LA GRANDE
ERVER
16th Itsu 64th Yr
New U.S. Moon'
Shot Successfully
Goes Into Orbit
50-Pound Cone
Is Circling
Around Earth
WASHINGTON (UPI The
United States fired a 50-pound
Vanguard II! satellite into orbit to
day in its first outer space suc
cess since Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev arrived here boast
ing of Russia's moon hit.
The launching ended a series of
failures in the American space
program and regained some U. S.
prestige lost when the Soviets sent
Lunik II to the moon last Sunday.
The new satellite, shaped like an
oversized ice cream cone, was
carried aloft from Cape Canaver
al. Fla.. at 1:20 a m. e.d t. by the
last of the hard-luck Vanguard
rockets.
Jains 7 U.S. Satellites
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA)
here announced at 4:08 a.m. e.d.t
that the space-charting moonlet
had Joined seven other U.S. satel
lites and one Russian satellite in
orbit around the earth.
Scientists estimated the new
satellite's life at 30 to 40 years.
Batteries consisting of . 2 smalt
silver-zinc cells, were expected
to provide power for its radio
transmitter for two to three
months. The scientists said Van
guard III would not be visible to
the naked eye.
Lat-r today, NASA released
refined data snowing that the new
satellite is coming within 313 stat
ute miles of the earth at its near
est point apd swinging out to
maximum of 2,329 statute miles.
Its speed is ranging from 12,631
miles an. . hour . at the apogee
(farthest point) to 18,567 miles
an hour at the pcrige point.
It is making one complete swing
around the earth every 130 min
utes. The inclination of the orbit's
path to the equator is 3 degrees.
The direction of the launching
was approximately northeast.
Vanguard III is packed with in
struments designed to study the
earth's magnetic field, solar X
rays and space environmental con
ditions.
To Map Safe Routes
The main part of the satellite
was a 20-inch aluminum-magnesium
sphere. The "cone" of the
moonlet was a 26-inch tapered
tube, containing a magnetometer,
which was to precede the ball in
night.
The ball and the cone weighed
a total of 50 pounds. The burned
out plastic casing of the third
stage Vanguard rocket, which re
mained attached to the satellite,
weighed another 50 pounds.
NASA said space charts would
be drawn from this and future
magnometer experiments to give
man his first map of safe routes
to the moon and planets. The
magnometer was designed to de
tect pockets, of high radiation
which a space traveler would
want to avoid.
Mount Emily Group
Tours Plants, Mills
Management, supervisory.
counting and sales personnel
from Mount Emily Lumber Com
pany's plants at La Grande, El
gin, Enterprise and Joseph got
first-hand look at the process
through which the "waste" that
might occur from incomplete use
of forest resources becomes.
through pulp and paper, wealth
ior we west.
Approximately 50 executive
and staff members travelled by
chartered bus to Boise Cascade
Corporation's new Cascade Kraft
pulp mill and Cascade Container
corrugating plants at Wallula,
Wash.
The all-day tour included in
spection of the complete Wallula
installation, Boise Cascades Pre
mix Cement plant and "Best
Way" retail lumber yard at
Kcnnewick, and dinner at Pasco.
. where R. V. Hansberger, presi
dent of Boise Cascade, spoke to
the group.
The "working tour" -and semi
nar wound up with a question
and answer period following the
WEATHER
Seme partial clearing tonight;
srtly cloudy Saturday; high 41
ee; low tonight 40-45.
'MOON' PASSES
OVER SATURDAY
WASHINGTON (UPt) Van
guard III will not pats over
the United States until Sat.
urday, the National Aero
neutics and Space Adminis
tration announced today.
Today, it will be cresting
various points in the south
ern half of the Western
Hemisphere.
Burglary
Case Here
Is Solved
A local bousebreak and 17.400
burglary on either August 7 or I
has been solved with the appre
hension by the FBI in Portland of
two suspects in the Harry B.
Shaw theft.
Fngerprinls, found at the bur
glary scene and furnished the
FBI by La Grande police, led to
the pickup and hold order placed
today on Vera Peck, 19. and
Thomas Bellon, 20, both of Port
land.
The FBI said the pair was ar
rested on warrants charging them
with unlawful flight to avoid
prosecution. They were arrested
separately, Bellon at a south
east Portland residence, and Peck
at a motel.
Movements Traced
The two young men were traced
from La Grande to Denver. Then
they traveled to Detroit, Miami
Havana, Cuba; Tampa, Fla.; Sac
ramento, Calif., and to Portland.
They arrived In Portland Thurs
day.
