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6bterver, La Grande, Or., Wed., Aug. 6, 1958 Page 4 LA GRANDE Ettabllthad 1191 Daily Except Sunday La Grand, Oregon Publlabad By the Grande Rnnde Valley Publlahlii Company l' 1'.'. vVtybn;t, Prt-lnnt RAY C. ANDERSON Editor & Publisher GEORGE S. CHALLIS Adv. Director Member Audit Bureau of Circulation United Press Full Leased Wire WF!BT-HOL.IDAY CO.. INC. National Riiprenentatlve loa AnBl Han fl'ranclnco Portland Seattlo Denver . New York Chicago Detroit SUBSCRIPTION RATES i , . - . By Carrier ..' 1.25 Month lfl.00 Year By Motor Route ;... 1.40 Month lttUO Year . BY MAIL 1 Month 1.25 3 Months ..'. 8.50 fi Months 6.50 1 Yeur ...: 12.00 Knlered aa Second Claaa Matter at the Pnat Office of La Grande, Oregon Under the Aet of Mamli , 181 Nuisance Value In any fresh look at the values by which men live ; in this world in the mid-2flth century, let us not forget the value of the nuisance. ; Either in private or public life, the nuisance operates 'on the general notion that he will beat you by wearing 'you down. He figures you will have neither the time , nor the patience, nor wish to risk the. stakes involved '! in whatever enterprise is at the heart of the matter. ' Thus, every year, thousands of civil cases are filed by I men whose cause is not just but who reason that their 'opponents cannot or will not undertake the' time and i expense of a court trial. The result is settlement: a cold .) dollar recognition of nuisance value, i This is a game played sometimes by unscrupulous firms which decline to pay bills, competing the creditor jto sue or take a cents-on-the-dollar payment to avoid j that trouble. Then there are the lawmakers, especially at the state level, who regularly toss certain "nuisance" bills into j the legislative hopper. These usually are designed to i regulate this or that industry or enterprise. Suspicion J is wide that a "pay-off" kills such bills. It is hard to i prove, but occasionally such a case is nailed down tight. In too many places and far too often, this business iof being a nuisance is practiced with calculated purpose, i In its most usual form, it represents a kind of blackmail by delay. The practitioner seems to say: "Come across, i or I'll steal your time, and maybe your money, too. On the international level, Soviet communism has i elevated nuisance value to a science. It is indeed a basic j and frequently a' critical part of Russian world diplo tmacy. The good Soviet diplomat is the man who can J outsit nil. opposition, torture a subject to death, fray I the edges of the sternest opposing resolve, j At that level, the cause of peace and justice is con i tinuously, clouded by the phony claims, the delays and f the' scheming ' tactics of the'" professional' nuisance ' diplomats. . i At the levels close to home, the air is thickened by false claims for services rendered, phony charges of damages, unpaid bills, and so on through a host of nui- sance devices. ) In the society of free men, there will be more justice land more freedom when ways are found if ever they ican be to devalue the nuisance utterly and completely. jit's A Winning Formula 1 It's getting 'on toward campaign time, and I he mo- ment is at hand to advise the 'budding politician who really wants to make a score with the voters. v Judging from the successful ventures already on 'record, this is the way to bring it off: Get yourself an old, battered hat and a tired, shiny ; suit. Then pile into an old car, preferably a seedy con- vertible and hit the road. Toss some literature hap ! hazprdly on the back seat. It doesn't pay to look too ; well organized. If it's practical, take the wife along, but keep her in sweaters and skirts except at dinner affairs.. If you've i got a son who can sing and strum a guitar, fine. Send ihim along with the advance man sotting up the tour dates. ! Prowl the back roads, show up on farmers' porches ; in machine shops, at factory gates in the cool dawn. Look a bit dusty and disheveled from time to time. If these things don't do, it;' then politics isn't what it i used to be. MARSHMALLOWS Billy Kcarns (center) seems to be checking a hot marshmallow be fore consuming the sizzling bit of fluff while Mike Merrill (right) watches, fascinated. Tom my Wells (left) ignores the pair while cooking up another for himself. . The group of nearly 100 Eastern Oregon College professors, instruc tors and summer school students, consumed over 500 marshmallows at the evening bonfire session. Boys above are all sons of college in structors. (Observer Photos) Naguib: Forgotten Strongman CAIRO (UPI What has hap pened to Gen. Mohammed Naguib, the forgotten strongman of the Egyptian revolution- Chances are you II find him playing tennis or reading news papers at the Al Marg mansion in northeastern suburb of Cairo. It was Gen. Naguib, then 51. who led the revolt that deposed King Farouk late in July, 1952, and later became president and premier of Egypt. Now, Naguib lives a life