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J F.KXKSTV. JOINER
A not-so-fearless press is receiving kudos from the public
for disclosure of Intima te devils in the lives of such public
figures as President John Kennedy and FBI Director J.
Edgar Hoover. It may appear to be good journalism. The
public may savor reading the salacious and sensational
stories. But I say it is muckraking of the worst sort and
deserves condemnation instead of praise. Obviously, the
press corps in Washington knew all the sordid details of the
lives of these 2 men during the time they were alive and able
to defend themselves. Why didn't the press print the evidence
then instead of now? The press kept its silence, either as an
accommodation to high-placed figures or because of a fear of
them. In either case the press exhibited timidity if not
cowardice by failing to inform the public at a time when such
exposure might have altered the course of history. The
belated flagellation of Kennedy and Hoover does little to
enhance the prestige and credibility of the press. Jumping on
people when they're dead and gone is nasty business. But it is
nothing new. Thomas Jefferson was shielded during his
lifetime from scandal, as were Presidents Harding. Wilson,
' Roosevelt. Kennedy and Johnson. One should not forget that
it was the press that conceived and created the sloo'book
Camelot and kept it glittering so tang as a means of gilding
the deeds of the Kennedy Clan. And it was the press that,
once Kennedy was gone, set about causing fabled Camelot to
fade into the mist, soiled and sullied, an illusion that never
should have existed in the first place. Columnist Jack
Anderson had the goods on FBI Director Hoover all these
years, yet withheld it until the old tiger wasn t around to fight
back The lives of our public officials should be open books. A
president has no private life, and he knows that when he
assumes the office. It is a price he pays for the power and toe
glory The trappings and emoluments that accrue to the
presidency. And it is the duty of the press, I believe, to tell the
whole truth about these high officials at the time that
information becomes available, and not wait until it s 'safe
to do so.
Something tells me that before this year is out I'm going
to be as fed up with the word "bicentennial" as I am with
'far out," "basically," and "you know" . . . Assemblyman
William Craven points out that during 1973 there were 1156
fatalities attributed to drunk drivers as compared to 675
deaths caused by handguns during the same year. So, by all
means, let usget rid of those handguns! . . Je Passion for
alphabetizing the names of organizations (EPA, CIO, UA,
FFA etc .adabsurdum) isn't likely to capture the interest of
the movement known as the Status of Women (SOW for
short) ... A recent story in the Toronto Star told how Third
World delegates to the United Nations sell their votes to oU
rich nations at the going price of from $6,000 to $8,000. They
get up to $30,000 per vote on a key issue. Thus is the business
of "the world" conducted at the Tower of Babel-on-the-Hud-son.
It ERNIE fERESA
The following is an excerpt from a letter written by Andrew
Heiskell (Chairman of the Board, Time Magazine) to
Kent Sd regarding the recent postal rate mcrease.
ReJentw; ySilSembers of your staff held a meeting at
theWhite House with magazine publishers in which you
Scate toat you will continue to oppose both additional
Serai appropriations to defray the increasing coats of
"servTceiJrovided by the U.S. PosService andfunds
for phasing increases in second class mail rates as
authorized by Congress in P.L. 93-328.
atTouarew,regyouMd your es have repeaty
described appropriations for public service by the Postal
SvTcTis Sidies" to the various users whetoer such
Srs happen to require these services or not You have also
comparedUie deficit problems of the postal service to the
deficit problems of the City of New York.
New York is yours. lit me demonstrate how apt the
comparison is. We all can recognize that a major e ement
SeNew York problem has been the unwillingness of political
Sanagement
with escalating demands of the municipal workers union
WhSto beSi the situation in the operations of the postal
service' Federal fiscal year 1971 was the last year under toe
preform postal system, the long existing system under
which postalrates and postal expenditures were set by
SgressFisal year 1972 was a period of transition. In fisca
SS the first year of full operation, the reform postal
Stem generated a deficit of $13 million. In the fiscal year
the deficit had swollen to $433 billion ; in fiscal year 1975,
which ended this summer, the deficit was $825 million and in
the current fiscal year which will end June 3 1976. toe
Postmaster General currently predicts the deficit will
exceed $1.4 billion dollars-including a 13 cent first class
letter rate. You are right Mr. President. Such anthmet.c is
quite comparable to the record in New York.
