WEATHER
Partly cloudy today with a
few showers over mountains.
Increase clouds tonight with
a little rain about morning
Clearing periods and scatter
ed showers Tuesday. High
both days 48-55, low 35-42.
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Wreckage Of Missing
Plane Believed Found
CASCADE LOCKS (UPD The
wreckage of a light plane, be;
lieved to be one missing on a
.4 flight from California to Portland
wiui mice persons auoara, was
West Nixes
All-Time
Test Ban
GENEVA (UPD The West
rejected Russia's demand for an
immediate all-time ban on nuclear
testing today but left the door open
for agreement on a control scheme
to place such a ban in the future.
Represent all ves of the United
States; Britain and Russia met for
the second formal session of the
: Geneva nuclear ban conference at
: the Palais des Nations. Before
' them they had a draft treaty sub-
; mittcd by Russia to the West at
the opening session last Friday.
It reportedly consisted of:'
A solemn declaration to be
tigned by all three countries at
once pledging them to refrain fore
ever from all further nuclear test
ing. -
A control system to police the
ban modeled on one proposed by
nuclear scientists of, the western
and Soviet blocs wlio rr.e. here
last summer.
The West has "refused consistent
ly to sign any unconditional all-,
nimo barf. It is 'unwilling to 40 be
yend a year to ycar -ban, ,-and.lhen
'' t)iily';prbVi'ded" a" t onlfol System "is
functioning and progess is made
tow ards general nncleni dis-irora-
ment. ' ' '. ' : ,
The West's main objections were
: said to be:
Signing of an all-time ban here
and now.would leave Vm. Wjiy open
to indefinite haggling for months,
perhaps for years,. over the control
system - which the West feels is
essential. '
'The Russian pla" made.no
provision for the' possibility that
a further power say, France or
Red China might explode a bomb
shortl.
The Russian plan left no loop
hole for nuclear explosions for
peaceful purposes. The U. S. con
siders this essential to any nu
clear ban agreement.
Merchant Group
Recommends Store
Closure Tuesday.
The La Grande Retail Merch
ants Association has recommend
ed that stores close all day Tues
day, Nov. 11, Veterans Day. .
RMA President Harold Laur
ence said the recommendation
was approved at a general mem
bership meeting early this year.
'Thc store closing has been tra-.
' ditionally observed here, to honor
veterans of America's wars, Lau
rence added.
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MANAGING EDITOR Ray C, Anderson, left, this morning an
nounced the appointment of H. E. Philby of The Dallei at manag
ing editor on the Evening Observer. Philby was city editor o"n The
Dalles Chronicle before coming to Li Grande this morning, '
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reported seen on a mountain
about eight miles east of heie today.
A ground party and lh Hono
River county coroner were en
route to the scene, Hie State
Board of Aeronautics reported.
The tail section of the pla;ie was
reported seen from the air.
Authorities began checking out
reports of a crash in ,the Shell
Rock mountain area after a tann
er reported scing a flash on the
mountain.
The CAA said that a single
engine Cessna 180 owned by Earl
K. Strcetcr, Portland contractor,
and believed carrying two other
persons besides Streeter, was
overdue in Portland late Sunday
and was last heard from near
The Dalles, east of here 'in north
central Oregon.
Strcetcr, who flew to San
Raphael, Calif., Saturday with his
sister and cousin to visit rela
tives in Mill Valley ":(!:.,! left
for Portland SunGay ." .... iftKin;
off at San Raphael at noon, the
plane refueled at Redmond, Ore.
and was to return to Portland via
The Dalles, authorities said.
Strceler's passengers were his
sister, Mrs. Bernicc Kulman, and
a cousin, Royal Thornburg, both
of Portland. 1
The CAA said it last had con
tact with the Strcetcr plane about
9:50 p.m. Sunday near The
Dalles. I
Hs E 'Philby U;
Joins Staff t
Of Observer
H. E. Phllby, former city editor
on The Dalles Chronicle, this
morning was appointed manag
ing editor on The La Grande Eve
ning Observer by Publisher Ray
C. Anderson.
Philby is married, with a fam
ily consisting of his wife Jean and
their two children, Diane, 6, and
Donald, 12. Also to move to La
La Grande with them will be
Mrs. Philby's parents, Dr. and
Mrs. A. D. Munro. Dr. Munro
is a retired San Diego, Calif, vet
erinarian.
