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M arch 14,2001 Page A2 f io r i taub (Observer fjuvtlattö <Pbi Police News/Vancouver Reward Offered in Lake Oswego Murder The Lake Oswego Police De partm ent and the M ultnom ah County S h e riffs Office have Inside-A Black President Doubted.................. A4 The Doctor's Corner.....................A5 Black to Lead Civil Rights Division......A8 Metro- Developing a 2020 Plan for Portland Parks....BI Jefferson Dancers D.C. Bound.............BI State Basketball Tournament.............. B3 This Week in History M a rc h 14 1900, Congress rati fied the G old Standard Act. M a rc h 15 1965, addressing a jo in t session o f C ongress, P resi dent Johnson called for new legis la tio n to g u a r a n te e e v e r y A m erican’s right to vote. M a rc h 161968. during the V iet nam W ar, the M y Lai M assacre was carried out by U nited States troops under the com m and o f Lt. W illiam L. CalleyJr. M a rc h 17 1942, G en. D ouglas Weather Through the Weekend Today Thursday 77^7 Friday Saturday Partly Cloudy 56°F High 39°F Low Rain 58°F High 43°F Low Sunday Rain 55°F High 39°F Low 55°F High 41°F Low 58°F High 45°F Low The M u ltn o m ah C ounty S h eriffs Office Thursday ar rested a man with more than two ounces o f methamphetamine in his possession, but a subsequent search of his Gresham apartment revealed over two pounds o f the Cloudy 49°F High 35®F Low W ow ! T w o Y e a rs o f th e ffib s e rlie r Scott H arberts w as released from O regon’s death row in D ecem ber af ter the S uprem e C ourt set aside his conviction for m urdering a two-year- old girl in 1989. M onday, H arberts w ent on trial in O regon C ity on charges o f child m o lestation. H arberts spent 11 years in ja il b e forebeing released. Now, the 38-year- old faces six charges that he sexually M a rc h 191920, the U nited States Senate rejected for the second tim e the T reaty o f V ersailles by a vote o f 49-35, falling short o f the tw o-thirds m ajority needed for approval. M a rc h 20 1995, in T okyo, 12 people w ere killed, m ore than 5,500 others sickened w hen packages co n taining the poisonous gas sarin leaked on five separate subw ay trains. — — — — — — ~ et the ^ortlanb © baerucr with the ease of mail delivery. No other publication covers Portland better. We provide the top local stories, business news, sports and informative specials with a commitment to cultural diversity. A two-year subscription for just $50 will put the Portland Ob server in your mailbox every week. Stay informed and stay in touch. Call 503-288-0033 oremail usat news@ portlandobserver.com to subscribe. G illegal drug. Investigators also found pack aging materials and a scale in the a p a rtm e n t a n d a rre s te d the brother o f the suspect. D e p u tie s say the m etam phetam ine had a street abused three children betw een 1987 and 1989. A dozen years ago, he w as charged w ith aggravated m urder in the rape and killing o f a 2-year-old O regon C ity girl — K ristina H om ych. The S uprem e C ourt ruled that H arb ert’s right to a speedy trial w as violated. H arb erts also w ill b e tried in Tillam ook. H e faces up to 65 years in prison if convicted. » > Bill W ould G ive Access to D N A Tests Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore. and Sen. Patrick L eahy, D -V t. have reintro duced a proposed law to give those w ho have been convicted o f a crim e access to D N A testing that m ay prove their innocence. The m easure aim s to im prove law enforcem ent capabilities and increase confidence in our crim inal ju stice system “T he w orst thing you can do for the crim inal ju stice system , no m atter its punishm ents, is to under m ine its integrity,” said Smith. “Ifyou support the death penalty and other tough anti-crim e m easures, w hich I m ost certainly do, you should also support every m easure to m ake sure that the g u ilty — and not the inno cent— are punished.’’T he Innocence Protection A ct establishes new rules and procedures governing requests for D N A testing by inm ates. It also requires law enforcem ent officials to preserve evidence in crim inal cases whi le a prisoner remains incarcerated. T o address the problem o f com pe PL A C E N T IA , CA L IF. (A P) — Police officers m ust use the letter B as the racial designator on traffic tickets given to blacks after a m otorist and her church congregation protested one o fficer’s use o f the letter N on her speeding ticket. “ I am an A frican A m erican. I have EBONY FASHION FAIR Presents never been or will ever be the N word,”’ said P lacen tia resid en t C o m elita Brown. The 43-year-old w as stopped during the M artin L uther K ing Jr. holiday last m onth for speeding. The unnam ed officer, w ho is white, w rote N on B row n’s ticket. 