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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1959)
I WEATHER Partly cloudy through Tues day with scattered showers today; high today 52-58 and Tuesday 58-63; low tonight 25-30. Established 1896 Daily except Sunday LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1959 Price 5 Cents Crowd Of First Pow Viewed by an estimatd 8,000 persons, the Pioner Parade feature attraction of the La Grande Pioneer Pow Wow Sat urday afternoon unfolded a dra matic flashback to early days of the area in a colorful sequence of floats, exhibits, equipment, mounted groups and costumes. The 52-minute moving panorama brought applause from the crowd In the best recollection of many oldtimcrs of the communi ty, La Grande had never before seen such a parade for quality of entries and size. At. the starting point, at Hem ' lurk and Washington-, Parade Mar shall Bill ' Carey and his assist ants called in the various ele ments of the long' train from four avenues of entry with such dis patch that the parade actually School Hearings Slated Tuesday County Superintendent of Schools Mrs. Veda E. Couzcns this morn ing reminded county residents of the official hearings slated Tues day and Wednesday nights by the State Department of Education on Union county school reorganiza tion plans. A hearing will be held at 8 p.m. in the La Grande High School Tuesday on the p'an lo merge all schools into one district except the North Powder area. A similar hearing will be held at the North Powder High School the following night on that administrative dis trict plan. Pioneer Pow Wow Parade Winners And Awards Listed A complete listing of winners and awards in Saturday's Pion eer Parade is given below, bxeept for .. out-of-town groups, all winners who have not yet received their awards arc asked by the Pow Wow committee to pick up their awards at the La Grande fire department. Wagonmastcr Marvin "Red" Childcrs, covered wagon. Centennial Queen Sharon Noyes, Covered Wagon. Pow Wow Name Contest winner Mona Otten, Covered Wagon. Large high school band competition: La Grande, Covered Wagon. Small high school band competition: McEwcn High Scotch Lassies of Athena, Covered Wagon. Drum and Bugle corps compelion: Pendleton, Covered Wagon. Best float, organizations division: LDS Church, Covered Wagon. Best float, business division: Low Cost Auto, Covered Wagon. Best float, automotive-industrial division: Low Cost Auto, Cov ered Wagon. Most unusual float: Hidden Valley Guest Ranch, Covered Wagon. Largest group participation: Riverside Hobby- House, Covered Wa gon. ' Most unusual group participation: Blue Mountain Gem Club, Cov ered Wagon. Special parade feature awards: Beta Thcta Mountain Gals, Cover ed Wagon; Blue Mountain Grange, Covered Wagon; Intercollegiate Knights, Covered Wagon; Elgin Stampcdcrs, Centennial Plate. . Women's best authentic costume: 1st Mona Often, Centennial Plate tic for 2nd Florence Miller and Mrs. Bert Lasslcy, Centenn ial relish dish each, and Jrne Ford, Centennial Pin. Men's best authentic costume: 1st Bert Lasslcy, Centennial Mug; 2nd Nilcs Navarre, Centennial Mug. Girl's best authentic costume: 1st Janice Pipes and Bonnie Scott, Centennial mug each; 2nd Linda Standloy and Barbara Rickcr, Cen tennial Mug each. Boys' best authentic costume; 1st Doug Prosch, Centennial Mug; 2nd Richard Ocslcrling, Centennial Mug. Most unusual individual costume awards: Vance Matlot, Centen nial Mug,, and Phi Beta Sigma, EOC, Centennial Mug. Special unusual individual costume award: The Lyons sisters, Cen tennial Bracelets. , Most unusual individual participation: Merton Lorce, Cove, Cov ered Wagon. - Special unusual individual participation award:-Jay Lorenzen and unidentified friend, Centennial Salt and Pepper set. LOOK! HERE COMES THE BAND Parades Are For The Children 3,000 Views Wow Pjrade started 10 minutes ahead of sche- dulc! Camera fans along the route enjoyed a field day with excellent conditions for picture taking; top flight subject matter, and a large Standard Named To Forest Post William N. Stanaland has been appointed administrative " assist ant for the Wallowa-Whitman Na tional Forest and Thomas L. Grif fith has been named project leader for the national forest out door recreation resources review. Stnnaland's previous experi ence has been in the Kaibab Na tional Forest in Arizona and the Mount Ilnocl National Forest He moves to Baker from Portland. Griffith, Umber management assistant in the Baker district, will be assisted in the recreation review by Tommy E. Bell from the Union Ranger District. The outdoor recreation rcsourc os review is scheduled for