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FARM NEWS ROUNDUP
WASHINGTON UPI)A House
Senate conference committee went
behind closed doors today to dr;m
the final version of legislation to
deal with the wheat surplus.
Whutever these lawmakers
came up with, the odds were that
it would be vetoed by President
Eisenhower.
Both the House and Senate have
passed separate wheat bills. Agri
culture Secretary Ezra Taft Ben
son attacked both because each
would raise price supports for
farmers who cut production.
Most- observers were certain
Benson would object to any com'
promise in which support rates
were set above the present level
of 75 per cent of parity.
The Senate bill goes up to Hi)
per cent of parity for growers
who cut acreage 20 per cent. The
House measure raises the support
rate to 90 per eonf of parity in
return for a 25 per cent acreage
cut.
Hatfield Names
David H. Cameron
SALEM (UPI) Gov. Mark
Hatfield announced Monday that
David H. Cameron has been ap
pointed director of the new Ore
gon Employment Department.
Cameron at present is supervisor
of contributions in the department
and assumes his new duties July
1.
The appointment is subject to
confirmation by the State Senate.
The 195U legislature divided the
State Unemployment Compensa
tion Commission and the Indus
trial Accident Commission. The
Unemployment Compens a t i o n
Commission's name was changed
to the State Employment Depart
ment and the post of a single
director was created.
By DOC QUIGG
UPI Staff Writer
NEW YORK (UPI) Modqrn
living is in a new breakthrough.
Now we got sitters for cats. That's
right, cat sitters to answer the
vacationing owners. The move
ment' is in full purr in New York
this summer. ,
Mrs. Judith S. Schofield, who in
vented the institution of cat sit
ting, admits she got the idea from
baby sitting. As far as is known,
this is the only organized cat sit
ting effort in the world. It is one
of the many activities of the Save
a Cat League, Inc., of which
Mrs. Schofield is president.
The idea is that if you're going
on vacation you leave the
kitty at. hqme, in house or apart
ment, and the sitter comes in
usually twice a day and feeds it,
changes its pan, and plays . with
it a little. The service come in
twcf-handysizes-ybtl tJaVi hire a
sitter; or you can engage in re
ciprocal.cat sitting.. , I
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The hired sitter will charg$
usually $1.50 a day plus car fare
He is furnished from a pool of
about 70 persons in the greater
New York area who have volun
teered to the league - for such "There is no such thing as an
duty. ' I unplaceable cat," Mrs. Schofield
The reciprocal sitter is simply a said. We advertise that we have
case of I'll scratch for your cat
and you scratch for mine. The
league tries to put you in touch
with someone in your neighbor
hood who'll take care while you're
on vacation if you return the
compliment.
"We just want to make clear
that we take no responsibility for
the people who do the sitting,"
Mrs. Schofield said.
The Save a Cat League, a non
profit outfit incorporated in New
York, was founded a year and a
half ago by Mrs. Schofield and
five other ladies who decided to
try to get other people worked up
about the plight of homeless,
starving cats. She says there are
100,000 stray cats in New York
City.
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Jbe leigue-m.ain- jiactivity is
iinuing numes lur me suuys. 11
places 500 to 1,000 cats a year,
she says. The league now has
about 300 members. Its list of
sponsors includes such prominent
"names as Basil Rathbone, Gypsy
Rose Lee, June Havoc, Genevieve,
Jayne Meadows, Hermione Gin
gold, and Orson Bean. v
cats. Once we placed one that had
only three legs. I had a girl come
in asking for a six-week-old kit'
ten, and she took an old beat-up
tomcat with a cauliflower ear be
cause he jumped in her arms and
made love to her. This kind of
thing happens all the time. We ve
placed several with tails cut off.
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French Labor
Avoids Crisis
, PARIS (UPI) French labor
unions avoided a showdown clash
with President Charles de Gaulle's
government on his wage-freezing
austerity program hore by call
ing off a threatened .'general strike
set for Tuesday.
The unions agreed to withdraw
the strike order following a last
minute conference with Public
Works Minister Robert Buron,
Acting on behalf of the gov
ernment, which owns the rail net
work. Buron proposed to open a
new round of wage talks with the
union.
All major unions, Catholic, So
cialist and Communist, agreed to
the truce offer and issued a stay
on the job order.
More than 300,000 railroad men
had planned to walk out for eight
hours starting 4 a.m. tomorrow
8 p.m. pdt tonight, despite a
government order that they stay
on their jobs. Th stay put order
was issued under emergency leg
islation signed by de Gaulle Sat
urday.
The government decided to draft
the railroad men into the army
for fear the. scheduled strike would
produce transport chaos and set
off a general strike movement.
Ground personnel at Paris' , Or
ly Airfield and workers ' on the
city's subway and bus systems
had threatened -to join the rail
strike. -
Now they presumably will re
scind their strike order. V '
The agreement between the un
ions and the government gave no
immediate satisfaction to the rail
road men, who claim they need
wage increases of up to 20 per
cent to catch up with the official
living standard index. '
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WASHINGTON (UPI) The
House Agriculture Committee is
expected to announce soon that it
will open hearings on new general
farm bills.
