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Crowds Pack Streets an For Khrushch Arrival ev LA 13th Issue 64th Year Deranged Man Bombs Pupils 7 Killed In Texas School! HOUSTON, Ttx. UPI A mlddle-oged and apparently demented man screamed. "Stay away from me or I'll blew you into bit," today and throw a powerful suitcase bomb into playing children at Edgar A. Poo Elementary School for white students, killing five pupils, two adults and probably blowing himself to bits. An all-points bulletin was issued lor Harold Orgeron, who authori ties said was a suspect. He has a record ot safe cracking. His station wagon was seen near the school just before the bombing. Sheriff Buster Kern's deputies said scores were injured. Twenty seven ambulances rushed to the scene and 15 left with in jured and maimed pupils in them. First reports said the bomb thrower was killed in his own ex plosion, but later reports indicated that he escaped in the confusion. Houston police and the Texas Rangers were looking for a 1958 station wagon that was at the scene. Marvin Dewoody, who lives near the school, said he was a block awav when the bomb went otr. "It knocked my car against the curb," h. said. ."I drove to the school and saw the confusion There were Darts of bodies all over the yard. Somebody told me there had been a man in tne building with a black suitcase and they ordered him out. Soon after that the explosion happenea. "Broken glass and debris littered the school yard. People were run nine about everywhere screaming Hundreds of frantic mothers were milling about, screaming and weeping." The first victims were identified as Bill Hawes. pupil, and Johnny Fitch, 7. a pupil. The teacher was Jennie Koltcr and the custodian James A. Montgomery. The story of the bombing, as Sheriff KcnTs men fitted it to gether from confused and shocked pupils and teachers, was this: A man entered the schoolyard, where the children were playing, with a black suitcase in his hands. Ho yelled. "Slay away from me or I'll blow you to bits." Somebody hurried to get Mont gomery. Montgomery came back and rushed at the man who threw the suitcase at him and fled. It went off. The bomb blew out windows in the school and in residences for two or three blocks around. It scattered bits of clothing and flesh over the schoolyard. Last Friday, a total of 682 pu pils were enrolled in the school. Police List One Minor Car Wreck La Grande police reported a minor traffic accident early this morning in front of 1902 Adams Ave. A vehicle operated by Merlen Bethel Davis, Rt. 1, Box 369, was involved In an accident with a parked automobile owned by Al vin Spencer Hawk, 1902 Adams ' Ave., police said. Extensive damage to the car operated by Davis was reported by police. Violet Thome. Foothill Road, suffered bruised shins in the 1:47 a.m. accident but was not treated by a doctor, police said. Minor Accident On UP Spur Line ELGIN (Special) A chip car from the Western Stud Mill near here broke loose about 11 a m today and backed into the ca boose of a Union Pacific freight train. ' According to spokesmen, th lone occupant of the caboose Jumped tlear just before the chip car crashed. The caboose was completely demolished, now ever. UP officials were investigating at the accident scene during early afternoon and could not be reached for additional miorma lion or comment f GRANDE State Water Board Confab On Tap Here A meeting of the State Wat oi Resources Board is schedul ed hc(e Wednesday at 9 a m. dur ing which time a comprehensive report on the Grande Ronde Riv er basin study will be given. Reports will detail the studies of beneficial use of water, in dustrial, mining, recreation, wild life and fish life uses. Pollution abatement, drainage and reclamation were also part cf the original survey, it was disclosed.' ' The conference will be held in the small ballroom of the Saca iawca and will have state offi cials as well as regional people present. . 