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ì Urs F ra n c e » S c'.o en -'.ew sp ap er Poca L n ' z ¿ r a l l y c f Oregon L ib r a r y tv ,• , Or . sn '¿7403 Election results Prison overcrowding Page 2 NBA forecasts Low calorie Thanksgiving Page 9 Page 10 t LU LU PORTLAND OBSERNER November 3, 1982 Volume XIII, Number 4 25C Per Copy USPS 959.680-85? Absentee ballots hold key Police audit committee measure dangles As the Observer goes to press Measure 51— the police audit com mittee— is hanging in the balance. With all ballots except the absentees counted, the yes votes on Measure 51 are leading with 50.2 percent. The yes vote is 70,622 and the no vote is 69,959. Approximately 5,000 absentee ballots remain to be count ed. The measure would put in place a committee of three City Commis sioners, aided by citizen volunteers, who would audit the Police Bureau’s Internal Affairs Division. Commissioner Charles Jordan, who originally sponsored the ordi nance adopted by the City Council, said he is pleased that the measure is leading. Although it is difficult to discuss future actions when the rc-_ suits are still not known, said some things are obvium think the measure is necessary, solid- well written. I expected i pass 2 to I. This election sh< there are many factors involvgf you have the money you can rl more people and reach them f j | If you don’, have the money defenseless.” There was a great effort by a lot of citizens. “ Even to be that close I have to give them a bouquet. " I t is im portant that we now work to get the city back together. This issue has been divisive— it has fractured the city. There are many things that we need to get done. Measure 3 showed that there is much work to do.” As for the future of a police re view committee if Measure 51 fails, "W e need to interpret what people arc saying. Are they saying we need the process but they don’t want poli ticians involved? Those are the things we need to find out. I am still committed to having citizens in volved in the internal affairs pro- k iO lifiK HIU you Democrat vli voter dissati; BEST AVAILABLE COPY Wednesday morning Presi Ronald Reagan was still sayift will "hold the course” after 1 day’s election demonstrated dissatisfaction with his adinini lion’s economic policies. Democrats gained 26 new sen the House o f Representat enough to break up the Rcpubl conservative Democratic coal that has largely supported the r dent’s programs. House Spe Tip O 'N eill called the Democ showing in an election portray a referendum on Reaganor disastrous defeat for the pres Democrats also won seven governorships, giving them thirds of the state houses, the gain was in large industry where the present economic | has caused severe uncmplf problems. Mario Cuomo, with a stre in New York City, turned oc lionaire governor o f New r A tiyeh won an Democratic nom- r Ted Kulongoski, feat before 10:00 i asked the citizens se ranks and work ve the state’s econ- sometimes bitter ilongoski was ac- otential employers ulongoski protest- ision ads as harsh iyeh spent over SI e, twice that avail- i. •cuts retained their ¡ats: Ron Wyden, i defeated his Re- je 4 column 1) and Augustus nia; Harold Ford, liam G ray, Pen- y Leland. Texas; Maryland; Charles k; Gus Savage and on, Illinois; Louis Chisholm of New n December, to be thus Townes. Vashington, D .C ., 'equest statehood tg e lc o i I) Citizens P The big surprise in this ye election is the unexpectedly showing of the Oregon Party. The Citizens Party , k challenged the major parties in V » He ' /S iu io u g ii m e iv i . *>,u». n».«. m eral places around the state, and rLf partisan, Stan was clearly identified outdrew l ibertarian candidates. as a Citizens Party person in his lit " In the places we ran, the C iti erature. zens Party is now the third party, and an important political force to In House District 44 (Cottage be reckoned with,” said Ed Black Grove, Citizens Party State Repre burn, Citizens Party state co-chair. sentative candidate Laura Stine Political analysts here cannot re polled 13 percent of the vote (1,797) call a third party doing as well in against incumbent Peg John’s 67 over 30 years. percent (9,955). In Portland, the Citizens Party backed Stan Kahn, a party member, for M .S.D . in S.E. Portland. Kahn polled 47 percent of the vote (10,650) to 53 percent for the win ner, Ernie Bonner (12,050). Kahn spent about $1,000 on his campaign, "about one-quarter of what Bonner spent,” Kahn said. "W e accomplished our purpose . JUGJjOR ATIYEH In that district, said Blackburn, we brought radical ideas con cerning the economy, and its domi nation by big corporations, to a very conservative district. In spite of this conservatism, almost 1800 people voted for us our very firs, lime on (he ballot, in a campaign which <as run on a very limited budget.” ■ni. a pvi watt \ /• " In District 40 |Wes, Eugcnej,” said Blackburn, "we shifted the en tire debate from how to beg the cor porations to throw us crumbs, to is sues of justice, fairness and security for workers. We completely changed the question, and the whole range of issues.” In Yam hill C ounty, Citizens Party candidate Janet Stuart polled 26 percent o f the vote (4,692) for County Clerk (a partisan position there); the Libertarian candidate won only 1,770 votes (10 percent). The winner in that race got 64 per cent. Also in Yamhill County, C iti zens Party candidate for County Commissioner Mark Davis polled 8 percent of the vote, beating the Lib ertarian candidate by two percent. mlnlstrator tor »•»*& t»n y vnna- hood Education Cantera, re ceive» congratulation» end a gift from Doable Clark and LaVerne Davia of M artin Luther King School. Dr. Gerald la a former principal of King School. (Photo: Richard Brown)
