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STEPHEN A. FORRESTER, Editor & Publisher
LAURA SELLERS, Managing Editor
A game to remember
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unpunished.
Especially if you are an elected
leader.
BETTY SMITH, Advertising Manager
JOHN D. BRUIJN, Production Manager
HEATHER RAMSDELL, Circulation Manager
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Compiled by Bob Duke
From the pages of Astoria’s daily newspapers
10 years ago this week — 2006
Georgia Forrester may not be an ornithologist, but she’s certainly
becoming an expert on bald eagles.
Every year, a pair of the majestic, white headed birds return to their
nest in a tree a few yards from the Skyline water tower, which is across
the street from her house.
Forrester is sure the couple is starting another family.
“I’m very thrilled. They’ve been coming and going for the last three
months,” she says. “And just this last week, the female’s been staying on
the nest 24/7, so there must be an egg!”
Astoria public works staff members are also keeping an eye on the
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ments to avoid disturbing the eagles, which are listed as threatened under
the federal Endangered Species Act. A project to dismantle the elevated
water tank and replace it with a ground-level tank will be on hold until
Aug. 31 if there is an egg in the nest, and it hatches.
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WHILE THE TAMPA-CUBA
game was not close (Tampa 4-
Cuba 1), it was freighted with
emotion. This was baseball diplo-
macy. American baseball royalty
came for the occasion. Derek Jeter
was in the audience. So was Jackie
Robinson’s widow, Rachel (as a
minor leaguer, Robinson played on
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Cuban-American pitcher Luis Tiant
threw out one of the two pitches
that preceded the game.
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run, Obama reached over to shake
Castro’s hand. Late in the game,
Tiant approached the presiden-
tial box and shook Castro’s hand.
That was an exceptionally mean-
ingful gesture from a man who
defected from Cuba years ago.
No player had a more emo-
tional experience than Rays out-
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Cuba in 2013 and was reunited
with his family upon the team’s
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reception from the Cuban audi-
ence during pregame team intro-
ductions. So when he headed to
home plate for his lead-off batting
assignment, his teammates piled
out of the dugout to clap for him.
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County is in deep trouble.
“What you would see here would be a hell of a mess,” said County
Commissioner Jon Kaino.
The longtime Washington resident doesn’t doubt global changes are
occurring — for whatever reason. But he is cautious of overreacting to
incomplete data or inaccurate predictions. He would like more and bet-
ter information before making land-policy decisions that could decrease
the values of people’s property.
Septic tank failures and saltwater contamination in wells are just two
of the problems the Long Beach Peninsula could expect if ocean lev-
els rise.
75 years ago — 1941
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America’s
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THE JOINT PRESS CONFER-
ence of Obama and Castro was
something to behold. Like the base-
ball game that would follow, this
was an emotional event.
While Castro had agreed to take
one question, he eventually took
three. And dictators don’t do press
conferences. One of the three ques-
tions was about political prisoners,
and it was asked by an American
newsman of Cuban descent.
— S.A.F.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
was one of the corporate players
who joined Obama’s mission. MLB
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team, as well as baseball acade-
mies, similar to what has produced
the wealth of MLB stars from the
Dominican Republic.
one of the best (and most
respect in the workplace
and romance in the bed-
disgusting) compilations
room. He is successful in
of Donald Trump’s his-
tory with women. Most of
n the middle of the Civil the competitive world of
the episodes are pure dom-
War a colonel named Robert the marketplace but enthu-
siastic in the kitchen and
inance display.
McAllister from the 11th gentle during kids’ bath
For example, A.J.
Regiment of New Jersey tried time.
Benza was a writer who
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confessed that his girl-
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Trump. Trump called into a
David
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radio show he was appear-
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tor in private life, he lobbied and It’s a great achievement of
ing on to brag.
preached against profanity, drinking, our culture. But it is demanding and
“I’ve been successful with your
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prostitution and gambling.
of tensions. And it has sparked a bad- said. “While you were getting onto
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regiment, from less genteel back- culture, currently led by a group we ing she was your girlfriend, she was
might once again call the Independent some place that you wouldn’t have
grounds, rebelled.
They formed an organization called Order of Trumps.
been very happy with.”
