The news-review., June 26, 1963, Page 4, Image 4

"The Last One We Brought Into the House
The
Editor's Corner
. Sy Charles V. Stanton
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Laws Add
Many people were unhappy with the
showing of the 1963 session of the state
legislature, but one group feels it could
have asked for little more.
It is the Oregon Traffic Safety Com
mission. The legislature approved the ve
hicle equipment and driver license com
pacts which allows exchange of out-of-state
traffic conviction reports between
states and allows greater uniformity in
state laws regulating vehicle equipment.
' In addition the legislature approved a
measure to extend police authority in ar
resting drunken drivers and other major
traffic offenders on basis of more reason
able grounds. It increased state aid for
driver education. It allowed the state to
require seat belts in front seats of new
motor vehicles beginning in November
1964. And it stiffened the penalties for
those who attempt to flee a police officer.
Of course the commission didn't get
all it asked. It failed to gain approval on
the proposed "implied consent" which
would make it possible to give chemical
tests to all drivers arrested for drunken
driving. '
, The legislature also tabled a maxi
mum speed law.
These approved and proposed restric
tions may seem to indicate the state is
trying to make it tough on the motorist.
1, Of course, that isn't the idea at all.
The continual harping from press, radio,
television and many safety councils to be
careful on the highways doesn't appear to
be cutting accidents appreciably.
Example: This May was the worst
on record for traffic deaths In Oregon.
Fifty-one lives were lost to top the pre
vious record of 44 in May 1948. At the
end of May, Oregon's death toll was run
ning 24 per cent higher than 1962.
Example: During the last two years,
THE LIGHTER SIDE:
Numerical Morass
Engulfing Nation
By DICK WEST
WASHINGTON (Vl'l) As
red-blooded, 100 por cent, inulli
digit Arabic number, I lip my
hat (7Vth) to rross r. wosi,
president of the Lallirop, Mo.,
telephone company.
According to press reports,
Cross is resisting pressure from
the state public service commis
sion to convert the phones in
l.allirop to the dial system. I'm
with him all the way.
The telephone service main
tained by Cross's company is the
exact antithesis of the all-diitll
dialing system that tho somewhat
larger American Telephone & Tel
egraph Co, is forcing upon its
subscribers.
In Lallirop, you don't have to
use a number at all. You can just
turn the handle, tell the operator
who you ro calling and she 11 con
nect you. Wonderful I
Why hadn't someone thought of
that before?
Shews The Way
Now that Cross has shown the
way, lot us hopo that AT&T will
abandon its program of discard
ing telephone exchange names
and adopt the Lallirop system In
stead. While they're at It, I'd like to
see AT&T install a system like
the one we used to have in my
home town in Texas.
If you didn't get an answer, the
operator would inform you that
the parly you were calling had
gone to the store for a doicn
eggs, or was out in the yard and
Thieves Make Direct Approach
To Nullifying Petition Efforts
OI.YMI'IA, Wash. (L'I'I)-I'olice
today were looking for two men
me tall and the other short who
were believed to be the thieves
who stole 75 pounds of petitions
which had been intended to nulli
fy the slate's new "tolerance pol
icy" gambling law.
The petitions, which contained
82,955 names of persons who want
ed the act to be submitted In the
volera in a referendum, were
stolen from a vault in the Stale
Capitol Building.
II was planned like a bank
Job," John Kenderesi, a State Pa
trol detecUve. said. "It was the
work of professionals."
tiov. Albert D. Rosellini called
the Uieft "an outrage."
Slate Elections Supt. Krnnclh
N. Gilbert said the petitions ap
parently were stolen Kriday after
noon but the loss was not discov
ered until late Monday.
He said Mrs. Ethel Burkhart of
TeniM, a night janitor in the Cap
itol, apparently saw the thieves
just after they had removed the
petitions. But she did not realite
the significance of what she had
seen until Monday when she re
ported it, Gilbert said.
' Gilbert said the men got away
with every one of the petitions.
Ore.
Teeth1 To Traffic
couldn't hear the phone ringing.
I got quite a shock a fow nights
ago, houover, when I tried to
(call my lather. Ever since Hector
was a pup, my miners pnono
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iiuiiiucr linn ucl-ii .
But on this occason, when t he
Washington operator finally
reached the operator in my homo
town, apparently making connec
tion by way of Tclstar II, tho
operator there said tiro number
had been changed. She said my
father s new number was 9285015.
From 38 to 9285015. What is the
world coming to?
