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Portland Obeerver Thursday. February X. 1*78
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Thunder and lightening struck the
Memorial Coliseum Tuesday night. The
thunder was the roar of the Memorial
Coliseum crowd, while the Lghtemng was
the furious attack put on by the Blazers
Milwaukee's young Bucks matched fire
power with Portland for three quarters,
but finally yielding to the fast breaking
Blazers mid way through the final quart
er.
It was a free wheeling game from start
to finish, as indicated by the 136-116
SCOTT.
As usual the Blaiers had everyone
involved in the offense, seven players
ended up in double figures led by Lionel
Hollins with 24 points Bobby Gross was
brilliant, not only did his offense dick, but
his defense on the hot shooting Dave
Meyers was something to behold. Mau
rice Lucas was strong and Hollins....just
superb.
Milwaukee's highly touted Marcus
Johnson played well in the first half, but
had his troubles during the fast paced
second half.
Johnson was the victim of numerous
second half turnovers, mostly caused by
his hot-dogging.
T.R. Dunn seems now to be comfort
able in the Blazer offense and as a result
seems now to be more assertive.
Earlier Dunn seemed quite reluetsm to
take his shots...now he doesn't hesitate,
which is good. The Blazers now stand
State
39- 8 and should go into the all-star break
40- 8. if Golden State falls, as expected
Friday night. Lloyd Neal, has played
very well and Ramsey nas promised Neal
a well deserved rest. “Neal will not play
French braids.
Friday." Ramsey said, “He will be given
After passing through ten locked
seven days rest to help his aching knee."
doors we finally entered the gymnasium
Neal should return to action for the
The playing floor was just like any grade
Blazers first road game next Tuesday
school gym. It was over heated and had a
against the New York Knicks
ceiling so low that high arching jump
shots would and did ricochet off the
beams.
The game was held up for 45 minutes
due to a mix-up on our part. We thought
it was to start at 7:00 p.m., but later
learned it was actually scheduled for 6:00
p.m. When we arrived the players were
EUGENE. OREGON - What might
warming-up and ready to go. Instead of
well serve as a two-nation preview of the
the National Anthem being played, as is
1980 Olympics in gymnastics will be held
customary before sporting events in our
at the University of Oregon's McArthur
country, we were treated to the beat of
Court this Friday (February 3rd) at 7:30
drums that blared softly over the prison
p.m.
gymnasium.
The feature event will be an interna
Right away we knew that this was
tionaliy-sanctioned dual meet between
truly an all Indian affair.
the m ens teams of Japan and the United
The Lakota Savages took the floor
States. Also featured will he an exhibi
against a much bigger Portland five.
tion presented by the Japanese national
The game., well it wasn't fast paced by
women s team and a team representing
any stretch of the imagination. O.S.P.
the National Academy of Eugene.
was shorter and less talented then their
The Japanese teams will be coming to
Portland foes, but what they lacked in
Eugene from Seattle, where both were
size they made up in desire and aggres
performing earlier in the week in exhibi
sive play.
tions. But the men’s meet in Eugene will
O.B.. the Savage hot-shot, hit three
be the only one with scores forwarded to
consecutive jumpers to pull his team to a
the Federation of International Gym
30-25 half-tune deficit But fouls plagued
nastics for qualifying at the World
the Indian star, causing his quick depar
Games in France next fall.
ture and therefore causing his team to fall
The United States men’s team will be
hopelessly behind.
Lonnie Belgard. 5'8". Portland guard led by Olympian Kurt Thomas of Indiana
State. Oregon coach. Bill Baliester, who
led scorers with a remarkable 37 points,
hitting 16-19 shots from the floor.
O.S.P. was led by Herrera with 16,
followed by Eggman and Chicago with
nine each. The final score was Portland
118. O.S.P. Savages 60.
OSP Savages lose opener
"1 hereby give my consent to have my
name and photograph used in the Port
land Obeerver on January 27. 1978. 1
realize that my name and photograph
may be used later in the Newspaper “
Uith this waiver being completed and
with the help of Warden Cupp we
proceeded to Oregon State Penitentiary
to cover the second Annual Lakota
Basketball Tournament.