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Be g r s on *•« 48 U.S. DKTINATION SIRVtD italioti See Fee w . uu ide a round - trip TWO TO ion Conitiuchon tent legal counsel, the act w ill create a national com m ission that w ill set standards to ensure that states are providing adequate legal representa tion for indigent defendants in capi tal cases. In order to prevent the frivolous use o fD N A testing, the bill m andates that inm ates only be given access to testing if the results could potentially produce new exculpatory, evidence. ' < Sm ith and L eahy first introduced the bill last spring. ’ ’ Police Must Use 4B’ For Black T h e 4 3 r d A nnual Mansion Lights Up for the Hobdays value o f over $45,000, The two men are identified as Alfredo Aldaco Zaragoza, 23 and Saul Aldaco Zaragoza, 21 Deputies say they are believed to be in the United States illegally, reporting from Calima, Mexico. Form er D eath-Row Inm ate Faces N ew Trial Being a healthy parent means being firm but nurturing, giving children a decent sense o f the boundaries along with lots o f unconditional love. —Karen Shaud — O rozco also has an outstanding federal parole violation warrant for bank larceny. Orozco should be considered arm ed and dangerous. A nyone w ith in fo rm a tio n about his im m ediate w here abouts should call 911 and not attem pt to m ake contact with him. Persons who have infor m ation that m ay lead investiga tors to O rozco are encouraged to call the s h e riffs office tip line at 503-261-2815. Two Pounds o f Methamphetamine Seized Thought for the Week M acA rthur arrived in A ustralia to becom e suprem e com m ander o f A l lied forces in the southw est Pacific theater during W orld W ar II. M a rc h 181965, the first spacewalk to o k p la ce as S o v iet co sm o n au t A leksei L eonov left his V oskhod 2 capsule and rem ained outside the spacecraft for 20 m inutes, secured by a tether. he is a suspect in the death. D etectiv es have alread y a r rested Dam ien Dushawn Dou glas for what authorities say is a drug related murder. The Lake O sw ego Police De partm ent is offering a $1,000 reward forany information lead ing to the arrest o f Orozco. The arrest w arrant is for the charges o f aggravated m urder with a firearm , robbery with a firearm, burglary with a firearm and felon in p o sse ssio n o f a firearm . Rain Monday Rain — $50 ing to locate Orozco as a “per son o f interest", but based upon new inform ation, now believe L. Toomey, which took place on Feb. 12 in Lake Oswego. Investigators have been try- obtained an arrest warrant for M arcus Kelo Orozco, 26, a man charged in the m urder o f Josh N egro, a designator not in current use. P olice C h ie f Russ Rice recently ordered all o f his sw orn law enforce m ent officers to stop using the N designator after he received a p eti tion signed by nearly 9 0 0 people criti cizing the p ractice as racist. O fficer M att Reynolds, w ho heads the p olice services division, said that the c h ie f is “extrem ely sensitive” to the com plaint. H e said the officer w ho w rote the ticket was unaw are how offensive it w as to Brown. T he officer w ho w rote the citation is a former training director w ho taught procedures to new recruits, police spokesw om an C orrine L oom is said. A lie u te n a n t in th e P o lic e D epartm ent’s professional standards bureau will issue a departm ent-w ide m em o telling officers to use the B designator. In addition, C h ief Rice w rote to m otorist Brown. Brow n, w ho w orks for the state D epartm ent o fF a ir E m ploym ent and H ousing, w as so upset about the N designation that she brought it to the attention o f her church, F riendship B aptist in Y orba Linda. A b o u t 875 congregants signed a petition. T he signatures cam e w ith a letter from their pastor, the Rev. Jam es D. C arrington, w ho asked the c h ie f to take official action to m ake sure that the N designation was not used again. “Even if he m eant N egro, th a t’s dem eaning right there,” said W inifera H arper o f Perris, w ho attends law school with Brown. “The w ord N egro was des igned to describe people who w ere treated as less than hum an." I