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"rite "IMA'r"
It's time to put a stop to unfair criticism of the Central
Intelligence Agency.
it was reported this week by the Senate Intelligence
Committee that the CIA, that dedicated band composed of
the nation's finest minds, stood alone in opposition to the
sinister power of Fidel Castro's beard.
It's easy for critics of our system to take potshots at the
world's premier intelligence organization, but we challenge
the bitchers.to come up with anything equalling the CIA's
"beard plan," uncovered by the Senate group's investigation.
The beard plan was to have been used when Castro
stopped at a hotel during a trip abroad and, according to
custom, put his shoes in the hall to have them shined. A CIA
operative was to have dusted the shoes with thallium salts,
which would have caused Castro's hair to fall out.
Castro cancelled the trip, so the plan was never carded
out, but that does not detract from its brilliance. It is far
superior, for instance, to the plans of other nation's
intelligence units.
The Russians worked for a year and a half on a plan to
destroy the image of H. R. Haldeman, whom they believed to
be the most powerful man in the United States during
Richard Nixon's presidency.
A Russian agent was to have sprayed the insides of
Haldeman's storm trooper boots with a substance that would
cause his hair to grow so fast that he would look like Abbie
Hoffman ten minutes after the White House barber had given
him a crew cut.
The Chinese perfected a plan to substitute elevator shoes
for Nancy Kissinger's regular footwear, thus making her so
intimidating around home that Henry would lose his
self-confidence and be an easy adversary at the bargaining
table.
The Chinese also concocted a scheme that was to have
been perpetrated during an address by Hubert Humphrey to
Democratic luminaries. Humphrey's after-dinner coffee was
to have been laced with a potion that would have caused him
to stutter, thus leading to the starvation of all members of
the Democratic heirarchy between the fifteenth and
eighteenth days of his extemporaneous remarks.
The North Koreans planned to kidnap Barry Goldwater
and operate on him to replace his brain with that of a spider
monkey• The plan was scratched following receipt of a note
from their Washington intelligence operatives, which said:
"Suggest you pick target who would not benefit from
operation•"
The only foreign plan that comes anywhere near the
CIA's brilliant product was a Russian scheme to sprinkle a
substance on Gerald Ford's breakfast muffins that would
have him the urge to rarnlbla:, tlae Amecican
countryside, shaking hands with mindless parade-watchers
and making insipid speeches, rather than tackling the
problems of the nation in his Washington office.
That would have been a winner for our enemies.
Fortunately, it was never carried out.
Working too hard? Need a little more vacation time ?
Maybe you should change jobs. There will be openings
next year in a small organization that employs only 535
souls, who enjoy the following vacation schedule:
Eleven days off for Lincoln's Birthday;
An Easter holiday of 17 days;
Thirteen days off to observe Memorial Day;
A bang-up Fourth of July vacation of 10 days;
Ten days off during October;
Veterans' Day;
Ten days off to celebrate Thanksgiving;
As many days as the employees choose during the
Christmas season.
Time off during 1975 for the 535 will amount to about
three and a half months.
We ordinarily wouldn't meddle in employee-management
matters, but thought we'd bring up the subject in this
instance because you pay their salaries.
The employees are - you guessed it -- members of
Congress.
Ready or not, here comes another Snickers competition.
After some ding-aqing in a crowd pointed a toy pistol at
Ronaid Reagan last Thursday, the newest presidential
candidate said, "It makes you wonder; was he serious or just
.someone wanting to get his name in the paper?"
Ten silver dollars and a box of Snickers will go to the
reader who can explain most clearly what Reagan meant by
"serious."
it may help you to know that the man holding the toy
did not shout, "Bang! Bang! You're dead!" So he was not
serious about assassinating Reagan.
He also did not say, "stick 'era up" or threaten, "your
money or your life," so he was not serious about robbing
him.
You figure it out, in the answer, and take home the
goodies.
