Albany Democrat-Herald from Albany, Oregon • 1

Zh I vl if A 129th YearNumber 200 Monday, Aug. 22, 1994, Albany, Oregon 20 Pages35 Cents 'ton Do sis Proposal now before Senate lion under the bill. But to get it, the state would have to adopt inflexible sentencing rules that would cost hundreds of millions of dollars for additional prison space. He said this would take money from rehabilitation and prevention He also objected to the 'Three strikes ami you're out" provisions in the bill because they would require "expensive warehousing" of old criminals. He thought it was ironic that America has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, yet nas one of the highest rates of violence.

DvFazio further said he could not support crime bill that treats the symptoms of crime but ignores the causes. The bill, calling for spending of $30 2 bit lion over several years, passed the House not be reached this morning. DeFazio's district includes Linn County and parts of North Albany, Kopvtski represents Jefferson, Corvallis and the rest of North Albany. 1 Oregon's other two House members. Democrats Elizabeth Furse and Ron Wyden.

voted for the bill. In his statement, DeFazio said he liked the final version of the crime bill even less than the one he had opposed earlier. He objected to a 10 percent reduction in funds for crime prevention "The real prob lem with this crime bill is that it reflects the same old, failed Reagan and Bush war on crime and drugs strategies of the 1980s a war we continue to lose. DvFazio said the bill promised 1.5O0 more police officers for Oregon but actual ly would provide only a fraction of that numbcrrHe said it provides for no more-judges, prosecutors or defease lawyers. DvFazio said Oregon might get $100 mil ALBANY DEMOCRAT HERALD As far as 4th District Congressman Peter DeFano is concerned, the crime bill passed by the House Sunday amounts to hot air.

He and the other mid valley congress man, fellow Democrat Mike Kopvtski of the 5th District, voted against the bill Sunday Oregon Republican Bob Smith of the 2nd District also voted no. 'We're pandering to people's legitimate fears about crime with hot air, election year promises that will be little to make our communities DeFazio said in a pre pared statement. Kopetski followed through on statements earlier that he would not vote for a bill containing a ban on several socalled assault weapons. KopeUki is not running for-re-election-and is leaving Congress after this year. He headed for Oregon after the vote and could WASHINGTON APi The Senate prepared to begin debate on the House-passed crime bill today with a key Republican saying he planned to raise a procedural motion that could stall Progress.

The White House said it would "a disgrace" to delay the legislation. "We'd like to get the pork out," Sen Phil Gramm, Texas, said of the $30 2 billion compromise bill passed by the House 235 195 in a rare Sunday session Gramm said he and other Rcpubli cans were devising a "coasensus amendment" to change the bill. If the crime bill were amended, the House would have to deal with it once again Gramm said the procedural motion planned to file "does not kill the crime bill, it Just opens it for amendment." The point of order questions the trust fund being established to pay for the programs through from cuts in the federal bureaucracy. Sen Byron Dorgan, t) predicted supporters of the crime bill would gather the necessary 60 votes to overcome the Republican point of order and pass the legislation intact. Earlier in the day.

White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta said it would be "a disgrace to the country" if opponents of crime bill ar able to block its passage in the Senate on vote or 235 135, Among oiner wings supposedly would help put 100,000 more po lice on the streets and ban assault weapons Cravirf ordsville celebrates Candidates file oir Albany offices 1 JK5 "1 "vY" fir '1 CM I) crease in a year. Her group did not collect enough signatures by the Ju ly 8 deadline Attorney Kent Hickam filinJ last week for the four -year position in Ward I Incumbent Wayne Fisk filed Fri dav for a second term In Ward III. Self employed barber Jim t'ollister had filed for the position earlier last week. List week. Moni Shuttlvsworth filed for the Ward II position now held by Marv Saxton.

When Ixmnd-aries were redrawn following the an nexation of North Albany, Saxton's residence was shifted to Ward HI. Saxlon announced earlier that he would not run against Fisk. The other three candidates to file for mayor are Mayor Gene Bel humeur, Chuck Mcl-aran ami Glenn Ktrkimlall Ward I includes North Albany, the downtown area and some of south Albany Ward II includes the central area and part of south Al bany. Ward II encompasses the east and south Albany. In other mid valley towns, the city office filing deadline in Jeffer son and Sclo is Thursday; in Li-banon it is Aug 30, and in Sweet Home Tuesday, Svpt 6 BY CATHY MADDUX Alt)ny Dmoc(iit Hri1 Filing for Albany city offices neared its deadline today, and at least one additional candidate filed this morning The filing deadline for the may oral ami three council positions is 5 today.

