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WEATHER Partly cloudy tohight and Sunday. High both days 58 G3. Low tonight 23-28. Established 1896 Daily except Sunday LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1958 Price 5 Cents Ike Tells Of Jobless Decline BALTIMORE, Md. (UPD Prcs iilent Eisenhower closed his cam paign for a GOP congress Friday night by clubbing the Democrats wuii advance news of a new drop in unemployment and a claim that only the Republicans could . Keep the country safe and econom ically sound. The President; in a nationally televised address, also struck hard with his most detailed dis cussion of the campaign on civil rights on which he claimed "rea sonable Republican progress." But the President reserved his big guns for the economic issue. He denounced Democratic gloomdogglers,", "free spend ers" and "extremists" in appeal ing for election of a "sensible and progressive" Republican Congress next Tuesday. In a last-minute insert in his speech, he announced that as a result of "Republican progress" October unemployment dropped another 300,000 a decrease in the number of jobless of 1,500,000 in three months. The new total for October of 3,800,000 jobless remained above the level of 2,508,000 unemployed a year ago. The recession peak of 5,537,000 was hit in June. During August the total dropped to 4,699, 000 and 4,111,000 in September; Eisenhower'1 hailed the ; "very good news'' nnd toi'd his nation wide audienceoa n d tome 5,000 cheering, banner-waving' Republi cans that "this means that in jest the list three mouths unem ployment dropped .by I'aj anc a jau million people? Magazine Has Message - Newsveoic, in the current issue of their magazine, published the following message, under their sponsorship, in an advertisement. "How important is one vote? We're getting along in years- as a nation. Isn't it time this qeus tion was answered? Remember Rutherford B, Hayes? One elctoral vote put him in the White House. One con gressional vote saved Selective Service just 12 weeks ' before Pearl Harbor One vote cat! take a frightened child off a busy highway and on to a new school bus. - , A wise man - once observed, 'Liberty means responsibility. That is why piost men dread it.' But if you dread it and ignore it, how long can it last? Freedom, like a receding hair, line, isn't lost all at once. It goes gradually. , . . If you spend a few minutes each day using hair tonic to save your hair, can't you spend a few minutes each year at the polls to save your scalp?" ': r Youth Drive Nets $159.24 For UNICEF Young people representing four I.a Grande churches collected MOO.I in their Halloween Eve drive for funds for the United Nation's Children Fund (UNICEF), Mike Andrews, chairman of the group, reported tliis morning. Earlier this week the junior high group of the Presbyterian church collected $74 for the fund. Money secured in the drive will go to the United Nations head quarters in New York where it will be distributed in the .U. S. and in foreign lands for medical purposes and food and clotliing for needy youngsters. Youths from the First Methodist church, First Presbyterian Church, First Christian Church and Hen drix Methodist Church, participat ed in the fund drive. INJURIES PROVE FATAL PORTLAND (UPD Richard R. Abernathy, 27, Portland, suf fered critical injuries early today when he fell 30 feet onto a steel barge while working on a ship on the Portland waterfront. . Authorities said he was unload ing large timbers on the deck of the SS Ocean Mail when he lost his balance and fell over the side ontovthc barge. 1 v-y-. NAMED COMMANDER Maifr Central Thc-maa E. Rile., corn minding general of the Oregot National Guard, yesterday named Lt. Colonel David C. Baum, rilht. La Grande, commander of the 2nd Battalion, 186th Infantry! as temporary commander of the regiment.' Colonel Robert L. Iijving, Salem, left, retired after 30 Car, Tractor Wreck Injures Cove Couple Two Cove reesideiits were hos pitalized for treatment of cuts bruises and shock early last night when their car crashed in to the rear of a tractor on the Island City-Cove highway,, car eened off and overturned in a borrow pit. Under treatment at the Grande Rondc hospital are Clyde C. Rob inson, 67, cuts and bruises, and his wife, Irene, 66, . shock, both of Cove. , According- to