WEATHER Mostly cloudy wfth oct. sional showers Saturday night, partly cloudy Sunday with ac cationaJ showers; high Satur day M-45; lew night 45-SO; high Sunday 3-. LA GRANDE- OBSERVER 17th Issue 64th. Year L - -e-.T:.,..,.-v -V- in- i ADMINISTRATIVE DESK Wilbur M. Osterloh has officially assumed new duties . as Union County school superintendent, his appoint ment coming this week by the county school board. He succeeds Mrs. Veda Couzens in the post following her announcement of retirement here. (Observer Photo) U.S. Wonders How Far Nikita Will Go WASHINGTON UPH-U.S. of ficials wanted to know today whether Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev would accept full in struction and control as ingredi ents of his sweeping formula for total world disarmament. They frankly doubted a mixture acceptable to the Western Allies would be forthcoming. President Eisenhower was giv ing careful study to Khrushchev's plan in the quiet seclusion of his Pennsylvania farm. A copy of the premier's United Nations sieech was sent to Gettysburg a few hours after Khrushchev called for total disarmament by all nations within four years. Secretary of State Christian A. lleiter expressed the' general view of American officials and political leaders. He said in a statement: Herter Stresses Controls "Speaking in general terms. I think I can say that the United States will go as far on the path towards controlled disarmament as any other country. ' "I stress the word 'cont-olled' because up to now the previous proposals have foundered on the Soviet government's refusal to agree on effective control." Other U.S. olfcials unofficially viewed the Khrushchev plan as little else but an attractive pie in the sky. But they were willing to talk it over with the Soviets to find out how high in the sky it really was. " These officials think the Soviet premier may have overdone it in 'SWORDS INTO United Nations Delegates View Khrushchev Talk As Propaganda NEW YORK iUPI Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev's Utopian proposal "to turn swords into plowshares" within four years was dismissed Friday by veteran Unit ed Nations delegates as another astute propaganda device of world Plane Forced To Land When Fuselage Rips - SHANNON. Ireland (UP1 An Air France Super-Constellation en route from New York to Paris with 21 persons made an emer gency landing here today with its fuselage ripped open by a runa way propeller and only two of its four engines working. Passengers said the plane plum meted to wave-top level within seconds after the propeller flew off and buried itself in the fuse lage. No one was injured, how ever. The-huge airliner flew the last 400 miles over the Atlantic to a safe landing here with only its two portside engines operating. Airport officials called it a "rare feat." i The plane was carrying 12 pas sengers and nine crew members. Pilot Andre Compere said his outer starboard engine developed trouble and "we had Just got it feathered when. ..whoosh.. No. S engine propeller just whipped away." The propeller buried itself in the fuselage on the starboa'd or right side just above the wing. ii . trying to gain a propaganda vic tory at the United Nations. They expressed confidence that sober reflection would cause most dip lomats to look on the Russian leader's disarmament plan as un realistic. To Pin Down Soviets The united States, these officials said, is determined to try to pin down the Soviets on their defini lion of controls to police a dis armament plan. Present plans call for the United States and Soviet Union, as well as four other West ern nations and four other Com munist countries, to take up the issue once more at Geneva early next year. American officials were wonder ina what Khrushchev meant, for example, by his U..N. statement that the Soviet Union is in favcr of "strict' international control over the implementation of a dis armament agreement, but al ways against the system of con trol being separated from disar mament. "We favor general disarmament under control, but we ae against control without . disarmament, Khrushchev added. Some U.S. officials feared Khrushchev meant that he would not agree to controls until dis.ir mamer.t actually was under way The U.S. position has been that any -arms control plan must be accompanied by a foolproof in spection system to insure that dis armament is lived up to. The Soviets have balked at this. PLOWSHARES' communism's No. 1 traveling salesman. Unrealistic as the project may be. it is likely to appeal particu larly to the have-nots and to the under-developed peoples to whom Khrushchev promises to convert guns into butter. Implied in his plan is