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LA GRANDE OBSERVER LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1959 Price 5 Cents 247th Issue 63rd Year . ' ' ' - - ' :io:7r?r wx (4 : V.i'vr M J " trti i j-w - -t , sA I t if .-. ESS 1 'r TOP jCandace Stewart of Union and Allan Hill of Cove won top places In junior show men competition at the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show in Union. Candace was judged "champion" showman while Allan won "reserve champion" honor. Moscow Fate Of MOSCOW (UPD-Premicr Ni ' kita Khrushchev and a delegation of East German Communist lead ers meet here today in a session that could decide the fate of the Oencva foreign ministers' confer- ence and seal the division of Ger many., ', East German Premier Otto Grotewohl, ' Communist ' 'Party Leader Walter Ulbricht and 16 , other high-ranking East German official-flew" here "'to 'the praise -of the Communist newspaper THREE CLIMBERS RESCUED FROM MOUNTAIN'S SLOPES KELSO, Wash. UPI Three . mountain climbers were rescued from the slopes of Mt. St. Helens early today after they fell while roped together and slid some' 2,000 feet while on a Sunday hike. All were taken to hospitals in ' Tacoma, their home town. George Chashman, 38, suffered two bro ken and dislocated ankles; Jim Stelling, 14, suffered a broken ankle and badly injured hands, and Mrs. Katherine Cockrell re ceived a sprained ankle. . They were among a group of 29 members of the Tacoma Moun taineers who were climbing the 9,671-foot peak. The party had divided into small groups. The injured trio was roped to gether when one of them slipped ' in ice crusted snow. All three were carried an estimated 2,000 feet. .Lisa Burliner of Tacoma, one i of the first to reach the injured ' climbers, said they were still on their way up when the accident occurred. "George Chashman was leading the group. They were tied togeth er on a 120-foot rope. Chushman's crfmpons didn't hold when he hit soft ice and they all fell a con siderable distance out of control until they hit hard ice." She and other members of her ffmiln fitavpri with Ihn inlllrnrl trinl Mrs. Winona Olson, whose hus band, Ted, is leader of the Moun taineers, brought out word of the ALL EASE No Strain With Words That PAY-YOU CAN SHOP-SWAP OR SELL Thro Tho Classified Ads Just Call WO 3-3161 La Grande Observer JUNIOR SHOWMEN Talks Could Seal Divided Pravda which called East Ger many a "bulwark of peace-loving forces. The Germans were bringing economic, chemical, military and other experts with them but all indications were the Geneva con ference and the Communist de mand the West leave West Berlin were the main topic of discussion, Pravda called the .meeting' "an important event in trie history of our peoplo'and' our countries. Observers said the main out- accident to a store on the Spirit Lake highway. Ironically, members of the St. Helens rescue unit were attending a mountain rescue school on Mt. Hood in Oregon. When word of the St. Helens accident was re ceived, 50 members of the train ing session left Mt. Hood in a 16 car convoy. The Hood River Crag Rats ar ranged with the Civil Air Patrol for an airplane to drop medical supplies to the injured. Blankets and hot coffee also were dropped. Rescuers said the supplies had to be dropped a considerable dis tance awav because of the terrain at the 4,500-foot level where the injured, persons , waited. Dr. Carl Jenssen, Tacoma, was with the mountain party and administered help to the injured. Union Pacific Awards Scholarships To Pair David Schaad of La Grande and Mary Wilson of Enterprise, both 4-H club members, have received $100 scholarships to Oregon State college, Corvallis, from the Union Pacific railroad. Winners of the scholarships have shown excellence in 4-H :lub project work and now are 4 A junior leaders. Boys winning scholarships under tho program vill major in agriculture or fores try, and girts will enroll in home, 'HE IS SUMMIT OF Li For LONDON (UPD-Amcrican cn crtahicr Libcrace today sued the n.iss-circiilalion Daily Mirror and columnist Bill Connor for calling rum, among oilier tnings, "the liggcst sentimental vomit of all ime." The 40-year-old pianist was in court today when his lawyer, Gil bert Bey f us, started his case for jamages. Beyfus read passages from the articles in question which ap peared under Connor's nom-de- plume of "Cassandra" in the Daily Mirror Sept. 26, 1956, and Oct. 18, 1956, shortly after Liberace had arrived in Britain for a stage (nr. berace Germany lines of a ' Soviet-East German peace treaty probably will be considered and drafted here this week and that possibly the treaty itself would be written up. But no publication was expected because of the effect it would have on Geneva. Johannes Koenlng, East Ger man ambassador to the Soviet Union and a member of the delegation,- wrote