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About La Grande observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1959-1968 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1959)
MIA Tlho ROCKEFELLER TO WED HERE This small church in Sogne, Norway, is to be the scene of the nuptial rites of Steven Rockefeller and Anne Marie Rasmussen in August Steven, son of New York's Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller met Miss Ras mussen when she worked as a kitchen maid in the Rockefeller home in Manhattan, New York. , ' Market Quotations ROSEBURG Continued From Front Pig N. Y. STOCKS NEW YORK UPI-The main body of stocks eased slightly on average today while the electron ics issues and a few other glamor stocks , were driven down 2 to 11 points jat their lows. Texas Instruments was knocked down 11 points before it met meager support. International Business Machines lost 6 and Lit ton Industries more than ( at the worst. Ampex. Cessna Aircraft, and Zenith fell 2 or more. In the industrial department among the issues used to calcu late the average, changes were small for the most part. Excep tion included Allied Chemical which made a new high on a rise of more thai a point. Eastman Kodak was off more than 2, and Owens Illinois Glass up more than a point. . U.S. Steel and DuPont lost a point. Richfield Oil rose more than a point in an otherwise easier oil section. Boeing set a new low in the aircrafts. Ike To Confer With De Gaulle And Macmillan WASHINGTON (UPI) The White House announced today that President Eisenhower will go to Europe Aug. 28 to confer with Macmillan and French President Charles de Gaulle in advance of his exchange of visits with Soviet Premier Nlkita Khrushchev. Eisenhower's first stop will be in London beginning Aug. 28. He is scheduled to be in Paris Sep. 2. .-'- A White House announcement said the President has 'accepted invitations by Macmillan and De Gaulle to make informal visits to the two countries. The President announced earlier this week he planned to talk- with Macmillan and De Gaulle before Khrushchev arrives in the United States Sept. 15. 1 . I Eisenhower will go to Russia later In the fall. ' - . COLLEGE ACCEPTS NEGROES MEMPHIS. Tenn. (UPH Memphis State University Thurs day accepted six Negro students for the fall term. They are the first Negroes accepted sinca, uni versity President Jack Smith an nounced in July that the formerly all-white -state supported school woul adecept quilified Negroes. PORTLAND DAIRY MARKET PORTLAND UPIi Dairy market: Eggs To retailers: Grade AA extra large, 50-53c dot.; AA large. 47-9c; A large, 44-47c; AA medi um, n-iOc; AA small, 26-28C. car tons 1 3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA and grade A prints, 65c lb.; carton, 1c higher; B prints, C3c. Cheese tmeditim cured i To retailers: A grade ched lar single daisies, 41 51c; processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 40-43C. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND (UPI I tUSDAl Livestock for week: Cattle 2500; trade rather slow; fed steers and heifers 2S-50c low er; cows steady to 50c lower; bulls about steady; load low and average-choice 9631b. fed steers 28.50; two loads -high-good and low -choice 986- 1118 lbs. 28.25; standard steers 25 - 26.59; load high-good to average-choice 826 lb. fed heifers 27.50; good heifers mostly 26-27; standard heifers 24 25.50; two loads utility and stand ard grass heifers 23 50; . utility cows mostly 16.50-17.50; scatter ing commercial and standard cows 19-20; canners and cutters 13-15, heavy cutters to 16; utility bulls 23-24; light cutters down to 18.50; few medium to good 600 800 lb. stocker and feeder steers 21-25.50. Calves 3990; vcalers and calves stoady to 1.00 lower; stock calves firm: good and choice veulers 26-30; utility and standard veal ers'ond calves 19-25; culls down to 15; good and choice 350-400 lb. stock calves 28-29.50. Hogs 2750. butchers mostly 25c higher, sows strong to 50c higher; U. S. No. I and 2 butchers 190 225 lbs. 16 25-16 50; mixed No. 1. 