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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1969)
Serious, but humorous' encounter State Police stop UO Blacks Editor’s note: Black students and others going to and from Corvallis to participate in ral lies supporting the Black stu dent boycott there, have re ported being stopped and ques tioned by State Police. The fol lowing is an account of how five Black students viewed one of those times. By RON EACHUS Of the Emerald From the point of view of some Black students, getting stopped by State Police can be humorous as well as serious. To five University Black stu dents who were stopped Tues day night coming back from Corvallis it was just that: Serious because to them it was obvious police harassment. Funny because it was so ob vious. Funny because one of the Black students ended up on the hood praying. Serious because several other carloads of Black students were reportedly stopped Wednesday on their way to Corvallis. 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One student, Ray Eaglin, de scribed the scene as one of “vom iting humor.” According to Eaglin, he and another Black student were both driving cars back to Eugene when they pulled over to the side of the road because a State Police car was behind them. The police car pulled to the side of the road, too, and two State Policemen approached one of the cars. It wasn’t long, Eaglin said, before there were five State Police cars and ten policemen. And all they did, according to Eaglin, was ask them who they were and where they were go ing. Eaglin said no tickets were given. Students feel harassed “Everyone just came back and questioned you over and over again,” Mike Hill, one of the students said. As they told of the situation they frequently laughed over some of the things they claim happened. One of the students said he tried to give an officer a copy of Lerone Bennett’s “The Ne gro Mood,” but the officer said he only read TV Guide. The same student said ano ther officer took him aside and asked if he was being taken captive and needed any help. Then there was the time when three policemen got out of one car with their hands on their guns. So the Black stu- J dents walked toward them, rais ed their hands, smiled, and ask ed the officers if they wanted to search them. But the talk of hands on guns brings out the seriousness again. KWAX to present cross controversy The now nationally famous Skinner’s Butte cross will be the topic of discussion this Thurs day night on KWAX Contro versy seen on PL-3 TV (cable channel 10) and heard over KWAX-FM (91.1) at 8 p.m. Opponent to the cross, Chet Taylor and Eugene Attorney Charles Porter will be the guests on the hour-long pro gram. Taylor, a University teaching assistant, was recently arrested for trying to bring the cross down with a pick axe. The Oregon Supreme Court ruled last Thursday that the Cross could stay atop the butte if the Eugene City Council wish ed to leave it there. Opponents to the cross have promised to carry the case to the United States Supreme Court. Mick Geary will be modera tor for the program. Listeners are invited to call in their questions and comments during the program to KWAX, 342-1411, ext. 2418. ANNUAL EUROPE JET CHARTER FLIGHTS June 15-Sept.21-$275 June 21 - Aug. 27-$320 July 28-Sept. 15-$310 Aug. 23 - Sept. 23-$310 Sept. 20 One Way-$175 For Further Information Call or Write BEA COUCHMAN 244314 Willamette, Eugene Oregon 97403 344-2194 UAME_-ADORES*— cm_state-PHONE To them, they said, it was an ather part of the harrassment ;hey seem so used to. Eaglin had T>een driving a Friend’s car. He said he found >ut later police had called her and asked if she knew her car had been abandoned on the road near Corvallis. The others laughed as Eag lin related what had happened. But there was a personal aware ness in their laughter. “Man,” me said, “they must not have "ecognized us as beings or en tities since there were three of as in the car all the time.” It wasn’t hard for them to associate the entire incident with what was happening at Corvallis. “It points out the sit uation at Corvallis. The man will turn on the digital arm if people won’t conform,” Eaglin said. JAZZ JAZZ JAZZ JAZZ JAZZ JAZZ JAZZ DO YOU DIG JAZZ? THEN DIG CAL TJADER March 11 8:00 p.m. Erb Memorial Union Ballroom General Admission: $2.00 Tickets on Sale March 4, 8:30 A.M., EMU Pillow and Chair Seats Available "No reserved seats" "Come as you are" Presented by the ASUO Social Division %% SAFEWAY Cross-Rib ROAST 88c lb. 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