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Mrs Franc«» Schoen-Mesrspaper Poca U n iv e r s ity o f Oregon L ib r a r y tugcr.e, Cregcn 97433 N ext w eek: Dr. Prophet on School District reorganization Urban League Convention Miss Tan Pageant N-bomb fuel in NW? Page 5 LLI LU PORTLAND OBSERMER A ugust 4, 1982 Volum e XII, Num ber 43 25C Per Copy Tw o Sections USPS959 680-855 Kulongoski spells out program P O R T L A N D — D em ocratic gu b ern a to rial candidate Ted K u lo n goski today o u tlin ed a ten -p o in t econom ic d evelopm ent program and strategy he described as “ de signed to give the people o f Oregon hope for the future and a road map for Oregon’s economic recovery, di versification and stabilization.** K ulongoski’s plan included over fifty recommendations for specific programs or legislative action. He announced the package at press con ferences in P o rtla n d , Eugene and M edford. The program calls for no increases in state spending. “ O regon was once a n atio n al leader in economic developm ent," Kulongoski said. “ But in the last fou r years our economy has gone fro m the most d iv ers ified and healthy to its worst crisis since the G reat Depression. I reject the no tion that there is nothing the state can do. I f ever there was a time for action, it is no w ." STATE SENATOR TED KULONGOSKI Gov. Atiyeh talks about Oregon K u lo n g o s k i’ s proposals, con by Claudia Fisher tained in a 40-page docum ent, in In an interview this week with the clude providing assistance to small P o rtlan d Observer, G overnor V ic and m edium sized businesses, in tor A tiyeh discussed the O regon creasing exports, creating a state in economy, federal government pol vestment program , m ajo r changes icy, state policy to meet O regon in the state’s industrial recruiting, needs and m in o rity business needs and assistance to Oregon industries and differences between himself and in m o dernizing and re to o lin g to Dem ocratic opponent Ted K u lo n compete in new markets. goski. “ Oregon can no longer afford to The G overnor began by stating d rift further into the depths o f this that conditions existing now had recession without an economic strat been building for a long time. “ Ore egy that is designed to bring new gon d id n ’ t invent in flatio n or lead jobs and prosperity to our s ta te ," ' this nation into recession." In the K u longoski said. “ A lre a d y over past, he said, when the federal gov 10,000 O regonians have le ft the ernment wanted to cool down the state in search o f jobs elsewhere. econom y, “ O regon got pneum o Jobs fo r O regonians must be the n ia ." In a state very susceptible to main concern o f their Governor in economic dow n tu rn s A tiy e h said these times." he’d worked hard to bring economic Kulongoski called small and mid diversification to Oregon. sized business “ the most productive State government has tried to do source o f new jobs fo r our c iti what it can to address high unem zens.” ployment in the black com m unity, “ It is time that we stimulated the stated Atiyeh. “ I want the state to b irth and decreased the death o f be a leader, and to create a talent O re g o n ’ s sm all and m id-sized pool o f people to provide to agen firm s ," he said. “ To do that I am cies to f ill state jo b s ," he stated. proposing to restructure the Depart Working with State Affirm ative Ac ment o f Econom ic D evelopm ent tion D ire c to r Kay T o ra n , A tiyeh into an office o f Economic Develop said his a d m in is tra tio n had done m ent, and get it out in the state m ore than any one previously to working with our business people in achieve affirmative action including all counties." hiring or appointing six blacks to Kulongoski called for the creation top positions, one to head a state o f an institute for small business in agency. conjunction w ith O regon’ s system Beyond “ holding on to what o f higher education, regional busi we’ve accomplished,” the Governor ness assistance centers, and the crea said, he wanted to continue to deal tio n o f an O regon D evelopm ent with specifics in recognizing where Fund to provide business capital. problems are and what effo rts can (Continued on page 2 column I ) be made to address them in all com munities, including the black com munity, that are hardest hit by Ore gon unemployment. He stated he’d recently rejected a proposal C E T A study on how to create jobs, instead “ asking them to come back w ith a program for jobs to put young peo ple to w ork.” Jobs for minoritiss There are two levels the state can operate fro m , the G overnor said. GOVERNOR VIC ATIYEH The real crisis in Zimbabwe by B ill Bigelow Reading o f the kidnapping o f sev eral tourists in Z im b a b w e I was th a n k fu l I ’d driven that road last July and no, this year. I visited the A frican nation last summer hoping to learn about the changes resulting fro m ten years o f g u erilla war against the white m inority govern ment o f Rhodesia. I t ’ s now " w in te r " in Zim babw e — 75 or 80 degrees o f b rig h t blue skies and dry C a lifo rn ia -lik e heat. M iles and miles o f fla t bushland make up the terrain o f the kidnap p in g — the area between V ic to ria Falls and Bulawayo. This is Z A P U country. The loyal ty o f the local N debele people is with Joshua N kom o, known affec tio n a te ly as F ath er Z im b a b w e. N ko m o , a ro tund, slightly graying man, heads the Zim babw