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Silicon Valley man rents $1,500 studio for 2 cats
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) —
Two cats are living large at a
$1,500-a-month studio apart-
ment their owner rents for them
in Silicon Valley, where a hous-
ing shortage has sent rents
skyrocketing.
The Mercury News reports
the 20-pound cats named Tina
and Louise moved to the stu-
dio in San Jose after their owner
moved away to college.
The student’s father, Troy
Good, was unable to keep them
and asked friend David Callisch
to rent him the kitchen-less stu-
dio so he could keep his daugh-
ter’s beloved cats.
The newspaper reports Good
and his cats got a decent deal
because an average studio apart-
ment in San Jose rents for $1,951
a month, according to RentCafe.
Callisch says he feels bad
wasting valuable living space on
animals during a housing short-
age, but he wanted to help a
friend.
David Callisch via AP
This undated photo released by David Callisch shows cats Tina, top, and Louise in San Jose, Calif.
Idaho woman has 50-pound tumor removed
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An
Idaho woman who thought she
was gaining weight because
of menopause discovered she
actually had a 50-pound tumor
that had been growing inside
her for decades.
Boise television station
KTVB reports Brenda Cridland
of Meridian chalked up her
weight gain to aging, but when
her health started to quickly
decline about eight months ago
she decided to see a doctor.
That’s when a CAT scan
revealed she had an enormous
tumor that had displaced her
organs and was cutting off the
blood supply to her brain. Crid-
land said she underwent two-
and-a-half hours of surgery to
remove the mass, which luckily
was benign.
Cridland says she lost 65
pounds in the process, and
learned the tumor was caused
by undiagnosed endometriosis.
She says she ignored red flags
about her health, and hopes her
story will remind other women
that they shouldn’t avoid seeing
a doctor.
OUT OF THE VAULT
‘Young riot’ erupts in Umatilla County Jail
By RENEE STRUTHERS
East Oregonian
A penitentiary inmate returned to
Pendleton in January 1971 to testify
against a fellow prison escapee slashed his
wrist and touched off a three-hour riot at
the Umatilla County Jail. While damages
ran to four figures, no other inmates or jail
personnel were injured.
The trouble began Jan. 3, 1971, at
about 9 p.m. when Danny Wayne Wil-
cox Clark, 20, broke out of his cell. Clark
somehow obtained a razor blade and used
it to slash his wrist. He then barricaded
himself inside his cell, armed with a sharp
piece of steel torn from a ceiling light fix-
ture to keep help away. By the time dep-
uties subdued Clark with tear gas, his cell
was spattered on the floor, walls and ceil-
ing with blood. The man was taken to the
hospital to have his cut dressed, then was
returned to the jail where he lay, gray-
faced and quiet, in another cell.
Clark had been returned from the Ore-
gon State Penitentiary to Pendleton to tes-
tify against Albert Leo Palmer, who with
Clark escaped from the Washington State
Penitentiary in Walla Walla. Clark was
convicted of grand larceny after steal-
ing a car in Stanfield during the escape
attempt. Both men were arrested in Uma-
tilla County, and Clark was sentenced to
an eight-year term.
About 15 other prisoners were lodged
at the jail when Clark was subdued, and
six to 10 of them started an uproar. The
“young riot,” as it was called by Uma-
tilla County Sheriff Roy Johnson, raged
for almost three hours. Toilets were torn
from the floor and broken into pieces. The
chunks were hurled through barred win-
dows on the south side of the jail.
Prisoners rolled up magazines, tipped
with aluminum foil, and shorted out ceil-
ing light fixtures, breaking bulbs and send-
ing the cells into darkness. Some fixtures
were torn from the ceiling, and piles of
magazines, books and other items were set
afire, filling the jail with smoke. Some of
the burning material was thrown through
the broken windows, deputies said, in an
attempt to set the roof of the courthouse
on fire.
“They slammed doors, banged on
the bars, shouted,” a gray-haired pris-
oner said. “Then they started the fires.”
He and two trustees covered their heads
with wet towels and retreated to a corner
bunk to wait out the trouble. Chief Dep-
uty Bill McPherson took charge of putting
down the disturbance, and fellow deputies
praised his “cool judgment” for the fact
that no one was injured or killed.
