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Shirt-selling policemen fired
PORTLAND (AP) — Portland Mayor Bud
Clark has fired two policemen who sold T-shirts
carrying the slogan “Don’t choke ’em, smoke
’em” in the wake of the death of a black man at
the hands of a white officer.
Clark told a news conference Tuesday that he
agrees completely with the recommendation of
Police Chief Penny Harrington that officers
Richard Montee and Paul Wickersham lose their
jobs, effective immediately.
The mayor said the officers showed “gross
insensitivity” to the public by selling the shirts.
“Smoke ’em” is police slang for shooting
someone.
“It is my opinion that no one with the level of
judgment displayed by these two officers should
remain in the Portland Police Bureau,” Clark
said.
‘‘It was a relatively easy decision,” he said.
Leaders of Portland’s black community had
demanded that the officers be fired, saying it
showed an “us vs. them” mentality on the city’s
police force.
Stan Peters, president of the Portland Police
Association, said the union was “totally oppos
ed” to the firings and would file an appeal.
“We’ll do everything in our power to
challenge Mayor Clark’s decision,” Peters said.
“We believe the terminations are unfair, com
pletely ignore the work records of the officers and
do not take into consideration all the facts.”
SALT II non-adherence urged
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon official
Richard Perle. declaring the Soviets are violating
the SALT II nuclear arms limitation treaty, said
Tuesday he believes it would be “very unwise”
for the United States to continue to observe it.
Perle, assistant secretary of defense for inter
national security policy, said the administration
has not decided whether to keep observing the
unratified agreement after it expires at the end of
1985.
“For the United States to adhere to a treaty
the Soviets are violating would create a double
standard which 1 think would be unwise,” Perle
said in testimony before a Senate Armed Services
subcommittee.
Perle maintained that if the United States
were to continue the Salt II limits beyond 1985,
“we would be forced to dismantle more weapons
than the Soviets would be required to
dismantle.”
Reagan, Gonzalez
discuss embargo
MADRID, Spain (AP) — President Ronald Reagan said
Tuesday he has new support in Congress for helping anti
government rebels in Nicaragua, but he remained clearly at
odds with Spain’s socialist leaders over Central America
policy.
The president discussed U.S. policy toward Nicaragua
and the recently imposed U.S. trade embargo against that na
tion during a 40-minute meeting with Spainish Prime
Minister Felipe Gonzalez.
In a briefing for reporters, Secretary of State George
Shultz made no secret of U.S.-Spanish differences over
Nicaragua.
“I didn’t get any sense of support for our economic sanc
tions,” Shultz said. He added there was "some difference in
analysis” over the U.S. view that Nicaragua "is definitely
moving itself in the Soviet and totalitarian direction.”
Gonzalez will meet in Madrid on Saturday with
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who is returning home
after a trip to Moscow. The meeting gives Gonzalez an oppor
tunity to demonstrate that Spain, the mother country of Latin
America, is independent of the United States.
Shultz said the United States and Spain are united,
however, in the goal of democracy for Central America.
• UO MAYFEST '85 •
Wednesday, May 8, 1985
Dear Joe, • 58,lS3dAVW on •
We just got the U of O Parents’ Newsletter in the mail and are
looking forward to visiting you during Parents’ Weekend
May 17 & 18! We’re especially looking forward to:
Friday, May 17
4-7 Campus Beer Gardens, EMU West Lawn
Mocktail Party (for under 21 students), EMU
Saturday, May 18
9- 10 a.m. Continental Breakfast with University Deans
10- 10:45 a.m. Open Forum with President Paul Olum, EMU
Noon-1:30 Spring Awards Luncheon, Gerlinger Lounge
2:30-3:30 Canoe Fete, Franklin Blvd., Millrace
Study hard, good luck on midterms, and we’ll see you soon!
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Love,
Mom and Dad
Kock artifacts
destroyed in fire
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A
fire roared through a South-of
Market building owned by rock
music impresario Bill Graham,
destroying music memorabilia
and causing $1 million in
damage Tuesday, authorities
said.
Housed inside the building
were gold records and
psychedelic posters from con
certs Graham promoted at the
Fillmore auditorium in the
1960s, according to KCBS
radio.
“He had his memorabilia in
there,” said Fire Lt. William
Norton, who added that half of
the estimated $1 million in
damage was to the building's
contents.
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