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May 30, 2001
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Civil Rights Crusader
Remembered...........A4
Jefferson Plans
Celebration.............A5
Cleo's Closes for
'Cooling O ff..........A5
Weather
This Week
in History
M ay 29 1953, M ount Everest
w as conquered as Edm und Hillary
o f N ew Z ealand, left, and Tensing
N orgay o f N epal becam e the first
clim bers to reach the summ it.
Partly Cloudy
80°F High *
Through t lit-
Weekend
Today
Partly Cloudy
Metro-
Rose Fest Day at
Peninsula Park......... B 1
Nike Honors Tiger
Woods.................... B3
Dawson Park
Celebrates................B3
Friday
48°F Low
Saturday
Partly Cloudy
76°F High
66°F High
52°F Low
47°F Low
Sunny
Sunday
Paartly Cloudy
84°F High
72°F High
51°F Low
65°F Low
ThoughtfortheWeek
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful,
we must carry it with us or we find it not.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
M ay 30 1958, unidentified sol
diers killed in W orld W ar II and the
K orean conflicts w ere buried at
A rlington N ational Cem etery.
M ay 31 1889, m ore than 2,000
people perished w hen a dam break
s e n t w a te r r u s h in g th r o u g h
Johnstow n, Pa.
J u n e 1 1968, author-lecturer
H elen Keller, w ho earned a college
degree despite being blind and d ea f
m ost o f her life, died in W estport,
Conn.
J u n e 21953, Q ueen E lizabeth II
o f B r ita in w as c r o w n e d in
W estm inster A bbey, 16 m onths
after the death o f her father, K ing
George VI.
Crime Stoppers
Man Wanted for Child Abuse
The S eattle P olice D epart
m ent, in co o p e ra tio n w ith
P o rtlan d M etro C rim e S top
pers, is a sk in g fo r yo u r help
in lo catin g and a p p re h e n d
ing D avid G ene T hom as on
a charge o f first-degree child
m olestation.
S e a ttle a u th o ritie s have
reason to believ e th at T ho
m as, w ho has lived in the
P ortland M etropolitan A rea,
returned and is staying som e
w h ere in th e P o rtla n d or
V a n c o u v e r area. T hom as,
w ho is also know n as Tim o-
thy Steele and Brett V aughn
W ildgen, is a 4 0 -y ear-o ld
w hite m ale, w ith a date o f
birth o f July 2 6 ,1 9 6 0 . T h o
mas is 5 ’ 10” tall and w eighs
approxim ately 180 to 200
pounds, with blonde hair and '
blue eyes.C rim e Stoppers
is o ffering a cash rew ard o f
up to $1,000 for in fo rm a
tion, reported to Crim e Stop
pers, that leads to an arre st
in this case, or any unsolved
felony crime, and you rem ain
anonymous. Call Crim e Stop
pers at 503-823-H E L P.
David Gene Thomas
Armed Robbery Suspect Sought
T h e B e a v e rto n P o lic e
D ep artm en t, in corp o ratio n
w ith C rim e S toppers, has
issu ed a new p lea to ap p re
hend a m an for arm ed rob
bery.
Jeffe ry Jay Fahey faces
m u ltip le c o u n ts o f robbery
and burglary.
A cco rd in g to B eaverton
d e te c tiv e s, on W ednesday,
O ct. 11, Fahey and three
c o m p a n io n s e n te r e d a
B eaverton apartm ent on the
ruse o f reco v erin g personal
p ro p erty .
O n ce in sid e th e a p a rt
m ent, one o f the subjects
displayed a knife and Fahey
is accu sed o f p h y sic a lly
forcing an occupant to the
Jeffery Jay Fahey
flo o r w hile the apartm ent
w as stripped o f valuables.
Fahey is a 2 7 -y ear-o ld
m ale w hite w ith a date o f
birth o f July 10, 1973.
Fahey is 6 ’1” tall and
w eighs ap p ro x im ately 170
pounds, w ith blond hair and
blue eyes. C rim e Stoppers
is o fferin g a cash rew ard
o f up to $1,000 for in fo r
m ation, rep o rted to C rim e
S toppers, w hich leads to
an arrest in th is case, or
any unsolved felony crim e,
and you can rem ain an o n y
m ous. C all C rim e Stoppers
at (503) 823-H ELP.
Prostitution Sting Brings 33 Arrests
O n Friday and Saturday night,
M ay 11th and 12th, Southeast Pre
cinct officers conducted a prostitu
tion m ission along both N.E. Sandy
Boulevard and 82nd Avenue.
The mission resulted in 33 men
being arrested on prostitution re
lated charges. One individual was
additionally charged with endan
gering the welfare o f a minor be
cause he had his 2-1/2 year-old
daughter with him as he negotiated
for a car date. A nother arrest was
made for ex-con in possession o f a
firearm. Several vehicles were towed.
Man Wanted for Bank Fraud
The Bellevue, W ash. Po
lice D epartm ent, in coopera
tion with C rim e Stoppers, is
asking for your help in identi
fying and apprehending the
person responsible for a fraud
with a Portland connection.
