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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1978)
If you could get excited about a platform that in cludes legalized gambling, no welfare abortions, ‘policing ’ of gays, and a larger tree harvest, then get a button that says... Bud for Guv By SHIRLEY KRAUS Of The Emerald If elected governor, Republican Candidate L.E. “Bud” Kretsinger said he would take on an advis ory role, working to get the ‘right’ people in gov ernment. Kretsinger said he is running for governor be cause as a homeowner, he would like to “sleep in peace,” as a taxpayer he would like to have more control and as a small businessman, he would like to "show a profit.” Speaking to a small audience at the University last Friday, Kretsinger said he has no political experience, nor does he have all the answers. “I can just use the knowledge I’ve got in the years behind me to the best of my ability,” he said. Generally speaking, Kretsinger said he would like to get government back to the city and make it more efficient. He said government is “overwa tered” and “overfertilized,” resulting in its growth. Government needs more management, he added Kretsinger is in favor of controlled and regu lated gambling in Oregon. The profit could be used for education or homeowners, he said. The state police force should be given “more teeth,” Kretsinger said. He would like to eliminate drug traffic across the Oregon borders, but said the state hasn't given the police weapons or laws with which to accomplish this. More trees should be harvested to cut inflation according to Kretsinger. He said Oregon is one of the three main timber states, but it’s not “harvest ing the timber it should.” Kretsinger is also against welfare funding of abortions. “You might need a car a whole lot worse than someone in that predicament,” he said, and the government won’t fund a car. “We gotta have nuclear power,” said Kret singer, but he added that waste should be elimi nated. He said he feels gays “need to be policed.” He also said he doesn’t think the drinking age should be lowered. “I’ve never really been for it,” he said, despite the fact that he’s in the liquor business. If defeated, Kretsinger said he won’t lose any sleep over it. He said his campaign is limited due to lack of money. “When I see the amount of money some of these people are getting, I am appalled,” he said. “We’re just doing the best we can with what we have.” V Photo by Sun DeWertf Bud Kretsinger Quota controversy continues as whales die ON THE ARCTIC OCEAN ICE (AP) — Come home! The crews huddled on the ice several miles from the shore heard the plea throughout the afternoon on the local public radio station. The message was sent by the senior whaling captains of Bar row, the nation's northernmost vil lage. Both the Alaskan Eskimo Whaling Commission and the Bar row Whalers Association urged the crews to avoid a confrontation with federal agents, who had ac cused Barrow crews of taking too many bowhead whales. The issue was the first quota on the 2,000-year-old subsistence hunt. The quota was set by the International Whaling Commis sion, which feared the bowhead was nearing extinction. No com mercial hunting of the bowhead has been allowed for more than 35 years. In the broadcast message, chairman Jacob Adams of the Es kimo commission told the whalers Know a lot about something? Teach it. SUMMER SESSION COURSE PROPOSALS DUE THURSDAY JUNE1 Potential fall term SEARCH instructors are encouraged to obtain course proposals forms and set up class now. to cooperate in hopes the U.S. government would support Es kimo efforts to have the quota lifted. Shortly after the broadcast, several of the more than 20 crews passed by, towing home their umiaks, 30-foot long wood frame ships covered with seal skin. The boats hold a crew of up to six men. By the time the sun finally dip ped into the placid water early Sunday only one crew remained on the ice. Billy Neakok and his crew vowed to hunt until they got a whale, despite threats of federal prosecution and of ostracism by their own people. They had moved their camp, camouflaged with chunks of ice, to within a few feet of the remains of the controversial fourth whale taken by the villagers. Under the quota, Barrow was entitled to three whales. Mil Zahn, chief of enforement for the National Marine Fisheries Service, said quota violations would be prosecuted, but the said agents weren't likely to go out on the ice and force a confrontation. He noted it was the first quota, and that Barrow has taken more than 20 whales in some years. He said, "We want to be reasonable.” I was impressed by Jacob Adams’ mes sage to stop hunting...they’re set ting the tone for the future,” Zahn said. There were some anxious mo ments, however, after the senior captians made their appeal be cause another Eskimo leader — not a commission member — went on the radio to urge the crews to continue. He contended only two of the four whales taken were bowheads, and thus the vil lage was entitled to one more. But Adams prevailed. Some whalers had contended two of the whales were right whales, and thus not subject to the bowhead quota. The issue appar ently arose partly because the Es kimo language has two words for bowheads, depending on their size and shape. Zahn, however said bowheads are a type of right whale. Federal biologists also said bowheads were the only type of right whale in the area, and their examinations of the four whales indidcated all were bowheads. Adams, speaking softly but de liberately, said there was a genuine belief among his people that two of the whales should not be counted as bowheads. Adams, wearing a whale button from the anti-whale hunting Greenpeace Foundation, added, “We want to cooperate. We re hoping that if we do, the federal government will try to get the IWC to lift the quota.” Adams and other Eskimo commission members had decided to ask the crews to come back after several meetings with federal agents. The fourth whale had been taken Wednesday evening, and a few hours later a fifth whale was struck and lost. 1 FABRIC SALE 2>C%j HO| Taslan Goretex reg. $11.75 Coated Taffeta reg. $2.75 Coated Packcloth reg. $4.00 Cordura reg. $5.00 Polarguard Insulation reg. $2.00 Mosquito Netting reg. $1.50 Vest Kits reg. $18.95 now $9.50 a yd. now $2.00 a yd. now $3.00 a yd. now $3.75 a yd. now $1.50 a yd. now $1.10 a yd. now $13.25 OREGON WILDERNESS SUPPLIES LOWER LEVEL EMU *30 6:00 M-F - 686-3089 ___________
