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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1958)
WEATHER , Mostly cloudy with occas ional rain or snow today. Snow showers tonight with periods of partial clearing. Partly cloudy with snow showers Friday. High today and Friday 32-37. Low to night 22-28. Ac paw Established 1896 Daily except Sunday LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1958 Price 5 Cents u Medford Man Named - - : . - . Weed Confab Prexy Iiay Hubbell, Medford, was elect cd president of the Oregon Weed Conference for the upcoming year by board members and officers at a business meeting held here late Wednesday. Flnl K Uoilke, Brooks, is vice president. Elected new board members were Ed Draper of La Grande, and George Kilzmiller, Portland. Rex Warren, Corvallis, was reelected secretary and Ray Kelso of Salem was reelected treasurer. Season's First Snow Hits Area As rajn gradually turned to snow in La Grande this morningi the first big fall of the season was reported in the Tollgate area of the Blue mountains where 15 in ches fell overnight' with snow continuing today. : By this morning Mcacham had ' four inches of .snow and Kamela six inches according to a United Press International weather re port. 1 ' i' j. " Gale' warnings were flying 'along the Oregon coa.st today as ; Pacific storms continued to blast away at the Pacific Northwest with wind, rain and snow. , " Tho'veather bureau 'said guests of wind up to 05 miles per hour were expected late today along the coast, (lain was expected to slack off tonight and Friday: Timberllnc Lodge at Mt. Hood reported it snowed all day Wed nesday and was still snowing to : day. J A heavy rainstorm struck Wed nesday, bringing - 2.50 inches of rami to Astoria. Portland got an inch of rain in eight hours dur ing the day, and high water hamp ered traffic in the City. City Patrolman Gets Promotion Eldon Erickson of the city police department was promoted to the rank of captain by city commis sioners last night, i Chief of Police Oliver Reeve - recommended the promotion which .was made retroactive to Nov. 1. I The police department this .morning also reported a three-car !' accident at Third street and Wash , ington avenue early Thursday. . . A car driven by Mary A. Film or La Grande, traveling west on "Washington avenue and a south-. . bound ear on Third street, driven by Verlon L. James of Pendleton, , collided at the intersection. The '-, Mary A. Finn car then crashed in to a parked car owned by Mrs. I Ray H. White of La Grande. There : were no injuries in the collision. ayyWy TM'jl-' . V'. "-re-re -. --TVi. .'ia-r.'1V 'tf y-g?:;; :-"-?r--,- T-;MTyrF.jrt.-7 . ' ' : : ' 7 0'-. Lh ; , C, ' (l r IV 1 ' 1 , 1 V 4 Ft 'T. "J - - ..." 1 ALL-STAR CAT 'Mooier," (on !ip) strayed on the set of Eastern Oregon College's produc- tiwfc tt, "JMm. Diary, ofr Ann Bfenhwhktw j open tonight, for a three-night rvn. "Moiner" Cooperation The group will hold its next con ference at Medford next year. Union county's weed control program was reviewed by Ted Sidor, Union county extension agent, at a Thursday morning meeting. He was serving on a panel composed of Rex Warren, Farm Crops department at Oregon State College; Ray Hubbell, weed supervisor in Jackson county; Bill Farrell, county extension agent of Grant county. The panel discussed the forma tion and operations of weed con trol areas in various' parls of the , state and the amount or money appropriated in various counties for weed control. Union county is one of the oldest weed control centers in Oregon. At a Thursday morning 'meeting George Moose, ragweed control supervisor for the state depart ment of agriculture, told the group that Oregon pressed its! campaign against ragweed in 10 counties on more than 10,000 acres during 1958. The intensive campaign against this human allergy "sneezeweed" was launched late in 1957 with a legislative appropriation of $52,000 for the biennial period ending July 1, 1959. Moose said some areas won't show much progress with the control program for several years due to continuing germination of so-called hard seed in tlic sou. Meanwhile, the main control pro grams with spray is aimed at cohtrolling'plants prior to bloom stage, , This line of attack checks tne spread oi ragweea poiien ana prevents resecding of the weed, he said. ' : Main problm areas are Jo sephine, Marion, Clackamas, and Jackson counties. Multnomah and Yamhill counties cropped up as new trouble spots last summer with ragweed patches totaling about 20 acres in each county. Other countiel sprayed during the year, were' Polk, Benton, Lane and Washington. William Farrell, Grant county extension agent, reported how county, state and federal groups have cooperated to combat weeds without benefit of the levy. Use of county spray equipment is financed by the county road fund, state highway department, the U. S. forest service, the bureau of land management, and individual ranchers for weed control on their respective lands. The charge in cludes an hourly basis fee plus cost of chemicals, Farrell reported. Henry Carsner, a spray specialist from St. Helens, reported that about 80 per cent of railroad track maintenance cost is for controlling water through drainage ditches, and that chemical weed control reduces this cost considerably. Conference officials yesterday also recommended that the stale consider the common barberry bush a serious weed problem in the state. The seventh annual weed con ference closed late this aflernoon. li now has a part in the play which stars Jo Ann Berryman (right) of La Grande in the title role.