COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, January 12, 2019
East Oregonian
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OUT OF THE VAULT
Divorce drama becomes firearm fracas
Divorces can be ugly. A Pendleton
woman in January of 1954 discovered
divorces can also be dangerous, after
she was shot by the jealous wife of a
neighbor.
Juanita Julia Harris, 34, of Pend-
leton, filed divorce papers against her
husband, Willie Harris, in Decem-
ber 1953. But three weeks later she
changed her mind and decided she
wanted her husband back. The Harrises
and a neighbor, Daisy Crawford, 23,
were playing cards together on Jan. 4,
1954, in the Harris apartment for about
two hours. Juanita left the game briefly
to visit the bathroom outside the apart-
ment, and when she returned she was
met by Daisy at the front door. Juan-
ita said it appeared Daisy was going to
strike her.
Juanita pulled a .38 short revolver
out of her clothing and fired through
the narrow opening between the door
and the jamb, hitting the coffee pot
dead center. She then reached around
the nearly closed door and fired again,
hitting Daisy in the shoulder. Juanita
also fired two more shots through the
door, neither of which hit anyone. The
shot that hit Daisy clipped her collar
bone, nipping off the end of the bone,
and lodged in her neck.
Willie Harris decided at this point it
was time to disarm his wife. He opened
the door — and was met by the muzzle
of the gun. Willie claims Juanita pulled
the trigger and it snapped on an empty
chamber. Convinced all the bullets
had been fired, Willie wrestled the gun
away from Juanita, then hit her over the
head with it three times to subdue her.
By this time, a neighbor had called
police. When officers arrived, Wil-
lie was trying to get Daisy into the car
to take her to the hospital. Pendleton
police arrested Juanita Harris, then fol-
lowed Willie and Daisy to the hospital.
After Juanita was checked out by doc-
tors, and Daisy was admitted for treat-
ment, both Harrises were taken to the
police station for questioning.
Juanita admitted shooting Daisy.
She claimed she was carrying the
gun because she thought Willie and
Daisy might try to assault her. She also
claimed she did not try to fire at her
husband. When the gun was examined,
officers found one bullet unexploded
in the chamber, with no evidence of a
misfire.
The following day, Juanita was
charged with assault while armed with
a dangerous weapon. Willie was ques-
tioned but turned loose. And Daisy
was mending nicely at St. Anthony
Hospital.
DEAR ABBY
Best friend doesn’t share woman’s desire for intimacy
Dear Abby: I have been
ing about how much I love
best friends with “Mickey”
him and want to be with him.
for about five years. We spend
I even started working out at
every day together and go out
the gym, thinking maybe my
to dinner/movies/events, etc.
recent weight gain was the
He sleeps over at my house,
problem.
and I cook for him almost
I know he “loves” me, but
every night.
he isn’t attracted to me. I’m
When our friendship started
afraid if one of us starts dating
we were intimate a couple of
someone else, our friendship
J eanne
times but have been strictly
will take a hit. Please give me
P hilliPs
ADVICE
platonic ever since. The prob-
some advice. — Girl in Love
lem is, I’m in love with him.
in Connecticut
He knows how I feel, and
Dear Girl in Love: As long
although he claims he doesn’t love me,
as you have Mickey as your major pre-
occupation, you will not start dating
he continues to spend every waking
anyone else. You need to stop thinking
moment with me and is always trying
that his lack of desire for you is your
to better me. We do pretty much every-
thing a couple would do, minus the
fault, because it isn’t. Although it will
physical contact. Everybody assumes
be painful to call a halt to what’s going
we’re a couple.
on so you can meet someone who can
I think I should also mention that
give you what you need, that’s what
Mickey is somewhat of a sex addict.
you should do. The relationship you’re
It makes me self-conscious that he’s
in is masochistic. You are being used,
constantly thinking about sex but isn’t
and it’s not fair to you.
turned on by me even when we sleep in
Dear Abby: A few years back, my
the same bed.
60-something-year-old single sister
I don’t want to lose him. I value
relocated from a different state to a mile
the bond we share and what we have
from my home. Since then, my husband
together, but I’m constantly think-
has become her husband. If something
breaks, leaks or needs repair, she calls
us. I “get” to handle the easy stuff, and
hubby does the heavy-duty stuff.
I gave her our riding lawn mower
and bought a newer model for us. There
was nothing wrong with the mower we
gave her, but she called us, crying, that
it wouldn’t start. Hubby spent several
hours of his one day off trying to get it
running, to no avail.
He told her she needed to call a repair
person. Instead, she bought a spark plug
and a fuel filter and started viewing
online do-it-yourself videos so she could
handle it. She said she “hopes” she can
fix it so “he won’t have to come and try
to fix it again.” I’m ready to explode! I
feel like we’re being taken advantage of.
Help! — Sick of Sis in the South
Dear Sick: Because you feel you
and your husband are being taken
advantage of, the next time your sister
asks for your husband’s handyman ser-
vices, explain that his time off is lim-
ited and “suggest” again that she call
a professional. If you wish to be more
helpful, because she’s relatively new
to the area, ask some of your friends
if they know someone who is depend-
able and competent.
ODDS & ENDS
Woman sent 159K
texts to man she
met on dating site
South West Water via AP
Part of a “fatberg,” a mass of hardened fat, oil and baby wipes,
measuring some 210 feet long, in the town of Sidmouth,
England.
‘Don’t feed the fatberg’
Huge mass blocks
English sewer
LONDON (AP) — A Brit-
ish official says a giant “fat-
berg” has been found block-
ing a sewer in southwestern
England: a mass of hardened
fat, oil and baby wipes mea-
suring 210 feet long.
