Thursday. June 28. 1990 Eugene. Oregon Volume 92. Issue 4
Oregon Daily
Emerald
Briefly
Cl IK :.\<;0 (A I’) The Anit’ri
can Medii d Assoi iation over
whelmingh supported testing
and possible use ol a conlmvei
sial I lent It abortion pill. drav\ ing
praise from abortion rights
groups Wednesdav and lingering
anti-abortionists
Members ot the AMA the na
lion's largest doctors association,
sav the pill i ailed Rt 4Ht>
appeal to be safer and cheapei
than surgical abortion and mav
also be useful in treating brain tu
mors, breast i nncer and other ill
nesses
The committee presented its
support to the AMA House ot
Delegates, whose -l.iti members
approved the measure In voice
\ ote Tuesday afternoon
I A Ml* A (Al’J t inam i.illy
troubled Florida Federal Savings
Bank was sentenc ed Wednesda\
to pa\ Sfi.J million in restitution
and fines lor a $ iii million stu
dent loan fraud
Prosecutors said it was the
largest i ase of student loan fraud
to be prosec uted in this i ountrv
Instead of contacting students
who failed to repay then loans.
I lorida Federal employees faked
doing the work, prosei ulois said
Then, after the falsified data was
put into a student’s tile the hank
submitted the information for re
imbursement to the I ’ N Depart
ment of Fdm ation under the fed
erallv insured student loan pro
gram
Prosecutors claimed the hank
and its officers filed about 1 7.001)
bogus insurant e i hums between
November JOHti and July 1HH7
I'hev said the thrift sought $r>
million from the I due ation I )e
part ment as reimhursement foi
supposedly defaulted student
loans on whit It the hank did not
try to collect.
Entertainment
)ohnn\ \\ niter and guests |mi
mie Wood and the Immortals.
Sunday, lull 1 at the liugene Hil
ton Ballroom. tin K tith Air Die
show begins .it H ill p m and
tii krts are $ I 2 AO in ad\ am e
available at (il Joe's l it ketmastei
outlets and the l-.Ml Main Desk
'11 and over
See < alendar. I’age H
Weather
Mostly cloudy Thursday some
morning drizzle or light rain.
Highs 70-7"). Friday, morning
clouds becoming mostly sunny in
the afternoon. Highs 75-80
Photo hv Srji! I’litlmi
Sunn\ ll,irmt>n. 4H. is t'si nrtril In .1 point• van liii'sil.n ,1 tin slir .mil I,~i nthrrs urn
.irrvslril Inr Irrsp.issim; nn Ihr I’rnuiuls at tin• (Ippnrtiimh Shcltrr
Shelter protesters arrested
Unsanitary conditions
cited by administrators
By Christopher Blair
/ .1 J Mi .1 ; ■ ; l dih'■
I ugenc l )< 1111 «• ( I ted nl arrested 1 I people
i uesdav tm i amping on tin- lawn ut the re
i fiitl\ i loscd ()pportunit\ Shflti-i loi ated al
1'ilh Avfinu* and IVarl Street
I ha i arnpers most nl whom were home
less mothers who had lived in the shelter
until il closed June 1 a, had been i amping on
the site in tents, living mostly with tin- help
ol donations ol lood and inonev from com
nunulv members
I he Opportunitv Shelter had been open
lor the hist two winters hut ( loser! when the
Lane County Board ot Commissioners, who
had leased the shelter building from the I U
gene Sr boo! Distrn t voted to redirei I hinds
Iii other homelessness programs
I’iiIii e tusl irrived .il about n I > p mi tint
informed lainpi'r.s ill,it tlies wen- violating
i 11\ trespass uni 111,1 in t*s Scvi'll people who
refused to leave were c lleil lor sei mid do
gree i riiniiiiil trespassing and released
A i riivvti remamed on the grounds atlei
the arrests, ini lulling live who had boon pro
siouslv i lied I lie poin t' aimed again
shortly before midnight and arrested in peo
pie. including the five who wore cited earli
or
I hose arrested were arraigned Wodnesdas
at t p m hut prohahlv would not lie tailed
said I nn Bin infonnation olfn et lor the lai
gene I'olii e 1 fep.irtinent
None ot those arrested could fie rent tied
for comment, tint many had previously said
arrests would he the mils was to make them
leas I- the shelter grounds
We're licit act opting it said Mil hole
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Remodeling