The new managing editor is a
gradute of Drake University at
Des Moines, Iowa, where he took
his degree in journalism and eco
nomics and graduate work in eco
nomies. During World War II
Philby was a Navy reporter-photo
grapher, serving in the South Pa
cific during 1942 through 1944.
Prior to becoming city editor at
The Dalles three years ago, Philby
was m tne newspaper new in tne
San Francisco, Los Angeles and
San Diego areas..
The Philby family participate
in hunting and fishing as hobbies.
Philby is a licensed amateur ra
dio operator. Arrangements are
now being made for the family to
move to La Grande. '
J I
wmaup Lampaigns: uini r
. 1 r , i s- ? -. J ' JET ;
AL ULLMAN
Democrat
Incumbent For Congress
BOB TIPPETT
Republican
Candidate For State Legislature
Communists i
Increase
Island Attack
TAIPEI, F'ormosa (UPD The
Chinese Communists pounded the
yuemoy Islands today with 36,431
shells in the biggest one-day bar
rage since early September, tlu-
Defense Ministry said. Civilian
loss of life was feared heavy.
The Defense Ministry said the
massive bombardment hit the 14
offshore islands between neon, and
6 p.m., ihe biggest bombardment
since Sept U when Red artillery
blasted the islands with more than
58,000 rounds.
The homhardnient was believed
here to be a noisy protest against
U. S. govcirment policies and
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles on the eve of the Amer
ican elections.
Nationalist sources claimed that
counterfiro irein American - sup
plied, eight-inch self - propelled
howitzers and oilier artillery "sup
pressed'' some ol the Communist
guns but intensity of the Nation
alist counierfiic was not disclosed.
Lost Boy Found
Dead. In River
Near Home
POMPTON LAKES, N.J. (UPD
Grief-stricken relatives of Paul
Grochowicz, 7, whose disappear
ance 18 days ago spurred an ex
haustive manhunt, today consid
ered sending Paul's body "back
home" to Tacoma, Wash., lor bur
ial, it was learned today.
Paul's weed-covered body was
found in the Ramapo River Sun
day, wedged at a dock only 500
feet from his parents nome..
The discovery ended an in'tn-
ive search by 'iiousands 01' wl
inteers and n .ice in three joun-
ties, who .ism civil defense planf.
nd h .'edhoumls in an effort j
tr.ick the Boy. dtwn.
F:iul 5: grandmother, w.u.
Charles Paines, r said to eaw
told a reporter that the boy s par
ents wanted to bury Paul "back
home in Tacoma. . .
On Oct. 16, Paul ran away from
home after several boyish scrapes.
He told playmates that he didn't
like New Jersey and that he was
going "home to grandma" in Ta
coma. U.S, RECOGNIZES GUINEA
WASHINGTON (UPD Presi
dent Eisenhower has formally ex
tended diplomatic recognition to
the independent government of
Guinea, a former French terri
tory on the west coast of Africa.
w j l Y
ROBERT HOLMES
Democrat
Incumbent For Governor,
MARK HATFIELD
Republican
Candidate For Governor;;
Democrats t Confident
GOP Hopes For Upsets
WASHINGTON (UPD The 1058
political campaign ends today
with the Democrats confident and
the Republicans hoping for upsets
in Tuesday s elections. -
Despite close races in some
states, practically all the polls
and other political barometers in
dicated the Democrats will in
crease their now slender major
ities in the House and Senate.
Almost 50 million voters in 47
states will ballot Tuesday to elect
311 U. S. senators, 432 Hu'iso
members, 32 governors and many
other- state and local officials.
Maine1 elected a senator, a gover
nor and three House mcmheis
Sepl. 8 all Democrats except
one House member.
Dionne Quint
Gives Birth
To Son Sunday
MONTREAL (UPD Annette,
one of the four surviving Dionne
quintuplets, gave birth Sunday to
a boy weighing eight pounds and
an ounce.
The 24-year-old wife of Ger
main Allard, a -finance company
executive, was the first of the
quints to be married. Her child
was born at 8 a.m. Sunday, nine
hours after she entered Sacred
Heart Hospital.
Allard said today that both An
nette and the baby were doing
fine.
He said Annette's first words
him after the birth were "Gerry,
we've got a very nice boy."
