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Folk-singer Mark Levy joins with Citizen Action for Lasting Security to
celebrate the opening of their new office. Levy will sing at 9 pm following a
showing of Atomic Cafe at 7:30 pm, at Harris Hall, 8th & Oak, in Eugene. A
Grand Opening of the new CALS office precedes this event from 4-7 pm at the
new location, 59 W. 13th, on August 3.
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Book Review
Sister Age
By M.F.K. (Mary Frances Kennedy} Fisher, AlfredA. Knopf, Inc., New York,
and Random House of Canada, Ltd., Toronto, 1983, 243 pgs., $12.95. (Book
courtesy of Marketplace Books, Fifth Street Market, Eugene, OR.)
Sister Age is a collection of fifteen well-written, easy-reading short
stories, many of them previously published in various magazines or
periodicals including The New Yorker, Ellery Queen, Prose and
West ways.
Easy reading these tales may be; the understanding may be less ap
parent, even though the central theme is revealed in the title. Sister
Age is a fact of life often ignored in this society even though she is an
implacable part of our lives as much as rain, wind and ocean tides.
So, stroll, if you will, into the twilight years, led by the gentle hand
of M.F.K. Fisher. Read her foreword and afterword carefully before
you savor the subtleties contained in the delectable, literary gems en
cased between. Read, reflect and enjoy!
—Kenneth N. Harris
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Friends of the Spring Trust
Are Still Sweating...
A few months ago, as many of
you know, free use of Cougar
Hot Springs was almost lost to
the public. Only the efforts of
the Friends of the Spring Trust
have managed to save the
springs from being either capped
up or else cooped up in cement
tubs by the side of the road. The
Trust, a cooperative in con
junction with the Forest Service,
has come up with a plan under
which the Trust will manage the
area around the spring, the
camping area along Boone
Creek, a portion of Rider Creek
and the Reservoir frontage. In
cluded are plans for providing a
full-time resident caretaker at
the spring, protection and im
provements of the land and
trails, acquisition of insurance
for personal and property dam
age, and better control of van
dalism and general misuse of the
spring. The permit is proba
tionary and valid for one year,
to be renewed by agreement of
both parties contingent on the
permit requirements being car
ried out.
Much help on many levels is
needed. Volunteers are necessary
to assist the. caretaker in moni
toring the area and educating
users as well as in organizing
fund-raising activities.
con
structing decks and other im
provements, preparing educa
tional materials, and for mail
ings and other tasks. The Trust
has a major need for funds to
pay for insurance costs, for the
caretaker’s residence, and for
signs, brochures, and other com
munications. One good way to
contribute is to be come a mem
ber of the Trust, which costs $10
per person or $15 per family per
year. Donations of materials are
welcome and necessary for con
structing the residence, the deck
ing and trail improvements, and
for the new toilets and kiosk.
It is up to us to keep Cougar
Hot Springs open for all to use.
We have one year in which to
prove we can meet the Forest
Service’s criteria or we will lose
the spring to private main
tenance. Please do whatever you
can to help.
To become a member or to get
additional information, contact:
Friends of. the Spring Trust,
P.O. Box 11681, Eugene, OR
97440, (503) 683-3533.
The next meeting of the Trust
is Monday, July 25, at 7:30 at
2519 Harris. All are invited and
welcome to attend.
—Amy Lustig
Friends of the Spring Trust
Journey for Peace to
Wah Chang/Albany
by Pamela Seaworthy
Most of us know Teledyne
Wah Chang from its grand
stench which seeps in through
closed car windows as we pass
through Albany on 1-5. The
plant is a famous polluter. But
we may not all be as aware of the
activities that go on within the
plant. Wah Chang produces zir
conium, which is an essential
material in the nuclear industry,
both for reactors and bombs. To
call attention to this defense con
nection as well as to the toxic
dumping of radioactive and
other wastes, Eugene Direct Ac
tion, a local anti-nuclear group,
is joining the environmentalist
group Forelaws on Board in a
protest journey to Albany by
foot, bicycle and raft on July 29
and 30.
Teledyne Wah Chang/Albany
is the world’s largest producer of
zirconium and the only plant in
the western world capable of
producing the finished metal
from raw zircon ore. Most of
this zirconium is used in the nuc
lear industry as a housing for the
plutonium or uranium used in
nuclear fuel rods and in nuclear
bombs. It is the only metal
which can withstand the stress of
the radioactive material and at
the same time allow the nuclear
reactions to pass freely through
it. However this process is not
without its dangers.
Under certain conditions Zir
conium can be highly explosive
(because of this it is used in cer
tain incendiary bombs). This
property posed a serious threat
of explosion in the Three Mile
Island accident where the zir
conium was also responsible for
the formation of the dangerous
hydrogen bubble due to its che
mical reaction with the steam.
These accidents are a kind of in
evitability in the type of nuclear
reactors in use in the U.S.
In nuclear warheads, includ
ing the ones to be used in the
Cruise and Pershing missiles, zir
conium is similarly essential as
cladding for the plutonium.
Wah Chang’s parent corpora
tion Teledyne is among the top
50 defense contractors and one
of the most profitable com
panies in the Fortune 500. It is
directly involved in the produc
tion of cruise missiles, producing
about half of their engines.
Among its other defense com
mitments are the Navstar satel
lite which can accurately guide
sea-launched missiles, parts for
the B-1 bomber and Trident sub
marine, and ABM (Anti-Ballistic
Missiles) research. Additionally,
Teledyne Inc. draws the greatest
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which it holds in other cor
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ling interest in Litton Industries,
a major defense contractor.
The production of zirconium
has as a byproduct radioactive
sand containing radium 226, a
known carcinogen. For years
Wah Chang Albany dumped this
waste in sludge pools near its
plant, and recently it received a
license to keep it there perma
nently. Forelaws on Board, an
environmental group, is pro
testing this license in court and
in a Walk on Wah Chang, a
twelve-mile hike from Corvallis
to Albany on Saturday, July 30.
Eugene Direct Action is ad
dressing the defense involve
ments of Wah Chang Albany
and Teledyne Inc. with a simul
taneous Journey for Peace com
posed of walkers, boaters and
bicyclists. The bicyclists will
leave Eugene on Friday, July 29;
on Saturday all the groups will
travel from Corvallis to Albany.
Those who cannot go are invited
to pledge money for miles tra
velled; proceeds will benefit nuc
lear resistance groups in the
region.
A parade through Albany Sa
turday afernoon and a rally will
allow people who have not tra
velled from Corvallis to join at
that point. The rally will be fol
lowed by a picnic, music, party
and overnight camping if de
sired. The event is free and open
to everyone. For details see the
calendar listings or call Journey
for Peace, 343-8548.
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