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14th Issue 64th Year Bomber' Own Son And Five Others 19 Hurt At Texas School HOUSTON, Tex. (UPI) Children returned to classes at Edgar A. Poe elementary school today where a mad man bomber turned a play period into a nightmare of horror and left six persons dead and 19 others injured. Authorities scheduled classes to day even though windows in the school were shattered by Tues day's blast that tossed bits of hu man flesh on children at play. The madman was Paul Harold Orgeron, a 49-year-old former con vict. He carried his bomb in a big black suitcase and apparently touched it off with a timing de vice he worked with his foot. Orgeron killed himself, his own seven-year-old son, Paul, two other seven year old boys, a he roic school custodian and a school teacher. He might have killed more but for the quick work of teachers who herded some of the charges back into the building when Orge ron, after trying to gather a group of children around him, yelled that he had a 'bomb. One of the seven-year-old boys killed was Johnny C. Fitch, the grandson of Vice Adm. Aubrey W. Fitch who was second in com mand to the late Adm. William Halsey during the Pacific fighting in Wo Jd War II. The other victims were Bill Ilawes, 7: custodian James A Montgomery, 56: a id the teacher. Mrs. Jeannie A. Koulter, 56. So shattering was the blast that it was several hours before Orge ron s identity could be established by fingerprints on a severed hand found in the schoolyard. Montgomery's head was blown off when he tried to rush the for mer convict. All of the injured were pupils Avn..n, , -.. I I ' II .... . .U ' I cAicpi mis. i. c. iuiy, we priir cipal. She lost a leg while answer ing a summons to investigate a scene caused by Orgeron. Police found a note on the ground signed by P.H. Orgeron. It said: - "I want Bobby (name illegible) Orgeron, mother of my son, Dusty Paul Orgeron. I want to return my son to her. I have tried hard to get the police department to return my son to her." Union Boys Interested In Scouting Advised UNION (Special) Boys eight years of age and older who are interested in joining the Boy Scouts are asked to contact the scoutmasters in Union. Eight to 11 year olds should contact F. V. . Pumphrcy and boys over 11 should get in touch wtth Howard Naegeli. Laos Rebels Elude Government Forces VIENTIANE, Laos, UI'I Communist Pathet Lao rebel troops withdrawing northward in Red-threatened Samncua Province Missile Explodes In Flight; Rocket Men 'Scramble' CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. (UPIl A wobbling intermediate range Jupiter missile exploded in flight about 1,000 feet over the missile Test Center here early to day. Scientists and technicians dashed safely to cover from the flying debris. The missile, airborne with frogs, specimens of humai blood and skin and 14 pregnant mice in its nose cone, faltered on blast-off and technicians intentionally de stroyed the big bird seconds later. It was the third missile failure here in a little more than 24 hours. The same Jupiter was scrubbed Tuesday after it ignited but developed a malfunction, cut ting off the engine automatically. Prior to Tuesday's first Jupiter launching attempt, a Vanguard rocket test was called off. The - Jupiter's nose cone was scheduled to be recovered from the Atlantic Ocean about 1.500 miles down the tracking range. Scientists planned the biochemi cal experiments to study space flight conditions on various bio logical systems, including gravity loads, weightlessness and cosmic radiation. LA GRANDE Killed rj i ; ' " f -;V .y.'';.'-;; i .' , - .v ': IT ' SEMINAR HERE Dr. Charles Frederick Warnath, a member of the psychology department faculty at the University of Oregon, will conduct a supervisory semi nar on Human Factors in Management here during September and October. Seminar meetings are sched uled at the Sacajawea Hotel tomorrow and on Oct. 1, 8, . 15 anrl 22. Mother, Tot Slain AMES. Iowa UPI l This quiet college town was stunned today by the senseless killing of a young mother and her adopted daughter by an honor student at Iowa State University. Police said they were set upon Tuesday by Harry McDaniel, 20. McDaniel offered no explana tion for strangling the two, police said, except to explain that he has had "momentary urges to kill." County Attorney Donald J. Nel son took McDaniel, a junior stu dent in electrical engineering, be fore Municipal Judge Albert Stein berg Tuesday night. McDaniel, a blond, curly-hai'ed youth, pleaded innocent to two open charges of murder and was ordered held on $30,000 bond. Apparently have eluded govern ment columns attempting to spring a jungle (rap on them, Laotian army sources said today. The government of Laos mean while imposed a midnight curfew on night life