Legend hit
with stroke
Former Oregon track
and field coach Bill
Dellinger suffered a
stroke last Thursday,
but is showing mild
signs of improvement
each day. PAGE 05
The Flash
Gore taps Lieberman
as first major-party
Jewish VP nominee
WASHINGTON (AP)— Mak
ing history, Al Gore selected
as his running mate Sen.
Joseph Lieberman — the
first Jew on a major-party
ticket and a political voice of
conscience who Gore hopes
will be an antidote to “Clin
ton fatigue. ”
“Miracles happen,” Lieber
man, 58, told reporters Mon
day, his voice choked with
emotion.
Gore offered Lieberman
the job by telephone and, in
their first act as the Democ
ratic ticket, the Southern
Baptist and Orthodox Jew
prayed.
Gore, 52, plans to an
nounce the selection Tues
day in Nashville, Tenn., six
days before the Democratic
National Convention opens
in Los Angeles.
Even some Republicans ap
plauded Gore’s choice, call
ing the Connecticut lawmak
er a respected, experienced
public servant in the vein of
George W. Bush’s GOP run
ning mate, Dick Cheney.
In contrast to Gore’s attacks
on Cheney, the Bush cam
paign called Lieberman “a
good man whom Governor
Bush and Secretary Cheney
respect.”
Lieberman, a centrist, has
broken from the administra
tion to side with Republicans
on school vou^prs, Social
Security and other issues.
Not since John F. Kennedy
was elected in 1960 as the
nation’s first Catholic presi
dent has religion been much
of an issue on a presidential
ticket. Democrats wonder
whether an Orthodox Jew
will face anti-Semitism.
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City says yes
to three laws
on prostitution
By Rebecca Newell
Oregon Daily Emerald
After almost a year of re
search, discussion and public
debate, the Eugene City Council
has taken a stand against the
prostitution issue identified in
the West Jefferson neighbor
hood. At Monday evening’s
meeting, the City Council voted
to pass three ordinances on its
agenda addressing the prostitu
tion problem.
The meeting provided the
conclusion to extensive time
spent by the council and police
force, and echoed the concerns
expressed at a July 10 public fo
rum.
The first measure voted on
addressed prostitution free
zones. The ordinance — which
will prohibit convicted prosti
tutes and Johns from entering
designated zones for as long as
a year — was met with minor
opposition.
“Whatever enforcement hap
pens should happen wherever
[the crime] occurs,” Council
woman Betty Taylor said. “I’m
against exclusionary zones; it
just moves the problem.”
A cruising ordinance was the
second to pass and will enable
police to pull over individuals
who “cruise” through a neigh
borhood repeatedly. The ordi
nance will apply to the whole
city but will be applied first to
the West Jefferson neighbor
hood. Citizens will be notified
of where the cruising zones ex
ist based on police postings.
The third ordinance to pass
Turn to Prostitution, page 4
The City Council
passed the
three
ordinances at
Monday’s
meeting, but
not before
council
members
debated the
prosand cons
of a $50,000
drug treatment
program
OCA measure makes
ballot; tensions rise
The anti
homosexual
proposition
will be
decided in
November,
to the
distress of
many
educators
BALLOT
MEASURE
By Kristy Hessman
Oregon Daily Emerald
Protection or discrimination?
The Student Protection Act, a measure seek
ing to ban the promotion or encouragement of
homosexuality in public schools, has made it
on November’s state voting ballot, touching off
a good amount of controversy and posturing
from both sides of the issue.
If passed, the initiative would establish a law
that prohibits presentation in any of Oregon’s
public schools promoting, encouraging or sanc
tioning homosexuality or bisexuality to students.
The Oregon Citizens Alliance learned July
31 that it had received the 66,786 required sig
natures to see the measure gain a spot on the
ballot. “We are elated to get this measure on the
ballot,” OCA representative Lon Mabon said in
a recent press release. The OCA sees the act as a
way to protect students from what it calls “de
structive lifestyles.”
“The measure simply says that public mon- •
ey and facilities may no longer be used to teach
children that a dangerous and destructive
lifestyle is merely an alternative to healthy lives
and families,” Mabon said.
The measure defines “public schools” as all
public elementary, middle and high schools
Turn to Measure, page 4
Indecent exposures
trouble community
■ Police say two cases of public exposure
near campus are no cause for concern
By Tonya Alanez
Oregon Daily Emerald
In the final nine days of July, two separate inci
dents of public indecency occurred within the Uni
versity vicinity. Although police have made no ar
rests in the cases, officials say that residents should
be careful, but not worried.
According to the Eugene Police Department public
log book, the first incident occurred at 3:04 a.m. on July
23 at the Campus Twins
apartment complex lo
cated at 735 E. 14th Ave.
The male suspect is
described to be in his
late 20s, 5’8”, with a
thin build and dark hair in a pony tail, EPD Public
Information Assistant Jan Power said.
According to a news release, the second occur
rence happened in the early morning hours of July
31 when a female adult — delivering newspapers
at 4:17 a.m. near the Phoenix Inn Motel at Franklin
Boulevard and Alder Street — encountered a male
adult with his pants down to his ankles. The sus
pect asked her how she was doing and the male was
observed fondling himself. He is described as 30
Turn to Exposures, page 4
§ CRIME
WATCH
(i If there is
no threat to
the commu
nity and
we’re not
looking for
additional
victims, fre
quently there
is no further
action taken
other than
filing a basic
report.
Jan Power
EPD
Public
Information
Assistant