HEPFNER GAZETTE -TIMES. Thursday. August 24. 1967
THE
GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppner. Oreqon 97836
Phon 676-9228
MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette established March 30, 1SS3. The Heppner
Times established November 18. 1S97. Consolidated February 15,
1912.
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Crime in the United States
Released on August 10 by J. Edgar Hoover, director of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is an 186-page book,
"Crime in the United States." This is an annual report of
crime statistics, but this particular edition, reporting on the
year 1966, is one that should disturb every decent and law
abiding citizen In the nation.
With 1967 more than half gone and with the Increase
in the number of riots and a notable rise in lawlessness
across the country, it may well be that next year's report
will present an even more shocking picture. Can any adult
recall any time when there was more open flaunting of the
law than there is today even to the admonitions, under the
guise of free speech, to burn and destroy?
A "Crime Clock" in the book shows that in 1966 six
serious crimes were committed in this country every minute.
There was a murder every 48 minutes, a case of forcible
rape every 21 minutes, an aggravated assault every two min
utes, a robbery every minutes, a burglary every 23 sec
onds, a larceny ($50 and over) every 35 seconds, and an
auto theft every 57 seconds.
Almost 3,750,000 serious crimes were reported in 1966, an
increase of 11 percent over 1965. Risk of becoming a victim
of serious crime increased 10 percent with almost two vic
tims per each 100 inhabitants.
Firearms were used to commit more than 6300 murders
and 43,500 aggravated assaults in 1966.
Daytime burglaries of residences rose 140 percent in 1966
over I960. Property worth more than $1.2 billion was lost
as a result of 153,400 robberies, 1,370,000 burglaries, 2,790,000
larcenies, and 557,000 auto thefts.
Arrests of juveniles for serious crimes increased 54' per
cent in 1966 over 1960. Arrests for Narcotic Drug Law viola
tions rose 82 percent in the same period, influenced primarily
by marijuana arrests in the Western States.
Police solutions of serious crimes declined eight percent
in 1966, but police recoveries of property stolen in crimes re
duced the loss by 55 percent.
Fifty-five percent of offenders released to the street in
1963 were rearrested within 2Va years, and 57 of the pris
oners released on parole were rearrested in 2H years. Eighty
three percent of those persons acquitted or dismissed in 1963
were rearrested within 30 months.
It is interesting to note that a vastly higher percentage
of crimes committed against persons were cleared as com
pared with those committed against property. In 1966, 89
of the murders were cleared, as were 83 of the negligent
manslaughters, 62 of the forcible rape cases, and 72 of
the aggravated assault cases.
But look at the crimes against property: Only 32 of
the robbery cases were cleared; only 22 of the burglary
cases; 19 of the larceny cases; and only 23 of the auto
theft cases. Thus, if your car was stolen in 1966 somewhere
in the United States, you had a mathematical chance of
less than one in four of getting it back!
That presents a pretty grim picture, and it is almost a
certainty that it is growing worse continually. It makes an
irony of our pointing to any "backward" people of the world
and calling them "uncivilized." Is this what being "civil
ized" means?
Yet we know that the vast majority of our population
is law-abiding. Probably their greatest crime is their leth
argy and their apathetic attitude.
Our people are too prone to take the attitude that 'It
can't happen here," or "It won't happen to me." Or, if they
see something in the nature of a law violation, the reaction
is to "let the cops take care of it."
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court makes decisions that
make it increasingly easier for the criminal and ever hard
er for a police officer, stretching the premise of "protecting
the innocent." If the trend continues to exaggerate the pro
tection of the individual, the general public may become
afraid to live in this country. Even now, women and child
ren dare not go out in some of our larger cities at night,
or even in some areas in the daytime. This in the land of
Freedom and Liberty?
It's time for the people in our nation to become aggres
sive in upholding the law and in working towards its en
forcement. Are we going to step back and hide as criminals
pursue their lawless courses?