Candidates will appear on the ballot in the Nov. 8 general election. Two candidates filed late Friday for council seats, and another filed this morning for a two year mayoral term North Albany resident Glen Wor dvn is the fourth person to file for mayor He is the president of Wor den Sales Marketing, a small food brokerage firm Worden has lived in Albany for more than 30 years Another North Albany resident, Arlene Neuman, a motor route driver for the Democrat Herald, filed Friday for the Ward I position now held by Scott Ingalls Ingalls has not indicated if he wilt seek a second term Neuman led an unsuccessful dri ve earlier this year for a statewide initiative to cap the percentage a property's assessed Value can in 1' If SC lib's IWrl 1 i zL Inside A6 Obituaries A3 Crossword B9 Opinionletters A8 Movie ads A3 Sports Bl Mrt-kets A9 TV listings 65 Angelique Mulvanny, 10, left, Kacl Trask, 10, and Jeannette foster community pride in the town, which is located between Biggs of Sweet Home enjoy corn on the cob Saturday during Sweet Home and Brownsville on Highway 228. About 300 the fifth annual Crawf ordsville Celebration. The festivities, in- people attended the celebration, the most ever, eluding food and arts and crafts, have been held annually to Ploce doh ires Some question whether action was justified CRESHAM (AP) A mentally ill woman who walked through a grocery store asking for help while clutching her cat and a knife was gunned down by police next to the Kool Aid display.

Janet Smith, 28, was shot two or three times, witnesses said Sun day. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Cubans on a makeshift raft leave the Cojimar beach, east of Havana, Sunday. Cubans come in record numbers had no choice, said Sgt. David Lerwick, police spokesman.

"The knife was a deadly weapon." he said. "It thirsty. She then walked to the beverage aisle, grabbed a lemon lime soda and sat down against the cool er case, still clutching the cat and the knife. She opened the soda and lit a cigarette "She said she didn't want to do any harm," said Mandy Kerr, a cashier working the checkstand directly in front of Aisle 7. Managers blockaded the aisle at either end with rows of shopping carts, moved bystanders away, and called police.

Five police officers arrived They asked Smith to drop the knife and she threatened to kill the cat, LerwiclLSaid She got up and began walkig toward the officers, who sprayed her with three cans of pepper mace in an effort to stop her advance. "She then raised her knife above her head and charged the police," Lerwick said. One officer opened fire. Witnesses said they heard two or three shots. The woman dropped the cat as she collapsed.

Witnesses were stunned. 4 "They shot her. They shot her in the throat and chest," said store employee Amnt Chatelin. "And she was dead and there was no need, because they could have done it without all that "They had enough officers to just tackle her and take the knife away from her." Smith's grandmother, Mary Smith, said she had spent about three hours talking to police about the shooting. "I don't know why they had to shoot her," she said.

"She wouldn't harm a fly." Smith had lived with her grandmother in an apartment just a few blocks from the store, said Duane Bigoni of the state Medical Examiner's Office. She suffered from schizophrenia and had been hospitalized in the Portland area as recently as a couple of months ago, he said. Store clerks said later that the -woman did not seem threatening to-them, despite the knife. "She was in here twice yesterday." said Kori S. Ludahl.

a cashier. "She told me that she was a diabetic." On Sunday, she didn't mention her diabetes. Instead, she said her "grandmother was a Satan worshipper," Ludahl said. The cat remained somewhere in the store Sunday evening. Lerwick said.

"The cat got loose in the store, Animal control officers were called, but they could not locate the cat," he said. The name of the officer involved in the shooting was not released He was placed on routine administrative leave while the incident was reviewed, Lerwick said. "We don't know how long it's going to have to be kept up at this stage." Perry said of the Pentagon's ef fort. Asked how long the 10,000 Cubans could remain on Guantanamo, which already houses 15,000 Haitians, Perry replied, "I would say indefinitely." "We can sustain migrant camps there with food and other support as long as required." said Adm. Paul Miller, commander of S.

forces in tlie Caribbean. But Perry said the psychological strain of remaining in such an encampment "is tough for people" and hopefully would help curb the exodus from Cuba. He said the administration was looking at the possibility of establishing safe havens in three other areas: the Turks and Caicos Island, Suriname and Panama The refugee flow reached new highs despite President Clinton announcement Friday that people fleeing Cuba would be held at the Guantanamo base rather than swiftly given legal refugee status in the United States. KEY WEST NAVAL AIR STATION, Fla AP) A U.S. blockade of Cuba is "an option," Defense Secretary William Perry said today, but not one the Clinton administration is actively moving toward.

"It would take considerably more resources than we are deploying now," he said. Perry fiew to Florida to meet with Coast Guard and Navy officials braced for handling another wave of Cuban refugees. Coast Guard officials said some 1,200 Cubans had been plucked from the Straits of Florida on Sunday and that as of midday Monday some 600 had been added to that number. "If the trend continues, it'll be our busiest day yet," said one Coast Guard official, referring to the flood of refugees that began Aug I. Perry and Miller said the Pentagon was prepared to house as many as to 10,000 Cubans at the Guantanamo naval base in southeastern Cuba, and possibly to open new safe havens in three other areas to keep the refugees from reaching shores.

could kill 1 Clerks and customers, however, questioned the shooting "They maced her first," said customer Ken Williams. "You cannot see when you are maced. So where's the threat?" Smith walked into the store about 1:10 pm carrying a loudly meowing Siamese cat and a folding knife with a 6 inch blade. "She said someone was after her, and that she wanted someone to call the police," said Matthew G. Christen, a produce worker.

"She didn't seem too crazy She just looked afraid She told employees she was.