LA GRANDE OBSERVER WEATHER Prlly cloudy tonight; mostly tunny Friday; highs 62-68) low tonight 30-35. 38th Issue 64th Year Lad Accidentally Shot On Hunt Thomas Leeds Bailey, 17, Island City was reported in "fairly good" condition at Grande Konde Hospital where he was taken yes terday evening following a duck Medic Says His Patient Pursued Him PRINEVILLE iCI'I' The de fendaut in a $203,864 medical mal practice suit testified Wednesday he tried to break off an affair with the woman who is suing him but that she wanted to maintain the relationship. Dr. Norman D. Coleman, 37, gave the testimony in a civil trial of a suit brought by Mrs. Clara Mitchell, 25. She charged, among other things, that he engaged in sexual relations with her while she was mentally ill. Dr. Coleman told the jury of six women and six men that he tried to break off their affair in the fall of 1957. He said she want ed to maintain the relationship al though he realized it had to stop. The doctor said he was forced to call her as often as two or three times a week, to visit her at home and to engage in kissing and petting sessions to keep her "pacified." Throat Said Madt He said he finally told her he no longer cared for her. "I tofd her my feelings for her were the same as someone who had loved someone but had mar ried another person." He said Mrs. Mitchell threaten ed she was "going to get even with me if it was the lastN thing she ever did in her life." Dr. Coleman added he told his wife about the affair after Mrs. Mitchell went to the state mental hospital for the third time. He denied he had ever given Mrs. Mitchell drugs for any pur pose except medication. He also said he had never used sodium pentathol so-called truth serum on bef and that he had not cn gagd in "deep psychoherapy." He also denied he had sexual intercourse with Mrs. Mitchell while she was mentally upset. Commission Okehs Goss Motor Bids On Police Units City Commissioners last night fcccptcd a bid of $2,978 from the M. J. Goss Motor Co., to fur nish two 100 Chevrolet sedans for the police department. j The police department will trade in their present station wa gen and sedan on the new vehi cles. Hand Ford Sales submitted a bid of $3,340, and Geltings Lynoh bid $3,694 for the con tract. Commissioners also delayed final action on the bids for a 1960 truck, cab and chassis only. Spec ifications on the new truck will be checked during the week and a final decision reached at the next commission meeting. Goss Motor submitted a low bid of $3,092. Gettings-Lynch bid $3,187; Hand Ford submitted an offer of $3,414.48; and Oregon Tractor Co. bid $3,250. I STEEL STRIKE 'FACT-FINDERS' ASK FOR IMMEDIATE SOLUTION WASHINGTON UPI - Presi dent Elsenhower's fact-f I n d i n g board urged both sides in the steel dispute today to resume negotia tions immediately or submit their differences to voluntary arbitra tion if they fail to settle the 93-day old steel strike. Voluntary arbitration mean that both sides in a labor dispute agree to accept the decisions of an Impartial umpire. Prof. George W. Taylor, chair man of the three-man fact-finding board, made the suggestions on behalf of the panel at the close of formal hearings into the dispute. R. Conrad Cooper, chief nego tiator for the 12 biggest steel com panies, rejected the arbitration idea, but said he was ready to go back into contract talks with the union. David J. McDonald, president of ' the steelworkers, told newsmen: "I am In the mood for collective bargaining to try to reach an agreement." Wants Talks Resumed McDonald brushed aside ques tions whether he would go along with voluntary arbitration. He said he would "never" submit to com pulsory arbitration. Taylor said wages and work rules seem to the the "roadblock hunting accident at Morgan Lake. Bsi'ey was hunting with Leslie McClune, 16, and flichard Marks. 