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LA GRANDE OBSERVER
36th
64lh Year
LA GRANDE, OREGON TUESDAY. OCTOBER 13, 1959
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PROMOTION CONFIRMED
Col. David C. Baum, La Grande, received official not
ification yesterday from Brig. Gen. Alfred Hintz, Ore
gon adjutant general, that his promotion to colonel has
been confirmed by the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
Col. Baum is commander of the 1st Battle Group of the
180th Infantry with headquarters in La Grande. Baum,
active in the city civic life, also heads the current Unit
ed Fund drive here. (Observer Photo)
Girl Finds Spotlight In Death
After Struggling Movie Career
HOLLYWOOD 'I'PI ' Actress
LaJean Ethridge. 27. who vainly
sought the Hollywood spotlight in
life, found it in death today.
Until John Wayne made her his !
protege and gave her a featured
part in "The Alamo" two weeks
ago, her 10- year struggle for
filmland recognition had failed.
' It was this sudden success that
allegedly spurred her actor-boyfriend,
Chester Smith, 32. to stab
her fatally Sunday near the film's
Texas location because she want
ed to leave the house they shared.
"It was the break she was al
ways looking for," said her moth
er, Mrs. Jewell K. Wilkins, with
whom the blonde actress lived
here. "I hope he i Smith i doesn't
get off alive."
Miss Ethridge. who was just
another face in Hollywood's crowd
of extras until Wayne spotted her,
became an actress mainly because
she didn't have enough money to
finish college.
Mrs. Marie Mills, director of
instruction at Ml. San Antonio
Junior College in Covina. Calif.,
which Mtss Ethridge attended for
one year, said:
"She wanted to teach drama ics
and speech art. But she had to
leave after a year, and our card
Youth Free On Bail
In Driving Conviction
Richard Dean Rowe, 19, Fruit
dale, Ida., was released on bail
from Union County jail this morn
ing following his conviction in
justice court on reckless driving
charges.
Rowe was picked up by State
Police last night on Highway 20
east of La Grande and lodged in
jail in lieu of $30 bail. He was
citrd to appear in court where
Judge George Miller fined him $20
and court costs. When the youth
was unable to pay the fine he was
then remanded to the custody of
the sheriff.
Steel Union
Industry To
WASHINGTON UPI Steel
workers President David J. Mc
Donald today challenged leaders
of the steel industry to sit down
with him and negotiate a settle
ment of the 3-mo:ith-old steel
strike.
"f personally would like to sit
down with these chief executive
officers, the men who have the re
sponsibility. . . and talk out the
issues." McDonald said. He com
plained of being unable to reach
any top industry officials.
McDonald made his statements
to President Eisenhower's fact
finding board which is racing the
calendar in an attempt to cither
settle the dispute or issue a re
port to the President by midnight
Friday.
Before McDonald testified, the
chairman of the fact finding board
sharply criticized both sides for
failing to reach a common ground
He said the whole process of
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on her says: 'Quit due to finan-
cial need.'
"She starred in some of our
plays, and she was always crea-
live and intelligent, She got A s
in play production, basic theatre
arts, art appreciation and English
literature.
In Lemoore, Calif., where she
went to high school, ietired Prin
cipal L. Ward recalled:
"She wasn't particularly ambi
tious. She was just a nice sweet
girl who always had a smile. She
didn't date a lot. Sometimes you
get girls that take to boys the
way bees take to honey, but she
wasn't like that."
In Brackettville, Tex., the sher-
Second Secret
British Jet
Fighter Lost
LONDON l!PI The govern
ment ordered a thorough investi
gation today of a crash which
wrecked the second secret British
jet fighter which has come to
grief in two weeks. An American
was killed in the latest crash.
A supersonic NA39 navy twin
jet fighter-bomber, designed to
"smuggle" atomic bombs into
enemy territory at levels too low
for efficient detection by radar,
crashed and exploded during a
test flight Monday.
The two men aboard, American
pilot William Alford, Hampton,
Va.. of the U.S. Office of Naval
Research's London branch and, a
British crcwmate, were killed in
the crash.
Less than two weeks ago, a radar-
equipped PI fighter was
wrecked during a test flight. Its
pilot bailed out at 40.000 feet and
reached shore in the plane's rub
ber dinghy.
Both planes were on the "sec
ret" list.
Chief 'Challenges'
Sit Down And Talk
peaceful negotiation is endangered
by the strike.
