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26th Issue 64th Year PHONE OPERATORS AT WORKSHOP La Grande was cited as having the fastes t average answering speed of any Vyjest Coast Telephone office in Oregon or Cali fornia at recent workshop attended by lo cal and area toll operators. Left to right, U rsula Bond, Chiloquin; Edna Kiel, Enter prise; Lorene Kinzer, La Grande; and West Coast Vice President, L. Gray Beck, Everett. little Apalachin' Hood Meeting Held NEW YORK 'ITIi Little Augic Pisano and Mrs. Jancic Drake attended a dinner hour get together of top underworld fig ures at a midtown Manhattan res taurant 45 minutes before they were slain, authorities disclosed today. "It was c'ose to being a little Apalachin," said a spokesman for Queens Couity District Attorney Frank D. O'Connor, comparing dinner at Marino's restaurant last Friday to the gang convention at Apalachin. N Y., in 11)57 The siwkesman said Pisano and his companion, Mrs. Drake, dined at the ' restaurant on - Lexington Avenue with Anthony (Tony UP Lists New Train Scheduling Union Pacific's passeng-r trains City of Portland ajid Port'and Rose will go on n"W schedules in Oregon Oct. 4. The new departure time for the City of Portland from Portland will be 12:30 p.m. instead of 1 p.m. The Domeliner will leave La Grande at 6:35 p.m. Westbound the City of Portland will leave La Grande at 2:15 a.m. The Portland Rose wi'I leave Portland at 9:45 p.m. instead of 9:30 p.m. and will leave La Grande at 6:05 a.m. The new schedule will give the City of Portland a better ar rival time in Chicago of 8:35 a.m. The Portland Rose will arrive in Kansas City at 11 p.m. The Union Pacific said it wi'I also provide a more luxurious service for its Portland-Los Angeles Pullman car by moving it from the Portland Rose to the City of Portland. This car will connect with the City of Los Angeles at Green River, Wyo. Maine To Texas' Strike Felt By Walkout Of Longshoremen NEW YORK (UPI Dock work ers went on strike from Maine to Texas today. The walkout shut ports including foreign steel im ports which have totalled one fifth of the nation's supply during the current sleel walkout. The strike by the 100.000-mcm-bcr International Longshoremen's Association could throttle water borne commerce on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts which has an average monthly total of more than 700 million dollars. Passengers began ca'rying their own baggage on and off liners with the aid of ship crews. Importers and exporters of perishable food $uch as bananas and other fruit feared an extend ed strike would leave cargoes rot line in holds or on docks. Housewives could expect to see diminishing supplies of imported fruits in the suermarkets if the strike continues as much as a week. On the industrial front, four ol the live leading ports roreiviiiE LA GRANDE OBSERVER Bender) Strollo, reputed water front racketeer. At nearby ta bles were Vincent Mauro, re ported Strollo aide, Anthony Mir ra. identified as a younger under world leader, and other known gangland personalities. "It was damn near a con clave," the Queens official said. "It seems very doubtful they met by chance." Assistant District Attorney Ber nard M. Patton questioned Strollo and Mauro Wednesday at the Ber gen County courthouse in Hacked sack. Pattofr sai Stinllo was "ct operative to a degree" and had given a list of names of men who were in the restaurant. "Strollo told us the conversation at the restaurant was just small talk, just passing the time of day." a spokesman for Patton said. "But he gave us some very good information and has set up another tack of our investiga tion. ' The bodies of Pisano, 62, and Mrs. Drake, 32, were found shot to death in Pisano's new Cadillac on a residential street in Queens at 10:30 p.m. e.d.t last Friday, shortly after Pisano had been called away from Marino's restau rant by a mysterious phone call. Livestock Market PORTLAND (LTD ( USD At -Livestock: Cattle 150; canner and cutter cows mostly 10-1150: a few 12: shelly canncrs down to 8; cutter and utility bulls 17-22.50, a few medium 843 pound feeder steers 20. Calves 25; steady; good and choice vealcrs 27-30; utility and standard 19-26; culls down to 12: few good and choice 350 - pound stock calves 28. Hogs 200; U.S. No. 1 and 2 butchers 190-220 pounds 15.50-16; mixed 1. 