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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1978)
Catherine siegner of environmental concern The Trojan Decommission ing Alliance's Portland chapter held a press conference Friday and said it opposes any attempt by Portland General Electric Co. to speed up hearings on interim operation of the Trojan nuclear plant. The Atomic Safety and Licens ing Board of the U S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission held hearings in Salem and Portland recently on whether PGE should be allowed to start up the plant while modifications are being made to the control building walls to bring them up to federal earth quake resistance standards. The board ran out of time during the hearings and will not be able to reconvene until Dec. 11. The plant has been shut down since last April. PGE lawyers want to continue the hearing process by mail, but t i ■■ all participants, including TDA, must agrfee. TDA s Nina Bell summed up the organization's sentiments, “Certainly the closure of Trojan is costing PGE extra money. It is a hidden cost of nu clear power that PGE should have considered before building Tro jan.” Eugene's major public utility is having a board meeting tonight at 7:30 at 500 E, 4th Ave. Eugene Water & Electric Board commis sioners will hear a report on the preschool Mini-Volt Program and receive input from the audience. Indians in Southern Oregon and Northern California are fight ing a recent federal decision ban ning salmon fishing on the Klamath River.. Several members of the Yurok and Hoopa Tribes have been ar rested for shooting at local •r Reflections Hair Shop Full Service, Natural Styling for Men, Women and Children 292 W. 8th 485-1961 sheriff's deputies and blocking major highways as part of their continuing protest. The Indians are asking for the right to fish the river, although In terior Secretary Cecil Andrus im posed the ban in August. Despite treeplanters’ objec tions, seedlings will continue to be treated with the animal repel lant Thiram under new state Dept, of Agriculture guiedelines. The Hoedads, a Eugene-based tree planting cooperative, pre sented testimony at a Salem hear ing Oct. 3 urging the department to issue warnings about possible adverse effects from Thiram ex posure. The new guidelines call for treeplanters to wear skin creams, gloves, protective clothing, and to avoid alcohol before and after handling Thiram-treated seed lings because the chemical causes nausea when combined with alcohol (much like Anabuse). An attorney familiar with en vironmental litigation will speak about the practical aspects of such suits at 12:30 p.m. Wednes day in Room 129 of the Law School. Joseph Brecher has rep resented the Native American Rights Funds in nine separate suits to control adverse environ mental effects from the Four Cor ners power plant complex in Arizona, Utah and New Mexico. A new state center to investi gate misuse of pesticide and her bicide applications in Oregon has been proposed A task force appointed by Gov. Straub suggests the center be op erated beginning next year with $71,590 and five positions. _ M - F 8 - 8 Sat 9 - 5 T 1a offset H 1C PRINTING E ■ ■ SPECIAL for 500 or. more of an original printed on white 201b. or 100°o recycled free collation - self service copies Campus Copy 762 e. 13th 683-1431 Mail rate fine paid by church A Eugene church has paid more than $150 in penalty fees for mail ing a political endorsement for Republican Fourth Congressional District challenger Jerry Laus mann in late September, a U. S. Postal official says. Ken Haley, manager of mail classification for the Eugene post office, says a letter mailed Sept. 22 by the Eugene Faith Center church that endorsed Lausmann was not mailed at the proper sec ond class rate. The letter was mailed to more than 1,000 church members in Eugene at the second class, non-profit rate of 2.7 cents a letter. The letter, which also contained an envelope for contributions to the Lausmann campaign, should have been mailed at a higher rate of 8.4 cents a letter. Faith Center pastor Roy Hicks, Jr., who sent the letter, endorsed Lausmann as the “Lord's candi date" in the Nov. 7 election. Offi cials of Hicks’ church in Los Angeles said last month the en dorsement was against an “un written" church rule. Earlier this month the church paid $157 to the post office to make up the balance of the mail ing rate, Haley says. Lausmann was defeated last week by incumbent Congressman Jim Weaver, D-Ore., for the sec ond time in two years. EST Economic Swiss Time Watches EST watches do more than just tell time—they’re fashionable jeweliy as well. LADIES’ BANGLE SIMULATED SPORTSWATCH MEN’S AND BOYS’ Page 12 Monday, November 13, 1978