'Boycott' Of Pupils Is Ended NEW YORK UPI More than 900 white students were expected to show up for "integrated" clas ses today, ending a peaceful boy cott to protest the transfer of Ne gro and Puerto Rican children to five predominantly white schools Monday's boycott in Queens was billed by the students' parents as a one-day protest against transfer ring students across county lines. School officials said they did not believe the parents would try to continue the demonstration this morning. Two hur.d-ed Negro students also boycotted their ne'ghborhood schools' in Harlem Monday. Their parents plan to take them Wed nesday to Riverdale. an all-white section of the Bronx, to attempt to enroll them in schools there. This move was another reac tion to the school board's policy of transferring students from crowded schools to less crowded ones. The board transferred sev eral hundred white students to the Riverdale school, and the Negroes claim they have as much right as anyone to be transferred from schools they claim are "segregat ed and inferior." ' No other incidents occurred to mar the return of 1,500,000 stu dents to the city's schools Mon day. There was picketing but no vio lence at five elementary schools hi the neat Ridgewood-Glendalc section of Queens as 302 transfer students, most of them Negro, ar rived in special buses. Teachers said the new students, neatly dressed and well-behaved,' got along amicably with their white classmates. Hollywood Actor Wayne Morris Dies Of Heart Attack SAN FRANCISCO (UPI I Ac tor Wayne Morris, died of a heart attack Monday aboard an aircraft Carrier in the Pacific, where unknown to most of his fans he played his greatest role during World War II. - Morris, 45, collapsed while atching air operations from the 3ride;e of the carrier USS Bon Homme Richard, which was con flicting exercises off Monterey. Calif., about 100 miles south of here. As a carrier pilot during the ar, the veteran actor was award ed four Distinguished Flying Crosses and two air medals. He shot down seven Japanese plane; and was credited with sinking an enemy gunboat and a destroyer. Morris was aboard the Bon ilomme Richard Monday as a ;uest of his uncle and wartime quadron leader, Capt. David Mc- ampbell. skipper of the carrier. Teachers Reception Due IMBLER (Special) A teachers reception will be held Thursday at t p.m. in the Wade Hall. It will be the first P.T.A. meeting of the current school year. ks .il. v''i I LIVE ABOUT RIGHT THERE Camilla Oerley, a student from Austria (center) shows Joy Haun, (left) and Sylvia Haun, pictures of her home town, Vienna. The girls find they have a lot in common. Miss Oerley will be attending the La Grande High School for the full term, return ing home next summer. Truck Wreck Injures Pair On Route 30 William A. Isham and Robert E Niblett, both of Billings, Mont., are reported in serious condition at the Grande Ronde hospital as a result of injuries suffered in a one-vehicle wreck at 7:30 a.m. yesterday. 'Isham was driving a freight truck and trailer on Highway 30 at the Mountain Springs over head and failed to negotiate a curve, state police said. The truck crashed , into a bank and rolled over onto its side. Niblett was in the sleeping compartment when the mishap occurred. Investigating officers said that too much speed was the apparent cause of the accident. Mop Up Forest Fire Southwest Of Bend BEND (UPI) Mopping up operations were under way today on a forest fire which burned some' 550 acres about 20 miles southwest ft here near the De schutes river. Forest Service officials in Port land said the blaze burned about 332 acres in National Forest land. The fire started Sunday and was controlled Monday. AUSTRIAN EXCHANGE STUDENT Camilla Oerley, 17, Attending La Grande High, Likes America By MAXINE NURMI Observer Staff Writer A new studeni seen in the halls of La Grande High School this year is Camilla Oerley, 17 year old girl from Vienna, Austria. She is a member of the senior class. Miss Oerley was selected through the American Field Service rep resentative at Portland. There are certain qualifications a youth must have to b eligible.' The family selected for them to stay with is required to have a daughter or son of the same age and grade in school, thus making it easier for young people to get acquainted. The local Rotary Club formed the necessary association to spon sor a youth in this area. The Val setz Lumber Co. then gave the required amount of money to support her here. This includes a small amount of spending mon ey, school supplies, and neces sities that are needed. Dr. and Mrs. James Haun and family were selected for the home away from home of Miss Oerley The family includes Drand Mrs. Haun. a son David, two daughters. Sylvia and Joy, and now Camilla. Subjects Miss Oerley is taking in school include speech, English, U.S. History, social problems, typ ing and drivers training. The driving is new to her as a person has to be J8 to start .driving in Austria. In ber horn ' the