COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, April 27, 2019
East Oregonian
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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,
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58
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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
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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