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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1982)
Laurel Paulson Photo by Bob Baker Citizens Party nominee blasts both Democrats, Republicans By Steve Hooks OMtttEmarakt What do Democrats and novelist Kurt Von negut's Grand Falloons have in common? They are both "artificial collections of peo ple," according to Laurel Paulson, Citizens Party candidate for District 40 state repre sentative Speaking to a Tuesday night audience at the Eugene Public Library, Paulson said the Democratic Party can be compared to the characters in Vonnegut's novel "Cat's Cradle" because the splintered paity is no longer cohesive and can't initiate much-needed social, economic and political changes "The Democrats have become somewhat hidebound," the Lane Community College financial aid officer said The Democratic Party "is essentially an unholy alliance between people with conscience and people with no conscience at all," she said Like the Republican Party, the Democrats can't meet the needs of the people because the party has become friends with the big corporations through huge campaign con tributions, she added "Rather than pay taxes, the corporations run political parties," Paulson said "We haven't been bought out Of course we haven't had any offers yet," Paulson joked "But we re not for sale," she said of her party "We have decided we re going to remain grassroots That means bake sales, garage sales and peoples' concerts " Come November, the Citizens Party hopes its grassroots efforts will win campaigns in Portland. Yamhill County and state House Districts 40 and 44 As a potential District 40 state representa tive, Paulson would answer to constituents in neighborhoods to the west, south and east of the University Democrat Carl Hosticka and Republican Robert O'Reilly are also vying for the seat Democratic incumbent Margie Hen driksen is running tor the Senate seat currently held py Republican George Wingard Since the Citizens Party has no ties to big business or other interest groups, Paulson shid the party will not hesitate to push bold prdgrams in esponse to social and economic ills Among its many goals, the Citizens Party in Oregon lists "secure funding for public education at all levels," a progressive cor porate income tax and the formation of a state bank as high-priority programs The party looks to the corporate income tax to ensure “quality education"’ for all people, Paulson said The party has also proposed the state bank, workers' cooperatives and state economic programs to stimulate local busi ness and protect homeowners, she added Paulson said the Republicans have "signed a death warrant'1 and that Democrats would probably return to power. But Paulson ex pressed confidence that her party will become a strong third political force. Democrats are "kind of playing a waiting game," she said "They know Reaganomics is failing "We re not just sitting around waiting for the other team to fumble ” Child wins chance to travel to USSR HOLIDAY. Fla. (AP) - Mich ael Baron's message-in-a-bottle never reached the Soviet Union But it won the shy 6-year-old the chance to tell Russian school children in person what it's like to live in the United States “I’m runned out of words,’’ the first-grader said on learning of the invitation "I’m going to take them some McDonald s harrtburgers and my Rocky poster Do they have Buck Rogers on TV over there?’’ It was Michael’s concern over “too many wars and too much shooting’’ that prompted him last Monday to pen a message to a Russian “comrade" offer ing friendship as a substitute for war He slipped the note inside a soda bottle, stuffed it with the cork from one of his father’s wine bottles. had his grandmother kiss it for good luck and tossed it into Lake Conley near this Gulf Coast town northwest of Tampa The bottle traveled about 75 feet before it washed ashore on the land-locked lake three days later There it was retrieved by a free-lance photographer who toid The Tampa Tribune about the message Wayne Smith, founder of an international friendship group whose 350.000 members visit one another's homes around the world, read a newspaper account of Michael's peace seeking deed and decided to take the grade-schooler along on a trip to the Soviet Union “That's a young man who speaks our language We'd love to have him visit Russia with us to tell the Soviet people all about America,’' Smith said Monday from the Atlanta headquarters of the Friendship Force His father, Tom Baron, 32, an engineer at Honeywell Inc in Clearwater, will accompany his son “This is a great experience for Michael. There's no way I couldn't go," said Baron, whose wife died of cancer five years ago Smith, who asked that Mich ael have a chaperone on the 13-day trip to Helsinki, Finland, and the Soviet cities of Len ingrad and Moscow, said the youth and his father could leave from New York on Nov 5,12. Solar series starts today Presentations on nuclear en ergy, solar electricity, regional energy planning and geoth ermal power will highlight the ninth annual Solar Seminar Se ries, which begins today The first of the nine presenta tions will feature Chris Rathe of Freesol Production Co , Portland, addressing problems in nuclear energy and the need for alternatives He speaks at 12:30 p.m. today in the EMU Forum Room The seminars, co-sponsored by the University of Oregon Solar Energy Center and the Willamette Valley Solar Energy Association, will run through December and are free to the public. Wilderness Con"nuedl,omPage7 About 1,000 lease applica tions already are pending nationally. Jackson's bill would establish a permanent ban on leases in existing wilderness areas and extend the moratorium on leas ing to areas proposed for wilderness classification. But McClure has kept the bill bottled up in the Energy Com mittee since it was introduced Aug. 3. Me allowed a public hearing last week, but said he had trouble with key elements of the legislation. McClure's position is similar to that of the Reagan admin istration — that the ban on leases should not extend to lands not yet formally designat ed as wilderness U of O Bookstore, Inc. Board of Directors Position Available Attn: Faculty Due to the fact that Robert Lang will be studying abroad this school year, there is an immediate opening for the University of Oregon Bookstore’s Board of Directors. The position is open to faculty members only. 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