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30th Issue 64h Year
LA GRANDE.OREGON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1959
8 Page
Five Cents
LA
GRANDE
RED HAT JINGLE WINNERS
Shirley Ann Smurthwaite accepts her red hat from Norman Mastersno, president of
the Union County Izaak Walton league, for her prize winning red hat jingle. Sopho
more Denny Waite already has his hat and senior Ron Cooper, right, waits for his
award. (Observer Photo by Joe Diehl)
Soviets Hail Moon Circle
Path By
MOSCOW (UPI) The So.
viet Tass news agency an
nounced that Lunik III com
pleted its circle around the
moon today.
Tass said the Soviet space la
boratory came within 4.375 miles
of the moon at 5:16 p.m. Moscow
time i6:16 a.m. p.s t.i. This was
its closest point.
Loss than three hours later.
Tass reported that Russia's rocket
was 9.375 miles from the moon,
apparently completing a giant arc
toward earth.
Tass said "the movement of the
rocket is taking place, strickly in
accordance with the present orbit.
(Observers at Britain's Jodrell
Bank Observatory reported earl
ier that the Soviet rocket "cer
tainly" had reached the vici.iity
of the moon today. Jodrell experts
said they bad picked up signals
f om Lunik III for a two hour per
iod this afternoon, a lime which
coincided with the Tass figures
They reported these signals were
received "from a fixed direction
in Hie sky close to the liussiai
predicied position for the probe."
Tass was less firm today than
it had been previously in saying
that Lunik !II is carrying a cam
era to photog aph the moon.
Today, in response to questions
by newsmen, a Tass spokesman
said the statement that the far
side of the moon would be pho
tographed, "represented the indi
vidual beliefs of one of our cor
respondents." 'Officials at Britain's Jodrell
Ba:ik Radio-Telescope Observatory
said signals from the Russian
rocket today were quite different
from those heard Monday. Russian
scientists had said earlier that the
rocket would transmit a new type
cf signal as it bcgai to go a"ound
the moon. The British scientists
refused to speculate on what the
changed signals they heard
meant.!
GIVEN ALL THE ANSWERS
Defunct TV Quiz Show Winner
'Talks' Before Senate Probers
WASHINGTON lUPI' A big
money winner from the now de
funct TV quiz show "21" testified
today he was given the answers
to all questions prior to h is ao
pcarance in a nationally televised
contest with Charles Van Doren.
Hc-.bert Stempel. 32. graduate
student at New York University,
said producers of the show sup
plied h.m in advance with all the
questions and answers and
coached him on the acting ges
tures he used cn the show.
Stempel was the first witness
as a House commerce subcommit
tee opened a four-day investigation
of charges that some big name
television quiz shows have been
rigged.
Before questioning Stempel. the
subcommittee turned out the lights
in the House caucus room and
watched a filmed reproduction of
the 30-miniile show "21" that was
seen by millions of Americans
Nov. 2S, l'J56.
In the sliow, Stempel, then
tin
r mt
Gigantic
Scientists Are 'Hopeful'
Of Moon Rock Chunk
WASHINGTON LTI Scien
tists would rather have a genuine,
pedigreed piece of moon rock than
any TV picture of the moon's
other side.
Such a moon chunk might well
Soldiers Use
Tear Gas To
Rout Strikers
PANAMA CITY iLTIi Na
tional guardsmen fired a tear-gas
barrage into the National Assem
bly Monday night to drive out
hundreds of "hunger marchers"
who sat down for 24 hours in
the legislative chamber and an
nounced they were forming a
"peoples parliament."
Gas shells cashed into floures-
cent lights and caromed off pan
eled walls in the modernistic as
sembly hall. Some shooting was
heard in the streets outside, but
there was no report of casual
ties.
Police arrested Andrez Galva i,
a "beatnik" type who led the
demonstrators, and his chief aide.
Eugenio Barrera. The two men
were taken from the assembly
president s rostrum, which they
occupied during the brief life of
their "people's parliament."
