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On J une 7,1929, the sovereign state of
Vatican City came into existence as
copies o f the Lateran Treaty were
exchanged in Rome.
O nJune8,1968, authorities announced
the capture in London o f James Earl
Ray, the suspected assassin o f civil
rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
O nJune 13,1966, the SupremeCourt
issued its landmark Miranda vs. Arizona
decision, ruling that criminal suspects
must be informed of their constitutional
rights prior to questioning by police.
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Thought for the week
A good anger acted upon is beautiful as
lightning and swift with power. A good
anger sw allow ed clots the blood like
slime.
— M arge Piercy
Companies under fire for
fraudulenttelephone charges
(O N T B IB L T tn STORY
► o r T h e P q b h and O bserv er
A ttorney G eneral H ardy M yers announced that two long distance providers
that m ade unauthorized service changes and added false charges to telephone
bills w ould elim inate those fraudulent business practices in O regon. N am ed
in A ssurances o f V oluntary C om pliance filed in M arion C ounty Circuit Court
are Excel C om m unications, Inc. o f Dallas, Texas and Tradex International, Inc.
o f Seattle, W ashington.
“ W econtinue to pursue com panies that ignore laws prohibiting ‘slam m ing and
cram m in g ’,” M yers said. “Com plaints about slam m ing have decreased in
recent years, but cram m ing rem ains O reg o n ’s most com m on consum er
com plaint.”
Slam m ing is the practice o f changing a custom er’s long-distance service
w ithout his or her authorization and cram m ing is the practice o f placing
unauthorized service charges on phone bills.
The D epartm ent o f Ju stice’s Financial Fraud/C onsum er Protection section
received 30 com plaints against Excel, ranging from slam m ing to problem s with
term inating service and being billed arterservices were cancelled. Inonecase,
a custom er discovered that the com pany used a forged letter o f authorization
to charge her long-distance service. Excel also allegedly failed to verify a
num ber o f letters o f authorization resulting in im proper changes to service.
Tradex International does business in O regon as W estern Telecom and is a
successor to certain account o f TouchTone C om m unications.
T ouchTone slam m ed O regon consum ers and sold the accounts to W estern
Telecom , w hich led to unauthorized charges on individual phone bills. U nder
the term o f the assurances, w hich do not adm it law violations, both com panies
agree not to violate the U nlaw ful Trade Practices A ct and to provider’s
restitution to consum ers for any unauthorized charges. In addition. Tradex w i l l
establish a toll-free num ber and assign a representative to respond to consumers
billing questions.
Excel paid $75,000 and Tradex paid $7,500 to the D epartm ent’s consum er
protection and education fund.
Consum ers w ho need additional inform ation about slam m ing and cram m ing
should call the A ttorney G en eral’s toll-free, consum er hotline at 1 -877-877-
9392,378-4320 from Salem and 229-5576 from Portland. Brochures on slamming
and cram m ing are also available by w riting to Financial Fraud/ C onsum er
Protection at 1162 Court Street, N.E., Salem, O R 97310.
Through Their Own Eyes: exhibits of photos by World
War II Veterans coming to Officers Row
The G rant House Folk Art Center in
partnership with V ancouverN ational
H istorical Reserve Trust and the City
o f V an c o u v er C u ltu ral S ervices
presents an exhibit o f photographs
from W orld W ar II veterans titled.
Whi le serving their country, soldiers
w ere not allow ed to take pictures o f
m any aspects o f the war. But when
possible, they snapped m em ories o f
the lives they em braced as they
supported and survived the w ar effort.
T he photographs in this exhibit.
T hrough T heir O w n Eyes : Im ages o f
W'orld W ar II, provide a new frame o f
reference for understanding veterans’
e x p e rie n c e s . T h e y allo w u s to
consider a soldier’s life through the
eyes o f those who were present during
the m aking o f history.
The photos are collected by Stephanie
M cCorkel and Stephen A. Dietz.
T ogether they have interviewed close
to fifty p hotographers w ho took
pictures over h alf a century ago.
In conjunction w ith this exhibit,
G H FA C is pleased to display a small
c o lle c tio n o f p h o to g ra p h s an d
m em o rab ilialen tb y Ju lien M . Marks
who served his country during World
W ar II as an official photographer in
the M arine Corps.
The exhibit will be installed in Grant
House and O.O. Howard H ouse from
June 1 -July 5,2000, and in Marshall
House fromJune 19-July 5. The public
is invited to attend a F lag D ay
celebration at G rant House on June
14 at 3:15 p.m ., and to stay for an
e x h ib it to u r an d r e f re s h m e n ts
follow ing the cerem ony. V eterans
and photograph contributors will be
guests o f honor at this event. Call
G rant H ouse Folk Art C enter for
further information (360)694-5252.
Crime Stoppers
P o rtlan d P o lice B ureau Fraud
Investigators, in cooperation with
Crim e Stoppers, are asking foryour
help in locating and apprehending
a subject know to authorities as
Jane Elizabeth Maynard.
A felony arrest w arrant, charging
Jane M aynard w ith theft in the
First Degree, ison tile in Multnomah
County. The charges stem from an
e m b e z z le m e n t sc h e m e w h e re
M a y n a rd , w o rk in g as th e
bookkeeper for a small com pany in
Southeast Portland that provides
equipm ent and supplies to visually
im paired people, channeled a large
sum o f the com pany’s m oney to
personal accounts she had set up.
