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LA GRANDE ! OBSERVER WEATHER Fair and hot through Tues day; chance of evening thun derstorms Tuesday; high 90 95; low 50-55. 279th litje 63rd Year LA GRANDE, OREGON. MONDAY, JULY 20, 1959 Pric S Cants Herter Makes Proposal nd Deadlock Over Berlin Sec. rga m $0 HIGH-LIGHT OF CORONATION BALL At the climax of Elgin's Stampede Queen contest Satur day night, Celia Coclasure was crowned the winner. Queen Celia will reign over the two day Elgin Stampede this coming weekend. Sharing the lime-light with her is, left to right, Mildred Harwood, queen mother; Jordyce Tumeris, Elgin; the queen; Ella Mae Denton, Union; and Wanda Schaures, La Grande. The candidates have each been trying to contact as many as possible in the past few weeks to obtain the crown. : (Observer Photo) Queen Celid CoclasureiT Rules Over 13th ElainUj Stampede Festivities By VIRGINIA ANDERSON Observer Staff Writer ELGIN (Special) Dark-eyed Celia Coclasure was crown ed Queen of the 13th Annual Elgin Stampede Saturday night during the intermission of the Coronation Ball here. "I can't believe it" was all Elgin's newest royalty 'could say when the announcement was made to the candidates prior to the ceremonies in the Stampede Hall. Celia quali fied for the honors by selling more tickets to the two-day I rode July 25 28, Uian the other Uprising Flares Into Civil War As Commies Aim At Iraqi Leaders BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) A Communist uprising aimed at overthrowing the Iraqi government flared into civil war in the oil center of Kirkuk, reports reaching Beirut said to day. The death toll was reported between ti() and 90 with hundreds injured. In Cairo the semi-official Middle East News Agency said "civil war" was raging in Kirkuk and that the Communists had seized control of part of the Demo Boss Is Riding Out Storm, WASHINGTON (UPI ) Paul M. Butler, who has weathered many storms in five years as chairman of the Democratic National Com mittee, appears to be riding out another one. He is still under fire, however, from Democrats in Congress be cause of his criticism in a televi sion interview two weeks ago. of the "conservative and moderate" course of the party's congression al leaders. And he again is under attack from southern Democrats who long have resented his ag gressive statements on civil rights. With an assist from the Demo cratic Advisory Council, which he created, Butler has been prodding Democrats in the House and Sen ate for several weeks to take a more belligerent stance toward the administration and to let ve toes fall where they may. The more critical tone in his July 5 TV interview caused a flareback from Congress and other elements of the party, in cluding some National Committee embers who called for his resig nation. Scott W. Lucas, former Demo cratic leader of ibi Senate, issued a statement Sunday night saying that Butler's act on "is cause for alarm and imperils our chances for victory." Butler reported, however, that the public response as indicated by mail to party headquarters was running heavily in his favor. He also said most of the Nation al Committee members from whom he had heard were behind him. City Fire Truck Ready For Tests La Grande's new fire truck ar rived in the city Saturday night and plans for the testing of the new equipment are underway. Testing of the truck will begin tomorrow morning at 7 and will continue for six hours. The test will be conducted at the Grande Ronde river near the Valley Sau sage Company by a repr?senta live of the Oregon Fire Insurance Rating Bureau. The truck must pump a mini mum of 1000 gallons of water a minute for six hours to be accep ted by the city. City officials are confident that the truck will per form up to the requirements. The truck will be officially ac cepted by the city, after the test ing, in a brief ceremony at the City Building at 3.15. candidates. Queen Celia and her court of Jordyce -Tamerls, Elgin; Wanda, Schaures. La Grande; and Ella Mae Denton, union, were pre sented to the enthusiastic crowd as they walked through a rose covered archway. The queen then stepped down from the p'atform to get the dancing underway again as she and her father led the g:oup to the music of the Blue Mt. Riders Celia will rule over Elgin's wo day rodeo this weekend. The event-packed weekend fea tures a rodeo both Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. The Hayworth Carnival will be there and the Stampeders are planning a dance both Friday and Saturday night. Two parades are scheduled for the weekend. The Kid's parade will be Saturday morning and the main parade will begin at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. An a'l girl drill team, the Walla Walla Wagonettes, will again be making an appearance in Elgin along with a specialty trampoline act called the Lane Sisters and Homer. Donk -Thompson and Les Case will act as clowns and bullfight-1 ers. - Co chairmen for this year's ' stampede are Casey Keefer and, Larry Follett. Officers of the sponsoring Stam-' peders are "Maurice Beck, presi dent; Elmo Boitano, vice presi dent; Irene Kennedy, secretary; and Ray McCall, treasurer? Local Drivers In Car Mishaps Three La Grande drivers were involved in weekend automobile accidents according to the po lice. Chauncey Albert Walker, 2005 Second St. was involved in an accident with William Adolph Hlxon, 1506 Fifth St. Saturday afternoon. The accident occur red at the intersection of Penn and Fifth, the police reported, at approximately 5:30 p.m- Sunday morning at 9:44 two cars collided at the intersection of Third and Adams. Clement M. Thatcher, 702 Sec ond Ave., was going east on Adams and preparing to turn in Albertson's parking lot when the collision occurred. The other car was driven by Mrs. Loraine Peters of Carey, Idaho, the police said. No one was injured in either accident. irrr v: - :a r 1 fr" HURRAY, IT FITS OK Arlene Weatherspoon, last year's Stampede queen places the crown upon the head of the new queen, Celia Coclasure of Elgin. Queen Celia will rule over Elgin's two day rodeo event. 