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23,1,21 6A Founded in 1873 STEPHEN A. FORRESTER, Editor & Publisher LAURA SELLERS, Managing Editor BETTY SMITH, Advertising Manager CARL EARL, Systems Manager JOHN D. BRUIJN, Production Manager DEBRA BLOOM, Business Manager HEATHER RAMSDELL, Circulation Manager THE DAILY ASTORIAN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2016 %URRNVWRXWVFKDUDFWHU VFDOGV'RQDOG7UXPS , F YOU SAW THE LONG line snaking into the Chiles Center at the University of Portland last Wednesday eve- ning, you might have suspected a rock concert was inside. But one look at the audience (middle aged) told you something else. ‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘To talk of many things; Of shoes — and ships — and sealing wax — Of cabbages —and kings —’ Through the Looking-glass of Cabbages and Kings David Brooks, the New York Times columnist, had drawn a crowd that would satisfy anyone running for of¿ce in this state. Water under the bridge Compiled by Bob Duke From the pages of Astoria’s daily newspapers 10 years ago this week — 2006 Astoria City Council goals for 2006-2007, in no particular order: CoPplete a EuildaEle lands inYentory to include in¿ll opportunities, urban growth boundary expansion possibilities and adjacent lands. Develop and implement a strategy to redevelop the former Safeway site (soon to be renamed) and vacant buildings located in and adjacent to the downtown area. Develop and implement a plan for improvements to the city hall build- ing, with a focus on enhancing both customer service and the physical appearance. Resubmit and secure the inclusion of the Astoria Bypass into the Oregon State Transportation Improvement Plan. Attract commercial passenger air service to the Astoria Regional Airport in Warrenton. Study feasibility of municipal investment in the development of renew- able energy sources, with a focus on hydroelectric and wind power. 7ZRJURXSVRSSRVHGWROLTXH¿HGQDWXUDOJDVWHUPLQDOVDORQJ WKHORZHU&ROXPELD5LYHUFODLPWKDWWKHFLW\RI:DUUHQWRQGLGQ¶W DGHTXDWHO\ FRQVLGHU WKH LPSDFW RQ WKH ORFDO ¿VKLQJ HFRQRP\ SXEOLFVDIHW\DQGTXDOLW\RIOLIHZKHQPDNLQJODQGXVHFKDQJHV WRWKH6NLSDQRQ3HQLQVXOD 3HRSOHIRU5HVSRQVLEOH3URVSHULW\DQG&ROXPELD5LYHUNHHSHU KDYH¿OHGDQDSSHDOZLWK2UHJRQ¶V/DQG8VH%RDUGRI$SSHDOVWR FKDOOHQJHWKH]RQLQJFKDQJH “We’ll see you back in St. Louis!” Casting off from the same shore his ancestor left exactly 200 years before, Peyton “Bud” Clark offered a farewell to the hundreds of specta- tors on shore who watched as he and the rest of the Discovery Expedition of St. Charles, Missouri, paddled down the Lewis and Clark River Thursday. 50 years ago — 1966 :HHNHQGYDFDWLRQHUVDQGFXULRXVPRWRULVWVFRPSULVHGVHY HUDOKXJHWUDI¿FMDPV6XQGD\RQVQRZERXQG+LJKZD\ZHVW RIWKH6XQVHWVXPPLW 6WDWHDQGFRXQW\SROLFHUHSRUWHG0RQGD\KRPHERXQGZHHN HQGWUDYHOHUVDQG³DÀRFNRIFXULRXVVLJKWVHHUVRXWWRWDNHDORRN DWWKHVQRZ´FDXVHGWKHJQDUOHGWUDI¿FVLWXDWLRQVWKDWSUHYDLOHG WKURXJKRXW6XQGD\DIWHUQRRQRQWKHKHDYLO\WUDYHOHG+LJKZD\ Need of a dock for the Coast Guard cutter Yocona became apparent Wednesday when the port docks had so much shipping that there was no place left to tie up the Yocona. The cutter went to sea for maneuvers until the traf¿c thins out a bit. There were ¿ve ships loading cargo and an oil barge discharging petroleum. The glut of log ships apparently is due to end of a Japanese seamen’s strike that released a Àock of ships all at once, port of¿cial said. 2I¿FLDOVRIWKH:DVKLQJWRQ6WDWH3DUNVFRPPLVVLRQWKLVZHHN GHFLGHGWRWDNHXQGHUDGYLVHPHQWWKHSURSRVDOWRPDNHDQDUURZ PLOHVWUHWFKRIODQGDORQJWKH1RUWK%HDFK3HQLQVXODDVWDWH SDUNDFFRUGLQJWR(OGUHG3HQWLOODFKDLUPDQRI3DFL¿F&RXQW\ FRPPLVVLRQHUV 75 years ago — 1941 Three crimes, believed by city police to have been committed by one man, swelled the minor crime wave which has hit Astoria in the past two weeks when the Youngs Bay dairy and the Seeborg Transfer company of¿ces were entered and an automobile belonging to the Lovell Auto com- pany was stolen Sunday night between 6 and 9 o’clock. 