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Editorials Out of control Everyone cannot have a pleasant holiday season. Circumstances beyond their control prevent it. We're thinking of Rudy Tomjanovich of the Houston Rockets basketball team who is spending his days waiting for his broken nose and jaw to mend, the result of an attack by another player during a game. The attacker was fined $10,009 and suspended 60 days without pay. His total loss will be more than $50,000.

But Tomjanovich will probably lose the season and sports is losing more than that. The attacker, Kermit Washington of Los Angeles, said in an interview in Sports Illustrated before the incident that "You have to establish yourself in this (professional NBA) league They will push you around if they can so we have to do our jobs the best way we can." The right started another anti-violence cycle in sports. In the early 1960s boxing circles were rocked by the deaths of several prizefighters. Fans and even the Pope spoke against boxing Of course boxing is different from basketball in that a fighter's purpose is to hit his opponent hard enough to temporarily destroy his brain so that he can no longer see, hear, stand up or move. Hockey has come in for more recent complaints.

Three players were arrested and charged with assault with "offensive weapons" hockey sticks, following a brawl on the ice. Injuries are not as frequent in hockey and football because players wear protective equipment. A professional hockey coach reminded everyone of what the next step could be. There may be 1,000 fans in the stand who "aren't all there." They spit on players, curse them and throw things. Some night some fan may come in with a gun.

It all boils down to self-control, in the stands or on the court. Violence by players is frequently excused on the grounds that the players are emotionally high, that tempers will flare and injuries will result. Players knew this when they chose their profession, the reasoning goes. They must accept the risks. Such reasoning is just an excuse.

Risks are from the game, not from uncontrolled attacks. People cannot allow themselves to go out of control in the stands, on the floor, at home or on the job. What if policemen were permitted to lose their tempers? The provocation must be great at times. Self-control; self-discipline; needed at all times by everyone. The excuse "He didn't mean it" is the same as saying "You can't trust him when the chips are down." Personal attacks in sports should be no more acceptable than taking a swing at your wife.

No to triple trailers The other evening, driving home in the rain from Portland, our car was frequently drenched with spray and splash from trucks passing us. The windshield wiper couldn't handle it, and the best driving technique available is to mutter "steady as you go" and change nothing. Don't turn, don't slow down, don't move your eyes don't even swear. Hang in there until the thing has passed (and the next one catches up). At such times the thought of triple rigs, a semi-truck with two trailers with a length of 105 feet, comes to mind.

They are legal in Oregon, and we've seen them there on the freeway, but we've never encountered one going our way and in the rain. Nor are we looking forward to it. But economics play a large part in everyone's life, and economics surrounding triple rigs are favorable. Shipping costs are said to be cut one-third by triple rigs. One freight line claims a saving of 1.5 million gallons of diesel fuel a year.

These numbers came out at a state Transportation (formerly Highways) Commission hearing in Olympia. Truck companies are arguing for a test period to demonstrate that the triple rigs would be accepted by the public. Teamsters are arguing that the rigs are dangerous because the driver can't look back through a mirror and 105 feet of flying water and be able to tell exactly what is happening back there. Drivers are exhausted from the added strain, Teamsters testified. The Teamsters didn't say that the newer rigs would use fewer drivers, but the thought must have crossed their minds.

Theoretically permission to use triple rigs in Washington is still up in the air with more hearings scheduled. But the news story quoted Commissioner Julia Butler Hansen as saying the issue is "tabled." That's another way of saying the matter will probably not come up again. She has a way of making accurate predictions concerning the activities around her. Cracking down more The state is making one more try at getting motorists to observe the speed limit. At five locations along the state's highways, overhead signs are either up or are going up which will tell you how fast you are driving.

They have radar units attached to them and they flash a message which says, "Your speed is The state is also installing some solar-powered beeper boxes which emit sounds like radar units. They are designed to trigger radar detection devices which some motorists now use to beat the speed laws. The effort to get drivers to slow down is worthwhile. After the speed limit was cut on the freeways from 70 to 55 miles per hour, there was a dramatic drop in the number of traffic deaths. Now the fatality totals are rising again.

