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April 25, 1972

Student Senate hears
requests for money
Politics and Jazz Festival
other subjects of business

Last Thursday's Student Senate Meeting began at 3:00 p.m. and
extended late into the afternoon as apparent interest and concern was evident among senators and present students.
Forty-five minutes of debate followed a request from Judy Stein
for $239 to use to purchase drawing materials for her art class at
OCI (Oregon Correctional Institution). Miss Stein teaches one day a
week at OCI under the Supervised Field Experience Program at
Lane. She said the only materials now used in the class were ''H"
pencils (one for each man), and a very limited supply of paper. "It
is my theory that there are 3 ways to express yourself in that
place," Miss Stein said, "One of them is to write, one is to draw,
and the other one is to fight. I'd like to see some expression done
positively." The Senate moved to allotthe money to her, since $300
of Senate funds were returned due to the cancellation of the Afro
Pottery Show.
Another money request came from Merlin Finn, president of
the Flying Titans Aero Club. The aircraft they are now using will
not be available after June, and $2500 is needed to buy another
trainer type plane.
Finn asked the Senate to allotthe money
on a loan basis, to be paid back at $100 per month. The Senate moved
to leave it up to Treasurer David Red Fox to find a method to procure
funds for the Flying Titans.
"Halt the bombings in Southeast Asia!" was the message sent
via five nightletters to two senators, the congresswoman and two
congressmen last Thursday evening·. The action resulted after a
lengthy discussion between Senate members.
other highlights of the Thursday meeting included the Jazz
Festival to be held at LCC on June 2. It will be sponsored by the
ASLCC and is expected to draw 6,000 to 10,000 people to the campus.
President Omar Barbarossa suggested the ADC (Aid to Dependant
Children), operate concessions there, which would enable them to
reimburse .the Senate the funds they borrowed for their tri.R to
Washington D.C.
Jay Jones was introduced as the new Acting Director of Student
Activities. In this position he will also assume function of Advisor
to the Senate. Steve Leppanen, ASLCC Senator, gave out a memorandum stating his feeling that Mr. Jones was appointed in a matter
somewhat arbitrary, as it was s&ely an administrative decision.
Barbarossa also announced Thursday that the staff will reopen
the hearings regarding Ben Kirk's situation, whether or not he be
retained as an instructor at LCC. Kirk, he said,. had two options
from which to choose; l)Kirk could present 45 min. of open testimony on May 3, which would be followed by 45 min. of rebuttal by
the administration, or; 2) That the hearings be reopened; the
l atter of which he chose.
Other business discussed at the Senate meeUng included;
eThe resignation of Ralph Williams from the Committee of
Equal Opportunities. In his letter of resignation it is stated that
he -reels that "the committee is not functioning, not doing anything
that is positive or worthwhile and anyway has not had one meeting
since it was established;"
eThe Chess Club was given $13.80 of Senate funds to use in the
production of posters for that club;
eRick Burns, Oregon Coordinator for McGovern for President.
gave a brief speech and was met with enthusiasm by many of the
present LCC'sers.
eThe Senate voted unamiously to hold its first meeting for
night school students. The meeting will be held Thursday at 9 p.m.
in the Board Room in the Administration building.
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Application s for Editorship

The Media Commission announces that applications for
the 1972-73 TORCH -editorship are now being accepted.
Applicants must qualify under the Media Commission policy
~hich states: :'The Editor must have journalistic ability, trainmg and experience. Normally, he will have previous service on
a high school, college or professional newspaper staff in such
capacities as will give him an adequate understanding of the
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organizing and directing a staff, and of relating well to other
people." The Editor must be a full time student.
Application forms are available in the TORCH office,
206 Center: They must be returned no later than Wednesday,
April 26 at 6 p.m. to Doris Norman, ~ORCH business manager.
The Media Commission is scheduling an interview session
with all candidates on May 3 at 4 p.m.

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Demonstrators express views

Hundreds of anti-:war demonstrators marched
peacefully Saturday to the downtown Eugene Mall,
demanding an end to the US involvement inSoutheast .Asia and an immediate cessation of American
bombing raids in North Vietnam.
An estimated 400 to 500 persons attended the
gathering in the central mall area. The gathering
lasted about one and a half hours with a series
of speakers assailing the Nixon Administration and
those who have indicated support for the
President's recent decision to step up the bombing

of North Vietnam by American B-52 planes.
Speakers included two members of the Lane
County chapter of the Vietnam Veterans Against
the War which is sponsoring an initiative petition
which would amend the state Constitution to prohibit Oregon residents from serving in undeclared
foreign wars.
Marchers sang songs and seemed to be
relatively relaxed though they were well attended
by a heavy police guard both in uniform and in
plain clothes.

PRC meets for further bud.get cuts

"The process is goii;ig very
slowly••• it's a learning experience, and if we're going to make
any serious recommendations we
have to examine things carefully
and in detail." Jim Evans, chairman of the Priorities Review
Committee (PRC) made this
statement following lat night's
meeting of the PRC.
Wednesday, the PRC spent the
time alloted to its meeting to
discuss the Counseling area. Ken
Hills, Head of Counseling, was
present to provide a clarification
of what the role of the counselor
is. He submitted a job description
for the committee's information.
Last night, Larry Murray, head
of Special Programs answered
questions about his various areas.
The discussionlncluded Cooperative Work Experience, the WIN
-program, and to som~ extent,
Supervised
Field Experience.
Also under consideration were
Adult Education, the "Outreach"

Program. The PRC examined
all of these operations, attempting to determine where there
was waste, where there was a
possible overlap, and exacUy
what the needs of these programs
entailed.
More discussion took place last
night, as at previous meetings, of .
exactly what the status of the
Student Activities area ls. Since
the Director of Student Activities took a leave of absence,
the committee wonders if that
particular job is too burdensome
f~r one person. And, as in other
areas where staff appears overloaded with work, the possibility was discussed ofusing "paraprofessionals" -- well trained
anct educated people as assistants
to such st,aff.
Committee
member Mary
Forestieri, instruct~r in Mass
communications, said that the
credibility of the PRC has·been
enhanced by the action taken to

Don Willner, Democratic candid-ate for US Senator, visited
LCC Tuesday, April 18. Willner stated that the visit was
part of his program requiring
him to meet 500 people a day.
Willner spent th.e first hour
walking around the LCC campus
meeting and talking to students
in small groups. Willner said he
likes to meet people on an individual level in hopes of finding out their needs.
at 3 p.m. Willner stepped upto
the podium in the cafeteria to
address students in an open discussion.
Willner finds that, "Oregonians
of all age levels are very annoyed
with the recent escalation of the
war in Vietnam." He went on to
say that a majority of Oregonians
want an end to the war~
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LCC students asked questions
of Willner ranging from the Vietnam War to the Marijuana laws.

US Senator visits lCC campus

•Willner said he is for complete
withdrawal of troops in Vietnam.
As for the recent increase in
bombing, Willner said, "Richard
Nixon is completely responsible
for the escalation in the war!'
Traveling around Oregon as
Willner does, he comes in contact with all types of people.
He remarked that factory wor-.
kers in Oregon have '' anti-student feelings." They believe that
students are responsible for the
passage of the cigarette tax.
When asked about his stand on
the Marijuana issue, Willner said
he was not in favor of legaliza tion but he was in favor oflowering the penalites for the offence.

withhold all recommendations
and release them in one lump sum. Forestieri went on to say,
"President Schafer, I am sure,
will give these considerations his
utmost serious attention."

Committee discusses
publicity brochure,
• strategy preparation

Continued strategy discussion
and preparation, and introduction
of the LCC publicity brochure
dominated yesterday's afternoon
meeting of the Budget Election
Committee.
The college is requesting a
property tax r ate increase from
1.50 per $1,000 true cash value
to $1.65, representing an overall increase of six percent in
operating revenue. Voters will
be responding to the proposed
increase ballot measure at the
polls May 23.
-committee
member . Phil
Robley reported progress on the
proposed fact sheet to be distributed throughout the county
within the next two weeks. The
fact sheet will attempt to explain graphically, the relationship between the requested tax
rate increase and the LCC operating budget.
Chairman of the committee 1
( Continued page ·7)

LCC Student Senate elections
are scheduled to be held May
9 and 10. Individuals interested
in running for an office are
urged to have their petitions
(with 100 signatures) turned in
to Omar Barbarossa's office by
May 1.
The elections were previously
planned for May 2, but were
postponed one week.

Page 2 TORCH April 25, 1972

The innocent bystander

Women's Pursuit
Several women on Lane's campus are attempting to create
more opportunities for women in terms of jobs and women-oriented
classes, such as the psychology of women, history of women and
others.
No action has yet been taken on these attempts, which are the
work of a small group of women dedicated to the furtherance of
their identity and unity as a sex.
The purpose here is to acquaint readers and administrators with
the importance and impact of such a move by members of an
(essentially) minority group in this country.
Women are oppressed in various ways, with consequences being
felt in both the male and female roles in society.
Barriers must be broken and games must cease being played
before men and women can even begin to understand each other as
equals and partners.
One major step in this process lies in the exploration of what,
in colloquial terms, makes us tick, those forces and behaviors
that shape our interaction with society as well as our biases and
prejudices.
The formation of classes for and about women--their psychology, history, roles and their future-can only be assets, for both
women and men.
And those who consider these endeavors by women as noisy
"knitpicking," or as angry outbursts from women who "can't get
a man," prove only their shortsightedness and narrow minds. Any
search for identity and meaning, any pursuit for strength and acceptance as a human being, cannot be casually swept aside by
thinking individuals.

