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It May Be late Spring1 When Ike, Khrushchev Confer Again By LYLE C. WILSON UPI Staff Writer WASHINGTON UPI'- Neatly packugod out of the Eisenhower Khrushchev mcetini! came some RBs Iteoulilitan ci;s and all in one basket. There is a proverb about that which begins with two emphatic words: "Don't put ." It is a Rood question today whether the springtime meeting between 'resident Eisenhower and Premier Khrushchev in Mos cow will be a greater Ixxin to their respective grandchildren than to the Democratic Party. Springtime comes lale in Moscow by American standards just as autumn comes early. It was snow ing in Moscow Tuesday when all America, save, maybe, Kraser, Colo., still awaited Indian Sum mer. So, if grandpu is going to take the Eisenhower tykes to Moscow in a time of the spring thaw and blooming flowers it could be as lute os June when the two chiefs of state next get together. It was Khrushchev's idea that the grand children should be in the Eisen Settlement Of Algerian War Big Job At Conference Table By PHIL NEWSOM - ' UPI Staff Writer The five-year Algerian War. written in the blood of French set tlers, soldiers and rebel Algerians alike, is not finding it easy to find its way to the pen and ink of the conference table. French President Charles de Gaulle's offer of self-determination for Algeria within four years after peace probably is as far as any French politician dare go. To readers outside France, the reply of the Algerian rebels to his offer seemed mild, especially so in view of the savage attack against De Gaulle delivered in the United Nations by a representa tive of the Arabian people, the delegate from Saudi Arabia. Seen As Minority But it is apparent that, despite (he restraint demonstrated both by De Gaulle's offer and by the Dutchman Denies Brutal Murder Of Nude Divorcee NEW VOHK (UPli-William M. L. Van Hie, the Dutch radio oper ator charged with murder in the death of Chicago divorcee Lynn Kmiffmon, sent word to his wife today that he is innocent. "Tell my wife I love her," Van Hie told his attorneys. "Tell her not to worry. I om Innocent." Vun Hie. 30. said he hoied to be tried and exonerated as quick ly as possible so that he can go home to Utrecht to sec his wife, Kcl, who is visiting a friend in Brussels at present. The radioman said he and Nel were murricd April 16, 19T8, only two weeks before he left on a year's cruise on the Dutch freighter Utrecht. They have no children. Mrs. Kauffman, 23 year old daughter of a Chicago industrial ist, disappeared from the Utrecht Sept. 18. Her battered, half-nude body was found the next day on an island in Boston harbor. Van Ric admitted to police that he bent Mrs. Kauffman in a quar rel over a supposed pregnancy as the Utrecht left Boston headed for New York an admission he later recanted. He has steadfast ly denied that he threw his petite mistress overboard. Elgin Farm Bureau Center Holds Meet ELGIN (Special) The Elgin Farm Bureau center met recently at the VFW hall In Elgin. A discussion of the election of officers was held and a report of the county meeting was given by Bernal Hug Jr. Everett Cornell, Insurance agent, was present to discuss his business with the members in formally, and to meet with Elgin residents. Diher uuesls at the first meet ing of the fall Included Mr. and Mrs. Grant Henderson. Hender son reported on the resolutions meetings coming up and Mrs. Henderson explained the essay contest to be sponsored by the Oregon Farm Bureau again this year. Heart Ills Blamed On 'Nagging Wives' HOI.LV WOOD (UPI' Or. Frank G. Nolan, noted hca-1 spe cialist, believes that 'nagging wives" may be resiwnsiblc for a good deal of heart disease among men their husbands, that is. Nolon, who is president of the Marine Heart Rescurch Founda tion and who has gone on excur sions in the Pacific Ocean to test the hearts of whales, cited the case of a male patient of whom he was taking a cardiogram. "His wife happened to walk into the room." Nolan related, "and the needle Jumped- I wonder if nagging wives are not to blame for much of the heart disease among men? After all. many more men than women die of coronary heart disease. This If something to think about seriously." hower party, and that they should sec Moscow abloom and ublos soin. Critical Political Month Very pretty! Hut June. 1W is a politically critical month in the I'nited States. Both national nom inating conventions come up in July. The political word in recent weeks has been that the Demo crats are