We entered the prison door and were
told immediately that yours truly could
not be allowed inside due to prison rules
restricting the wearing of any denim-type
pants.
Now the thought of riding eighty miles
for nothing wasn't exactly the most
entertaining thought in my mind Fortu
nately the local prison haberdashery had
something in my size and the show was
on.
Our next stop was to pass through se
curity. very much like you would en
counter at the airport, and for the same
reasons we were told. Our photographer,
after making two passes, finally made it.
The next stage was the entrance to the
sanctioned halls of O.S.P. Every fifty
yards we passed through heavily guard
ed. big iron cell doors. Believe me you
have a strange feeling as each cell door
closes behind and you penetrate deeper
and deeper inside the prison walls.
The prison tloors were spotless, and it
was evident that someone had spent long
hours maintaining them. The prisoners
themselves were as spotless as the floors,
they all wear jeans and most are as
impeccable as can be. The brothers wear
well kept afros and, just like on the
outside, have their hair neatly done up in
NBA Western Division Coaches Tues
day added Lionel Hollins to the All-Star
list.
“I’m glad." Blazer guard Lionel Hollins
said, “To be chosen to play with the
greats." And with that the best, guard in
the NBA is finally getting the recognition
he so richly deserves. To say the least, it
has been a struggle for Hollins in
Portland.
His selection must certainly make
former Blazer Coach and now Seattle
Coach Lenny Wilkins feel proud, for it
was Wilkins who kept the faith when so
many Blazer fans booed “The Train."
Even when the hometown fans booed
Hollins every move, opposing coaches
recognized his skills and voted the man
from Arizona State to the NBA all rookie
team.
By whatever criteria you want to
measure Lionel Hollins, “The Train.” is
simply the best guard in the NBA...
Japan-US meet in Eugene
also will serve as USA coach for thia
meet, believes Thomas “is the best
gymnast the United States ever has had."
Other members of the “home" team are
Olympian Mike Carter of LSU. Jim Keich
of Oregon, Gene Wheland of Penn State.
Phil Cahoy of Omaha and Jim Hartung,
the nation's No. 1 pre gymnast.
Competing for the young women of the
Eugene Academy will be three members
of the National Junior Elite team now in
training for the 1980 Olympics - Amy
Machamer. Leslie Pifer and Jayne Wein
stein plus 1976 Olympian Karen Kelaall;
Pacific Northwest all-around champion.
Laurie Carter, and eleven-year old Tracy
Talavera. The Japanese women will be
led by Sakiko Nozawa. a 1976 Olympian,
who was first in last year's All Japan
junior championships, and the woman she
edged for the 1977 title, Yamada Toshiko.
The Japanese men's lineup was in flux aa
they were preparing to leave the Orient.
TickeU are $5 for reserved seats and
$3.50 and $2.50 for general admission.
l a o . b a d e a e e f Ma bettor night, co rin g 2 3 ^ ^ .
torn back Houston. 123-88.
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[Pbeto by Jack Rnbeckl
,»wee-forward.
■ to help Blazer.
PCC hosts N orw ay girls
Portland Community College features
the newest competitive sport in the
United States with the presentation of
the appearance of a girls rhythmic gym
naatic team from Norway,
The show, co-sponsored by the Sons of
Norway, will be held in the Sylvania
Center gymnasium. 12000 S.W. 49th
Avenue, at 8:00 p.m.. February 11th.
Admission will be $1 for those over
sixteen. 50c for those age seven through
fifteen, and free for those under seven.
Leader for the group. Randi Norman, is
the author of "Gymnastics for Girls and
H omen. She has had teaching exper
ience at both the high school and junior
college level as well as instruction for
performance groups Her book has been
translated into English.
Participants in the group range in age
from 13 32. Almost half of them are
physical education teachers and most of
the others are students.