Vietnam Blues

A Harris Poll in October, 1971 showed that 57 per cent of
the US population was opposed to air and helicopter support for the
Saigon Army, and that 65 per cent regard the American involvement
as immoral (up from 47 per cent in January).
These sentiments of the American people obviously change at
least 10 per cent each month, depending on what the political strategy
of the administration is.
And judging from the response of the Eugene community, and
the nation as a whole, the formerly strong reactions to new US escalation in the war have been tempered somehow.
We are impressed by the sense of hopelessness that many people
feel -- especially people who were formerly deeply involved in
the anti-war movement: Judging from their feelings, and the feelings
of average working people, the impression is toxically strong that
no one, anywhere, except for the few truly powerful, can do anything
to change our country's involvement in the war.
It seems that no matter what the. political belief, whether be-•
lieving that this war is a simple mistake which can be rectified,
or a sense that the war is an imperialistic conspiracy concocted
by generals and corporate boards, the sense of hopelessness cripples
everyone.
Added to this feeling, is the belief that the United States is
somehow less guilty of violence, now that we simply remove our
ground forces, and kill from 30,000 feet above the earth.
We feel that both of these impressions are self-deceptive.
The
O!}lY way that any social change is ever brought about
in our history is when average people say they've had quite enough.
Rarely ha:; a citizen's faith that the leaders will act affirmatively
to exercist> the people's will, ever become real.
It is the people's will that this madness in Indochina end immediately. If a people feel they are hopeless to change the situation,
then that people had better come to grips with the fact that their
democrac, is dead.
The staff of this newspaper has sent communications to
elected rf presentatives deploring the increased bombing, and den .anding its immediate end.
We strongly suggest that what the people of LCC, of Eugene,
a1.d of the nation do in the next few months will indicate whether
this nation has any life left in it at all. And the next few months
will be all the life the Vietnamese have left.

gor,
Another
invention,
Gort?

yes ... I call it
'telephone'... and
goo're just in time
to witness my rirst
attempt to use

Mr.Watson,
come here;

I want
you .

it!

What's that?!
...you're not +'unny,
Watson~ Now cut
that out and get on
overJ,ere~

What
did
he say,
Gort?

l-le said

I had the
wrong
number.

The day of the big parade
by Arthur Hoppe
'' Are those drums, Daddy? fl.re those drums
on the street outside?"
"Yes, dear. Those a-re the drums of The
Big Parade."
'' And are those bugles, Daddy? Are those
bugles playing on the street outside?"
"Yes, dear. Those are the bugles of The
Big Parade."
"I hear the sound of marching feet, Daddy.
Are there people marching by outside?"
"Yes, dear. Those are thesoldiershomefrom
the war, marching in The Big, Parade."
"What is The Big Parade, Daddy? Why are
they having a Big Parade?"
"Because we won the war, dearo Whenever
a country wins a war, it has a Big Parade."
'' But why are all our curtains drawn, Daddy?
Why are the curtains drawn so tight?"
"To keep the sunlight out, dear o The sun is
very bright today."

* **
"I'm glad we won the war, Daddy. Were our
soldiers brave?"
"Yes, dear. Our soldiers were very brave.
They deserve a Big Parade."
"Were the other soldiers big and fierce,
Daddy? Were they big and fierce like ours?"
"No , dear. The other soldiers were small
and thin. But they fought well."
"Was their country big and strong, Daddy?
Was it bigger and stronger than us?"
"No , dear. It was a poor and tiny country,
a tenth the size of ourso" •

"Tell me how our soldiers won, Daddy. Tell
me how we won the war."
"With our bombers, dear. Our bombers won the
war.' 1
"But I thought our soldiers won the war,
Daddy. Didn't our soldiers win the war?"
"No, dear. We were bringing our soldiers
home because they couldn't win the war. Then
the enemy attacked ... "
"And we bombed their soldiers, Daddy? Is
that how we won the war?" .
"We bombed their soldiers, dear, and their
homes and their factories and their bridges and
their harbors and their ... "
"Did they bomb us, Daddy? Did they bomb
us, too?"
"They had no bombers, dear. But we couldn't
let them win the war.''
'' Can we go, Daddy? Can we go to The Big
Parade?"
"No, it's too cold out dear. And it looks
like rain."

* **
"Can I peek through the curtains, Daddy?
Can I peek at The Big Parade?"
"I'd rather youdidn't,dear.Butifyoumust .. "
"Oh, Daddy, the street is full of marching men
But the sidewalks are so bare."
"Don't cry, dearo You're too young to cry
about a war.''
"But it's so sad, Daddy. It's so sad. They
gave a Big Parade and no one came."
(Copyright Chronicle Publishing ~Co. 1972)

Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor:
In reference to your Editorial
Comment in the TORCH April
18, 1972. How come you didn't
give a source for your statement. .. "In the summer of 1968-several short months later the
USAF dropped two cannisters of
Type VX nerve gas on elements
of an equipment recovery station
operated by the 94th North Vietnamese Army ... "
Ole Hoskinson
Dea: Ole:
.
Information can be found in the
April issue of EARTH magazine
in an article entitled, "Weapons
Systems: The Deadly Toys of
Dirty Old Men." (pp 26-27)
Editor
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Dear Editor:
I would like to comment on
the column written by Joe Estes
in your last week's publication
under Letters to the Editor.
Well, Joe, I really believe
that your ex-baseball coach has
some big egotistical trip going
as far as materialistic values are
concerned. It has seemed to me
that there have been enough rules
imposed in the game but I guess
that isn't the popular attitude of
coaches these days. Do you think
that your coach was interested
in your safety or how you would
rate on his 1-10 scale if you cut
your mustache? Obviously, he
fails to see that you have more pride and honor in your rights
as a human being, than could
be provided with a home run
every game.
Joe, the man isn't interested
in you as a player, or so it
seemso Maybe someone should
make him aware of the fact that
his ''standardized group" aren't
anything less than n ten. How
about trying our "trip:' Coa:::h?
We aren't demanding tliat you do
it, but it might help yo J to realize that you aren't n.mning a
beauty contest.
Oh yea! Joe, I cut olf my
'stash a few weeks ago •.. per-

son al preference. We should
play ball sometime.
Russ Iler

Dear Editor:
Tom Armstrong is a candidate
for the one-year position on the
Springfield District 19 s Ch O O l
board, and as his parent and
most ardent supporter, I urge
Springfield faculty members and
students to cast your ballots for
him on May 1.
He is an 18 year old senior
student at Thurston High School
and has many qualities which
would make him an effective
school board member. He is
bright and articulate and is both
willing and able to give careful student to the issues pertinent to the Springfield School
District. He would provide a
balance on the board as a rep-

representative of the younger
voting population, but he is also
quite able to communicate and
cooperate with persons of all
ages.
Tom has been an independent
thinker as long as I can remember - starting about age one
year, as I recall! He has some
sound ideas about school financing, curriculum, and community
involvement. If you wish to ask
him about any of these, Pm sure
he would welcome your call,
746-2337.
His slogan is .VOTE TOM
"A for Armstrong" for Springfield School Board. I hope you
will do that.
Sincerely yours,
Jeanne Armstrong
Instructor, Child Development
Dear Editor:
As bombs fell on Vietnam last
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April 25, 1972 TORCH Page 3

Several attend LCC event
by Steven Lock-e

"Our primary interest in holding the Vocational Skills Contest
here at LCC is to encourage
high school kids to start thinking
about post-high school education
in vocational agriculture," stated
Paul Patrick, industrial equipment instructor here at Lane.
Patrick went on to state that
he was rather surprised and
pleased at the large crowd of
high school students which attended the Vocational Skills Contest at LCC Wednesday
afternoon, where 175 FAA (Future Farmers of America) members from Linn, Lane, and Benton counties turned out to participate.
Competition between the students were in the areas of acetylene and aFc welding, farm
electricity, power . tool usage,
rafter cutting, s ma 11 engines
skills, farm surveying, tool fitting, and tractor trouble-shooting. Each participating student
was judged on his ability to
master each skill. Scores were
then tallied and prizes were given
to the student with the highest
score in each division.
F r o m t h e t e n a r e a high
schools, Creswell took first place
with 25 points, Lebanon second
with·· 24, and Albany third with
22.
"Even .though the contest is
usually held each year around
the district, Lane Community
College has the best facilities
and the most time for the contest," Patrick said.
Patrick and his colleague Harvey Kelm directed the contest
while LCC Vocational-Agriculture students judged and assisted
the participants.
Patrick ended by saying that

he hopes to hold the State Vocational Skills Contest here in
July and maybe the district contest next year.
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Political issues to be
covered in coming
'Women's Press'
by Lind a Collins

In an interview Thursday in
the Women's Press office at 605
Prince Lucien Campbell Hall at
the University of Oregon, "two
ha rd - c ore workers with the
Press," Robbie Hanna and Corinne Dahm, stated that the forthcoming issue of the Women's
Press will cover important poHtical issues.
The next issue promises a
general story about women in
politics; there will be interviews
with candidates in the Oregon
Primary elections in which they
are asked to comment on abortion, day care centers,' welfarP
benefits for women, contraception, equal pay for equal work
and inequitable taxation.
Women's Press is sponsoring,
simultaneously a male candidates
Forum on May and 10 at 7:30 p.m.
in the City Council chambers.
The Forum is open to the public. It is designed for the local
and state candidates who may
wish to answer questions or explain their viewpoints on many
issues, including welfare benefits for women, contraception,
and the concepts examined in the
Women's Press.
"Women do have the vote, we
do have the power to keep in office people who will positively
and effectively support women's
issues," stated Ms. Dahm.
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The h u_1rn an en vi Jr on m_ e :nJ
by Mik-el Kelly

The list of animals in danger of extinction is
as long as your leg. The Department of Interior
lists over 100. Most of these are predatory species,
resulting in a booming number of rodent and
ungulate (having hoofs) populations.
The problem is more than just an aesthetic one . .
True, animals are nice (some of my best friends
are animals), but their existence is a biological
necessity. We can't live without them. As we
eliminate more and more steps in the natural web
of things, we increase the strain on the future of
people. Preservation of the earth's wildlife, then,
can be logically argued from a very selfish
perspective.
However you want to approach it-whether with
compassion or with simple logic---consider the
future of the animals we still have, and do what
you can:
• Be aware of endangered species. Besides not
shooting them, work to protect their habitats from
housing tracts, dams, highways, etc.
• Wear something other than the hides of wild
animals.