On Feb. 11, a man pre
sented a stolen and forged
check at a US Bank located
in sid e L a r ry ’s M ark et in
Bellevue. The suspect cashed
the check after presenting an
O regon State d riv e r’s li
c e n se and a “ D isc o v e r”
credit card in the name o f a
Portland man. The license
has been shown to be a coun
terfeit, and the credit card
has been taken during a bur
glary, which occurred at an
office on Southwest M ac
adam Avenue in Portland on
July 15. The suspect is de
scribed as a white male in
his late 2 0 ’s or early 30’s,
5 ’ 10” to 6 ’0” tall, weighing
180 pounds. The suspect was
well groom ed, and appeared
very calm and confident.
Crim e Stoppers is offering
a cash rew ard o f up to $ 1,000
for inform ation, reported to
Crim e Stoppers, which leads
to an arrest in this case o r any
unsolved felony crim e, and
you need not give your name.
Call Crim e Stoppers at (503)
823-HELP.
I
Portland May Get
Traffic Ticket Cameras
(A P ) - C a m e ra s th a t ca tc h red-
b ill co u ld sav e lives.
lig h t ru n n e rs in P o rtla n d co u ld be
“ T h e m easu re seem s to b e w o rk
on th e w ay , u n d e r a b ill the state
ing in th o se cities w h ere i t ’s been
S en ate sen t to th e g o v e rn o r last
in stalled ,” said Sen. V erne D uncan,
week.
R-M ilwaukie.
T h e m e asu re, w h ich ‘ I THINK IT ’ S RATHER INSIDI
But opp o
w o n S en ate ap p ro v a l OUS. I don ’ t THINK A PERSON nents w o rried
w ith a 21 -9 vote, w o u ld S H O U L D H A V E TO DEFEND m o re cam eras
allo w an y city w ith a THEMSELVES IF A POLICE OF is the first step
p o p u la tio n o f m o re FICER ISN’ T THERE TO SEE IT ,’ in c re a tin g a
th an 3 0 ,0 0 0 to in sta ll — S en . B ill F isher , R - “Big B rother”-
cam eras at p ro b lem in R oseburg .
like state.
te rse c tio n s to ta k e p ic
“ I th in k i t ’s
tu res o f d riv ers w h o sp e ed th ro u g h
ra th e r in sid io u s,” said Sen. B ill
red lights.
F ish er, R -R o seb u rg . “ I d o n ’t th in k
S u p p o rte rs sa id w ith fiv e d eath s
a p erso n sh o u ld h av e to d efe n d
every y ear resu ltin g from co llisio n s
th e m se lv e s i f a p o lic e o ffic e r is n ’t
w h ere so m eo n e ran a red lig h t, the
th e re to see it.”
S en. G ary G e o rg e , R -N ew b erg ,
sa id the so lu tio n is to p u t m o re
p o lic e o ffic e rs o n stree t c o m e rs
in stead o fc a m e ra s, esp ecially since
the ca m e ra sy stem s w ill co st up to
$75,000. “T hink about w hat it would
co st to p u t an o ffic e r on the c o r
n e r,” he said.
T h e m easu re, H B238O, w ill o n ly
allo w ca m e ra s to b e o p era tio n al at
four in tersectio n s at an y given tim e.
P o rtla n d w o u ld b e allo w ed to h av e
ca m e ra s w o rk in g at e ig h t in te rse c
tio n s. T he cam eras are trig g ered by
sen so rs in the ro ad th at d etect w hen
a c a r p asses th ro u g h an in te rse c
tio n o n ly afte r th e lig h t has tu rn ed
red.
Woman Found Dead in Portland Dorm
P olice say th e b o d y o f a
young w om an w as found in
her U niversity o f P ortland
dorm room T u esd ay .
T hey are calling th e d e a th
“suspicious” but aren ’t releas
ing any details.
Friends found the body at
M ehling Hall at about noon.
The private Catholic school
and p o lice are in the process
o f notifying fam ily m em bers.
Thestudent’snam ehasn’tbeen
released. A n autopsy is sched
uled for W ednesday.
New Speed Limit Gains Support
(AP) - Speedy drivers w ould
have the law on th eir side u n
der a proposal ap p ro v ed by a
Senate panel.
Sen. R andy M iller, sponsor
o f the bill to raise O re g o n ’s
speed lim it to 75 m ph, says the
current 65 m ph lim it d o e sn ’t
fac e th e r e a lity th a t m o st
people d rive at least 70 m ph.
“ I t ’s in su ltin g to m ost law
enforcem ent and to our d riv
e rs,” the Lake O sw ego R e
publican said. “ W e have put
them in a position o f enforcing
a law th at no one re sp e c ts.”
M ille r’s p ro p o sal, SB 502,
w ould give the O regon D e
partm ent o f T ransportation the
au th o rity to set speed lim its o f
up to 75 m ph.
O regon and Iow a are the
only states w est o f the M is
sissip p i R iver to have a g en
eral speed lim it un d er 70 mph.
“ T here are parts o f this state
w here it m akes a b so lu te ly no
sense to set the speed lim it at
6 5 ,” M iller said.
G ov. John K itzh ab er vetoed
a sim ila r 1999 m easure to in
crease speed lim its, but has
said h e ’s w illing to reconsider
the issue this session.
Bob R ussell, a lobbyist for
the O regon T rucking A sso
ciatio n , said he supports ra is
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