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Ore., Gazette-Times, Thursday, Nov. 28, 1974 Heppner, quoteunquote 'Page 2 Mayor of : Hard man Horse sense By ERNEST V. JOINER i I I seems te be this column's regular duty to abate rumors sha something dire is always about to happen at Kinzua Corpora 'ior. No. the Kinzaa Corporation isr.'! going to curtail production; it is working around the clock to increase product ton. and a third shift ss planned at the trail No. the cor-pora'son is no? bankrupt. No. Kinzua isn't besr.g sold to Lousiara-Pacifie. or to aryborfy else Yes. Howard Carrels, plant manager, is leaving the company as of the first of the year. No. its togging operations arent stopping. The big concern of the company is to seek out and obtain even more timber rands... Allen Nsstad, bead of the corporation, told the Gazene-Times Monday that hss home xn Heppner. now under cortsTucitor.. will be ready for occuparvcy about March 1. at which time he will move with his family to Heppner. A3 these thirds are hardly ir. keeping with the actions of a company that ts broke and abandoning ship. Meanwhile, it would lessen our load here if the people responsible for 'irresponsible rumor would just knock it off. at least for the hoiniay sear Oregon State Police Officer Vic Groshens ts a good law-mar.. We all depend upon him and his fellow officers for our safe-y and even our lives. Not long ago two Henniston men. William G. Wafchi and Jeffry L. Karnowski, were arres'ed and charged with -recklessly endangering another person ir. an incident in which the two men threatened and a"emp-ed to disarm Groshens in the performance of his diry. Walchi faced an additional charge of resis-ir.g arrest. Plea bargaining be ween the district attorney and the men's a-'fimey resulted in dropping the charge of resisting arrest, then both pled guilty to endangering the life of another person, i.e.. Groshens. In justice court they were fined $305 each and given So-day suspended sentences on this Class A misdemeanor which carries a maximum fine of $1,000 and or year in jail. Offering violence to a police officer was wor-h only tyr5 each and suspended sen'ences. They're lucky If ins'ead of offering violence to Groshens they had offered violence to a cow they could have been fined $803 each a"d sentenced to 5 days ir jail" Yasir Arafa. chairm; f the Palestine Liberation Organization of in'eraa'ional murderers and criminals, was honored a few days ago when he addressed the Un-L'nited Na'ions. He told the cheering delegates that he brought with htm a gun and an olive branch If he didn't get what he waived, the western world would get the gun. But if we capru'.a'ed to Arab demands, we earned the oi:ve branch. That's the same "peace" proposal extended the world by Adolph Hrier. Gher.gis Khan and other barbarians of the pas?. What he demanded is the deam of Israei and that the United Stages assist him m destroying that nation. How low she Unred Nations, dedicated to international peace, has sur.k wher. it will lend a platform to a swashbuckling bully to nrually declare war against the western world by .Arab nations. Here he was on the UN d;as. a loaded revolver jammed into his belt, offering blackmail to the world and being cheered by the mongrel and motley representatives of 80 mongrel and motley countries. What person other than Yasir Arafat would be perroifed to address the UN without firs' been disarmed? To compound the villiany. the US. assembled the most costly guard protection ever given jary individual in this nation's history to insure the safety 0f this arrogant terrorist. The US., just by sitting and listening 10 Arafa?, dignified his presence there when our delegation should have walked out and refused to participate m the debacle, as did the Israeli delegates. Thus have we honored dishonor and dignified the blackmail offered by Arab sypponers of the PLO. It was this same cabal of so-called na'ions that on Sept. 30 voted 98 to 23 to kick the South African delegation out of the United Nations. Tell me. How does it feel, as an American, to have our relations with South Africa determined by Togo. Maldtve. Uganda. Burundi, Mauritius. Tofaabo. Guyana. Chad. Albania and other nonentities' These same delegates can and will determine our policy in other matters, some domestic, in the years ahead If you can even recognize