Observer, La Grande, Ore., Tues., Dec. 16, 1958 Page 10
Citizens Of English Community)
Anxiously Await Tree's
By MARGARET SAVILLE
United Press International
i LONDON UPP) Citizens of
undent Glaslonbury in the west
country are anxiously watching
the sturdy little Hawthorn tree
which grows near the high altar
in ruined Glastonbury Abbey on
Wearyall Hill. .;
' "F'or this is the famous holy
thorn of legend and , if it duly
blooms on Christmas Day, the
first spray of bldssom must be
ceremoniously cut by the vicar of
Glastonbury and dispatched at
once to the queen.
If it fails to bloom, it is be
lieved that a year. of. grief and
tribulation for the royal family
and for England generally lies
ahead
Legend says that this'1 tree dates
back lo Saint Joseph of Arimath
ea who came to the vale of Ava
Ion to preach Christianity carry
ing a staff cut from the tree
which provided Christ's crown
thorns. Exhausted from climbing
the sleep hill, he stopped to rest
remarking. We are weary all.
and plunged his staff' into the
ground.
It immediately took root "and
became a tree. which always
blooms at Christmas, unlike nor
mal thorn trees which bloom in
the spring. It . also blooms when
ever royalty visits the abbey,
Most Successful 'Moon Shot' ;
May Be In Women's Fashions
By NATALIE BEST
; United Press International
"LOS ANGELES UPI The
most successful "moo,n shot" of
the year may be in the world of
women's fashions. At least an in
terplanetary space-suit has won
the approval of some 70. fashion
editors from across the nation at
tending the Eighth Annual. Press
week.
This "first" in the highly com
petitive apparel industry"- came
from California - designer Phil
Rose, a veteran of the world's sec
ond largest fashion market.
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p y -
ill!
WASH AND WEAR The hit
est tiling in formal attire for
transparently honest men is
modeled by comedian Dick
! Shawn, : all togged out in a
Infancy. 'dinner suit, tails and all,
ntadc of, plastic. He's baring
llK'Well during an appearance
nil the . Tropicana Hotel in Los
Vegas, 'Nev. .'
Hawaiian .
Statehood Seen
; SAN A N G E L O, Tex. I UPI
Senate Democjalic leader Lyndon
Johnson says he feels the next
Congress will admit Hawaii to
statehood even though the islands
have fa ."Communist problem."
In a question and answer ses
sion at Sail Angeto Junior College
I'Tiduy night Johnson said l ex
pect the next session of Congress
to approve statehood Tor Ilawuu.
"I don't know how I'll vote,
he said. "Heretofore I've been
against it," .
Johnson pointed out that the ter
ritory has a Communis! problem
and "I want to make sure Ihoy
(the Communists) don't run that
state."
Johnson .added that 1)6 doubts
the Fifth Amendment will ever be
changed because "you don't burn
down the house to get one rnt
Even though it is frequently
abused, it is a great protection.
Johnson, who was on his feet
for almost two hours, answered
n , question about his . candidacy
lor the President's office with a
flhl "no." hut went on to qualify
that by saying "I don't think any
body will be nominated from the
South In my lifetime. If so, I
don't think he'll be elected."
Johnson said lie .was a candi
date for the Senate hr 11K10 "and
I solicit the support of each of
you." , ;.
TV Actor Injured
While Filming Show
HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Actor
Hichard Boone was on his way
back to filmland Monday after suf
' fering a painful Injury in a Jeep
nteidenl.
i A H-lnch splinter penetrated his
Ide and rammed through his foot
up into his leg Sunday when the
Jeep struck a log in Squaw Valley
in' Northern California where
Boone had been filming shows for
his television "Have Gun -.Will
TJravcl"vsei'ics.
The actor was taken to Tahoe
City for an emergency operation
and later placed under sedulion.
His wife, ' Claire, alid a nurse,
were accompanying him on a train
back here.
This is not the first time the
zany moonwear manufacturer., has
thrust startling new , ideas on tho
fashion world. In his 20 years of
apparel business, Rose launched
the first Capri pants l!Mi, adapt
ed the. Italian look for America
(1952, introduced the Scandana-
ian look '19571, and is heading for
the moon f 19511 1. , ,
Exploring -the possibilities of
"fun wear" Rose actually- was
looking for a reason lo make long
coveralls for women. He had a new
fabric and nine shockingly new
bright colors to try on Miss and
Mrs. America. By accident he fell
into rocket-age styling when sev
eral of the strange new colors
were culled "out of this world"
by his colleagues.
Zoom! He was off. He immed
iately saw his new colors for what
they were, reproductions of the
eerie Jetstream greens, blues,
reds and pinks. He named (hem in
celestial terms such as Jupiter
pink, Saturn yellow, Martian blue,
Mercury green and solar orange.
