess o f H ickory
he K en n ed y clan, th e p re-em in en t
H ill, w h ile driving to w ork along the
A m erican p o litical fam ily o f o u r
P otom ac R iver parkw ays. A nd if in the
tim e, seem s to be ca st in the stars,
m edia or a lobbying b u sin ess (a reaso n ­
the distant stu ff o f legend. B ut look dow
n. lik elih o o d in that n eig h b o rh o o d ), he
able
or she w ould sooner or later sit dow n w ith
They m arch ever more num erous am ong
us. T h ere’s a spot on W ash in g to n 's infa­
M assach u setts S enator T ed K ennedy or
mous Beltw ay w here an unsuspecting fam ­
h is so n , R h o d e Islan d C o n g re s sm a n
ily m ight find their children in school w ith
P atrick K ennedy, now in the H ouse lead ­
a couple o f Joseph and Rose K en n ed y ’s 54
ership, to m ake a little p olitical rain. N atu ­
g reat-grandchildren. T hat sam e fam ily
rally, w hile attending one o f those rites o f
could be the neighbors o f E unice K ennedy
p reten tio u s pow er, like the A lfalfa C lub
Shriver, one o f the K ennedy c la n 's five
dinner, our not-so-m ythical B eltw ay d en i­
surviving originals (there w ere nine). It
zens w o u ld look across a cro w d ed b a ll­
could be served in the M aryland assem bly
room or tw o and m arvel at the intense stir
by delegate M ark Shriver, nephew o f the
created by the arrival o f C arol ine K ennedy
m artyred John K ennedy (and one o f 29
S ch lo ssb erg or the young A donis, John
grandchildren o f Joe and Rose). And it
K ennedy, the children o f C am elo t w hose
m ythical allure sw ells w ith every surge o f
could fall under the grow ing political hand
o f K athleen K ennedy T ow nsend, oldest
tab lo id headlines.
T
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JM M M
child o f the m urdered R obert K ennedy,
now M ary lan d ’s lieutenant governor and
T he K en n ed y clan is em b ed d ed in
A m erican p o litica l cu ltu re o f the p ast
h alf-ce n tu ry like no o th e r fam ily. T hey
arriv ed at th at p o w er b ase th ro u g h cold
ca lc u la tio n an d the b lu n t in stru m e n t o f
th eir im m ense w ealth but also b ecau se ol
h o n o rab le se rv ic e to the n atio n , th eir
rec k less ex u b e ran ce and g la m o u r— and
fam ily trag e d y b ey o n d m easu re. T he
fo u n d in g fa th e r o f th e c la n , Jo se p h
K en n ed y , cam e from im m ig ran t stock
w ith all the eccen tric g en iu s and an g e r o f
his b lig h te d kin, b u t he w as to u ch ed by
the m ag ic o f A m erica. H e w ent to the
e l itis t B o s to n L a tin S c h o o l; o n to
H arv ard ; and then in the R o arin g T w en ­
ties. w ith little reg ard fo r e th ic s o r even
the law , p lu n g e d into the w o rld s o f b a n k ­
ing and m o v iem ak in g . H e cash ed in b e ­
fore the m ark et crash o f 1929. W hen
F ran k lin R o o sev elt ca lled Jo e to W ash ­
in g to n to clean up the S ecu rities and
E xchange C o m m issio n , som eb o d y asked
F D R w hy he had tap p ed su ch a crook
“ T a k e s o n e to c a tc h o n e ," re p lie d
R o o sev elt K en n ed y d id a su p e rb jo b .
24-hour surveillance
For the past three to four days, task
Continued on page A2
Chronology of
I
The
Kennedys
1941
Rosem ary Kennedy, the third child o f
Joseph Patrick K ennedy and his wife Rose, is
institutionalized because o f retardation and
failed full frontal lobotomy.
1944
Joseph P. K ennedy Jr., the eldest son o f
Joseph and Rose Kennedy, is killed at age 29
w hen his plane exploded over the English
Channel w hile on a secret W orld W ar II
bom bing mission.
Continued on page A 4