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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
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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
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champagne, wines, mixers . . . at the lowest prices In
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Lloyd Center — Next to the
Liquor Store. PEPI'a one
and only store, (»pen 9:30
a jn . to 9:00 pzn.
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★ 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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Voting suit filed
The Department of J u s tic e
has filed a civil suit charging
that Blacks were prevented
from voting and whites were
illegally registered to vote in
Marshall County. Mississippi,
for the 1971 elections.
Attorney General Richard
G. Kleindienst said the suit,
charging violations of the
Voting Rights Act of 1965.
was filed in V.S. District
Court in Oxford, Mississippi.
Named as defendants
were the County Board of
Election Commissioners, the
County Board of Supervi
sots , the County Democratic
Executive Committee, and
Circuit Clerk Edwin Calli
cutt. Jr.
The suit said the Board of
Election Commissioners and
the circuit clerk transferred
at least 104 registered vot
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ers, two-thirds of whom
were Black, to election cis
tricLs in which they were
lot qualified to vote in the
1971 primary and general
elections.
In addition, the suit said,
at least 258 whites and 31
Blacks were registered to
nie just before the 1971
.‘lections, although their
registrations did not conform
to legal requirements.
The suit further charged
that the changes in election
procedures were not sub
milled to the Attorney Gen
eral for his review under the
Voting Rights Act until after
the primary election was
held and less than a month
before the general election.
Subsequently, the Justice
Department objected to the
changes.
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