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Portland
Com m unity
C ollege
Equality Debate
Politicians, celebrities and community leaders
rally in support of the trauma unit at Martin
Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center in South
Los Angeles. A grass-roots campaign is fram­
ing civil rights and equal access to vital medi­
cal services as key issues for keeping the unit
open. The trama unit was created in the after-
math of the Watts Riot. (AP photo)
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(A P) — A man suspected in
the killings o f six hunters in W is­
consin told investigators he b e­
gan firing after he was shot at
first and some o f the victims called
him racially derogatory nam es,
ac co rd in g to d o cu m en ts filed
T u esd ay .
A judge set bail at $2.5 million for
Chai Vang, 36, of St. Paul, Minn.,
who is suspected in the killings
Sunday o f six deer hunters and the
wounding o f two others.
V ang.aH m ong immigrant from
Laos, was arrested Sunday about
four hours after the shootings as he
em erged from the woods with his
empty SKS 7.62 mm semiautomatic
rifle.
SawyerCounty Sheriff Jim Meier
said a dispute over Vang’s use of a
tree stand - a raised platform used
by hunters - on private property
preceded the gunfire.
A hunter approached Vang to
tell him he was on private property,
and Vang started to leave as other
hunters approached, the statement
Chai Vang
said. Vang said the hunters sur­
rounded him, and some started call­
ing him racial slurs.
Vang said he started walking
away but looked back to see the
first hunter point his rifle at him and
then fire a shot that hit the ground
30 to 40 feet behind him, the state­
ment said.
T hat’s when Vang told investi­
gators he started firing at the group,
and some fell to the ground and
others tried to run away, according
to the statement.
Five people died at the scene
and a sixth died Monday in a hos­
pital.
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(A P)— TopClinton adm inistra­
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rock stars and ordinary admirers of
Bill Clinton turned out to pay hom­
age to the former president at the
opening o f the Clinton Presidential
Center library and museum in Little
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“The thing I want most is for
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Clinton said Thursday at an out­
door celebration in pouring rain, “is
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and important.”
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time in which he serves,” he said,
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need to go and a strategy o f how to
get there, and then to pursue it with
all his mind and heart.”
Clinton, President Bush and
former presidents George H.W.
Bush and Jimmy Carter had earlier
taken the stage while the U.S. Air
Force Concert Band played “Hail to
the Chief.”
Clinton’s colleagues then paid
tribute to his tenure.
The only other living former
president, Gerald Ford, 91, was too
frail to attend.
Former President Clinton and Sen. Hillary Clinton watch the
crowd and procession o f VIPs during the formal dedication o f the
Clinton Presidential Center.
Daughter’s Arms Severed
( A P)— With a calm, dispassion­
ate voice and a hymn playing in the
background, Dena Schlosser con­
fessed to the unthinkable, telling a
911 operator she’d cut off the arms
o f her baby girl.
The woman was sitting in her
living room covered with blood
when police arrived Monday. Her
nearly 11-month-old daughter lay investigated on child neglect alle­
fatally injured in acrib in a bedroom gations earlier this year, but Texas
of the fam ily’s apartment in Plano, Child Protective Services had re­
Texas. The child died shortly after­ cently closed a seven-month in­
ward at a hospital.
v e s tig a tio n , c o n c lu d in g th a t
Police have charged the 35-year- Schlosser did not pose a risk to her
old mother.
c h ild re n . N e ig h b o rs sa id she
Schlosser, who had a history of seemed to be a loving, attentive
postpartum depression, had been mother.
Racism Motivates Hate Crimes
(AP) — Over 7,400 hate crime
incidents occurred nationwide last
year, more than half o f them moti­
vated by racial prejudice most of­
ten against black people, the FBI
reported Monday.
Hate crim es m otivated by anti­
black racial bias totaled 2,548 in
2003, m ore than dou b le such
crim es against all other racial
groups com bined. T here w ere
3,150 black victims in these cases,
including four w ho w ere m ur­
dered, according to the annual before. By far the most hate crim es
FBI report.
based on religion w ere directed
The overall total of 7,489 hate at Jews, with 927 incidents in 2003,
crime incidents reported in 2003 about the sam e as in 2002.
was slightly above the number re­
The report also found more than
ported in 2002. Nearly two-thirdsof 1,2(X) hate crimes based on sexual
the crimes involved in such cases orientation, including 783 against
are intimidation, vandal ism or prop­ male homosexuals. That included
erty destruction.
six murders.
The report show s that crim es
The FBI hate crim es report is
categorized as anti-Islam ic re­ drawn from information submitted
m ained at the about sam e level in by more than 11,9(X) law enforce­
2003 - 149 crim es - as the year ment agencies around the country.
Tests Negative in Mad Cow Case
(AP) — No sign of mad cow
A more definitive test at the Na­
disease was found in an animal the tional Veterinary Services Labora­
A g ric u ltu re D e p a rtm e n t had tory in Ames, Iowa, came back nega­
singled out for followup tests, offi­ tive, the officials said. The announce­
cials said Tuesday. Initial screen­ ment was a relief to the U.S. beef
ings last week had raised the pos­ industry, which is still trying to re­
sibility of a new case of the disease cover from the nation’s first case of
in the United States.
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