Heppner, Ore., Gazette-Times, Thursday, Dec. 12, 1974
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Our president has a lovely mouth.
An arrangement rather neat.
It's seldom filled with wisdom.
Hut it's often filled with feet.
Remember Pearl Harbor" was an admonishment I
thought Americans would always remember. Not many
people recall Dec. 7, 141. They forget easily. Not Dr. and
Mrs. Ed Schaffitz. Saturday, Dec. 7, they had the American
flap unfurled and blowing in the breeze all day as a symbol of
the treachery that cost so many American lives in World War
II " "
Clifford A. Williams of Lexington made a fine Santa
Clans when he made his Christmas debut here Saturday. The
l.V) kid who gathered to curry favor loved him. He took a
number of them on his knee. Many asked for some pretty
extravagant stuff, considering how tight things are this year.
After one seemingly outrageous request Cliff was heard to
mutter. "Forget it, kid!" I really didn't realize how tough
things really are until I asked Santa. "How's Rudolph?" With
a twinkle in his eye, and a little round tummy that shook
when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly, he replied.
"Delicious!" Then he leaped into his fire engine and sped
through town singing, "I'm Dreaming of a Fright
Christmas."
You will be hearing a lot about Liz Carmichael. 16055
Ventura Blvd., Encino. California. For the past 19 years she
has worked as a mechanical engineer in the automotive
industry. During the past two years she has developed a
revolutionary new car. the Dale: has raised $30 million to
market it; has lioo dealers for the car in the U. S.; and will
begin marketing them in June of 1975. Those of you who read
the National Observer story on Nov. 2 probably already know
about Liz and the car that may drive Detroit to the wall, so
our California spy, Tom Velasquez, tells us.
A television commercial for the Dale shows a couple
sitting in the new car. which is then run over by an Army
tank You know what would happen to the conventional
automobile if run over by a tank. The Dale simply drove
away w ith the driver and passenger uninjured. It can be run
into a wall at 30 miles an hour, damaging only the bumper,
replaced for $10 Hit the wall at 50 miles an hour and you ruin
the body, replaced for $400. The Dale is made of plastic which
is 75 per cent lighter than steel and nine times as strong. Two
men on an assembly line make the body in six minutes; in
Detroit it takes 20 men an hour to produce a car body. It
cannot be burned. Soaked in gasoline and set afire, all that
was needed was a replaced body: $400.
The Dale has three wheels : two in front for steering, one
in the rear to push it. There is no conventional wiring; it has
printed circuits. The engine requires no smog device, and it
hits 85 mik'S an hour w ith a 40-horsepower engine that affords
7(i miles to a gallon of gas. It sells for $1969 for the
two-passenger job. The Revele, a five-passenger sedan, and
Jhe Yanagon, and eight-passenger station wagon, go for
wttiio. Insurance companies have already announced a 50 per
cent cut in rates for the Dale over the conventional car.
The car is aerodynamically designed to prevent it from
flying off the road. tor it weighs only 1000 pounds. High winds
i or crossw inds merely push the car closer to the surface of the
' road. At 55 miles per hour the car can make a 90-degree angle
without sliding. The one wheel in the rear eliminates the need
for a differentia which costs $40" nd weighs 400 pounds. If it
can't be crushed, burned or blown off the road, the safety
factor is apparent.
It's heartening to note that when American ingenuity is
permitted to work freely, and when "American capitalists"
will put up $:i0 million to take on the powerful American,
Eritish. Italian. Japanese and German auto industries, this
country has a log going for it. If the Dale performs as
, promised, it will go a long way toward continued American
dominance in low -cost transportation for the masses, toward
solution of the energy and pollution problems. This is private
enterprise at its best, so let the battle begin!
At las; there is something one can do with a newspaper
her than start a fire in the fireplace, line a birdcage or wrap
hn; tamales. Now, if you don't like what you read in your
newspaper, you can eat it for breakfast, reports the
Commercial and Financial Chronicle. The Army has come
up with a way of turning a super slime that comes from a
fungus resulting from cellulose waste matter from the likes
of newspaper, cartons and manure into almost instant food
and fuel. This comes as nothing new to those of us who ate
Army chow in World War II, and who were convinced at that
!ime that the Army had developed such a formula that
passed for powdered eggs and C rations ! The Army's Natick,
Mass.. laboratory is credited with this breakthrough in the
uses of new sprint . It is, of course, an excellent way to digest
t lie news of the world. Outside of the stuff being as
unpalatable as the news the paper reports, the only
draw back I see is that, if it is true that a man acts the way he
ea!s. there aregoing to be some real stinkers around if we're
reduced to the new newsprint diet!
