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Observer, La Grande, Ore., Bathing Beauties Eye Fame In Hollywood Despite Odds By VERNON SCOTT UPI Staff Writer HOLLYWOOD (L'PIt Odds that any of this year's Miss Uni verse contestants will win even faint recognition in Hollywood are more than 100-1 yet each beau ty has her sights trained on movie stardom. So fur in the seven-year history of the pageant not u single girl hus attained the heights. Seven curvesome cuties. how ever, have achieved modest suc cess in the jungles of movieland, including lust year's Miss I SA. Arlene (Nee hurlynei Howell Jackie Loughery, Miss ISA of 1953. won roles in several movies and TV scries, but most inipor tant of all, she married Jack Webb. Myrna Hansen, Miss I SA of 1954, is under contract to MGM after a too supporting role in "Kainlree County." Fades from Sight Christine Murtel. the French doll who became Miss Universe of 1954, won a brief contract with Universal International before fading from sight. Ilillevi Horn- bin. Swedish beauty who won the 1956 Miss Universe title still ap pears occasionally in bit pa-ts. Carol Morris. Miss USA of I9.ri7, remained in Hollywood and snugs occassional roles in both TV und pictures. Miss Denmark of 1959. Kvy Norlund, who reached the MARKETS By United Press International PORTLAND DAIRY PORTLAND i UPI Dairy mar ket: Eggs To retailers: Grade AA large. 47-49C doz.; A large, 44-47c: AA medium. 37 40c; AA small. 27-28C. cartons, l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA and grade A prints, 85c lb.; cartons, lc higher; B prints, (13c. Cheese (medium cured I To re tailers: A g'ude cheddur single duisies, 4i-5lc; processed Ameri can cheese, 511). loaf, 40-43C PORTLAND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND lUl'H 'USDAI Livestock for week: Cattle 2423; trade fairly active, fed steers steady to 25 lower; fed heifers steady to weak; cows steady to 50 lower; bulls steady: high good and choice low-choice 988-1(196 lb. steers 29 with other good under 1100 lbs. 27.50- 28.75: standard steers 26 27; 33 head load mostly choice 833 lb. fed heifers 2850; good heifers 26.50 28 with standard down to 24 50; utility cows mostly 18 50 18; can- nc:s and cutters 13.50-15.50, heavy cutters to 16 50; utility bulls 23 24; light cutter bulls 18; few good and choice 497-800 lb. blocker and feeder steers 2C-28. Culves 360: vealers and calves steady; good ar.d choice vealers 26-30; utility and standard veal ers and calves 19-25, culls down to 15. ' Hogs 2875; trade rather slow; butchers 50-75 lower; sows 25-50 lower; U.S. No. 1 und 2 butchers 190-220 lbs. 18-16.25: mixed No. 1. 2 and 3 lots 180-235 lbs. 15.25-16: ew No. 2 and 3 butchers 240-250 His. down to 14 50: mixed grade 350-550 lb. sows 10 50-13. Sheep 4250; trade active; spring slaughter lambs fully steady; slaughter ewus strong to 50 high er; predominantly choice spring lambs 19 25-19 50; mixed good and choice lots 1850 - 19; good and choice above 75 lb. feeder lambs 16-17; cull to good shown sluugh ler ewes 2 50-5 23. New York Stocks NEW YOliK (UPI The stock market moved indecisively again today although the industrial av erage managed to reach a new nil-time high. Gains and losses were pretty evenly divided in the main list with a few issues responding to individual corporate develop incuts. Magnnvox ran up more than 5 at its high on news of a planned stock split. Katon Manufacturing, which hiked the dividend and voted a stock split . was up more than 5 ut its high. Auto stocks were mixed despite some excellent earnings reKrts Chrysler lost more Ihun a point at its low on realizing of profits Barber Oil was off more than a point in a mixed oil group Youngstown was the strong spot in an otherwise mixed steel sec lion. Coca Cola w as up more than r point at its best on stock split rumors. K.lectronics were lowe on balance. So were the rails and utilities Kevlon was strong on a fa vol able investment house report. A ' THE OANMOORE HOTEL All Transient Cuests. All those who come, return. Rates not high, cot low. Free Garage, TV's and Ra dios'. We have reputation (or cleanliness. Reservations by LD phone refunded on