Clinton VOL. 7, NO. 3 Quarterly St. FALL 1985 STAFF Co-editors Lenny Dee David Milholland Editor on Leave Jim Blashfield Associate Editors Peggy Lindquist Paul Loeb Michael Helm Todd Oppenheimer Design and Production David Milholland Guest Designers Reed Darmon Eric Edwards Tim Braun Coverwork Sharon Niemcyzk Jim Blashfield Production Assistants Stephanie Denyer Gail O’Neill Ad Production Stacey Fletcher Joyce Fletcher Camerawork Tim Braun Laura DiTrapani Typesetting Archetype, Harrison Typesetting Lee Emmett, Marmilmar, Sherry Swain Proofreaders Steve Cackley Betty Smith Ad Sales—Oregon Dru Duniway, Sandy Wallsmith Joyce Fletcher, Lynn Wilson Ad Sales—Washington Jennifer James, Scott Wilson Doug Milholland Development Lenny Dee, Suone Cotner Mary Lou Calvin, Libby Dawson Farr Lisa Shara Interns Dan McMillan, Barbara Griswold Contributing Artists Tim Braun, C.T. Chew Stephen Leflar, Carel Moiseiwitsch Isasc Shamsud-Din, Anne Storrs Steve Winkenwerder Printing Tualatin-Yamhill Press Thanks Jeff Bachrach, Linda Ballantine John Bennett, Bart Diener Paul Diener, Julie Draper, Dennis Eichhorn Lola Jones, Tyra Lindquist Nicole Luce, Theresa Marquez Melissa Marsland, Enrico Martignoni Laurie McClain, Kevin Mulligan Alana O’Brien, Annie Reiniger Jim Styskel, Stephanie Styskel Debra Turner, Loring Voegl Ann Vrabel, John Wanberg Elizabeth Young Oregon Historical Society Technicolor, Inc. The Clinton 500 ' EDITORIAL ^^Imost exactly three years ago, a mixed bag of celebrants from Washington and Oregon gathered in Pioneer Square to greet the inaugural Washington edition of the Clinton St. Quarterly. Over the three years, we’ve produced 20-25,000 copies of each issue which are distributed in Seattle, as well as Port Townsend, Olympia, La Conner, Mount Vernon, Ellensburg and a few points in between. It’s been an opening wedge, which we hope to expand in the near future. For while several publications claim to reach and represent the Pacific Northwest, we are the only one which consistently features the best work of the region’s creative talent. From Washington alone we’ve published the following writers and artists: C.T. Chew, Fay Jones, Paul Loeb, Melissa Laird, T. Michael Gardiner, Mary Deaton, David Romtvedt, Christina Pacosz, Larry Adams, Faith Conlon, Dennis Eichhorn, Sharon Doubiago, Jason Patt, Liza von Rosenstiel, Robert Ellis Gordon, Catherine Lord, Richard Posner, Lynda J. Barry, James Greenburg, Roberta Penn, Rich Nafziger, Susan Gofstein, Ken Ambrosini, Martha Gies, Andrew Keating, Carol Orlock, John Bennett, Patty Somlo, Michael Daley, Ann Hirschi, Carl Smool, Lisa Kinoshita, Paul de Barros, Salise Hughes, Thomas Lea, J.K. Studyvin, Michael Brush, S. Moore, Harvey Stein, E.B. Belew, Allen Leigh, Rachel Herr, Mark Gray, Leslie Hayertz, Edwin Dobb, Z.K. Chew, Steven Bryan Bieler, Pat Teeling, Fred Hopkins and Marilyn Stablein. By quirk and predilection, there are an equal number of men and women; some who appear elsewhere; some you’ve never heard of. What we’ve provided is a medium through which these writers and artists have been able to express their true thoughts and feelings, without having to hone to a party line or worry about alienating the powers that be. For many this will be your first brush with CSQ. You may have been drawn in by our snappy cover, or simply heard of us and finally decided to find out what we’re about. Take your time with us. Most people breeze through quickly at first, checking out the ads and images, trying to decide where to probe deeper. When you do, don’t despair if you don’t hit it off with one article. Pick us up later and try a different story. Since we appear but four times a year, we try to provide material for several sittings. Each story is the work of a particular writer, with her/his own style and point of view. They are not homogenized to fit a format or appeal to a marketing target. So if one doesn’t connect, another might just hit you right between the eyes. Don’t hesitate to laugh, get angry, or get motivated to “do something about it.” We believe in peace, not passivism. For only in CSQ will you find Melissa Laird’s award-winning story on Hanford’s proposed nuclear waste repository alongside a feature on “Christmas Gifts for Chickens.” We sent Dennis Eichhorn to visit the Idaho stomping grounds of his youth, which resulted in “Nazi Vacation,” a story we’re still hearing about. The CSQ has run an ongoing