The baby probably will be
christenedn Jean Francois, the
Jean after Pope John XXIII, Al
lard said.
Crippled Children's
Clinic Set Nov. 13
A Crippled Childrens' Clinic
will be held Nov. 13 at the Union
County Health Department in La
Grande. Three counties partici
pate in this clinic, Baker, Wallo
wa and Union.
The examining orthopedist
comes from Pendleton; the nurs
ing consultant, Miss Prinzing, and
the medical stenographer ' come
from the Crippled Childrens' Di
vision of the Oregon Medical
School. .
For information phone the Un
ion County Health Department.
Polls Open
DON McKINNIS
Democrat
Candidate For State Legislature
MARION WEATHERFORD
Republican
- Candidate For Congress
Last minute appeals came to
day from the candidates. But the
b.g guns in both parties were si
lent except for Vice President
Ricliii'-d M. Nixon, campaigning
in the soon-to-be new staic oi
Alaska which holds ils first elec
tion Nov. 25. ,
In a dispatch written today for
United Press International, Dem
ocratic National' Chairman Paul
M. Butler predicted his party will
gain at least 8 to 12 Senate seats
and at least 40 House seats.
On a television program Sun
day he used more specific figures
and said he expected a gain of
11 or .12 Senate seats and 47
House seats. On a radio program
Chairman George Smalhers of
the Democratic Senatorial Cam
paign Committee predicted a
Democratic pickup of at least 12
Senate seats, not counting the one
already won in Maine and those
at stake in Alaska.
Republican Naanml Chairman
Meade Alcorn told another televi
sw" uudience reports from GOP
I a (I e r s showi-J Republicans
ivo'.i.'d "do better fian the pools
indlalfd." He said these reports
r.'.oin'ted "some wry startling
upsets" and showed that the GOP
"could conceivably rocii lure con
trol of the House." He admitted
regaining control of the Senate
"would be very difficult."
The Senate lineup is now 49
Democrats and 47 Republicans.
The House is divided 232 Demo
crats, 105 Republicans and eight
vacancies.
Alcorn named no states as the
locale for upsets. Smathcrs said
his party had its best chances to
displace Republican senators in
Connecticut, New York, West Vir
ginia Itwo seats), Michigan, Indi
ana, Minnesota, Wyoming, Wis
consin, California, Arizona ana
Nevada. '
Although Democrat Frank Ho
gan might win the senatorial race
in New York over Rep. Kenneth
B. Keating, that state still provid
ed the GOP with at least one
bright spot in an otherwise
gloomy picture. Bookmakers re
ported Sunday nightt he odds had
risen to 2-1 on Republican Nelson
A. Rockefeller to unseat Demo
cratic Gov. Averell Harriman.
U.S. GROUP GOES TO VATICAN
VATICAN CITY (UPD-A U. S.
delegation headed by Secretary of
Labor James P. Mitchell is ex
pected here today to represent
President Elsenhower at Tues
day's coronation of Pope John
XXIII.
8 a.m. To 8 p;in.
Wt r
Oregon's Election Comes To Close;
Polls Are Open 8 a.m. To 8 p.m.
Oregon's 1958 general election campaiun, sparked by
Mark Hatfield by Sen. Wayne
their final appeal lor votes. , ...
Polls open at 8 a.m. and close ijt 8 p.m. in Oregon Tuesday.
Besides the hot race for governor, that was sparked by Senator Morses' statements
Saturday, Marion T. Weatherford, Arlington rancher and
. . : ..n; - 'mi n .
incumbent AL unman ior representative in uongress irom uie siiu lmsinit oi uregun.
Ullman is a Democrat, Weatherford is run ning on the Republican ticket. .
One other state office will be filled in Tuesdays' vote, that of Commissioner of
the Bureau of Labor. Norman
is the Republican. -,
Robert A. Tippett, Republican and Don McKinnis, Democrat, are running for the va
cant seat left from the 24th Representative District, of the state legislature. The district
covers Union ana waiiowa counties.
Rebs
For Plane
Crash
HAVANA (UPD U.S Ambas
sador Earl T. Smith, announced
he would fly today to the rebel
threatened area of . Cuba where
four rebels seized -a Cubana air
liner Saturday and caused it to
crash in the sea .with the loss of
17 lives, seven of, them Ameri
cans. ' ,. , ' - ..
