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COVE 4-H MEMBER The Reserve Champion Milking
Shorthorn was shown at the Eastern Oregon Livestock
Show by Jerry Obendorf, member of the 4-H Livestock
Club at Cove.
BYRON E. LIPPERT
Awarded Assistantship
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Graduate Stgdy
Byron E. Lippert, instructor in
biology at Eastern Oregon College,
has received an assistantship for
graduate student in botany at the
University of Indiana.
Lippert, who has ben granted
a year's leave, will also accept a
summ r assistantship at the ma
rine biological laboratory at Woods
Hole, Mass. At Woods Hole he
will assist Dr. Richard C. Starr,
University of Indiana professor of
botany.
Jet Fighter. Pilot
Rescued From Sea
After Eight Hours
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (UPD
An Air Force fighter? pilot from
Idaho was rescued from the At
lantic ocean off the eastern tip of
Long Island to:lay eight hours and
40 minutes after, he parachuted
from his crippled jet.
Lt. Edward E. Parsons Jr., 25.
of Payette, was picked up pff
Montauk point by a Coast Guard
helicopter at 5:33 a.m.
Officials said he was "all right"
agfter a night in the water.
He was spotted shortly after
dawn when he released a dye
marker to guide searohers to his
position. i, '
Parsons had been seen to para
chute from his F-102-A fighter
about five miles off shore at 9:55
p.m. Monday. His plane plunged
into the sea in flames, another
member of the flight training
mission reported.
Possible Death Sentences
White Youths For Raping
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. UPI
This deep southern capital of
Honda is awaiting with mute tin
happiness the opening of a trial
Wednesday that will focus world
attention on a rape involving four
white youths and a' 19-year-old
Negro college coed.
The penalty for rape in Florida
is the electric chair unless the
jury recommends mercy.
A white man has never been
executed here for rape of a Negro
although there have been a num
ber of electrocutions of Negro
men for assault of white women.
Circuit Judge W. May Walker
said today the trial would be han
dled exactly as any other such
case and that he thought it might
produce considerable good insofar
as it demonstrates the fairness of
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Punitive Laws Won't
Eliminate Prejudice
Ike Warns In Speech
WASHINGTON (UPD Presi
dent Eisenhower warned today
! against attempting to assure the
civil rights of Americans by pas
sing "too many punitive laws.
, He spoke formally to a national
conference on civil rights, held
under the auspices of the Federal
Civil Rights Commission.
Eisenhower said it would be im
possible to achieve the complete
concept of equality among men and
said those interested in civil rights
could promote equal opportunity
by encouraging the widest possible
understanding of human problems,
rather than relying completely on
rigid federal legislation.' .. .
The President said lie has
"little faith In the ability of statute
law to change human hearts or
eliminate prejudice."
Shortly before going to the con
ference, the President welcomed
at the White House George M.
Johnson, newly appointed member
of the Civil Rights Commission.
Johnson, fo-mer dean of the How
ard University Law School, is the
first Negro to serve on the conv
mission. 1
About 100 members of state ad
visory committees to the Civil
Rights Commission attended the
meeting. Every state except South
Carolina and Mississippi, which
have not organized advisory com
mittees, was represented.
Eisenhower, speaking off-the-cuff,
told the delegates that prog
County Growers
To Begin Control
For Cherry Fly
Ted Sidor, Union county exten-l
sion agent, announced today that
cherry growers should begin
spraying immediately to control
the cherry fruit fly.
The extension office has mail
ed to all cherry growers in the
county a letter outlining the pro
per control measures to be taken.
According to Sidor, everyone
who has a cherry tree must have
it sprayed within five days, with
spray or dust applications to con
tinue 'at 10-day intervals until
harvest of the fruit. If any of
the applications are followed by
heavy rains, they should be re
peated, he said.
Dr. Ernest Anderson of La
Grande is inspector of the cherry
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southern justice.
