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WEATHER Mostly cloudy with some brief clearings and a few light showers Sunday; high Sunday 64-79; low tonight 48- LA GRAND OBSERVER 53. 6th Issuo 64th Year LA GRANDE. OREGON, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 5, 1959 6 Pag Fivo Cants E Traffic Deaths Mounting AlainmDimglly U.S. Threatens Action' Against Invaders Of Laos AMERICA WILL BACK U. N. MOVEMENT OVER INVASION WASHINGTON (UPI) The United States today threat ened "Free World" action in Laos unless the Communists stop supporting the rebels in that southeast Asian tingdom. The State Department announced that the United States will support United Nations consideration of the Royal Laos the Communist directed forces pushing south in the coun the Communist directed forces pushing south in the coun One Labor Day Auto Accident One Labor Day period acci dent was recorded in La Grande following the 6 p.m. Friday start of the official long weekend grind, but police listed an over all day and one-half score of three accidents. Eight cars were Involved in the accidents and two drivers were arrested for traffic viola tions. Two men were in an accident at the intersection of Pine street and Highway 82 at 2 p.m. Friday. Thomas F. Beeson, Rte. 1. Box 3dl, and Wayne Henry Salter, 2188 Second street, were the op erators of the vehicles. Four cars were involved in an accident at the intersection of Spruce and Monroe shortly af . ter 5 p.m. Three of the drivers were La- Grande . residents and the fourth was from Union. Francis Juanta Works, Star Ambrose, 1209 Z avenue. Jack Lee Hopkins, 1805 Y avenue, and Donald Vernon Hogg, 2808 Fourth street, were operating the ve hicles at the time. The third accident of the af ternoott occurred at 6:43 p.m The drivers of both vehicles were from out of town. Earl Parker Webb. P.O. Box 495, Pilot Rock and Robert Alvin Marsland of 1007 S. E. Byers street, Pendle ton, were involved in a minor accident at the intersection of Adams and Third. Webb had slowed his vehicle lor two cars in front of him and as Marsland attempted to stop his car slid on the wet pave ment, police said. Both men were driving foreign-made cars. Both men arrested for traffic violations are from out of town. Lawrence Edward Englert, 39, Portland, was arrested by police for driving while under the in fluence of intoxicating liquor on Adams, Fir, Jefferson and Green wood streets. Englert was pick ed up at the intersection of Adams and Greenwood at 9:23 p. Bail was set at $250 and a hear ing scheduled for 3 p.m. Tues day. . , Andrew Watson, Los Angeles, was picked up at Highway 82 fnllnwine an illegal "U" turn on Adams between Maple and Spruce. Walton was arrested at 4:44 p m. and released on $5 bail. A hearing was scheduled for Tues day at 3 p.m. XI 5 Experimental Flight May Be Tried Next Week EDWARDS AFB, Calif. lUPD Test pilot Scott Crossfield says the first powered flight of the X-15 experimental rocket plane might be tried again next ween The needle - nosed supersonic plane was borne aloft Friday morning for 88 minutes by a huge B-52 jet bomber. It was four mi,,t .u from attempting its first powered flight when the test was called on. Crossfield said the scheduled flight was canceled because a rjaaiilatM urn faultv in the helium system which pressurizes the fuel system. It was the second such cancellation. The itubby winged research plane, one of three made by N'nrth Am.rimn Aviation, Inc., is designed to roar 100 miles to the edge of space after It is cameu aloft to 54.000 feet oy ine m jet bomber. 1 try. The State Department charged the Soviet Union, Communist China and the Red government of North Vietnam with having or ganized and directed the Laotian rebels who are moving toward the government-held provincial capi tal of Sam Neua. "It is obvious that any further augmentation of the invading force or continued material sunport thereof by Communists in North Vietnam will require a major change in the nature and magni tude of the Royal Laos govern ment's need for support," the State Department said. "The United States is confident that the Free World would recog nize such a new danger to peace and would take 'the action neces sary... for its part the United States supports that view." This was the State Department's first outspoken assertion of Rus sian guilt in the Laos situation. Officials said the United States has no independent proof that out side Communist forces actually are engaged in the Laos fighting but it has no basis for denying claims by the government of Laos that Red unitsfrom North' Vietnam have, in fact, joined the rebels on Laotian soil. - The American statement skirted the question of whether the situa tion in Laos represents "aggres sion" by outside forces', which would automatically invoke the SEATO pact. However, the statement made it clear the United States wants an immediate UN investigation and "the action necessary" to. save the Royal Laos government from the Communists. Coast Guard Ends Search For Fish Boat LOS ANGELES tUPK The Coast Guard Friday night called off search operations touched off by a radioed "Mayday" message and said reports of a fishing boat submarine collision apparently were a hoax. The message "Mayday, May day! Sinking off Point Conception. Please God, somebody answer," over the Citizens Emergency Ra dio Band sent ships and planes to the point. But nothing was found of the fishing boat "Unicorn," the 12 persons supposedly aboard, or a submarine. The Coast Guard reported 12 hours after the call was heard by amateur radio operator Clarence Milnikel, Inglewood, Calif., that "lack of substantiating informa tion indicates a possible hoax." The Coast Guard said efforts failed to locate a boat named the "Unicorn" in Southern California. The only "Unicorn" it could find was a 44-foot yacht currently ply ing eastern waters. , INTEGRATION FORCES FIGHT TO MIX RACES United Press International Integration forces continued to use the courts today in their fight to mix the races in Southern schools. In Harrisonburg, Va.,'a federal district judge was expected to rule today on the fate of 12 Negro students seeking to enter white schools in Charlottesville, Va., next Tuesday. Judge John Paul was asked for clarification of the city's desegre gation dilemma after the state Pupil Placement Board reas signed the students to Negro schools, even though the school board has previously assigned them to white schools. Meanwhile, a suit by, two Ne -7,1. N X . ,2i lZ,ZW rnaa Xfri&J aT THE BANNERS FLEW AND THE BANDS BLEW The kind of Labor Day celebration that grandpa used to know would hardly be recognized by us today. Seventy-seven years, and much history, have passed since the holiday was first ob served. , The young labor movement was making a slow but definite comeback from the industrial crisis of 1873-77 when Peter J. McGuire, president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, decided that labor should demonstrate its strength. He started a campaign for a day honoring the worker. The first show of support came from the Central Labor Union of New York, which held a parade in September, 1882. The first Monday was chosen because it fell midway between July 4 and Thanksgiving. Parades were hold in New York every year after that. In 1884, - the three-juar-old American FedvT.tion cf Lafeortesignatcd the day as Labor Day. A continent away, Oregon was the first state to enact a law Red Invasion' Of India Could Result In Political Defeat For Communists TOKYO (UPI ) The new "India situation" is developing at a rapid pace along lines which probably will result in a major diplomatic defeat for the Communists and may radically change the history Yellowstone Earth Tremor YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. UPD An earth tremor, apparently the most se vere since the disastrous earth quakes of Aug. 17, rocked the center of Yellowstone National Park early today. Rangers said it apparently caused no real damage or injuries. The tremor, at about 5 a.m. m.s.t., rattled windows and awak ened most sleepers at the park town of Canyon. The tremor "rattled the windows and shook the house a little bit," District Ranger Robert Howe said. "It was stronger than the others we've had since the quake, but it wasn't severe at all.' Howe said he was sure the tremor had caused no damage "because we would have been called out if it had." A series of tremors has followed the death-dealing quakes in West Yellowstone, but it has been rela lively quiet in recent days. groes seeking an end to segrega tion in Durham, N. C, public schools was dismissed Friday on grounds the Negroes did not at tempt to comply with state laws before filing the suit. The suit, filed jointly by the parents of two Negro teen-agers, asked for an injunction to prohibit the Durham School Board and the state board of education from operating schools on a racially segregated basis in Durham. Judge Edwin M. Stanley called the suit "deliberately calculated to give rise to a class action rath er than assignment of individuals to particular schools." He said the Negroes "did not even at tempt to follow the state laws of Asia and the rest of the world. The armed Chinese Communist invasion of Indian territory is certain to swing millions of In dians and other Asians away from the "neutral" or "pro Communist line they have been following. Reports that prominent Rus sians have blamed India for the trouble and have supported the Chinese Communist position are certain to dim the affections of many Indians and a number of their Asian friends for Moscow. Major Event In Asia Diplomats and veteran Asian observers agreed that a major event in Asian affairs is taking place. Briefly, they feel the free world will profit and the Commu nists will suffer. Throughout Asia, many well informed students of foreign af fairs are willing to bet that In dian neutrality is se-iously wound ed, if not dead. In the face of popular sentiment. Prime Minis ter Jawaharlal Nehru will have a difficult time keeping India on the tight rope even if wants to do so. As yet, there is no logical ex planation for the Chinese Commu nists military action against In dia, heretofore one of Helping's best friends and strongest sup porters. Still unanswered is this big CONTINUE IN COURT pertaining to pupil re assignment. In other developments: In Warren County. Va., segre gationists continued their house-to-house drive to collect more money to run a private school for whites. Some 600 white stu dents are expected to boycott Warren County's lone white pub lic school next Tuesday when it opens on an integrated basis. In Tampa, Fla., the NAACP reported that 14 Negroes have asked that their children be. trans ferred to white schools. But the school board has refused to con firm or deny the report. Negroes are boycotting a temporary Negro school set up in Hort Tampa l ity in the wake of an integration suit. making the first Monday in September a holiday. That was in 11IH7. Other states followed and in 1894, 30 of them had taken similar action. It was in that year that Congress legalized the holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories. In grandpa's day, Labor Day morning was probably taken up with parades, with as many men as could be assembled carrying banners and signs proclaiming their affiliation and their senti ments, to be reviewed by the mayor and local officials. 