2 and 3 at 14.50-15.25: mixed grade sows 350-550 pounds 9-11. imiorted steel-are affected by the strike. One steel shipment was halted by the strike at New Or leans. Since start of the steel strike July 15. imported steel has doubled in volume and totals one- fifth of the steel available to manufacturers. The dock strike began when a last-minute truce to continue con tract negotiations beyond midnight expiration of the ILA's contract evaporated. Ne-v Orleans dock workers who fai'ed to win retro activity in the proposed 15-day extension walked out. Capt. William V. Bradley, Inter national president of the ILA. called a strike by all locals to "keep the union together.'' East Coast longshoremen responded by striking from Maine to Norfolk, Va. South Atlantic ports, including Savannah, Ga., Tampa. Fla., Charleston, S C.. Wilmington, N.C , and Jacksonville. Fla., were not atfected Immediately. An ILA .sjHiki'smau in Miami said then- Eastern Oregon Toll Operators Attend Workshop West Coast Telephone com pany toll operators have improved their answering speed this year to an average of less than six seconds per call. Company chief operators from Washington, Oregon and northern California learned of the aecom plishment at a workshop at West Coasts Oregon district held quarters at Beavcrton last week. West Coast's toll-call volume increased 16 per cent in 1959 pv er the corresponding months of 1958, aided by a transfer of call handling from Pacific's Portland office to West Coasts Bcaverlon toll center. The company's costs per-toll messaHc also w3re uim- ing downward. The percentage of operators on the payroll over six months drop ped from 94 last year to 89 in 1938. The importance of pay roll stability was illustrated by the fact that La Grande, with no operator turnover, has the fast est average answering speed of any West Coast office in Oregon or California. Police Report One Traffic Violation A Baker man was arrested in La Grande yesterday for viola tion of the basic rule. James Owen Longacrc, 2a, was arrested at 3:22 p.m. on Adams avenue, between Spruce and Wil low Streets for traveling 30 miles per hour in a 20 mile zone, police said. A hearing was scheduled for 3 p.m. today. Cash Grain CHICAGO (UPD Cash grain: Wheat: 1 mixed 204. Corn: 1 yellow 119; 2 yellow U9-119V&; 2 yellow lake billing 117; 3 yellow 1184; 5 yellow 116; sample grade yellow 112. Cats: 1 extra heavy white wce vily 71; 2 heavy white weevily 70. Rye: 2 plump 139N. would be no strike in those ports as long as bargaining talks con tinued with South Atlantic ship pers. Negotiations were under way today. Federal mediators tried to get the pattern-selling New York ne gotiations st a' ted again today. ILA officials agreed to attend, but a spokesman for the New York Shipping Association said the as sociation saw "no point in any continued negotiations with the union." The association accused the ILA of breaking an agreement to keep working while negotiations went on. It threatened to bring "one of the largest and costliest dam age suits ever filed against any union." Bradley said he would recom mend to the ILA Executive Board that the strike continue until a full settlement is reached. "As far as I'm concerned, I don't think we will go back to work now until we get an agreement," llr.'Kllcy sniil. LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER CZAR'S BONDS 'WORTHLESS' WASHINGTON (UPI) Here's a tip from someone who should know: don't buy those Czarist bonds. Undersecretary of State Douglas Dillon related to newsmen Wednesday t con versation he overheard at a Washington cocktail party. He said Soviet Premier Nikira Khrushchev was asked if the bonds issued by the pre-revolutionary government were a good buy. The Pre mier, he said, promptly re plied, "certanly not." There was considerable buying activity of Ciarist bonds last wee during Khru shchev's visit to the Unit ed States. Set New Bond Election For Sewage Plant City commssicners, after hear ing letters from the state sani tary authority and the consult ing engineer, tentatively sched uled Friday, Nov. 6, for the spe cial bond election on lagoon stab ilization ponds here. The lack of a report on soil conditions prevented the commis sion from establishing a definite date. Dave Slaght, acting city manager, informed commission ers that a report on soil condi tions would be available at the next meeting. The letter from Cornell, How land, Hayes