THURSDAY, JANUARY 21. 1B60
THE NYSSA GATE CITY •OURNAL? NYS^t. OREGON
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Heallh Dept. Says
Flu Shots Needed
THE GATE CITY JOURNAL
By T.M.B.
TED M. BRAMMER. Editor
Y»ci M. Brammer and Gala Z. Brammer, Publiihers
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Published every Thursday at Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon.
Entered at the postoffice at Nyssa, Oregon, for transmission
through the United States Mails, as a second class matter under
the act of March 3, 1879,
A Lesson in Civics
Webster defines civics as “the study of the duties,
rights, and privileges of citizens.” This is a rather broad
definition and can mean little to us unless we learn just
what our DUTIES are, what RIGHTS we are given by
law, and the resultant privileges that accompany these
rights.
These objects apply to the various forms of govern
ment that we Americans have here in the U. S., but
the one we want you to think about is our city form of
government. It appears to us that some people have a
mistaken notion about it.
In Nyssa we have a governing body consisting of a
mayor and six councilmen, all elected by the voters, in a
city-wide election. In turn they hire a city manager, un
der a plan previously approved by the voters, who acts
for them in supervising the various departments of the
city.
The city manager is given authority to hire and fire
personnel as he sees fit. The department heads are di
rectly responsible to the city manager for all their actions
in an official
'ficial capacity
ca
and the city council does not inter
as they believe he is doing the job properly.
fere as long
1
So when anything occurs within the jurisdiction of
the city, such as the recent violent death on Main street,
it is not the direct responsibility of the city council. Mem
bers of the council cannot go out and make arrests, they
cannot call for an inquest, they are frequently as un
familiar with the details as any other citizen. Since this
is true there is no reason for pressure being placed on
them to act where they have n > capacity or authority.
But by the same authority voters gave them when
they elected councilmen as representatives in this city
government, they cannot be considered as separate and
distinct, and disassociate themselves from the problems
arising in the various city departments. If citizens de
sire to meet in peaceable assembly and petition the city
council for some particular action to be taken, council
men will hear the plea, whether it be for vacating a
certain alley, the establishment of a stop sign, or to ask
that all city ordinances be enforced as written.
Recently the American Legion voted to authorize a
committee to meet with the city council to inform the
members that they desired to have all laws enforced im
partially, whether minor or major laws, and that the
Legion offered its full support in doing this. This action
was not a criticism for events that had occurred in the
past, but an effort to control factors that might be con
ducive to the same thing reoccurring. The city manager
let it be known that he did not approve of this and as a
result the committee met with him instead of the council.
We believe this is wrong . . . not from a moral stand
point, but from a "civics” point of view. The committee
had been authorized to go to the council—not the city
manager—and the matter was not taken officially on to
the council. There is a place on the agenda for people
to be heard at council meetings. If citizens have a com
plaint about merchandise 9old by some store, they natur
ally go to the “boss” and not necessarily to the clerk.
Suppose some of the departments of the city under
the supervision of the city manager were grossly ineffi
cient, the condition had been that way for some time, the
city manager was aware of it but had done nothing to
correct it, should the citizens carry their cause of action
to the council or to the city manager'1
This is not meant as a personal matter with the cit
manager; as a man we like him, and as a whole we thin
he is doing a good job, but we do think he’s wrong in
this matter and we also feel that he is failing to let
the public know all they are entitled to know about the
city affairs. A well-informed public is our best protec
tion for our present form of democratic government.
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You’d better get your annual flu
shots and take special c^re of
your health during the next few
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The best guardian of liberty is weeks.
The was the advice Friday of
a well-informed public, and we
are thoroughly convinced that the j the state board of health after the
best method of informing citi-, department’s disease control ex
zens is through the local paper. perts had finished reviewing in
It is read by a higher percentage fluenza reports from Oregon and
of people, is retained longer, and 1 the rest of the nation.
must be much surer of its facts j Although reported Oregon in
than TV and radio, where the fluenza increased 28.5 percent last
message is oral and soon forgot week, from 617 to 793 cases, the
ten.
disease still is “about at normal
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seasonal levels,” according to the
With county elections not too health board.
many months away it is not too
None of the reports so far in
early for us to begin studying the dicated that the epidemic which
office seekers and their programs. has struck an estimated half-mil
At one time government was More poor public officials have lion persons in the Los Angeles
the servant of the people but been elected by those potential area the past few days has yet
with all the bureaucratic agen voters who stayed at home on moved into Oregon.
cies being given law - making election day than those who went
However, Dr. Richard H. Wil-
authority, we wonder if that is to the polls.
cox, state health officer, warned
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still true. Support of national,
that there is “a strong possibility” ,
A recent editorial of the States that the disease could become epi
state and local governments
takes a third of all the nation man, speaking of a recent out demic here within the next few
break of burglaries in Boise, said, weeks. Flu outbreaks have been
produces.
