H A R D N E W S The Golden Fleece, or Why Taxes Are So High Call Girl Date Book Fingers VIP’s Headlines of both major Portland daily papers in June were filled with reports of alleged mishandling of vice investigations by the Portland Police Department. D.A. Hari Haas accused the police of improper conduct. Officers apparently had sexual relations with a key prosecution witness. The witness was loaned $200 by the head of the vice squad. The police responded to Haas' accusations by suggesting that the D.A. was covering for important clients of local whores. What was never made clear, however, are these facts: Two trick books were in the possession of the police and the D.A.'s office. According to informed sources the books contained the names of some of Portland and Oregon’s most important business and political leaders. Allegedly the “ trick” books detailed sexual preferences of at least one judge and a major elected figure in Portland City government. The “trick" books, according to our sources, were last in the hands of the D.A.’s office. No one will say where the books are now. But they are probably great bedtime reading for someone. Some Like It Hot A retired navy officer and his wife are believed to be the first Americans to simmer to death in an overheated hot tub. Deputy coroner Margo Martin ruled that the couple passed out and died of extreme overheating at the spa in their home in Simi Valley, a suburb of Los Angeles. For sheer futility, it’s hard to imagine a government agency compiling a sorrier record than that of the New York office of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). During the fiscal year ending in October 1978, 200 INS investigators in New York spent $23.6 million locating a total of 10,607 “ deportable aliens” —or roughly $2,225 for every man, woman and child that the INS, . in its own vernacular, deemed “ wet.” If this doesn’t sound like too high a Machine SNAFU Causes Needless Patient Death In early June, the Clinton Street Quarterly has learned, a patient died because of equipment failure in the operating room of a major westside hospital. The patient was undergoing a routine surgical knee repair. In the course of the operation, the victim was given too much oxygen. The respiratory center in the brain failed and the patient’s lungs, heart and circulatory system malfunctioned. Efforts at open chest massage failed. Like one in every 100,000 bounty, then consider one more fact: Of these more than 10,000 “ deport - ables,” maybe half are actually sert out of the country. The others manage to elude deportation somehow— by jumping bail, marrying an American, or tying up proceedings against them long enough to establish permanent residence, or citizenship. And even the total number of aliens apprehended is but a fraction of the estimated 750,000 to 1.5 million living in the New York metropolitan area. anaesthetized persons undergoing surgery, the patient failed to survive what was supposed to be a very safe procedure. The Clinton Street Quarterly also learned that the patient's family was not informed of the real cause of death. They were simply told that the patient had died while undergoing surgery. Thus the anaesthcsiologist, the surgeon, and the hospital were able to avoid a possible malpractice suit. Recycling Supporters Sought Portland Recycling, a long-time environmental activist organization in the Portland community, has announced that they will be conducting a membership drive and public awareness campaign during the months of July and August. The purpose of the membership drive will be to raise money to pay off some long-standing debts, and to purchase trucks and other equipment to make Portland Recycling a self-sufficient organization. Portland Recycling, a non-profit company, began offering recycling services to Portlanders in 1970, and since 1974 they have recycled more than 30,000 tons of paper, glass, aluminum and other recyclable materials, making them one of the largest recyclers in the nation. Today, Portland Recycling has six full-time, 24-hour-a-day recycling drop-off centers, which offer community recycling and education programs to more than 20 residential areas from Tigard to the Coast, The organization is trying to move as quickly as possible to complete self- sufficiency and a position of being able to pay their employees and continue their operations and education program, through the sale of recyclable materials to re-use markets, and by generating public support for their organization through the sale of public memberships. At press time the exact details of the membership drive were not available, although it is reported that it will involve a large outdoor concert later this summer, co-sponsored by KGON- FM radio, with all proceeds from the concert going to Portland Recycling. Members of Portland Recycling will receive admission to this concert, a monthly newsletter, and a window decal. Memberships are expected to cost between $5 and $10. 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