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X k Special U By j. m. McClelland jr WASHINGTON. D. C. (Special to The Observer) Fidel Castro is one man of action who is not a man of few words. We sat for two and a half hours along with other newspaper editors and strained to make out his broken English as he gave one long speech and a series of short speeches in ans wer to questions. He did, well. He made o good impression. He was not evasive and his torrent of words obviously were not to use up time so that his audience would not get to pos sibly embarassing questions. At least that was the way it seemed in the second row in the big room where he spoke. Those who heard him on TV probably had the same difficulty the editors did in under Daily except Sunday Bolivian Uprising Failure Government Troops And Police Patrol LA PAZ. Bolivia (UPI) Gov ernment troops and police pa trolled the streets of La Paz to day under a state of siege de clared during Sunday's unsuccess ful revolt by the ring-wing social ist Palange Party. At least 22 persons were killed and more than 50 wounded in fighting at the state radio station, the city hall, military barracks and police headquarters. The rebels gained control of the radio station for a short time. A government communique said the fighting began shortly before noon and that the rebellion was put down in a matter of hours by the militia. It said the' regular armed forces were not needed. More than 80 rebels were ar rested, including Falange leader Luis Saenz and Roberto Freyre, co-editor of the newspaper Antor cha. Members of' the youth section of the National Revolutionary Move ment patrolled outside the foreign embassies to prevent other rebel leaders from taking refuge there. The government announced that rebel leaders had asked President Herman Siles Zuazo to halt retalia tion by pro-government forces. Siles ordered Secretary - General Guillermo Bedregal and Agricul ture Minister Jorge Antelo to col lect the rebel arms to prevent fur ther fighting. Siles and members of his cabinet left the presidential palace Sunday night to inspect the areas where the fighting took place. They were greeted by cheers from thousands of persons in the street. The rebels opened their attack with an attempt to seize the police headquarters. Eighteen persons were killed in the fighting there, including transit Police Capt. Eduardo Chavarria. Siles' pro-labor government has been beset recently by economic troubles caused by high prices and inflation. It lost some support from tin mining and oil workers after it was forced to cancel food and clothing subisidies at commis saries operated by the workers. Siles was elected president on June 17, 1956, for a four-year term. His National Revolutionary Move ment has been in power since April, 1952, when it overthrew a military junta regime. PROPERTY RELEASE KARACHI. Pakistan (UPI) The Pakistani government has de iaaA in rnlnncn ftnrmnn nrnner- ty confiscated during World War ii it was announced tndav. 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The Secret Service were out in force for the noon luncheon to check everyone who went near him. Castro says this annoyed him. He claims he is not afraid someone will take a shot at him. That seems to be true. We just saw Herter Describes As A Strong Team WASHINGTON (UPI) Newly appointed Secretary of State Chris tian. A. Herter today described himself as a "strong team work er." He implied that he will do much less traveling than his pre decessor, John Foster Dulles. Herter made the statements when he flew back to Washington from a weekend rest in South Car olina which was interrupted Sat urday morning when he went to Augusta, Ga., to hear President Eisenhower announce his appoint ment. The new secretary told report ers at the Military Air Terminal that he will travel "if I feel it necessary," but added that, "I have great confidence in my as sociates in the department." Pianists Please Fans In La Grande Concert ' By Buck, Buchanan Observer Staff Writer Melvin Stecher and Norman played here yesterday afternoon in a Civic Music concert at the La Grande High School standing ovation by concert goers after the two-nour pro gram. "Best program and artists in years," was the general concensus of the small but Music ticket holders. Particulary impressive was program, "variations on a ineme by ueeinoven py camiuei Saint-saens. This bnuiant worK and fluency by the piano team. Also heavily favored was Joh annes Brahms "Five Waltzes. This delightful set of Waltzes, an early work of Brahms, was full of "fire and flame,' so typical of Brahms. Last night, following the con cert, the congenial pair discussed numerous and sundry facts about their life as "concert gypsies." 'We nearly didn't make it to La Grande," Stecher said, "since our piano van lost a motor in Watcrville, Wash. Sunday morn ing. We had to get a mechanic out of bed to attempt to fix the motor and he discovered the motor was completely shot." 