Part 96, page 16

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42 THE OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1973

Air passenger carrying liquor gives Oregon right to seize jet

By HARRY BODINE of The Oregonian staff

If an Oregonian flies home from Reno with a case of beer, should the Oregon Liquor Control Commission seize the plane that hauled the contraband?

It may come as a shock to the airlines, but the OLCC believes that under Oregon law it has the clout to seize the "vehicle" whether it is a private auto or other transportation.

The liquor commission has no plans to seize an airplane, but its inspectors are looking over incoming luggage at Portland International Airport these days to determine how much illegal liquor and beer is coming into the state.

Oregon residents are allowed to bring up to one quart into the state.

The three-member commission revised priorities in liquor law enforcement at its monthly meeting this week in Milwaukie.

OLCC staff told the panel the problem of wholesalers giving financial assistance to retailers was "rampant" and getting worse. It is illegal, but hard to detect.

Financial assistance can be offered — as an inducement to carry or "push" a wholesaler's brands in several ways, the OLCC staff explained.

State law and regulations require complete records of all alcoholic beverages sold and distributed in Oregon.

The OLCC staff explained it is circumvented by a distributor selling 10 barrels of beer or 10 cases of a beverage and then delivering 11, recording the excess under "breakage."

A major item of discussion in the OLCC review was the licensing of "service permittees," the bartenders and waitresses working in licensed establishments serving the public.

Don Church, director of licensing for the commission, said the OLCC has a major administrative task keeping track of 38,000 persons in the field.

The commission now collects a $1 license fee from the service permittees "and that's about all," Church noted.

Administration of the service permittees has eroded, he said. Because of the economics involved, the system in Oregon "isn't the best."

"We are not assuring the tavern owner of good moral character in perspective employees," he added.

Anyone working in a tavern or bar needs the state permit in order to work.

Since the state does have the right to suspend a permit it possibly does serve as a deterrent against an employee violating OLCC regulations and state law, said Kenneth Underdahl, OLCC administrator.

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"I CAN'T EVEN LOOK AT ANOTHER TURKEY RIGHT NOW. I MIGHT JUST GLANCE AT A PIECE OF THAT PUMPKIN PIE, THOUGH."

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Won't talk

Saudi prince lives in Portland

By WAYNE THOMPSON of The Oregonian staff

While Saudi Arabia has commanded attention by controlling the tap for an oil-thirsty world, an engaging 18-year-old student has been winding up his term at Lewis and Clark College without fanfare.

He is Prince Naif bin Abdal Aziz, the vice minister of interior in the country that dictates oil fuel destinies for the Western world.

Prince Saud has been in Portland since September, enrolled in Lewis and Clark's institute for the study of American language and culture.

He has taken three courses in the program and took his last final Tuesday morning prior to returning to Saudi Arabia for the holidays.

The young prince, a nephew of King Faisal, declined an interview with the Oregonian, making it clear to school officials he was in Portland as a student, not as a member of the 2,500-member Saud royal family.

"He is a personable young man who has adjusted well to the American culture," said a Lewis and Clark spokesman who concurred in Prince Saud's desire to avoid publicity.

The prince, one of seven Saudi students enrolled at L&C, rented an apartment near the campus during the term and, reportedly, was accompanied by a non-English speaking friend, a manservant.

Lewis and Clark's international program this fall drew 20 fulltime students and seven parttime students from Saudi Arabia, Iran, Japan, Cambodia and Taiwan.

Since the crisis erupted in the Middle East, followed by the oil boycott imposed by Saudi Arabia, Prince Saud and the Saudi government

have been concerned with security, as has been the school administration.

Lewis and Clark has what many feel is an excellent relationship with exchange students from Arab countries and Prince Saud has been an outstanding addition to the student body, officials said.

The prince, reportedly, achieved the anonymity he sought during his stay in Portland, motoring about town in American dress in a Datsun 240-Z sports car.

According to one source, he had to leave in London his Italian Maserati sports car.

Prince Saud is expected to return to Portland in six weeks for another term, resuming the role he prefers — the quiet, clandestine life of a serious student.

His is the story of the Student Prince, played to international music. He left Portland this week for his native land as quietly as he came.

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