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October 2, 1969
A Letter to Your Legislator
Speaking a( Mt. Htxxl Community
College Sunday, Stale Sen. Vern Cook
had
some
p la in
ta lk
fo r his
constituents;
“ I f you really want your legislator
to do something for you, take time
enough to sit down and write him a
letter. D o n ’t just give him a quick call
on the telephone and expect him to
move mountains for you."
Sen. Cook was referring to the way
many people get all wrought up about
some problem, gel their legislator on
the phone and them assume he’ll spend
the next IB hours on that one problem.
" I l ’s far better” , Sen. Cook said, “ to
P r o b le m
According to the Clackamas
County Economic Opportunity
Authority (CCEOA) there is a
critical shortage of available
rental housing throughout the
entire county. The welfare
department reports two or
three cases per week of people
who are in dire need of rental
housing within their ability to
p a y . T h e O regon State
Employment Service reports
th e
same problem . This
housing shortage affects all
segments of the community.
Fourteen new teachers in the
Estacada school district were
u n ab le to
fin d available
housing within the district and
thus were forced to live outside
of the district.
Although there are plans in
process for construction of
new housing, the county is
growing at a rapid rate and the
amount of housing just can’t
keep up with the growth in
population. Between 1960 and
1968, population has grown
alm o s t 40% (fro m
113
thousand to 160 thousand.)
D u rin g
th e same period
housing has grown 20-25%
(depending on figures for rural
areas.)
Recognizing the urgency of
th e problem, the CCEOAi
reports it intends, in the!
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lake a half hour and write a letter.
Your legislator will respond much more
to a well-reasoned, well-planned letter
than an impassioned phone call."
Several legislators were on hand for
the Mt. Hood meeting and all expressed
an active willingness to help with
whatever problems may be bothering
the home folks, if only the home folks
will let them know.
Sen. Cook's advice, of course, is
sound. I f an irate taxpayer, for
in s ta n c e , wants something done,
putting it down on paper is the way to
get results. Just ask any legislator.
Good breeding consists in
concealing how much we think
of ourselves and how little we
th in k
of
th e
o th e r
person.-Mark Twain.
of its time and energy ■1
tackling the housing problem
One thing that can be donel
right away is the development
of a "rental bank.” A rental
bank is an up-to4ate file of
a v a ila b le
r e n ta l u n its .
Hopefully, it would encompass
all rentals throughout the
county. Working toward this
end, the CCEOA is enlisting
the aid and support of realtors,
la n d lo r d s ,
s e r v ic e
organizations, the comminity
c o lle g e , and concerned
individuals within the county.
Those who know of an
available rental unit are asked
to pass the information on.
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“TERRIBLE TERRY’S STEAK HOUSE”
Formerly Dutch and John
TO THE FAMILY OF FINE RESTAURANTS
parking lots. And there are
L o o k in g
fo r a fast,
y a r d s tic k s
of
convenient way to get around o t h e r
that the human mind is, under town? There’s a People Pod in concern-safety, land values,
p o llu tio n --b e s id e s sim ple
certain conditions capable of your future.
Well, maybe not right away overcrowding.
overcoming the limitations of
“To preserve downtown’s
space; of transcending time so in Oregon. But thp idea of
R ecently O p e n e d — N e w D in in g
Soon to R e-Open —
that past, present and future moving people in family-sized role as a viable financial and
THE
HORSELESS C A RR IA G E IN N ,
merchandising
center,
people
cap
sules,
pro
gram
ed
by
Room
at
M
T.
V
IE
W
G
O
LF
CLUB,
may be equally known; of
Eastmont Lanes
neutralizing the energies of the computer to run only seconds will have to be transported
Boring
on
overhead
or differently -perhaps by shuttle
physical world in their effects a p a r t
Arctic Circle, 7 3 0 E. P o w e ll
B ow m an's M t. H ood G o lf C lub,
upon the human body. For me, u nd erg ro u n d networks, is buses from peripheral parking
Cook House C afe, 6 5 5 N .E. 8 th
in th e current lots.”
this extraordinarily significant re p o rte d
W elches
A lth o u g h
s u b u rb a n
c o n c lu s io n
has
b e e n National Geographic to be
Payless D ru g , N o rth Roberts
SanRoEsta Lanes, Sandy
shopping centers will continue
| inescapable. I therefore view getting serious study.
