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A reader Las hrrited me te assess the United Natwcss
OK. la HS8 there were TW buBmi Sttentm ia she workL aad
ia 156 the UN decided sornetkeg had to be vice about sr.
Educatioe projects were nanaied as 15 cour tries, frora
Ecuador t .Afghanistaa, Ia f"4. eight years later, the UN
committee eh charge of eradicating iSteracy has issued sts
report: the cumser f illiterate adults a rise world sow
number .) auSsoB.
Every year f sauce's do-gooders Sex rhetr idealistse
rsasrie to urge the Elisor's mayors and governors ta
prudaas United Nations Week and that it be observed ns
srhocis. en-arches aad cmc organiza tiers, and by
newspapers. There s always a pJeEfi&ue erf prated rraiemai
prerjded fSorcfyctg the i0-5asfeg goals of the
argjESEaaoo and its glorious but exaggerated acccr. pla
iner s. GoeraorThoctsoe of New Hampshire was requested
proclaim a tatted Nations Week last year, Instead, be
prtciaimed a "Truth About United Nations Week" duraf
w-fcjch he observed that "It s smperatrve that the cmildren of
today and of tae wit generatm k.-w a2 tie tacts
surrwasdsng 53 i UN sfesmccirnmgs." Be bsced some of those
srvriromirgs. which., as ether tsses, might have promoted
lie A ervrar peopie net soppteg the Etposarg UN bc&sg
and its prepostermg membership into the Hudson E-ver The
most significant accorr. prat .est af tne UN. k appears, s far
frsc a sealtry ore I; has succeeded n placing tae saest.
most irrpyen and cost backward causes oe an equal
footing with the world powers, tias deprrczg the wnjrid of a
strong and asfluestsal natiee capable of exerting respected'
leadersfcip As of ww. there s ae respected aad icSaeESal
force ta sabtSse worid feeling Great Brfam has departed
the world stage, aad the U.S.. a sewcocer as a force a.
ra'ersatiocai affairs, tas fcad a bnef Sag at what Brstaai
esdured fa- !)! years, aad pack?y tossei zkt ball to tae
1'E.red Natiocs- There has sever fceess a day of peace n the
xid frara trje day tbe UN was organized m Sas Frasascs
Tbat sfaositd tell is aorsetiE.
The editor of the Cash .ere VaZey Record. Csr-ere
a was courting k3 enc biesssss oc last week's edtaral
paae Se was speasr. tae g-Tod Me is Cashrr.ere. ar.d how
residents seen t jost lake it for granted. For esarr.pie.
"Perhaps you haver t tsoaced." he wrote, "but Casr.-ere
d.:ss't have these noisances wtoch have bJossatsed over
isest of flse roestry. m Jarge a?.d saial towns alike. They're
caSed parent sseters. asd they generate Eiore bad wJI for a
B than would a suipfeor piaat or a fert2er factory." Ob
the other hasd. Hecsoer knes thers.. Peopie drrve kr.
ststaaees jest to shove massey de?w5 therr eniess nc glets
They sapport ae tows's ectswrry. rr.ake merchants
pwTsxs and tend a chars ta the cswnty seat that eadears
fi t.j v e and a2. Arythicg at so eor.tr; butes S.c the nsascial
and irfstbeac quality of 2- tews shcid be recograed.
Therefare. we call upon Mayor Sweeney So prodaaa
-Parkisg Meter Week" is Keppr.er. dursg which urr. the
meters w-JI accept orJy quarters . free beer .S1 be served ;z
the sakiES.; and there will be dancEg is the streets.
In 1962 the federal gas control Law ect irro effect. Sace
tha! tiiae cnmisais hate bees stealing, accorisg to federal
figires. m.m guns a year Just like the National Ksfk
Associaaoc toid the fiovenaser.t is 1968. that if the law were
passed peaceful peopie would do without girr-.s and cnrr.ir.ais
wouid no?..