Salaries and benefits now account for 85 per cent of the
postal budget. The basic wage of postal workers nationwide
is presently $13,400 a year. To carry your analogy a little
further, the average basic wage of a New York Pieman
$14,700: New York firemen $14,700, New York teachers
$1Ona national basis the average policy salary is 11,800;
firemen $11,200; teachers $11,600. Consider also tha
assistant professors of four year colleges earn a national
average of $13,400. ,
With the pay hikes granted in this year's postal wage
settlement, the average pay of postal workers will probably
rise to $16 500 by 1978-an additional increase of more than 23
per cent over present levels. That will cost the Postal Service
an additional $2 billion in wages alone.
You are I believe aware that the continuation of this
course will vitally effect a major medium of the
communication of ideas in America the many diverse
magazines and smaller newspapers. But even if this were
acceptable to you-consider the comments of the present
Postmaster General. Mr. Bailar. who indeed is struggling
earnestly to cope with the impossible conditions thrust upon
him by law and by circumstances not entirely under his
Thelast thing we want is a constant round of postal
increases because we recognize that not only would this
EeHhe free flow of commerce and ideas through toe
mailsT but it would also reduce our volume and hence our
revenue thus compounding our financial problems.
M?volume decreTsed last year for the first time m years.
Parcel Dost is down. Electronic transfer of funds will
fncreasK affect Fir,. Class mail, and the volume
magazines and newspaper, will dwindle a, major magazines
"eluding those we publish and major "WP J
Wall Street Journal, flee the mails in the "'ban center,
where they now generate a favorable positive cash flow for
'"The prelenTcJse of action, suggested by toe White House
meeting with publisher, can have only one end: bankruptcy
of toe Postal Service-, bankruptcy that in toe process win
go a long way toward making the medium of print too
expensive for millions of Americans.
The Founding Father,' Intention was that the postal
svstem should encourage the free flow of information in our
nation !Va. their conviction that the postal system , was
necessary service of government and not a business, George
Wash.ngion slated in 1782 that a postal service was needed to
-bind these people to u, with a chain that can never be
broken " Hislory show, that our first President was nghr
For Nearly 200 years. Congres. and the American peoe
have recognized the democratic and educational value, of
maga ines nd newspapers. Today, magazine, and
spapm are Jeopardized by an ineffective and misguided
prll System
THE GAZETTE-TIMES
MORROW COl NTY S NEWSPAPER
Bo 33". Heppner. OR. t7M
fHibrrlp()oa rale: M per year ta
Oregoe. $ l here.
F.iwest V. Joiner. PablUher
Robert A.Mnofll. Editor
PablUke. etery Tkartday ana " '
?eg. .er the act of M.rch 1. 4 cU..
mUgr ytaUl at llepowf. Oregoa.
President Ford's state of the union message Monday
night followed the traditional pattern beloved by politicians.
The first part of his speech was a glorification of our
forefathers' courage, devotion and dedication to freedom. Of
course. I never tire of being reminded of our glorious past.
But experience has taught me that when a president or
eovernor does the honors it is only a build-up to picking the
taxpayers' pockets. After Mr. Ford had whipped up my
patriotic fervor to the point where I could have kicked the
Russian Army apart singlehandedly. he lowered the boom. A
drastic hike in social security taxes. He did soften the blow by
saying that it would only amount to about $1 a week for toe
average worker-conveniently skipping over the fact that an
additional $1 a week per worker would also be extracted from
toe worker's employer, thus understating his tax take by 100
per cent. He promised that farmers would no longer have to
sell their farms to pay inheritance taxes, thus permitting the
heirs to inherit the land. A new concept in these day, when
government regards itself as the sole beneficiary of a
deceased. He also promised strict enforcement of anti-trust
laws to thwart greedy monopolies from impositions upon the
little man's pocketbook. He did not mention that he would
take action against the biggest monopolies of all, the
government monopolies such as the U S. Postal Service that
is robbing us blind; the Environmental Protection Agency
that is killing us in the process of making life livable; and
Amtrack. using our tax dollars to kill off the railroads. All in
all it was the same old script. He promised an extension of
the income tax cut. and while the nation's hats were still in
the air from sheer exultation, he took that income tax
reduction money right out of our pockets in bigger social
security taxes. Still he did say some nice things about our
forefathers. But after 200 years I don't know if we can afford
them any longer.