- Left,. Larry Nelson, La Grande, portrays Peter Van Daan. (EOC Photo). ( , rf!&'- tJ w irvj . J WEED CONFAB OFFICERS One of the highlights of the seventh annual Oregon Weed Conference in. session here was the election of officers yesterday afternoon. Shown above, seated, from left, Ray Hubbell of Medford, new Reds Attack West During Talks ' GENEVA (UPD The Commu nist block renewed its frontal at taek on the West today in anoth er "phase vof ' .0- Soviet cgl(l,war campaign' .believed "affiied" at try ing 'to force the West into a hew summit meeting. Poland and Romania, following the lead set Wednesday by Rus City Commission Discusses Trailer Courts, Pinball Fees Trailer courts and, pin ball M-, Jack Burton, who said he and censing came up for discussion at his partner now handle only two the. city commission meeting last night with the commissioners ap proving tne establishment of a new trailer court and deciding to take another look at the pin ball business in La Ciande. Following a City Planning Com mission at 7 p.m., where an ap plication by Mrs. Iva Sine to es tablish a trailer court with six units was approved for recom mendation to the ci'.y commission, commissioners okayed the trailer park. The trailer park is to be located between East N street and the railroad tracks. Approval by the commissions came alter lengthy discussions by members of I he commisions. Mrs. Sine and a number of residents who objected to the trailer park primarily on grounds thai a trailer park might draw "undesirable" tenants. The planning commission also had on hand two petitions. One petition objected to the trailer park and the other petition, sub milted by Mrs. Sine, favored the new units. AiJfcjg In sia, sharply attacked the Western powers and called for scrapping of nuclear weapons and the hold- uiff: of .asl-Must -disuTHiamimt talks. The Communist delegates also repealed Soviet demands the Ge neva Conference on Prevention of pin ball machines in La Grande, said his firm would be forced ou! of business by the first of the year if the license fee of $1,500 per loca tion were not lowered. He main taind that the fee is excessive and tavors firm headed by Robert Fallow who , has more machines m operation here. City Commissioners said their main concern was lo keep La orande clean of syndicate gam bling operators but that they were also concerned over the city creat ing a business monopoly and forc ing another local firm out of busi ness. The commissioners, who lasl week had "tabled indefinitely" any action on pin ball license fees, last night decided to take, "another look" at the situation and try to come, up with a solution Commissioners lasl night also authorized the purchase of a new fire U'uek for La Grande. The new truck, expected here next March, will cost $22,195.65, fully equipped. Gettings-Lynch of La Grande was low bidder on the chassis and Western States Fire Apparatus company of Cornelius, Ore., was low on truck equipment. The new truck will have ladders, a 500 gallon tank which will pump at the rate of 1,000-gallons per minute and other equipment: Commissioners last night also considered the possibility of a new certification for West Coast Air lines which slops at La Grande. The certificate for stopping here terminates in March and the Civil Aeronautics Board will hold hear ings in the near future on several certifications, including the La Grande certification. Commissioners decided to con tact other cities in this area to de termine what could or should be done in connection with the hear ings. The CAB certification policy is for five passengers per day at each stop and passenger rate here apparently is not that high. LONDON (UPD Moscow ra dio revealed tonight that the powerful Central Committee of the Soviet Communist party is in session in Moscow. It report ed a shakeup of the party lead ership in the Republic of Kaza khstan, was on of the Com mittees' first acts. Bulletin UN Space Program; Seen mm- .i - m m conference president; Phil Belike of Brooks, vice president; and Raymond Crabtree of Mau pin, holdover director. Standing, from left, George Kitxmiller of Portland and Ed Draper of La Grande, new directors. surprise attacks be transformed into, a . political and disarmament dUi.u,ssion. '. . , The- West, represented today by Canadian Delegate L. Duna Wil gress, continued firmly to resist any such move and to insist the conference be limited to technical talks between experts. Conference sources- said after wards that both sides simply re iterated the positions taken in earlier sessions. Western diplomats were study ing the stepped up Russian of fensive for possible clues to ex plain the lough Russian stand that has deadlocked the East-West con ferences here. Conferences ion the prevention of surprise attack and on banning nuclear weapon tests were sched uled for today.