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‘The persons most concerned are noted recently in several other
The U.S. Commerce department not the townsfolk or the owners parts of the country, and Dr. Wil
of the places of business that have
defines big business as those em been visited by burglars. The real cox said the flu virus could be
ploying over 500 people and a concern is in the police depart transported quickly to all parts
of Oregon by travelers.
1 small business employing fewer
(The U. S. Public Health service
than 500. Where only two or three ment and it won't rest on the es
tablished laurels.” (Can you fea
are employed would it refer to ture a policeman being more con already has attributed several of
the outbreaks to Asian influenza,
the business as MINUTE, and see
cerned than the man who lost
it only with the use of a micro the property, or a politician being the same disease given mo^t of infections such as pneumonia, the
the blame for Oregon’s epidemic health officer urged that anyone
scope!
more interested in giving you of more than 47,000 cases two becoming ill with suspected flu
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good government than in winning years ago.)
call a physician promptly.
The Old Timer says, “Many a the office???)
Flu shots were recommended as
Symptoms of Asian flu are the
boy is the kind of kid his mother
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the
best
defense
against
the
dis
same
as those of other ty^es. They
wouldn’t want him to play with.”
Putting a few cents in the . ease, and Dr. Wilcox especially include sudden onset of illness,
• • • •
collection plate does not make j urged them for the very young often similar to a severe cold,
When you feel dog - tired at one a philanthropist. Going to or old persons, pregnant women, fever up to 104 degrees, chills,
night, it may be because you’ve church does not make one a or persons already weakened by sore throat, cough and muscular
growled all day.
i Christian but it will do no
some other illness.
aches and pains.
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harm . . . and it will give
One shot gives protection to
Danger signals might include:
J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI Christians a better whack at most older children and adults,
1. A sudden rise in temperature
said that law enforcement was you to become one.
although the health officer rec
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no better than the training of the
ommended a second shot three to after the fourth or fifth day.
officers and only through modern
2. Severe chest pain, especially
The harassed teacher was tug four months after the first. The
training can we keep abreast of ging away to get a pair of over immunity does not carry over during deep breathing.
the times in the increasing fight shoes on one of the children. Suc from one year to another, and the
3. Coughing which brings up a
against lawlessness.
ceeding, she remarked, “My, but shots do not become effective un great deal of yellowish or green
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those were hard to get on.” Yeth, til 10 to 14 days after vaccination. ish mucous material.
Dr. Wilcox also recommended
Speaking of law enforcement said the little boy, “that's because
4. Heavy, deep, difficult breath-
. . . the Ontario Argu»-Ob»errer they aren’t mine.” The exasper maintenance of good personal ing.
of Jan. 18, 1960, quoted Chief ated teacher pulled the overshoes health habits, including plenty of
5. Unusual drowsiness or stu-
Frank Williams of the Ontario off. “Well,” said the little boy, rest, a well-balanced diet, cleanli
city police as saying that in a “they aren’t mine; they’re my ness and avoidance of fatigue and por.
8. Excessive muscular pain or
one-month period 122 persons brothers but I have to wear chilling.
.
Because influenza is dangerous 1 stiff neck.
were arrested there for "being them.”
chiefly as a result of secondary 1 7. A sore throat not relieved
under the influence." Nyssa's
record for 1959 shows 138 ar
It’s hard for us to remember
rests for public intoxication. A how important this snow is to
man who would try to prove our area . . . The old hometown
his point by using Bible quota paper reported 57.66 inches of
tions might show that their rainfall there in 1959, with 9.05
drunkenness was many times in May and 7.83 in October. Janu
worse than ours, since Ontario ary was the ^jiest month with
is approximately twice the site 11.75 inches of precipitation.
According to a Gallup poll, as
reported in the Jan 5 issue of
Look magazine, people are more
concerned with peace than any
other problem. In second place
comes the unions of the nation,
with 41 percent of those polled
thinking they have too much pow
er and offer a bigger threat to the
country than either big business
or big government. It seems to
us that they demonstrated in the
recent steel strike settlement that
they were much bigger than eith
er .. . and it came to a point
where government virtually said,
"We can’t whip you, so we’ll join
you.”
e
of Nyssa. (But few at
mc wh UI
’
balicva it.)
by aspirin or simple home reme
dies.
The state health board labora
tory has received “only a few”
specimens for flu examination in
recent weeks, Dr. Wilcox said, so
it is considered possible many of
the Oregon cases being reported
as influenza actually may be
some other disease. The next
group of tests is expected to be
completed by the laboratory early
next week.
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