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Salmon Boats Go Back To Sea
by Michael McCusker
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The salmon boats go back to sea
Saturday.
The season was closed for 10 days
by a federal judge to ensure enough
Chinook salmon reached indian fish­
eries up the Columbia River. Commer­
cial boats were forbidden to troll
t from Cape Falcon to the Canadian
border.
Commercial fishermen do not take
well to regulation.
They consider
themselves the last of the independ­
ents and become angry when anyone
tells them they cannot fish.
They
held fish-ins during the 10 days,
drove the patrolling Coast Guard
half crazy by trolling without
hooks - one fisherman even rammed
a Guard boat attempting to board
another troller - and demonstrated
their protest in other ways, such
as attempting to blockade charter
boats, known as "pukers" by the
commercials, which were exempt from
the closure.
Contradictions are more numerous
than fish. Claims and counterclaims
of existing salmon stocks have not
been resolved. Neither have the
rights of fishermen and indians,
who have been treated as opponents.
All but the salmon seem to have
lawyers, and as one fisherman said,
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"Who gets to kill the last fish."
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The a n n i v e r s a r y o f n u c le a r p o w e r 's
f i r s t a p p lic a t io n w i l l be c e le b r a t e d
b y a demand t h a t i t s i n c i d e n t a l a p p l i ­
c a t i o n b e t e r m in a t e d .
In o t h e r w o r d s , tw o a n t i- n u k e g ro u p s
p la n t o h o ld a d e m o n s tr a tio n in f r o n t
o f th e s t a t e c a p i t o l i n Salem in com­
m em oration o f t h e bom bing o f H irosh im a
34 y e a r s a g o , A u g u st 6.
The h o p e d - f o r m ass r a l l y i s s p o n s o re d
b y th e T r o ja n D e c o m m issio n in g A l l i a n c e
and t h e C i t i z e n A n t i - N u c le a r D e v e lo p ­
ment L e a g u e , o t h e r w is e known by i t s
acronym o f CANDLE.
B oth g r o u p s 'w a n t t h e s t a t e to f o ll o w
up i t s y e a r - l o n g ban on n u c le a r pow er
d e v e lo p m e n t by e x p lo r i n g su ch a l t e r n a t i v e
S o u rc e s a s s o l a r and w ih d p o w er. The
s t a t e l e g i s l a t u r e v o t e d f o r t h e m ora­
to riu m t h i s p a s t s e s s i o n .
The g o v e r n o r
r e c e n t l y s ig n e d t h e m e asu re i n t o la w .
CANDLE h as b een on a W alk f o r C le a n
E n ergy s i n c e l a t e J u n e .
The jo u r n e y
s t a r t e d i n A s t o r i a , w a lk e d th e c o a s t t o
F lo r e n c e , c u t a c r o s s t h e m o u n ta in s t o
E u gen e, and on t o S a le m .
The m a rc h e rs
hope t o r e a c h t h e T r o ja n N u c le a r P la n t
in R a n ie r by A u g u st 1 9 , w h ere a f i n a l
r a l l y w i l l b e h e ld .
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SERPENT
FRUITS
Bonnie Hill of Alsea will appear
on a television program exploring
the uses of herbicides. Serpent
Fruits, an hour long documentary,
will be shown on Oregon Public
An ite m i n t h e l a s t T im es E a g le
Television, at 9 pm on Channels
seems t o h a v e p ro v o k e d a l i t t l e l a u g h t e r .
10, 7 and 13, August 14, and on
The c h u c k le s w ere in r e s p o n s e t o
Channel
3, August 25 at 3 pm.
th e s t o r y a b o u t t h e naked man who
m a s tu r b a te s i n f r o n t o f women on th e
The film will be followed by a
b ea ch n e a r Hug P o i n t , s o u th o f T o lo -
question and answer session by
van a P a r k .
viewers
of Hill, a toxicologist
So f a r t h i s summer h e h as e x p o se d
h im s e lf t o h a l f a d o ze n women, and on
and a few foresters.
one o c c a s i o n t o a woman w it h tw o c h i l d ­
"We always leave enough to spawn."