'Sometimes the "unity" of labor was in doubt, tuch as when two rival organizations held separate parades and their routes happen to overlap. Skirmishes were not uncommon in those, the cruder days of union development. Then in the afternoon came the picnics, and for the kids, It was the next best holiday to the Fourth of July. Today all Americans think of it as a holiday for every one of us a day for renumbering and reaffirming the traditional Am erican respect for honest toil and, above all day set aside in which to enjoy the fruits of that toil. question: why should the Chinese Communists deliberately plan and execute a military program which obviously is against their own selfish interests? India Turned Against Reds The Chinese attack on India has turned millions of Indians against Red China and increased the Indian dislike for Communism in general. Reports of Russian support for Peiping's position have cooled the once warm Indian feelings for Moscow. By invading India, the Chinese Communists have materially aid ed Western efforts to bring India and Pakistan closer together. The attacks have exposed the continuing aggressive character of the Peiping regime, a govern ment which has resorted to force in the face of Nehru's pleas for a peaceful settlement of the bor der disputes. Nehru's repeated attempts to secure information on the vague borderline have been Imbler School Opening Tuesday IMBI.KK (Special) Imbler school will open Tuesday and classes will be held all day. Bus ses will run on schedule and travel the same mutes as last year. The cafeteria will be open and lunch will be served. Five new teachers are on the faculty this year. They are Superintendent Perry Price, Hel en Lee, commercial and girls' P.E.; Mildred Douglas, English and Latin; Walt Daniels, voca tional Ag.; Carrol Cone, coach and social study; Roberta Ex- ley, home economics and library; James Alexander, math and sci ence. In the grades: Wayne Bar- trom, principal and filh and sixth; Evelyn Fuller, seventh and music for high and grade schools; Ilia Dial, fourth and fifth; Vet va Hoffman, third; Grace Rye, second; Etoye Hopkins, first. In the Cafeteria: Mrs. Nellie McDaniels. head cook with Mrs. Martha Johnston and Mrs. Ethel Brookshier assistant cooks. Bus drivers are Keith McKinnis, Har Han Myers and Orvan Gorham. Custodians are McKinnis and Myers; Crete Parol serves as sec rotary of the school and clerk of the school board. either brushed off or ignored. What is going to happen is hard to say, but two things ap pear certain: First, the Free World will not stand by and see India overrun or deeply invaded by Red troops. If the Communist armed forces progress far beyond the disputed border area. Free World aid will be promptly offered in abundance and sufficient force to turn back the Reds and teach them a lesson. Second, even if the Chinese Communists withdraw their troops immediately, they already will have suffered a tremendous political and diplomatic defeat. Already they have turned govern ments and millions of Asians against their once popular regime. Cold Shoulder Te Communists One by one, Asian nations have been giving the Chinese Communists a cold shoulder or a cooler shoulder. India now ap pears to be joining the list. The shift of India would be a shift which would amount to a terrible blow for the cause of international Communism. It even could lead to a break in diplomatic relations between Peiping and those Brit ish Commonwealth nations which aided the Chinese Reds consider ably by granting them diplomatic recognition. OREGON SOLON Morse Sends Angry Letter To Johnson In Latest Feud WASHINGTON (UPI) -Charges of "dictatorship" and a dec aration of "parliamentary war" were hurled at Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Tex as Friday by Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) Morse, in an angry letter to Johnson, brought a feud between the pair out in the open. The two lawmakers have been critical of each other throughout most of the current Senate session. "Your declaration of parlia HIGHWAY CARNAGE IS RUNNING AHEAD United Prats International The nation's traffic Hpath tnll for the three dav Labor bay holiday mounted Saturday, and the National Safety Council said it was running "alarmingly" ahead of last year. ' At 11 a.m. edt. United Press International showed at least 56 traffic fatalities since the holiday period began at 6 p.m. (local time) Friday night. Four persons died in plane drashes, one drowned and louri died of miscellaneous causes for a total of 65. Ohio and Texas led the states in traffic deaths with six each. California and Virginia had five. and Illinois, New York and Penn sylvania reported four each. A National safety Council spokesman said the cure for the rising traffic death toll is "care, caution and common sense." 