also the eventual substitution of the rule of law for the force of arms for securing world order. Free-for-AII Inspection? If the three-stage program for total disarmament is accepted. Khrushchev, in effect, pledges to open up the once hermetically sealed borders of the Soviet Union to free-for-all inspection for, as he said Friday, "states will have nothing to conceal." He would then be willing to ac cept President Eisenhower's 0)en skies plan of 1955 for complete aerial inspection. By the Soviet premier's own admission, he did not just con ceive the idea of total disarma ment. A few days ago, he quipped before the National Press Club in Washington "repetition is the mother of knowledge." The plan had been proposed to the League of Nations in 1927 and 1932 by the late Foreign Commis sar Maxim l.ilvinov. the pre-war champion of collective security who coined the phrase "peace is indivisible." Question Nikita's Sincerity Whether or not total disarma ment is realistic, and aside from the obvious propaganda value of expounding his plan from the world's most important forum, the question is being asked whether Khrushchev really means what he 'LITTLE' MAN, MANY FRIENDS NORTH HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Danny Mono, 70, was only a waitar with a wife and thrae children at home, but he had (ritnds. On Monday Danny's friends tMill return hit 20 vears of courtly service at the Beach combers Cafe in Hollywood by serving as pallbearers at his funeral. Friday, tha friends, includ ing Bcb Cummings, Fred As taire, Cornell Wilde and Phil Htrris, wore trying to decide who will be given the honor of delivering a graveside eul ogy for Danny in Valhalla Memorial Park. Danny died in General Hos pital last Thursday. Crackdown Continues On Drivers m Grande police continued their crackdown on traffic viola tors, with the arrest of 15 more drivers Friday for violation of the basic rule. Officers moved the ra dar site to Spruce and W Streets in the afternoon where the ma jority of the violations were re corded. Bail was set at $1 for every mile over the speed limit and hearings were scheduled for Mon day and Tuesday at 3 p.m. Those arrested were: Donald James Verstrate, 21. 1612 Z Ave.; Adrian Theodore Rimbey, 26. 1422 Z Ave.; Fred Charles Hofman, 56, 2716 Ash Ave : Wilma V. Nebeker, 32. Rt. 1; Bruce F.dgar Westerfield, 33, Rt. 1; Rey Leslie Hedden, 42, 1504 M Ave.; Allen Thomas Smith, 2101 O St.; Cullen Edward Kel soe, 19, 1810 Fourth St.; Joyce Marilyn Fertjg, 34, 2114 Adams Ave.; Florence Maine Prescott, 51, Rt. 2. Box 192; George Fred crick Bceman, 21. Box 52. Island City; Gerald Dcwayne Roe, 23, 802 J Ave.; Charles Franklin Rothwell, 26, 704 Ash St,; Ken neth Earl Williams, 24, 2301 Fir St.. A teenage' girl was also ar rested by police for violation of the basic rule. Police also arrested a Utah man for running a red light at Fourth and Adams at 12:15 a.m. Saturday. John Royal Stone, 21, Orem, Utah, was released on $10 bail. Victor Lamont Thompson, 22, 311 Division, was arrested on a separate VBR charge at the inter section of Greenwood at 12:53 a m. Saturday Thompson was re leased on $15 bail. Henry J. Buck, 602 Crook St.. reported to police Friday that someone had stolen a buzz saw, valued at $35. from the back of a flatbed truck parked by his house. The theft occurred betwen 3 and 5 a.m. Friday morning, police stated. , says. Sir Winston Churchill once lay down the criterion for judging a country's policy on the basis of weather such policy was in its national interest. Do the Russians stand to gain or lose from partial or general disarmament? During his short presence In this country, Khrushchev has ex pressed bluntly to American au diences what he has repeatedly said in Communist countries his conviction that time is on his side. Khrushchev has staked his ca reer and is deeply committed to the materialization of the current Soviet seven-year economic plan which, he says, will eventually produce a higher standard of liv ing than America s. Although Communist Russia has scored impressive economic achievements since the end of the war, it su.'fers incomparably more than the United States from the crushing armament burden. Much less than America, Russia can produce both guns and butter. It would presumably gain relatively more than America from partial or total disarmament. A totalitarian, planned economy like Russia could convert from military to civilian production more easily than a free enter prise country. City Firemen Roll On Oil Stove Blaze La Grande firemen were called to a fire at 908 I Ave. The call came at 3:52 p.m. uhrn an oil stove overheated. Firemen were able to control the