Andrew Roantree of South
West Water says it will “take
our sewer team around eight
weeks to dissect this monster
in exceptionally challenging
work conditions.”
He urged the public not to
pour grease down the drain
or flush baby wipes down the
toilet, adding: “Don’t feed
the fatberg.”
The revolting fat mass
was discovered in drains in
the coastal town of Sidmouth.
In 2017, a 820-foot fat-
berg was found in sewers
beneath Whitechapel in east
London. A chunk of that
later went on display at the
Museum of London, nestled
inside transparent boxes.
PHOENIX (AP) — A
Phoenix woman accused
of stalking a man met on a
dating site and sending him
more than 65,000 text mes-
sages apparently sent more
than twice that many.
Jacqueline Ades sent a
man more than 159,000 text
messages — some of which
were threatening — over the
course of nearly 10 months,
according to police records
the
Arizona
Republic
obtained via a public records
request. The two went on a
single date.
The man, whose name
has not been released, called
the police after he found
Ades parked outside his
home in July 2017. Paradise
Valley officers escorted her
off his property and that’s
when police say Ades began
threatening the man.
One text read: “I’d make
sushi outta ur kidneys n
chopsticks outta ur hand
bones.”
In April 2018, Ades was
arrested for trespassing
inside his home while he
was out of the country.
Ades has pleaded not
guilty to charges of stalking
and criminal trespassing.
Her trial was scheduled to
begin Feb. 5.
Couple reunited with
engagement ring
dropped in sewer
NEW YORK (AP) —
Police in New York City say
they helped a couple ring
in the new year by reunit-
ing them with their missing
engagement ring.
NBC New York reports
the diamond ring was
dropped down a sewer
grate Thursday near Times
Square.
Officers noticed the ring
in a grate on Eighth Avenue
and 48th Street and recov-
ered it with the help of the
FDNY and a police emer-
gency services unit.
The NYPD says in a tweet
the couple was reunited with
their ring Friday.
While it was the first
engagement ring recovered
in 2019, the NYPD found
another engagement ring
last month that was given
back to the couple on “The
Ellen Show.”
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East
Oregonian
Jan. 12-13, 1919
With Miss Ova Baker in
charge of nursing, and Miss
Lorene Parker as head of
the diet kitchen, a Spanish
influenza emergency hos-
pital was opened Saturday
in Umatilla under the aus-
pices of the Umatilla County
Red Cross. Eight patients
are now in the hospital, and
three more are expected
today. Miss Della Baker, sis-
ter of Miss Ova Baker, left
for Umatilla today to assist
in the work.
50 Years Ago
From the East
Oregonian
Jan. 12-13, 1969
Eighteen yearling Here-
ford calves on the Bud Abel
ranch near Weston have died
mysteriously. State laborato-
ries are delving into the deaths.
Veterinarian Robert Hutchin-
son, Walla Walla, investigated
the deaths. He reports there
had been no signs of illness
among the calves. Other ani-
mals in the herd of 31 year-
lings continue to be in appar-
ent good health. “Indications
are that it may have been
some type of poison,“ said
Dr. Neil Follett, Hutchinson’s
colleague. He said it would be
at least a week before lab tests
are complete.
25 Years Ago
From the East
Oregonian
Jan. 12-13, 1994
When the Oregon Depart-
ment of Fish and Wildlife
volunteered to use discarded
Christmas trees to create fish
habitat at McKay Reservoir,
it was thinking in terms of a
couple hundred trees. After
last weekend’s tree collec-
tion at the lot next to the Siz-
zler restaurant in Pendleton,
ODFW ended up with 700
trees. And that accounted
for only about half the trees
donated by Pendleton-area
residents. The trees being
stored by ODFW will be
weighted and submerged in
the lake this summer to pro-
vide hiding cover for fish,
which currently have little
or no protection from preda-
tors doing low-pool periods.
Trees not being stored by
ODFW will end up at Rice-
Blakey Park — as chips for
landscaped areas.
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On Jan. 12, 1959, Berry Christy Minstrels and
Gordy Jr. founded Motown Woody Allen.
In 1966, President
Records (originally Tamla
Lyndon B. Johnson said
Records) in Detroit.
In 1828, the United in his State of the Union
States and Mexico signed address that the U.S. mili-
a Treaty of Limits defin- tary should stay in Vietnam
ing the boundary between until Communist aggres-
the two countries to be the sion there was stopped.
same as the one established The TV series “Batman,”
by an 1819 treaty between starring Adam West and
Burt Ward as the Dynamic
the U.S. and Spain.
In 1915, the U.S. Duo, premiered on ABC,
House of Representa- airing twice a week on
tives rejected, 204-174, consecutive nights.
a proposed constitutional
In 1971, the ground-
amendment to give women breaking situation comedy
nationwide the right to “All in the Family” pre-
miered on CBS television.
vote.
Thought for Today:
In 1932, Hattie W. Car-
away became the first “Censorship ends in log-
woman elected to the ical completeness when
U.S. Senate after initially nobody is allowed to
being appointed to serve read any books except
out the remainder of the the books that nobody
term of her late husband, reads.” — George Bernard
Shaw, Irish playwright
Thaddeus.
In 1945, during World (1856-1950).
War II, Soviet forces began
a major, successful offen-
sive against the Germans Serving Families
in Eastern Europe. Air-
with Care and
craft from U.S. Task Force
Compassion
38 sank about 40 Japanese
for Over 70 Years.
ships off Indochina.
In 1948, the U.S.
Supreme Court, in Sipuel
v. Board of Regents of
University of Oklahoma,
unanimously ruled that
state law schools could not
discriminate against appli-
cants on the basis of race.
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