We have had some news here recently about how our
members of Congress have voted themselves handsome
salaries and allowances, supplemented by speaking fees and
retirement incomes for life. State legislators have noted this
lucrative practice and are enjoying some of it for
themselves. The California Taxpayers Association has found
that the legislature in that state has voted its members
lifetime income from the state, regardless of whether they
are near retirement age or not. The report pointed out that
some ex-legislators in their 30s who lost their bids for
reelection will, under the present law, receive as much as a
million dollars from taxpayers by the time they reach
00 more if they live longer. Oregon citizens have not yet
succumbed to the rationale that ex-legislators ought to be
supported at public expense for life, but they will have to be
constantly vigilant to see that it does not happen.
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Council limits truck parking
"Any truck 20 feet or less in
overall length that can legally
park at a parking meter, will
lx allowed to load and unload
freight on Main or May
Streets, and any truck' over
this length will be prohibited
from parking on these streets
for the disposition of freight,''
said Chief of Police Dean
Oregon's Wasco County is
merely a shadow of its former
self. There was a time when
its boundaries extended from
the summit of the Cascades to
the summit of the Rockies. An
area of roughly 130,000 square
miles, the county was larger
than any present day state
except Texas, Alaska and
California.
Wasco County was created
Jan. tl. 1854. by the Oregon
territorial government. This
colossal empire included all of
Oregon lying east of the
Cascades, most of Idaho and
sections of Montana and
Wyoming, including Yellow
stone Park.
The Dalles, the end of the
Oregon Trail, became the
county seat and the first
courthouse in the Northwest
was built there in 1859.
Residents of Wasco County
who lived near Lakeview had
at least two weeks of travel
time to reach the county seat.
In summers they had to
contend with desert heat, dust
and hostile Indians. No one
was fool enough to attempt a
crossing in winter and taxes
waited until spring.
Even though The Dalles was
the end of the Oregon Trail,
few immigrants stayed east of
the mountains. Estimates of
Wasco County in the early
davs numbered fewer than
fifty.
On Aug. 7, 1856, General
John E. Wool, commander of
the Pacific United States
Army, issued an order to
Colonel George Wright at The
Dalles which forbade' immi
grants to locate east of the
Cascades. "The Cascades,"
his orders read, "are a most
the SOVEREIGN STATE
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Oilman at a special meeting of
the Heppner Common Council
Tuesday night.
Oilman was backed in his
statement by the council after
some discussion on hazards of
the present parking situation.
Oilman suggested to the
council that a study be made
for truck parking at the
Oregon Country
Oregon's weekly column"
Rick Steber
Kristi Ottoman
valuable wall of separation
between the two races," white
and Indian.
Even though this famous
order was revoked by General
Harney in 1858 the settlers
continued to fear the red man
and not without good reason.
According to government re
ports, 1.04O whites were killed
by raiding Indians during a
20-year period in Eastern
Oregon.
When Oregon became a
state Feb. 14. 1859, Wasco
County began to shrink. The
state's present border with
Idaho, on the Snake River,
became Wasco's eastern
boundary.
Gold was discovered in
Eastern Oregon in the '60s and
the Indians were driven from
their lands. Miners and
settlers took over and towns
sprang up on the desert like
plants after a warm rain. In
1864. with the need for smaller
local governments, the Ore
gon legislature bisected
Wasco County. Klamath,
Lake, Harney and Grant
counties replaced the severed
southern half.
Over the years other legis
latures whittled away at what
remained of Wasco County.
Sherman, Wheeler and Hood
River counties were formed.
The final division, Jefferson
County, was created Dec. 12,
1914.
Today all that remains of
that giant county is 2,392
square miles. Once an empire
60 times larger, Wasco County
still holds the distinction of
being the largest county ever
created in United States
history.
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intersection of Main and
Willow Streets and at May and
South Main Streets making
reference to truck parking for
Murray Drug and Case Furni
ture Co.
Gene Orwick, Pendleton
Freight Lines, asked - the
council for a survey to
determine the truck length
required to parallel park his
truck at these two locations.
