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rf f WEATHER LA GRAND OBSERVER Partly cloudy throug urday; possible sea- thunderstorms in moun highs 82-88; low tonigh JH. E 10th Issus 64th Year Baker Police Nab Confessed Killer Of California Boy YOUTH ADMITS SLAYING AFTER STATION HOLDUP BAKER (UPI) A slightly-built youth, who was released from the Oregon state penitentiary last May, admitted the Nevada desert slaying two weeks ago of Albert Larry Wat ers, 17, Livermore, Calif., Police Chief Roy Still said today. Being held was Thayne Archibald, 20, of Roy, Utah. . Archibald was arrested Thursday night for the holdup of a local service station and gave a detailed account of the Nehru Says Dispute Is 'Serious' NEW .DELHI (UPI) Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said today the border dispute between India and Communist China was "very serious" but the two coun tries should be able to settle it themselves. At one point in a news confer ence he said the dispute should be settled by "mediation and con ciliation." This was interpreted to mean that perhaps some outside power might be invited to come in and mediate the dispute. But later in the conference, Neh ru made it clear that when he re ferred to "mediation" he meant only that representati"es of both sides should sit down together and discuss the issues. He said he did not have in mind any suggestion that Russia or the United States or any other big power should come in to mediate. The official Soviet news agency Tass commented Wednesday that the two states should settle their order dispute "in the spirit of friendship." In a mildly worded statement, ' which -Tass said re flected the views of "leading So viet quarters," the agency took no sides in the dispute. Today, Nehru said the situation between India and China was "very serious" but added "obvi ously, we want to avoid a show of force" in settling the dispute. Nehru tempered his remarks about big power intervention by saying that the Tass report was "very fair. He said it obviously reflected the view of the Soviet government. He also said he does not expect any major conflict with Red Chi na' over the border troubles. City, Area Students Hear TB Spokesman City and area high and junior high school students are being told the problems jf tuberculosis con fronting Oregon residents by the State TB and Health Association. Don Harman, case finding di rector of the agency, from Port land, has been in the area, for the past several days speaking to all Union County upper grade stud ents. Today ho addressed students at La Grande High and Junior High as well as at Union High school. Yesterday Harman visited at Imbler and Elgin school. His discussion centers around health standards, how to combat this dreaded disease by periodic examination and tests that can be taken to determine if the person is a TB carrier. He said that only persons over 21 in Oregon are eligible for ex amination through mobile test X- ray units. Through cooperation of the various county medical so cieties, however, students can ob tain the tests. One-hundred per cent coopera tion in the school program is the goal of the state organization, Harmon pointed out. He said that tuberculosis hit Oregon hard last year, with 572 revealed cases, and five of these in Union County. Explosive Ordinance PORTLAND IUPP Considera tion of an ordinance prohibiting storage of most explosives within a half mile of the railroad depot was set aside until Nov. 12 Thurs day by the Portland city council. Consideration was postponed when City Attorney Alexander Brown and Donald Morrison, a railroad lawyer, pointed out that the proposed ordinance conflicts with Interstate Commerce Com mission regulations. Still said. Officials at the Oregon peniten tiary in Salem said Archibald was released from prison May 29 of this year after serving most of a three-year sentence from Des chutes county for larceny. He was sentenced on Fab. 13, 1957. Authorities in Utah also said Archibald had an extensive juve nile record there dating back to 1946 and had spent time in the state industrial school in Ogden. Waters' body was found Aug. 27 on the bank of the Truckee Riv er 20 miles east of Reno. There were two bullet holes in the back of his head. He had been kidnaped Aug. 26 from a gasoline station where he worked. Chief Still said Archibald was arrested after holding up a ser vice station and getting $20 here Thursday night. He had pulled in to another station to get his head lights fixed and police, who had a description of the holdup car, sur rounded him. He offered no resistance, the chief said. The chief said that Archibald slight youth weighing about 120 