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Oregon Daily
Emerald
Wednesday, February 26, 1986
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 87, Number 106
Marcos flees the Philippines
as Aquino claims presidency
MANILA. Philippine* (AP) Ferdinand
Marcos fled the Philippines after 20 years in
power Tuesday and. Corazon Aquino, the new.
president, “told her nation "the long agony is
over." ’ ’.v >• .
Marcos resigned the presidency Monday
night, driven from office by a military and civil
rebel I ion. He was taken with his family in l|.S.
helicopters to Clark Air Base. Officials- in
Washington said they left for Guam shortly after 5 .
a;m', Tuesday;. . J ! ‘. •...; .
A Stale Department official said the Marcoses
would remain in Guam "for some time.” but he
did.not Itndw their ultimate destination.•,
.After Marida left-the riverside presidential
palace! where he bad been isolated for clays by a
revolution Aquino called "people- power."
Filipinos swarmed into the streets for a carnival
of joy.. - -■. r’.
They created traffic (ams at midnight , chan-,
ting "Cory! Gory!" for their champion, who had
refused to concede after the National Assembly
declared Marcos the winner of a Feb. 7 election
marred by violence and fraud
Aquino said in a brief television appearance
early Tuesday: "The long agony is over. We are
finally free, and we can l>e truly proud of the un
precedented way in which we achieved our
freedom with courage, with determination and
most important, in peace."
A crowd broke into the palace, wolfing food
left on the tables, carrying off shoes, monogram
mod towels and other loot. They fought with Mar
cos supporters left behind, and Associated Press
photographer Bullit Marquez reported seeing one
body in the lobby
Aquino’s military commander ordered
soldiers to prevent looting or violence against
Marcos loyalists.
Increasing U.S. pressure combined with the
military and civil revolt to end Marcos’ rule, lie
fled to the U.S. air.base 50 miles northwest, of
Manila barely nine-hours after, a last-hurrah of be
ing formally sworn in.for. anotHef'six-year term.
Aquino took' the oetH as president in a rival
ceremony. . . .
Chief Pentagon spokesman Robert Sims said
in Washington that the -Marcoses.would spend
the night at Clark base, but ' l do not know what
thilr plans are thereafter." ' V . ■ .
Maj. Thomas Boyd, a! Clark public affairs of
ficer. said they stayed in the Distinguished
Visitors (Juarters.
Official word of the resignation came first
from Washington. Secretary . of - State George
Shultz said Marcos, a ally throughout his
presidency, would be ’'welcome to cbme' to the
United States."
In announcing If S. .recognition of Aquino.
53, Shultz said: "The new government has been
produced by one of the most stirring and
courageous examples of the democratic process
in modern history. We honor the Filipirto people.
They have resolved this issue nonvjblently and in
a way that does them honor "
Aquino said in her television appearance,
which began at 2:45 a m and lasted less than a
minute: "A new life starts for our country .tomor
row, a life filled with hope and I believe a life that
will be blessed with peace and progress."
She urged people to "pleas*; stay calm and
observe sobriety for the sake of our country,"
The departure of Marcos. 68, ended an in
tense. four-day drama in this archipelago of 55.5
million people. It began Saturday with a military
revolt led by Defense Minister |uan Ponce Enrile
and Lt. Gen. Fidel Kamos, deputy chief of the
armed forces.
There were no major military clashes, but at
least 16 people were; reported killed.
Foul-weather Mend
Umbrellas have evolved into natural appendages
of the species known as “North westerner.” This um
brella. however, appears to be attached to the EMU
rather than its rain-wary owner inside.
Photo by Karen Stallwood
Hazing lawsuit begins today
The local chapter of Kappa Sigma
fraternity and five of its former of
ficer* go on trial today in a case in
volving alleged hexing of student
pledges in 1981.