in Vientiane, appar ently in fear of a wave of Com munist terrorism in the tiny cap ital city of this Southeast Asian kingdom. The situation in the remote pro vinces appeared less serious now that a United Nations investigat ing committee wasjjn the scene. The army sources said the Com munist units which bes!eged Mu ong Song and Muong Hiem last week began pulling back last Sun day. Government troops in neighbor ing Luang Prabang Province then were dispatched eastward in a bid to cut off the rebels. The sources said, however, that "We can't find them the jungle is too thick." It was believed the rebels a-e making discovery almost impos sible in the jungle. Government troops were expect ed to move southeast to reinforce loyal elements defending Muong Song and prevent any similar deep penetration by the Communist-led rebels. Muong Hiem had been the southernmost penetration by the rebels in that area, but no activi ty has been reported from there this week. The army sources said Red propaganda work is continuing in the Muong Song region, but there have been no clashes. Himself, 'Management' Semjnar Set Here Thursday Twenty executives, administra tors and supervisors from Eastern Oregon will meet at the Sacaja wea Hotel here Thursday for the first of five seminar sessions on Human Factors in Management. The seminar, designed for person responsible for directing the ac tivities of others and stressing the fundamentals of supervisory lead ership, is made available through General Extension Division of the Oregon State System of Higher Education in response to requests quests of business and industrial concerns in the La Grande area. Seminar leader is Dr. Charles Frederick Warnath, a member of the psychology - department faculty at the University of Ore gon. Seminar participants will m'et wi'h Dr. Warnath on Thurs day and on Oct. 1, 8. 15 and 22 for discussion and study of prob lems pertinent to supervision and, management in business. Topics scheduled for consideration are difference in perception and the relationship between perception' and action, individual differenc es, communication, defense me chanisms, conflicts, group atmos phere, individuality and leader ship. The five Thursday meetings will j begin with dinner at 5 p.m. at the hotel and evening sessions scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Arrangements for the seminar in La Grande have been made through the cooperation of the participating organizations and Donald E. Low, business and in dustrial services consultant for General Extension Division, and Charles A. Ivi?, the division's re gional representative on 4he East ern Oregon College campus. Canadian Frigid Temperatures Hit Wide U.S. Region United Press international A Canadian cold snap bit into tho northern half of the nation to day, putting the first hint of fall , into the air and cringing winter clothes out of moth balls. The weather Bureau predicted the cool air would spread through Virginia into the Northern Gulf Coast states and into Oklahoma and the Southern Rockies by night fall. Early today, the entire north from the North Atlantic states through the Northern Rockies and most of the Far West from Cana da to Mexico was feeling the chill. Temperatures dropped into the 30s from North Dakota through the northern Creat Lakes and Northern New England. LA GRANDE, ORE-, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1959 Cite Need For Water Plan Here Establishment of a slate water policy for the Grande Ronde River basin was cited by officials of Uie Oregon Water Resources Commis sion here this morning. i The commission, on a two day junket and survey of this area, informed interested spectators at the Sacajawea Hotel that a water policy to be laid here will be binding on all state agencies. John H. Davis, chairman o( the commission, said that the policy will not be necessarily fixed and inflexible but will be adjusted to the needs of the basin. A formal hearing will be held in La Grande before final determination of the policy, he said. , Malcolm H. Carr, investigations engineer for the commission, pre sented charts to illustrate discus sion and reports on the uses, classifications, sources, future pos sibilities and lack of water in the basin. On pollution abatement, it was pointed out that this was a prob- blem here due to inadequate stream flow. Water control touch ed upon erosion, this factor termed ' as critical in tho Wallowa sub basin; and flood problems. Wildlife resources were said very ' good with many tourists, hunters and fishermen attracted to the j area. Fishing conditions, however, i ccu'd be improved, it was pointed out. High temperatures in the Grande j Ronde and low flow at certain I times were cited as problems for : the sp:ing salmon run. The coin mission stressed the importance o this river system in Eastern Oregon, however. t ; Irrigation Cited Irrigation was pointed out as the , largest, single use for water. The commission also said that there ! was even a greater potential in i the area for irrigated land, and noted that the Bureau of Reclama- . tion was studying -irrigation de velopment in possibly supplement ing th basin with Catherine Creek flow. . A cocktail hour arid dinner was held at the hoteL' Tuesday night during which connriissjon officials were introduced? They included Davis and Mrs. DaXis. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Onthank, Brig. Gen. L. H. Foote, George Corey, all board members; Don Lane. E. J. Watson and Mrs. Watson. Malcolm Karr, commission staff members; Travis Roberts, U.S. Fish and Wildlife; Lewis Rydell, Corps of Engineers; Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Martin, Pacific Northwst Power; Hugh Smith, Pacific Power and Light; Waldemer Seton, Tim Vaughan, W.W.P.; Al Alspaugh. P.P.&L..; Clem Stern, P.N.P.; Roy Ho'mberg, pilot, Jack Forsythe. pilot, and Miss Patty Norris, sec retary, all P.P.L. employes; and Spud Olson, California Pacific Utilities. I a S3 m j.T,i NEW BUILDING TO GO UP Robert R. Carey, left, breaks ground for the Inland Machinery Co's. new $200,000 building. Roy Bechtel of Bechtel Bros. Builders, general building contractor, watches as Carey sinks spade in the ground. The 20,000 square foot structure will house office, sales, parts antCservice departments. Inland Machinery Co. has been " in operation in La Grande since July 1, 1948. . (Observer Photo) OBSERVER Soviet First Casualty Of Moon Rocket DURBAN, South Africa (UPI)-Danith tailor N. Ian ten Tuesday night bacama th first known casualty of th Soviet moon rocket. Larten, in a downtown bar, tang out th challenge, "Th Russians didn't hit th moon." Secondt later a tankard of beer crashed across hit head, thrown by a tailor of Soviet nationality. While Larten waited for an ambulance to whisk him to a hospital he explained that he and the Russian tailor were old frierdi. "We last met in Hong Kong," he recaller with pride. "W had a fight there too." r ; ;XV ! 1 1 . ft , . M V V F' , - ' if UMJL- STATE BOARD MEETS IN LA GRANDE - The Oregon Water Resources Board met in La Grande this morning and heard a re port from Malcolm H. Carr, investigating engineer for the board, on 'water re sources and uses in the Grande Ronde valley. The board, from left, includes La Salle E. Coles, Prineville; George H. Corey, Pendleton; Gen. L. H. Foote, Forest Grove; John D. Davis, chairman of the board from Stayton, and Karl W. Onthank, Eugene. Foote was recently appointed to the board by Gov. Mark O. Hatfield. (Observer Photo) 2 Traffic Violations; Hearings Slated A La Grande teenager was ar rested by city police yesterday eve ning on a charge of reckless driving. A 16-year-old boy was arrested at the intersection of Fourth and Spring Streets at 5:18 p.m. A hearing was scheduled for 3 p.m. 4.-b r .... Leader Must' NIKITA TO GRIPS WASHINGTON UPI Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev avow edly heartened by a "good begin ning" of an American viist, undergoes today the sharpest cross-examination of Communist motives he is likely to get in pub lic during his 13-day stay. The Russ'an leader was to speak and then submit to a no-holds-barred question session at a lunch of the National Press Club, headquarters for the capital's vet eran news correspondents. - t tomorow. Ball was set at $100. Police also arrested a Pendleton driver for making an illegal "U" turn ort Fourth between Jefferson and Adams Avenue this morning. Charles Goldman Fisher was ar rested at 8:33 following the viola tion. A hearing was scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday. ' . ma. tv"1 8 Paget Says Conflict Be Avoided WITH NEWSMEN Khrushchev declared in a toast at a White House dinner Tuesday night that the I'nited States and the Soviet Union are "much too strong" to quarrel. He said Rus sian intentions are based on the need to improve relations. "It e were weak countries, then it would be another matter, because when the weak quarrel they are just scratching each oth er's (aces and it takes just a cou ple of days of a cosmetician and everything comes out right again" he said. Dwelling Collapses BARLETTA. Italy UPI-A new five-story apartment house. containing 24 families totaling 10K persons, collapsed without warn ing today. Many residents were trapped and killed, and police es timated the death toll would be high. Police said they had recovered 16 bodies so far and taken 13 in jured from the twisted mass of steel and stone. An estimated 80 still were missing. A doctor at Barlctta's only hos pital told United Press Interna tional "by telephone that most of the dead showed signs of asphyx ia, meaning that they were choked to death under, the rubble. The dead included men, women and children. Authorities threw an army cor don around the hospitul to control a crowd of anxious friends and relatives. v--.