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I hear a great deal about the high quality medicine dis
pensed in this country. It leads me to wonder why it is that
the United States still ranks 25th among the nations of the
world in life expectancy, 14th in infant mortality, and 8th in
doctor patient ratio. And while we're at it, our highly
vaunted system of public education, the most costly in the
world, ranks us 14th in literacy.
The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that a
union can impose a fine on any of its members for working
too rapidly. For example, the bricklayers union can (and
does) order its members to lay only 300 bricks a day, even
though they have the capacity to lay 1.000 bricks a day. But if
a bricklayer should get carried away and exceed that 300, he
is subject to discipline by his union. This ruling, which must
stand as a monument to what's wrong with construction
costs, prompted editors of Christian Economics Magazine to
suggest that our athletes should be told that they can run, but
must not break the 4-minute mile! To which I am constrain
ed to add that scientists should be permitted to think, but not
too hard; teachers to teach, but not very much; physicians to
heal the sick, but not completely; and that soldiers be en
couraged to fire their rifles so long as they "don't hit
anybody.
This may be the only newspaper in the country that
hasn't printed this little item: "Once upon a time there was
a teacher who didn't want an increase in pay; a carpenter
who didn't ask for union wages; a man who healed the sick
and afflicted whether they had insurance or Medicare or
whether they didn't; who traveled around the country
feeding the people. And they crucified Him."
Now that the administration has boosted the prime
interest rate to 12 per cent for bank loans, government econ
omists are probably wondering why this device to curb infla
tion isn't working. The main reason it isn't working is that
business and industrial corporations that borrow large sums
of money aren't overly concerned with high rates because
they are added to the cost of goods and services they
dispense. If money costs a manufacturer 100 per cent, and he
can pass it on to his customers in the form of higher retail
prices for his product, why should he complain? The cost of
borrowed money is as much a cost of doing business as is the
purchase of materials and the cost of labor. It is also tax de
ductible. The more money is borrowed the higher the price of
finished products and services to the consumer. Then the
consumer, caught in an upward spiral of prices, demands
higher wages to offset the increasing cost of living. So. what
this administration has done in the name of curbing inflation
is to make more inflation inevitable. If a shortage of money
existed there would be some reasonable excuse for a high
prime interest rate. But there is no shortage of money. High
interest rates, coupled with extravagant government
spending, is the greatest contributor to inflation in this
country. This is such elementary economics that it leads me
to believe that the government is forcing inflation upon us.
As far as I know, the only person to reject high interest rates
is City Controller Harrison J. Goldin of New York City. He
rejected the sole bid on the city's record-breaking $438
million bond offering because the bid called for payment of
7.92 per cent interest the highest in the city's history. Gold
in said accepting the bond bid would have cost New York tax
payers $254 million in interest charges from 1975 to 2014, and
that he was unwilling to load "on the backs of future genera
tions the crushing burden of a tax-exempt interest rate" of
such proportion. An unusual public servant, Mr. Goldin. The
banks, of course, are not the culprits in high interest rates.
The culprit is the federal government which through its
agency, the Federal Reserve Bank, sets the price all banks
must pay to it for the money it loans to others. The banks are
not getting rich by these high interest rates; but the govern
ment is. At the people's expense.
Why is it that so many of the women who resent being
considered sex objects, aren't?"
In March 1970 the United States and 10 other nations
severed relations with the African republic of Rhodesia in
protesting that nation's racial policies (apartheid). As a
result, the U. S. has maintained an economic boycott of
Rhodesia because that country practices white supremacy.
But the U. S. takes a totally opposite view of the African
Republic of Liberia. The Libenan Constitution, Art. 5,'Sec.
12. says "... none but Negroes or persons of Negro descent
shall be eligible to citizenship in this Republic." And further
on it states, "No person shall be entitled to hold real estate in
this Republic unless he be a citizen of the same." So, in
Liberia a person cannot be a citizen unless he is a Negro; and
since only citizens may own real estate, only Negroes can
own real estate. In no country on earth is racial discrimina
tion more rampant than in Liberia. It makes Rhodesia's
rather mild discrimination in favor of whites look like a
racial love-fest. While the U. S. is trying to overthrow the
Rhodesian government because of its racial policies, the U.
S. has given at least $226 million to Liberia to maintain a sys
tem of total racial discrimination. Don't you find that
interesting?
: Would you be interested in attending a meeting on July
30. 7:30 p.m., at the courthouse so that Morrow County can
participate in the nation's Bicentennial celebration? At the
last meeting only five people showed up, none of which was a
city or county official. If Morrow County is going to join the
United States in observing our 200th birthday, it is going to
take more than a handfull to get the ball rolling. Applications
to state and Federal agencies for assistance must be
submifted very soon. This should be the biggest birthday
party in history. It would be a shame if Morrow County
turned down its invitation to attend. If you are willing to help
plan the party.be at the meeting on July 30.
