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N o v e m b e r I. 1*84
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Congratulations
Ken Turner
To thr editor
Congratulations Kenneth Turner
on >our letter to the editor I rend it
•ml loud and my wile commented
that she thought a Democrat had
wrote it until she heard your name
lad's not blame anyone but our
selves w r «-lect ( (ingress They. the
dogooders" vole and put ua in debt
one trillion dollar* since Coolidge, 58
years ai(o ami the present adminis
tration has put us in another trillion
in three years Dot's keep it up the
sooner the quicker
General Motors sold their losses
1 ■<«.’ i l l $ lun.000 ism to Weslmghouse
Kurd sold their losses to
Dupont
t2Mi.iaM.ono One half billion uncle
lost in one stroke
All of the new investments on
plants are using the Investment
»'redd means which let them use
their investments to j* y their lax
then they depreciate our moneys in
their plants
Then income taxes
were reduced IS percent on all
taxpayers who were in the II8.U00
hrai ket or above
Then the excess profits tax on the
oil companies were shifted back to
them to drill newer wells but they
are using their funds to buy each
other at $4 on per barrel and will sell
this oil to us at $28 (M
V iu and I can't run our affairs
thusly can we’
O W Cuts/orth
In reply to
Ken Turner
To the editor
In reply to Mr Turners' letter,
Oct 2 «, IMM.
I understand, Mr
Turner, that you are a wheat farm
er. and that you loudly accept
government payments
Yet you
want to deprive a mother and her
children of heat and food, one less
fortunate
If I am wrong please accept my
apology
(s i K J Jones
ordinary citizen
Hermislon, OR 97H38
Victims’ rights
To the editor.
In recent years, the criminal
Justice system has lieen the subject
of much debate Criticism has been
levelled at its various components
In response the courts and state
legislatures have amended laws and
issued new opinions Groups such as
the Oregon Council on Crime and
Delinquency have undertaken major
studies, such as the Oregon Prison
Overcrowding Project, in an effort
to obtain the raw data necessary to
support well reasoned change At
times, however, emotional pres
sures come to the fore on particular
issures and serve as the impetus for
hasty action Such is the case in
Oregon this year with Ballot Meas
ure H. the so-called Victim's Rights
Initiative
Ballot Measure 8 purports to lie a
victims' bill of rights It is. however,
nothing of the kind Only seven of the
twenty substantive sections deal
with victims' rights Only two of the
seven, sections 8 and 18. would
change the law in any significant
way H ie actions called for in
sections 3 through 7 are not changes
ar all For example, the call for
compensatory fines (section 3) is
met under present law through the
restitution requirements The call in
sections 4 and 5 for consideration of
the victim 's convenience in schedul
mg already occurs under present
law, as does the hearing of the
victim's views at sentencing (sec
tions 6 and 7> The victim related
aspects of the measure, while gen
orally sound, are unnecessary
The other remaining sections of
the initiative reveal its true purpose
They are designed to radically alter
many of the long established pro
cedurex which ensure fairness in our
courts and to increase the power of
prosecutors in an unfair manner
For example, the law presently
granls a victim discretion to settle a
case through a civil compromise
when the court agrees that it is in the
best interests of society Section 18
would underm ine that ju d icial
function and prevent a case from
settling even when the victim wants
it It is difficult to understand how-
such a provision enhances victims'
rights, or why thr prosecution shout
should tie permitted to exercise what
is in many respects a Judicial
function
Our legislatures and courts have
fashioned carefully drawn rules con
cermng use of an accused's prior
record at trial It is recognized that
such a record is sometimes relevant
and present law permits the prose
cution to use it where appropriate
Section 9 expands the use of an
accused's prior record and reduces
the discretion of the court In so
doing, it undermines the principle
that a person should be tried based
on ev idence about the crime charg
ed. not any past record or general
character defects
Section 22 is the moat troubling
section of Ballot Measure 8 It
repeals seven statutes which are at
the core of our definition of in
dividual rights These changes
would significantly limit individual
liberty by increasing the right of
police officers to stop and hold
people, okr frisk or search them on
the street It would also eliminate
laws which help the courts deal w ith
police lawlessness
The measure abuses the process in
yet another fashion Section 22 calls
for the repeal of seven statutes
These are listed by number only
