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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, October 10, 1963 lltlllHMMtllJtllll THE ff ;W HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES MOHHOW COUNTTS NEWSPAPER The Hcppner Gazette established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated tebruary 15, 1912. Subscription Rates: $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter. HELEN E. SHERMAN Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL WESLEY A. SHERMAN Editor and Publisher Km NIWSPAMt PUBLUHIII ASSOCIATION Air Force Community Relations Good As stated by State Police Officer Jim Gordon, "One hundred per cent cooperation was given by officers of the Condon Air Force Station" In solving a recent burglary of tools and saddles from a ranch building between Condon and Heppner. Perhaps this case deserves a little more comment and elab oration. The "cooperation" to which the state officer referred was more than token assistance. Some officers at the base stayed up all night in a diligent effort to ferret out details of the case which involved four men of the base and actively participated with law officers In taking care of the matter. Lt. Joe Bigelow, Air Force public relations officer at Condon, said that every man at the station felt badly about the Incident. In the time that the station has been installed at Condon, public relaions have been excellent. The community and station there have worked together on many local projects. Just recently talent from the 636th Radar Squadron volunteered for a com munity "Hootenanny," staged as a benefit, and made it an outstanding success. Seldom have the airmen been involved in any trouble off the station. When the four were arrested for their part in the recent burglary, newspaper reports naturally identified them as coming from the Condon Air Force Station. While unavoidable, this does tend to discriminate against the particular service they represent and tends to give the whole Installation a black eye. After all, civilian offenders are not identified by the businesses they represent. Most Morrow county people have little contact with the men at the station, but the burglary was reported in this paper because a local ranch was involved and local officers worked to solve it. Thus, when one of the infrequent stories in the Gazette-Times is something that reflects to the discredit of the Air Station, it behooves us to point out that this is the exception, rather than the rule. If the Air Force Station were in our community, the paper would be continuously reporting many good things to the credit of the station well-deserved stories, it prints 'The Scope," monthly paper published for personnel The Gazette-Times has a contact with the station in that of Condon AFS. Relations with the men of the station who have come here to work in helping get out the monthly edition have been excellent. We have found them to be men of talent and purpose, and it is a pleasure to work with them. Through their paper we have become better acquainted with their community activities and what they stand for. It is our opinion that Condon is fortunate, in more ways than one, to have the station there. We know that Major Richard Solomon, commander, has always worked to build excellent community relations and in a recent Issue ol The Scope had this to say to his men: "As a. member of the Air Force, you represent this squadron and the Air Force 24 hours a day. Every deed or action (good or bad) that you make in the community casts a reflection upon the military. "Only one person, or a small group of military personnel, can cast a bad reflection -upon the entire squadron through their failure to live up to required standards. Many times it can result, through the narrow-minded thinking of a few, that if the actions of one military member are bad then all actions of all military personnel are bad; we know that this is certainly not true. "The responsibilities for good credit, observance of local ordnances and laws, high morals, and many others, are much greater upon the Air Force family than the average citizen. The Air Force family consists of many men and women and their dependents the world over. "Thrre most definitely Is a challenge. It Is one of accepting the challenge to belong and participate as a good citizen in the civilian and Air Force communities." Major Solomon wrote this article at least a month before the four airmen were Involved in the burglary, but the incident proves the truth of his words. Tublic attention is inevitably focused upon a man who wears a military uniform. Although the theft of the Items from the ranch apparently came about spontaneously on the part of the four involved, they stand to receive rather severe punishment if they are found guilty and face possible dishonorable discharge from the Air Force. It is good to say that this one thoughtless act Is not rep resentative of the caliber of men at the Condon Station. How Do They Do It? Congressman Al