pounds, admitted holding up a service station in Livermore. He said in his confession that he made the Waters youth accom pany him when he left. Still said Archibald told him that they obtained some sand wicnes ana were eating them in a desolute area near Reno when the Waters youth started to run. Then, according to the chief, Archibald admitted shooting Wa ters twice. The suspect was armed with a .za calmer automatic when ar rested. Still said he asked him why he did not use the gun and Archibald replied: "There were too many policemen around." Archibald told the chief that Wa fers had driven part of the time. After the slaying, the chief said Archibald drove through Elko. Nev., then to Boise, Idaho, and to Baker on Highway 30. Still said the suspect told him that "in a way he was sorry" for tne slaying. Woman Pavs Fine Norma Wilde, sentenced in Jus tice Court Tuesday after pleading guilty to a charge of la.ceny by false impersonation, was reported ly given a suspended sentence. Police Chief Oliver Reeve said today that Mrs. Wilde paid the $50 fine and $4.50 in court costs. Only the 30-day jail sentence was suspended, Reeve said. slaying in an oral confession, LOCAL LEGIONNAIRE RECALLS CONVENTION OF 40 YEARS AGO BY GRADY PANNELL Observer Staff Writtr Forty years ago a spry young Oregonian by the name of W. E. Wilkins, of Condon and the post mister of that community then, attended the first national con vention of the American Legion to be held in the U.S. Now a resident of La Grande and a real prominent real estate and insurance man, Wilkins again made the trek 40 years later to the same convention city where the Legion recently concluded its annual confab, Min neapolis and St. Paul. Wilkins' still spry but a little heavier and wearing a gray head of hair, looked back upon that date 40 years ago at Minneapo lis. "I was a delegate then, and jiut a couple of weeks ago I was the only Oregon delegate pres ent who represented my depart ment of Oregon in November 10-11-12 of 1919." he said. War Had Ended American's were just coming cut of the great war with Ger many and her allies. Chancellor Bismarck's hordes had been ground into defeat by men like Wilkins. Even before the war had end ed in Europe, tome Americans, enlisted men and officers alike, got together at a meeting in La Grande Senior High School students have elected class officers for the current school year. Named to head the senior class are Ken Hildebrandt, vice president; Diantha Kelsoe, secretary-treasurer; Ron Cooper, president, and Rod Chandler, ser geant at arms. Additional high school news and photos can be found on page seven. (Observer Photo) New York City Seeking Help In Fighting Youth Violence NEW YORK IPI New York City sought aid in Albany and Washington today in its seemingly liopeless battle against teen-age gangs. One gang chased an intended victim into a fire house early today and threatened to shoot up the place when fire men intervened. Police Commissioner Stephen P. Kennedy frankly admitted that he can see "no reversal" in the steady rise in juvenile delin quency and crime unless the Famed Actor Paul Douglas Heart Victim HOLLYWOOD UPI Actor Paul Douglas died today of a heart seizure at his home with his actress-wife Jan Sterling at his side. He was 52. Douglas, an outspoken veteran of mo' e than 20 movies and scores of television dramas, had no pre vious record of heart disease, ac cording to Dr. Lee Siegel. Firemen were called to Doug las' Hollywood Hills home at 8:30 a.m., but arrived too late to aply emergency measures. Miss Sterling said her husband collapsed shortly after arising from bed, complaining of pains in his chest. The actress was in a state of shock. "It's better this way," the blonde star sobbed. "He wouldn't have wanted to lin ger long in a sick bed." Also in the house at the time of the actor's death was the coup le's 4-year-old son. Adams. Paris and the Legion idea was born. There were those present at the first U.S. Legion convention 40 years ago who were founders uf the Paris movement by World War I men. One of the men Wilkins remembers most vividly 0 W. E. WILKINS LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1959 LHS SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS hand of law enforcement agen cies is considerably strengthened. To accomplish this. Mayor Rob ert F. Wagner and the city's dis trict attorneys have drawn up a legislative program calling for drastic revision of state and fed eral laws covering interstate ship ment, sale, and possession of knives, stilettos and sports start er pistols favored by teen-age warlords. Wagner and his aides also will ask the federal government to assign