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Charles Latourell was elect
ed president, Leonard Gil
liam, secretary and Frank
Shively, assistant field secre
tary at a meeting of the
Heppner Rod and Gun Club.
E.C. Carlson, who was doing
business in the city, reports
that there has been an
abundance of moisture in the
Gooseberry section.
S.E. Notson, district attor
ney and George McDuffee.
sheriff, were in attendance of
the law enforcement officers
meeting held in Portland.
Ralph Moore, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Moore, and
Elmer Buckman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. E L. Bucknum,
departed Wednesday for Mar
shfield, where they have'
secured employment and will
remain there for several
months.
A number of neighbors and
friends enjoyed a pleasant
dance at the ranch home of
Mr. and Mrs. Alec Hunt on
Saturday evening.
A happy surprise wa, ar
ranged for Buster Gentry,
when his father J.E. Gentry
assisted by his grandmother.
Mrs. Sara White, entertained
a number of Buster's friends
in honor of hi. sixteenth
birthday.
Tell Me The Part Again Where They Said
You Were Toouumo
To Run A Winning Team.'
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Gleanings
18 million Gi l are training
at the college level, on the GI
Bill of June 1. 1966. If you are
under that bill you should take
advantage of the opportunity
because the bill runs out May
31. 1976.
Hey! All you aliens from
foreign lands don't forget that
lime is running out. You must
report your address during the
month of January. Forms are
available at the Post Office.
Heppner is qualified for
Hood and Mudslide insurance
through the National Flood
Insurance Program. Rate,
are Federally subsidized and
are low In cost. If you are
interested call your licensed
insurance agent or broker.
Did you get a snowmobile,
minibike. four-wheel drive
jeep or other off road vehicle
for Christmas? You should get
the new booklet "Off Road
Vehicle Use on Federal
Lands." Every area ha,
different rule, and if you want
to play the game you have to
know the rule Contact the
nearest National Forest Ser
vice office for your copy.
Somebody out there i. doing
something . . . Morrow County
recorded the most dramatic
gain in farm Mies in Oregon
during 1975. A great big 50 per
cent Incrrase to $74 million. A
total of 36 Orrgon counties
showed Increase.. Umatilla
and Marion were the only one.
R.A.Maxwell
to go over $100 million. Con
gratulations to Morrow Coun
ty farmers.
Mark your calendar for the
greatest show on earth . .
Mobile Home Show that is.
The very latest in mobile
homes. New design and up to
date styles for your viewing.
The dates Feb. 18 22, 1976.
Are you over 30? Maybe you
would like to take a trip back
to the 40s. The Tommy Dorsey
Orchestra will be at the
McCrae Activity Center on the
BMCC campus at 8 p.m., Feb.
May I be the first to tell you
the new hunting season, for
1976 have been announced.
Deer season wrll open Oct. 2
andchukar. partridge become
legal on that day. Pheasant
hunting in Eastern Oregon
begins Oct. 16. Rocky Moun
tain elk seawn starts Oct. 30
followed by Roosevelt Elk on
Nov. 13. The rifle and bow
hunting seasons for antelope
will begin Aug. 28. Lots of
luck.
A smile for this week . . .