• Make a point to remind those who find some
status in furs or skins of exotic species that
they are helping to wipe out these creatures.
elf you're obsessed with furs, use those from
animals raised solely for that purpose.
•A little pressure can show real results. Some
fur dealers have refused to mess with the pelts
of certain rare species, and California law forbids the importation of the hides of endangered
species.
• Support the elimination of bounties on large
predators. Our large cats owe .,their decline to
these prizes.
•
• Poisoning predators has been the rage for
some time. Besides the senseless slaughter of
harmless critters, like prairie dogs and mustangs,
our majestic birds are suffering (bald eagles
and red-tailed hawks).
• Read the labels of pet foods and cosmeticsin many cases, whales are killed to provide the
ingredients.
• Protest excessive use of pesticides. California's Brown Pelican population is almost gone,
due to DDT that's reached the Pacific coastline.

MEL_O wants marijuana 'decriminalized'

Initiative petition needs 40,000 signatures
by Lee Beyer
"Our purpose is to get the
criminal penalties for possessing marijuana out of Oregon
law," said Rick Venturi, LCC
coordinator for MELO (Marijuana Education for Legalization
in Oregon), a Por~land -based
onrnnization. MELO is conductin_g an initiative petition drive
throughout Oregon to put the
decriminalization of marijuana
on the November general election
ballot.
MELO needs 40,000 petition
signatures by the end of June to
put the marijuana measure on the
ballot. Currently the Lane County

branch of MELO has approxi ..
mately 2,000 signatures with about 650 of those coming from
the LCC campus.
The measure proposed by
MELO provides that no person
18 years of age or older would
be subject to criminal penalties
for possessing, growing, or handling marijuana for personal use.
It would not alter legislation regulating the sale, distribution or
taxing on marijuana.
Venturi said that the Presidenf s
National Commission - on Marijuana and Drug Abuse found that
limited use of marijuana has no
harmful physical or psychological
effects and recommended that

criminal penalties for private use
and possession of marijuana be
repealed.
MELO stresses they are only
trying to decriminalize the use of
marijuana in Oregon. A similar
group in Washington called
BLOSSOM is working to legalize
the weed in that state. hccording
to Venturi, the decriminalizing or
legalizing of marijuana in a state
would not cpange all laws affecting the weed since there are
also federal laws pertaining to
the possession of it. "Passage
of such measures would give
government officials an idea of
where the people stand," said
Venturi.

Page 4 TORCH April 25, 1972

Petition aimed at gas tax

Mock Democratic convention at Mac Court
bjlled as biggest U of O event this yeat

by Mikel Kelly

One of the most obnoxious effects of progress facing us today
is the problem of transportation. City streets strain every morning
to accommodate the expanding horde of automobiles that compete
for a downtown parking place. But a car is a necessity if you live
(like most of us do) any distance at all from where you work.
The most logical solution would seem to be to improve the
system of mass transportation, eliminating complete reliance on the
family car. Such an alternative is the objective of the Gas Tax
Initiative Petition, now being circulated throughout the state.
The petition seeks to put on the Oregon ballot an initiative
which would '' amend the Oregon Constitution and make it possible
for our officials to use gas tax money to develop a balanced transportation system," stated Margaret Patoine, the Republican cochairman of Citizens for Balanced Transportation.
This group is a bi-partisan organization, also co-chaired by
Democrat Stan Cook.
The initiative is intended not to force or require any specific
change, but merely ''to allow gas tax money to be used for transit
facilities," said Ms. Patoine. "Right now, this money is used for
building highways and maintaining them."
Passage of the initiative would not mean any increase in present
taxes. It would simply allow money already being collected to be
used for the purpose of improving mass transportation in Oregon.
"The highway, oil and gas people will fight it obviously,''
said Ms. Patoine. ''But we're not advocating more taxes; we're advocating using the taxes we've already got, and maybe even less.
Without the financial load of many new highways, the expense could
even go down."
Much of the aim of Citizens for Balanced Transportation is to
erase some of the American obsession with highway construction.
The organization states, in the fact $heet accompanying the petition, "Each new freeway paves over land which is taken from homes,
farms, wilderness or just 'open space.' If there were alternatives,
perhaps we wouldn't need so many new freeways. Urban areas
presently have a serious problem in attempting to meet Federal
standards for Carbon Monoxide. The private automobile is the main
source of these emissions."
"When you build a freeway," Ms. Patoine continued, "it always
goes through low-cost housing and parks. It's cheaper that way."
"Lane Mass Transit needs more buses," she said. "If we had
no-or low--costs for riding buses we'd save on building freeways~
and also on air pollution."
The group hopes to accomplish more, however, than just providing
transportation in heavily populated areas. ''We want Veneta and Crow
and Cottage Grove in this too," added Ms. Patoine. "Every morning
I watch that crowded little QUS go by my house, on its way to Lane
•
Community College."
Could the growing city traffic eventually require that the downtown
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"This is what Portland is going to have to do," she said.
"They're going to have to ban all downtown traffic." It's doubtful
that we would appreciate such a move in Lane County.
Attemtping to qualify the credentials of the initiative, Ms. Patoine added, "We have the support of: the Eugene City Council,
the League of Women Voters of Oregon, the American Association
of University Women. the Lane County Republican Service Club~the Democratic Party (Lane County), the Upper Willamette Environmental Defense Fund, the Lane Mass Transit Advisory Council
the 29 elected officials (city and county government), all of the Lane
County delegates (except Rich Kennedy), and the group, Sensible
Transportation Options for People (STOP)."

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to be held the weekend of May
19-20 in MacArthur Court is
billed as the biggest event to
be held on the University of
Oregon campus this year. Convention public relations co-ordinator Stan Biles said the model convention will be a close
duplicate of the National Democratic Convention to be held in
Miami in August. The model convention is expected to draw 1,500
to 3,000 delegates from universities and colleges throughout
the Northwe$t.
The model convention picked
up pace this week with the confirmation of Senator John Tunney,
. (D. Calif.) as the keynote speaker. Tunney will open the convention Friday night with a speech
on the reform of the Democratic
National Convention. Tunney, an
announced backer of Senator Edmond Muskie, is considered in
many political circles as a possible candidate for the Vice Presidency.
Biies said the model convention, because of its strategic timing -just two days before the
Oregon primary - is expected
to draw many .Democratic candidates for congressmen, senator,
and the big four presidential canct id ates, • Muskie, McGovern,
Jackson, and Humphrey. Howeve r, former Oregon Senator
Way Morse is the only candi-

date to confirm his appearance.
Morse will speak on Saturday
morning of the convention.
Schools expected to send delegations include. L~ne Communitv
College, University of Washington, Washington State, Gonzaga, Willamette, Oregon State

University, Lewis and Clark,
Reed, and Oregon Technk:tl Institute.
Anyone wishing to take part
in the model convention should
contact the Mock Democratic
Convention Headquarters, University of Oregon, extension 4891.

OSPIRG to pay for research
OSPIRG, the Oregon Student
Public Interest Research Group,
will have up to 18 paid research
internships available to students
in Oregon college and universities this summer.
The internships--all 12 weeks in
length--9.re part of a commitment OSPIRG is making to a
combined educational and research program for upper division students, according to Dr.
Robert Gay, OSPIRG assistant
director.
Students chosen for the 00PIRG Summer 1972 Program will
work under one of two internship arrangements--one under
the Western Interstate Commission f o r H i g he r Education
(WICHE) and the other through
OSPIRG.
Each means the student will
have a 12-week period to research and report findings on a
problem area, such as environmental and consumer concerns,
governmental contracts to consultants~ landlord/tenant prob-

lems, interest rates on small
loans, media analysis; minority
rights, etc. Gay announced.
Students wishing to join Oregon
Student Public Interest Research
Group (OSPIRG) are requested to
come to the OSPIRG office between noon and 2 p.m. during the
next two·weeks.
Because computer cards were
not ready during registration for
OSPIRG membership, students
may now join, and voluntarily
contribute their one dollar this
term to join OSPIRG.
"We are in a critical stage
of development in LCCOSPIRG," comments Jon Haterius, chairman. " -There currently
is not enough student "public
interest" in OSPIRG on this campus, and efforts are being undertaken to encourage more students to make personal contributions to the environmental and
consumer action group."
OSPIRG's Office is 234 Cen.,
on the east side of the Center
Building across from the library.

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The vanishing forests of Mindanao
- TODAY,
ADC, Adm. 202, 1 p.m.
Soc. Sci. Dept. meeting, ·Cen.
124, 4 p.m.
WEDNESDAY,
Soccer Club, Cen.124; 8-9 a.m.
ROTC, Concourse, 9-3 p.m.
Campus Crusade, Cen. 403,
12 noon.
P 1a n n in g Commission, Apr.
215, 3 p.m.
Board of Education meeting,
Adm. 202, 7 p.m.
Eckankar-Ancient Science of
Soul Travel, Bus. 206, 7:30
p.m.
THURSDAY,
Skills Fair, ALL DAY!
LDS, Hea. 102, 11 p.m.
Christian Science Club, Cen.
404, 3 p.m.
Chicano Dinner, Cen. 101, 6
p.m.
Senate meeting, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY,
Pl an n i rig Commission, Bus.
Conf. rm., 11 a.m.
P 1an n in g Commission, Apr.
215, 12 noon.
FANTASTICKS, • For, 301, 8
p.m.

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Feb. issue of Camera 35. Call
Jim Gregory, ext. 234, or at
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MONDAY,
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Town Hall meeting, Cen. 101,
2-5 p.m.
TUESDAY,
Bahai Club, Cen. 420, 12 noon.
"Town Hall meeting" Monday
May 1, from 2-5 p.m. in the
cafeteria. The meeting is designed to bring the college population together as a community
to discuss its problems. Items
to be discussed are tuition increase, better student representation, the role of the college in the community, and the
LCC Budget.
The Health and Physical
Education Dept. will offer begininl?: Handball and SoftbaU classes
for PE credit beginning Mondayi
For times and days contact the
Health and PE DEpartment.