flames and no damage was reported. LA GRANDE, ORE., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1959 Nikita At LA Nikita Views Buildings East Coast Junket SEES NEW YORK SIGHTS FROM EMPIRE STATE TOP NEW YORK (UPI) Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrush chev takes off today on a sightseeing tour of the L'nited States aboard the same jet airliner that recently flew Pres ident Eisenhower to Europe. Before leaving rew oK, vvnere lie went to the top of the 102-story Empire State Building after making a disarma ment speech to the U.N. General Assembly, Khrushchev planned to ride through Itarlem. The plane that will fly Khru shchev and his party to Los An geles for lunch in Hollywood with movie stars, a tour of Disney land, if time is available, and an inspection of a housing develop ment, is a VC-137. military ver sion of the Boeing 707. TU1M Stays Behind The huge TU-114 turboprop plane that brought Khrushchev to the United States from Moscow last Tuesday was left at An drews Air Force Base, Md., near Washington. Khrushchev did not get to see much of New York during his two-day visit because of the elab orate security precautions taken to protect him. He was driven through the city's streets to his various destinations at fast speeds and got only fleet ing glimpses of the new buildings ;a s, mm' " v w wyt'"' "V, " v-. "'"''' sliver replica of 4he- building. , ' ' . U.N. Speech Highlight ,--'"7 ' ' j The highlight of Khrushchev's J' '. j New York visit was his 73-minule It r - m t j , v. t '. '-.- ,;.!. : . MRS. TWILLA CARSON Bill Carson's Wife Covers Perry Area For The Observer PERRY (Special) Mrs. Twil la (Bill) Carson of Perry, is now a member of the Observer cor respondent's staff. She will be covering news from Perry, Upper Perry and Hilgard. She expressed her desire to serve these areas to the best of her ability, and asks that persons with news items call her at anytime. Mrs. Carson is the mother of two sons, Billy, six years old, and Ricky, who is three. They live at Lower Perry. She attended La Grande High School and lived in this area most of her life with the exception of a short time in Idaho and Klgin. 'Second Chance' After Violation Of Wis Probation Ange'lee Minor, 17, charged with violation of his probation, was given a second chance Friday by Circuit Judge A. F. Brownton when the youth had a two-year prison sentence suspended. Arrested originally on a lar ceny charge for which he pleaded guilty. Minor violated his probation when he left Union County for Portland without consent of his probationary officer. He was picked up at his home here by local police on the viola tion. He told the jurist that he had to take care of several press ing matters in Portland involving his getting ready to resume school ing at La Grande. The judge de cided then to give the youth a sec ond chance. Terms of the second probation, however, must be strictly followed. Judge Brownton said, and If a vio lation occurs again he will have no alternative other than to sen tence the youth to the state prison. re Khrushchev Steps Off For West Coast Visit Tall n Last ii in the constantly grow ing metrop olis. Gets Panoramic View But Khrushchev enjoyed a pan oramic view of the city rmlay from the observation tower of the Empire State, the world's tallest building, lie later expressed a preference for Moscow. "When our soldiers came back from the World War, they had a Song which went something like this: 'Bulgaria is certainly a fine country, but Russia is best of all;" Khrushchev said. "So, of course, I could paraphrase that and say. 'New York is a fine city, but. of course, Moscow, is best of all.'' Khiushchev, almost apologizing. sail) it was only natural tor a per son to prefer his own home town to another city Co. Henry Crown, owner of the Empire State, thanked Klirush add-ess to the U.N. General As sembly in which he proposed abolition of all armies, navies, air forces and foreign bases in four years. "This means that land armies, navies and air forces shall cease to exist, that general staffs and war ministries shall be alwlished, that military schools shall close, that military bases on foreign territories shall be withdrawn, that all nuclear weaiions shall be de stroyed and fissionable material used lor peaceful purposes only, that rockets shall be liquidated and rocket facilities shall remain only as a means of transport, that outer space shall be used for peaceful purposes, and that there shall remain only limited contin gents of police and militia to maintain internal order and pro tect the citizens," Khrushchev proposed. Khrushchev's disarmament plan generally was considered as a rehash