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
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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
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civil rights and women's rights
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Appeal Hearing Set For 1:30 p.m. October 29tti In Salem
OVERTURN THE CONVICTION
OF THE YELLOW RIBBON BURNERS
To the Oregon Court of Appeals:
WE. 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