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Volunteer help needed to get signatures on petitions to allow use
of dedicated highway funds (gas
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uses (mass transit, bicycle) at
May 1 School Election and May
2.3 Primary Election. Please Call
Margaret Patoine 345-3608, Stan
Cook 345-2108 or Sandia Teising 343-3135..

by Rev. Vern McCarty
(Reverend McCarty has spent the last two years
in the Philippines as a minister for the United
Presbyterian Church. Previously he has written
for a wide variety of church publications).
The big news recently in ·the Philippines is
the "stone age" Tasaday people of Mindanao.
According to anthropologists, they are the only
people ever discovered who still actually live
in caves. For over 1,000 years they have depended for their survival on the dense rain forests that protect them from "civilization."
But like other tribes discovered in the Philippines in the past generation; the Tasadays are
doomed to extinction. They are basically a food
gathering people, dependent upon the vines and
trees of the high altitude jungles. And the trees
and vines are soon to disappear as profit-hungry
loggers crash farther into the jungle with their
chain saws and tractors. In the past 25 years
the Philippine islands have been virtually stripped
of their virgin or "old growth" timber, resulting in widespread floods and erosion. Some
years ago, Philippine forests represented ?ne of
the largest stands of tropical hardwoods m the
world.
The pattern for this destruction was set after
World War II when the timber export industry in
the Philippines came out of .a period of stagnation. Americans financed this big expansion, and
the first significant shipments of logs and lumber
went to the United States. In the US the logs were
sliced or ground to a pulp, mixed with synthetic
bonding agents ·and pressed into plywood, some of
which was then imported back into the Philippines. So the islands' manufacturing did not grow
to include these processes. And even most of
- the sawmills and logging operations were dependent on .American surplus ·equipment, like
portable sawmills and tractors. The Philippines
was never allowed to develop an industry to match
its tremendous wealth of timber.
When the Philippines was an American colony,
US administrators made efforts to protect the long
term value of the islands' great timber reserve.
According to Philippine law, most large forest
areas (95 per cent) are publically owned. Any
businessman who wants to cut down Philippine
timber must apply for a timber concession from
the Philippine government. The government takes
a percentage of the company's net profit as taxes
to be used for the public welfare. This is a good
theory but the laws have never been enforced.
The Philippines is under pressure to ex-.
port large amounts of unprocessed timber because her faltering economy needs immediate dollar earning exports. At present the Philippine
foreign debt, owed mostly to groups like the IMF
and the World Bank, totals more than 2.1 billion
dollars. The scheduled payment on this debt for
1972 comes to more than half the Philippine gross
national budget. With this kind of debt it is under-

standable that the government wo~ld encourage
the export of unprocessed timber, which in the
first half of 1970 was the country's top dollar
earner.
But by now it is the Japanese business tycoons
who reap the most benefits from this policy. Sincethe Korean War, when the Japanese used Philippine
logs to carry out contracts for the US military
in Kore8., the Japanese have taken advantage of
the patterns set up by American financiers. The
booming Japanese wood industry is developing
huge markets in America, Europe and around
the world, "The Story of Japanese Plywood,"
a beautiful purple booklet recently put out by
Japanese plywood manufacturers, discreetly acknowledges its source of raw materials. Since Japan's forest reserves are extremely limited
and countries like the US and Canada are restricting log exports, Japan's wood industry relies on a huge volume of Philippine Mahogany,
a family of tropical hardwoods found in the
Philippines and in Indonesia. But 'the emphasis
of the pamphlet is on the finished productsexquisite pianos, cabinets, paneling and other wood
products made in Japan.
And the Philippine forests are being rapidly
destroyed. Even now it would take at least 100
ye a rs of uninterrupted growth for Philippine
timber stands to return to their 1953 levels.
And such growth is unlikely, since cutting is
apt to continue and the problems of erosion increase. With a land area only 1/30 that of the
US, the Philippines have been the world's top
exporters of logs for the past four years.
But a young businessman, rumored to be a
millionaire, was pessimistic about future timber
operations in the Philippines. ''The tension with
Muslims is becoming worse," he said. "They
make trouble on our concessions and try to
steal the timber at night. Always run back to
their clan for protection. My brother was shot
by them a few years back so I don't take any
chances now." The Muslims, the country's largest ethnic minority, consider themselves to have
been cheated by the Christian businessmen who
log and mine the mountains of Mindanao.
In the past few years many Philippine citizens
and journalists have raised serious questions
about the destruction of the vast forest reserves. In addition to their concern for such
tribal groups as the Tasadays, Filipinos are
developing a new interest in ecology. They can
see that the government has not effectively protected their natural resources. At a seminar not
long ago, a young Filipino summed up the future
he saw for the Tasaday's forest home. "Our
vast timber and mineral resources are being
extracted at a breakneck rate with foreigners
getting most of the benefits and our own people
getting little if anything from it. Mindanao will
look like a desert in 2Q years unless some
things change."
(Copyright Dispatch News Service)

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First year radio students at
LCC will be operating a simulated
radio station this spring. Using
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the air" for about 6 weeks.
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SPORTS

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by Steven Locke
LCC's spear-chucker, Steve Maryanski, did an excellent job
Saturday at the _Mt.Hood Relays, where he broke the school's re. cord and placed first in the javelin contest with a toss of 227 feet
9 inches. The school's record in the javelin prior to Saturday's
meet was held by Don Varnam who set a record of 211 feet 3 inches
in 1970. Four other school records were also broken.
Maryanski has continued to be the one bright spo~ in Coach A!
Tarpenning's undermanned field team. Earlier in the season he
showed promise of a good season by tossing the javelin well over
the 200 foot mark while at a four-way meet held in Roseburg.
Spike and Bar, a magazine published by the National Junior College
Athletic Association (NJAA) rated Maryanski fourth nationally in the
javelin at the community college level after his 204-9 toss in Roseburg.
Other school records in the 880 relay, Distance Medley, Sprint
Medley, and four mile relay were broken Saturday. LCC finished
fifth in the ten school relay meet, with 66 points. Host Mt. Hood
Community College finished in first place, scoring 99 points to 77
for the runner up Oregon State JVs.
Also placing. first in their events and breaking LCC school
records, were Kent Larsen, Dan Walsh, Jeff Hardesty, and Wilbert
' Johnson· in the 880 relay with a time of 1:30.7. The school record
for the 880 relay was 1:33.2, which was set in 1969.
In the Distance Medley Larry Isley, Dennis Hillard, Randy
Griffith, and Bill Cram placed second with a time of 9: 52. 7. The
school record for the race was 10:33.6.
Placing third in the four mile relay were Garrie Franklin,
Bruce Davi~on, Dale Hammit, and Randy Griffith with a tfme of
18:17.8 The previous record for the four mile was 18:28,8. Not
placing, but breaking the school's record were Dave Walker, Darius
Smith, Ken Keefe, and Dan Van Camp in the Sprint Medley with a
Barry Hornsby, who fought in the lighweight time of 3:37 .8 .
.Next week Lane will host Mt. Hood ~o_mmunity College, Clark
brown belt division, lost his first match 2-3.
Paula Loftin (green belt) competed in the wo- Junior College, the am JVs at Lane beginning at 10:30 a.m.
men's and collegiate divisions, losing her first
match, 2-3. In the collegiate division, she lost 1-3.

Gene Altemus takes first

By Sue Rebuck-

Gene Altemus of the LCC Tae-Kwon Karate
Team took first place in his division in the Port·1and Invitational Karate Championships and Collegiate Competitions held last Saturday. Bruce
Combs took second place and Brad Tindall took
a third.

Dan Lewis (gold belt) who fought in the junior
heavyweight division won his first match 3-0 and
was disqualified in his second for excessive
face contact.
Steve Sell competed in the heavtyweight colored
belt division and dropped his match 2-3.
Bill Foster (lightweight white belt class) won
his first match 2-1 and lost his second 0-3.
Teresa LaCoy (white belt) competed in both
women's and collegiate divisions. In both classes
Ms. LaCoy was defeated in her first match,

Altemus (gold belt), who fought four matches
in the collegiate colored belt division scored the
point in his fourth match with a front thrust kick,
giving him first place in the division. Combs,
who competed in the heavyweight black belt div.:.
ision, won his first two matches 3-0 and 3-1, and
dropped his third match 2-3, to take second place
in his class. Tindall (blue belt) won his first
three matches (3-0,3-1, 3-1) in eliminations and
lost his fourth~ 0-1. In final eliminations, Tindall won his match and took third place honors.

Dave earlier competed in white belt, lightweight division and in collegiate class. Carlier
dropped both matches with scores of 1-2 and 0-1,
respectively.
Correction to last week's Karate Tournament
story at the All-Collegiate Tournament at
Shoreline Community College in Seattle, Paula
Loftin won two matches (1-0 and 2-1) to take
first place in the women's division.

In other -competition, Wes Chamberlain, who
competed in the lightweight black belt division,
lost to his opponent by two points as a result of
excessive contact by Chamberlain, ending the
match with one point for Chamberlain to his
opponent's three points.

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The breaks stopped going in
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Linn-Benton Community College.
The Titans took over second
place in the division which also
consists of Linn-Benton, Southwestern Oregon Community College and Central Oregon c. C.
Linn-Benton is in first place
with a 6-0 record.
Good pitching and a solid defensive effort is keeping the Titans within striking distance _of
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192 .per cent as a team against
Lane. But the Titans are also
having trouble at the plate hitting only a 179 per cent team
ave rage. The pitching staff is led
by Tim Curtis with a O earned
run ave rage.
The squad faces some tough
tests in the next few week's schedule, beginning this afternoon against SWOCC in North
Bend. LCC must hang on to
either the first or second spots
in the division in order to compete in the post-season playoff. The next hoine action will be
be against Central Oregon at
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Women v,in over points
By Lorraine Hein

John Thompson's

The Lane Women's Track and
Field team only placed fourth out
of six in the Portland State University meet Saturday, but scored
their highest ever in total team
points. Oregon State University
took first with 139 points, Oregon College of Education s·econd
with 135 points, University of Oregon third with 65 points, Lane
fourth with 49 points, PSU fifth
with 45 points, and Mt. Hood
sixth with 27 points.
This is the second week in
a row Lane has had outstanding
. performances from Beth Boehmer and Kris Stoneberg. Ms.
Boehmer improved her time about 30 seconds to take first
• with a time of 11:39.9 in the two
mile. Ms. Stroneberg took about
a minute off her previous time
and picked up third place with
12:27 .8.
Molly Read got off a discus
toss of 110'9 1/2, to come within

5 feet of her all-time best, and
captured third place for Lane.
Also placing in the discus was
Lorraine Hein with a toss of
106 feet 4 inches, for fifth place.
Lisa Fox picked up fifth place
•in both hurdle events-the 100
meter hurdles timed in 17.2, and
the 200 meter hurdles timed in
33.1.
Penny Shoop and Kristy Phillips put Lane on the score sheet
in the high jump. Penny received
fourth place with a jump of 4
feet 8 inches and Kristy placed
sixth with a jump of 4 feet
6 inches. Ms. Phillips also took
fifth in the long jump with a jump
of 14 feet 8 1/2 inches.
Ms. Hein with a good effort
took first in the shot-put with
a toss of 39 feet 7 inches.
Lane's 880 medley relay and
440 yard relay finished fifth.
Running on the relays were
Micki Stumpff, Cathy Ball, Sue
Bundrant, • Lisa Fox, and Penny
Shoo .

