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Board spouts off on whales < EUGENE (AP) — The Lane County Commis sion takes a dim view of persons who fool around with whales. The commission introduced an ordinance Wednesday that would impose fines of $1,000 or 30-day jail sentences on persons who harrass or kill whales — or buy or sell any goods made from whales, dolphins or porpoises. Lane County has a 38-mile coastline where whales occasionally appear. Commissioner Bob Wood said he didn't know of any whaling in the area, but the commission wanted to go on record in favor of saving the mammals. “It might sound funny, but the spirit is sincere, he said. “We don’t believe adequate protection has been provided.” He said the ordinance would apply to either within three miles or 200 miles of shore. The ordinance also would forbid the sale of anti ques such as whalebone corsets, he said. The ordinance will be up for public hearing and final approval May 18. “The legality of such an ordinance is yet to be tested and we ll consider that when the time comes," Wood said. The commission also declared May 1 as Whale Day in Lane County and named rock musician Coun try Joe McDonald as honorary commodore of the Lane County "Save the Whale Fleet. The project, organized by a local radio station, KZEL (FM), is to raise money for the Greenpeace foundation, an organization that opposes seal and whale hunting. Ken Fobes, an aide to Gov. Bob Straub said the governor would proclaim May 1 as Oregon Whale Day, the station said. Morning fire burns quad, student Merribeth Richmond, a third year University student, suffered first and second-degree burns on her face, back and hands early Wednesday morning when a fire broke out in her Campus Court OVERNIGHT NO MINIMUM UNBOUND 3c COPIES KINKOS 1128 Alder 344-7894 Also in Corvallis ft COPIES 3 50% OFF REGULAR 6c "While-You-Watch" copies are only 3d when your work is left 36 hours JOHNNY PRINT 470 East 11th 1219 Alder CAN BEWITCH (MESMERIZE) LOVED ONES, OTHERS TO YOUR BIDDING WRITE REQUESTS DONATIONS APPRECIATED. JAMIL P.O. BOX 10154. EUGENE. OREGON 97401 PHONE ANYTIME: 342-2210 484-2441 V _./ quad at 1544 Alder St. The fire started shortly before 5:30 a.m. when a cigarette appar ently ignited her bed. Richmond. 32. was sleeping in the bed at the time. She was reported in good condition at Sacred Heart General Hospital Wednesday afternoon. Forrest Wheeler, a 42-year-old University student who also lived in the quad complex, discovered the fire. He said he awoke to screams, ran out of his quad and saw smoke coming out of Richmond s quad. He then pulled the fire alarm and along with other members of the quad complex, helped rescue Richmond. Firemen arrived at the scene in three engine companies and two aerial trucks and controlled the fire within 14 minutes. Wendell Wick, fire marshall of the Eugene Fire Department, estimated the fire caused $20,000 damage — $15,000 to the building and $5,000 to contents. Firemen said the fire was be ginning to spread into an inside hallway and also out Richmond s window on 15th Avenue by the time they arrived. Except for smoke, the firemen said they con tained the damage primarily to Richmond s quad Twenty tenants in the quad complex s north wing were evacuated and none were injured. Wick reported, however, two fire men suffered minor injuries from the fire. The building, owned by Gordon Olson Investments, does not have smoke detectors, a factor Wick at tributed most of the damage to. —World at a glance From Asaociated Praaj raporta Black demonstrators wounded JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Three black youths suf fered gunshot injuries Wednesday during demonstrations by stu dents against government-imposed rent increases in the black township of Soweto. Roving bands of black demonstrators set a beer hall on fire, looted a bread delivery truck and a soft drink truck and injured a policeman in a rock-throwing incident. Police fired warning shots into the air and used tear gas to disperse crowds. US workers return to rebel area KINSHASA. Zaire — The U S. Embassy said Wednesday that American construction workers will start returning to south ern Zaire within days as reports indicated that Katangan rebels were melting away before a government advance Reporters returning from the area said the government troops were advancing almost unopposed through deserted vil lages toward the Angolan border, slowed only by mines laid along the road New energy dept, gets first OK WASHINGTON — Pres. Carters proposed Department of Energy cleared its first legislative hurdle Wednesday when a House subcommittee approved the bill after curbing the power to be given the new Cabinet-level secretary The approval by a subcommittee of the House Government Operations Committee was the first by any unit of Congress on the proposed legislation It came on a voice vote Committee raps FBI action WASHINGTON — FBI Director