today ln the official East German" Communist paper "Neues Deutschland" that delib erations ' on a separate peace treaty already -have taken place. The Kocning statement, made public as the East Germans left Berlin by air, showed no willing ness to compromise. He said "liq uidation of the occupation regime in West Berlin" and conclusion of a peace treaty are the most im portant international problems. Other leaders of the German delegation began talking tough be fore they left Berlin. East Berlin Communist Party Chief Paul Ver- ner said the Soviet Union and East Germany would sign a sep arate peace treaty within two years Unless the West quits West Berlin. Hermann Matern, a Politburo member and vice president of the East German Parliament, again demanded that Western troops leave West Berlin. He said "the Berlin problem must be solved" and he made it clear he meant the 'West must leave the divided city. A key statement came from Ul bricht in a speech released Sun day. He called again for a peace treaty with both East and West Germany. The West at Geneva is resisting such a move in belief it would perpetuate the division of the country. Diplomatic reports in Geneva said the East Germans also were unhappy at the prospect of a Moscow-dictated peace treaty that would i give Poland permanent rights to the disputed territories east of the Oder-Neisse Rivers: The former German territory was given to Poland by Russia after the war. SEX' Sues Name-Calling "lie is the summit of sex the pinnacle of masculine, feminine and neuter, everything that he, she or it can ever want," one column said. "I spoke to sad but kindly men on this newspaper who have met every celebrity arriving from the U. S. for the past 30 years. "They ail say that this deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnat-fruit-flavored, mincin, ice cov ered heap of mother love has had the biggest reception and impact on London since Charlie Chaplin arrived at the same station (Wat erloo) Sept, 12, 1921. "This appalling man.. .reeks with emetic language that can only make grown men long for a quiet lice Asks Interest Increase Special Message Makes Requests) WASHINGTON (UPD Presi dent Eisenhower asked Congress today to increase the interest rates on savings bonds, abolish the interest restriction on Treas ury securities and to boost the national debt ceiling. : In a special message to Con gress, Eisenhower said the three st-ps are needed to "safeguard the public credit." He asked: That the interest on savings bonds be hiked from 3.26 per cent to 3.75 per cent. That the 4i per cent inter est rate limit on new issues of marketable - treasury bonds be eliminated. That the legal national debt ceiling be increased to 288 billion dollars on a permanent .basis and to 295 billion dollars temporarily. Under present law, the permanent debt limit is 283 billion dollars; the temporary ceiling due to ex pire June 30 is 288 billions. The President said "these in creases are essential to the order ly and prudent conduct of the fi; nancial operations of the govern ment" even though government revenues are expected to cover expenditures in the 1960 fiscal year beginning July 1. In asking Congress to abolish the interest ceiling on Treasury i&Buva, lie Bttiu mis ui uin-im ceiling" . makes it "virtually Im possible to sell bonds in the com petitive market. The Increased the interest rate on series E and H savings bonds will bolster "habits of thrift throughout the nation," his mess age said. He said the higher rate should be applied to bonds sold on or jjftor June I, . ; .- Service Clubs Join Clean-Up For La Grande La Grande service clubs have joined the community "clean-up" this Week; designated "La Grande Clean-Up Week."' Names of local organizations planning to aid in the program were announced at a recent meet ing of the clean-up committee of the Retail Merchants Association. Each group will be responsible for a section of town Friday and Saturday nights, June 12 and 13, when clubs will pick-up rubbish and limbs for older people and invalids. The RMA committee said the service clubs would not pick up garbage. Any rubbish to be picked up should be boxed and covered, if possible. Trucks provided by the organizations will do the work from 6 p.m. until dark each night. Chairman of each club s effort in the program are Fred Young, Rotary; Forrest Masters, Kiwanis; Bob Barnes, Lions; Ralph Beck, Jaycees; and Cal Battrick, Eagles. Boy Scouts will work to clean up vacant lots. City Manager Fred Young told the committee a plan is underway requiring property owners in the downtown area to repair their curbing. He promised use of the city's curbing forms, but said in dividual owners are to make their own arrangements for the con crete work. ST- Column corner, an aspidistra, a hand kerchief and the old heave ho. Without doubt