COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, March 23, 2019
East Oregonian
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OUT OF THE VAULT
Youthful driver avoids ticket with a smile
By RENEE STRUTHERS
East Oregonian
A young motorist terrorized the
town of Milton-Freewater in April
1969, but suffered no repercussions for
her short-lived spree of destruction.
Mrs. Richard Hunt of Milton-Free-
water, “for the first and only time,”
left her daughter Elizabeth Ann in
their automatic-transmission-enabled
car with the motor running on April 6,
1969, while she dashed into the Magic
Valley Laundry “for a minute.” Eliza-
beth Ann promptly plopped herself in
the driver’s seat, put the car in reverse
and backed about 25 feet, turned left
and crossed North Main Street, a busy
state highway, and into the driveway
of a tire store across the street.
Elizabeth Ann changed her mind,
shifted the car into drive, swung left
and back into Main Street and sped
past the laundry. She then turned into
the laundry’s 18-foot-wide driveway,
speeding neatly between the laundry
building and a high wooden fence on
the other side.
Her forward progress, however, was
impeded by a pickup truck belonging
to Bill Reich. Elizabeth Ann hit the
pickup, which then crashed into a sec-
ond vehicle owned by Reich.
Damage to Reich’s vehicles was esti-
mated at about $200. Elizabeth Ann’s
car sustained only minor damages, and
the young motorist none at all.
When the investigating officer
arrived at the scene of the crash, Eliz-
abeth Ann flashed him a dazzling
smile. Not only did the officer not
give Elizabeth Ann a ticket, but he,
her still-trembling mother, two horri-
fied witnesses and Reich gave fervent
thanks that Elizabeth Ann hadn’t hit a
building or two in her spree.
Elizabeth Ann Hunt, you see, was
18 months old.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 23-24, 1919
State Biologist Finley is present-
ing films which Pendleton people are
to have the pleasure of seeing placed
on the screen at the Arcade theatre
this evening. No admission fee is to
be charged as Mr. Finley’s personal
expenses are borne by the state fish and
game commission while the theatre
and other local expense is being taken
care of by the Umatilla County Fish &
Game association and by the Pendle-
ton Gun Club. Mr. Finley is regarded
as one of the nation’s foremost natural-
ists. It is doubtful if any other man in
America has the patience and ability to
get such a remarkable series of pictures
as Mr. Finley has made during the past
several years. Those to be shown this
evening were made in Oregon last
summer and in addition to showing
many of the birds and animals of this
state in their native haunts they will
also show the possibilities of outing
trips in Oregon.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 23-24, 1969
Two Athena girls, both Oregon State
University seniors on their way home
for spring vacation, were killed in a
five car smashup on Highway 30 about
22 miles west of Pendleton Saturday
afternoon. Killed were Janet Marie
Zerba, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William J. Zerba, and Doreen Kay Fro-
ese, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
W. Froese, all of Athena. The acci-
dent occurred Saturday as wind gusts
cut visibility to near zero. In a second
car in the pileup were Wayne L. and
Helen Satterlee, also of Athena. Both
were taken to Good Shepherd Hospital
in Hermiston. Other drivers involved
were William Mathew Murphy,
Ontario, and Terry Thompson, Hep-
pner, and his wife and three children.
They apparently all escaped unhurt.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 23-24, 1994
Ruth Wells has artistic talent that
was discovered about two years ago.
The disabled artist paints landscapes
primarily. She says she likes the rich
colors of watercolors, particularly
green for the trees. She also favors the
blue sky and clouds. Wells is a client
of Bethphage Mission West in Pendle-
ton, which provides vocational and res-
idential programs for developmentally
disabled adults. Her paintings will be
displayed and sold at The Store, Beth-
phage’s retail outlet at 369 S. Main.
Her exhibit of about 30 paintings will
open with a reception Monday. State
Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Pendleton, will
be a special guest. Wells will present a
watercolor landscape for Smith to dis-
play in his Salem office.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
The Associated Press
On March 23, 1942, the
first Japanese-Americans
evacuated by the U.S. Army
during World War II arrived
at the internment camp in
Manzanar, California.
In 1775, Patrick Henry
delivered an address to the
Virginia Provincial Conven-
tion in which he is said to
have declared, “Give me lib-
erty, or give me death!”
In 1933, the German
Reichstag adopted the
Enabling Act, which effec-
tively granted Adolf Hitler
dictatorial powers.
In 1965, America’s first
two-person space mission
took place as Gemini 3
blasted off with astronauts
Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom and
John W. Young aboard for a
nearly 5-hour flight.
In 1994, Aeroflot Flight
593, an Airbus A310, crashed
in Siberia with the loss of all
75 people on board; it turned
out the teenage son of a pilot
who was allowed to sit at the
controls accidentally disen-
gaged the autopilot, causing
the jetliner to plunge to the
ground.
In 2003, during the
Iraq War, a U.S. Army
maintenance convoy was
ambushed in Nasiriyah; 11
soldiers were killed, includ-
ing Pfc. Lori Ann Piestewa;
six were captured, including
Pfc. Jessica Lynch, who was
rescued on April 1, 2003.
Thought for Today:
“What some call health, if
purchased by perpetual anx-
iety about diet, isn’t much
better than tedious disease.”
— Alexander Pope, English
poet (1688-1744).
Universal Crossword
Edited by David Steinberg March 23, 2019
ACROSS
1 Relief diagrams
5 Pedestal’s bottom
9 Tablelands
14 Brazilian berry
15 Actress Kunis
16 Grammar topic
17 Anti-union contract type
19 Divided
20 Bad lighting?
21 Subj. where you talk
in class
22 Swedish currency
23 Misleading clue
26 “Ha! I was right!”
30 Dracula, at times
31 Late Carroll character
35 Enjoy a margarita
38 Some lodgings
39 Court, in King Arthur’s
day
40 Japanese noodle
41 “___ a minute?”
42 Inspector Clouseau
film, with “The”
46 Coal container
47 Hallucinogen-yielding
cactus
48 Family disgrace
53 “Looks ___
everything”
54 Boot tip
55 Astonish
60 African language group
61 Grape juice + ice
cream + milk
63 Mean cur
64 45-Down’s continent
65 Loafer, e.g.
66 Love to pieces
67 Many a freshman,
age-wise
68 Does some tailoring
DOWN
1 Poet Angelou
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5
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24
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34
Laptop brand
Buddies
Fodder holder
Mercedes competitor
Helped
Wade through a puddle
Sometimes-bald bird
Swamp rodent
Lively wit
Stylist’s shop
Getting on in years
___ precedent
Pastrami order
request
Ring bearer, maybe
Baseball stat.
Bit of kindling
Cry of dismay
Laundry fluff
Rehab shakes, briefly
Barley bristle
___ choy
Conk on the head
“COLORFUL MENAGERIE” By Paul Coulter
sudoku answers
35 Neighborhood near
NYC’s Chinatown
36 “Yeah, right”
37 Cut back
40 Hog’s home
42 It’s worth a thousand
words
43 What a squid squirts
44 “Tarzan” extra
45 Tibet neighbor
46 Playful chitchat
48 Pigtail, e.g.
49 Slow, musically
50 3/17 honoree, briefly
51 Green Monopoly
building
52 Like Hitchcock movies
53 “Chiquitita” quartet
56 Fit together well
57 Advil target
58 Camera lens type
59 Lambs’ moms
62 Criticize harshly