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WEATHER Partly cloudy thro Tues lay with scattered showed in mountains; low tonight 40 46; high Tuesday 72-78. LA OBSERVER 269th Issue 63rd Year LA GRANDE, OREGON MONDAY, JULY 6, 1959 Price 5 Cents GRANDE r?? r4 vr ,-"77: : " 7 t ; . . . . v::.j.v..f . . 1 J. 1 V;1 . y -frv te- V ' - " ' k"""' :-.- - - - . k t . . S i " ' 0 7t" . fewer fw?r. , Zpv' COFFEE BY THE GALLON v Blue Mountain Grangers gathered at I Iilgard State Park for their annual Fourth of July picnic. There were 3(i members and guests in attendance. Shown above discuss ing which pot to try is Annabelle Muilenburg and Sharon Bloom. Time was spent plaving games, eating and visiting. (Observer Photo) Reds Gather F Formosa S TAIPEI. Formosa LTI The Official military iiuoc.mation serv ice safcl today the Cliincse Com munists have ru:icT3tra!cd. 2.3UO plai'es aUnii Iwo thinls of the er.tiie I? ed air foreo along the F.;it Co;ist withm striking ranye of Formosa. The reMrt eaine afier four a tionalist Saliiejets shot down five t oinmiinist Mltj-lHs Sunday in a Ben Guricn Continues To Guide Government JEIilSAI.FM. Nra-1 'ITU Iloigned I'icniirr Pawd He.i-Gur-inn will coiit;nue to cuide Israel's destiny lee;!tise of liie tense in ternal ional situation and the grow ing Sue'. Cai al ciisis w ith F.gvp'. ir.forir.ed sourci'S reported today. Be'i-CiUrion turned in tile resig nation of his cahinet Sunday night Police Report Double Thefts Two complaints of stolen tires and one ol money were reported to the I.a Grande police depart ment over the v rekend. Mrs. I'.ernarJ Swart. 30"i Fourth St., reported the theft of a spare t.re and wheel from the trunk of her car sometime during the night. Tiie car was parkin! in front of the residence. The tire and wheel Vn e valued at S17. A similar rexrt was received from Theodore Wyatl, lf4 Firsl St. He reported the theft of a tire a .d wheel from the trunk of his car between !) p.i;. Saturday and 4 a.m. Sunday. The tire and wheel were valued at $15. Mrs. II:l:1a IVnine. 203 Cedar S!., reiwrted the theft of S-V) from her home Si.m'.ay. Her son left the moi'cy fio:n his pa;Kr route oi the kitchen talile in a bank i:ie' and 1-lt the houc. When he relumed later the money was gone ;i id Hie d'jprs lo the house werc open olite said. Kozlov Blames Truman For Poor Relations Between Two Nations f.W FR.WHSCO iVPP Soviet tvirt Ambassador to the US. Mi Deputy Premier Fro! Kolnv said V.iil Menshikov. who accompanied Sunday nihl former President j Kn'ov. P.i'ity Triinia:) wis reo:isible for "sjmiims good rcla'tons" !e tweon the I'niiei Slates and Rus sia The Kienilm's No. 3 man made the commct dmirg a cpuct stroll Iwfore reining to his hotel. He did not elaborate. Newsmen nrromptnying Koby on the Nob Hill walk pointed nut that his route was similar to that which Tnuran usually takes when he visits San Francisco That die a ilincMc from So- triking bla'.ir.g dosfifjht over the oflshore Malsu Islands. Twelve of the Red jets newest version of the MIG-I5 attacked in what could be the first phase of a new Ked offensive. . The information service said 70 per ce.it of the threatening planes are jets. It said they were de ployed in 47 coastal bases, none ol them more than 8.V) miles from ('resident Chiang Kai-Shek's for- when four rebellious left-wing cab inet memliers ignored his ultima tum to them to quit. The cabinet crisis was brought on by Israel's sa'.e of $:.300.(KiO wo.th of gren ade launchers to West Germany. In his letter of resignation to President Itzhak Ren - Zvi, the Premier said the debate on the arms deal had damaged Israel's security and political position and its international standing. The de hate arose because some Israelis opposed selling arms to a country whose Nazis exterminated six imil lion Jews in World War II. Under Israeli's laws Ben-Gurion and his ministers retain their posts in a caretaker or lame duck cabinet till a new cabinet is chose. Once Ben-Zvi has his formal consultations out of the way he will approach Ben-Gurion. head of the Mapai Tarty, the larg est in Parliament. Israel, holds general elections in a few weeks and most informed sources believed Ben-Gurion would reform a cabinet with the same ministers. Youth Is Arrested On Driving Charge A If. year o'd student was arrest ed for reckless driving and operat ing a vehicle with an improper mu'fler at 9 p m. last Saturday The arrest was made hy Police Chi f Oliver Reeve at the corner o.' Spruce end Monro?. A hearing was scheduled for to day at 3 p.m. "The same route, yes but not the sanne road," Menshikov said Th- deputy premier nodded in agreement. "Truman was responsible for spoiling good relations between our countries," Kozlov said "Roosevelt was a great man and established very good relations. He had the greatest respect in our country." either Kozlov nor Menshikov coid I be drawn into a more de tailed statement. orce Within Distance tress island, a flight of only an hour or so. .