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4 Shelt( County Jot ,nal Thursday, November
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By ROBERT C. CUMMINGS
Working wives and others who
hire a "cleaning woman" once a
week may be paying payroll taxes
the same as other employers one
of these days.
The House Labor Committee
headed by Charles R. Savage
(D.Sbelton) is now considering
legislation which would provide
workmen's compensation and
household tax would reach
everybody.
The Senate Transportation
Committee, meanwhile, is
continuing to work on variations
of a "veto-proof" bill combining
transportation and highway
construction funding in a single
measure which was proposed in
last September's session.
"Lost" Bill Stays Lost
unemployment compensation No effort will be made to
coverage for domestic workers, revive the liquor legislation which
Based oa U.S• census fi~ures, ~,, ~,, ~ ~ .....
it is estimated that some~ 1'5,000 was lost last May between the
in this state are employed House and Senate after it had
full-time in domestic work• A passed the House•
major share of these are hired
through agencies and work in a
different household each day of
the week. It is planned in these
cases to have the taxes collected
from the agencies.
Some Questions Remain
Collecting payroll taxes on
those who work similar schedules
but independently will be more
complicated, but the committee is
working on it.
No draft has been completed
in bill form yet. The committee
still hasn't determined the
minimum wage on which taxes
would be assessed.
The measure may be ready for
submission to the Legislature
when it convenes next January.
But because of its controversial
nature, it may be held over for
consideration by the 1977
Legislature.
Other Taxes Loom
A household tax is another
possibility, and this conceivably
might be considered in January.
Suggested by the Association of
Washington Counties as an
alternative to the motor vehicle
excise tax for funding public
transportation, which was vetoed,
it is one of four proposals under
consideration by a Citizens'
advisory Committee on
Transportation Funding.
The citizens' group is assisting
Transportation and Utilities
Committees of the two legislative
houses in solution of the overall
transportation problem.
Committee staff members
estimate a household tax of $14
to $17 a year would be required
to raise an amount equal to what
the vetoed motor vehicle excise
tax would have brought in. In the
case of renters, the tax would be
assessed against landlords, who
would collect it from their
tenants.
The proposal would have
permitted theaters which provide
live dramatic entertainment or
musical productions to sell
cocktails and other hard liquor to
their patrons.
It was tacked onto the
omnibus liquor bill, SB 2423, in
the form of an amendment, and
sent back to the Senate for
concurrence. But somewhere in
the engrossing process, the
amendment was "lost." It never
reached the Senate and nobody
would admit having seen it after it
left the House.
Efforts to revive it were
attempted since, but the House
Commerce Committee has
instructed its staff to research the
issue further, a task which won't
be completed before the 1976
session convenes.
Editor, The Journal:
1 am doing some research on
river otters in Western Washington
and am in need of your help. I
would appreciate space in your
newspaper to reach persons who
may have seen otters as well as to
inform others of the otter's
presence and habits in hopes that
more of these fantastic animals
will be seen and appreciated.
There is a rather healthy
population of otters in your area
and a good chance that your
readers might see one. A unique
aspect of otters in this area is that
they are marine-going and it is
this use of the marine
environment which intrigues me
most and is a major emphasis of
my research.
Often confused with the
"true" sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
of the outer coast, the river or
land otter might be seen in a
stream, lake or swimming along
the marine shoreline. "Our" river
otter (Lutra canadensis) is the
same species which occurs
throughout much of the U.S. and
Canada in freshwater habitat.
Here and in other coastal
regions it has taken to the sea, but
to a degree not quite as complete
as its larger relative, the sea otter
or other marine mammals such as
the seals. I suspect that the
physiological and behavioral
adaptations to life in the marine
environment made by the river
otters approach those of the sea
otter in its successful adaptation
to marine life.
These adaptations to the
marine situation might include: a
larger body size to deal with
temperature stress; larger or
modified kidneys to deal with
salt; a greater degree of
gregariousness and sociability as
seen in sea otters. This last
category is perhaps the most
fascinating since we see the
possibility of a species evolving
different behavioral traits
according to its physical
Compulsory Insurance Eyed environment.