- Both are equally deadlocked. . Informed sources said the West ern delegations are studying a re port on the latest moves in the Moscow offensive including: A sharpened propogan da drive attacking the West in vicious terms . in Soviet radio ijroadcasts. The call for a new summit meeting in the joint Soviet-Polish communique . issued Tuesday night. And the tough, unbending So viet attitude in both the Geneva conferences. Diplomats here said they were convinced all these are part and parcel of a single Soviet cold war push against the West which still is in the process of being un leashed with the worst yet to come. They noted the Soviets have not dropped so -much as a hint of a possible summit conference in their talks here so far, possibly hoping to build up some sort of war scare that only summit talks could solve. Deaf Mute Brothers Fqce Execution In Ohio For Murder COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPD Two brothers will - die in the electric chair Friday, unless they get a reprieve, in what Is believed would be the first execution of deaf mutes in Ohio history. Bert, 17, and Joseph Buza, 21. convicted of first degree murder in the stabbing of an elderly ges station owner, waited in death row while their family and coun sel sought a clemency decision from Gov. C. William O'Neill. The two have occupied side-by- side cells in Ohio Penitentiary for one year. They were convict ed by a Belmont County jury Nov. 15, 1957 and began their sentence one day later. If clemency is denied, the bro thers' death will mark Ohio's sec ond double execution of the year, and second in the last 13 years. Warden Ralph W. Alvis said that to the best of his knowledge they are the first deaf persons ever placed in Ohio's death row. Defense attorneys have urged that the brothers, convicted of Argentina TroopsBack President BUENOS AIRES (UPD The Argentine armed forces rallied to day to the support of President Arturo Frondizi and a plot to ov erthrow him fizzled before it real ly got started. Machinegunners were posted on balconies of Argentina's White House against possible new efforts to unseat Frondizi but all indica tions were he had beaten the sec ond attempt in two days to oust him. Vice President Alejandro Go mez reported Wednesday that leaders of the armed forces were plotting against Frondizi. There was widespread belicr that some such conspiracy existed and that Gomez himself was one of its chief leaders. Despite vehement denials from the vice president that he had any connection with the plpt, the halls of Congress rang at emergency meetings early today 1 with de mands that he be impeached or forced to resign. Meanwhile, anti-foreign oil union leaders announced that they have postponed at least until next week an anti-government strike which had been denounced officially as part of the subversive plot. Hundreds- if not thousands of Argentines, including a- number of Communist leaders, had been jailed under theHerms of a "state of siege modified martial law- imposed by the government to meet the strike threat. ' The , government announced the arrest of 250 persons by ; federal. police, "k UPI ' compilation of re ports from . 22 major cities listed a total of 419 persons arrested by federal or local forces, and it ap peared likely that scores more were in jail in lesser centers. One pro - government congres sional source said more than 5,000 persons had been swept up by the nationwide dragnet. Seven Perish In Home Fire FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPD Seven children in one family died today when fire swept the home of Mr. 'and ' Mrs. - George Gam mons. ' - ' 'i The parents escaped with their lives after tossing their 4-ycar-old daughter Connie Sue, only survi ving child of the family, through a window. Gammons, 34, and his wife, Au drey, 31, were taken to Lutheran Hospital. Connie Sue was' token to the same hospital where all three were reported in fair con dition from shock and cuts. Mrs. Gammons also sustained third de gree burns. The fire was blamed on a de fective oil stove. The dead children ranged in age from 7 weeks to 11 years. Four of them were boys, three girls. They were identified as George, 11; Chester, 9; Ircna, 7; Alvis, 5; John, 3; Carolyn, 1, and Georgia Ann, 7 weeks. JOHN HEARST DIES ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islunds (UPD John Randolph Hearst, 40, assistant general manager of the Hearst Newspapers, died to day. the slaying of Mrs. Margaret