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fair sun, sun, sun; 2B. Wimbledon to Mac; 1 Journal tatesman 25 cents Salem, Oregon 3 Monday, July 4, 1983 tmgt Copy Sherry Eyerly case Parents mark year of pain ff I QAr- -in I i vlfT trrrr. I 'CS 4-xs" -7:" vtv- On the surface, everything looks okay. But Steve sometimes brings his hands to his mouth to cover an uncontrollable quiver. And Linda, in mid-sentence, occasionally inhales deeply as a tear falls down her cheek.

Life for them this year has been like that. Amid the comfort and wealth thej-e is profound loss the loss of their only daughter. One year ago today, Sherry Eyerly, then 18, disappeared. Last Fourth of July, she was driving a delivery car for Domino's Pizza. About 9:30 p.m.

she loaded three pizzas into the blue and white car and drove to an isolated part of South Salem to an address that never existed. Passersby found the car on River-haven Drive a gravel road near Brown's Island Road. The driver's dx)r was open, the lights were on, the engine was running, the parking brake was set. The three pizzas lay on the ground next to the car. Her cap was nearby.

But Sherry was gone. A year later, mystery, grief and confusion remain. Is she still alive? Did she suffer amnesia and forget who she is? Was she taken and held as a slave somewhere? Or if she's dead, where is she? And why? Why her? Why us? Like an endless bad dream, these thoughts torment the Eyerlys day and night. "It's been hell," says Steve. A mo ment later he reaches into his back pocket to pull out a handkerchief.

"I filed a tax return for her for last year," says Linda. "I just didn't have the heart to go and declare her dead." And Steve's golf clubs are in the attic collecting dust. "I really haven't done much this year," he says. Nothing has really changed in a year. But psychics, dowsers, search dogs and helicopters have come and Statesman-Journal photo by Dean Koepfler THAT'S A LOTTA BULL Steve Bovan bull riding competition at the St.

Paul am parade and 1:30 pjn. show. A schedule of Rice, Wash, hangs on as Bull 88 Flint- Rodeo. About 20,000 spectators were on of events and a story on what of a holiday stone tries to throw him during Sunday's hand. The rodeo continues today with 10 nature happened Sunday are on Page IB.

gone. The Eyerlys say they have done everything offered $28,000 in re- Tum to EYERLY, Page 7A, By PHIL MANZANO Of the Statesman-Journal Sieve and Linda Eyerly sit in a sunken living room furnished with polished tables and deep couches. A window affords a view of manicured lawns and well-kept homes in South Salem's fashionable Battlecreek sub division. In the driveway are a gold-colored sports car and a magenta luxury car. Steve and Linda look well.

Linda's dark blond hair and deep tan are set off by the gold chains SHERRY EYERLY around her neck. Steve, in tennis shoes and jeans, looks trim and comfortable. Soviet economy up by a nose WASHINGTON (AP) The Soviet Union's economy did not slow as much as the U.S. economy did during the worldwide recession, and now the Soviets are moving ahead a little faster, according to figures published by the International Monetary Fund. In a new report, the fund predicts that on the basis of statistics available in May, overall U.S.

production will grow by 2.4 percent during 1983, while Soviet growth will be about 2.5 percent. THE FIGURE for United States economic growth is considerably more pessimistic than Reagan administration estimates. President Reagan last month said his administration has raised its estimate of growth this year to 5.5 percent. The IMF said Japan will do better, at 2.8 percent, but other major industrial nations will lag behind 1.5 percent for Britain, 5 of 1 percent for West Germany, and a drop of .1 of 1 percent for Italy. Production in France is expected to be level, it said.

THE IMF figures did not list total production, which is much smaller in communist countries than in the West. Trends are given in percentages, compiled partly from information of the United Nations, estimates by the fund's own staff and statistics from the Soviet Union itself. Protectionism on Hill agenda WASHINGTON (AP) Protectionist cries are rising in Congress, and growing with them is Capitol Hill's interest in how America can best face the fierce competition presented by Japanese industries. Trade retaliation talk rose anew after last week's announcement by the Japanese trade minister that his country would not extend its voluntary limit of auto exports to the United States. "The continuing Japanese attack on our basic industries is another Pearl Harbor," Sen.