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week and students everywhere
discussed, debated and denounced
the bombs Friday, students at
LCC held a rally for Archie
Bunker for president.
This event speaks eloquently of
LCC student leadership and moral commitment, doesn't it?
(I am aware that the proceeds
of this "campaign" are to go
to a good cause and that the
rally was met with apathetic
boredom.)
Arthur Tegger
Language Arts

To: Mr. Omar Barbarossa
Y OU talk about peace and
brotherhood? Just look at your
Mr. Dan Fowler.
statement to

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i fail to be mesr:::e:-iz~d
by the american flag,
or the churches,
or temples,
or synagogues,
or men no better than i
or you,
bent on no other purpose
than to hear themselves
shout
from heavenly pulpits.
i wonder if at times
the presi<!ant
ever takes a moment to weep.
--Julian Knaster,
Vietnam Veteran

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You sound like a child trying to
get back viciously at someone,
because you have been embarrassed. When you use such terms
as, "I was appalled and quite
disgusted by a certain student,"
and "if he has the guts to appear";
I see that your statement about
the fact that "only small people
hold grudges," is quite true.
Paula Praus
Freshman
Student(note--I have never met either of
these people, and my only purpose
was to comment on the attitude
of Mr. Barbarossa.)

It was a typical rainy, winter night in Eugene
Feb. 21, 1970. However, this didn't dampen
a lot of enthusiasm on campus about the University
of Oregon basketball team. The Ducks had defeated
the Southern California Trojans the previous night
were 15 and 6 on the season, and were 6 and 3 in
Pac-8 play, tied for second place with an outside
chance at winning the conference title.
The Webfoots had won seven straight, and were
coming off two big Far West Classic Championships: Things were definitely l09king up for U of O
basketball.
But who were they playing that rainy night?
None other than the undefeated UCLA Bruins. The
awesome Bruins were undefeated with 21 victories.
Yes there had been some close wins, but nobody
had 'managed to defeat the defending NCAA Champs
that season.
The lineup outside MacArthur Court was four
to five blocks long. There were children, U of 0
students and adults, all waiting to either purchase
a ticket or to be admitted by their U of O
student body cards. The attendance was estimated
to be 10,500- a full house.
When the Duck team first appeared on the floor
the rousing welcome they received was deafening.
There was something in the air that smelled of
upset, and when the Ducks jumped off to a ten
point lead in the second half there was bedlam.
The scoreboard even reacted to the noise as it
was bouncing. Never had MacArthur Court been
subjected to such a display of loyalty, and happiness. Nobody heard the final buzzer, but when
the clock showed there was no more time left,
instant bedlam broke out. The Ducks had defeated
the number one UCLA Bruins by a resounding
78 to 65 score, the biggest defeat UCLA had suffered in year.s. Not since the 1965-66 season had
the Bruins been dealt with so harshly. DuckSoph··
more Rusty Blair from San Luis Obispo, California
had hit for 10 field goals in succession at one
point in the second half to put the game out of
reach of the Bruins.
Then Oregon Coach, Steve Belko, elated over
the triumph win explained to reporters that the
only way you beat UCLA is to keep the pressure
on, take the game to them. He went
,__,_on to say
that if they (the Ducks) had slowed the_ attack

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• His record at Oregon was without glitter, and,
sadly, it doesn't show that Belko was in fact a
very good coach.
At Idaho State ( where he coached prior to
Oregon) Belko recorded 108 wins and 52 losses
in six seasons . . At the U of O he did a commendable
job considering the handicaps he encountered and
endured.
His first season as boss of the Lemon and
Green was to be his worst - a record of 4 wins
and 21 losses. After that disasterous first season
he came close to breaking even.
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Richard Eymann expressed concern that a lack
of media coverage of election laws might hamper passage of the tax increase measure. "Many
people registered as Independents may not be
aware that they can vote in the primary election
for nonpartisan issues and candidates," Eymann
explained.
Most Board members expressed confidence
that the up-coming Skills Fair to be held for two
weeks at LCC beginning Thursday would provide
considerable supportive publicity for the May 23
budget election.
Concern was also expressed that some opposition to the proposed property tax increase could
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Nonfa cility stark contr ast
from 'co-n crete jungl e'

by Bill Dwyer

Lane Community Co 11 e g e is
sometimes ca 11 e d " a concrete
jungle.'' At least once, and from
its outward appearance mu c h
more than once, visitors to the
campus refer to the college by
that description. True, the first
experience of the visitor arriving
on camp us is the asphalt and line
of expansive parking area. Parking at a commuter •campus is
essential. Certainly the second

"nonfacility". Located in the
southwest corner of the campus,
this "non-facility" doesn't rise
four stories, nor does it shine
when the sun hits it. Referred to
as the student park, or "peoples"
park, the two and a half acres
of w o ode d land was founded
through negotiations between a
group of art students and the campus planning c o m m i t t e e • This
area has been set aside for use
by any student or group of students with an idea for dealing
with it. That event was in the

This Week

The stepped.;.up fighting in Vietnam drew nearly a month old
this week with renewed assaults on An Loe and serious upsurges
in the Central Highlands.
are wooden picnic tables, and
An Loe is a provinicial c a pit a 1 about 60 miles north of Saigon.
a wooden platform which seems
As of Sunday morning, North Vietnamese forces have the city
to have been designed for musisurrounded and -are launching attacks from all four sides. Enemy
cal groups.
-gunners continue to pour rockets into the city, while B-52 bombers
Art student Jim Lalada added
dropped hundreds of tons of bombs on enemy positions around the
a hanging sculpture of a banana
capital. Correspondents who flew over An Loe on Friday said about
and an apple, for those who can
half of the city is in ruins.
get into that. A tree house is more
The upsurge of violence in the Central Highlands has US milior less there, and there is a natary officials worried. North Vietnamese forces have cut the main
tural ·a mphitheatre-where the
road Highway 14 which links the two major cities of Kontum and
land slopes down on four sides
Pleiku. A convoy 'has been receiving considrable rocket fire while
-if anyone can get enough enB-52's dropped over a thousand tons of bombs on enemy units
ergy together to drain the swamp
which are cutting the highway near Kontum.
at the bottom of the slope.
US advisors think the enemy effort in the Central Highlands
Art students are designing pas~- _ will be to cut the highway completely and permanently,
to take the
district town of Dak To, and to overrun ·fire bases and seize Kontum.
,
The North Vietnamese strategy appears to center around cutting
the main roads linking the cities of the Central Highlands. Then,
observers believe, the enemy will launch an offensive which has
been expected by military intelligence. Cutting the roads would
necessitate a giant airlift to supply those cities.
A North Vietnemese regiment overran two bases during the
we.ek which are critical to the defense of Kontum and Pleiku.
US advisors say that unless South Vietnamese forces move
out of their battered bases to counter-attack, the North could overrun the entire area.
B-52' s continue to pound areas in and around Hanoi and launched
more raids on the Haiphong area. Last week four Russian ships
were hit when the bombers raided the harbor.
A new development occured when the guided missle frigate
Sterett was caught in a firefight and reported perhaps one Mig shot
down and two enemy surface craft believed hit. It was the first time
in Vietnam action that a US ship had been attacked from the air.
Politically, Jhe Senate Foreign Relations Committee called
Secretaries Regers and Laird to grill them on the renewed US
fighting. Rogers said that all options for US forces would remain
open except nuclear weapons and new troop committments. •
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experience of the visitor is the
total presence of concrete and
glass. One visitor I talked with
described that experience as" an
architectural nightmare" but so
many millions of dollars can't
really be passed off so simply.
. And borrowing from at least one
nature freak, the campus could be
described as "a neon oven" although that particular freak was
referring to a courtroom at the
time.
•
There are some who refer .to
everything as a "facility." There
i_s a teaching "facility." There is
a maintenance "facility." There
is a vocational "facility."
If a facility means concrete and
glass, or asphalt, or plastic
pa~~ling, then there is one facility
that should be described as a•

winter of 19'70.
At first gl3:nce, one might never
even realize that the park was
there. The Art Department students, during the past two years,
planted flowers and built several
paths through that wooded area.
Several sculptures have been developed in the area since then.
According to Terry Conrad,
Basic Design instuctor in the
Art Department, two criteria for
anything done with facility ("nonfacility' ') are:
• to leave the area as natural
as possible
• to create a "playground environmant" that people can use
for celebrations.
Other objects that are now a
part of the park and can be used
for and by any group on campus

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. ..
W h 1le such fac1hhes would
allow year-round us~ for the
park, and the foundation of en-

the form of a development grant.
Despite endorsement from the
local Comp re hens iv e Health
Planning Committee and the Lane
County Medical Society, the funding request was turned down by
the regional office of the Health,
Education and Welfare Department in Seattle.
According to Dave Barnett,
director of the local Comprehensive Health Planning Committee, the limitation of service area to students and their
families was the major factor involved in HEW's decision not to
fund the proposal.
The proposed he a 1th center
would have provided a variety
of health care, training, and re·ferral services for LCC students
and their families.
• Dental care services would be
co-ordinated with the LCC Dental Department. The services of
the dentists with dental assistants and hygienists in training
at LCC would augment dental
care needs of the Family Health
Center, including flouride treatment for children of all Health
Center enroll_ees .
eThe Health Educator staff
would use the Family Health

resource
by rotating Health Education Pupils through the service to assist
in health education of families
and to learn first-hand about
health problems facing the community.
• Use of the existing physical
layout of the Student Health Service would be used for veterans
and other handicapped persons
with physical disabilities~
• Medical research w o u 1d be
done through co-operation with
the Oregon Research Institute.
eNutrition counseling would be
done through the co-operation
of the Lane County Extension
Service and the LCC Home Economics Department for clients of
the Family Health Center.
eProvisions for routine eye examinations would also be made
as well as referrals for specialized eye examination and
care.
eA part time obstetrician/gynecologist physician would be contracted for direct prenatal care
to Family Health Center clients.
Prenatal classes would be conducted for both parents at the
center by staff and student assistants.

sible shelters to build on the land
which could then make the land
a year-round tool for students.
Perhaps even classes could be
held in the shelters. Domes and
A-Frame houses are amon~ the
ideas in the planning stage.

ergy that students have put into
it, is that the park is for students to use. As instructor Conrad explains it, "There is a
space there, and a great · deal
of space for students to deal

with.''

