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Civil Rights Activist Remembered
“The death o f Marie Foster leaves an irreplaceable void
within our comm unity.”
Foster was among voting rights marchers beaten and
turned back by sheriff's deputies and state troopers on
March 7,1965, which became known as "Bloody Sunday."
The beatings were shown nationwide on television and in
newspapers, turning the focus o f the civil rights movement
on Selma. •
Despite swollen knees from the beating, Foster took part
in a later march to Montgomery led by Martin Luther King
Jr. In its wake, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act o f
1965, removing obstacles set up by white segregationists
to deny the ballot to many blacks.
The vest Foster wore during the march was autographed
by many leaders o f the civil rights movement and is now on
display in Selm aat the National Voting R ights Institute and
Museum.
Before the march, Foster took aim at the tests which
blacks were required to take to show their fitness to vote.
Foster, who was rejected eight times before she success­
fully registered to vote, got copies o f old tests to use as
study guides and launched her "citizenship classes.”
“We needed to give the people the motivation to go to the
courthouse and get registered,” Foster wrote. “They had been
deprived o f their right for so long, it was not an easy transition
to make. It was at these classes that we taught people how to
get registered to vote and how to make their vote count.”
Marie Foster, one of the marchers in the legendary
Selma-to-Montgomery march in 1965, views exhibits
in the National Voting Rights Museum in Selma, Ala.
Police release a photo of a 1999 Red Grand Prix (left), the type of vehicle a wanted
man-from Montana, Jeff Lefferdink (right) maybe driving.
Dangerous Offender Wanted
The Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's O f­
fice in Helena, Mont., in cooperation with
Portland Metro Crime Stoppers, is asking for
your help in locating and apprehending Jeffery
John “Jeff" Lefferdink, an ex-felon wanted for
parole violation who is said to be in the Port­
land area.
Police said Lefferdink has a history o f drug
trafficking and robbery and should be consid­
ered armed and dangerous.
He is a 24-year-old white male, with a date
o f birth o f Oct. 6, 1978. He is 6 feet tall and
weighs approximately 155 pounds, with brown
eyes and brown hair.
Police said he is known to frequent upper-
end hotels and may be traveling with his wife.
His vehicle is a red 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix with
Montana plates 5A45326.
Marie Foster marched in
‘Bloody Sunday’ protest
Marie Foster, a civil rights activist from Selma, Ala., who
helped launch the city’s voting rights movement and was
brutally beaten by state troopers during an infamous 1965
march to Montgomery, has died. She was 85.
“Even in her old age, she could still outwork the young
activists o f today,” said Selma Mayor James Perkins Jr.
Teen Charged With Attempted Murder
A 15-year old Portland boy
is facingachargeof attempted
m urder for the shooting o f
another teenager in an alley
near the intersection o f North
K ¡11 ingsworth and Haight A v­
enue. Police said the shooting
appeared to be gang-related.
Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward o f up to $1,000fo r information, reported to Crime
Stoppers, that leads to an arrest in this case, or any unsolvedfelony crime, and you need not
give your name. Call Crime Stoppers at 503-823-4357.
Accused Murderer has Mental Illness
(A P ) — A m an ch arg ed w ith k illin g his
8 -y ear-o ld h a lf siste r has been d iagnosed
w ith p aranoid sc h izo p h ren ia and ord ered
to the state m ental hospital.
M ultnom ah C ounty C ircu it Judge D o u ­
glas B eckm an an n o u n ced his rulin g afte r
p sy c h ia trists h ired by both the d efen se
and the sta te deem ed A aron V. N eubarth
m e n tally in c ap ab le o f sta n d in g trial.
N eu b arth , 34, is ch arg ed w ith a g g ra ­
vated m urder, attem pted m urder and first-
d eg ree assau lt in the death o f V anessa
N eubarth and the w o u n d in g o f th eir father.
Van N eubarth, 56, in A pril 2002. P olice say
A aron N eubarth stab b ed V an essa m u ltip le
tim es w ith a kitchen knife w hen she tried to
intervene in a fight betw een her h a lf brother
and h er fath er in th e ir P o rtlan d hom e.
H is cu rren t m en tal sta te has no c o n n e c ­
tion to his m ental co n d itio n at the tim e the
g irl w as k illed and d o es not n ec essarily
m ean he w ill p lead g u ilty but insane.
He w ill spend at least the next 90 d ay s at
the O reg o n S tate H ospital in S alem ..
Rafael Keith Hall was
arrested Sept. 10 during a
traffic stop at S outheast
96th and M arket streets.
H e ’s accused o f sh o o t­
ing 18-year-old John Hunt
on Sept. 6 at about 12:30
a.m .
D etectiv es c o n tin u e to
look for a d d itio n a l w it­
nesses in this investigation.
A nyone w ith inform ation is
a sk e d to c a ll D e te c tiv e
Rhodes at 503-823-0459 or
D etective S n y d er at 503-
823-0842.
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Vancouver Sex Offenders Uprooted
(AP)— Eight sex offenders will be
removed from three rental homes in
Vancouver, partly because children
have been seen in the houses, the
Washington Department o f Correc­
tions has decided.
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Ow nerCatherine Cook was told that
the offenders, all under state supervi­
sion, will be removed from her houses in
Vancou ver and Hazel Del I by the end o f
the month, costing her $2,800 a month in
rent.
“They’re blaming it all on my attitude
or there’s too much community (opposi­
tion),” Cook said. “They always told the
community theycouldn’t(com plain)....
They have begged me to take some o f
these people.”
Injured Deputy
Sues Employer
Damon Coates
(A P)— Sgt. DamonCoates,
a father o f four who was shot in
the face while on duty earlier
th is y ear, p la n s to sue
Clackamas County, according
to a notice filed by his attor­
ney.
Deputy Andrew McVey, a
spokesman fortheCoates fam­
ily, said the sergeant wants to
ensure “this doesn’t happen
to anybody else.”
Neal Butler, chief deputy
sheriff, said that for some rea­
son, Coates and the deputies
who went to the Milwaukie-
areahomeofNickTeixeira, 15,
did not receive radio messages
that the teen had been spotted
recently with a gun.
T eix eira alleg ed ly shot
Coates in the face with a stolen
.4 5 -c alib e r sem iau to m atic
handgun. Another deputy im­
mediately shot Teixeira.
Besides the radio transmis­
sion, the inform ation that
Teixeira might have a gun also
went out in an electronic mes­
sage that goes to a computer in
a patrol car.
Coates received and opened
a text message alerting him that
the teen could be armed, offi-
cialssaid. But they don’tknow
whether he read the message.
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minors. You do not need to replace your present card until your next scheduled
renewal, officials with the Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicles Division said.
New security features
guard against fraud
tom ers’ needs for stronger security fea­
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latest security and fraud-prevention tech­ that varies in color depending on the view ­
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need to replaced until the next scheduled card holder’s photo.
renew al date, officials w ith the Driver
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cant change. Drivers w ill sign an electronic
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