slate police 're ports -.the car' driven by Robinson sjxuck' the tear of a l,raitor driveiv by "Daniel T? Mc'Cabe, 26V' La Grande, '-shortly-after it turned into the highway ahead of Robin son. The . headlights of another car, approaching, the tractor and the Robinson car from the oppo site direction, blinded Robinson and lie was unable to see the Iraclor,- he told police. The Robinson car struck . a plow at the rear of the tractor, veered off the road and over turned, coming, to rest in a bor row pit. Robinson was thrown clear of the overturning car. . New Gas Main Here Put In Operation California-Pacific Utilities put a new six inch natural gas main into operation in southeast La Grande yesterday, ' A. B. "Spud" Olson, district manager reported. The new main begins at the company's regulating and odoriz- ing station on south 12th Street and connects with the gas distribu tion system at the southeast cor ner of 7th and K Avenues. The new main . provides addi tional capacity for the heating loads at Eastern Oregon College and St. Joseph Hospital, and fu ture gas requirements in ; the south section of the city, Olson said. . The new main' will also serve the office of the La Grande Ceme tery Maintenance District. The new main project was con structed under contract by D B S Pipeline Construction Corporation at a cost of $14,000. Twisters Merge Into $l-Million Tornado In Florida PALMETTO, Fla. (UPD -Me teorologists said today a collision of warm and cool air set up the disturbance .that sent two twisters merging into a million-dollar tor nado which carved a short trail of wreckage through upper Mana tee County. Four persons were injured when the' storm came in. from the Gulf of Mexico Friday and skipped up and down for about two miles in land. It wrecked a motel, service station and drive-in theater and seriously damaged two citrus pl.'ints. The two twisters came in from the Gulf and merged just as they hit the mainland. The slorm cross ed Snead Island. Terra Ceia Bay and hit the Manaree County main lurd on the south side of the nituth of Tampa Bay. 10 m mmmm G too" Baum Commands Guard Regiment SALEM (Special) Command of tlje Oregon. -National Guards 18,6th Infantry Regiment chang ed hands today with the retire ment of Colonel Robert L. Irving, Salem, after more than 30 years of military service. The retire ment came after Colonel Irving liad reached 58, the maximum re tention age for regimental com manders which is prescribed by National Guard regulations. ; ; Major . General Thomas E. Ri lea, Oregon's Adjutant General and Commanding General of the Oregon Army and Air National British Church New Pope As LONDON . (UPD The unofficial Church of England Newspaper charged today that 76 -year -old Pope John XXIII is too old for his job and derided the "antiquar ian antics surrounding his elec tion. The church paper's article was one of the bitterest attacks on the papacy which has appeared in predominantly Protestant Britain in many years. Some London dailies gave banner headlines to their reports on it. ' Anglican Archbishop Christo pher Chcvasse dismissed the at tack as "a worthless opinion writ ten by an anonymous editorial ist," but CO. Rhodes, editor of the church paper, said he be lieves "many official people in the Church of England, and the Church of Rome, too share its views. A spokesman for the Roman Catholic archbishop of Westmin ster declined comment, saying we don t want to enter into any controversy." ' . "The ' election of Pope John XXIII made front-page news, just us (American evangelist) Billy Graham did when he came to England. . ." the article said. 'Now, after all the play-acting, a new pope has been chosen Cardinal Roncalli. an old man A. B Olson Named Dimes March Head A. B. Olson, District Manager of California Pacific Utilities Company, has been appointed Un ion County Director for the 1959 March of Dimes, it has been an nounced by N. Thomas Stoddard, Oregon State Campaign Chair man. . The drive will be held in Jan uary. Olson in turn announced the appointment of Lorcn Hughes; ow lcr of Birnie's Credit Jewelers, is La Grande chairman. The polio-fighting organization is expanding into a broad new force that will tackle health prob lems on a wider front and no longer will confine its activities to a single disease. Olson, for many years active