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Welcome to another chapter of "Life with Julia," the drama that attempts to answer the question: Can an Oklahoma Indian find complete happiness with the legislation of a Washington Congressperson? You will remember in the previous chapter Julia Butler Hansen was honored by five Oklahoma Indian tribes for her "great leadership and distinguished service" to American Indians. One of the warmest tributes was given by W. W. Keeler, chief of the Cherokee Nation and, in his spare time, president of Phillips Petroleum Company, who told Mrs. Hansen she had "rare insight" and "you've had a great part in making our life better." In today's chapter we find Chief Keeler has made an illegal $100,000 gift of Phillips' corporate funds to Richard Nixon's presidential campaign. Is Chief Keeler deserting Julia? Is Richard Nixon the new champion of the American Indian? Will Julia use her rare insight to vote to cut the oil depletion allowance to provide more money for Indian affairs? Will it snow in Cathlamet next July? Watch for the next exciting chapter. In light of recent disclosures on tile national scene, one could reasonably assume that lawyers would be keeping a low profile these days. Biting the bullet, keeping a stiff upper lip and steering clear of political entanglements would seem to be in order for the barristers during the daily-growing parade of their brethren at the bar involved in nefarious activities that would have turned Sir William Blackstone's hair white at the age of seven. "... so I asked him if he was going to Key Biscayne this weekend and he says 'No, Bebe just traded it for a condominium in Argentina.' " A poll of the man in the street would probably place lawyers on that rung near the bottom of the credibility ladder usually reserved for newspaper publishers and ward heelers. Thus far, the only talk of disbarment for the legal creeps is a fuzzy mumbling that "something undoubtedly will be done," lending credence to E.B. White's observation some years ago that "it is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the by-laws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members." The ordained sell=policing power that attorneys share with doctor, artificial inscminators, landscape architects and other professionals is apparently another victim of the energy shortage. The members of the Thurston-Mason County Bar Association, however, are undaunted bY the rockets' red glare and bombs bursting in air. Raising their heads above the ramparts, they have offered laymen of the two counties the fruits of their political and professional sagacity. Free of charge. At hand is a letter from the association's president announcing the results of a candidate preference vote in connection with the contest for judicial position 4 of the Superior Court for Thurston-Mason Counties. Of tile association's 80 members, 60 cast votes, as follows: Gerry L. Alexander ...................... 44 Carol Fuller ............................. 4 Franklin K. Thorp ....................... 12 Given the mood of the peasants, this may be the strongest recommendation Carol Fuller receives prior to the primary. l~~~~~U~~~~ll~lll~~~~~l~~~~ll~~l~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l~~~~~~~~ll~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l~~l~~~~~~~~~l~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mack McGinnis' ~~~~l~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ll~~~~~~~~~~~~l~~~~~~~~~~lll~~~~~~~~l~~~~~1~~~l~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ll~~~~~~~~~lll~~~~~~~~~~~~l Bob Bowen reports that a group o! men lunching together were discussing the best way to discou~rage home burglars. One revealed that he kept a gun under his bed while another said he had installed an elaborate system that triggers an alarm when an intruder steps through an invisible beam. A third had his house rigged with a siren on its roof so all the neighbors could come running. The father of five young children was the last to comment. He said, "If a burglar woke me up late at night ! would probably take him by the hand and lead him to the bathroom." (Hugh Park in Atlanta Journal) The White House tour guide now says, "Here is the Green Room, the Blue Room and the Bugged Room." (lndianopolis Star) Quoting Sidney P. Marland Jr., assistant secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, speaking at Fairfield University: "1 am from the government, that institution whose function, as some have said, closely resembles love among elephants: action on a high plain with a great deal of trumpeting - and no results for years." (Akron Beacon Journal) County Founded 1886 by Grant C. Angle Mailing Address: Box 430, Shelton, Wa. 98584 Phone 426-4412 Published at 227 West Cota Street, Shelton, Mason County, Washington 98584. weekly. Second-class postage paid at Shelton, Washington. Member of Nat;onal Editorial Association Member of Washington Newspaper Publishers' Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $5.50 per year in Mason County. in advance -- Outside Mason County $6.50 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ...................... Henry G. Gay Proposals lo reduce the size of the Legislature still live despite the prospect of legislative salaries being rolled back by Initiative 282. The idea to reduce tile legislative membership was born when the last Legislature raised the law-makers' pay from $3,600 to $10,560 a year. Initiative 282, which appears certain of passage, would cut the salaries back to $3,800, but Senator Gary Grant, Renton, is proceeding with a proposed' constitutional amendment to reduce the size of the Legislature to 51 representatives and 25 senators. It is possible to reduce the size of the Legislature to 63 representatives and 21 senators by statue, without a constitutional amendment. But a future legislature could quickly increase the number again to its present maximum constitutional size of 99 and 49. A constitutional amendment on the