16, both of La Grande, when the accident happened at about 4:45 p.m. Oregon State Police said that the boys were standing around when the shotgun used by McClune discharged, striking Bailey in the upper right leg. Boy Is Carritd Fisherman at the lake notified State Police who carried the boy about three quarters of a mile on a stretcher to a waiting first aid car. The youth was in surgery for several hours last night and re ceived blood transfusions and plasma. It was not necessary to am putate the leg, hospital attend ants reported. POPULATION INCREASE HERE La Grando's population hat increased by 400 per sons over last year, ac cording to information fig ures released by the Stat Board of Census. Tho pop ulation ostimato as of July 1 was 9,500. This it an increase of 10 per cent over the 8, 635 persont counted In the 1950 contut. Tax Roll Turned Over To Sheriff's The Union County assessor's of fice has turned the tax roll over to the sheriff's department, R. M. i Dick) Hartsock, assessor, an nounced today. L " ) CANDIDATE State Sen. Robert W. Straub, Springfield, today an nounced candidacy for chairmanship of Oregon Democratic Central Committee. Straub, 39, Is second person to an nounce for post. First to announce was Dan Pol ing, Salem, former Mar ion County Democratic chairman. State Central Committee elects chair man Oct. 31 when it meets, in Portland. issues" preventing settlement of the dispute. Taylor advised both sides to use this afternoon and the next three days to resolve the issues at the bargaining table. But if this failed, he asked: "Why not submit these issues to arbitration procedure of your own devising by people acceptable to yourselves? "Why is that not preferable to going the route we are now on to a national emergency?" Taylor's board has until Mon day midnight to report to Presi dent Eisenhower on the dispute. After that, the President could direct the attorney general to go into federal court and seek an 80 day strike-stopping injunction un dcr the Taft-Hartley Law. Asserting it is "an absolute falsehood when th.-y (manage ment i say we never changed our petition," McDonald said h I s union's Executive Board has a scheduled meeting later today. McDonald told newsmen t h e board meeting promised to be a short one and it appeared possible that the two parties might get together late this afternoon for a new try at resolving the dispute. Claims Jebt in Danger McDonald said the steel com CHECK Union County Civic Music Association officials check music club story in The Observer as they outline tur ther plans during drive for members which ends Sat urday. Left to right, Neil Wilson, president;- Miss Rae Sinclaire, New York representative Civic Concert Ser vice; Mrs. Charles Snyder, secretary; Donald Nelson, vice president. Absent was Merle Bccket, treasurer. (Observer Photo) Office Hartsock said that the millage rate is down in all districts due to increased assessed valuations. Last year's total assessed valua tion was $24,617,911 as compared to this year s $27,407,944. However, J the amount of taxes levied last j.year for all purposes was$l,R25.- N IftK RA Tnlnt Invite ( nil this year is $1,892,877.14, an in Higher Budgets Hartsock said the increase was due to higher budgets. The tax dollar in Union County is used as follows: Forty-three hundredths per cent for rural fire districts: 2 04 per cent for cemetery districts: 12.91 per cent to all cities; 23.75 per cent for all county purposes, and 60.87 per cent for schools. City Fathers Adopt Sewer Bond Ordinance City Commissioners adopted an ordinance providing for a S360,000 sewer bond election, Nov. 6, at their meeting last night. The resolution, No. 1740, was passed unanimously after the reading of the proposed legi slation. This is the final step needed to make .the election a pending item after months of work, vestigation and preparation. The commission will undertake, in the weeks remaining prior to the election, to held public meetings, show film strips and circulate literature on the proposed sew age lagoons. panies "want the union to roll over and play dead while they systematically wipe out 100,000 jobs." The steel workers who re mained, McDonald said, would be forced to work harder and faster to make up for the 20 per cent who were pushed out the gate. "Some steel companies figure it's cheaper to automate men than to modernize plants. They won't get away with it," McDonald said. "They install new processes for rapid steel making 'instant steel' they want to pulverize the workers into 'instant people' to be used as they darn well please and to have the union powerless to do anything about it." Taylor, reviewing the board's fact-finding efforts so far, indi rectly criticized management for setting a 2 per ccnt ceiling on in creases in labor costs this year. "As to whether this 2 per cent is a magic figure that will stop inflation, we're not quite so sure," Taylor said. He said that prolonging t h e strike contributes to inflation and might lead to an unbalanced fed eral budget. Cooper, who sat puffing a cigar during Taylor's summation, im mediately disagreed with the sug gestion that the 2 per cent figure is a road block. LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1959 i a, . 