The . Shaws, .resident . of - SOI
Adams Ave., were out of town the
weekend of the burglary. However,
neighbor told investigating po
lice here that she heard the sound
of breaking glass at the Shaw
dwelling Friday.
Local police said the burglars
gained entrance to the Shaw resi
dence by breaking glass in a back
door window, then reaching in
and springing the lock.
The Shaw house was ransacked
by the burglars who conduct-d a
methodical search before finding
the cash which was well hidden.
In addition, costume jewelry, a
ring and wristwatch were stolen.
The Shaws discovered the crime
when they returned the following
Sunday.
Actor Rod Sfeiger
To Wed Claire Bloom
HOLLYWOOD (UPIt Act
Rod Steiger said today he and ac
tress Claire Bloom, 28, will wed
i the next couple of days.
The couple, who romanced as
costars in the broadway play
Rashomon," took out a marri
age license Thursday" at Ventura.
Calif.
Steiger, 34, has been wed once
before. It will be the first mar
riage for Miss Bloom.
ac-.dmnor, served at the Pasco Elks
Club. Speakers included H. V.
Hansberger, James Bronson and
Hall Templcton, members of the
board of directors of Boise Cas
cade, and Walt Hansen, manager
of a Best Way retail store at
Kcnnewick. M. Gale Beals, gen
eral manager of Mount Emily
Division, introduced the speak
ers. Purpose of the tour was to ac
quaint Mount Emily Lumber em
ployes with Boise Cascade oper
ations, lis aims and goals. Mount
Emily Lumber became a wholly
owned suosidiary 61 Boise Cas
cade in July of this year.
Log Research
Stressed throughout the tour
was Boise cascades aim ol "com
plete utilization." Still further
application of total use of the log
is a constant subject for research
by the corporation. Cascade
Kraft Corporation displays ut
most utilization of trees cut. One
of the most immediately practic
al conversions of the forest after
lumber is paper manufacture. It
provides use of wood.
Well illustrated to those at
tending was the vital necessity
for constantly improving fores
try and land management of pri
vate holding.
LA GRANDE, 0RE6ON,
Khrushchev Proposes 'Total'
Disarmament By All Nations
NEW
The Nordquist family now resides in La Grande, having moved from Rochester,
Minn., since father, Sherman, is instructor in education and supervisor of teaching
at Eastern Oregon College. From left, John, Carmen, Nordquist, wife Elaine, Paul,
and Nicollette. Nordquist, who teaches the sixth grade in the Ackerman Laboratory
school, has a B.S. from St. Cloud (Minn.) State College and has done graduate work
at the University of Minnesota. He most recently taught in the Rochester public
schools. EOC Photo)
Give Up All Hopes For Trapped
Miners In Scotland Coal Blast
CHRYSTON. Scotland UPI
Forty five men trapped by an
electric explosion in a mile-deep
flaming coal mine were given no
chance of survival today.
"There is no hope," a National
Coal Board snokesirajt :aiL
A rescue worker said "it is pure
hell down there.
Altogether, 52 men were trap
ped when wires to a ventilating
fan short-circuited early this
morning, sending flames and
smoke billowing through the mine
corridors. Six men were brought
out alive by rescue teams. An
other man was found dead.
At first, officials were confident
most of the men would be saved.
But rescue workers taking a
breather on the surface said op
erations underground had been
Man Nabbed After
Shooting Woman
PORTLAND (UPI? A young
man on leave from fairview
Home at Salem was taken into
custody Thursday night after of
ficers said he held a young mar
ried woman and a teen-age girl
captive at gunpoint and shot one
of them in the Reck.
Booked without bail on a charge
of assault with intent to kilt was
Charles Haggblom, 24, Portland.
He surrendered to two firemen
about 10 p.m. in Viking park. A
search party of about 130 hunted
for him. .
The victim who was wounded in
her own home was Mrs. Pauline
Jarrett, 19. She was hospitalized
today in satisfactory condition.
A 16-year-old girl was accosted
on a street later, isotn victims
were forced to disrobe, police
said, but neither was criminally
assaulted.
FRATERNITY HAZING PROBE ASKED
Family Of Student Who Choked To Death
During Frat Ritual Asks Investigation
LOS ANGELES UPI The
family of a University -of South
ern California student who choked
to death during a fraternity haz
ing ritual today demanded a com
plete and thorough investigation
Dr. Arthur L. Swansea, a den
tist, charged that some members
of the fraternity could have pre
vented the death of hut brother,
Richard, 21, had they cooperated
with ambulance attendants.
Swanson issued a statement on
behalf of himself and his parents.
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Swanson Sr.
Young Swanson died early
Thursday when a quarter-pound
piece of oil-smeared liver he was
ordered to swallow lodged In his
throat during initiation into Kappa
Sigma Fraternity.