lacking a crackling is sue on which to base their I'M presidential campaign. An Eisenhower Khrushchev meeting just prior to the nominat ing conventions could give the democrats an overriding issue. It seems reasonable to believe that such a meeting surely will provide an effective Democratic campaign issue unless there is generated in Moscow some concrete, realistic, reassuring progresp toward peace, reduced national defense costs and lesser taxation. That issue could be decisive. During the month before the conventions, Americans - will be reading and hearing of little else than the meeting of their Presi dent with the Soviet chief. That will not offend the citizens be rebel reply, much blood still will flow before the billion-dollar-a-year Algerian revolt is settled There appear to be strengths and weaknesses on both sides. De Gaulle's offer of self-determination precluded any political negotiaions with the rebel gov ernment in-exile headed by Fer hat Abbas. It did permit miliiary negotia tions for a cease-fire. Yet in rebel eyes, to prohibit political negotia tions would be only to deprive them of their arms while leaving all the trumps in French hands. The French take the view that the rebels are a minority without the right to speak for the major ity of Algerians, yet the rebels represent the only organized op position group in Algeria and without them it would seem im possible to negotiate a political settlement. Sahara Net Included De Gaulle's offer made it clear that the vast Sahara would not be included in the deal. But he did offer a partition arrangement whereby those of opposing views could be partitioned. The rebels' reply said they never would ac cept partition of any kind. This vast desert is comparable in size to the United States, yet it has only about 840,0(10 inhab itants. Burning and waterless, it is comparable to the poles in its un friendliness to man. Yet into this area, the French next year will pour some 2fi0 mil lion dollars. The rewards: Some of the most imiKirtant oil fields in the world. By 15, the French expect pctro- leum output to reach SO million tons per year through pipelines now being constructed. In addi tion, there is coal and vast sup plies of iron and natural gas. There is copper and some explo rations have shown signs of ura nium. REMEMBER WHEN ... 25 years ago Dizzy Dean, of the famous Gas House Detroit Cardinals in the National League, set the rival Detroit Tigers down 8 3 in the first game of the World Series. L. A. Kennedy of La Grande was elected commander of Mt. Emily Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Other officers elected were Ilehert Evans, senior vice commander; II. A. Scott, junior vice commander; Por ter Dial, quartermaster; Henry Hess, judge advocate; Don Matott, chaplain; W. II. Blaktiey, officer of the day. Outgoing post comman der was Fred Huberts. .... IS years ago, tbe vaunted Siegfried Line which Germany boasted could never be broken, was pierced by Americans in bitter fighting near Aachen. In Duly, advancing Americans nenred a key German defensive point in the Po Valley. Sgt. Heed Wade of Lostinc, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wade, was credited w ith blasting a dug in Ger man armor position with one well placed shot from the medium tank which he commanded. He was a member of the Fifth Army. Lt. James Gordon 1-eonard. son of Mrs. Martha Leonard. Island City, won the Air Medal for his part in the bombing of key Japan ese bases at Truk atul in the Pa ciiic. OBITS United Press International LONDON-llenry G. W. Wood head, "6. reporter and editor for 40 years in China and author of books on that country, died Tues day, it was made known Friday night. NEW YORK Thomas J. Walsh. 77, retired investment banker, died Friday. TORONTO-Geza De Kress. 77. Hungarian-horn violinist and fur ninny years one of Toronto's lead inj musicians, died Friday. cause they surely must be more interested in peace than in presi dents and in parties. Backfire Possible Tliiy will have had from right now until the Moscow meeting to build up their hopes for a better world. Tie political party which can be tagged in the presidential campaign on charges of disap pointing those hopes is likely to lie defeated on election day. The words uttered here and in Moscow since the end of the Eisenhower-Khrushchev talks at Camp David have been hocful. confident, optimistic. The citizens are entitled to believe a beginning has been made toward better things. This was true, also, after tiic l'J"3 llig Four meetings in Geneva. "It