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Vice presidential rivals stoke campaign fire
PHILADELPHIA — Vice Pres.
George Bush, stoutly defending
the Reagan administration dur
ing a debate of campaign
understudies, said Thursday
night that Pres. Ronald
Reagan’s economic program
“brought America back.”
Geraldine Ferraro retorted
that Reagan’s tax cuts “darned
near destroyed this country” by
leading to record budget
deficits.
Ferraro, who told Bush not to
be patronizing during one
heated exchange, reminded the
vice president that he once call
ed the Reagan program
“voodoo economics — and it
was and it is.”
Bush said there was little dif
ference between himself and
Reagan on most issues, and said
“the president turned it (the na
tion) around and I’ve been with
him every step of the way.”
“I believe firmly in his
leadership,” Bush said. Bush
said Ferraro disagreed with
Mondale in several issues, in
cluding tax breaks for parents of
private school students and
school busing.
Ferraro, asked about her
relative inexperience, declared
in the opening moments of the
90-minute televised confronta
tion that, ”1 can make the hard
decisions” required in high
political office.
*‘I have enough experience to
see the problems, address
them,” said Ferraro, the first
woman to run for national office
on a major party ticket.
Bush attacked Mondale
repeatedly in the opening
moments of the debate, at one
point holding his arms aloft as
he said, “Contrary to Mr. Mon
dale’s — I’d better be careful —
contrary to Mr. Mondale's just
saying everything’s bad.
”1 mean, somebody says
there’s a silver lining, he sees a
big black cloud out there,”
Bush said. “Whine on, harvest
moon.”
Ferraro criticized Bush for
claiming credit for legislation
Area hospitals donate supplies
By Paul Ertelt
Of the Kmrrald
A representative of a
Nicaraguan ecumenical group
was in Eugene Thursday to ac
cept about $20,000 worth of
medical equipment and sup
plies donated by Northwest
hospitals.
Miriam Escorcia received the
supplies at a press conference at
the Council for Human Rights
in Latin America. Escorcia
represents CEPAD, a
Nicaraguan organization in
volved in giving medical aid to
peasants in that country.
“I want to thank all of the
people who have, made this
possible,” Escorcia said
through an interpreter. “We
will save a place in our hearts
for you.”
Americans have a special
responsibility to help the
Nicaraguans because the U.S.
government is partly to blame
for the situation there, said Ana
Kimball of the council. The
United States government sup
ports the contra rebels attemp
ting to overthrow Nicaragua's
Sandinista government.
“Advocating human rights is
Council for Human Rights in Latin America representative
Miriam Escorcia (second from left) was on hand Thursday to ac
cept $20,000 of medical supplies to be shipped to Nicaragua.
not an abstract act,” Kimball
said. “It requires some action.”
The shipment includes
surgical instruments, bone
plates, a respirator and other
surplus supplies from area
hospitals. This is the eighth ma
jor shipment of medical sup
plies the council has sent to
Central America in five years,
totaling $150,000 worth, Kim
ball said
“The true value of these sup
plies is in the countless hun
dreds of lives they can save,”
she said.
The supplies were donated by
Providence Hospital in Seattle.
St. Vincent’s Hospital in
Portland and Eugene’s Sacred
Heart Hospital. The supplies
will mostly be used in rural
areas where the Nicaraguan
government has no medical pro
grams, Escorcia said.
CEPAD is an ecumenical ser
vice group that represents all of
Nicaragua’s Protestant
denominations, she said.
Despite conflicts between the
Sandinista government and the
Catholic Church, Escorcia said
there is religious freedom in the
country and there is no repres
sion of religion by the
government.
“We have not felt any anti
church or anti-religion sen
timents of the part of the
government,” she said.
on civil rights that the president
signed. The bill “passed
despite his opposition.” she
said. And he signed it because
“he had to.”
Bush and Ferraro clashed
sharply on the question of why
terrorists were able to strike
three times in 17 months at U.S.
facilities in Lebanon, claiming
more than 300 lives.
“Terrorism is very, very dif
ficult to stop,” said Bush, who
drew a distinction between the
hostage crisis in Iran, where a
hostile government was at fault,
and the Beirut bombings caused
by “shadowy” terrorists. He
said no one should be blamed,
but Reagan has been “wonder
ful” in accepting responsibility.
‘Td like to know what that
means.” replied Ferraro. “Are
we going to take proper precau
tions before we put Americans
in situations where they are in
danger...Is this president go
ing to take some action?”
Ferraro said she supports the
CIA in its intelligence-gathering
role, but not in waging a covert
war in Central America or try
ing to overthrow governments.
Bush said doing away with
covert action “has very serious
ramifications.” He accused
Mondale and Ferraro of sug
gesting that the Marines in
I,ebanon “died in shame.”
That drew an angry response
from Ferraro, who said, “I
almost resent your patronizing
attitude that you have to teach
me about foreign policy.”
"I have seen what’s happen
ed in the last 17 months,” she
said, adding that no one had
said the Marines “died in
shame.” No parent would ever
say that, she said
IFC clears six deficits
through new resolution
The Incidental Fee Commit
tee met Thursday evening to
continue discussions of deficits
incurred last year by several
campus groups receiving IFC
funds. Six of the 11 student
organizations whose budgets
were temporarily frozen cleared
their accounts with the commit
tee this week.
Lengthy discussion and the
final decisions also helped the
IFC in defining the newly ac
tivated IFC Resolution No. 3 in
itiated last fall, which states
that “All IFC funded programs
shall be responsible for the
repayment of their previous
year debts... ”
ft is the hope of the IFC that
the resolution 'will make the
organizations responsible for
their budgets and discourage
reckless spending. Resolution
No. 3 also allows the committee
to penalize irresponsible groups
or treat groups leniently that in
cur debts from situations
beyond their control.
Panhellenic, represented by
Kim Freeburn, was the first
group to clear their account.
Panhellenic’s deficit carried for
ward from last year was more
than $1,000. The IFC decided in
light of the circumstances sur
rounding the situation, making
Panhellenic responsible for half
of the deficit would enforce the
resolution without financially
destroying the program.
Panhellenic will be responsible
for reducing this year’s budget
by $527.
Greg Miller, Forensics
representative, explained that
most of last year s deficit was
actually due to an error by the
ASUO comptroller in transferr
ing funds from last year’s ac
count to the present account.
Forensic’s deficit totaled
$745.66. Miller explained that
though there was indeed a valid
deficit, the Forensics Team had
in the past worked for financial
responsibility and should not be
held liable.
The IFC] moved to hold Foren
sics responsible for $100 of the
amount, the money to come out
of this year’s budget.
The Muslim Student Union,
the Jewish Student Union,
OSPIRG and Switchboard opted
to clear last year’s debt without
appearing before the
committee.
Awards ottered
The National Research Coun
cil plans to award approximate
ly 35 postdoctoral fellowships
for minorities in a program
designed to provide oppor
tunities for continued education
and experience in research.
Fellows will be selected from
among scientists, engineers,
and scholars in the humanities
who show the greatest promise
of future achievement in
academic research and sholar
ship in higher education.
The Ford Foundation is spon
soring this national competi
tion. To qualify, applicants
must be American citizens and
a member of one of the
designated minority groups.
The applicant must be teaching
or preparing to teach on the col
lege or university level and
must hold a doctoral or other
terminal degree.
To apply, write to the
Fellowship Office, National
Research Council, 2101 Con
stitution Ave., Washington,
D.C. 20418. The deadline for
submission of applications is
January 16, 1985.
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