COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, March 10, 2018
East Oregonian
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OUT OF THE VAULT
Long hair defense leads to pink slip
First Amendment rights aside,
sometimes speaking your mind has
consequences. A Hermiston man paid
the price in April 1972 when his wife
took to the opinion page in defense of
personal freedom, pitting independent
thought against conservative Eastern
Oregon values.
Rocky Hays, 23, had worked for
Jerry Myers on his Butter Creek farm for
18 months, and his employer was more
than satisfied with his job performance.
Myers said Hays had come to work for
him with little experience, but learned
fast. But on April 2, 1972, a letter to the
editor in the East Oregonian by Hays’
wife, Kathy, rubbed Myers the wrong
way, and a shocked Hays was given his
walking papers as a result.
Kathy Hays, an honor student at
Hermiston High School and 27 credit
hours away from a degree in education
from the University of Oregon, penned
a defense of long hair after reading two
submissions to the EO extolling the
short haircuts worn by Future Farmers
of America members at a recent conven-
tion in Pendleton, arguing that “short
hair sometimes means nothing more
than the antiquated parental prejudices
forced on young people.”
“Ask an FFA member what goes
on at FFA conventions,” Kathy wrote.
“The answer would probably curl
your eyebrows. My husband is now a
23-year-old farmer and he knows those
conventions ain’t tame!”
Myers took offense to her inference
that “kids at FFA raised hell,” though he
agreed that “boys will be boys” when
they’re away from home. “I didn’t know
the attitude behind the letter,” the conser-
vative farmer said. “They have the new
liberal — super ecology — outlook.”
Myers did give Hays $200 severance
pay, and said that with his skills and
ability to learn quickly, he shouldn’t
have any trouble finding another job.
Pendleton attorney Dennis Hachler
said Hays likely had no legal recourse,
as his firing didn’t fall under the Civil
Rights Act of 1873. “There is no
constitutional right to work for a man,”
Hachler said.
DEAR ABBY
Husband says he’s not cheating with online relationships
Dear Abby: My 14-year-old
his relationship with you and
daughter caught her father, my
his daughter can be repaired.
husband, emailing and texting
Please do not wait to schedule
other women. He has been
an appointment.
doing it for months.
Dear Abby: My ex-wife and
He says he went on dating
I were together for five years
sites because he was unhappy
(married for two). While she
in our marriage and needed
was with me I supported her
attention and to feel desirable.
financially and put her through
Jeanne
He claims he only emailed and Phillips college. She left me a year ago.
texted these women discussing
I was the one who filed for
Advice
relationship troubles, no sex
divorce.
talk.
After she left, I gave her half
I’m furious he was so careless that the money in my savings account to
our daughter found the emails (in one help her while she was trying to land on
he stated his sex drive was very high her feet. She has found a job now, but
and asked how her sex drive was). I am struggles to pay bills.
Recently, she called and asked me
devastated that he would do this to our
family. He says he didn’t think it was to “lend” her money to help with her
cheating because it was only online and power bill. I refused. While I under-
sex wasn’t discussed. Please advise. — stand that she’s no longer my financial
responsibility, I still feel compelled
Furious In The South
Dear Furious: Your husband isn’t to help her. What can I do to prevent
being honest. At the very least there her from putting me in an awkward
WAS “sex talk” as soon as he used that situation (I have since moved on to a
three-letter word in his emails/texts new relationship) without having to
to the women on the dating sites. You be a complete jerk? — Nice Guy In
two are overdue for a visit to a marriage Texas
Dear Nice Guy: As you accurately
and family therapist to determine if
the damage your husband has done to put it, your ex-wife is no longer your
responsibility. After she walked out on
you, you did the right thing in filing for
divorce. You are acting like you feel
guilty for doing so. By paying for her
education and enabling her to support
herself, you were more than generous.
The surest way to prevent yourself from
being hit on for money would be to
respond with a firm and final NO.
Dear Abby: I’m a 9-year-old girl
and my mom doesn’t spend a lot of
quality time with me. What should I tell
her to get her to spend time with me? —
Needs Time In Florida
Dear Needs Time: What a sad letter.
Not knowing why your mother isn’t
giving you enough quality time, I can
only suggest that you tell her you need
more of her and hope she hears how
important your message is.
Dear Readers: Once again, this is
my annual reminder to those of you
who live where daylight saving time
is observed: Don’t forget to turn your
clocks forward one hour tonight at
bedtime. Daylight saving time begins
at 2 a.m. tomorrow. It’s a ritual I love
because it signals the coming of spring,
with longer, brighter days and warmer
weather.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 10-11, 1918
Half-blinded by the rain on his wind-
shield, Harry Myrick Saturday evening
did not see the flagpole at the intersec-
tion of Court and Thompson streets and
his car hit the pole head-on with such
force that the pole was broken squarely
off of its concrete base. The car was
damaged considerably and Mr. Myrick
lost one tooth. Witnesses of the accident
state that he was not driving more than
10 miles an hour. It was raining hard at
the time and, as he went to turn from
Thompson into Court, he leaned over to
look up the street, thereby not noticing
the flagpole, though the warning lights
were burning.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 10-11, 1968
Blue Mountain Community College
and the city of Pendleton today shared
the honor of having a national wrestling
champion. Eddie Wells, who learned his
wrestling under Guy Delamarter, coach
at Pendleton High School, and who
went on to BMCC under Don Phillips,
coach of the Timberwolves, captured
the National Junior College Athletic
Association title in the 137-pound
class Saturday at Worthington, Minn.
