WEATHER ' Fair through Thursday,;; highs 56-62; low tonight 18 24. Established 1896 Daily except Sunday LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1958 Price 5 Cents 7 EW Jtoea s For P - , ' 1 ' -. -h '' I - , . ', ' 1 I I U LkiL-1 HONORED Merle Backet, left, La Grande banker, presented awards t6 the Union County men named outstanding in their respective fields, at the Farmer-Merchant banquet held last night. The dinner was termed a "tremendous success" by cham- .:;;'r ; SPEAKER State Senator Anthony Yturri, chief speaker at the Farmers'Merchants' banquet held at the armory last night, lam ented the decline of individualism and the "ridiculous" tax struc ture of Oregon. ' Jury Selected For Girl's Trial On Murder Charge LINCOLN, Neb. lUPD The men and women who will decide die fate of Caril Fugiie, l.'i, com panion ' or mass murder ji' Charles Starkwca her, were selected today duriiiK the third dav r Taril's livsl (!e;iree murder trial. ' A Ubttict Court jury o.r seven men and five women was seated. In all, 47 prospective jurors were questioned.. ,' Caril is charged with helping SlnikwtaUier. her teen-age boy f lend, lot and mur.ler Robert Jensen,. 17, last Jan. 27 near Jen sen's home at Bennet, Neb. ( Under Nebraska law,' the person who helps in commission of such a crime is as guilty as the one who committed the actual slaying. Defense attorney John McAr thur said Canil will testify in her own defense.- She is eager, he said, ' to relate her story VACUUM CLEANERS City Nelson (pushing sweeper) and ton yesterday were busy cleanii Swift Dam Worker Crushed By Girder COUGAR, 'Wash. (UPD Henry Morsette, 36, Portland," was fatal ly crushed by a 130-foot-long steel girder bridge that slipped off a moving dolly at the Swift hydro electric project here Tuesday. Donald Hobson, Portland, an other worker, suffered a broken wrist in the accident. The steel superstructure was being moved into place over the Lewis river at the time of the accident. One end of the bridge was on the dolly and the other end was being towed and lifted by a large crane The dolly got stuck, aceordfng lo officials of Pacific Power and bi'ht Co. ABSENTEE BALLOT The county clerk's office re minded voters who will be out of the area on election day, Nov. 4, that tomorrow is the last day that they may vole by absentee ballot. rroployes Ben huge vacuum sweeper Is literally sweeping the veorge Carle- streets clean during this autumn season. Scene a house. The above is on First Street off of Adams. i (Observer Photo) ber officials who announced 503 men attended the affair. From " Becker's left are Clifford Towle, JC Young Farmer; Bernard Hug Sr., Farm Forester; John Shaw, Conservation; and Reed Taylor,' Cattleman of the Year. (Observer Photos) Farmer-Merchant Feed Draws Crowd Of 503 By BUCK BUCHANAN - The 10 th Annual Farmer Merchant banquet held at the ar mory wajj the "most successful in the histoify of the affair," officials proclaimed this morning as they announced that 503 Union county farmers and : townsmen attended the dinner. , Chamber of Commerce Prcsl dent Averitt Hickox extended lite chamber's "most- sincere thanks" lo the many business and profes sional men who actively partici pated in arrangements and serv ing at the dinner, w ' Guests-at the gathering filled the armory and saw four county tpenwceive , swards fdr.ri being "outstanding". m their respectivp fields, in 1957-1958. , Merle Becket, La Grande bank er presented awards to Reed Tay lor as Cattleman of the Year, to John Shaw, for being Conserva tion. Man of the Year, Bernal Hug, Sr., as Farm Forester of the Year, and Cilfford Towle", as JC Young Farmer of the Year. Principal speaker at the affair was State Senator Anthony Ytur ri of Ontario. Yturri, whose speech bordered en the philosophical and strayed from politics at this politica; time, said 'the current trend is away from the importance of the individual in our society with power being centralized in state and federal governments. He called on the farmers and businessmen at the dinner to "speak out as individuals else the decadence of the individual, particularly the farmers, will con tinue to be subsidized." The straight forward senator from Ontario discussed taxes in Oregon and attacked the tax sys tem here. He told the group that the nine and one-half per ceni personal income tax was "thf highest in the United States." He said if the trend continued in the next session of the legislature taxes would continue to skyrocket He told the group that the turnout last night "is a fine