HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls. Ore.'
Sundav, January 10. lflfiO
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VERN OWENS
Vern Owens
To Preside
Over League
New president of Cal-Ore Elec
trical League is Vern Owens, own
er and operator of Cascade Home
Furnishings, Klamath Falls. He
was elected at the league's annual
meeting last week and succeeds
Dick Finch of Medford, of the
Home Appliance Company's
chain of retail stores.
THE LEAGUE, formed about two
years ago, now has a membership
of approximately 96 per cent of
the electrical appliance and elec
tronics dealers, distributors and
retailers in the area.
"The league serves as a cham
ber of commerce and Better
Business Bureau for the electrical
industry in approximately 10
counties of Southern Oregon and
Northern California," Owens ex-plains.
"It was organized to promote
fraternity and cooperation among
all members of the industry, to
foster better customer relations
and satisfactions and to promote
the sale and better use of all elec
trical and electronic equipment.
"Its purpose, also, is to promote
adequate and safe electrical wir
ing in tne home, on the farm, in
the store and in industry," Owens
stated. ,
GEORGE WEST, of Umpqua
Hardware and Electric Company,
KoseDurg, was elected as vice
president, filling the position oc
cupied by Owens during the last
year.
Chairman of the appliance divi
sion is Al Classen of Rogue River
Hardware and Appliance Com
pany, Grants Pass. Chairman of
the electrical contractors' division
is Harold Woll, who is associated
with a Medford supply house.
Clarence Weaver of Medford was
renamed as secretary manager
of the group.
A meeting will be held in the
near future to set the advertising
budget for 1960, Owens said. The
Medford office of William Daw
kins and Associates ' will con
tinue to handle the newspaper, ra
dio and television advertising.
Catholic Editor Discusses
Influence Of The Church
Gunman Identified
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A gun
man walked into a grocery store
here Thursday.
The proprietor, Anna Claycik,
aid:
"Oh, I've seen you here before!"
The gunman turned and fled
By LOIIS CASSELS
United Press International
How much political influence
does the Catholic Church exercise
over its members?
That question will come up in
great many private conversa
tions during the next few months.
It lies at the heart of the religious
issue that has been raised in con
nection with Sen. John F. Kenne
dy's bid for the Democratic pres
idential nomination.
Since the discussion is inevita
ble, many thoughtful Catholics as
well as non-Catholics believe it
should be brought into the open
now, with the facts laid on the
table as objectively and fairly as
possible.
The distinguished Catholic edi
lor Jonn Logley points out in
Commonweal magazine that the
facts can be obscured by two
kinds of extremism.
One is that of the religious bigot
who depicts all Catholics as pup
pets on strings pulled by the Vatican.
The other is that of well-mean
ing people who are "so imbued
with the spirit of good will and
tolerance" that they deny any dif
ference between Protestant and
Catholic attitudes toward the au
thority of the church.
There is a difference, says Cog
ley, and it is an "important" one:
Unlike the Protestant, the
Catholic believes that the church
is a visible body, hierarchically
organized, which speaks with
God-given authority on questions
of faith and morals."
In other words, a Catholic if
he is true to his faith, regards
his church as a divinely-estab
lished institution which has been
endowed with infallible teaching
authority in certain realms. A
Protestant may subject any teach
ing of his church to the test of
private conscience, accepting or
rejecting it as he sees fit. But a
Catholic who assorted such
broad right would be guilty of
very grave sin In the eyes of his
church
Cogley notes, however, that the
areas in which the Catholic
Church speaks to its- members
with infallible authority are very
clearly defined." They are the
areas of "faith and morals."
In applying the church's basic
moral teachings to specific prob
lems, Catholics can and often do
disagree. Even when high prel
ates of the church have expressed
forceful opinions on political is
sues, a Catholic otfice holder may
continue to hold opposite views.
This was demonstrated recently
when the Catholic premier of Italy
publicly took issue with Pope
John XXIII, on the need for limi
tations on press freedom.
What all this comes down to is
that a Catholic, while bound in
principle to obey the moral teach
ings of his church, is free in prac
tice to exercise a considerable de
gree of private judgment in de
ciding which moral teachings are
applicable, and exactly how they
apply, to specific public prob
lems.
Or, as Cogley puts it, "the in
dividual Catholic s conscience is
formed by the teachings of his
church but his decisions on
"concrete problems" are "not
easily predictable
It is pertinent in this connection
to observe that individual Catho
lics may vary widely in tl ir re
sponsiveness to guidance by
church authorities. Some for ex
ample, members of religious or
ders readily accept a very high
degree of ecclesiastical discipline
over their attitudes and actions
At the other extreme are nominal
Catholics who ignore the teach
ings of the church even in areas
such as attendance at Mass and
birth control where it has been
spelled out most explicitly.