of ease al the mansion. He cannot leave the grounds, but inside he is com pletely free. He even sends out for meals from Cairo s best res taurants to vary his fare. There are reports he talks to Barbs Caddies are young men who, att he 19th hole, are left ! holding the bag. Side Glances I l Ml Quotes From The News Reg.' U.S. Pat. Off. United Press International NEW YORK: Mayor Robert Wagner, removing himself from Ihe race for the Democratic nom Ination for the Senate: "I would refuse a draft. There will not be any draft movement,' Nasser by telephone. But Nasser last year told an interviewer that he does not see Naguib. But the shaggy-haired, rugged faced general was in turn ousted by Gamal Abdel Nasser and put under arrest in November, 1054. He was never brought to trial. The Al Marg "palace" has over 20 rooms surrounded by gardens and farm plots where Naguib spends most of his day playing ten nis with the officers guarding him or receiving friends and relatives who are allowed to visit. Occasionally he hunts pigeons and ducks. The general still rises early every morning to play tennis, read the papers and have break fast with his family. The news papers and magazines he reads come from all over the world no reading matter is withheld from him. Naguib never misses a radio news bulletin and was reported joyous tue day of the Iraqi revolt He has three wives. Each spends a week with him in turn. Most of his children are abroad at foreign schools studying at government expense. Naguib him self wanted them to study abroad and often calls them by long dis tance telephone. Naguib writes and receives fre- quent letters from relatives and friends. But otherwise, he is the forgot ten man of Egypt. The local press no longer mentions him. "I do not seek personal power," he once said. "I want to rid Egypt of its enemies. I must, because if I fail Egypt will fall to dust." Now he has finished his job, forced out of the way while Nas ser seeks to solidify the Arab nations. More Inmates In U.S. Prisons In '57 Than Before In History LOS ANGELES: Grandma Lo- mie Pticket, who is fighting cvic lion from her house so work on a new freeway can continue, housing: "People can buy Cadillacs with money paid for their houses and then live in the Cadillacs while they drive around the freeways in them. BEIRUT. Lebanon: Rebel chief Saeb Salam, expressing satisfac tion at President-elect Fuad Che hab's expressed attitude toward the presence of American troops in Lebanon: "We are happy to note that the new president has assigned as his first national objective the with drawal of foreign forces." WASHINGTON: Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-Wyo.) warning of the insidious nature of inaltion in connection with the current rise in steel prices: Industrial leaders can t allow the government and people 1c suffer great economic losses be cause of inflation and hope to escape themselves." WASHINGTON IUPI) There were more inmates in U.S. prisons last year than in any other year in the nation s history, the 1' ed oral Bureau of Prisons reported Tuesday. But the number of women pris oners declined. In a year-end review, Bureau Director James V. Bennett re ported that there were 195.414 prisoners confined in slate and federal jails and reformatories on Dec. 31, 1957. The growing prison population, 5,849 inmates or 3.1 per cent over 1956. was due partly to an in- CHICAGO: Air safety expert D. W. Spicknlmire. criticizing the fir ing of missiles into airplane flight lanes by amateur rocketeers: At thnt time, if there is an air craft within range, the rocket may latch onto it, and we are going lo have an nir tragedy." M. Of. A M 81 Lt' mo I traded my green beans for your dessert. , so hew much 1 my part of tha check?" Physicist Predicts Agreement To Halt Nuclear Tests PORTLAND lUPH Dr. Linus Pauling, a native Portiander and j Nobel prize winning physicist, predicted here today an imminent agreement among the atomic powers of the world to halt nu clear tests. . He assorted that scientists now conferring at Geneva were close' lo agreement on a detection pro gram -that would' outlaw atomic and hydrogen tests. Continuing his crusade against the hazards of atomic fallout. Dr. Pauling said here that contamina tion from tests conducted so far threaten to produce mental and physical defects in hundreds of thousands of children still unborn. He claimed that one and a half million more children might die of nuclear injury shortly after birth. He conceded he had no proof Chuckles In The News United Press International VALLAURIS, France lUPH An aspiring bullfighter had an unexpected comedown on his first appearance in the local ring Mon day. The youth, appearing in a nov ice competition, made an elegant pass as the bull rushed by. The bull's horn sheared his side, missing his flesh but neatly slicing his trousers from h I s waist. NEW' ORLEANS UPI) - An unidentified soldier complained to police Monday that someone had stolen his watch while he was