in March of Dimes and National Foundation work said, "I am con fident that the people of Union County, who helped make pos sible victory over polio through their contributions to the March ol Dimes over the past 20 years, will give even greater suport to the National Foundation's ex panded program in the future." O O years of service. Col, Irving was in La Grande last week for the inspection of Company E. Colonel Baum, La Grande Insurance executive, has commanded the 2nd Battalion, 186th Infantry, since 1948. . Guard, placed Lieutenant Colonel David C. Baum, La Grande, veter an commander of the 2nd Battal ion, 186th Infantry,, in temporary command of the regiment in' ad dition to his regular duties as bat talion c "",'' . Colonel irvmB s national guard service dates back to December 16, 1029 when he enlisted as a private in Company D, 162nd In fantry, which was then located in Roscburg. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the. Rose- burg company on March 9, 1932 and commanded the company as EapeLAssaUs. 'Decrepit' long past the reasonable age of retirement. "If the choice of a man on the verge of decrepitude were pre meditated, it -is feeble and thor oughly discreditable. Were such a man appointed to high office in the Church of England, we know well what would be said in public as well as in private." The article described the cere mony surrounding the Pope's election as "cloak-and-dagger ro manticism." "The obsequious leaders of Ro man Catholic thinking will doubt less accept the appointment with a show of gratitude and rejoicing, whatever their real feelings," it said. "It cannot be overlooked that thi! choice of a pope is of im portance to the whole of Christen dom, and not only to one denom ination. "The ancients of . the Roman Catholic Church secreted them selves for their task. Certainly. . . privacy has its importance, but is the infantilism associated With it really essential" The editorial added that it is only half-true to say that there is no such thing as bad publicity. "The cardinals wore in danger of becoming figures of fun," it said. "Unfortunately, their anti quarian antics tended to spread the circus atmosphere over t h e whole of Christianity as well as their own church. "The millions who read the massive headlines are for the most part not in the least inter ested in , whether the new pope will be good, bad or mediocre. "It Is the comedy that fasci nules them, not the fuith." Father, Two Children Killed In Plane Crash TULSA, Okla. (UPIl Two children dressed in Halloween costumes and their pilot father were killed shortly before mid night Friday in the crash of a light plane at the southeast edge of Tulsa. ' The children, Jeri Kathleen Lowcry, 7, and her sister, Colleen Kyle Lowcry, 8, 4ad been to a Halloween : party in Tulsa and were starting to Okmulgee to meet their mother and another daughter. "Trick or treat" bags were found near the children's mangled bodies. The plane, piloted by their fath er, Gerald Jacob Lowery, 28, op erator of Lowcry Air Transit Ser vice, had just taken off from Youngs Airport, about one mile and -a half north of the crash scene " a captain when the Oregon Na tional Guard was ordered into ac tive federal service shortly be fore World . War II. During the war, he served ov erseas with the 41st Infantry Di vision as a battalion commander in the 186th and 163rd Infantry, lie was separated from active outy in 1946. Following the reorganization of (ho Oregon National Guard after WW 11, Colonel Irving served as battalion commander of the 1st Battalion, 186lh Infantry located in southern Oregon, until his ap pointment, and promotion to rcg Unontul ewmmander in 1052, i In civilian, life, Colonel '.Irv ing is employed by 'the Military Department as a construction sup erintendent in the. armories and facilities division. Colonel Baum, a veteran of World War II, has commanded the 2nd Battalion, 186lh Infan try, with units located in La Grande, Pendleton, Baker, Onta rio and Milton-Freewater since 1948. He is an insurance execu tive in civilian life. The 186th Infantry consists of 21 federally recognized units lo cated throughout the state. Head quarters of the regiment is lo cated at the Porland lnernatiohal Virport. Four-Car Collision Reported By Police City police reported a four-car collision at the