More Numbers
Well, for one thing, it's coming
to "Zip Codes." Beginning July
1, Postmaster General J, Edward
Day would like us all to start
putting five-digit Zip Codes on
the letters we mail. As far as
I'm concerned, Day can go butt
a slump,
I'm all In favor of Improving
tho postal service, but I haven't
gut room in my head for another
single number. The saturation
point was reached a few months
ago when my bank made me
start pulling 67-80083 on my
checks and deposit slips.
Last week, the savings Institu
tion that mother-hens my nest
egg sent me a form to fill out
so it could designate me as 458-05-8881.
I haven't been able to
face up to that cither.
Vfl need strong men like Proas
Cross of Lallirop, Mo., to rescue
us from the numerical morass
into which we are sinking. Down
with dialing!
. .The loss of the petitions threw
a dark legal cloud over the ef
forts of Dr. Homer Humiston, a
Tacoma physician, to give the
people a chanre to vole on the
act which would legalize pinball
machines, punchhoaids, pulllahs,
cardrooms and bingo games.
Humiston. who was in Washing
ton, Va., Monday visiting rela
tives, said he would fly back In
the state immediately to assist in
;the investigation,
i A former Taroma citv council
j man who is credited wlih helping
ito ban pinhalls from his city.
Humiston began to circulate the
! petitions after the 1963 legislature
passed the tolerance policy bill
i and Mosellinl let it become law
j without his signature.
Gilbert said it was a "mathe
jmalical certainly" that Hie peti.
lions contained the 48.6:iO valid
! signatures necessary to qualify
: me referendum tor It; Novcm
jber, l!K4 general election ballot.
Gilbert said it would be up to
i the Stale Supreme Court to decide
j what would happen to the refrren
: dum.
! He said he hoped the court
, would permit the measure to be
.placed nn the ballot in spile of
'the theft.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1963
Safety
motor vehicle accidents injured almost
five million people in the United States
each year.
Example: Douglas County, which had
reason to be proud of its traffic death to
tal with only two fatalities through the
middle of May, suddenly lost its magic
touch. In less than a month and a half,
eight more have died on the county's
highways.
These grisly statistics indicate strong
ly that pleas for motorists to drive care
fully needed to be supplemented with
something stronger. The legislature rec
ognized' that need.
Probably one of the biggest reasons
more legislation has not come sooner is
that both legislators and the public have
been wary that police authority might be
abused. They apuarently now have confi
dence that the officers now patroling the
state's highways and roads are primarily
interested in protecting the public against
traffic offenders.
The Oregon Traffic Speaker, published
monthly by the Traffic Safety Division of
the Department of Motor Vehicles, notes
particularly the new law which allows ar
rest on "probable cause" as signifying
law enforcement "is coming of age in
Oregon."
Despite the new laws, however, the
chief "governor1' on traffic slaughter and
mayhem will rest with the driver him
self. That it was against the law to cause
an accident is of little value to persons
hurt or killed in it.
This time of the year is when caution
and "defensive driving" are more need
ed than ever. More cars are on the high
ways, and the accident toll annually rises
with that increase. Last year, 30 per cent
of the state's traffic death toll occurred
during June, July and August.
Reader
Opinions
Reforms Of Divorce Law
Needed To Aid Marriage
To The Editor:
:The Ncws-ltevicw. on Juno 18.
published a fine editorial on the
divorce prooicm. An interesting tel
ler iy iwr. Harold o. canyon was
published ,111110 22. we should nave
more of the same. I am glad there
now is an organization trying to
bring some reform to our divorce
laws.
It is In the divorce court that
many of our social problems origin
ate and terminate. Much crime,
delinquency and public welfare or
iginate in tho court room.
Divorce Unuit
From an economic standpoint
divorce often is unjust to people
not involved in divorce. Tho high
cost of public assistance, aid to
dependent children, foster home
care, care for the aged are large
ly related to divorce. Why should
children care for their aged par
ents when the parents neglected
them and deprived them of a hap
py home life?
Many wives believe if they get
a divorce they can get a job and.
with support money from the fath
er of their children, they will get
along better. More often it ends
with the mother and children sup
ported by public welfare assist
ance.
A friend of mine met a girl at a
dance. Within two weeks they were
married. The marriage lasted
about .10 days. Soon the bills start
ed to come; SHOO for a fur coat and
other clothing charged lo his ac
count. The poor guy has had to
pay tne divorce costs and also ali
mony. There was no escape for
him. He must pay or else go to
jail. One alimony martyr has been
in the Woodland, Calif., jail for
several years.
