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About La Grande observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1959-1968 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1959)
LA WEATHER Fair through Sunday; high 65 75; low Saturday night 35 45. OBSERVER GRANDE 28th Issue 64th Year Fred Carpenter, left. 1104 C St.. Darrell Wagoner, 708 II Ave. (in truck); Jim Walk er, Rt. 1, right; Curtis Culp. 1607 Seventh St.; and Keith Pratt, 807 Main St. (kneel ing at right), were back in La Grande this morning with five bucks. They ranged from 150 to 175 pounds and had an antler spread of 18 to 20 inches. There wera three two points, a three-point and a four point shot within a half hour after the season started, at the foot of Mt. Emily. (Observer I'hoto) Clear, Crisp Day For Nimrods At Start Of State's Deer Hunt By GRADY PANNELL Observer Staff Writer Hords of hunters 'rom this East ern Oregon area swarmed into the hills and mountain ranges sur rounding the Grande Ronde vall-y before dawn todny to ushor in on other deer season. Be'o:e the sun's ray had lifted over the snow - c;ppcd p aks. sporadic firing could be heard in County Road Position Goes To Idaho Man Oscar Mannnn. of Lowiston. Idaho, where he has been serving as superintendent cn a construc tion project, is now employed by Cnion County as new road master. Mannon. hired by County Judge C. K. McCormick's office, comes here following many years in the construction business throughout the Pacific Northwest. tie also has worked on a larg? construction project in Brazil, South America, according to Judge McCorniick. The new rord chief fills a vacancy that occurred last June when County Engineer S. B. Mor gan died. Morgan had served ! the county n this capacity for ' about 3"; y ars. STEEL STRIKE TALKS BRIGHTEN Companies In Money Proposal To Union At White House Meet PITTSBURGH 'UPI Negotia tors for the United Steelworkers and 12 major steel companies opened their third day of While House-ordered talks today seeking to hammer a "rew" industry pro posal into a settlement of the 81 day strike of 500,000 workers. An industry source told United Press International that the com panies had made a "contingent" money proposal after President Eisenhower told both sides Wednesday that the economy choking walkout must be ended. Chief negotiators. R. Conrad Cooiier of U S. Steel Corp. and USW President David J. McDon ald, ap'ieared amiable as they en tered the conference room in the Penn-Shcraton Hotel here this morning. Neither had any com ment. The industry source which dis closed the change in the compa nies' stand, the first since the strike began July 15. said Mc Donald has rejected the proposal "in the form it was offered." The source said the companies proposed "specific" economic con Cessions in return for changes in BY DAMN'S EARLY La Grande and surrounding com munities. And before 10 a.m. cf a clacr, crisp day,, termed, "perfect" for an opener by nimrods in thes? confines, several red-canned mii and women drove back into town with deer. Fat From Food Most of the buck bagged early in the morning were h-avy from foilagc fcod. a result of late sum mer and ecrly full rains that perk ed up grazing on the highlands. Five of the early arrivals into La Grande included Keith Pratt. 807 Main St.: Darrell Wagoner. 70S H Ave.: Curtis Culp, 1607 Sev enth St.: Fred Carpenter, 1104 C St.: and Jim Walker. Rt. 1. All five hunters trucked out at about 4 a.m., heading for Mt. EOC Luncheon For All Alumni Set For Monday A special Eastern Oregon Colleg? a'umnt luncheon is scheduled in Pendleton on Monday according to Neva Neil, EOC alumni secre tary. Presiding at the noon luncheon will be Frances Bartron. alumni president, of La Grande. The luncheon, scheduled for Lincoln school, is held during the Eastern I Oregon Educational conference. contract terminology which man agement said were needed for "effie'ert" operations. UPl's source sa d the total val ue of the package proKsal was "probably the most closely guard ed secret in the history of col lective bargaining." As outlined by UPI's informant, the industry would agree to a two year contract with "non wage" benefits provided the first year and an und sclosed wage increase the second. Management demanded in re turn changes in contract language that would permit individual firms greater efficiency. All money con cessions, however, would fit into the industry's pre-strike proposal The absence of official