Talks to Auto Officials
The President instructed the
fact-finders to seek first of all a
settlement between labor and man
agement. That failing, the govern
ment will go into court and seek
an injunction that would halt the
strike for an 80-day "cooling off"
period.
McDonald told two General Mo
tors officials Monday night that
they could end the strike next
week if they brought pressure on
the steel industry.
McDonald charged at today's
board hearing that meetings with
industry officials so far have been
merely a "public relations game."
"I have failed to be able to sit
down with these gentlemen,'' he
shouted. "I hereby challenge these
gentlemen to come to Washington
and let us go to work and get an
agreement.
Anotlier union witness, VSW
Girl Is
'Scalped'
By Machine
SALT LAKE CITY (UPI
Doctors attending a 12-year-old
Blackfoot. Idaho, girl who was
scalped when her pony-tail hairdo
caught in a potato wigging ma
chine said today the victim would
remain in critical condition for 72
hours.
Doctors attending Christine
Hayes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Hayes, said she would have
a good chance of recovery if she
survived the 72-hour post-operative
period.
The machine tore her scalp off
and ripped both ears and part
of her right eyebrow from her
head.
Rushed to the Latter-Day Saints
Hospital, two plastic surgeons
worked for six hours to try to
stop the flow of blood and repair
the damage.
A hospital spokesman said no
attempt would be made to replace
the flesh on her scalp
iff's office said Smith became
angered when Miss Ethridge tried
to move out of the house she
shared with him and four other
actors all of whom belonged to
the same summer theatre group
and were extras in "The Alamo.''
Smith was charged with murder
and jailed at Del Rio, Tex. He
claimed he "blacked out" just be
fore she fell at his feet fatally
wounded and has no recollection
of having stabbed her.
County Prosecutor John J. To
bin said Smith would go before
a Grand Jury sometime next
week. He said he expected him
to be tried soon so witnesses in
the area could testify.
Miss Ethridge's sisters, Mrs.
Sue Stevens and Agnes Ethridge,
went to Bracketville to make ar
rangements to return LaJean's
body to Los Angeles for burial.
Motorist Rams
Auto When Car
Forced. To Curb
, A La Grande motorist collided
with a parked car at 11:15 Mon
day morning when he was forced
into the curb by an unidentified
driver.
Gerald Morton Hill, 1601 Alder
St., was traveling east on Adams
Avenue when a car cut sharply
in front of him. He swerved to
avoid being hit and collided with
a car belonging to Eugene Brent
Perkins, Baker, police said.
Perkins was parked facing east
on Adams when the accident
occurred.
ENDORSE RED RECOGNITION
STEVENS POINT. Wis. (UPI)
The National Convention of
Young Democratic Clubs will be
asked to endorse de facto recog
nition of Red China, it was an
nounced today. Leaders of the
Wisconsin delegation said they will
introduce the recognition plan at
the convention in Toledo, Ohio,
Nov. 19-21.
chief counsel Arthur J. Goldberg,
charged that use of the Taft-Hartley
Law in the Strike is illegal
because the walkout has not imper
iled the national health and safety.
Prof. George W. Taylor, chair
man of the board, indicated mean
while that little or no progress
has been made in the extra-hour
meetings designed to bring a vol
untary settlement.
Not Sore of Issues
Taylor said the board is not yet
sure what the issues are between
management and labor, and that
defining these issues may be the
most that can be done in the sin
gle week allotted by the Presi
dent. At best. Taylor said, he hoped
to get a "meeting of minds" and
to narrow the Issues involved.
McDonald said his suggestion
that the auto Industry intervene
in the steel strike was based on a
new union proposal. He did not
disclose the nature of the offer.
ALL STAGES OF ROCKET
IN SUCCESSFUL FIRING
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. (UPI) A 60-toU Juno II
blasted a "kitchen sink" satellite into the sky today and
authorties said the multiexperiment moonlet apparently
went into orbit
In Washington, at 9:22 a m. p s.t., an official of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration said: "It's
in orbit."
It completed one entire circuit
of the earth before the announce
ment came that the launching
had been successful.
All four stages of the rocket,
combining several U.S. space age
weapons, fired on schedule, jubi
lant missile men said. '
The vehicle, protecting its deli
cate 91 5 pound satellite with an
aerodynamic shroud at the top
of its 76-foot length, rose grace
fully from its pad in a cradle of
flame at 7:31 a.m. p.s.t. It
climbed along a steep path under
the power of its 130,000 pound
thrust booster.
