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WEATHER Fair Tuesday with valley fog Tuesday morning; high Tues day 5t-e3; low tonight 39-35. LA OBSERVER GRANDE 35th Issue 64th Year Federal Hit For TV Police Duties PROBERS 'BOILING' OVER FIXING OF VIDEO SHOWS WASHINGTON (LTD A house investigator today de nounced as a "disgrace" the failure of federal agencies to crack down on rigging of TV quiz shows. Rep. Walter Rogers D-Fla., a member of the House sub committee investigating quiz show irregularities, sharply criticized both the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade commi ssion for not stopping such prac tices. Rogers clashed with FTC Chairman Earl W. Kintner who had expressed doubt that his agen cy's jurisdiction over deceptive advertising extended to deceptive entertainment. Kintner said the FTC might wind up policing wrestling match es and imposing "complete cen shorship of all entertainment" if it exercised such broad powers. The courts, he said, have taken a dim view of FTC efforts in the field of morals and good taste. Rogers ridiculed Kintner's sug gestion that the TV industry it self should enforce ethical con duct. He said this would be like making an agreement "with a bunch of tigers not to eat a bunch of lambs." Van Doren Disappears The subcommittee prepared to wind i up its quiz show hearings without the testimony of $129,000 winner Charles Van Doren, a star of the old "21" show. The subcommittee has been anxious to question Van Doren about "21." He was invited to ap pear after another former "21" contestant told of being given answers in advance and coached on behavior. All efforts to find Van Doren in New York have failed. His tel ephone has been disconnected. His lawyer could not be reached. Van Dorea arranged for a- substitute to teach his classes at Columbia University today and last Friday. The National Broadcasting Co., which suspended Van Doren from his $50,000 a-ycar job, said it had no idea of his whereabouts. His agents also said they did not know where he was. Local Housewife Reports Burglary At Her Residence Mrs. Clifford Bragg, toil Ben ton St., reported to La Grande police that some one had burglari zed her home Friday night. The house was entered between 6:30 and 11:40 Friday night while the Braggs were in Pendleton. Mildred Juanlta Rollins, 33, Im blcr, was arrested for violation of a red light ab the intersection of Spruce and Adams 1:10 Sunday morning. Rollins was released on $10 bail and a hearing scheduled for 3 p.m. today. Gerald Lee Twidwell, 26, 1511 W Ave., was arrested by police for driving a motor vehicle with expired license plates Friday night. He was picked up at Jefferson Ave., and Fir St., at 6:30. Bail " was set at $5 and a hearing sched uled for this afternoon at 3. Police also impounded a two- month-old female dog of mixed breed Saturday. The dog was turned in at the police station. Norma Feik, During High Norma Feik and Ca'ol Brown ton tied for the honor of being chosen "the most friendly upper classmen" in a recent poll taken among the La Grande High School sophomore girls. Brown haired, blue eyed Norma, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Feik, has a real love for people, especially little children. This trait helps her in teaching a class of NORMA FEIK Agencies Ignoring Rash Of Death Leaps Off Bay Area Bridges SAN FRANCISCO (UPI Two persons leaped to their deaths from San Francisco's bridges Sun day and a third was restrained at the railing in a suicide attempt. Mrs. Madeline Pera, 41, of San Francisco, jumped from the Gold en Gate Bridge at 8:05 a.m. She was out for a drive with her hus band and her brother, when she complained of a nosebleed. When Stubblefield Twin Rallies After Relapse PORTLAND (UPIi-Little Jean ett Stubblefield, reported "gravely ill and sinking fast" Saturday night, was reported slightly im proved today and taking strength giving formula regularly every two hours. Another heartening sign in the condition of the infant was that doctors have changed the mixture of air in her oxygen tent from full oxygen to 30 per cent oxygen and have added a vaporizer-spray unit in an effort to curtail mucous secretions in the tiny girl's lungs. Jeanett was taking one ounce of formula every two hours, ac cording to a hospital spokesman. Doctors More Optimistic Doctors today were more