Rep. George S. McGovern (D
S.D.) said he hoped the committee
could come up with a new farm
bill this year. He is one of several
committee members who have
been pressing for this all year.
WASHINGTON UPI -Spokes
men for rice growers have been
conferring with Agriculture De
partment officials in an effort to
work out an agreement on a pro
posed change in the federal rice
program.
Under present law the depart
ment can't order marketing' quo
las for rice unless the carryover
stock is 10 per cent above a nor
mal supply. Rice leaders argue
this provision forces the depart
ment to slow down export sales.
The proposed change in the law
would eliminate the 10 per cent
feature and allow the department
to impose quotas whenever, .sup
plies rise above normal.
WASHINGTON (UPI) The
American Farm Bureau says
farmers have a direct interest in
the current wage negotiations in
the steel industry.
In a letter going to top spokes
men for both labor and industry.
the bureau said agriculture uses
more steel than any other indus
try. It also said farmers, are in
terested because of the effect a
steel wage agreement may have
on inflation.
Final Assault
On Liberace
Charges Today
LONDON i UPI ) Attorneys lor
Daily Mirror columnist Cassan
dra, William Connor, planned to
make a finol assault today on
Liberace's contention that Connor
libelled him by implying he wns
a homosexual.
In a closing argument to the
jury of 10 men and two women,
the defense intended to show that
an article Connor wrote about
Liberace in 1U56 was "fair com
ment" and within the bounds of
freedom of the press. .
The American entertainer, cit
ing phrases such as "fruit-flav
ored" and "the pinnacle of mas
culine, feminine, and neuter.
says he was personally damaged
by the Cassandra column.
The Daily Mirror is being sued
along with Connor.
Testimony was concluded Mon
day with the appearance of other
British journalists who have been
critical of Liberace.
Daily Mirror reporter Stanley
Bonnett, who wrote that the pi
anist "parted his lips around his
milk-white, almost too-perfect
teeth,'' denied this was a "good
knock," as suggested by Liber
ace's attorney Gilbert Beyfus.
"You were suggesting that his
teeth were not genuine?" Beyfus
asked.
'Not that," Bonnett replied,
"but the whole of him as 1 saw
him. Everything was deliberate
ly perfect."
Peter Stephens, chief of the
Mirror's Paris bureau, testified
that he met Liberace in an air
port dispensary in 1956 and that
the scent of the pianist's toilet
water "overpowered the antisep
tic" used on Liberace for treat
ment of a wasp sting.
Stephens said Liberace told him
he intended to buy some perfume
in Paris.
"You immediately assumed the
worst and thought he was going
to buy perfume for himself?
Beyfus asked.
"That was the impression
got," Stephens said.
Angered
Citizens
Protest
1 GARY, Ind. (UPI) A mass
meeting of Gary citizens, angered
by Senate Rackets Committee
Revelations of vice, and corrup
tion, Monday night gave officials
two weens to clean up us
Steel-making city. -
i The standine-room-only crowd
of irato citizens served an ulti
matum on Lake County Prosecutor-
Floyd Vance that they would
petition for his resignation unless
he produced a "noticeame im
provement" within two weeks.
, An estimated BOO persons shout
ed approval! of the ultimatum at
the mass meeting called Dy tne
Gary Crime Commission and the
Gary Women s Citizen s commit
tee. ' . K
The acted after Cornelius Ver
plank, ' crime , commission chair
man, charged that the enure
situation in Lake County is rotten
and an absolute mess.1'
State Police Superintendent
Harold Zeis called for good law
enforcement and strong prosecu
tion apd pledged all help possible
to "root out vice and gambling."
The mass meeting resolved to
petition the Indiana Supreme
Court to investigate the fitness of
former Deputy Prosecutor Metro
Holovachka to practice law in In
diana.
Holovachka, who was linked by
rackets investigators to vice and
gambling in the populous area at
the fooL of Lake Michigan, re
signed Sunday, charging that he
was the innocent victim oi t
"conspiracy" by the Women's Cit
izen's Committee, the Senate
Racket Committee and the Gary
Post-Tribune.
Verplank told the aroused citi
zens that Holovachka's refusal to
reveal to the rackets committee
the source of $327,724 in In
come during the years 1951-1958
"amounts to admission of guilt.
Holovachka told a TV audience
Sunday that the huge sum found
in his checking accounts was a
special trustee account in which
he deposited clients' money while
awaiting completion of real estate
transactions. He denied ever tak
ing money from any improper
source.
Observer, La Grande, Ore., Tues., June 16, 1959 Page 3
STRIKE VIOLENCE BRINGS
NDICTMENTS AGAINST 8
HENDERSON.' N.C. (UPI)
Eight union members, indicted on
charges of conspiring to dynamite
a power company substation and
cripple a textile plant, appear in
court today for arraignment.
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Presi
dent Eisenhower takes part today
in one of the highlights of the
National 4-H Congress by helping
dedicate a new national 4-H Club
center.
