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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1981)
AWACS bill passes . WASHINGTON (AP) - Oregon's Republican senators, Bob Packwood and Mark Hat field, voted with the minority Wednesday against an $8 5 bil lion U S arms sale to Saudi Arabia The Senate voted 52-48 in support of the sale, which was favored by Pres Reagan The vote cleared the way for tran saction of the sale, which in cludes five high-technology AWACS radar planes Packwood was one of the leaders of Senate resistance to the sale, and he re-emphasized before the vote on the Senate floor his view that, "If we go ahead with Saudi Arabia, we lose any chance to have in fluence on the other indepen dent states in the area " Packwood said following the vote that "The president did a marvelous job of persuasion " He added that opponents of the sale were simply "outgunned" by Reagan The House had rejected the sale, and rejection in the Senate would have blocked the transaction FBI tackles fraud WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI and Secret Service are be ing used for the first time in a widening government drive to wipe out food stamp fraud and abuse the head of the Justice Department s special food stamp fraud unit said Wednes day Assistant Attorney General D Lowell Jensen said the nationwide presence and large number of staffed locations' of those two agencies will sig nificantly bolster efforts of Agriculture Department and Postal Service investigators, who up to now have been solely responsible for the nationwide probe We do have strong indica tions that fraud has permeated the food stamp program in dis tressingly large proportions/' Jensen said We re dealing roughly with a billion dollars that is being wasted through abuse and fraud Police comb London for IRA gang LONDON (AP) - Scotland Yard combed London Tuesday for a gang of six to esght Irish men and women suspects in the IRA bombing Monday that Killed a man in the city's busiest shopping district Oxford Street, normally teem ing with shoppers, was cor doned off Tuesday as police searched for more devices like the 5-pound bomb that explod ed in a Wimpy hamburger bar The bomb killed police explo sives expert Kenneth Howorth, 49 as he tried to defuse it in a basement toilet Police defused a second bomb at Debenham's department store 400 yards down the street At Scotland Yard, Deputy As sistant Commissioner David Powis told a news conference that police were hunting an IRA gang of "six to eight people, possibly with two young females " Powis said the suspects were believed still in London, possi bly living as lodgers or short term tenants Police previously said the bombers may be supported by a network of "sleepers" — IRA guerrillas infiltrated into Britain years ago and activated for a new blitz In the House of Commons, Home Secretary William White law appealed for public vigilance to help police track down the Irish Republican Army bombers who have struck three times in 17 days, killing three and injuring 38 William Murphy, the assistant chief postal inspector for criminal investigations, said his inspectors have been hampered in the past because of a lack of information a problem Jensen said the addition of the FBI and Secret Service should help solve Jensen also said the inten sified investigation will target a number of major metropolitan areas where we believe major fraud in the food stamp program may be occurmg In the past three years food stamp fraud and abuse has net ted 1.200 prosecutions nationwide involving criminal trafficking in food stamps, Jen sen said, with 799 of them com ing in the last 12 months since the government heightened its enforcement effort Jensen said most involve cases where food stamps are obtained illegally by those un connected with the program Celebrate Artesian Halloween The ^Pabbock tavern Halloween Happenings!! * Costume Contest Best-Carved Pumpkin contest (bring yours) Bobbing for Olys. Prizes awarded in each event Happy Hour prices all night from 8:30 Paddock Tavern 3355 E. Amazon Dr., Eugene 342-3575 ARTESIAN HALLOWEEN. Luckily you won't have that problem. Just open the refng erator and take out an icy cold Oly. Or two. Slip into your favonte costume and light the jack o'lantem.Then, basking in the glow, remove your mask and start sipping. P After a year of making the pure artesian brewing water for Olympia Beer, it is said Artesian mdustrious ness turns to frivolity on this special day They start by donning fright wigs and fake vampire fangs and take turns spooking picnickers, lust for practice. Then the more danng of them go tnck-or-treatmg for some refreshing Oly (bottles or cans). But they usually end up with bags of worthless stuff. Like malted milk balls, candy com and money. Realizing their mission is hopeless, sadly they head home. Very tired. Very, very discouraged And very very very thirsty. u #r C . '*8 i Olympia Brewing Co. Turn water WA
