WEATHER
Fair through Wednesday;"
high Wednesday 80-86; low
tonight 36-42.
LA GRANDE OBSERVER
309th Issue 63rd Year
LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1959
Price 5 Cent
ike Hopes Allies Will Agree
To Neootiate With Russians
ANOTHER NAIL Bernal Hug, Sr. of Elgin, left, and
Noel Scott of Elgin, are in the process of constructing
the Cricket Flat Grange hooth at the Union County
Fair. A few of the booths will have new concrete floors
when the Fair opens Thursday. ( Observer Photo)
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STILL AT WORK Workmen are still putting the fin-,
ishing touches on the new eating booths at the Fair
grounds. The new booths will replace the tents that
have been used in past years. Roy Todd of Union,
above, is one of several workers on the project. The
work is expected to be completed by Fair time.
(Observer Photo)
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READY FOR FAIR OPENING
Ted Sidor Union County Extension agent and Larkin Mazer, FFA advisor and Vo
cational Agriculture teacher at Elgin, show the scaled miniatures that will be on
disnlav at thP txtension in
Thursday. This booth was the first to he completed for the Fair. (Observer PhOjo)'
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ANSWERS TRUMAN'S DIG
ABOUT RUSSIAN JUNKET
WASHINGTON (UP1) President Eisenhower, on the
eve of his departure for Western Europe, said today he
hoped that he and allied leaders would join in a mutual
statement of readiness to negotiate with Russia, but in
firm determination never to retreat from their basic prin
ciples.
Eisenhower told a news conference he also would suggest
Climbers
Try Again
For Bodies
FRANCON1A, N. H. (UPI I
Daring mountain climbers planned
to try today to retrieve from a
i wind-lashed mountainside the
I bodies of two Connecticut youths
, who died late Monday just as res
cuers reached them.
"Don't let us die; for God's
sake help us," one cried as the
team of crack rock climbers
inched to within a few feet of
the narrow ledge where the pair
had been trapped for over
24 hours. They died apparently
of exposure. ,
In a final effort, three res
cuers, hanging from steel pins
hammered into the rain-slicked
granite face of Profile Mountian,
formed a human ladder so that
two lower men could clamber up
the ropes and over their shoulders
to reach the ledge.
Though the risky attenmpt suc
ceeded, tt was too late. One boy
writhed in delirium on the ledge,
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iiufcu w ma aurauy uedu com-
panion. tie aiea minutes later
after rescuers had dressed him
in warm clothes and begun the
task of lowering him down the
mountain.
The victims, both college stu
dents, were Alfred Whipple Jr.
20. of Gates Ferrv. Conn..-"
sophomore ' at Brown University,
and bidney Crouch, 21. of Led
yard. Conn., a student at the ex
port (Pa. I Bible Institute.
The eight-mart rescue team, ex
pe-t climbers who were members
of the Appalachian Mountain Club.
scaled the slippery face of the
rocky mountain in 50-mile-an-hour
winds, drifting fog and rain.
New Class. Added In
I Open Saddle At Fair
A new class has been added
to the open saddle horse section
at the Union County fair this
year.
There will be a performance
class for western reining horses
and pleasure horses. The pleasure
horjes will be three-gaited.
First prize in both classes will
be $10, second, $7.50 and third
$5. , .
The halter class has been part
of the Fair for several years,
but then; has never been a per
formance class.
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to the heads of West Germany.
Great Britain, France and Italy
that they cooperate in helping
advance the health and living
standards of the two billion people
of the new or underdeveloped na
tions.
The chief executive, meeting
with reporters before taking off
by jet plane early Wednesday for
Bonn, Germany, also made these
other outstanding points:.
He said this government has
under immediate, urgent study a
request for the government of
Laos for new funds with which to'
fight inroads of Communist
forces.
Will Mm! Khrushchev
He said the Russian govern
ment notified him Monday night
that Soviet Premier N i k i t a
Khrushchev will be coming to the
United States next month as chief
of the Russian state. Therefore,
the President said he planned to
welcome Khrushchev personally at
the airport on his arrival and en
tertain him at dinner at the White
House.
Without calling him by name,
Eisenhower struck back forceful
ly at former President Harry S.
Truman who criticized the chief
executive's planned trip to Russia
this fall. Eisenhower said he was
getting weary of people speaking
about blows to presidential pres
tige at a time when he was giving
his last atom of energy for the
whole human race.
He announced he was sending
letters to House Speaker Sam
Rayburn and Vice President Rich-
ard M. .Nixon, .presjdhq (Uicer
of the Senate, warninp of serious
.repercussions K Congress fails to
act adequately before adjournment
on legislation to permit raising
the interest rate on long-term fed
eral securities, on the requested
gasoline tax increase to finance
the interstate highway building
program, and on the authoriza
tion for the Federal Housing Ad
ministration. Calls for Labor Bill
He also in his news confer
ence called again for congression
al approval of a labor bill close to
the version adopted by the House
and now in a House-Senate con
ference. . Eisenhower read a statement
giving five major purposes of his
trip to Germany, England and
France:
1. To pledge the country's "de
votion to peace with honor and jus
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Morse Backs
Measure On
Explosives
WASHINGTON (UPI - Sen
Wayne L. Morse (D-Orei Monday
urged congressional approval of a
bill which he said would have
averted the Roscburg disaster.