2 and S lots 180 235 lbs. 15 25 16; mostly No. 2 and 3 grade sows 350-550 lbs. 10.50-13: lighter weight No.,1 and 2 sows 13 50-14 50.' Blast Knocks ILUWI1 IYIUI1 JIA. Blocks Away (Editors Note: Deve Cordon, news editor of radio station KRXL in Roseburg was knocked down six blocks away by the blast which heavily damaged that city of 13,000 early today. His account follows. By DAVE CORDON As Told to UPI ROSEBURG UPI I was asleep early this morning when I was awakened by the fire siren. I got out of bed to check with the fire department to see what had happened. When I got up the explosion went off and knocked me down. I ran down to the area. There were people all over. I saw two persons lying in the street. Both were still alive but were bleeding badly. Then I got out of there because there were two propane tanks in the area and firemen said they were in danger of going up. It's a good thing they didn't or I wouldn't be talking to you now: I went up town and got on top of a building where I could see down on the fire. It looked like a big inferno. Smoke was heavy and burning particles were going through the air and lauding all around. There were hot wires lying all over the place. On Jackson street, which is the main street here, almost every window in every store was knocked out. That truck was sitting in front of the Grretsen Supply Company. That building was leveled. There was a soft drink plant across the steet. When I went down there this morning that was gone ex cept for one corner. . Woman Suffers Serious Injuries In Car Mishap KLAMATH FALLS UPI A Central Point woman, Mrs. Es ther Ellstaed. was in serious con dition in a Klamath Falls hos pital today after suffering two broken legs and a broken arm in a two-car crash near Chiloquin. Mrs. Ellstaed was a passenger in a car driven by Mrs. Sam Ben ton, Chiloquin. The Benton were en route home after learning that their home had been destroyed by fire earlier in the day. Mrs. Benton suffered shock. Benton was treated and released. " " WHERS'8 "fry -tff K BEST PI ACS TO fS V Cl fl I . Bur a used CAQ.P 1 Vm WW ti 34 4 y at vow T t"C OK XT.'!""" I OPD DEALER'S -HIS P cUSEDCARS t U"VHL:KA- J wv vou a new '-irjlrfVT' ,-- KINO Of PROTECTION I ??$iT i1TTa when you Burl J sir frtw. . J Every A-l Used Car is inspected, reconditioned if neceo - sary, and road-teated. And they're warranted in writing by the exclusive new Performance Protection Policy! Sre cmra with the A-l sticker at your Ford Dealer's feed Car ;8hoppi,C.n.r. SEE PAGE 7 FOR -USED CARS INSPfCTID e KICONOmONIO e HOAB-TISTIO WARIANTIO a pre-dawn battle that lasted until after daybreak. Cars parked near the blast site were nothing but pieces of twisted metal. Chief Murdock said the blast heavily damagtd a four-block area runing from Douglas to Lane streets, north and south, and two blocks from Stephens to Parrott streets, running east and west "That area was pretty well leveled and what was left stand ing was gutted by fire," he said. The Red Cross set up emer gency facilities at the National Guard Armory and at the Doug las County Fairgrounds across the Umpqua River from the disaster area. Bill Brubacker, announcer at radio Ktnlinn KRVt. sniH h MvaA about five blocks away and the explosion knocked him out of bed. "I looked up and saw a mush rooming flame. I ran down to the fire. There was debris scattered all over the street. I saw one body a boy of about 18 or 19. He must have been dead." Fire departments from the neighboring communities of Myi tie Creek, Sutherlin and Winston also were called in. In addition to national guardsmen, state and city police and sheriff's deputies patrolled the streets. Roseburg is a city of about 13,000 located on Highway 99 about 200 miles south of Portland. At the height of the fire flames lighted the skies for miles around. Firemen were successful in pre venting the blaze from spreading to buildings on main street few blocks east of the blast scene. and from jumping the Umpqua river to the residential area on the west side. But windows in most of the downtown buildings were shat tered. The Roseburg News -Re view on ice located about six blocks east of the blast scene was heavily damaged. Hal Crawford, who turned out to help, said he saw about 20 In jured persons taken from houses set afire by flying embers. Some were removed from under broken doors, beds and other furniture. Tbe Central Junior high school, an old building, received heavy damage and school Superintend ent M. C. Deller said it was pos sible the building may not be safe tor use again. Mercy hospital, .. located across the Umpqua river from- the blast scene, received some broken win dows and awning damage. Reported missing was William T. Unrath, co-owner of a soft drink Bottling Company who had left his home after the fire start ed but before the