sub - 1 LA GRANDE, OREGON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1959 l i rr I aKr SNACK TIME Camilla Oerley, standing in the native costume of Austria, prepares to pour a glass of milk for Joy Haun, a "sort of sister," while living in La Grande. She finds many things similar to her home country. jects are assigned for the eight years of high school. Her subjects were Latin, math, English and German, history, biology, physics, chemistry, religion, and physical education. These subjects are tak en each year with no variation. School Explained Students of Austria start school at the age o six, attend four years of grad? school and then high school until tw.7 are 14. At that time they may drop out, but if they wish to go on to a uni versity they must complete the eight years of high school. Mif-s Oerley plans to complete her last year of school there, upon her return, and then go to the Uni versity of Vienna, to study lang uages, psychology and the sub jects needed to teach, or. if she can master it, to become an in terpreter. Schools in Austria are six days a week, starting at 8 a.m.. and completing the day at 1 or 2 p.m. Miss Oerley's family Includes her parents, and one small broth er, Thomas, who is six months old. Her mother is a secretary for a health insurance company and her father is a writer. At present he is working with a psychologist, in writing books, the second of which has bwn published. Prior to that he wrote for newspapers. magazines, and did novels. OBSERVER y (Observer Photos) HERE On interviewing Miss Oerley, her country was compared to ours as much the same in many ways. The climate, mountains, vegetables, fruits and animals are all very similar. Even the youth of Austria like jazz, b-bop, Ameri can movies, and try to follow America in various ways. Her home town of Vienna has a popu lation of more than one and a half million people. They do not live in individual homes as families do here. Only a very few are able to have a house to themselves. There are no spacious lawns or yards for children to play in. She was impressed with the fact that so many people know each other. Th? word "cute" had her puz zled, as this was not one taught in her English classes. She saw her first football game on the home field, when La Grande played Union. She said she had never yelled so much at a game before, and is looking forward to the next. Football in her country is played similar to our soccer bail. She also had her first ham burger and liked it very much, especially the tomato whatever it was, that went in it. Saw First Cowboy Mr. and Mrs. Rice McHaley were hosts to a trip to Brownie Dam, for Miss Oerley, during se Camilla on pg eight 8 Paget Congress At Dawn; On Civil Russian Customs Operate On Moon LONDON UPI London's Daily Express today roportod an alleged question and ens wor with an unidentified offi cial of tho U.S. Stat Depart ment which ran Ilk this: Q.-How long will it take to got a man to tho moon? A. Fivo days. Ono day to got him thoro, four days to got him through Russian cus toms. Conversion Of Island City PO The Island City post office will be converted to an Independent station of the La Grande post of fice at an "early date, accord ing to information forwarded to The Observer by Sen. Richard L. Neuberger. A letter to the Oregon lenafor from the U.S. Post Office De partment said that Mrs. Audrey IS Phillips, postmaster at Is land City, has submitted her re signation. ' Rural stations are established when considered necessary to facilitate the transactions of pos tal business in communities where a considerable numbor of people would be seriously incon venienced if required to trans act postal business with rural or star route carriers only. Community Identity Rural stations provide facilities for the sale of stamp supplies, the transaction of money order ! business, and the acceptance, de livery and dispatch of ordinary, registered, insured and CO D. mail.' The community served by a rural station retains its identity and the residents may continue to use their present mailing ad dress, the letter indicated. There are 90 families in Is land City, four of which receive mail through general delivery and through post office boxes. There Is one school in the area and 17 busings establishments. There is an average of four money orders issued daily. The total cost of operating the post office amounts to $5,537 a vcar. which Includes the post master's salary and allowances for