A H o u s e F i n a n c i a I Sea otters are quite "social"
Institutions subcommittee has 'ins observations of a, many as
decided to drop consi~ration of, 70-100 male sea otters,hatfled out
HB 648, which would require a
together on Amchitka Island
person to prove financial
responsibility in order to qualify
for a driver's license.
But the subcommittee is still
pursuing the issue, from another
approach.
Realizing it would be as hard
to spot an uninsured motorist in
this manner as it is to detect
unlicensed drivers, the
subcommittee plans instead to
make proof of financial
responsibility a prerequisite to
obtaining a motor vehicle license.
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Or Maybe a Head Tax
Three other alternate
proposals have been offered to
the legislative committees by their
staffs. These include a payroll tax
on private business at the rate of
O.ll percent; a business and
occupation surtax of 5.5 percent,
and an employee head tax of $13
a year.
Jack Rogers, executive
secretary of the Association of
Washington Counties, said leaving
Fran Weiley caught it on one of those TV shows. A widely known
author was being interviewed on the expertise required for his craft.
• • ~,,
Then he was asked, "What is the most lucrative kind of wnttug today.
"Ransom note,," came the quick reply.
(Alex Thien in Milwaukee Sentinel)
Of course computers work faster than humans - they don't have to
stop and answer the telephone.
(Aaron Gold in Chicago Tribune)
About the only thing that movies leave to the imagination these days is
the plot.
(Gene Brown in Danbury News-Times)
The trouble with Congress today is that they just don't want to get
involved•
(Gene Brown in Danbury News-Times)
David Frye said he had this terrible nightmare the other night. He
dreamed he was only seconds away from death and Richard Nixon's
entire life flashed before his eyes.
(Alex Thien in Milwaukee Sentinel)
A Charleston, S.C. accountant who arrived at the office with his arm in
bandages explained he had bought a new hairpiece and worn it home.
His wife recognized him immediately, but their German shepherd
didn't.
(Red O'Donnell in Nashville Banner)
Phone 426-4412
Mailing Address: Box 430, Shelton, Wa. 98584
Published at 227 West Cota Street, Shelton, Mason County,
Washington 98584, weekly.
Second-class postage paid at Shelton, Washington.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $6.00 per year in Mason County,
in advance -- Outside Mason County $7.50
out governmental employees .............
wouldn't be equitable, hul a EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ...................... Henry G. Gay
indicate. In contrast male river
otters in freshwater areas are
quite solitary and seem to
establish territorial boundaries.
Family groups of 3-5 otters are
often seen; however, in the San
Juan Islands observations of as
many as 12 individuals in a group
indicate a more complex social
situation than a single family
group.
In this area river otters use
both fresh and salt water and
should, therefore, reflect an
intermediate degree of adaptation
to the sea. They inhabit lakes,
streams and the salt water, but
seem to restrict their movements
in the marine areas to small bays
which offer a stream refuge.
Feeding forays are made into the
salt water, perhaps only at high
tide and often at night, where
prey includes flounders, sculpins,
sand fleas, and an occasional
duck.
Back in the freshwater, otters
do prey on spawning salmon and
steelhead, but the favorite food
item by far is the crayfish. Their
fish eating ways often get them in
trouble with fishermen and
hatchery personnel, but the
esthetic value of these fun-loving,
graceful aquatic mammals to
others must far outweigh any
damage they inflict on a few fish.
The otter population in this
area is serving man in ways other
than for entertainment, however.
The impact of industrial
developments such as Trident,
increasing possibilities of oil spills
and the effects of organochlorine
pollutants (DDT and PCB's) and
heavy metals all loom as threats
to marine mammal populations
and to man.
A determination of the
present status of otter
populations and continued study
of these and other marine
mammals will allow us to monitor
changes brought about by man.