intersection of Adams and Greenwood yesterday. Care driven by Gwendolyn Col bert, 1708 Oak, Leslie Gilbert, 803 Grandy, and Duane Hutson, 1514 Jefferson, stopped for a red traf fic light when a car driven by John Stokes, Manhattan, HI., struck the rear of the Huston car causing it to hit the Gilbert car which in turn hit the Calvert car. Only minor damage resulted. Stokes was cKcd- for violation of the basic rule. m ' AWARD PINS Chuck Cordon of L Grind, right, thakti hind with Union county 4-H members after he and Andy Gowana aw arded fifth year pint to the group at the recent 4-H Achieve even Saved SI'RINGHILL, N.S. tUPD -Seven more miners were brought safely out of the shattered Spring hill coal mine at dawn today after nine days of thirst and hunger 13,000 feet below the surface. 'This is a miracle; no, more than a miracle," said a mine official. The men were able to wave weakly to relatives and towns people who gathered quickly when UF Drive Extended To Nov, 16 The United Fund campaign committee decided at a meeting held Wednesday afternoon to ex tend the annual drive until Nov 16, in an effort to realize the full quota of $24,350 budgeted for next year to support the youth and charitable activities of the La Grande area and the Oregon United Appeal. As of Friday, Oct. 31, the drive had netted $17,195. This amount represents 71 per cent of the quota of this year's campaign Campaign chairman June Mc- Mil mis declared she was hopeful that the entire quota would be iret by the new deadline, which extends the drive period for two weeks. She asked . all . solicitors and division chairmen to make contacts as soon as possible and to turn in pledges and donations as soon as they are available. Mrs. McManus staled that the recent misfortune of Mrs. Sum mers, wife of the La - Grande area Salvation Army director, Lt. Summers, pointed out the contin uing need of the various agencies uMi-n Aunac,-tor tne llmmcial support of the United Fund. She added that a donation to the U.K. was just as much a way of help ing persons' as a direct donation. Mrs. Summers suffered a brok en back in an automobile acci dent near Tollgate last week. Women's Committee Arranges Ball The plans for the annual Sym phony Ball to be held Nov. 15, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., in the Sacajawca Ball Room are well under way by the Symphony Association wo men's committee. This committee, headed bv Mrs. Howard Schoen, chairman, includes: Mrs. John C. Ladd, Mrs. Connie Braseth, Mrs. Rollie King, Mrs. Dean Brice, Mrs. Jim Adams, Mrs. Jcel Villincs, Mrs. George Decker, Mrs. Luther: Hall, Mrs. Dwight Mahoney, Mrs. Albert Zicg, Mrs. Harlow Speck hart, and Mrs. Karl Lacer. The invitations for the ball have been extended by mall and the committee is hard at work on I he preparations for the food and decorations. The large 14 piece dance band and the two smaller orchestras are in rehearsal and the arrangements arc progressing nicely. Guests are reminded that resdr- vations are necessary for the ball and may be had by calling Mrs. Dean Briec. mm-' More Froinm Haws of the rescue nictd through this community grieving ior 74 men known dead or mining. The survivors were given water, eulfeo and soup at the pithead and then were taken tc the hos- piial for treatment nnd idid food. The men were ia "pretty good condition," according to a res cuer. The rescue of the men, en tombed since Oct. 23. brought to Halloween Marred By Accidents United Press International Reports from around the nation showed that most kids had clean "scary" fun, but pranksters and nervous victims caused several accidents to mar the Hallowe'en celebrations. Tragedy struck in Pittsburgh Friday night when two youngsters on "trick-or-treat" rounds were run down and killed by a truck on a busy street. The children, Gary Molck, 6, dressed as a space man, and his sister, Gayle, 5, wearing an Easter bunny cos- tumo, hud strayed momentarily from their mother s side. Several parents reported their children hud been lost during the beggars night forays, but ail were found later usually at a po lice station. There were several shootings associated with Halloween.' A Bicknell, hid. school teacher shot one of her pupils in the throat Thursday night when the boy, Earl Martin, 13, tried to scatter corn on her porch. In Liberty, Mo., a