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Monday's Oregon Journal carried a UPI story about how
San Antonio, Tex., police captured a suspected slayer of 47
people. One paragraph read: "When Carrasco was finally
corralled by officers who handcuffed him, his wife, Rosa, "
dashed to his side and kissed him. Police said she would be
charged with murder." That's pretty stiff penalty to impose
on a wife for kissing her husband!
A couple of Oregon men have done what all the high-priced,
over-educated engineers and scientists haven't been able to
do: come up with an auto engine that runs on "nothing." It
runs on compressed air, which is about as close to nothing as
one can get. It starts with a squirt of compressed air from a
tank, then it continues to run by recycling the same air. And
it works with internal combustion engines. Patents have been
granted the inventors, John Lunsford and Steve Hudspeth of
Springfield, Ore. Lunsford is a millwright for Cone Lumber
Co., Goshen, and Hudspeth is an electrician for Rosboro
Lumber Co. We will now be treated to the not uncommon
spectacle of General Motors and the other automobile
manufacturers throwing every stumbling block in the way of
perfection and distribution of this air-fueled engine. Their
investment in conventional gas-fueled engines is too
enormous to change until the issue is forced upon them.
Remember how General Motors and all the other American
car companies sneered at the Wankel rotary engine and said
it was impractical? Now they've got a Japanese-built Mazda
with that same rotary engine for competition, and it serves
them right.
According to the Terror of Willow Creek, people are just
not using their heads about meeting the gasoline shortage.
They should do like he does, he says. Only go places that are
downhill !
And over at Jim Roger's famous Hamlin Tavern, one of his
more consistent customers argues that gasoline and alcohol
certainly do mix. It's just that the olives get stuck in the
carburetor. The Oregon State Police had better take note of
that!
Only 150 persons took advantage of the weekend Health
Fair to get valuable dental and medical assistance. A few
weeks ago I paid a physician to provide me with the same
services offered free at the Health Fair. It cost me more than
$90. This makes me wonder if more people would have turned
out had there been soda pop, ice cream cones, balloons or
hotdogs on the free list instead of vital health services.
Health Fair personnel were highly critical of the lack of
interest here. The Fair has done far better elsewhere. At
lone, for example, 165 persons showed up. This comparison
in attendance isn't much encouragement for the Fair to
return next year to serve people who have been known in the
past to complain of the lack of such vital medical services.
Perhaps it isn't worth the effort, but I spend considerable
time trying to find what makes the so-called environment
alist tick. I'm not talking about the kind that includes people
in their list of "things to save." I'm talking about the lunatic
fringe that wants predatory animals preserved at the
expense of people and animals alike. I have just read a
booklet put out by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
in Washington called "Let's Dump the Dump." One page 14 it
says to "exterminate rats." How come they want rats killed
and not coyotes, mountain lion, bears, chicken hawks and
rattlesnakes? It's a safe bet that some of the environmental
do-gooders have had their toes bitten by rats, so they're
"agin 'em." But surely the rat has as good and valid a place
in our environment as the coyote and bear. Or did God err in
putting them here?
The Department of Agriculture at Salem has issued a
statement that should bring joy unrestrained to Environ
mental Do-Gooders. Predators killed 2,142 lambs during the
fiscal year ending June 30. Along with 1,299 turkeys, 681
sheep, 414 calves, 31 goats, 842 chickens, 233 ducks, 110 geese,
four cows, two peacocks, 15 pigs and 24 rabbits. While
Do-Gooders are saving predators, how about a round of
applause for fanners and ranchers who provide the food for
them? They deserve something for setting the table for
mangy coyotes.
REMEMBER THIS?
REMINISCE I
55 Years Ago 1918
James Gentry and"WTilson Bayless, residents of Albina,
Heppner's southern suburb, will enter the wheat raising
game and take up farming on a large scale.
Harry Groshen, son af Mr. and Mrs. Vic Groshens of
Heppner, was on the United States ship San Diego, torpedoed
off New York last week, and his mother received from the
Navy department at Washington, the following telegram:
"Bureau very glad to report your son Harry Alexander
Groshen. fireman second class U.S.N, reported as rescued
from U.S.S. San Diego and landed at .New York."
One sergeant and five men of the Oregon State Police
arrived at Heppner last evening from Pendleton, to remain in
this section during the harvest season or until further orders.
These men are here to cooperate with the local home guard
and fire-fighters and will be ready to go any part of the
county where needed.
Joe Howell came in from Hardman yesterday to get a
badly cut finger attended to by the doctor. Joe was foolish
enough to use the axe on his finger when cutting some
kindling wood to start the fire for supper Tuesday evening.