3DWULRWLFOLWHUDWXUHSXEOLVKHGE\WKH8QLWHG6WDWHV)ODJDVVRFL DWLRQZLOOEHGLVWULEXWHGLQ$VWRULDVFKRROVXSRQVHWWOHPHQWRIDQ DJUHHPHQWEHWZHHQVFKRRODXWKRULWLHVDQG8-:0F.ULOORQH RIUHSUHVHQWDWLYHVRIWKHDVVRFLDWLRQQRZLQWKHQRUWKZHVWLQ LQWHUHVWRIWKHSURJUDP 7KHERRNVGHDOZLWKDVSHFWVRI$PHULFDQOLIHDQGDUHGHVLJQHG WRVHOOGHPRFUDF\DQGWKH$PHULFDQZD\RIOLIHWRVFKRROFKLO GUHQWKURXJKVWRULHVRQVXFKVXEMHFWVDV³86D3UHVHQWDWLRQRI $PHULFDQLVP´³2XU&RXQWU\¶V)ODJ´DQG³<RXU5LJKWV8QGHU WKH&RQVWLWXWLRQ´ 7KHERRNVDUHPDUNHWHGWKURXJKPHPEHUVKLSVVROGORFDOO\ DQGWKHOLWHUDWXUHLVGLVWULEXWHGIUHHO\DPRQJWKHVFKRROV 7KHDVVRFLDWLRQLVXQRI¿FLDOO\VSRQVRUHGE\WKHJRYHUQPHQW DQG3UHVLGHQW5RRVHYHOWLVKRQRUDU\SUHVLGHQW Two husky U.S. Navy men were in town today arranging for receiving applications for the service in Astoria, Seaside and Tillamook. They also were making arrangement for showing motion pictures at various lodges, civic organizations and schools that are interested in viewing scenes of navy life. Daily Astorian File Mostly Brooks riffed on his book, “The Road to Character.” It is about what Brooks describes as the sorts of attributes that are said in one’s eulogy instead of what’s on one’s resume. While it was an elevating discus- sion, most of the crowd was itching to hear Brooks say something about the presidential campaign. One of the questions he answered from students hit the mark. Talking about Donald Trump, Brooks said: His campaign “is not a rebellion of policy, because he has no policy. It is a rebellion of manners.” Brooks followed that with a dis- course on the importance of civil society. He noted that one by one, Trump has broken the barriers that sustain civil society. źźź THE EVANGELICAL WRITER Michael Gerson last week also offered a succinct response to Trumpism. “We are supposed to turn in desperation to the talent and will of one man, who happens to be bristling with prejudice and blazing with ignorance. We are seeing the offer of personal rule by someone with no discernible public or personal virtues.” źźź THE WALL STREET Journal’s editorial writers have twice chewed out Trump for his shallow understanding of foreign affairs and economics. Most recently, last Friday, the Journal projected the economic cost of deporting 11 million illegal immigrants. If it succeeded, that Creative Commons David Brooks, a conservative New York Times columnist shown here speaking about his 2011 book, “The Social Animal,” has called businessman Donald Trump’s Republican presidential cam- paign “a rebellion of manners.” The Wall Street Journal twice chewed out Trump for his shallow understanding of foreign trade and economics. plan would reduce American gross domestic product by 5.7 percent, said the Journal. In a “Trade Tutorial for Trump,” on March 10, the Journal concluded: “Mr. Trump claims that as president he would make smarter and ‘fairer’ trade deals. He could help persuade voters by showing that he knows more than nothing about foreign trade.” źźź JEANNINE COWLES, WHO died Feb. 4, played a major role in Astoria’s arts rebirth. Thanks to Marge Bloom¿eld’s friendship with Cowles, she came to one of the earliest vocal recitals, in the unre- stored Liberty Theater. A check from Cowles followed that visit. For most years of the Astoria Music Festival, Cowles sponsored the opera productions. My wife and I got to know Cowles in Bloom¿eld’s living room and saw her at a master class at Port- land State University, which she sponsored. She was a large, buoyant personality. Cowles faced reversals in her own life. Being an early inves- tor in Weight Watchers paid off. She was generous in sharing the wealth she gained. — S.A.F Will The Donald be dumped? By 0$85((1'2:' New York Times News Service “Honestly,” he replied, that are harsh and yet they “I’m with the people. The are calling me on the other people like Trump.” line saying, ‘Hey, when can Since he prefers to rely we get together?’” ASHINGTON — Most on himself for policy advice, Mitch McConnell also people would be upset is he seeking out expert help urged Trump to ratchet to be at the center of an agitated on the abstruse delegate down the ferocity. Trump national debate about whether they rules? insisted that “the violence “Yeah,” he said, “I have is not caused by me. It’s were more like Hitler, Mussolini, people, very good people, caused by agitators.” He Idi Amin, George Wallace or a the best people.” added that “Hillary is the Maureen Marvel villain. No details, as usual. one disrupting my rallies. Dowd Not Donald Trump. Won’t a contested con- It’s more Hillary than Sand- vention require more of ers, I found out.” The Clinton campaign He doesn’t like a campaign than après called this “patently false.” invidious