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 -
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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
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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.
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