Three persons survived, . includ
ing one American. . The bodies of
the victims were believed-, sealed
in the fuselage of the huge-.Brit
ish-made V i s c o u n t turboprop
plane-in ten feet of water in. Nipe
Bay near the Preston- Airfield on
the north coast, of Onente Prov
ince. . ' l -i,. -W.-Vli
j Authorities said ; one lof 'the suri-
vivora,-Oiar,iji Mmpnet.ja' natur
alized American . pf , Chattanooga,
Tcnn.i told tnem me four reDcis
forced pilot Ruskin Medranp at
pistol point to head for Preston.
The plane left Miami - Saturday
afternoon, on the 45 minute- flight
to Varadero Beach, a resort area
87 miles east of Havana.
HAVANA, Cuba (UPD Voters
in strife-torn Cuba today choose
a new president and hundreds of
lesser officials, .-'.:( . i". i -
Rebels opposing the government
called off their campaign, of vio
lence for thed fly: But. thejr did
not say what would happen in the
future. The rebels had. threatened
death to those taking part in the
election, either as voters or Can
didates, but . Cuban law requires
that everyone must vote. ; .
The balloting-by -midday was
quiet and orderly. Greater Hav
ana's 1,500 polling places were
guarded by rifle-bearing soldiers,
while radio-equipped police and
army cars circulated through the
city streets continuously. ...
Portland Elk
Hunter RetUrni V
Safely To Cdrrip l
Portland eik hunter; tt. F. Em
mons, 57, lost in! Wallowa coun
ty last night, has returned to
camp, State Police at La. Grande
reported this morning.-,:
Emmons, became .:' lost - In 'the
Pope creek ' and ' Whiskey creek
area while elk hunting with; A.
W. Connors, also of Portland, who
filed the initial lost report with
State Police at Enterprise.
Missing Page
A pare torn lri tn
ment book l4i l"1?1
child to iutpeot vtoUne. Th
suddenly (hi Ituu that- tklf
violence may- ke. lret
acalnat kerteU.. To whom ten
he turn? Whom eae ahe.tnatT
Read tha aaaeonae thriller
THE HOUSE ON
THE BEACH
By E. L Wlrheri
Boglm In Evening Obwrvef Today
Morse (D Ore.) came to a close today as candidates made
O. Nilscn is the Democratic
Three county offices are open
but only one will show two can
didates vieing for the post. Her
bert J. Speckhart, incumbent, and
Democrat; is being challenged by
Republican George L. Comes.
Democrat ft. M. "Dick" Hart-
sock is unopposed for Union County
assessor while Norman E. Dan
iels, Republican, is unopposed
for county coroner.
Seven men, including two in
cumbents, are running for three
seats as commissioners of the city
of La .Grande. Those two receiv
ing the highest number of votes
will serve, four years as commis
sioners, the third highest will serve
for two years;
Incumbents are Gordan W.
Clarke and Arlo Z. Noyes. Others
seeking ; the commissioner posts
include .Ewlng R. Humphreys, E.
Paul Schrock, Emerson C. Smock,
Harold I. Schwebke and William I.
Herrmnn. '.-,
Three candidates for position on
the Oregon l.Suprece -' Co-urti and
Rex .putnam, incumbent- super
intendent of public instruction, are
unopposed. .These positions are all
non-partisan.
Thirteen measure sappear on
the ballot for yes or no vole by
citizens. . These are all being
referred to the people of Oregon
Polling Places,
Precincts Told
For Vote Here
La Grande No. 1 Court House;
No. b-r IOOF Bldg., Elm; No. 3
Church . of God, Jefferson and
Cedar; No., 4 Riveria School
Gym; No, 5 Frultdale School; No.
8 Willow School; No. 7 Court
House; No. 8 Court House; No.
a Presbyterian Church; No. 10
Methodist Church; No. 11
O'Neal Residence; 1910 Second;
No. 12 .Herrmann Residence,
1411 S; No. 13 Improvement
Club, y Ave.; No. 14 Miller
Residence, 2001 East N; No. 15
Motor Vehcile License Office, Dc-
lot.
Alice! School House; Ante
lopeSchool House; Big Creek
School ; House; Cove School
rsym! Elgin No. 1 City Building;
Elgln' No, 2 Methodist Church;
Hilgard CantrelHome; Hot
Lake Sanatorium; Imbler Le
gion Hall; Island city Farm Bur
eau building; Perry School
House; Powder Grange Hall;
Summervijlc IOOF Hall; Union
No. 1 Legion Hall; Union No. 2
-Legion Hall.