In addition to Norman, the group is
accompanied by Crete Evjenth. choreo
grapher and instructor, and Laaaee Net-
turn, pianist who has arranged all of the
music for the performance
The fabulous
HARICm
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in person!
SUNDAY.
FEB. 5
2 30 PM
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NAACP Energy Policy
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system of new taxes
Domestically
domestic crude oil production "
produced crude oil would be taxed an
For many years we have been encour
amount equal to the difference (in 1980)
aged to believe that a significant percent
between the federally controlled price
age of our total energy requirements of
and the world oil price In addition a tax
the future would be supplied from nu
on the industrial use of oil and natural gas
clear power. The National Energy Plan,
would be imposed that could reach $3.00
however, seems to call for a retreat from
per barrel by 1985. Over the next five
nuclear energy on the basis that the
years these taxes have been estimated to
environmental and safety costs may be
produce new government revenues of
too high. The NAACP too is concerned
over $50 billion, which make the "Energy
about environmental and safety matters
Plan one of the largest tax increase bills
But as long as fourteen percent of our
in history A major portion of these new
people are unemployed as long as the
taxes would be passed on to consumers in
earnings gap between Black and white
the form of higher prices not only for
Americans continues to widen and as long
energy products but also for other goods
as a majority of Black Americans conti
and services. To mitigate the adverse
nue to face a constant struggle to attain
effects on the economy, the Plan does
even the basic necessities of life, our first
provide for tax rebates to the public and
priority must be the attainment of econo
other tax credits. It is estimated that the
mir parity for Black Americans.
per capita tax rebates flowing from the
We are fearful that an energy policy
crude oil equalization tax in 1978 would
with an overriding concern for the protec
range somewhere between $15 and $22.
tion of the environment may cause
As we understand it the new energy
governmental policy-makers in this area
taxes are proposed for the purposes of (1)
to iose sight of other more compelling
encouraging energy conservation by
economic and social objectives that are
making energy more expensive (2) Croat
more important to Black Americans. The
ing incentives for industry to shift from
basic approach of the Plan as relates to
so-called scarce fuels to coal and (3)
energy supply reflects the absence of a
making oil and natural gas prices roughly
Black Perspective in its development.
equal to their current value in world
We recognize that nuclear power does
markets.
present certain problems. But we think
For the great majority of people the
these problems can be solved through
NAACP represents, the cost of energy
dedicated efforts by government, the
today is sufficiently high to discourage
scientific community and industry work
any unnecessary use They have borne
mg cooperatively together.
Notwith
the brunt of the four fold increase in the
standing the claims of opponents of this
price of natural gas and skyrocketing
source of energy, the fact is that nuclear
increases in electric utility bills since
power will be required to meet our future
1973. Even without new energy taxes,
needs for electricity. If we do not move
we have every reason to believe energy
ahead now with nuclear, the next genera
prices will continue to rise at a faster rate
tior is likely to be sitting around in the
than prices for other goods and services
dark blaming the utilities for not doing
for the foreseeable future. This will
something this generation’s officials
certainly come about as the percentage of
would not let them do
total energy supplies from newer, more
The National Energy Plan proposes
expensive sources increases.
sharp increases in the cost of oil. natural
If energy prices are to be raised
gas and gasoline through a complex
artificially through the mechanism of
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taxes, a major portion of the new
revenues should be used to develop new
energy supply, particularly from non
conventional sources such as coal gasifi
cation and liquefaction, oil shale, solar,
etc. Putting the funds to such uses
appear to ua to be much more desirable in
terms of the objective of reducing depen
dence on imported energy than distribut
ing token payments to the general public.
The NA.AGP, therefore, concludes that
there are serious deficiencies in the
National Energy Plan as proposed. We
recognize that the Congress is now in the
process of making certain changes and
that the final energy policy that evolves
must reflect an accomodation of differing
views. This statement of our views will
be communicated to the Members of
Congress and others who may have an
impact on the final outcome of this
extremely important policy issue.
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