THE BULLETIN • SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 2021 A3
TODAY
LOCAL, STATE & REGION
It’s Sunday, March 14, the 73rd
day of 2021. There are 292 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
In 1964, a jury in Dallas found Jack
Ruby guilty of murdering Lee Har-
vey Oswald, the accused assassin
of President John F. Kennedy, and
sentenced him to death. The con-
viction and death sentence were
overturned, but Ruby died before
he could be retried.
In 1794, Eli Whitney received a
patent for his cotton gin, an inven-
tion that revolutionized America’s
cotton industry.
In 1883, German political philos-
opher Karl Marx died in London
at 64.
In 1900, Congress ratified the
Gold Standard Act.
In 1951, during the Korean War,
United Nations forces recaptured
Seoul.
In 1962, Democrat Edward M.
Kennedy officially launched in
Boston his successful candidacy
for the U.S. Senate seat from
Massachusetts once held by his
brother, President John F. Kenne-
dy. Edward Kennedy served in the
Senate for nearly 47 years.
In 1965, Israel’s cabinet formally
approved establishment of
diplomatic relations with West
Germany.
In 1967, the body of President
John F. Kennedy was moved from
a temporary grave to a perma-
nent memorial site at Arlington
National Cemetery in Virginia.
In 1980, a LOT Polish Airlines jet
crashed while attempting to land
in Warsaw, killing all 87 people
aboard, including 22 members of
a U.S. amateur boxing team.
In 1990, the Soviet Congress of
People’s Deputies held a secret
ballot that elected Mikhail S.
Gorbachev to a new, powerful
presidency.
In 1991, a British court overturned
the convictions of the “Birming-
ham Six,” who had spent 16 years
in prison for a 1974 Irish Republi-
can Army bombing, and ordered
them released.
In 2001, inspectors tightened U.S.
defenses against foot-and-mouth
disease a day after a case was con-
firmed in France.
In 2015, Robert Durst, a wealthy
eccentric linked to two killings
and his wife’s disappearance, was
arrested by the FBI in New Orleans
on a murder warrant a day before
PORTLAND
Man indicted in statue toppling
Associated Press
PORTLAND — A grand
jury has indicted a man in the
toppling of a Theodore Roos-
evelt statue in Portland by pro-
testers last year.
Brandon Bartells was
charged with riot and first-de-
gree criminal mischief. The
statue was pulled down along
with Abraham Lincoln’s statue
by about 200 protesters in an
Oct. 11 event promoted as an
“Indigenous Peoples Day of
Rage.” The crowd threw chains
or ropes on the bronze Roo-
sevelt statue as others took a
blowtorch to its base and splat-
tered it with red paint.
During the event, Bartells
was arrested on accusations
of damaging the Roosevelt
statue and later released on
his own recognizance. He was
found driving a white van
suspected of pulling down the
statue, police and prosecutors
said.
The grand jury found over
$10,000 in damages to Port-
land city property. The state
will seek a greater sentence
because of that and Bartell’s
failure to appear to a previous
Sean Meagher/The Oregonian file
Protesters toppled statues of former presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln in Portland’s
South Park Block in October.
hearing, according to court
documents.
Bartells said previously he
also was “detained” with other
protesters in Kenosha, Wis-
consin, in August. Bartells was
one of more than 60 people
cited and accused of violating
a curfew in effect after protests
erupted over the police shoot-
ing of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-
old Black man.
It wasn’t immediately known
if Bartells has a lawyer to com-
ment.
Police: Protesters had bear spray, hammers
Associated Press
PORTLAND — Officers found a
crowbar, hammers, bear spray and fire-
arms after they corralled a group of
about 100 protesters, Portland Police said
Saturday.
In a news release, the police bureau
said officers surrounded the protesters
about 15 minutes after the march began
Friday night in the city’s Pearl District
at 9 p.m. because some began smashing
windows.
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The department said it warned the
crowd that failure to comply with lawful
orders could result in arrest and exposure
to tear gas, and it invited news reporters,
legal observers and anyone with medical
conditions to leave the enclosed area.
Those who left were identified and pho-
tographed as part of an investigation, po-
lice said. Others locked arms and refused;
officers escorted them away and arrested
them, including a suspect in the earlier
window vandalism, officers said.
Some of the protesters also confronted
the police, throwing rocks and full cans of
beer, the department said. Officers used
pepper spray.
Among the items left behind by the pro-
testers were crowbar, hammers, bear spray,
knives and what the department described
as a “slugging weapon with rocks.”
Thirteen people are facing charges
from the protest, including disorderly
conduct, resisting arrest and interfering
with police.
HBO aired the final episode of a
serial documentary about his life.
Durst’s murder trial in Los Angeles
was paused in July 2020 because
of the coronavirus; it has yet to
resume.
Ten years ago: Neil Diamond,
Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, Darlene
Love, Dr. John and Leon Russell
were inducted into the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame. Olympic cham-
pion Evan Lysacek won the 2010
Sullivan Award, becoming the
fourth figure skater to be honored
as the top amateur athlete in the
United States.
Five years ago: The Senate voted
49-40 to confirm John B. King Jr.
as the nation’s education secre-
tary; King had been serving as
acting secretary since Arne Dun-
can stepped down in Dec. 2015.
One year ago: The number of
U.S. deaths from the coronavirus
climbed past 50. President Donald
Trump expanded a ban on travel
from European countries, adding
Britain and Ireland to the list.
About 3,000 Americans returning
from Europe were stuck for hours
in the customs area at O’Hare
International Airport in Chicago,
violating social distancing recom-
mendations; they were screened
for coronavirus symptoms before
they were allowed to leave the
airport.
Today’s Birthdays: Former as-
tronaut Frank Borman is 93. Actor
Michael Caine is 88. Compos-
er-conductor Quincy Jones is
88. Actor Raymond J. Barry is 82.
Movie director Wolfgang Petersen
is 80. Comedian Billy Crystal is
73. Actor-writer-comedian-radio
personality Rick Dees is 70. Actor
Adrian Zmed is 67. Prince Albert
II, the ruler of Monaco, is 63. Ac-
tor Laila Robins is 62. Actor Penny
Johnson Jerald is 61. Producer-di-
rector-writer Kevin Williamson
is 56. Actor Elise Neal is 55. Actor
Megan Follows is 53. Rock musician
Michael Bland is 52. Actor Betsy
Brandt is 48. Actor Grace Park is 47.
Actor Daniel Gillies is 45. Actor Co-
rey Stoll is 45. Actor Jake Fogelnest
is 42. Actor Chris Klein is 42. Actor
Ryan Cartwright (TV: “Kevin Can
Wait”) is 40. Actor Kate Maberly is
39. Singer-musician Taylor Hanson
is 38. Actor Jamie Bell is 35. Rock
musician Este Haim (Haim) is 35.
NBA star Stephen Curry is 33. Ac-
tor Ansel Elgort is 27. Olympic gold
medal gymnast Simone Biles is 24.
— Associated Press
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