Some need more than educatio n
Center as a teaching

by Dan Kern

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According to a report com piled by the LCC Student Health
Service, well over half of the
Student population at LCC is
on an annual income of less than
$4,000 per year.
Many of these students, the report continues, find themselves
excluded from a family health
insurance program and are unable financially to provide one for
themselves. Since the existing
facilities are not designed to
handle students needing special
out-patient or doctor services,
they must be referred to private
physicians or major medical facilities-the c o st often being
more than the student can afford
to pay.
During the month of February,
Ellena Goldsmith director of the
LCC Student Hea'ith Service and
Laura Oswalt, assistant director,
designed a proposal for a Family
Hea-Ith Center to be funded
through the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare. The proposal, one of three considered for
funding, could have received as
much as 250 thousand dollars iri

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The Sierra Club lost its suit to block the $35 million development by Walt Disney associates in Mineral King Valley near Sequoia
National Park. The u.s. Supreme Court voted 4-3 aiainst the ·club
and forbade the club from pressing its suit furthero

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While about 500 people gathered in Eugene's downtown mall
area, other demonstrators· gethered across the country to protest
the escalation of the war. All demonstrations were relatively peaceful.
New York City_ drew one of the lar~est crowds with some 30,000
from all walks of life in attendance. The march proceeded along
Central Park and heard a variety of speakers. San Francisco drew
25.000 to Kezar stadium where Black Panther leader Bobbv Seale.
Academy Award winner Jane Fonda. and comedian Dick Gregory
spoke. Seale called the war and the oppression of minorities a form
of "people pollution." Speakers in the New York rally included football player Jim Boutin and actor Ben Gazzara.
Other rallies were held in Los Angeles where 10,000 gathered,
Chicago, Madison . Wisconsin, Tennesse,e, Iowa, and Maryland.
Earlier fn the week demonstrations in · Cambridge Mass., and
at the University of Maryland ended in violence. In Cambridge about
5,000 set fire to the former working residence of Henry Kissinger,
and in Maryland about a thousand students blocked the major highway
which runs through the College Park campus. Police used tear gas
to disperse both groups.
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The Ford Motor Company in Detroit has begun recalling virtually all of its 1972 Ford Torinos and Mercury Montegos-a total
of 396,000 cars-because retainer plates are needed to keep rear
wheels from falling off if the bearings wearout.

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The diet known as Zen macrobiotic, which is practiced by
many young people, requiring a balance of "ying and yang" was so
seriously deficient nutritionally; that it could cause "irreversible
damage to health and had even resulted in death." This was the report
of a Texas A&M University nutrition expert, Salley Springer.

The trustees of Yale University, in Conneticutt say that the
University, which owns extensive stock holdings in large corporations,
wouict assume an ac'tivist role as a maJor corporate cl'tlzen -by speaking out when those corporations take actions considered socially
harmful by Yale.
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The Federal Trade Commission said that one non-prescription
drug is as good as another, and accused the manufacturers of pain
killers of deceptive advertising. The commission published reports
on the advertising as well as cease and desist orders.
In a related discovery, a group of researchers completed their
findings on Aspirin and reported that Aspirin is still the best pain
reliever. Their tests were done on cancer patients, giving those patients a variety of non-prescriptive drugs.

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Quang Nai Rehabilitation Center . ..
by Christine White

L NS

News Service

"There used to be a large town here," he said
I looked again: there was no s1gn of the former
town, except the grave mounds sticking up like
large grassy porcupines in the flooded fields.
We drove on: "See this great expanse of ricefields?" David said. "That's not natural for this
part of the country. There used to be little
hamlets with fruit trees and bamboo hedges every
hundred yards or so."
We were driving south on Highway 1, "street
without joy" to French soldiers who once fought
here, in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam - "Iron fortress of the Revolution" to the Viet Minh soldiers
who opposed them.
Many Revolutionary leaders came from this
province. We stopped by the house which is said
to be the birthplace of Pham Van Dong, the
Prime Minister of North Vietnam. School children
passed, notebooks and messy inkwell in one
hand and a bunch of "Chieu Hoi" leaflets in the
other.
An army jeep had just raced past, throwing
out the leaflets urging NLF cadre and soldiers
to defect. The side of the road was littered with
them. There hasn't been an NLF defector in
Quang Ngai for months.
We drove on to Mo Due, the capital of one
of the most pro-NLF districts in the province,
and stopped briefly at the home of an employee
of the Quaker Center. This employee lived next
to the Saigon government district headquarters,
which had been blown up three days ago by the
NLF. There was nothing left of the one-room
roadside office but a cement floor.
We could not stay long because we had to
hurry home. It was almost 12. From noon to
2 is siesta time, when there are few vehicles
on the road and no police on duty. If the night
belongs to the NLF, siesta time belongs to
ARVN holdup men. The last Qua1<er doctor here
was stopped one day shortly after noon by two
ARVN soldiers with grenades who knew one word
of English: ''Money".
We hurried back passing countless government
propaganda signboards which line the road at the
approach to every town like huge political Burma
Shave ads. The slogans are those put up all over
the country by the paramilitary pacification
cadres and make no allowance for regional
variation.
"Hurrah for the land-to-the-tiller law," reads
one, although this law is virtually not applied
in this province. Here there are no big landlordspeople here say they just want peace so they
can return to their land. Now only the narrow
strip along the road is being farmed.
Quang Ngai was the scene of some of the
most intensive destruction from the air of the
whole Indochina war. Along the highway, nature
has folded back over the devastation. But shattered
limbs cannot grow again and in the Quaker

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Rehabilitation Center, every patient is a maimed
survivor.
One legless child was fleeing bombs through
a field with his family when someone stepped on
a mine which killed all but him. Another little
girl lost part of her brain in the bomb explosion
which killed her mother.
I talked to a beautiful young patient my
age who asked "are your parents and brothers
and sisters still living?" In Quang Ngai that's
as common and natural an introductory question
as asking your age and where you're from. At
my affirmative reply she said "Oh, you're very
lucky." Putting a friendly hand on my arm she
told me she liked Americans who are for peace,
but-pointing at her stumps--not the Americans
who destroyed her legs.
The
vocabulary used by the Americans
at the Center took some getting used to: talk of
AKs and BKs, double AKs and AK/BK: Above the
Knee and Below the Knee amputations. About
20 Vietnamese, pertly making feet, arms and legs.
They have even developed a special "paddy leg"
for work in flooded ricefields.
Though "rehabilitated" with arms and legs,
many patients find !hey can make most money begging at the market. Though poor, the people of
Quang Ngai give generously to beggars. In Saigon
too I've more than once been surprised to see poor
people give to beggars or apologize with gestures
for lack of change. I was told that one pathetic
looking boy in a wheelchair, triple amputee with
brain damage, made over 1,000 piasters a day(about $2.50) when he went begging. That's three
times what a skilled factory worker in Saigon
makes in a day.
Patients have been through so much that the
Americans at the Center hear their incredible
tales only after knowing patients for a while,

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in the natural course of conversation. The survivors are more concerned wun me problems of
living.
A young amputee complains incessantly that
he'll never be able to find a woman who'll marry
him . One woman who has recently lost both legs
and an eye was sad to have to leave a child she
was caring for with friends in a refugee camp.
How did she come to have responsibility for
this child, not her own? Several years before,
US-backed South Korean troops on maneuvers in
her village rounded up all the people in her hamlet and marched them down the path to the central
hamlet. On the way she was able to escape into
a bamboo thicket. Soon after, she heard long
bursts of machine gun fire. After the troops left,
she ran towards the scene of the shooting. Everyone had been gunned down, but in the mass of
bodies, a dying woman was giving birth. The
survivor delivered the baby and brought it up.
The afternoon before I left Quang Ngai I
went for an outing with the Quakers to "Buddha
mountain," the only hill nearby where it's safe
for American and Vietnamese civilians to go
walking.
The top of the mountain was flat. Someone
had brought a frisbee, and a group of Vietnamese children joined the game. The Quakers
cam up here quite often, so the kids knew who they
were: but ordinarily children in I Corps can be
very hospitable to Americans. Just the day before,
near town, two men in the group managed to get
some Vietnamese women to call off kids who were
throwing stones at them by explaining they weren't
soldiers, they worked at the Quaker Rehabilitation
Center.
The kids showed us their way of whistlinggrabbing their bottom lip in their fist, rounding
their top lip and drawing air in sharply, producing
a piercing sound. They'd probably used this whistle
to warn their older brothers and sisters in the
NLF of the arrival of American troops, as their
fathers had whislted 20 years before when the
Viet Minh fought the French.
I thought of what Ho Chi Minh once told a
French emissary who was bringing him a "peace
proposal" which amounted to a demand for surender. "To control Vietnam, the French would
have to put a thumb on every square inch of the
soil of Vietnam to stop the rice shoots from
springing up again." In Quang Ngai, the scorched
earth has brought forth green rice shoots, dying
women- have brought forth babies; Vietnam has
survived.