1 -i J FAULKNERS IN CRASH JACKSON, Miss. (UPI! The wife of novelist William Faulkner, her son and two others escaped serious injury Saturday night when their station wagon collided with a train at a crossing. I); & o v ill f V ' v l I L- OHI THEY ARE PRETTY Queen Celia receives her royal bouquet from the flower girl at the Elgin Stam pede Coronation Ball, Saturday night. She will be lead ing her court during the Elgin Stampede set for Sat urday and Sunday. Peasants Marching For Fidel HAVANA (UPI I Thousands of peasants carrying machetes poured into Havana today for the start of a week-long celebration of the Cuban revolution and a new pledge of allegiance to its hero, Fidel Castro. The Cuban government, purged of a president Castro charged had blocked the forward march of the revolution, was expected to start working with new speed to carve up large farms for the peasants and prosecute objectors. The new president. Dr. Osvaldo Dorticos Torrada, drafted the texts of many revolutionary laws and decrees and he was expect ed to sign any that had been left by ousted President Manuel Urrutia Lleo. Urrutia and Castro both were out of tow.i Sunday. After Cas tro forced Urrutia's resignation in a four-hour telecast by charg ing him with near treason, Urru tia rushed to his brother-in-law's house- at Bauta, 20. miles east,. of Havana. The army put an armed guard about the house. Castro himself went into seclu sion and could not be located. barlier this month, when po litical tension began to develop in Cuba, Castro called for a dem onstration of 500.000 peasants, with their razor-sharp machetes, in Havana next Sunday. That will be the sixth anniver sary of his abortive attack on the Moncada army barracks in San tiago. It took him five and a half years after that defeat to oust Dictator Fulgencia Batista. About 7.000 peasants from Ori ent e Province, Castro's old cam paign headquarters, set up tents at Camp Liberty Sunday. They were the vanguard of tens of thousands of peasants who will be pouring into the cap ital all this week in cars, buses, trucks and trains. Residents Are Asked To Cut Use Of Water Residents of La Grande were requested by Fred J. Young, city manager, to curtail their use of water for an indefinite period Although there is no water shortage, the people of La Grande are consuming water faster than the city reservoirs can be filled, Young said. The continuing period of hot weather has creat ed an unusual demand for water, Young continued. To enable the city to keep an adequate supply of . water available for emergencies, it will be necessary to confine sprink ling of lawns to the hours be tween 6 and 9 p.m. Persons with their own pumps aha wells are requested to post signs so that police officers will not have to stop and check. No restrictions are placed on private water supplies. The city Is presently getting three million gallons of water daily Into the reservoir. An ad ditional one and a half to Iwo million gallons are being pump ed into the reservoir. "Water supplies in the mountains are adequate, the city manager stat ed. People are just using it faster than we can fill the demand." A contributing factor Young stated is the fact that the amount ri public ground being watered has increased over the years. The city is presently watering 10 acres of parks and 25 acres of school grounds. The city maintains a water re serve of five million gallons but the unusual demand has caused this to drop. The curtailing of water usage will enable the city to increase the reserve. city 1 lit? Ml'.NA reMirt said the Communists killed ten persons. droning two of the IxMlies tlirou;',!! the streets. The lraii government mini inied the extent of the outbreak but confirmed that nn iiirisiup, began July II when Premier Mi del Kurini Kassem was celebrat ing his uwn victory in the revo lution a year ago that killed King Faisal and overthrew his gov ernment. Decries "Blind Fanaticism" Kassem, in a radio uplieal to the nation, asked Iraqis to avoid "blind fanaticism" that might lead to further civil wui. He warned that his government would "settle accounts' with the Communists and other anti - gov ernment forces but expressed hope no further force would be necessary. Heavy Baghdad censorship kept most of the details from the out side world, but reorts reaching Cairo and other Middle East capitals said anti - government flareups occurred throughout Iraq with the heaviest fighting at Kir kuk. 90 miles from the scene of a major anti-government revolt last March. The March revolt id Mosul was crushed in a week of