com pletion by the fall of I960. The job to be done is the inventory, classification, and evaluation of (he recreation resource in the Wallowa-Whitman forest. William C. Knechtcl Jr.. tim ber management assistant at La Grande will move to Baker and '.ake over the post vacated by Griffith, according to John B. Smith, forest supervisor. cleare. area in which to opa.i The city's police force, on dot. bl duly throughout the three-day Pow Wow, cany Saturday set up special patrols to keep Adams cleared of all vehicle parking for the parade, insuring plenty of space for parade units as well as excellent viewing for the onlook ers. The parade was led by Wagon master Marvin "Red" Childcrs of Cove on his tall, spirited horse. He was followed by the three color guards, the National Guard unit bearing the new regimental coolrs,on - view . for the first time; the Marine Recruiting De tachment and the Explorer Scout troop. Next came Centennial Queen .Sharon Noycs, accompanied by Princess Mamie Dicdrich, riding in a carriage provided by the Clovcrlcaf Circle. 4-H Club and driven by Lang Bell of Cove. In a brief presentation before the Adams and Elm grandstand, the queen and princess received old fashioned nosegays. Queen Noyes was also presented with a miniature covered wagon. Next in line came the East ern Orcgcn College band, "guest band" for the parade and win ner of many honors this year. From that point on the parade unfolded in a display of tablcaus associated Willi the pioneer era of the region. Adjudged as outstanding floats were the Latter Day Saints church entry, three living bronz ed figures in a replica of the famed state capitol scene; the country grocery store of the Safeway Employes Association; the contrasting mflrlcs of travel exhibit by Low Cost Auto, and the early day forge and black smith, entered by Hidden Val ley Guest Ranch of Wolf Creek. Thirty four awards were made in all parade classifications and are available to winners at the La Grande fire department. mM xn3 ml ,. W THE VIEW'S FINE FROM HERE; She Hopes Cakes Aren't As Stale Even in the "Good Old Days" of Oregon, which we htar to much about during our current Centennial, it didn't take 18 months to deliver a post card mailed and delivered inside La Grande. 1 , Observer Society Editor Max. ine Nurmi Saturday received a post card mailed Nov. JV'1'57 from the Extension Service office in La Grande. The post card was an invita tion to attend and participate in a cake decoration demonstra tion meeting of the Blue M. Juniors extension unit. The card was mailed by Home Economist Miss Dolores Una. Sorry we missed the meeting, Miss Uria, but we hop the cakes are not as stale at Hie card. Liu Shao-Chi Will Succeed Mao Tse-Tung TOKYO UPl) Tough, 'cold Liu Shao-chi. Red China's No. 2 Communist, was chosen today to succeed Mao Tse-tung as head of the Peiping government. 1 Liu was the only man nominat ed for the post of "chairman of the people's republic", at today's session of the rubber-stamp Peo ple's National Congress, making his eventual election a virtual cer tainty. Soon? Ching-Link (Mme. Sun Yat-scm, sier of Nationalist Chi na's Mme. Chiang K ' shek, and Tung Pi-su, an "elder stales man," were nominated for vice chairmen. A Peiping broadcast said the nominations were made by the ex ecutive chairman of the congress "amind thunderous applause from the deputies." The actual voting for chairman and vice chairmen will be by se cret ballot. Before today's meet ing, the executive chairman said deputies who do not approve of the-ofticial choices may. vote 'for whomever they wish but no ex tensive "write-In" campaign Is expected. The congress's 143-man presidi um made the nominations. Liu, Red China's "organization man," is generally regarded as second in power only to Mao him self. The outgoing chairman, who announced some time ago that he did not plan to seek reelection, retains full power in Red China as chairman of the Communist Party. The post of "chairman of the republic," roughly corresponding to president, has traditionally been largely a ceremonial posi tion in Red China as it is in Rus sia. Liu's selection for the job sug gests it may be more important in the future. China experls generally have regarded Liu as a more influen tial figure than Chou En-lai, the glib, suave diplomat who holds the titles of premier and foreign minister. Elgin Man Held On Indecent Exposure David C. Gandy, 30, Elgin, is held in city jail on charges of in toxication and indecent exposure. Gandy, held on $45 bail, was scheduled into court at 3 p.m. to day. He was arrested by city police at 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Castro