( Rear Adm. Liu Ho-Tu, defense ministry spokesman, said the Communist MlGs fired first in an "entirely unprovoked attack-' on the Nationalist patrol. He said one F-86 flew cover while the other th-ee shot down five of the enemy planes. A sixth plane may have been destroyed by anti-aircraft fire as it was strafing the Matsus. Liu said the Nationalists suffered no loss in increasing the victory score over the MIGs to 36 in sev en aerial battles. Sunday's battle was the first since last October. The Sunday Sabrejet pilots re ported the planes they shot down looked like the new M1G-19. the second improved version put out by the Russians since their heavy losses to American F-8Ks in the Korean War. No previous MIG-19 destruction had been reported. Nationalist Chinese officials have predicted a Communist of fensive to coincide with the re sumption of the Geneva foreign ministers conference July 13. To day they reported an ominous buildun of Communist forces along the straits. There were strong possibilities the United States would become involved in any flareup. Peiping Radio has mad? a scries of charg es in recent days of alleged U.S. air violations of Communist ter ritory: Sunday it said a U.S. warship intruded into. Communist waters. It issued what it called its 54th "serious warning" against "these miillary provocations." Fire Department Has Two Weekend Calls The La Grande fire department answered two calls over the Fourth of July weekend. The first call came at 11:40 p.m. Thursday when smoke from a stoker filled the Lyman Apartment building. Yesterday morning at 9:50 the fire department put out a grass fire in the 500 block on Third st. Cause of either incident was not reported. The deputy premier, who leaves for Detroit this afternoon, had sidestepped political issues since he arrived in northern California with his delegation on Friday. The deputy premier, interrupted his walk Sunday night long enough to ride one of San Fran cisco's cable cars. . Kozlov browsed through a cigar store and finally bought seven post cards. An aide stepped for ward and pair) for the cards with 40 cents. He left the three cents change. "He's the capitalist," Kozlov joked. t Record Holiday Deaths Fatality Free ' Weekend Here' Union county had a fatality free Fourth of July weekend in contrast to other sections of the state and nation. The state police s have received no reports of death ; from any cause in either Union i f Wallowa counties. . ' There was a two car accident , in the La Grande area shortly be- ; fore the count tor the mid-sum ; rner holiday Degan. Two cars, one driven by Ray McCory, 1801 Cedar and the oth er operated by Douglas A. Abbot. 2708 N. Birch, both of La Grande collided at the intersection of highway 30 and Gocklcr Lane east of' the city shortly ufler 4 p.m. Friday. McCory was making a left turn into the lane when the car, Uiiv en by Abbott attempted to pass. The two vehicles collided at the intersection, the state police re ported. Abbott was cited for passing at an intersection according to the state police. The biggest Fourth of July weekend killer in Oregon, as in the rest of the nation, was traf ficc. Highway accidents claimed at least seven persons. One drowning was recorded, one elec trocution and a man fatally crushed in a bridge accident in Portland. Elsewhere in the nation traffic deaths and drownings set new records for a two-day lndepen dence Day weekend. A press service count showed 72 deaths in traffic, 171 drown ings and 52 irom miscellaneous causes for an over-all total of 435. No deaths from fireworks were reported. The previous high for traffic deaths during a two-day Fourth: of July weekend was hi "tn when 271 lost their lives. Thei previous high for drownings was also in 1953 when 121 drowned. Texas led the state in traffic deaths with 25. Illinois and Virginia reported 16, New York 15 and Pennsylvania 14. New York led in drownings wiii. 16 Texas had 14 and Michigan 13. The National Safety council said that although the traffic death toll exceeded that of the Fourth of July, travel since 1353 has increased sharply. It is estimated there were nine mil lion more cars on Ih? road than there were in 1953 and that they traveled 25 per cent more miles. Long Rests After Talks In Campaign WINFIELD, La. UP1 A tired looking Gov. Earl K. Long rested in his "little pea patch" to day from the rigors of campaign ing for re-election. The Louisiana governor, sleep ing under covers in a fully-lighted bedroom of his tin-roofed farm re treat at Winnfield, got in the most sleep yesterday and last night since his release from the last of three mental hospitals June 26. Dr. John T. Mosley, Long's Winnfield . physician, visited with the governor early Sunday eve ning. ' Mosley joined Dr. Paul Pratt, a psychiatrist who has not left Long's side since his release from mental hospitals, but it was reported the visit was considered only a "friendly visit," and had nothing to do with the governor's heart condition. Long, who is ineligible to suc ceed himself, served 11 months to fill out one term and is complet ing his second full term. Ie plans to resign, however, to make him self eligible for a record fourth term. A hog fence guarded by state