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Local Leader Charged with Attempted Murder
A respected A frican Am erican
businessman and civil rights advocate
from Portland faces attempted mur
der and kidnapping charges in The
Dalles, according to the Wasco County
Circuit Court.
Robert Larry, 45, is accused of
attacking a female acquaintance, said
Wasco County District Attorney Eric
Nisley.
Larry was the longtime owner of
the King Liquor Store on Northeast
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in
Portland and an officer with the Port
land branch of the NAACP. His liquor
store was closed last spring over alle-
gations he owned the Oregon Liquor
Control $38,578 in liquor receipts.
He was arrested two weeks ago
in The Dalles for kidnapping, stran
gulation, m enacing and harassment,
and unauthorized use of a firearm,
but the charges were upgraded Fri
day when a W asco County Grand
Jury added the charge of attem pted
m urder.
At the time of the domestic violence
complaint, officers said they had to
draw weapons in a confrontation with
Larry, though no shots were fired.
He was released from jail on bail
pending an Aug. 22 arraignment.
The Zone, formerly Quest is one o f the few underage nightclubs in Portland. People who are over 21 usually aren’t
allowed inside the downtown club with out an underage friend.
Pedestrians walk past Metro Pizza on Southwest Washington where a shoot
ing left a man dead.
N ig h tlife Shaken Up
continued
from Front
Will taking away hip-hop music and
police saturation really reduce crime?
The Oregon Liquor Control Commis
sion said it has no complaint cases against
the downtown entertainment clubs for
Some people
think that the
recent decision by
The Vue nightclub
to quit playing hip-
hop music will be
an economic
downfall for the
venue.
violence that originated inside their estab
lishments and then spilled outside.
Meanwhile, some northeast Portland
residents are complaining that with all the
attention downtown is getting that their
neighborhoods are being ignored and left
vulnerable to future crime.
Cold, Broken or Drafty
Windows?
Law requires
equal coverage
Gov. Ted Kulongoski signed a
bill Monday that requires fairand
equal group health insurance for
m ental health and substance
abuse disorders.
The governor was joined by
Senate President Peter Courtney,
representatives from the Oregon
chapter of the National Alliance
for the Mentally III, and Senators
Kate Brown, Avel Gordly and
Margaret Carter.
Sonja Tanner shared her story
about how mental health parity will
Natural
Gas Hike
Wanted
Heating the house this winter could get
much more expensive with a proposed 13
percent rate hike by Northwest Natural Gas.
The request has been filed with the O r
egon Public Utility Commission.
For an average residential custom er
using about 59.2 therm s per month, the
increase would mean an additional $9.28
per month, increasing the average bill
from $71.60 to $80.88.
If approved by the OPUC, any increases
would take effect Oct. 1.
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Governor Signs Mental Health Bill
Supporters said providing equal
coverage for mental health and
substance abuse and physical
health treatments results in mini
mal - if any - increase in total
health costs. When Oregon’s Pub
lic Em ployees’ Benefit Board
implemented parity, the increase
in cost over the first year was less
than one-half of one percent,
“This legislation will help im
prove the lives for thousands of
Oregonians and their families be
cause of a core group of people
who would not stop fighting for
what is the right thing to do for our
state today and for the future,”
Kulongoski said.
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help her son access the services he
needs at an affordable cost.
Before Senate Bill 1, Oregon was
one o f a few states that did not
require insurance to cover treat
ment for mental health and sub
stance abuse disorders, as it does
for physical ailments.
“Today marks the day when we
officially end discrimination in
health benefits between mental and
p h y sic a l h e a lth p ro b le m s,”
Kulongoski said. “But perhaps this
day is more important for moving
Oregon closer to ending the stigma
so often associated with mental
health and substance abuse disor
ders - and treatment.”
Many clubgoers believe that security
saturation patrols on foot, bike and horse
back, like the presence Portland police had
last weekend, will curb violence near the
clubs.
For many, the issue is more about crime
prevention than music.
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Oregonians. Workers will be recruited from local
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