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good
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Oregon daily _ _
emerald
Tuesday, August 13, 1985
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 87, Number 14
Expansion may be the answer
to cramped airport conditions
BySixittMcEet ridge
’ ‘ < tH thr Wmld • •
-Eugene's MahlonSweet Air-'
purl was built in -HIM to eCcbm
riwdatei! two-airlines. one j:ar
. rental'agency - and.-a city with
about‘-helf‘. the . pppujation- of
Eugene today , huf after-2 l.years
•of growth. the..-airport cannot •«
a'deqi/ateiy :-fliriction.<1 without.,
'’newj Wil (Ties iaays‘»pn«;'n irport
official.- ---. -v • ...>.. .• -
'-V. , J ... .. .. ■
"The building is worn out
rind 'becoming expensive 'tb
■ lauilllt-llll a- II V •» •- ** » J lakP .
maintain;;" says Ijbtry.SchoeIo.r
• man, operation* manager. •' ■/
. • . • s • <• ■- • ■ •
. .Although -.the. ^airport, was
designed to.house.twoiafrlines,
five carriers now havtf daily
flights •ou,t'pf,>Eugene And
while' thfere. was .piepfX of space '
for. one .car rental agency when' .'•
the facilty was buiItv, the' four
agencies'•now’ operating there '
are'met "with cramped quarters
In fact. fop airport it so'_
cramped., newly arrived .
. Anuiricaiv Adelines must share a
ticket i, counter.•with'.. Frontier5■
Atrlipea..and.rttanngernenl must
work in a temporary trailer set
lip irCihe park'ing’iot;’v" ' J" . ."
• ‘’It's not a.'very good first im-- *
pression for- pedple'coming to
Eugene, "'Schdelerman says. .
American ‘ Airlines ’ General
Manager Steve Robert's says the
facilities are adequate for: his
company’s present-'needs, hut
extra,counter'arid' office- space
are needed.' The terminal also !
should be equipped with jet
bridges Instead of tin* current
outdoor., boarding ramps,
Roberts says. • .
C^lly. and airport officials ap^
pear to agree .expansion o.f the
. aging airport, is- necessary. buf
any major/work on the’ facility,
•.must be. finance^ primarily by. ■
Eugeneresidents, Eugene
Mayor BrianObie. as one seg-.
ment-of the eight-part Eugene
bade forms, .77 percent marked
the expansion as their first or se
cond priority, she says.'
“People realize good air
transportation is essential to at
tracting .busincssto Eugene and
keeping business here,’’
Bellamy says'. .
• . " Because of the 'citizens’.
strong support tot the expan
•• sjon,’Bellamy-says there, is a
• . ... .., •
'The.building is worn out and becoming
expensive to maintain. . . .Ws not a very
good first impression for people coming to
Eugene. ' ; - V;
• . — Larry Schoelerman
Agenda, has. proposed, spend ing
$T.7 million for an, airport ter- •
minaj Expansion . ..
Obia's proposal callsfor $2.6
million in federal grantsforlHe
^project As/we) I as'SfO million' in •
city . funds, possiblyraised •
through.a/city income;tax. The
final $4.5 million would be
funded through* revenue bonds
to be- repaid by this airport ' •
Sihce city'‘councilors began
.holding- town .hall meetings in
late July to discuss <h« Eugene
Agenda, the most popular pro
ject- has been the airport expan
sion. says Barb Bellamy, city.'of
Eugene public information
director. Of those attending the
meetings' and filling out ' feed
good, possibility ..the. project
- could be placed on the- ballot
this Nqverrtber.'Jh'e City'Coun-'
•cil Wants to'move ahead quickly
with the" exparffcion* if'thecom
‘ munity.continues to support the
project, she' says. .. ...
Although there has been
strong .support for theexpan
rsiori.' many citizens believe it,is
unfair for the city of Eugene to
completely finance the project,
.". Bellamy says. Those living Out- •
side of Eugene, as well, as
residents of Benton and Linn
counties, would, benefit from a
larger airport, but convincing
them to pay for the project,
would be difficult, she says;
Gone, but
certainly not
forgotten
Because this is our last issue of the
summer, the staff at Oregon Daily
Emerald would like to wish all summer
school students good luck on finals and a
happy summer vacation.
Don t forget to look for the Fall Orien
tation issue during registration week.
This special issue will contain articles
about the University,. the Eugene com
munity, entertainment and sports.
The Emerald will resume regular
publishing five days a wtHik beginning
September 30, the first day of classes.
About 350 particle physicists
attend University conference
Thu annual meeting of the
American Physical Society's
Division of Particles and Fields
is now underway at tin;
University..
The conference, which began
Monday and continues through
Thursday, has attracted more
than 300 particle physicists to
present invited and contributed
papers on nearly all areas of
high energy physics. Three of
the physicists are Nobel Prize
winners.
A broad program of plenary
sessions and six parallel
‘‘miniconferences'’ on various
physics subjects are scheduled.
All plenary sessions, which
are open and free to the public,
will he conducted in Room 150
Geology.
Today's plenary session
begins at 9 a m. and will con
clude with a presentation by
Nobel-laureate Tsung-Dao Lee
of Columbia University at 11:45
a.in.
The mini-conference will
meet from 2 to 5:30 p.m. in
rooms in the Bean Residence
Mall complex.
After a Wednesday trip to the
coast, plenary sessions will con
tinue on Thursday from 2 to
5:30 p.m. Nobel Prize winner
lames Cronin, of Chicago, will
head the 4 p.m. session, which
includes a presentation by
Steven Weinberg, of Texas, who
also is a Nobel Prize winner.
The particle physics con
ference is supported in part by a
grant from the U.S. Department
of Energy, which also has spon
sored a series of workshops on
super high energy physics this
spring and summer at the
University.
In memory :
About 150 children at the Multicultural Peace and
Justice Rids Camp gathered in a circle, and sang songs
of love and peace at a noon rally on Friday. The gather-:,
ing was held, to commemorate the 40th 'anniversary of
the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Photos by Shu-Shing Chen