Photo by Dave Woodson
Detective George Morton of the Eugene Police Department
demonstrates one technique employed by a thief alleged to have
stolen a selection of 600 books from Eugene libraries.
Alleged book thief shows
discriminatory taste
By JOSH MARQUIS
Of the Emerald
What would anyone do with the Complete
Works of Oscar Wilde, Shakespeare, Charles
Dickens, Coleridge, 21 volumes of something
called “The Bibleot,” 14 volumes of the
“Arabian Nights” and every book on locks
available in Eugene libraries? Well, someone
apparently had some use for them.
A Eugene man has been charged with
stealing almost $3,000 in library bodes, the
major portion of them from the University
library. To date police have recovered some
600 books.
Donald Smith, Assistant University
Librarian, was contacted by a person he
describes as “ a concerned individual” who
had become aware of a large cache of
University library books. Smith contacted
members of the campus squad of the Eugene
Police Department (EPD) who turned up
several hundred more volumes.
Among the books recovered were volumes
from libraries in Idaho, Colorado and Ohio.
The man police are bringing before the grand
jury had a propensity for certain kinds of
bodes. “He seems to like mystic poetry
particularly,” mused librarian Smith as he
sifted through the boxes of recovered bodes.
Police reported that the suspect took a
particular liking to a relatively minor author
named Aleister Crowley who wrote ex
tensively about the occult. Crowley is
described by the Reviewer’s Digest as “a
traveler of three continents, a notorious drug
addict and voluptuary.” The alleged book
napper was so fascinated with this dubious
character that he assumed his name, at least
on a library card and on several other oc
casions.
When the suspect had finished relieving the
library of its entire collection of Aleister
Crowley, he became fascinated with locks.
Police reported that he took a correspondence
course on how to become a locksmith...and he'
removed every book on locks in the Eugene
and University libraries. Smith said that it is
impossible to tell if a book is missing from the
library unless it is reported. Smith said that
an inventory is simply too expensive.
EPD Detective George Morton, who is
assigned to the case, said that the suspect has
been removing library books for several
years by hiding them in his clothes and by
hollowing out large books and placing
smaller ones within them.
With a certain awe, librarian Smith went
down the extensive list of poets and authors
whose works had been purloined. “He did
have one very nasty habit though,” com
mented Smith. “He would cut out the poems
and paste them on his wall.”
Memorial
discussed;
fees set
for debate
SALEM (Special) — What if
they gave a hearing on the end
the-war memorial and nobody
came?
That was almost the case here
Tuesday at a Senate State and
Federal Affairs Committee
hearing on Senate Joint
Memorial 2. The Memorial,
sponsored by Sen. Ed Fadeley
(D-Eugene) and Sen Thomas
Mahoney (D-Portland), urges
Congress “to use all effective
means to stop participation of
The United States’ military
Forces in war in South East
Asia.”
Notice of the hearing did not
appear until Tuesday morning.
“I didn’t even know about the
hearing until ten this morning,”
Fadeley said. When he learned of
the meeting he instructed his
secretary to call members of
Eugene peace groups.
About ten persons came to the
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favored the memorial.
University religion professor
Alan Stephenson, Sue Gordon and
Pauline Lee represented the
Eugene Chapter of Clergy and
Laymen Concerned at the
hearing.
Fee use to be discussed
A hearing on SB 47, another
amendment to ORS 531.070
regarding student fees will be
held at 1 p.m. today in room 315 of
the Capitol.
ASUO President Bill Wyatt
plans to introduce an amendment
which gives students the final
control over which programs and
activities are funded by in
cidental fees, at that hearing.
Sen. Lynn Newbry (R-Talent)
introduced SB47 last week in an
effort to clarify the wording of his
controversial amendment passed
by the 1971 Legislature.
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His new amendment states that
only programs “under the
supervision and control of the
Board (of Higher Education) can
be funded by student incidental
fee monies.”
Newbry contends that
programs such as OSPIRG and
the University Day Care Center,
not directly under the control of
the board, could still be funded by
money allocated to student
government which is undo* the
control of the Board.
Wyatt contends, based on a
legal opinion by ASUO attorney
Robert Ackerman, that a strict
interpretation of the Newbry
proposal would cut funding for
programs such as OSPIRG and
the Day Care Center.
ASUO Legislative Coordinator
Linda Wilt told the Emerald any
student wanting to speak on the
bill should contact the Legislator
Coordinators Office this morning
to arrange transportation to the
hearing.
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Committee says
Autzen parking ok
The Campus Planning Committee Tuesday recommended that the
University approve the use of Autzen Stadium’s parking lot for
parking and related activities if the Lane County Auditorium is built
at Alton Baker Park.
Hie recommendation will now go to University President ’Robert
Clark for his final decision.
Both Clark and Lane County Auditorium Association (LCAA),
President Lee Biship were pleased with the committee’s decision.
The Planning Commission noted that they were not “prepared to
take a position on whether or not the auditorium facility should be
built! in this location.”
The commission policy also said the recommendation comes with
the expectation that any agreement between the University and Lane
County would consider the following:
-Location of areas of land to trade, if any.
-The opportunity for special use permits for the auditorium
and the conference center.
-Development in relation to the design objectives as ex
pressed in the “Campus Patterns.”
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