comment on the reported proposal by either USW President David J. McDon ald or chief industry negotiator R Conrad Cooper of U.S. Steel was in keeping with a joint security clamp placed on the talks since they moved here Thursday. At a news conference which followed Friday's sessions. Coop er said "we are making every possible elfort lo resolve our prob U'liis through collective bargain - LA Emily. At tiip foot of this craig they made their kills the bucks ranging from 150 to 170 pounds apiece, . AJI tin ..deer lu.d fairly nice antler spreads cne of the animals boasting four points. Sidewalk citizens also observed other rigs heading through town with prize animals that were bagged in the Sk'd Springs and Chesnimnus areas. Benson Tours Soviet Union KIEV. Russia 'UPH U.S. Sec rotary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson has told Russians here that he welcomes friendly agri cultural competition between the I'nited States and the Soviet Un ion. Benson, after a tour of the Uk raine, told a news conference that "The important thing is to raise the standard of living of the mass es of our people." Benson and his group toured col lective and state farms devoted to sugar beet production and dai rying Thursday. He also visited an animal experimental station. "We will offer you any inform ation we have," he told Ukrainian farmers and Soviet officials who accompanied him. "There are no secrets in agriculture. " ing." He emnhasized he speaking for both sides. vs "We are fully aware of the' great public interest in this situa tion, particularly the desire that it be solved at the earliest pos sible moment." Friday's reported proposal marked the initial time manage ment had spelled out in dollars and cents what it meant when it said it would give economic bene fits in return for "increased cf f.cie icy." The elfects of the strike con tinued to darken the labor and economic picture throughout the nation. Even the highly-agricultural state of Iowa failed to cs caoe the strike's effects. Gov. Herschel C. Loveless of Iowa said Friday that 10 per cent of the state's non- agricultural workers could be laid off by the first of next year if the strike continues "indefinitely." The automobile industry also was threatened. Ward's Automo tive Heports said Friday that the steel walkout, combined with other labor troubles, threaten to cut Oc tober car output lo half of the 1 scheduled record level GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1959 j '. -J- TIGER DEFENSE - Westenskow (10) and two other La Grande defend ers go after pass thrown by Jim Hawes of Bend in the second half of last night's 40-0 victory over the Lava Bears. Bend end Bob Young (36) and quarterback Hon Carter (22), behind official, couldn't get to ball as Bend completed only one pass in 14 attempts. (Observer Photo by . Otto Weigell Izzak Walton League Gives Jingle Prizes Three La Grande High School students were awarded top prizes in the Red Hat Jingle Contest sxin sored by the Union County Izaak Walton League during a p p as sembly Friday. Red hats were awarded lo one member cf each class for their prize winning jingle. The contest is promoted by the Izaak Walton League as a reminder to hunters to be careful during hunting season. Norman Marterson, president of the Union County 1aak Walton League was on hand to present th? prizes to winners Ron (.'coper, senior; Shirley Ann Smurthwailc, junior; and Denny Waite, sopho more. Ron Cooper's winning jingle goes: "Hunters watch that muzlr. Rom-mbcr the late Dan .MrOrew, A careless shot from a rife Was poor Dan's Wat- rloo " First Priie Shirl-y Ann Sinu. thwaite cap tured first prize with the following: "Tipsy Harry had a sno.t Beiore the hunt of game. And now, alas, all that's left Is a bottle and his name." Sophomnr" Denny Walk's prize winner reads: David was a hunter. Ho thought he wis a wizzard. He didn't wear a rrd hat. They shot him in the gizz:rd." VIRUS HITS NIXON WASHINGTON 'UPI Vice President Richard M Nixon planned to return to his ofliee to day after a bout with a mild virus infection. Ray Freighter Afire Off Bermuda M'lIrOl.K. Va. 