National Log export ban clears congressional panel WASHINGTON I Al’) Legislation to holster domes tic timber supplies In ban ning the export ol unpro cessed logs from most state owned lands in the West cleared a congressional pan el Mondnv I*at ilic Northwest law makers drafted the measure to offset logging bans that have been imposed on an in creasing amount of public land to protec t the rare northern spotted owl and other wildlife in old growth forests Now th.it it has been .1(1 proved In a House Senate conference committee, the measure is expected to 1 lear the full House and Senate as earlv as this week. I aider the hill, export ol raw logs from one fourth of the state-owned lands in Washington could c ontinue but would be banned from all state lands in Oregon. California. Idaho. Montana, Nevada. Wyoming. I tali. Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. The c onferem e c ommittee version actually applies west of the 1 (tilth meridian, 1 in cling part of the Dakotas. Nebraska. Kansas Oklaho ma and Texas, but there is little' common ml logging in those states The measure, included in the 19ind II.i vviiii from the st.ite and led er.il bans It also allows the president and individual states to rest ind the ban it it is determined it is not in the state or nation's best eco nomii interest Hankers of the proposal s.n it will save tor domestic markets about ti()0 million board feet ot timber a year from being sent to higher bidders overseas Of the to lot. about t 0 million board teet comes from Washington and about ltltl million board teet from (tregon In each ot the last two years about t 0 billion board feet of unproc essed timber has been exported from the two states, about HO percent ot the nation's total About one in four trees i ut in the I’a i itii \i irthwest is shipped overseas prim ipal Iv to lapan "When we are experiem mg a tight timber supply , as we are now m the North west. it makes absolutely no sense to be shipping raw logs overseas. said Sen Hob i’ai kwood H (lie Oregon mills need the logs and our workers need I tie jobs. 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Shorts £ and Tanks r 344-3439 ♦ 720 E. 13th (n»>\t to I)air> Quern) Court ruling does not stop peyote use SAM' I AM ( i n i \l’l \ C S Supreme Court ruling ili.it stales ( .in prohibit tin' taking ot illegal drugs, even as part ul .1 ri'ligimis i eremonv hasn't stopped many Indians in I tali and elsewhere from using pe vote, officials say I he Navajo \ation will not ai i ept the I S Supreme ( otirt decision." said I.eNora Hegav press oftit er tor the I r I he whose reservation sprawls across southeastern I tali New Mevi i o and Arizona Ihe Navajii Nation will not prosecute anyone lor using pe vote as a s.u lament ill their re ligiotis i eremoines,'1 she said The h'gh i our! s April C do i ision held that states and the federal government have the right to Iran use ol controlled substuni es mu h as marijuana and peyote, a Itallm inogen. m religious servii es rii.il landmark ruling in volved the i ase ol two people who were tired from an Oregon drug rehabilitation < enter he i arise they used peyote m rites I he Oregon courts determined peyote use was not a i oust it n tionally protected right and the C S Supreme Court agreed However, other religious or g.ini/ations including the Ko man t i.itholir Church. have ex pressed i oik ern that the ruling empowers states to i ontrol reli glims practices and that gov ernments I ould use it to prii (libit certain religions Among those most directly altei It'd .ui‘ members of I ho \.i ti\ e Amerit .in l him h u hii ti mi luilcs among its pr.utir.es .1 pevote ceremony l Ihurr li memtxirs m I'l.ili sas they run time; In pr.u tii e their religion. 1111 lulling pt'vnli' i eremonies without interruption Irutn statu or tuilrr.il authorities ami with thu blessing of thu Navajo Na lion A\ ithin thu hotinilarius ol thu \ava|o Nation wu do not limit amimu from prai tu ins; thuir religion said Hegas As Inns; as thus iru 1111 thu rus urvation. s\r will prusurvu thuir right to pr.u tu u thuir religion \n ust 1 inatud j ,11110 mum hors ut tin- Native \1t1u111 an 1 Inin h livu un thu Nas a jo Kus crvat ion Begay emphasized that the I S Supreme (imrt dm ision gave authority tu the states tu determine whether illegal drugs ( Ullld he Used III It'll slums ( urumumus Ari/ona has told Irdial oili i nils it will not pruset ulu those who ingest pevole on the reset Saturn Bugas would like tu see t tali make a simdni promise "Religion vs government is a sensitive issue said slate 11,111 ut u s 1.1 Das e I tillmei As a stale sse are not going to addiess the problem on the res ersaliuns I hat's a federal proh lem State off ii ers has e no |uns diction over tribal lands hut it memhei-. ut the Native Ami'll 1 an ( him h pr.u tice the 1 dual off tin* reservation, ‘then trial’s ,i different ball Kami' bullmei said So far, peyote rituals have been restrii ted to the reserva tiuns T.ssenliallv. ilia Indians have been given a i onsiderable aninunt ul sovcreignty In run then own aftairs. said I S Attorney lot 1'lab I tee Denson He said nn one has i omplained In Ins I ill ii e aboiil illegal drug Use nil the reserv at n>11 l’lie i Hurt has been i leal that where there are laws pm lubiting illegal use of peyote that Indians nr anyone else i an not use it he said And pe vote is on bided among the ■ nutinlled suhstaw es and drugs " Henson said lie would have to think long and hard about whether to pursue any colli plaints or investigations into peyote use on the reservation bill lie added that drug abuse and tratlii king is at the lop nl the |ustii e 1 lepartment's priori ties t lit ii s nl the peyote i dual point out that peyote was part ol Nat ive A met ii an ritual only in in a thei u Ndey.li o and w est eru Texas where the peyote plants are loiind Hut the Native Ainerit an ( hurt h w hit Ii int oiporales members of all Indian tribes ai 11 iss the nation, has a pey ole ritual piai In ed a< t Hiding to In i al Native American traditions nnouncing The Newest Hair Salon in the Downtown Mall... 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