Dr. Winnard patched up the injured member and Joe thinks
he will put it up to his wife to get the kindling hereafter.
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EDITOR:
I read with dismay the proposal tc raise campsite fees to $4
per day.
Stale parks are taxpayer provided facilities, originally to
give the public a chance to get out of the crowded towns and
cities. Tax funds were used to acauire these site nd
developed them. At $4 a da v thev are out of reach of those on
Social Security and other fixed income of the aged.
If the philosophy of each camp paying its way is to prevail,
in lieu of being a public service, then these parks should be
sold to private operators.
I know of one private mobile home travel trailer park with
full hookups, showers and laundry facilities. The rate is
$12.50 a week. Adjacent to it is a Park Service campground
with no electricity, sewer or showers. The rate is $2 per day
or $14 per week.
Only the inefficiency of public park operators calls for
higher rates than commercial parks. The private operator
must be making enough to pay'for his land, pay his taxes and
have a reasonable profit. The National Park Service has none
of these obligations.
Now our Oregon State Parks show evidence of greater
inefficiency that the National Park Service.
In my opinion. 50 cents a day should be a maximum charge
for use of a public park, any place, anywhere. Whether it 's
federal, state, county or city, these agencies don't have to
pay taxes or show a profit-and if on their current prices they
are not building up a surplus, they are inefficient.
Sell them to private operators so the fees wjl) go down.
JAMES H. DRISCOLL,
Heppner
EDITOR:
I received the July 12 issue of the Gazette-Times in my mail
box today. .
I probably never have told you this, but I have for years
subscribed to weekly newspapers in all parts of the United
States. The ones you have published I have always
considered among the outstanding ones.
You remind me a lot of Vinegar Joe Stilwell, who never .
said or wrote anything that didn't amuse me.
I'm sorry the Fates didn't permit you to relocate in Texas.
Our loss is Oregon's gain.
EDITOR:
We heard with delight of your return to newspaper work!
Our only remorse is that it no longer is in our area. Your wit,
superb quality of writing, and a point of view which we
consider practical and loaded with common sense, will be
sorely missed in these parts!
You performed a fine service to this community in
countless ways and I'm sure that you will do so in Heppner.
It is one thing to be a critic. It is something else to do it with
such style. At the same time no one can fault you for not
giving credit and support when it was due!
We do not intend to be left out ! Enclosed you will find $6 for
a year's subscription. The administration and board of
trustees of the Forestville School District have not forgotten
your just and comprehensive coverage.
RAYMON A. PARNAY,
District Superintendent,
Forestville Union School District,
Forestville, Ca.
EDITOR:
Enclosed is my check for six inflated U.S. dollars. Please
send your dubious newspaper, retroactive to your first issue.
I am anxious to see if it's legible enough to read. Also it will
be interesting to see if all that fresh air in Oregon has done
anything to clear your smoggy mind.
M.J. DELGADO,
Sebastopol, Ca.
EDITOR:
Ellis Thomson ended his ninth trip to Europe some time
ago and has mailed me his travelogue. He went via Islandk
Airlines in the interest of economy.
Arriving in Germany he found polluted air and smog al
over the Rhine Valley, which was a great disappointment
Heidelberg was as beautiful as ever, especially from th
middle of the Nectar River from the old bridge, with
everything bathed in moonlight.
Having breakfast at the same time as Ellis was Mike V. o:
Detroit, now retired and returning to the scenes of hi
childhood. They teamed up for the day and took a train foi
Stuttgart, which is a beautiful city but like so many cities ir
Germany, the center was all torn up with new construction
In the evening he joined new acquaintances, Hans, Jimmy
and Andre, for dinner with none of them speaking English
Ellis said "My German is nein' but Andre spoke French'
(Ellis does too).
His next stop was Munich. Ellis, being a painter in his owr
right, visited the gallery at the Alte Pinakothek to see tht
marvelous paintings, also to The Hauskenkunst, where ht
disliked all the modern art. Then for a stroll through "m
beloved English Gardens."
He says "My companion on the train the next day was
Wally, an American soldier in civvies who had been going tc
a special class in Germany. His was an interesting story-He
had married an Italian girl and when his tour of duty was
over had returned to the State. His bride loathed this
country, so be had to re-enlist and was able to return U
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Italy." Ellis added, "Here I had thought European girls let
huuby wear the pants-for a while, anyway."
"I might add that the German timetables are the easiest to
read in Europe. Once you have decided whether 'Angfart and
Abfart' means incoming or outgoing."