opti mistic about the infant's recovery. They said it has now been more than five days since she was sep arated from her sister Denett in a five-hour operation and Jeanett has rallied several times from extremely critical condition. Doctors said she appeared to follow a pattern each day, with her condition worsening each night and then improving the fol lowing morning. Denett today continued her steady slow improvement. Denett, although still in an oxygen tent. has been taking three to four ounces of formula regularly, at tendants said. The girls' mother, Mrs. James Stubblefield, of Parma. Idaho, was allowed to hold Denett Sun day, the hospital spokesman said Plane Drops Arms Into Cuban Area HAVANA (UPD An uniden tified light plane parachuted ma cnine guns, rifles and ammuni tion Saturday night into Pinar Del Kio Province, a center of opposi tion to Premier Fidel Castro's rev olutionary regime. Maj. Dermidio Escalona, mili tary chief of the province, said rural police captured all or most of the air-dropped supplies in cluding a recent copy of the Mi ami Daily News. Carol Brownton School 'Popularity1 Contest youngsters in her church program. Heads Girls Chorus To further serve her fellowmen. Norma has undertaken the respon sibilities as president of the LHS girls chorus. Besides having a real interest in people. Norma enjoys bowling, singing, and playing the piano. Drawing and painting are also some of Norma's outstanding tal ents. Carol is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Brownton. School studies and acting in the capacity as president of the Girls League really keeps Carol on the go- These activities don't seem to hinder her extra curricular activi ties, however, as she is a state officer in the Rainbow organiza tion and also an officer of her church youth group. Raised Own Hers She is an accomplished horse woman and has raised and trained her own steed. Listening to classical music Col. Sherburn Ending Lengthy Army Career Col. Merl L. Sherburn, 54, Head quarters, V. S. Army Garrison, Arlington Hall station, Virginia, is retiring from the Army and will make his home in La Grande where his wife now lives at 1703 Oak St. Col. Sherburn first entered the Army in the 1930, but has served continuously since Nov. 25, 1940. His most recent assignment was ss deputy commander of the US ASA Tng. Center at Fort Dev ens, Mass. He was an artillery group commander in Korea in 1955. He is a Scottish Rite Ma son and was born in Flandreau, S. D. Honor Guard Col. Sherburn was recognized they stopped the car, she ran to the railing and jumped. Theodore Vanderhoof, 31, of Niles. leaped to his death from the Bay Bridge four hours later. Witnesses said he stopped his car in the westbound lane, walked to the side, and plunged over the edge. At 7:15 p.m.. Miss Rose Houch, 35, a Napa State Hospital patient, leaped from her sisters car on the Bay Bridge and ran to the railing. She was pulled back by other motorists as she prepared to jump. Authorities said Miss Houch was committed to Napa alter making previous attempts to jump from both bridges. Her sister was returning her to the hospital after a weekend visit. Governor, Wife Hurt In Wreck SALEM I UPI I Gov. and Mrs, Mark Hatfield were reported rest ing comfortably at their home to day, but still under the care of their personal physician as a pre cautionary measure after being shaken up when a car bumped in to their car while it was waiting for the traffic light at NK '3rd and Fremont in Portland Sunday afternoon. Gov. and Mrs. Hatfield were en route to Salem after seeing part of Vice President Richard M Nixon's party to their plane at the Portland International Airport. TYPICAL HOLLYWOOD ENDING Actor Accused Of Knifing Young Starlet To BRACKETVILLE, Tex. UPH County Prosecutor John J. Tohin ordered an immediate trial today for an actor accused of murdering his blonde girl friend, allegedly because motion picture star-producer John Wayne decided to give her a break. Chester Harvey Smith, 32, was accused of stabbing LaJcan Eth ridge, 27, when she tried to move out of a house in which she was living with him and four other men. Smith and Miss Ethridge were living with members of the "Names-Townsend Players," a troupe hired by Wayne's Batjac Productions to play in a 10-million-dollar movie about the siege of the Alamo. Tobin said Miss