Photo by Bob Baker
Tomato crossing
A tomato is preaching the plight of the small
business person in the Eugene area.
Actually, it is the owner of a small business,
dressed as a tomato, giving the sermon.
Ben McClurg, owner of the House of Salads, a
business that claims to have the "world's longest salad
bar," is turning several shades of red because he has
been told that it is against city ordinance to hand out
flyers advertising his restaurant.
Tomato Man, as McClurg introduces himself, says
that City Hall is squashing his unique advertising
efforts.
McClurg says that the city's attitude is prohibiting
the growth of Eugene 's small businesses.
"They told me that they didn’t want Eugene to
become another New York," McClurg says.
After being ousted from the mall area, McClurg
called the University to see if he could promote his
business on campus. He says that he was told "he
could hand out flyers as long as he didn't sell anything."
Wednesday afternoon, Tomato Man cropped up at
the corner of 13th Avenue and University Street.
Local humorist calls
for ‘fertility dances’
EUGENE (AP) - Oregon
humorist James Cloutier says
native-born Oregonians may have
to engage in fertility dances in
order to build up their ranks
The Eugene artist and author of
several light-hearted "Orygone"
books, reacted to a 1980 census
report that non-natives out
number those born in Oregon by
about 200,000
“It just reaffirms my belief that
native-born Oregonians are an
endangered species," Cloutier
quipped
Cloutier also created a line of
Oregon “ ungreeting’’ cards — a
witty attempt to discourage im
migration to the state — and
SNOB, Society of Native-Oregon
Born, which he says has about
2,500 members He says he gets
about 15-20 new applications for
the group weekly
"Our society will not admit
defeat in the face of recent cen
sus statistics,” he says "We re
going to band together more than
ever "
On a serious note, Cloutier says
he expects the percentage of
Oregon natives will change with
the declining economy He
predicts the immigrants will be the
first to leave
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British declare war zone;
Argentina ‘ready to fight’
FALKLAND ISLANDS (AP) -
Britain on Wednesday declared
a “total" war zone 200 miles
around the Falkland Islands,
Argentina's navy was reported in
the zone ready to fight and the
United States warned the situation
had reached a critical point.
The Defense Ministry in London
said the "total exclusion zone"
would take effect at 7 a m EDT
Friday, and the British Broadcast
ing Corp. said there was a strong
possibility of a British attack
Friday night or Saturday morning.
The BBC said Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher has "taken her
gloves off.”
British defense sources said
weather conditions in the South
Atlantic were “deteriorating
rapidly, with 70 mi!e-an-hour
winds on the way," heightening
speculation that Britain’s armada
would act quickly.
Argentina, while saying it was
studying a U.S. peace plan
relayed by Secretary of State
Alexander Haig, put its forces on
"maximum alert" and predicted a
British attack on the Falklands in
24 to 48 hours.
Argentine navai sources in
Buenos Aires said the nation's
fleet was deployed in the South
Atlantic, including the announced
“total exclusion zone."
"We're doing all we can
through diplomatic channels to
avoid a war, but if they (the Bri
tish) want war, they will have it
because we will have no
alternative but to defend
ourselves against an attack," said
one of the sources, who request
ed anonymity.
In Washington, a senior State
Department official who declined
to be identified said, "We are now
at a point where it is almost
imperative that the two sides
agree" to U S. proposals to end
the conflict.
Regarding the British war zone
announcement, Dean Fischer,
the State Department spokesman,
said, "It is quite clear in light of
this announcement that the crisis
has reached a critical point."
He also said consideration was
being given to another meeting
between Haig and Argentine For
eign Minister Nicanor Costa
Mendez, who was in Washington
for a meeting of the Organization
of American States.
The war zone announced by
the British Defense Ministry
extended the maritime blockade
of April 12 that was designed to
prevent Argentina from reinforc
ing the Falklands by sea.
Argentine planes have continued
to fly in troops but large ships
have kept out.
The announcement bolstered
speculation that Thatcher, her
patience exhausted with
Argentina's failure to withdraw its
troops after seizing the islands on
April 2, is now ready to order the
British armada to recapture the
Falklands in an all-out assault.
British government sources
reported a Cabinet meeting held
shortly before the war zone
announcement produced "no
fresh optimism” that a negotiated
settlement can be reached.
“The situation is extremely
tense,” one British defense
source in London said. "The
government is now turning the
thumbscrew and applying psy
chological and political pressure
on Buenos Aires,” a reference to
the total war zone that makes any
unauthorized ship or plane in the
zone subject to attack.
The source, who asked not to
be identified, said that a squadron
of between six and nine long
range Vulcan bombers has been
positioned on Ascension Island,
3,500 miles north of the
Falklands.
British defense officials said last
week that some of the Vulcans
have been adapted to carry 21
conventional 1,000-pound
bombs.
British press reports speculated
that the Vulcans will be used to
bomb mainland Argentine air
bases before any assault on the
FalMands, to reduce Argentina’s
12-1 air superiority over the Bri
tish armada.
"The Vulcans have been
undergoing intense training in
Using conventional bomb toads
and mid-air refueling," the source
said. The bombers would need to
refuel in flight on any missions
from Ascension.
The Argentines have an
estimated 10,000 troops on the
FalMands, The British task force
carries some 1,500 marine
commandos, but the requisi
tioned liner Canberra, carrying
another 2,000 marines and
paratroopers, is expected to
rendezvous with the armada
before the weekend.
British defense analysts fore
cast the task force may launch
two or three coordinated attacks,
including jet attacks on the airstrip
at Stanley, the Falklands' capital.
British forces recaptured South
Georgia, 800 miles east of the
Falklands, on Sunday and
Monday. The British Defense
Ministry said an Argentine pri
soner on South Georgia died
Monday in a "'serious incident”
It gave no other details. The
British took 156 Argentine military
personnel and 38 civilians pri
soner in the attack, including the
Argentine submarine Sante Fe
crippled in the attack.
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