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COFFEE BREAK Saturday, October 13, 2018 East Oregonian Page 5C OUT OF THE VAULT Two-time Nobelist returns home for honor Linus Pauling, a two-time Nobel Prize-winning chemist, returned to his roots in October 1988 when his home- town of Condon named the town’s air- port after its most famous son. The legendary scientist, whose dis- coveries about the nature of chemical bonds brought him international fame, was humbled by Condon’s honor. At dedication ceremonies for the Condon State Airport-Pauling Field on Oct. 15, 1988, Pauling gave credit to the teachers who fostered his love of learning. “I may very well owe a lot of my understanding of the nature of the world to the introduction I received in Condon,” Pauling said. Dedication organizers, including Oregon Waste Systems, chose Pauling for the honor because he “personifies the strong will the Condon community has, the desire to improve itself and its emphasis on educational goals.” OWS was lured to Gilliam County after the Condon airport spent a million dol- lars to accommodate larger, corporate aircraft. Pauling was accompanied to the dedication by his daughter Linda Kamb and two sisters who lived in western Oregon. The Gilliam County Histori- cal Society presented the 87-year-old scientist with a brick embedded with a red cross and a nickel, which was orig- inally part of the walkway in front of his father Herman Pauling’s Red Cross Nobel Prize-winning scientist Linus Pauling speaks to about 200 people during a dedication ceremony at Condon State Airport-Pauling Field in Con- don on Oct. 15, 1988. The airport was renamed to honor Pauling, a former resi- dent. EO file photo Drug Store. Pauling remembered the nickel especially, because “he could never get it out.” In return, Pauling pre- sented the historical society with a cut glass bowl saved from the store by his sister during a 1908 fire. The Pauling family lived in Con- don until 1909, when they relocated to Portland. Pauling attended the Ore- gon Agricultural College in Corvallis in 1922 and later the California Insti- tute of Technology, where he received his Ph.D. His book “The Nature of the Chemical Bond,” published in 1932, and his work on the nature of mat- ter won him his first Nobel Prize, in chemistry, in 1954. He won his sec- ond, a Nobel Peace Prize, in 1962 for his efforts in trying to effect a ban on nuclear testing. Pauling in his later years also became known for espousing megadoses of Vitamin C to prevent the common cold and flu, publishing “How to Live Lon- ger and Feel Better” in 1987. He died Aug. 19, 1994, at the age of 93, at his home in Big Sur, California. His ashes, along with those of his wife Ava, were interred at Oswego Pioneer Cemetery in Lake Oswego. DEAR ABBY Unemployed son complains he is overworked at home Dear Abby: I am an unem- properly. They just leave them ployed (and looking) 24-year- piled in the sink for someone old male who is the oldest of else, and my mother recently four. My three sisters are a yelled at me for “giving her atti- tude” when I hadn’t said a word. 20-year-old who has a part- This situation is making time job and goes to college, a it harder for me to get a job 14-year-old and a 12-year-old. because I’m tired all the time, We all live at home with our Jeanne and my parents don’t listen to physician parents. Our longtime cleaning lady Phillips a word I say. I’m not unaware Advice recently quit, and my parents of the fact that as the oldest, seemingly have no interest in more is expected of me, but I hiring a replacement. My sis- think this is well past the point ters and my father don’t help with the of what’s expected. What should I do? chores because they are seen as either — Overworked In New York too young or too busy. At most, they Dear Overworked: Start reviewing will unload groceries or assist in cook- your options. The first thing you need ing a meal. My mother encourages this to do is understand why you are unem- and does a fair amount of the work her- ployed. If there are no openings in your self, but she has a job, so I’m frequently field, start considering other kinds of told to handle the dishes, cooking, jobs you may be suited for. pickups and drop-offs for after-school If you want to be something more activities, garbage and recycling, gro- than an unpaid domestic worker, you ceries, miscellaneous errands (usually may have to figure out what it will take picking up things at the pharmacy) and for you to live on your own — per- haps with a roommate or two. Even if occasional child care. I get no sympathy or help. My sisters you don’t find the ideal job, employ- don’t even bother to rinse their plates ment will solve your problem because you will be too busy working to do the things you’re being required to do now. Dear Abby: I am getting married soon, and I’m thrilled to have found love. I have ex-co-workers I want to be there. I also have longtime friends who still work with me. The problem is they gossip at work all the time. I know if they attend my wedding, there will be trouble in my work life and friendships. How can I tell them not to gossip at work about who was at my wedding or who I excluded? How can I tell them this is my day and I should be able to have the pleasure of being surrounded by friends and loved ones without wor- rying about attendees being mean? Please help. — Tired Of Gossip Dear Tired: You are focusing on the wrong thing. Concentrate on enjoy- ing your special day. You can’t control what other people will or will not do. If you are asked after the wedding why someone was absent, respond that bud- getary limitations prevented you from including everyone you would have liked to invite. If you do, it will appear to be less of a popularity contest. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 13-14, 1918 George P. Blakeslee, Warner M. Blakeslee and Cyril T. Blakeslee, three brothers formerly of Hermiston are now in France. George P. Blakeslee, the eldest, is in the artillery, Warner M. in the medical corps and Cyril T. in the engineer corps. Lieutenant C.O. Wainscott, a brother-in-law of the three young men, is a well known physician of Hermiston who is in the medical ser- vice in France. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 13-14, 1968 Steve Weld, a senior at Pendleton High School, and the highest rank- ing Boy Scout in the Umatilla dis- trict of Blue Mountain Council, has been awarded a gold palm to add to his badges. The gold palm is next to the highest award made to a Boy Scout, said the Rev. A.J. Fisher, advancement chairman for the district. Steve became an Eagle Scout in 1967. He has been a member of the Scouts for seven years, and is dedicated to the program. He is now serving as an assistant scout mas- ter for Jack Brady, Troop 744, spon- sored by Peace Lutheran Church. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 13-14, 1993 With barracks for classrooms, stu- dents at Umatilla High School liter- ally shake the floors when they change classes. They also endure U.S. Army- style heat and cold, thanks to sin- gle-paned windows that look out of the 1940s era buildings. Umatilla High School is actually an amalgamation of several former military housing units that were tacked together hastily during 1949 as a temporary accommodation for the school’s growing student body. Toted on a barge up the Columbia River from Vancouver, Wash., the barracks were dumped on the shores of Umatilla, where school officials promptly punched out walls and fused the wooden build- ings into a makeshift school. And it’s remained that way ever since. THIS DAY IN HISTORY On Oct. 13, 1999, the Senate rejected the Compre- hensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, with 48 senators vot- ing in favor and 51 against, far short of the 67 needed for ratification. In A.D. 54, Roman Emperor Claudius I died, poisoned apparently at the behest of his wife, Agrippina. In 1775, the United States Navy had its origins as the Continental Congress ordered the construction of a naval fleet. In 1792, the cornerstone of the executive mansion, later known as the White House, was laid by Pres- ident George Washington during a ceremony in the District of Columbia. In 1845, Texas voters rat- ified a state constitution. In 1932, President Her- bert Hoover and Chief Jus- tice Charles Evans Hughes laid the cornerstone for the U.S. Supreme Court build- ing in Washington. In 1943, Italy declared war on Germany, its one- time Axis partner. In 1944, during World War II, American troops entered Aachen, Germany. In 1962, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” by Edward Albee, opened on Broadway. In 1972, a Uruguayan chartered flight carrying 45 people crashed in the Andes; survivors resorted to feeding off the remains of some of the dead in order to stay alive until they were rescued more than two months later. In 1981, voters in Egypt participated in a referendum to elect Vice President Hosni Mubarak the new president, one week after the assassina- tion of Anwar Sadat. In 1999, in Boulder, Col- orado, the JonBenet Ram- sey grand jury was dismissed after 13 months of work with prosecutors saying there wasn’t enough evidence to charge anyone in the 6-year- old beauty queen’s 1996 slaying. In 2010, rescuers in Chile using a missile-like escape capsule pulled 33 men one by one to fresh air and free- dom 69 days after they were trapped in a collapsed mine a half-mile underground. Today’s Birthdays: Gos- pel singer Shirley Caesar is 81. Actress Melinda Dillon is 79. Singer-musician Paul Simon is 77. Singer-musician Sammy Hagar is 71. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., is 60. Singer Marie Osmond is 59. Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer is 58. NBA coach Doc Riv- ers is 57. College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice is 56. Actor Matt Walsh is 54. Olympic silver medal figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is 49. Country singer Rhett Akins is 49. Actor Sacha Baron Cohen is 47. Singer Ashanti is 38. Christian rock singer Jon Micah Sum- rall (Kutless) is 38. Olym- pic gold medal swimmer Ian Thorpe is 36. Actor Caleb McLaughlin (TV: “Stranger Things”) is 17. Thought for Today: “Do you know the difference between education and expe- rience? 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