Ethridge, who used the stage name "LaJean In Tie Vote CAROL BROWNTON playing the piano, and traveling are also some of Carol's favorite pastimes. The Girl of tV Month, sponsored by the Girls League organization, is chosen by the girl members of either the senior, junior or sopho more classes of LHS, depending on the qualifications of the particular month. r :- j .r LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY. OCTOBER 12, 1959 with an Honor Guard Ceremony at Arlington Hall Station in Vir ginia last month upon his com pletion of more than 20 years ser vice. He was awarded the Army commendation medal by the Se- COL. SHERBURN cretary of the Army for out standing devotion to duty as com manding officer, U.S. rmy Garri son, Arlington Hall Station. The medal was presented to him by Brig. Gen. Orman Charles, dep uty chief, U. S. Army Security Agency. . Mrs. Sherburn attend ed the ceremonies. Col. Sherburn has been decor ated on 10 different occasions dur ing his time in the service. They are: Asiatiac-Pacific campaign medal, American Defense service medal, Philippine Liberation rib bon, World War II Victory Me dal, Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Armed Forces Reserve medal (3, United Nations Service medal, Korean Service medal, Na tional Defense Service medal and Philippine Independence ribbon ASSAULT WITH PLANE MIDLAND, Mich. (I'PH-Doua-Ioj HysUl. 44, zm r--M today on charges of felonious assault with an airplane. Police said Hysell, of Bclding, Mich., swooped so low over the area Saturday that he drove mo torists from the highways and terrorized hundreds of residents. k if 0 Death Over Jealousy Guye." was hired to read one line in the movie. But Wayne and casting director Frank Leyva were so impressed with her talent that they changed the part to give her a page of dialogue. Was Put On Salary She was put on salary and went to the house where she was living with the men to get her clothes and move out. Tobin said Smith was jealous of her break and plunged a butcher knife into her breast. She died on the floor of the house about 2 a.m. Sunday, saying, "I love you." "We're planning an immediate trial," Tobin said. "He will be indicted by a Grand Jury in Bracketville within 10 days. Then we have to select a petit jury and he will be given a trial. Smith was locked up in the county jail at Del Rio. A spokesman said Wayne was "upset" about "the tragedy." He was shooting love scenes with Linda Cristal in a remote area and not expected back in Brack it v - m:r& A -? ' . ''' ; v iv S J :P- '5 K t ; v ' ADVENTURERS CAPTURED Three tecn-aged girls who were believed kidnap ped, are shown in their cells after being captured in Apalachicola, Fla. The girls, who really ran away from their homes in Helena, Mont, are (lft to right) Claudia Fuller, Sharon McDowell and Sharon Balazz. The girls are ndw in Franklin Coun ty, Fla jail. 'TEDDY BOYS' KNOCKED OUT LONDON UPI You can Uugh at an English schoolboy " you like, but it isn't cricket to keep it up forever. Sunday a pack of "teddy beyi" (British slang for juven ile delinquent), taunted a group of students marching from their school, Forteeuo Houte, to church in their neat blue jackets, neckties and grey trousers. The "teddy boys" jeered with such taunts as "sissies'' and "milksops," and the schoolboys ignored it for awhile. Fortes cut headmaster George Oiler enthaw disclosed. The.i it got tiresome. One of the student monitors tipped smartly out of line, knocked out three teddy boys end resumed, his place in the processio.i. 'Homecoming' Plans At EOC Announced ratal plans for the Eastern Oregon College Homecoming weekend, Oct. 23 24, have been announced by Ardyce Garrett Baker; and Mike Ferguson, The Dal.es, student co-chairmen. The festivities officially got un derway Friday at 8 p.m. with the coronation of the Homecoming Queen, who will reign over the two-day session. The parade, scheduled for 1 p. m.. followed by the football game with EOC vs. Portland State, high lights Saturday's program. Kick- off time is 2 p.m. The Alumni business meeting is set for 11 a.m. in Hoke Hall. The complete schedule includes. Friday: 8 p.m. coronation of queen; 8:30 pep rally; 8:45 bonfire and traditional burning of the "0 ", 9 p.m.-record dance. Saturday: 10 a.m.-l p.m. alum ni registration in Hoke and cof fee hour; 11 a.m. alum business session; 10 a.m.