more narcotics agents to New York to curb - tha flow u. marijuana, heroin and cocaine to "jutrtsle" neighborhoods which breed juvenile violence. Since Wagner ordered a crack down Sept. 1 on teenage street loiterers, more than 4.",0 paisley shirted, pompadoured punks have been arrested. The mayor began a series of hourly messages on city station WNYC Thursday re minding parents of their respon sibility for knowing where their children are at all times. Accident Victim Still Listed In Serious Condition Jackie Lee Hopkins, 18, La Grande, is still unconscious and in serious condition at the Grande Ronde Hospital as a result of in juries suffered in a one-car acci dent yesterday. The accident occurred about eight miles west of La Grande on the Starkey Road in the early morning hours and claimed the life of Eugene D. ( Wilson i Hun n"ll. 19. La Grande. at that first Minneapolis confab was the late Teddy Roosevelt. Jr. "I served on the constituiton and bylaws committee with Roosevelt then and had the great honor of being associated with the organization's founding fath ers. And I have attended the majority of the national conven tions ana naven t missed a one since 1945," Wilkins said. Served All Offices The La Grande Legionnaire has served all the offices in the local vet post and went through the ranks of the department organi zation to the post of vice com mander. "I got interested in a big way with the 'fun group' of the Le 'gion, the Forty and Eight (40 et 8) and at present hold the rank !of national vice commander or I Sous Chefs De Chemfn De Fer I also am past Grand Chef de Care of the 40 et 8 of Oregon,' he explained. Going back again to those 40 years when he first attended the Minneapolis meeting, Wilkins said the organization of veterans in the Legion then! was very small. It was more like i large family reunion, he added. Today, the Legion has grown to almost 3.000.000 men and wo men of World Wart One and Two and the Korean War service Before the outbreak of World Sea LOCAL Page S Latest addition to the city's jammed juvenile detention facili ties were six Puerto Rican youths ranging in age from 16 to 19, members of a Brooklyn gang called the Mau-Maus. The gang chased a 13-year-old boy into a brooklyn firehouse ear ly today and were beating him up when firemen intervened. The youths threatened the firemen with two-by-four sticks of wood and said they were "going to go out and get a gun and shoot up tne place. i'olkn picked mem hp later on a neighborhood street. They all were charged with disorderly conduct and one was charged wun attempted assault. 'Open House' Saturday At Clarks Dairy An open house to be held at Ckrks Dairy Saturday afternoon. will mark the completion of the new addition and expansion of the plant. Management of this plant was taken over three years ago by .Mrs. Gertrude Weiss, and It is lo cated at the extreme south end of Second Street. The new expansion included the installing of a short-time pas teurization machine with clarifyer, thus making it one of (lie finest plants of the Northwest. This addition was made to enable them to givi- better care and service to customers. The milk is purchased from Union County producers, J. A. Morgan, E'gin: Arthur McCall, La Grande; Alvan Miller, Cove and Emit Gaertner of Island City. They employ eight persons at the present time. Since starting three years ago, the dairy has expanded its service to include home delivery in Union, Elgin and Cove as well as local, The stores in most of these communities also handle -milk and products from this dairy. One year ago the new office on Depot and Fourth Streets was opened on Sept. 1, to accommo date the public. The offico had been on Elm Street prior to this time. Mrs. Weiss and Nelle Grimmctl have planned this open house to give persons an opportunity to see where and how their milk Is being handled, and are inviting the public to ccme Saturday afternoon and tour the plant. A bicye'e and a number of merchandise gift cards will be awarded in connection with open house. The gift cards will be given among guests who register. Chil dren registering must be accom panied by their parents. PENNANT RACE AT A GLANCE Unlttd Press International National Leagie W. L. Pet. Ci CL S F. 78 61 .561 15 L ' A. 76 63 .547 t 15 Milw. 76 63 .547 1 15 American League W. L. Pet. CI 6L 87 53 .621 14 Chic. Clcve. 