0 Being shot at now and then is an occupational hazard for
newspaper people, but few of them ever get fully accustomed
to it. Thursday morning Ernie Ceresa and Terry O'Neal were
driving along upper Rhea Creek Road, rejoicing at being
unchained from their desks, when there was a loud report
and a side window shattered. O'Neal hit the deck. Ceresa,
recalling other times when being employed by a newspaper
proved hazardous to his health, coolly coasted to a halt, and
both men looked tor tne man with the gun. They backtracked
to a house to find it wasn't an angry parking meter
enthusiast --only a 5-year-old with an air rifle, doing his thing.
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CROSSROADS
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DEAR EDITOR:
We may have just held the
last 4th of July to be
celebrated by shooting off
fireworks.
They almost got it done this
year, but by the next Fourth
our unelected, unfireable
wardens in Washington will
have labored and whelped a
total ban on firecrackers.
The people-buggers say
these things are hazardous to
our health. And on the same
grounds, my tax-allergic
neighbor wants Congress out
lawed because every time it
meets his blood pressure goes
up.
D. E. SCOTT,
Crossroads, U.S.A.
QuoteUnquote
"The time has come for the
state to help (medically and
financially) the victim of a
crime as much as it helps the
criminal who committed it."
Evelle J. Younger, Attorney
General of California.
"If there is no Hell, a good
many preachers are obtaining
money under false pre
tenses.' Billy Sunday
The mail pouch
EDITOR:
The past two weeks I have had a great camping experience
at Camp Hancock.
Camp Hancock is located between Fossil and Garno, and is
sponsored by O.M.S.I. Hancock offers a great science
program, which includes geology, paleontology, desert ecol
ogy biology and astronomy. There are frequent hikes to
points of interest and the different fossil beds.
Afternoons are opened for special interest groups, swim
ming, and laboratory work, which includes lapidary work,
specimen identification, pressing plants and mounting skele
tons. Hancock encourages campers to have their own indivi
dual projects. Hancock also includes group singing, films,
rap sessions, evening hikes and an overnight eampout.
This year we traveled from Mitchell to Walton Lake in the
Ochocos to Friday Ranch, where we were allowed to find our
own thundereggs.
Hancock is staffed with many different people, all with an
interest in science rock climbers, surveyors, astronomers,
biologists, geologists and botanists. Hancock is a great
camping experience that lasts all summer.
If anyone has a desire for such a camping experience next
year, write to the address below for an application.
SANDRA PALMER.
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry,
4015 S. W. Canyon Road,
Portland 97221.
EDITOR:
Thank you ever so much for the picture of the cows grazing
that you printed on the front page of the July 4 edition. Just in
the five weeks I've been in the city I'd almost forgotten what
they looked like'
GREG DAVIDSON,
Portland.
Do see Expo 74,
but consider . . .
"According To Our Latest Poll, Senator,
737c Of Your Constituents Think You're Doing
An Excellent Job But 967c Hate Your Guts."
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ed the third public meeting
Monday night in Lexington to
discuss the forthcoming city
water bond issue.
Val Toronto, city engineer,
explained itemized costs for a
new water system, and Ken
Durrell of the Farm Home
Administration was present to
discuss a possible grant to
help pay the cost of the new
system.
A bond issue of $200,000 will
be presented to the public at a
general election in the near
future, proceeds of which will
go toward the new water
system.
A user fee 6r $10.60 per
month with a possible 40 per
cent grant, or $15.57 without
the grant, would include a
minimum water fee plus
interest and loan repayment.
Questions concerning the
proposed water bond issue
should be directed to any
member of the Lexington City
Council.
By JUSTINE
WEATHERFORD
Having just returned from
two delightful days at Expo '74
I can recommend it as an
exciting, educational holiday.
Spokane has prepared a fine
international fair; its citizens
are greeting guests in a warm,
helpful manner; the weather
last week was just right ; and
everyone I talked with at Expo
felt that prices were reason
able and that for the $4 daily
admission one receives a
whale of a show .
The early purchase of the
large, three-section Spokane
Daily Chronicle (10 cents on
weekdays) is a good idea. It
has front-page, last-minute
columns on "What's Going On
at the Expo-Today, Tonight
and tomorrow. "It lists the 15
or 20 small free shows going
on at various locations on the
grounds. One can find seats
for these good musical and
variety attractions in the
no-cost International Amphi
theater, the Alberta Amphi
theater, at the Water Show
site beside the Opera House,
and at other impromptu spots.
