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COFFEE BREAK Saturday, April 27, 2019 East Oregonian C5 OUT OF THE VAULT Stanfield enacts animal sex ordinance By RENEE STRUTHERS East Oregonian Owners of frisky animals faced fines and even jail time if their pets were seen engaging in amorous activities in Stan- field after the city council enacted a new ordinance in May of 1975. According to a city ordinance put into place by the Stanfield City Coun- cil, reported in the May 15, 1975, East Oregonian, owners of capricious dogs, cats, horses and other animals that were caught having sex in public could face a fine not less than $15 or a jail sentence from two to 25 days. Stanfield mayor Charles Hux- ell explained that the ordinance was designed to avoid any bothersome nuisances. Stanfield, which was par- tially zoned rural, had a great number of animals within the city limits, Hux- ell said, many of which were used for breeding purposes. While the ordinance had no defi- nite geographic application, it gener- ally applied to the immediate down- town area — including any horses tethered against city hall. The west Umatilla County town’s ordinance made worldwide headlines after the story was leaked to wire services. Stanfield city clerk Diane Hutchinson said calls were received at city hall May 15 from the London Times, a Honolulu, Hawaii, radio sta- tion, and Northwest cities includ- ing Portland, Eugene and Yakima. A Boise resident passing through the area stopped by in person to ask if the ordinance actually existed. The Hawaiian broadcaster didn’t doubt the accuracy of the news reports, but wondered “if it had been enforced yet,” Hutchinson said. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 27-28, 1919 Every mail is bringing in four or five requests for quarters from shooters who will arrive in Pendleton beginning Satur- day for the seventh annual shoot of the Oregon State Sports- men’s Association and indications that close to 200 scatter gun artists will be here are seen by the accommodations com- mittee, of which Dean Tatom is chairman. So far no difficulty has been experienced in getting quarters in the hotels and in private families and if local people continue to accept the call for quarters as well as so far there will be no difficulty in housing the visitors, the committee reports. The local shoot is attracting interest from southern Oregon to northwestern Washington and east as far as Idaho. Shooters plan to arrive here Saturday, to do their practice shooting Sunday and go in for the tournaments Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 27-28, 1969 Herman, the bob-tailed part-Siamese cat, didn’t like the chore he’d been assigned to do, so he copped out. Mr. and Mrs. T.A. Patterson took Herman to their cabin on the North Fork of the John Day River in March, and left him there to wage war on the mice. “We fixed him a good bed, and planned to come up once a week to see how he was doing, and to feed him,” said Mrs. Patterson. “But the next time we went up he wasn’t there, and we thought he was gone for good.” This morning, Herman showed up at home in Pilot Rock. He had traveled more than 50 miles, through the snow and over Battle Mountain, to get there. Mrs. Patterson said he was in good condition too. He wasn’t thin and his feet weren’t sore. He didn’t even seem very hungry. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 27-28, 1994 An Echo farmer discovered a human skull on his prop- erty Tuesday that may be part of an Indian burial ground, according to the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office. Det. Dan Williamson and others from the sheriff’s office investigated the find Wednesday and decided to call in the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Williamson and Tribal representatives planned to go back to the site today and continue investigating. The farmer called the sheriff’s office after spotting what appeared to be “a face and part of the top of what was obviously a human skull” while passing the spot on a little roadway, Williamson said. Sheriff’s staff cleared away some of the dirt from around the skull and discovered at least a partial skeleton. “It’s pretty old and quite possibly Indian,” Williamson said. THIS DAY IN HISTORY On April 27, 1978, 51 construction workers plunged to their deaths when a scaffold inside a cooling tower at the Pleasants Power Station site in West Virginia fell 168 feet to the ground. In 1791, the inventor of the telegraph, Samuel Morse, was born in Charles- town, Massachusetts. In 1865, the steamer Sul- tana, carrying freed Union prisoners of war, exploded on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee; death toll estimates vary from 1,500 to 2,000. In 1941, German forces occupied Athens during World War II. In 1950, Britain for- mally recognized the state of Israel. In 1968, Vice Presi- dent Hubert H. Humphrey declared his candidacy for the Democratic nom- ination for president, less than a month after Presi- dent Lyndon B. Johnson said he would not run for re-election. In 1982, the trial of John W. Hinckley Jr., who shot four people, including Presi- dent Ronald Reagan, began in Washington. (The trial ended with Hinckley’s acquittal by reason of insanity.) In 2006, construction began on the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower at the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. Thought for Today: “The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be con- fronted with the old prob- lem, of what to say and how to say it.” — Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965). Universal Crossword Edited by David Steinberg April 27, 2019 ACROSS 1 Apples with many cores 6 Thanksgiving root 9 Sushi grain 13 Actress Reese 14 Film princess who became a general 15 Sitting around 16 Assuage 17 *Double-dipping, e.g. 19 *Spicy finger food item 21 Frankenstein creator 22 Lennon was her third husband 23 Like a useless battery 25 Pool temperature tester 26 Cries of pain 28 Figure skating jump 30 “Blech!” 33 Upfront poker stake 35 “Oops!” 36 Japanese pond fish 37 Advice column starter, 41 42 43 44 45 46 48 49 51 54 58 60 62 63 64 65 66 67 or a hint to the starred answers’ ends Outback bird Wrinkle-reducing injection Elevated poems Homer’s bartender Bread pan shape Duplicate 11/11 honoree Latte surface Signs off on Teigen who married a Legend *Broadway musical with puppets *Sincere Infomercial knife brand Pakistani tongue Texter’s “That said ...” Kauai greeting It grows in the shade Lightly tease 68 Assail DOWN 1 Spud-growing state 2 Honeydew or cantaloupe 3 Sadly not made-up 4 Sharp bear part 5 Make an altar vow 6 Favorable vote 7 Broadcasts 8 Radical high school group? 9 Rummage (through) 10 “American ___” (singing show) 11 Game with a colorful cast of characters? 12 Hard to pin down 14 Women’s links grp. 18 Shoppe sign starter 20 Unopened 24 They can make weekends long 27 Teensy “SUGGESTION BOX” By Evan Kalish sudoku answers 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 38 39 40 46 47 48 50 52 53 54 55 56 57 59 61 One or 360 console “True story!” Deal (with) ___ cam (smooch recorder) (Hello-o-o?!) 2003 Pixar fish Prefix with “physical” Most qualified Cheers on Toy that eventually falls Cleveland NBA’er Alphas’ counterparts Cybersecurity concern Inauguration pledge “Praying” singer Leg day exercise Buddy Long sub X-ray units Legendary Himalayan Luxor’s river High tennis shot
