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It’s a three-way race in Dist. 40 By Mike Anderson Three candidates who span the political spectrum are vying for the District 40 Repre sentative’s seat. Democrat Carl Hosticka, assistant professor of Public Affairs at the University, Repub lican Robert O’Reily, management and industrial analyst, and Citizens Party member Laurel Paulson, financial aid officer at Lane Community College, are in volved in the three-way race. On the issue of higher educa tion all three candidates have voiced their support. "We re going to have to con tinue our commitment to higher education if we are going to have new industry and busi ness," Hosticka says To ensure funding for higher education, Hosticka will fight for the tax plan proposed by Margie Hendriksen. This involves the state making its corporate and income tax more progressive to utilize revenue made available Laurel Paulson by the federal tax cuts as well as maintaining current property tax levels O'Reily says an educated labor force is necessary for economic recovery and has proposed a new school tax to ensure support for education Property tax payers cannot continue to support the school system. O Reity says, and a new tax collection by the state as a percentage of income will enable all citizens to pay their share, he said r Oregon’s selling power relies on the education of its labor force, Paulson says, but she also believes higher education is necessary for social and occ upational equality of women and minorities The candidates differ greatly in their ideas for economic recovery Carl Hosticka Attracting huge corporations to Oregon is not appropriate for Oregon s economic recovery. Paulson says Oregon needs to capitalize on its innovative leadership, she says "We can't sell Oregon short." Paulson favors eliminating tax loopholes for large corpora tions. "These large corpora tions are taking advantage of hard times." she says She believes that Oregon's future lies in its small busi nesses amd farms Hostica agrees that development and expansion of local industry is the best route for economic recovery, citing Oregon's resources, people and knowledge as its strength While the government must assist in making opportunities for recovery available, its up to the private sector to take advantage of these. Hostica said Development of envi ronmentally safe technologies and a tourist industry are needed in Oregon The LCDC is an asset to the state, Hostica says If it were abolished, litigation concerning Voo re ready! 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THE UNDERSIGNED ARE OUTRAGED OVER THE CONVICTION OF NANCY WHITLEY AND JOHN KAISER ON THE CHARGE OF FIRST DEGREE ARSON FOR THE CRIME OF BURNING A YELLOW RIBBON. WE SUPPORT THE APPEAL TO OVERTURN THE CONVICTION FILED ON AUG 10. 1982 WE DEMAND THAT THE SWORD HANGING OVER THEM THE SENTENCE OF 10 DAYS AND PAYMENT OF COURT COSTS OF OVER $8,000. AS WELL AS THE THREAT OF THE ADDITIONAL SENTENCE OF 20 YEARS PLUS $2,500 FINE IF THEY ARE ARRESTED AGAIN 0URIN6 A TWO YEAR PROBATION- BE REMOVED ONCE ANO FOR ALL. The Demonstration The two members of the Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade (youth group of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA) burned a yellow ribbon as part of the demonstration at the speech by ex-hostage and Chief Political Officer of the US Embassy in Tehran. Victor Tomseth The speech was at the U of O on February 9, 1981, during the height of the yellow ribbon hoopla The action was carried out in solidarity with the Iranian people, and in opposition to the hostage hysteria and its whitewash of the past crimes and the possible future plans of the US government in Iran The Prosecution The State has maintained that this is a strictly criminal matter without a taint of political motivation and has gone to great lengths to portray it as such, and to push through this blatant railroad The Judge ruled "out of order” and "hearsay” the video footage carrying Victor Tomseth's statement in reaction to the ribbon burning in front of him: “This exercise of free speech and action only serves to remind me that I am back in the United States