Each day numerous marching
bands and singing groups
parade around the grounds.
Here are a few tips that
might make the trip more
enjoyable. The Heppner Lib
rary has several information
pamphlets that you might
check over: an Accomoda
tions Guide for Spokane and
nearby areas; Information
and Schedules of the evening
attractions at the Opera House
and Coliseum; maps of the
site, and a few publications
from various exhibits.
It is a good idea to arrange a
It is a good idea to arrange
for a motel or hotel in
advance-a check of the down
town hotels revealed that they
are booked solid, according to
their reservations clerks.
However, a few rooms at
downtown motels are avail
able to drive-ins. I stayed at a
good motel within easy
walking distance of Expo on
Thursday night, and the car
stayed there all of Friday .too.
Friday night I went to
Sprague, about 35 miles south
west of Spokane, where reser
vations were made about a
week in advance. The down
town motel did cost more than
equal accommodations at
Sprague, but because of its
nearness to Expo and the car
parking advantage, it was
worth more.
If you don't make advance
reservations for the evening
attractions-it is wise to check
at the Opera House and the
Coliseum as soon as you reach
Spokane. Every one of the
excellent attractions sells out.
On the Expo site I suggest
one go first to the U.S.S.R.
pavilion it draws long lines
and the movement through
that exhibit is a little slower
than through most of the
others. At the U.S. exhibit try
to get next to the top line in the
sit-down waiting area (the top
line is for wheelchairs and
stroller traffic, The huge film
is too overwhelming to see
closeup.) After the film stroll
through the rest of the exhibit.
Next, I suggest you go to
Canada Island over the low
est - farthest south foot
bridge which takes you across
the lovely, exciting rapids of
the Spokane Riter. Walk the
length of this bit of Canada
and then either cross to the far
side west area or come
back to the big island.
The $1.35 fruit plate makes a
great summer lunch for two
women maybe a hungry man
would want one of his own. It
includes several ripe
tomatoes, several slices of
melon, several nectarines or
peaches, about 10 lovely
strawberries, and 15 to 20 ripe
Bing cherries. These plates
are sold very close to the
Ford exhibit.
The Russian and Ukrain
seem a little expensive. A
complete dinner cost me just
over $6 Thursday evening.
However, it is easy to get a
pass to leave the grounds and
the nearby downtown hotels,
restaurants and department
stores offer fine food at lower
prices. On Friday a great
dinner in the 6th floor Apple
Tree dining room of the large
Crescent Department Store
cost several dollars less than
the dinner at the fair. Fair
hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
There are quite a few
downtown, close to the Expo,
parking lots. Some charge by
the hour, many charge $2 for 8
hours.
Exhibits that you might
especially enjoy, as I did, are
those of Iran, Korea and
Australia. The one extra-cost
exhibit, the Art Gallery in the
Opera House Building, cost $1,
but was worth it. An attractive
guide lectures about the
exhibits as they are viewed.
Not including overnight ac
commodations, it is possible to
see the fair for $4 a day.
However, the many shops
offer such interesting goods
from all over the world that it
is very easy to spend more.
Heppner, Ore., Gazette-Times, Thursday, July 18, 1974
Mayor of Hardman
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
Follering the discussion at the country store Saturday
night, it was general agreed that old age is wasted on the old.
If a feller can 't slow down and let the world catch up to him
when he hits that three score and 10, he might as well be 35
and out racing rats like everbody else, was the way Bug
Hookum put it.
What got the fellers on the subject was this report in the
papers about Perfessor Paget being back in Manitou Springs,
Colorado agin this summer. He comes out ever year from
North Carolina to climb Pikes's Peak, and he says his goal
this season is 66 trips. The perfessor is in his early seventies,
according to the piece in the papers, and that's about the
range of all the fellers that git together fer our weekly
seminars.
Bug brung the clipping about the perfessor to the session,
and it was Bug that allowed if Paget 's idees on growing old is
right, everbody else in the history of the world is wrong. IT
you fuller the perfessor's thinking, allowed Bug, you won
have to worry about taking it with you, you don't have togo
and leave it. 't
The way Bug read this piece, Mister Editor, is that the
perfessor figgers time don't have nothing to do with gifting
old. He says we grow old cause we cut back on exercisa, Ife
says the more years we got behind us the more exercise we
got to do to stay ahead of the game. We can fight off thedrop
in our strength by increasing our exercise, so the harder the
work the younger we git. He says when we allow our bodies to
slow down old age sets in, which Bug takes to mean we-an
rust out but we can't wear out. The perfessor's climbing goal
this year is one more trip than last, which he figgers is
enough to keep the joints well oiled.
