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Unemployment claims reviewed
PORTLAND (AP) — As
many as IS.000 Oregonians
may be told they must repay
some of the unemployment
benefits they rotatived over the
past year, even though they
followed state instrui turns when filing their claims
Hut an Oregon c ongressman who wants the fed
eral government to drop the entire matter says prob
ably no one will have to ru[>av any money.
The U S Department of labor has told the state
Lmployment Division to send out notices to those
who filed emergency extended lienefit c laims sinc e
Inly llfli! but. under a revised interpretation by the
federal ag«nc:y. were not eligible to do so.
Instead, the labor Department says they should
have filed new claims, which would result in
reduced lienefits
Many of those involved are timber workers who
had lost their jobs but had worked briefly sine e in
lower-paving positions
"This c ould fall very heavily in places like I-me
County. Douglas County and the rural portions of
Clackamas County." said Dick Van Pelt, manag
ing supervisor for unemployment programs in Ore
gon
Two Oregon congressmen said at a news con
ference Wednesday that they arc- attempting to per
suade I-abor Department officials to drop the noti
fication order
If they fail. Rep Ron Wyden. D-Ore . said he and
Rep Mike kopetski, D-Ore.. would introduc e leg
islation fort mg the agency to abandon the matter
Similar c onditions apply to other states, includ
ing Alaska. Washington and Idaho, Van Pelt said
kopetski said he knew of cases in Texas. Ixiuisiana
and Massachusetts
Hut Ed Leslie, regional direc tor for unemploy
ment insurant e of the l t.S Employment and Train
ing Administration in Seattle, said Ohio is the only
Other state where notification has been ordered
VVyden said ns many ns 12 states could be
involved but he would not name them and had no
estimate of the number of people involved nation
wide Other states interpreted the rules differently,
he said
The l,abor Department, under terms of the law
that ({ranted the extended benefits, probably would
((rant a waiver to those who received the extra pay
ments once the notification process was complet
ed. Kopetski said
’Why spend all that hureaut ratio work time, the
cost of postage to up to 15.000 people, scare these
individuals and make them mad?” he asked
Kopetski said he was optimistic the matter can
be resolved But Armando Quiroz, regional admin
istrator for the U.S. Employment and Training
Administration in Seattle, said the agency has no
authority to circumvent the notification process.
“It's a complex issue and I think that we've tried
to examine it The national office has tried to exam
ine it However, there is no room here because it’s
a question of law," he said.
Van Pelt said the overpayment in Oregon totaled
$4 million, hut that amount will in> reduced con
siderably when officials figure in the amount of reg
ular payments each person should receive in place
of the extended benefits and make other book
keeping changes.
State officials and the two congressmen said it is
impossible to determine an average repayment
amount for all those affected.
Van Pelt emphasized that those who would be
sent repayment notines did nothing wrong He said
the state was following initial instructions. Van Pelt
said the federal agency changed its interpretation.
But Leslie said there was no change in interpre
tation. only a clarification based on questions from
other stales
Eugene woman stops
forest roadside spraying
(AP) A Eugene woman who bloc ked herbicide spraying in the
Willamette National Forest says the i hemic als used contain sec ret
ingredients with unknown offer ts
(an Wrom v filed an administrative appeal against plans to spray
along 150 miles of highway and 23 miles of forest roads
The appeals prtx ess probably will run through C)t toiler and affix
lively halts the program for the year, said forest botanist Jenny Dim
ling
Forest managers had planned to spray the chemical herbicide
pu lorom on spotter) knapweed and toadflax, which are non-native
weeds.
Wrom v contended that the sprnv Tordon 22k. whit h contains the
pidoram. contains secret inert ingredients that the pulilit. has no way
of evaluating
The roadside spraying will expose travelers to the < hem unis and
will lent h into the soil and water, possibly causing health problems
for people and animals downstream, her appeal said
Wildlife also could transfer the herbicide to threatened or endan
gered plants through their manure or urine bei ause the chemical
remains ac tive for a full season after treatment, she said.
Diluting agreed with Wroncy that neither the Forest Servic e nor
the public knows exactly what Tordon 22k contains However, the
manufac turer has divulged the contents to the Environmental Pro
tection Agenc y, which has judged them as having a low priority for
health testing, she said
Pidoram was chosen because it kills only broad leaf plants and
won't damage grasses. Dimling said Since pidoram leac hes easily
into water, "we won't use Tordon anywhere where there's water.”
she said
In wet areas, forest managers had planned to apply the herbicide
glvphosate. under the brand name Rodeo, bv hand. Dimling said
Wroncy's appeal also was filed on Ixdialf of Canaries Who Sing, a
group of chemically sensitive people, and the environmental group
Gaia Vision.
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Man severs
arm, nose
with knife
TACOMA. Wash. CAP) —
Surgeons Wednesday real
tat lied the nose and arm of
a man who out them off with
a bread knife.
Kathleen Flaherty, a
spokeswoman at llarborview
Medical Center in Seattle,
said the man was in serious
condition alter surgery. She
would release no other
details
The man, descritied as hav
ing a history of mental prob
lems. apparently cut off his
nose first, then went to his
kitchen and sawed off his arm
with a serrated bread knife,
Tacoma police said in a
recorded message.
Offuers were called to the
man's neighborhood about 2
a.m. Wednesday after they
received a report of a blood*
ied. one-armed man w liking
around and bumping into
things.
When officers arrived, the
man was on the ground, in
shock and unable to respond
to questions
Officers went to the man's
nearby home, where he lived
alone, and found the nose in
the bathroom sink and the
ann on a kitchen counter.
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