e A frican People's U nion (Z A P U ). His army shared in the victory that forced the w hite m in o rity regime to agree to genuinely free elections. N k o m o lost those elections to Robert Mugabe, leader o f the other guerilla organization, the Zimbabwe A fric a n N a tio n a l U n io n ( Z A N U ) based in the Shona-speaking eastern par, o f the country. Though winning an overwhelm ing m a jo rity , M ugabe o ffered Nkom o a ju n io r partner role in his government. Nkom o accepted, but the fragile alliance slowly began to crumble. The kidnapping o f the tourists is really a symptom o f a larger crisis in Zim b abw e. The m agnitude o f the problem was easily sensed last July and August when I d ro ve w ith a group o f Americans throughout the country. We me, with Nkom o at his home in Bulawayo, spoke with cabi net ministers in H arare and sought o u , dozens o f farm ers, teachers, miners and ex-guerillas. Mlna-worksr in Kamativi tin mina in western Zimbabwe. Medical program announced for "medically poor" residents The M ultnom ah County Medical Society announced a program today that w ill provide free and reduced health care for thousands o f M u lt nomah County residents. The new program, called Project Medi-sharc, is targeted at the "m ed ically p o o r,” those who have lost their p rim a ry source o f incom e, have no medical insurance and do not qualify for any other medical as sistance program , according to D r. George C aspar, M C M S president. An estimated 105-125,000 M u ltn o mah C o u n ty residents are c o n sidered medically poor. Over 216 primary care physicians and 170 specialists will treat patients referred through the medical soci ety. T o be referred, a patient must: be a M u ltn o m a h C ounty resident; have a clear and present need for non-emergency medical care; be un em ployed, or dependent on some one who has been unemployed, for over 60 days; show evidence o f con tinuous full-time employment with a term in atio n date a fter January I , 1981; have no third party insurance coverage and be ineligibile for any other public or medical assistance program such as Medicaid or M edi care, Cham pus, Project H ealth or V A coverage. Persons meeting these q u alifica tions may call 227-2737 and a registered nurse will determine eligi bility and arrange an appointm ent w ith a p a rtic ip a tin g physician. Those who arc already receiving free or reduced-cos, care from their per sonal d o cto r are urged to rem ain with their doctor instead o f calling Project Medi-sharc. Patients who can pay for any part o f the physician's service w ill be asked to do so, said Brad Davis, the medical society’s executive director. He also stressed that physicians can only offer their professional ser vice. O u t-o f-p o c k e , la b o rato ry work, x-rays, medical and drug sup plies and hospitalization are not in cluded in the program. “ We are trying to ge, suppliers and other medical care providers to jo in us in this e ff o r t ," Davis said. "W hether that occurs has yet to be determined, but the physicians' par, o f the total health bill will no longer be an impediment to those needing care." Davis cited several reasons for launching Project Mcdi-share: The physicians’ responsibility to serve patients regardless o f their financial situ a tio n ; the pressing need for volunteers; and the threat o f less-ef fective government-mandated pro grams. " I t would appear that unless vol unteerism is exercised, the govern ment will mandate a program that w ill be considerably less effective than a program developed by the private sector,” he said. " W e also hope our exam ple w ill fan the flames o f other m ajor volunteer ef forts on a variety o f social and eco nomic fronts." Davis stressed tha, Project Mcdi- share does no, eliminate the source o f the problem and is not intended as a long-term solution. "Financing care for any impover ished group is a society problem and far exceeds any one group’s capacity to deal w ith i t . . . . This is our a t tem pt to deal w ith an acute, catastrophic, short-term situation." Taped inform ation about Project M ed i-sh are and its e lig ib ility re quirements is available through Tel- Mcd by calling 248-9855. One level is what the state can do to assist minorities and the second one, he said, was to encourage private business to do business with m inori ties. Beyond set-asides for minority contractors, the state has a general program to make sure it does busi ness with minority service prov’ders, tra d itio n a lly a high percentage o f minority firms. Getting private busi ness to do business with minorities is “ a less formalized pro g ram ," said (Please turn to page 2 column 4) B R A D D A V IS Though people I met were full o f hope— and spoke glowingly o f the tremendous changes already trans form in g their c o u n try — they were cautious. They are p a in fu lly con scious o f living in a landlocked country in a region dominated by a hostile industrial and military giant: white South Africa. Researchers at the U niversity o f Zimbabwe were downright gloomy, telling us that 30 to 40 per cent o f all industry in the country is owned by South African companies. Eighty per cent o f foreign trad e, including much o f Zimbabwe's energy needs, still passes through South Africa. U nw illing to accept this depend ence, Zimbabwe has joined together w ith eight other Southern A frican (Please turn to page 2 column / )
