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About Cougar print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1976-1977 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1976)
I 'III wind' g g g g g g g g g g g g :$ g: :g g It has been brought to our attention that certain students have taken up the questionable pastime of smoking marijuana on campus. Some of the more popular areas for this are the Community Center, the courtyard between the four core-area buildings and the wooded area next to the trailers. We wonder if these students know that this is, first and foremost, an educational institution and not a community sponsored opium den. These actions show a complete lack of class on the part of the students in- volved. So far, Stan Johnson and company in security haven't taken any real steps to discourage "pot" smok- ing on campus. We feel that they have better things to do than spend the day searching out these indiscreet students. But if these students don't "cool it" security may have to start coming down on them. If students must smoke marijuana on campus, we suggest that they find some less conspicuous locations. We do not want to see these students stirring up an "ill wind." I H» W TOO TÛ VOTE IM THE UFCOWAG PPEIPE/WIL r JN section H» E MO!' SIR? 1 J « e | Yes on No. 9 In the last few decades Americans have become negli- gent in their respect for future generations. Wastes, by- products and chemicals have polluted our air and water with conditions too foul for any "animal" to tolerate, Politicians and the advertising media continue to tell us we've "never had it so good." Only in the last decade have Americans - Oregonians foremost among them - realized the need to take a g second look at the "full steam-ahead approach" of g technology and concentrate instead on the necessity for g consideration of future life forms. g Oregonians are accepting that position as is evidenced g in the state's bottle ban, cleansing of the Willamette g River and other actions. This conscientious attitude will g be tested Nov. 2 at polls throughout the state by the g question of Ballot Measure No. 9. g A yes vote will not ban nuclear power plants in g Oregon, but will require the energy industry to prove to the Oregon State Legislature that safe operation of g nuclear power plants, their energy systems and the safe g disposal of nuclear wastes, all can be insured. g Measure No. 9 also requires utilities to become fully g responsible for personal and property damages resulting g in the event of an accident. This is a complex issue but before Measure No. 9 g was introduced, the utility companies and controlling g interests had precedence over the public in matters con- g cerning nuclear power. With passage of this ballot, the g public will change that monistic position and insure g adequate safeguards. g Nuclear power advocates say that nuclear fission g: plants are "extremely safe", but they must be 100 per- g cent safe. Is perfect safety possible? g: Let us compare nuclear power with other forms of g: technology that have proved disastrous regardless of g safeguards. g The Apollo spacecraft fire, in which three astronauts g lost their lives, was supposed to have been avoided but g it happened because safety was taken for granted. The g Titanic was supposed to have been unsinkable -- but it g ■ sank. Thalidomide and 10,000 deformed babies is yet g another example. Even scientists involved with nuclear power are not g completely convinced as to the safety of nuclear power g plants. g "The situation can be likened to a man being pushed g off a very tall building. Any feeling of confidence he g may have as he passes the eighteenth floor is not based g on realistic assessment of the situation," said Kepford, g "for the fact he has not yet hit the ground is no guaran- g tee he won't -- and when he does, his past safety record g of having successfully passed all the floors is of little g importance." g We therefore recommend a yes vote for Ballot Mea- g sure No. 9. The need for nuclear power may be question- g able but the right of the public to receive safeguards should be mandatory. g g g g: g g: Page 4 3 II V ) I d To the Editor: n Clackamas County voters will select their first new she] twenty years on Nov. 2 (the incumbent did not file for re-elel Many voters do not know the qualifications of the two candl nor the dimensions of the position. ,' Being sheriff of a growing, urbanized county is not a lightvl job. With over 200,000 population in the county, the sh office, with 142 personnel (only 86 sworn), has one of the I officer-to-citizen ratios in Oregon, .73 per 1,000. The agency is expected to provide all police services, incl search and rescue on Mt. Hood, to the unincorporated ail Clackamas County. It operates a jail, civil and tax departmel collects about $73 million in property taxes annually. In I 5,750 Part I offenses were reported to the sheriff's office. The candidates are John Renfro, Clackamas County jul counselor and former police officer, and Bill Savage, Clacl County civil and tax deputy and former professional wrest! Portland television, where he appeared under the name Will Savage. Renfro has 18 years background in criminal justice. Hl employed at the National Security Agency for three years whi was assigned as a shift supervisor. He was a state police patrl for two and a half years, a Clackamas County Deputy SI serving in patrol and detectives for five years, and has been a jul court counselor for nine years. He is also a training officer! juvenile court. Renfro has a master's degree in Social Sc major in administration of justice from Portland State Unvil Savage has never worked as a patrolman or detective. H| high school graduate. His nine-year Clackamas County emplol has been as a jailer and civil and tax department deputy. Reni been endorsed by the Clackamas County Deputy Sheriff's ll AFL-CIO Local 843, and the Clackamas County Central I Council. I am a police officer in a county adjoining Clackamas Col but I live in Clackamas County. I have spent my career as a st« practitioner and teacher of police administration. The person who administers a modern criminal justice al like the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, should be someonl has experience, training and education in that field. And oft he should be a person with leadership ability, good judge intelligence and a perception of issues in criminal justice. I have no personal axe to grind in this campaign. But I dtl about good government and professional law enforcement. Il Renfro is overwhelmingly the best candidate and that the taxf of Clackamas County owe it to themselves to elect him. a J. Richard PI 668 Ml Lake Osl Thursday, October 28,1