Although men and women are
equal in their personal dignity they
are nevertheless different. "Equal"
does not mean "identical. " When
women enter Hie divorce court they
are still considered the "weaker
sex" and the court gives them a
more privileged posilion.
Preparation Small
People arc more careful in so
lecling a house or an automobile
than they are in selecting a mar
riage partner. It lakes years of
preparation lo enter a profession,
nut people will enler marriage with
bill little preparation. Girls in their
early teens and boys not old enough
to Mite will marry. We witness
young mothers with two or
three children, divorced and living
on public aid, perhaps for many
years. The taxpayer pays for this.
We need more than reform in
our divorce laws. We need moral
reform, education and preparation
for the responsibilities of mar
riage Otherwise marriage will lie
a failure. Divorce becomes a "rack
et" that exploits the innocent par
ty and the taxpayer.
Krank l iming
Camas Valley 111., Box 515
Winston. Ore.
SUPPORTS COFFEE PACT
' WASHINGTON" fl'PI) - The
I'nited Slates intends to ratify
the international coffee igrre
mrnl which is designed to stain
lire declining coffee prices.
The Iniled States imports 51 7
per rent of the world's cofiee,
and a recent formal announce
ment to the Vnited Nations
meant that 11 countries repre
senting 78 J per rent of world im
ports have declined their support
of the agreement.
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Death
n
By ROBERT C. RUARK
There are two serious flaws in
tho abandonment of tho mandatory
death penalty for New York, its
new particulars to be invoked on
July 1,
Gov. Rockefeller recently sign
ed the bill, which permits a death
penalty only if a second-stage, or
reviewing jury, recommends exe
cution. Otherwise the directed pen
alty for fust-degree murder or kid
naping is an automatic life sen
tence unless the second-stage jury
rises up and clamors for blood.
The other important change of
time-old criine-and-punishment is
the new law permitting the court
to accept a guilty plea from first
degree murderers or kidnapers,
also Willi an automatic life sen
tence, l'ormerly, and until July 1,
any capitally-charged prisoner was
mandatorily directed by the court
for jury trial.
Flaw Made
The first flaw Is to be found In
simple human nature, which will
seek factual truth but which will
generally refuse to play God. A
jury directed to find the prisoner!
guilty or not guilty, would come
up with that finding, and also with I
All
By
DEAR ABBY: I have an uncle.
who is absolutely nutty. He's not
bad enough to be locked up, but
he embarrasses me every time 1
see mm. About a year ago he told
me he dreamed I borrowed S200
from him. We both laughed about
it and I took it as a joke. Every
time I see him now he asks me
when I am going to pay some
thing on that $200 I owe him. He
actually believes I owe him $200.
And I am NOT kidding
PLEMENIK
.... ,.. .
UEAK PLEMENIK: The n I X t
time he brings it up, tell him you
DREAMED you paid it back.
DEAR ABBY: I've been mar
ried 40 years and have four mar
ried children. Eight years ago I : and respect for the deceased were
took a job to keep busy and earn deep and mv grief was verv real,
a little extra money. Every cent hut I couldn't control this'unfor
1 have made has gone into our 'innate fit of laughter. Manv vears
home. I work seven hours a day, ; laPr doctor explained it to me,
five days a week, hut I'm home i and I understood,
every evening before my husband i "FELLOW IDIOT"
gets there. My housekeeping hasn't
suffered and my meals are nil j For Abbv's hooklet. "How To
well prepared. My husband told riavt A Lovclv Weddi s," send 50c
mo that beginning August first, ; t0 Abby, Box 33S3. Beverly Hills,
either I pay 5100 a month room ; t'alif.
and Iward or 1 can get out. What j
should I do? , Everynody ha? a problem.
BOSTOMAN i What's vours? For a personal re-
DEAR BOSTONIAN: If you've ' P'V- w,re Abb:- B' Bev'
lived with this man for 40 Years,'"11' Hi Is I all. Enclose a stamp
you don't need me te tell you hew eJ- self-addressed envelope.
to live with htm. He ebvieuily re l
sents your working. Se quit your ;
ob, let him support you and you
won't have to worry about getting
the gate.
