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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1973)
j!Testimony finishes^ jin suit against D.A4 Testimony ended Wednesday in a Lane County Circuit Court i| ft action challenging the election of Lane District Attorney Pat :§ ft Horton. | Judge Richard Mengler of Benton County, who is hearing g ■?: the case, said he would take the arguments under advisement, g Both parties have until the end of this week to enter written » '& material as evidence. A decision in the case is expected jg | sometime late next week. jg Horton, represented by attorney Stan Long, had defended g himself against charges of election law violation by law student g | Donald Armstrong. Armstrong is a law clerk to the attorney g £ that is representing him, Roy Dwyer. | f. There are a number of passible rulings. Horton could be g | cleared of all charges, or, some or all of the allegations could be g | affirmed. | | In the latter case, the office of D.A. would be declared g I vacant and the governor would appoint an interim district at- g tomey to serve until the next general election, in 1974. In testimony Wednesday and late Tuesday, Horton g responded to charges that he exaggerated his professional g experience in his campaign literature. | He said during his campaign for the office, he represented | 27 clients in criminal cases. The newly elected district attorney 1 said he bore out his claim that he was “a tested and successful | defense attorney.” Former Lane County District Attorney John Leahy, now a | state assistant attorney general, confirmed Horton’s claim that | Horton had been considered a senior trial attorney during his % four years as deputy district attorney. Staggered work hours could end traffic snarls Staggered work hours just may be the answer to the frustrating problem of traffic congestion in downtown Eugene. The L-COG Citizens Advisory Committee for Transportation Planning reviewed and endorsed a tentative proposal Tuesday night, and is passing it on for further consideration in hopes of alleviating the problem. Wes Morgan, committee representative, said the idea is to shift people within the framework of the particular business or industry they are working at. In this way, people would be craning and going into the downtown area at all dif ferent hours of the day. Suggestions of a Lane Area School-Transit Study, as well as increased use of public transit, are also included within the proposal. The committee stressed the need for public and administrative support in fur thering action on the proposal. A proposal from the State Highway Commission concerning funds for bicycle planning was also discussed at the meeting. That commission proposed that if local agencies would allocate 5 per cent of their 1 per cent of tax revalue towards bicycle plan ning it would be matched by the state and amount to ap proximately $500. The committee rejected the proposal on the grounds that it is more trouble than what it is worth. Committee member Ruth Bascotn said, “This is a poorly written proposal and too small to be of any help when you consider the citizen and staff time that must go into it. We appreciate the interest and support, but we need a better offer.” A recommendation to the Lane Council of Governments (L-COG) dealing with the type of public hearings for the transportation plan process was also presented at the meeting by Dan Herbert. The structure for these public hearings is principled after a similar plan in Seattle. Herbert says “By correct planning we can get state and federal financing.” Although the recommendation was approved, further considerations will be made at the next regular meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 13. Study Skills Pragma Far Minority Stndeats HELP SOMEONE HELP HERSELF TUTOR M DEPARTMENTAL ALL AREAS CREDIT FOR-1-4 HRS. CREDIT AVAILABLE -SUM UP HOW STUBY SKUAS CENTER 265 CONDON *3232 Photo by James Link Buckminster Fuller Fuller: ‘no such thing as race’ Buckminster Fuller challenged the existence of race and superiority in intelligence during a talk he delivered to more than 2000 persons at McArthur Court Wednesday evening. “Fundamentally there is no such thing as race,” Fuller said. Early man was quite dark and as he moved north away from the equatorial zones, he bleached out, according to Fuller. The inter breeding of families in tribes created what man now knows as the races, he explained. Fuller attributes intelligence to the diet one receives. Poor people were not intelligent because of malnutrition, and rich people had the advantage of better brain development because they ate animals which eat beneficial herbs and grasses, he said. v in the ^ History of the University of Oregon Spend hours and hours reliving the trials and tribulations, the heights of ecstacy and the depths of despair experienced in creating and building a great university 100 years ago. You can now buy a 112 page tabloid newspaper devoted entirely to the history of the University of Oregon. It contains more than ISO precious oldtime photos and most cer tainly belongs in the permanent files of anyone with a special attachment to the university. A great Christmas gift, mailed with a card giving the name of the donor. Supply is limited, so act today. sQytf Plus 50c ^v^Qy ' for mailing • Oregon Daily Emerald 2 • 301 Allen Hall, University of Oregon • J Eugene, Oregon 97403 { • • • Enclosed please find S .... for .... * l copies of your Souvenir Historical J • issue. • • • • • • Name. I • Address. • l City... . ; State. Zip. ; • • s..r At 77, Fuller is still quite active in architecture. He is the ar chitect of the geodesic dome and disclosed Wednesday that 50,000 domes of his design are found throughout one-half of the earth. The geodesic dome is made of triangular spheres. Fuller said he is currently designing three major airports in India. He reflected that his father used to go to India on business and it took about a year to complete the trip from Boston. Fuller said he marveled that now his trips to India take less than a day. He used this point as a departure for, much of his talk and described how technology has drastically changed our society in a very short time. “A bloody revolution or a technical revolution” is man’s choice now, he said. “The breakthrough is here, we have the resources to have the highest standard of living by 1985—this is by my own calculation,” he said. “Humanity is designed for success. We change disorder to order. All of humanity has just broken its shell—a new awareness is occurring. When we get out of our drive line—we discover,” Fuller said. “Evolution is doing quite a lot for man, in spite of himself,” he concluded. siwjywce GOOD FOOD j?- LOW PRICES NATURAL FOOD STORE ^TrrV7T W £. 2Y7*'^Y3-9/YZ Hawaii Spring Vacation March 17-24 Portland Roundtrip $ 14400 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND APPLICATION AVAILABLE Deadline for Applications Feb. 10th Rm. 202 EMU X 3721 . .