Don Riegle, charged at an AFL-CIO convention. "By their narrow and selfish pursuit of blatantly unfair trade practices, they have destroyed the jobs and homes of millions of Americans." Rep. John Dingell, author of a "domestic content" bill designed to cut the influx of Japanese cars by forcing companies to start building more autos in the United States, vowed to introduce legislation setting import quotas on Japanese cars, and maybe even on Japanese steel. Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige, caught by surprise by the Japanese announcement on Thursday, said Japan is "taking some real risks" of retaliation. Baldrige said that some change in the Japanese stance may be possible before the third year of restraints on auto shipments ends next April but that the move strengthens protectionist sentiment here and betters chances for passage of the domestic-content bill.

Turn to JAPAN, Page 8A. for Commune neighbor keeps watch EDITOR'S NOTE: In the heart of the Central Oregon desert, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and about 1,000 of his spiritual disciples are building a city-commune called Rajneesh-puram. This is the last of a three-day package by Statesman-Journal staffers Lewis H. Arends Alan Gustafson and Dean Koepfler examining the nature of the Rajneesh communal experiment and the storm of controversy it has generated. Related stories and photos on page 1C.

By ALAN GUSTAFSON Of the Statesman-Journal It had been a long day for Jon Bowerman: up at 2:30 in the morning; out on the range before sunrise; high in the saddle all day. He had trailed 600 cows and calves into the hills of his Central fh Holiday weather. Teased on Sunday, sun-kissed Monday After a dry and sunny Sunday afternoon, a gamble on an outdoor picnic today is a good bet, weather forecasters say. The chance of rain this Fourth of July is near zero, the National Weather Service says, and afternoon temperatures should reach 80 to 85 degrees. "It will be real nice," said Jerry Beach, a weatherman at McNary Field.

"Sunny and fairly warm." There may see some clouds early this morning, he said, but they should be gone by afternoon. Forecasters expect a low temperature of about 50 tonight and a high of about 80 Tuesday. The temperature reached 75 Sunday. index Almanac Classified Community Page 2B 4-10C Page 4C Section Page 3B Living. Public Notices.

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99 5 Sections, 34 Pages A Gannett Newspaper chuckle What you hear never sounds half so important as what you overhear. 5- He now refuses to strap on a ski. Bowerman and his pregnant wife, Candy, live in a rustic wood house near the banks of the John Day River. In his blue jeans, plaid shirt, boots and cowboy hat, he looks like a perfect, albeit cigaretteless, portrait of (he Marlboro Man. His father, Bill, the former University of Oregon track coach, owns land nearby.

But the ranches are few and far between in these parts. And that's the way Bowerman likes it. "Hell, I'm not isolated enough for the way I like to live," he says. Bowerman says that's part of the reason why his jaw muscles tighten when he looks across the rippling water of the John Day and sees land owned by the corporate interests of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. "I don't want to be in the suburbs of what may turn out to be the largest city east of the Cascades," he says.

"I chose to live 60 miles out of the city." But his concern that Rajneesh-puram may grow far and wide is secondary, he emphasized. His real opposition to the city is based on two primary concerns. First, he said, the urbanization of Rajneeshpuram could "set a precedent to jeopardize agriculture all over the state." Wait a minute. One large tract of dusty Central Oregon land a threat to agriculture? "I know they talk about the ranch being overgrazed and having bad soil," said Bowerman. "But that does not detract one bit from the fact that for years it was a successful livestock operation.

"I don't feel letting anyone buy some marginal land and urbanize it is really to the best advantage of the state. "If they take that logic with all our marginal land that using 100 acres of land to run one (head of) cattle is inefficient well, pretty Turn to COMMUNE, Page 8A. ft 1 Oregon spread. Now it was almost dark. He was tired, the visitors were late, and the start of tomorrow was going to come just as early as today.

But Bowerman was ready to talk. And talk. And talk. Perhaps it was a measure of the energy of the man. Or maybe it was a measure of the intensity of his feelings on the issue at hand.

Whatever the reason, Bowerman was ready to take it to the limit. It seems to be part of his nature. "I'm one of the original rednecks," he confessed. It wasn't an apology, mind you. Bowerman, 45, just Wants everything to be up front.

He's an individualist, a purist, a pragmatist. Simply put, he doesn't like it one bit when he feels his ideals are being trampled on. Case in point Bowerman coached the U.S. Ski Team for three years in the 1970s. He loved the sport.

But when "it got to the point here it was more politics than racing," he quit. 1 iv If Statesman-Journal photo by Dean Koepfler of the original rednecks." Jon Bowerman: "I'm one tt.