'We had to ship a new motor in from Wenatchce then the mechanic drove it . on into La. Grande." Horowitz continued, "we were down in Watsonville, Calif., giv ing a concert Friday night using other pianos then had to take three different planes into La Grande to get here in time for our Sunday concert. What a life!" The pianists said that by the time they finish their tour on May 14 they would have present ed 135 concerts since starting on Sept. 20. They will return to New York on May . 14 after touring Canada and will then practice for 10 weeks before starting a tour of South America In Aug ust. They will play in 12 coun tries in the south. Next year, in commemoration of their 10 years as a piano team, the two men will present a spe cial concert in the Last with a well-known symphony orchestra and at that time will premiere a special piano concerto being writ ten for them by Walter Piston, one of Americas foremost com posers. Next year they go to Eu rope. The piano team left for Mc- Minnville this morning with their special piano van where they will present a concert to morrow night. Marriage? "When would we have time for married life," the youthful pair said as they showed this writer the mileage indicator on their 1958 Ford which showed, 64,000 miles! bserver lirotieirview Wilih FideO Castro .. .1. , . ... .1 i : ....ii.. ..... i ;.ii uml LilKnd pnKnK-1 nni f a,., orimlnnls and 1 8w!ft Mid violent Justice til! him climb into an open car and perch himself on the back of the seat as he was driven away from the hotel. Obviously he loves ac claim and misses no opportunity to be seen. If there are any assassins around they should not find it difficult to draw a bead on him. As expected Castro came dressed in dark olive, drab with his shirt open at the neck. It was a clean shirt, however, the only change in his costume since he came in out of the back country. In 1953 when he was tried and convicted as a rebel, he said he was one who abhors puerile vanity with all his soul, and it is not in his spirit or in his temperament to affect poses or sensationalism of any kind. Herter said he thought that chances were "good" that C. Douglas Dillon, undersecretary of state for economic afTairs, would be moved over to undersecretary as Herter's top assistant. He ad ded, however, that this was "an appointment for the President" to make. The 64-year-old Massachusetts politician-diplomat, using metal arm crutches as he moved from the plane .to a microphone, was asked whether Eisenhower's delay of several days in appointing him had "weakened" his position. He replied "I do not think so." Herter said the President "was waiting for a physical report he wanted and I was delighted" to have it made. Horowitz, duo-pianists who auditorium, were given a enthusiastic crowd of Civic the second number on the was piayea wun great cnarm 134 Horses Change Hands Here At Sale The La Grande Mavericks' sec ond annual horse sale, held here Sunday resulted in 134 horses sold according to Coy Hamilton and Roy Byron, who are working on total sales figures today. The 134 sold yestreday compared with 85 sold last year, the first such sale held by the local riding club. Officials of the organization said the sale provides club activity financing for the remainder of the year. Top horse sold this year was consigned by Ilcber Glen of North Powder. Glen's "Sunshine High School" stallion sold for $1,930. The bay stallion foaled in May 1951 is a working horse, used for cattle cutting, according to Glen. 'Independence Or Oregon's OLATHE, Kans (UPI) The people of this western Kansas town got ready today to welcome Oregon's covered wagon train which Sunday started a 2020-mile recrossing of the route of the pioneers. Former President Harry S. Tru man gave the seven wagons the go-ahead signal at Independence, Mo., at 8:30 a.m. Sunday after a brief prayer by the Rev. Donald McKay of the First Christian Church. Four finely trained Missouri Mules pulled the first wagon the mail wagon from the town of Independence. Ore. It carried a painted banner saying, "Inde pendence or Bust end of the Oregon Trail." Wagonmaster Gordon "Tex" Serpa, colorfully clad in a buck skin costume and wearing a pearl-handled revolver, rode be side the wagons. Dale Carnine, If asked now he would probably say that his dress and his beard are not a pose nor an affectation. Rather they are his trade marks and he can't yet bear to part with them. At 32 he is tall, youthful looking and rather on the well fed side. The editors, individualists to a man, game him the mild sort of standing ovation that was more polite than enthusiastic, snowinK a reluctance on the part of many to forgive him the summary way many of his military foes were tried and shot when the revolution ended. He was eager to tell his story The room had been equipped with the new IBM instantaneous trans lation device so that his answers in Spanish would be translated into Established 1896 LA GRANDE, OREGON, Himself Worker' Herter said he was "delighted