Vandals spray-paint Springfield theater
Supporters of
Measure 9 were
blamed Tuesday
for vandalism at a
Springfield theater, while the
Oregon Citizens Alliance tried
to tie opponents to an arson fire
at a Portland church
The OCA is sponsoring the
measure on the.Nov ;t ballot ll
would amend the state consti
tution to declare homosexuality
"abnormal" and “perverse."
and require schools to teach It
is wrong It is sponsored bv the
Oregon Citizens Alliance
Somebody spray-pointed pro
Moasure 9 graffiti on the Mc
Kenzie Theater in Springfield
Thursday night, owner David
Gibson said.
The words "Yes on 9."
'T'ng," and "Jew” were written
in fluorescent pink across two
double doors and the main
front window, said owner Da
vid Gibson
Gittson and his wife, who are
Jewish, have been involved in
the campaign to defeat the antl
gnv rights measure
Two conservative Portland
churches were the targets of
weekend incidents that OC,A
spokesman Scott Lively blamed
on opponents of Measure ')
"That's strictly conjecture,”
said John Kuykendall, the pas
tor of Lynch wood Church,
where arson did an estimated
$30,000 damage to the foyer
Saturday
Portland Police Chief Tom
Potter said there have been nu
merous reports of vandalism
and threatening phono calls, in
cluding death threats on both
sides
In Eugene. a local Oregon Cit
izens Alliance leader has aim
plained that local government
helped sponsor a weekend con
ference that included work
shops aimed at defeating Meus
ure 9.
Lane County and the Eugene
City Council helped pay for the
meeting of the Northwest Coali
tion Against Malicious Harass
ment, said Larry Allwander.
Lane County OCA direi tor
He said it was inappropriate
to include conference work
shops such as " Hie Language
of Measure 9 I he New Face of
Repression" and "The OCX
and the New Right Assault on
Democracy’
Conference coordinator Ar
lene Marshall defended the
workshops
"We sent requests for work
shop proposals and wo did in
vile tin- (X!A and the Christian
Coalition, hut wo novor hoard
from thorn.” Marshall said
Mnunwhilu. (K:a Chairman
Lon Mahon said ho believes
Moasuro 0 will win in southorn
and coastal counties, and in
Eastern Orison
Ho said ho trelievos tho initla
five has an evi«n chance of win
ning in the heavily populated
Willamette Valley, where oppo
sition has boon strong
However, two prominent
southern Oregon Republicans
were featured Tuesday in a tel
evision ad opposing Measure u
Dave Erohnmaver. University
of Oregon l.aw School dean
and former attorney general,
and his father. Otto, a Medford
lawyer, called Mahon and the
OCA a group of extremists
Group says day of reckoning is near
NATIONAL
BOS TON (AT*) — Tho ond
of lhn world is drawing noar.
according to u national roli
gious movement that predicts
tho final reckoning will occur
bv Saturday.
“Some people don’t believe, said Lee Inn
Kyung, spokeswoman for the Taberah World Mis
sion. whoso 16-year-old leader, Bang-ik Ha, Is
said to have received a revelation that Jesus
would come this month for Judgment Day. "But
many people believe. It’s all up to them how
much their minds are closed to Clod."
The group believes the "saved" will bn
swooped to heaven in the so-called rapture, all
.others will fie loft behind for seven years of tribu
lation, at which time human history will end.
It's not the first time someone has predicted the
end of tho world. This time it’s being announced
in advertisements in The New York limes and in
brochure# tucked under the wipers of parked curs
iri major cities,
"The fuct that these expectations are out them
is kind of common now,” said Thomas Wangler.
a professor of theology at Boston College. "And
there'# much in tho Biblu to inspire it But the
kind of rationalization and modern advertising
campaign they're using, that's new to me."
At least three groups are behind all tho publici
ty: the Taberah World Mission in Skokie, III., tho
Maranontha Mission in Los Angelos and the Mis
sion for tho Coming Days in Derry, N.H. Some ad
There’s much in the Bible to
inspire It But the kind of
rationalization and modem
advertising campaign they’re
using, that’s new to me.’
Thomas Wangler,
theology professor
vertlsemonts also have been sponsored by the Ko
rean-busts! Coming of Chris! Mission
All are affiliates of the Korean Mission for ihe
Coming Days C.fiur«:h, according to the Wale liman
fellowship, a Christian cult-monitoring group
Korean authorities last month arrested Lee Jan
rim, a leader of the movement, charging him with
swindling his followers of up to $-1 million Pros,
ecu tor* said he hud SilHO.tMX) worth of bonds with
maturities as late iih next May. well after his pre
dicted doomsday
The groups say the formation of the European
Community, peace talks in the Middle Last, vol
canic eruptions anci earthquakes fulfill biblical
prophecies that, in turn, foretell the rapture
"I believe that Jesus is coming again,” said
Richard Branch, senior researcher for the
Watchman Fellowship. "But the Bible says no
man knows the day or Iho hour.”
Campaign
nuggets
"Tlmsi’ comrade-' of mint)
that died the extra 10, 15,
20 thousand that blood is
on your hands, you war pro
testers
"You strung it out. You
didn't stop it a minute."
Retired Adm lames Slock
dale, on Dill Clinton and oth
er Vietnam protesters
"Our tradition in politics
has not been to use election
c ampaigns as a way to get I ho
prior approval of voters for
solutions
"The candidate's first pri
ority is to get elected and
only then does he worry
iltiout the problems he'll face
in office." Political scien
tist Bruce Buchanan of the
University of Texas
Rapist who wore condom at woman’s plea indicted
AUSTIN. Texas (AP) — A
grand Jury Tuesday Indicted a
man accused of raping a wom
an who asked him to wear a
condom. Another grand jury
had refused to bring charges
last month, prompting protests.
Joel Rene Valdez, 27, was In
dicted on charges of aggravated
sexual assault and burglary
with intent to commit aggraval
od sexual assault, District At
torney Ronnie Earle said.
The grand jury recommended
that bond bo set at S100.000,
and Valdez remained in Travis
County jail. If convicted, he
faces a maximum sentence of
life in prison.
The refusal of another grand
jury to indict Valdez set off pro
tests from women's groups and
others, including a rally by
about 100 people outside the
county courthouse.
Grand jury proceedings are
secret under law, and prosecu
tors wouldn't discuss the rea
sons for the first panel’s action
Sept. 30. Earle’s office resub
mitted the case to a second
grand jury.
Police say Iho woman was
raped Sept. IB by a man who
broke into her home and huld a
knife on her. She said she
asked him to wear a condom
because she feu rod sexually
transmitted diseases.
Valdez told police he had sox
with the woman after hiding in
her apartment and said she
consented to huvo sox.
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