The voter is given no information
about the statutes One cannot know
that by voting "yes" those laws
which permit him to go about his
business without undue interference
by the police would be repealed This
type of deception should not be
supported Regardless of the merits
of some of the sections of the
initiative, we urge a vote of no
because of its misleading and decep
live nature
On the merits, several sections of
Ballot Measure 8 are unsound A
number are sound and if proposed
separately. OCt’D would strongly
support them One of the difficulties
with the ballot measure is its lump
ing together of a number of unrelat
ed measures It does such things as
require a voter who wants to ensure
that a victim has the right to appear
at a parole hearing ia laudable
revision i to support curtailing the
victim's rights when he wants to
agree to a civil compromise This
grouping of different laws is an
abuse of the initiative process
Is) Steven Wax
legislative Committee
Oregon Council on Crime
and Delinquency
Portland, OR
‘ Yes’ on measure 2
To the editor
Remember history’’ The Boston
Tea Party The colonists were angry
about being taxed without repre
scnlalion
That’s what Ballot Measure 2 is all
about Not, as some would have you
believe with all their hand writing
about loss of services i alw ays a good
threat to cover up inefficiency and
unsound management l
Ballot Measure 2 simply limits the
number of elections to pass tax
measures
Ballot
Measure 2
guarantees (letter representation by
insisting on a majority of voters to
pass additional increase* above the
amount based on taxable value of
real properly to its assessed value
on July I, 1981
Many of us as taxpayers have had
to cut tiack on personal expenses,
vacations and learned to live within
our budgets We receive no more
than what we earn Isn't it only fair
to ask our elected representatives,
government employees and public
funded agencies to do the same’
We can only expect them to keep
asking for more and more and more
of our hard earned tax dollars as
many times as they wish to call
special elections
Think about it Vote "yes" on
Ballot Measure 2 for a government
that really is of the people, for the
people, and by the people It may be
the only hope we have
Sincerely,
(si Deanna Dyksterhuis
Corvallis. OR
Disabled vet
supports Rutherford
To the editor
As a disabled veteran of World
War It. I have to hand it to State
Treasurer Bill Rutherford (or his
support and advocacy of Oregon
veterans
The Oregon Veterans Home l-oan
Program a program beneficial not
only to veterans, but to the entire
state economy was nearly destroy
ed early this year A C S House Bill
would have severely limited Ore
gon's ability to sell tax exempt
bonds
But. thanks to Bill Rutherford's
insight and trip to Washington D C
to urge compromise legislation, the
program was saved Bill
a U S
Army Veteran himself
worked
closely with Senator Bob Packwood
to ensure that Oregon veterans
would still have access to low cost
home and farm loans
Kssentially. the plight of veterans
and the entire slate economy have
t>een saved Veterans must realize
what a friend they have in Bill
Rutherford I urge your support of
Bill Rutherford for Stale Treasurer
Sincerely,
isi Bob Hummel
McMinnville
Concerned about
hunters’ image
To the editor
The public image of what a hunter
is and does is a constant problem for
this agency Research tells us that
the average person is not so much
anti hunting as anti hunter Through
the hunter education program, we
encourage hunters to be responsible,
and to respect the property and
attitudes of others
But it is not
enough We need cooperation from
toward unburdening us with costly
useless laws but he is honest and will
go out of his way to listen to your
point of view
Himmelsbach is deeply involved
in community services and is an
ardent active sportsman working to
protect us against gun control and
has spent year* working toward
maintaining our fish and big game
resources
Please join us voting for Him
melsbach for District 59 Represent
alive
si Mr and Mrs Kdward Holland
Richland. OR
A word on Willis
To the editor
the media and others to change thr
prrcrplum muvh of the public has
towards hunters
There is little wonder why thr
public views hunters in a poor light
when they see pictures such as the
one appearing n vour October 4th
issue The picture seems innocent
enough, a proud hunter showing off
his kill But to those who do not hunt
the displaying of a deer's head on the
bumper of a car is repulsive
It
shows no respect for the game or the
hunt
And every non hunter that
sees it loses more respect for hunt
ers and hunting
I make this point so that you might
understand the problem and help us
to infprove the situation
Hunters
may not tie boy scouts in blaze
orange but they certainly deserve a
better image than they have now
Cordially.