and Mcrryfield, the consulting engineers, advised the commission to set the amount of the bond issue at $360,000 to cov er the increase in construction costs since the original estimate was drawn. The firm stated that a new sew age treatment plant on the exist ing site would now cost $464,000, an increase of $47,000 over the first estimate. Necessary addi tions to present facilities would cost an estimated $437,000. Lagoons Increased 4 The revised estimate for -the lagoons included an increase in the size of each cf the two pro posed (Kinds from 70 to.. 100 aeyfs, . The cost also incMHed allowances (or a pumping station and a longer Interceptor sewcr. City officials have investigated alternative sites to proposed pends on city-owned property at the airport. Negotiations for an alternative site arc presently un ccrway. In other action, commissioners approved an ordinance establish ing a sewer service charge. The charge will be 75 cents for single dwellings and $1.50 for duplex. Business firm charges will be pro-rated on the basis of water consumption. A special section was added to give school, churches and simi lar organizations a discount dur ing summer months wncn tnc main charge for water was irri gation. Any user may, by filing notice of election prior to June 1 cf any year, elect to pay an average bill based on the preced ing nine months for each month during June, July and August rather than the charge tor tne month as computed on the basic scale! Red China Military 'Parades' TOKYO (UPI I Red China, which boasts the largest standing army In the world, paraded its military might in Peiping today but joined other leaders of the Communist world in denouncing war In favor of "peaceful exist ence." The 40-minute parade through Pciping's Gate of Heavenly Peace Square was part of mammoth celebrations marking the 10th an niversary of the establishment of the Peiping regime. It was fol lowed by a "peace demonstra lion" of 700.000 working people. Marshal Lin Pao, newly ap pointed defense minister who some believe may be Ihe future leader of Red China, issued an order of the day in which he "definitely" promised lo "liber ate" Formosa and the Nationalist offshore islands of Matsu and (Jurmoy. Peiping Radio noted that the military parade was larger tha.i in any of the past years. It in cluded 144 artillery pieces and 90 tanks. Scores of jet fighters and bombers roared low over the square in a tribute to Mao Tse tung. "Communist Chinese armed forces have been modernized," Lin told the cheering crowds . . these forces have accomplished their duty satisfactorily during the past 10 years. Fornado Hits Killina U.N. Team Schedules Laos Tour UNITED NATIONS. NY. U'PI A I N fact-finding team was scheduled to visit northern Laos today for an on-lhe-spot investiga tion into Laotian government charges of "aggression" from Communist North Viet Nam. Reports said the fact finders would leave Vientiane by plane for Sam Neua, the province Laos charged was the scene of inva sion by Communist forces from North Viet Nam Aug. 30. The team is expected to spend two to three days talking to local autho rities and collecting other infor mation to back up the Laotian charges, reHrts from Vientiane said. Laotian Foreign Minister Kham phan I'anya Wednesday issued a blanket invitation to the members of the United Nations to send ob servers to Loos to see for them selves that the Southeast Asian kingdom was not a U.S. military base as charged by the Commu nists. Panya flew here from Vientiane to give the world organization a first-hand account of the Commu nist threat to his country through the incursions from North Viet Nam. "American aid to Laos has peaceful aims," Panya said. "The United States is enabling Laos to promote its economy. The amount of U.S. aid and its purpose are common know ledge. Typoon Death Toll in Japan Increases NAGOYA, Japan ( UPI The death toll in the worst typhoon in modern Japanese history rose to day to 3.625 persons. Another 1,773 were listed as missing and 9,448 injured. Even as residents of Nagoya struggled to count the dead left by typhoon Vera and throw up temporary shelter for thousands of homeless, the weather bureau warned another typhoon may be on its way. The meteorological agency in Tokyo said another devastating storm could hit the Japanese archipelago during the first part of October. Officials estimated