'We urge everyone to take these in liberal doses," the spokesman said. The National Safety Council had predicted 450 persons would die on the highways before the 78- hour weekend ended at midnight Monday. This would be an increase of 90 over the "normal" three-day non- holiday period of 360. But the council said the car nage could be cut if drivers would be careful, law-abiding and sober. ine saiety council issued a special warning to swimmers ex pected to jam beaches in search of relief from the late-summer heat. The Georgia Highway Patrol put a camouflage repaint job on it patrol cars in an effort to catch unwary lawbreakers. Plane Crash Kills Three NearNewberg NEWBERG (UPI) - A single engine, four-passenger Cessna 180 plane crashed on top of Nehalem mountain six miles north of here between 4:30 and 6:00 .m. today kilting three persons. The craft, which took oft from the Hillsboro airport about 4:30 a.m. was en route to Los Angeles, according to the Inmann Flying Serice at Hillsboro. A spokesman for the company said the plane was owned and piloted by Kenneth Towell, about 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Towell, Hillsboro. The spokesman identified the passengers aboard the craft as Mr. and Mrs. Her man Tribur of Portland. Towell filled the plane himself. The Civil Aeronautics Board said he had not filed a flight plan. The crash occurred only minutes after take off on property owned by Lester Clark, assistant post master at Newberg. Clark and a neighbor, Robert Johnston, saw the flash and rushed to the scene. The plane crashed just south of the Yamhill Washington county line near a small country road. The Towell plane exploded into flames upon impact, badly char ring the three bodies, state offi cers said. Clarify Stand On Pondosa Housinq The warning issued Thursday by the Union County Health De partment regarding general poor condition of the Pondosa town site structures should not have included any reference to defi cienciei out of Jurisdiction of the sanitation inspectors, it was said Earl L. Fillmore, Union and Baker County sanitarian, said he meant his reference on the hous ing to include mainly plumbing and individual sewage disposal. He said the wiring or electrical checks would be under authority of an electrical inspector rather than sanitarians. CHARGES 'DICTATORSHIP' mentary war against me Is ac cepted," said Morse. "I do not intend to yield to your dictator ship." Morse said he had notified Sen ate majority secretary Robert G. Baker Thursday of a standing re quest for a quorum call before any request for a unanimous con sent agreement on limiting debate on President Eisenhower's veto of a housing bill was put to a vote. The Oregon senator said John son had obtained a unanimous La Grande Observes Labor Day; La Grande and area communi ties will react no differently to Labor Day than most every othet populated center in the United States Monday. It's pretty much of a national holiday, that one long weekend period of fading summer when people take to the open roads. For most children, it's their last free period before school cpenings; although in La Grande schools have been open for one week. Union county schools, however, have not opened but will following Labor Day. All federal and state buildings in La Grande and the overwhelm ing majority of business estab. lishments will be closed Mon day. According to Honce Snod grass, local Chamber of Com merce manager, all stores are ex pected to be closed, but there' may be a scattered few open at least half-day. Y1 Weatherwise, La Grande area expects the current wet period to break and present sunny and continued warm weather ov er the holiday. There may be scattered showers, however. through parts of the Pacific Northwest , Law enforcement agencies. particularly Oregon State Police, will be keeping a wary eye on highway traffic in an effort to curb the expected death carnage. Through the La Grande area. U. S. 30 is expected to bear a heavy flow of motorists. State patrols will be checking close ly for traffic violations. - New Approach To Steel Talks Is Considered NEW YORK (UPI) Steel In dustry and union leaders today began planning the make-up of II additional bargaining committees in a new approach to ending the eight-week strike. The strike today was certain to be the longest in the steel indus try since World War II. The subcommittees will take up local problems in the proposed contract between the United Steal workers Union and the steel companies under the over-all su pervision of the top-level four man teams. , Chief federal mediator Joseph F. Finnegan announced the new approach Friday after a two-how joint meeting. There was no in dication of concessions on either side. Bargaining sessions were re cessed until Tuesday, when the strike will be in its 56th day. The longest post war steel strike until now, in 1952, lasted U days. .-. Finnegan said the union Drill call about 450 men to New York and select its subcommittees by Wednesday. He said both sides felt the subcommittee plan pro vided the best chance of prog ress. agreement to limit debate to to hour on the vetoed bill wtUU Morse was out of the Senate, chambers on "an emergency matter." ' ' . . - . Morse charged that Johnson 414 not issue a quorum call befara the vote to limit debate. Morse said Johnson told him,' In a flare of temper, after the rot that Morse would have to bo on the floor to protect his parlia mentary rights, and that Johns would protect his own rights.