Police and ambulance atten
dants charged the student's life
might have been saved if about
50 fraternity members present
had told what had happened. In
stead they claimed Swanson was
suffering from a nervous spasm.
i
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1959
INSTRUCTOR AT EOC
severely hampered by
falls of coal and rock.
several
forty five men are missing
and I'm afraid there's no hope
for them, the spokesman said
19 Traffic
Nabs Made
La Grande police arrested 19
drivers and issu-d one warning
citation for violation of the basic
rule yesterday. All arrests were
made with the assistance of radar
near the Second street overpass
between 3:52 and 5; 10 p.m.
Hearings for the violations were
scheduled at S p.m. daily through
next Wednesday. Violators were
released on bail at a rate of $1
per mile in excess of the speed
limit.
These arrested were: Vernon
Arthur Welo, 55, 1602 First St.;
William Silas Pioper, 39, 303 Di
vision; James Marvin Sabev, 21.
1706 Y Ave.; Carl Woodward
Schmittle, 19, 1512 Monroe St.:
Jerry Robert Williams, 19, 1208 N
Ave.; Helen Frances Stoner. 28,
Rt. 2; Donald Lee Speck, 29, 1322 Z
Ave.; Ernest Edward Turner, 29,
no address listed; Minnie Myrtle
Bragg, 60. I0II Benton St.; Dudiy
Kirk Shaffer, 31. Surnmervi'le;
Wayne Rufus Stickney. 802 Lake
St.; Harry Robert McGraw. 260f
Ash St.; Charles Michael Doherfy,
41, Rt. t; Harold Robert Yoho,
3207 Third St.; William Bryan
Long, 62, 1714 Z Ave.; William
Jessup Snodgrass, 52, 1008 Ben
ton St.; Sharon Norine Goben, 19,
202 Division.
Two teen-age drivers were
among those given tickets, by
police.
The district attorney's office
said it was waiting for complete
reports before determining wheth
er to file charges. No arrests
have been made so far.
"Those members of the fratern
ity who refused the information
requested of them by the hospital
ambulance attendants and stood
by white my brother choked when
he could have been saved are
guilty of taking my brother's
life," Swansea's brother said in
his prepared statement.
State Sen. Edwin J. Regan (D
Shasta and Trinity i, chairman of
the Senate Judiciary Committee
and author of a new antihazing
law, said In Weaverville, Calif.,
he was urging Los Angeles Dis
trict Attorney William B. McKes
son to prosecute those fraternity
members taking part in the fatal
initiation.
"This is not a schoolboy
prank," said Regan. 'This comes
close to murder, t think every
father end mother in this state
8 Pages
He said rescue workers wearing
Breathing apparatus were unable
to dig through the many falls of
rock.
The fire was extinguished by
early afternoon but officials said
it would be several hoorsv per
haps even nightfall, before rescue
squads got to the trapped men
or their bodies.
Throughout the morning and
afternoon, wives, relatives and
friends of the doomed men stood
silently at the pit head.
The other 108 men of the day
shift escaped after wires to a
ventilating fan short circuited.
sending flames and smoke
through the mine instead of fresh
air.
Rescue work bogged down. Fire
men spent five hours dousing the
flames that licked the darkened
tunnels for a thousand feet at the
bottom of the mine.
The rescuers brought up one
man who was suffering from ex
haustion and shock but dangers
of an explosion slowed operations.
Rescue squads took canaries with
them to test for gas.
The trapped men were part of
the day shift which went down
into the mine at 7:30 a m. They
apparently were cut off from the
escape tunnels by the fire since
other men on the day shift
escaped to the surface.
The section where the fire
broke out is about a mile from
the entrance of the colliery, one
of the main coal mines in Lanark
shire.
News of the accident spread
quickly through the nearby vil
lage of Chryston and within min
utes wives, relatives and friends
of the trapped men gathered at
the pit head. Lanarkshire police
patrols cordoned off the area.
should be Informed of the gravity
of the situation in many schools.
"Any student participating tin
the initiation) should be charged
with involuntary manslaughter."
Ironically, Regan's law prohib
iting all forms of hazing went in
to effect at one minute after
midnight today.
The Los Angeles Examiner sup
ported Regan plea. In an edi
torial, the Examiner urged that
charges be filed in the case.
The fraternity chapter was offi
cially banned from the university
within hours after Swanson's
death. And a short time later it
was indefinitely expelled from the
Kappa Sigma National Fraterni
ty. Dr. Norman Topping, president
of USC, said the chapter's expul
sion was permament. He ordered
the fraternity house vacated and
closed within 48 hours.