The satellite was dubbed "kitch
en sink" because it is loaded with
"everything but the kitchen
sink" in the way of a number of
experimental devices.
The rocket headed to the north
east, seeking an orbit that would
fluctuate 50 degrees north and
south of the equator or over all
of the United States except
Alaska.
If all went well, the satellite
would go into an elliptical orbig
of 330 miles perigree, or point
closest to the earth, and 710
miles at apogee, the farthest
point.
ine launch was a repeat of a
satellite try of July 16 that failed
In that attempt, the Juno II was
deliberately blown up just after
launch when it leaned off course
The highly sophisticated moon
let is designed to study radiation
balance, lyman- alpha, X- rays,
cosmic rays, micrometeorites. ex
tsed solar cells and space tern
peratures. The satellite carried
two transmitters one powered by
chemical batteries and operating
on 20 megacycles. The latter will
transmit data on six of the seven
experiments.
An automatic timing device
aboard would cut off the solar
transmitter one year from today,
thus releasing the radio frequncey
for other purposes. The chemical
batteries for the second transmit
ter will expire long before then.
Intercepter Missile
Fired At Satellite
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. l'PI
An air-launched ballistic missile
was fired from a B47 bomber to
"the vicinity of" America's orbit
ing paddlewheel satellite early
today.
The Air Force said the bomber
launched the ALBM from a point
over the Atlantic Missile Range
"to demonstrate the feasibility of
firing ballistic missiles from air
craft." However, authorities empha
sized, there was no attempt made
to intercept or knock down the
satellite, nor did the missile go
into orbit.
Instead, it passed near the path
of the paddlewheel in an effort "to
check the accuracy of the guid
ance system at exit angles ap
proaching the vertical." At that
Large PTA Turnout Observed
At Local Junior
One of the largest turnouts in
the history of PTA at La Grande
Junior High School-more than
300 persons observed teachers in
action at the school last night.
Under the chairmanship of Buck
Hermann, the PTA fall season
opened with refreshments and in
troduction of committees at the
school gymnasium. A routine busi
ness session then preceded dis
missal of parents for their visits
with teachers in various class
rooms. Committees Heard
Persons introduced by Hermann
included the following.
Dorothy Peacock, hospitality
chairman; - Catherine McKarland,
membership; Elsie Spencer, maga
zines and subscription; Ann Pan
nell. publicity: Jean Mae Nice,
historian; Shirley Dunsmoor, sec
retary; Janet Eustace, second
vice president and program chair
man; Dorothy Beck, first vice
president.
Also: Dale Wyatt, assistant
school principal and legislative
committee; Lois Mitchell, treasur
er: Laura Zweifel, ways and
TEE-TOTALERS
TAKE LICKING
OSLO, Norway (UPI) Tee
totalers took a terrible licking
in the plebiscite Monday on
hi issue of whether sale of
wine end spirits should be el
lowed in 18 Norwegian cities.
In none of the six cities with
existing liquor sales did the
teetotalers win a majority fo
demand the branch shops of
the state owned wine monopoly
closed. In only two of twelve
ether cities were they able to
prevent the opening of liquor
stores where such did not exist
before.
Local Girl
Is Honored
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON.
Eugene Special I Virginia Ander
son, daughter of District Attorney
and Mrs. George Anderson Jr..
has been namrd to the editorial
board of the Oregon Daily Em
erald. Miss Anderson, a former La
Grande Observer staff writer, is
a sophomore at the University
majoring in journalism. She will
serve on the editorial board of
the campus daily newspaper
through the current school year.
Commies Seize
Indian Outpost
CALCUTTA. India UPI I The
Hindustan Standard reported to
day that Communist troops from
China have seized a second out
post on India's northeast frontier.
A dispatch from Shillong said
Red troops have seized Khinze
man's outpost in the Kameng dis
trict as well as Longju, the out
post in the Subansiri district
which had previous been reported
in Communist hands.
time, the moonlet was near its
low passage point of about 160
miles in the sky.
The Air Force said the ALBM
transmitted data to ground sta
tions, which provided information
on its trajectory. Additional data
was gleaned through the tracking
of the satellite itself.
A similar attempt to fire the
ALBM on Sept. 25 was called off
because of "technical reasons."