to be back in Washington" and to continue the duties that he has been carrying out since Dulles was stricken with cancer for the second time. He added that he was "deeply honored" by the con fidence shown in him by Dulles and the President. Herter said that he did not want to comment on foreign policy mat ters until he had been confirmed by the Senate. His nomination was sent to the Senate today and will be considered by the Senate For eign Relations Committee Tues day. In reply to a question, Herter said that he hoped to consult with Dulles, and planned to visit him at the Walter Reed Army Med ical Center this afternoon. Herter will. have little more than a week to prepare for the three- day Paris meeting of Western for eign ministers scheduled to begin April 29J:v ' - ! v -v-v - At that meeting, the United States, Britain, France and West Germany will have to come to a final decisions on policies and strategy for negotiating with Rus sia at the Geneva foreign minis ters' conlerence starting May 11. . The Western powers, so far, are agreed only as to what they will not do they will refuse to give up any rights in Berlin and will not consent to any plans which might isolate Germay from the West. They have yet to come to terms on specific proposals to be made to Russia at the foreign ministers meeting and at a possible summit conference this summer. Herter, the 64-year-old Massa chusetts politician-diplomat who has served as undersecretary of state for more than two years, was reported determined to take a firm hand in pulling together the West ern front against Russian pres sures. Bulletin SALEM (UPI) The Oregon House today passed 11-26 a bill that would abolish the state's three-man Board of Control which controls state institu tions. Vote was along party lines with all Democrats but RP Grace Peck (D-Portland) voting for it and all Republicans against it. The bill now goes to the Sen ate. The Board of Control is composed of the governor, state treasurer and secretary of state. Bust End Of The Oregon Trail' Covered Wagon Train Douglas county, Ore., deputy sheriff also was mounted and rode "point" while George McUne of Medford brought up the rear. The rest of the 18 modern-day-pioneers including six women and three children were aboard the wagons. Hundreds of persons lined the route for the first day's trip which was mostly through the suburban areas of Kansas City. The wagon train stopped for the night at Red Bridge Farm, Mo. Olathe was the goal today, Gard ner Tuesday and Lawrence Wed nesday. Sunday's nuiet sendoff followed ceremonies Saturday which includ ed a rain-shortened parade aronnu Independence Square where the Oregon Trail began in the 1840's and short speeches. Truman,- who earlier in the day interrupted a conference wilh Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo) to show members of the Oregon Centen Knlisli auionwiticjllv. I'ul lie never resorted to his native tongue, preferring instead to struggle with English, turning aside frequently to his ambassador for a word that eluded him. He had mi prepared talk unci no notes. The points he stressed were rela tively few. 1. He is no dictator. Culm luis true freedom for the first lime. 2. He is no Communist. No one group, and that includes what Communists there are in Cuba, played a decisive part in winning the revolution. 3. Batista "followers," as re ported in the U.S. press, have not been tried and shot. Only war criminals those known to have bene responsible for some 20.000 j MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1959 'Well, Read That One First Please' DES MOINES. Iowa (UPI) State Sen. Jack Schroeder, a Republican, interrupted Demo cratic Sen. Melvin Wolf to ob ject to his criticism of the mo tives of Republican legislators. "My last paragraph praises you," Wolf told him. Well, read that one first, please," Schroedcr said. Reds Accuse Dalai Lama Of Lying NEW DKLHI, India UPI -Communist China accused the Dalai Lama today of lying when he made his weekend statement accusing the Reds of treachery and murder in .Tibet. A political commentator for the Communist New China News Agency said in a Chinese lang uage broadcast that the - Dalai Lama's statement, made in Tez pur when he reached freedom aft er fleeing his Red - dominated homeland, was "embedded in falsehood." The commentator's remarks, the first Communist Chinese reaction claimed the youthful Tibetan god king's statement, was a "clumsy document" which ignored the fact that Tibet is a land made of var ious nationalities not just Tibet ans. The Pciping reaction came a; Taipei newspaper reports said llie Dalai Lnma has been invited to Formosa to meet President Chiang Kai-shek. There was no official confirmation of the reports as the Tibetan leader continued his 1,30(1- mile train trip across the Indian subcontinent to his eventual plaee of refuge. Future Farmers Parent-Son Event La Grande chapter of the Future Farmers of America will hold their annual Parent-Son Banquet tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. al Central School, President Ed Mc Laughlin said this morning. During the meal the annual hog calling contest between fathers will be held, McLaughlin said. Main speaker for the evening will be stale President Ed Glenn from Lostinc. Highlights of past year's activi ties will be presented and advisor Norman Koopman will present awards for the year. Present officers will present the Honorary Members ceremony and then' in the closing ceremonies, new officers will be installed. nial Commission around his mem orial library, accepted a gift of a one-square-inch parcel of Oregon vacation land in the Cascades. The former president was invit ed by Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr. to speak in Orcgttn July 4. He said he would try to work it into his schedule but could not commit himself. As Tru man spoke Saturday the clouds opened up with a heavy down pour and the cx-prcsident halted his speech and the brief parade which included the seven wagons went on. Appling represented Gov. Mark Hatfield. Other dignitaries from Oregon on hand included ex-Gov. Elmo Smith, Centennial head An thony Brandenthaler, and four Centennial Commission members Thomas Vaughan, Mayor John Snider of Medford, Mrs. Lily Swcetland and Mrs. Janet Baum hover. Members of Oregon's ses of liiitui ing and killing rebels were executed. Others are in jail awaiting trial before civil courts. Kven Batistas brother is free. The right of habeus corpus (legal evidence that a person has com mitted a crime) will be restored soon. v i. lie came to the U.S. because he wants friendship and under standing between the U.S. and Cuba and because Cuba needs U.S. trade especially the tourist trade to recover from a severe period of depressions. 5. U.S. industry should feel more tree to invest in iuoa now than ever before because property rights will be more secure. Castro understands why there was so much revulsion in the United States against the flamboy ; : .iV -. T !'.' - ... i - ! - ,' . , ' POW WOW Rodger Beickel, left seems Intrig ued by the mlnature models of covered wagons imported for the Pioneer Pow Wow which open here Thursday this week but hit podner, Steve Craig, must be product of the 20th cen Bioneer.RoV4Wbw..RIans Move Slow to shape up in its early stage, the La Grande Pioneer Pow Wow today moved steadily forward to its fulfillment on Thursday, Friday and Saturday as planning and preparations were intensified on all fronts of the area's big centennial celebration. The oullook for the three-day event, based on the mounting interest and enthusiasm shown in recent days by organizations, individuals and business firms, is "the biggest and finest commun ity celebration in the history of our area," according to the Pow Wow committee. Weather, a prime factor in the celebration, was anyone's guess, but virtually everyone was agreed that recent cold, damp weather increases the chances for sunny skies come Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Except for a few details, near ly all planning work of the Pow Wow committee had been ac complished today, and there re mained only the carrying out of plans by the scores of groups and individuals identified with the show on a dozen different fronts. Street banners, many of them frayed and tattered from last week's windstorm; the large itrcetwidc banner and a hund red colored window showcards in slore windows proclaimed for the visitor the attractions to be lound in Ihe celebration this week. Frontier Midway streets are marked off for concessionaire Is Rolling Along press, radio and television also were in Independence for the cer emonies. Members of the wagon train crew were in top spirits and were anxious to get started. Jancll Roudebaugh, 11, Drain, youngest member of the trip, found four young rabbits in a nearby field and hoped to be able to get them all to Oregon. She hid them from Serpa she was afraid he would n't allow them to be taken along. Eight of the 21 persons on the train are from Douglas county, which has two wagons Drain and Roscburg. "On to Drain Gateway to the Oregon Coast", read one banner. "One of the 100 valleys of the Umpqua Rose burg Timber Capital of the Na tion" read another. There are two single girls on the wagon train Jean Mar shall 22, Roseburg, and Valoyce Johnson, 24, a Portland secretary. ant tr a s of war criminals ana mass executions. The average American just wasn't aware of what the Batista regime had been doing. Its atrocities were conceal ed from us by official censorship and by general disinterest in Cuban affairs. In one of the editors' conven tion sessions it was brought out that the A. P. a year ago sent out a long story detailing some of the Batista offenses, and a survey showed only a few papers used the story. Leaders of the Ameri can press admit that the Cuban revolution was given less than full coverage simply because Am erican newspaper readers have long since ceased to get excited about Latin American