'GO DAY' CAMPAIGN Encouraging Report On Tot Twins PORTLAND (L'PI . The first really encouraging report by the University of Oregon Medical School Hospital regarding the 3-month- old Stubhlcficld Siamese twins was released Wednesday night. A hospital spokesman said doc tors were optimistic that a trend set Tuesday would continue. Jean- ett, who had had considerable trouble breathing, was reported doing well, breathing easier, and had better color. The spokesman said she was resting easier and taking and di gesting her formula every three hours. Denctt, the smaller but the stronger of the twin girls, was taking about 4 '4 ounces of for mula every three hours. They continued to require con stant attention, but indications were, for the fi-st time, that both girls would continue to improve. They were separated in a five- hour operation nine days ago. They are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. James Stubbleficld, Par ma, Idaho. I in-If1 - v '''IWnii?'! vv NEAR RECORD Jim Mink has the black bear he shot Monday stretched out to dry at his home, 1302 M Ave. Mink shot the bear near Elgin. From the nose to the tail, the bear measured seven feet, four inches. Jim, who checked the record book, says the bear is only one and five-eighths of an inch from the world record. The bear weighed approximately, 400 pounds and was seven feet two inches from paw to paw. (Observer) A i '-' i hi) 1 1 -. t - - I 1 1 r i -a I -v V New Riveria School Plan Gets Approval Revised plans for the Riveria i school addition have been accept ed by La Grande school board members, and the school district s architectural firm has been in structed to proceed w ith its work. The board also, at its regular meeting, approved extended fire insurance coverage for the 1960- 61 school budget, since the in surance plan cost was in ex cess of the amount budgeted for the present year. Also approved was the request of Don Scott that the district call for bids on certain musical in struments. In other ac'ion: The hoard agreed to release Harvey Carter, Junior High School principal, for the week of March 27 April 2, in order that he may represent the Union County Chapter of the White House Conference on Children and Youth, to be held in Wash ington, D.C. Support Financing Agreed to support the financ ing of the American Society for Curriculum Development meeting HARD TO CONVINCE LONDON 1 1 PI Radio Mos cow today quoted Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev as admitting that i' is not easy to convince peasants to surrender their land and other personal possessions for collective farming. "A great effort must be made to convince the peasant to abandon his old custom and re form his outlook," Khrushchev said. 3-r ew Homes In Path Of Spreading Cite Deadline For Soil Bank Participation Farmers who expect to partici pate in the 1960 conservation re serve of the Soil Bank have an other deadline coming up this week. Friday is the last date to apply lor contracts 10 uefcin ncxi year, Ben L. Robinson, county agricultural stabilization and con servation committeeman, said. I'nder the reserve for 1960 the farmer's first step was to ask the county ASC committee to es tablish a basic annual payment rate for his farm. The deadline (or that request was Oct. 9. Next step is for the farmer to apply for a contract at any amount below the per-acre rate established for his land. This must be taken by Oct. 16. After the applications are re turned to the county office, con tracts that can be accepted under the regulations will be offered to farmers for signature. to be held In Pendleton, Oct. 26- 27. Two or three teachers who can be released without employ ment of a substitute will be sent to this session. Voted a special meeting to dis cuss the cost of high school edu cation in