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COFFEE BREAK Saturday, January 5, 2019 East Oregonian C5 THIS DAY IN HISTORY On Jan. 5, 1957, Presi- dent Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed assistance to coun- tries to help them resist Com- munist aggression in what became known as the Eisen- hower Doctrine. In 1066, Edward the Con- fessor, King of England, died after a reign of nearly 24 years. In 1589, Catherine de Medici of France died at age 69. In 1781, a British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Virginia. In 1895, French Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, was publicly stripped of his rank. (He was ultimately vindicated.) In 1925, Democrat Nel- lie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming took office as America’s first female governor, succeeding her late husband, William, following a special election. In 1933, the 30th pres- ident of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, died in Northampton, Massachu- setts, at age 60. Construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge. (Work was com- pleted four years later.) AP file photo President Dwight Eisenhower walks beside Gen. Peng Men- Chi, chief of Nationalist China’s general staff, in 1960 during visit to martyrs shrine in Taipei, a memorial to Chinese killed in battle against the Japanese and against communism. In 1943, educator and scientist George Washing- ton Carver died in Tuskegee, Alabama, at about age 80. In 1953, Samuel Beck- ett’s two-act tragicomedy “Waiting for Godot,” consid- ered a classic of the Theater of the Absurd, premiered in Paris. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan announced he was nominating Elizabeth Dole to succeed Drew Lewis as sec- retary of transportation; Dole became the first woman to head a Cabinet department in Reagan’s administration, and the first to head the DOT. In 1993, the state of Washington executed West- ley Allan Dodd, an admit- ted child sex killer, in Amer- ica’s first legal hanging since 1965. In 1994, Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, former speaker of the House of Representa- tives, died in Boston at age 81. In 1998, Sonny Bono, the 1960s pop star-turned-pol- itician, was killed when he struck a tree while skiing at the Heavenly Ski Resort on the Nevada-California state line; he was 62. Today’s Birthdays: For- mer Vice President Walter F. Mondale is 91. Actor Rob- ert Duvall is 88. Juan Carlos, former King of Spain, is 81. Former talk show host Char- lie Rose is 77. Actress-direc- tor Diane Keaton is 73. Rock singer Marilyn Manson is 50. Actor Shea Whigham is 50. Actor Derek Cecil is 46. Actress-comedian Jessica Chaffin is 45. Actor Bradley Cooper is 44. Actress Janu- ary Jones is 41. Thought for Today: “It is the job that is never started that takes longest to finish.” — J.R.R. Tolkien, English author (1892-1973). OUT OF THE VAULT Jack the Snipper strikes close to home Most people are familiar with the infamous Jack the Ripper, who murdered prostitutes in and around the Whitechapel district of Lon- don in 1888. But another dastardly character, who showed up in 1891 in Brooklyn and Manhattan, N.Y., was known by a similar moniker: Jack the Snipper. His penchant was for following schoolgirls and lop- ping off their braids, then running away. He haunted the streets for three years, surfacing periodically and disappearing again. Two men were arrested, but police could never make any charges stick, so the case went unsolved. In 1911, the Jack the Snipper story resurfaced in Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania. Police arrested Frank Rick- eri, who had for months been cut- ting off women’s hair in theaters and amusement parks. Eighteen locks of hair, each tied with a blue ribbon, were found in a trunk in Rickeri’s lodgings. But the story wasn’t confined to the East Coast. On March 9, 1912, Mildred Finnel of Pendleton, a pop- ular high school girl, decided to take in a moving picture show with a friend. As they sat in the theater, she felt someone behind her take hold of one of her long braids. Finnel gave her head a quick jerk, and a man got up from the seat behind her and hur- riedly left the building. Finnel and her companion followed the man, and though he was able to disappear they did get a good look at his face. It wasn’t until she returned home that she realized that a small portion of her braid had been shorn off. The man was never caught. “Jack the Snipper” was a famil- iar annoyance to police departments across the country in the early 1900s. It was unknown whether the attacks were for the purpose of selling the hair to wigmakers, or if their intent was simply malicious or obsessive. In some cases, like the original Snip- per in New York, an incident of hair theft was followed by a rash of copy- cat cases, some of which were per- petrated by the girls themselves in order to see their names in the paper. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 5-6, 1919 All barbers, dentists, shoe shiners, cutters and fitters of clothing, doctors, nurses while waiting on patients, and waiters in serving meals, are the only persons allowed to get closer than four feet to the people with whom they are transacting business and Pendleton’s new flu ordinance requires that all these “shall wear proper flu masks over the mouth and nose when engaged in said occupations.” While this regulation is in effect good law-abiding citizens will not get closer than four feet to each other as they converse on the streets or pass each other or transact their business in the stores. DEAR ABBY Single man takes a practical approach to business of dating Dear Abby: I am writ- Dear Dating: I find it ing you about dating in these interesting that nowhere in modern times. Lately I have your letter have you given become perplexed at the the impression that you are vanity and immoral behav- capable of compromise. I ior now associated with the don’t know where you are task of dating. I’m a single looking, but I suppose you man living by myself with could eliminate hundreds of no responsibilities but my candidates from your search J eanne P hilliPs own. I am looking for some- simply by reading their ADVICE one who will fit into my life- resumes and swiping left. style. Unfortunately, I have However, when you do that, encountered some road- you eliminate women who blocks that keep me single. might make excellent life partners if First: I am not looking for a ready- given the chance. made family. Successful mature relationships Second: I’m not in a position to require flexibility and empathy, and analyze her last relationship, which you appear to not understand that. left emotional baggage. Please consider what I have said. You Third: I am definitely not looking will find what you are looking for by for someone who isn’t business- or associating with like-minded individ- uals and telling them you are looking. life-orientated. What I want to find is someone Broadening your search in this way who doesn’t have a long history of could yield surprising results. suitors or life issues that cause fur- Dear Abby: My older brother died ther relationship problems. How do suddenly two years ago. He was only I go about separating the dispos- in his 30s. After his death I found ables from the possibles? — Dating out he had been homeless and living in 2019 out of his car. I blame myself for not knowing and not being there when he needed someone. My siblings seem to have gotten over it, but even after my weekly therapy sessions I can’t seem to stop crying when I see his picture or hear his name. Is something wrong with me because I can’t seem to let go? It’s so bad that I can’t visit his grave because I get panic attacks on the way there. — Still Grieving in Montana Dear Still Grieving: Please accept my deepest sympathy for the loss of your older brother. If you were unaware of his financial situation and that he was homeless, it was likely because he didn’t want you to know. So stop blaming yourself for it. I’m glad you are seeing a therapist regularly, because when a person has experienced a loss like yours and is grieving as you are, therapy can help to relieve the guilt and trauma survi- vors sometimes feel after the death of a loved one. However, because you have been in therapy for the length of time you have and are not making progress, it may be time to consider changing therapists. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 5-6, 1969 Mila Glynn Robertson is Miss Umatilla County 1969. Miss Robertson, who had planned on dropping out of the contest until Thursday, was selected Saturday night at the Vert at the seventh annual Miss Umatilla County Pageant. The Hermiston beauty succeeds Marjean Langley, Mil- ton-Freewater, Miss Umatilla County 1968 and the reign- ing Miss Oregon. Robertson said she entered for the experi- ence and to meet new people. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 5-6, 1994 Laura Haskins welcomed a son, Ryan Alan Haskins, the first child born in the new year at Good Shepherd Hospi- tal in Hermiston. Ryan’s father is Alan Haskins, a teacher at Riverside High School in Boardman. The 8-pound, 2-ounce boy was born at 12:27 p.m. on Jan. 4, an event that seemed to open the floodgates after a slow start for the hospital’s maternity ward. Four other mothers were in labor at Good Shepherd less than 24 hours after Ryan’s birth. “I guess we started a trend,” said the proud mom as she prepared to take Ryan home to his 2½-year-old brother, Kyle. ODDS & ENDS Restaurant removes sign over concerns it’s offensive KEENE, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire restaurant that’s preparing to open has removed a sign advertising its name over concerns that it sounded like profanity. The name of the Viet- namese restaurant in a pub- lic building next to City Hall in Keene is a play on a type of soup, which is spelled P-H-O, but is pro- nounced “fuh.” The restau- rant calls itself by the name of the soup, followed by the words “Keene Great.” City Manager Elizabeth Dragon said it’s intended to sound like profanity and that owner Isabelle Jolie didn’t get permission to hang any sign. Jolie said she doesn’t think the name is offensive. Dragon tells New Hamp- shire Public Radio the city wants Jolie to be success- ful, but that it has to strike a balance. Both sides plan to meet soon. 350-pound headstone stolen from Massachusetts business PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts business owner doesn’t know who broke into her company, but she does know they had to have been pretty strong. Donna Brewer, owner of Savino Empire Monu- ments in Pittsfield, tells the Berkshire Eagle that some- one cut a hole in her front fence Wednesday morning and made off with a 350- pound headstone worth about $1,700. She’s been in business for 21 years and has never had a headstone stolen. She says the gray granite piece would have required “two real big strong guys” to carry, plus a truck. She says it never occurred to her that someone would steal a headstone, so her security cameras don’t cover the front display area. Brewer has asked area headstone engravers and cemeteries to keep an eye out for it. Police are investigating. Krispy Kreme delivers doughnuts to officers over pastry loss LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Krispy Kreme has stepped in to com- fort Kentucky police offi- cers mourning the loss of a doughnut truck that caught fire. 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