The bill, which would make all
federal rcgulaUons covering ship
ment of explosives apply to both
private carriers and common car
riers. Is sponsored by Sen. War
ren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.)
Morse said if the bill would
have been law, the Roscburg dis
aster would not have happened
A portion of the city was de
vastated by the explosion of a
truck laden with 6 Ions of ex
plosives Aug. 7. A fire touched
off the blast.
Previdas Ptnaltits
"The truck would not have beet
near the burning building, for the
simple reason that it would nol
have been legal for the driver ol
the truck even to have driven the
truck into that area of Roseburg.
let alone park it and leave it,"
the senator explained. 4
Morse said some firms find It
cheaper and easier to transport
explosives with a privately owned
truck. But the private carriers
are not under the jurisdiction of
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion's regulations governing the
hauling of explosives and com
bustible.
No bearings have yet been held
on the bill by the Senate Com
I" Committee.
Until 9
LEARNS PLANTS
AREN'T BAMBOO
LOS ANGELES (UPI) A
29-year-old nun was booked
early todey on tuspician
of violating narcotics laws
when polica uprooted 586
marijuana plants In the yard
of his home.
"Wall, I'll be darned," said
the suspect, Mike Micastio
Jr., a singer. "I didn't know
what they v. art. thought
they were bim!o plants."
41 Persons
Missing At
Quake Site
BOZEMAN, Mont. iUPl Au
thorities today sought word on
number of persons missing since
earthquakes triggered murderous
rock slides in the Yellowstone
Park a ea.
The list issued Monday in
cluded 95 names. but quickly was
pared to 41. It was believed the
list would be further shortened by
reports from across the country,
but it was feared there may be
more bodies in the shambles cre
ated by landslides a week aso.
Ten persons were known dead as
the result of a huge landslide that
covered camp grounds in Madi
son Kiver Canyon. The side of a
mountain collapsed in the area
early last Tuesday, just hours
after a powerful quake rocked the
Pacific Northwest.
Campers in the area were un
registered, so there was no sure
way of knowing just who was in
the valley at the time of the slide.
A search for bodies was called
off during the weekend when the
estimated 50 million tons of rock
and earth proved too formidable
an obstacle.
The list of persons still report
ed missing in last week's earth
quakes included:
Mr. and Mrs. William Razdoruff
and their three children, I'ocatel
lo, Idaho.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Wil
liams and their three children,
Idaho Falls. Idaho.
Pickets Idle
laOOO Workers
At Shipyards
PORTLAND I I'll A coast
wide tieup of the shipyard indus
try moved into its second day to
day with some 1.000 men idled
here by pickets f the Interna
tional Assn. of Machinists.
Three major shipbuilding and
repair yards and several smaller
plants here reported pickets Mon
day as the machinists began a
strike against shipyards in Ore
gon, Washington, and California
An estimated 150 machinists
were on strike in Portland. Union
sources said another 800-900 work
ers honored the picket lines Mon
day and did not report for work
All told, only about 1,200 ma
chinists went on strike on the
West Coast, but an estimated
10,000 workers have been idled
by the strike.
Shipyard workers at Bremer
ton, Wash., Monday continued to
work.
In San Francisco, represcnta
tives from the union and from
the shipyard owners were expect
ed to continue negotiation ses
sions with Federal Mediator
Ralph Patterson today.
. Patterson reported the two sides
were deadlocked on wage dc
mands. The union said it would
not settle for less than a 32-cent
wage package, while the employ
ers refused to go above their 24
cent package of.'er.
West German
Tumultous
BONN! Germany (UPI) West
German leaders today were pre
laring a tumultuous welcome for
''resident Elsenhower when he ar
ives here Wednesday on a visit
they hailed as a demonstration of
U. S. determination to defend
West Germany's interests in his
talks . with the Soviet Union.
Government officials said the
President, who arrives for a 24
hour stay, would receive a wel
come exceeding the pro-American
demonstration that welcomed Sec
retary of State Christian Herter
on his visit to West Berlin five
weeks ago.
Eisenhower was the supreme
commander of the great Allied
force that gave Germany its most
disastrous military defeat 14
years ago, but he returns Wednes- colony
p.m. Tomorrow
years ago, but he returns Wednes
4-H'ERS KING SIZED CORN
Milo Hibbert, a member of the 411 Garden Club, smiles proudly as he displays the
corn he grew In front of his home this summer. Milo wiill enter the corn along
with several other vegetables that he grew at the Union County Fair which begins
tomorrow. (Observer Photo)
U.S. Is Considering New Ways;
To Lend Support To Laotians
WASHINGTON (UPH Top,
Defense and State Department of
ficials today considered new
moves to strengthen the Laotian
government's hand in suppressing
Communist-led rebels.