Ed Gonty said it made him tired to hear about somebody
walking up and down that 14.100 foot mountain 620 times
since 1919. Ed said he alius has heard that it's better to wear
out than rust out, but he allowed he ain't never heard of
nobody resting to death either.
Ed said it looked to him like a body can git adjusted to
taking it easy the same as it can to climbing mountains, and
with heap less effort. After 60 or so, went on Ed, a feller may
still huve a lot on the ball, but it's harder to git the ball
rolling.
General speaking, the fellers was agreed with Ed. Josh
Clodhopper, that don't have much to say at the sessions,
allowed that if men like Chow of China and Chang of Formosa
find the perfessor's mountain of youth, we'll have to redraw
the political world. They ain't seen in public much now, and
both admit their age wears heavy on em. ,
Personal, Mister Editor, I don't fuller the perfessor's
thinking, but I understand the feller that said if he had known
he was going to live this long he'd took better care of hisself.
Yours truly,
MAYOR ROY.
Friday
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NEW YORK Five of the top executives of the Nation
Council of Churches (NCC) were summoned, one by one, to
the office of NCC General Secretary Claire Randalm)
Friday morning, June 14.
The Rev. Messrs. David Hunter, Leroy Briniger, Allan
Ranck and Donald Landwer, plus public relations director
Fletcher Coates, have devoted more than a century of
dedicated service to NCC.' But they were all fired by Miss
Randall, a red hot womens' libber who is the first female
ever to hold the NCC's top post.
The Washington Post (hardly a right-wing newspaper,,
noted in its lead paragraph reporting this mawie .
termination that Miss Randall had sacked leaders who are:
"All of them male, all of them white and all of them over
60."
What The Post overlooked is the fact that on that very,,
same bloody Friday, in another part of the giant Interchurch, ;
Center on Riverside Drive, yet another white, male, top
NCC was being sacked. ,. ,
James McCracken, one of the world's most knowledgeable j
and competent authorities on feeding and clothing the
hungry, was fired as director of the renowned Church World'
Service. He was fired despite the catastrophic famine now
raging throughout most of Central Africa. '
But while an NCC press release saluted McCracken's .
competence and integrity, he was still sacked, by the sa,me,T
man who paid tribute to him, the Rev. Eugene Stockwell,
head of the NCC overseas department.
Stockwell, a Methodist, is the only white man at the top
level who has managed to survive Miss Randall's Friday
Morning Massacre. This is understandable since he contends
that Church World Service (a $25 million operation) should
not be content to feed and clothe the hungry, but should
devote itself to "support for systemic change" as well.
(Stockwell is an alumnus of Chicago's notorious Ecumenical
Institute, whose leader, Methodist minister Joseph
Matthews, has said:
"Let any church send us 30 laymen for a weekend and we
will send back 29 awakened revolutionaries.")
In his apparent adherence to revolutionary charity,
Stockwell is strongly supported by the new center of NCC
power, black militant Lucius Walker, a Baptist clergymen
who heads the NCC Division of Church and Society.
The Rev. Mr. Walker not only arranged the conference
which produced the notorious Black Manifesto, but he has
been a leading U.S. supplier of church money to African
terrorist groups.
The black militant takeover of NCC with a white women's
libber cleverly utiliszed as hatchet lady-is a rather ugly
specimen of manipulation by terror.
Shortly after it was learned that Miss Randall had betm
mugged in her Manhattan apartment last winter, a gang of
Harlem thugs proceeded to occupy the entire eighth floor of
the Interchurch Center and rifled Miss Randall's files
Rather than calling the police to remove these hoodlums
(who NCC President Sterling Cary noted were risking the
lives of everyone in the building by violating the, lire
ordinances), Miss Randall "negotiated" with them. ;
Miss Randall has since been accompanied by a bodyguard.
For security's sake, she also conceals her hotel room number
while attending conventions.
She may have momentarily managed to placate the black
militants by her massive axing of white executives. But this
could constitute the beginning of the end for the already
financially plagued NCC.
For the six fired executives would appear to have a solid
case if they were to choose to appeal to the New York State
Division of Human Rights, since the state's anti
discrimination law applies not only to all races, but to sex
and age as well. (The only black executive removed by J4iss
Randall was the Rev. Maynard Catchings, a communications
officer with no media experience whatsoever, who was
immediately rehired as a "minority communications"
officer.)
Moreover, the primary source of NCC income is the local
churches all over the nation the vast majority of which are ,
pastured by white male clergy who are, or are approaching,
the same age as the six white male NCC executives whom
Miss Randall has just put out of work.