The Catholic church has no mo
nopoly on this phenomenon. It ex
ists in every denomination. There
are, for example, Quakers who
ardently uphold their fellowship's
traditional pacificism. And there
are Quakers like Vice President
Richard M. Nixon who do not sub
scribe to pacificism at all. -
There is, in short, no pat for
mula for determining how much
influence any church can exert
over any one of its members. It
all depends on the circumstances
and the man.
Senator Kennedy expressed his
personal view of the matter in a
Look magazine interview last
year. He said:
"Whatever one's religion in his
private life may be, for the office
holder nothing takes precedence
over his oath to uphold the Con
stitution and all its parts includ
ing the First Amendment and the
strict separation of church and
state."
State Solons
Cool To Talk
X
THEIR SHINING HOUR As a microphone overhead spicks up
the sound, movie producer Michael Todd Jr. got an expensive
shoe shine on a set in Hollywood. Requiring a shoe shine
sound effect for his forthcoming Smell-O-Vision movie, "Scent
of Mystery," Todd auditioned bootblacks. Leroy Daniel (left)
and Henry Carrier proved to be the best cloth snappers and
each got $100 for the job.
Couple Plagued By Phony Ads
WASHINGTON (AP) - "Plati
tudes instead of programs," said
Rep. Charles O. Porter (D-Ore).
"A very ineffective swan song
of a failing and dying administra
tion," said his fellow Oregon Dem
ocrat, Sen. Wayne Morse.
Their comments on Thursday's
State of the Union address by
President Eisenhower contrasted
sharply with that of Rep. Thor
Tollefson (R-Wash), who called it
'the best of all" Eisenhower s
messages.
Rep. Ralph J. Rivers (D-Alaska)
took a middle ground.
"It was a very good speech,
said Rivers, "except that it does
not provide for the necessary ex
pansion of public services, facili
ties and programs to meet the
increasingly pressing require
ments of our exploding popula
tion."
Added Porter: "The .only defin
ite impression I got was that the
President would veto any aid to
education measures."
PITTSBURGH (AP) An anon
ymous telephone call was made
to Mr. and Mrs. M e 1 v i n Braun
stein two days ago. Since then
they have been deluged with un
wanted flowers, medical supplies,
taxis, bread, and even pizza.
Advertisements even appeared
in three Pittsburgh newspapers of
fering the couple's home and car
for sale.
After a fire truck appeared at
the Braunstein home (there was
no fire), police investigated. The
officers helped themselves to some
"gift" aspirins, saying the report
gave them a headache.
DECLARE PORT INFESTED
SINGAPORE (UPI) The
Singapore Ministry of Health
Thursday declared the port of
Jambi of Sumatra, Indonesia, a
smallpox-infested area. '
Fireman
Innocent
DETROIT (AP) - A second
suburban Royal Oak Township
fireman has been found innocent
of charges that he kept funds col
lected in a Christmas charity
drive for needy children.
Fire Sgt. James Anderson was
found innocent Thursday night by
jury. He was one of 12 men
including several township fire and
policemen, accused of larceny by
conversion.
At earlier trials, Capt. William
Ware, township police chief, was
found guilty, but Fire Chief Sam
Mitchell was found innocent. All
of the police and firemen were
suspended permanently by the
township board.
State Police said they gave
marked money to the 12 men Dec.
14. They said only a few dollars
of the marked money was turned
in when the charity drive was
over.
Labor Chief Raps Batista
(AP) Cuba's trade
says the anti-com-
HAVANA,
union chief
niunism issue is an unwelcome
heritage of the Batista dictator
ship and has no place within the
ranks of the labor movement in
revolutionary Cuba.
David Salvador, secretary of the
Cuban Confederation of Labor,
told a television audience Thurs
day night that his organization
now is "democratic and admits
all workers whatever their politi
cal thinking."
The Cuban Confederation pulled
out of the anti-Communist Inter
American Regional Assn. of Work
ers last November, charging the
association was a tool of "Amerl- '
can imperialism."
Trap Observed
By Tulsa Officer
TULSA. Okla. (AP) - Police
Commissioner Robert Mawhinney
tells this one:
An unidentified Tulsa police of
ficer was about to start his
motorcycle. He reached for
traffic violation ticket which was
resting on one handlebar. Just in
the nick of time he spotted some
thing camouflaged under the tick-
el a rat trap, set to snap on his
hand.
NO DOG'S LIFE FOR THEM
Atlanta (UPI) - The Atlanta
police force has promoted its
seven sentry dogs. Police Chief
Herbert Jenkins said today he
has ordered a patrol car remod
eled so that the dogs can ride
instead of accompanying foot pa
trolmen. ...
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WOMEN OPPOSE MICKEY
EL CENTRO, Calif. (UPI) -An
invitation to ex-gambler Mick
ey Cohen to speak at the Imperial
Valley Press Club Jan. 16 met
with opposition today from a lo
cal women's civic club. Fifty
members of the women's Ten
Thousand Club signed a petition
protesting the Visit here of "that
character known as Mickey Cohen."
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And remember always: before
warning sign can develop into serious
,slckness, see your Doctor.
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