Galvan and about 2.000 followers
marched 60 miles from Colon,
Panama's second city, to demand
action to case widespread unem
ployment and hunger there.
champion of the game "21," with
$09,500 in winnings to his credit,
was pitted against a new chal
lenger. Van Doren, a Columbia
University English professor.
The climax of the program came
when Slempel faced the threat of
losi-g $31,500 of his winnings to
Van Doren if he failed to answer
correctly four questions about op-e-a
arias.
He answered them correctly and
the program ended with the two
contestants tied at 21 points each.
This required a playoff the follow
ing week.
Under questioning from subcom
mittee counsel Robert Lishman,
Stempel testified that his perform
ance was rehearsed from start to
finish. He said he was told that
he would tie at 21 points with Van
Doren. after first tying at 17
points midway in the program.
Committee Chairman Oren Har
ris iD-Ark.i told newsmen before
the inquiry got underway that Van
Doren would not be called for
questioning. He indicated that
Satellite
confirm what many scientists be
lieve that the earth often has
been peppered with bits of lunar
matter some of which are even
now on display in natu-al history
rnvscrr. as meteorites.
Gain Mora Information
If it did, scientists would be in
a position quickly to learn in their
own laboratories more about the
moon's composition than they
could hope to learn in years from
any telcphoto pictures.
Russia's Lunik III may, as one
U.S. space scientist said, mark
"the beginning of space flight."
More important from the special
ized field of lunar investigation is
the fact that it may be a first
step toward getting a bona fide
pice of the moon for comparison
with specimens long since dis
patched to earth by natural
means.
Sooner or later, the United
States or the Soviet Union is go
ing to hit the moon with a robot
or ma med vehicle capable of
scooping up some moon matter
and bringing it back.
Foresee No Difference
Lunk III may get crude pic
tures of the moon's other side,
(he one forever hidden from earth-
lings. But few scientists believe
such pictures will reveal much
dilference from the face turned
toward the earth.
In any case such pictures would
not resolve many a controversy
such as whether lunar craters are
of meteoric or volcanic origin.
So what both American and
Soviet scientists really want is a
real piece of the moon itself.
the committee has no evidence
to refute Van Doren's Grand Jury
testimony that he has no know
ledge of any rigging. .
Stempel wound up winning $49,
500 after losing to Van Doren or
the show which followed on Dec
5, 1H36.
Stemple testified that before the
show he rehearsed with Stan En
right, co-producer of "21," tht
gestures he would make and the
time he would take to answei
quest io s.
Both Knright and Jack Barry,
master of ceremonies on the pro
gram, have denied any knowledge
that answers were given to con
testants. An aide, Albert Freed
man, has been indicted for per
jury under charges that he lied
when he denied giving away an
swers. Stempel said that the reason he
"perspired profusely" on the Nov.
28 show was not that he worried
about answers to the questions
but that he was in a hot enclosed
booth.
First EOC
Art Show
Is Tonight
Formal opening of the first nrt
exhibition of the season at East
ern Oregon College is chedulcd
'or 7 o'clock tonight in the Walter
M. Pierce Art Gallery.
The exhibition of water colors
by Portland area artists is spon
sored jointly by the Oregon Art
Alliance and the Oregon State
Systm General Extension Divi
sion. Refreshments Set
Alpha Rho Tail, campus art
honorary, will act as official host
at the formal opening and will
serve refreshments. The public is
invited.
Art departmnt spokesman in
dicated the exhibit hours would
also include 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
7-10 p.m., Monday through Fri
day, and until noon Saturday.
Civic Music Board
Meet Scheduled
Tonight At Cal Pac
Civic Music Association board
members will meet at 7:30 o'clock
tonight at the Cal Pac building.
107 Elm St., to map plans for the
new season.
Association President Neil
Wilson reminded that member
ship in the group is held to sub
scription only, and that when the
drive for members ends the mus
ic season begins.