In Insbruck, an Austrian Alpine village, he had dinner
with a Canadian college professor.
"We arrived in Venice about 10 a.m. and It never looked
more beautiful." They took an hour to search his luggage,
looking for bombs. "As usual. I enjoyed the lasagna served at
Harry's Bar, getting some of the first batch of the day." In
late afternoon he took a train for Trieste. Along the way he
met an English-speaking Italian; an Australian baker,
returning to his home town of Trieste on his annual summer
trip; and a young Yugoslavian baker also working in
Australia.
"I took the 9:30 a.m. bus for Yugoslavia, the first stop
"in Rijeka. The bus fare was $3, but I wondered why I seemed
to have two tickets just alike. It finally dawned on me that the
ticket seller had decided there was a 'little woman' with me."
I convinced him I was solo, which was a good thing, as a
tearful girl saying good-bye to her husband needed a seat and
the bus was full."
They were detained a long time at the Yugoslavian border
to get a visa stamp on passports. The countryside and coast
were lovely and so was Rijeka. The bus trip to Split (?)
seemed endless, and upon arriving, there were no
restaurants in sight as the station was "out in the sticks". He
finally found the Mansoor Hotel up the hill, but no food.
But the next morning a walk through a narrow street took
him into a lovely city. Later he took a bus and was seated
next to two very pleasant lads from German. He arrived
after dark in Dubrovnik and found the Dalmatian Coast
lovely. After a bit of haggling he finally got a nice room inside
the walled town, the Hotel Dubrovna.
"I have fallen in love with Yugoslavia. The people are
marvelous and there is nothing to indicate they are living
under Communism. You see pictures of Tito everywhere.
Automobiles are not allowed inside the walls, which adds a
great deal of charm."
He said he found a war movie which was filmed in
Dubrovnik, so once again he could drink in the beauty of this
centuries old walled city, jutting out over the Adriatic.
He was awakened by the noise of the market people setting
up their stalls in the square next to the hotel. In the movie Raf
Vallone bought some grapes "at the exact location I had
bought grapes."
The walk around the city atop the walls is an unforgetable
experience. There was no polluted water and millions of fish
were swimming around.
"I decided to take a plane to Belgrade, the capital, which to
them is Beograd."
In waiting for the flight he talked to two charming girls
named Maria and Lilana, returning from the United States to
Belgrade. They spoke perfect English and were still
students. "I broke completely when I saw what Liliana had
lugged by plane, across with her over the wide Atlantic-a
shopping bag chuck full of Kellogg's 19 cereal!"
Ellis stayed at the new Yugoslavia Hotel ($11). His bellhop
was a red-headed lad from California. The hotel lobbies and
dining room are "out of this world, with the rear having a
vista of the majestic Danube."
Waiting for his flight to Istanbul Ellis met a young English
girl named Christine and Teame (pronounced Tern) a young
man from Ethiopia. They enjoyed the art gallery even if Ellis
lost Teame twice, "once in Roman antiquities and again in
early Yugoslavia."
Then Ellis left for Bulgaria in a coach ice cold. He said he
loathed the country of Bulgaria, which was comparable to his
first visit to East Berlin. The countryside was nothing to see,
they were never allowed to descend from the coach, and not a
soul waved as the train passed. Sofia was a depressing gray
place.
Ellis was left with Jean, a French hippie complete with
beard and long unwashed hair but a great sense of humor.
"He seemed to be bound for Australia-eventually-a true
drifter." They were joined by Said, a young Arab from my
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By Ace Reid
Mayor of
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
Did you see where they
Invented a machine to keep
you alert on the Job? It's
called a "attention level
analyzer" and it's got alarms
that go off if you doze off and
even If your mind wonders off
of what you're doing.
It's suposed to be special
good fer long distance pilots
and trucks drivers, but the
fellers decided at the country
store Saturday night that this
contraption is good fer every
body from politicians to con
gregations. Bug Honkum reported to the
fellers where he had saw by
the papers that the attention
level analyzer works by meas
uring your brain waves. If the
wave pattern changes while
you're hooked to the machine,
the alarms go off to get you
back on the right track.
Bug said the piece didn't
say, but he reckoned the
machine don't care what
you're thinking as long as you
keep thinking it.
There's a heap of places that
gadget will come in handy,
bug allowed, and he would like
to start by setting one up at his
church on Sunday morning.
Actual, Bug said, we would
need two at the church, one fer
the preacher and the other fer
the congregation. If they got
past the first hymn afore nis
old lady started . thinking
whuther she cut off the stove
under the pot roast it would be
a blessing, Bug said.
