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.
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nominations should also be made at the main office.
Anyone having questions regarding the duties of the
position should contact Jim Williams, the
Bookstore’s General Manager.
Applications will be taken through Friday, October
1st. Interviews will be given Thursday, October 7th.
University of Oregon Bookstore, Inc.
A Nonprofit Corporation
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