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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1977)
ACT militancy boosted with student funds IFC gives Amazon strikers $50 to publish weekly tenant newsletter By PETE SHEPHERD Of the Emerald The Amazon Community Ten ants (ACT) received $50 Wed nesday night from the Incidental Fee Committee (IFC) to enable ACT to continue to publish a news letter. ACT represents striking tenants of the Amazon graduate student housing development in South Eugene. Although the newsletter is now available once a week, Barney Jones of ACT told the IFC the fre quency of publication may be in creased. Referring to the possibil ity that the University may re spond to the rent strike by with holding graduation, Jones noted a need to “let the members know as soon as something happens.” The expenditure, which will carry ACT through until the ASUO’s next fiscal year begins in July, was made under the as sumption that the Student Univer sity Affairs Board would also give the group $50. ACT also requested money to cover the expense of transporting tenants to testify before the State Board of Higher Education in Klamath Falls, but Jones dropped the request before the IFC acted. In other action, the IFC allowed the Foreign Student Organization (FSO) to use $2,910 of its budget to provide three additional speak ers next year, purchase a new typewriter and provide furnishings for the organization’s new office. Although the change does not in volve any new expenditures, it does reduce the amount the FSO is expected to return to the ASUO reserve fund at the end of the fiscal year. Largely because the FSO made a profit on eight of 10 programs this year, it still expects to return about $1,500 to the ASUO. The IFC also heard two re quests from Don Steele, repres enting the Food-Op. Steele asked that the committee remove the line item restrictions on the business’s budget to enable it to pay bills which will be due in the next couple of months. He also requested a sup plementary allocation to help the Food-Op recoup operating losses suffered in the past. Almost $2500 of the current budget was spent to pay losses incurred during the fiscal year, and an additional $500 lost last summer. Steele predicted the business would not make enough to cover the deficit, in spite of his expectation of a profit this fall and winter. The IFC declined to act on either request until its next meet ing. The committee also declined to make a decision on a $300 debt incurred in the operation of the In ternational Education Center. Monday, June 6 at 6 p.m. was set as the next meeting date for the IFC. X* SAVK NOW ON BETTER SOUND Thru June 4 THOMPSON S JUNE SALE Save Money on Receivers, Turntables, Speakers and Complete Stereo Systems. 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Yates, who had never been in a Mayfair store before, decided to buy his children candy with the last dollar in his pocket and was given a Quik Cash card, which he promptly turned over to his youngest child, who began to chew on it. His wife, who had shopped in Mayfair before, recog nized the game card, erased the gold spot, and redeemed it for the prize. Despite Cook's claim of in creased profits, some areas stores aren’t planning similar games, unless the competition proves to be too much. According to Frank Wingert, district manager for area Safeway stores, such games are too costly and Safeway won’t be playing any in the near future. "These games are very costly, and this cost is r usually passed on to the con sumer," he said. Safeway stores had similar games several years ago, but, Winged said, they’ll only be brought back if the stores are forced into the competition by a loss of customers. McKay's Markets, a Coos Bay-based chain, will also stay out of the games until the competition begins to take away customers. According to Don Bomeman of McKay's, playing the games and giving green stamps with each purchase can be costly. “I don't like these games because I don’t think they're right," he said. "We did have a game and green stamps several years ago, but that gets to be a pretty expensive deal." McKay's has a policy of only giving away green stamps and will try to avoid the games at all costs, he said. The food business, Cook says, is very competitive and al most anything will be attempted to increase sales. The Mayfair stores' Quik Cash game is scheduled to end July 5, but offi cially ends when all the game cards are distributed. At the pres ent rate, it could dose the game by the third week of June, Cook says. 1 GOLDEN TEMPLE >1211 ALDER STREET• EUGENE Our designers go a long way back yS Shakti Shoes tki
