A record 502 candidates
file for political positions
SALEM (AP) — A record 502 candidates had
filed for state political offices by the 5 p m
Tuesday filing deadline for the May 18 primary
election, elections officials said
The total includes eight Democrats and six
Republicans seeking party nominations for
governor
Ray Phelps, elections director for Secretary
of State Norma Paulus, said the candidate total far
surpassed the 379 contenders who filed for the
1980 primary election
There were few big surprises in the eleventh
hour filings in a crowded House chamber in the
Capitol
Two veteran lawmakers called it quits Tues
day, including Sen Richard Groener, who cur
rently has the longest tenure of any legislator.
Rep Bill Grannell, D-North Bend, chairman of the
House Revenue Committee, withdrew as a can
didate for renomination
Groener admitted two violations of state
ethics laws last year for accepting a gift worth
more than $100 from a lobbyist and failing to
report a loan from a Portland businessman
The state Ethics Commission found him guilty
of a third violation by using his office for personal
financial gain, a finding he is appealing
Groener first was elected to the House in
1955 and has served 22 years in the Legislature
Sen Walt Brown, Milwaukie. and Rep Ed
Lindquist Gladstone, are seeking the Democratic
nomination to the Senate seat
Grannell, a newspaper publisher, has served
in the House since 1973 He cited personal and
business reasons for giving up his seat
Five Democrats are seeking the nomination
to the seat including Nellie Ripper, wife of state
Sen Jack Ripper D-North Bend
A late entry in the race for the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination was Salem attorney
Steve Anderson Anderson unsuccessfuly chal
lenged former Congressman Al Ullman in the
Democratic primary two years ago
Gov Vic Atiyeh faces five challengers in his
bid for Republican renomination to a second
term, including former state GOP Chairman
Walter Huss of Portland
Huss's wife, Rosalie, filed for the GOP
nomination to the seat held by Democratic Rep
Shirley Gold, Portland, who is seeking a second
term.
In other statewide contests, Labor Commis
sioner Mary Roberts faces state Rep Jim Chrest,
Portland, and Anne Stegen, Hubbard, in her bid
for Democratic renomination
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Verne Duncan faces five opponents in his non
partisan re-election race, including Sen. Rod
Monroe, D-Portland, and Salem School Superin
tendent Bill Kendrick.
Non-partisan contests are decided in the
primary unless no candidate gets a majority of the
votes In that case, the two top finalists face a
runoff in the November general election.
Former state Sen Vern Cook of Gresham is
challenging state Supreme Court Justice J.R.
Campbell's bid for election to the seat to which he
was appointed Justices Berkeley Lent and Betty
Roberts drew no opponents
All judicial races are non-partisan.
State Court of Appeals Judges Thomas
Young, John Warden and William Richardson
face no opposition Portland lawyers Stephen
Walker and Jonathan Newman are vying for a
Court of Appeals seat being vacated by Judge
Robert Thornton, who is retiring
Among US House races, 1st District Rep.
Les AuCoin faces Portland businessman Bob
Magid in the Democratic primary.
Five Democrats and two Republicans are
vying for the 2nd District seat. That seat is being
vacated by freshman Republican Rep Denny
Smith, who is unopposed in seeking the GOP
nomination in the new 5th District.
Freshman Rep Ron Wyden has no opponent
in his bid for Democratic renomination in the 3rd
District In the 4th District, Gene Arvidson of
Eugene is challenging Rep Jim Weaver in the
Democratic primary
Five Democrats including state Sen. Ruth
McFarland. Boring, are seeking the nomination in
the 5th District
Franciscan Priest joins rights seminar
A Franciscan priest who in
vestigated abuses of Miskito In
dians in Nicaragua will join
James Stephens tonight in a
seminar sponsored by the
Eugene Council for Human
Rights in Latin America
Father Tom Rosenberger,
member of a 14-man ecumen
ical group which investigated
the treatment of Miskito Indians
by the Sandinista Army in
Nicaragua, joins Stephens from
6:30 to 9:30 p m at 1236 Kincaid
St
Stephens, co-author of an
Oxfam America study on El Sal
vador land reform, will speak on
the history of that nation up to
1970 Stephens completes the
seminar Thursday night, 6:30 to
9:30
Student admission for one
session is $1 75, while general
admission is $3 00 Hardship
cases will be charged less For
more information call 484-5867.
Adult bookstore burns
COOS BAY, (AP) - An ar
son-caused fire damaged an
adult bookstore that received a
business license the day before
the blaze erupted, state police
said Tuesday
Authorities believed gasoline
from a five-gallon container was
used to start the fire at Walt’s
Adult Bookstore, trooper Tom
Benz said
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A back room of the bookstore
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while the rest of the building
received extensive smoke
damage Friday night.
Store operator Walter Schak
was granted a business license
Thursday by Coos County com
missioners who heard public
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