This year has seen 883 highway deaths, compared to 804 a year ago. One reason highway deaths are rising is that highway speeds are rising not just in Washington but all across the country. Tougher enforcement of the speeding laws plus the gimmicks will help. But perhaps the biggest help would be a change in policy by the State Patrol. The unannounced but quasi-official policy is that troopers will give motorists up to 60 miles per hour before they will be pulled over and cited.

So how fast do most persons drive? As close to 60 as they can get. If the State Patrol abandons the "tolerance" of that extra five miles per hour and starts ticketing folks doing more than 55, it will not take long for the word to get around and people will either slow down or pay the price of trying to beat the odds. THE DAILY NEWS Serving the North Olympic Penintula Frank D. Ducceschi Managing Editor Wesley 0. Snelgrove Mechanical Superintendent Ned Thomas Editor and Erland f.

Hansen Advertising Director Bonnie f. Snyder OHice Manager Donald V. Pax son Executive Editor Stephen P. Staloch Circulation Monojtt 4 Dec. 29, 1977 i Carter: A different kind of president After the first year it's clear we have a non-politician in the White House ByJACKW.OERMOND and JULES WITCOVER National political analysts "Everybody in the White House," says a man who works there, "is more political than the president." "Carter is not an arm-twister.

That's just the way things are," says a member of his cabinet. "He hates to ask," says another. "If I need to see the president on something substantive," another influential official reports, "there's always time that day, but if I say it's a political matter, it's always next week." And a labor leader sympathetic to Jimmy Carter says: "He acts like he doesn't need us, like he doesn't need anybody to help." Taken together, these comments reflect the central lesson Washington has learned about Jimmy Carter in the first year of his stewardship: The "master politician" who lifted himself from the obscurity of a single term as governor of Georgia to the peak of political success is not much of a politician, after all. Or, at the least, he is not in the same class as an "inside" politician as president that he was in as an "outside" politician running for office. No one should have been fooled by Jimmy Carter.

His background as an engineer and businessman, his performance in Atlanta, his personality, the attitudes toward politics he expressed while running for the presidency all of those things spelled out in big neon letters the message that Jimmy Carter was likely to be a very different man in the White House than we have seen in a long time. He never hesitated to ask the people for their votes, but he clearly believes the proposals he sends to Congress should be taken on their merits alone. He does go through the motions at times, of course. He makes a lot of telephone calls. He invites people to breakfast and dinner.

He makes speeches and gives interviews to "sell" his proposals. But it has become increasingly obvious to the political community in Washington that, in the end, Jimmy Carter is less interested in dealing than in prevailing and he remains persuaded that he can indeed prevail simply because he is right. Thus, a member of the cabinet tells of bringing in a key congressman to tell the president that a proposal, although a sound one, "just wouldn't fly" on the Hill. "You mean," replied the incredulous Carter, "that you and having looked at the problem and decided what's right, that we should trim our sails?" If you believe in the civics textbook view of government, that attitude may be considered a virtue. It is surely true that the voters have had more experience than they feel may be beneficial with politics-first from the White House.

But just as strong a case can be made that it Is an attitude that reflects rigidity and, more to the point, a failure to offer pragmatic leadership. This is the core of Jimmy Carter's much-advertised "troubles" in his first year in office, and it operates at two levels. The most obvious, of course, is that is has made it more difficult for the White House to deal with Congress than everyone might have expected from one-party control of the government Thus, despite all the mimeographed summaries of the president's "accomplishments" this year, the hard judgment in the political community la that there have been few successes that any president might not have recorded Indeed, perhaps the kindest assessment that political professionals are willing to make is that Carter does deserve great credit for setting an agenda that forces the nation, and the other politicians, to confront such serious problems as the energy crisis and the welfare "disgrace." But, in the end, what may be most threatening to Jimmy Carter from the first year's record la that he has been REPORT CARD. 1 GOT ALMOST ALL Ab IH Nearly every HIT YBSIREE-fllEflF Hie pnoducrive sfill A dab of decadence is needed Bombing of expensive food store shows a mistake of left By SMITH HEMPSTONE National political columnist In those days, when we were young and our world was a moveable feast, we came frequently to Paris, which is where good Americans go when they die. We stayed always at the Hotel France et Choiseul, a rather rundown but genteel hostelry on the Rue St.