show of cooperation between farmers and urban dwellers." Shaw, of North Powder, wa.' cited for his water conservation practices as well as his range management, when he received his award as the ' counties' 1958 Conservation Man of the Year. Shaw is the third generation of Shaws to operate the farm which was homesleaded in 1870. Present size of the farm is 2,100 acres. Towle, of Cove, lives with his wife and three children east of town. Ho has 80 acres, of which 40 acres are cultivated. His pro ducing chcity orchard covers 27 acres but recent plantings should increase the orchard to 40 acres. This year's winner started farm ing on his ownJfLthe Cove area jiiutvuiiuiy-- jrouuwiug nib kiuu uation from Oregon State College. Bernal , Hug of Elgin comes from a long line of foresters and farm foresters. Hug has shown great interest in the promotion of the farm forestry industry. At present he is chairman of the irm forestry committee and this lommittee has been working luite extensively under Hug's Guidance for the promotion of this industry in Union county He owns 250 acres of woodland at .he present time.; Reed Taylor was cited as Cai '.leman of the Year. He owns ind runs a herd of cattle on his anch, the Sandridge Polled Here rord Ranch, near Alicel. He was elected early this year for the .-.ward. Ed Draper barbecued the 250 nounds of beef consumed at the linner. Rev. Gene Robinson dc .ivercd the invocation and the vclcome was extended by Averitt 'fickox. Chuck Gavin introduced iuesls. At the dinner Union County fair Manager Dave Baum present id awards lo livestock winners at he fair, this year. Masonic Official To Visit Here La Grande Lodge No. 41, AF and M, will host lodges of Masonic district 31 lonight at 7:30 p.m. luring the official visit to this district of Walter L. Lansing of ?alem, grandmaster of Masons in Oregon. , Yesterday the Observer crron- lusly listed the time as Tuesday 3t 7:30 p.m. Lansing will outline the grand 'odge's program for the year, with emphasis upon the public- schools. He will be accompanied iy other grand lodge officers, in cluding Oscar G. Rollins of Cove, district deputy of the : grand naster, who is in charge of ar- angcmcnls. , . La Grande lodge has the dis inction of being the home lodge if the senior past, grandmaster of Oregon. George T. Cochrane, who headed the craft in 11123. Clarence . Koop, Immediate Past Grand Master, also resides here. Lodges in district 31 include those at Elgin, Union and Cove. BULLETIN SPRINGHILL, Nova Scotia (UPI) Twelve miners were re ported found alive today, nearly six days after they were trapped 13,000 feet underground in North America's deepest coal mine along with tl other men. AEC Plans 5 Nuclear Tests Today ATOMIC TEST SITE, Nov. 'UPD Nuclear blasts sent rumb ling echoes across the desert to day as U.S. scientists punched buttons in a race to fire fiye' shots in one day and beat a pro posed test ban deadline. Humboldt, the day's ' second shot, flared brightly as it was- det onated at 6:45 a.m. p.s.L atop its 50-foot aluminum tower in Yucca Flat. The tower disintegrated as a plume of dust swirled into the sky in its familiar mushroom for mation Cloud-tracking aircraft darted into the area after each shot to check radiation effects and ground crews scurried forward to begin evaluation of the blast as a proposed Oct. 31 deadline neared. A few hours earlier, Mazama was triggered atop a 50-foot steel tower with a force of less than 1,000 tons of TNT after a brief technical delay. Secretary of Stale John Foster Dulles has announced the United States would honor the U.S. pro posed deadline for tests by Rus sia, Britain and the United States. Russia earlier informed the two powers it -had declined the offer to halt nuclear testing and would continue with its program. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian A. orin did, however, make it clear that Russia would participate in talks slated to start at Geneva Friday covering pos sibilities of banning nuclear test explosions. Youth Group " Will Collect For UNICEF . Members oT Junior High Fel iowship of the First Presbyterian church will collect for UNICEF here tonight between 7 and 8 p.m. , UNICEF is United Nations 'in ternational Children's Emergen cy Fund. The group undertook this activity for the first time U.st year and was able tb send almost $60 to the head office in New York. Every penny collect ed is turned over to the fund. The local children undertake this as a service project. Through buying in large quan tities and from surplus food ac