alters library
desk service
By Christopher Blair
Students washing to use tin'
Si lent e Library ultei |u|y I will
hay e to ask stub to retrieve
luniks while the library re
shelv es its i oli»s ! toil
t he library will he i loseil he
\oiul its eiu ttlnlion ih .k begin
uiok Juh i
to use the library patrons
i ,m ask stall at tin desk to re
trieye hooks or periodicals Irani
the library s collection A lame,
t a mi p lit e f terminal will lie
available at the desk to semi h
for mater nils
\ photoi opiet w ill also he
a\ uilabie at the flout desk
We deeply regret the mi on
y emeiu e hut In order to min e
the i ollei lion, it s going to he
net essary said (leorge Ship
man. I any ersity lilu.it iaI)
I rum July > to about July >
stall will he moving hooks nth
ei pulilu at ions turniture and
equipment throughout the en
lue library making the lestru t
eil seivit e net essary
We hay e patrons yy ho leal I y
do need In use the i ollei tioil 111
the Si lem e l ibrary Shipman
said "l or that reason the re
pairs should he < ompleted he
line the three yveeks listed
The library has been expand
ed by sever.il thousand square
feet ini hiding mole shell and
floor space Shipman said a
spread out’ collection is eas
lei to use, both tor patrons and
lor library slati add lug new mu
tenuis
Ihe Science Library's hours
ol (t a m to *l p m yy ill not
change
Reviews mixed for Bush’s timber plan
By Pat Matach
f.me'a/0 ASSOC :‘it& id-tQi
I he Hush administration annouru cd I'uesdav lh.it It•«li*r.i 1
timbei sales in tin- Northwest v\ ill continue .it their pit nt
r.itf through Sept it) the end of thf* I S. forest Services
i *t*Ki fiscal ycat
Tlic president's p|,in ilisiegards thf recommeutl.itioii til .t
panel ol guVfriiiiifnt scientists In put .111 .ulilitinn.il i million
•K it's ill old growth oti limits to logging shirting imrnediatelx
Also undfr thf Hush (dan. thf endangered spot ies i onmultff
would in- permitted to grant i'\i eptions to logging hans
Agru uhurt Sot rftar\ t dax ton Y rut lei and Inti'rim Sim ret ary
Maiuifl l.ujan |i presented thf plan, whit h also i alls tor sup
port ol legislation to prevent court challenges to limber sales
offered by the f orest Service and the bureau nt l and Manage
inent
file administration's plan calls lor legislation banning log
exports from state owned lands as well
In a separate move. Hush banned new oil dulling off a large
part ot the l' S coast until the veur A1KKJ i filming that the
environmental impact ot such drilling needs more study
fan ironmentai groups were angered by the administration s
decision not to immediateh adopt the scientists recommen
dations for sax ing the northern spotted owl's hahit.it
"This is an attempt In the administration to dump their re
sponsibilities under the laidangered Species ,\< I said And\
Kerr of the Oregon Natural Resoun es < oiim d (Hush| saxs
he is the environmental president lie saxs he cares about
ow Is blit he preserves the status quo and the owl moves to
ward extinction
Kerr said his group would light the plan in court because
the "politically tough administration was choosing to
break the lavs
"Holitii urns love to vote fur environmental laws but thrv
iimbrr imlustr\ ttorkrrs .irt‘ urnrr.illi plr.isud with I’rrs
iilrul Hush's iiI.iii Id s.i ic Ihr iwrthrrn spottvti owl whilr
prrsrn/m> .is m.im jobs .is possiblu.
(ini) t Want to [I.n tile ccononii( pin (• when it i nines In en
tore.ing them Kin s.ml Wh.it good .ire environmental laws
it ynn I .lil t enforce them '
Barbara helliw ut the Save ()lir hi osvstem office 111 Eugene
.iiii tin- new pi.in proved th.it Hush's i hum to be the environ
mental president was a smoke si reen that he used to win e!e<
Imn lie !,Ivors big business and he will do whatever tliev
ask for," she said
ho vina lord whose husband and son own and operate I & I
I a > h K1 n n said that although the timber industry is still trim
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