It is one thing to take a book like this and to be appal
led, in due measure and with sufficiently smug detachment,
but when one thinks of the misery and the suffering these
crimes caused the grief they brought, it is different. There
is a good chance that someone in your family, or someone
close to you, may be a victim of a major crime within the
next year.
Not every citizen can stop a murder or abort a bank rob
bery, but he can give full cooperation to officers; he can
treat them with respect; he can teach his children to consider
police officers as friends; he can stop calling them "cops";
he can educate his youngsters in the little matters of law
observance.
Public apathy makes a great spawning ground for crime;
and lack of respect for the law adds fertilizer to hasten its
growth.
Ceglias to Visit
Father in New York
Mr. and Mrs. John Ceglia, Sr.,
and their son John, left today
(Thursday) for New York State
where they will visit his father,
Carl Ceglia, at Locust Valley on
Long Island. The father is 81
years old, and the Ceglias have
not seen him since Mrs. Carl
Ceglia died five or six years
ago.
On the trip they will also
stop at Louisville, Ky., to visit
relatives of Mrs. Ceglia. They
are going by car and expect to
be gone about three weeKs.
During their absence Warren
Plocharsky will open their auto
wrecking yard and repair shop
in evenings. It will be closed
during the daytime.
HEPPNER
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EDITOR AND PCBLISHEH
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER
REGGIE PASCAL
Linotype Operator
RANDY STCLLMAN
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Single Copv 10 Cents, Published
the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon,
Monday through Friday; 9 ajn
Mr. and Mrs, Carl Rhea, Steve
and Lori. returned Fririav fmm
a two-weeks vacation. During
me trip tney visited relatives in
Ogden, Utah, in Denver, Colo.,
and at Daniel, Wyo.
Blake May Undergo
Surgery in Salem
Bill Blake of Monmouth, form
er resident here, is a patient in
Salem Memorial Hospital, where
he was admitted Saturday and
placed in traction for a chronic
back condition, according to In
formation received here by his
sister, Mrs. Bethel Heinrichs.
It is expected that surgery
may be required next week to
correct fhe condition. He occu
pies Room 215 at Salem Mem
orial. G65 Winter St.. S. F... and
would enjoy hearing from his
menus nere.
Chaff and Chatter
Wes Sherman
IT SURELY Is good to hear the
Heppner band practicing and
see the musicians marching j
around town in preparation for,
the Saturday parade: with men
numbers Including youngsters
to adults, they are resolved that
thev are going to make a good
showing in the parade. More
power to thorn and to Director
Arnie Hodman!
WHEN A NEW police chief
comes to town, a person
might wonder just how much
monkey business ho will toler
ate. Read this anecdote about Po
lice Chief Glen Kolkhorst and
then you can answer the ques
tion about him:
He was making his rounds of
parking meters the other day
and came to a real nice pick
up with a fine camper mount
ed on it The rig carried Wash
ington license plates, but the
time on the adjoining meter
had expired.
The chief looked in the cab,
saw no one, checked the back
and still saw no occupants. So
he started to write a ticket. But
Just as he did so, the horn honk
ed. Mystified, he looked In the
cab again, but no occupant was
visible. He started again to
write the ticket, but the horn
sounded once more.
The chief took another quick
look through the cab window
and thought he discerned some
movement. Upon closer inspec
tion he located the honker. It
was a little monkey, clad in a
diaper, who was performing the
monkey business.
Just then the owners arrived.
The chief laughingly suggested
that they had the monkey train
ed to sound an alarm when they
were about to get a ticket, but
thev pleaded not guilty.
The chief handed them the
ticket and told them to tear it
up, since they had arrived be
fore he got the job done.
IF A FELLOW has been selling
Shell gasoline for years, you
wouldn't expect him to buy
Richfield in the same town. But
that's the way it is in a small
town. One of the first if not
the first customers at Wes'
Richfield grand opening here
just a while back was Jim Far
ley, who pumped Shell gasoline
for years before he sold his sta
tion to Jerry Daggett.