cumulations this agency is able W provide a great deal for a few pennies in helping the children over the world who are in need of food, medicine, clothing and the minimum essentials for living. Church groups throughout the nation are adopting the slogan, "The triok Is to Treat," and are collecting for UNICEF rather than asking for treats for them selves. ExtensionOfReseal Program Reported It was-announced by Chairman Ben L. Robinson of the Union ASC County Commitiee, that the reseal program for farm s'ored commodi ties have been extended for an other year. The reseal program will be" available for 105B crop wheat, oats, barley, rye and corn. and all 1957 reseals may be extend ed for another year. Robinson further stated that the payment rates witl be the same as announced for . reseal on 1957 grains. If a producer reseals his 957 farm s'orage commodity for the entire year, he will receive 16 cents bushel for barley, 1(1 cents a bushel for wheat and 12 cents for oats. TODAY FURNITURE A HOUSEWARES f NEXT WEEK Drugs A Cosmetics Stampeders Join Pony ExpressR un The Elgin Stampeders will par ticipate in the Oregon Centennial Pony Express mail run, June 7th to 10th, 1959, according to a let ter received from Harry Long, executive vice president of Cen tennial Pony Express, Inc. Pony Express mail will be car ried across Oregon by the Elgin Stampeders and other participat ing riding clubs and then depos ited in the U. S. Mail for final lelivery. The statewide run is expected to take three days, which will be followed across Oregon with some feeder lines. There is to be one run each week, starting at the Centennial site in Portland lor the duration of the Centennial Celebration, which ends Septem ber 17, 1959. It is believed that this is one of the largest events of its kind ever to take place. The purpose is to publicize' the Oregon Centennial and the west em horsemen of today who have our horses to rely on in case of disaster, evacuation, or searching for lost persons and removing in jured or .sick . persons from re mote areas. . The Stampeders stage the Elgin Stampede, a Junior Rodeo and ac tively participate in the Eastern Oregon Livestock show, Pendle ton Round-up, - Milton-Frecwaler Pea Festival, Chief Joseph Days j'nd-'the Baker Stampede. 'At '-the present time;' plans fpi filming and televising the Pony Express run arc being made. Mock Indian and bandit raids are also in the planning Pasternak Rejects Nobel Prize Award STOCKHOLM, : Sweden (UPD Soviet author Boris Pasternak has rejected the Nobel prize for liter ature apparently because of ex treme pressure brought by Com munist authorities, informed sources reported today. Authoritative information reach ing here indicated the outspoken author of "Dr. Zhivago" had. re-. IriiCtcd the previous acceptance which he telegraphed to the Swed ish Academy last week. Pasternak, since winning the $41,000 award, has been attacked in the Soviet press and expelled from the Soviet , Writers Union a move that could threaten the livelihood of the. 67-year-old au thor. The Soviet attacks on Pasternak almost overshadowed the other Nobel prizes this year. The No bel prize for medicine is to be awarded Thursday and informed sources said three Americans probably will win it for their work in genetics. The three are Dr. George W. Beadle, formerly of Stanford and now at Oxford, Dr. Edwardi L. Tatum of Stanford and Joshua L. Lederberg of Wisconsin University. ' ' 7P:f DISARMED Gaylen Searleg of th La Grand police fore, disarms fallow patrolman Bill Wells at polka school ssssion being hold hors. Asks World Tp Listen To VATICAN CITY (UPD Pope John XXIII began the first day of his reign loday with an appeal to llie leaders of the world to abandon their monstrous . arms and ensure peace with justice. The 76-year-old pontiff, in his first papal address, asked the world leaders to "look at the peo ple, listen to their voices." "What do they ask? What do they implore? Not new monstrous arms but peace. . .but justice. . . but tranquility and concord" Pope John, his voice firm and at times almost musical, spoke in Latin from the papal throne in the Sistinc Chapel where a secret conclave of cardinals elected him Tuesday as the 262nd pontiff His speech followed a Solemn Mass thai brought the electing conclave to an end and opened the sealed area of St. Peters to the world for the first time since last Saturday. ' He said the world needed a free peace not a peace existing under conditions of slavery. Addressing himself to those who "hold in their hands the fate of nations," the Pope asked: "Why are dissensions and dis cord not settled? Why are efforts Ike, Space Council Hole. Conference WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi dent Eisenhower summoned his space council to a White House meeting today to take up the ex plosive controversy between the Armv and the new civilian space agency .'