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(AP) — V ivian M alone Jones, one o f tw o
black students w hose effort to enroll at the
University o f A labama led toG eorge W allace’s
infam ous "stand in the schoolhouse door" in
1963, died Thursday. She was 63.
Jones, who w ent on to becom e the first
black to graduate from the school, died at
A tlanta M edical C enter after suffering a stroke.
A retired federal w orker who lived in A t
lanta, she grew up in M obile, Ala. She had
enrolled at historically black A labam a A&M
U niversity in H untsville when she transferred
to the U niversity o f A labam a in 1963. The
m ove led to then-G ov. W allace’s infam ous
stand in defiance o f orders to adm it black
students. Jones and Jam es Hood, accom pa
nied by then-D eputy U.S. A ttorney G eneral
N icholas K atzenbach. enrolled after W allace
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n ess.”
She recalled that she and Hood w aited in a
car until W allace read his proclam ation. Fi
nally, w hen he stepped aside, she said, that
allow ed them to enter the university.
"I was never afraid. I did have som e appre
hensions in my m ind, though, especially hav
ing gone to segregated, 'sep arate, but eq u al’
schools,” she said.
Jones said her religious beliefs gave her
confidence to persist, and she graduated in
1965.
“G od was w ith m e,” she said.
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finished his statem ent and left.
At an appearance last year in M obile, she
recalled m eeting w ith W allace in 1996, when
the form er governor w as in frail health. He died
in 1998.
“I asked him why did he do it,” she said. "H e
said he did w hat he felt needed to be done at that
point in tim e, but he w ould not do that today.
At that point, w e spoke - I spoke - o f forgive
Jones was one student
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Vaida several times.
o f some 40 rounds of
Homicide detec
firepower.
tiv es believe that
A uthorities said
a p p ro x im a te ly 40
M archelow Vaida,
ro u n d s w ere e x
18, was seriously in
changed, with offic
sured when he was
ers firing the major
shot by Portland po
ity of rounds. Detec
lice officers around
tives also believe the
11 p.m.Oct. 12.
officers unsuccess
Two
v e te ra n
fu lly d e p lo y e d a
gang enforcem ent
T aser prior to the
officers said they at Marchelow Vaida
shooting.
tem pted to contact
After Vaida was shot, police said
Vaida near the intersection of North
F re m o n t S tre e t and N orth evidence indicates that he was con
Vancouver Avenue. He fled and a scious, alert, and talking on his cell
short time later, fired several shots phone while he was lying on the
at the pursuing officers, police said. ground with his loaded handgun
Officers returned fire and struck nearby.
Youth Officer Gets Life Sentence
Michael Lee Boyles, a juvenile
probation officer convicted of sexu
ally abusing five boys under his
su p e rv isio n , w as se n te n c e d
Oct. 13 to life in prison.
Boyles, 50, worked 11 years for
the Oregon Youth Authority. He
also faces lawsuits in civil court
that also makes claims against the
state of Oregon.
During Boyles’ four-week trial
this summer, prosecutors intro
duced evidence showing that OY A
officials heard complaints about
Boyles’ behavior from parents and
Michael Lee Boyles
cused of making false statements in located in Baton Rouge, La. As a
order to qualify for $2,000 in disas result, a FEMA check for $2,000
ter relief payments by the Federal was mailed from a government of
Emergency Management Agency. fice in Texas to a post office box
In order to qualify, a person must controlled by Miller in Portland.
have suffered damage to property Investigators are gathering evi
as a result of the hurricane. Appli dence relating to numerous other
An indictment by a federal grand cants are required to identify the checks sent to Portland which may
jury charges a Portland man with specific property which suffered also be based on fraud.
A criminal indictment is only an
mail fraud in the receipt of $2,000 in such damage.
allegation
and not evidence of guilt.
T he indictm ent alleges that
disaster relief monies designated
I
f
con
victed.
Mi Her could face up to
to survivors o f hurricane Katrina. Miller falsely represented that he
20
years
in
prison
and a fine.
Harold Allen Miller Jr.. 41, isac- suffered such damage to a property
Charged with
stealing
Katrina cash
Rape Suspect Found Guilty Case Before
4 4 -y e a r-o ld K evin R om ond
W alls, the su sp e c t in a M arch
10 sexual a ssa u lt on M t. T a
bor, w as c o n v ic te d F rid ay by a
M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty ju r y on
eight m easure 11 fe lo n ie s in
c lu d in g , rap e, so d o m y , u sin g a
w eapon in a c rim e and k id n a p
ping.
P o lice said in a d d itio n to the
M t T a b o r sexual a ssa u lt. W alls
w as c o n n e c te d to o th e r sexual
a ssa u lts by D N A and is b e
lieved to be a serial rap ist. He is
sch ed u led fo r se n te n c in g n ex t
m onth.
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other caregivers as early as 1995,
but took no action to remove him
from his job.
Police said that under Boyles’
supervision, the children were fre
quently placed in the foster home
of a Boyles acquaintance, so that
they would be available for sexual
abuse.
During sentencing, one of his
victims looked directly at him and
said: “I will forgive you. But I will
never forget, and knowing you are
in prison makes me a very happy
person.”
Local Man Accused of Fraud
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Police said because Vaida re
fused to obey num erous com
mands, officers deployed at least
two less lethal beanbag rounds.
The Bureau’s Special Emergency
Reaction Team was activated to
arrest him, and SERT medics pro
vided the initial medical assistance.
Initial information indicated that
there might have been a second
suspect involved in either the
shooting or foot pursuit, but detec
tives now believe Vaida was the
sole suspect involved.
Anyone with information about
this incident is asked to call Detec
tive Bryan Steed at 503- 823-0395 or
Detective Lynn Courtney at 503-
823-0451.
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