is i Bill Hastie
Hunter Kducalion Coordinator
Dept of Fish and Wildlife
Supports Abrams
for Circuit Court
Judge
To the editor
Bob Abrams, candidate for Circuit
Court Judge. Sixth Judicial District
is a p e r s o n of great integrity H r is
my friend He is my attorney
I urge citizens of tenth Morrow ami
Umatilla Counties to vote for this
exceptionally fine person
He has
served the citizens of our counties
well for twenty-seven years He has
earned our trust He has earned our
voles
Sincerely,
is > Maxine Rietmann
Supports measures
To the editor,
Capital punishment is the "ulti
male deterrent " Its effect is made
known in two way* The first variety
' specific deterrence" is also
known as incapacitation No execul
ed heinous murderer has returned to
prey upon additional victims The
second variety is generally known as
"general deterrence
This is the
possible protective elem ent so
elusive to researchers
Why ia all this important On
November 6th. you will have the
opportunity to decide whether rein
stitution of capital punishment has
value as a "protective tool
Op
ponents of the two Ballot Measures
'6 and 7 1 argue protection of society
can be achieved liest through "life
sentences " No one questions the
good intentions of such a proposal It
is the enforceability which becomes
a problem Killers can tie paroled to
create new misery. Marquette.
Karp. Strewleski Killers ran and do
escape. Jackson. Bowles. Bundy
Killers can victimize guards and
other inmates with im punity.
Creech. O'Shea, Vickers Former
Attorney General John Mitchell
once commented, "A man with more
than one life sentence on his head, is
a man w:th a license to kill " We
have issued such license in Oregon
In the entire history of our stale,
residents have voluntarily been
without the death penalty only 20
years The period we’ve entered now
might !>e referred to as "Judicial
abolition " Capital punishment is
traditional in Oregon No Supreme
Court Judge in this lengthy history
has viewed any constitutional pro
vision as contradicting the right to
execution after a carefully applied
judicial proceeding However, the
current Oregon Supreme Court, now
indicates, they may see a problem
If Oregonians wish to retain their
constitutional right to enact capital
punishment, they must alter the
Oregon Constitution to meet the
current interp retatio n of this
Supreme Court Hence the need for
Ballot Measure 6 Measure 6 is the
constitutional guarantee of enforce
ment
Ballot Measure 7 contains the
provisions for procedures to conduct
capital trials Measure 7 is finely
crafted, with the assistance of a
Texas defense attorney who wrote
Texas constitutional death penalty
Participants on the blue ribbon"
panel included prosecutors, defense
attorneys
and
constitutional
experts It will pass muster of the
Federal Supreme Court and as a
package
Measure 6 and 7
will
pass Oregon Supreme Court
scrutiny
Concerned ( tregomans for Justice,
a citizens group with the participa
lion and support of Governor Atiyeh,
the Oregon Sheriff 's Association, the
Portland Police Association and the
legislative arm of the Oregon Chiefs
of Police Association, urge you to
join us Our concern for the preser
vation of innocent human life
requirrs a position of "collective
self defense " On November 8,
please remember, "yes" on 6 & 7
and restore justice for all
is i Dedi Stretch, Chair
P n m -e rn rA O r e o n n is n « fop t o s t ie r
Police Assoc, urge
no on 2
To the Kditor
On behalf of the Oregon Council of
police Associations, which repre
sent* police officer associations in
the Heppner area I am writing to
urge all voters to vote "no on Ballot
Measure 2. the property tax limita
lion ballot measure on the Novem
ber ballot
(if primary concern to all voters
should be the effects of Ballot
Measure 2 on law enforcement
Already . Oregon has one of the
lowest rates of police officer* per
population in the country, and unfor
tunately our high crime rate bear*
witness to this fact
If Ballot
Measure 2 were to pass, on a
statewide basis as many as 33 40
percent of the police officers in
Oregon would be laid off Most
certainly we are concerned about
the jobs of these police officers we
believ*, however, that all voters
should be even more concerned
about what the loss of this many
police officers will mean to the
ability of the remaining officers to
ensure that Oregon is a safe place to
I if«-
Two years ago Ballot Measure 3
recognized this problem and con
tairu-d a clause which would have
preserved essential services such as
police and firefig h te rs
Ballot
Measure 2 contains no such protec
tive clause and early projections
show that police and fire depart
men's will tie devastated by the
effects of Ballot Measure 2 In
addition.