It was the first such action
against a fraternity chapter in
the history of the university,
FIw Cent
4 Years
To Scrap
All Forces
UNITED NATIONS, N. .
Um Svr Prareiw Nilti-
Khrushehav proposed to
day that very nation in the
' 1 j -J: u.
forces within locr wot,
leaving only polita unit for
internal com rot.
The Communist leader also pro
posed te the General Assembly
of the United Nations:
Establish a non-nuclear zone
in Central Europe.
Remove alt foreign troops
and liquidate ait bases en foreign
territories.
Sign a nonaggression pact be
tween member of NATO and the
Communist Warsaw Pact,
HYOfi PAJtiC H. CUPti
Under a arty, chill sky, with
a Mixl ef rata feiitnf en
his bared hd, Premier Nik
its Kfcrvsttche today Uld a
wreaHt at He tv cf Frank
lin Dln Sotvlt.
The plan was the bombshell
which Khrushchev had promised
at the outset of his American
visit.
The clouds of a new war dan
ger loom over a world which has
not forgotten the horrors of war,
he said. "The tension cannot con
tinue forever. It either will reach
a pitch...or else by their joint ef
forts states will abolish tension.
Asks Far German Treaty
Khrushchev' called for conclu
sion of peace treaty with the
two Germanics. He called this the
potentially most dangerous area
of the world.
And it was "Intolerable'
Khrushchev said, that the Com
munist Chinese government had
been "deprived for many years
of its lawful rights in th United
Nations.
"It is inconceivable that anyone
could think that a stable and re
liable solution can be achieved
without the participation of the
great Peoples Republic of China
which Is approaching a glorious
tetb anniversary," he said.
Khrushchev said that
or later'' the island of Formosa,
new the site of the Chinese Na
tionalist government, will be unit
ed with the whole of People's
China.
The Chinese; Nationalist dele
gates to the U.N. had boycotted
the sessions.
Khrushchev said that the en
tire international situation de
pended in many ways on rela
tions between the Soviet Union
and the United States.
"The ice in Soviet-American re
lations undoubtedly has begun to
break up and we are sincerely
glad of this," be said.
"We trust Mr. Eisenhower wish
es to contribute to removing ten
sions among states. At his news
conference, he said he was ready
to conduct negotiations with the
Soviet Union on plans for general
disarmament or for special types
of weapons."
Khrushchev said the problem of
disarmament w s i important
above all.
Danger Of Arms Kaca '
"The best minds of mankind,
the greatest leader! have upheld
the demand for disarmament," he
said.
"But instead of disarmament
the world has been shaken by
arms fever. Never before in the
history of mankind has the arms
race been conducted at such a
pace or been fraught with such
Khrushchev said if all the wea
pons of the past were put togeth
er they would be only an insig
nificant fraction of what the big
powers have today.
X15 Rocket Ship
Is Said Success
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calif. fUPD The rocket -powered
X-15 has passed Us first pow
ered flight with flying colors.
Next major step: Taking man
100 miles up to the fringe of
space at speeds of more than
4,009 miles an Hiour.
The sleek 50-foot craft proved
beyond expectation Thursday thai
it is an airworthy naif rocketship-
half airplane that can streak
through the thin upper atmo
sphere under ft own power.
North American Aviation test
pilot Scott Crossfietd showed that
the powerful craft will respond te
the commands of Hs pilot.
C
MISSILE FAILURE A Jupiter missile containing 14
pregnant mice and other biochemical experiments ex
plodes sending fierv debris down on the ianching pad
at Cape Canaveral, Fla. The missile erupted into a nuc
lear biast-like eioud but did not cause any injuries or
serious damage.
Parlor Games' OK
By Soviet Dictator
NEW YORK tl'Ptt "We will
invite you to our parlor but not
to our bedroom," Nikita S. Khru
shchev ha said.
This if how the Russian pre
mier feels at this time about com
plete disarmament and the thor
oughgoing inspections and con
trols demanded by the West.
He recently told Vice President
Richard M. Nixon, a group of
nine American governors who
visited Moscow this summer and
other Americans that Soviet sus
picions will not be allayed as
long a U.S. bases encircle Rus
sia. He I expected to assail the
American position on disarma
ment, blame the United Sates en
tirely for the continued armament
race and demand the liquidation
of America's overseas bases m
an address to the U.N. General
Assembly today. -
Stud Or Power Shift
T5 Kremlin's new plan is part
ly predicated en the Soviet prem
ise that the balance of world pow
er has shifted appreeiabety from
West to East since the Russians
broke America's atomic monopoly,
resulting in a nuclear stalemate.