The community reaction has
been one of revulsion and disgust
mixed with the knowledge the
trial will get particular attention
by contrast to the recent lynch
ing of a Negro man in Poplar
ville. Miss., accused of rape.
A total of 26 prospective jur
ors, all men,, were called for the
trial, indicating the expectation it
may be a difficult job to get a
jury.
The Negro girl, an average stu
deht at the 3.000-strong all-Negro
Florida Agricultural and Mechani
cal University, will take the wit
ness stand to describe the events
of the early morning of May 2
when she was dragged from a car
where she was parked with a Ne
gro college student and another
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CHAMPION John LaVerdure of Antelope Valley
showed the Champion Milking Shorthorn at the Eastern
Oregon Livestock Show held last weekend in Union. La
Verdure is a member of the Telocaset 4-H club.
ress in resolving thorny racial is
sues will come only from educa
tion and broader understanding.
The meeting with civil rights
leaders was the second phase of a
busy day for the President. He
met earlier with Republican con
gressional leaders.
He was scheduled late today to
address the American Medical As
sociation. He also called In Chair
man John A. McCone of the Atom
ic Energy Commission for talks
that could touch on new French
demands for a share of atomic
secrets.
Hilgard-Ukiaff
Road Paving
Bids Asked
Bids for surfacing the final sec
tion of the Hilgard-Ukiah road
have been called for by the Bur-
,u of Public Roads.
The action signifies the last
stage in a project for improving
the road a link between High
ways 30 and 395 and thereby
opening up a large area west of
La Grande for recreation and
commerce.
To be received by the Portland
office of the BPR on June 26, the
bids are for the 20 mile section
of the road within the National
Forest area. Bids have already
been let for the surfacing of, two
sections on the east and west of
the forest, and oiling work on the
Hilgard to the forest section will
begin within the next 10 days.
The last section on which bids
are being received begins about
10 miles east of Ukiah at the wes
tern boundary of the Umatilla
national forest, and extends east
erly to the east boundary of the
Wallowa-Whitman national forest
near Mt. Emily Camp.
The entire project is slated for
completion sometime next year.
When completed, the road will
shorten the La Grande to Ukia
route by some 50 miles since it
will make it unnecesssary to go
to Ukia via Pendleton. The area
through which the new highway
passes is used not only by loggers
in timber harvesting, Dut by hunt-
rrs and others interested in the
tecreational possibilities of the
region.
Await
Negro
Negro couple.
Police said four white men,
armed with a shotgun and knives,
forced her into their car, drove
her away and raped her seven
times, binding her arms behind
her with a belt and baby's diaper
across her mouth. An examina
tion by white and Negro doctors
showed she had been raped.
The defendants are:
Dillon T. Collinsworth, 24,
married with two children. A de
fense psychiatrist has pronounced
him of moran intelligence and a
man whose part-Indian blood is
inflamed by alcohol. He cannot
read or write although he fin
ished the sixth grade. Collins
worth has pleaded insanity. A test
made at the state mental hospital
will be introduced at the trial.
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REV. C. KEITH MILLS
New Methodist
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The Rev. C. Keith Mills preached
his first sermon Sunday at La
Grande's First Methodist ehurch,
where he has been appointed
pastor to succeed The Rev. H. J.
Gernhardt.
The new minister comes to La
Grande from Boise, where he
served the Collister Methodist
church.
A graduate of Denver University
and Yale Divinity School at New
Haven, Conn., he also attended
Basel University in Switzerland.
Before assuming the Boise post,
he wag at the Highline Methodist
Church in Seattle.
At Boise Rev. Mills served in
several community groups. He
was on the board of directors of
the Boise Kiwanis, member of the
board for the Mental Health Cen
ter, president of the Idaho Allied
Civic Forces, and member of the
board of directors of the Ada
County Mental Health Association.
He has also worked on various
posts In district and conference
work of the Methodist Church.
The Mills family have three
children: Elizabeth, 5; Douglas, 2
and Ronald, 5'i months.
