Marchers battle arms race
—More than 1 Sfl pftnplo took part in a
candlelight walk Sunday night to protest the
proliferation of nuclear arms
For many the walk, which started at the
Federal Building downtown and went to
Alton Baker Park, was the end of a four-day
fast marking the 36th anniversary of the
Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings
Ironically, this weekend s Freeze the
Arms Race' protest coincided with an
announcement by the Reagan administra
tion that the U S plans to start production of
neutron weapons
Olive Bowers of Citizen Action for Lasting
Secunty, one of the groups that sponsored
the march, told marchers that "We take for
granted the beautiful features of our earth,
but we should realize that we are in danger
"It is in our own self interests to protect
these features "
Bowers said that anti-arms-race
movements in the United States have
lagged behind those in other countries, due
to a feeling of apathy and hopelessness in
this country
"If you feel like you have no control,
imagine how helpless people in Europe and
other places at the mercy of the U S and
Russia must feel.” she said We have a
special responsibility in the United States —
while we still have time "
Bowers said that her group is a grass
roots" organization that is trying to join
other groups to form a strong movement
nationwide She hopes that the movement is
strong enough by the 1984 elections that no
politician will be able to be run for a major
office without taking a stand on nuclear
disaramament
Bowers added that Citizen Action for
Lasting Security was instrumental in the
recent passage of Oregon Senate Joint
Memorial 5, which urges a freeze on the
development and deployment of nuclear
bombs
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Photo by Mar* Pynes
Two of the younger marchers keep their candies lit during Sunday's midnight vigil.
City Council approves park levy
The Committee to Preserve
Gillespie Butte is beginning its
campaign tor Ballot Measure 52
— a special one-year tax levy to
make the site a city park
Earlier this summer the com
mittee gathered a petition
signed by more than 9,600
Eugene residents to convert the
area, a high tract of land due
east of Valley River Center, into
a city park
The Eugene Water and Elec
tric Board, which owns the land,
has decided that it is no longer
needed as a reservoir site and
must be sold
Upon receiving the petition,
the Eugene City Council ap
proved a levy of slightly more
than $650,000 to be submitted
to the voters as Ballot Measure
52 on Sept 15 If the levy fails,
the committee says it will not
appear again on a ballot and the
land will be sold to private
developers
The tax rate for the levy will be
17 cents per $1.000 of assessed
property value for the 1981-82
fiscal year only The owner of a
$65,000 home would pay about
$11
•‘If everybody could sit up
there once and see the view, I
think they would be willing to
spend $11 00," says committee
member Tim Bloch "It's the last
oasis near downtown available
to the public "
The committee fears that Bal
lot Measure 52 might suffer the
same fate as other measures
which have been defeated in
recent special levy elections
"We need to inform people that
this is a one-time payment,”
says committee treasurer Karen
Landsdowne. "This a one in a
million chance to get a piece of
land like this
The committee also stresses
that Eugene’s 1990 plan, which
calls for more residential build
ing activity in the Willagillespie
and Coburg areas adjacent to
the butte, currently leaves north
Eugene residents without a
regional park Gillespie Butte
Park will provide a relief from
the heavy increases in popula
tion density projected by the
1990 plan, the committee says.
If Ballot Measure 52 passes,
the committee wants to retain
the natural features of Gillespie
Butte and limit vehicle access to
the 4V?-acre park at the top. “It's
a place to escape from the
harsh sounds and pressures of
city life,'" says chairer Katie
Barnes.
For more information on the
drive to preserve Gillespie
Butte, contact Barnes at
344-2744 or vice-chairer
Cheryle Hawkins at 345-2744.
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