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Page 4 Portland/Observer Thursday. February 8, 1973 Play explores Jewish experience Sent up the river by you Death and taxes by Bill Jeffery, Staff Assistant It does seem like both death and taxes occur with great regularity. At the moment It appears we won't be able to do too much about abolishing either this session. However, we can make an effort at relieving some of the misery inflicted by each. Representative Priestley has proposed a bill to give a $27.00 tax credit for each de pendent. The positive effect of the bill can be seen by look ing at your tax tables. For instance, if you are claiming one dependent, you would pay no tax if your income is below $2400-2500. Four dependents would entitle you to a credit of $108 on your State Income Tax. Wally Priestley believes that this is the way to go as far as taxes are concerned. The proposal will operate as a threshhold of income, below which the State Income Tax would not be levied. It makes no sense to seek tax money where it is not to be found. It makes a great deal of sense to give the average working person a little breather from t a x a t io n . Representative Priestley believes that the e l ement of fairness will take some of the sting out of taxes. Taking the sting out of death is much more difficult. It is a job for a Higher Authority than the Oregon Legislature. But we can attempt to re move some of the abuses that occur at the time of a family's greatest bereavement. We propose to accomplish this relief through co-sponsoring Representative Howard Wil lits’ three bills on funerals. One of the bills would elim inate the possibility of price gouging when a family must sort out a proper funeral.Dis play of pricing on caskets, and foil price disclosure before an agreement is signed, are the major points of the bill. It would also prohibit a crema- THE 1 FAMILY^ * LAWYER X Privacy in Public Places Fire engines roar up to a house across the street, and you hurry over to watch the excitement. If a newspaper photographer snaps your picture and you wind up on the front page of a local news paper. has your “ right of pri vacy” been violated? The law’s answer is no. Even though the right of privacy has expanded in recent years, it does not override the freedom of the press to report legitimate new*. As a spectator at a public event, you were part of the news. All the photographer did was to re cord what anyone who was there could have seen anyhow. Some people are born news worthy, some achieve newsworthi ness. and some have newsworthi ness thrust upon them. But, one and all, they are subject to the constitutional right of the press to report what goes on in the community. Even if a person specifically forbids publicity, he does not thereby become immune. In one case, the irate father in a custody fight ordered reporters to “ lay o ff" the story. But the story appeared anyhow with pic tures. The man claimed invasion of his privacy, but a court decid ed that he had no legal kick com ing “ There are times,” said the court, “ when one, willingly or not, becomes an actor in an oc- currance of public interest. When this takes place, he emerges from his seclusion, and it is not an in vasion of privacy to publish his photograph with an account of such occurrance.” On the other hand, an item of information does not automati cally become newsworthy just be cause a newspaper sees fit to print it. For example: A newspaper published a notice by a hardware dealer, complain ing about a certain customer's un paid bill. This lime, when the customer sued the newspaper for invasion of his privacy, he won a judgment The court said that in any fair sense, this private debt was simply none of the public's business. A p u b lic s e r v lr e feature of the A n ir r ir u n l i a r A s a o r ia lio n a n d the Oregon Slate B a r AsMM-ia- lion. W ritten by W i l l B e r n a r d . '® 1973 American Bar Association Prime Minister tells Guyana’s progress is o n e o f In c r e a se d p u b lic p a r tic ip a tio n on th e s e s p e c ia lt y b o a r d s. W ally Priestley tory or calcinatory from re quiring a casket for cre mation. Representatives Willits and Priestley agree on a second bill to broaden the public in fluence in funeral matters. This bill would add two public members to the State Board of Funeral Directors andEm- balmers. The legislative mood The third Willits /P riestley bill incorporates our concern for those who remain. Ceme teries, like many other insti tutions, are part of the urban sprawl problem. The lower prices and increased availabl- ity of land in rural areas give unwholesome encouragement for cem eteries to devour prime agricultural land, once taken up by a cemetery, it is most unusual to find land re turned to any other purpose. So, this long range bill would limit the geographical expan sion of cem eteries. Hopefully our Oregon will not become an endless Potter's field. Any reader interested in these topics should contact Representative Priestley, or Representative Willits, Capi tol Building in Salem, or the Oregon Memorial Association at 6437 S.E. 103, Portland, Oregon 97266, phone number 774-1286 or 285-1187. In a speech to his nation. Guyana's Prime