NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Thursday, October 26, 1995

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

95-684 - Yosemite (California) - Follow-up on Employee Abduction, Assault

P.L., 56, the prime suspect in the assault on the female National Park
Service employee which occurred on October 13th, was taken into custody
yesterday afternoon in upper Tenaya Canyon, a wilderness area about five miles
east of Yosemite Valley and about three to four miles from the point where he
was last seen after the assault.  Rangers received a report of a man matching
his description in the canyon area late Tuesday night; a search of the area was
initiated at first light, and P.L. was apprehended.  P.L. is temporarily in the
holding facility in Yosemite Valley.  He will be charged with felony counts of
kidnapping and assault with a dangerous weapon.  The maximum penalty is life
imprisonment.  [Lisa Dapprich, YOSE]

95-701 - Roosevelt/Vanderbilt (New York) - Special Event

President Clinton and President Yeltsin held a summit meeting at the FDR Home
on October 23rd.  An all risk management team was employed to assist in
management of the event.  Roosevelt/Vanderbilt rangers were supported by 35
Park Police officers and rangers from other parks.  There were approximately
350 members of the press on park grounds during the event.  No significant
incidents occurred.  Both presidents expressed their appreciation of the work
that has been done to preserve the site.  [John Lynch, NESSO]

95-702 - American Memorial (Saipan) - Volcanic Activity; Tsunami Alert

Coastal areas on the islands of Saipan, Tinian and Rota in the Northern
Marianas were placed on a tsunami alert on the evening of October 25th.  Lower
elevations (under 10 feet above sea level) are included in the alert.  The park
remains open, but emergency plans are currently being formulated to evacuate
the site on short notice.  The alert was prompted by the discovery of a volcano
forming on the sea bottom about 25 miles northwest of Saipan.  The new volcano
is actively building and bubbles of sulfur are causing massive fish kills in
the area.  The summit of the volcano is still more than 200 meters below sea
level, but it is already about 415 meters above the ocean floor.  Numerous
booms and minor tremors have been recorded in the area over the last several
days.  Residents are being advised to be ready to head for high ground if an
earthquake occurs because of the possibility of an associated tsunami.  Saipan
would be struck within 15 minutes of such a quake.  [Ed Wood, Superintendent,
WAPA/AMME]

95-703 - Natchez Trace (Mississippi/Alabama/Tennessee) - Suicide

C.M., 23, of Jackson, Mississippi, was found dead of a shotgun wound
along the parkway on October 20th.  A note left at the scene indicated that he
had personal problems.  C.M. had also been under medical care and was taking
medication for schizophrenia.  [Tim Francis, ACR, NATR]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

1) Use of Names in Incident Reports - Law enforcement rangers involved in
potentially sensitive cases or investigations need to be prudent in the use of
their names in reports submitted to Ranger Activities.  Although the Morning
Report is disseminated exclusively to the NPS and related agencies via cc:Mail
(with some minor exceptions), it is not possible to control what happens to it
thereafter.  Some readers apparently pass it on to others via the Internet;
once it's out on the net, it can end up anywhere.  A park recently advised
Ranger Activities that an incident that they had submitted for the Morning
Report had been returned to them with potentially threatening remarks through
Internet from an address called "abuse@anon.penet.fi," a bulletin board which
guarantees anonymity to the sender.  An investigation is currently underway. 
Please keep this in mind when filing reports.  [Bob Marriott, RAD/WASO]

OBSERVATIONS

Two quotes today with slightly differing perspectives - cited together in a
section of George Hartzog's "Battling for the National Parks" on keeping
politics out of park management.  The dates are not certain, but the former is
likely from the 1950s or earlier, the latter from the early 1970s.

"It is hard to imagine more dedicated people than those who run the parks.  I
have never met a single one whom I would not be glad to meet again, and I have
invariable regretted the time to say goodbye.  The range of their interests,
their high intelligence, their devotion, make them a separate and wonderful
breed."

                                                Publisher Alfred Knopf,
                                                chairman, Secretary's Advisory
                                                Board on National Parks

"The old mystique is nearly dormant...The energy and idealism that have
characterized the park service for so long have not vanished, but they do seem
to be the victims of a slight recession."

                                                NPS historian William C.
                                                Everhart

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