is my judgment," Eisen hower said then, "inat the pros pects of a lasting peace with justice are brighter. The dangers of modern war are less. The Big Four then turned over to their foreign ministers the secific issues to be resolved Their meeting was an absolute failure and the world since has been on the brink of war. Use 'Shock' Treatment On Obscenity WASHINGTON (UPll Post master General Arthur Summer field has used the "shock" treat ment to recruit more support for his fight against mail order ob seen it y. Officials of the General Federa lion of Women's Clubs viewed Summerfield's collection of por nography culled from the mails and came away with apparent new determination to strengthen his campaign. The some 100 be-furred and be jewelled members of the federa tion s board of directors were shown the locked door collec tion Thursday just after they had tea at the White House with Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower. The women were in a social able mood when they arrived at the Post Office Department. But they left expressing shock and disgust at the obscene photo graphs of male and female nudes they had seen. "I'm glad you're walking be hind me in case I faint," said one woman to a friend. They had just come out of one special sec tion kept behind a drawn cur tain. "My God," said another. The women, whose clubs have supported Summerfield's drive to rid the mails of pornography, were greeted at the department by former Hep. Cecil M. Hardin 'R-Ind.1, now a special assistant to Summerfield. "Y'ou can read about it, hear about it, but it's something dif ferent to sec it," Mrs. Hardin warned. Spoonlickers Meet And Pick Officers Four-H Spoonlickers club mem bers met recently at the T. It. Pipes home during which officers were elected. Marie Hitchey was named president. Other officers are Nancy Voruz vice president; Lynda DeGrofft secretary; Jean Pipes, news re porter; and Janet Kirby, activity chairman. Following outline of plans for coming year, each girl practiced making white sauce. Each mom ber was to prepare and serve at least one vegetuhle before the next meeting. At a follow-up meeting, chicken preparation was featured by the members. Preparation of various other types of meats was discus sed, with each member to serve one kind of meat at the October meeting. Local Insurance Unit Elects New Officers The La Grande insurance agents association, meeting recently at the Sacajawca, elected a slate of of ficers for the new year. They are Horace J. Nelson, pre sident; W E. Wilkins, vice presi dent; Vcrn L. Nebcker, Secretary treasurer. Outgoing officers are Charles A. Reynolds Jr., president: Bill Thomas, vice president: Nelson, Secretary -treasurer. The next me eting will be held in November. Searles Serving As 'Special' Policeman La Grande police officer Gaylen Searles, who recently announced his resignation from the force to pursue collrge studies, will be available as a siecial officer. Police Chief Oliver Reeve said Searles would fill in at times for It. L. Jordan, humane officer, and others, due to illness, etc. "TOO FAR. TOO FAST" PITTSBURGH (UPU The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said in an editorial today that the steel industry has "attempted to move too far and too fast at one time in the steel strike. "Could it real ly hope to recover at one sitting so much that has been bargained away over the course of the last 13 years'" the editorial asked DREW PEARSON SAYSi Ike, Nikita Meet Dispelled 'Distrust' For Each Other WASHINGTON The most im portant conclusion drawn from those close to both Khrushchev 1 and Eisenhower was that during 'heir Camp David talks they were old on each other. They came to like each other and trust each other. President Eisenhower, who had been tuld by many of his advisers, especially the late John Foster Dulles, that he could never trust anything a Communist said, came to the opposite conclusion regard ing Khrushchev, And the Russian premier who had heard and himself spread reams of propa ganda regarding the unreliabil ity of capitalists, came to the conclusion that this was not the case. He liked Eisenhower im mensely. Eisenhower has a warm and sincere way of talking to people. and there seems to be no ques tion that Khrushchev was genu inely impressed. There also seems to be no question but that Eisenhower was equally impress ed by Khrushchev's frank and disarming personality. Those who saw the two men together said a personal friendship had been formed during that weekend at Camp David which