DEAR ABBY: Several years
ago, twche to tie exact, I ar
i ranged some flowers Irom my own
garden in one of my prettiest vas.-s
and look it to my neighbor, tiler
, mother, who was liing with her
at the time, had suffered a stroke
and was very ill). Well, the moth
; er died that summer and my vase
iwas never returned to me. I have
; seen it used in my neighbor's house
many times I'm sure she knows
it's mine. Should 1 ask her for it
I Or do ou suppose she is under
the impression that I gave her the
Penalty Act
. Is Flawed
N.Y
a clear conscience. The jury had
not itself directed that a man's
life be taken; it merely sifted evi
dence provided by prosecution and
defense, and had offered a unani
mous opinion of either guilt or in
nocence. The burden of punishment then
rested squarely on the law, as
represented by the judge, who was
bound by legal precedent to render!
sentence. The jury was discharged,
and went home to a beer, aware of
uib mci moi ii iiau uiu, uucicu
UyilMUl, Ul guilt.
Now, with a reviewing, second
stage jury, the whole burden has
switched to the shoulders of sim
ple decent law-abiding citizens, who
did not ask to be called on 'jury
duty in the first place. They had
Deep carcniliy quizzed for preju
dice by both defense and prosecu
tion; I hey had been directed by
the bench to preserve an open
mind, and weigh only evidence as
produced in court. But now things
are suddenly changed.
Life At Stake
The prisoner has been adjudged
guilty. His crime is proven. Now
the jury is asked to become both
judge and jurisprudence. Now the
jury holds life in its hand. And on
A Bad Dream!
ABIGAIL VANBUREN
vase alone Willi tho flnwr'
MRS. A.
DEAR MRS. A.: Your neighbor
1 probably assumes you gave her
I the vate along with the flowers.
Unless the vate Is an heirloem or
has great sentimental value, pre.
tend you gave It te her and forget
it.
DEAR ABBY: "Arthur's Idiot"
is not alone. I, too, have broken
nip with laughter at some very
solemn moments. Once, at the fu-
neral of a loved one. it suddenly
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was reciting the eulogy looked like
a frog. I exploded into laughter,
and couldn't stop. Everyone look
ed at me with contempt and dis
gust. Believe me, Abby, my love
s. e vii sr.
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ly of a prejudiced group which
is generally unlikely, unless it's a
racial rape-murder action in the
South that jury is not going to
say: "Burn him." That jury is go
ing to shrug its shoulders and duck
the personal responsibility for
whether some creep gets fried.
And there is some human vermin
that deserves to be exterminated
i tne child rapist-Killers, uie cold kiu
i napcrs who kill the victim when,
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linougii, uie paid uuninen and tne
young thrill-killers. The man who I
kills in the act of armed robbery
or burglary deserves no second
chance
A lift sentence Is not forever,
Nathan Leopold is out for some
years now, and he made life PLUS I
one hundred years for co-killing!
Bobby Franks. History shows some
alarming releases of long-termers,
who emerge to kill and rape and
rob again. With an ever-increasing
softness toward lawbreakers, and
the possibility of remodeling the
laws to fit individual cases, sen
tencing a man to "life" is no guar
antee he'll serve more than a por
tion of his time.
Housing Guaranteed
There are certain mental types to
whom a life term in a nice warm
jail is not a real punishment. It
is guaranteed housing, with ample
food, clothing, recreational oppor
tunity, and complete security. Hos
pitalization is on tne noose, a man
becomes accustomed to jail, just
as he can he reconciled to para
plegy, blindness, or any other de-
firivation of normal freedom. A
ife sentence with a chance of com
mutation is not as bad as being
strapped to an uncomfortable chair,
to be volted into permanent
blackness.
You can argue that the review
ing juries will offer just decisions
as to whether a man deserves kill
ing, but how many reviewing juries
will ever get a chance to operate if
a first-degree murderer or kidnap
er has the chance to buy himself a
life term merely hy copping a plea?
Only the stubbornly innocent will
risk a preliminary jury trial, and
Hie innocent generally come free.
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Well For Salmon Recovery
A Fact Sheet from Oregon State University, reporting co
operative extension work in agriculture and home econom
ics, contains a very interesting article entitled "Catching
and Cooking Crayfish."
Most of us yokels more often call them "crawfish." But
who'd expect a university to use such a common' term?
They used to be most abundant in our Umpqua River
system. But, when fish population dropped, the population of
crayfish was most seriously affected. They now are return
ing, which gives reason to believe that the North Fork, at
least, is returning to a former degree of greatness as a
fishing stream. We have hopes for the South Fork, if we
ever can get some water back in the summer time.