Ullman, speaking in lone last week, looked as bright and alert as if that were the first speech he had made all day. Actually he had been going through a rigorous grind. This was the fifth or sixth public appearance that day and only a day or two earlier he had conluded the Northwest junket with President Kennedy and currently was embarked on a swing that would take him over most of his vast rambling second Oregon district. Listening to him, the thought occurred, "How do these men in public life stand the pace?" On his 10 days in Oregon, Cong. Ullman covered many thousands of miles and made dozens of speeches. In every appearance he was in the public eye and subject to all the questions and queries that the public can muster. Republican or Democrat, every successful man in political life has to develop this perseverance and ability to maintain good humor, over all harassments and tribulations. There have been Instances, of course, when the pressure got too great. Recall Richard Nixon's bitter speech, particularly aimed at the press, after he lost the California governorship. He stood the terrific strains of the race for the presidency and subsequent narrow defeat in good spirit, but he cracked temporarily after the gubernatorial campaign. Later he returned to the true stereotype of a good politician and now has occasion to banter jovially with the newsmen against whom he vented his wrath. Demands on those In public life are greater and greater. Congress, for Instance, is pointing towards year-around sessions with little relief. In the past, representatives and senators had time for rest and recuperation at rather lengthy recesses between sessions. The politician is target for all tirades. He Is expected to greet all constituents warmly and face all questions openly. He is the butt of many jests and jokes. The higher he climbs on his career, the tougher it is. At the same time, he gains unique respect. Everyone expects him to maintain his equanimity at all times. The dedicated politician is a great asset, and it is fortunate lhat there are men strong enough to stand the rigors entailed and with hides thick enough to deflect the Jeers of those who disagree with them. Happily, when Congressman Ullman visited here, he found a congenial audience wherever he went, but even covering the ground and making the speeches must be considerable physical strain in itself. How docs he do it? The congressman answered himself on a visit to this office, "I can do it because I like to do it." Apparently that is true of all successful men in the spotlight of public life. They do it. We admire them and bless them, for we couldn't do without them In a democracy! But think how nice It is to be in a profession or vocation that one doesn't have to fight for every two, four or six years Chaff and Chatter Wes Sherman ONE OF THE best-selling mag azines in Heppner this month is the November issue of Fron tier Times. It contains an article on the Heppner flood and par ticularly eulogizes the exploits of Les Matlock who historically emerges as the hero of the ca tastrophe. Scott McArthur, author of the article, entitles it, "The Paul Revere of Heppner," in reference to Matlock. Catchlines at the top of the story say, "Les Mat lock raced a twenty foot wall of water on an old plug horse. The life of every person in the valley was in his hands ... A number of persons have ask ed, "Who is McArthur?" He is with the Capital Journal in Salem and took an interest in Heppner some time ago. Earlier this year, it will be recalled, he wrote a full-page feature article nn tne iiooo in ine ihviuii Journal and told of prospects for the Willow Creek dam. Anvone who cannot obtain a copy of the magazine and would like to read this account Is wel come to borrow the copy of the Gazette-Times. One interesting thing about this article is that it contains a reproduction of the front page of the "Daily Journal" of Salem that tells of the Heppner dis aster. Front pages of some other daily papers at the time of the flood have been reproduced widely, but this one is not so often seen. ARNIE HEDMAN was out deer hunting the other day and came back with a real novel ex cuse for not making a kill. He declares he lost the sight off his rifle. , tll He didn't know about it until he spotted a buck and took aim, but there was no sight! He had driven his pickup into a field and scoured around in the cab looking for the sight while the buck waited patiently. Finally Arnie took a shot without the sight but missed and then spent a few more frantic seconds look ing for the important little gad get. The buck waited calmly to give him another sporting try but finally ambled off. WHAT IS MORE confusing than trying to tell one of the Pratt twins from the other? We have pictures of Kevan and Kent with the St. Alban's Acolytes this week (on another page) but con fess that we had to guess which is which, and undoubtedly we are wrong. Father Bruce Spencer came in to Identify the boys in the group, but when he came to the