he is the biggest sentimental vomit of all time, slobbering over his mother, wink ing at his brother (George)..." Beyfus read.' The Milwaukee-born entertainer nodded his head when Beyfus de scribed the articles to Judge Cyril Salmon and the jury of 10 men and two women. The lawyer said they comprised "as vicious and violent an attack on a plaintiff as can well be im agined, written as you probably will think by as vicious and violent a writer as has ever seen the pro fession of journalism in the city of London," Cassandra - C&L fit I QUEEN OF EVENSONG Miss Josie Ward, EOC senior from Forest Grove, will reign over tonight's Evensong pageant on the grand stairway leading to the campus. Named Queen of Knowledge, she was picked for the honor by a vote of the college student body. 74 EOC Seniors Take Part In Traditional Commencement week activi ties at Eastern Oregon College con- tinue with the tra(mioniti Evcn. song ceremony, scheduled lor 7:30 p.m. on tho grand stairway behind the colleges administra tion building. - This year's 74 graduating sen iors will take part in the festival, lighting candles from the flam ing torch representing Knowl edge. The EOC student body will then join the seniors to sing tra; ditional songs. n Reinning.ovcr the anrwial event will be Miss Josie Ward, chosen Queen of Knowledge by the student body. ' :' k. i ..' '. v, Princesses of the Evensong arc ucuty tfouacousn .ana raity uar- penter,' both of La 'Grande; Kay Becson, Enterprise; Linda.Wood house, Baker: Jca'nie EmUon, Bend, and Janis Robertson, For est Grove. .All arc senior honor students at EOC. The .Rev. Mark Talney spoke yesterday at the college's Bacca laureate ceremony, and commenc ement exercises arc scheduled for Friday morning, June 12. Degree candidates include: Mas ter of Science in Education El vin Ba'lou, Nyssa; and Rex Mit chell, Ontario. Bachelor of Sci ence in General Studies, Robert Dctrick, Jr., and Roy Flanagan, La Grande; and Thomas Mercer, Echo. Bachelor of Science in Educa tion: La Grande: Walter Fulton, Robert Good, Charles Gretilich, Richard Arcnds, Patsy Carpenter, Frankie Fedor, Thelma Hogg, Dorothy Knechlcl, Samuel Led lidge, Susan Peterson, Russcl Tihodig, Elizabeth Roudcbush, Ro bert Stewart, and Jack Wordcn. Vale: Myron Carpenter, Edward Eddy, Gaylc Eddy, William Har ris, Fred Koopman, and Thomas Switzcr. Baker: John Iloriza, Ro bert Couch, Betty Endicott, Luella Jordan, and Linda Woodhouse, Pendleton: William Burke, Wil liam Hawks, William Rodda, and George McClcndon. Ontario: El len Branan, 'Marilyn Savage, and Joseph Kosal. Elgin: John Botz and Joseph Miller. Milton-Frccwater: David Collins and Effic Davis. Wallo wa: Phyllis Collins and Kenneth Manns. Forest Grove: Janis Rob ertson and Josephine Ward. Long creek: Ray Justice and Jerry Mar Police Cite Woman After Accident ' Mrs. June Ambrose, 1(115 Al bany St., was cited by slate police after a minor accident yesterday afternoon on Highway 203 at the intersection to' the Flamingo Club. She was charged with failure to yield right-of-way. According to state police, the acoident occurred when the Ford station wagon operated by Mrs nmnrose pulled in front of an automibiie operated by Amezlow Joseph McElroy of Union, heading east on Highway 203. Minor damage to the McElroy vehicle, and front-door damage to Ihe Ambrose car, resulted. There were no Injuries. WEATHER Partly c I o u d v through Tuesday; few showers to- mgni; low tonight 43-4B; hign Tuesday.68-73. ' Ceremony tin. Hcrmiston: John Corey and Dick Nusscr.- The Dalles: Margaret Preston. 1-nion: Jcrrold Baxter. Stanficld: Harlan Heydcn. North Powder: Alfred Craig. Empire:-- Anona llorigon. Hcppner: Jean Damon. Richland: Kermit Henry. Hills boro: Donald Holznagcl. Monu ment: Ramona Hooker. Bend: Jean Edmison. Enterprise: Nao mi Becson. Lakevicw: George Down. Coos Bay: Warren Hill. Hood River: Roberta Lyons. Madias: Harold Moore. ..Cascade Locks Pnrcll Nichols. Hereford:' Rich ard O 'Council. Pilot Rock: L. Uuis Porter. Umapinc: Jo Ann Turpcnning.,, Burns: Roger Tiller. Athena: ' Gloria Frankiln. Boody. 111.: Norman Nelson. Kent, Wash.: William Vickrey. Seattle, Wash.: Rudy Sherwood Caldwell, Ida.; Robert Garland San Diego, Calif.: Clifford Bab bitt. Agat, Guam: Priscilla Gar cia. Hit-Run Accident Injures Local Man La Grande police reported today little progress in an attempt to locate the hit and run driver who struck Walter Youst, 1502 Adams Ave., at the Adams and Depot streets crosswalk Iato Saturday night. Youst was knocked to the ground, and according to police, suffered a dislocated hip. , He described the car to police as a 1949 to 1951 Chevrolet or Ply moth with Oregon license plates. It was possibly a green-colored vehicle. Youst didn't get the li cense number, or any other in formation about the car or its occupants. I T llMilt 4-H GRAND CHAMPION Keith Pumphrey of Union has a right to beproud: his animal took 4-H Grand Cham-! pion honors in the fat Iamb division of ths Eastern Oregon Livestock Show held in i Union last weekend. Keith is a member of the "Union Pitchforks" 4-H chapter, . 