He asked permission from the
council and Chief Oilman to
help him conduct a survey to
determine the length needed
for his truck. Would he be able
to angle park his truck at
these locations; and would the
council designate these loca
tions as truck loading zones
only. He asked permission to
parallel park on the east side
of South Main to unload
freight for Case Furniture Co.
Oilman and Orwick will
conduct the survey and as
soon as an agreement is
reached as to the required
length of parking space neces
sary, the curb will be painted
and signs erected designating
the area as truck loading
zones only. All other parking
will be prohibited between the
hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
In other business:
The council approved a
building permit for the re
modeling and repair work for
William J. Kenny, 265 W.
Baltimore St., who plans to
have contractor Maurie
Groves complete two rooms in
the attic, add additional cab
"So Let's Jack Up The Prices Until They Quit
Buying Then Ask For A Government Subsidy."
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has shown that the child's
injuries were the result of
abuse or if the cause remains
unknown. Each registry shall
contain information from re
ports catalogued both as to the
name of the child and the
name of the family. If an
abused child moves to another
city or county in this state, the
Children's Services Division
may forward to the looal law
enforcement agency in the
new city or county a copy of
any report on file with the
Division pertaining to the
child."
Paula Reck, Ontario, is the
Eastern Oregon representa
tive on this task force.
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"I've been in business for 30
years. Never have I called on
the police to eject a disorderly
dog. never had a dog set fire to ,
a bed with a cigarette. I have
never found a hotel towel or
blanket in a dog's suitcase.
Sure the dog is welcome. If
your dog will vouch for you,
YOU may register." Sign in
a hotel.
"Stones and sticks are
thrown only at fruit-bearing
trees." Saadi, ancient Per
sian poet.
inets in the kitchen and add an
additional bathroom facilities
at an estimated cost of $2,500.
The council also approved a
90-day temporary variance
IKTmit for Dean Teal, for the
use of a mobile home on his
property.
The council tabled a permit
for James and Jewel llager,
240 S Chase St., for repairs to
one of their apartments that
had been damaged by fire,
when it was found that the fees
had not lieen paid for their
permit as yet, and the
contractor had started work
on the repair work two weeks
prior to filing for a permit. .
The council moved to notify
llager of the existing condi
tions and allow them to
continue work when the con
tractor signs the necessary
p;iH'rs.
Mayor Sweeney read a
letter from Steve Anderson,
city engineer, to the contrac
tor of Valley View Estates,
informing him that the pre
sent water line is resting on
wooden blocks, and unless
they are removed and bedding
material placed under the
pipe and compacted prior to
any paving, the City of
Heppner will not accept any
responsibility for a one-year
period.
Sweeney also stated there
had been an electrical prob
lem at Well 3, but the problem
had been corrected and the
city was now using water from
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BOYD and WOOD
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
There's no end to the strange turns we take in this country,
and by the time the fellers at the country store pool their
ignorance about these matters in the public interest you've
really got to do some sorting out to know how to put on your
hat when you leave.
What got Zeke Grubb started Saturday night was what's
happening to Army chow.
Zeke told the fellers that when he spent his stateside time in
(his man's Army, chow was chow and no doubt about it. You
eat it or you went without, and going without was the best
way to learn to eat it, was Zeke's words.
Actual, he declared, the coffee was good, and considering
the amount the cooks had to cook, the conditions they had to
cook under and helped with 50 years of memories that grow
fonder as they grow dimmer, the food filled the bill.
Zeke recalled the saying about a Army traveling on its
stomach, and he said when you forgot to dip your mess gear
in all I hem cleaning tanks you was likely to be traveling
faster and more often than you planned on. But that, said
Zeke was another story.
What got Zeke worked up was a piece he saw where the
Army chow lines may be a thing of the past. It seems GI's are
getting paid so good today they ruther eat down at the PX, or
sneak off post to a pizza parlor. -
The piece said chow halls are fixing so much food that ain't
being eat til the Pentagon is thinking of raising the GI's pay
more and let him take caje of his own meals. We have come a
long way down some kind of road, said Zeke, when the Army
that travels on its stomach leaves a trail of chicken boxes,
hamburger wrappers and soda pop cans.