Farthermore, if the preach
er got halfway through his text
without throwing in somepun
on the cnlection Bug said he'd
be surprised.
Bug said it wouldn't do to
This 500-year best
seller a film hit
By Justine Weatherford
"Jesus Christ Superstar" is
showing at Portland's Bagdad
Theater on East Hawthorne.
The film, directed by Nor
man Jewison who also direct
ed "Fiddler on the Roof,"
differs considerably from the
garish stage production. It
was filmed entirely in Israel.
The opera presents a startling
juxtaposition of the contemp
orary with the ancient. It is
hip yet reverent, contemp
orary yet biblical, lay yet
religious, inconoclast yet
traditional.
The Tuesday evening I
attended was the second after
it opened in Portland. The
theater was filled for the 9
p.m. showing, with younger
viewers in the majority. It was
not difficult to park the car
near the Bagdad. The film is
just under two hours long. The
Sunday Oregonian's critic,
John Wendeborn,
states "Chances are it will run
quite a spell, attacks on it
notwithstanding."
"Superstar" views Christ as
Read the book, then
fire the plumber
Many simple plumbing and
home maintenance problems
could be handled by amateurs
if they had the "know-how."
ine Oregon aiate University
Extension Service has pub
lished two fact sheets to help
provide it.
One is Fact Sheet 193,
"Simple Home Maintenance."
This tells how to lubricate
sliding doors, noisy friction
catches and locks that are
hard to turn. It explains how to
handle other small repair jobs
like unsticking windows and
drawers and silencing
squeaky floors.
Included are illustrated in
structions explaining how to
fasten pictures or heavy
objects to different kinds of
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Where to write
Sen. Mark Hatfield, 463
Washington. D.C. 20510.
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hook politicians up to the
attention level analyzer cause
the bells would drive every
body crazy. Probably, Bug
said, the machine would blow
all Its fuses when them
Congressmen started talking
saving and thinking spending.
Fact Is, declared Bug, you
seldom find a politician that
can think and talk at the same (
time anyhow.
Clem Webster said It would
be Interesting to see what
would happen If you set the
attention analyzer on freeze
and turned It loose In Con
gress. If we could catch them
Congressmen while they got
this latest price freeze on their
minds, we might get them
thinking about freezing Guv
ernment to, Clem said.
If we could jest get a freeze
on flagpoles. Gem allowed,
that would help. Clem had taw
where the Department of
Housing and Urban Develop
ment got a new 45 foot
flagpole. Right away, the next
door Department of Trans
portation put up a pair of 75
foot poles. HUD come right
back with two 80 foot poles fer
a total flagpole bill of $26,500.
And Clem had saw where a
lounge fer House members
recent put in new carpet at
$32,000, new drapes that cost
$22,000 and $45,000 worth of
fancy light fixtures.
Mister Editor, I don't see
much future in Guvernment
fer the attention analyzer
unless we can git it programed
to think save, and to keep the
taxpayers awake long enuff to
git em to the polls.
Yours truly,
MAYOR ROY
a man and injects various 20th
century symbolism which
heightens the impact. Jets,
tanks and Las Vegas choreo
graphy are woven into the
presentation. Several out
standing members from the
Broadway production and the
concert tour group hold their
original roles. The National
Observer's critic, Bruce Cook,
rates it as "Consistently
interesting and occasionally
moving." He feels that Direc
tor Jewison has done much to
give vitality to the music and
lyrics by the young English
writers, Composer Andrew
Webber and Lyricist Tim
Rice. .
I found this film exhilarat
ing. Because I was not
familiar with the lyrics, I had
some difficulty following
Judas (Carl Anderson) par
ticularly as most of his singing
was at a faster pace than the
other leads. I especially
enjoyed Yvonne Elliman as
Mary Magdalene, Ted Neeley
as Jesus Christ, and the
rather comic Joshus Mostel
as King Herod.
walls, usuing molly or toggle
bolts or screw anchors.
Fact Sheet 192, "Home
Plumbing Problems," cover
tools needed and how to do
home plumbing repairs like
unclogging drains and fixing
leaky faucets. Just as impor
tant, it explains what causes
common plumbing problems
and how to prevent them.
Authors of the fact sheets
are Dorothy F. Brown, OSU
Extension housing-home furn
ishings specialist, and Wilbur
W. Burkhart, area extension
agent.
Both publications are avail
able free from County Exten
sion offices or the Bulletin
Clerk, OSU, Corvallis 97331.
Old Senate Office Bide .
u.C. 20510