swimming. Police, learning he had left both the watch and his trunks on a seawall when he went into the water, arrested him (or indecent exposure. HERNE BAY, England (UPD A boat in a crew race Monday was about to got underway when a three and - a -half-pound bass plopped into Ihe craft. Unperturbed, the racers finished the contest then used the bass for dinner. BILLINGS, Mont. (UPl-Aftei Pepe le Pew, a tame, deodorized skunk, escaped Monday night, his owners were happy to hear a skunk had been spotted in th? bnsement of a nearby residence. The owners, telephone operators Frances Moore and Jessie Guth rie, went to the scene and cap tured the skunk. Wrong skunk. DES MOINES, Iowa (UP1 Better days are in store for home owners. The Iowa State Fair plans to exhibit 'a lawnmower with head lights, horn, three speeds for ward, a reverse and a radio. ORANGE. Conn. (UPD The winner of a new car at a carnival here will have to confine his driving to the back-seat variety. The 1958 automobile was awarded to Col. Jet, a four- crease in commitments to slate institutions, Bennett said. It means there were 110 prison ers tor every 400,000 persons in the country as a whole. Bennett's report showed the rise in the prison population Lisi year was proportionately higher in state prisons than in federal in stitutions. Mate prisoners num bered 174,994 at the end of 1957, up 5,563 or 3.3 per cent over Ihe previous year. The number behind barj in fed eral penitentiaries and reforma tories totaled 20,420, an increase of 286 or 1.4 per cent. The number of women in jail at the end of 1957 was 7,301 a drop of 74 inmates from the same period m 1956. Bennett said that 30 states re corded increases in persons serv ing time. Of these, the top seven included New Mexico with a 16.2 per cent increase; Forida, 11 per cent; Arizona, 10.7 per cent; In diana, 9 per cent; Texas and Cal ifornia, 8.9 per cent each, and Wyoming, 8 per cent. Bennett also noted 2,306 prison ers broke out of jail last year. Of this number 2,210 escaped from state prisons. of defective births attributable to atomic fallout but he said there year-old boxer dog belonging to was evidence of such births. Robert Luce. Enforcement Officials Accept Advisory Posts SALEM (UPD Three public enforcement officials have ac cepted appointment to the state teletype network advisory com mittee, James F. Johnson, direc tor of motor vehicles, announced. New members are Francis W. Linklater, district attorney of Washington county; Glenn H. Klokhorst, Coos Bay chief of po lice; and Rupert L. Gillmouthe, sheriff of Hood River county. Within the past year the tele type network has grown into a state-wide service for law enforce- College Group Has 'Outing' Last weekend close to 100 East ern Oregon College professors, instructors and summer session I'jollege students dropped then books and took off for Snath camp on the south fork of the Lostine River" in the Wallowa Mountains for a two-day rest. The campout is the highlight ;f the Eastern Oregon Collegt summer session and gives thi jtudents, who attend, a break be tore their final week of examina tions. The instructors, of course, also get a well-earned break. Bob Quinn, EOC athletic direc or, is- in charge of the Summci Recreation Program and this yeai selected, for the first time, the well-kept Shady camp 18 miles up the Lostine River and at the 2nd of the road in the Wallo was. Most of the group arrived 'sometime" during the afternoon on Friday and, of course, there vas a scramble for sleeping spots close to the kitchen. A delegation )I "quartermasters" had arrived early Friday morning to set up kitchen facilities. Youngsters immediately disap peared in all directions. Fisher men in the group grabbed then equipment and went '.'upstream and downstream." Dr. Alvin Kaiser was probably the most suc cessful, bringing home seven fine trout. Towards evening on Friday the "strays" wandered into camp for a meal of spaghetti and meatballs, salad, bread and butter, cookies and fruit and lots of hot coffee. At the campfire later in the evening, Quinn unpacked marsh mallows and the youngsters roast ed them, passing them out to the 'old folks." Dr. Lynn Bishop, music depart ment head at EOC, led the assem bled group in "firelight favor ites" and Dr. Kaiser and Quinn ?ntertained the youngsters with stories. Early in the morning, after a hearty breakfast of hot cakes, ba con and eggs, fruit juice and cof fee, three different groups start ed off into the mountains on hikes. One group journeyed to Eagle Cap, 10 mile hike up rug ged mountains, the second walk- d to Lost Lake, and the third to another lake. ' Late in the evening the hikers, tired but hungry, returned and after a huge dinner, most packed the kids into their atttos for the return trip to La Grande and the books. For both instructors and stud ents the campout was "just what the doctor ordered before final exams." - 4kt LUNCHES Nearly 100 lunches were "madsup' S H by the lunch committee on Friday night so early mormng niicon cjuio arao one" before moving into the mountains. Chris Johnsan and un identified girl (left) assist Dr. Lyr.n Bish6p and college Librar ian Helen Bliss (in background). John Nightingale (right) inspects the contents. ' ' . tit "cb m ... i ! 