Refugees seek
new home
near Saigon
by Ron Moreau

Dispatch News Service 1972
(DNSI Ha Thanh-Sweet potatoes are the only
crop that will grow on the barren and windswept sand dunes just south of the demilitarized
zone, and for the more than 8,000 refugees
here that has not been enough.
The refugees say that relocation to more
fertile land hundreds of miles to the South is
the only hope for survival. "This is an opporhmity for us to rebuild a new life," a village official here said, "because we do not have
any hope to return to our home village in the
near future."
In 1967 these people were among some 16,000
Vietn~1mese who were forcibly moved from their
origin1.l homes in the southern portion of the
DMZ to tl:e sh2.bby government soldiers to clear
the are:t for military operations and "free fire"
attacks.
But ti,e li ring conditions here were untenable.
Half of the 01 1gi11al refugees have already abandoned the lb Th,rnh camp and have moved a
few kilometers a·.:ay or have migrated far to
the south.
There is li~tle water here in the dry season anr~ duri.ig the three months of heavy mon( Continued on Next Page)

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soon rains the village is nearly inundated.
Resettlement has always been a controversial subject in South Vietnam, where hundreds
of thousands of people have been forcibly moved
from their homes, usually to clear the way for
military sweeps and remove the population from
enemy controlled areas.
Refugees in Ha Thanh are ready to relocate
again, but this time the movement will be "entirely voluntary," according to US officials in
Saigon. Unlike most relocations in South Vietnam, these refugees have asked to be moved
from •their central Vietnam homeland to more
fertile land in the southern provinces.
Last week village elders were brought to
Binh Long, a hilly and sparsely populated province some sixty-five miles northwest of Saigon, to survey the planned resettlement site, and
readily agreed to move their people there.
In a letter to Vietnamese government officials this July, two village officials asked to
be ·" saved from this miserable living condition" and have their communities moved to provinces to the south.
The village leaders, Le Manh Phong and

Nguyen van Huyen, wrote: "During the first
years (at the camp) we were entitled to refugee relief payments in addition to the assistance provided by various voluntary agencies.
"Now that the government's refugee relief
assistance is terminated, we have to spend day
in and day out getting thatch, firewood and charcoal in the restricted areas adjacent to the
DMZ. Thus, we have to confront the risks of
South Vietnamese artillery fire and air strikes
as well as communist booby traps."
For the past month South Vietnamese military bases in the area have been subject to
heavy mortar and rocket fire, but so far the
civilian population has not been attacked.
One reason for the people's willingness to
move, said one US adviser, may be their fear
of increased fighting nearby. But US officials
stress that the move is primarily for economic
purposes.
Province officials in Auang Tri, the northernmost province and long a major battlefield of the
war, have agreed to allow local militiamen who
are husbands and sons of the Ha Thanh refugees to move with their families to Binh Long.

If these refugees can become economically
self-sufficient and secure their new community
i n Binh Long, US advisers believe that more
of these untenable refugee communities can be
voluntarily moved to occupy fertile but unpopulated regions to the south.
Early this year reports were circulated that
thousands of refugees would be forcibly moved
from the areas near the DMZ to more secure
land to the south. But this relocation effort which
was criticized as "mass deportation" never took
place.
The Central Highlands of military region t~o
will be avoided in relocation efforts, US advisers said. In the past, Vietnamese who were
relocated to the Highlands have siied tribal lands
of the Montagnard people there.
There are some 8,000 Montagnard tribesmen living in Binh Long province. US advisers
say, however, Jhat the refugees from Ha Thanh
will be given an adequate amount of land, about
7.5 acres per family, and they will not be allowed to encroach upon the Montagnards.

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Dispatch News Service 1972

Udorn, Thailand--DNSI--The US Air Force
in Thailand continues to test and experiment with
advanced weapons systems over the increasingly
dangerous skies of Indochina.
The most awe some of these are two second
generation AC-130 Spectre gunships each armed
with three 7.62 millimeter gatling guns (called
mini guns, two forty millimeter porn porn guns and
one 105 millimeter howitzer mounted on the
rear of the plane, literally making them flying
artillery units. Pentagon spokesmen refused to
comment on this newer AC-130 gunship.
The downing of two Sprectres over Laos in
the last week of March has also prompted the
Air Force to beef up the electronic gadgetry
these planes carry to evade and seek out North
Vietnamese and Pathet Lao SAM missile antiaircraft positions. The twenty plane Spectre
squadron based at Ubon, Thailand and the two
newer models are equipped with computerized,
electronic, heat sensing and sound sensing detecting and aiming devices. These planes are

used primarily for "truck hunting" at night along
the Ho Chi Minh trail.
Military sources in Udorn, command post
for the 7/13th Air Force Command, feel that
is still a viable weapons system for the Indochina war but that more incidents like the SAMdowning of March 29, which left fourteen American crewmen missing and presumed dead, can
be expected.
One Electronic Counter Measure (ECM) device already used on some light observation
planes in . Laos will probably be added to the
Spectres. This is a "fuse jammer" which confuses a missile's guidance system, causing the
missile to be electronically deflected from its
target.
The Russian built SAM missiles are usually
gu"ided to their airplane targets by radar trackers
which roam up to 17 miles from the truckmounted SAMs. Spectre gunships, however, are
fitted with an ECM pod which can detect the radar signal as it "locks on" the airplane. This
tells the pilot that a missile is being aimed and
fired at him.
The slow moving Spectres, converted cargo craft, thus get a few crucial seconds to take

evasive action. Enemy gunners, however, now
use a method to cut down this already slim
margin of safety. SAM missiles are launched
without using radar. This is electronically "silent," and the Spectres don't know a missile
is headed their way until the first stage of the
missile has fallen away-when the SAM is already hurtling toward the target. This optical
sighting is supposedly done with infra-red devices, or "starlight" scopes, light intensifying devices which permit seeing in the dark.
It is felt the first Spectre gunship was caught
in this way. (The second was downed by 57
millimeter anti-aircraft fire.)
The Air Force is also experimenting with
electronically "silent" gadgetry. Under the code
name "Combat Pipe," two F-105 jets are testing
advanced optical systems that identify enemy
planes or ground positions at great distance without the use of radar. Missiles are fired without radar and guided by computerized signals
to their targets.
Military sources here leave little doubt that
the war in the Laotian and North Vietnamese
skies is a fertile playground for testing new
weaponry.

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B-52's star in 'Vietnam 'air show'
by Orville Schell
Dispatch News Service 1972

Mr. Schell has made several trips to South
East Asia to cover the war. He has written for
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, THE NEW REPUBLIC LOOK MAGAZINE and other publiccations. 'He is author of THE CHINA READER,
and CHINA: THE STORY OF A REVOLUTION.
He is Editor-in-Chief of Pacific News Service.
Looking down from a small Forward Air Control spotter plane the rice paddies and jungles
below looked dise~sed. The B-52 "carpet bombing raids" left mile after mile of shat_tered
jungle, smallpox-like craters and s_cars m the
yellow earth. Their paths of dest~uchon stret_ched over mountain tops, across rivers, and mto
valleys like some chaotic attempt to build a
super-highway from the air.
I first saw such raids in 1967. Since that
time the B-52's have quietly continued their
strikes. But this last week they were back in
the headlines as a result of the new North Vietnamese offensive. Radio Hanoi reported, "Another B-52 Strategic bomber was shot down over
Vinh Lin on april 2 at 3:30 p.m. This was the
second B-52 shot down by liberation forces and
people in 3 days." When asked about this report, Defense Department spokesman Jerry
Friedheim said, "We do not comment on B-52
operation."
Simultaneously, the US command announced
it was rushing twenty more of the huge planes
into the Indochinese war to meet the current
enemy offensive. As US troops have been withdrawn from active ground fighting, the US war
has become almost exclusively an air war, and the
most important weapon in the war is the B-52.
The Boeing company built some 744 of these
giant Stratofortresses at their Wichita, Kansas,
and Seattle, Washington, plants between 1952 and
1966, when the last one delivered to the Air
Force. These Leviathans of the air measure
156 feet long, stand 40'8" high, and have a wing
span of 185 feet. Weighing almost ,a half-million pounds each, they cost 8 .million dollars
a piece to build. Since then, numerous expensive modifications have been added. The were
designed and constructed to be the backbone of
the US 8th Air Force, known as the Strategic
Air Command (SAC) headed by General Curtis
Lemay.

Initially intended for stragetic bombing, they
were thus fitted for nuclear weapons delivery.
With the advent of missile delivery systems for
nuclear bombs, which became operational in the
early 60', B-52's were scheduled for the scrap
heap by 1964. At that time, however, the decision was made to re-fit them for conventional "iron" delivery, that is, non-nuclear
ordnance. Colonel James Donovan explained," As
'limited war' became the 'new thing' in the defense establishment, SAC jumped on the bandwagon and procurred iron bomb racks for the
B-52's."
One of these converted B-52's carries 108
500-pound bombs, or 66 750-pound bombs. A
full crew consists of six men, highly trained in
specialized fields, including an EWO (electronics
warfare officer), whose job it is to man the
aircraft's "wild weasel" system which warns
when ground radar is locking in on the air-

