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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Thursday, June 16, 2016 Leaders ask Oregon, Wash. Man says nail governors to ban oil-by-train gun attack was a suicide pact Brown called for a temporary moratorium on oil trains in the Columbia River Gorge until it’s conirmed the rails are safe. In a statement Tuesday, Brown expressed concerned about the Tesoro proposal and said she is closely monitoring its devel- opments. As for pressing a ban, Brown said federal rules that would enhance rail safety are either in litigation or are yet to be completed. “I will continue to push the U.S. Department of Trans- portation and other federal authorities to take action that puts fewer Oregonians at risk of a dangerous crash in their back yards,” she said. Inslee spokeswoman Tara Lee said it’s unlikely the governors even have authority for a moratorium on railways. Union Paciic spokesman Justin Jacobs said trans- porting crude oil to the company’s customers is a federal mandate. “If a customer delivers a crude oil tank car in confor- mity with U.S. Department of Transportation requirements, Union Paciic is obligated to transport the rail car to its destination,” Jacobs said in a statement. By KRISTENA HANSEN Associated Press PORTLAND — Portland and Multnomah County leaders on Tuesday urged the governors of Oregon and Washington to push Congress for a permanent ban on oil-by-rail in the wake of a iery train derailment along the Columbia River. The June 3 derailment in the town of Mosier showed transporting oil by train is dangerous and unnecessary and should be prohibited by the federal government, Port- land Mayor Charlie Hales and Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury said at City Hall, alongside other government and health oficials. Nobody was injured in the derailment, but it affected water and sewer systems and forced evacuations. The oficials called on Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to work with the Obama administration and Congress on a permanent ban, and to block permits and oppose the several oil-related projects proposed in their states. They cited plans for the Tesoro-Savage oil terminal in Vancouver, Washington. Alan Berne/The Seattle Times via AP In this June 3 ile photo, an oil train burns near the town of Mosier after derailing. “At a time of acute concern about toxins in our water and in our air, we do not need to add to that list,” Hales said. “No transpor- tation system is ever 100 percent safe. ... That’s why it’s a fundamentally wrong idea to be moving explosive fossil fuels by rail.” Portland, Cascade Locks and Mosier are among several localities that recently passed resolutions calling for bans and rallying higher-ranking government oficials to get behind them. One million gallons of Bakken crude oil — the type involved in the Mosier derailment that Kafoury characterized as “much more volatile” than conventional oil — roll along the Mult- nomah County train tracks every week. A half-million Oregonians live nearby, plus thousands more around the tracks in Washington. Oficials said the U.S. and Canada have seen more than a dozen oil train derailments in the past two years. They said the Tesoro-Savage terminal in Vancouver would bring an additional 15 million oil gallons to the area and could lead to many more derailments over the years. “With so many people in Portland living near the tracks, we can’t close our eyes to the risks of these trains and hope that we, again, get lucky — if you can call it that,” Kafoury said. Following the Union Paciic derailment in Mosier, EUGENE (AP) — An because she didn’t want to Oregon man accused of be committed to a mental shooting a woman with a hospital, Day wrote. nail gun told investigators The afidavit says the two that the woman recruited discussed different methods him to kill her. of killing themselves before Authorities say Troy the woman announced a Vance Thompson, plan to rent a 46, of Creswell, nail gun, travel ired nine nails to the woods and into the woman’s carry out a homi- head on June 1 cide-suicide. before turning Day wrote that the nail gun on the manager of an himself, The equipment rental Register-Guard store corroborated reported. T h o m p s o n ’s Thompson claim that the gave Oregon Thompson woman went State Troopers a into the business detailed statement the day to rent the nail gun and after the incident. At the air compressor. The store time, he was in a Springield manager told investigators hospital recovering from an that the woman asked for the injury caused by the nail he gun with the largest nails, ired into his own head. according to the trooper’s Prosecutors have charged report. Thompson with assault Thompson told police but have not asked a grand he ired three nails from jury to review the case yet. the gun into the back of He was put in jail after his the woman’s head, then release from the hospital. stopped. The woman “was The woman’s current still alive and told him to condition is unknown. Police keep going (and) reminded said last week that she was Troy he had promised her he still hospitalized in critical would help her,” Day wrote. condition. A prosecutor and Passers-by later found hospital spokeswoman both Thompson and the woman said Tuesday that they had and called police, according no updated information to to the report. disclose about the woman. Day also wrote that the She was not identiied. woman’s mother told a Thompson said he irst detective that her daughter met the 31-year-old Eugene is delusional, has bipolar woman the day before the disorder and has been hospi- incident, according to a talized several times in the police report made public last year. The mother also this week. He said the said the woman has asked woman stopped her car friends, family and strangers on Highway 99 in Eugene to help her die, the report and approached him while said. he walked along the road, Thompson told police according a search warrant that he has “brain injuries afidavit iled by trooper from the past” as well as a Cale Day. history of substance abuse She told Thompson she and suicidal thoughts, Day’s needed someone to kill her report said. Judge denies Ryan Bundy’s request to go to San Francisco PORTLAND (AP) — A federal judge Wednesday rejected Ryan Bundy’s demand to be released from custody so he can appear before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy has been serving as his own lawyer since his January arrest during the armed occupation of an Oregon bird sanctuary. He’s also facing federal charges in Nevada for his role in an armed standoff with federal agents at this father’s ranch. Bundy and lawyers for other defendants charged in both cases have said it’s improper to make them defend two cases at once in different states. The Appeals Court plans to hear oral arguments Thursday in San Francisco, and Bundy wants to be there. But U.S. District Court Judge Anna J. Brown denied his request for transfer or release, saying it’s not her call and it should have been brought up sooner. “I’m not a magician,” she said. Bundy was attempting to have a different federal judge, Robert Jones, hear the matter Wednesday afternoon. Jones, to ease the load on Brown, has been hearing requests for pretrial release from the more than 20 defendants charged in connection with the occupa- tion of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Brown’s denial came during a status hearing on the complex, high-proile case that began with a protest over the imprisonment of two Oregon ranchers convicted of setting ires. Three people have pleaded guilty and a trial for most of the defendants is scheduled to start Sept. 7, though a few defendants have waived their right to a speedy trial and likely won’t face a jury until 2017. Geoffrey Stanek pleaded guilty Tuesday, accepting a plea deal in which prosecutors agreed to drop a charge of irearm possession in a federal facility. The government plans to recommend a sentence of six months of home detention. Marcus Mumford, the new attorney for occupation leader Ammon Bundy, suggested to Judge Brown that his client might also waive his demand for a speedy trial. Also Wednesday: • Assistant U.S. Attorney Ethan Knight told the judge he expects prosecutors will take three or four weeks to present their case at trial. • Defendant Darryl Thorn planned to plead guilty but later told the judge he was withdrawing his plea. • Defendant Kenneth Medenbach, as he has repeat- edly done, questioned Brown about whether she ever took an oath of ofice. She replied, “Mr. Medenbach, we’re not going to play these games.” Didn’t receive your paper? Call 1-800-522-0255 before noon Tuesday through Friday or before 10 a.m. Saturday for same-day redelivery 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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