five of 'he above-mentioned nations, all of whom have an equal we at the UN. you are far above the average person m awareness of geography and politics. How does it feel to have nations you never heard of shaping the policies the United S'a-es must pursue' Think on it. and on this Thanksgiving Day be grateful that things aren't as bad as they're going to be For example, next year the UN cabal may vote to ship all American wheat to South Africa at our own expense, as we have just done for Russia. If this happens, your next Thanksgiving bird if any could be stuffed with sawdust. One thing I can chortle about during this period of zooming sugar prices is that I don't like the stuff, and never did While I seldom eat sugar. I am sympathetic to the industry because I have a nephew who is a taiigunner on a C&H sugar truck and he needs the job. There's something wrong w'ih our economy w hen if takes six pounds of money to buy five pounds of sugar. Another thing. I see where the price of soft drinks has doubled because they contain this expensive sugar. Right next to them on the grocer's shelf are packs of dietetic soft drinks that have doubled in price because they have no sugar at all ! Then you see where a can of fruit packed in heavy syrup, which means a lot of sugar, cos's much more than it did last year, but a can of dietetic canned fruit, which has no sugar at all. is about 20 cents a can higher. 0 Every time 1 mention the high cost of beef I'm told that it costs a lot more for the rancher to feed the animals this year than last. That I can understand and accept. But when I asked she grocer how come a can of cove oysters costs twice as much now as it did a year ago. and lie tells me it's because it cos's more to feed the oysters this year, it's going too far! Morrow County teachers and the school board are holding discussions on salary agreements for next year, which involves higher pay and extended fringe and retirement benefits for teachers. Since whatever agreement is reached in these negotiations will affect all the people who fool the bill for any additional costs. I believe both sides should be able to communicate freely with the taxpayers. However. I am informed that neither side is to issue a public statement on these negotiations without the express consent of she other. Under such a policy it is doubtful that Morrow Counry citizens, other than those involved in the negotiations, will ever learn the entire truth about what is going on. I think this policy augurs ill for a free Cow of information. Traditionally, the school board has been free to state its case without teacher approval, and teachers have been free to publicly stale their case without having it rubber-stamped by the board. In that manner both air their cases and the public forms an opinion. Under the present procedure of not informing the public except where both sides agree to do so is. 1 believe, not in the interests of the public and hinders the flow of information which the people need to know and understand their institutions. Interfering with the flow of information lo the people can only result in increased lack of appreciation for both teachers and administration. ml i kJ 1 J? f m ( KjfjM );; "TV criminal statutes in the SO states, in all ca'egones of offenses, are far from ur form and far from equally arrved A recent survey of iitcs sr. New Ere land, who were presented with a list of hypothetical cases. revikd an amazingly wide disparity in the sentences they would had ou for the same offenses Everywhere, plea bar gaining, the latitude allowed janes, the skill of attorneys ar-'d the idkisyncracws of judges, as well as differing laws, insure that the pur.ish mert given one defendant in i court or in one stare may he e-'nrety different from 'hat even another defendant in aHber court or another stare, eve though both are charged wh ?e same offense." CoJ at; -'.;' Dor Oakley in the East ir- Nov . Ifi. 1974 "If danger to American in-i'.-'U'sitr.s ever reach us. it -usr spring up amor.gsi us. It caw come from abroad. If devrufwe be our to, we must eurseh-e be is au'hor and finisher " Abraham Lincoln "Arways do right . This will t-a'-fy sortie people and a-"'ri?.,i re rest." Mark J a-sn The mail pouch EDITOR: Your "Horse Sense" thoughts on the Congressmen wno qu'e'ly raised "hetr annual income is both timely ar.