Donald Trump’s presidential cam-
the Independent Order of Trumps. In
When the commentator Tucker
sort of a mischievous, laddie way, paign is a revolution in manners, a Carlson criticized him, Trump left
the Trumps championed boozing and rejection of the civility codes of the voice mail bragging about how much
educated class. As part more sex he gets. He told an inter-
whoring, cursing and
of this, he rejects the viewer that you have to treat women
card-playing.
new and balanced mas- like dirt.
In her book The Gen-
This is
culine/feminine ideal
tlemen and the Roughs,
It’s not quite right to say that
Lorien Foote notes that the world that has emerged over Trump is a throwback to midcentury
the past generation. sexism. At least in those days neg-
this wasn’t just a battle
your
Trump embraces a mas- ative behavior toward women and
over pleasure. It was a
contest between two dif- daughters culine identity — old in family members was restrained by
some ways, new in oth- the chivalry code. Political candi-
ferent ideals of mascu-
linity. McAllister’s was are going ers — built upon unvar- dates didn’t go attacking their rivals’
nished misogyny.
based on gentlemanly
wives based on their looks. Trump’s
to grow
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chivalry and self-re-
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culinity was based on
tional misogyny blames
physical domination and
In this way, Trump represents the
women for the lustful, licentious and spread of something brutal. He takes
sexual conquest.
“Perceptions of manliness were powerful urges that men sometimes economic anxiety and turns it into
deeply intertwined with perceptions feel in their presence. In this misog- sexual hostility. He effectively tells
yny, women are the powerful, dis- men: You may be struggling, but at
of social status,” Foote writes.
gusting corrupters — the vixens, least you’re better than women, Mex-
And so it is today.
These days we’re living through sirens and monsters. This gynopho- icans and Muslims.
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I’ve grappled with understand-
linity. Today, both men and women be surrounded with taboos and purga- ing how much to blame Trump’s sup-
are called upon to live up to the tra- tion rituals, along with severe restric- porters for his rise. Many of them are
ditional ideals of both genders. So tions on behavior and dress.
victims of economic dislocation, and
Trump’s misogyny, on the other it is hard to fault them for seeking a
the ideal man, at least in polite soci-
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balances. He is steady and strong, central arena of life is male compe- plistic and ignorant.
but also verbal and vulnerable. He is tition. Women are objects men use
But in the realm of cultural poli-
emotionally open and willing to cry, to win points in that competition. tics, Trump voters do need to be held
but also restrained and resilient. He is The purpose of a woman’s body is to to account. They are participating in a
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physical and also intellectual.
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women in his life in whatever they conquer his woman.
the world your daughters are going to
Writing for Slate, Frank Foer has grow up in.
want to do. He treats them with
,
Shoreline Development company, Portland, has bought 35 acres of
land on the west side of Cullaby Lake from the heirs of the Carnahan
estate and plans a residential development there, President W.H. Bucher
told the Daily Astorian Tuesday.
and the Cuban national team in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday. It’s the
first game featuring an MLB team in Cuba since the Baltimore Ori-
oles played in the country in 1999.
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Through the Looking-glass
of Cabbages and Kings
DEBRA BLOOM, Business Manager
Mrs. Merril Ginn, left, and Mrs. Lucy Drucker were back this week
from Vero Beach, Fla., with the new Piper Cherokee airplane shown
here. Owned by Fred Ludwich of Astoria Flight Service, right, the two
women will fly the aircraft in the annual Powderpuff Derby next July.
They display a card with the name they will use, “Spirit of ’66 Clatsop
County, Ore., Where the Mighty Columbia Meets the Vast Pacific.”
‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said,
‘To talk of many things;
Of shoes — and ships — and sealing wax —
Of cabbages —and kings —’
On last Friday’s “PBS New-
sHour,” columnist Mark Shields
criticized “the optics” of Presi-
dent Barack Obama’s presence at
a Havana baseball game, which
occurred on the heels of the Brus-
sels airport terrorist incident.
Shields said it would have been bet-
ter if Obama had not been wearing
sunglasses.
The game pitted the Tampa Rays
against the Cuban national team.
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three-day groundbreaking visit to
Havana. He had also met privately
with Cuban President Raul Cas-
tro, held a joint press conference
with Castro, met privately with dis-
sidents and spoken to the Cuban
people.
Unlike Shields, David Brooks
said there’s no good reason for
not going to a baseball game. He
added that presidents can do more
Will Vragovic/The Tampa Bay Times
than one thing at a time, and that President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro take
telephones are always available.
their seats before a baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays
CARL EARL, Systems Manager
50 years ago — 1966
THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2016
