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Kate Brown signs lawsuit bill,
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lisher of The New Northwest, a newspaper
devoted to women’s rights. She also wrote
the Oregon Woman Suffrage Proclamation
in 1912, said Eliza Canty-Jones, a public
SALEM — Nez Perce leader Chief Jo-
outreach manager at Oregon Historical So-
seph and pioneering woman rights activist
ciety.
Abigail Scott Duniway should replace two
There are 90 men and 10 women in
other symbols of Oregon among the statues
the National Statuary Hall Collection. It
on display at the U.S. Capitol, a panel rec-
wasn’t until 2000 that Congress decided
ommended on Wednesday.
states could switch out their statues. Sev-
The Statuary Hall Study Commission
en states have already done so, including
decided it was time to update Oregon’s
Ohio, which is in the process of replacing
contributions to the National Statuary Hall
Governor William Allen, a 19th century
Collection in Washington, D.C., where
congressman who supported the rights of
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Thomas Edison. California replaced Civil
will be representing Oregon still rests with
War abolitionist Thomas Starr King with a
state lawmakers.
bronze statue of Ronald Regan in 2006.
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Oregon’s nine-member commission,
been pioneer Jason Lee, a 19th century
created by former Gov. John Kitzhaber last
missionary who founded what became Wil-
August, was initially tasked with deciding
lamette University, and John McLoughlin,
whether Lee’s statue should be replaced
a fur trader known as the father of Oregon.
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“Much more Oregon history has been
War II veteran and the longest-serving sen-
written, and it was time to send statues of
ator in Oregon’s history.
two equally worthy individuals who repre-
It instead recommended both Lee and
sent different chapters in Oregon’s history,”
McLoughlin should be returned to “places
said Jerry Hudson, chair of the commission.
of honor” in Oregon.
So the commission decided to recom-
AP Photo/Denis Paquin, File
Though the commission had already en-
mend that the McLoughlin and Lee statues
come back to Oregon, and that they be re- This 1995 file photo shows a statue of dorsed removal of the two statues, several
Oregon pioneer Rev. Jason Lee in the people spoke in favor of keeping them in
placed by Chief Joseph and Duniway.
Chief Joseph lived from 1840-1904 and Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill, in the their current homes during a public hearing
preceding the commission’s vote, includ-
was leader a band of the Nez Perce that was House Chamber in Washington D.C.
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were McLoughlin himself.
by the U.S. government. Joseph’s band was traordinary,” Platt said.
The commission has been gathering in-
among those that resisted removal during
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the 1877 Nez Perce War.
was known as “the pioneer woman suf- put from scholars and the public about who
Chief Joseph is “Oregon’s only truly fragist of the great Northwest.” She and best represents Oregon, and it narrowed a
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and Duniway, former governor Tom Mc-
Society.
in novels.
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By SHEILA V KUMAR
Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown
has signed a bill that changes the way Oregon
handles class-action lawsuits.
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signed as governor. Brown took over for former
Gov. John Kitzhaber two weeks ago.
The bill was a top priority for Democrats,
who used their newly expanded House and
Senate majorities to quickly push it through the
Legislature.
Democrats say their bill would prevent
companies that break the law from keeping money
they’ve earned illegally. Republicans say the
measure would make it far too easy to bring large
lawsuits in Oregon, damaging the business climate.
They also say it would unfairly change the rules
for a lawsuit already in progress against the oil
company BP.
BP has pledged to challenge the bill.
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HILLSBORO (AP) — Police haven’t released
the cause of death of the 6-month-old left in a car
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believe it was related to the temperature in the car,
The Oregonian reported.
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Washington County are waiting for evidence
analysis at a federal crime laboratory.
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work to go to daughter Jillian’s 6-month checkup
and then drove her from the doctor’s appointment.
He was supposed to drop her off at her day care,
but he told investigators he started to think about
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campus.
He said he parked, got out and didn’t look
back. He had lunch with a co-worker and went to
meetings. Later in the day, his wife called him and
said she was on her way to pick up their kids. He
still didn’t realize what he’d done, he told police.
His wife called him a second time when Jillian
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revive the girl failed.
Mother blames deputies, stun guns in suit over son’s death
PORTLAND (AP) — The
mother of a southern Oregon
man who died during an en-
counter with law enforcement
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ing deputies used excessive
force.
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in Eugene on behalf of Ann
McKelvey, who represents
the estate, says deputies dis-
charged Tasers at least a half
dozen times when trying to
stop Walter Ray McKelvey,
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he was restrained and told dep-
uties his heart hurt.
McKelvey’s attorney, J.
Randolph Pickett, declined
comment Wednesday. The
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diately return a phone message
seeking comment.
According to the complaint
and prior news accounts, the
case began when Walter McK-
elvey called police for help
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Main Street in Canyonville,
which is 200 miles south of
Portland. McKelvey had many
prior run-ins with authorities
and was released from jail just
a few days before.
When Deputy Sam Clayton
responded, McKelvey told him
he didn’t call the sheriff’s of-
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for a ride to the local casino.
The deputy denied the re-
quest and tried to leave. McK-
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down, saying he was being ha-
rassed by people. The deputy
saw no one harassing McKel-
vey.
Another deputy, Jayson
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ferred with Clayton, McK-
elvey went to the edge of the
road and tried to hitch a ride to
the casino.
The deputies went to the
street to speak with McKelvey,
who told them he had used
methamphetamine earlier in
the evening.
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vey away from the street, but
he broke away and went into
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McKelvey fell to the
ground, and the deputies got
on top of him. The complaint
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their Tasers, even after McKel-
vey yelled for help.
“Several witnesses were at
the scene and also reported that
McKelvey was crying out for
help,” the lawsuit says. “Some
witnesses even begged the
deputies to stop discharging
their Tasers.” The lawsuit does
not identify the witnesses.
McKelvey stopped breath-
ing at the scene. An autopsy
found that meth intoxication,
a brain cyst and excited delir-
ium — a condition in which
the heart races during a period
of stress, often after drug use
— caused McKelvey’s death.
The lawsuit says the depu-
ties should have known not to
use a Taser on someone who
had taken meth.
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parents, two daughters and a
son.
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the lawsuit names the deputies
and Taser International Inc. as
defendants.
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the East, warmth will build in the West.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 88° in Fernandina Beach, Fla.
Low -23° in Lake Yellowstone, Wyo.
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