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pMppp MONDAY, JANUARY 6,1997 INDEX Opinion 2 News 4 Sports 15 Classifieds 18 Comics 18 Crossword 19 TODAY Artwork created by the Rome and Japan study abroad programs is displayed at the Laverne Krauss Gallery in Lawrence Hall this week. INSIDE The Oregon women open conference play with a victory 15A, Carl Webb, former UO professor and journalist, dies at age 91 4A WcAlhth Scattered showers. High 45. Low 30. Undefeated Ducks The Oregon men’s basketball team is off to its best start in two decades By Chris Hansen Sports Reporter For the first time in 22 years and for only the fifth time in its 94-year history, the Oregon men’s basketball team is un defeated after 10 games to start the sea son, including a first-place finish at the Far West Classic during the holiday break. The 20th-ranked Ducks have had im pressive wins against then 13th-ranked Fresno St., Temple and Wisconsin Green Bay and remain one of only five unbeaten teams ranked in the top-25 in the country. Led by senior point guard Kenya Wilkins, senior forwards Kyle Milling and Jamal Lawrence, the Ducks beat Oregon State on Saturday night to open Pacific-10 Conference play. Wilkins, already a two-time Pac-10 Player of the Week winner, leads the team in scoring, averaging 17.4 points per game and hitting almost 60 percent of his shots. The Ducks, who haven’t played at home since Dec. 7, will play two more games on the road before returning home on Jan. 16 to face Stanford. See story page 15 Arizona UCLA use Oregon Arizona St. Stanford Oregon St. California Washington Washington St. PAC-10 OVERALL W L T W L T 2 0 0 9 2 0 2 0 0 7 3 0 2 0 0 7 3 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 1 1 0 8 5 0 1 1 0 8 2 0 0 1 0 4 6 0 0 2 0 9 4 0 0 2 0 7 3 0 0 2 0 8 5 0 ^E._I MARK MCTYRE/Emerald Oregon forward Henry Madden and the rest of the men’s basketball team have had many reasons to smile this season as the Ducks have gone undefeated. Case reopened in 1969 murder of UO student ■ DEATH: Lynn Shanahan’s killer is still unknown, but Les Rainey hopes to uncover important new facts The Associated Press Eugene police detective Les Rainey is looking for anyone who may have seen an impeccably dressed woman on the last night of her life in April 1969. This detective with a penchant for dust ing off old cases is hoping to find Janet Lynn Shanahan’s killer and put her file to rest. In 1969, Shanahan was a busy University sophomore with a part-time job, a husband and dreams of becoming a junior high school teacher. Her strangled body was found in the trunk of her car April 23,1969, two days af ter she dropped her sister off at their par ents’ house, and a day after her husband, Chris Shanahan, reported her missing. Rainey is looking for an unidentified man and woman who may have been with the 22-year-old woman in a cafe on Oregon 99 sometime after she left her sister. The detective also hopes to locate Robby and Marcia Robertson, friends of the Shana hans. And Rainey is searching for an ac quaintance of Chris Shanahan’s, a woman whose maiden name was Freida Jessey. These people are not suspects, but wit nesses who may be able to shed new light on the victim’s movements that night and on her husband’s behavior afterwards, Rainey said. Chris Shanahan has never been ruled out as a suspect, Rainey said. He moved to the East Coast shortly after his wife’s murder, and hasn’t inquired about the investigation since two days after her body was found. “We have some concerns and some sus picions,” Rainy said. “But if there’s infor mation out there that would clear him, we’re interested in that, too.” Rainey interviewed Chris Shanahan at his Connecticut home in late August while visiting the East Coast on another case. Since the interview, Chris Shanahan’s at Turn to DEATH, Page 6A Future of schools expected to be a key legislative issue mu ■ SESSION: Oregon streams, gasoline taxes and the Oregon Health Plan are also expected to he discussed By Jennifer Schmitt Community Editor The fate of Oregon education and Mea sure 47 are expected to be hot topics for the 69th Oregon Legislative session which opens on Monday, Jan. 13. Measure 47, the controversial initiative passed by voters in November, restricts lo cal property taxes. The loss of revenue to Oregon cities will cause the state to pick up most of the loss es, especially in regard to education, pub lie safety and health offices. Since the passage of Measure 5, the state has had to pick up more of the school costs. Measure 47 is expected to limit schools even more and force the state to find more funds for education. The state will need to set aside approxi mately $1 billion for the next two years to cover the property tax revenue losses. Governor Kitzhaber is hoping to do more than just deal with the fallout from the measure. Kitzhaber is expected to ask the Legisla ture to approve his budget which includes the suspension of the “kicker” law. One of Kitzhaber’s proposals will in clude the “2 percent kicker.” State income tax collections were approximately 2 per cent more than projected. According to the law, the state must refund the excess mon ey to the taxpayers either by check or as a credit on this year’s taxes. Kitzhaber is proposing to suspend the law and use the money to pay for education. The budget also includes increased spending for a major expansion in the state prison system and increased finan cial support for programs such as JOBS, which helps remove people from welfare. Other issues expected to be important in the 1997 session will include cleaning Oregon streams, increasing gasoline taxes and making changes to the Oregon Health Plan. THE SESSION ■ BEGINS: Monday, Jan. 13 ■ LENGTH OF SESSION: There is no mandated length but it usually lasts six months or less ■ SENATE BREAKDOWN: 20 Republicans, 10 Democrats ■ HOUSE BREAKDOWN: 31 Republicans, 29 Democrats