could pave the way to an unprecedented period of peace. This was probably the biggest plus from the Khrushchev visit. Note Another plus was me tremendous play in Moscow news papers and over the Soviet radio regarding the friendly welcome given Mr. K. The theme of peace and friendship was played over and over again. This in itself would indicate Khrushchev was sincere in what he said about peace. For it would take months of warmongering propaganda to reverse the favorable Russian public opinion which was created as a result of the visit. U.S. Diplomatic Optimism The American Embassy in Mos cow has made certain reports to the White House that may seem optimistic, but they were bourne out by some of Khrushchev's pri vate statements. These reports arc to the effect that Khrushchev is so anxious for disarmament that he is willing to agree to international controls. They have claimed controls would amount to foreign spies inside Russia. However, American diplomats whose job it is to diagnose the Soviet government say Khrush chev has been told frankly by his military men that war has be come so dangerous it cannot be started. For, once started, both sides might lose. Furthermore the burden of armament is so expensive that Khurshchcv wants to slash it drastically. He wants to raise the standard of livlng of the Russian people instead. He is also smart enough to know, according to our diplomats, that the American government will not buy disarmament with out controls. U.S. diplomats stuck out their necks in making these reports to the White House before Khrush-J chev arrived, but they are prov ing correct. The Russian pre ! mier told Adlai Stevenson and later Eisenhower that Russia would accept disarmament controls. j This is certainly the most im portant advance made toward disarmament in the entire his tory of disarmament negotiations. Taken together with the general thawing of the cold war, it could start the world on a histor ic new era of peace. Mamie's Cold Shoulder What Washington has been buzzing about following the Khru shchev visit is why Mamie Eisen enhower seemed so indifferent to Mrs. Khrushchev. With most people Mrs. Khru shchev, her plain, friendly face and her valiant attempts to speak English, made a big hit. But ex cept for the formal dinner at the White House, Mrs. Eisenhower made no move to entertain Mrs. Khrushchev, though the two wo men were across the street from each other during an entire week end, from Thursday until late Sunday. Mamie didn't even bother to cross the street to say goodbye to her famous guest. It was Mrs. Khrushchev herself who unbent to make this final gesture, walk ing across to the White House for a farewell call on Mamie prep aratory to some last-minute sight seeing. Nor was Mamie at the Andrews Field airport with the President to greet the Khrush chev's when they arrived in the United States 10 days before. Other Washington wives mean time were doing their best to make Mrs. Khrushchev feel al home. Mrs. Nixon and Mrs. Wil ey Buchanan, wife of the state department's chief of protocol, were- with her much of the lime. Mrs. Christian Herter gave her a dinner. Mrs. Nixon and Mrs. Ro bert Thayer, wife of the state de partment's assistant secretary for cultural affairs, and Mrs. Cyrus Eaton, wife of the Cleveland in- TOO MUCH ROCK ROME cfPH Actress Sophia Loren fainted from exhaustion in a hectic rock 'n' roll dance scene during filming of the film "The Bay of Naples" Thursday, a spokesman said today. She was given first aid and revived 'with no apparent ill effects. dustrialist, all gave luncheons in her honor. But Mamie stayed in the White House playing Bolivia with her sister. Her chilliness couldn't have been an oversight, since White House press chief Jim Hagerty had previously announc ed that he didn't know of any plans by Mamie to entertain Mrs. Khrushchev except fur the for mal dinner, which was mandatory When Mrs. Khrushchev crossed Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House to say good-bye to Mrs. Eisenhower, she said that she hoped to see Mrs. Eisenhow er again in Moscow. Mamie replied: "I'll try.' Diplomatic Pouch American support of Prime Minister Macmillan may be back firing. Latest polls show that Labor candidate Hugh Gaitskell is gaining on Macmillan in the final lap of the British election campagn. One reason for Gaits kell's gain, the polls show, is British resentment against Am erican intervention in their pol itics . . . The Chinese Communi sts are so desperately short of building materials that they won't be