Bouncer subdues gunman at campus area tavern
By Debbie Howlett
CM the Emerald
A University student thwarted an armed
robbery attempt at a campus-area tavern
Wednesday night when he wrestled a man
with a small caliber hand gun to the floor
after the man demanded a bartender fill a
brown paper bag with money.
Eugene police arrested a white male,
Delbert Story, 308 South Fourth Street, Spr
ingfield, in connection with the incident,
which occurred at 9:10 p.m., according to
police reports.
According to witnesses, a "scruffy look
ing" man entered Old Taylor's tavern, 894
East 13th Avenue. The man walked up to the
bar and asked for a paper bag. When
bartender Alex Mohr handed the man the
bag, the man pulled a gun from his jacket
and demanded Mohr fill the bag with
money, witnesses said.
A "pre-band crowd" of about 50 people
were in the bar when the man entered,
Mohr said.
A band. The Nads, was scheduled to, and
did, appear later that night.
The tavern's bouncer, Gene Piknell, a
University student, approached the man
and asked for a $1 cover charge, Karen
Sherman, a University political science stu
dent, said. The gunman turned and
"pointed the gun" at Piknell, who grabbed
the gun. With the aid of an unidentified
customer, Piknell wrestled the man to the
floor and held him there until police arriv
ed, she said.
"We have‘a hero on our hands," Sherman
said.
Piknell, who was on duty at the time of
the incident, was given the rest of the night
off and could not be reached for comment.
Mohr said he heard three "muffled"
shots during the incident. "I was concerned
someone had been shot," Mohr said.
No injuries from gunfire were reported,
according to police reports.
Sgt. Richard Hansen, the police officer in
charge at the scene, said "physical
evidence — what appear to be bullet holes"
indicated at least two shots were fired. A
police department official in street clothes
spent some time examining what appeared
to be a crease, surrounded by burn marks,
in the linoleum floor near the bar.
"Shots were fired" during the scuffle,
said jackie Lloyd, a University health educa
tion student, who was standing near Mohr
when the gunman entered the tavern.
When Lloyd heard shots she "hit the
floor," she said. "I heard someone say 'if
you move. I'll kick your head in.' "
"I've been through this before.. .when I
worked at a convienence store," Lloyd said,
adding that she'd been "robbed once and
mugged once."
"Everyone was under the tables or runn
ing to the bathrooms," Sherman said.
Lloyd described the gunman as "real tran
sient looking," 45-50 years-old, with "stub
ble" on his face. She also said she thought
he was wearing a blue "flight jacket."
"I remember he called Alex (Mohr) by
name," Lloyd said. "I remember I wanted to
give him (Mohr) a bad time about even the
transients knowing him by name."
"I've never seen him before," Mohr said.
"I was surprised more than anything."
Mohr said the tavern had about $150 on
hand at the time of the robbery attempt.
"I'm still scared to death," Sherman said.
Some customers remained in the bar
after the incident and more customers
entered the tavern while police inspected
the scene.
According to Hansen another robbery oc
curred earlier that evening at 6:15 p.m. He
said the two events appeared to be
unrelated.
University Senate advocates student representation
By Doug Nash
Of Ihf Emerald
The University Senate decided Wednesday that
students should retain their one-third proportion in the
proposed reshaping of that body, but faculty response to
the idea indicated divided opinion in the decisive Universi
ty Assembly.
By a 25-9 vote. Senate members passed an amendment
that would raise student representation in the new body to
14 from the eight originally suggested by a task force on
faculty governance. The Student University Affairs Board
introduced the amendment.
Faculty representation on the re-formed Senate would be
cut by four, from 32 to 28. Presently, 18 SUAB members and
36 faculty members serve on the advisory-only Senate.
Although the SUAB amendment was approved, the
vote indicated the measure will face a close decision in the
faculty-dominated University Assembly Nov. 9. Senate
faculty members in favor of the motion equalled those
against, 9-9.
New governance rules would give a great deal of
legislative authority to the Senate, as only those measures
without a two-thirds Senate majority would be referred to
the University Assembly, which is made up of 18 students
and about 900 faculty.
The University president or a group representing 10
percent of the faculty also could initiate measures in the
assembly.
In arguing for the amendment, SUAB Chair Mike Pro
the asked members to retain the one-third student propor
tion in the Senate, saying anything less would “severely
hamper" effective student representation.
“We do see this (the original proposal) as a reduction in
representation and in no way are we after any more
power," Prothe said.
But some faculty members were afraid the same one
third proportion in a more powerful Senate would do just
that: give students more power.
“In the current legislative body (the Assembly) the
students have, in terms of real authority, less than .5 per
cent of the representation, I think," said English Prof.