M inister Forbes Burnham said that Guyana has moved from a nation of selfdestruction to one of self reliance, anti cited the peace and tranquility that has replaced the riots and other violence of eight years ago. This peace, he indicated, has allowed Guyana to move ahead in trade and develop mental plans. Prime Minister Burnham spoke of the allocation of 45 million Guyana dollars to agriculture on which the Government is basing its economy, and the $70 million electrification program that will carry electricity into alm ost every G uyanese home. The only English speaking nation on the mainland of South America. Guyana has moved steadily ahead in its self help projects and deter Litter brings choir trip A college musical group will make a Florida concert tour this spring because of thoughtless litterers. And before leaving, they'll set an ecological record. That musical group, the Philos of Southwest Virginia Community College, will re deem t h e largest single amount of aluminum scrap ever collected by the public at one location for recycling, and they'll be paid 10 cents a pound for it by Richmond based Reynolds Metals Com pany. About seven tons of scrap household aluminum, worth approximately $1,400, will be reclaimed by a Reynolds Aluminum mobile recycling unit on February 7 and 8 at the campus. No other single pickup as large has ever been recorded in the seven- year-old nationwide alumi num recycling program, nor has a single payment as large ever been made. The collection of litter be gan several m o n t h s ago when music instructor Sam Schulken read about Rey- n o 1 d s aluminum recycling program in a local paper. He learned that the aluminum firm pays 10 cents a pound for all forms of household alu minum scrap which the com pany then processes into new and useful aluminum products. T h e company says that by buying the metal from the public, valu able natural resources are conserved and the nation's solid waste and litter pro blems are partially solved by the removal of aluminum. “It seemed like an excel lent way to raise money for a concert tour at community colleges in F l o r i d a this spring." Mr. Schulken ex plained. He and the 52 members of the Philos set out one blus tery October morning to scour 20 miles of road in southwest Virginia, several hours and 250 litter-filled plastic garbage bags later, phase one of operation alum inum was underway. “This turned out to be just the beginning. We re moved the aluminum from the litter and began saving things like frozen dinner trays, snack and meat cans and other household alumi num items. Then came the quota. To ensure enthus iasm for the project, each Philos member was assigned to bring in at least 20 alumi- num items each week. Going to and from campus, they would stop, survey the road side and pick up all the aluminum they could find." Schulken said. Then came a big break through. A local manu facturing f i r m donated a sizeable quantity of small cans used in the manufac ture of an electronics com ponent. Reynolds normally does not t a k e industrial scrap in its c o n s u m e r oriented recycling program, but made an exception be cause the component was very similar to the all alumi num beverage can. The mobile recycling unit, one of 11 operated by Rey nolds throughout the coun try, will perform the first steps in the recycling pro cess. It will remove mag netically any steel which is inadvertently m i x e d in, weigh the n e t aluminum remaining for payment, and then shred the metal into small popcorn sized p i e c e s for shipment and further processing. The unit has a storage compartment capa ble of holding and trans porting 20,000 pounds. It's estimated that it will take two days to process the 14,000 to be redemmed at the college. Emphysema workshops give life by James L. Mack, M.C., President Oregon Thoracic Society Emphysema is a hard di sease to five with. But workshops for patients and families can help soften the strain. Emphysema is a chronic lung disease that makes breathing a struggle to survive. When the walls of the lungs' air sacs stretch and tear, stale air gets trapped inside. People who have em physem a cannot force air out of their lungs. Their lungs get more and more inflated. With advanced em p h y sema. even the simplest movements-like tying a shoe lace can be excruciating. As activities are restricted, living a normal life becomes more impossible. And, in addition to physical distress, there are psychological drawbacks. Many emphyse ma patients give up social activities and become isolat ed from the world around them. Em physema workshops try to change all that. They help provide the enormous comfort of others who know how it is. People with the disease not only find friends but they learn how to live easier with their condition. They find out short cuts to dressing and doing light household chores. They get to know how to clean a nebulizer and do exercises that help breathing. They learn what kinds of medical benefits are available to people with lung disease and how to cope with the em o tifinal effects of living with a chronic illness. The Oregon Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease As sociation sponsors emphy sema workshops. They are