'MM' - An American freight it caught on the fringes of Hurricane Hannah ra dimil Unlay a tiro was "blazing fie-cely" in ono if its holds, tin Coast Guard sa il. Two Coast Guard cutters wore si'iil lo assist tlio SS Moiinactoal w huh uas fighting winds ol ulioilt 40 unit's an hour, ahout T3 miles , noil h noi thcast of Bermuda ' Forty-three crewmen and 12 passengers wore aboard the ves sel which radioed that the (ire broke out in its number 3 hold and spread to another hatch. It radioed later that the second fire was controlled with foam chemi cal hut the bla.e ill the number 3 hold was still "blazing fiercely" at U 30 a m. e s t. I The Coast Guard said its Cutter lluane from Bermuda was on the scene at noon e d t. and a second cutter, the Owasco. was due about 2 p.m. e d t. A Coast Guard plane from Bermuda also was flying over the freighter. The Coast Guard said the freighter had radioed Bermuda it hoped to arrive in Bermuda about 5 p.m. e d t. It requested an es cort and the Coast Guard said the Duaiie and Owasco would accom pany the vessel. The Moore - McCormack linos freighter was enroute from Now York to South America. Or. Negotiations Falter In Shipping Walkout NEW YORK aPH-The strik ing Longshoremen's Union and the shipping industry took uncom promising positions today against early resummon of negotiations in the three-day-old Atlantic and Gulf Coast pier tie-up that threat ens the jobs of more than a mil lion persons. Robert H. Moore, deputy direc tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, planned in formal talks with both sides dur ing the week end in an attempt lo work out a joint conference, but the prospects were bleak. Union and industry sources predicted the strike will go on another week or even longer unless the government obtains a Talt-llartley injunction. The New York Shipping Assn. rejected Friday Moore's bid for a joint session Monday, saying it would not resume negotiations un til Oct. 15 unless the dockers re turn to work before that dale. The date marks the end of a 15-day contract extension which the In ternational Longshoremen's Assn. ! cancelled by calling the strike. Alexander P. Chopin, Shipping Assn. Chairman, said that the cm - plovers would rcuuire the ILA to give assurances that any contract i negotiated here will be honored regardless of the outcome of ne gotiations in South Atlantic and Gulf ports. The strike was called by the ILA here lo back southern members in their contract exten sion demands. William V. Bradley, ILA presi dent, said that "under no condi tion'' will Hie Longshoremen re turn to the piers without a con tract. He said he would confer Mrs. Hattie McWilliam Succumbs At Hospital Mrs. Hattie McWilliam, one day away from her 83th birthday, died at a La Grande hospital Friday. She was born in Summerville and had lived there with the excep tion of 15 years of California resi dence. Survivors re Mrs. Mina Stand ley, lit. 1, La Grande, and Mrs Clyde McKenzie, of Summerville She was the daughter of the late T. T. and Sarah Glenn, pioneers of Summerville. Funeral arrangement are pending. 1000 Homes DELUGE HITS OKLAHOMA, RESULTING IN 4 DEATHS MICK WILL WED LADY LOS ANGELES (UPI) Former mobttor Mickey Co hen says he's going to marry a stripteater named Beverly Hills. "She's a very mature girl in mind and everything else," Cohen said Thursday after his engagement party broke up. "She's a lady who never uses a swear word. I'm looking down from the clouds she's an angel." Cohen is 46. The stripper is 22 and will seek a Mexi can divorce from her hus band, a carpenter. t Monday with 11 waterfront unions, including the Teamsters Union, in an effort to get 100 per cent ob servance of the Longshoremen's picket lines. If truckers, office employes, ship's officers, communications men, engineers and seamen re fuse to cross the lines, the strike could cost the nation's economy much more than the 20 million dollars a day it is estimated to be costing now. Approximately 800, 000 workers in the metropolitan New York area would be affected and several hundred thousand more would find themselves with out work in ports from Portland. Maine, to Brownsville, Tex. 1 l- TOP GAINING HEREFORD BULL I J. Dale St and ley is shown with his top gaining bull. Standlcy has been under the production and testing program in Union County. Standley is the first to try the meth od and reported excellent results. The bull above gained over 4.5 pounds per day over an 83 day period. . . (Observer Photo) 6 Pages Persons Flee From Floods OKLAHOMA CITY ilTIi New rains measuring up to four inches hammered Okla homa today, where more than 3,000 persons have been driven from their homes. Four auto deaths were blamed on the deluge, now in its third day Waters were receding at seme points, but Civil Defense officials