In former years our Umnqua !
River and its tributaries had an j tam various recipes for cooking
abundant run of salmon. These sal
mon spawned and died. Their car
casses were to be found through
out the whole system. Crayfish
fed on the disintegrating carcasses.
Then, in turn, they became food
for steelhcad and cutthroat trout.
When we stopped the migration
of salmon, as was done at Rock
Creek in the North Fork for many
years by the Fish Commission, and
ruined salmon migration in the
South Umoaua bv abuse of water.
crayfish suffered an epidemic and
almost disappeared. More recently
however, the number has been in
creasing quite rapidly.
The bulletin tells how to catch
crayfish. It is suggested that the
easiest way is through use of arm
pit waders and a long-handled net.
More rugged individualists will use
their hands, catching them by a
quick grab behind the claws. If
the fisherman misses, he gets'
pinched for his failure.
Story Heard
All oi wmcn Drings lo mina
something I saw many years ago
I still don't know whether 1 was
being gulled, but the story I heard
was most interesting.
I was fishing along a stream
where for a considerable distance
the river had cut a channel through
a stretch of sandstone. The chan
nel was quite smooth, but, above
the low water mark, soft places in
the rock- had been cut into pot
holes. My nose was assailed with an
overpowering odor. 1 traced the
source, of the smell to an excep-
.iaiw luroe nntimlo which had
been packed tight with crayfish.
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ha,d ,en ,ga nc.red ?nd Jammed
!nt0 " P0'"0'6 lalSe .an."n?1'
'or tney "ad been crushed by
something showing considerable
weight and strength.
An old-timer in he area, told me
I had found a place, where bear
were preparing for a big orgy.
Bear, he said, would pack cray-
fish into a pothole, and would wait
for fermentation, which was a part
of the "curing" process. After the
proper degree of fermentation had
been reached, the bear would gorge
themselves upon the smelly mess
and would proceed to get quite
thoroughly inebriated.
So far as I'm concerned the bear
can have the crayfish. Some peo
ple, I know, like them. I tried
them once. I probably would eat
them again if I were starving.
Recipes Given
The Fact Sheet, which anyone
can order from the Extension De
partment of Oregon State Univers
ity, Corvallis, or, perhaps, secure
one from the county agent, con-
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crayfish.
One, called "Spiced Crayfish,"
says to kill in hot water. Clean bv
removing intestinal tract (which
can be done by twisting off the
middle tail flipper and pulling.)
Cook whole nr hrnaL- .iff flaw
tail as desired.
Ingredients: 5 doz. crayfish, 8 nz.
salt. 1 med. onion diced, 3 tbs.
Worcestershire, 3 bay leaves, I
clove garlic diced, 1 tbs. whole
I doves, 1 tsp. nutmeg, 2 tbs. all-
I spice, 'i tsp. Cayenne, Vi cup Bur
gundy wine. Put spices in a bag or
tie in cheesecloth. Add water to
cover and bring to boil. Add cray
fish. Bring to boil again and time
for 3 to 5 minutes. Do not over
cool:. Take crayfish out and spray
or dunk in cold water for 2 min-!
utcs (this is important to stop the
cooking process and prevent meat
from sticking to shell). Chill be-'
fore serving.
I Personally I would deviate some-
i what from this recipe. I'll admit'
tnat u those spjces probably would
: disguise the mess so it would be
palatable. But I'd double the recipe
for Burgundy. Save it until last.
At- the cold water stage throw the
whole thing in the garbage can and
drink the Burgundy.
The Almanac
By United Press InternaMonel
Today is Wednesday, June 28,
the 177th day of 1963 with 188 to
follow.
The moon is approaching Its
first quarter.
The morning stars are Venus,
Jupiter and Saturn.
The evening star is Mars.
Those born today include Pulitzer-prize
winning novelist Pearl
Buck in 1892.
On this day in history:
In 1919, the first issue of the
"Illustrated Daily News" the ori-
ginial pictorial tabloid newspaper
rolled off the presses in New
York City.
In 1945, 50 countries signed a
charter in San Francisco setting
up the United Nations.
In 1948. the United States an
nounced the organization of the
"Berlin Airlift" in answer to the
Russian blockade.
In 1959, President Eisenhower
and Queen Elizabeth dedicated
the St. Lawrence Seaway at St..
Lambert, Quebec.
A thought for the day French
novelist Albert Camus said:
"Nothing in the world is worth
turning one's back on what one
loves."
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