-d tiMHiah -provoking wner. trie facs are known. These put ;-: servants are SA-ne'imes arv-hmg but public servants, ar.d Mr jur;p in salary is one example This $C to S3 4f ra;se ceratniv seems to be a good example of hr.ing T-e-r nn ncke's while feecinc the taxpayers' packets it enc'turaeing so know thai at least rwo Kepreseritat:; from loaa are crfica! of 'he attempt . The sO.ik or so some are maKir.2 OU' swak'itfi er.&aemer.t$ a:ao o.esr. t i service imaee Wlitie 'he vtfer turn-out record of some citizens is low r seems our Seiui'ors and Representatives would at least se a bet'er example to follow There is absolutely no excuse for ttie voting records of some Congressmen on mary smpo-j':-bills Peniaps 50 per cent would be a cor.serva'sve figure -; remove from office should their vo'er a"endance records wt be c.a-'Eed m a hurry Some have definitely passed the p.-;i rf w return as useful public servants Ti tru'lifulness about these servants of the pe.pie -was clearly bnur.t out over 15 years ago ' I9-5fi ir. a Signet b'k called "Washir.g'on LowdowTi." by Lars' on D. Farrar. a correspo-ident on Capitol Kill forabou' 13 years a the time of pub'uca'ior.. This book certainly lifts the lid off the nation's Capi'o! for all to see. Mr. Farrar's lively report exp-.i the fraudulent misuses of taxpayers money, It also g-ves a survey of the background of the big-wgs and the de'ails of huaiied-up b'g deals that made miHion-dolIar fvrt ur.es fur a few powerful officials. If American ci'izens were as well inforrr.ed in poiries as tliev are in the spors field, then a large num. her of our Setia-ors and Representatives would have to shape up or ship A I'r'le known fact w orth knowing and not forgot 'en by ail is viur informat ive statement that if a Cor.gressmen spends as much as three terms in office and is subsequently defeated, he can s-;H retire a' a handsome salary for the rest of his hfe. Thank you for the enlightening thoughts in your column on self -raised salaries for Congressmen CARL M . M ARQUARDT. Lexington. EDITOR: The following w as addressed to Ms Harne't and Weatherford of the museum and library i I want so thank you for the very pleasant welcome you gave myself and my family during our short visit io your library and museum. I had a very satisfying time looking through the museum and the information you have gathered about ;he Heppner family . and especially your town founder. Henry Heppner. Although, the Navy and the requirements of graduate school have not allowed me to continue my geneological research at this time. I do intend to pursue my family genealogy along Heppner lines as soon as possible I will forward to you anything I find that may relate to Henry Heppner. I received a copy of your town newspaper and have sent copies of Sine articles back home to the family in Ohio Please thank the editor of your newspaper for me. Again, thank you very much. I hope you will continue the interest in your founder. We members of the Heppner family are delighted to have a city named after one of us I hope Heppner. Oregon will always be as nice as it w as '.he day we visited. Thank you. JOHN E FITZHL'GH II Suisan. Ca. EDITOR j, rpc-,..v .-, j..ur ara-ie and ed."or;al pertaining to the i-res' ai c i-vic. -f Mr. Sr.pe for shooting Steve p . -;)-..- v ie..Vr. ir. ..re view of a recent past conviction in v s-a-e. ' :t tr-e t'eehr of the Morrow County Livestock Gr;ers 4s.; : a 'r.t th person received a light -r. Twt r.s-r. satchered a cc teksigaf to George F.'-iw-!'. 'i!!r. i '-:.''- Trey -re arres'ed in March. fr-. a--d ser-'e'.ced to four years m the state c'.r-ec-'-'tii! sr..--' the MalMeur County Court. V. w-.;d '.kc ;s; -;- -'i-t "r.j ihe "Veg-m Cattierrjen's Aswii-Hc a.-c M-CLGA piy a reward for informauon Vad;ng n. ts.r arrest and convsctios of a person or persons -fahr (-"fri n.err.t.rs' livestock The MCLC board of directors rave v .-ed t pav a rew ari for the infonraton that ', tfe- arrest a? d cur. idr. i4 Mr. Stipe. The OCA board ist d;rectr have acreed v, pay rewards as a result of the (.;.'i ;f-ri ;n "t- Miirear and M'-rrcw Ctmty cases and n . o-her case v fief tr corvic'ed persons haven't been M'-"i:'-t'd yet Ii. tne r-iist i; tw, atppotr.ting to Efvestwk interests ! ad ir, ar-es'5 &iid c" vt'i.i- of t:ve'k ing and ., -r si.t. r-i.