AuCoin 1979-1980 compilation of news stories video recording

Identifier

PUA_MS147_vid_001

Title

AuCoin 1979-1980 compilation of news stories video recording

Description

A collection of television programs and news stories from 1979 and 1980 featuring US Congressman Les AuCoin, lasting 54 minutes. The collection includes news stories on the 1980 congressional race for Oregon's 1st Congressional District between Democratic incumbent Les AuCoin and Republican challenger Lynn Engdahl; a KOIN 6 Mid-Morning interview featuring Congressman AuCoin on Egypt-Israel relations and US-China relations and economic opportunities following AuCoin's delegation trip to China in 1979; a news story on the controversial Campell amendment of a real estate bill in 1979 featuring comments from AuCoin on the issue of special interest funding related to the bill; a KGW News 8 story on a volunteer program by the Northwest Pilot Project that helped the handicapped; a news story featuring AuCoin's endorsement of the Carter-Mondale ticket in the 1980 presidential election; news stories on the 1970s national housing, inflation, and oil crises and its effects on Oregon and AuCoin's housing program proposal; a KOIN Mid-Morning interview featuring Les AuCoin and his wife Sue on the their personal relationship, the Afghan-Soviet War, the CIA, and the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics Boycott; a KGW News 8 news story on social program cuts from the 1981 federal budget featuring comments from Congressmen Bob Duncan and Les AuCoin; news stories on an experimental commuter train called the Willamette Express from Portland to Eugene; a news story on the Pacific Northwest Power Bill featuring Congressman AuCoin's comments on the US House floor.

This is a digitized version of an analog videorecording from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).

Creator

KOIN 6

KGW 8

Date: Year(s)

1979/1980

Date: Display

1979-1980

Subject

United States. Congress. House.

Legislators--United States

Oregon--Politics and government.

Political campaigns--United States.

Place

Oregon

United States

Extent

(1 video file: 54 min)

Source

Pacific University Archives

Copyright

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

MP4