Retail Merchants Will
Hold Meeting Thursday
Loren Hughes, president of the
Retail Merchants Association, has
called a general meeting of the
group for Thursday, June 11, at
3 p.m. The meeting will discuss
the current clean-up camaign.
and Ed Bennett will report on the
wage and Hour Commission's Or
'dcr No. 9.
Four
Coed
Patrick Scarborough, 20, on
leave from the Air Force. His
mother was killed in a barroom
brawl when he was seven and his
father committed suicide the
same year. He served 30 days in
jail for a traffic violation and was
in several minor scrapes as a
juvenile.
Ervin Beagles, 18, who was
supposed to graduate from high
school last Friday. His mother
was a waitress and his father a
part-time truck driver. He has
never been in trouble before.
Ollie Stoutamire, 16. His
mother died when he .was born
and be was raised by an aunt
who said he "never seemed to
learn very fast." He is a second
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cousin of Tallahassee's p o 1 1 c e
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TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1959
West
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Erhard
Returns
From U.S.
BONN, Germany (UPD Lud
wig Erhard returns from the
Inited States today for a show-
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A AHannnpi th.it pnnlrl cnltt Ihn
Christian Democratic Party wide
open.
Adenauer appeared to have won
his first battle with party factions
auKcieu uy ins uecisiuu 10 remain
chancellor rather than run for
president in September.
But the return of the energetic
economics minister could signal
the beginning of a tremendous in-tra-party
battle. Whether or not
this occurs seemed to hinge on
what kind of support Erhard
would find when he got here.
Erhard left for the United
State with a fair degree of assur
ance he would step into Ade
nauers sho?s in September, even
though Adenauer favored his fi
nanee minister, Franz Etzel, for
the job.
Last Friday Adenauer shattered
Erhard's hopes by announcing he
would remain chancellor for his
full term, which expires in 1961.
A meeting of the party's parlia
mentary faction Monday grew so
heated over the matter that Par
liamentary President Eugen Ger
stenmaier stormed out of it red-
faced.
Later he was persuaded to re-
T? turn and shake hands with Ade
i nauer but the undercurrent of dis-
i content still was strong in the
party. Erhard could smother it
and await his chances in 1961 or
capitalize on it and battle Ade
nauer now.
Erhard insisted Sunday that he
would not fight the chancellor, al'
though he made it clear he was
annoyed with the turnabout.
But early this morning at New
York s Idlewild Airport, he ap
peared irritated by reporters'
questions and refused to commit
himself.
Asked about German editorial
opinion that he should resign his
post and campaign actively for
the chancellorship, Erhard threw
up his hands and said, "I have
nothing to sny."
James Bowers
Faces Charge
James Lee Bowers, 40, of
La Grande was arrested by city
police yesterday morning on a
charge of forgery after he had
tried to cash a check at a local
supermarket during the weekend.
It was the fourth such attempt.
Bowers, now being held in the
city jail, will appear tomorrow at
10 a.m. before Circuit Judge Lyle
Wolff of Baker, sitting in the ab
sence of Judge Wesley F. Brown-
ton,
After waiving a preliminary
hearing, he was bound over to the
grand jury yesterday by Justice
of the Peace George H. Miller, but
he also signed a waiver of indict
ment from the grand jury which
permitted the case to go directly
to the circuit court.
The charge is based on three
$10 checks Bowers cashed, using
fictitious names, on May 10, 18,
and 30. When he made the fourth
try last weekend, attendants at the
supermarket got his automobile
license number before he left while
the check was being examined by
store officials.
Father Weckerle
Assigned To Guard
Father Leo F. Weckerle, chap
lain at St. Joseph Hospital has
been appointed chaplain for the
La Grande headquarters of the
First Battle Group of the Oregon
National Guard.
Assigned the rank of First Liu-
tenant, Father Weckerle's duties
include activities in the moral
and religious areas of the Battle
Group. He will keep the' Battle
Group Commander, Lt. Col. David
C. Baum informed in those fields.
Father Weckerle has been in
La Grande for nine months.