Honore, near the Place Vendome. The rooms were dark and the beds a little lumpy. But the pink-cheeked proprietor was good enough to pretend he understood my French, there was a pleasant courtyard, the switchboard was tolerably efficient and the prices were reasonable. My business in that time took me frequently to the American embassy and the Quai d'Orsay, and occasionally to the Elysee Palace, all of which were within walking distance, as was that holy of holies, the telex office. From the France et Choiseul, one could also walk to the Petit Palais or L'Orangerie, to see the exhibitions.

And on Sundays, we would stroll in the gardens of the Tuileries, watching the children sail their model' ooafs uT ffil octagonal basin, or go to tne Jeu uc Paume to devour the Impressionists. In the spring, when the Avenue Gabriel was white with the flowering of chestnuts, and old men were playing chess under the trees, one of the good Ours in Olympia State legislators need the advice of the people they represent. When you want to offer a view you can contact your legislators. Sen. Paul H.

Conner, office: Route 4, Box 655, Sequim, Wash. 98382, phone 6834918. Olympia: 425 Public Lands Building, Olympia, Wash. 98504, phone 1-753-7646. Rep.

Don Olson, office: 611 Polk Port Townsend, Wash. 98368, phone 385-3300. Olympia: Institutions Building, Room 104, Olympia, Wash. 98504, phone 1-234-7550. Rep.

Brad Owen, D-Local office: 918 Ellinor Shelton, Wash. 98584, phone 1-426-3101. Olympia: House Office Building, Room 414, Olympia, Wash. 98504, phone 1-753-7894. things to do was to walk north along the Rue Royale to the Madeleine, the church of the army and the right-wing of French politics, from the steps of which one has a fine view to the obelisk in the Place de la Concorde, and beyond to the Palais-Bourbon and the golden dome of the Invalides, where Bonaparte sleeps.

On the east side of the Madeleine, where the Boulevard des Capucines comes in at an angle, there is an open- air flower market that has been there since the days of the Directory. There Kitty would buy jonquils to brighten the darkness of our room, and afterwards we would wend our way through the flower stalls to Fauchon. Now to those to whom eating is an art rather than a necessity, Fauchon was a gastronomic Louvre, a gallery of delicacies rivaled only by Dahlmayer in Munich and Fortnum Mason in London. On display were luscious mangoes from Tahiti, ripe melons from Martinique, green peppers from Madagascar, sausages from Bavaria, fresh-roasted coffee from Kenya, breadfruit from Brazil, bananas from the Ivory Coast, pate from Strasbourg, sweet-scented cloves from Zanzibar, macadamia nuts from Hawaii, haunches of venison from Scotland, corn-on- the-cob from Iowa, pasta from Calabria and strawberry preserves from Devon. There were hundreds of cheeses from every part of France, delectable pastries, mustard from Dijon, fine wines, condiments, spices and seasonings.

If it was not to be had at Fauchon, in all probability it was not worth eating. The prices were high, and we seldom bought anything. But it was fun to look, and when we were finished we would cross the Rue de Seze to Fauchon's annex to have a sherbet so good it had to be wicked. Indeed, it was precisely that delicious sense of prodigality, of borrowed opulence, that made one's visit to Fauchon so memorable. No more: Last week, two pre-dawn bombs exploded in Fauchon, wrecking the five-story main building, severly damaging the annex and blowing out some windows in the Madeleine.

The mind boggles at the very thought of such a devasting potpourri of shattered glass, smashed viands, spilled wine and smoking timbers. The identity of the bombers is unknown, but back in the early 1970s Fauchon occasionally was the target of Maoist groups that trashed it as a symbol of bourgeois decadence, which indeed it was. One suspects the spititual heirs of that canaille are responsible for last week's explosions, which mercifully hurt no one. Now one would be hard put to claim Fauchon had much redeeming social virtue, and the bombing of an expensive food store is not calculated to outrage the average man's sensibilities. Nevertheless, it is difficult to see how the hungry will be fed by the destruction of a firm that has done business on the same site since 1886.

