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PRESIDENT, MAY BURST INTO FIREWORKS WASHINGTON! il'PIi - The smoldering conflict between Presi dent Eisenhower and the Demo crat controlled Congres over what's best for the country burst into political fireworks this week. Eisenhower stamped "veto" on wheat and tobacco price support bills. Congress rejected the Presi dent's appeals to raise the gaso line tax and abolish the interest rate ceiling on long-term gove-n-ment bonds. It approved a $1,375. 400.000 housing bill which Eisen hower may veto. Moving through the legislative pipeline are other measures the chief executive opposes a tax cut, an increased medical re search budget, a states rights bill. The Senate stung the President just a week ago by rejecting his nominee for commerce secretary. Lewis L. Strauss. Senate Democratic Leader Lyn don B. Johnson has tried to make some major legislation and spend ing programs "veto proof" by modifying original proposals to meet Eisenhower's complaints. For this a few liberal Democrats and organizations accused him o( surrendering to the President's economy demands. Johnson replied, "we'll seek the Peronistas, Oust Frondizi, Austerity Regime Man-of the-week: President Ar turo Frondizi of Argentina. The place: Buenos Aires. The quote: "1 just wanted to say hello to you and tell you I am fulfilling my constitutional duties. It was a typical low-keyed statement from the thin, studious man who. by the age of 22. had earned a reputation as a sort ol South American Don Quixote who tilted against the windmills of dic tatorship and went to prison for his pains. Nowt at the age of 50, he was telling assembled Argentine and foreign newsmen that he had just weathered the worst crisis of his 13-month-old government. Whether he would be in office next week, or the week after that, remained a question. But for the moment, Frondizi represented a triumph of consti tutional government in a nation not long emerged from ruinous dictatorship. For the moment also he was free to continue the aus terity campaign by which he hoed to rescue Argentina from the heritage of bankruptcy left by the dictatorship of Juan D. Peron. Bankruptcy Trouble Argentine bankruptcy was at the root of Frondizi's troubles, but exploiting it were the former Peronistas, encouraged and re portedly at least partly financed by Peron, and the Communists Polaris Rocket , . Test Firing Is Termed Success CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. l'PI Another Polaris test rocket shot aloft atop a column of smoke to day in an apparently successful firing. The 28 foot rocket, a forerunner of the Navy's submarine-launched ballistic missile, vaulted from its launching pad at 8:42 a.m. p.d.l. It climbed with a roar unci the characteristic speed of the solid fuel rocket, trailing a wide plume of smoke. About 50 seconds after blast off, the smoke trail forked In the clear sky, indicating that the first stage had separated from the upper section of the rocket. vfUr 90 seconds of flight, the smoke trail disintegrated, seem ingly indicating that the rocket's thrust had terminated. If all went well, the test rocket's dummy nose cone separated and continued on its way across the ocean. Informed sources said that pre liminary date from-the test rocket showed it achieved nil its test ob jectives. If analysis of telemetry data proves this correct, it would be tlie third time in 10 firings of the current test series that the rocket has bvhaved exactly as planned. Rifle Shot Kills 21-Year Old Man GOLD BEACH (l'PI- IleilM'it Eugene Sample. 21. McNary, Ariz., died Sunday in Curry Coun ty General hospital here of a gun shot wound apparently inflicted accidentally by a friend. The sheriff 's oft ice said the shooting occurred in a cabin on the Sixes river. Sample's companion, John ta pes Durran, also of McNary, told deputies he and Sample had a rifle and pistol, both 22 caliber, and were attempting "fnst draws" on one another. Durran sad he then picked up a .30-30 rifle. He said he thought the rifle had but one shell in it. and removed a shell. He pointed the rifle at Sample, clicked the chamlier and the gun discharged, he said. The wounded man was rushed here where he died. Durran was held without charge in the Curry county jail and a coroner's inquest here was sched tiled today. CONGRESS CONFLICT best tad do the possible." Congress and the White House ere not completely at odds. The lawmakers granted Eisenhower's request to boost the emergency national debt limit to a peacetime record of 295 billion dollars for one year. They inceiiseJ the per manent ceiling to 2H5 billion in stead of the 288 billion the Presi dent asked. . Eisenhower said he vetoed the wheat and tobacco bills because they were "backward instead of forward" steps which would not ease farm troubles. Democrats felt the vetoes would cost the (iOP votes in the Idtt) congressional and presidential elections, csjiecially in the Mid west wheat belt. Some Itepublicans agreed privately. The Senate relused to hike the federal gas tax despite two warn ings by Eisenhower that work on the 41,000-mile interstate super highway network virtually would cease without the new