Senator accused of ethics infractions, hearing set
SALEM (AP) - The Oregon
Government Ethics Commis
sion is expected to rute Friday
on a motion to dismiss one of
two complaints filed against
state Sen. Keith Burbidge, D
Salem.
The commission on Wednes
day began a hearing into a
complaint filed against Bur
bidge The complaint alleged he
violated Oregon ethics laws by
failing to disclose a conflict of
interest in a bill he sponsored
which specifically benefited his
wife, Nita Burbidge, a state em
ployee It also alleged Burbidge
improperly used his office for
his own personal gain.
Burbidge's attorney also
moved to dismiss one of the
complaints on Wednesday The
commission adjourned without
making a ruling. It is scheduled
to reconvene Friday at 7 a m
During the day-long hearing,
the commission heard tes
timony about Burbidge’s spon
sorship of a bill increasing his
wife's state retirement benefits
The first complaint alleges
Burbidge failed to disclose a
conflict of interest when he vot
ed on the retirement bill The
second alleges that his spon
sorship of the measure consti
tuted an illegal use of his office
for personal gain.
Michael Dye, a Salem attor
ney representing Burbidge,
moved to dismiss the second
complaint. He said the law was
meant to prohibit lawmakers
from selling their vote or in
fluence, but did not prohibit
them from sponsoring any
legislation from which they or
their family members would
benefit.
Dye said the senator ac
knowledges making no formal
declaration of a conflict of in
terest when the bill was before
the Senate. However, he
claimed it was general know
ledge that Nita Burbidge, an
employee of Adult and Family
Services, was the only person
expected to benefit under an
amendment put into the bill by
her husband. That general
knowledge exempted Burbidge
from the requirement, Dye
claimed.
Peter Herman, who served as
prosecutor in the hearing, said
the requirement for disclosure
wasn't just for the senators’
benefit, but for the benefit of the
public.
Cocaine sting nets job-less ‘dealers’
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A
narcotics sting operation aimed
at unemployed workers seeking
jobs has fallen apart with the
prosecution’s decision to drop
charges against 29 people
snared in the operation run by a
free-lance narcotics agent
Drug charges against 19 peo
ple in Napa County were
dropped on Wednesday and
charges against 10 others in
San Francisco were dropped on
Tuesday.
“Entrapment would be a via
ble defense in each case” in
Napa County said District Attor
ney James Boitano.
The sting was run by free
lance narcotics agent Marc
Caven, 28, of Gresham, Ore.,
who has run a series of similar
operation in Oregon and
Washington. Cases against
defendants in several of those
incidents have been thrown out
by judges on grounds of en
trapment.
Caven advertised construc
tion jobs for the mythical Ever
green Construction & Lands
caping during February and
March. Defendants in earlier
cases said that when they ap
peared for interviews, Caven
said he would get them a job or
give them priority on a waiting
list if they would bring him
cocaine.
An undercover police officer
would buy the drugs and arrest
the job applicants when they
showed up at Caven’s motel
room. Job seekers brought bin
dles and baggies of cocaine in
amounts ranging from a half
gram to 1V? ounces. "We spent
in the neighborhood of $1,100
and got $33,000 worth of drugs
off the streets,” said San Fran
cisco Police Sgt. Rene La
Prevotte, who supervised the
narcotic detail’s sting opera
tion.
San Francisco Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Robert Gordon
said he was convinced that no
entrapment.occurred in the
cases here, but he said it would
be difficult to prove that in court.
Religious affiliates join forces in nuclear protests
SEATTLE (AP) — With a boost from the religious
community, demonstrators who have waged a gener
ally peaceful. 7%-year battle against the nuclear
weapons-bearing Trident submarine are preparing for
another summer of protests
A vigil is scheduled this Sunday in four states, but
the highlight of the protest season will be this sum
mer's arrival of the first Trident submarine — the Ohio
— at the Trident base in Washington state
It is a moment the Trident protesters have hoped
and prayed wouldn't arrive.
But they won't quietly accept the nuclear sub’s
arrival, and have new support among religious leaders
this year, sparked by Seattle Catholic Archbishop
Raymond Hunthausen's well-publicized castigation of
the Trident missile system a year ago
"There have been big changes in the 7Vt years of
the Trident campaign,'' Jim Douglass, organizer for
the Ground Zero protest group, acknowledged Tues
day night in an interview.
"When we first began working on the project.
Trident was a sugartess gum and not much else." he
said, referring to the lack of knowledge about the
weapon.
"Now there are questions being raised in the
community as well as a wide-based peace
movement."
On Sunday, the Agape Community, a Christian
group formed to protest Trident, is sponsoring vigils in
13 communities on a railroad line between Salt Lake
City and the Navy's Trident base at Bangor, on Hood
Canal west of Seattle.
Rocket motors tor the Trident's missiles are
shipped along the railroad, from where they are built
near Salt Lake City.
Renee Krisko, a member of the Agape Communi
ty, said it was difficult to estimate how many might
show up at the different locations, but said Portland
organizers were planning for as many as 500. She said
50 to 200 were expected at Bangor.
The Ohio, now at the Electric Boat yard in Groton,
Conn., after sea trials, is expected to arrive sometime
this summer at the Navy base at Bangor. Protesters,
including many religious leaders, have said they will
meet the sub with their own boats. Some will "wit
ness" the arrival, while others plan to try to blockade
the submarine near the entrance of Hood Canal.
“Our intention is to resist Trident, so we hope to
have some boats resisting its entrance,” said Krisko, a
Catholic nun.
On Aug. 8, a rally is planned north of Bangor, at
Point Julia on property owned by the Klallam Indian
tribe "Resist Trident Celebrate Hope.” Is the theme,
said Shelley Douglass, Jim Douglass’ wife. Hunthau
sen and Methodist Bishop Melvin Talbert, also of
Seattle, are among the scheduled speakers.
Shelley Douglass said support from respected
church figures has helped give the anti-Trident
movement credibility, and has raised questions even
among those depending on the submarine and
weapon system for their livelihoods.
"People on the Trident base have done a lot of
agonizing over that," she said.
Past anti-Trident protests continued year-round.
but the more public exercises have been from late
spring to early fall.
Prayer vigils have been held in front of the Navy's
Trident base at Bangor every Sunday for the past
three months, and demonstrators have handed out
leaflets at the entrance gate every week for years.
This Sunday’s Agape Community appeal to scrap
Trident is more public, with members conducting
prayer vigils along the railroad tracks in four states.
The communities involved are Bangor, Elma,
Centralia, Castle Rock, Kelso-Longview, Vancouver
and Washougal, Wash.; Portland, The Dalles, La
Grande and Baker, Ore.; Shoshone, Idaho; and Salt
Lake City.
Agape Community, said Krisko, named itself for a
term used by early Christian communities to refer to
love and fellowship among members of the communi
t{08
She said vigils would also be held in the com
munities July 4. Independence Day. and Aug. 6, the
37th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima.
Workshops have already begun in preparation of
the Trident submarine’s arrival at Bangor. Ms. Ooug
lass said people considering taking part in the block
ade of Trident were being asked to give considerable
thoughts to their actions, and the possibility of jail
terms and fines
She said they also should learn some boating
skills. “There will be an attempt at a blockade, to keep
the boat from coming in, at least for a few minutes,”
she said. But then, she added, it could be officials will
keep protest boats wen away from the Ohio.
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