Everytime the hunter shot a
duck. hi. dog retrieved it by
running along the lop of the
water. After thi. had happen
ed several lime,, Ihe hunter
proudly asked an onlooker,
"Notice anything unusual
about my dog?"
nr..-.. As. thm Antncikiip
replied. "He can't .wim." meeting.
The mail pouch
EDITOR:
I am seeking men and officer, who served aboard the
mighty aircraft carrier, the U S S. Ticonderoga. Every man
who ever served on this fine ship is entitled to join our group.
We will be having our next Annual Reunion this coming May
at Ticonderoga. NY.
If interested and for more details, write me. giving your
rale-rank, the division or Air Group and yearfsi on board.
JAMES II MORGAN. JR.
Big "T" Veterans' Assoc.
Waterside Lane
So. Berwick. Maine 03908
EDITOR:
I feei I 0We you a double debt of gratitude. First. I
understand you printed my original request for Information
aCtoe earlie? life of my grandfather Robert F. HynJ
This resulted in my receiving, by mail, three very kind
response, from reader, of your paper.
And now today I received the Gazette Times of Jan. 22 1976
., welUs a copy of the Gazette of June 18. 1903. 1 am truly
filled to have the edition of the earlier Gazette with it.
formation about the Heppner flood. And most cerUiirty
enjoyed reading the current pap" ,h ',or
3 my grandfather a. well a. the Inlerestmg column
about the Hynd family. .
Let me thank you for your quick and generous response to
myletter. I have a warm feeling for Heppner after thi.
"peS you would like to know of Robert F. Hyndji tor
children by hi. second wife, one son, Robert B died April
mi n Salem. The other son. William, and hi. wife ire living
next door to my father and mother (Robert's daughter), on
Balnbridge Island near Seattle.
M RS. DON ALD CULBERTSON.
Seattle, WA.
PCA Meeting
Pendleton Production Cre
dit Association, (P.C.A.),
which Include, Morrow, Uma
tilla, Union and Wallow,
counties will hold it. 42nd
annual .lotkholder. meeting
in Pendleton, Saturday, Feb.
7, 1976, at Blue Mountain
Community College .Indent
union. Thi. will tie a mncneon
IONE CITY TV
COOP TO MEET
The 21st annual meeting of
the lone City TV Co-op will be
held tonight, Thursday, Jan.
29, 8 pm., at the lone
American Legion Hall.
In conjunction with tha
meeting, election of two direc
tor, and a wrretary treasurer
will also be held. Director,
whose lerm, expire are Bob
Baker and Bob Montgomery.
Jayorof 'Haidman
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
FA Doolittle come to the session at the country store
Mid "the (lost of getting sick kyckeU. Ed I reirt to
ones that hav?f ixed incomes, if they got any and they are
toe on that git sick the most and .lay ,ick the long est Ed
Se had brung up thi. matter before an he wasn lookg
fer much more support this time but what e Night! J work
out is a deal where we pay the doctors to keep u. well ana
thev oav us if they fall down on the Job and we git sick. Ed
She had no E what a arrangement like that would do er
Tdttora malpractice Insurance that is helpg to run up
Jrices, but mow folks are well than sick at any given time, so
he ought to come out ahead. .
Zeke Grubb said another reason for h.gh doctor bills to H
cost of gitting in and thru medical school. Zeke has saw
where most schools in the country have a. many u
well-qualified applicants fer every one seat In their classes.
S that one young feller spent from $25 to $50 each o
Ippl ic.ns ?0 4y7 medical schools, and they all urned him
K We think gitting to see a doctor is tough, Zeke said, but
Bitting to be one is even harder.
8 Speaking of prices. Bug Hookum said mmffa,PfH
Is bouncing around he has worked up a system. If a feller
splits up his operation between hogs and cows he can t lose.
Bug aTd. When pork is high, sell the hog, and faiq re. iw.