Growing awareness of mass to
H eidi's C o ffe e Shop, H ig h w a y 2 6 Fred's C afe, T routdale
b lo s s o m , F u lto n
is
the mind in it’s totality, as
transit
problems
and
needs,
Rock & Roll C afe, 1 8 9 4 5 E. Burnside
convinced
that
downtown
is
being unconfined by, and
H o ag y's C o ffe e Shop, O ld 2 6
different from, the physical which helped lead to the here to stay, as the center of
G eo rg io 's Pizza, 1 8 7 1 0 S.E. Stark
Busy B's, 1 8 2 0 East P o w e l,
I world as we ordinarily know it. creation of a Cabinet-level civic life, courts, professional
Department of Transportation and corporate offices. Current
P ioneer C a fe , H ig h w a y 2 6
P onheur Steak House, 2 1 5 5 N .E.
in the federal government two construction in downtown
Polar K in g , 1 0 3 0 E. P o w e ll
Divison
years ago, is prompting such P o r tla n d
. would bear this
aaocxscxsac
Editor
futuristic planning all over the out.
Thanks for giving us the nation.
column, “ As I See It ,” by Bob
In Oregon, similar concern
Kaye. These notes from the was a major factor in the
wide-ranging mind of Mr. Kaye legislature’s decision this year
are a welcome variation in the to establish a State Department
usual newspaper fare of purely o f Transportation. Besides
factual reporting. Mr. Kaye is combining the Highway, Motor
one of those who enjoys V e h ic le and
Aeronautics
“ thinking” , and as such, he sets Departments, it has two brand
a lively pace for those o f us new divisions: mass transit and
who prefer this pastime also.
ports.
His bland presentation of
Because the older divisions
attestations of experiences o f already are organized and
miraculous-seeming nature is r u n n in g . T ra n s p o rta tio n
especially provocative, since Director John M. Fulton and
most of us are more skeptical his staff are devoting most of
in these matters, and we feel their attention to the new,
called upon to make rebuttal. long neglected areas of study.
Perhaps in the near future, The new divisions, in turn, are
Mr. Kaye may be pleased to proceeding in what Fulton
present his philosophical views describes with satisfaction as
in one complete and palpable an "activist role.”
assertion. Having thus taken his
“ I t ’s too early to tell
battle stance, let him raise his e x a c tly
w h a t results to
shield to the eyes; for we will e x p e c t,” says the retired
promise him a lively joust, aw Crown Zellerback corporate
he has led us a lively dance.
representative. " I can tell you
Sincerely, we have more problems and
Ralph Curtis fewer answers in mass transit
Rhododendron. Oregon than in any other field o f|
transportation interest."
Sandy Post
Administrator of the new
To The Edi
The Sandy High
Teachers* Association would mass transit division is Fred
lik e
to
e x p re s s th e ir Dyer, former Milwaukie (Ore.)
manager. 'The three
a p p re c ia tio n
to th e 48 c ity
teachers, teacher aides, alumni, commissioners are Robert
and townspeople, plus Marshall Mitchell, chairman, and Dan
Do you seem to meet yourself coming and going? You may
Rales, SIH IS student, who gave Hanna, both of Portland, and
blood to extablish the Sandy Foster Anderson. Eugene.
get that feeling if you've been running all over, paying bills the
Working with Portland’s
Union High Blood Program.
T r a n s it
A dvisory
We want to thank the M a s s
old-fashioned way . . . in cash, in person. With a Checking Account
medical and typing personnel Com m ission in developing
plans
is
one
immediate
who worked at the different
at this bank, you can pay the fast, safe, convenient way . . . by check,
stations and Stan Bowman, concern. They aren’t talking
special education teacher, who People Pods yet. but are sifting
by mail. Check with us . . . for Regular or Special Checking Accounts
masses of statistics concerning
was chairman of the drive.
the
movement
of
people
in
The association is planning
to meet every personal and business need.
another blood drive for April order to make new judgements
*70. I f the second drive is as and decisions for action.
