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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.
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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.
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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.
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