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T H E N O R T H C O A S T T IM E S E A G L E , F R ID A Y , 19 M A R C H 1982 Page 4 V »O »O jyO »O JT3 THE PUBLIC BEPOBT •¡»O >27 w O >27 w O >27 «0 >27 F o r m o r e th a n th ir ty y e a r s n a tio n s of th is e a r t h h a v e b e e n b u ild in g n u c le a r w e a p o n s , an d t h e r e a r e now o v e r fifty th o u s a n d d e p lo y e d , r e a d y f o r u s e . T h i s c o m p e t i t i o n in a r m a m e n t s h a s p r o d u c e d n o t s e c u r i t y o r p e a c e o f m in d , b u t f e a r , a n x i e t y , a n d e c o n o m i c h a r d s h i p . We th in k th e t i m e h a s c o m e f o r a c h a n g e . We b e l i e v e t h a t t h e n u c l e a r a r m s r a c e is a l o c a l i s s u e . T h e b i l l i o n s t h a t w e a r e s p e n d in g f o r n e w n u c le a r b o m b s a n d th e m i s s i l e s , s u b m a r i n e s , a n d p la n e s th a t la u n c h o r d r o p th e m c o m e f r o m th e p o c k e t s o f t a x p a y e r s .T h e n t h e r e a r e th e e f f e c t s o f i n f l a t i o n a n d h ig h i n t e r e s t r a t e s a t t r i b u t a b l e a t l e a s t in p a r t to e x c e s s m il it a r y s p e n d in g . We f e e l th a t a ll th is c o m e s a t th e e x p e n s e o f o u r r e a l n e e d s : j o b s , e n e r g y , t r a n s p o r t a ti o n , e d u c a tio n , e c o n o m ic s e c u r ity . B ut th e lo c a l i s s u e is n o t j u s t e c o n o m ic . J u s t r e c e n t l y A d m i r a l H y m a n R i c k o v e r , th e b u i l d e r o f o u r n u c l e a r n a v y , s a i d t h a t " w e w ill p r o b a b l y d e s t r o y o u r s e l v e s " in a n u c l e a r w a r . 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We a r e a l s o d e v e lo p i n g l o c a l r e s o u r c e s f o r th o s e w ho s e e k in f o r m a tio n a b o u t th e a r m s r a c e a n d h o w w e c a n s t o p i t . P l e a s e c a l l . O u r p h o n e n u m b e r s in C a n n o n B e a c h a r e , 4 3 6 - 2 6 6 7 ,4 3 6 - 2 9 0 5 ,a n d 4 3 6 - 1513; in S e a s i d e , 7 3 8 - 5 9 0 3 a n d 7 3 8 - 8 9 1 5 ; a n d in A s to r ia , 3 2 5 - 7 4 2 1 ,a n d 4 5 8 -6 9 2 3 . A bove a ll w e in v ite a n d w e lc o m e y o u r p a r t ic ip a tio n a s w e w o rk to g e th e r fo r a p e a c e fu l fu tu re . — N o rth C o a s t C h a p te r C i t i z e n A c tio n f o r L a s t i n g S e c u r i t y B o x 7 12, C a n n o n B e a c h ,O r e g o n 9 7 1 1 0 OCEAN X ‘ „ , HAPPY ANNIVERSARY STEVEN AND LORI JANE CAREY T h irte e n s ite s w e re v is ite d . 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Y ou c a n p r o te c t y o u r s e l f a n d o t h e r s b y i n s i s t i n g o n w id e b u f f e r z o n e s a ro u n d s tr e a m s an d o p en a r e a s ; by i n s i s t i n g o n n o t i f i c a t i o n p r i o r to a n y s p r a y i n g in y o u r a r e a ; b y i n s i s t i n g on w a t e r s a m p l e s f r o m a ll a ff e c te d s t r e a m s ; a n d by in s is tin g th a t a r e a s h a v in g b e e n s p r a y e d b e p o s t e d w ith w a rn in g s ig n s . A nd yo u c a n jo in O C E A N . T o d a y is t h e b i r t h d a y of S o o r i M irs e p a s s i — T h e M e m b e r s of O C E A N The BRASS LANTERN RESTAURANT MOBILES ETCETERA BY J. CARL FREEDMAN A SHOW AT THE SANDPIPER GALLERY IN CANNON BEACH, OREGON MARCH 26 28 AND APRIL 2 11 AM - 5 PM 4 4 8 P .M . N IG H T L Y CANNON BEA CH CH A M BER OF C O M M ER C E CANNON BEACH 4 3 6 -2 4 1 2