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Purge in China reported TOKYO (AP) — Mao Tse-tung’s widow and some 30 other top radicals in the Chinese leadership have been arrested or detained in a purge of those who opposed Premier Hua Kuo-feng’s elevation to Communist party chairman, unconfirmed Japanese news reports from Peking said Tuesday. The newspaper Asahi said the radicals had been plotting to name 62-year-old Chiang Ching, Mao's widow, to the party leadership post held by her husband until his death on Sept. 9. Kyodo news service, in a Pek ing dispatch, said a government spokesman announced Tuesday Campaign kicked off PORTLAND, (AP) — Indepen dent presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy supports Oregon’s nuclear safeguards in itiative, advocates a 10-year moratorium on commercial whal ing and wants the Internal Re venue Service revamped, his Oregon campaign leaders said today. They spoke at a press confer ence at the opening of state McCarthy headquarters and out lined McCarthy’s campaign schedule when he visits Oregon on Oct. 20. State campaign coordinator Fred Moy read the following statement by McCarthy on Oregon’s Ballot Measure 9 which provides for stringent controls on the construction of nuclear power plants: "The development of nuclear fission power plants must be re strained and controlled, with spe cial safety guarantees to protect the public. The Oregon nuclear safeguard initiative provides ef fective safeguards.” Moy said McCarthy wants to see nudear plant regulations insti tuted at the state or “grass roots" level, rather than by the federal government. McCarthy's statement on whales said a 10-year moratorium on commercial whaling, as re commended by the United Na tions Conference on Human De velopment, was necessary be cause irresponsible hunting has endangered the species. Herb Park, an attorney for Evans Products and co-chairman of the Oregon campaign, said McCarthy wants tax reform re moved from the IRS and placed in the Justice Department. McCarthy also suggests a force-out on capital gains every seven to 10 years a 25 per cent tax on the capital increase of an asset over that time period. Otherwise, he said, ownership will be progressively in the hands of the most wealthy individuals and banks and corporations. night that Hua has been named party leader. Wall posters ap peared in Peking last week indi cating Ns succession, but there has been no official announce ment, apparently because of the then unresolved power struggle between radicals and moderates. China’s official Hsinhua news agency continued to refer to Hua only as premier. The reported arrest of Mao's widow and other radical leaders meant, if true, a victory for the moderates and a reaffirmation of China's policy of detente with the United States and the West. The immediate impression was that Hua has thrown in with those stressing economic development with outside help, plus efficiency and results, rather than endless revolution. Experts in Washington said the ascendancy of moderates could bring increased economic ties with the United States and, for a time, less pressure against U.S. support of Taiwan. Asahi quoted a reliable source in Peking as saying the radical group was accused of forging Mao's will and directives issued in his name during the last six months of Ns life. They tried to use the forged will to get Chiang Ching elected party chairman, the source was quoted as saying. Chiang Ching, Mao’s fourth wife, rose to prominence as a leader of the 1966-69 cultural re volution and was a key influence on her husband during the past decade. Learn to land a jet here and you can land one anywhere. Bringing in a supersonic jet on a 10,000 ft. cement runway is tough enough. But landing one on a 500 ft. piece of a carrier deck, moving at 25 knots, is even tougher. Only a few men are good enough to do it. And they’re all Navy trained. How can you become a member of the Naval Air team? One way is to join while you’re still in college. One of the advantages of being part of the Aviation Reserve Officer Candidate (AVROC) Program is that it lets you continue working toward your degree. Getting your Navy Wings isn’t easy. The training is tough. The least that will be expected of you is the best that other pilots can do. Their limits are your starting blocks, their expertise your primer. But if you succeed, your future is assured whether you remain in the Navy or not. For more information, talk to your local Navy Recruiter. Be Someone Special. Fly Navy. Navy Officer Information Team ERB Memorial Union Century Rooms October 18-22, 1976 r —AP at a glance student juror issue delays trial JERSEY CITY, NJ. — Jury selection in Rubin “Hurricane” Carter s retrial on murder charges was delayed at least a day Tuesday over a controversy about whether unemployed fulltime students should be available for jury duty. Michel Casserly, overseer of the Hudson County Jury Com mission, testified at a pretrial hearing that such persons were excluded from jury duty. The defense then filed a motion asking the judge to set aside the entire panel of 500 prospective jurors. Flu vaccines remain in Oregon PORTLAND — Dr. Edward Press, state health officer, said Tuesday he was not recommending suspension of the Oregon swine flu inoculation program pending further information on the deaths of three Pennsylvania residents who had the flu shots. He said that, based on coroner’s reports from Pennsylvania, there is no direct link between the shots and the deaths. Auto strikers agree to settlement DETROIT — A proposed settlement of the four-week-old Ford Motor Co. strike has been approved by members of the United Auto Workers (UAW), including skilled tradesmen, several union sources said Tuesday night. One of the sources, a UAW Local president in the South who asked not to be identified, said the 25,000 skilled tradesmen approved the pact by a slim margin. Watergate appeals under review WASHINGTON — The U S. Court of Appeals Tuesday up held the Watergate cover-up convictions of three of former Pres. Richard Nixon’s closest aides but granted a new trial for onetime Nixon campaign assistant Robert Mardian. In a 300-page opinion, the six judges said defendants in the four-month-long conspiracy trial had been properly tried and found guilty of “wide-ranging conspiracy” at the highest levels of government. A separate opinion said Mardian, a former assistant attorney general, should have been tried separately from co-defendants John Mitchell, H.R. HakJeman and John Ehrltchman Dope crop seized by authorities OREGON CITY — A marijuana crop with a street value estimated at between $250,000 and $500,000 has been seized by Clackamas County authorities. Detective Ed Clark said the weed was found Friday behind a mobile home south of Oregon City. About three-quarters of a ton of marijuana was drying in a shed, Clark said. Another 125 pounds in five-and-one-half-pound bricks were discovered nearby after officers responded to an anonymous tip. - EMU Cultural Forum in Association with T.D.A. Productions Presents: Waylon Jennings Jessi Colter TheWaylors Saturday, Oct. 30, 8:00 p.m., McArthur Court Tickets are $5.00 for students, $5.50 for non-students and $6.50 at the door. Ticket outlet*: EMU Main Desk. Crystal Shi|>. Sun Simp, t . v^ry body's in Eugene and Corvalli*