farmer sprayed two young- sturs.with- buckshot for -trying to overturn his outhouse. . ,Ii) ;Chicago4.. police. )cld a 40-year-old Negro laborer in the fa tal siiooling of a white youth Fri day night. Louis Shoqmate said a group of while teen-agers out for Hallowe'en began to jeer and tried to attack him. Dead was Gene A. Stanford, 18. Bui it appeared that most youngsters kept the peace, con- lent to be, at worst, playful nui sances. Returning home with their loot, they put away their costumes for the next year those who would bestill young enough ;o have another go at Hiillowc'en fun. i Rock Picking Demonstration Set Wednesday A rock picking demonstration will be held Wednesday, Nov. 5, Ralph Robinson, chairman of the First Union Soil Conservation Dis trict, announced today. Robinson indicated that the demonstration is planned to show interested farmers what can be expected of the Anderson rock picker. If enough farmers show interest, the First Union District would consider purchasing the machine and renting it to farm ers. , Those interested arc asked to meet at 10:30 a.m., at Hie corner of foothill road and highway 30, on the morning of Nov. 5. The site for the demonstration will be nearby. ment Party. Ovar 250 county 4-H Ing. Ii" "" ina.ia pjtry-y j AAen iiroe 11)0 the number of miners rescued from the No. 2 colliery, including 12 who were trapped for six days. Thirty-four bodies have been re covered and 40 men still are miss ing from the 174 originally in the mine. Rescuers dug frantically through 112 feet of loose rock and rubble known as "gob" to reach the seven early today. The first clue to the location of the survivors was a groan heard by one of the workers. The rescuers yelled and pounded and gut more groans in reply. . - j All the men had been brought to the surface by 5:15 a.m. p.s.t. Rescue worker Thornton Kenwood, first man to reach the little group, said water was given to them im mediately Those rescued wore identified as Maurice Ruddick, 4G, father of 12 children, who kept up . the men's spirits by singing; Herbert Pcppcrdine, 36, Byrou Martin, 42, Douglas Jewkes, 37, Currie Smith,' 35, Garnet Clarke, 29, and Frank Hunler, 49. Hunter's twin, Wil fred, was rescued Thursday and had reported Frank dead. This stricken community was visited Friday by Prince Philip, Consort of Queen Elizabeth, who cut short an official visit 'to Ot tawa to visit the rescued , miners in the Springhill Hospital. He al so went to the pithead for 'a. first hand look and held discussions with company officials. ' . - Today's rescue, described as "miraculous" by the . rejoicing members of the survivors'i fam ilies, came on the second anniver sary of a 1056 mine disaster that killed 39 men in the No. 4 col liery, just next to the pit', shat tered last week. . . , The main rescue operations have been conducted at the 13,000 and 12,600-foot levels of the. mine, the only, levels regarded as pos sible havens for .'the .missing men becatise-.ofVfltrongrybuttressed supporting walls.:' Other ' levels probably were caved in or filled with poisonous gas, officials Said. Company . doctor entered the mine at 6:15 a.m. to direct the feeding of the survivors as they were brought to the surface. They gave them coffee and soup and planned' to give them solid food at the hospital. One doctor said the men had gone without food and water for about as long as a human being can survive with out nourishment. , 'The maximum time a man can live without food or water is 10 days," ho said. . ...... The men had been in the mine eight days and H! hours. Thornton Hcnwood, one of the volunteers who dug the men out, said they were guided to the sur vivors by Martin, who followed up faint laps on an air pipe with weuti yens, iviuiiiji wua uujJiwu in a pocket close to but separate from the others. : "God, we went crazy.- down there," Henwood said. "We yelled and hollered. We heard somebody yell. It was Byron Martin. The poor guy was all alone there. All alone for nine days. The poor 8y!" ; , : .., TYPHOON HITS TOKYO TOKYO (UPD A rare lato- season typhoon which killed seven persons and caused more than $1,500,000 damages in the Philip pines, moved closer to the U.S. island bastion of Okinawa today with 115 miles per hour winds. " ft,. member attended the father- (Extenilon Photo) 1 . l " . W i . 1 " i