it is anticipated that
district attorneys offices will tie cut
so severely that they will be unable
to prosecute whole areas of crime
such as driving under the influence
Moreover, under the terms of
Ballot Measure 2. it will be impox
sible to pass sp«*cial funding just for
law enforcement or firefighting un
less 50 percent of the registered
voters turn out for an election Not
only doe* this reward voters to stay-
home and fail to vote, the facts are
that since I97(i. more than 50 percent
of v oters have only turned out to vote
in presidential election years
We all recognize the high burden
of property taxes Measure 2 is not
the answer however We urge you to
preserve necessary law enforce
men! services by voting "no on
Ballot Measure 2
Sincerely,
(s > Randy Thompson
President, Oregon Council of
Police Asso«-ialion
Endorses
Himmelsbach
To the «-ditor.
I urge voting for Jesse Himmels
bach as our representative to the
Slate legislature He is a Democrat
I'm a Republican
He is highly qualified because of
bis knowledge of economic*,
government, law and experience As
District Attorney for Baker County
for many years, he applied such
know ledge and experience in advis
mg County officials upon many of
the problem*, including property
taxation, budgeting of funds, juv
enile matters, sheriff department
concerns and the application of land
use laws These were in addition to
the great amount of time spent in
trial work Such a background gives
him qualifications seldom seen in
the legislature
During those many years of public
serv ice. Jesse necessarily weighed
the known facts and law in listening
to arguments and proposals Then
tie would come to a balanced conclu
sion and act in support of that
conclusion He was and is always
willing to listen He is able to support
his positions logically and with
effective persuasion, both in court,
in meeting* and in p«-rsonal discus
sions How essential that is for a
legislator
Jesse Himmelsbach understands
the plight of our agricultural and
forest industries He wants cities
and counties and their residents, to
I ave more control on land use
matters He is able to present
matters effectively and to convince
others
He has no special interests He
wants to represent all the p«-ople by-
urging a reasonable balance
between the Federal, State and local
government*, eliminating unneces
sary regulation and control
I have known Jesse for many
years and have opposed and other
wise dealt with him on many
occasions involving a variety of
(acta, circumstances and law He
has always been fair He has never
tru'd to mislead me I respect him
not only for his ability, knowledge
compassion aod understanding but
also for his integrity
A vote for Jesse Himmelsbach will
be a vote for good government in a
well balanced manner, perservmg
local controls while urging approp
riate State action
is > DavidC Silven
n -v« # n o
I believe the people in K aitem
Oregon will get better represent*
tion in Congress if we send Larryann
Willis instead of Bob Smith
She's smart, well read, eourag
eous and doesn't back away from
hard work
Larry ann has a B S degree in
agriculture and has taught agncul
lure in several Oregon schools and
has works published She and her
husband own a small horse and
cattle ranch near Yale
l^rryann knows the problems of
the farmer from education and
experience Any small farmer who
i an make it these days certainly
knows business She can answer at
great length any question you ask on
public business and policy She
proved she can find her way around
fast when she got elected to the
Dem ocratic National Com m ittee
from Kaxlern Oregon no small feat
in itself and soon landtd a spot on
the select executive committee She
has courage or she wouldn t have
met Ma Anand Sheela on the
Donahue show ito be aired here on
channel 42 November 5'. as every
one in Rajneesh country is scared of
them
l.arryann W illis is of an age where
she can build up some seniority and
gel some clout for Kastern Oregon in
Congr«**s
We need someone who knows what
the p«-ople want and need ahead of
time so she can voter right all the
way she has met and talked with a
lot of folks during her campaign
larryann Willis has some ideas
about how to reduce the national
debt which the Republicans promts
id to do but instead have made
largest of all times This year, on the
average, it will cost every tax payer
IT ixi Just to pay the interest on that
debt and it is going up every year
A vote for lairryann Willis is a
vote for more responsible govern
ment
Yours sincerely,
R e lta l. Tucker.
Stanley Tucker
Milton Freewater. OR
Supjxirt local
Republicans
To the editor
I would like to remind the Senior
Citizens of Morrow County to get out
to vote on Nov 6 We must lake
advantage of our privilege to vote
for the people we want to serve us
We seniors have never had it so
good We have some very respons
ible people on the ticket
So let's all vote for our local
Republican Candidates who are wil
ling to serve us locally as well as
state wide and nationally Vote for
Raymond French for slate repre
sentative. for Mark Hatfield for l' S
tw-nator, for Bob Smith for U S
Representative and for Bob Abrams
for circuit Judge
Sincerely,
Irene Swanson
Support Frohnmayer
To the editor.