request upon arrival, 1217 $W Morrison Portland, Or. Frl, July 24, 1959 Page 8 semi-finals is making a bid for stardom at Columbia Pictures vi here bigwigs believe she is an other Kim Novak. Must promising of all is Arlene Howell. Under contract to Warner Broth ers, the stately Louisianan, is co starring in "Bourbon Street Heat," a new teleseries scheduled for viewing next full. Still Has Accent Fortunately, Arlene still spouts her southern uecont, which comes in handy for her TV show. She portrays a southern belle secre tary (or a New Orleans detective. Asked why so few beauty con testants make the grade in Holly wood, Arlene shook her blonde tresses and sighed. "There's a general feeling among producers and directors (hut beauty winners are not very bright or talented," she said. "They believe we're blessed with pretty faces and figures and noth ing else. "During last year's contest I got to know the girls and found most of them smarter than aver age. Hut lew of them had dra matic training. Arlene herself hus never sient five minutes learning to act. "Every woman has a little bit of the actress in her," she smiled, "and I suppose I have my share. "If I hadn't ente-ed the Miss Universe contest I'd have finished college in Louisiana and gone to New York as a fashion model. But it isn't my acting career and the new series thut has me ex cited. "I'm going to be married Aug. 8 to Paul Lacava he's not in show business. And some day we hope to raise a houseful of chil dren. "I'll always be grateful to the Universe pageant for bringing me to California. I'd never have met Paul otherwise." Pair Escape in Prison Jeep At Walla Walla WALLA WALLA IUPI Two in mates of the Washington Sta'e Penitentiary here escaped from the animal farm of the institution Thursday afternoon in a prison jeep. The escaiwd men were identi fied as Eugene Marvin Davis. 33. of Okunogun county, and Allen Alexander, 23, of Clark County. The State Patrol and the Walla Walla County sheriff's office im mediately set up roudblocks in the immediate area. 'Oregon po lice and sheriff's offices through out Washington were alerted. Davis, one of the participants in the 1U55 riot ut the institution, wos in prison on an assault con viction and- was due for parole in April of 1962. Alexunder I Negro), was admit ted here from Monroe Iteforma tory on a second-deg ee burglary conviction. Wagons Camp At Huntington HCNTINGTON. Ore. (UPD The Oregon Centennial wagon train was to camp here tonight after crossing the eastern Oregon desert between U.S. Highways 26 and 30. The camp site is on the Hunt ington school grounds. The mem bers of the train were to be given dinner by the citizens of the small town. No siM-c'ial prog am was to be followed. Word was received by the wag on truin officials on the trail that the arrival of the truin ut Inde pendence hus been set ahead to Aug. 14. instead of Aug. 15 as previously planned. The caravan left Vale early Thursday after a night of festivi ties provided by the people of that town. 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Actually, al though for different reasons, both ure dictatorships where a careless word or deed may have fatal re suits. The enmity between the two cou'd be the spark to alight the Carihtean and confront the Unit ed States with crisis much clos er to home than Berlin, Formosa or the Middle Kast. In Cuba, is the 32-year-old Fidel Castro, fired with the success of revolution. In the Dominican Republic is the man twice the age of Castro. 7-year-old Generalissimo Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina, self styled "benefactor," a man old in the intrigue and violence of Carib bean politics. In Cuba there is the dreary echo of the firing squads which have cut down nearly Goo persons accused of crimes against the statu. In a nation of only a little more than five million it seems an unusually high percentage of those whose opposition to a re gime made it necessary for them to pay the final penally. In the Dominican Republic, an automobile bearing Lubur Minis- Pendleton House Fire Claims Two PF.NDI.KTON (UPI i A fire Thursday afternoon in a two-story dwelling he-e claimed