.-'-' -.W ''.''' -v'i Many' authorities - believed "the Army's future in space explora tion and rocket weapons develop ment was at slake in Us fight with the National Aeronautics (NASA). While House Press Secretary James C. Hagerly said no final decision would be made on the matter today. The NASA had put in a ,bid to take over the Army's German-led team of 2,100 scientists and tech nicians, along with the laborato ries of the Army Ballistic Mis sile Agency at Huntsville. Ala. The team is led by the German born rocket expert Wernher von I'rai.u. . , NASA Administrator T. Keith Glennan also has proposed to the Army that his new agency . take over the Army's present arrange ments with the jet propulsion lab oratory at Pasadena, Calif., for space and missile work. If the NASA bid is successful the Army's lenshold on space would be considerably cut down. Up to Tuesday night, authori ties said, a compromise had not been worked out among the Army, NASA and the Defense Department. The President has said he would decide himself what feder al agencies or facilities wo id he transferred to the new -space agency which was set up under the space act of last July. Until Dec. 31 the President can make such decisions without referring litem lo Congress. After that con gressional approval must be obtained. Leaders People directed at creating harmful in strumcnts of war instead of civil progress? . e . "Come, act courageous and con fident. . . the light from above shines on you." 11 He quoted from St. Augustine: "Pax est tranquillitas domini" Peace is the tranquility of the I. o r d, and from St, Thomas "Between peace and slavery there is a great difference. Peace is tranquil freedom.'1 He spoke then of the "silent, church" behind the Iron Curtain, and suid: -a "Our thoughts go out in a par ticular way to the bishops, priests and faithful who live where the church's sacred rights are trampled on with daring. . .. where paslors are impeded to the point that they cannot .carry out, their task. ' ,' "We share in their sorrows." Such restrictions against churcli liberty are "completely repug nant" to civilized life, he said, He prayed for divine enlighten? trient of the minds of the perse cutors to bring about "freedom . for all." ..." .-; He referred to the Eastern and Western riles of the Catholic Church and said, "wo embrace the Eastern Western churches with fatherly charity." And "to those are are separat ed from the Holy See (non-Catb.: olic Christians) we open our most loving soul," ho said. ". ' . '.W advocate their return to the fatS er's home. : . ... . "So may it come, that all, free ly and willingly, may enter into what is not a strange homo : but their own .home." , . - He began . his 12-ninutc.. speech 'With 'those words :' v ; "In this hour of trepidation in which the , heavy . burden of - the pontificate,' imposed on us by the mysterious design of , God after the death , of our predecessor Pius XII of venerated memory, overwhelms and almost crushes our soul. . . .we pray to God to enlighten our mind and strength en our will.," .,'.': He spoke with sympathy of thp plight of Jozsef. Cardinal Mind- szenty of Hungary and Aloyslus cardinal stepinac of Yugoslavia where the - Communist govern ments refused to allow them to attend the conclave. He called them those ' "whose sufferings touch us so strongly." ' ., Pope John said his thoughts also went out to "those who work in the vineyards of the Lord ev ery where in the world" all priests and especially missionar ies who "not sparing themselves of "any labor" spread God's word in all lands." v ' ' ' He also gave his embrace to the Catholic action movement, to all those who In any way help the church hierarchy in its task, and "all the children we have in Christ.", .: i','-v:'::'v K EUGENE MAYOR REPLACED EUGENE (UPD Mayor John .1. McGutty has been voted out of office here by the Eugene City Council because he spent too much lime in Colorado, the coun cil said. . ! ; , McGinty has been away from I he city since late in May except for two visits during last summer. Instructor i John Truatt, Chltf of folic ot'. Band. School for Eaittrn Oragon offlctrt bolnf . hold har, endt Friday. (Obrvr Photo)'