It was the first time in history either the
Round-Up City or BMCC could boast
of a champion in the mat game. Wells
also became one of 16 NJCAA wres-
tlers to qualify for the Olympic Tryouts
at Ames, Iowa May 9-11.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 10-11, 1993
Union Pacific Railroad will spend
more than $100 million over the next
decade to “double track” about 50 miles
of line through the Blue Mountains. The
project to add a second track parallel to
the existing line will begin later this year
near Meacham, Hilgard and Telocaset,
said Art Schoener, the company’s exec-
utive vice president of operations. Work
will continue beyond the year 2002, he
said. The new line will be done in lieu of
building a tunnel. The company recently
completed a feasibility study of a 7- to
10-mile tunnel and decided it wouldn’t
adequately handle traffic growth.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On March 10, 1876, Alex-
ander Graham Bell’s assistant,
Thomas Watson, heard Bell
say over his experimental tele-
phone: “Mr. Watson — come
here — I want to see you”
from the next room of Bell’s
Boston laboratory.
On this date:
In 1496, Christopher
Columbus concluded his
second visit to the Western
Hemisphere as he left
Hispaniola for Spain.
In
1785,
Thomas
Jefferson was appointed
America’s
minister
to
France, succeeding Benjamin
Franklin.
In 1848, the U.S. Senate
ratified the Treaty of Guada-
lupe Hidalgo, which ended
the Mexican-American War.
In 1933, a magnitude 6.4
earthquake centered off Long
Beach, California, resulted in
120 deaths.
In 1948, the body of the
anti-Communist
foreign
minister of Czechoslovakia,
Jan Masaryk, was found in
the garden of Czernin Palace
in Prague.
In 1959, the Tennessee
Williams play “Sweet Bird
of Youth,” starring Paul
Newman and Geraldine
Page, opened at Broadway’s
Martin Beck Theatre.
In 1969, James Earl Ray
pleaded guilty in Memphis,
Tennessee (on his 41st
birthday) to assassinating
civil rights leader Martin
Luther King Jr. (Ray later
repudiated that plea, main-
taining his innocence until
his death.)
In 1973, the Pink Floyd
album “The Dark Side of the
Moon” was first released in
the U.S. by Capitol Records
(the British release came
nearly two weeks later).
In 1985, Konstantin U.
Chernenko, who was the
Soviet Union’s leader for 13
months, died at age 73; he
was succeeded by Mikhail
Gorbachev.
In 1988, pop singer
Andy Gibb died in Oxford,
England, at age 30 of heart
inflammation.
In 1993, Dr. David Gunn
was shot to death outside a
Pensacola, Florida, abortion
clinic. (Shooter Michael
Griffin is serving a life
sentence.)
In 2003, shortly before the
start of the Iraq war, Natalie
Maines, lead singer of the
Dixie Chicks, told a London
audience: “Just so you
know... we’re ashamed the
president of the United States
is from Texas.” (Maines later
apologized for the phrasing
of her remark.)
Today’s Birthdays: Talk
show host Ralph Emery is
85. Bluegrass/country sing-
er-musician Norman Blake
is 80. Actor Chuck Norris is
78. Playwright David Rabe
is 78. Singer Dean Torrence
(Jan and Dean) is 78. Actress
Katharine Houghton (Film:
“Guess Who’s Coming
to Dinner?”) is 76. Actor
Richard Gant is 74. Rock
musician
Tom
Scholz
(Boston) is 71. Former Cana-
dian Prime Minister Kim
Campbell is 71. TV person-
ality/businesswoman Barbara
Corcoran
(TV:
“Shark
Tank”) is 69. Actress Aloma
Wright is 68. Blues musician
Ronnie Earl (Ronnie Earl
and the Broadcasters) is 65.
Producer-director-writer Paul
Haggis is 65. Alt-country/
rock musician Gary Louris
is 63. Actress Shannon
Tweed is 61. Pop/jazz singer
Jeanie Bryson is 60. Actress
Sharon Stone is 60. Rock
musician Gail Greenwood is
58. Magician Lance Burton
is 58. Movie producer Scott
Gardenhour is 57. Actress
Jasmine Guy is 56. Rock
musician Jeff Ament (Pearl
Jam) is 55. Music producer
Rick Rubin is 55. Britain’s
Prince Edward is 54. Rock
singer Edie Brickell is 52.
Actor Stephen Mailer is 52.
Actor Philip Anthony-Ro-
driguez is 50. Actress Paget
Brewster is 49. Actor Jon
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Police: Runaway
zebra killed
by car in
Phoenix suburb
CHANDLER,
Ariz.
(AP) — Police say a zebra
was killed when a number
of the animals broke out of
the grounds of an Arizona
festival and were wandering
on a nearby road.
The
accident
on
Wednesday
morning
occurred near the grounds
of the Chandler Ostrich
Festival in a suburb of
Phoenix.
Chandler police Sgt.
Daniel Mejia says the
SUV driver was taken
to a hospital with minor
injuries.
The Ostrich Festival,
which will be held this
weekend, attracts hundreds
of thousands of people.
Activities include ostrich
races and ostrich-themed
activities and a parade.
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Rock musician Jerry Horton
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Jeff Branson is 41. Singer
Robin Thicke is 41. Actress
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Christian singer Michael
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Thought for Today:
“Show me a man who claims
he is objective and I’ll show
you a man with illusions.”
— Henry R. Luce, American
magazine publisher (1898-
1967).
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