Bill Weatherford was agreed with Zeke that the Pentagon
ought to bear in mind what we got a Army for. We better keep
training cooks and keeping our troops suppplied with field
kitchens. Bill said, cause it's a long way from some of the
wars we've been fighting to the nearest golden arches. As fer
hisself, Bill declared, a cold pizza in a foxhole umpteem
thousand miles from home wouldn't do nothing fer his
fighting spirit.
Actual, broke in Ed Gonty, the White House is making up
fer whatever the Pentagon is losing. Ed had saw where the
Navy has 40 cooks working in the White House to cook fer
high ranking members of the staff, and the meals are fixed
from-food bought at less than cost from the Defense
Department.
What this means, Ed said, is that the defense budget is
paying fer meals that White House civilians pay half price
fer, while the Army is paying the soldiers cxtry to eat with
the civilians at the regular inflated prices, and the green
grass grows round and round.
Meanwhile, back al the super market, went on Ed, he had
saw where the average American pays $(500 a year fer food,
and WOO of it goes fer processing, packing, transportation
and marketing, so we better to learn to eat them chicken
boxes and hamburger wrapers.
Yours truly,
MAYOR ROY.
WASHINGTON All but the archconservatives among the
nation's 48 million Catholics have cause to rejoice in the
results of the November meeting of the U. S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops here.
For as the new president of the Bishops' Conference and of
the national headquarters (U.S. Catholic Conference), the
Bishops, by overwhelming majority, elected Cincinnati's
liberal Archbishop Joseph Bernardin.
Election of this thoroughly congenial and consideraly able
young prelate by almost twice the vote he got in the last
election (when he lost to Philadelphia's strongly
conservative John Cardinal KroD produced an immediate
and electrifying effect.
The Bishops, at long last, voted to go on record against
capital punishment. The debate ort this controversial issue
lingered on (somewhat painfully) for parts of three days, due
primarily to what might be termed "Krol's last stand," a
masterful display of parliamentary maneuvering. When at
one point dozens of the Bishops called (shouted) for the
question, the tall, smiling Polish prelate tit the podium,
instead of recognizing this undebatable motion, cooed into
the microphone:
"Did you have your hand up, Cardinal Carberry?"
Krol's fellow conservative, the Archbishop of St. Louis,
cited a number of horrible murders and a reported increase
in homicide since the nation's last execution in 1967. Bishop
Christopher Weldon of Springfield, Mass., while announcing
himself as being opposed to the death penalty, reminded the
Bishops that the condemned prisoner: "has an advantage
over other persons because he knows the time of his death."
But Charleston, South Carolina's Bishop Ernest Unter
koefler, a former Virginia prison chaplain, described the
experience of "having to watch men fried to death in the
electric chair."
Seattle's Archbishop Thomas Connolly then announced:
"The Supereme Court has spoken. That should be enough."
This evoked gasps from the gallery, especially from the
conservative Catholic press, which has been charging the
High Court with sanctioning murder for nearly two years.
But there was a subsequent development which, along with
the results of recent elections, may means that the Bishops
have called off their verbal war on the Supreme Court. For in
the November election, defenders of the court's decision,
such as California Congressman Don Edwards, Missouri's ,
James Symington and Indiana's Sen. Birch Bayh won
reelection, despite strong anti-abortion pressure. But
anti-abortion Congressmen such as Harold Froehlich
(R-Wisc), Lawrence Hogan (R-Md.) and Angelo Roncallo
(R-N.Y.) are all lame ducks.
The Bishops, during the only executive (secret) session of
their six-day meeting, voted with the rumored objection of
40 per cent of their number to send a letter to Congress
asking that Nejson Rockefeller be interrogated "to ascertain
that he will not use the office of the Vice-President to promote
a personal viewpoint on permissive abortion."
Why "permissive abortion" rather than simply
abortion"?
"I asked that same question," replied Cardinal Krol,
during a press briefing, "And. we were told that Gov.
Rockefeller had supported abortion even beyond that which
is allowed under the Supreme Court's decision. As an official, .,
he has to adhere to the law of the land, although we think that
is a very bad law."
This important distinction between what Cardinal Krol
defines as "permissive abortion" and "the law of the land"
may explain why the Bishops have declined to endorse any of
the anti-abortion constitutional amendments proposed in
Congress. ,
It may also be the reason why they have not disciplined
national headquarters staffer Monsignor George Higgins
who told a meeting of the Catholic Press:
"The Church gets nowhere by calling pro-abortionists
murderers."
Catholic cause
for rejoicing
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