the lives of two tenants. Victims were identified as Ed g.tr Cilihs, 55. who was blind, and 73 vear-old liess Kammagc, an in valid. Authorities faid the fire appar ently started when a cigarette be ing smoked by an elderly woman tenant ignited a chair. The rescuers were unable to get Miss Rammage down the stairs. Uibbs' door was locked and he apparently died of suffocation. The fire was put out nlxnit an hour after it started. The blaze dest roved the house. Real Estate Board Official To Speak Frank Sweeney. field repre sentative of the National Associ ation of Heal Kstate Hoards, will be the guest speaker at a Chamber forum Monday noon at the Saca jawea hotel. Sweeney is here to meet with Baker, Malheur. Union, and Wal lowa county realtors. Reservations may be made at the Chamber of Commerce office. Grande 44MMe2Si5''?' ''ei.SP' ter Ramon Murrero A r 1 s t y plunged lute lust week from a cliffside road, bearing Murrero Aristy and his chauffeur to fiery deaths. Murrero was one of those who, while professing loyulty to Tru jillo. still planned for a more democratic time after Trujillo's departure. Feared Leak Early last week, in the United States, he talked of his plans and said then that if his words leaked buck to Ciudad Trujillo "I'm a dead man." So violent death is a stranger to- neither country. Nor is intrigue new against Tru jillo. lie has been an absolute dic tator for 29 yeurs, dating back to a time when Castro was but a baby, three years old. Rut Castro is his chief villian now, and it was Trujillo's charges No End In Sight In Gasoline War PORTLAND (UPI Retail prices were as low as 23.8 cents per gallon for regular gasoline to day. Dealers said no end was in sight to the current price war. A dealer in the Sellwood district said a comix-ting station posted a 24 8 cent price but was giving a 2-cent pet gallon rebute. Several stations were selling regular gasoline at 24 9 cents with premium down to Iftt . Prices were reported higher in ihe Willamette valley with regular going at 31.9 cents in many places. But in other parts of Ore gon regular sold up to 3ti .9 cents per gallon. Americans Released By Cuban Authorities HAVANA (UPI i Donald Sol- dini. 20. of St a! en Island. NY. and Davis Bales. 25. of llacken sack, N.J., were released from Camp Liberty here Thursday aft er being held by Cuban authori ties nearly two months. Soldini, a former member of Fidel Cast:o's revolutionary force, had been charged with the unau thorized use of palace stationery. Bales said he was arrested lor coming to Soldini's assistance when Ihe latter was taken into custody by police. Both men said Thursday night they planned to return to the United States shortly. 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Yet, to day Trujillo finds himself perhaps the unwilling host to Fulgencio Batista, Cuba's-ousted ex-dictator. His is an undoubted dictatorship yet the Dominican Republic's rec ord of hospitals. Fchools, sewage systems and general prosperity is far better than that of Haiti, the Negro republic with which it di vides the island, and which now is sunk in poverty. There is a growing feeling that the Dominican dictatorship may be drawing to a close. Yet, Cas tro, its enemy, may help to per petuate it for a time. Landowners and other conservative Dominican groups have watched events in Cuba and are not anxious to see him duplicated in their country. Meanwhile, relations between the two continue in a cloak-and-dagger atmosphere of plots and counter-plots and nighttime depar tures of would-be invaders from lonely Cuban beaches. NEW! DRIVE-IN CLAIM SERVICE You can have your claim settled in any of Allstate' s Drive-in Claim offices often right on the spot. 