Serpent Fruits explores three
ren .
L a s t w eek he a p p e a re d a g a in .
case
histories of the frightening
The more b i z a r r e t h e m a n 's b e h a v ­
side
effects of herbicide spraying.
i o r t h e more a p p r e h e n s iv e many o f
th e n e ig h b o r s who l i v e a lo n g t h a t s t r e t c h
The first episode is about Hill's
o f c o a s t becom e.
Some o f them h ave
demands that the Environmental
sworn t h e y w i l l s h o o t t h e man i f t h e y
Protection Agency investigate the
s e e him .
B e ca u se he h as b een masked
use of two sprays in particular,
e v e ry c o n fr o n t a t io n , h is i d e n t it y has
been t h e s u b j e c t o f a n g ry s p e c u l a t i o n .
silvex and 2-4-5-T, which contains
A bout one t h i n g t h e r e h as b een no
dioxin,
the most toxic man-made
s p e c u la tio n .
The f e a r o f t h e women
t h a t t h e man m ig h t harm them .
chemical. She had a miscarriage in
"She had positive feelings
The attack against a woman by
O n ly men h ave la u g h e d .
her seventh month of pregnancy in
an armed man proves conclusively
about how the police handled the
1975,
and discovered that the for­
matter," the Crisis Service spo­
that violence against women is a
est near her home had been sprayed
keswoman said. "Her only complaint
reality in Clatsop County.
the month before. She also learned
was about her treatment at the
that seven other local women had
The 26-year-old woman ident­
Wheeler Clinic, where their main
ified her assailant as a man in
concern seemed to be what her hus­ had a total of 11 miscarriages
Hot dry weather seems to be
during the spraying seasons.
his late twenties, about five
band did for a living and who
heating up some harvests, and
feet, nine inches tall, with a
The EPA banned the sprays earl­
would pay the bill. She should
pickers are needed in many areas
receding hairline and dark brown
ier
this year, though other, pos­
not have been harrassed by this
of the state.
hair tied in back.
sibly
as toxic sprays have been
because the state picks up the
The cucumber harvest continues
used
in
their place.
The victim said the man was
tab for victims of violent crimes,
in Salem, Hillsboro and McMinn­
and a woman who has just been
ville.
The mint harvest is start­ wearing reflector sunglasses and
had
a
bandana
covering
his
faceo
assaulted is not in any condition
starting in Eugene, Grants Pass,
She
described
him
as
paunchy
and
to be treated in this manner."
Madras and Ontario.
very
pale.
The Crisis Service maintains a
The evergreen blackberry har­
vest has started in Salem, and
"There is a tendency for people 24-hour hot line to provide help
for battered women and rape vic­
will be starting next Friday in
to think that rape doesn't happen
tims.
Fourteen volunteers have
the Medford area, and the follow­
here," a member of the Clatsop
been
trained
so far to handle the
ing Wednesday in Hood River and
County Woman's Crisis Service
increasing
incidents
of assaults
Roseburg.
Milton-Freewater ant­
told the Times Eagle. "That isn’t
upon
women
in
the
county.
They
icipates a shortage of 60 prune
true. The attempted rape on the
provide
emotional
support
through­
pickers by Wednesday.
Cape Falcon Trail is the fifth
out
the
difficult
time
following
Contact the state employment
reported to us in the two and a
an attack, and assist victims in
office if any of these jobs are
Dell Gray writes of how the 10
half months."
the
confusing cycle of police,
day closure affected salmon fish­
what you want or need.
She said that some women would court and hospital procedures.
ermen. The Times Eagle is eager to
not report to the police, but the
According to 1978 FBI and Ore­
be a forum for all sides of this
woman attacked last Sunday felt
gon State Police statistics, only
issue. We might as a result get to
it was imperative because the man
the truth of it.
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threatened her life with a gun.
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