THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, January 7, 1995 TAG: 9501070240
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A9 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
LENGTH: Medium: 81 lines
John C. Salvi III, the man accused of shooting at a Norfolk abortion-clinic building and with killing two clinic workers in Brookline, Mass., pleaded not guilty to federal firearm charges Friday in Boston while clinics around the country beefed up security.
Salvi, who was returned to Massachusetts Thursday after being held in Norfolk city jail for last Saturday's shooting at the Hillcrest Clinic, is charged with interstate transportation of a firearm.
He faces arraignment Monday on state murder charges in Dedham District Court.
Meanwhile, abortion-clinic directors leafed through eight pages of security tips and emergency procedures prepared by the U.S. Justice Department.
The tips ranged from having non-published phone numbers for clinic employees and taking the names off parking spaces outside clinics to suggesting clinic using buzzer-entry door systems.
Clinic workers should call the police if packages with oily stains or peculiar odors arrive.
John Russell, a Justice Department spokesman, said cases of abortion-clinic violence are being treated as ``domestic terrorism.''
He said the investigation into such acts is one of the Justice Department's key priorities.
``We are devoting time and energy to it,'' Russell said. ``But we can't really put a tape measure on it to determine how big or small'' the investigation is.
President Clinton ordered an increased federal effort to protect abortion providers.
After the slaying of a Pensacola, Fla., abortion doctor last summer, marshals had been assigned to protect up to two dozen clinics around the country, including Hillcrest.
Attorney General Janet Reno implemented Clinton's order that each of the 94 U.S. attorneys set up a task force with state and local law-enforcement personnel to deter and prosecute abortion violence.
Prosecutors assigned to a federal abortion violence task force have begun searching for links between Salvi, a 22-year-old student hairdresser, and advocates of anti-abortion violence.
The government is expected to file several civil lawsuits to keep abortion protesters from threatening doctors, Associate Attorney General John Schmidt said.
The first suit under a 1994 clinic-access law was filed Wednesday in Cleveland against an Ohio man accused of threatening to kill an abortion doctor and trying to run him off the road. MEMO: SECURITY TIPS
Security tips distributed to abortion clinics and their employees by
U.S. marshals:
Home security
Do not put your name on the outside of residence or mailbox.
Arrange for a non-published telephone number, which limits access to
home address.
Business security
Consider installing a buzzer-entry door system.
Inventory keys twice a year and change locks if any are missing.
Clean offices during the day.
Vehicles
Take names and titles off parking spaces.
Know locations of safe havens along frequently traveled routes.
Circle the block to confirm surveillance, drive to a safe haven other
than home if followed.
Suspicious packages Call police in cases of:
No return address.
Oily stain on package.
Peculiar odor. Many explosives smell like shoe polish or almonds.
Springiness in top, bottom or sides.
Never touch, move or cut tape, strings or wrappings from any
suspicious package. These actions could cause a bomb to explode.
KEYWORDS: ANTI-ABORTION ABORTION PRO-LIFE PRO-CHOICE ABORTION
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