82 57 .590 4'4 IS Mother, 6 Children Dt n Football Opening Tonight Pack away the tennis rackets. golf clubs, water skis and sum mer clothes. Football season is here! The La Grande Tigers have spent the last three weeks sharpen ing meir claws for tonight t open ing game with the Bobcats from I'nion. Tiger gridders will don their new blue game uniforms to do battle with the invading Bob cats at the high school field to night at 8. The Bobcats are ready, willing and quite able to make up for last year's 32 0 whipping handed them by the Franz Haun coached Tiger's. Haun and his opponent on the sidelines tonight. Bud Lewis, are both beginning their second year as head coach. Lewis will be out to seek revenge for the manhan dling the La Grande team gave his squad last year. The blue-clad warriors from La Grande will be out to improve their showing from last year. The Tiger coaching staff has placed emphasis on defensive work dur ing the first three weeks of prac tice and tonight will be eagr to see the results of their work on the field. Lewis brings a fleet of small but seedy gridders to town to meet the "traditional" challenge of the Tigers. The Bobcats, short on weight, but long on guts and de termination are primed for the encounter. Several of the Bobcats are back from last year and can still re member their loss to La Grande. "Clear sliWand fool weather are expected for tonight's' encounter so fans should see lots of wide- open football. If weather condi tions remain good. La Grande's fans can expect to see some good passing backed up by two back- fields of slippery-quick runners. La Grande Is favored to whip the Bobcats again tonight, ac cording to the boys around the firehouse, but anything could and might happen when the two teams meet The Lineup: Buck Corey (200) LE Ron Coleman 190 LT Erick Osterholme (175) LG Gary Vorui (200) C Laurence Smutz (195) RG Don Graham (190) RT Dennis Spray (170) RE Ray Westenskow (175) .... QB Jim Hilliard (175) LH Jim Cornett (165) BH Dave Carman (175) FB Three juniors, a sophomore and seven seniors will be in the start ing lineup for La Grande. Gary Voruz, Don Graham and Dennis Spray are juniors. Only sopho more to crack the starting lineup is Laurence Smutz at guard. Jim Cornett, who transferred from Vale to La Grande, Is a senior along with the rest of the starters. Area Communities Suffer Power Cut A stubble fire at the R. A Brogoitti farm, a few miles south east of La Grande Municipal Airport, caused a power inter ruption of 20 minutes at Cove, Imbler, Summerville and Union . cst'rday afternoon. Cal Pacific Utilities linemen repaired the trouble and an of ticial said the 69,000-volt line that services those towns was the cne affected. Relations U.S. Hit Snag Over REYKJAVIK. Iceland (UPI) -Relations between militarily Im portant Iceland and the United States sank to their lowest point in 10 years today as result of in cidents involving American serv icemen stationed here. The moat serious of the Inci dents took place at Keflavik Air port last Sunday morning, when U.S. Air Force policemen guard ing a fighter plane repair hangar forced two Icelanders and two Americans employed by a Ger man airline to lie face down at gunpoint (or 10 minutes on wet gravel. 10 P9t Car-Train Smashu PROFITS SMALL FOR RAILROADS CHICAGO (UPI Th.ro are 524,000 miles of railroad tracks in the United States, but only 390,000 are cap able of returning any reve nue, a railroad magazine said. Tha other 190,000 mi lot of tracks are owned by model railroad hobbyists, according to tha magaiine Modal Rail roader. It said most of tha toy train owners are adults." Ike Makes New Bid To Nikita WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi dent Eisenhower has made a new bid to Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev: Come to Washington next week with "constructive ideas and suggestions" instead of "suspicion, threat or stubborn prejudice."' In a radio-TV address to the na tion Thursday night, the President said he approached his talks with the Soviet boss in "good manners and candor" and without weak ness. He promised that "no prin ciple or fundamental interest will be placed upon any auction block." He urged Americans to receive Khrushchev with "courtesy and dignity." The Soviet premier's visit, he said, would be "a thou sandfold worthwhile" if it gave him "some real appreciation'' of the spirit and conscience of Amer ica. " Sots Stage for Talks Elsenhower's speech set the stage for his historic series of meetings with Khrushchev which open in the White House next Tuesday afternoon. The Chief Executive also report ed on his recent trip to West Ger many, Great Britain and France. He said Allied leaders varied in their estimates of how the Khru shchev talks would turn out but agreed that Eisenhower's newest effort to melt the cold war was "clearly one that had to be made." "It is my profound hope that some real progress will be forth coming, even though no one would be so bold as to