Khrushchev is convinced that
the Soviet Union has absolute
rocket superiority over the United
States, which considerably en
hances his bargaining power
around the disarmament confer
ence tables.
The rapid development of Soviet
military and economic power has
already enabled the Kremlin to
Rain Squalls Hammer
Coast As
SAN FRANCISCO aW-The
season's first storm smacked into
Northern California today.
Drenching rains and winds up
to 50 miles an hour, with gusts tip
to 80, sank at least two fishing
Stevenson,
Kennedy Pick
By Neuberger
CHICAGO WPU Sen. Rich
ard Neuberger fD-Ore.i today
proposed a Stevenson - Kennedy
Democratic ticket is next year's
presidential race.
The nomination of Adahe Stev
enson, defeated in his bid for the
presidency in iS52 and 1956, and
of Sen. John S. Kennedy fw-
Massi would be "the strongest
ticket the Democrats could pos
sibly nominate," Neuberger said.
TJsa junior senator from Ore
gon, ea route home from Wash
ington, said he had not discussed
the subject with Stevenson, but
that he otanned to do so at a
luncheon later in the day.
Defuts a Handicap
Neuberger conceded that Stev
en son's record of two defeats
would be a handicap in the VX0
race, but be said this would be
offset by Stevenson's "statesman
like- observations in the cam
paign of IS5J and 1956 which
have been proven correct and
prophetic."
Republicans denounced Steven-
sow for recommending a halt m
nuclear testing, Neuberger said.
but sow have adopted that policy.
He said Stevenson's proposal for
amelioration of the cold war bow
is adopted by the GOP adminis
tration.
Kennedy. Neuberger said, add
ed greatly to bis stature by the
fair, moderate and practical way
to which be presided over the
conference on the labor reform
hilt."-
wrest concessions from previous
Western positions:
1, The agreement te separate
discussion of the baft of nuclear
tests from general disarmament
problem;
2. The Western acceptance of
the Soviet insistence on the prin
ciple of parity in the discussion
of disarmament.
The Russians had argued that
the U.N. disarmament committee
was heavily weighted with West
era powers which ultimately com
pelled the Soviet Union to boycott
it- !
Agree On Committ Balance
Khrushchev is in America on a
modest mission, by his own ad
mission, to bis talks with the
President, he hopes the proper
atmosphere for future agreements
will be created. Ke looks book
his meeting with the President ac
the first of a series of top-ievei
talks tit which disarmament takes
secWMt plaoe only to the German
psofelem. ,
Pomona Grange
Meets Sept 26
NORTH POWDER Special
The Union County Pomona
Grange will meet Sept. 28 at the
Wolf Creek Grange Halt in North
Powder.
Crochet works, cake, rolls and
bread wilt be lodged.
The county lecturer, &
To k send, will present the pro
gram in the afternoon.
Boats Sink
boats and threatened a third;
; flooded city intersections, knocked
;out power facilities and triggered '
a rash of minor traffic accidents.
I The storm began to move in
land and south late Thursday
from a position off the Oregon
coast, ft moved south through:
San Francisco this morning and
was expected to reach Lea An
geles in diminished strength late
: today.
: Well over an inch of rai had
fallen in parts of Northern Cali
fornia by dawn today. The weath
erman said it would probably
: rain in the Bay Area all day. ,
; Snow fell this morning bt the
northern High Sierra and tempor
ariiy closed the Lasses loop sec
tion of Highway 89 near Mi. Las
sen. There was snow on s.ft'XMooi
Ebbeti3 Pass and Sonora Fasa
roads across the Sierra. The fore
cast was for snow later today at
about the S.ooo-foot levels of High
way 40 and Highway 5ft.
State Forest Ranger Fred Keast
said in Sacramento that the rains
had ended the immediate threat of
forest fires te Northern California
and had alleviated the fire situa
tion generally. Keast cautioned,
though, that bia2c cooid stilt
break out later after a long, hot
spell- He said the threat still ex
isted ia Southern; California. .
The rams were welcomed by
cattlemen, who had Song needed
more moisture for their rangetand
The coast guard feared a third
fishing boat, the Mabel, would
have to be abandoned ait the
Humboldt County coast today.
The boats that sank Thursday ia
the same area were the Colleen
and the Aleutian. Mr. and Mrs,
S R. tBefeS Yfitmg, Moss Beach,
Calif., owner of the Colleen, arxj
Glen S. Brook, Newport. Ore.
owner of the Aleutian, were res
cued. ,
Five crewmen of the MabeE
were rescued early today after
the beat sent a distress signal re
porting ft Wis sinking so miie
west of Humboldt Bay,