craft. He then takes protective ECM (electronic
counter measures) to jam or confuse the radar for attacking SAM missiles.
The range of the B-52 is immense. A record was set by a crew flying from Okinawa
to Madrid, 12,519 miles or almost half way
around the world. The planes are powered by
eight Pratt & Whitney engines which are fed
by two 2500 gallon wing tanks. The can also
carry auxiliary tear drop tanks, but only at the
expense of a decreased "payload." Refueling
of the aircraft which fly from Guam to Indochina
target areas is done by huge KC-135 statotankers
while in flight.
Most of the raids on Laos, Cambodia, and
South Vietnam are now flown out of Utapao, a
base on the Gulf of Siam in Thailand where a
sapper raid disabled a B-52 and damaged several
others early this January. That Sattahip-Utapao
base complex, in operation since 1967, is the
largest US military investment in Southeast
Asia. There are additional B-52 facilities on
Okinawa, and at a recently-completed base at
Ching Chuan Kang, Taiwan.
Frances Morse, Profess_or of Aerospace Engineering at Boston University, estimates that a
1200-ton B-52 raid costs $40 million by the time
the planes, fuel, bombs, training and maintenance are computed. An average B-52 strike
consists of six planes, each able to carry 30
tons of ordnance. They unload their bombs in a
traction of a minute, leaving a swath of destruction 1/2 mile wide and 3 miles long on the
ground 35,000 feet below. B-52's ha_ve accou~ted
for over 5 million bomb craters m lndochma,
30 feet deep and 45 feet across, which are reportedly breeding grounds for malarial mosquitoes. It is estimated that to date the B-52's .
have dropped over one half of all the ordnance
dropped over Vietnam during the war.
The B-52 has proven itself one of the most
destructive weapons in the history of warfare.
The "carpet bombing" exemplifies the present
US strategy of draining the countryside into the
urban slums of the faltering pacification program. As one Air Force Colonel, who asked
to remain unidentified, put it, "Sure, you see
as long as there are people out there in the
boonies, Charlie (the Viet Cong) is going to
use them for food and refuge."
The big planes usually come over a target
area at around 35,000 feet, well above cloud
cover and out of immediate ear shot. Sighting
is done by sophisticated infrared and electronics
devices, which means that the members of the
crew never need to see the target area. Few
actually witness the strike since it happens
long after the aircraft have passed over the site.
As one B-52 crewmember said, "in those 61 missions •which I flew, all my targets were listed
as 'suspected' troop concentrations, 'suspected'
truck farms, 'suspected' bunker areas. Always
'suspected'. I nev~r saw any of my targets."

The· unreported
by Dale Allin

Editor's note: . Dale Allin, a student and teaching fellow
in microbiology, bacteria, and parasites at the U of 0,
is the Chairman of the Lane County chapter of the Vietnam
Veterans Against the War.
The war in Southeast Asia has two time scales.
The bombs and battles yield instant death and destruction, but there is also the prolonged hardship which
the inhabitants and foliage will experience when the war
itself ends, the long-term suffering will have only begun. Our acts in these countries have severely upset
the environment and its ability to support life for its
people.
The defoliation of forests and agricultural land by
toxic and birth-deforming herbicides. the extensive bombing and burning, the deliberate destruction of crops
the resultant starvation, malnutrition, and disease-these
we have introduced to the people of Southeast Asia in
namesake that we may win the war.

Two programs

The United States is engaged in two programs of
environmental destruction:
Operation Ranch Hand is a defoliation program which
kills leaves on plants and trees.
The second program is the aerial spraying of herbicides to destroy crops, supposedly those utilized by
North Vietnamese.

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of

the · chemical

the Vietna;;1ese less human than the inhabitants of our
country.
In October 1969, the National Institutes of Health confirmed rumors that Agent ORANGE is a powerful teratogen. Our government has attempted to suppress evidence
of the toxic effects of Agent ORANGE; meanwhile, use
of this chemical continues.

four of every ten progeny deformed in some manner.
It can easily be expected that a similar incidence of
mental and physical anomalies shall occur to the people
of Vietnam.

The continued bombing
Bombing of Vietnam has laid a landscape likened to
that of the moon. Each 400 and 750 pound bomb creates
a crater 45 feet in diameter and 30 feet deep. Mon~
bombs have been utilized in this war than were dropped
by the Allies in World War II. Were the craters of the
bombs dropped in 1967-1968 placed end-to-end, they would
span a greater distance than the circumferance of our
earth. The craters will not disapper; the New Guinea
jungles can attest to this. This land still bears the
r,~mnants of bombing that occured twenty-five years
ago.
Outside of the lethal and disabling effects of the
bombing, the Vietnamese people have been forced to move
from their homes to reside elsewhere. Some live underground or in caves - as a result, children are prone to
disorders such as rickets, a deficiency caused by lack
of exposure to sunlight.
Tropical forests differ drastically from temperate
zones. Thus, the long-term ecological effects upon Southeast Asia from the air war must be placed in perspective. There is a large co-dependency between plants
and animals. Trees in tropical
areas depend upon insects and
birds, rather than the wind, for
pollenation. Birds and groundliving mammals are responsible
for dispersing seeds of parent
plants to new areas. Because
the climate is mild and predictable, these complex and intricate relationships
between
plant and animal have been established. · In such an environment,
animals
are active
throughout the year. Defoliation cuts the link of this relationship; both plants and animals die.

Defoliation and the peasant

Quite often, defoliation affects non-target areas. Herbicides have dented the rubber industry. Vietnam has
witnessed a 25 per cent decrease in per-acre yield of
rubber between 1960 and 1967, yet Malaysia has yielded a
33 per cent gain per-acre during the same period.
The total yield for Vietnam has decreased 45 per cent,
many plantations finding their livelihood revoked without
cause or concern.
Our government's policies weaken the already weak
peasant because crop destruction, forced relocation, and
bombing and burning of homes and. farmland severely
constrict agrirnltural production.
!South V1~tnam has been coined the "Rice Bowl"
of Asia. But that is now a misnomer. In 1959, Vietnam
exported 246,000 tons of rice whereas in 1968, 850,000
tons had to be imported so that life could be sustained.
Production patterns of other crops have similar historical chronologies. The pineapple crop was stripped
by 40 per cent between 1963 and 1968, exactly coinciding

Justification for these programs is given in terms of
saved lives, yet permanent environmental
damage subtely
takes lives, a hidden paradox of
the programs.
More than five million acres
of South Vietnam have been
sprayed with defoliants. In low

We have convinced ourselves
that we are helping 'the
Vietnamese, but our
sophisticated chemicals
are actually destroying
their environment ..
and their future."

concentrations, these chemicals
do indeed act as defoliants. But,
application of the defoliants is
not regulated -- defoliant application averages 13 times that
recommended by the US Department of Agriculture for weed killers. Thus, the chemicals act
as herbicides in such concentrations.

Herbicides
The main herbicides used in South Vietnam are given
the titles ORANGE, BLUE, and WHITE. ORANGE is
a mixture of (n-butyl-2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate) and
(n-butyl-2, 4, 5-trichlorophenoxyacetate); one application
of ORANGE kills most trees. Areas sprayed in 1961
have had negligible recovery.
igent ·wHITE is less volatile,
and thus drifts less
from its appointed target. It is used in populated areas
with the thought that it will not harm the natives. However, WHITE is water soluble and thus washes into
adjacent crops and forests. Picloram, a major component
of WHITE, is likened to DDT because it does not break
down so as to become inactive. Our government has
never licensed the use of Picloram upon American crops;
its activity is so unpredictable that no margm ot· safety can be attained.
Agent BLUE is utilized to destroy rice crops. Cacodylic aci d, its major component, is 5 per cent arsenic. Arsenic has an accumulative effect upon humans; small, periodical doses lead to eventual death.
Chemically induced birth defects first came to light
in the United States when Thalidomide was exposed as
destroying the synaptic response of a certain enzyme.
Until 1965, Agent ORANGE had not been probed for
possible teratogenic effects. Twenty thousand tons of
ORANGE have been dropped upon the life of Vietnam.
I am quite sure the United States would not llcense tne
use of a drug prior to a thorough investigation of its
effects upon life; it seems that our government feels

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with the early years of intensive spraying. Similar
lapses in crop production are true of sugar cane, manioc,
tomatoes, cassava, figs, potatoes, coconuts, papay and
mangos. Based on this syndrom long-term crop damage
should be expected: Soil bacteria, necessary to complete the nitrogen-cycle in soil, are dying; animals,
responsible for pollenization and seed transport, are
dying or migrating; and bamboo is overgrowing such
that it hinders crop growth.

US justification - the myths
The United States justifies the agricultural and ecological destruction of Vietnam for three reasons: it
denies the enemy food, it prevents ambushes; and it
better facilitates visual reconnaisance.
Let us speak of our allies, the Vietnamese people.
How does this justification affect them?
Starvation will supposedly demoralize the NLF and its
sympathizers, say American strategists. However, previous wars have demonstrated that when food is in
short supply, fighting troops are first to be fed, with
the remainder rationed to the civilian populace. The
children and the elderly are most severely affected
by the lack of food. Today the NLF remains a potent
and clever military force, while civilian population is
starving and suffering from related diseases which are
upon a distinct rise among the natives.
This "resource denial" also discrimates against unborn human life in Vietnam. The malnutrition and starvation which the Biafran populace endured resulted in

war

Tropical environments usually
find plant nutrients supplied by
the vegetation. Defoliation disrupts this process such that the
nitrates, phosphates, calcium,
potassium, magnesium, sulfur
and other elements are lost in
streams and rivers.
Due to
the consequent low fertility, pest
plants, such as bamboo, take
charge and multiply. Once established, pest plants form a
fierce thicket which prevents
normal forest regeneration and
future agricultural prospects are
well nigh impossible. Bamboo
resists defolients since it reproduces from strong underground stems; once fixated, it
cannot be destroyed by fire or
by cutting.
Nearly half the soil in Vi~tnam has the potential to
turn to laterite, a brick-like substance. Deprived of its
organic cover, the soil is exposed to weathering. The
permanence of laterite is attested by the Khmer ruins
near Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Temples of this substance stand at this locale as they have for one thousand
years.
Upon waterways, mangrove trees are abundant. These
plants extend their roots into the water and capture the
silt, an important link to delta formation. They also
provide a habitat for economically important fish and
shellfish. The defoliation program has destroyed this
living border along waterways; drastic and long-lasting
effects upon the river fishing shall result.

The final analysis

There is no more talk of winning the hearts and
minds of the Vietnamese people. We were sent to protect
their interests, but it seems American lives take precedence over all other factors. How absurd that our
government claims to aid these people while killingthem
and their means of existence. The facts _are not a secret to those Asians who experience this each day of
their lives.
These military actions have not ceased, and there
is no reason to believe that they will during our gradual
withdrawal, termed "Vietnamization." Our friendship
toward the people of Southeast Asia is better likened to
that of a monster. Our actions in Vietnam and its neighboring countries have so torn their economic and ecological structures that the best action we can now give
in their behalf is our immediate cessation of warfare.
(Reprinted with permission from Sensor U.S.A.) ·