Those of us who have watched the nse and fall of
g.H-emrr.erits aroond the world have learned to recognize
s-ns that those m power are in trouble. First, certain
csssatiitkEal rights are curtailed. Second, guns are
outlawed or consficated. Government leaders know when the
peopie have been pushed too far. and these two moves are
always calculated to render the peopie helpless to tarn upoc
them. There are now more than 6C bills ir. Congress to outlaw,
license, restrict or confiscate guns now is the hands of
Americas citizens. Congressmen have gotten the message,
btit have the people?
You beard about the sfaoot-frois-the-hip ecology nut who
devised this burr.per sticker for hs V : "Eat a beaver, save
a tree."
A Keppner bank ofSoal estimates tnat his bank
processes between S36.9oe aad Il'JC.W wort: of local checks
a week given for purchase of goods and services outside
Keppner. The other bark estmates its depositors spend an
eai asMKJEt of Eoeey outsasfe Heppoer each week for
seeded items That comes ts a rr;n?.ir-n of tlUC. a week
spent elsewhere by depositsrs of the two local banss. and a
tmtman. of Eoe.aee a week- Admittedly, a great deal of this
money ges far items that canoe be pjrtmased locally. But if
the runtrsn outgi could be n by 56 per cent it would
mean L4X.jC addttiocal debars a year spent iocaly where
k wmii beris every nr'Tm As addttieeal Ci millios a
year spent here mgh? also be an mdjeer-et: ta busaaessmes
ts Eiite a greater effart ia capers the extra busaess
tirocigs improved stocks, service, compet-ttve pnemg and
stare aodernaaioc. The flgtires also saoiad d-spel any
aotjae bussessmeu ray have that Marrow County residents
are forced so shop keally faecaase "There's ae place else as
g3 "They have found some ccrer piace tc go. The prooiem a.
hew best to is them back booe
The ooservatiofi that frss r.'X.Si ts tyji.'M a wek of
ts cocsisner (kxlar s bemg speat octside Keppcer a
bostered by a study made by the Marrow Cosstty Chamber of
Commerce last year 2 eowperatiOB with -Jx C-perat.ve
ElxtensMC Semee. Cretae State Uarverssty. It is dtstsrhmg
readmg For exampie, resder:ts oc farms and ranches oer
36 cuks from Heppcer '"nrrjit.'-g Spray, V-rr t
Kimnerfy. Fossil aad Kmx-a hardy patromae Heppcer
fircts: 5S per cent buy oc groceries here at aX 2 per cent ae
fcardwarei 71 per cent nc e-idrea'$ ciochmg, 72 per cent m
axamooiiei: C per ces oc beaTy appiiaaces. There's mtjci
more. odjcLrg the fact that the Gatette-Tmes was shews
as dtung a poor pb a fcttie matter were strimz to
overcome .
Quatmg from taeKjTrey: "The perettages do zt-icate a
real pocent-ai for bysoesz etpansioc-" ILgit. Oae way t
bests tappmg tha nch potestjoo is tc reals mat there s so
sacs tfcrg as a captre cssuxx." Peopie stop where they
find what they was-jnee, Tanery, semce. tssarxsj,
coetverjeace aad stiroundssgs. Few trad a Beppoe
because they hate to. Once mat a settled. e caa get ac
with stabsg Eeppcer a better marka piace
Women's Lib has accornpsoed Kr-rrrg We sect
bear anything more about the Brttberhood of Xaa.
GAZETTE-TIMES
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-Ye shall know them by tneir fruits." Matthew 7:1 6
The mail pouch
ETrroR.-
of that Great aad
starv I ctHildn t
Now that 1 ata bo Jorger a resident
Svereig2 Sate of Caifssrma. I can te2 t
ted it before, because there are stE socse Native Sons of the
GoJdea West native bore C&far6aas wt have shear rynefc
rows rearv . m case v ever find a member of that "frsj
famtly".
S:em.beck said we entered the state throucis the Needles
area, bat fee is wrtc The f.r?
ily of America's Latter
Day Argocaxs crcssed the Caifarma border from Oregon.