He studied philosophy and theo
logy at the Pontificial College of
Josephinum at Worthington, Ohio,
and was ordained a priest in
1958.
DE MOLAY TO MEET
DeMo'ay will hold its final mect-
of the year tonight in the Masonic
Temple beginning at 7:30 p.m. The
meeting will be open to the public
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"Flower Talk" and a tribute to
mothers.
Reds
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SPEAKER Dr. Charles D. Byrne, University of Ore
gon professor of education arid former chancellor of
the State System of Higher Education, will deliver the
commencement address at Eastern Oregon College Fri
day at 10 a.m. Seventy-four students will receive de
grees. Byrne's topic will be "Your Professional Chal
lenge." ' ' ' "'
Clean-Up Week Suggestions
Given For Local Residents
Suggestions on bow, La Grande
'resr(tnts can assist In this week's
"Clean up, Paint-Up, Fix- Up"
project were announced today by
me uuiuii mcrunani s Association
which is spearheading the venture.
"It is only with the concerted
effort of all that the campaign can
bo successful, the RMA an
nounced. The Merchants hope the
project will become an annua!
event, but said that will depend
on whether citizens "show Interest
in their community." - 1
Five ways citizens can help the
city-wide effort are:
Cleaning up their own proper
Contractors Put
On Unfair List
By Pile Drivers
PORTLAND (UPD Part of the
contractors involved ft) a dispute
with striking Pile Drivers Union
members were placed on the un
fair list Monday night by the
Multnomah County Central Labor
Council.
The Council voted to place on
the list that part of the construc
tion industry dealing directly with
jobs performed by the pile bucks.
Hcpresentatives or tne iron work
ers and Sailors Union of the Pa
cific criticized the partial action
as inadequate.
The Pile Drivers struck over
demands for a hiring hall provi
sion. WEATHER
Variable clouds with a few
showers and evening thunder
showers tonight and Wednes
day: Dartial clearing late to
night; high Wednesday 62-67;
low tonight 40-45.
PORTLAND
AS CENTENNIAL OPENING NEAR
PORTLAND (UPD They were'
putting the final touches today on
the 65-acre Centennial exhibition
grounds in north Portland for
Wednesday's kickoff of Oregon's
biggest show the 100 day exposi
tion.
Fiscal officer William Gaaren-
stroom said the goal of an ad
vance ticket sale reaching sigo.ooo
would be reached this week. This
is a big relief, he said, because
hvavv last-minute demands on dif
ferent budgets had left officials
wondering if the show could get
started on a cash basis.
First bie show at the Centennial
Grounds will be the Ice Capadcs.
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ty and Improving the outside
appearance. !
Taking rubbish, limbs and
other waste to the city dump.
Offering Jo take neighbor s
rubbish to the dump along with
their own.
Helping persons who are un
able to get rubbish to the dump
by placing it in boxes on the cor
ners of each block for pick-up by
service clubs.
Participating In the work of
any clubs that have volunteered
to aid the project.
La Grande service clubs will
canvas the town Friday evening
from 6 to 8:30, and again Satur
day evening during ' the same
hours to pick up rubbish (but not
garbage) which has been placed
in boxes on the corner of each
block.
If boxes are missed by the pick
up crews, a call to the Centennial
phone number WO 3-1859 will
assure prompt action, the RMA
said. The phone will be answered
from 6 to 8:30 each night by
Soroptimist members.
Three Get Minor
Traffic Citations
City police yesterday issued
three minor traffic citations, two1
of them to juveniles.
Charlotte Anne Long, 20, of La
Grande, was cited for operating a
vehicle with an expired operator's
license by a minor accident last
night at the intersection of Sev
cnth and Penn streets. A car
owned and operated by Charles
Greulich was also involved; there
were no injuries.
Two Union county juveniles,
both 16 years old, received cita
tions one for failure to have the
car under control and for violat
ing- the Basic Rule, and the other
for failure to observe a itop
sign. .