district No. 1; heard a report given by the transports-1 tion committee on changes of the bus route; received an invitation to attend dedication of the new Pendleton High School, Oct. 18 at 2 p.m., to which local residents are invited also. Was told that the enrollment in city schools now totaled 2,552. WHO STOLE THE VALVE? New, who would let the air out of a county-owned car Uftvd by the tax atteitor'i office? Well, tomeone did, and ha took not only the valve cap but rht vaive Itself. Union County tax appraisal man Roy Long, dashing out of the attettor't office for a quick business errand, discovered the valve theft. Official business almost, but not quite, stood ttill for a time. CELLULOID LOVER Errol Flynn, Swashbuckling , Film Star Dies; S et Autopsy VANCOUVER, B.C. (UPD A coroner viewed the body of actor Erroll Flynn today to decide whether the hero of swashbuck ling roles on and off the screen j died of a heart attack or other causes. j Flynn, 50, died Wednesday night ' in a doctor's apartment about two hours after complaining of pains in his back. i "1 think I might lie down," the movie star told Dr. Grant Gould and a group of friends, including Flynn's "protege," Beverley Aad land, 17. "But I shall return." They were his last words. I He entered a bedroom and died minutes later despite the efforts of Gould, a fire department In halator squad thai worked over him for nearly an hour, and Van couver businessman George Cal dough, who tried unsuccessfully to revive him with mouth to mouth respiration before the in halator crew arrived. Heart Attack Possible "I don't think Flynn had a pre monition of death when he re counted some of his life's expe riences during the two hours prior to his death," Caldough said. "He was just a born story teller." "I knew dad was ill but I didn't think he might die," one of Flynn's daughters, Dierdre, told United Press International in Hol lywood. Circumstances of his death in dicated he succumbed to a heart attack. The Vancouver police cor oner. Dr. Glen McDonald, ordered the actor's body left overnight in the Vancouver General Hospital where it was taken shortly after 12 Page Trial Opens On Personal Injury Suit An $8,500 personal injury suit was scheduled to begin before a jury in Circuit Judge W. F. Brown ton's court today. Filing the suit is Rae N. Beery. She claims that an automobile ac cident here on March 22, 1957, when her car was struck from be hind by a youthful driver, result ed in whiplash injuries, hospitali zation, disability, loss of work, medical bills and permanent suf fering. She is asking $1,000 special damages, $7,500 general damages and court costs. Detente Charges Defendant in the suit is Oscar Rudd, father of the young driver. The accident occurred on Fourth Street when the plaintiff claims she stopped to permit children to cross. Rudd charges the plaintiff with stopping suddenly and without warning on a public thorough fare. He asks that the court costs be assessed against the plaintiff. Attorneys for the plaintiff arc Burleigh and Carey, with the de fendant represented by Helm and Necly. Search Party Seeks Youths Lost Hunting PORTLAND (UPK A search party pressed its hunt at dawn today for two teen-age boys miss ing since last weekend when they set out to go hunting, presumably in the Mt. Hood area. Jerry Layton, 19, Oregon City, and Doyle Heed, 18, Portland, left their homes Saturday night and ncv.r TA turned. Both their cars were gone but police located the Reed youth's auto Wednesday on Old Barlow Trail Road east of Government Camp. Layton's car was still be ing sought. Searchers set out late Wedncs day and hunted in the area where the car was found until midnight. Today the search was centered in the Buzzard Point area along the Hood River road on the lower slopes of Mt. Hood in Hood River County. State police and deputies from the Hood River county sheriff's office paced the search. The sher iff said a plane would also be used. A passerby noticed Reed's car and notified authorities. IS DEAD he died. McDonald was to decide later today whether an inquest or autopsy would be necessary. Flynn collapsed onto the floor soon after he entered the doctor's bedroom to rest. He had gone to the doctor's after starting for the airport to board a plane for Hollywood. He had spent a