leave replacement and other clerical hire. ' The investigation disclosed that adequate postal service could be provided the patrons of the Island City post office by the establishment of a rural station. A contractual agreement in the amount of $2,400 per year has been obtained for the operation of the rural station. It will be in the same location as the pres ent office. There would be no rhanee in the receipt and dis patch of mail, the aopanmcm said. " Der Bingle Proud Father Of Baby Girl, His First LOS ANGELES (UPD-Crooner Bing Crosby, father of five sons, let out a joyful "whaoo" Monday night at Queen of Angels Hospital when his wife, actress Kathy Grant, gave birth to their first daughter. "You could hear him the lengtn of the corridor,'' said an attend ant. "And the corridor is about two blocks long." The 55-year-old finger took his 24-year-old wife to the hospital at 5:34 p.m. Monday. Two hours la ter she gave birth to a (-pound. 15-ounce girl. - The couple named the child Mary Frances. They have one other child. Harry Llllis Crosby III. born at the tame hospital Aug. 8. 1958. Crosby's four grown sons were by hit marriage to his first wife, the late Dixie Lee. Dr. Abner J. Moss, the same physician who delivered Crosby and Miss Grant's son. nicknamed Tex, delivered the baby. Five Cants Adjourns Nothing Rights! WASHINGTON (L'PI-Congress adjourned at dawn today, ending its eight month session with last minute action on two of its most controversial issues civil rights and foreign aid. The first session of the Demo cratic-controlled 86th Congress ended at 6:24 a.m. e.d.t. when the Senate adjourned sine die. The House had quit at 6:21 a.m. e d.t. The second session, barring an unexpected special call by President Eisenhower, will con vene on Jan. 6. Adjournment came less than six hours before the scheduled Wash ington arrival of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and eliminated the question of whether he should be invited to address a joint ses sion. The legislators shoved some of their biggest problems under the rug until 1960. They postponed the main civil rights fight until mid February and also put off action on farm and school aid legisla tion. , Played to Packed Galleries While the House marked time most of the final day of the long est session in eight years, the Sen ate played to packed visitors and galleries in a windup debate on civil rights. The product of its labor was a two-year extension of the federal Civil Rights Commission, which the House accepted as part of a catch-all $3,626,000,000 appropna tions bill. Qf the bill's total, $3425.813.000 was for the foreign aid program A $500,000 item covered next year's expenses of the Civil Rights Commission, which had been scheduled to die Nov. 8. Democrats, who ruled the 1959 session with top-heavy majorites in loth Houses, claimed they pro duced a "solid and substantial" record despite the frustrations of "divided government." GOP leaders held that public support of President Eisenhower's fight for economy and a balanced budget forced the Democrats to "bend" in his direction. The session's accomplishments included approval of Hawaiian statehood, a compromise labor re form bill, plus housing, airport construction, veterans aid and in ternational monetary measures. 'Miss Rodeo' Contest Set At Pendleton PENDLETON (Special) An added feature of the Wednesday and Thursday performances of the 1959 Pendleton Round-Up will be the Miss Rodeo of Oregon contest to select the cowgirl who will represent Oregon at the Miss Rod eo of America Contest to be held in Las Vegas in November. Girls from all IRM approved rodeos in Oregon will enter this contest which was won last year by Judy Lazinka (Mrs. Ron Currin of Hep pner). queen of the 1958 Pendleton Round-Up. The girls are judged on horse manship, persona'ity, and appear ance. The horsemanship contest will be staged Wedn-sday and Thursday as part of the regular Round-up show. The personality and appearance divisions will be judged during the girls' entire stay in Pendleton. A Western style show is being planned for Wed nesday night at Happy Canyon as part of the Happy Canyon Dance entertainment, following the first performance of this pageant At that time, the girls will be pre sented to the public. Horsemanship plays an impor tant role in the contest as each girl must perform in a prescribed pattern which has been designed to show her ability to handle a horse under any circumstances. The girls