Real nice of Jim to make this
gesture, wasn't it?
It surely was even if he did
happen to run out of gas at that
early morning hour just in front
of the new station!
SOME OF OUR Heppner home-
makers have been real ingen
ious in their methods of beat
ing the heat.
Take Mrs. Ed Hiemstra, for
instance. She found that she
had a lot of house cleaning to
do last week at the peak of the
heat wave. But she kept cool
doing it.
She put on her bathing suit,
went into the shower and stood
under the cooling water. She
"drip dried" a few minutes,
then went to the cleaning until
she became too warm. Then she
went back to the shower. This
continued until the housework
was done in relative comfort
MRS. FORRIE BURKENBINE
was probably one of the few
housewives that kept at her
baking through the hot days,
and she did it without heating
the house. How? Easy. The Bur
kenbines have a vacation trail
er. She went out in it and did
the baking in the small oven,
leaving the house nice and
cool.
WE NOTE that Bob DeSpain, our
franly truck driver, is beating
the heat, too, running his route
in those comfortable looking
shorts that he's wearing.
We get a kick out of Bob. No
matter where you pass him on
Morrow county's highways and
Pioneer
Ponderings
Bv W. S. CAVERHILL
Leon Minear's "loose-handled"
listing of sub-standard
schools deserves sharp criticism,
and his "weak-kneed" justifica
tion for it is even more unpalat
able. His contention that his of
fice is short handed and his
records not up to date is a poor
picture to present to the tax
payers. I am sure that many of
the small districts in the Road
South country that have felt the
last of the standardization pro
gram inspectors will agree that
Leon is not short of helpers but
that he has too d--n many of
'em.
In standardization, tolerance
should be observed. For exam
ple, Lincoln High School of
Portland has thousands of pup
ils and no play ground? Sub
standard? Mt. Vernon, a thousand acres
to play on and only 60 pupils.
Sub standard?
Somewhere common sense
should prevail.
byways, he always gives you a
franly wave. He seems to know
everyone.
Now you don't mi1 bread
truck drivers doing that around
Portland, Salem or Eugene, do
vou?
ALTHOUGH admittedly preju
diced, Heppner football tans
came away from the Slirlne All
Star football game in Pendleton
Saturday night convinced that
the West's dominance would
have been reduced if the Mus
tangs' Jim Doherty had seen
more action in the contest. Prob
ably that's a common complaint
that All-Star coaches hear from
supporters of favorite sons.
The Heppner star was consign
ed to limited duty punts, kick
off returns and some defensive
action. The 33 14 loss to the
West wasn't due in any measure
to Jim's failure to do his part.
He never made a miscue in the
time he was in the game. He
got off some booming punts
and never a bad one; he made
a couple of nice runbacks on the
kickoff for good yardage; he
played a fine game on defense,
stopping runners several times
although the game announcer
didn't give him credit; und the
only time we recall he packed
the ball on offense he made a
crucial first down for the East
We believe that Jim could have
sharpened the East's passing
game, which looked pretty bad
in the first half of the game.
Doherty wasn't in the game
more than one-fourth the total
time, but he showed himself as
a topnotch gridder. and Morrow
county is proud of his perlor
ma nee.
Despite the fact that West's
dominance cooled the ardor of
eastern fans, the Shriners put on
a good show at the game for
their very worthy cause-
In the pageantry, performance
of the Elks'sponsored drum and
bugle corps of Baker was out
standing. We'd surely like to see
them here for next year's rodeo
weekend. Randall Peterson call
ed Mondiy and tried to get them
for this rodeo but found that
tliey had other commitments.
WE COULD hardly believe It
when we heard on TV the
other night that all the build
ings at Northwestern Livestock
Commission Company had burn
ed to the ground. We extend
most sincere sympathy to Don
Wink and his crew there.
Thev have a great following
in Morrow county, of course. We
have built up quite a happy
business relationship over the
telephone with) them, getting
their market reports like clock
work every Tuesday evening
and hearing of their sales.
