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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1987)
-UO Bookstore-. 13th 4 Kincaid M F 7,30 5 30 SAT 10 00 4 00 646 4331 Looking for • good dM/? Chock tho EmoroM ADS j VGSt it U <"on,'nue<^ *ro,n Pa*f' Al last we add Oregon to a growing list of growing opposi tion to the oppressive policies of the South African govern ment said Rep. Margret Carter OPortUnd. primary sponsor of the bill. "We will no longer allow our money to be used to oppress the people of South Africa,’ she said. “Some of us have voted for this measure several times.” said Vera Katz. D-Port land, speaker of the House. “Several of us thought this would happen last session and now it is not only time to thank the legislators but it is time to thank the governor." Katz said In late April the long contested legislation glided through the House 5t-M and this mouth gained strong Senate ap proval on a 22-fl vote. Divestment legislation has been considered by the legislature in each of the past five sessions. Carter said. legislative sessions an? held once every two years in Oregon. In the 1979 session the bill died in committee. In following years the bill has moved closer to passage, and in 1985 the bill gained approval in both the House and the Senate, Then Gov, Vic Atiyeh. however, refused to sign the bill into law Atiyeh refused to sign the bill, Carter said, in part because State Treasurer Hill Kutherford did not believe the move would la? prudent and could hurt Oregon investors. Karlier this session, however. Rutherford approved a plan to liquidate $8(HI million in state funds invested in South Africa. The bill, however, would not allow divestment of state funds “through the back door," Carter said. "That’s something we couldn't get.” she said These types of back door in vestments would include money invested in international corporations that in turn have invested money in South Africa, she said. She noted :tf> major corpora tions have pulled finances out of South Africa. During the last gubernatorial race, Goldschmidt, as part of his campaign platform, said he would support legislation to divest state funds from the racially tom African nation. The bill will take affect 00 days from the day it was signed, and at that time the state will have to begin withdrawing money from South African investments. Renovation(ontinucd from Pjro.1 hell In addition. “Without the help of Dale Grace and Bill Mc Chesney and the Oregon Track Club, we couldn't have done it." Uix said. Although Dix said he is obviously pleased with the vote, there still Is much to be done “We've gone from being almost ready to give up to ela tion." said McChesney, who is president of the OTC.The 300-member OTC's main objec tive is to help University track and field programs and main tain the continual upgrading of the Hayward facilities. It already has helped to raise However You Celebrated Memorial Day, QUALITY- SERVICE — PRICE - I COLOR SLIDE DEVELOPING { klK hr on\e 135 24 135 36 y ujtcfwonif o* other i b Colo* Slide y I<ni De«eioped 4 Mounted De*e»opeO 4 Mounted S349 S/169 Fast, Overnight Service 890 East 13th Street Across From the U of O Bookstore 342-3456 $460,000 of the estimated $1.H million necessary for im provements. he said. "(Hayward Field) won't boon the level of Tampa or In dianapolis. but we will have a facility that matches our reputa tion," said Sen. Grattan Kerens. I)-Eugene. Kerens said he believes track and field pro vides the greatest sports con tribution to the city and state, both in terms of the positive economic impact and image to Oregon. "The bill is a recogni tion of that," Kerens said. The renovation is long over due and necessary to keep Eugene in first-class competi tion. Kerens said. Money from the sale of the (muds will tie used to renovate Hast and West grandstands and West Grandstand Field House, resurface and reconfigure the main Hayward track, build a new warm-up track, weight room and storage structure. The University Athletic Department, whic h initially had reservations about how the bonds were to be repaid, was pleased with the advancement of the bill, according Sandy Walton, assistant athletic direc tor for financial management. The cities of Kugene and Spr ingfield tentatively have agreed to a 0.5 percent increase in the local room tax, which is ex pected to raise about $00,000 a year In addition, lame County has agreed to contribute another $10,tK»0 a year from its percen tage of the room tax. The University has pledged to con tribute an additional $15.INN) yearly to the project, which would come primarily from a surcharge on tickets for Hayward Field track nu>ets. ■ JH5 2046 Shu S/ung Chen Fathom 9 PwtfBM Photography