The Air Force said at that time
that "a need existed to refine
guidance data on such a missile
trajectory..."
The Paddlewheel satellite, offi
cially known as Explorer VI, was
fired Aug. 7. from Cape Canaver
al as. America's most complex
space data collector to date.
High School
means, and Rev. Wallace N. Hast
ings who opened the session with
a prayer.
Following committee reports and
announcements, Wyatt welcomed
the parents and teachers, briefly
told the assemblage about the PTA
at the junior high school and then
adjourned the business session in
order for parents to visit the class
rooms. Specie! Meeting
President Hermann announced
that the next PTA meeting would
be held Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. Prior
to this, however, a special parent
education night Oct. 26 at 8:30
p.m. will be held at the school
auditorium during which school
age children problems will be dis
cussed. Hermann emphasized the Import
ance of this meeting and said
that other such meetings wou!d
be scheduled during which special
turns would be shown. Juvenile
delinquency on the national level
is the basis for such meetings by
I'iA groups throughout the U.S.
Tomorrow is official kickoff
day for the annual United Fund
drive in La Grande, and I F
chairman and committees will be
gin the funds collection campaign
early in the morning.
United Fund chairman Dave
Baum said the , actual solicita
tions will begin following a 7 a
m. campaign chairmen breakfast
at the Sarajawea.
Baum has taken over direction
of United Fund here this year
due to the serious illness of
Chairman Ed Watts who requir
ed hospitalization and surgery
several weeks ago. Watts will
head up the UF drive next year.
All In Reediness
Baum stated that all commit
tees are now appointed and head
ed up with chairmen. "The en
tire UF force is in being and they
know what ' their various jobs
are and what each is to do," he
told The Observer.
Baum described United Fund as
a National effort whereby each
community attempts to do the
job each fall in one big solicita
tion of funds for participating
organizations whose main jobs
are welfare.
Favorite Sons
By The Dozen
WASHINGTON (UPI It may
be too early-for a head count,
but I960 looks like a big crop
year for "favorite son" presiden
tial candidates.
Some already are stirring or
being stirred by political friends.
A few candidacies may not reach
full bloom until convention time
next summer.
Florida officials think Sen.
George A. Smathers (D-Fla.)
may announce his formal accept
ance of a draft as that state's
"favorite son" at a lunch in Mi
ami Friday.
In Asheville, N.C., Kentucky's
ever-running presidential aspir
ant, Gov. A. B. (Happy) Chan
dler, brightened the Southern
Governors Conference with the
word that he'll be in the Demo
cratic presidential race next year.
Democratic governors, who out
number Republican state leaders
35 to 15, dominate the list of
probable or potential favorite
sons.
They include California's Ed
mund G. (Pat I Brown, Ohio's Mi
chael V. Disalle, Michigan's G
Mennen (Soapy)- Williams, and
New Jersey's Robert B. Meyner.
Other possibilities ore Colorado's
Stephen L. R. McNichols and
Washington's Albert D. Kosellini.
Among Republican governors in
this category are William G
Stratton of Illinois and Cecil H
Underwood of West Virginia. New
York's Gov. Nelson A. Rockefel
ler, if he entered the GOP presi
dential race, would be far more
than just a favorite son candi
date.
The Senate's four ranking Dem
ocratic presidential possibilities
are automatic favorite son candi
datesif they never reach great
er convention glory.
They are Sens. John F. Kenne
dy of Massachusetts, Hubert H
Humphrey of Minnesota, Stuart
Symington of Missouri and Lyn
don B. Johnson of Texas.
Television Quiz Whiz Van Doren
Ducks House Committee Subpena
NEW YORK (UPI) Tele
vision quii-whii Charles Van Dor
en today was accused of crass
indifference in ducking a con
gressional subpena ordering him
to face questioning about the rig
ging of the defunct quiz show
"21."
Federal authorities were order
ed to intensify their hunt for the
33 year-old winner of $129,000, as
the long time champion of "21,"
and a $50,000 a year network
contract.