The pledge*, Mark Rosier and Ron
Pierce, were hospitalised after being
struck by a car at night on a road near
Marcoia while trying to make their
way back to the fraternity house on
foot Rosier, the plaintiff in the
lawsuit, contends that he. Pierce and
other pledges were abandoned about
15 miles from campus by Kappa
Sigma seniors and told to return as a
group
The lawsuit, which Seeks damages
of Si.9 million. alleges that the frater
nity and several of its former officers
neglected to provide a ' standard of
care” and engaged in the practice of
hazing, by subjecting pledges to
physical and mental harassment.
Named as defendants, represented
by local attorney Ralph Cobb, are the
local Gamma Alpha chapter of Kappa
Sigma, the fraternity’s international
organization, and the former c hapter
officers
Opening arguments by will begin
today at 10 a m. in lame County Cir
cuit Court, and fudge Douglas Spence
wiii preside over the trial.
Gorbachev rejects new proposal
MOSCOW (AP) — Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev rejected President
Reagan's new arms control proposals
Tuesday and said timing of the next
summit hinges on an “understanding"
about banning nuclear tests or
eliminating medium-range missiles in
Europe.
Convening the 27th Communist Party
Congress with a speech that set the tone
for the Kremlin's new generation. Gor
bachev sharply criticized Reagan’s stand
on space weapons, his rejection of a
freeze on British and French arsenals,
and his call for cuts in the Soviet Union’s
Asian nuclear forces.
"It is hard to detect in the letter we
huve just received (from Reagan) any
serious preparedness. . .to get down to
the business of eliminating the nuclear
threat.” Gorbachev told the 5.000
delegates to the congress.
Gorbachev said the next summit, to be
held this year under an agreement reach
ed at the Geneva meeting in November,
"ought to produce practical results in
key areas of limiting and reducing
armaments.”
Gorbachev spoke for about 5Vi hours
at the opening a gathering that occurs at
leust every five years. The last party con
gress was in 1981.
Comparable worth drive to focus
on those ‘undervalued’ in system
By Scott McFetridge
Of the hmrralri
Members of the Oregon Public
Employees Union plan to eat "pay equi
ty cake" this week as part of a drive to in
stitute a comparable worth program
among state workers in Oregon.
The OPKU, which represents 1,100
classified worker at the University, was
one of the principle backers of com
parable worth in Oregon and lobbied
strongly for pay equity during the 1985
state legislature. Both houses of the
Legislature eventually approved a com
parable worth bill by more than a two
thirds majority.
Gov. Vic Atiyeh vetoed the bill.
' ‘The legislature wanted to make com
parable worth the official policy of
Oregon and Atiyeh was the only one
standing in the way,” said Kirk Wilcox,
a business agent with OPKU who
represents University classified
employees.
Despite widespread support for com
parable worth, Atiyeh said, "Let them
eat cake." to backers of pay equity,
Wilcox said. The pay equity cake is one
way to bring attention to OPEU’s drive
for comparable worth legislation, he
said.
Pay equity is a statewide issue but the
matter is particularly important to
University OPEU members because the
state's eight public colleges and univer
sities employ more clerical workers than
any other state agency. Wilcox said.
(clerical workers comprise one group
that would be most strongly affected by
comparable worth legislation, he said.
About 7(10 University classified
employees would be affected by com
parable worth legislation supported by
OPEU, with a majority of these being
women, Wilcox said.
“W'e think it’s pretty obvious who the
undervalued people are.” he said.
According to figures from the OPEU.
women classified workers at the Univer
sity are largely concentrated in lower
paying positions. Women fill 70 percent
of positions paying less than $1,256,
while men make up only 10 percent of
these positions, the figures show.
And 52 percent of men. compared to
only 4 percent of women, hold jobs that
pay more than $1,902, according to the
OPEll information.
In addition to not being equitable, the
state’s method of setting wages is out of
date, Wilcox said. For example, the
state’s 10.000 clerical workers are divid
ed into only four to five pay categories,
which Wilcox said is much too broad.
The OPEU plans to offer the pay equity
cake Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m. in the EMU lobby. The OPEU also
has invited several state legislators to
stop by their table and plan to deliver
cake to State System Chancellor Bud
llavis, President Paul Olum and to the
ASUO office, Wilcox said.