After weeks and weeks of get
ting these reports, we expected
that we would have to use
something else in their spot on
the classified page this week.
But no, the telephone call
came as usual just a short time
ago. They held a Tuesday sale,
buildings or no, and the report
is in as usual. Good for them.
They are going to rebuild,
and in the meantime will use
quarters of the Hermiston Live
stock Commission Co. for their
sales.
May the future hold better
things in store for them!
Mrs. Anne Doherty
Gets Masters Degree
Mrs. Anne Lindsell Doherty,
wife of Dennis D. Doherty, re
ceved her Master of Education
degree at the University of Ore
gon's summer commencement
exercises on Saturday, August
12, in Eugene. She is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William C.
Lindsell, Jr., of Portland, and
the daughter-in-law of Mr. and
Mrs. B. J. Doherty, Heppner.
At the university she was a
member of Gamma Phi Beta
sorority. Her husband, Dennis,
was graduated from the unver
sity in 1964, and did not receive
a degree this summer, as was
reported last week.
Mrs. Doherty did several
weeks of substitute teaching in
the English department of
Heppner High school during the
second semester of last year.
A master of education degree
was also presented to James
Michael Healy, son of James P.
Healv. at this vear's largest
I summer commencement at the
U. of O., when more than a
thousand candidates received
degrees.
Sylva Wells Struck
By Backing Auto
Sylva Wells of Heppner sus
tained contusions and bruises to
her arm and forehead last
Thursday afternoon when she
was struck by a car backing
from a diagonal parking space
near Central Market. Mrs. Wells
was knocked to the pavement
by the rear of the car, which
was driven by Arnold Pieper of
Lexington.
Pieper did not see Mrs. Wells,
who apparently was crossing
the street in the middle of the
block. She was treated for the
injuries which apparently were
not serious.
Police Chief Glen Kolkhorst
investigated the accident. He
said that circumstances indicat-:
ed Pieper was operating his ve
hicle legally and Just did not
see Mrs. Wells. When the im
pact occurred, he stopped Immediately.
TO THE
EDITOR.
Putting Up Mail
Pour Editors:
Just u ramble In Ihe Heppner
Scone:
When Wallace Smead was
postmaster in the Fair building
site. "Putting Up The Mall" was
a morning ritual that was at
tended bv every businessman,
clerk, doctor and man about
town. The rush hour was ap
proximately 8;;W to 9:30 as I
best recall anil the hall of the
post office lobby was lined as
expectant recipients waited and
watched their box door, as u
was possible to see through to
the clerks putting mail In Ihe
boxes and even maybe hoar
'em clop In a letter now and
then. Mv father, Claude Cox, us
ually was In the receiving lino,
too, most mornings ut his box
108 and later 616. Dr. McMurilo
must have had one close as he
and dad often exchanged pleas
antries as two ex-Vlrglnlans are
wont to do, spiced bv a few
bum Jokes and oven a little free
stylo wrestling, much to the
amusement of the captive au
dioncc. It was The Big Thing of the
business day and certainly look
ed forward to and enjoyed by
all and sundry. To mv brother,
William Lee. and I. It was a
treat to get In on this Big Big
man's world. It seemed no less
Important an event to us than
wedding, graduation or may
be supper at a Chinese Cafe, of
which Heppner had severul at
that date.
After the first class mail was
up, we brothers who did chores
in the creamery for dad often
got to make the second run to
the post office for the second
class mail and the call-fur-package-cards.
That was an ad
venture, too, as it might mean
packages which contained who
knows what, like new traps,
mail rotler catalogs, fur house
quotations, ad infinitum.
It was about this time In the
eai-lv twenties that we brothers
answered ads in the Oregon
Farmer to four fur houses. We
picked ones In St. Louis, Den
ver. NYC and Sedro-Woolcy,
Wn. They must have sold our
name mailing list for In two
short years dad was bringing
home half of a 30 lb. butter
box full of fur quotations. In
fact we at one time counted
correspondence and quotations
of 31. Boy, were we In business!