Giant Jet
Inaugurates
Cargo Service
SAN FRANCISCO (UPD A
giant Boeing 707 jet flagship took
off today as American Airlines of
ficial -inaugurated jet cargo ser
vice' to Chicago and New York.
The .big silver, orange, white
and, blue plane roared from New
York to San Francisco Sunday in
4 hours and 58 minutes. The time
broke the old commercial jet rec
ord of 5 hours and 51 minutes set
by a Pan American World Air
ways 707 on Aug. 15.
Captain Charles A. Macatee of
New York credited favorable
winds for the fast trip.
Public officials from many Bay
Area communities and Hollywood
actress Anne Baxter were on hand
this morning to help speed the
plane oh Its way back to New
York. :
Be Sure
loday
the blockbusting blast against
businessman, is challenging
r 1 T ' . 1 J A r
candidate, Lyle E. MCauley,
by the state legislative assembly.
Measure 1. Deals with repeal
ing obsolete constitutional provi.
sion describing state boundaries.
It authorizes modifying of existing
state boundaries by Interstate
agreement with the approval of
Congress. ., . - .
Measure 2. Would increase
funds for war veterans' loans for
the purchase of farms and homes.
Supporters of the measure contend
that the program or veterans' loans
appear to be operating, on a, self
supporting basis and additional
funds are needed to take care of
large numbers of unprocessed ap
plications. ' Opponents ' maintain
adequate private capital is- avail
able. '
Measure 3. Would Increase ' the
salaries of state legislators from
the present $600 a year, one of' the
lowest in the nation, to $1,200 a
year. .. ... - - ,.,-.!-;:':"..
Measure 4 Is a capital punish
ment bill. The purpose of the bill 1
Is to eliminate from Oregon con
stitution present . provision .for,
deatjv.penalty for th-sfrdegree linur-. f
der. It . would allow' for the legis
lature to fix the penalty. ; v V -;
Measure - 8. would authorize
municipalities to - - set ' aside - in
creased faxes resulting from urban
development projects to pay the
indebtedness incurred in such de
velopments. ' '
Measure 6. Authorizes legisla
ture to fix the maximum limita
tion on county bonded indebted
ness incurred in carrying out pur
poses prescribed by law. -
Measure 7. Is designed to speed
up criminal cases by providtbg
for extra grand juries for special
investigations. ' . vV;,-V,-;
Measure 8, autorizes - the. legts- .
lature to alter, readce, enlarge
or terminate the use or purpose of
any state institution' located out
side Marion County any time. iafteV
10 years from the date of the elec
tion which located the institution,-.
Measure 9. Would authorize the
Oregon Supreme Court to appoint
temporary judges to (he Supreme
Court and to lower courts with an
eye to speeding up the work of tht
courts. ' . - ; '
Measure 10. Would empower the
state to acquire and develop
water, thermal and nuclear power
generating facilities. The state
may develop electrical energy for
transmission and sole on whole
sale basis or directly to industries
using 10,000 kilowatts or more. ;;.,.
Measure 11. Is a county home
rule amendment. It Would auth
orize counties by vote to adopt
charters providing for their -own,
type of government and powers
over matters of county concern.
Proponents of the measure contend
that it would free counties from'
many rigid state controls. .
Measure 12.-Would permit the.
Board of Control to discontinue '
using the Eastern Oregon and Uni
versity State Tuberculosis Hos
pitals, in whole or part. The board
could designate the use of the bos-,
pitals for use for any other state,
institution or agency.
Measure 13 Would amend the
Oregon Constitution to permit em
ployes or members of a school
board or the Board of Higher Edu
cation to serve as members Qf the -legislature.
,, '! .
Also on the ballot will be a
special election that will require a
yes or no mark from people in'
Union county ' as to whether the
County court should be authorized'
lo lexy a tax of $50,000 each year
for a period of four years in-ex-j
cess of the constitutional limita
tion, commencing July 1. 1969, for'
the purpose of construction and,
maintenance of county roads and
bridges. The County court Is un-,
able to raise sufficient funds to
keep the roads and bridges iri good'
shape with present -funds. ,
To Vote
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