Four concerts are usually giv
en each year here. Dr. J. Lynn
Bishop, professor of music at
Eastern Oregon College, serves
as publicity chairman for the
group.
Membership Drive
The membership drive begins
the week of October 12, and pres
ent members are urged to send
in their dues to Mrs. Charles
Snyder, secretary.
Concerts sponsored by the as
sociation are held in the La
Grande High School auditorium.
A student membership fee for
young people is available at re
duced rates, it was pointed out.
Under the Civic Music Associa
tion plan, members indicate by
ballot the type of concerts de
sired and, following membership
drive close, artist contracts then
are signed.
Air Force Succeeds Twice
Today In Missile
CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. UPI
An Air Force Thor missile rum
bled into the sky today 11 hours
after its bigger ballistic brother,
the Atlas, completed a successful
flight over the Atlantic.
The snub-nosed Thor's liquid
propelled engines lifted it from
the pad on what was scheduled to
be a routine intermediate range
flight of about 1,700 miles to near
Antigua Island.
This was designed as an ac
curacy test for the 65-foot Thor,
one of the few U. S. missiles to
escape a rash of failures at the
cape during the past three weeks.
Alert Woman
Prevents Fire
An alert woman put out a fire
in the kitchen of the Ray Skil
ling residence, 1421 S Avenue,
today and prevented a more seri
ous blaze.
Patsy De Cue, sister of Mrs.
Skillings, saw the smoke from
lutside the house and rushed in-
'o the kitchen and began throw
ing water from a dishpan on the
fire.
When firemen arrived at the
scene, the fire was already out.
The fire started when towels
hanging behind the stove caught
tire, according to Mrs. Skillings.
Fire Chief Ray Snider estimat
ed the damage as minor.
FIRST SNOW Nancy Fetch, 21, of Denver, Colo, uses
a broom to sweep an estimated nine inches of snow
from her car before driving to work. The snowfall, first
of the year for Denver, has not affected traffic to any
extent since the snow is melting on the pavements.
Snow Storm
inders Try
Rescuers
SHOULD HAVE
STAYED HOME
LONDON UPI The "Red
Rase Express" pulled into
Liverpool from London 27 min
o'ees ah' id of schedule., and
engineer Harry Gore beamed
from the cab while station
officials stood around waiting
for passengers to offer their
congratulations.
One irate passenger march
ed up and complained that the
train mcved into a tunnel ap
proach, stooped, and just stood
there for 17 minutes.
"We were so taken aback we
felt we iust hid to apologize,"
an official said, "What a life."
Fire Chief's
Son Stricken
With Polio
Dick Snider, son of La Grande
Fire Chief Ray Snider, was taken
to Sacred Heart Hopsital in Eu
gene late last week with polio.
Snider is in an iron lung where
his condition is reported as sat
isfactory, according to his father.
Dick, a graduate of La Grande
High School and Eastern Oregon
College, is a teacher at Marcola.
The 31-year-old father of three
children was preparing to take
polio shots after his wife, Carol,
and three children, David, 5,
Susie, 3. and Peggy, 1. had com
pleted their treatments.
Snider is reported to have bul
bar polio but the extent of the
paralysis won t be determined un
til examinations are completed.
Mrs. Ray Snider remained In
Eugene with her daughter-in-law
when Snider returned to I.a
Grande Sunday.
Testings
The Air Force said there would
be no attempt to recover the nose
cone. Also, the missile carried no
camera or other special equip
ment.
The launching appeared perfect.
Earlier, the Atlas scored an ap
parently perfect intercontinental
range test flight, partially sooth
ing the Lunik-scarred morale of
U. S. space scientists.
The 75-foot giant reported
equipped with a new-type nose
cone and a flare system for check
ing guidance, left its pad at 1:55
a.m. e.d.t. The Defense Depart
ment said this was another test
in the Atlas research and develop
ment program.
No details were revealed about
the nose cone, although one source
said "it's just one in a series
we've been testing."