When beef is up, sell and buy hogs. If you play the market
right. Ed said, you can pick up enough between buying and
selling to build fence, and put in pasture. Course, admitted
Bug if somebody figger, out why beef and hog pricei .work
like a seesaw that might be a bigger help fer farmers and
"IcS. broke in Isaac Cornfodder. beef and pork may be a
glut on the market if this woman he saw a piece about has her
way. Isaac don't say much at our meetings, so toe fel lers
filtered he was worked up over somepun. He was He told
where this girl has been eating bugs fer months, and .he has
found she gits all the protein she needs. Termites is her
favorite, he declared, and she also is partial to anU and
grasshoppers. She give some of her Insect recipe, in the
The felirt thinks Isaac fer his report, but they was full
aereed they would steer clear of a bumblebee casserole even
at church covered dish suppers where they usual eat
everthing. Bug summed up the feeling of the g"up when he
said he didn't want to see the day when, if he found a fly in hi.
soup, it was supposed tp be there.
Your, truly,
MAYOR ROY.
Pure Religion
By Rev. Edwin Sike
First Oirbtlaa Church
James 1 27 "Pure religion and undefiled before our God
and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their
affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world -James
lived at a time when religion was greatly perverted.
Ceremonialism, selfrighteousness and hypocrisy wa. the
order of the day. Jame. write, to the world and tell, what
"pure religion" i. .
We are confronted with the ame problem today, having a
"form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof." (2
Tim 3 5) We make a pretense at religion, going to church
when it is convenient, failing to live that which we profess
and giving Christ an4 His Church, at best, second place in our
'Tbelieve in "religion." It is good. God given and include,
the worship of God. When "pure religion" i. deeply
entrenched in the heart of man. it will control hi. thinking
and his actions, causing him to reach out for spiritual things.
He will reach out three ways:
THE UPWARD REACH. "Pure religion" reaches up to
God for it is "undefiled before God the Father." Christianity
is God's answer to the need of man. which is to worship and
serve him. God made us naturally religious. We will either
reach up to God or out to the world.
God is our source of ,trenglh and help. Paul speaking to the
Athenian philosopher, said: "In Him we live and move and
have our being." James said: "Every good gift and every
perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of
lights." Because all that we have come, from God. "pure
religion" will impel us to reach up to Him and to praise Him.
THE INWARD REACH. "Pure religion" will reach into the
very heart and soul of a man. causing him to "keep oneself
unspotted from the world." When Christ comes into a heart,
he cleanseth it from all sin. Christianity is a religion of the
heart, and "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
jpeak'eth" and it also prompts the things we do. Unless our
"religion" reaches our heart It is of little value.
The aim of Christianity is not reformation, but salvation,
however, when Christ comes Into a life, reformation doe.
take place. High moral .tandard. are essential to Christian
living. "Pure religion" necessitate, "keeping oneself
unspotted from the world."
THE OUTWARD REACH. "Pure religion" will reach out
to those in need. It will move u. to "visit the fatherless and
widows in their affliction," and to render physical, financial
and spiritual help when needed.
Jesus, when enthroned in the heart, causes one to reach out
with compassion and concern and to help others. Christianity
i. a "religion" of service, but that service must be for the
right purpow and In the right order.
First, one must give his life to Jesus, accepting and
obeying Him In regard to the forgiveness of hi. .in. Next,
there to the matter of worship. We are to "neglect not the
assembling together" on the Lord'. Day. Then if our
"religion" I. to be "pure", we must go into the world and
preach the gospel" backing It up with a consecrated life
which Includes rendering service to others. Jesus Illustrated
this in the parable of the Good Samaritan, and at the close of
which he gave the charge "Go thou, and do likewli."
"Pure religion" 1 uplifting, for It reaches to the very
throne of God. It Is reforming for It reaches Into the
Innermost recesses of the heart. It 1. helpful and benevolent,
for it reaches out to help and Influence other. All thi. I.
possible because "God so loved" that He sent Jesus, His Son,
to this world to seek and live that which was lost. He will
save you too, If you will believe upon Him, accept and obey
Him.
According to Mohimmedtn myth, the earth Is sunk In a
huff mountain and IU foundation la an emerald, the re
fUctlofl of which flvH the .sure hue to the iky.