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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1978)
Everett to try for US Senate By KEVIN HARDEN Of the Emerald Hoping to help clean up Oregon politics, Clif Everett will try to put his name on the November ballot once again. This time, Everett will be challenging Mark Hatfield and Vern Cook for a chance to repre sent Oregon in the U.S. Senate. Everett, 58, a political maverick who championed an ill-fated at tempt to repeal Oregon's land use laws two years ago, will hold another nominating rally Saturday to gather 1,000 valid signiatures to give him a chance to run for Senator as an independent can didate. Everett fell about 500 signa tures short during a similar con vention two months ago. At that time, he hoped to gather enough signatures to put his name on the ballot as the Independent guber natorial candidate. The nominating convention will be held August 12, from 10:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. in the Lloyd Center Auditorium in Portland. Why change from governor to Senator? The choice was made for him because of Gov. Bob Straub’s support and his inability to stem the tide of the gubernator ial election, Everett says. ‘‘Some people felt that if I ran that might mean that Straub would have enough votes to win the elec tion anyway,” he explains. “And he’s been doing such a bad job that I didn’t want to risk that.” Everett says neither candidate for Senator has been listening to the people and what they want. “Perhaps they have been on the public payroll too long and actually believe that we, the people, must be controlled by big, strong gov ernment.” t His candidacy is a chance to get Hatfield and Cook off the public payroll and out of the political arena. If that happens, Everett says he hopes to “clean up” poli tics in the state and stop the “giveaway” of American interests to “Marxist” dictators., “I’ve been distressed that we didn’t listen to men like (General George) Patton and (General Douglas) Mac Arthur,” he says. “I wish we would have. But at that time we didn’t want to hear what strong men had to say so we lis tened to a bunch of sissies.” Whether or not he could win against Hatfield or Cook, Everett says that his candidacy is worth a try. “Whether there is a chance or not isn’t important. I’d just like to raise the issues and see what happens.” Emerald photo Clif Everett: shooting for the Senate Conservative Christian chairs GOP By KEVIN HARDEN Of the Emerald BEND — At its annual conven tion Saturday the GOP elected Walter Huss, a fundamentalist Christian and conservative politi cian, state party chairer. Huss, whose wife had been elected chairer of the Multnomah County Republican Central Committee last month, defeated incumbent chairer Steve Young and challenger Dewey Newman on the first ballot. But, Newman says, Huss’ vic tory could mean that Republican candidates for statewide offices will run independent of the party. Newman, a Eugene research consultant, announced his candi dacy for chairer last Friday, less Party sets Nov. plan BEND — By a very slim margin, the Oregon Republican Party voted to endorse the “concept” of the state’s property tax limitation measure on the November ballot. The vote, which came at the end of the two-day GOP conven tion that was marked by party splits and infighting among some party members, is in contrast to the state’s Democratic Party which voted two weeks ago to condemn the measure. The property tax limitation, which would limit taxes to one and one-half percent above the 1975 assessed value of the property, was just one of the measures ad dressed in the GOP platform. A measure to end state funded abortions was also endorsed by the party. Oregon Dailv Emerald than a week before the GOP con vention. Although he ran as a compromise candidate between Huss and Young, Newman with drew to throw his support for Young in an attempt to stop Huss’s election. Newman told reporters last week that if Huss was elected it could mean the Oregon GOP would be split by his narrow view of “qualified candidates.” “(Huss) does not offer the type of change needed,” Newman said. “I am convinced that his pub licly and privately stated desire to elect only ‘right thinking’ candi dates would so narrow the support 561 E. 13th Ave. Across from Max's 485-4422 HAIR TODAY Downstairs in the EMU close to the recreation center 687-1347 NATURAL HAIR DESIGNS FOR WOMEN & MEN! $6.50 Dry cut designed for your hair and you, for those on a tight schedule. $9.00 wet styiP designed for you and your hair for easy care and the air-waved style. A completed style to go anywhere. $12.00 includes shampoo moisterizing conditioner, blow dry and a hair cut designed for you. A completed easy care style. 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