Needless to say, we never
came up to our hopes and
dreams of becoming rich In the
fur trade. Our few weasel,
muskrat, mink, and badger
hardly paid the fur houses'
postage. We numbered among
our trapping buddies of those
tremelous years, Cornett Green,
Nolan Turner, Lowell Turner,
Robert Jones, although It real
ly was a bit competitive as the
fur bearers didn't recognize who
was first but the pocket econo
my did. So it goes down ol'
memory lane, as It looked from
the post office In The Fair build
ing. Yours truly,
CLAIR H. COX, CORVALL1S
Dream Comes True
August 10, 1967
A dream has Just come true.
I have just had a beautiful, fas
cinating and Interesting trip
and day. We left Portland Tues
day morning at 8 o'clock and
went through the beautiful Cas
cade mountains and little towns
along the way, past Mt. Hood
and on and on, going on High
way 26 from here, an excellent
highway. It takes three hours
each way.
We went to the Warm Springs
Indian Agency and where the
Warm Springs, Piute and Was
co Indians live. A nice little vil
lage with nice little houses and
trim lawns; brick government
buildings. We went from there
to Kah-Nee-Ta, a wonderful
summer resort owned and op
erated by the Indians.
I am happy to tell you I went
swimming and swam, for over
a half hour. I had not been In
for over 10 years. I was not ev
en "winded". We ate at one of
those tables by the window,
fresh salmon caught by the .In
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LANCE TTBBLE3
Narymon Hudson
Gets Advancement
Jerrv Hudson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Hubert K. Hudson of Ar
rata, Calif., a member of Navy
Fighter Squndron 211. ha re
ceived a rating advancement,
according to word received here
by his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. E. Hudson.
(Vimimitutor P. H. Sneer has
ii-vittiin Lirfu'a minfliil fldllflO
them of the advancement result
ing from Jerry's participation In
sorvlce-wldo competitive exam
inations. "Men like your son
who apply themselves to study
and on-the-job training Inevit
ably become the responsible
leaders of the future In all fac
i m( th Nnvv." Commander
Spoor wrote. The squadron la
now operating in support oi
U. S. policy with the Seventh
Fleet In the South China Sea.
It Is expected that he will be
hnmi iin Iavo to attend the
wedding of his sister, Sharon,
to James Mil leiiana, in Areata
on October 15.
dians. The Warm Springs river
ran In front of the restaurant
and It was clear and fresh.
We returned bv way of Sim-
nasho, an Indian village. The
rock formations along the way
were fabulous. At times we
were on top of the world where
we could see The Three Sisters,
near Bond; Mt. Jefferson and
Mt. Hood. Can you Imagine a
skyline of all this?
Josephine Muhoney Baker
2545 S. W. Terwllllgor.
Portland 97'JOI
Must Make Choice
To the Editor:
Our leaders on both sides
seem to be In a state of con
fusion lots of Ideas but no an
swers to the trouble we arc in.
If our leaders would Just heed
the advice of our forefuthers
with vision and m osier minds,
thev can find the answer This
is the big question, how can
we police the world when we
cannot police our own home
land? Our great leaders in the
past have repeatedly warned us
not to get Involved In Asia.
Thomas Jefferson, said, "I
place economy among the first
and mast Important virtues, and
public debt the greatest danger
to be feared."
We must not let our leaders
load us with perpetual debt. If
we wish to maintain our inde
pendence, we must make our
choice between economy and
liberty or profusion and servi
tude. If we can prevent our
leaders from wasting the labors
of our people under the pre
tense of caring for them we will
be wise.
Dr. A. D. McMurdo
Bill Huit manager of the J. C.
Penney store here, was In Port
land from Monday through
Wednesday of last week to at
tend a district meeting of the
company. Plans were made for
the next six months' operations
and holiday merchandise was
discussed.
35.9 per gal.
38.9 per gal.
