COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, April 6, 2019
East Oregonian
C5
OUT OF THE VAULT
Pendleton youngsters embark on crime spree
By RENEE STRUTHERS
East Oregonian
Two daycare attendees escaped their
minders in April 1984 and engaged in
a miniature crime spree that covered
miles of territory in Pendleton.
Joyce Olsen of Olsen’s Day Care
Center on Southwest Goodwin Ave-
nue in Pendleton called local police at
about noon on April 4, 1984, to report
two 5-year-old boys had apparently
jumped the fence at the center and
were missing. At 1:34 p.m., a man-
ager at Safeway, contacted Pendleton
police to report he had two “culprits”
in custody.
The manager said the boys had first
walked to McDonald’s, a mile from
the day care center, and romped at the
fast food restaurant’s Play Place before
walking to Melanie Square, another
three-quarters of a mile. At Payless
the pair had filled a shopping cart with
toys and then wheeled it across the
street to Safeway, where they added
food items to the cart until it was over-
flowing. They also absconded with
change from an Easter Seals collec-
tion jar.
A cake the youngsters knocked off
a counter in the Safeway bakery cost
one of the boys’ fathers $14.
According to the police report,
“After being apprehended, the culprits
attempted to con the arresting offi-
cer into buying them hamburgers at
McDonald’s.”
The con was unsuccessful.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 6-7, 1919
Those “comfy” army shoes with the wide last — do the
Pendleton men who return from the army and navy still buy
that type, or do they favor the toe-pinching variety in vogue
before the days of the uniform? Local haberdashers say it’s
about 50-50; that some of the veterans stick to the service shoe
while others are as fussy about their feet as are the girls and
demand narrow footwear. But all soldiers, sailors and Marines
are united in this — they want to buy civvies with “beaucoup”
speed, and they shun any style that suggests the military.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 6-7, 1969
Whether it was the result of a recent Ann Landers column
or the result of a guilty conscience is not known, but James
O. Burns, owner of Dunn Bros. store in Condon, received
an unsigned letter last week, postmarked San Francisco. The
letter read: “Enclosed is $2.00 to pay for a pair of bedroom
slippers taken many years ago from your store.” Bob Eaton,
owner of Eaton Men’s Wear, received a letter also during the
past week addressed to Eaton’s Haberdashery. While the enve-
lope bore an air mail stamp, it had not been postmarked, and
the only content of the envelope was a one dollar bill. Both
men feel that Ann Landers’ column of March 26 was respon-
sible for the payment for goods that had been shoplifted from
their stores.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 6-7, 1994
Thirteen-year-old Peter Lamb has completed his Eagle
Scout community service project — scraping and painting
bleachers and stenciling numbers at the Pendleton Round-Up
grounds. The project involved the Round-Up’s west bleach-
ers, sections “U” and V.” Lamb assembled a crew during the
recent spring vacation from school to scrape loose paint off the
benches, sweep off debris and paint the seats and floors. After
the blue paint was dry, the scouts stenciled numbers in black
for 741 seats. Ten boys worked on March 21, and six on March
22. Lamb says he thought of the project while ushering with
the Boy Scouts at the 1993 Round-Up.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On April 6, 1830, the
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints was orga-
nized by Joseph Smith in
Fayette, New York.
In 1862, the Civil War
Battle of Shiloh began in
Tennessee as Confederate
forces launched a surprise
attack against Union troops,
who beat back the Confed-
erates the next day.
In 1896, the first modern
Olympic games formally
opened in Athens, Greece.
In 1909, American
explorers Robert E. Peary
and Matthew A. Henson
and four Inuits became the
first men to reach the North
Pole.
In 1917, the United States
entered World War I as the
House joined the Senate in
approving a declaration of
war against Germany that
was then signed by Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson.
In 1945, during World
War II, the Japanese warship
Yamato and nine other ves-
sels sailed on a suicide mis-
sion to attack the U.S. fleet
off Okinawa; the fleet was
intercepted the next day.
In 1965, the United
States launched Intelsat I,
also known as the “Early
Bird” communications sat-
ellite, into geosynchronous
orbit.
In 1968, 41 people were
killed by two consecutive nat-
ural gas explosions at a sport-
ing goods store in downtown
Richmond, Indiana.
In 1971, Russian-born
composer Igor Stravinsky,
88, died in New York City.
In 1973, Ron Blomberg
of the New York Yankees
became Major League Base-
ball’s first designated hit-
ter as he faced pitcher Luis
Tiant of the Boston Red
Sox at Fenway. (Blomberg
was walked with the bases
loaded; Boston won the
game, 15-5.)
In 1994, Supreme Court
Justice Harry A. Blackmun
announced his retirement
after 24 years.
In 1998, the Dow Jones
industrial average closed
above 9,000 points for the
first time, ending the day
at 9,033.23. Country singer
Tammy Wynette died at her
Nashville home at age 55.
Thought for Today:
“History is the ship car-
rying living memories to
the future.” — Sir Stephen
Spender, British poet and
critic (1909-1995).
Universal Crossword
Edited by David Steinberg April 6, 2019
ACROSS
1 Supportive garments
5 Netting
9 “The Lord of the
Rings” baddie
12 Helpful push
13 Luxury purse brand
14 Japanese theater
15 He wore this clue’s
number, which the
Celtics retired
17 Go after legally
18 Maui instrument, briefly
19 H.S. junior’s exam
20 Wading birds
22 Jet bases?
23 Makes
24 He wore this clue’s
number, which the
Cardinals retired
28 Holiday Inn competitor
29 Wildebeest predator
30 Chiding sound
33
34
35
36
37
39
41
43
46
47
48
49
52
53
56
57
58
59
60
Pequod captain
World Series org.
Geometric calculation
Super group?: Abbr.
Liberate
In a breezy way
He wore this clue’s
number, which the
Bears retired
One with national pride
Word of regret
Victory wreath tree
Genesis garden
Knee protector
Big coffee dispenser
He wore this clue’s
number, which the
Dodgers retired
A Stooge
Dwelling
Beaver descriptor
Pi doesn’t have one
Prying
61 Peepers
DOWN
1 Leaf collection?
2 The Eternal City
3 Blond shade
4 Triggered a pedometer
5 “I ___ be dreaming!”
6 Environmental prefix
7 Fast musical
movement
8 Be determined by
9 Beginning
10 State highway
11 Game of kings
12 AC measure
13 Grind one’s teeth
16 Warwick’s “___ Little
Prayer”
21 Cloth
22 Poke, as a pea
23 A toddler bed may
replace it
24 Sandwich with a tortilla
“NUMBERS GAME” By Jason Mueller
sudoku answers
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26
27
30
31
32
34
35
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
48
49
50
51
54
55
“LOL”
Apple desktop
TV host DeGeneres
Wynken, Blynken & Nod, e.g.
Peddle
Bout ending
Lamb, for many gyros
Curves
Feminist Betty
1970 John Wayne film
Dance legend Alvin
Faith healing cry
“Turn off the AC!”
Spanish father
Fancy feather
Brother of Moses
Adjusted, as a viola
Whirlpool
Errand runner
Full-bodied beers
Aachen article
Dissenting votes
Tomorrow is a new one