Much attention centered on per
formance of the Atlas 350,000-pound-thrust
engines America's
only answer at present to the es
timated 600,000-800.000 - pound
thrust boosters believed to have
been ramrodding the highly-suc
cessful Russian Luniks.
The Atlas is slated for extensive
use as boosters for U. S. lunar
and deep-space rockets in coming
months. One such vehicle, the At-
las-Able moonrocket, blew up on
the launching pad Sept. 24, just
a few days before Russia launched
Lunik III.
Colorado
Woman
Marooned
WESTCLIFFE, Colo. (UPI)
Army rescue units today
bulldozed their way througn
five-toot snow drifts trying
to reach 4 70-year-old woman
marooned on a ranch in tne
storm-battered West Moun
tain Valley of Colorado.
Custer County Sheriff Stan De
Priest said attempts were made
Monday to reach Mrs. Ge
neva Hunt, who lives alone on a
ranch 8,500 feet above sea level
in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
But bulldozers were forced to turn
back.
The sheriff said no word has
been received from the woman
since early last week when one of
the worst early season snow
storms in Colorado history hit
the area.
De Priest said Mrs. Hunt was
"a spry little woman" and ac
customed to taking care of her
self. He added that he thought she
probably had plenty of food to last
until rescuers reach the ranch
De Priest said all other families
in the area are apparently safe
and accounted for, although
drive continues to get feed to
about 1.0(10 head of livestock still
trapped on the snow-c o v e r e d
range.
"Most of the roads in the county
are now open," De Priest said
"and thousands of cattle have
been saved from starvation.' He
said ranchers were driving large
nerds of cattle through the streets
ot Westcliffc to get them to feed
ing ranges at lower elevations.
A large barn, owned by Orville
AlacK of bilvercliffe, crumpled
Monday under the weight of the
snow, and garages in town also
have collapsed.
EOC Reminds
Of Registering
For Courses
Dr. Lyle H. Johnson. Eastern
Oregon College registrar, issued
a reminder today that this week
is the last opportunity for area
persons to register for campus
evening courses. He emphasized
that the classes, which meet from
7-10 p.m., may be taken with or
without college credit.
Classes available on Tuesday
include methods and research
materials: Geography, Shake
speare, Enameling, Plastic Craft,
and Painting. Wednesday Weav
ing, and Creative Writing.
Suspect Gives
Up On Shooting
PORTLAND (UPI) A Portland
man sought by police since last
Thursday's gunshot wounding of a
narcotics figure turned himself in
at police headquarters here.
The man, Charles Edwin Redd,
47, was charged with assault with
intent to kill and bond was set
at $5,000.
UNION WON'T
Steelworkers Spurn Settlement
Attempt As Situation
PITTSBURGH (UPI) - United
Steelworkers President David J.
McDonald said today the 500,000
striking steelworkers have earned
a fair settlement by their "sweat
and hard work" and vowed they
will remain on strike "until just
ice is done."
. He admitted It "certainly" Is
possible to settle the 84-day strike
voluntarily, but described the sit
uation as "very grave."
McDonald'! comments left the
way open for early government
intervention througn use of the
strike-halting provisions of the
Taft-Hartley Act.
After meeting with the union s
Wage Policy Committee, McDon
ald said he had asked to nego
tiate directly with the heads of
the 12 major steel firms in
volved. The steel companies did
not reply Immediately.
' A
0
ONE SHOT Ron Shaw, 13, 803 Adams Ave., went deer a
hunting Sunday but bagged a mountain "cat" instead.
Ron fired one shot from his vintage 30.30 as the "cat','
jumped onto a log near the headwaters of Catherine
Creek just below snow line. Ron's rifle had been used v
for hunting in Alaska by his grandfather. (Observer) r
Ike Uses T-H Law
To Quell Dock Strike
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. UPD
President Eisenhower today in
voked the Taft-Hartley Law in the
East Coast dock strike, taking the
Police Pick
Up Reckless
Driver Here
A La Grande driver was ar
rested late last night for reckless
driving and released on $100 bail.