of Kremlin arms reduc tions proposals of recent years One diplomat said it was "like British trifle "desert the best of yesterday's leftovers." Nevertheless, President Eisen hower was carefully studying the text of Khrushchev's speech at Gettysburg where he is resting before resuming his talks with the premier at secluded Camp David when the Soviet visitors return, REUNION HERE Mrs. Florence Bain, 50, of Se attle, re visited L a Grande several days ago after an absence of 50 years. Her parents came here in covered wagon. Her second look at this area was a surprising one . . . the growth of the town and its many nice people. (Observer Photo) or NEW TO EOC FAMILY Not new to the La Grande area is the Gerald E. Young family. From left, wife Ar lene, son Douglas Edward, and Gerald, newly appoint ed instructor in physical science at Eastern Oregon College. Young, from La Grande, attended EOC and received both his bachelor and master of science de grees from the college. (EOC Photo) Quit Rescue Efforts For Trapped' Miners CIIRYSTON. Scotland (UPI) Officials today began flooding the Auchengeich coal mine, ending the last hope of relatives of 47 miners trapped since Friday in the Wood Shaving And Sawdust Available Here Wood shavings and sawdust is again available from Mt. Emily Lumber Mill. Farmers and city dwellers are advised that trucks will be loaded free of charge by Mt. Emily work ers, according to Ted Sidor, county Extension agent, who said that the material available can be used for composts, mulches, soil con ditioners and animal bedding. Next to animal bedding, probably the greatest use for these wood products is as a source of organic mater and soil conditions. Many materials are used for building up organic matter in the soils. This may meet with some skepticism, continued Sidor, be cause it is generally known that wood, straw and similar fibrous matter in raw form rob the soil of nitrogen. It is a fact that wood and other materials will cause a nitrogen deficiency when added to the soil. It has been noted, however, that in general, 20 pounds of actual nitrogen per ton of wood material will avoid nitrogen deficiency. About half this amount should be added the second and third year. If home owners intend to make compost of the material, nitrog-n need not be added although addi tion of nitrogen will hasten the decomposition of the material. Prospective users of compost and mulches, should keep in mind the 'limitations of these high or ganic materials. They are not a complete fertilizer as ordinarily made and their physical action is generally more important than nu trition, he explained. Young-Looking To La Grande By GRADY PANNELL Observer Staff Writer Florence Bain dropped in on La Grande for a short stay a couple of days ago. It had been SO years since she left town and that day she traveled by horse and wagon. She was less than a year old, was a premature baby by the name of Florence Parr, and her birth, then in an old fram house here which emitted winter's whis tling winds and drifting snow, attracted many visitors. "I was so tiny that everyone gave up hopes of my living." she recalls. "Today I would be classi fied as an incubator baby," she added. Covered Wagon Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Parr, came to La Grande SO years ago by covered 0 6 Page ' ''''' - i "pure hell" of fire and deadly lumes a mile underground. Daring rescue crews brought six other men to the surface alive and one dead before being forced to end operations because deadly carbon monoxide gas be gan filling the shafts. The death toll of 48 made the disaster the worst in Scottish mine history of the century. Anxious relatives maintained a vigil at the pithead until the early hours of this morning. Wives, children, parents and sweethearts heard the announcement Friday night that the mine would be flooded to put out the fire. But they stood there patiently until Abe Moffat, president of the Scottish Miners Union, told them there was no purpose in waiting and to go home. They went reluctantly. They were fully aware that any of the men who might have survived the fire and fumes were doomed when the water began pouring in. A short circuit in a ventilating fan touched off the explosion at 7:30 a.m. Friday while the day shift was moving through the shaft to the coal face. For 18 hours, rescue teams braved death in the attempts to reach the 47 entombed men. When the deadly fire damp made fur ther rescue attempts impossible officials abandoned hoi and an nounced the pit would be flooded to put out the underground blaze. Toastmasters Meet Here Monday Eve La Grande Toastmasters will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the