highway patrolmen kept newsmen at their distance Sunday. Long made five appearances Saturday. He made short speeches at Cam eron, Lake Arthur, Eunice and Ville Platte. He also appeared at Lake Providence and asked the voters to send him back to the capitol at Baton Rouge. SECOND TIME JUST AS GOOD HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y. (UPI) Roland J. Earl end his bride. Rose Marie, were married again Sunday, just one month after their first wedding. The non-legal cere mony was performed for a photographer, whoso films of the first, real wedding, were stolen from his car before they'd even been developed. k ' V'l V vi iii fjl? Uli. I1AKOLD It W. BENJAMIN Centennial Series Lecturer Connecticut Educator To Make EOC Address Dr. Harold R. W. Benjamin, di rector of the Connecticut Study of the Hole of the Public Schools, will sjHak ut La Grande Wcunesday. in the KOC Thealre. The 8 p.m. lecture will be pari of a series of Centennial lectures sixmsored by the Cuminittee on Higher Education. " " ft'""" " Sukarno's Backers In Full Power JAKARTA. Indonesia UPP The Indonesian cabinet resigned today, giving President Sukarno. and his army backers full execu tive powers to run the country. He immediately denied any intention to become a dictator. Observers believed the army, largest in Southeast Asia, would be the guiding fores when Sukarno puts into oieration his "guided democracy." This has been likened to the operations of a pol itburo. but the army itself is the strongest anti-Cornmunist force in Indonesia. Sukarno dissolved Indonesia's Parliament, discontinued the pro visional constitution and returned to the 1H15 constitution under which he plans to set up his guided democracy soon, but it was no victory the President could, shout about. The army was clearly the big gest winner so far. Army com manders under the leadership of Lt. Gen. Abdul Haris Nasution the chief of staff, probably will decide within their own political differences what sort of guidance they will give Sukarno's guided democracy. Sukarno was disgusted with de velopments in Indonesia but he acted under heavy army pressure in issuing the decrees. Nasulion said the ban imposed on political activities in June will remain in effect. I ' '.' -I. . . v.; I it Iv- . " L"..- Jt ' Wb4 .-.....A. 'WHOOPS! WHERE'S MY TIRE?' Jack Hit ker. La Grande heads for the infield at the JC's race track near La Grande after losing a tire in a heat race. To make matters worse it was theh second tire that Kicker in his merry spinning around the oval lost in Sunday's races. (Obserever) Pacific University. He has served on education missions to South America, Afghanistan and Japan and was chairman of the U. S. education mission to Korea in 1U54-55. He is presently on leave from George Peabody College for Teach- Nashville, Tenn., where he has .been chairman of the division of social foundations of education since 1951. He served on th teacher education commission of the American Council on Education 1939-1942, on the defense commis sion of the National Education Association 1948-51, the army field forces board on the defense com mission of the National Education Association 1948-51. the army field forces board on the education of regular officers 1948-49 and the advisory board of the Air Training Command, 1953-57. He served with the Army on the Mexican border in 1916, in Europe in 1917-19 and in the Pacific in 1942-45. Speakers for the series were selected by a board of five citizens of the stale from among some 75 nominations submitted by the state's public and private colleges. They are being paid $100 per lec ture plus their expenses. All the lectures are open to the public free of charge. Dr. Benjamin is the only Cen tennial Lecturer who will appear in La Grande. SHORT-CIRCUIT SPEEDING PINCH DULWICH, England (UPI) A dozen motorists will rtceivt letters of apology this week from the policemen who arrest ed thm for speeding. All were clocked en a 440-yard hill. A court has ruled that speeding tickets may be issued only after a motorist has been clocked speeding for at least 528 yards. ... '". Dogs, Rabbit Safe After Space Shot Soviet Radio Says LONDON tl'PI) Two dous and a rabbit were fired into space by the Soviet Union and condition, Hatiio Moscow sam tociay . The broadcast said the dogs were named Otvazhnaya and Sneshinka which translates into Daring and Snowflake. No name was given for the rabbit. The broadcast said the "space vehicle" tarrying the an imals was launched into the ' upper I 'ayers of the atmosphere" by a single-stage geophysical ballistic rocket of medium range July 2 The United States May 28 shot 28 snot s two small female monke named Able and Bake height of 300 miles and recovered them alive after a 1,500-mile jour ney. Able died during an oiiera tion for the removal j( an elec trode from under its skin a few days later. The Moscow broadcast did not give the height to which the two dogs and rabbit were fired. It said "the launching took place normally." "The recovery system ensured the landing of the section and con tainer with the scientific