Charles Nelson Berry, 20, Rt.
1, was taken into custody at 1:22
p.m., north of La Grande follow
ing the violation at Spruce Street
police said.
Berry was released on bail and
a hearing scheduled for 3 pm
today.
Henry Joshaway Buck. 42, of
602 Crook Street, was arrested
for operating a vehicle with no
license plate. Buck was arrest
ed at Crook Street and First
Street at 9:40 p.m.
Bail was set at $5 and a hear
ing scheduled for this afternoon
at 3.
Volma Page, 47, of 1525 Madi
son Street, was cited for failure
to stop at a stop sign and hav
ing no operator's license on her
person at noon yesterday.
Page was stopped at Cherry
Street and N Avenue.
A check with the Motor Ve
hicle Bureau by La Grande police
revealed that no license has been
issued to Page, police said.
Bail was set at $10 and a hear
ing scheduled for 3 p.m. today.
Police also impounded three
dogs last night.
A brownish-tan female boxer
was picked up at Crook Street
and Fourth St. A sable and white
male Collie and a black female
Labrador were picked up between
Lake and Division Streets on
Fourth.
BUDGE INCH
Even as McDonald decla'ed the
union would not accept a "sweet
heart contract," executives of the
major steel producers grouped to
gether as a "coordinating commit
tee" also were in session review
ing the critical situation. An in
dustry source said a new negotiat
ing session between the four-man
teams for each side was possible
today.
"Either side can call the other
and a meeting could result,"
the source said. "The industry
men think that it is time for the
union to indicate what concessions
it might be willing to make in its
60-cent an hour, three-year con
tract demand, which is the only
factual thing the union has on the
bargaining table at this time."
McDonald said the Wage Policy
Committee was still standing by
CI
ktf?X 4' It
U "' St?
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opening step in use of the labor-
management law by creating a
fact-finding board to report back
to him by Oct. 10.
Eisenhower, acting on advice
and reports from Secretary of La
bor James P. Mitchell, signed an
executive order creating the board
of inquiry In investigate the East
Coast port tie-up which started
last Wednesday.
This was the first step leading
toward the injunctive process
which, if followed, would force
an 80-day cooling off period in
the work stoppage.
Eisenhower at the same time
indicated strongly that his pa
tience with steel strike negotia
tions is wearing thin and that he
might invoke the same law in
an effort to get the nations steel
mills into production again.
Says People Are Losers
Through his press secretary,
James C. Hagerty, the President
expressed a highly negative feel
ing toward the new breakdown tn
steel strike negotiations.
"This seems to be getting down
more and more to a trial of
strength between two groups and
with the American people the
greatest losers," Hagerty said.
"I might add that the President
has no intention of seeing the
American public being the great
est loser." n
Under the executive order, the
President found that the dock
strike, if permitted to continue,
would "imperil the national health
and safety and affect the flow and
utilization of necessary perishable
products, including food, for heav
ily populated coastal areas." . ::
Board Reports Saturday a
The board of inquiry must rj
port back to Eisenhower no later
than Saturday. The board report
will not consist of recommenda
tions for future action, but recite
the current facts of the strike.":
Is Grave
and would meet again Wednesday
morning. v.
During a flurry of meetings,
statements and counter statements
did not want injunctive proceed
ings under the Taft-Hartley AcJ.
But neither gave indication of bow
they might avoid them.
No meetings between the Steel
workers Union and representa
tives of the nation's 12 major
steel producers were scheduled
today. I'SW President David J.
McDonald, who accused Industry
negotiators of flouting the wishes
of President Eisenhower, said he
would report on the Impasse to
the committee.
A series of meetings Mniutnv
ended with the companies' "maxi
mum" offer refused as complete
ly inadequate, uotn sides pro.
fessed a desire to continue nam.
tiatiuns but differed on method.