-i. i-.aij - ui:y ; at "y a slap on the av '-: i-a' ie w .'h o'ner segments of the i-. ser-'ei-fe." fur cnmii.a! acs agamst ike ut In r, from "tie ra.-Mng f lives'it-k A"'.-ai' .i lS' ii'-f . -v . we d- a-d teef -te' ;'i,'t"s should he v em eh to diiciKira2e -,t tn'.pra:K tools of our y: KK 'V. O l'NT UYEi?TiCK GROWERS ASS'iCIATION. EXDIE BROSNAN. Presidetft. ED NtiTE I agree ."."' point ts not s much that Mr. pu;::';r'er.' was ' s" ere, but t,a tlMse who t.i: enmev of -qu.! cravity too of en receive lighter v i-,e-. t,ar, t'.ese meted u' io ca"ie thieves and cattle k,:"'- El'lTOR- I air calling a"e;i'r, about your write up about the man 'vat smit a cr Aisr at;ytne that wdl sh,wt a cow or other pru a-eK owiii-d ar-irsiaS sh'u!d be puiiistsed If they can't tell a fr'i'-i a der tr elk ttiev shouldn't be hunting. There has tar t' ma-iv cate and tKirses kiiM-d in our tieids to 'mk i' sttouid just tie patssed by. Also too many sH.-al!ed utrers stum? a' a mwmg bush. If y ou can't see the object As f-ir k til:! a cow or deer there is certainly no -impartsor..bu! all are breaking the law. which we should be aught so uuhoid raT.'-r than encourage to lie and cheat. As fr Sam McM.lian's letter I dubt that more men were killed in Heppner than most other towns. We just hear and remember in a small town where we know most of the people. A' for the ca.-e concerning the cow. it may have been a S.fie rough. What would you do had it been your office or press ruined, just par :;ni on the back and let it go at that I'll be' a penny it would have been a different story and you wouk! have did your cussing and howling plenty loud, PS. maybe you w ill print this. I know some go to the w aste basket and not printed if it don't suit you. Also I hope the paper will improve with time. MARTHA VAN SCHOIACK. Heppner. b-e? d X X x- X :;: x x THE GAZETTE-TIMES MORROW COl'N'TY'S NEW SPARER Box 337, Heppner. Ore. 97836 Subscription rate: $6 per year in Oregon. $7 elsewhere Ernest V. Joiner, Publisher Published every Thursday and entered as a second-class matter at the post office a? Heppner, Oregon, under the act of March 3. 1879 Second-class postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. -X -X X X X X X X X X X X X M X f r1 . ! tv1-'- u o u, ,v -l'i , ..-- ftSXr-r "1 Have Been Authorized To Offer You A Position As A National Tradition!" DEAR MISTER EDITOR: Well ! hope you ain't got a turkey shortage at your house. The w av ihir.es has been running, we're short of whatever we need at this time Now that we can buy as much gasoline as we can afford, we re having to pay highway robbery pnees fer antifreeze, if we can find it. It use to be (hat the Guv em mem would buy up everything to keep the price up, now it looks hke we're doing the same thing without Guvemment assistance. Tbev sav Thanksgiving is a truly American holiday, and I reckon that's right. It's a time we think back to gating this country started and how we are bu.lt on freedom of individual choice. This is all good, and we all have got a heap to be thankful for. But in the shape the economy is in right now ain't eiactlv what we have in mind fer Thanksgiving The fellers took up the general state of the country during the session at the country store Saturday night, and being the week afore Thanksgiving, they were looking fer silver linings m the clouds Fer instant. Bill Weatherford said President Ford's WIN plan reminds him of the blanket trick of cutting off one end and sewing it on the other end to make the blanket kmper But when vou got one party in the White House dealing with the other party in Congress. Bill said, it's like the feller that saddled his horse backwards. Folks poked fun at him when he was in saddle looking north on a southbound horse He got mad and said the saddle wasn't on wrong, and anvhow how did thev know which way he wanted to go. Ed Gontv said he had heard that the only way to put a stop to 'his country's spending was to gag and hogtie Uncle Sam. W e don't want to do that. Ed allowed, but we had ought to try and sober him up. cause he keeps spending money like a drunk sailor Ed said it looks lo him like the questions in economics stay the same in this country, but the answers charge with ever Administration. Through it all, he said, the federal buditet keeps growing. It twk us 1R5 years to reach a budget of $ioo billion, nine more to double that and only four more to add arK'-her $100 billion. Ed said, and