trying to get the facts to others and show them how to breath easier. There is a known cause: Years of ciga rette smoking for some cases. See your local association for more facts about lung disease, cigarette smoking, and emphysema workshops. It’s a matter of life and breath. minedly pursues its national goal to "feed, house, anil cloth»- itself by 1978." Mr. Burnham declared that Guyana would strength en current mutual trade re lationships, in addition to seeking new trade, in the best interest of the country. The Portland State Uni versity Players and the Jew ish Community Center will co-sponsor a production of Peter Weiss' "The Invest! gation”, a play dealing with the trials resulting f r o m World War II war crimes at the Auschwitz concentration camp between 1941 45. Performances will be pre senU'd at 8 p.m., Friday and Sat unlay, February 9 and 10 in the Lincoln Hall Audi torium at PSV and at 8:30 p.m.. Satunlay, February 17 and 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb ruary 18 in the Jewish Com munity Center Auditorium. 6651 S.W. Capitol Highway. Twenty years after Ausch witz 21 people went on trial in a Herman court for the mass muroer of four million people whose only crime was "We are prepared to buy from those who would buy from us," said Mr. Burnham. "We are also particularly interested in getting the best prices for what we have to sell." he emphasized. The Prime Minister noted that despite rising prices throughout the world, Guy ana has maintained a rea sonable cost of living stand ard. He was able to compare favorable the prices of such Candy classes basic commodities as rice, flour and sugar with those Learn to make many dif of other Caribbean countries. ferent kinds of candy each As part of the Republic's Wednesday lx'ginning Feb a u ste rity program , Mr. ruary 7 at Roosevelt High Burnham pointed out that School, Room 128. 7:00 to the Linden Highway is pay 10:00 p.m. Sponsored by ing for itself out of th«' tolls PCC, the five week class will it collects, which amount to tie taught by Martin Herr some half million dollars an mann. a candymaker for 30 nually. years and Superintendent of The Prime Minister also the Fred Meyer Candy Kit spoke of the importance of chen for 13 years. finding new sources of tech Tuition is $8.00. For more nical aid and assistance for information contact Portland Guyana self he Ip program in Community Col leg»’. Com 1973. munity Eduration, 244 6111. Emanuel holds diabetic classes A series of classes on dia betes, sponsored by Emanuel Hospital, w ill be held fo r dia betics and their fam ilies, be ginning Monday, February 12. The classes w ill be held in the Emanuel Extended Care fa cility, 3001 N, Gantenhein Avenue, from 7 to 9 pan. each evening through Friday, February 16. Topics during the five-night session include anexplanation of diabetes, meal planning, giving insulin and other topics of interest to the diabetic. Emanuel staff members M ary Gabriel, R„N., and Fran they were Jews. Through the play Peter Weiss, author of Marat/Sade. skillfully re creates the famous trials by using actual testimony of the accused and the accusers from the court records. Accounts of the gas cham bers. mass cremations, star vation and brutality blend together to produce the ter rifying picture of Auschwitz. The play also shows how the citizens of a highly civilised nation were drawn into par ticipation, whether active or passive, of the irrational de struction of millions of in nocent people. A character in the play says. “Yes. 1 left the camp, but the camp is still there." Director Bill Tate, associate professor in theater arts, commented. "I think he's (The character) t a l k i n g about the p o t e n t i a l for vesligation" are played by: Roy Setziol. aa the judge: Rob Izw son, prosecuting at torney! and Ke Fillmore, counarl for the defense. Hill Dickie, Bernie la-opold. Dee dee Vanzyl, Jacqueline Coop er. Gary Addington, Mike Hopkins. Brian Merit and Roar Leopold play the wit nesses. The accused an- played by Padris O'Caisidde, Steve Chassaing. Steve Di mitrovitch, J e r r y Pratt, Bruce Kilpatrick. J a n e t Martin. William Strong and Marc Stroud. Tickets for "The Invesli gation" are available at the PSV Box Office ami at the door. Admission ia $2.50 for the general public and $1.50 for PSV students, faculty, staff ami okler adults in the community PB»I’S BOTTLE SHOP Let PEPI'S BOTTLE SHOP by your headquarters lor champagne, wines, mixers . . . at the lowest prices In town. Lloyd Center — Next to the Liquor Store. PEPI'a one and only store, (»pen 9:30 a jn . to 9:00 pzn. Dally. Sundays: Noon to 4:00 pjn. ÍL 281-2731 ★ If the time has come that you must wear ces Lohmann, dietitian, will instruct the classes and pro vide individual counseling for each class member. Cost for the class series is $ 10 which includes a textlxiok and a variety of material on die fetes. E a c h d ia b e tic e n r o lle d In the class must obtain a doctor's referral form. For more information and a referral form, please contact Miss Gabriel. 280-4417, be tween 7 a jn . and 3:30 p jn . Payment and referral forms may he presented to the In structor at the first class meeting. 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