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1 , s j "So, now that I’ve seen the [ Peace Corps, how do I | volunteer?” We’ve been hoping you’d ask that. The Peace Corps week is in its third day, and | now that you’ve had a chance to see us | we’d like to see you. Come to the Peace Corps office in Room 246 Susan Campbell Hall for an application, 1 and to sign up for an interview. The Peace Corps has positions opening | as early as this summer. Don’t miss out Invest in your future by giving one to others... in the Peace Corps. -jemu Food Service NO BEER GARDEN TOMORROW NEXT BEER GARDEN FRIDAY March 5 ^emu James Stephens, Jr.: Co-author of OXFAM Report on land reform in El Salvador. Widely-recognized author, speaker and expert on issues of Central America. Member of Congressional delegation that visited refugee camps in Honduras, taped encounter with Salvadoran military. Cultural Forum presents The Political Realities of El Salvador Monday — March 8 — 8 p.m For more information call 484-5867 Sponsored by EMU Cultural Forum, Eugene Council for Human Rights in Latin America Wed.& Thurs.: Teach-in From the day of the Conquest to the current 'Elections IflIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIII emerald inter/national = From Assoc tstsd Prass reports { Gasoline prices | continue falling | PORTLAND Gasoline prices are falling | steadily in Oregon with one | Union Oil station in north Port | land offering gas for 99 cents | per gallon It is the first time the price per | gallon has dropped below $1 in | many months Gas prices in I other parts of the Portland area | ranged from $1 07 to about | S1.33 per gallon In the Salem area, prices | Wednesday ranged from just | under $1 08 to $1 33 per gallon S for regular-grade gas £ "The whole market place is in an upheaval," said Union Oil spokesman Paul Dennis in Seattle, who announced that his firm's wholesale prices were being cut by 2 5 cents per gallon in Oregon and Washington Wayne Bowlby. executive dir ector of the Oregon Gasoline Dealers Association, said some dealers won't pass the recent price cuts on to consumers "Some dealers have been operating below their costs,” Bowlby said "They have to get back to where they can make a profit " Other stations, he said, are in a better position to drop prices Israeli soldiers evict squatters YAMIT, Israeli-Occupied Sinai Government troops axed down doors of shacks before dawn Wednesday and dragged off about 60 squatters resisting Israel's withdrawal from the Sinai. The soldiers went in unarmed and carried away people from the "Stop the Withdrawal" movement Women soldiers led women — some with infants in their arms — from Hatsar Adar, an illegal squatters' village in the Vamit bloc of settlements on the Mediterranean coast Although only one minor in jury was reported, Hatsar Adar looked like a scarred battlefield Smoke from burning tires drift ed over a desolate scene of shacks used as makeshift for tifications Soldiers had hacked down doors of the huts with kinko's copies A p self 1 Ve service • computerized Xerox • reduction • Z'stded copies • Binding * • lamination 344-7894 764 E. 13th M ATHRINC, Inner City Recording Artisf* FRED RALSTON and the Andre' St. James Duo March *-# No Cover Thurs thru Sal 8 pm-2 am 2 for;! HAPPY HOI'R ! 1 30-0:30 259 EAST FIFTH AVENl K • 943-8489 Across from Atfi Slice) Public Market axes and there was a sea of mud in a moat-like ditch between the settlement and the road The army stopped its evic tions after the early-morning assault on Hatsar Adar, some 12 miles south of Yamit, and movement activists waited ap prehensively in other set tlements for the army's next move High court okays ‘head shop’ laws WASHINGTON Communities trying to curb illegal drug use won Supreme Court permission Wednesday to regulate the sale of drug para phernalia at so-called "head shops " But the unanimous decision appeared to leave unresolved whether the courts will allow an outright ban of such busin esses The justices resurrected a Hoffman Estates III , ordinance that requires such shops to ob tain licenses for selling items designed or marketed for use with" illegal drugs such as marijuana or cocaine A federal appeals court had ruled that the ordinance was unconstitutionally vague The Supreme Court disagreed U.S. car sales hit 20-year low DETROIT U S car sales plummeted 27 7 percent In late February, making the month s sales the worst in 20 years, automakers reported Wednesday The five major U S au tomakers delivered 456.942 cars in February for a daily selling rate of 19.039 That was down 15 9 percent from Fe bruary 1981 s 543.593 autos and marked the lowest daily sales rate since February 1962 when the daily sales rate was 19,035 Imports also were down for the month, 18 2 percent, from 212,042 last year to 173.393 But imports still grabbed 27 5 percent of the domestic market They accounted for 28 9 per cent of the U S market in Fe bruary 1981 and took an aver age 27 1 percent last year Analysts blamed a lack of consumer confidence for the poor late February sales show ing They also said the February 1981 period was particularly strong — spurred by rebate pro grams more widespread than those in the 1982 period ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL SJJIIGHT COACH Travel comfortably and in good company aboard customised sleeper coaches Stop at Wilbur Hot Springs tor a soak and cook-out breakfast Special prices to points along the way Eugene 343-5081 Portland 225-0310 or (800) 227-4766 '-u