W e had offered otff besevoierjee to the states of Wasfangioa
and OregoiL bat tney fsmhted the b2 Therefore our taieats
were bestowed upec yoar ssser state to the south.
We s-rted our m C8 .some of us couldn't make a irvtsg
there eves belore the dtas bewt. or perhaps it was by judicial
req-jest . We traveted west by northwest. Any oceobserrmg
this twa jaiepy caravan., cocid tell that we were of the more
affbeat e had two mattresses senared to the sop of oar car
There were also chickea coops tied fore and aft
That fall we pulled into the Yakima Valley, where we
stopped to psck apples. We pitched camp near a group of
Indians who had come off the reserratwe to work m the fruit.
When Pa saw our redtmred neighbors he Teckoned as now
wed better not get too cicse to them Isjuns.
His fears were arfaanded. When the Indians saw us. they
irmmedtateiy folded up their teepees and went back to the
reservaties. It was seven years before they ventured into the
valley again.
The people of Washington treated us kadiy. That winter
they ciosed up the.tr larder and tamed on the deep freeze. The'
passoral winter scene among the patriots of Yakima Valley
was reminiscent of a scene played 150 years previous, in a
valley earned Forge. But unlike the otner valley . the patriots
of Yakima never lost a man. Is fact, come spring we had
gained two leather -hinged recruits, dressed is tri-coraered
breeches.
Yes, and come spring we headed south. We found the
people of Oregon most obliging They gave us gas, food, tires,
a pat on the back, anything we seeded to keep us moving.
They moved us right on across the California Lr.e.
The Native Sons were down south guarding the Needles
sector. We got all the way to she San Joaquin Valley before
they discovered we were in the state. 'There was no news
media in those days. Well. sir. when they found out where
we were, they were howiic' mad. We couldn't understand
wry they didn't like sis. so we decided to stick around and find
out.
We joined f orres with the At ro-Caidornians and or friends
from the south of the border. Then our fca folks from
Muskoggee. Tulsa, and Pooca City star.ed drt'tm' in. But the
natives were still kickm' up a fuss and trying to get nd of as..
That is until, the day my uncle Ezekiei and his son Chester
crossed the border at Needles That was the day Sacramento
towered the Golden Bear flag to half staff. Their legislature
said. "Ky God, we had better gre tp. they may have more
like that back there."
That was a long time ago. and here I am back is Oregon.
But you good people of Oregon don't have to fret none cause
there ain't gonna ae no population explosion. My kinfoik they
are sc integrated sew yoa can't hardly tell them from peopie.
As far me. well, time takes it's toll, even oc oil wells and
repraductiQC glands.
WALT WEE 3,
Condoc.
EDITOR
in VA I trxsatA a fegLative coct'eresce a Washington,
B.C. I sddesly focad myself a maor ceiebnty of sorts
amocg me IXt conferees - not because of anything I had
aioe. simpiy because I was from Oregoc..
""new i: yoa manage ts elect such wonderful pecpie from
Oregoc - Lke Senator M-orse and Senator Maureen
Neuberger''"' r.ev asked.
COW POKES
By Ace Reid
"On. it's not hard." I repbed "They are such capable
people that Ores ir.ians just natx-ally recognize their
outstanding quahues."
I remember when Morse and Neuberger stood together
i and alone among a 3 senators in a filibuster against our
g'.n erament 's giving away Teiestar to ITT - the same ITT
that has won for its monopolistic self so many favors and
special privileges direct from the public treasury.
Do you remember when Morse suigJe-fcaadedly began to
lecture and inveigh against our getting involved m a war m
tido-China People did not understand the implications of
this matter at the time - but how right b,ts judgments proved
io be
People of integrity and vision and deep understanding are
too rare in Washington today. So. if Wayne Morse decides to
run for his old sea! in the senate. I shall wholeheartedly work
for his election with all the resources at my corsmand.