Hep. Stephen B. Derounian (R
N. Y.i, a member of the House
subcommittee on legislative over
sight that has been investigating
the practices of certain televis
ion ouiz shows, leveled the in
difference charge at Van Doren
"Friday night our committee is
sued a subpena for his (Van Dor
pn'i) nntwarance. . .He has evad-
led the subpena and thus far has
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NEW COUNTY ROADMASTER
Oscar Mannon, left, new Union County roadmaster,
and County Commissioner Ray Baum have been looking
over the county road system for the past week. Man
non, here from Idaho, was hired by county Commis
sion two months ago and assumed his local office the
first of October. Ray Baum, commissioner for
the past 11 years, has been serving temporarily as road
supervisor for the county. One of the areas checked
out by the two men was the Morgan Lake road. Man
non said that repair work was planned for the steep
grade sometime in the future. (Observer Photo)
Biggest Jewel Theft
In London's History
LONDON UPI) Scotland
Yard launched its biggest search
today for the biggest jewel rob
bery in its history the chain
reaction theft of $700,000 in hard-to-trace
small but valuable items.
Investigators were ordered into
airports, seaports and private air
fields to try to block the flight
of the gems and baubles taken
from four jewelry shops in the
heart of London this week end.
The jewel thieves, believed to
be six men, either had a com
plete iuiowledge of the workings
of the victimized companies or in
credible luck. Each shop they
robbed yielded the key to the
next.
Says It's Disaster
Three of the shops were owned
by the Goldsmiths and Silver
smiths Association, and the fourth
was owned by a subsidiary com
pany which had left its keys in
a company safe.
"It's a disaster," a spokesman
for the association said.
YOUNG KILLER Edward
Perez, 16, a Puerto Rican
gang leader of New York
City admitted he killed
John Guzman in feud over
gang territory. Perez, who
shot Guzman on the steps
of Morris High School in
New York, was booked for
homicide along with seven
others who helped him.
avoided testifying to our commit
tee members.
Becomes Femous
"Don't Mr. Van Doren's ad
mircrs deserve more than his
crass indifference?" Derounian
asked.
Van Doren, who was catapulted
to national prominence by his dis
play of intellectual prowess dur
ing his 1936-57 appearances on the
program, disappeared shortly
after he sent a telegram to the
committee stating his willingness
to testify.
In his telegram to the commit
tee a copy of which Van Doren
sent to United Press International
the Columbia University English
instructor said he had never been
supplied with questions and an
swers in advance of a program,
had never had any assistance in
any form and had no knowledge
of any aid provided to other contestants.
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Scotland Yard, which called the
thieves' work "nice and clean,"'
said the loot included rings, neck
laces, brooches, diamonds, sap
phires, valuable silver plate and,.
items lett by customers lor sale.
Scotland Yard said the first
burglary alone required "drastic
measures." A padlock was broken
open end a safe was blown up.
Inside this safe were the keys to
the next building to be robbed.
Sure Footed Thieves
The thieves were so sure footed
that police at first found nothing
amiss. A cop patroling his beat
early Monday tried one of the
doors of a looted building and
found it still locked, nothing ap
parently wrong.
The thieves concentrated on
small items and left bulkier ones
behind, but Scotland Yard was
able to flash descriptions of some
items to Interpol, the internation
al police organization in Europe,
and to the United States. How
ever they believed the loot still
was in England.
Schedule Trial
For Man Accused
Of Local Thefts
Gordon Eugene Emery, 37, La
Grande, was to appear before Cir
cuit Judge W. F. Brownton this
afternoon on a charge of enter
ing an auto with intent to steaL
Emery appeared before Justice
of the Peace George Miller yes
terday morning.
He was arrested by city police
and admitted taking six cases of
oil and some hubcaps, accord
ing to District Attorney George
Anderson Jr.
HOLD RAIL TALKS
CHICAGO (UPI) Represen
tatives of the Joint Conference
Carriers Committee and the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
planned to meet today to explore
union demands in the railroad
industry. Ted Short, chairman of
the Western Carriers Conference,
said the meeting would be closed
to newsmen. i .
Van Doren said in the telegram
he had given this testimony un
der oath before the New York
grand jury and was willing to re
peat it any time to the House
subcommittee.
To Resume Hearings
Subcommittee Chairman Or en
Harris (D-Ark.) said he personal
ly issued the subpena requiring
Van Doren's appearance but add
ed that "Mr. Van Doren has pur
posely avoided service."
"This contestant, whom we had
not anticipated seems to have
challenged the committee and the
facts that have been developed;"
Harris said.
"We expect to have Mr. Van
Doren and perhaps others" when
the hearings resume on Nov. t,
Harris added. "In view of the
facts and circumstances the com
mittee feels the testimony of Van
Doren is most Important.'' .
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