compari- moi, le déluge? I wondered if he realized that, in ril- I wondered sons, but he’s cool “I have an organi- ing up angry whites, he has pulled the with being called an if he zation, but it’s largely scab off racism. authoritarian. myself,” he said. “Obama, who is African-American, realized “We need strength More heavyweights has done nothing for African Ameri- in this country,” he told are jumping in to cans,” he replied. that, in me Friday morning, stomp Trump, includ- He said he would soon unleash the speaking from his Fifth ing Elizabeth Warren. moniker that he thought would dimin- riling up Avenue of¿ce. “We Asked about her jabs, ish Hillary, the way “Little Marco” and angry have weak leadership. he pounced: “I think “Lyin’ Ted” torched his Republican Hillary is pathetically wonderful because rivals; “I want to get rid of the leftovers whites, he it’s weak. the Indians can now ¿rst.” “She got us into in the future of When he mocks Hillary, as he does has pulled partake Libya and she got us the country. She’s got in a new ad that shows her barking, it into Benghazi and she’s about as much Indian may back¿re. Due to his inability to the scab probably got 40 egg- blood as I have. Her let go of his chew toy Megyn Kelly, heads sitting around a off racism. whole life was based Trump drew a remarkable rebuke Fri- table telling her what to on a fraud. She got into day night from Fox News after he do, and then she was sleeping when the Harvard and all that because she said called for a boycott of her show and phone call came in from the ambassa- she was a minority.” tweeted that she was “crazy” and dor begging for help. You know, the 3 Told that President Barack Obama “sick.” Fox painted Trump as a stalker, a.m. phone call?” was mocking his wine as $5 wine saying he had an “extreme, sick obses- I asked the brand baron if he’s con- marked up to $50, Trump shot back, sion” with the anchor. Unable to resist, cerned that his brand has gone from “My wine has gone through the roof.” even though he knows I respect Kelly, fun to scary, from glittery New York What about Mitt Romney, who’s he also described her to me as a “total celebrity to “Saturday Night Live” skits pushing for an open convention? whack job” with “no talent.” about him featuring allusions to the “He’s a jealous fool and not a bright He has a history of crude remarks KKK and Hitler. He blamed a “disgust- person,” Trump said. “He’s good look- about women from his visits to How- ingly dishonest” press. ing. Other than that, he’s got nothing.” ard Stern’s show that could be used in I wondered about ex-wife Ivana Paul Ryan, who will be leading the Hillary ads. A conservative anti-Trump telling her lawyer, according to Van- GOP convention in Cleveland, says super PAC is running an ad with women ity Fair, that Trump kept a book of Hit- there could be a Àoor ¿ght. But he pro- repeating his coarse remarks. ler’s speeches by his bed. Or the talk in tested that he would, no, no, never take “All of these politicians have said far New York that in the ‘90s he was read- it himself, just as he once said about the worse than that,” Trump said, “drunk, ing “Mein Kampf.” Nein, he said. speakership. standing in a corner.” “I never had the book,” he said. “I Ryan snickered at the idea that Mex- Joe Scarborough said that just as never read the book. I don’t care about ico would pay for the wall and chided FDR was the master of radio and JFK the book.” Trump for warning that there would be of television, DJT is the titan of Twit- All over town, even in the building riots at the convention if the Gasping ter. The titan agreed, gloating about where I’m writing this column, freaked- Old Party tried to snatch the nomina- how his tweets to his 7 million follow- out Republicans are plotting how to rip tion. Was the speaker interested in seiz- ers, sometimes penned in his jammies, the nomination from Trump’s hot little ing the crown himself? become cable news bulletins. hands. “I don’t think so,” Trump said, not- “Yeah,” he said, “I’ll do them some- How does it feel to be labeled a ing that he liked Ryan and that they’d times lying in bed.” menace, misogynist, bigot and xeno- talked. “All that matters is the votes. I Not exactly a ¿reside chat. But it phobe by your own party? see people making statements about me sure started a ¿re. :