By 12:30 a.m., the rioters had worn
out and the trouble fizzled, but it wasn’t
until almost 6 a.m. before total control
was finally reestablished. More than seven
garbage cans full of broken glass, charred
paper and other debris were removed from
the jail, with deputies standing guard with
shotguns during the cleanup.
Sheriff Johnson pointed to the need for
a jail redesign to handle troublesome pris-
oners. Corners were cut to save money
when the jail was built in 1956, he said.
“We get men here as tough as any in the
penitentiary.”
But the Jan. 3 unrest was not the first of
the year for the jail. Just two days prior, on
New Year’s Day 1971, troublemakers in
the juvenile section of the jail shredded a
blanket and flushed it down a toilet, plug-
ging up the plumbing.
DEAR ABBY
Wedding planning is driving close mom, daughter apart
Dear Abby: My 38-year-old
tion to your problem may involve
daughter is being married this
suggesting that to your daughter.
summer. This is her first marriage,
If you are footing the bill for the
and we are planning the wedding.
“show,” you should absolutely
She has never planned a big event
have some say about the produc-
tion, and your daughter should
like this before, and every sugges-
tion I make gets us into a fight. I
be mature enough to accept it —
know it’s upsetting her terribly,
along with the check — or finance
and it’s upsetting me as well.
it herself.
We have always been close. I
Dear Abby: My son is 24 and
J eanne
understand it’s her wedding, but
in the military. He has always
P hilliPs
I would like some input since
ADVICE
been sarcastic, and his humor
my husband and I are paying for
always involves cutting the other
it, and there are certain traditions
person down. I think it can be
I would like continued. Also, every time
part of the culture in the military, which
I suggest inviting someone, her reaction
has made it worse. I thought as he matured
is, “... I don’t know. They’re your friends,
he would mellow. It wears you down and
not mine.” Well, I would like my friends
becomes exhausting after a while.
to share this moment in my daughter’s life.
I’m afraid he’ll never be able to find and
What’s the solution here? — Fighting in
keep a girlfriend if he keeps acting this way.
Pennsylvania
The “humor” quickly wears thin, and no
Dear Fighting: You may be a “tradi-
one wants to be spoken to like that.
tional” mother, but customs have changed
When girls start dating, most of them are
since you were a bride. Among them is the
taught to watch how a guy treats his mother
fact that women your daughter’s age usually
and sisters because that’s how he’ll treat
pay for their own weddings, which entitles
her eventually. If a girlfriend of his heard
them to run their own show. I think the solu-
how he speaks to me and his sisters, they
would run. Nice girls want nice guys, who
speak kindly. How do I talk to him about
this, or should I just keep my mouth shut?
— Exhausted in the East
Dear Exhausted: Not only should you
not stay silent, recognize that you should
have insisted your son treat you and his
sisters with respect and consideration by
the age of 10. While that message may be
harder to impress upon him at this late date,
have that discussion with him now, and
point out what an unattractive personality
trait he’s displaying. If you want to couch
it in terms of how it will affect his love life,
by all means do. No woman with self-es-
teem would tolerate what he’s doing for
long because it’s verbal abuse.
Dear Abby: My daughter’s ex-husband
allowed his 5-year-old son to sleep with his
girlfriend’s 6-year-old daughter during a
weekend visit. What do you think of this?
— Concerned Grandmother
Dear Concerned: Not knowing either
child, I hesitate to venture an opinion. Their
parents are in a better position to decide
something like this, so it may be a subject to
raise with them if you haven’t already.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 19-20, 1919
When the new telephone toll
rates, authorized by the post-
master general, go into effect at
12:01 tonight, “person to per-
son” calls will cost 25 per cent
more than “station to station”
calls. The increase in the price of
“person to person” calls is occa-
sioned because this class of call
takes over twice as much time
and effort on the part of the oper-
ator as the “station to station”
calls. In the latter calls, the one
who originates the call does not
specify the particular person
to be reached at the station and
simply gives the telephone num-
ber or name and address of sub-
scriber at the telephone called.
But in a “person to person” call,
the one who places the call spec-
ifies a particular person at a cer-
tain place. No “person to per-
son” calls will be accepted for
less than 20 cents.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 19-20, 1969
A 47-year-old man stood
behind the speaker’s podium.