Htih-levol confereofes wore be
ing held to find ways to lend sup
port to the royal forces. Plans un
der consideration would limit the
additional direct aid to more sup
port through supplies while ex
panding diplomatic and moral en
couragement wherever and when
ever possible.
One of the possibilities is for
the Southeast Asia Treaty Organ
Trusty Admits Giving
Inmate Lighted Cigaret
TOMS RIVER N. J. (UPI I
A prison trusty confessed today
that he handed a deranged in
mate a lighted cigaret shortly be
fore an explosion and fire gutted
the county jail killing eight in
mates who were trapped inside.
Assistant Ocean County Prose
cutor Thomas Mucciforl disclosed
Monday night that the deranged
inmate, General Petersen of Phila
delphia, had been given a highly
inflammahlc solution of parade
hyde, a tranquilizer with aa ether
busc, alrnut the same time.
Muccifori theorized that Peter
sen, 35, described as a frequent
drunk with "a tendency to tear
things apart." may have thrown
the tramiuilizcr solution against
the side of his padded cell and
then lit it with the cigaret.
Sheriff Harry Roe questioned
trusty Buenos White, 59, of Lake
wood, N. J , all night and an
Greeting
day as the protector of freedom
from Communism in tne western
half of the nation.
The West German government
said Eisenhower would be greeted
with a 21-gun artillery salute
when his Boeing 707 Jet lands at
nearby Wahn Airfield Wednesday.
Adenauer and most of his cabinet
will be on hand to greet Eisen
hower and Herter.
A German military band will
play the American and German
national anthems end the Presi
dent and chancellor will inspect
an honor battalion of Army, Navy
and Air Force men. After brief
addresses they depart for the hour
long drive to the temporary White
House in Bad Godcsberg, the Bonn
suburb that houses the diplomatic
Leaders
ization (SEATOi lo exercise its
previously-announced plan to pro
tect the tiny Southeast Asia na
tion from outside forces. Laos is
not actually a member of SK.VTO.
.Troops May Ba Premature .
Diplomatic officials believe the
introduction, of troops now from
the outside would be premature
since the royal Laotian govern
ment is not yet using all of its
own forces of 25,000 men.
Authorities recognize that the
Communist government of North
Vict Nam has violated the 1954
Geneva agreement ending the In-do-China
War by increasing the
nounced early today that White
had signed a statement admitting
he had given Petersen a cigaret.
Prosecutor Howard Ewart said
White had done nothing criminal.
'It was an act of kindness,"
Eward said, but he "gave it to
the wrong guy."
Roe criticiz-d White for hand
ing Petersen the cigaret but said
the use of the tranquilizer soni
lion was standard practice in the
case of inmates who get out of
hand.
Despite the hew disclosures, in
vesication into the cause of Sun
day's explosion and fire in the
greatly overcrowed jail continued
The two story jail housed 65 in
mates although it was built to ac
comodatc only 2K.
The dead included Petersen and
seven inmates who suffocated in
an adjoining cell. Fifteen other
prisoners were injured.
Prepare
For Ike
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER
Leaves t or f.urope
For Fall
Leaves For Europe
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level of military equipment In the
hands of Laotian rebel forces.
Vict Nam and Laos', together with
Cambodia, made .up' what was
Imlo-Chlna. : . ' .v--
However, ' the - administration
was reported not to be ready at
this time to break its part of the
agreement by lending military
planes or throwing -other equip
ment into the fight. So far, all
U. S. help has been of a non
military nature except for aid in
training Laotian troops.
Sack U. N. Intervention
A more likely possibility is to
support the Laotian government's
request for United Nations inter
vention through the establishment
of an inspection committee that
would focus world attention more
clearly on the nature of the Laot
ian fighting. I
A special envoy of Laos. Ngon
Sananikone. arrived here Mondaj
night from United Nations head
quarters in New York City to coi
fer with the State Department og
the situation in his country.
Senate Democratic Whip Mike
Mansfield (Mont.) told the Senate
Monday the United Nations should
immediately send observers ;t$
Laos to get accurate reports. ' r
Nixon Hopes
For Friendly
Visit For 'K'
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (UPI)-
Vice President Richard M. Nixoo
today urged the American people
to give Soviet Premier NikltJ
Khrushchev a "courteous recep.
lion" when he visits the Uniteg
Slates next month. .
Nixon hit back at criticism oj
the Soviet leader's visit in
speech prepared for delivery at
the American Legion Convention
here. '
Nixon said courtesy .0 Khrush
chev would not change his mlnfl
alxiut the American system, bti
that courtesy is "Lhe American
way of doing things." ''
"It would be naive and wishful
thinking to assume that the visit
of Mr. Khrushchev to the Unite
States will result in any basic
change in the Communist objec,
tive of world domination, or thei
adherence to policies designed tj
achieve (bat goal," Nixon said, a
But he said "white understand
ing atone will not bring peace?
misunderstanding could provoke
war." ;
"And It is because his visit can
serve to reduce the possibilities
of such misunderstanding that tt
could contribute to the chance that
we can settle our differences with
out war an, therefore, desenrt
the approval of the American peo
i p.. n ..u. j
Opening
ple, Nixon said.