instru ments and the test animals, which was separated from the rock et." the broadcast said. "The condition of the animals after landing is good." It said Daring was making its third rocket ascent. The Inst previous announced Russian rocket firing of animals toward the upper stratosphere took place 11 months ajo. It was not known whether Daring par ticipated in that experiment. The space vehicle carried appar tus for several relatively common high-level scientific experiments, such as study of the ionosphere, micro - meteorites, air current speeds and directions, tempera tures and composition of the at mosphere. The experiment announced today apparently was not an ,a..einpt to place the animals into orbit in an earth satellite. The last such Soviet experiment known to the outside world came on Nov. 3. 1957, when Sputnik II carried a dog named Laika into space. The Soviets announced the death of Laika. the first known space traveler, Nov. 10. The 1,120 pound satellite disintegrated April 14. . 1958. - Police Raid. Cock Fight ALBANY I UPI About 30 Linn county sheriff's deputies and state police Saturday raided a cock fight in a barn on a farm in the Sodaville area 19 miles east of here. Twenty-three persons were charged with betting at a cock fight and more than 75 were cited for vagrancy. The raid was led by Sheriff George Miller. Assistant Linn County District Attorney Jim Lew elling said five dead birds and a betting board were confiscated. The cock fight was in a barn on the Vern Bridges farm. Those cit ed included persons from Oregon. California and Washington, Lew elling said all were scheduled to appear in district court here Wed nesday. Lewelling said 10 fights had oc curred before the signal was giv en for the raid to begin. He said Oregon residents were released on their own recognizance and out-of-staters were released on bond. returned to earth in "good" j , ; I JttKMO,"f5fC mm. I -iFire Back At Butler WASHINGTON (UPI) Demo cratic leaders in Congress today returned the fire of their party's national chairman. They accused him of hurting the party with his criticism. Senate Democratic Whip Mike Mansfield i Mont. I rejected Chair man Paul M. Butler's charge that the party's moderate stand in Congress is undermining Demo cratic chances in the 1960 elec tions. . "It's going to be much tougher if our own people keep on shoot ing at us," Mansfield said. Butler himself is doing the harm, he add ed. Speaker Sam Rayburn agreed with Mansfield's statements, but declined to expand upon them. "Just let him I Butler) stew with Mr. Mansfield's statement for a while." he said. Senate Democratic Leader Lyn don B. Johnson issued a brief statement to the effect that he gave no more weight to Butler's statements than he would to com plaints from the Republicans. ' Butler said Sunday that unless the Democratic leadership in Con gress showed some Initiative and came up with "positive, progres sive altitude,1 the party would face a "tough situation" in the next election. I Extension In Service For Airline West Coast Airlines has receiv ed approval from the Civil Aero ni uties Board on certain propos als made in the Montana Local Service Case to extend its ser vices in Idaho and Utah. Present routing between Boise and Idaho Falls will be augment ed with service to Sun Valley-Hailey-Ketchum for a two-year trial period and would be ex tended beyond Burley-Rupert to Salt Lake City via Logan and Ogden on a permanent basis ef fective Sept. l of this year. The Board deferred action on the certification of West Coast to serve a new route segment extending between Spokane, Coeur d'Alenc, Kalispcll, Cut Bank-Shelby and Great Falls, pending the submission of the natter lo president Eisenhower, since it involves an International route from Cut Bank and Great Falls to Canadian points. 11 Km Cities West Coast Airlines' president, Nick Bez, pointed out that the board order, after the Montana stops are finally approved, "will not only give West Coast an op portunity to welcome 11 new cities along 916 new route miles, but thus will increase our avail able service to all the cities we now serve." West Coast , also was granted one-stop authority between Boise and Salt Lake City, and both one stop and non-stop authority be tween Boise and Idaho Falls after , basic service is provided at Inter mediate points. A new segment was establish ed placing the Boise to Lewiston- Clarkston non-stop service on a Certificated basis with Pullman- Moscow as a co terminal with I Lewiston-Clarkston. This certi: I ficated authorty Is to be effec t.ve for three years. Such ser I vice had been provided by WCA I under a temporary exemption or der. , I Eleven new cities will be on .the West Coast Airlines route land flights to most of them will begin July 31. I This route extension added P16 route miles to the 2.200 pre viously served by WCA In Wash hgton, Oregon and Idaho. WCA gained entry into San Francisco Ovkiand by way of Sacramento and will be permitted to extend service to Salem, Bend-Redmond,' Rums, Lakeview and Newport Toledo in Oregon and Omak in Washington.