of America ” The Judge ruled that the yellow ribbon was "valuable property” making possible the use of the felony arson statute, routinely used for burning buildings. This was also done by arguing that the yellow ribbon, or "rag” as the D A often called it, had “value in use”. In a clear move to raise the spectre of “terrorism” the D A questioned Kaiser about violent revolution and whether he was "stockpiling arms" and then announced the existence of evidence contradicting the defendant With the jury excused, he produced photos gathered through a search for evidence for a spraypainting charge that has never been filed. The photos were staged and composed by dragging a .22 hunting rifle and a shotgun out of the closet and criss-crossing them over a copy of the Revolutionary Worker, newspaper of the RCP, USA. The pictures were ruled out of order with the Judge stating, “The Party is not on trial here, at least not today " In a comment by Prosecutor Frank Papagni. the underlying reason can be seen for the desperate effort by the State to secure and maintain an arson’ conviction, no matter how flimsy, in a case he described as "the most expensive disorderly conduct case” he had ever prosecuted: “If it serves no other purpose than to prevent people from doing it in the future, it's worth it.” This severe conviction is clearly intended as a message of warning to all those who dare to oppose the "national unity” and blind loyalty for the US government's crimes against the people of the world. As part of the atomsphere, the arson conviction is an attempt to establish political and legal precedents to justify, through the time-worn cover of "anti-terrorism", further attacks on dissident individuals and organizations, in this case the RCP, USA and its supporters. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE SEEN SUCH ATTACKS BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. WE WILL NOT TOLERATE THIS OUTRAGEOUS AND BLATANT ACT OF POLITICAL REPRESSION. IT IS TO US THAT THE COURT MUST ANSWER SHOULD THE CONVICTION BE ALLOWEO TO STAND. OVERTURN THE CONVICTION! FREE THE YELLOW RIBBON BURNERS! SEND CONTRIBUTION TO Box 3723. Eugone. 97403 Coll 686-5109. 3-5 p.m. Committee to Free the Yellow Ribbon Burners Preliminary List Of Endorsers: Ian Goddard & Gai Longmuir, navigators of Trident Blockade flagship Pacific Peacemaker Iranian Student Association (SETAD), USA Laurel Paulson, Citizens Party candidate Legis Dist 40 and Vice Chairperson Bd of Dir of Sponsors Inc (prisoner support group)* 9 Arab Students John Fry & Carol Alice, Editors Frying Pan Publ Mr & Mrs Shat Tekin from Turkey George Kokis, Professor of Art 18 people at Punk concert Robert & Ian Belvin, Evangelicals for Peace* T C Borelli, formerly of SDS in California Lisa Duncan, feminist poet Peter Bell, student from Cameroon (Western Africa) Olive Bowers, anti-nuke activist Don Lax, violinist, Eugene Symphony* Victoria Plaisted, community activist Patty Hart, punk singer Ricriard Peill, Vietnam veteran Paul Claessens, GTF Anthropology Sharon Claessens, GTF Sociology & Womens Studies 4 youth from Job Corps center 13 Law students 45 people at Eugene Mall & Saturday Market* Alexandra Rivera, Salvadoran Refugee Org.* Tim Whitley Mr & Mrs Kaya Mutlucan from Turkey Dick Schoonover Esaway Amasha, Arab student Michael Kelly. Artists' Union gallery* Tom Broncho, Native American student George Ayora, Professor of Spainish Kimberly McCrea. legal asst to defense atty 5 students from Iran William & Carole Starling Larry & Jerry Malmgren Michael McCarthy, editor of underground highschool newspaper in the 60 s Norman Babcock, campaigner Kulongoski for Gov * Estelle Field. Quaker* Nancy Wagner, Chief of PTA (prison alternatives)* Judith Barker, GTF Sociology Willy David, Native American student Faculty member from Latin American (name witheld) Nigel Grifteth, anti-Trident protestor Mrs C.H Beall 15 students at Lane Community College* Howard Hartz, Vietnam veteran, custodian Keith Humphreys, Sponsors Inc.* Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade, USA Revolutionary Communist Party. USA 60 students at University of Oregon* * Organization for identification only