Attorney General Dave Frohn
mayer says "M y job is to represent
and defend the public interest in the
context of the entities of state
government "
Oregon’s Department of Justice,
under Dave Frohnmayer. is re
cognized as a model for the rest of
the nation
His background enables him to
carry on his duties in a remarkable
manner
Dave Frohnmayer was a Rhodes
scholar, a professor of law at
Kugene. a three term representa
tive, served on a national committee
To the editor
for State Legislative Reform, and as
a representative from Kugene,
Flection time is here
commer served on Judiciary and Human
cials. ads. bumper stickers, will bo Resource Committee's
by the way side but the man you elect
Vote for Dave Frohnmayer for
at the polls will bo there awhile Attorney General of the State of
Therefore, we urge re-election of Oregon
Congressman Bob Smith who has
Sincerely,
i -unduetod his campaign in an honest
IS)Don Peterson
and positive manner dealing with
(si Martha Peterson
the issues of agriculture, timber,
lone, OR
reducing interest rat«*s and creating
employment for people
Bob Smith has a voting record of
92 7 percent on final passage of
legislature He has returned to To the editor
Supports Hob .Smith
A b(K)k on Rajneesh
Oregon 40 times and held 68 Town
Hall Meetings to keep in touch with
his home state Bob has never
supported salary increases for the
congress, and. in fact, returned a
salary increase to senior citizens of
the Second Congressional District
He also supported social security
rescue in 1983 He has opposed nine
of 13 budgets considered, including
the $292 billion dollar defense bud
gvt
Youth are important to Bob. as
evidenced at our county fair when he
took time for 4 H Style Revue and
visited with all ages He stays in
touch with Kastern Oregon, he re
presents us. he cares Give Bob
Smith your vote Nov 6
Merlin & Claudia Hughes
Fake advantage of
right to vote
To the editor
In Governor Atiyeh s letter in the
Voters 1’amphlet he asks the voters
to join him "in this election by voting
for our responsible, qualified Hrpub
lican candidates
He asks for the
support of our State legislature and
leaders in County Courthouses
throughout Oregon
We have two able Heppner candi
dates in the persons of Ray French
for State Representative and Robert
Abrams for Judge. Circuit Court
They are deserving of our support
too p«-rcent
We also have candidates for Con
gresx. i e . Mark Hatfield for Senat
or and Robert Smith for Represent*
live who have worked for Oregon for
many years and should be returned
to their respective offices
However, the most important
thing in this election is to take
advantage of our right to vote for the
candidates of our choice In many
countries their citizens do not have
this right
is 1 Mary Goheen
Will vote for
Himmelsbach
To the editor
How could we do better than to
elect an understanding and sharp
attorney to our Oregon legislature
to make laws’ Jesse Himmelsbach.
Jr of Baker brings not only a
respectable law practice to use
I hear in the news that the
Governor's office has published a
"fact sheet" in order to head off
some of the rumors that circulate
throughout the state regarding the
Rajneeshees
For those who want more facts, a
fellow writer, Kierk Braun, has just
published a book called "Rajneesh
puran The Unwelcome Society"
which contains a great deal of
information about the Rajneesh
movement, their origin, their mem
bership and the conflicts that have
ensued since their arrival in Oregon
I believe it is available now in
bookstores in the Heppner area
Dell Murphy
New life developed
in 17 days
To the editor
God. "He giveth to all life and
breath, and all things, and hath
made of one blood all nations of
men " i Acts 17 25-26)
Deuteronomy 12 23 tells us "The
blood is the life
"Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by
man shall his blood be shed for in
the image of ( H id made he man "
(Genesis 9 6)
"At 17 days, the new life has
developed its own blood cells, the
placenta is part of the new life and
not of the mother " Ttv.i data has
been documented and reported in
medical journals
is) Isaac Colvin
Harrodsburg. KY
North end medical
service available
To the editor
It is with some embarrassment
that I realize that I hadn t consider
ed the possibility of Heppner folk
coming to the North Morrow Medi
cal Center for care, but it is true that
we are within the county
Klsewhere in this issue appears
our ad for the hours we are now
keeping, in both Boardman and
Irngon. and I hope you will all feel
welcome to share whatever care we
can provide
Sincerely,
is) Sam Pobanz, M D
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