1 1 1 1 1 i Lri 1 MIWWW!-SjBrf Xaja-J V i Vi im -i A 4 iyjr iiiWi--rt ri -1 BREAKFAST Early morning light revealed Dr. Lee Johnson (right) and Dr. W. D. Spear cooking pancakes for hikers who were impatient to be off ir.to the wilds. By inaccurate count, 400 pan cakes were consumed by the group, the chefs reported. Dr. John son is in the history department at EOC Dr. Spear teaches so cial and political science. ' ' ' Crook County Cattleman Of Year Named PRINEVILLE (UPD Choice of Crook county cattleman of the year has been released by Ed Coles, secretary of the Oregon Cattlemen's association with of fices in Prineville. Crook county's cattleman is A. R. Teater, resident of the Post re gion in southeastern Crook coun ty. Teater and his family own 6,840 acres of range land, and op erate a cow-calf- yearling opera tion of 500 head. Additional grazing range in cludes 8,800 acres, Taylor Grazing land and 6.400 acres federal forest land. Teater's name joins others counties select representatives who will be candidates for the honor of 1958 Oregon Cattleman of the year. The state selection will be announced at the OCA an nual meeting to be held in Red mond October 31, November 1 and 2. Rate Increase Granted Natural Gas Company SALEM (UPD Public Utility Commissioner Howard Morgan has announced approval of a rate increase totalling some $55,000 annually to 1,135 residen- ment agencies. Johnson said that 1 tial and commercial customers of his new annoinlments were de-.the Cascade Natural Gas Lorn- signed to follow this trend toward expansion in that they represented a wide geographic distribution. The Motor Vehicle Department acts as control center for the law enforcement network because of its immediate access to vehicle and driver records. RETIREMENT ANNOUNCED SAN FRANCISCO (UPD Har old F. Slade, vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank here, has announced his retirement, . ef fective at the end of this month. His successor will be Abram B. Merritt, now senior assistant man ager of the Portland office. Slade entered service with the bank in March, 1918. A new photographic paper makes a visible print instantly. It is for use in recording instrumental data. pony in the' Pendleton, Baker, Athena and Weston" areas of east ern Oregon. He denied, however, company proposals which automatically would have passed on to con sumers any increase in costs im posed by the Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corporation, the sole sup plier of natural gas to Cascade. He also turned down a plan which would have eliminated any pro-rating of bills to customers. Morgan said the new rate schedules will increase Cascade's operation revenues and will pro vide a rate of return of about 2.91 per cent based on 1957 operations. He was highly critical of the company's previous management for having filed with the PUC in 1956 a rate case in which tariffs and reports were "unrealistically low." THE CREMATION Dr. Alvin Kaisor, head of the EOC English department, gives a rendition of the "Cremation of Sam McGee" at the bonfire held at the campout on Fricjay night. Youngsters sans and daughters of instructors and sumiTur session students, whooped and hollered in glee. Bob Quinn, director of the sum mer recreation program, also received applause as he related 'Anything." . :, House Members Charge Space rrogram.'Pre-Sputnik Model' WASHINGTON UPD - Hn.iP Space Committee m p m h p r c charged Tuesday Ihe administra- yiuposeu new space pro gram is - a "pre-Spulnik model" that lacks "boldness, imagination and courage." Republican and Democratic members led by House Democra tic leader John W. McCormick committee chairman, said Ihe na tion's survival is involved if Die nited Slates fails to overtake Russia in space. "I don't want to catch up with the Russians," McCormack said 1 want to go ahead of 'em " The charges disclosed serious dissatisfaction of many members J)' the House committee with Dr Hugh Dryden's National Advisorv Committee for Aeronautics -"VA.C.Ai nucleus and planum group for Hie New National Aero nautics and. Space Administration IN.A.S.A,!.' - Members'-said they are greally disappointed Dryden Iras nol pro poser! a ;far more ambitious ini tial program for N. A S. A created by legislation that Congress pass ed with virtually no opposition and President Eisenhower signed last mohtbv Rep. "Te Melcalf (D-Mont.l said "it would be a tragic thing for the nation" if the president ap pointed Dryden head of N.A.S.A. Rep. James G. Fulton 'R-Pa.l said there, is a "complete differ ence of philosophy between Dry den and some committee mem bers" . The administration and Dryden have asked Congress for a 343 million dollar budget for N.A S.A during li.scal 1959, the 12 month eliding next June 20.