HEPPNER
Lance Tibbies
Takes New Post
In Buffalo, N. Y.
A I'lilversllv of Oiegnu staff
member lias been appointed
Deputy Service hlieclnr of a new
ombudsman program In New
York State
l.anov Tibbies, who Is our
ronllv special assistant to the
director of the School I segre
gation Institute, will ossinne
his new dullos with Ihe Re
search Foundation of the State
of New York In lluHalo, Sept
ember 1. He Is son of Dr. and
Mrs 1.. ! Tibbies of Heppner.
As an ombudsman, Tibbies
will have the responsibility of
protecting i-ltlenx against arbi
trary notion of local government
agencies.
The ombudsman, alter receiv
ing a complaint from a citizen
alleging governmental abuse,
Invest Ignlos and Intervene on
behalf of the citizen with the
governmental authority concern-
ed. He doe not net counsel
for the Individual, but remains
independent and serves as a
mediator or Intermediary.
Prior to Tibbie npxlntment
In June to the School Desegre
gation Instil ute, he was staff
attorney for four year at the
University' Bureau of Munici
pal Research and Service and
the League of Oregon Cities.
As staff attorney, Tibbie, dir
ected the League' municipal
ordinance codification program
and answered legal Inquiries
from Oregon city attorney.
During the time he wa with
the School Desegregation Insti
tute, he aided In conducting
program designed to help
teachers and administrator
meet the problem which are
encountered In newly desegre
gated schools.
Tibbie received a B. S. degree
with honors in economic from
the University of Oregon and
an LL. B. degree from the Unl
vorsty of Oregon School of Law.
He I a member of the Ore
gon State Bar, the American Bar
Association, the American Judi
cature Society, and the Lane
County Bur Association.
He also has served a a mem
ber of the Oregon State Bor
Committee on Civil Right and
the American Bar Association
Cotnmttee on Local Government.
Tibbies, who Is married ami
has one child, has been living
with his family In Eugene. They
were In Heppner visiting his
parents early this week.
Pierces Go to Tulsa,
Attend Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Pierce,
Martha and Mary, returned lost
week-end from Tulsa. Okla., af
ter attending the 50th wedding
annlversury of Mrs. Pierce's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Baker,
there.
The girl had gone by air
plane to Dallas, Texas, to visit
with Mrs. Pierce's brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. P.
G. Dalby, and returned with
their parents following the an
niversary observance.
The trip by car covered Just
over 4000 miles and took nine
days of traveling. Weather wa
nice In the south, and they
found the hot weather only In
the northwest. However, after
one night' stop In Colorado
they found Ice on the wind
shield In the morning.
COMMUNITY
BILLBOARD
Coming Events
HEPPNER SWIMMING POOL
Open Tuesdays thru Fri
days, 1 to 4 p.m., and 7
to 9 p.m.
Pool will be closed for rodeo
Saturday & Sunday, Aug
ust 26, 27
Pool closes for season Sun
day, Sept. 3
KODEO DANCES
Friday, August 25, 9:30
p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
Heppner Fair Pavilion
Music by The Henchmen
Dance, Western Style, Satur
day, Aug. 2G, music by the
Western Gentlemen of Con
don Everyone Welcome!
EPISCOPAL BARBECUE
Saturday, August 26, 5 to 8
p.m.
Pit-cooked beef bnrbecue din
ner, adults $2; children, $1
Episcopal Parish Hall, corner
Church and Gale
Bring you family and your
rodeo friends
MORROW COUNTY FAIR
and RODEO
Pet Show, Pig Scramble,
Thurs. Aug. 24
Open Class Horse Show, Fri
day, Aug. 25, 9:00 a.m.
Big Street Parade, Sat., Aug.
20, Downtown Heppner, 10
a.m.
Rodeo, Sat. & Sun., Aug. 26,
27
Cowboy Breakfast, Sunday,
7:00 a.m.
SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC
SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625
Heppner
Year In N. Y. -. .