-Vy't'v:-vr7i Nikita Likes U.S. Livestock Exhibits BELTSVILLE, Md. ' (UPD -Russian 'Premier Nikita Khrush chev engaged in a spirited dis cussion with Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson today over the relative merits of Soviet and American cattle raising. The exchange occurred as Ben- ! son escorted Khrushchev and his wife, Nina, around the Agriculture Department's 11,000-acre research center. When shown the first group of cattle at the center's livestock demonstration area, Khrushchev said through an interpreter that "these are very good cows the results which you have achieved are very good." "But in a three-year period," he added, . "we have Increased our average milk yield per cow 600 litres (a year)." He conceded that Russia started at a "very low starting point" . compared to the United States, and added that "it is easier to gain from a low start ing point." "We are now starting to forge ahead in matters of milk yield," WEATHER Variable high clouds through Thursday; high Thursday 65-70; low tonight 2530. Five Cents Peace Top Objective, He Claims WASHINGTON (UPI) So viet Premier Nikita Khrush chev said today that "it would be sheer madness to allow a new world war to come to a head." Unless the United States and Russia work together for peace, he said, "the earth will be covered with ashes and graves." Speaking before a National Press Club luncheon, he declared that "the Soviet people have long made their choice for peace." "We are convinced that the American people also are for peace," he said. Earlier in his speech, he said that "we have come to your coun try with an open heart." "We are not here to beg for anything or to force anything on you. Our aim is to see your coun try, its great people, which has made a tremendous contribution to the development of mankind, to meet your statesmen and public leaders, and to have useful dis cussions on all questions which to day agitate the peoples of our countries and the whole of maa-i kind." ,,r "We want to reach agreement with the strong and thereby reach agreement with all countries on the abolition of the cold war," ha said. "All countries will gain by this, in equal measure." . .- Wants Good Relations He said it seems "strange' thai some people have expressed "ap prehensions" about his exchange of visits with President Eisenhow er, as if the Soviet Union had "some sinister designs in expres sing readiness to improve its re lations with the United States." "These allegations are simply ridiculous,- said: "War have no intention of producing a quarrel among anybody. "On the contrary, we are taking every measure to have good re lations not only with the U. S.. but also with its allies. We would like the meetings between statesmen of the U.S.S.R. and the U. S. to contribute in turn to the further improvement of relations between, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom, between the Soviet Union, and France and other allies of the U.S." The speech was the highlight of Khrushchev's second day in the United States. William H. Lawrence of the New York Times, president of the Nfe tional Press Club, introduced Khrushchev with the quip that "to day we have moved you into the" ballroom and out of the kitchen where you debated with Vice Pres dent Nixon."' Khrushchev smiled broadly at this. First Major Speech Lawrence explained that Khrushchev, after his speech, would answer questions submitted in writing by reporters in the au dience. This was the Soviet Premier's first full-scale speech since arriv ing in the United States yesterday. At a reception before the lunch eon speech, Khrushchev, bantering with club officials, said "we are not as pictured sometimes gobb ling up babies. the Russian leader said. He told Benson the Russians have found that grazing areas are) equally or even more important than strain. The great gains In Russian milk production, he said, were made with "ordinary cows which had no baronial sires." -"AH we did was give them good food," he said. His reference to "baronial siresl' was prompted by the fact that aH Beltsville cattle have long pedi grees. A dozen Holstein cows are the result of a 40-year breeding experiment. Rpnsnn told his visitor .thai Americans believe that food "can be, and should be, an agency far peace." He said the U. S. want to share Its food production know how to promote peace. , r Khrushchev, who wants to gala supremacy of the U. S. in Food production, also took a look at the center's hogs, sheep and fardoas white turkeys. He also saw a dem onstration of new chemicals that have doubled the size of some crops.