EDITORIAL
Money for workers
needs to continue
In the continuing episode of his timber plan tight
with Oregon Rep l.es AuCioin. Sen. Hob Pack wood an
nounced some good news: The U.S Department of I .a
bor has released St 4 million to assist Oregon limb's
workers who have lost their jobs
Timber workers and their dependents have wanted
to hear this news for some time now Puck wood :
legislator who would like Oregon timber workeis in i .
lieve he is the only lawmaker on their side tumped
right on the chance to be the messenger.
The Id onotnii Dislocation and Workers Adji.
merit Assistance Act grant will provide ir>() uiv
with career counseling, job search assistance ni i
t ion. job trai ning and other support Par ksvotwi lob I t >
Associated Press
Although Si ■! million seems like .1 lot ol n or.' ; '
the average worker, it won’t go far in headsng off
troubled times lor the industry The ! •<) rl oc an 1
workers who will be helped with this mom \ art a e
live handful when compared with the overall v op'
Oregon's timber industry woes Some estimate !h.,1
tens of thousands of workers will in aflected hs in.
sores caused in part bs the olrl gmsv th/spotli d m
controvetsy.
The SI 4 million is .1 generous step 01 the 1 g! 1 rb
reclion, but it is only a first step A tomptelin. .
plan for saving old growth, and being sensi! vr in e
liles of timbei workers needs to be found
AuCoin and Pack wood. who w dl !«• compet
Pack wood's senate seat in Ih'.IT have ollered
live plans for teaching some kind ol balanci h
hoped that the two men will not let their politic,!
bilious get in the was ol hammering nut a plan "
will benefit as mans people, birds and trees .. pi
bit:
Walls come down at fair
Fugene is thought of hv many people in the stale a
tht: sleepy litlli' college town in tin; Willamette Valles
lingerie's just another typical American town with suit
hull tournament*, summer concerts in the park, corner
in; cream shops and Fourth of July parades.
However, as most anyone who has lived hen'
knows, this small college town gets its lair share tit
people whose lift;.styles and attitudes fork oft from the
mainstream The Oregon Country Fair, winch takes
place just west of town in Veneta. is a good example
if you didn't get a chance to see this year s fair, you
missed a lesson in freedom and openness, but there's
always next year.
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One advantage to Ixbng hooked up to the Asso
i iuled I’ri-ss wire service is the amount and varie
lv ol timeiv stories a person is given the opportu
nits to read i he following are some ol the strung
esl, funniest and hardest to believe stories that
have grai ed our monitors
You’re never too young
LICK INC, Mo (AP) He's 91 years old His
son is 2
Those numbers would he surprising to most
people, hut not Jimmie Jones, a great-great grand
father. who's proud of his latest offspring, Roger
1 wasn't shot Led." said Jones, who lives in the
rural community of Licking, about 120 miles
southwest of St Louis "I knew I was one hell of a
man "
Sandy Jones, 42. his wife, agrees
"I did, kx>," she said "When the doctor told us
I was pregnant, we didn't know whether to fur
tickled pink or shocked pink
Jimmie Jones, who's first wife died in 1975, has
17 grand) hildren, 20 great-grandchildren and one
great-great-grandchild He was born in Osceola,
Ark . and criafits his longevity and virility to a
diet of home-grown, homecooked food espe
cially wild "poke leaf” salads
Ball wasn’t clear enough
INDLTLNDLNCK, Mo (AP) One tiling that
didn't show up clearly in tire i rvstal hall at a psy
i hit fair was a raid.
Police arrested seven people Saturday for alleg
edly violating a city ordinance that prohibits any
one from profiting commercially from palm and
card readings or other methods of predicting the
future
"We consider these readings a fraud," said po
le e Sgl Dave Smith "If they tan tell the future,
how come they didn't know we were i timing?"
Something smelly’s goin’ on
WASHINGTON (AP) Nearly two tons of ele
pliant manure was stolen from Kingling Pros '
and Biirnum and Hailey Circus Police blamed it
on April l-’ooi's duv. but the circus wasn't laugh
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‘Higher’ education
I'KOY. Mich (AIM A high school student
who allegedly told friends she drugged her hug
lish teai.her has been ordered to stand trial on a
poisoning charge
Linda Marie C.onflitti. 17, could face up to live
years in prison for allegedly dropping the halluci
nogenic LSD into teacher Robert Heffernan's cof
fee Dec. 7
Heffemun said he started hallucinating and felt
nauseated shortly after the third hour of class He
went to rest in the teacher's lounge and luter be
came terrified when family snapshots at his desk
triggered hallucinations
Heffornan, who has not returned to school
since the incident, said that when he went to a
hospital for treatment, ho confused the emergency
room doctor for the character Spock on the TV se
ries Start Trrk because his ears looked distorted
Made vacation plans yet?
MOSCOW (AP) Ukrainian officials have a
new idea for tourists bored with the same dumb
lap, lap, lap of wavelets on a Caribbean shore: a
visit to the contamination zone around the Cher
nobyl nuclear plant.
According to Sunday's Komsomolskaya Pravdu
newspaper, trips for foreign and Soviet tourists
will liegin and end with Geiger counter tests to
check the visitors' exposure to radiation If treat
inent at a radiological medical center is needed, it
will be provided "at no extra charge,” the news
paper said.
Rose City is just beefy
PORTLAND (AP) — Portland residents love
y egetable beef soup
That's the conclusion ol the Campbell's Soup
Co . which says residents of Oregon's largest city
eat more Campbell's vegetable beef soup per cap
ita than any other city in the United States
Seattle residents consumed more cream ol
mushroom soup than residents of any other city
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