warned against a return to low land homes until the runoff from the new storms could be meas ured. Civil defense and city officials at Bixby. a small city south of i Tulsa, considered evacuating that i city lo escape the rising Arkansas ijver Flood waters were going down at Stillwater, where an estimated 1.500 persons fled from their homes earlier. Pawnee, alHiut 41) miles to the northeast of Stillwater was iso lated by high water that flooded the city's water wells. Olficials said about two d.iys supply was in overhead storage for the 2.WKI residents. The Red Cross flew a 1 niem Ixr team into Oklahoma City to day to set up a state disaster headquarters. The Weallier Bureau reoorle I 4 38 inches at MoAlestcr: 2 HO t i Tulsa: 3.50 at Waurika. 2 03 at Oklahoma City, and 2 BX at Mar low. The floods brought demands for immediate flood control measures . Irnin mitllil litr.ul rn,uli,nlv t:.,n,i of whom have suffered two floods in the last week. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Temple. Chicago, died when their foreign made car rai into six inches of standing water on I S. highway 6ti near Vinita. and went out of control, smashing into a pickup truck. Mr. und Mrs. Tony Jack Wells. Ripley, Okla.. were killed when -their pickup l"yck plunged into Knox Center Creek after u portion of the bridge crossing the stream had washed out. A high way trooper said the truck was not submerged, but the impact killed the couple. Octolicr downiMiurs transformed placid streams into torrents Fri day. Worst hit were Stillwater and Guthrie, just 30 miles away from each other in north central Okla homa. At Stillwater, 400 families accepted the safety of shelters Friday night, and 300 Guthrie families were cared (or by the Red Cross. Other towns flooded were Skia took, Blackwcll, Coylc and Avant. all in north central and northeast Oklahoma. There were no reports of loss of human life in the flooded towns. Union Business Group Meets Monday Night UNION (Special) Union Bus iness Women will hold their first fall meeting Monday at 7 p.m. at the Knotty Pine Cafe at a no host dinner" and business meeting Buisness will be the election of officers. Five Cents Area Job Level Is At Peak Ar-a employment has remained at a high level despite some tem porary layoffs in logging and crnstruction. due to late September bad weather. Ernest O. Burrows, manager of the local state employment office, said work trends showed up well in lumber, retail trade and ser vice industries. Three logging "lors in naeowa v.oumy iemV '"na' "--i' " w cause of bad lo8fiin roads during,. the end of September, and agri-.-. cultural employment decreased some during the month in the usual seasonal trend for the area. Decking Pint Logs The bright side of the picture shows that larger sawmill oper ators began decking pine logs for winter operation, with the decks exp'iied to increase rapidly dur ing the next three months. Highway construction projects on U.S. 30, about four miles west of La Grande, continue on schedule,' according to Burrows, with a con- tract for a reinforced concrete trido. n 'ar town, in the amount. of $422.0i5 awarded. City building permits issued here during ScptemlM-r totaled $95,059 as compared to $127,570 for the month hefure and $146,542 for September a yar ago. New residential con duction accounted for $82,078 of the total last month. Wtather Conditions Estimated total unemployment in both Union and Wallowa coun ties was 323 last month as com pired to 2:12 in August and 30 a year ago. New claims filed in I Sept ember totaled 92 as compared 10 i m August and 108 a year ago. Weather conditions will be a big factor the next 60 days in em ployment by loggers and construc tion supervisors, however, hiring in all industrial groups is expected to be largely on a replacement basis. Burrows added. Wilbur Osterloh Is Superintendent Wilbur Osterloh assumed the po sition of superintendent of schools for Union County on October 1, and has moved all his records in to the county courthouse here. He succeeds Mrs. Veda Couzens in the post. Mrs. Couzens an nounced her retirement last year but has been working with Oster loh since the start of the fall term of schools. Osterloh, a resident of Eastern Oregon for the past eight years, has been teaching science at Union High School. He and his wife will continue to reside temporarily in North Powder where their four children attend school. Mrs. Oster loh teaches at Powder Valley High School. J