subject would have the effect of freezing the size of the Legislature at 51 and 25. Three Good Bets Measures on the governor's priority list which look like good bets for passage in September include economic impact legislation to deal with problems created by closure of state institutions, such as Northern State Hospital at Sedro Woolley. Others are a bill to extend increased unemployment compensation benefits to part-time workers, and a statewide building code. Both of the latter measures already have been cleared by the Senate standing committees and sent to Rules Committee with "do pass" recommendations. Nip and Tuck Nip and tuck status is about the best that can be given to the governor's bills for funding public transportation and prevention of oil spills. While the gasoline shortage has given impetus to the public transportation bill, the resulting loss of revenue to the highways program doesn't help the proposal to fund public transit by extending the sales tax to gasoline The Senate Ecology Committee has developed a substitute bill for oil spill prevention. The governor's proposal failed to reach the floor for consideration in either house in the previous session. One in each house still rests in its respective Ways and Means. The governor's bill to reorganize the Board of Prison Terms and Paroles also appears to have a 50-50 chance, but it could be modified considerably from the form in which it was introduced. What Price Persistence? Legislation to establish a department of transportation holds a high spot on the governor's priority list, as it has in every legislative session since 1967. This is the measure which would merge the departments of transportation, motor vehicles and related agencies into a single super department, to be headed Maybe it is just as well that Congress. so often occupies itself with trivialities, since the results aren't always salutary when it deals with serious subjects. So we probably shouldn't complain that Senators Moss and Magnuson have taken an interest in art - the kind that appears on cereal boxes and other supermarket packages. Specifically, they think the artists have been picturing too many things on the package that aren't actually in the box. So the senators have introduced a bill to outlaw such misrepresentation, Now we're not sure how many people would open up a box of Quaker Quick Grits expecting to find fried eggs and bacon inside, simply because those items are pictured, along with true grits, on the box. But if there are such people they no doubt need to be protected against this and probably a good many other hazards of daily life. We don't know what else might have to go, but for the sake of visual interest for shoppers, we hope the senators will spare the Jolly Green Giant, Betty Crocker and Donald Duck. Back in the old days, kids relieved small town tedium by calling up the corner grocer to ask if he had Prince Albert in the can, but it was meant to be a joke. Maybe Congressmen are entitled to have a little fun, too, and what's the harm it it keeps them out of more serious trouble. The Wall Street Journal '~n. 4 - qh~=lton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, August 30, 1973 by a secretary who would be department of business and appointed by, and serve at the consumer services. It would put pleasure of the governor, most consumer-related agencies If anything, the chances of under one roof, but would leave this bill passing in a short the consumer protection division nine-day session are considerably of the attorney general's office less than they were in formerintact where it is. sessions. It also would facilitate merger The legislature, still isn't in of the department of motor any mood to give the governorvehicles into ,the proposed new control of the highway program, department of transpoj3ation by but it can't stop him from trying, transferring the professional His persistance on this subject, licensing division into the however, could do much to department of business and j e o p a r d i z e s o m e o t h e r consumer services. This feature reorganization bills he wants, alone could be a sizeable handicap Kindred Casualties under the circumstances. But regardless of its remote Two other governmental link with the department of reorganization bills are on the governor's priority list for transportation bill, a majority of September, but are expected to the legislature doesn't seemed suffer the same fate as his disposed to create any new department of transportationbill, departments in the executive One would create a new branch of government at this time. Translated from a column in a Japanese newspaper Possibly because there were no urgent outstanding problems in the latest Japan-U.S. summit talks, those around the White House apparently were more worried about the developments in the Watergate scandal, which is now reaching its peak. Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka was repeatedly asked his opinions on the matter. Mr. Tanaka evaded the issue, giving the following non-committal answer: "I believe that the American people will find an appropriate solution. This incident probably will not hurt the dignity of the United States." The prime minister himself, however, doubtless was resigned to the possibility that his statements in the meetings were being recorded in their entirety. It is said that the United States is now in a "bugging age." In the case of the electronic engineering technology which brought about such an age, however, Japan is actually more advanced (if that is the right word). In Japan, bugging devices about the size of a box of matches are being sold as toys for children, and in the latest summit talks, it is reported that the following joke was being told in Washington: "The present from Prime Minister Tanaka to President Richard M. Nixon was a delicate recorder made in Japan." In other words, if those in authority want to create such an age, a "bugging age" will immediately come to Japan. On top of that as indicated