Discovered By Authorities MONTREAL (UPI Cuban Premier Fidel Castro left by plane today only a few minutes after police received a message from authorities in New York saying that two men were on their way here to assassinate nun. The bearded Prime Minister came here Sunday for a 24-hour visit. His Cubana Airlines plane headed for Houston, Tex. FBI Agents And State Police Press Search For Negro Youth By CLIFF SESSIONS United Press International POPLARVILLE. Miss. UPI FBI agents and state troopers worked around the clock today, trying to find a young Negro who was dragged screaming from a jail cell by a hooded lynch mob. The Negro, M. C. Parker, 23, was to have gone on trial today on charges of raping a young white mother. He was beaten and abducted early Saturday. No leads were reported in the Congressional Hoped For Pondosa Site The California research firm which determined that the new 50 state center of the United States is near Pondosa has pledged "full cooperation and resources" - in getting the site officially recog nized through congress. W. 0. Holmes, president of Re search Publications, Inc., San Carlos, CaHf., following a tele phone call by the. Chamber of Commerce and La Grande-Ob server, said in a letter that ho and other members of his firm plan to fly here for a visit to the new geographic cenlcr of the country. White House Juvenile Group Plans Meeting Members of the newly formed executive committee of the Union county White House committee on juvenile delinquency will meet in the La Grande High School 7 p.m. Wednesday. Purpose of the meeting will be to start compiling a list of needs of Union county youth to prevent and reduce juvenile delinquency. Items in the list will be subse quently investigated and recom mendations will be made to a state White House committee. Members of the local committee include Chairman Lt. Oakley Sum mers of the Salvation Army; Galen Searles, La Grande police depart ment; Miss Delores Uria and James Hubcr of the Extension Service; County Judge Kenneth McCormlck; Harvey Carter, La Grande Junior High School prin cipal; Genevieve McCall, com mittee secretary; and Genevieve Nelson, Mabel Dalo and Dorothy McPhetridge. A MIGHTY FINE PARADE Assassination Castro was whisked aboard the plane a few minutes after Royal Canadian Mounted and Quebec Provincial Police were informed that two known suspects were en route here from New York appar ently bent on an assassination at tempt. Police said the message came from FBI headquarters in New York and was relayed to them by case, although bloody and dirty clothing found in woods 25 miles from Hattiesburg, Miss., Saturday was chemically tested by the FBI. The clothing was ruled out as Parker's by the FBI, according to Hattiesburg Patrolman Luther L. Robinson, acting night police chief. Some officers believed Parker would never be found, dead or alive. FBI Seeks Mob Gv. J. P. Coleman, however. Recognition In his letter to the Chamber of Commerce, Holmes said, in con nection with locating the center of the U. S. in Union County, that "As this is a scientific discovery, and all scientific discoveries must be proved, it will be necessary to "prepare a case" on Pondosa to be presented officially to Congress We will furnish you, or a commit tee that is interested, in having this" spot made official with the necessary scientific data on how we arrived at our Pondosa cal culations." Chamber of Commerce Manager Fred Schneitcr this morning said a committee would be organized to follow through with this project. Holmes also said that while in Portland recently the Oregon Cen tennial Commission became in terested in the geographic center site and there was some discus sion of planning a celebration near Pondosa when the "On To Oregon" Centennial wagon train arrives in this area on the trek from Inde pendence, Mo., to Independence, Ore. There was also some dis cussion, Holmes said, of putting an "Oregon pioneer guard," com p'clc with beard and long rifle, on guard 24 hours a day at the cen ter of the United States. Holmes was Invited to La Grande where the Blue Mountain Boys would "find" the new geographic center for him. The offer was made after Holmes, in a news release, said he would like to visit the spot "if he could find It." He noted that Pondosa (which will be sold at public auction May 5) is not shown on some maps.. The Blue Mountain Boys then volunteered to "guard" the site and lead Holmes and his parly to it when they came as guests of the Chamber of Commerce. radio as Castro s 27-car convoy headed for downtown Montreal to Dorval Airport. When the message was received, the convoy made a brief halt to allow one of Castro's personal se curity guards, who knew the sus pects, to transfer to the Prime Minister's auto. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Inspector D. E. McLaren said the instructed the Mississippi High way Patrol to continue to search through the swamps and pine for ests of southern Mississippi as long as there is any area left to explore." The FBI indicated simi lar determination. Also sought by about 40 FBI agents and: an equal number of state highway patrolmen was the mob that kidnaped the Negro. The well-organized mob broke into the unguarded Pearl River County Jail before dawn Saturday. The 9 or 10 men who entered the jail beat Parker with gun butts and clubs in his jail .cell. They dragged him screaming to a wait ing getaway car. County Attorney William Stew art said today he "wouldn't he surprised" if Parker is never found. "It looks like now we are up against a stone wall," he said. Deputy Sheriff George Moody said that "when we didn t find it (the body) the first day and it became apparent they hid it, I figured then it would be a long time or maybe never before the body turned up." : Witnessed By Farmer - Today's search over about 600 square miles of swamps and for est lands came after a farmer re vealed he was a witness to the abduction. John Rcycr, 64, said he told the FBI, "A bunch of men came running from tho jail dragging the other man." "I thought they were carrying off a drunk," he said. "All the men were hooded." "I saw them throw him in the back scat, of a four-door car," Reyer said. '.'Then they jumped into the car and took off fast." Parker was charged with rap ing a 23-year-old white woman as her four-year-old daughter looked on. The woman's only comment to newsmen who called at her home at Petal, Miss., was: "They got the right one." But in a thrjee-room shack near Lumbcrton, Miss., Parker's moth er, Mrs. Eliza Parker, said, "My son was a good boy." HOT STOVE FIRE Residents of 2703 N. Fir street called La Grande firemen at 12:30 a.m. Sunday when their fuel oil stove became overheated. Fire Chief Ray Snyder said no blaze broke out and no damage was done. IV... THIS IS BETTER THAN SELLING PAPERS Plot report was one of many that had come to law cnfprcenicnt agencies here during Castro's brief slay. "This is routine." he said, "and I don't want to go into details about it. We're very discreet about these matters." Very few persons were at the airport to see the Cuban rebel hero depart. He was greeted by large crowds on his arrival Sun day. Castro was scheduled to arrive at Houston this afternoon for a brief stopover before heading for Buenos Aires where he will head the Cuban delegation at a con ference of American states. He was scheduled to spend the night in Trinidad. He arrived three hours late in Montreal Sunday afternoon and, mainly because he insisted on snaMiig nanus wnn nunareas oi Montrealcrs who made him feel "as if I'm in Havana," kept -running late. The Cuban leader was assigned . guards by the Royal Canadian ' Mounted Police, a force which he said he hopes to copy in Cuba; Quebec provincial police; Mont real city police; and at the air port 15 miles from Montreal, pa trolmen from suburban Dorval. But he moved away from his guards whenever he got the chance and at one point down town asked Montreal Mayor Sarlo Fournicr to call them off. "Ho could have been killed three dozen limes the way he ig nored us," one high police officer said of the 32-year-old, fatigue uniformed Cuban leader. Castro apparently was as im pressed by Montreal as Monlreal and "Hurray. Fidel" seemed to be impressed by him. "There's a Latin atmosphere here that I missed in the United Stales," he told newsmen. . ; Plane Crash Injures Three NearOakridge . EUGENE (UPI) : Two men and a woman were in Sacred ' Heart hospital louay with injuries ,S suffered when their light plane crashed Sunday in the Willamette pass about 30 miles southeast of Oakridge- One cf the men, Robert Ander son, 40, Springfield, was in "criti cal" condition. The other two, Nadine Allen, 38, Springfield and student pilot Clinton Ahnct, 23, also of Spring field, were described as in "good" condition. The woman suffered frost bite on her feet when she attempted to try lo find help. . Earlier Abnct had walked out onto a highway and was picked up by a passing motorist. Abnet could not give a definite location of the plane. Mrs. Allen was found about 3 p.m. wandering around. She had lost her shoes and suffered a. pos sible ankle injury. Anderson was rescued about 5 p.m. He was trapped in the plane - and rescuers had trouble freeing . him. eVV?C V.tjJ ... .. I - - .f v.' 1 4 . - - " ' . '