-12 noon open house, Uorion Hall; 1 p.m. homecoming parade; 2 p.m. variety show, college theater p.m. homecoming ball, coliseum FIREMEN ANSWER CALL - La Grande firemen were, call ed to 2709 Birch St., when welding torch set a gasoline tank on fire at 2:10 Saturday aUer noon. Firemen were able to put out the fire before any damage occur red. etville before Tuesday night. The body of the girl, whose part will now be written out of the picture, was in a funeral home in Uvalde. Tobin said moving out on Smith was what started the argument that ended with her death. "What it seemed to amount to was that all the rest of them ex cept this Smith seemed to be glad for her that she got this break. One of the witnesses said he (Smith) mote or less wanted to ride on her coattails, wanted to get something through her he couldn't get by himself." Tobin said witnesses told him Miss Ethridge went to a house in Spofford, 10 miles south of here, to get her clothes and move out. "Chet Smithi grabbed her by the arm and pulled her to him. Ray C. Hcnschel, 52, a member of the troupe said. "I didn't see the knife. She slumped to the floor and moaned 'Have you' and then died." CHARRED RUINS Only Charred ruins remain of this bus which burst into flames after being hit from behind by a tank truck at an intersection near North Brunswick, N.J. The bus, which was filled with girl students from Trenton State College, stopped for a traf fic light and was rammed by the truck. Nine girl stud ents and a professor were killed. The group was return ing from N.Y. where they had seen the broadway play "J. B." Medic, Oilman Duel Over 'Love Triangle1 RADFORD, Va. LTI A phy sician was fatally shot and a prosperous oil dealer was serious ly wounded Sunday night when they shot it out on a dark country road before the oil mnn's es tranged wife and daughter. Dr. William Flanagan, 31, Chris tiansburg, Va., died at a Radford hospital from a .22 caliber pistol bullet that entered his mouth and lodged in his spine. His adver sary, Christiansburg Councilman Two La Grande Men Aboard Navy Ships In Pacific Two l.a Granite men are cur rently serving aboard Navy ves sels in the Pacific area and have participated in extensive maneu vers with the Seventh Fleet. They are airman apprentice John M. Cater and seaman Orland O. liudd. Cater is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cater, 604 Main St., while liudd is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar L. liudd, 808 C Ave. Cater's ship, the aircraft car rier L'SS Shangri-La, has returned to San Diego following three months of duty tour in the Far East, participating in international exercises such as the SEATO Op eration "Saddle-Up" off the coast of Borneo. Itudd's ship, the aircraft carrier USS Handcock, has been engaged in various operational exercises in such areas as Hong Kong and the Philippines. WINS VIOLIN AWARD GENOA, Italy iUPI Ameri can Stuart V. Canin, 33, of New York's Juilliard School of Music. Sunday night was awarded the $3,200 first prize in the "Nicola Paganini" international violin competition here. 8 Pag nion a trike 4. $ and oilman F Garland Higgins. 35, was in fair condition today at Christianshiirg hospital with a -,o i:i k.-ii-t .i ; ,i, (U'VIUIIICII The duel following . an auto chase in which Higgins cut off a car carrying Flanagan and Hig gins' estranged wife and 5-year-old daughter. Commonwealth's Attorney Julius Goodman said a murder warrant would be issued against Biggins. Goodman said the two blazed away after Higgins swerved his car in front of the Flanagan auto. The attractive woman and little girl sat helplessly as the two men leaped from their cars and ojicned fire. Both toppled to the ground but Flanagan managed to stagger 50 feet to a general store where he called for help. Goodman said Higgins separated from his wife a year ago and that she had filed for divorce. The couple has three children. Speech Contest For High School Students Listed "The Benefits of Range and Pas ture Management," is the topic for a high school speech contest sponsored by the First Union County Conservation District. The contest is open to any high school students in the county with the contest itself to take place on Oct. 22, 8 p.m. in the visual aids room of the La Grande High School. The Union County winner will go to Baker. Oct. 24 for the area contest. Area winner will com pete at the state level in Salem Nov. 4. Transportation will be furnished for the winner. Awards for county winners arc: first prize, $15; second piize, $10, and third place, $5. 