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Home Offtoei SNefcie. hi. 79 Infants Are By Plastic Bags United Press International Seventy-nine infants have been suffocated by plastic bags so far this year, a United Press Interna tional count showed today. In addition 17 persons have used the bags to commit suicide. Many agencies and the federal government have warned parents to. keep the thin plastic contain ers out of the reach of children. Last month the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.. launched a national advertising campaign in newspapers and over the radio to inform the public about the safe use of the bags, commonly used to package laundry and dry cleaning The industry warned that the plastic should never be used as makeshift covers in cribs or play pens or for mattresses or uphol stery and should never be given to children as playthings. The bags should be torn or tied in knots and discarded. Manufacturers have urged Con gross not to pass hasty laws against the plastic bags. Spokes men for the industry say educa tion not legislation is the answer Marines Climb Mt. Whitney LONG BEACH, Calif. (UPD- Two-hundred Maiines climbed slowly up the south slope of 14,490-foot Mt. Whitney today on their 175-mile hike that began in Death Valley. Moving only 100 yards at a time up the steep slope because of the altitude and rugged terrain, the hikers, from Camp Pendleton. Calif., expected to reach the top of the mountain some time this afternoon. Officers said they would plant their battalion colors on top of the mountain. It will mark a walk from the scorching Death Valley which is 52 feet below sea level to the highest peak in California Even after they reach the top the Marines still have about 33 miles more to go on their tired, blistered feet. Medical personnel with the hik ers said at least four-fifths of the men had blisters on their feet but the Marines expressed deter mination to finish the hike after going this far. . The march began Monday and so far has extended over 100 miles in temperatures ranging up to 120 degrees in the valley to 30-de-grees at night on the mountain. NO RACIAL ASSIGNMENTS NEW YORK (UPI) Police Commissioner Stephen P. Kenne dy Wednesday vowed he would not assigii policemen to Harlem on a racial basis. Kennedy loia a special news conference that he had rejected suggestions made by some Negro leaders at a meeting with Mayor Richard F. Wagner Tuesday that more Negro police men be assigned to the crowded Negro district, which he described as a "segregated ghetto." lis Suffocated This Year to the problem. Fifteen states and ten cities have considered legis lation against the bugs. The suffocations have lieen strikingly similar. Many have oc curred when the plastic has been -1 A i . """ "' "" H'O'Vll tresses. The victims The victims have died when the thin film clung to their faces, shutting out air. However, at least two babies have suffocated when p'ustic other than the kind used for packaniim cut off their breathing. One ol these deaths occurred Tue.Mlay ut West Haven, Cunih, when stu'.ic electricity drew the plastic Inure! of a car crib against an-infa its mouth. The other happened in Idleion and stock will be provided New York June 23 when the plu.vj,y Ha: ley Tucker of Joseph. tic surface of a matress cover ud hered to an infants face. Chief Jossph Days Parcde Augusr 1 JOSEPH (Special)-The Chief Joseph Days parade will lie held Saturday, August 1. The parade will have six chvi sions: Chamber of Commerce. Juniors, organizations, commer cial, riding clubs, and individual The last division is set a ide division is set a-iile or groups who are ed by any organza siness. Cash prizes for persons not simnsore tion. or bus.ness. lash pi will be awarded in all (Im.iion and there will be a spc ial sweep stakes award. , "The parade promises to be one of the biggest and best par ades ever held on Chief Joseph Days," according to a Josc)h spokesman. The parade will have a Centennial theme. Anyone planning to enter the parade has been asked to send a postcard to "Parade Chairman." Joseph. Ore. starts today 1 IF f ij3 UlnJlm 4 a IS fv yS l-..... rfi. ,irT -n f.. 1W mfri nfi 'Tinirtmi aiiwril ini'iih- --inrati Cut your costs-save a bank-full on a This is the sale that price buyers have been waiting for. And it's only at our Mercury show-room! It's that time of year when your savings are highest. Here's your chance to get the best-built car in America todaya 1959 Mercury for what you might pay for a car with a low-price name. Hurry while this sale lasts. 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