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...little like Henry Fonda, has argued more cases before the U.S. Supreme Court than any other state attorney general (14) and initiated antitrust suits against some of the state's major industries and banks. He has a campaign war chest of $400,000 with the help of timber and small-business interests, but he is still being outspent more than 2 to 1 by Magnuson...
...what is laudable in Eugene is anathema to the lumbermen in the rest of the district. Says Weaver: "My problem is that my district's Establishment -it all revolves around the timber industry-opposes me." With help from lumber companies, utilities and the National Republican Congressional Committee, Mike Fitzgerald, 47, a garrulous, former public relations man from San Diego, has Weaver running like a Roosevelt elk, a species that he has fought to conserve. They agree only in their opposition to gun controls...
Stocky, balding Fitzgerald, who owns a 1,100-acre sheep ranch, made his mark politically as a county commissioner when he fought state controls on land development and timber production. Says he: "Weaver is an environmental perfectionist. Environmental perfection is something we can't afford." Weaver, a former builder and developer, replies that his environmental policies are in the area's best interest. Says he: "We can't afford to cut our timber faster, because if we do, we won't have any left. My constituents strongly support land-use planning. They don't want...
...former Governor and the publisher of 21 newspapers, is getting political mileage out of Ullman's past support of the tax. Smith is also making an issue of high unemployment (up to 34.6% this past summer in Harney County) in the district, which is heavily dependent on the timber industry. Smith already has $420,000 in his campaign chest and hopes to raise $330,000 more with the help of conservative businessmen's groups. With Ullman likely to spend $550,000, the hotly contested House race could be one of the most costly in the nation this year...
...chief financial officer of Boise Cascade Paper Co., is shaking up Bendix, which last year ranked 88th on the Fortune 500 list with sales of $3.8 billion and profits of $163 million. Last week he put up for sale the company's $435 million timber operations as well as $300 million of stock in Asarco, which mines copper and other metals. He wants Bendix to concentrate more on high technology and electronics and less on natural resources...