that typhoon Vera left 150 million dollars in damage. U.S. officials estimated damages to military property at two million dollars, half of it at the huge Tachikawa Air Base out side Tokyo. Forty helicopters worked con-, tinuously to rescue thousands of cold and starving victims of the typhoon. Tuberculin Tests Given To Junior High Pupils Here Tuberculin tests were given to 580 La Grande Junior High Schocl students this week under auspices of the Tuberculosis and Health Association cooperating with the Union County Health agency. Those assisting the county health department were Marion Carpenter, Emma Hall, Sylvia Craig, members of Alpha Upsi- lon chapter of Beta Sigma Phi. The TB testing program has ended at Elgin, Imbler, Union, North Powder, Fruitdalc, Island City and La Grande's Seventh Day Adventists schools. Brake Failure Cause Of School Bus Crash BRATT. Fla! (UPH Brake failure was listed today as the cause of a school bus crash near here Wednesday that injured 33 children, 10 of whom required hospitalization. Bus driver Bob Godwin. 41, said the brakes on the vehicle went out as he topped the crest of a hill on a dirt road. DOW JONES Unittd Pros International Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 633.80, up 1.92; 20 railroads 159.14. up 1.74; 15 utili ties 848, up 0.57, and K stocks 212 02. up I 14. I, 1959 11 Levelina ,r ... .. ... ... - - , - . -- .. -- 1' IT'S EASY Marvin Moe, assistant general chairman for the Kiwanis' Community Pancake Dinner, gets an early start on his cooking. Aunt Jemima will make per sonal appearance at the event. Kiwanis club members are selling tickets for the event. Moe keeps his eye on the practice flip just to be sure. (Observer Photo) The choppers plucked survivors from roofs on which they took refuge. More than 250 cases of dysen tery were reported in Nagoya alone and one newspaper estimat ed there were as many as 2,000 cases in the entire Ise Bay area hit by the rampaging typhoon over the weekend. Officials feared large-scale out breaks of tetanus, diarrhea and gas gangrene. U.S. military and Japanese self defence forces helicopters today began flying out survivors from Tohishima, Jushiyama and Yato mi villages near Nagoya. An esti mated 20.000 persons were trap ped on their roofs by a huge lake created when the Kiso River went over its banks. Pilots reported many survivors were reluctant to leave their roofs despite hunger and privation, pre ferring to stay and guard what few possessions they salvaged from their homes. Some have had no food or clean water since the storm struck. SPECIAL 'FIRE WEEK' SET HERE Local Groups Cooperating For Fire Prevention Week In City Plans are shaping up in La Grande for a special program to begin Friday night in connection with national Fire Prevention Week. The special "week" Is designed to call public attention to the danger of fires In the home and is aimed at the prevention of fires in this city. The city fire department is co operating in the program with the Chamber of Commerce. On Friday night, at the halfway point in the La Grande-Bend foot ball game, the fire department will stage a brief demonstration to illustrate the speed with which a fire ca'l is answered. On Monday afternoon there will he a special display on Adams Ave., with the new fire truck and members of the department on hand to explain Its operation. Opon Houm An open house will be held all day Tuesday at the fire station. The public is Invited lo drop by the department to look over the equipment, chat with the firemen, and get Information on the typ-s of fire dangers to watch for in the heme. The biggest event of Ihe special 14 Page Virginia Union County Historical Society Meets UNION (Special) The Union County Historical Society held its regular meeting at the Woman's Club here recently. Ths Historical Society is a group of people who are interest ed in collecting and preserving the history of the early settlers in the Grande Hondo valley and adjacent valleys and industries that have been developed here. The meeting was conducted by Bernal Hug of Elgin, president. The histoiy of securing telephone service and electricity in Union was presented by Mrs. Margaret Layton. Rev. Dwight Williams of the local Methodist church was the speaker of the evening and Mrs. fres Adler of La Grande was in charge of music. Refreshments were served by Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Courtright, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Jones, Mrs. Cinda South, Mrs. Margaret Lay ion, Mrs. Eva Richards, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Weatherspoon, Mrs. Ethel Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Taylor of Union and Mrs. Grace Powers of Medical Springs. week will be a free horn-; inspec tion by members of the fire de partment. This is planned lo begin on Wednesday and to continue through the rest of the week. Local residents are asked to call the Chamber of Commerce office il they wish to have the firemen call at their home for an inspec tion. The inspection will consist of an examination of wiring, heating equipment, and storage fire dan ger, etc. The firemen will go through the house with the home owner and make recommenda tions and point out possible fire hazards. There will be no charge for the service and Fire Chief Ray Snider is urging all residents to call the chamber office for an appointment. Pamphlets wi'I be available at the fire department and will be given out at the Monday display. They show the proper fire pre cautions which home owners should take to prevent fires. Snider points out that residents can help themselves by eliminat ing hazards before a fire has i chance to destroy the home. City Commission President Gordon W. Clarke has issued proclamation in connection with WEATHER Variable high cloud through Friday; high 56-62; low tonight 25-30. Five Cents Area, Houses 'Funnels' Pull Tots Off Ground CHARLOTTESVILLE, V. (UPI) Weary rescuers found an 11th body early today amidst the rain-soaked tangle of splintered homes and fall en trees in a tornado-hit farm community near here. . Ten of the dead, including five children, were members of one family. Two oth er children who were report ed missing were accounted for as the grim cleanup be gan in the -twister's after math. The tornado isolated the farm ing community of Ivy, six miles west of Charlottesville, for sever al hours. It cut a mile-long path of destruction two hours after a smaller twister hit the commu nity. Three children were sucked into the funnel and hurled to their deaths as they walked from a school bus toward their home sec onds before it was destroyed. Two other children watched in horror from another home 100 feet away which was not dam aged. TrMS Blocked Read The two funnels knocked out all electricity and telephone linen and felled trees which blocked all roads into the area. The dead and injured lay help less fur two hours before police heard of the disaster. Rescue workers had to fight through a deluge which piled as much as four feet of water on highways, then found their way completely blocked a quarter-mile from the farm orchard where the homes were splintered. - . The dead and iniured were car ried and tugged through a maze of fallen trees and power lines in a ghastly scene lighted only by the flashlights of exhausted work ers. Rain poured down. Ambulances were pushed by hand around fallen trees and over mired roads. No one reached the scene until after dark. Destroyed Homos The twister and another which struck nearby Greene County, Va. destroyed two churches and an uncounted number of homes and farm buildings and ruined farm crops. Bulletin CHICAGO (UPI) The Chi. ago White Sox defeated the Los Angolas Dodgort, 11-0, Today In the first gam of the 1959 World Sori.l. Totals: Dodgort 0 I 3 Whito Sox 11 11 WP Wynn. LP Craig, Time 2:35. fire as follows: WHEREAS thousands of Am- , ericans lose their lives each -year from fires that could be prevented; and WHEREAS great social and ' economic losses to our city ' result from the destruction of 1 homes, business enterprises, industries and natural re- sources: THEREFORE, I, Gordon W. Clarke, of La Grande do here by proclaim the week beginning " Oct. 4. 1959, as Fire Prevcn- lion Week. I call upon all departments and agencies of the city gov- -' crnment to participate active- ly In a campaign for Improved ' fire safety. The fire depart- ment and the schools of our city can provide effective leadership in the activities of Fire Prevention Week, and 1 1 urge them to work with the Chamber of Commerce and t other organizations for a sue- ' cessful program. I earnestly request every citizen of the community to ous conditions and making our : city a safer community in which to live and work