Otter populations will reflect the
detrimental effects of pollutants
and habitat deterioration and can
be used as a warning signal if we
are attentive.
Investigators have already
indicated the near extinction of
otters in most of Europe, blaming
industrial pollution and habitat
destruction. We still have time left
and should, therefore, carefully
consider all our options before
approving any developments
which affect shorelines and our
water resources.
There is a short trapping
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season in Western Washington
during the winter, when some 500
otters are taken annually for their
fine fur. It is from the carcasses
obtained from the trappers that
much information concerning
physical adaptations, reproductive
status and general health of the
population is procured.
Trappers also provide much
valuable information concerning
the ways of otters since one must
know an animal well in order to
catch it in its own environment.
For a more complete
understanding of the otter
population in this
now needed are
which your readers
Any sightings
can be sent to me.
with specific
any sighting will
request.
Questions,
information from:
College
Seattle,
Phone:
Editor, The Journal:
To answer the lady from
Dakota, complaining of having to
wait one hour at the old Shelton
General Hospital in 1968 for a
doctor, while he had finally found
some time to eat.
We tend to forget that these
men are also human, as we are
supposed to be, and they cannot
be expected to be constantly
working 24 hours a day, seven
days a week. When
the day off, they
town in order to get J
There were
doctors in
care for our
As the gen~
Shelton said
be an observer at the
a time.
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Editor, The Journal:
Volunteer firefighters are
needed throughout Fire
Protection District 5. District 5 is
presently a epting applications
at each of the n!nestations in the
distHcU' St~tl6n~f', ~yn; Station
2, Victor; Station 3,
Mason-Benson Lakes; Station 4,
Lake Limerick; Station 5,
Timberlakes; Station 6, Deer
Creek; Station 7, Spencer Lake;
Station 8, west side of Mason
Lake; and Station 9, Hartstene
Pointe.
The membership of the
district is presently running about
70 volunteers. These volunteers
are your friends and neighbors
who put in many hours and much
effort to serve you. Your
participation and the
participation of others would
mean less burdens for a few and
would mean more available
personnel at all hems. We have
particular problems during the
day and Friday and Saturday
evenings and on weekends during
the summer months•
We need people who are
interested in firefighting and
people who are interested in
emergency medical and
ambulance service as well as those
who might wish to participate in a
"support" capacity. Membership
is open to men and women 16
years or older• We accept a
limited number younger than 16
as apprentice flrefighters, subject
to some restrictions•
Anyone wishing to be
considered as a
be at any station in l
7 p.m. any
which is our
every week. If yotl
serious, come
in;" these are
don't just sit around.
Don't caU on the
except for
needing
District 5, call
Shelton (426)
426- 1 232. F¢
information call
426-3060.
Richard A.]
Post
All3
Editor, The Journal:
! have sent
message to
Bonker:
Our forefathers
independence
without represe
people of
representation in
I hope you are not
to tax the
to pay the
New York City.
clen
WIS
By KARL L. MONROE
The Collinsville (Ill.) Herald
It was probably a myth, but the editor
grew up witl the story that the ancient
timeless wisdom, paid the doctor regularly
well, but were entitled to services for nothing
ill. Not very practical, perhaps, but there
delightfully logical equity in the idea.
Apply this to Congress with a twist•
Congressmen only so long as the revenue
which is what a well-run system does? No
kitty, no pay for the Congressman. It seems
that Congressmen would pay more attention to
they blithely vote for.
Of course, this is all dreaming, just as tile
Chinese medical system was probably a my th.
Also just dreaming is Rep. Jerry Litton of
has introduced a bill to repeal the automatic
Congressmen. Litton voted against the
will give the raise back, but he is whistling
the remainder of the Congressmen, having
constituents by passing it, would throw back
triggered the wrath•
Sounding surprisingly like the ancient
dec only as long as he kept them well,
Congressmen's salaries should go up only if
down, should go down if inflation goes up. i