able to complete three fancy buildings they had planned for their tenth anniversary cele bration. When Khrushchev ar rived for the big doings in Pip ing, he found the theater and museum incomplete . . . I'resi dent Eisenhower is annoyed with President Toure of the new Afn can nation of Guinea for accept ing a $33,000,000 Soviet loan on the eve of his visit to the Unit ed States. "W H0- Nearly Every One In La Grande & Union County Reads & Uses Ob server Classified Ads . . . Thai's Who! J A . eam. i: T""rv ,4 , f SSM.. The Observer Classified Ms, Of Course, And Ask For The BARGAIN RATE Cash Or Discount Rate, It Paid The Ad When Yon Get Results, Observer, La Grand, Or., A-Sub Ride Thrilling To Old 'News Hound' By JAMES L. KILOALLEN United Press International NEW LONDON, Conn. (UPI The scenery isn't much when you're riding under water in a submarine, but the experience is novel and interesting. Take our 12-hour trip Wednes day on the atomic submarine Skipjack to a point in the Atlan tic 70 miles south of Montauk Point. A pea-soup morning fog hung over the harbor at New London whe we boarded the submarine at 9 a m. The ship looked dark and sinister with its blunt-nosed football-shaped hull devoid of all superstructure. This contour is what makes the Skipjack hydrodynamically supe rior to other submarines. Cmdr. W W. Behrens Jr.. of Ilarrisburg, Pa., the skipper, wel comed us aboard. We shoved off to sea. and all hands went below into a maze of electronically equipped machinery. Three hours later we were out far enough at sea to submerge. They were going to demonstrate the ship's maneuverability. The captain, on the bridge, in structed the officer of the deck to dive the ship. The diving alarm sounded two blasts. Down we went In three minutes "we were be low 400 feet. Then we started to maneuver. The ship turned at a sharp angle, rolled a bit, turned back at another angle, pitched and plunged, and had the newsmen and members of the crew hang HO W tnir Z, KW i Call RESULT Number DAYS FOR THE PRICE OF Lines for 6 Days Cost Only $1.50 Sat., Oct. 3, 1959 Pag 6 ing on to anything in sight. You had the sensation of riding on a roller-coaster at un amusement park. It was a relief when the cap tain ordered a change to a new "steady depth" course. Every body relaxed. The trip ended at 9 pm. Wednesday when the ship eased back to its dock at New London. We had traveled 215 miles on the 12-hour cruise. I can still hear Cmdr. Behrens remarking: "We can fire more torpedoes faster than anyone else. We have the finest and best radar and sonar equipment. We have the speed. We can turn faster than any other submarine our size." Nick Nichols Purchases His Own Business MSLAND CITY (Special) Nick Nichols, who has been working as part time salesman in the North Powder and Haines area for 'Case Dealers", has recently pur chased a business which will be known as Nichol's Equipment Company. ' y Nichol's brother, Bob, is w6fk ing for him and hopes soon to be a partner. j Work is progressing on clean ing up at what was originally' the G. H. Welding shop, and consider able equipment has been moved in. They can be reached by tele phone at their new locaton. ! WHAT"... li s Results That Tell The Story. More People Read The Ads Than' Ever Before And More People Bny What Is Advertised "WHEN"... Every Time A Prospect Picks Up The Paper He Is Exposed To Your Sales Message.. And It Works. "WHERE"... W0 3-3161 In 5 Days . . . And Yon Nay Kill Paying Only For The Days Run. Grade Held Blameless In Killer Blow WASHINGTON (LTD Tho weather bureau doesn't blame hurricane Gracie for the tor nadoes which formed in her wake and killed 11 persons Wednesday in the Charlottesville, Va , area. Meteorologists are inclined, pending further study, to believe that Gracie and the tornadoes had a sister-brother rather than a mother-child relationship. The parent in this case was a vast unstable mass of warm, moist air characterized by strong up-and-down as well as ro tary motions. Gracie was embed ded in this air mass when she came ashore in South Carolina and moved upward through Vir ginia. Vertical motions in large mas ses of moist air result in abnor mally rapid cooling, and thunder storms result. Tornadoes are the deadly byproducts of particularly intense thunderstorms. Perhaps aggravating the gen eral weather situation at the time was the arrival from the West of a so-called frontal system with cold air masses on the west side and warm air on the eastern edge. Our New Phone No. Is WO 3-5203 NICHOLS EQUIPMENT CO. Island City H