funds. Other congressional news: . Payrolls: The Senate in a sur prise move voted to open to pub lic inspection the payroll records of its employes. The move was the result of public furor over dis closures of cong essional nepot ism. Communists who kept the country in unceasing industrial strife. There was, in addition, the plight of the wage ear.e.s who were being asked to pay in months for the excesses of years who saw their wanes frozen while prices spiralled steadily up ward. Frondizi had promised from the first that the way would be hard and he stood firm in the face of mounting opposition. In the present crisis, he owed part of his strength to the fact his opposition was divided. One group demanded that he resign and be replaced by a pro visional government of armed force officers. They were the Gol pistas, literally translated, those desiring a military coup. A second group demanded that Frondizi stay in office but sub mit himself to close control by the armed forces. A third group wanted his resig nation, to be followed by an in terim government headed by the president of the Supreme Court until elections could he. held. Military Brings Pressure As in tlie ouster of Peron, heav iest pressure came from the a'med services, notably the army and the navy. Paradoxically, while the public outcry had been against Frondi zi's austerity campaign, the move for his removal seemed to center on demands that he be even more severe. The demands included: addi tional changes among government ministers to eliminate Peronista and leftist sympathizers; stricter application of economic polices designed to enforce Frondizi's austerity program and the firing of some 12.000 Peronistas and A factory representative will be at Wards (basement) on Tuesday 30 June. He will demonstrate the hew Decorator Designed Tub Area' Plastic Tile Kits These kits come io you fully complete and Ihe demonslralor will show you quick, easy methods in applying this beautiful new plastic wall tile. Builders, Rackets: Sen. John F. Kennedy iD-Mass.) accused Teamsters President James K. Hoffa of fail ure to keep his promise to oust crooked union officials. Iloffa. appearing at one of the last ses sions of the Senate Rackets Com mittee, replied that he was not going to be "stampeded'1 into fir ing anyone until he investigated each case thoroughly. States Rights: The House ap proved an administration-opposed states rights bill under which the courts could not rule that a fed eral law nullified a similar state statute unless there was a direct conflict or Congress agreed. Nuclear War: A parade of sci entists painted a grim picture of the toll of an H-bomb war. They told a congressional atomic sub committee 48,900,000 Americans would be killed and another 2ti. 000.000 million maimed. Hadiation. famine, disease and natural catas trophes would continue for per haps 1,000 years. But, they pre dicted, mankind would survive. Budget: The Senate approved a $4,056,746,581 money bill for the Departments of Labor and Health. Education and Welfare. It was the first Senate appropriation this year which carried more money than the President asked. Fail To Communists from public payrolls. Politically, Frondizi's troubles spring from the election support he received from the Peronistas and Communists, which aroused armed services suspicions, and from his own intransigent radical party, which has protested aban donment of the more nationalistic policies in favor of gigantic finan cial help from abroad. Whatever Frondizi's troubles. his policies have been paying offj From an annual deficit of 300 million dollars a year, Argen tina's trade balance for the first four months of 1959 showed a credit of 102 million dollars. YOUR FRIENDLY OTP Lit. biMraac. arallobl o. at loani tern group ratM Robert L. Barnes, Manager 111 Elm SL WO. 3-2144, LaGrando ANNOUNCES 13 Hotel Owners and General Public Invited Coffee Will Be Served Observer, la Grande, Ore., Market Quotations PORTLAND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND iL'PH HJSDAl Livestock: Cattle 1750, includes 26 loads fed steers 6 loads heifers; trade rather slow; early sales heifers and under 1150 lb. steers steady to 25 cents lower; cows slow to steady; 20 head load average choice 1142 lb. fed steers 28.75, other good with some choice un der 1150 lb. steers 27.50-26; stand ard steers 25-26 50; load high good with few choice around 850 lb. fed heifers 27.50; utility and standard heifers 21-25; utility cows 16.50-18; canners and cutlers 13.50-15.50. Calves 200; trade very slow; early bids weak to unevenly low er. Neuberger Says Hell Submit Bill On Gas Tax Again WASHINGTON tL'PD. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger ID-Ore.) says he will reoffer his amend ment boosting the federal motor fuel tax l'i cents a gallon when another revenue bill comes up this session. Neuberger was beaten early Friday, 46 to 33. when he offered such an amendment to the corporate-excise tax extension bill. "The issue xjsed by the amend ment still remains," he said, "Will the 19.900,000.000 interstate high way program be financed on a pay us we go basis through user taxes or 'will it be with deficit finanching, which means huge sums wasted in high interest rates on the debt?" President Eisenhower has been pressing Congress to boost the tax from three to four and one-half cents, as Neuberger urged, with no success. Many legislators ex pect Congress to wind up by de ciding to transfer the needed funds from the treasury. Corals used for jewelry are only the skeletons. Spiders are not insects. LOAN MANAGER will go out of his way to bring loans your way $25 TO $2000 You arrange your loan . . . your way, on Signature only, car or furniture. Phone first for 1 Trip Service. MONEY Mon., June 29, 1959 Pag 8 Hogs 1150; holdover 200; trade very slow; few early sales 25 to V) cents lower; gathered lots U.S. No 1 and 2 butchers 190-225 lbs 17 75-18 25; few lots mixed 1. 2 and 3 grade 180-240 lbs. 17-17.50: so. 3 grades 272-336 lbs. 15-16: sows weak to 50 cent lower; part load 319 lbs. 15; scattered lots 125-450 lbs. 12-12 50. Sheep 2350: trade slow; spring 'ambs mostly 25 to 50 cents low er; several lots predominantly choice 83 99 lbs. spring lambs 22 25-22 50; hulk good and choice S5-I07 lbs. 21.50-22: few lots good Quick frozen chicken, turkey, beef, or tuna Manor House Pies . 4 S $1.00 Boneless "USDA CHOICE" scientifically aged beef Top Sirloin Steak lb. 1.29 lOOCc pure beef; fresh daily! Lb. 55e v . Ground BeeL.3-lb.pkg. $1.59 Grade A Plump, tender, mature, 14 to 16 pound hen turkeys. Here's lots of good eating at a truly economical i price. Save More On Your TOTAL Food Bill Al Safeway. B&M Baked Beans Morrell's Snack Pitted Ripe Olives Campbell's Tomato Soup M White Magic vicauaci household Charcoal nghterlnciudcd Fig Bars Vanilla flavor K!J Refreshing drink muui niu Assorted flavors French Fries Poiaio Palties Bel-air brand Heat 'n serve BaJ Save 2c on Mrs. Ig. 41. Dread Wricht's white or wheat loaf C Rye Bread Skylark brand D..ll.:11. Richer BUilCIlllUK Lucerne . n.:.U or Orange Lucerne Cigarettes Luckies, Camels, Chesterfields Modess Broil Foil Sanitary Napkins . Kaiser "quilted" . 2 ft 89c MJ!- 45c For. the FINEST Produce ... just remember Safeway! FANCY PEACHES Delicious tree-ripened California Red " Havens. You'll en- joy these juicy, flavorful, lightly colored peaches. Take ID, home a bagfull today! PLUMS Famous Santa Rosa variety; tart sweetness. . . LB grade 21 : good and choice 75 90 ihs alxnil steady at 17 Ml - 18 50; cull to guir.1 slaughter ewes 2 4. PORTLAND GRAIN White wheat 1.94. Soft white, hard applicable 1.94. White club 1.94. Hard red winter, ordinary I 94. Hard white baart. ordinary 2.00. Oats no bid. Barley 41 00. PORTLAND DAIRY PORTLAND tl'PIi Dairy mar ket: Eggs To retailers: Grade AA large. 42-43c doz.; A large, 38-40C; AA medium, 34 -35c; AA small, 26 27c: cartons l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA and Grade A prints, 65c lb.; carton, lc higher; B prints, 63c. Turkeys 25c 14-oz. Vk" 39c pkg. 29c 6 pkgs. 29c 35c 12-oz. pk9. 50c 1 lb. OO. loaf Al qt. 20c 2Vi gal ctns. 65c ctn. $1 on reg. tiie w CUCUMBERS Prlcn cmnnth cl-innorl 4 for 19c Prices )if this advertisement are effective through Tuesday, June 30 Grande. We reserve the right to limit. Ne teles to dealer. , Cheese 'medium curedl To re tailers: A grade cheddar, single daisies, 41 jlc: pi messes I Allien can cheese. S-lb. loaf, 40-43c. N. Y. STOCKS NEW YORK ifPH-Stocks moved ahead smartly all along the line today in slightly reduced trading. The market hit its best levels of the day around 1 p.m. when the industrial average was at a new all-time high. Profit taking set in at that time which brought down the average from its best level. Despite profit taking, individua' gains of a point or more were numerous in the main list and new highs exceeded new lows once again. Del Monte or Safeway WHEELS Tender, flavorful all meat franks . great for an economy meal or a juicy "hoidog" . . . always a favorile, anytime! Genuine New England brick oven baked beans. Reg. 31c. Grand luncheon meat. Sliced for sandwiches; heat 'n serve for a quick meal. Mt. Whitney brand, extra-large slse. Grand flavor. Candi Cane Sugar Finest quality pure granulated cane 'sugar for your table or canning needs. Reg. $1.18. Limit one. Brocade Light duty mild detergent for dishwashing and fine fabrics. 32 oz. can 69c. Party Pride Centen. Vanilla, Choc. Chip Aim , Choc. Va Marshmallow, Neapolitan, Vanil., Maple gal. Nut, Banana Nut Var. for every taste! etn. 5 Golden ripe'; picnic perfect. C Each The steels stood out on the up side. Gains of 2 points or mure .it the highs apiH-aicd ill Vouugs town. Inland and Lukens. Ad vances of around a point or more appeared in a long list of other steels. Texaco was the feature of a higher oil group. Tobaccos, which are receiving favorable invest ment comment, scored some good gains. Liggett It Myers was up around 3 at jts best and American Tobacco and Lorillard were strong. Motors were generally , firm. Chemicals favored the upside with ihe exception of DuPont. The rails scored gains running to around a point in some of the leaders. The electronics had gains running past a point. 4 3 3 9 $100 $100 28-oz. cans 12-oz. N..1 $100 cans I iovi oz. si 00 cans I 10 lb. $1109 .bag Detergent 22 oz. .can. 42) Ice Cream 79' BANANAS 2 ibS 35 at Safeway in La