Jane Elizabeth M aynard is a 50-
year-old w hite female, with a date
o f birth o f June 21, 1949. She is
5 ’05” tall and weighs approximately
200 pounds. She has lived, or used
addresses, in Gresham , G ladstone,
and Southeast Portland.
C rim e Stoppers is offering a cash
re w a rd o f up to $ 1 ,0 0 0 fo r
in fo rm atio n , reported to C rim e
Stoppers, that leads to an arrest in
this case or any unsolved felony
crim e, and you need not give your
name. Call Crim e Stoppers at (503)
823-HELP.
Vancouver police looking
at new technology
C O S TR U II ikpstory
V ancouver Police Services is hoping
to acquire som e new technology that
will allow law enforcem ent agencies
and com m unity partners in the area
the ability to share vital inform ation
electronically. TRA K (Technology
to R ecover A bducted Kids) equips
law enforcem ent with technology to
create and print color bulletins within
m inutes and electronically distribute
those bulletins sim ultaneously to
o th e r T R A K s y s te m s a n d fax
machines.
T his offers agencies the ability to
q u ic k ly a n d e f f e c tiv e ly s h a re
inform ation and notify com m unity
partners about important information.
S o c ia lT e c h
is a n o n - p ro f it
organization that has partnered with
H e w le tt-P a c k a rd an d A T & T to
develop TRA K . The TRA K system
consists o f a state-o f the-art-scanner,
color printer, and Pentium PC w ith a
m odem and C D ROM drive.
A representative from SocialTech and
Hewlett-Packard will beat Vancouver
Police W est Precinct (300 E 13th
Street) on W ednesday, June 7 from
10 am — 11 am to discuss the TRA K
system and an sw er questions. A
dem onstration o f the TR A K system s
will be held on T hursday June 8th at
theC R C A building from 8 a m -10am,
however, there wi 11 be no time al lotted
a t th e d e m o n s tr a tio n fo r an y
q uestions.
T he TRA K system has been utilized
across the U.S. and has been a m eans
for law enforcement agencies to share
vital information that are important to
com m unities everywhere.
Police Bites
Fatal
Accident
Pedestrian
SE 82nd A venue / SE Flavel Street
O nJune 1,2000at 10:12p.m..Portland
P o lice T ra ffic D ivision o fficers
responded to a fatal pedestrian /
vehicle accident. The victim, 53 year-
old Richard Alan H alkinrudeof8410
SE Flavel Street was pronounced
dead at the scene. H alkinrude was
reported to have been lying in the
crossw alk for an unknow n reason,
prior to being run over.
T he northbound driver, 30 year-old
Jeffrey Scott N oice o f T he Dalles,
Oregon, was operating a 1986Toyota
T ercel. N oice w as not cited and
alcohol o r drugs do not appear to be
a fa c to r co n c ern in g th e d iv e r's
condition.
The investigation is continuing, and
will be forw arded to M ultnom ah
County District A ttorney’s O ffice for
review.
Robbery
Suspects
Arrested Wilshire
Tavern/ 4052 N.E. 4 2 nd A venue
On Sunday, May 21, at 2 :47 a m ., the
W ilshireT avem located at 4052N .E .
42nd A venue w as robbed. T he two
suspects fled the scene in a 1996
Mercury Sable, which had been stolen
on M ay 13, 2000. A short pursuit
ensued and the stolen vehicle was
abandoned at N.E. 39th A venue/
A lberta Street. U niform O fficers
im m ediately set up a perim eter and
called in Portland Police K-9Team . A
rifle and currency w ere discovered
on the ground, in close proxim ity to
the stolen vehicle. At 3:16 a.m., the K-
9 team located one suspect, w ho taken
into custody w ithout incident at N.E.
A venue / G oing Street.
T h e P o rtla n d P o lic e S p e c ia l
E m erg en cy R eactio n T eam w as
activated and conducted a block
search, initially finding clothing items
believed to be discarded by one o f
the suspects. At 5:33 a.m .,th e second
su sp e c t w as tak en in to cu sto d y
w ithout incident at the 5000 block o f
N.E. 38the A venue.
T he tw o suspects arrested are 26-
year-old T acum a N athaniel Jackson
of2500N .E . W illiams Avenue and 25
year-old D am ieu D eshaw n Douglas
o f 4523 N .E. 6th Avenue. Both men
will be charged w ith one count o f
First D egree Robbery, six counts o f
S econd D egree K idnap, and one
count o f U nlaw ful Use o f a Motor
Vehicle. Jackson will also becharged
w ith o n e c o u n t o f E x -C o n in
Possession o f a w eapon. Bail for
Jackson is set at $1,760,000 and for
D ouglas $1,7555,000. A rraignm ent
w as held on M onday, M ay 22, at the
dow ntow n Justice Center.
R obbery D etectives W ayne Svilar
a n d D o m in ic k J a c o b e llis a re
c o n d u c tin g
th e
fo llo w -u p
investigation to determ ine if the two
m en are in v o lv ed in a d d itio n a l
robberies. The photographs o f the
suspects will not be released pending
further investigation. A nyone with
inform ation can call D etective Detail
at(503)823-0400.
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