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Hearings expose suffering
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erative la the embattled northern
border area where the worked
alongside Nicaraguans. A n attack
nearby on September 22 destroyed a
food storage silo and on September
23 a m ilitary vehicle was rocketed,
killing three soldiers and five civil
ians, she said.
" I t is not you who are guilty but
rather your government,** she was
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Byron K u n lu w i. nationally recognized lecturer and wrltar on
m otivation and drug abuaa prevention. visited Portland laat
weak. Ma spoke at aavaral sessions with students. teechers. par
anta and community members on motivational and aducatlonal
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
Tom Coigan, a Jesuit priest from
Spokane, visited the northern bor
der town o f Ocotal the day after a
m ajor contra attack. N icaragua’ s
largest lumber mill, an electric com
pany substation and a radio station
were destroyed in the attack, he
said, and civilian workers and by
standers were killed. "T h e y killed
whoever was there, they do not
discriminate. I f they have time to
torture, they will.** he said.
Eugene resident Ana Kimball re
cently returned after IW years as a
technical consultant to Nicaragua’s
Division of Occupational Safety and
Health. The division’s workforce of
40 has been cut in half by volunteers
going to the front to fight contras,
said K im ball, and the situation is
having an insidious effect on
Nicaraguan workers. "W o rk e rs
throughout Nicaragua have had to
work in le u safe workplaces due to
lack of these inspectors," she said.
Roger Auerbach, form er presi
dent o f the Oregon Federation o f
Teachers, described the economic
warfare being waged against Nica
ragua by the U .S . During a recent
tour with U S. labor leaders, he vis
ited a textile factory where he said
140 machines were idle because (J.S.
companies would not send the ne
cessary parts. In Nicaragua's main
port, Corinto, over half the forklifts
are inoperable for the same reason,
he said.
C ity Commissioner M ik e L in d
berg talked about the damage he
saw at Corinto caused by contras at
tacking from U.S.-supplied boats.
Lindberg is promoting a sister city
relationship between C orin to and
Portland.
Nancy Webster, a Portland social
worker who was in Nicaragua for
four months earlier this year, suf
fered a broken shoulder during her
stay and was hospitalized in Blue-
fields. In the hospital, she talked
with Nicaraguan women severely
wounded by the contras.
"1 felt very bad being an A m eri
can knowing that our tax money
was responsible for the severe inju
ries of these women," said Webster.
She said the total cost for her four
days in the hospital with surgery
came to 30 cents.
A panel of prominent citizens, in
cluding Commissioner M argaret
Strachon and Rev. John O arling-
ton, listened and then responded to
the testimony.
Oarlington invoked the memory
of Martin Luther King’s protests of
the Vietnam W a r, and urged the
packed crowd to become informed
and work for peace. Describing
what he called " a n ecology o f hu
manity," Oarlington said, "W e can
not ignore suffering anywhere in the
world or sooner or later we will find
it in our back yard."
Rainbow endorsements
by L anita D u k t
Congressman Ron Wyden
He Cares
‘82 He Gets Results
Paid l'o r Bv Wyden l'o r Congres»
PO Box 12473. Portland. OR 97212
O R A S S R O O T N E W S , N .W . —
The Oregon Rainbow Organizing
Com m ittee, the political legacy
from the Jesse Jackson for Presi
dent Com m ittee, recently issued
their political endorsements for
the November 6 election.
In tackling their most d iffic u lt
decision, when two candidates in the
same race reflected the philosophy
of the Rainbow Coalition, the Com
mittee voted to co-endorse.
According to Alma H ill, co-chair
of the Rainbow Committee, the en
dorsements are: H erb Cawthorne
for C ity C ouncil, M argaret Cater
for State Rpresentative in the 18th
District and Gretchen Kafoury and
Linda Johnson were co-endorsed
for County Commissioner.
H ill said both candidates in the
County Commissioner race for
District 2 were qualified and sup
ported the philosophy of the Rain
bow Coalition. She added that Ka
foury had a good voting record in
the Legislature and supported the
creation o f District 18.
"D is tric t 18 cut into her district
and forced her to run against a for
mer ally, Jane Cease.
"Johnson has a long history of
committment to the Black commun
ity. Either one would be representa
tive of the Rainbow committee."
Other candidates who may not
fully identify with or express the
Rainbow's philosophy received the
committee's endorsement because
their victories w ill strengthen the
Rainbow C o alitio n . They are:
M o n d a le /F e rra ro fo r President;
Margie Hendricksen for U.S. Sena
tor; Les A uC oin fo r U .S . Repre
sentative; Grattan Karens for State
Treasurer and Barbara Roberts for
Secretary o f State.
Why is the committee endorsing
M o n d a le /F e rra ro for President
when the campaign never incor
porated the principals of the Rain
bow: Jobs, Peace and Justice?
" W e have no other choice. We
know what Reagan has done in
his four years. O ur best hope is
Mondale,** Hill concluded.
BILL D E B
"I will bo a
Commissioner
for ALL of
the people
of Portland."
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w orking with the Police
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trol and neighborhood pro
tection Also, the Council s
leadership must extend to
innovative youth and adult
enme prevention programs
with our schools, our neigh
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social service agencies and
our employers"
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VOTE!
Margaret Carter,
Candidate
Democratic State Representative
DISTRICT 18
Re-elect Senator Bill McCoy
Democrat for Senate District 8
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