NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Wednesday, November 12, 1997

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

97-692 - Lyndon B. Johnson NHP (TX) - Follow-up on Death of Park Employee

Additional information has been received regarding the death of park oil
and gas specialist D.O., who committed suicide at her residence on
November 7th.  D.O. is survived by her two adult children, J.O. and R.O.
Cards and letters of condolence can be sent to them.  She is also
survived by her brother, B., who retired from a position as the park's
curator.  Memorial services will be held this evening in Fredericksburg.
The family has asked that friends make donations to charities of their
choice in her name instead of sending flowers.  Plans are in place for a
memorial service in Denver at a future date.  Park chief of
interpretation, protection and resource management Bob Howard has passed
along this message from D.O.'s family: "D.O. was diagnosed with clinical
depression which had affected her throughout her adult life.  The family
hopes that if some good can come out of this death, it is that people
will learn the warning signs of this debilitating disease and show
compassion and understanding towards those who suffer from it."  [Bob
Howard, LYJO, 11/11]

97-694 - Organ Pipe Cactus NM (AZ) - Drug Seizure and Arrests

On the morning of November 7th, rangers Fred Moosman and Steve Ganitsch
responded to the activation of remote sensors near South Puerto Blanco Drive,
an area historically known as a drug smuggling route.  They came upon a motor
home on the drive; as they approached to contact the occupants, two men -
both Mexican nationals - climbed out the vehicle's rear window and fled,
apparently across the border.  The motor home was found to contain just over
500 pounds of marijuana with a street value of over $400,000.  Two U.S.
citizens in the vehicle were taken into custody.  They indicated that one or
both of the Mexicans was carrying a sidearm during the transaction.  The case
is currently being investigated by the NPS and Customs.  This adds to the ten
significant seizures already made by the local drug task force this fall. 
[Aniceto Olais, CR, ORPI, 11/10]

97-695 - President's Park (DC) - Demonstration with Arrests

On the afternoon of Tuesday, November 11th, Park Police officers arrested 64
people, most of them in wheelchairs, after they chained themselves to the
White House fence during a demonstration to promote legislation for the
disabled.  The protesters, members of Americans Disabled for Attendant
Programs Today, were charged with demonstrating without a permit and were
released following processing.  About 350 disabled people staged a sit-in at
the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Monday, November 10th. 
[Bill Lynch, RLES, NCRO, 11/12]

                   [Additional reports pending...]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

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OPERATIONAL NOTES

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MEMORANDA

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EXCHANGE

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