revolutions. So they were unprepared for the booths and stands and await the arrival of construction crews beginning Wednesday morning. The streets will be closed to ve hicle traffic from Wednesday morning until removel of all booths and stands by 6 o'clock Sunday night, April 26. A detailed street map of the Midway sections is available to all Midway participants at the cham ber of commerce office. It shows allocated spaces and code numbers of each organization assigned space on the four streets Riot Victim's Funeral Held At Deer Lodge DEER LODGE, Mont. (UPI)-A simple, 20-mlnute funeral service was held Sunday for Deputy War den Theodore Rothe, 40, whose vi olent death touched off the bloody, 35-hour convict mutiny at Mont ana State Prison. As this ranching community of 3,500 paid its final respects to the official, the bodies of his murder er and another leader of the un successful escape attempt lay in pine boxes at the local mortuary. Lee Smart, 19, a convicted mur derer, started the riot when he shot Rothe in the back Thursday afternoon. Early Saturday, he killed his accomplice, Jerry Myles 44, and took his own life as na tional guardsmen stormed the prison. "I'm not looking for a man I'm looking for adventure," Miss Marshall said. "I'm going heenuse I like horses and the out doors." said Miss Johnson. Both will help with the cooking. Members of the visiting Oregon delegation were treated royally in Independence. They were taken to and from events in police-escort ed station wagon motorcades from the time thw arrived Friday night until they flew back to Ore gon Sunday. Truman pleasantly surprised the four Centennial Commission mem bers Saturday morning by escort ing- them around the library him self. He was presented with a Centennial rose bush by Mrs. Sweet I and and with a check for $100 for the library by Jackson county, Ore., Young Democrats. Independence, Incidentally, is in Jackson county, Mo. Steadily swift and violent justice that Castro meted out to those he and his group had fought against for so long. Jules Dubois of the Chicago Tribune, who has covered the Cuban story so long he is almost as openly enthusiastic about Castro as some of the weird looking beard ed characters who follow him around, wrote a biography about his hero in which he said that the victorious rebel has a habit of "thinking out loud." He docs In deed. And he does a lot of think ing. If repetition of a theme and a steady flow of sincere and en thusiastic talks is good salesman ship, Castro is going to have a good part of this country and Canada sold before he gels back to Havana. WEATHER La Grande: Fair through Tuesday; high 58 64; low 22 28. Price 5 Cents tury for he seems . to be saying. What ere these?" Croups and organizations here are busy preparing their shows and booths for the opening of the big three-day celebration. (Observer Photo) comprising the fun sections of the celebration. City crews will erect bleacher grandstands, with platforms in front and back, at Adams end Elm, and street stands for special events at Adams and Depot and Adams and Fir, with completion set for five o'clock Thursday evening. To aid the lost and confused visitor to the celebration the La Grande fire department will erect and staff a combined lost and found and information booth on Washington street adjoining the firehouse and horseshoe set where the department will spon sor a horseshoe pitching accura cy contest all three days. Frank Cooke, in charge of pub lic address systems for all events of the show, including the Pio neer parade on Saturday after noon, reported that equipment for all special points has been obtained and personnel obtained to operate the equipment and handle the announcing. In addition to the Midway at- . tractions, special events and contests are schedulded for each night of the show. The three large historical ex hibits and Union County Art Guild show will open in the small ballroom and parlor on the mezzanine of the Sacajawea at 2 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and at 12 o'clock noon on Saturday. On Saturday the celebration will be culminated with the Pio neer Parade, the Salvation Ar my's huge public Chuck Wagon Barbecue at the Armory ana Pioneer Park, finals in many contests, and the Blue Mountain Boys Benefit Dance at the Saca jawea.. i Cool Weather Stunts Ticket Selling Raid Cool weather stunted their sales but not their ardor Satur day as the Beta Thcta "mountain , gals' pulled another Adams avenue ticket selling raid on be half of the Blue Mountain Boys benefit dance, climax event to the Pioneer Pow Wow next Saturday night. The gals, done up in their fin enst mountain dress, bedazzled about 20 frightened males into pur chases during their two hour so journ on the street. Advance ticket sales to the dance, a come-as-you are and have fun affair, now stands at 190, reports the group. Music will be by Rhodes Lewis and his orchestra and dancing will start at 9:30 p.m. in the Sacaja wea ballroom. , ,-,