series on Central America, from long before that region became front page news. Our beat has covered Trident and the White Train, Washington’s economy, views from behind the bars of both the pen and the Woodland Park Zoo, features on jazz musicians, classical composers, bluesmen and artists of every stripe. Many stories have focussed on issues from a woman’s eye view, articles we’ve felt should reach an audience beyond the feminist community. The short and long of it is that we’re eclectic and full of surprises. No issue should be missed. Since we’re distributed free from some 200 Washington outlets, many find picking up the CSQ a hit and miss proposition. While a subscription can take care of your personal problem, our long run plan is to expand circulation, in both numbers of papers and outlets. Elsewhere in this paper you’ll find an invitation to join our “Washington Project.” Please consider that. But tarry no longer. Dive into another exciting issue. Please excuse this momentary indulgence in selfcongratulation. Birthdays are to be celebrated, we’ve always felt, and now we’ve done it. Thanks for your support, of both CSQ and our loyal advertisers. Now pass that cake. DM It was over 200 years ago that our Founding Fathers met in Philadelphia to lay down the principles upon which our new country would be based. If the Clinton St. Quarterly had been around then, you can bet your boots that these dedicated American patriots would have turned to it time and time again for reference and inspiration as they painstakingly worked out the ideas contained in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. OK. So they might not have had much use for "Christmas Gifts for Chickens" or the story of the woman who divorced her husband and married her bowling ball. But what about the other stuff? You know’, the political stuff. They’d have read that, wouldn’t they? Of course! Yeah, sure! And might they have picked up their copies of the West Coast’s favorite journal of fiction, features, political writing, humor and eyeball-snagging graphics on street corners in Seattle, Portland. Eugene and points nearby? Of course not! It would have been a long ride by horseback and canoe. Many would have died. It wouldn’t have been worth it. Instead, they’d have subscribed to the Clinton St. Quarterly and had it delivered by postal employees, many of them wearing shorts in the summer. That’s how they’d have done it. Our forefathers loved America. If you love America you’ll be like them and subscribe to the Clinton St. Quarterly. Four issues a year for only $6.00. Get the picture? Stop being a squalling left-wing panty- waist. Be an American. Subscribe now’. OK. And send me a pointed hat like Paul Revere if you’ve got any. Do you? Or don’t you? Is this a trick? For a Friend? Name Name TABLE OF CONTENTS Cove r Steve Winkenwerder Atomic Childhood G w io n ........................................................4 The High Cost of High Tech Lenny Siegel and John Markoff ........8 It’s Still Called Hangman’s Bridge Leslie Hayertz........................................12 Ellie Manette and the Steel Drum’s Freedom Song Lynn Darroch .......................................16 Triangle Self Help Album C.T. Chew .............................................. 20 Lynn Margaret Sharon Lynn Pugh...............................22 Freedom Rising James North ............ 25 Rita Chavez H. Bosch ................................................28 Intervention in Vietnam and CentralAmerica: Parallels and Differences Noam Chomsky ................................... 30 Current Trends in Architecture Jim Blashfield and Steve Winkenwerder ........................... 38 The Clinton St. Quarterly is published in both Oregon and Washington editions by CSQ—A Project of Out of the Ashes Press. Washington Address: 1520 Western Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, (206),682 2404; Oregon address: P.O. Box 3588, Portland, OR 97208, (503) 222 6039. Unless otherwise noted, all contents copyright© 1985, Clinton St. Quarterly. ®™<«>»»«% ™|| © ©%® • ™©%®%®®[7| □ .©||%®||® E * » * * O ®T“®®©®%©®%||%[7| □ . ™©©||©®®© O • 4-®©© *™®®©©%©®%||%[7| Address Address Send only $6 for first subscription, $5 for each additional one to: The Clinton St. Quarterly P.O. Box 3588 1520 Western Avenue Portland, OR 97208 Seattle, WA 98101 Clinton St. Quarterly 3
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