Pratt twins, he threw up his hands. "I just can't tell one from the other!" he declared. Father has the system of call ing out one of their names when he needs one of the boys and realizes that the one who re sponds is the one whose name he called, but beyond that, he is stumped. Well, shucks. Surely Jo Petty john can identify them, we mus ed. She has known them since they were knee high. So Jo comes in the office. "Heavens, no! They have been in and out of our house for years, and I still can't tell them Wayne Lamb Gets Bank Promotion Wayne Lamb, employee at the Heppner Branch of the First National Bank of Oregon, has been promoted to pro assistant ;tiifr nnrt nnerations officer at the bank, it was announced by Manager J. 11. Bedlora. Lamb loined the Heppner bank in May, 1957, after attend ing Merritt Davis School of Com merce in Salem. A native of McMinnville, he was graduated irom neppnti High school in 1955. SCHOOL MENUS Heppner-Lexington Schools Week of October 14-18, 1963 MONDAY Chili beans, cab bage salad, fruit, cake, bread and butter, milk. TUESDAY Buttered corn, cot tage cheese, hamburgers on buns, fruit salad and milk. WEDNESDAY Beef stew, cel ery sticks, hot rolls and butter, fruit, and milk. THURSDAY Macaroni and cheese, pickled beets, string beans, fruit, milk, and bread and butter. FRIDAY Vegetable soup, let tuce salad, peanut butter sand wiches, graham crackers, fruit, and milk. Clear Out "Junk" from cellar, attic, closets! anart." She wouldn't even try Hpncp the pupss on the picture. Forpive us if we're wrong, but we're sure no one out of the fam ilv will know the difference. And we think there must be some times when Gordon or La- Fyrne see one of the boys out of the corner of their eyes and sneak the wronp name. Father Spencer says he has one clue spacing between the teeth of one of the Little League's Home Run Twins is lust a little wider than the other, but he doesn't know which bov has the widest SDacing. For the peace of mind of the community, we'd suggest ( the boys wear signs saying, "I'm Kent," "I'm Kevan." ONE MIGHT expect that a game officer might lose his marbles trying to catch violators in deer season, but State Officer Jim Gordon instead lost a wheel. He had just made an arrest and had the man with him. Might be that the fellow was glad enough to bump into the officer, even though he was cited, for he had shot a deer and then become lost. He finally came out near Bull Prairie and there was Officer Gordon. The hunter had the liver of the deer with him and was bloody from the kill. However, he neglected to tag his deer, figuring he might never find it again, and so the officer had no alternative but to issue him a citation. Thev eot in the cab of the pickup, and as they were turn ing around the left front wheel came off the rig, having broken a spindle. So the two walked over to the Bull Prairie guard station, called the lookout at Madison, who called Heppner, and the Heppner Ford wrecker came out to rescue the officer and his unprotesting friend. A NATIONAL magazine for newspaper publishers adds an other chapter to the speculation on "what if newspapers did it like TV" idea. Suppose, said the article, that newspapers used credits on each story like TV does on each program. This column, for instance, would then end something like this: Written by Wes Sherman Linotyping by Arnold Ray mond Paper Supplied by Zellerbach Paper Co. Proofreading by Helen Sher man Ink from California Ink Co. Composition by Joe Hartle Presswork by Bernice Hartle Power by Pacific Power Com pany Distributed by U. S. Post Office Department TO THE EDITOR. . . To the Editor: Higher education in Oregon is facing a most ominous and foreboding challenge, one likely to culminate in a crisis of far reaching proportions. The dilem ma of Special Tax Measure No. 1 will be resolved at the polls in a referendum set for October 15. A YES vote on Tax Measure No. 1 will add $60 million in revenues to the State Treasury and balance the forthcoming bi ennium's proposed budget. It will also insure the present level of quality in Oregon's higher educational system. A NO vote will deprive the state of that vitally needed $60 million and force drastic cutbacks in the proposed budget. Higher edu cation in our state will suffer financial losses of some $11 mil lion to $24 million, monies es sential to the maintaining of the present quality of higher educa tion. Cutbacks as radical as the ones expected to occur should this referendum fail are unprec edented in Oregon's history. These inevitable reductions will serve tq minimize the operation al efficiency of our colleges and universities, visiting upon them a crippling shortage of monies. The damage incurred will be substantial and could lead to a disastrous retrogression in higher education. Oregon's abil ity to educate its young men and women will be seriously impair ed as opportunities for advanced studies will be severely limited. Opponents of Tax Measure No. 1 espouse arguments that are specious and unrealistic. They