he allowed that he can't see how taxing more and borrowing more so we can s-xTid more will help the situation General speaking, allowed Zeke Grubb. they ain't much wav to figger this wonderful country of ours. He had saw where vou got to be in prttry good shape afore you start fikirg exercises, and he said they may be what we need, to Eft m shape to git in shape. But we keep working on our problems. Zeke said He reported where he had saw the new policy ai the University f Deleware says students can't drink by then-selves, but thev cart m bunches of 10 or more, which proves that metv m this country still believes there is strength, or s.mepun. in unity Yours trulv, MAYOR ROY. i v A church head elected to Congress l-j liy LESTER KIS(LVIN(. Ever smce il Presbyterian minister -soldier John W'.-'herspnoii sgiied the Declaration of Independence, Co- cress has been comprised of some clergy members. Bu' now qui'e probably for the first time in American hf-'ory, the ranking officer of an entire denomination has own elected to (he House of Representatives. J oseph Fisher, who won election in Northern Virginia's W' h D's'r.ct. is Moderator of the 450,000-member Uneanan-l'niversalist Association, whose 12tX) branches ex end across North America. Moderator Fisher accomplished what many political .herers described as the most stunning upset of the 1974 election He defeated the 11-term incumbent, Republican Joel T. Broy lull, dean of the stale's congressional delegation. Among a number of reasons for this upset is the fact that Congressman Broy hill took a position fur more typical of most ecclesias'ical leaders. He refused to discuss the issues k public with his opponent present , just as he had refused lo do so with his elexen previous opponents. Such refusal to allow voters the inimitable opportunity of comparing candidates during a face-to face discussion of the issues is no longer permitted in the United Presbyterian Church For five years ago. upon motion of a student delegate ("commissioner" from the University of Oregon, the Presbyterian General Assembly adopted a new procedure. All candidates for the post of Moderator are required to appear together on the platform to give brief statements of their positions and to answer questions from the floor. After one hour of seeing how each candidate deals with each question in turn, the General Assembly, having been provided with a sometimes devastating scrutiny of the candidates, can cast votes on the basis of being far better informed than by either autobiographical brochures or word of mou!h. At least erne heavy Presbyterian favorite has been upset by Hits careful examination an examination to which any aspiring leader should willingly submit.) Yet in the 3 million member Lutheran Church in America, the incumbent presidenl. the Rev. Dr. Robert Marshall, loftily refused an mv nation to discuss the issues prior to his reelection las! summer. He was invited to do so by the first man in history of the denomination who has ever dared to campaign openly for the presidency , the Rev. Wallace Fisher of Lancaster, Pa. Paster Fisher faced an uphill fight-during which one of his fellow pastors warned: "They'll crucify you!" For Presidenl Marshall had completed one four year term-with two immediate presidential predecessors whose (enures amounted to 24 and 26 years respectively. When candidate Fisher asked for an opportunity to address the pre-convention Synod meetings across the country, he received no invitations. (Candidate Dr. Marshall, as the denomination s incumbent president, needed no such means lo become known to the voters.) Pas'er Fisher's supporters then requested the list of convention delegates from denominational headquarters in Manhattan. But they were informed by the denomination's incumbent secretary, the Rev. George Harkens, that the Executive Council (over which incumbent candidate Marshall presides) had decided against providing any such voters list to any group. Yet (he fruit of this ecclesio-political high handedness was at leasi a momentary embarrassment to incumbent Marshall. For instead of the usual acclamation of election on Ihe first ballot, the incumbent president failed to attract a majority vote due to 168 votes for the rebellious Pastor Fisher. And while Marshall won eventually, the convention ordered a study of open election procedures.