If there is anything our government needs today, it is
sregnty and clear thinking With these qualities Morse is
richly btessed - in the same way thai Irving Brant. Justice
Will. am 0. Douglas and .Archibald Con are We need their
counsel, their advice, their rare sagacity.
DOROTHY LEEPER.
Concord. Mass
people of sharing
a day is given to
all -time record for
editor
H' m.anv generous Christian
tompassion realize that t million
rharttses Americans are setting an
generosity-and gullibility
If you are mterested as d..snr.xshing the worthy cause
from the unworthy, please read page tZ in the February issue
of Reader's Digest. "Chanties." According to it. war -defense
is the biggest item in she US budget. Research is second in
line for pork barrel handouts. Our government puts out
millions of our tax dollars to perform repeat research, for the
sake of researching research. If so, w hy does the public feel it
must pour more of its dollars into every "'gimmie" gimmick
that comes along Each month people are burdened with two
or three types of seals, stamps, gadgets, etc.. sent by mail
requesting aid lor this or that. Then the ""can" gimmick pops
up at ail times of the year to prey or. conscientious Christians
who feel they must share with their less fortunate brothers.
Another use tax money is put to is is the area of animal
torture Few realize that research careers in animal torture
is growing. The latest big push is a Congressional bs2 to use
2 animals as laboratory loots. If SB 1774 is enacted another
cruel agency in the executive branch will deliver zoo animals
to researchers far use as laboratory experimental animals.
If you fsei zoo animals should not be added to the number of
helpless amm.ais already used in laboratories, write and urge
?n rkiard WCahnoti. chairman. Committee on Rules aad
Administration, to kJI the bill is committee If it comes out of
committee, ask that he vote against it. Also write your own
Congressman and Senators in Washington.
LOIS WINCHESTER.
Heppoer.
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Heppner, Ore., Thursday, Feb. 21, 1974.
Mayor of Hardman :
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DEAR MISTER EDITOR :
It's hard to relize that fer more than Iwo months three
fellers got away from it all and took a real long look at this old
world " . J
They set out there in space and jest wenl round and round.
Them record space travelers weren 't even here fer the Super
Bowl, but they probable will git to see a TV rerun in the
summer.
Serious. Mister Editor, the fellers at the country store was
talking Saturday night about the time we live in. Most of the
feSers was alive when the Wright Brothers first left the
ground m a airplane, and they never cease to be amazed at
fhing to space in the same lifetimes. And changes jest as big
has come about ia everthing we do.
Fer instant. Bug Hookum was talking Saturday night about
these vacation resorts fer dogs and cats. He said he saw by
the paper where folks are paying up to $8 a day to send their
pets to these places that give em breakfast m bed, stereo
music parties and maid service.
Bug said the .American Pet Motels ss a national chain, and
it shows we has come a long ways since the days we thought
our dog w as living good if he had a dry spot under the house
and a few leftover biscuits throw ed to him onct a day. Now a
heap of folks would love to be living their dog's life.
Clem Webster recalled not many years back when
cigarettes was recommended by doctors and baseball
players Now. allowed Clem, these same people are telling us
to walk a mile, not fer a Camel, but fer a breath of clean air.
It $ hard to relize. said On, that soda pop that now is fer fun
was a medicine not long back, and that nobody nowadays
tells you to put tobacco juice on bee stings.
What was good fer us is bad, and they ami much around
now that i legal, low m poltysaturates and otherwise healthy
that was even thought of a generation ago, was Clem's words
What thought Gem of cigarettes was this offer he saw a St. ?
Louis printing plant has made. They are giving a 1500 bonus
to workers that quit smoking fer two months, but the folks
have to pay the money back tf they start agin in a year. Clem
figgered if the company charges interest on the money, they
got a good thing going.
More folks than ever is smoking. Clem said, and more is
quitting, which means a lot of em is quitting more than onct.