'Latest Love Life' Stirring Ruckus For Peter Townsend BRASSCHAT. Belgium (UPU -Another religious storm was blow ing up today in the latest chap ter of the lives and loves of hand some Peter Townsend who lost Britain's Princess Margaret four years ago this month. The former Royal Air Force hero was anxious to avoid any religious difficulties but the an nouncement of his engagement and forthcoming marriage to Bel gian beauty Marie-Luce Jamagne. heiress to a cigarette fortune, saw possible trouble ahead. Miss Jamngne is a Roman Catholic, and church sources said Townsend's divorce from his first wife, who is still living, would make a church ceremony impos sible. It was the fact that he is a divorced man that ended his romance with Princess Marga ret. Townsend, 44, told a news con Five Cent Posing Threats T-H Use Temporary Measure WASHINGTON (UP) The striking United Steelworkers union said today its members would return to work under a Taft- Hartley injunction. But it hinted that the walk out would resume after any such court order expires. David J. McDonald, union pres ident, made the veiled threat of a renewed stoppage in a state ment submitted at the opening of hearings by a presidential fact finding board. The panel is at tempting to settle the 90-day-old strike by voluntary agreement while paving the way at the same time for a strike-stopping injunc tion if its peace effort fails. President Eisenhower opened the way for the government to obtain an 80-day no-strike injunc tion by creating the board of in quiry last Friday. "The single issue in this strike whether the companies will break the union,' McDonald said. Industry officials were expected to testify later. Firms Testify Tuesday "There may be a truce enforced by law but there will be no per manent peace,'' he added, hinting at a renewal of the stoppage once a court-ordered cooling-off period ended. He accused the industry of de manding "unconditional surren der" during negotiations for a nc contract. The steel companies will give their side of the case to the board Tuesday. Meanwhile, Assistant Senate himtniiDtin fAnn ULL If "" """d iiioiiK- "start 'knocking beads' together" before Friday' by .calling the first string union and management teams to the White House and using every means at his com mand to get a negotiated settle ment without imposing the Taft Hartley Act. Crowds Pack Area In Warsaw Over Glimpse Of Virgin WARSAW (UPI) Scores of Polish police cordoned off a half mile square section of central Warsaw Sunday night to control crowds awaiting a miraculous ap pearance of the Virgin Mary at St. Augustine's Church. People, hearing word-of-mouth reports that the Virgin Mary had been seen in a cloud of light by the church tower, gathered in the street below and in nearby court yards, alleys and parks. The reports were not carried by newspapers or radio, but they spread to such an extent that up to 8,000 persons crowded into the area Sunday night. Police turned private cars away from the cordoned off area, and taxis had a bonanza carrying pas sengers to the barriers around the church. Suburban buses were packed with countrywomen on their way into the city in hopes of seeing tho vision. TO INSPECT SAC SAVANNAH. Ga. t UPI) Brit ain's top military man, Louis' Lord Mountbatten, leaves here to day for Charleston, S.C., to In spect Strategic Air Comamnd fa cilities and receive an honorary degree at The Citadel. ference Sunday that the ques tion of the church ceremony was a "very delicate question" and that "I can only say that all its aspects are being studied thoroughly." , "I have worshipped in many places all over the world, Includ" Ing Buddhist and Hindu temples,' he said. "I believe there is only' one God for alt men." Townsend is an Anglican. Ha has two sons, aged 14 and Iff,' by his former marriage. Miss Jamagne'a parish priest was reported to be disturbed over the engagement which was an nounced Saturday, but neither" Townsend nor his fiancee seemed perturbed about the matter. Townsend and the slender, dark, haired Miss Jamagne said they hoped to be married "very dis creetly, within some three months."'