NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Tuesday, November 8, 1994

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

94-632 - Mount Rainier (Washington) - Successful SAR

On Sunday, November 6th, rangers rescued skier V.G., 23, of
Tacoma, who'd failed to return from a ski trip to the Muir Snowfield which had
begun the previous day.  V.G. and a friend, Scott Houghton, had ascended
to the Anvil Rock area above Paradise, then had become separated while skiing
downhill.  Two rangers searched the area as far as Glacier Vista on Saturday
evening, but were unable to find him.  Houghton and three rangers resumed the
search the following morning, and found V.G. in the vicinity of the
Moraine trail that afternoon.  Although he suffered a minor hip injury and had
broken a ski binding, he was able to walk from the area.  Rangers were assisted
by eight people from Tacoma Mountain Rescue and two from Rainier
Mountaineering.  [Bill Larson, MORA, 11/6]

94-633 - Valley Forge (Pennsylvania) - Sexual Assault

Just after dusk on November 1st, a 24-year-old female jogger was attacked from
behind while running on Outerline Defence Drive, forced into the nearby woods,
and sexually assaulted.  The attacker, who was concealed in a wooded area some
distance from the roadside, was naked except for white sneakers.  He forced her
to walk a distance of about 200 yards into the woods, undressed her, then made
her walk an additional 200 yards to a point where he assaulted her.  Following
the attack, he walked her back to her clothing, then back to the original point
of attack.  A short time later, two walkers saw the victim walking on the
multi-purpose trail and assisted her back to her vehicle and then to the ranger
station.  Visitation at the time of the incident was unusually light due to the
passage of a weather front causing heavy rain, high winds and a sudden drop in
temperature.  A composite drawing has been prepared and distributed. 
Canvassing of park users over subsequent days resulted in several leads, as
have news and television reports of the incident. Investigation of the incident
is being conducted jointly with the Tredyffrin township police department. 
[CRO, VAFO, 11/3] 

94-634 - Great Smokies (North Carolina/Tennessee) - MVA with Fatality

On November 5th, T.L., 21, of Dandridge, Tennessee, was driving a
late model Honda CRX northbound on the spur road that connects Gatlinburg with
Pigeon Forge when he lost control of the car and skidded down an embankment
into the river.  He was taken to the University of Tennessee hospital, where he
was pronounced dead on arrival.  T.L. was the son of a Tennessee state
trooper.  [Jason Houck, CR, GRSM, 11/7]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No notes.

MEMORANDA

No memoranda.

UPCOMING IN CONGRESS

Congress is not in session.

The Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs has prepared an
alphabetical summary of the public laws pertaining to the NPS which were passed
by the 103rd Congress and have been signed into law.  The brief titles of those
laws, their signing dates, and short descriptions follow; only SIGNIFICANT
bills are included:

Big Thicket

7/1/93 Added Village Creek Corridor, Big Sandy
Corridor and Canyonlands units

California Desert

10/31/94 Created Death Valley and Joshua Tree
National Parks and added Mojave National
Preserve to the system.  Includes land
additions and designates close to 4,000,000
acres as wilderness.  Three bills were
attached: Bodie Bowl, which calls for
review of actions to protect Bodie Bowl
area in California; Lower Mississippi Delta
Region, requiring the study of significant
sites in that area; New Orleans Jazz,
requiring the provision of assistance on
preservation and interpretation of jazz

El Camino trail

11/17/93 Amended the National Trails System Act by
authorizing study of international historic
route along the El Camino Real de Tierra
Adentro

Everglades

3/9/94 Authorized acquisition of land parcels
located east of the park

Farmington River

8/26/94 Designated 14-mile segment of Farmington
River as National Wild and Scenic River 

G. W. Birthplace

5/3/93 Added land to the park

Harry Truman

12/14/93 Authorizes addition of property to park

Hot Springs

8/2/93 Modified park's boundaries

JFK Center

7/21/94 Removed center from National Park System

Lechiguilla Cave

12/2/93 Withdrew all federal lands (about 6,280
acres) within the boundaries of the cave
protection area from all forms of entry,
appropriation or disposal under public land
laws

Maurice River

12/1/93 Added segments of the Maurice, Menantico,
Muskee and Manumuskin to National Wild and
Scenic River system

Budget Reconciliation

8/10/93 Amended Land and Water Conservation Fund
regarding recreation use fees

Piscataway

10/6/94 Added land to the park

Quinebaug/Shetucket Rivers

11/2/94 Established a heritage corridor along the
rivers, but did not add them to System. 
Two bills were attached: Weir Farm, adding
land to the site; Cane River Creole NHP,
establishing the park in Louisiana, along
with an associated heritage area

Saguaro

10/14/94 Made Saguaro a national park and added
3,460 acres to it

Utah Schools/Lands

10/1/93 Authorized Secretary to accept title to
about 80,000 acres of Utah state school and
institutional trust lands within all units
of System in Utah

Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the cooperation and
support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.

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