It is hard to understand how the poor will benefit from the loss of at least $2 million in holiday sales. Nor are the bombers likely to have the thanks of Fauchon's 320 employees, many of whom now find themselves without jobs, at least temporarily. The mistake the left is in thinking that luxuries are only for the rich. To look is to enjoy, and without an occasional dab of decadence, life would be a drab thing, indeed. So the wastrel heart mourns for Fauchon.

And when the chestnut trees flower again along the Avenue Gabriel, the old men take up their chess games anew and the stalls are filled once more with flowers in the cool shade of the Madeleine, one dares to hope indeed, to believe that Fauchon will arise phoenix-like from the ashes of memory, tempting each of us in his own way. A look back files of News 50 years ago (1927) An announcement: "During this wttkDri Butter and Beadey extend to school and grade school one- half price for cleaning, extracting and fillings." 25 years ago (1962) Mr. and Mri. RichariMwhadtfaeu-toee-ouwth-old daughter Sheryl Ann in Queen of Angels church Sunday. Godparents were the baby's aunt Freiibeim of San Fraotiico and her grandfather Robert F.

Freiaheim. hung with a reputation in the permanent establishment in Washington meaning among members of Congress, the press, the politicians, the lobbyists for being uncertain at the least and inept at the worst. As long as that notion prevails only in Washington, it's not fatal. Social conversation in Washington is always incestuous and politically bitchy. But history suggests that such judgments here eventually filter out to the country and to the electorate.

And the opinion surveys already show Carter's strength softening across the nation. There have been some signs, of course, that Jimmy Carter is adjusting to the realities of life along the Potomac. He has developed a genuine rapport with some of the old-fashioned politicians who were so hard for him to accept during his campaign, such as Tip O'Neill and Bob Strauss. He has clearly learned that some horse-trading is essential to any administration's survival. But the basic lesson of his first year is still valid that he is a president far less comfortable and skilled as a politician than most of those who have preceded him.

And the chances are slim that he will change a great deal in the next three years. "It would," said one of his Cabinet, "require a lobotomy." Readers write Violation of right of privacy The story on Donna Anderson, the cheerleader who was removed from the rally squad for smoking at home, points out what kind of authority our elected officials think they have. In this case they didn't even request the informants to be present. Why weren't they held to account for their actions in this matter? Instead the board made themselves judge and jury. The school board believes they have the authority to say what your child does in the privacy of your home.

They claim the by-laws of the organization and the board are all- encompassing including your home. Our courts wouldn't hear such a case, yet our school board not only heard it, but acted on it, stating they are doing their job in relation to smoking discipline. They are attacking our basic right to privacy in the home. The Supreme Court has protected this right, but our school board has put themselves above this and say kids have no privacy and they will control them in the home as well as in the school. No adult would permit such invasion of privacy and for one, defend a child's right to privacy.

I suggest the board confine its actions to administrating and leave the raising of our children to their parents. Harvey Kortman Box 563 Beaver Just opposite Recently The Daily News printed an article on Congressman Honker that made him sound pretty good. It was on the Indian issue and gave the impression that he favored just the existence of one class of citizens. It sounded so good I complimented him on In reply, he said he was talking about the need for a national Indian policy, just the opposite of what we had been led to believe. I thought we had a national Indian policy for about a hundred years that was something short of a howling success.

I also thought we had laws forbidding discrimination on account of race or national origin. What is their future? Some of us WASPs would like to know if we are supposed to be second-class citizens while being a majority group blessed with one man, one vote. R. W.Robinson Route 7, Box 356 Sequim Boldt's fault In addition to the letter K.J. Suns wrote about the fishing, the Indians not only took everything in the river that moved or swam, "some of the fish were too far gone to swim." That they took.

The Indians ran all over our places took wood to build fires at night, went to the bathroom and argued with everyone. This went on day and night as long as there was a fish in the river, had lights all over the river, even slept on the bank with their guns. There was no trouble between the white and Indian fishermen until Judge George Boldt butted in. The trouble was not with the local Indians. Route 3, Box 828 Sequim Mr.

and Mrs. Art Fish.