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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.
The Lexington Her-
ald-Leader reports the
company and a police
escort delivered dozens
of doughnuts to the city
police department Wednes-
day afternoon.
Officer Kyle Mounce
says no one was injured
when a Krispy Kreme
truck caught fire in the
city on Monday, but the
truck’s doughnuts were
ruined. The fire’s cause
was unclear as of Monday.
Lexington police shared
posts on social media of
the burned truck and offi-
cers jokingly mourning the
loss.
The posts were widely
shared online and police
departments across the
country offered their con-
dolences. The chief mar-
keting officer for Krispy
Kreme, Dave Skena, says
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