CLINTON ST. QUARTERLY THE CLINTON ST. QUARTERLY abso lutely fre e ---------- C*O*N T*E»N'T»S Under the Volcano Alexis Duprosis.......................... 5 “ Right to Life” Carlin Chasman.......................... 6 Earthly Horrors Enrico Martignoni...................... 9 A Day in the Life Rick Myers............................... 10 An Interview with Tim Walt Curtis........ ....................... 15 Catholic Dirty Tricks Warren Hinckle........................ 19 Mickey Comes to T ow n .............. 24 The Work of Isaac Shamsud-Din. 26 A Tyrant is Overthrown Rick Rub in................................ 27 A Fish Story Bill Bakke................ 28 A Night at the Horse Opera Musicmaster'............................ 32 Blazermyopia Lenny D e e ............ M Wet Whistle Walt Curtis.............. 38 A Taste of Celsi............................ 39 Stumptown Grooves Steve C ah ill.............................. 41 A Storefront History Anne Gerety.............................. 44 Pangene on S to re fron t................ 46 The Clinton St. Quarterly is published free to the public by Clinton St. Center for the Arts, Inc., 2522 S.E. Clinton St., Portland, OR. Clinton St. Quarterly 1980 © Clinton St. Quarterly 1980 vol. 2, no. 1 spring 1980 Change It or Lose It The media is full of bravado about Oregon being the most liveable state in the union. Well kiddies, it’s time to look behind the smokescreen and realize we’re losing our beloved state to a bunch of avaricious desperadoes bent on making a quick buck no matter what the cost. The heart of our city is being anesthetized to make way for the newest plastic-fantastic chrome and holler. To help stop Cadillac- Fairview and Save Our Liveable Downtown, stop by the Looking Glass Books, grab a petition or two and get your friends and neighbors to sign. Tired of putting your hard-earned bucks to work for utility companies that cakewalk in and out of rate hearings with increases to cover their bureaucratic bunglings and lack of foresight? Public Utility Districts would save us a bundle. Unfortunately, the utilities are going to use that bundle to spread fear of economic chaos. To give the utility execs an early retirement, call 287-8918. Did you know that most of the animals in the vicinity of 3 Mile Island have miscarried or had stillborn babies since the accident of last year. Or that the Harrisburg infant mortality went up 600% in the four months after the radiation leaks? Find out this and more Saturday May 17th at a rally for a Non-Nuclear Future — noon — at Waterfront Park. Forelaws On Board and Citizens Allied for Responsible Energy (CARE) will be there with petitions to get measures on the November ballot that would ban construction of new nuke plants, prohibit the sale of power from existing plants — effectively shutting down Trojan — and call for a federal repository for nuclear waste before further construction could be considered. Along with experts like Dr. Ernest Sternglass and Lon Topaz — Ex Director of Oregon Dept, of Energy we’ll also get a chance to rock with a Muse musician and roll with Sheila and the Boogiemen. A helluva way to spend a Saturday afternoon. S*T*A*F*F Editors Emeritus: Eric Edwards Joe Uris Bev Walton Co-Editors Lenny Dee Joel Weinstein Design & Production: Joel Weinstein with Kim Honer Enrico Martignoni Eric Edwards Proof Reader: Steve Cackley A d Sales: Kathy Livingston David Milholland Contributing Artists: Jim Blashfield Alan Brewster David Celsi Barry Curtis Bob Gardiner Kim Honer Tad Leflar Henk Pander Pangene Isaac Shamsud-Din Will Spray Elaine White Jack Sanders Ancil Nance Steve Sandstrom If the Presidential race gives you a serious case of the blahs with its cold war warriors feverishly trying to wrap themselves in the flag, the Eastside Congressional candidacy of Ron Wyden is providing progressives with a vehicle to express a hoped-for new direction in American life. His accomplishments on the local level augur well for anyone trying to tilt the levers of power in an egalitarian direction. Ron successfully led the initiative battle to allow licensed technicians to make and sell dentures to the public, resulting in major savings for senior citizens. He helped simplify the private health insurance policies offered to the elderly in this state and created a new toll-free line for nursing home patients, families and friends to use in calling the State Health Division for information and complaints about nursing homes. Those successes plus his opposition to decontrol of oil and natural gas have garnered Wyden important support from the Machinist and Teamster locals in the city, who are desperate to slow down the rate of inflation that is eating away at the pocket-books of their members. Wyden’s grassroots accomplishments may not be easy to duplicate in the halls of Congress where the problems are huge and the entrenched powers even larger. However, he should be given the chance to go to bat for our interests. President Carter’s high-interest sham of an inflation plan is deliberately decimating the home building industry, which is crucial to Oregon’s economy. In one year new housing starts have dropped 80^0 in the five-county metropolitan area, causing a loss of $15 million in local revenue. As a consequence the Oregon timber industry is going to pot. The CSQ believes that the State of Oregon should go to pot as an answer to Carter’s economic policies, which are causing increased unemployment throughout the state. In California last year marijuana cultivation grossed over $1 billion, becoming that state’s largest cash crop. There is an initiative on the 1980 California ballot to remove penalties for the private cultivation of marijuana. We should not let our neighbors to the south get the jump on this primo market. The Oregon green could be more than just our state color. The Editors Top editorial cartoon by Tad Leflar, bottom by Steve Sandstrom
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