contend that defeat of the ref erendum will lead inevitably to the framing of a more equitable and practical state tax structure and eventually make recom pense to higher education for the unavoidable grief it must suffer now. Actually, the realization of a more functional tax structure is contingent upon innumerable imponderables that are beyond the logical speculation of any group of prognosticators. It should be painfully obvious to everyone in Oregon, though, that a massive cut in operating funds r jGift From ThunderWcfe Members of the U.S. Air Force Thundcrbirds give models of the jet planes they use in their sensational demonstration nights to Robbie and Kerrie Whitakcr, national poster children for Mas. cular Dystrophy Associations of America. The presentation took place at Hanscom Air Force Base, near Boston, to which the young sters were invited for a day of festivities. They are tounu the country on behalf of the March for Muscular Dystrophy, augurs a bleak and very uncer tain future for higher education. Certainly there must be an effi cacious alternative to achieving more accurate taxation aside from inhibiting the process and effectiveness of Oregon's colleges and universities. The day of reckoning is fast approaching and both propon ents and opponents apprehen sively await the fate of Tax Measure No. 1. And from the effusive equivocations and rat ionalizations that have punctu ated the arguments of both sides there is starkly emerging one unalterable reality; the young, capable mind that will be de nied the chance to develop through higher education. To morrow's youth deserves an op portunity for education. Today's voters are in a position to in sure that for them by a YES vote or to deny them an opportunity by a NO vote. The students of Oregon State University urge and support the October 15 spec ial tax referendum as a means of perpetuating quality educa tion in the state of Oregon. GRANT WATKINSON asosu president, Oregon State University JUD BLAKELY asosu 1st vice-president ANNE TAYLOR asosu 2nd vice-president HUNTERS, ATTENTION! Stop in For A Hearty Meal We Will Be Open Day and Night Friday and Saturday, Oct. 11 and 12 HOTELGRILL COMMUNITY V J BILLBOARD K Coming Events PUBLIC CARD PARTY Heppner Soroptimist club Monday, October 14, 8 p.m. Episcopal Parish Hall Bridge Pinochle Dessert Drawing Prizes GRAND OPENING Fiesta Bowling Lanes Wednesday evening, October 16. Join in the festivities Prizes, entertainment, lots of fun for everyone. Join A League Now HEPPNER HIGH FOOTBALL Heppner vs. Grant Union, at John Day. Friday, Oct. 11, 8 p.m. Support the Mustangs! SQUARED-UP ROUNDERS First fall square dance Saturday night, October 12 Wrangler Hall, 8 p.m. Come Join in the Fun SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625 Hepp&er nil mmmM fc - .i:.Vws jtt- . jfa?!gfl Clean up "weed beds'' to keep weeds out of crops Every fence row, .ditch bank and other noncrop area around the farm or ranch can be a thriving "weed bed." Here weeds start, flourish and spread into wheat and other croplands. These "weed beds" can complicate, or even defeat, your weed control program. Effective chemical weed control in these noncrop areas simplifies your weed problems, reduces the fire hazard of dry weeds and cuts maintenance costs by doing away with hand-cutting of hard-to-mow areas. Advantages of chemical weed control Atrazine and Simazine herbicides give safe, long-lasting weed control. Extensive use of these products on farms and ranches has shown that a single applica tion gives effective results for a full sea son. The economy of weed control with Atrazine or Simazine is obvious when compared to mechanical methods which provide only temporary control and usu ally require follow-up methods during the season. What to use and when Atrazine attacks weeds through both roots and foliase. It can be used before weeds emerge, or soon after weeds ap pear aboe the ground. Atrazine gies long-term weed control, especially in a:ti of low rumrjll. Simazine provides effective long-last ing control when applied before weeds emerge. Since it has no foliar contact action, there is no danger of injury to crops through accidental drift. Simazine stays where you put it, too. No danger of lateral leaching in the soil. Weeds controlled Atrazine and Simazine control a wide range of annual broadleaf weeds and grasses and some perennials. Among these are the following important prob lem species: Cheatgrass, ryegrass, tar weed, Russian thistle, foxtail, quackgrass, mustard and puncture vine. Safe Atrazine and Simazine are relatively safe to humans and animals. Nonirritating to the skin and noncorrosive to equipment. Always follow label directions. Both are easily removed from spray tanks and lines by thorough flushing with water. For detailed information, talk with your dealer or write: Ceigy Agricultural Chemicals, Division of Ceigy Chemical Corporation, Saw Mill River Road, Ardsley, New York. Geiav ii CfTOS Of CH(WCll rOH UODOI tCtlUltfi Atrazine Simazine
