THE DAILY 3 Oakwood escapees caught downtown Three prisoners who escaped in pre- dawn hours Thursday from the state Oakwood prison facility at Oregon were caught by Madison and Dane County police about 9:30 p.m. Thursday in a car driven by a woman friend on E. Washington Ave. near Breese Stevens Field. Held in the Dane County jail without bail for court today were John Matson, 26, from Marquette, Mich., and Robert Scarrah, 36, from Oconto, both serving terms on murder convictions, and Willie Collins, 28, from Kosciusko, Miss., in prison for four counts of armed robbery. 76 10/1/7 A Madison policeman stopped the car for having only one headlight and im- mediately rdioed for help when he recognized the occupants from descrip- tions issued earlier Thursday. The woman driver, Cheryl Davis, 22, from Madison, was also held in jail for questioning today by the district attor- ney. Another man in the car was released by police after he convinced them he had just met the others in a bar. According to wanted notices police have from the Oakwood institution, six other men prisoners escaped and are still at large in the past 10 days, and one more was reported escaped late Thurs- day afternoon. Wisconsin State Journal One of the escapees is sought for a 1901 Fish Hatchery Road Post Office Box 8058 Madison, WI 53708 burglary last weekend of State Rep. David Clarenbach's apartment in downtown Madison, police said. 5¢ CARDINAL VOL. LXXXVII No 34 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Monday, October 18, 1976 Inside Waupun―part II Mini Courses Tokyo Quartet Another loss Most legislators ignore gay rights poll By JUDITH BURNS of the Cardinal Staff A pre-primary poll conducted by the Gay People's Union (GPU) asking all state legislative candidates for their stand on gay rights received by most candidates. some positive response in Madison, but was ignored Only 12 per cent of the 377 candidates answered the poll. Eight per cent were favorable to the gay rights legislation proposed in the poll question- naire. "I THINK WE DID very well," said Roger Durand, GPU coordinator of the poll project. "I only expected to get a few responses. The poll proposed several different pieces of gay rights legislation in areas of employment, housing, taxation and child care rights. Candidates were such legislation if elected. asked to state whether or not they would support Two Madison candidates favorable to gay rights, according to Durant's poll, are David Clarenbach, D-78th, and Midge Miller, D-77th. "Gay rights will be an important part of my legislative program," Clarenbach said. "Any ence should be eliminated." discrimination on the grounds of sexual prefer- "PROTECTION AGAINST discrimination in employment, housing and public accomadations said. will be the most important issues," Clarenbach "Gay legislation will be seriously considered in the next session," he said "Or at least the legislature will not be able to ignore it." He said the present legislative attitude towards p. 4 p. 6 p. 11 p. 12 gay rights was "negative and fearful." "Legislators are not so much against the issue, but afraid of it. They fear anything that jepordizes re-election," he said "so they're not willing to comment. "THE MARGIN OF MY victory in the primary was a lesson to politicians, it showed them that it isn't suicidal to support gay rights. I did, and still creamed a very heavy political figure in Madison. Clarenbach said that while gay rights was a visible issue in the primary race, it has not become one in his general campaign. issues," he said. "I'm running on a program, not one or two Midge Miller, (D-77th) said in her campaign gay rights has not come up as an issue. She filled out the GPU questionnaire, she said because "The voter has a right to know where I stand." LIKE CLARENBACH SHE answered yes all the proposed legislation. "The government should not be a policeman in anybody's life or bedroom. It's just a question of basic decency," Miller said. "I imagine there will be some gay rights legislation presented this session, since there will but it's not unlikely," she said. be a new legislature. Success is not highly probable, Miller's opponent in the 77th distrcit race, Harriet Pasqualone did not fill out the GPU poll. "There isn't any special reason why I didn't fill it out," Pasqualone said. "I'm not afraid of the issue. "IF GUYS WANT TO live with each other, thats fine with me," she said. "I don't approve of their plain." lifestyle, but if it doesn't affect me I can't - She said she does not favor employment discrimination on the basis of sexual preference. Durand said gay rights would be a much more visible issue in the legislature. He called the poll a 1977. "head start" for a gay lobby program planned for ""The lobby will get other legislators in the state to understand our position," Durand said. "Our major aim is the 'consenting adults," he said, referring to a repeal of laws that now forbid voluntary sex acts between consenting adults. "What we want to get is a realistic bill," Durant said. "We think it can be passed. ---