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PORTLAND OBSERMER
A ugust 4, 1982
Volum e XII, Num ber 43
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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
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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
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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
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