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Page 8 Portland Observer Thursday, July 6, 1978 Is Walton’s health only story? by Bit! Schaefer The Portland T ra il Blazers artd the Oregonian newspaper, over the past couple o f months, have been engaged in contradictory and very silly exchanges, sometimes bickering at one another but most o f the time making themselves look foolish. The important thing is that the public in terest is not being served in either case. It all began about two months ago when an Oregonian columnist wrote a totally absurd and journalistically unsound story that the Blazers Bill W alton was suffering from a serious bone disease, so serious that it might put his career in jeopardy. The story was devoid o f any factual in fo r mation and how it got past the sports copy desk and senior editors remains a mystery'. Anyhow, the Onegonwn subsequently apologized fo r the irresponsible piece and admitted that it was without merit. T he same day the column ap peared, another story by another o f the newspaper’ s columnists took great pains, through interviews with team officials, to deny the inferences in the first column. This unusual by-plav (A ) gave the appearance o f Wilson, Greene (Continued from Page 1 Colum n 6) Greene said that C E T A funds would be targeted by areas, rather than political subdivisions, and that the Department would be cracking down on local managers o f those funds to prevent mismanagement. New regulations would emphasize training and transition o f C E T A em ployees. Ninety million dollars will also be pum ped in to v e te ran ’ s program s directed at non-whites, noting that the unemployment rates o f 24-year- old to 36-year-old "B lacks, non whites and disabled veterans is twice as high” as for whites in the same age group. Noting the impact o f tax limitation initiatives on locally-directed federal funds, Greene noted that “ many states considering P roposition 13 don’t have the surplus that C a lifor nia has, and that's going to have a severe impact on social resources." H e added that because o f Federal aid that will be required, "T h e y will find th a t they w ill depend m ore on Federal funding than less.” Matching funds and federally fund ed summer youth program monies are in jeopardy, he said, noting that already one-half o f the people who are unemployed are under 24. Day care receives food an in-house fued involving the two writers; (B) left additional doubts (if any were necessary) a b ou t the veracity o f both stories; and (C ) seriously undermined the credibility, not to mention the judgement, o f the editors. W ell, no matter. It was just one o f those management errors that crop up from time to time and was certain not to happen again. Surprise A week or so ago the same colum nist w ho penned the fa iry ta le ab o u t W a lto n 's “ bone disease” interviewed Jack Scott. In what appeared to many to be an at tempt to recover some credibility a f ter his in itia l disaster, the w riter quoted Scott as saying there is “ real concern” about W alton's ankle, the one w h ich was b ro ken late last season. So the fo llo w in g d a y , another Oregonian columnist inter- view d the team 's physician. D r . Robert C ook, who intimated that no “ real concern" existed. There has got to be more going on in the world o f sports that should at tract the columnists' attention than Bill W alton. I f we must read about his ailments and what everybody has to say a b o u t them co uld the newspaper not at least include the d a n in one story and not subject its readers to daily doses o f it? A bout Jack Scott. W h o the hell is he? A nd why does what he have to say seem so important? H e has been v a rio u s ly described as W a lto n 's “ frien d" and a sports "activist” . H e m ust be im p o rta n t because the Oregonian seeks him out whenever there is a W alton story brewing. I'm beginning to think there is no Bill W alton — that the person we’re m ar veling at on the basketball court is really an elongated Jack Scott. W ill the real Bill W alton please stand up? I f the Oregonian has brought its readers to (heir knees with the facts and fantasy stories about W alton, the Trial Blazers sank a notch or two in the estimation o f many fans with th e ir a rro g a n t decision to boost ticket prices next season. T o be perfectly honest with you, what ticks me o ff more than the in crease is the defensive, abrupt and saucy attitu d e team o fficials take when you discuss the issue w ith them. They are actually indignant when asked for basic financial in fo rm atio n , guarding it as though public disclosure would ignite some sort o f scandal. 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