"We have to find a better
successful as last Monday's, we
will enlarge the program to way o f moving people.” Fulton
include the Sandy. Welches. says firmly, "and it isn’t going
Boring, Cottrell and Bull Run to be in automobiles. ’’
In Portland. Harbor Drive
grade schools
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Respectfully, and Front Avenue can expect
W. Fred Proett to carry triple today’s traffic In
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President 20 years, he told Salem Scene.
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sandy Union High Keeping up with parking needs
OPEN FRIOAYS YU * P M
w o u ld
c o n v e rt
Teachers Association a l o n e
downtown arena into massive
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My last article, as you may tingled and prickled while in
recall, dealt with the subject of contact with the hot rocks,
“ f i r e w a l k i n g ” . In
its than by visual observation. It
co nclu din g paragraphs we would be my guess that the
reviewed a report from a Mr. people he mentions as not
fared
well while
Ross in which he discusses having
what he observed in Tahiti. attempting to walk over the
Possibly the most interesting fire pits were either shocked
feature in this report was that o u t o f th e ir trance by
Ross, himself, undertook the uncontrollable fear of were
walk across thirty feet o f red temperamentally unable to go
hot rock at the invitation of deeply enough into trance in
the chief whom he knew well. the first place. Anyone who
He joined the group of natives has worked with hypnosis,
on their third trip over the fire which is of course simply a
pit. He mentions no particular
method for inducing trance,
preparation for the ordeal knows the wide variation with
except that he had complete which various subjects respond
confidence in his friend, the to suggestion and, therefore,
chief, who told him that he the resulting ease or defficulty
must on no account give way o f getting them into an
to fear as it would be very effective trance.
My several articles on E.S.P.
dangerous if he did so.
I am sorry that copywright and other psychic phenomena
laws prevent me from quoting (under which heading I would
Mr. Ross's description o f how include firewalking) have no
this experience felt as his own doubt interested some readers
words make it seem very vivid and bored others. It has been
and real. Suffice it to say that my purpose to use this method
he came through without any of approach to arrive at a
p o in t o f view
damage to his hare feet c e r t a in
although he walked slowly in concerning certain aspects of
the file of men. A t the the human mind. I have
conclusion of his story he already pointed out that we
makes the observation that a don’t really know much about
number of white men have the mind but all of us make
undertaken to walk across the assumptions about it. We
fire pits of Polynesia. Some formulate these assumptions
like himself successfully, while not so much by a study of
others have been seriously objective evidence upon which
burned. He could not explain we can all agree, as by
the reasons for this difference.. subjective processes which
The first thing to realize depend upon our orientation,
about these stories o f fire nature and temperament. By
walking is that they are by no our choice, consciously nr
means unique, even though unconsciously, of what we
they are completely contrary want to believe and what we
to common knowledge and do not want to believe. Our
experience. The literature on only criterion for this is our
the subject contains many own individual experience, but
e y e w itn e s s accounts and this in turn is subjective and is
personal experiences There is shaped by the fact that we find
far too much evidence going to only what we look for and
show
th a t
firewalking is envision only what we are
possible to permit any except capable of knowing.
the willful skeptic to claim that
Thus it is that there are as
it is ail fraudulent or untrue.
many notions concerning the
Such unusual “ mind over nature of the mind as there are
body” phenomena are achieved people, ranging all the way
during and by means of, a from the concept of the human
mental slate we call trance. I m ind as being no more
believe I can say without fear then a sort of junction box or
o f challenge that nobody computer linking the sensory
knows much about the basic apparatus of the body with its
nature of the trance state, what motor system, to that concept
it is exactly, simply because we where “mind" becomes the
do not know that much about knowing and awareness aspect
the nature of what we cell of all that la; a great universal
“mind”. I am quite sure that consciousness with which the
Roes, for example, was in a Individual mind of each person
tra n c e state, although he is linked. Each man sees the
apparently did not know It. He world and himself through his
mentions that the sounds o f own pair of glasses and he
the watching crowd were heard cannot escape being a part of
as from a great distance. Hte his own observations.
I have attempted to show
legs felt numb and leaden. He
knew he was entering and from evidence drawn from
leaving the Are pit more by the personal experience or from
that of people known to me
la Ms feet
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