To Rose this spelled something
hot thermonuclear in color and
the unheard of something "new"
in fashions.
Undaunted by the jeers of oth
ers in this field, he went ahead
and quietly designed futuristic
space wear six completely dur
ahlo. " comfortable, slip-on "flight
suits ' for the woman of tomorrow.
The tree has bloomed at Christ
mas for centuries past. There" are
historical records ' of Its flowers
being ceremonially presented to
King James- I and- uecn Anne
The late Queen Mary always
looked forward to receiving the
flower at Sandringham House and
tho sprays were placed by her in
the local church, j .
As one tree has reached its nor
mal span and died, cuttings from
it. have been planted so that the
holy thorn can continue in perpe
tuity. The present tree has ma
tured from tho. cutting: officially
taken and planted with consider
able pomp during the festival of
Br tain celebrations in l5l.
Seeds from, the ree have often
been cultivated' but the result has
always been an ordinary spring-
blooming thorn. ;
But cuttings sent, to many parts
of the world , have occasionally
rooted successfully;, and matured
into Christmas ..- blooming trees.
They, are always required to be
plunted in holy ground. , .
One' is at St.- Alban's Cathedral
in Washington. In 1951 when Prin
cess Elizabeth visited Washington
it suddenly bloomed and a spray
of the blossom was presented to
her in a special silver casket, i
Just over two months later her
father died and the princess be
came the queen.
...J
Car Plunges Off Bridge
BREMERTON, Wasfi. UPI
Two youths were killed when the
ear in which they were riding
plunged off a bridge here early
Sunday. The owner of tho car,
Robbie Clark, 22, Bremerton, was
missing and police believed he
also died in the accident.
Clark was seen in the company
of tho other two y o u t h s two
hours before the accident,
Tho bodies recovered from the
Washington Narrows below the
bridge were identified as those of
Joseph E. Jenkins Jr., 22, Port
Orchard, and Gary Lee Hill, also
22, Bremerton.
Attempts of a Bremerton skin
diving club to recover the body
of ,the missing, mail, wore called
off Sunday ' due In unfavorable
currents. ;.'
Political Undertow Discussed
welfare of the people of the in time lead a mighty Teamsters
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press International
WASHINGTON UPI) The po-
liticval undertow:
The stop-Nixon effort failed in
1956 and now has been revived
for I960. The dump-Adams effort
prevailed.
Just' around the corner, more
likely than not, is another dump
movement dump Agriculture Sec
retary Ezra T. Benson. Improving
farm prices in the months pre
ceding this year's election be
witched many persons into believ
ing .that the forthright secretary's
farm belt standing likewise had
improved. The voters defeated a
great many pro-Benson members
of Congress. Republican survivors
would spark the- dump- Benson
movement if it comes.
Eisenhower admin! stration
friends in big business - did not
leap to offer employment to Sher
man Adams so Adams will make
do writing a book for, -Harper
Brothers Co. Estimates of what
Adams might receive for his
White. House memoirs range as
high as $100,000, before taxes. It
billed as an mside-the-White-
House project. Political pros will
in some measure judge how far
inside the White House the book
really goes by how frankly, if at
all, Adams discusses the 1956 ef
fort to prevent renomination , of
Vice President Richard M. Nixon.
Chairman Meade Alcorn of the
Republican National Committee
and Chairman Harry F. Byrd (D-
Va.l. of the Senate Finance Com
mittee are agreed that crippling,
deadly inflation is almost upon us.
The barrier is.. down. Three Re
publican committee mt'mbers did
not seek reelection to the Senate
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and a fourth was licked, in this
order. Martin, Pa., Flanders, Vt.,
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With the prevailing 8 to 7 ratio
of Democratic and Republican
committee membership, Byrd and
his predecessor, the late Sen. Wal
ter F. George (D-Ga.), usually
could find a bipartisan conserva
tive majority. The party ratio in
the new Congress will be 9 to 6
or, ev.-n, 10 to. 5. That should put
Byrd ai d the more or less con
servatifes in a- permanent mi
nority. Some responsible labor leaders
look beyond Jimmy Hoffa's rela
tionship to the labor movement
as a whole to what -could become
his ultimate relationship to' the
United States. . Such leaders '"be
lieve floffa would set back, Ser
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movement if he succeeds in set
ting up his proposed over-all
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sters plus everything else with
wheels, keels or wings. One-responsible
labor man said to your
correspondent: "Against such a
union as Hoffa, projects, the 'peo
ple would be defenseless." Hoffa
predicted last month that he will
llninn snannine the entire trans-
& t i. a inn nnn mpmhers
"We will not be stopped,'" he
said, "by the McClellan commiU
tee, laws or the courts."
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