Sacajawea coffee shop, Gerald Strickler, club president announced today. Robert McCroskey, Mel Loree ana strickler are scheduled speak ers, with Kelly Moore as toast masier. i he nominating com mittee will report on candidates tor otrice for the next club term, Strickler said. Grandmother In Return Trip After Absence Of 50 Years wagon: Her dad was a trader who drifted from town to town, never settling too long in any one spot. But the Parrs are remembered here by some of the older citi zens. "When I told a few ol them who I was, how long I had been away from the town of my birth, etc., they remembered us," Mrs. Bain says. She mentioned J. H. Peare, a local businessman. Norman Desi let, a barber, and Andy Brown, custodian of the local Eagles lodge, as three of "the nicest people I haye met, and they remembered us." she said. Florence Bain was here with her husband for only two days, but she fell in love immediately with La Grande and its people. Friendly People "It's nice to wa'k down the street and have people speak to Five Cents Plane Today Planning To See The Stars LOS ANGELES (UPI) A sleek U.S. military jet airliner ' landed Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at International Airport today for a whirl wind courtship with excited Hollywod movie star follow ed by a plush civic banquet. The plane, the same one used recently by President Eisenhow er on a trip to Europe, landed at 12:10 p.m. p.d.t. after a S hour 28 minute trip from New York's ldlewild Airport. Police and secret service men surrounded the plane when it halted at an isolated section of the airport barred from the pub lie. Premier Khrushchev stopped briefly in the doorway of the plane squinting at the bright sun then he and his wife, Nina, stepped smiling down the stairway to be greeted by Mayor Norris Poul son. Mrs. Khrushchev accepted a bouquet of bird of paradise flow ers as the couple stepped forward into a ring of civic dignitaries. Television cameras peeked over the shoulders of the pressing of ficials to glimpse the Premier smiling, nodding his head and doffing his hat in the circle. The Premier took a brief pre pared statement from a pocket of his tan suit. "I am happy to avail myself to the opportunity to visit your city, I thank you for your gen erosity in inviting me," Khrush chev said through his interpreter. For security reasons the Khrush chev party landed at an isolated section of International Airport, and the public was held outside miles of fencing. After a brief welcome at plane- side by Mayor Norris Poulson, the Khrushchev entourate was bun dled into a waiting motorcade. Guarded by squadrons of motor cycle officers, they drove with si rens sounding to the hilltop 20th Century-Fox studios. After a luncheon attended by the elite of moviedom, including late-arriving Marilyn Monroe, Eli zabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher, the Khrushchev family and party toured the studio lot and visited the production set of "Can Can. Master of ceremonies Frank Sin atra sang a song from the picture and introduced the new duet of co stars. Louis Jourdan and Maurice Chevalier. Then, while the Soviet Premier toured such mundane sights aa housing projects, his two daught ers, a son and son-in-law left with their official escorts for a quick but fun-filled afternoon at Amer ica's fabulous playpark, "Disney land." Some 800 invited representatives of business, labor and industry will join the 300-member travelong party for the banquet and hear opening remarks by Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge before the Khrushchev speech. On Sunday the entire party will board a morning train for San Francisco and continue the barn storming tour to Des Moines, Iowa, the Roswell Garst farm at Coon Rapids, Iowa; and Pitts burgh. Khrushchef was to round out hia tour in a series of "cold war" talks with President Eisenhower at the quiet retreat of Camp Da vid. Md. you," she pointed out, explaining that in Seattle where she now re sides, you can live on the same street for years and yet not know your neighbors or hardly ever have them speak to you. She doesn't remember which street her folks lived on here for those several months of resi dence, and a trip to the county courthouse didn't help any, as her birth had not been recorded in two. She and her parents went by wagon to Livingston, Mont., and until 1915 resided there during which several other children were born. Her mother and dad then parted marital life and her mom took the children to Portland where they all resided until U6L, The very young looking and vivacious brunette admitted that she had three grandchildren now.