Clarence Kelley was told Wednesday there is no excuse for FBI agents to break the law. even if approval is given by higher governmental officials. Kelley also was summoned to a House hearing next week to explain protests within the FBI against the indictment of an FE| agent for allegedly illegal mail opening and wiretapping ™ Kelley and his aides were questioned about the recent in dictment of John J Kearney, a former FBI supervisor in the bureau s New York City office s. Alternative energy: Pay now, save later? By E. G. WHITE-SWIFT Of the Emerald Solar, geothermal and wind energy have two things in com mon: They are part of Oregon s electricity future and they will take a lot of money to develop. The Oregon Department of Energy s first annual report re leased in January predicted that in the future Oregon s public utility consumers can expect to pay five times what they now pay for the same amount of energy. Small public utilities like the Springfield Utility Board (SUB) can no longer afford to build their own power plants or undertake NEED A LITTLE DIRECTION? EUGENE TRAVEL 831 E. 13th 687-2823 energy research by themselves. A small local utility does not have much opportunity to get in volved in energy research any more. says SUB general man ager Jack Criswell. The research for advancing alternative energy sources has to be done at the na tional level. Otherwise, everybody is spending money for small pro jects that are duplicating efforts, which is a terrible waste of the ratepayers money. Since it purchased Pacific Power and Light properties in 1975, SUB has invested in only two research projects. A $750 contribution was made to the Rafter River geothermal study operated by the Rafter River Electric Cooperative in Malta. Idaho. Several geothermal test wells have been drilled near southern Idaho's Rafter River to explore re gional use of low temperature grades of hot water to run geoth ermal turbines. The small contribution was made through the Public Power Council, which is an unincorpo rated agency set up to assist in developing future power supplies for consumer-owned utilities in the >■" = Northwest Although its research budget is small, SUB did make a ten-year commitment to support the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project in Knoxville. Tenn. Thus far SUB has made three annual payments of S4.600. However, since President Carter recently suspended the nation s breeder reactor program, the project may be dropped SUB and other small consumer-owned utilities in Oregon might receive some aid if the Oregon Legislature acts on two bills that would establish an Oregon Energy Resource De velopment Fund Hearings before the Senate Environment and Energy Committee are scheduled this week in Salem Senate Bill 572, sponsored by the Environment and Energy Committee at the request of its chairman, Sen. Ed Fadeley. D-Springfield, would require that Oregon's governor designate pro jects for development of non nuclear energy to generate, distri bute or transmit electric power "This bill would offer a wide var iety of alternatives for public fund ing, supported by the sale of state bonds," Fadeley says. Everything for the ARTISTS and ARCHITECTS COLE ARTISTS' SUPPLIES n COMPLETE SCULPTURE SUPPLIES 339 EAST ELEVENTH AVE. AMPLE PARKING - REAROP STORE Just a few blocks from campus Page 12 Section A mountain festival films presents MOUNTAIN CLIMBING FILMS The Climbing of Annapurna - South Face Chris Bonnington Solo: Behirul the Scenes Mike Hoover Sentinal - West Face Royal Robbins, Y Chouinard May 3 Tuesday 7:30 PM EMU Ballroom Tickets on sale now at the Main Desk Students $1.50 General $3.00 Sponsored by Survival Center Wilderness Comm Energy resource sites could be purchased, utilities could borrow funds to build new plants or some of the money could be used for weatherization projects SB 388 is similar to SB 572. but it limits the governor s authoriza tion of projects to hydroelectric or geothermal power facilities. Wino. solar and other new energy tech nologies would not receive p^^c bonding under SB 388 SEaBi would, however. establisTr a five-member Energy Resource Advisory Board to advise the governor s energy office on energy projects Both bills would require a con stitutional amendment to permit public bonding for energy pro jects But even public bonding might not be enough to get alter native energy resources off the drawing boards and into produc tion Federal funding for non-nuclear projects has increased dramati cally in the last two years Solar funding has increased from S15 million in 1975 to $116 million this year During the same period, geothermal research has in creased from $21 million to $50 million. As more research money be comes available, even the smaller utilities will be competitive with the larger companies for the new energy sources And that means future energy costs may not be as expensive as predicted VOTE TODAY Thursday, April 28, 1977