When the astronuts got back from space they must of been
supnsed to learn that whisky now is good fer us According to
this piece Zeke Grubb reported to the fellers on, a study at a
Illinois University shows that drunks stand the cold better
than sober folks, the item didn't say if the fefler that wrote
the report was ready fer the cold
Final. Zeke said, it am"! enuff that booze gits a new image,
he has saw where snuff dipping is making a comeback
amongst school younguns that quit smoking
Yours truly,
MAYOR ROY.
Compulsory
celibacy
BY
LESTER KINSOLVING
W ASHINGTON - His nse in the Roman Catholic hierarchy
had been phenomenal : First be was secretary to Bishop
FYcyd Begin to the California Diocese of Oakland, then Vice
Chancellor of the Diocese, then Pastor of St. Francis de Saks
Cathedral - all when he was hardly 30.
Joseph SkiBen was sail wearing a black shirt when I met
him in late December as the office of Congressman Jerome
Waldie i D. Calif. , where be now works. But the shirt was so
longer the vesture of a Monsignor. as he was also wearing a
red necktie
On his desk was a photograph of a notably attractive
brunette, his wife Penny, also from Oakland.
In Rome, presumably, is Skillen's application for
tajcizatioo (reduction from the priestly to the lay order I
about winch he remarked, "These things seem to take longer
these days."
Meanwhile, though he remains a priest, he is
communcated for having married.
-well. I certainly don't feel any the less a member of the
Church." be remarked when asked about the excommuni
cation, "and we continue to go to Mass." He said it wistfully,
expressing his gratitude that from Bishop Begin, and his
priestly colleagues m Oakland, there has been nothing on the
order of a nasty reaction.
"He (Bishop Begin looked disappointed." he explained,
"but he was gracious.
In Manhattan, the AiThdiocese of New York recently
UjEched a S.'A advertising campaign in an attempt to
recruit candidates for the priesthood. From Kentucky, Jason
Petosa repbed is wrstmg:
"I krww a pnes here they could have for only an eight cent
stamp He's orthodox, relatively hard working, and anxious
to be of sernrce. The orjy thing they might find unacceptable
is my wife.
Yet the Vatican has long accepted the wives a Catholic
praesti of such Eastern Rite bodies as the Meikites, and is
engaged ia a growing rapprochment with the Episcopalians
( Anglicans whose prvests are allowed to marry.
Some observers are theorizing that the obstinate insistence
upon compulsory celibacy is due to economics. For it is less
expensive to feed and house bachelors than couples and
children ftots of them ) due to the contraceptive ban. There is
also speculation that celibacy is a device whereby Curia
cocservaijrves are driving record numbers of liberal priests
out of the Church.
If this a the case, the pnee is heavy in that the loss of good
priests ike Sk-iec a serious. There is also the continuing and
possi&e kxreastng occasion for scandal, as the conserva
tives are dragged further into the 20th century'.
Recently , for example. Father Eugene Kennedy in a
serous psychological study cited cases of priestly dating,
and eves rarer occasions of priestly concubinage.
This was promptly sjezed upon by "Newsweek" magazine
as a sort of literary baptism for a torrid, five-page expose of
"housaads of VS' Catholic priests," whom the titillating
artkiie described as caught up in a virtual national epidemic
of ecciesattiral fornication.
Father Kennedy promptly and emphatically disassociated
luatses from the article, which was subsequently cited by the
"National Catholic Register as evidence that "No
putocatjoo in the country more consistently distorts the facts
about things Catholic than "Newsweek."
At the same time, the loss of ev en one good priest might be
regarded as tragic enough to change the 120s century
celibacy regulation, which apparently was sever applied in -the
case of the 12 Apostles. (First Corinthians, Chapter 9,
Verse Ji
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f jd s-erta5 I soWd H, bourf you
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Eagle ia Wheeler. Ore, heirc catuag ta Hepoaer.
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In Hotkod. ttale bread was at one time pUcd in babWs
crwdjew to ward off disease. Tius didn't work if the baby
ale the bread!