The President was to travel by
car the six miles to nearby Chevy
Chajc, Mil., for the noon ceremonies.
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WASHINGTON (UPI).- The
Agriculture . Department reported
today that half of the counties in
the United States and its posses
sions 'are now modified-certified
free of brucellosis.
, Oh June 4, Eagle County. Colo.,
was given' that rating to bring to
1,576 the number of counties in
this class. Another 546 counties
are expected to be certified soon.
WASHINGTON (UPI) The
Agriculture Department has ac
cused Swift & Co., one of the
nation's top meat packers, of un
fair trade practices in sales by
a Swift subsidiary, Neuhoff Pack
ing Co., of Nashville, Tenn.
The department said in a formal
complaint Monday that Neuhoff
violated the Federal Packers and
Stockyards Act by selling smoked
picnic pork shoulders at a retail
grocery chain at ratei lower than
Caddy Collides,
Cathy Scratched
WEST LOS ANGELES UPI
Cathy Crosby, 20, daughter of
bandleader Bob Crosby, suffered
scratches early today when her
Cadillac collided with another car
whose driver received a possible
broken wrist.
Officers R. L. Snuter and G.C.
Adams said Miss Crosby, of Bev
erly Hills, explained the 12:30
a.m. p.d.t accident like thisr
"The car turned left in front of
me to go into a driveway, I tried
to stop, but. I couldnt.
The driver of the lighter car
was identified as Joanna Eck
stein, 54, Seattle, Wash. Each wo
man was alone in her car, and
both cars received extensive front
end damage and were towed
away. .
' Officers said Miss Crosby's car
left skid marks, indicating she
tried to stop.
SURGERY SUCCESSFUL
READING, England (UPI)
One-year-old Zelda Frank, who
was born with three holes In her
heart, was recovering today from
the first of three operations that
may open the way to a normal
life. The next operation is sched
uled for July or August. -
those charged to other chains in
the same market area.
Swift was given 20 days to an
swer the. charges and request a
hearing on the complaint.
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endleton Man .
For Court Post
WASHINGTON (UPI) A Sen-
ale Judiciary Subcommittee Mon
day approved the nomination of
Pendleton attorney John F. Kil
kenny as an Oregon U. S. District
judKe.
The nomination must be passed
by the full Judiciary Committee
and the Senate before Kilkenny
can be sworn in. The full Judi
ciary Committee meets next on
June 22.
Kilkenny, who has scheduled
meetings with Justice Depart
ment officials, said he planned to
remain here at leabl through
Thursday.
Kilkenny was nominated to suc
ceed Judge Cluudo McC'olloch
who retired last January. Oregon
Sens. Wayne Morse and Richard
Neuberger and Rep. Walter Nor
blad appeared ut the subcommit
tee meeting to support approvel
of Kilkenny's nomination.
Floral wreaths of the white lotus
were used in the tombs of ancient
Egypt as far back us 25(K) B.C.
The true bills were returned
Monday by a .15 member grand
jury against Boy Payton, Caro
lihas director of the striking Tex
tile Workers' Union of America
(AFL-CIO), and seven other un
ion members. Bond was set at
$15,000 each.
Indications are a special term
of court will be called to hear
the ' coses after arraignment, but
it appeared unlikely the court ,
would convene this week. If con
victed the men each could get up
to 45 years in prison, or 15 years
for each of the three charges
against them.
The- State Biireau of Investiga
tion signed warrants against, Pay
ton, Lawrence Gore, Charles Aus
lander, Calvin Ray Pegram, Rob
ert Edward Abbott, Warren Walk
er and Malcolm Jarrell. The
warrants were served on all but
Gore and Auslander, who were
scheduled to appear in court to
day. Johnny Martin, also indicted on
the same charges, was arrested
on a bill of indictment and re
leased to the custody of the SBI.
He was not named in the war
rants. , .- ' i
The" indictments specifically
charge the men with conspiring
to dynamite the Carolina Power
and Light Co. substation transfor
mer, to destroy the main mill of
fice building and blast a boiler
room ut one of the mills.
Blind, Deaf Girl
Receives Degree
STOCKTON. Calif. (UPI)
Blonde Jackie Gennoi Coker, who
has been blind and deaf since the
age of 7, graduated with honor
Sunday from the College of Pa
cific, i
The 31-year-old B plus student
received two diplomas, one print
ed in braille.
Jackie went blind and deaf af
ter being stricken with spinal men
ingitis at her home in Coolidge,
Ariz. But her parents, who now
live in Napa, Calif., refused to
pamper her.
At the age of 21, she graduated
from high school and started her
college career with the aid of her
interpreter-companion and tutor,
Dorothy Klause.
Jackie completed her studies at
College of Pacific In February to
become the fourth person to earn
a college degree under the double
handicap. First to do so was Hel
en Keller, followed . by Robert
Smithdas and Richard Kinney.
Since February, Jackie has been
taking graduate work at the Uni
versity of California in Berkeley.
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