Denham, 76, on April 10, 1957, should receive only life sentences on the basis of their disability. This view is also taken by Dr. Edward Abcrnathy, ' superintend ent of the Ohio deaf school. The brothers, although well-behaved, lead an uneventful exis tence. Some prison religious offi cials feel the Buzas are unaware of "what it's all about." The brothers, who left the state school for the deaf when Bert was in the fifth and Joseph in the seventh grade, find little use for radio or books, the few activities available to death row inmates. . : Because of their' hearing diffi culty, their religious counsel in the past two months has been provide- by Father Bernard Mc Clory, pastor of Holy Rosary Ro man Catholic ' Church here, who knows sign language. He will ac company them to the death house for final prayers should their ap peal be denied. . Resolution Introduced By Ambassador Lodge UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. (UPD The United Slates said today it was willing to have foreign scien tists participale in its program to develop a peaceful outer space policy under the United Nations. U. S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lode introduced before the Gen eral Assembly's Main Political Committee a resolution co-sponsored by 1(1 oilier countries calling for a study group to report next year on possible U. N. space steps. Lodge said the U. N. should "take immediate steps to prepare a fruitful program" without wait ing for big-power agreement on a comprehensive disarm a m e n t agreement . The Soviet Union, which refused lo join the United States in a joint East-West sualinl approach in tlie U. N., previously submitted NED McKENNEY ,: '' ' ' ... Banquet Speaker ' Knife, Fork Speaker Told Ned Burr McKenney, winner of the 1955 Freedom Foundation award for a sermon, will be the guest speaKer at the La Grande Knife and Folk Club, Monday, Nov. 17. The dinner meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Saca- jawea. McKenney, whose lopic will be "Passport to Unusual Opportuni ties Here and Abroad, spent considerable lime this summer in Europe, , Israel, Egypt and the Middle" East.: Club officials indicated that re servations must be made no later lhan noon, Nov. IB. L 3,iuLiiJ rVJ.- lytJ tV) I ANOTHER PINT Mrs. Davl Wylde, Red Cross worker from La Grand, packs anorner pint of blood away in th chest at the blood drawing held at the armory yesterday.' A total of 142 pints were drawn bv nurses at the drawing short of Hi goal set by officials of 200 pints. Yesterday's drawina was thai last on scheduled for La Grande this year. ... (Observer Photo) a resolution linking a ban on the use of outer space for military purposes with a demand for the elimination of all military bases on foreign territory. Noting that "a new dimension has been added to man's exis tence" by his penetration of space Lodge said "each of us lias been struck by the sudden realization that despite the things that divided us, we are all living on the same, planet." "The challenge is great and the slakes are high," he said. "We can destroy ourselves through ri valries or we can use our discov eries as a vehicle for international; harmony. . . ... . i "The United States believes, firmly that international cooperaJ; tion in Ihe peaceful use,of outer space should be pursued through' ull means including the U. N.' Scientists in many countries are participating in this and other ac tivities and are eager to have the work continually expanded. '-.' "The United States will cooper ate with the international scienti fic community. The United States participate, in an appropriate way," is willing to have foreign scientists in the U. S. space program. . .We" hope a truly new world awaits man's curiosity and discovery. It may lead to discoveries of a kind1 we caif not now imagine" . ; I Joining the . United States, in sponsoring the resolution for the year s study by the committee were Australia, .Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, Denmark, France, Guat: cnuila, Ireland, Italy, Japan,' No-' palA The Netherlands., -New. Zea land, Sweden;, Turkey,- South Afi frica, Britain, Uruguay, and Vene-' zuela. -i Lodge called the Soviet attempt to link outer space with the prob-. leins oi aisarmamem on eann a "malienant and tranie hal uclnn- tion." He made his informal statement in reply to Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian A. Zorin who apparently followed the lead of his counterparts at the Geneva Confer ence on nuclear test suspension and safeguards against surprise attack. Zorin made it indelibly clear the Kremlin wants to ljnk all three problems to disarmament. In his attempt to bring outer space into the argument the Soviet delegate charged the United States ' was trying to "control the moon" for an attack on Russia through space. He called for elimination of ull foreign military bases as the price for Soviet agreement to ban the use of space of military purposes. 3"1 iV j J