William Strange. "The task force increased that to 20 per
cent. This amendment would raise it to 33 percent.
“I think it's the kiss of death for the proposal,” Strange
continued. "I don't see how it's ever going to make it
through the assembly.”
Prothe disagreed, however, saying the SUAB number
was arrived at after "lengthy, one-on-one meetings with
over 100 faculty members.”
In contrast, task force member and biology department
head Sanford Tepfer said the original figure of eight
students was arbitrarily decided.
"There was no survey," Tepfer said. "It was based on
hearsay — a feeling of pulse, it is sometimes called."
Prothe argued the voting record of SUAB members pro
ves SUAB is a responsible group. SUAB attendance at
senate meetings has ranged from 85 to 90 percent, much
higher than the 55 to 70 percent faculty attendance rate, he
noted. In addition, the student representatives "vote with
the faculty 90 percent of the time," he said;,'
Architecture Prof. John Reynolds concurred with Pro
the's assessment. >
'I would like to continue to learn by example by having
the students remain one-third of this body," he said.
Morning bomb threat
empties Condon Hall
By Paul Ertelt
Of the Emerald
A bomb threat forced the evacuation of Condon Hall
Wednesday morning, but Eugene police and University security
found no evidence of a bomb.
At about 10:20 a.m., a male caller told Condon Hall secretaries
that a bomb had been placed in the building and would go off in
an hour, said Eugene Police Sgt. Rick Allison. A fire alarm was
sounded to evacuate the building.
Police and security officers searched the building and its sur
rounding grounds until almost noon, when they reopened the
building.
Allison said two threatening calls were received "within
minutes of each other." However, he did not know whether they
came from the same person.
Bomb threats are a "normal event," Allison said, and occur
"too often" on campus. But, he said, the chances of these threats
presenting a real danger are very slim.
"We've never turned up a bomb in a bomb threat in the 15
years I've been on the force," he said.
Making such a threat is a class A misdemeanor, punishable by
up to a year in jail and a $5,000 fine. Last year two students were
arrested after a similar threat.
Actual bomb explosions on campus have come without warn
ing, Allison said. These occurred during the campus unrest of the
Vietnam era in the late 1960s, he said.
Then in 1970, a bomb exploded in Prince Lucien Campbell
Hall, causing extensive damage. No one was injured in that explo
sion and no one was apprehended.
Award-wmnmg writer to speak
Short story writer Mark Costello will present a
lecture, a reading and two workshops during a visit
to the University Nov. 1-3, sponsored by the Universi
ty Creative Writing Program.
At 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, Costello will discuss
the autobiographical aspects of his award-winning
book, “The Murphy Stories," in a free public lecture
in the EMU Forum Room.
Costello will also give a reading of his works at 8
p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, in the Forum Room.
An informal reception for the writer will be held
from 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, at the Collier
House — also called the Faculty Club — at the corner
ot urn Avenue and University Street.
Two fiction workshops will be held for aspiring
student writers. The first will be for graduate
students at 7 p.m. Tuesday in 189 PLC, and the se
cond, for undergraduate students, will take place at 2
p.m. Thursday in 313 Allen Hall.
Costello is the winner df the 1973 St. Lawrence
Award for the best first book of short stories publish
ed in America. He has published works in several an
thologies, including the Norton Anthology of Short
Fiction and the Best American Short Stories. He cur
rently teaches creative writing at thje University of Il
linois at Champaign-Urbana. <•' *
For more information, call 688-3944.
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anyone approaching their camp
after three trucks that officials
feared might be filled with ex
plosives drove past.
Pentagon said the death toll
from Sunday's terrorist bombing
of a U.S. Marine command post
rose to 214 as six more bodies
were recovered and one man died
of injuries in a military hospital in
West Germany.
The suicide strike was carried
out by a man driving a truck pack
ed with a ton of explosives. It was
the bloodiest attack against the
U.S. military since Vietnam.
The driver of that truck hit the
most vulnerable spot on the
American compound, taking a
route nearly free of security until
the last few yards.
There were indications two
sentry points were not manned
when the attack came Sunday and
that more than the usual number
of Marines may have been sleep
ing in the building destroyed in
the attack.
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Mercedes truck down the main
airport highway which skirts the
compound. He passed only a
Lebanese army checkpoint,
through which most vehicles are
waved without stopping, before
entering the airport employees'
parking lot, according to most
accounts.
The United States is now, with
its invasion of Grenada, fighting —
overtly or otherwise — in three
places at one time.
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only to be able to wait and watch
what happens in Grenada, in
Beirut, in Central America, and in
the United States.
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