week here negotiating the sale of his $100,000 schooner, Zaca. He was planning to sell it to Caldough and had been staying at Cal- Clemency Plea For Chessman SACRAMENTO, Calif. UP1 An attorney for convict-author Caryl Chessman, pleaded with Gov. Edmund G. Brown today to commute the kidnap-rapist's death sentence to life in prison even ipougn the doomed man was quoted as saying he preferred ex ecution to life behind bars. Attorney George T. Davis, San Francisco, admitted he was ap pearing at the clemency hearing before the governor without Chessman's approval. "Does Chessman know you're here?" Brown asked. "He wrote me saying he did not want a commutation. . . he wanted vin dication or death." "That's rieht." Davis said. "1 discussed It with him at length Wednesday fat San Quentln Pris on) and he doesn't want life with out parole." "The fact that he doesn't want a commutation does have some enect on my thinking," Brown said. Fiva Canta Inferno Families forced To Flee LA CANADA, Calif. (UPI) A giant uncontrolled brush fire roared over a hastily cleared fire-break today men acing a group of 50 homes in the Los Angeles foothills. : Three families in the Ei Prieto Canyon flare-up area were forced to flee their homes shortly before dawn. An estimated 50 more fam ilies were awakened by sheriff's deputies and warned to be prei pared to leave at a moment's notice. -,. The break-through came in M area of tush undergrowth un touched by fire in 25 years. " The blaze, entering its third day, has blackened 3,000 acres and was burning out of control on an estimated 30-mile perimeter in the Angeles National Forest and suburban Los Angeles areas, Three hundred other homes were threatened in Briggs . Ter race, west of the new flare-up, But firemen said that even though flames were lapping within a Irlfl of some of the residences therA was no immediate danger theJrk' About 1.500 firemen battled fit? blaze while air tankers - loaded with a water- borate solution "bombed" hot spots. , The blaze also erupted to" 'Use north of Oak Wilde, burning ' to ward Angeles Crest ; Highway? Firefighters hoped to halt flames at the highway before they spread over Into Dark Canyon and ail most inaccessible areas. Helicopters were used to semi firefighters to clear a fire break in the flare-up area, . but flames jumped the section despite fir; men's efforts. -.vC One home has - boon partUfly destroyed and four , firemen, in jured so far fighting the two-day blaze. " ' V Erratic desert winds could spell the difference between tragedy and safety for homeowners In the threatened area. . ' ) Predicted winds of up to v 10 miles an hour failed to materialize Wednesday night and early today, allowing firefighters to hold their own against the blaze's 22 mile perimeter. . ':.. Wind Still Chief Factor But forestry spokesman Don Porter warned, "everything de pends on the wind." . - Record temperatures of up to lot degrees plus extremely low hu midity also hindered efforts to con tain the blaze. dough's home. Miss Aadland, Flynn's constant companion although he still was married to actress Patricia Wy more, stayed with him to the end. She rode beside the driver whoa his body was taken by ambulance from the apartment to the hos pital. She was reported "deeply shocked today. .( Flynn, accompanied by ' Cal dough and Miss Aadland, called at Dr. Gould's apartment early .io the evening asking the doctor to check his condition before IcavlnJ nere ior uos Angeies. riynn com plained of having back pains. " Police said they understood Dr. Gould had proceeded to examine Flynn when the actor suddenly collapsed. Caldough said he attempted for half an hour to breathe life back into the unconscious actor. "1 did my best" Caldough said, "I tried to save him. but 1 gues my best wasn't rcwl enough." t He said Miss Aj1 suffered a tremendous shock. A vat ttn der sedative ear tafagr bit west Vancouver surnw Caldough sanl Fj"m was checked or jr t. i&iuiit. tSft talked for ti Ms irr tours srtta the doctr aNms h ram mtti in the morse iri. rhnt 49 actor left the ran be far a while. Dr. GeuU fv&nred Ftynn into the bedroom, tkn cmUrd CaJ dough and totd him the actor wall dying. r, Caldough began breathing Into Flynn's mouth in vain attempt to revive him. p Caldough said Flyna would be. buried in Jamaica.