by the history of the special secret service police and the Law for the Maintenance of Public Peace .... Japan has a nature which makes it easy to place it under a system controlled by those in power. What kind of world would it become if those in authority used such modern conveniences as bugging devices? It is reported that ever since the Watergate scandal, people have begun to read George Orwell's novel about the future, "1984," again. The contents of the book telling about the words and actions of everyone being watched by bugging devices are said to have described the extremes of totalitarianism - so it is ironical that this anxiety has spread in the United States, which calls itself the mecca of freedom. Up until quite recently, it was said that the White House itself was one big and delicate bugging device. We don't want Prime Minister Tanaka under any circumstances to copy the White House and "renovate" his official residence. Editor, The Journal: I am one of those interested in the trend of the "Richard Nixon's Band" issue and have accidentally saved my opinions until now. ! am reminded of a saying: Anyone slinging mud always gets his hands dirty. I feel it fits those involved with the cartoon mentioned. If we were able to get a real opinion from the many children from divided and broken homes, I am convinced we would hear mostly something against what we might Delinquency. I know feel good to children in the squeeze. Could it be that had this in mind als0 gave us ten rules to lives? I'm glad there this world who believe created above the animals and prove it words and actions. Jol~! Editor, The Journal: I've just finished reading the ACLUW report along with our new Sheriff McNair's comments. It is plain to see our new sheriff is more concerned with his money and budget than McNair is with the prisoners confined to his jail. I have been going to visit some of the prisoners off and on for years in the county jail and ! have always been appalled at the rundown jail and its conditions. The maximum security cells are so closed in and the walls so high it is almost impossible for the imnates to even see the windows unless they look almost straight up. In order to visit we had to stand the whole time and try to hear one another through screen and steel doors. While visiting, I saw a crippled lady who also had to stand the whole visiting period. Even if they placed a chair for you to visit it wouldn't work very well as then the visitor would be out of range of the screen you have to speak through and you would only be speaking to the steel door. The screen is about five feet high. The size of the screen is approximately 4 by 8 inches. But even the trusty inmates are a sad lot with no inkling of the outside. When entering to visit one Sunday a prison trusty sadly asked me what the weathgr was outside. From the inside of the jail they can't even see outside, i think that in itself is inhumane. Speaking of "the hole"- they said a prisoner who is confined there is approximately 24 know of one who was there for weeks. He was dangerous so it really 1 place for him. But they truthful about stated? The sheriff's c0 sounded rather s~c argumentative. leads me to believe he care about the needs prisoners and them as men would like to keep before him and his True, the jail condition before placed in office - Robinson, Anderson were sheriff. But he to make things bette~ concern himself with even a little bit. 1 hope Mason the real need of a and strive to get a that has a heart treat prisoners be locked-up animals to and put out of sight. My sympathy is the jailer, as at one asked to leave interruptions came. waiting to be let minutes while the jail fro tending to Let's we as a get together in work to get a new one that is up-to-date point to with pride. Editor, The Journal: Thank God for the foresight of our Founding Fathers who wrote the First Amendment into our Constitution and 1 thank Him too for men like you, who have the courage to print the truth as they see it. You have struck responsive chords in the hearts and minds of every red-blooded American who is willing to stop, look, and listen to what has been going on in our r~ation's capital. We find your sense of humor delightful and your assessment of current developments very astute. We can only say to your critics that we feel that the" and "offense" of speak is like the the eye of the then again, it must get a clear picture on with one's sand. Some birds doO that way Good luck to you support of our Yours is the same which motivated Patrick Henry and to know we are Editor, The Journal: It would be interesting to know exactly what deals Nixon and Breshnev made at the summit meeting. What did they do about limiting U.S. multiple warhead missile programs in the second round of S.A.L.T. talks when the Soviets already had the whip hand in everything but the accuracy of precision instruments which they would get in the new give-away. (Human Events, June 16.) By what twisted reasoning did Senator Jackson come to the conclusion Russia would be doing something for the U.S. by allowing open immigration of Russians into the U.S.? With such tight Russian government control would we get anything but agents and spys? Would those people be restricted as to where they could go as our citizens are in Russia? Would Russia be open to people of other nations? Jackson's speech was so fine that it is a shame to spoil it with that little bombshell. Dr. Draskovich warns in "Will America danger of belie promises. He says, agreements were for the comnatll matters of strategY, reason: a the purpose of and subjugating talk to gain unavoidable but it does not foes, it smashes therefore will not with written and paper." In Ernest speaking of the "There is little American Russia out of a situation" He then by Richard Nixota such help to we know now says has no he does. ancient times only about 200 kinds of wn. Today scientists have named between ,000 species, with about, 2000 new kinds ered or developed every ear.