IN FESTIVE SPIRITS
Tt tuna fannftoA nonrtv Rnlrl nut
for Thursday, Friday and Satur
day. '
Twenty three nations have ex
hibits ready at the International
Trade Fair. Several nations will
have special days with Morocco
featured Thursday and Great Brit
ain Friday.
The Centennial show officially
starts at noon Wednesday wjth
rockets, bells, sirens and whistles.
Gov. Mark Hatfield will head up
the opening ceremonies.
'The weather outlook for the
opening and for the start of the
annual Rose Festival was for
showers. But there should be
some afternoon sun Wednesday,
the weather man said.
Price 5 Cents
imatum
Berlin
Breakup
Of Talks
Possible
GENEVA (UPD The western
Big Three handed Russia's For
eign Minister Andrei Gromyko an
ultimatum today that unless he
stops stalling on Berlin the pres
ent Big Four talks will be broken
off without any hope of a summit
conference.
High western sources said the
West was in agreement that there
was no point in carrying the 30
day -old foreign ministers' confer
ence any further unless Russia
abandons its determination to un
dercut western rights in Berlin.
' Secretary of State Christian Her
tcr and his French and British
partners went into a secret ses
sion with Gromyko determined to
have a quick showdown.
Just before this session, Herter,
French Foreign Minister Maurice
Couve de Murville and British
Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd
sidetracked the East-West issue
long enough to attack a dispute
exploding in the middle of their
own camp.
Trouble In Franc
This broke out overnight over
French President Charles de
Gaulle's refusal to permit U. S.
nuclear weapon stockpiles in
France unless his government has
direct control over these vital
NATO armaments.
Herter spent an hour with De
Murville and Lloyd in an unan
nounced secret western huddle.
An American spokesman said
the trio conversed on matters
outside the Big Four conference."
Diplomatic sources said the
three made the first moves to
heal what could become a highly
dangerous western split...
.. There was no apparent disagree
ment on the bigger Issue of Ber
lin when the western ministers
emerged to confront Gromyko this
afternoon.
Hertw Pessimistic
Herter himself was reported
"extremely pessimistic" about the
chances of reaching any worth
while agreement here.
For the first time, the West
foresaw the serious possibility that
the Foreign Ministers' Conference,
now in its fifth week, could break
up in total disagreement without
any commitment for , a summit
session.
Wagon Train
Camps Under
Prairie Moon
CASPER, Wyo. (UP1) The
seven Oregon Centennial wagons
camped in sagebrush country un
der a Wyoming prairie moon
Monday night and today pulled
up stakes and headed due west
farther into barren Central Wyo
ming.
The caravan hoped to reach the
remote Stan Sanford ranch late
today, about 50 miles west of
here. The covered wagons left
Casper Monday laden with sup
plies for the desert trip.
Wagonmaster Tex Serpa report
ed sorrow in the camp when it
was learned that the cavalcade's
mascot, a one-month-old raccoon
given to the 59'ers at Guernsey,
Wyo., was missing and the wag
ons had to push on without the
animal.
The baby raccoon disappeared
while the wagons were camped at
Fort Casper. It had been put in
the special care of Val Johnson, .
Portland, and Roy Brabham, Eu
genewho fed It a canned milk
syrup formula with a baby bottle
but had been adopted by the en
tire train.'
Miss Universe, Luz Marina Zu
luaga, arrived in town Monday
night to be grand marshal of the
Merrykhana parade, held in con
nection with the Rose Festival, to
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Wednesday night the queen of
the 1959 festival will be picked in
ceremonies at Multnomah stadi
um. Ships from the United State
and Canadian navies will add to
the color of festival week.
Six Canadian destroyer escort
ships were due this afternoon and
five U.S. minesweepers were due
Wednesday. The U.S. cruisers
Helena and Bremerton, (our de
stroyers, a submarine and a sup
phy ship are due Thursday.
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