Vol. 81, No. 23
Eugene, Oregon 97403
Wednesday, October 3, 1979
Weaver confirms re-election plans
By LORRAINE NELSON
Of the Emerald
Jim Weaver will run for re-election.
At the end of a speech attacking Sen. Bob
Packwood, R-Ore., for being a “special in
terest” politician, Weaver announced to the
more than 500 supporters who turned out at
the Eugene Hotel Tuesday evening that he
would seek re-election to the House.
“I have gone long and deep into myself
because Bob Packwood must be defeated,"
Weaver said.
Politicians such as Packwood stymie solu
tions to our problems, he said.
"Politicians seem to be drawn to special
interests for their own security. In my col
leagues I see this and I weep for them.
“Yet I want to remain a prudent politician.
And I am as prudent as my politics will allow,”
he said.
"We need all that political strength back in
Congress and we’d better keep it."
Americans are uneasy with a political sys
tem which is not responding — a system still
owned and operated by the special interests
that got us into this mess in the first place,
Weaver said.
"For that reason, Bob Packwood, who
stands for that special interest and is owned
by them, must be defeated."
Packwood subscribes to "status-quo"
politics of reading the polls and saying the
right things but then selling out, Weaver said.
“In July he favored coal and nuclear power
as our public saviors ... in August, conserva
tion and renewables were the answer.”
Packwood can say what he wants while
he's here but he "winks at utilities and they
know what he’ll do back in Washington
because it's bought and in their pockets,” he
added.
Turning to state Sen. Ted Kulongoski,
D-Junction City, Weaver said, "I loved your
phrase, Ted. After two terms of Packwood in
office, it's Packwood-12, the people-0.’ "
His positions (chairer of the Forests Sub
committee of the House Agriculture Commit
tee and ranking majority member of the
House Interior Committee's Water and Power
Resources Subcommittee) are too useful to
forfeit, he said.
Again turning to Kulongoski, he said, "I
look to a young, vigorous challenger to un
seat Packwood. It can and will be done.
“I will stay in the House and seek re-elec
tion to the fourth district.”
It’s been a "long, hard struggle to win this
congressional seat. We must keep it. We have
a challenge and we must meet that chal
lenge.”
We must meet the challenge of rip-offs in
Congress, he said
Kulongoski has been expected to an
nounce that he will run against Packwood if
Weaver did not. Before Weaver’s speech,
Kulongoski said he may announce his poli
tical plans later this week.
Weaver said he made his decision for
several reasons.
Most important, he said, were the hundreds
of people who contacted him in August and
urged him to seek re-election.
Also, "I am personally happier running for
re-election.”
And third, "I am not willing to do what Bob
Packwood has done to raise funds. I will not
go to special interests for money.”
Weaver is seeking his fourth term in the
House.
Photo by Steve Dykes
Congressman Jim Weaver beams at a crowd of supporters who turned
out to see him announce his candidacy for re-election Tuesday night at
the Eugene Hotel.
County returns decriminalization petitions
By LORRAINE NELSON
Of the Emerald
Petitions filed last week to place a measure on the
May 1980 ballot for decriminalizing cultivation of mar
ijuana for personal use were returned to their collectors
Monday marked “void."
People Effectively Appealing for Cannibis Equality
turned in 8,135 signatures to the county last week
supporting a ballot measure that would, if passed,
instruct Lane County commissioners to deny funds for
search, seizure, surveillance and prosecution of people
cultivating marijuana for personal use.
Don Penfold, county administrative services direc
tor, returned those petitions to PEACE Monday saying
the organization had failed to follow the law when they
turned in the petitions.
He cited sections of the Oregon Legislative As
sembly and the Oregon Constitution that require a full
text (explanation) of the measure be attached to each
petition when it is submitted.
All petitions filed were submitted without the text.
Petitions for the measure carry at the top the
ten-word ballot title “Shall enforcement of marijuana
laws against personal use/cultivation be reduced?"
Lewis Ward, a University student and a member of
PEACE, said his organization did not violate state laws
in filing the petitions.
Ward said his organization followed guidelines for
petitioners published by the secretary of state requiring
each sheet of signatures to be attached to a verification
sheet signed by the petition circulator.
Nowhere in the secretary of state's manual did it
say a full text should be attached to each sheet, Ward
said.
A 1979 Oregon Legislative Assembly law says,
“Each sheet of signatures shall be attached to a full and
correct copy of the measure to be initiated or referred.’’
Penfold said he has previously voided petitions for
the same reason but not a petition carrying such a large
number of signatures.
Penfold said he is not being “arbitrary or ca
pricious" but that he has sworn under oath to uphold
the law.
He said he considered the inconvenience and
expense resulting from his action before he made his
decision.
PEACE can either take the issue to circuit court or
file a new petition, he said.
Ward said his organization was prepared to do
both.
PEACE is waiting for information from its lawyers,
he said, but in the meantime, they will continue to
collect signatures.
They have a January deadline for turning in the
5,614 signatures needed to place the measure on the
ballot.
Not all petitions require the full text cover sheet.
Recall petitions contain a 200-word explanation on
each cover sheet.
City police capture
local rape suspect
Eugene police arrested a Springfield man early
Tuesday morning in connection with the Sept. 25 rape
of a University student.
Henry Jacob Parker, 20, has been charged with
sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman on the bike
path near the Eugene Water and Electric Board's steam
plant.
Police said Parker was arrested at 3 a.m. Tuesday
and was arraigned that morning on charges of rape,
sodomy and robbery. A preliminary hearing on the case
will be held Oct. 9.
A citizen tip helped lead to the arrest, according to
Gloria Timmons of the Eugene police department.
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This week’s sports supplement
spotlights Alberto Salazar and Rudy
Chapa, two of the most popular ath
letes at the University. They talk
about their plans for the future, their
goals in this Olympic year and why
they feel Oregon is the best place to
run cross country. See Pages 4-5B.
Dean DeHeer, staff psychologist
for Lane County Adult Corrections,
says a jail guard's role has changed
dramatically over the last few years
Along with the new roles have come
increased stress and isolation for
corrections officials involved, and
he’s there to help See Page 8A.
Neckties have been the subject of
speculation recently as to their psy
chological significance Gerald An
dersen, director of the Neckwear
Association of America, believes
they reveal personal character,
some others say they wear neckties
just from habit See Page 7A.