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Oregon Daily
Emerald
Wednesday, November 5, 1986
Eugene. Oregon
Volume 88, Number 45
Two nuke-free
measures pass,
one is defeated
By Janet Paulson
and Jolayne Houtz
Of the Emerald
Two ballot measures
establishing a nuclear-free zone In
the city and county were approved
by a wide margin in Tuesday's
election, but a similar statewide
nuclear-free measure was defeated
by Lane County voters.
Measure 18. which establishes a
nuclear-free zone in the county,
was passed by 52 percent of voters,
with 132 of 181 county precincts
reporting.
About 54 percent of voters ap
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Goldschmidt, DeFazio triumph
Peter
Photo bjr Maria I orvallt*
Democrat Peter DeFazio declares victory in the 4th District Congressional race
over Republican Bruce Long.
By Chris Nor-red.
Shawn Wirt/,
and Dennis Fernandes;
with AP reports
Democrat Neil Coldschmldt defeated
Republican Norma i’aulus in the gover
nor's race. Democrat Peter DePazio won
the 4th Congressional seal over
Republican Bruce Long, and Hob
Packwood easily defeated Rick itauman
in the race for the U S Senate.
Ballot measures calling for changes in
marijuana laws, state alKirtion funding,
nuclear production and waste storage,
and the state's tax structure, were all
defeated handily by a near record
number of voters who turned out at the
polls Tuesday.
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Exit poll shows voters
find tax system unfair
By Stan Nelson
Or to Emrald
Seventy-two percent of Lane
County voters believe the cur
rent tax system is unfair, accor
ding to a Tuesday exit poll coor
dinated by University jour
nalism Professor Jim Lemert.
"People don’t know what to
do. They don't know what the
answer is,” Lemert said. Even
though all four tax measures on
the ballot failed, the present tax
system lost in terms of a vote of
confidence, he said.
Forty percent of voters polled
said the current tax system is
unfair, but said none of the four
tax measures offered in the elec
tion would have been an im
provement, Lemert said. Thirty -
two percent said the system is
unfair, but said only some
changes in the system would be
an improvement, he said.
The tax measures on the Nov.
4 ballot included: Ballot
Measure 7. which would have
imposed a 5 percent sales tax;
Ballot Measure 9. which would
have set maximum property tax
rates for 1987 at 1.5 percent;
Ballot Measure 11, which
would have exempted part of an
owner's home value from pro
perty tax; and Ballot Measure
12, which would have changed
state income-tax brackets to
compensate for revenue lost
from Measure 12.
Only 13 percent of voters
polled said they were satisfied
with the present system.
The 14 percent who said it
was time to make a drastic
change in the tax system were
more likely to vote for one of the
tax measures and to believe
other voters would favor the tax
measures. Lemert said.
Behind unemployed workers,
students were the most likely to
say the present tax system needs
major revisions. Lemert said.
A majority of those polled. 62
percent, said they decided how
they would vote on the tax
measures before Sept. 1.
In conducting the exit poll,
42 students from Lemert's
Reporting 1 and journalism and
Public Opinion class contacted
417 voters outside 42 precincts
in Eugene, Springfield and San
ta Clara.
Post-election or exit polls are
an indispensable social
resource. Lemert said. Because
people can't explain why they
voted the way they did. it is
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Election at a glance
Vote tally with most precincts in
Stftto Hut Wit* i
Measure
Measure
Measure
Measure
Measure
Measure
Measure
Measure
Measure
Measure
Measure
1
2
3
4
5
8
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
18
Measure 17
Measure 18
Measure 19
Measure 20
City ballot
Measure SI
Measure 52
74.75%
61.02%
72.34%
58.47%
28.39%
42.00%
18.73%
75.70%
31.75%
65.88%
33.28%
27.52%
81.18%
39.52%
41.81%
41.25%
34.39%
52.05%
50.15%
38.95%
53 75%
70.38%
Neil Goldschmidt
Norma Psulus
No
21.29%
25.67%
23.57%
37.84%
69.53%
55.75%
78.08%
17.80%
63.77%
28.47%
61.20%
68.82%
35.15%
57.63%
49.95%
51.25%
58.22%
41.36%
36.95%
48.31%
37.78%
17.90%
55.42%
41.52%
U.S. senator
Bob Pack wood 55 .18%
Rick Bauman 38.38%
U.S. rapreaenlative
Peter DePazio 58.04%
Bruce Long 39.09%
Commissioner. Bureau of Labor b Industrie*
Mary Roberts 68.17%
Dan Good hall 22.91%
State senator*
District 20
Grattan kerans 59.86%
Scott Carpenter 28.58%
District 21
Larry Htlt »7*
Jack Roberts 34.42%
State representatives
District 40
Carl Hosticka 66.93%
One Arvidson 19.98%
District 41
David Dix 48.44%
William Bain 43.05%
District 42
Bill Dwyer 55.17%
Joyce Lane 37.24%
District 43
Larry Campbell 59.92%
Karsten Rasmussen 34.75%
Hospices offer alternative to hospital for terminal cases
Ernie Ixtckard. with the aid of a hospice pro
gram. was a caregiver for her husband while he
lived.
By Mary Courtis
Of (Im Emtrald
During the middle ages, pilgrims on their way to the
Holy Land would stop at public places for rest and
shelter. These establishments, called hospices, provid
ed support and caring attention until the pilgrim was
ready to continue on his journey.
Today the term hospice has come to mean a holistic
philosphy of caring for patients with turminal illness in
the home rather than in the hospital.
"People usually want to stay at home," said Linda
Curry. Registered Nurse and hospice coordinator at
McKenzie-Willamette Hospital in Springfield. "They
are more comfortable there. Family members can do
their grieving together, and the dying process goes
smoother."
In addition to being treated in their homes, hospice
patients also can choose to have most of their daily care
provided by willing friends and family members in
stead of nurses and aides. These "caregivers" are
taught how to provide proper care for the patient by the
hospice staff and are considered a vital part of the home
treatment program.
"Our focus is to support caregivers in the home and
give them emotional support as well as the patient."
Curry said.
Donna Howell, K.N.and hospice coordinator at
Sacred Heart Home Health Center, agreed. "The
caregivers are an important part of our program," she
said.
An effort is made to allow the patient to participate in
decision making as much as possible. Options and
alternate forms of treatment are freely discussed with
the patient. Curry and Howell said.
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