use their own saddles, but the horses are furnished by the Round-Up Association, the girls drawing for horses each of the two days. WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; patches fog or low clouds; low tonight 36 46; high Wednesday 62-72. Ike On Hand For Ceremony WASHINGTON (UPI) Soviet Premier Nikita 1 Khrushchev arrived today on his fateful 13-day American visit and drove through crowd-packed streets which politely applauded but raised scarcely a cneer of welcome. President Eisenhower met the Russian leader at the foot of his plane at Andrews Air Force Base and there he got the full- dress ceremonial welcome accord ed a head of state. But if the world's No. 1 Commu nist had expected warmth and an ovation from the American pub lic, he was completely disappoint ed. Eisenhower welcomed him with the t hope that his visit, and the President's return trip to Russia later, would contribute to a bet ter understanding of their respec tive peoples and systems. But the President added a tart commentary on their differences. "In our system the people them selves establish and control the government." he said. "You will find that they, like your people, want to live in peace with justice." Proud of Moon Rocket Khrushchev replied that he had come to America with "an open heart and good intentions." "The Soviet people want to live in friendship with the American people." he said. "There are no obstacles to having the relations' between our countries develop as relations between good neighbors." Khrushchev made proud men tion of the Soviet feat of launching a rocket to the moon. "A pennant bearing the national emblem of the Soviet Union is now on the moon," he said. "The Soviet pennant as an old resident of the moon will welcome your pennant and they will live there together in peace and friend ship as we both should live togeth er on the earth in peace and friend ship. . ." s . The Soviet leader's mammoth TU114 turbo-prop arrived almost an hour behind schedule. Confu sion was compounded when the great craft had to be turned . around on the runway so that Khrushchev emerged on the other side of the plane from the color guard that was lined up for him. Lisenhower went around the plane and greeted the Soviet lead er at the foot of a specially built 27-step ramp. The President shook hands heartily with Khrushchev, with his wife. Mrs. Nina Khrushchev, and with Foreign Minister Andrei Gro myko. ' Gold Stars In Lapels Khrushchev wore a dark gray suit and carried a black hat. On his lapels were two gold stars. Mrs. Khrushchev was dressed in a blue print suit and was wearing a black nai ana Diacs snoes. It was the first ' time in his career that Khrushchev had" been accorded the full honors of a vis iting chief of state and he got the full treatment 21-gun cannon salute, review of an honor guard of the four U. S. armed services, reception by the top-ranking offi cials of the American government and their wives, and the playing of the national anthems of the two nations. The mast severe security meas ures in peacetime history were In- a voked to protect Khrushchev from violence. Both men . made brief and for mal opening statements at the air port. Eisenhower assured Khrush chev that the people of the United States bore those of the Soviet Union no ill will. Khrushchev's plane landed at 9:21 am. p.d.t. Review Honor Troops The Army band began playing a march when Khrushchev first stepped on the ground and con tinued it as he walked steadily down the long taxiway. reviewing the honor troops with Eisenhower at his side. The Premier was bareheaded as he walked. The well-drilled troops snapped -briskly to attention and the 50 flags of the American states went up in unison behind the speaker's stand as Khrushchev and Eisenr hower approached. Eisenhower removed his hat as they reached the official red wel coming carpet. Khrushchev moved slowly down the official receiving line, with especially hearty hand clasps for the ladies. Mrs. Khrushchev followed him. Both smiled broadly s children from the Russian Embassy presy ented them with red rosea. , Khrushchev bowed and then hugged the girl who gave him a bouquet of roses. He and the President stood rig idly at attention as the bands played the Russian national an them to the thunderous backdrop of the 21-gun salute from 75 Milli meter howitzers. The band then went immediately Into the "Star Spangled Banner" as Eisenhower stood with his right hand over bis chest. . : ' a.