Tuesday. July 17. 1990 Eugene. Oregon Volume 92, Issue 9
jiierald
Briefly
The I'nited States Forest Ser
vi< e is condui ling tours of the
site of the 1‘IHH Shady Beach for
est fire
Die tours will point out resin
ration efforts and demonstrate
hou the l 'SI'S deals v\ ith with
the aftermath of a forest file
See story. Page :i.
Almanac
Summer term registration con
firmation printouts are available
tod.iv at the Offii e of the Regis
trar in Oregon Hall
International
MANILA. Philippines (AP)
The strongest earthquake to hit
the Philippines in l-t vears jolted
Manila and surrounding Luzon
island Monday killing at least
10H people Hundreds were re
ported injured in collapsed build
mgs
Nearly 1.000 people were lie
lieved trapped in four luxury ho
tels. fai lories and government of
fices in the mountain resort of
liaguio, w here scores of struc
tures were heavily damaged
In Baguio, radio station D/.WT
said li t more people were killed
when the common e building at
the t 'niversitv of Baguio col
lapsed Officials in Manila could
not confirm the report because
telephone lines were down.
I'.S officials said those injured
in Baguio. 1 It) miles north of Ma
nila, were being transported to
American military hospitals at
nearby (lamp John I lay and ( Hark
Air Base.
Rescue efforts were hampered
by poor communications and
lack of equipment
The l I S Geological Survey in
Golden. Golo.. registered the
quake at 7.7 on the Richter scale
There were numerous tremors af
ter the quake hit about 4:110 p in.
Weather
Sunny today, with highs in the
HOs. Cool and clear tonight,
warm and clear Wednesday.
Goodwill run
"Ho" Oliver .\le\aiuler. Jr (Irfl) ami Huh Simmons oi lui
grim parte Spate in tlm passing at the wooden "talking
stit k." w hich contains messages from I'resulent (ieorge
Hush anil Soviet I'resident Mikhail (iorhat het llie stii k w ill
he relayed to the (loodwill (lames in Seattle In runners ami
i vi lists, where the messages will he read at the opening i er
enmities
I’hotn l>\ \ im »■ K am ire/.
Riverfront report
shows no toxins
at proposed site
By Pat Malach
/ i ,< A-:si\ .ItC l ditor
l !i,- thiril lit luin Riverfront environmental .is
sessmeuls reported there is no evident e tli.it
i lii'inn ,il wastes dumped in .in .nisi ol tin- pro
posi'iI Riverfront Kese.iri h I’.nk li.ive reached the
Willamette Ris el
We ie pleased with uli.it we didn't liml
said Diane Wiles I lie 1 ' ni versify s pro|ei I i oordi
nalor tor the rescan h park
Watei and soil samples uere taken north ot the
dumping site ti\ I K Sipiier Associates a hake
(IsHi'go i t insulting firm at lei the in inpan v deter
mined that ground water in the area flowed north
tow aid llie U iIl.imet11*
Analysis ol the ground samples tumid no traces
ot volatile nrguiili compounds e\< ept ai.etone.
utinll investigators believe was mtroilui ed In
the testing eipiipment Wiles said the .n clone did
not evaporate as expet led hei ause ol the i old and
wet i oilditions the tests were i oniliii led 111
\i clone is not among the i lieniit als reportedls
dumped at the site
t he third report i uni entrates on the pari el just
north ot the Southern I’m itn Railroad trai ks that
mil through the Riverfront Research I'.irk propel
tv
Wiles said the I'niversits would continue
with the next phase ot the projei I ini hiding lol
low mg suggestions hv Si|UH'i to attempt to lot ale
disposal sill's in two areas along the southern hor
tier ot the part el
Stpiiei also recoininentled the thnversitv tin
dertake subsurface exploration ol lour areas on
the Western bounders and evaluate the steam
boiler ash disposal area for the presence of any
leal liable toxii metals
Stale til the art methods will he used to tind the
reported dumping sites but it will not he an eass
task Wiley said
■We re looking lor small tiisposal sites over a
lands large area," she added
Mill Hartford, the projet I manager lor Stpiier,
said thes svotild re interview some ot the vs it
nesses to the dumping
\uvv that vve have the assessments vve will he
able to ask more pointed tpiestioiis. Ilartlnid
said
It anyone has more information that they want
to tome forward with now is the time Wiley
said
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Student leaders object to tuition increase
State’s hearings officer
impressed with turnout
By Christopher Blair
EtnentlO Manjgini; t\1l •
St udents from i olleges
around the state met with an
official from the Oregon
State System of Higher lain
cation at t tie U n i vers it \
Monday to express their
(oncern over proposed tui
lion increases
Loren Stubhert, OSSHI
assistant budget direc tor
fteard complaints about the
proposed increases from tin
dergraduate graduate and
international students from
the University, Oregon St.ite
('Diversity and Portland
State l 'diversity
Stubhert said he w ill rela\
what he heard from the stu
dents to the state board
when it meets in Portland to
disc uss the increases on Fri
day.
Mus! n! tin1 testimony was
from students vvlio wi'rc
graduates or from other
i ountries or both Interna
lional students who alreailv
pay almost $1,700 a term,
lai e .in Ini rease ol 1 1 per
cent
Singh Amarjit. an OSI' se
mot in i omputer si ience
from Malaysia said tin- in
i lease would fori e some in
ternational students out ol
school and tiai k to their
home countries making tile
higher tuition discrimina
tor\
We've heard the hoard
wants to make colleges more
international. Amarjit said
"{The increase) will never
help t he m achieve t he i r
goals I low i an you get a di
v el se i anipus tills wav
h irk Hailey ASI () i n
{iresident. said the increases
will he one more burden for
Phnlit tn Vimr Kumirrs
Student bod) tenders from the l 'Diversity and other stole
uni\ersities met xxith higher edur.ition otVuinl Loren
Stubhert to express (.oncern oxer .1 proposed tuition in
1reuse.
nun I rad itmn.il students
sin h as those with families
w ho have i (tilt) ( are and
other expenses
We re far mu a situation
where students .ire rapidlv
outstripping their re
sourr es " Hailev said. add
in# that whilr tuition keeps
increasing. state and federal
Imam i.il aid and services at
the stall' s\sti-m schools ill
ininisli
A lot ol students are very
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