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Wednesday, July 18, 1S56
Burden of Bad TV Programs! Property Destroyed, Fowl Killed as Wind Rakes Four States
For Children Said To Kest
With Lack of Objections
By ETHEL DACCARDO
Radio-TV Editor,
Chicago Daily Newt
Written for United Pres
Chicago UR) why isn't
something done about the qual
ity of children's tele vision
shows?
That's a question that is asked
time and again.
Blame is placed on the spon
sors, on the producers, on the net
works. Part of it belongs there,
that's for sure, but a great bur
den of the blame rests with you,
the viewer.
'Good' vs. 'Bad'
Action in a recent episode of
"Captain Midnight," a children's
show, included:
Locking the "good" men in
a secret passage and turning on
poison gas.
Dragging them out later, ty
ing them up. and then telling
them, when they came to, they
would be left to die in an explos
ion. Telling Capt. Midnight they
(the "bad ' men) were taking him
with them as their slave and that
he would suffer a mental break
down. The cast included a seven-foot
giant who ended up in a prison
hospital for mental patients, and
a scientist who also became a
mental patient.
In a recent "Tales of the Texas
Ranker?" episode, a harmless
sad-facud hobo was murdered. He
was shot clown because he had ac
cidentally witnessed a crime. As
he pleaded with the murderers
for his life, the camera did a
closeup of his terrified face.
An hour after he died, the
bad men returned and pumped
more bullets into his body, just
to make sure he was dead.
Jovial Altitude
In still another episode a
"good" man is murdered, and
one of the Rangers, arriving on
the scene rather jovially: "I hear
vou have a slight case of mur
der." ,
To my mind, a murder on a ;
Pelton Ruling Seen
Boon To Yaler Law
Portland 'UR) A member of ;
the Oregon state water resources
hoard said today that the U.S. ;
Supreme court's ruling on the ;
controversial Pelton dam issue
may in the long run prove a
benefit to state water rights
laws.
L. C. Binford, vice chairman
of the state board, told a meet
ing of the Columbia Basin inter
agency committee that the rul
ing which upset long - standing
interpretations of state water
rights laws has brought about
a reexamination of the laws and ;
exposed several weaknesses.
Binford said the state board
would like to see corrective leg
islation passed to restore to the
state control over water alloca
tions which the Pelton dam
seems to have upset.
Weaknesses pointed out by
Binford included no plans for
water development and that no
account of such non - individual
uses as maintenance of wildlife
or scenery were considered in
determining the resources and
use of the streams.
Green Peter Dam
Relocation Rapped
Lebanon. Ore. (U.R) A pro
posal to change the location of
the re-regulating dam at the
Green Peter development today
drew criticism from residents
of Foster, the site of the pro
posed relocation.
A group of Foster residents
charged that the Sweet Home
chamber of commerce had been
"inconsiderate" of the Foster
residents when it supported the
proposed re-location.
The Corps of Engineers, while
not taking a stand on either lo
cation, had suggested it might
be practical to change the loca
tion of the re-regulating dam
from its tentative location at
White Bridge to the Foster loca
tion. Should the change be made
the engineers said the dam
would provide nearly double the
power output.
Grange
Butte Falls Grange
Butte Falls Grange met July
2 with Master Leslie Casey in
the chair.
Past Master Ted Fredenburg
conferred third and fourth de
grees on Mr. and Mrs. Dean
Stockton.
HEC was to meet in the city
park with a potluck picnic July
IS at noon.
The Grange social night will
be Saturday. July 21. There will
be a picnic at the Fish Hatchery
at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is to bring
wieners and buns for their own
group and one other dish. Every
one is invited whether a Grange
member or not.
Next regular Grange meeting
will be Aug. 6 at the high
school.
children's program is unthink
able. But the casual attitude to
ward murder is even more dis
turbing. Whether children's program
ming improves is up to you.
Personal letters you write to
the sponsor and to the station
will control the programming as
nothing else can do. Take time
to watch the show. It it deserves
praise, tell the station and the
sponsor so. If you find it objec
tionable, tell them so. Be specific
in your objections.
By UNITED PRESS
Tornadoes dipped from a large
storm center late Tuesday,
swooping down through Minne
sota, Iowa. Colorado and Okla
homa, destroying property and
killing fowl.
The worst twister swept
through an area near Tennock,
Minn., killing more than 3.000
turkeys on two poultry farms.
Observers reported seeing the
storm uproot a barn, shattering
it completely. Edwin Roison, a
Tennock farmer, said that al
though he leaped into a ditch
when he saw the storm coming,
the winds lifted him right out
of his shelter. The Weather Bu
reau said four funnels were
sighted during this storm.
Truck Dumped Over
A twister at New Hampton,
Iowa, in the northeast corner of
the state, dumped a postal truck
over, injuring the truck driver
with a head gash. The funnel
rocked the New Hampton Coun
try club from its foundation and
ripped off part of its roof.
The tornado near Enid, Okla.,
dipped from a belt of thunder
storms that extended across Ok
lahoma and Kansas.
Another twister was reported
to have touched ground 30 miles
south of Thurman, Colo., Mon
day, but caused no damage.
Hail measuring a half inch in
diameter fell at Dickinson, N.D.
which also was buffeted by gusts
up to 58 miles per hour.
The Central Plains basked in
Magazine Salesmen
Not Sponsored by DAV
Patrick Graham of the local
chapter .of the Disabled Amer
ican Veterans said today the or
ganization has no magazine sales
men in this area.
He said several people have
inquired about magizine sales
men soliciting subscriptions
who indicate or leave the impres
sion they are associated with
the DAV..
relatively cool weather Tuesday
and early today, some early
morning temperatures reading
15 degrees below Tuesday"s low.
As the cool front glided east
ward, its effects were noticeable
in Pennsylvania, where drops of
10 to 15 degrees were reported, i
Warm in Southwest
In contrast to this cool air, '
the Southewestern states baked '
with mercury readings in the j
90s. Red Bluff, Calif., claimed i
the day's high with 111 degrees;
Tuesday.
Thundershowers were expect-1
ed to dampen the nation's mid- i
section today, with the Great j
Lakes and Ohio Valley states I
surrounded by cool air.
Both the Northwest and At-1 temperatures. Hot and humid
lantic Coastal states were ex- air lodged over the southeastern,
pected to experience pleasant ' section of the country.
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