Children of student parents are one step closer to the benefits of an
expansive day care program after Tuesday's lobbying efforts on
House Bill 2459 by more than 30 students at the Legislature. These
students secured a date for a public hearing on the bill during the last
week in April.
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Parents secure hearing
Day care lobby pays off
SALEM — More than 30 stu
dent parents lobbied legislators at
the Capitol Tuesday in hopes of
getting a quick hearing on a bill
appropriating $3.65 million in day
care funds for low-income stu
dents.
By MARY BETH BOWEN
Of the Emerald
The reason for their impati
ence? As Beth Mason, Oregon
Student Lobby (OSL) day care
coordinator, put it, students want
a piece of the budgetary pie “be
fore the pie is diwyed up.”
Student day care advocates
had worried that the appropria
tions bill would receive a hearing
after the Joint Ways and Means
Committee had already decided
which programs to fund and had
no money left to allocate.
But the student parents’ lobby
effort may have paid off. Rep.
Howard Cherry, D-Portland,
chairer of Ways and Means sub
committee No. 4, said Tuesday he
probably would schedule a hear
ing on the bill during the last week
of April.
In addition to lobbying legis
lators, the students — from the
University, Oregon State Univer
sity, Portland State University,
Lane Community College and
Portland Community College —
had a noon rally on the steps of the
Capitol building. Joining them
briefly were Reps. Mary Burrows,
R-Eugene; David Frohnmeyer,
R-Eugene and Gretchen Kafoury,
D-Portland.
House Bill 2459 would expand
day care eligibility to all commun
ity college and state system stu
dents with children under 12
years. Eligibility under the current
law is restricted to juniors and
seniors in four-year schools and
community college students enrol
led in two-year vocational training
programs.
The $3.65 million would be ad
ministered by the Childrens’ Ser
vices Division during the next
biennium. Students would pay a
portion of their day care costs
based on their net income, course
load, hours of day care provided
and other relevant factors.
Mark Cogan, ASUO vice
president for legislative affairs,
said the increased funding will in
crease access to higher education
and help people become more
upwardly mobile.
“These parents will be able to
improve themselves and increase
their earning capacity,” said
Cogan. “Ultimately, we expect the
day care help will make these
people more employable and able
to become more self-sufficient."
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Legislative
Issues
Field burning issue flares
SALEM—The outcome of the
field burning controversy came
into sharper focus Tuesday as
Gov. Bob Straub indicated what
acreage increases he would ac
cept.
Following his remarks with a
quip, “there goes the Eugene
vote,” Straub told a news confer
ence he would accept the En
vironmental Quality Commis
sion's recommendation to allow
seed growers to burn an extra
70.000 acres this summer and
85.000 next summer. The ac
reage increases would be on top
of what the seed growers are
permitted by the 1975 phase
down law — 95,000 this summer
and 50,000 next summer.
It is expected that the acreage
limitations approved by the Legis
lature will be in the neighborhood
of Straub's recommendation,
since his veto power gives him the
last word.
Straub said he supported the
acreage increases because field
burning machines have not
proved to be a workable alterna
tive to open field burning.
“They failed in performance,”
said Straub. “I don’t want to do
anything to jeopardize the con
tinuance of the grass seed indus
try in the Willamette Valley.”
When asked if he would ap
prove another extension in 1979,
if he is re-elected governor,
Straub said it would depend on
two factors — the success of the
smoke management program and
the successful development of
field burning machines.
The Senate Agriculture and
Natural Resources Committee
begins hammering out a field
burning bill Wednesday. They
have heard extensive testimony
on two bills — one sponsored by
the city of Eugene and one spon
sored by the Oregon Seed Coun
cil.
‘Natural drug’ sparks debate
SALEM (AP) — A Salem
woman who said 15 of her rela
tives died of cancer was among
supporters Tuesday night of a bill
to legalize sale and use of the
drug, Laetrile, in Oregon.
Rosalyn Ramage, who lost her
husband to cancer a year ago, tes
tified in support of Senate Bill 984,
drafted by her 26-year-old son,
Sidney, who died of cancer in
January.
The bill was introduced by State
Sen. Keith Burbidge, D-Salem.
The bill would legalize use of
“substances of a natural nature"
with a patient’s consent.
Laetrile, also called amygdalin,
is made from pits of apricots,
plums and peaches. Some say it
aids in cancer treatment.
It has been legalized in Alaska.
The U.S. Food and Drug Ad
ministration (FDA) has opposed
use of the drug, said FDA consul
tant William Evans, Washington,
DC., because it encourages di
versions from helpful treatments
such as chemotherapy.
Twenty countries allow its use.
judges in New York and Ok
lahoma have ordered that it be
made available to patients.
Evans, replying to Sen. Ted Hal
lock, D-Portland, said the FDA
would not consider the wood de
rivative, DMSO, contraband if it
were manufactured and sold
solely within Oregon. DMSO, said
to be useful in treatment of arth
ritis is another drug considered
ineffective by the FDA. Hallock
has introduced a bill to legalize
DMSO in Oregon.
Chinese Student Association Presents...
YOUTH GOODWILL
Mission of the Republic of China
April 15 (Friday), at 8:00 pm
Tickets: Main Desk ♦ Admission: FREE ♦ At: Robinson Theater Univ. of Oregon
The feather-fan dance
Chinese classical music
Chinese folk festival
Chinese art of self-defense
Dance in the flower garden
Welcoming the Lunar New Year
The flag dance
Kung-Fu demonstration
Traditional drum dances
Mountain folks’ songs
Chinese painting and calligraphy
Taiwan folk songs
Tea picking dance
The Ame aboriginal dance
Pipa accompanied dance
Popular songs