predict such an outcome, the President said. Leaders' Choice Momentous "The choice before world lead ers is momentous," he added. "Could we create an improved at mosphere of mutual understand ing and serious purpose, it would Be possible to attack, with re newed hope, the problems that di vide us. Cash Stolen From Market A mystery thief stole $90 and a check from a local market late yesterday morning and disappeared witnout a trace. The money was taken from Pat ten s Market, 1703 Adams Ave, sometime between 9 and 10:30 a.m. while Charles Patten, store owner, was In the rear of the building. The thief entered the building while Patten was in the stock room getting some groceries. The money was taken from a cash drawer un der the counter, police said. Police Chief Oliver Reeve said police had no clues to the Identity of the person but investigation was proceeding. Reeve said that other law enforcement agencies throughout the state have been notified. Between Iceland, This and other incidents have angered the Icelandic government, press and public. Iceland's members of the Joint Icelandic-American Defense Coun cil walked out of the group's meeting last Tuesday. The American commander of the Keflavik Base hurried bick to Iceland from England today to take personal charge of the situa tion. The Icelandic ambassador to Washington has filed a protest with the U.S. government over the incidents. And the Communists, a small rivs tan. lu Locomotiv Hits Car Broadside B WASECA. Minn. (UPI ) A mo tyZu er and her six children were kill today in a car-train collision beS trp as they were driving to Saert Heart Parochial School here. V-"-" Six of the children of Mr. aiys V!.-( Mrs. James Zimmerman of Wjj. seca were killed outright. Ttk. I"- mother, 39, died about three hount later. Another school child, Robert' Szyszka, 15, was hit by flying debris and injured as he was walking past the crossing. The dead were Jimmy, 4: Kath leen, 12; Michael, 10; Constance, 9; Barbara, 7, and Jan. 2. ' The station wagon in which the family was riding was hit broad side by the locomotive of a Min neapolis and St. Louis Railroad freight train. The station wagon was demolished. The crossing is on U. S. 14, and the vehicle apparently came straight down the highway to the crossing. It was believed the rail road crossing flashing signal was operating at the time. New College Students Get Big Welcome An assembly held at Eastern Oregon College here this morning saw new students and other col lege personnel officially welcomed by the La Grande Chamber of Commerce and city officials. Serving as chairman of the assembly program was Ned Jones, with Ed Bennett chairman of the merchants program. V . Following the 9 a.m. program. the students were transported by ' motor caravan to the busines dis trict of La Grande by the Retail Merchants Association and Cham ber of Commerce officials. Part of the day's observation here was open house by the downtown business establishments and registration by students at the participating stores. A drawing for two prizes boy and girl was scheduled at 4 p.m. at each participating establish ment. Prizes were either cash, merchandise certificates or mer chandise gift. Each prize was worth not less than $5. Several of the stores had an official hostess present to greet the students who wore special identification tags, according to Loren Hughes, president of the RMA. Portland Man Is New Medic Prexy PORTLAND (UPD-Dr. Stanley A. Boyd, Portland, Wednesday was named as president of the Oregon Academy of General Practice at the opening session of the group's 12th annual meeting. New President-elect is Dr. M. E, Mclntyre of Eugene. Elected vice president - was Dr. Arthur D. Pochert of Portland. Archie O. Pitman of Hillsboro was elected as director. Elected as a delegate to the American -Academy of General Practice was Dr. Verne L. Adams of Eugene and alternate delegate is Dr. En nis R. Keizer of North Bend. TOURIST TRADE UP COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (UPIf Gov. Robert E. Smylie said to day that tourism will be "Idaho's' next to largest industry" if it con tinues the way it's increasing. Troops but militant minority In this coun try, have set up a cry of "Yankee' go home" as their solution to the trouble. No responsible government offi cial shared that view. Officials discounted the Communist de mands as part of the maneuver ing prior to next month's general election. The focal point of the trouble la Keflavik Airport, a Joint interna tional airfield, whose military por tion is manned by Americana as part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization defense system. :k fris'f A-i.i'