Before him was an audi-
ence of junior high school stu-
dents. The room was quiet with
respect. This man was going to
die soon and the students knew
it. Stan Watt, formerly a heavy
smoker, is a victim of lung can-
cer. Given only a short time to
live, he has decided to tour the
country as a volunteer speaker
for the American Cancer Soci-
ety. Friday he spoke to students
at Helen McCune and John Mur-
ray schools. Watt, his wife, two
sons and a daughter live in New-
berg, Ore. He operates a success-
ful business, dealing ironically in
oxygen. His message was sim-
ple: Don’t smoke.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 19-20, 1994
Natalie Pond demonstrates
the difficulty of threading a nee-
dle. The tool for Native American
beadwork is curved, with a tiny
eye. The stiff nylon thread resists.
But Natalie has 18 years of prac-
tice. She wants to pass on the tra-
ditional craft she learned from
her father, so she teaches Dawn
Yeager. Both live at Mission on
the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
Natalie was nearly Dawn’s age,
13, when she learned to bead.
She encourages Dawn to com-
plete a traditional outfit, including
a shell dress, leggings, mocca-
sins and cuffs. Dawn has started
out with a belt. In late September,
Natalie and Dawn began work-
ing together as master artist and
apprentice. They received a grant
from the Oregon Historical Soci-
ety’s Folk Arts Program.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On Jan. 19, 1955, a pres-
idential news conference
was filmed for television and
newsreels for the first time,
with the permission of Pres-
ident Dwight D. Eisenhower.
In 1807, Confederate
Gen. Robert E. Lee was born
in Westmoreland County,
Virginia.
In 1809, author, poet and
critic Edgar Allan Poe was
born in Boston.
In 1861, Georgia became
the fifth state to secede from
the Union.
In 1915, Germany carried
out its first air raid on Brit-
ain during World War I as a
pair of Zeppelins dropped
bombs onto Great Yarmouth
and King’s Lynn in England.
In 1937, millionaire
Howard Hughes set a trans-
continental air record by fly-
ing his monoplane from Los
Angeles to Newark, New Jer-
sey, in 7 hours, 28 minutes
and 25 seconds.
In 1942, during World
War II, Japanese forces cap-
tured the British protectorate
of North Borneo. A German
submarine sank the Canadian
liner RMS Lady Hawkins off
Cape Hatteras, North Caro-
lina, killing 251 people; 71
survived.
In 1944, the federal gov-
ernment relinquished con-
trol of the nation’s railroads
to their owners following set-
tlement of a wage dispute.
In 1953, CBS-TV aired
the widely watched epi-
sode of “I Love Lucy” in
which Lucy Ricardo, played
by Lucille Ball, gave birth
to Little Ricky. (By coinci-
dence, Ball gave birth the
same day to her son, Desi
Arnaz Jr.)
In 1966, Indira Gandhi
was chosen to be prime min-
ister of India by the National
Congress party.
In 1977, President Gerald
R. Ford pardoned Iva Toguri
D’Aquino, an American con-
victed of treason for mak-
ing radio broadcasts aimed
at demoralizing Allied troops
in the Pacific Theater during
World War II. (Although she
was popularly referred to as
“Tokyo Rose,” D’Aquino
never used that name.)
In 1981, the United
States and Iran signed an
accord paving the way for
the release of 52 Americans
held hostage for more than
14 months.
In 1998, “rockabilly”
pioneer Carl Perkins died in
Jackson, Tennessee, at age
65.
Today’s Birthdays: For-
mer U.N. Secretary-Gen-
eral Javier Perez de Cuellar
is 99. Actress Tippi Hedren
is 89. Former PBS newsman
Robert MacNeil is 88. Movie
director Richard Lester is 87.
Actor-singer Michael Craw-
ford is 77. Actress Shel-
ley Fabares is 75. Country
singer Dolly Parton is 73.
Former ABC newswoman
Ann Compton is 72. TV chef
Paula Deen is 72. Actress
Katey Sagal is 65. Basket-
ball coach Jeff Van Gundy is
57. International Tennis Hall
of Famer Stefan Edberg is
53. Actor Shawn Wayans is
48. Comedian-impressionist
Frank Caliendo is 45. Actress
Jodie Sweetin is 37.
Thought for Today:
“Life is a foreign language;
all men mispronounce it.”
— Christopher Darlington
Morley, American journalist
(1890-1957).
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