blast. His wife was unhurt, but her daughter. Mary, 19, and two of her friends, in an upstairs bedroom, Lorraine Ross and Lauretta Rusher, both of Bremerton, Wash., suffered mi nor injuries after climbing to a roof and leaping to the ground when the house started to burn. Much of the damage occurred in an area surrounded bv Done las, Stephens,. Mosier and Oak streets. . , " Municipal Jury Trials Concern Commissioners The right to trial by Jury in municipal courts was a major item on the city commission's agenda Wednesday night. The state legislature recently passed a law requiring cities to provide jury trials upon request of the charged person. Under the new law it will be necessary' for the city to provide a jury for any prosecution in city courts jpon the demand of the accused. The jury will be drawn from ihe tax roll and the lal voters' registration. The law which ts effective on or after Aug. 9 requires the ac- used to provide a deposit up to S30 upon request for jury trial. If the defendant is acquitted the noney is returned. The money. if the accused is found guilty, will be used to help pay the jurors. The city will have to enact an ordinance establishing jury trial in the municipal court. Commission President Gordon Clarke directed the city attorney to draw up an ordinance to present to the commission at their next meeting'. . Carl G. Helm Jr., city attorney. said he would check with the League of Oregon Cities and see if they have a model ordinance that can be used as the bases for La Grande. Bodi Case Expected To Go To Jury Today CORVALLIS tUPIt The case for and against Wayne Bodi, 20-year-old carpenter accused in the death of a four-month-old girl. was expected to go to the jury today. He is charged with invol untary manslaughter. Observer, La Grandt, Ort., FrI., Aug. 7, 1959 Union Group j Blasts Ike's Reform Talk SEASIDE (UPI Two new versions of a motion to invite the Teamsters Union to join the AFL CIO were slated for today's ses sion of the labor group's annual convention here. Thursday, conventioneers voted to reject a proposal by the Ore gon Culinary Alliance which would have invited the Teamsters into the organization. A second resolution gained a nod from Ex ecutive Secretary of the Oregon AFL-CIO. J. T. Marr, who vetoed the first motion: The latter motion was made by Walter Lofgren, president of the Culinary Alliance, representing about 10,000 hotel and restaurant employes. The resolution, offered by Gor don Swope. executive secretary of the Oregon Council "of Retail Clerks, proposed that ousted un ions, "put their houses in order' and rejoin the AFL-CIO. The Speech Booed . One of several resolutions which the convention did adopt was a motion to appoint one person in every local to see that members are registered to- vote. In Thursday's session. ' Presi dent Eisenhower's message on la- Page 8 ur reform drew Ikios and a pro lest iiom tlic convention. . A scattering of boos broke out after the President finished his speech. There was no audible a! plause. The labor delegates voted to di rect their officers to write to the president condemning "his action against labor in the speech." George Brown, Oregon AFL- CIO political director, said the president was "using his infill ence to promote punitive legisla tion and not the reasonable typv of legislation that would correct the abuses which the McClellan Committee has referred to." RESEARCH CHIEF NAMED LONDON IUPII Britain Thursday named John B. Adams. 39, to head its newly - organized thermo-nuclear research program. Adams currently is serving as an official of the European Council for nuclear research at Ceneva. William H.Roulet Rites Set Monday William llmry Roulet, 93, a retired farmer at Elgin, died Thurday in a liwal hospital tollowint " extended illness. Funeral services will be held in the F.lKin IDS Church. Mon day at 2 p.m. Arrangements are under the direction of The Dan iels Funeral Home. Binhop Ken Henry will officiate. Burial will bi in the ElKin cemetery. Mr. Houlet "us born in Santa Clara, Utah, Nov. 29. 1865. He was a resident of Elgin for 73 years and wiis a member of the l.DS churcl.. Survivors are two sons, Leo Roulet and Rex Roulet of Elgin; one daughter, Mrs. Blanche Gor don, Lewiston, Idaho; one sister, Mrs. Julia Gruff, St. George, Utah; and six grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren and other i datives. SAY! 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