heavy fight ing in which the Iraqi govern ment said the rebels were aided by Egypt and Syria. "Fierce Battles" Reported The Damascus newspaper Al Wahdah said the Communists be gan "fierce battles" in Kirkuk three days ago and that Commu nists and Turkmen tribesmen bat lied in the streets. ' "The Communists hanged eight of their corpses on gallows and dragged the remaining two in the streets of the city," the Middle East News Agency reported in Cairo. It said army units rushed to re store order but one army unit, the second regiment, defected to the Communist side. It said the Communists assassinated the anti-Communist second in - com mand of the defecting unit, dragged his body through the streets and then seized "control . . . of important sectors of the city." The Communists have become increasingly influential in the Kassem government since he came to power last year and Western diplomats have ex pressed fear they would try to take over the oil-rich nation. He ports from Iraq today indicated that the Communists' major ef fort may have started. ii,-... I)M. WI1.IJAM IX LEAHY Dies At 84 Wartime Chief Of Staff Adm. Leahy, 84, Dies WASHINGTON (UP1 Fleet Adm. William D. Leahy, wartime chief of staff to President Roose velt, died here today. He was 84. Death came at the Navy Medi cal , Center in nearby Bethesda, Md., the Navy reKrted. A cerebral vascular accident was listed as the cause of death. With him was his son. Rear Adm. William II. Leahy, commander of the Norfolk Navy Shipyard at Portsmouth, Va. Leahy's career epitomized the Navy tradition: "I have just be gun to fight." When he retired from the Navy in 1M)9 after 46 years of service, he was not through serving his country. Just ahead of him was perhaps the most challenging role of his life one in which he was to help shape, without fanfare or heroics, the destiny of the nation in its darkest days. Built Victorious Fleet This was his post retirement role as statesman-diplomat and personal chief of staff to Presi dents Roosevelt and Truman. It was Leahy who both before and after his retirement from the Navy helped fashion the founda tion for victory in World War II See ADMIRAL On Page S EOC Features Dance Recital On Wednesday A dance recital by Corflelia Cerf Wednesday at 2 pm., will be the featured event at EOC during the week. The program will be held in the administration building auditorium. Although a native of Oregon, th? dancer has had wide experi ence in Europe and the Eastern United States. During two years spent in Spain, she studied and learned Spanish dances in the pure folk form. The public is invited to the free program. No Time Limit In New Plan GENEVA (II'D Secretary of State Christian A. Herter pro posed today that the Geneva dead, lock over Berlin be broken by converting the present Big Four conference into a permanent com. mission on Germany with East and West German advisers. Herter said such a body would have no time limit on its activp ties unlike the all German con miltee promised by the Kussiam which would have to complet German re unil Ration within U mouths. ' The U.S. secretary of staji told the Big Four conference tlijt setting up a permanent commis sion would be a "sensible and businesslike. way" uf breaking the eust-west deadlock here. Herter spoke for the West as a whole when he delivered the pro posal to a plenary session of the East-West foreign ministers con ference this afternoon. r Plan Put Privately Shortly before, the U.S. secre tary had put the plan privately before Soviet Foreign . Minister Andrei Gromyko during a big four lunch meeting in the villa of Brit ish Foreign Secretary S e I w y a Lloyd. . It was the first move by the West during the resumed Geneva talks to swing over to the offea sive and seize the initiative from the Russians. Herter sharply attacked the Russian proposal for an all-German commission, describing the Red plan as "totally unaccept able." Herter charged that Russia was demanding that the west accept Moscow's all- German committee plan without any guarantees In exchange. "It would merely be In return for a statement that the Soviet Union, for a very limited period of time, would not violate its existing solemn commitments with respect to Berlin." Herter declared. Pilot Rock Man Reports Theft A Pilot Rock man reported the (heft of paint and ciearettea in the La Grande police Sundav morning. Leonard Campbell. Box 233. lold police that between 8 and 11:59 p.m. Saturday night some one stole a gallon of black paint ;md five packages of cigarettes from his car. The car was parked on Jefferson St. across from the bagles Lodge. v The goods were valued at $7.75. Fire Rating Is Topic , Of Discussion Tonight A special meeting will be held in the City Building tonight at 7:30 between officials of La Grande and a representative of the Oregon Fire Insurance Rat ing Bureau. Topic of discussion at the meet ing will be the operation of the Bureau and La Grande's present rating. ' ) V'.;' . : "$r jf y - v k ' , i -ar-Vr . lnjAj. 'Tl lUTta- - - i i . - - ' - hi THE TALE OF THE TAPE La Grande police officers, Gaylen Senrles, left, and Bob Schiet measure skid marks at the accident that occurred Saturday afternoon. Two La Grande drivers were in volved in the accident at the intersection of Penn and Fifth. No one was injured in the collision. (Observer Photo)