1 Fate Of Germany Hangs In Balance At Moscow Talks EAST GERMAN OFFICIALS CONFER WITH RED BOSS GENEVA (UPI) The Soviet Union hinted today it would drop its demand that West Berlin be turned into a defense less "free city," but Western diplomats called the offer a "trap" that would wreck the Western position there. They said Soviet diplomats are planting feelers in the scheme of "totally unacceptable" conditions. The fifth week of East-West negotitations began here in complete deadlock, and it appeared I any break would have to come from Moscow where Premier Nikita Khrushchev was meeting toduy with the top officials of Commu nist East Germany. Gtncva Outcomt in Balance Western diplomats said the Mos cow meeting could decide the suc cess or failure of the foreign ministers conference here and whether there will be a summer summit conference. It also could decide the fate of Germany as well if Khrushchev goes ahead with his plans to write a separate peace treaty with East Germany A treaty the West believes would seal the divi sion of. Germany, Soviet diplomats planted their feelers on a new deal for Berlin during the week end and this morning. The bait appeared at tractive but the Western diplomats were not biting. They called it a new wrapping on an old package. Coupled with this were diplo matic reports Russia intended to hand over control of West Ber lin's lifelines to the East Germans regardless of any Geneva nego tiations. Khruihchtv Move Hinted There was speculation Khrush chev might make some move of this sort during his talks with East German Premier Otto Grote wohl and Communist Party 'Boss waiter, yibricht. Western- officials wore not pan icked by hints the East Germans might soon take over checkpoints controlling Western travel along the 110-miles of East Germany leading, to West Berlin. They al ready had decided to deal with the East Germans as "agents" of the Soviet., A few months ago such a move would have been regarded as a new effort to blockade Berlin. The most cheerful note in the East-Wast situation was the Brit ish, American and Russian talks on ending nuclear test explosions. The brightest part of that picture was the mere fact the talks were resuming today after a month long suspension. Burglary Attempt Fails At Fruit Co. Warehouse Burglars broke out the upper half of a -tear window at the La Grande Fruit Co. warehouse Fri day night' but failed to gain en trance to the building, according to city police. Police report an attempt was made to pry open the window. Minor , damage resulted to the window and frame. Ik Space Ship Experiment Successful EDWARDS AFB, Calif. (UPI The rocket ship X15, America's first manned space vehicle, was dropped without fuel from a bom ber high in the sky over Mojave Desert today and glided success fully back to earth. The experimental craft rolled to a landing on the Rogers Dry Lake runway of this base four minutes after it was dropped from the B52 jet bomber "mother ship." Test pilot Scott Crossfield, 37, of North American Aviation, sat at the controls of the multimil lion dollar X15 as it was carried 38,000 feet high in clear, crisp weather to set one of the mile posts of the National Advisory and Space Administration's program to get man to the fringe of space. ' The first drop without the space craft's own rocket power being ignited was accomplished at 8:45 a.m. p.d.t. , - Chanct To Tt Controls The B52 carried the X15, slung to a pylon beneath the bomber's right wing, as high as possible to give pilot Crossfield a brief but , maximum chance to test the 50- ' foot' long, rocket's controls, '.j At first, the X15 fell vertically' away from tho mother ship .and . then began moving into.- its glide' , pattern at about 400 miles an hour actual ground speed. According to plan, Crossfield had about two minutes to test re sponses of the X15 to its complex controls. i In one of those minutes the pilot had to bring the space'' ship to a predetermined spot over Edwards Air Force Base's sprawling dry lake bed at about 20,000 feet. Then, after making one complete circle, the X15 was guided into its landing sweep. This was the critical moment for the X15 and Crossfield, who had practiced countless similar dead- stick landings In conventional jet aircraft. Difficult To Plan North American experts had cautioned that the first landing of the ship would be "like driving a racing car toward a brick wall at 100 miles an hour, slamming on the brakes and stopping two feet from the wall only harder because if the pilot 'lands' too high the X15 will drop the rest of the way into the ground.'' &7 Ilfl j If r