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LA GRAND E OBSERVER WEATHER . Partial clearing tonight; In. creating cloudi Wednesday; highs S2-SI; low tonight K-32. 42nd Issue 64th Year uintuplets YOUTH DIRECTOR NAMED Capt. Oscar Youngquist, Portland, has been named youth director for the Salvation Army for Oregon and southern Idaho. Capt. Youngquist is discussing local youth work with Lt. Oakley Summers, commanding of officer of Salvation Army activities in La Grande. This is Capt. Youngquist's first visit to this area. (Observer) Court Asked To Move Against Steel Strike PITTSBURGH (UPP A U.S. attorney, acting under orders of President Eisenhower, today asked federal court to issue an injunction to halt the 98-day steel strike for 80 days. U. S. Attorney Hubert I. Teitel- Lions Hear Top Speakers Rep. Al Ullrnan and Mrs. Ull man. Baker, and Salvation Army Capt. Oscar Youngquist, Portland, were featured speakers at the regular Monday noon luncheon meeting of the La Grande Lions Club, at the Sacajawca Hotel. Uilman, who at the recent in vitation of the German govern ment, vfsitcd and conferred re cently with German economic and government leaders, told club members briefly ofi Germany's growth in economics and sound government, of that nation's am azing rebuilding program, and of current international relation ships of European countries. Charitable Work Youngquist spoke on the chari table work being done by the Salvation Army, particularly of the youth and juvenile problems of the country today, and plead ed for a greater activity in adult leadership of juveniles. Club guests were Stan Voeller. president of the Baker Lions; Ron Ahern, Baker; Richard Gerr liart, Portland, and Dick Vondu rant. Lieut. Oakley Summers was program chairman. REP. UILMAN TOURS AREA Water Resources Development Responsibility Of The People By BILL BEBOUT Observer Staff Writer The responsibility for starting multi-purpose projects on, the Grande Ronde River and Cath erine Creek rests with the loca' citizens, Rep. Al Ullrnan iDOre.' said here yesterday. Ullrnan arrived h"re shortly be for noon to address the Monday luncheon of the Lions Club and to meet with a committee of local residents concerning development of river resources in the Grand? Ronde Valley. "No one could be more interest ed than I in the full development of river resources. The whole future of this country is dependent on the use of our water," the Ore gon Democrat declared. "But as I told the committee, the responsibility for getting such project underway rests with them," he added. Happy te Assist Ullrnan said that he is "happy to work with local committees throughout the entire district to give them the necessary informa tion to get projects on the way." niman told of his experience in Germany late this summer. He baum handed the Taft-Hartley back to work pe'tition to the clerk of the district court, putting it up to Federal Judge Herbert P. Sorg to decide whether to order 500,000 steelworkers back to their jobs. Sorg accepted the petition and then went into a closed session with Teitelbaum and clerk James Wallace, saying "until I have read the petition, I cannot say when a hearing will be held." Teitelbaum received the petition from Gcorgo C. Doub, an assis tant attorney general who flew here from Washington. The petition asked for an in junction directing the United Steelworkers Union, on strike since July 15, to instruct its mem bers to return to work for 80 days and for the immediate issuance of a temiwrary restraining order pending issuance of the injunc tion. Union Figrws uraer It was the second time this month President Eisenhower re sorted to the Taft-Hartley Law to end work stoppages. Earlier, he invoked the law to send the strik ing East Ccast dock workers back to their jobs. A spokesman for the union said USW general counsel Arthur G. Goldberg would appeal the peti tion on grounds that: "The steel strike does not im peril the national health or safe ty within the meaning of the Taft Hartley Act. "The provisions of the Taft Hartley Act which have been in voked are unconstitutional." was one of four members of rvn. gress selected by Speaker of the nouse aam nayourn to tour that country as guests of the German government. I came awav feelinff that u; must maintain a firm policy on oerin. it Benin should fall or if we were to comnrnmiut u would be greatly weakened all over turope. Hp said. He told of visiting Munich, the capital of the German state o' Bavaria where a "great mountain has been built from the rubble of the destroyd city." "The people of Munich are now engaged in the building of a large sports palace on the top of the mountain which will be dedicated to peace in Europ-," he said. Real Showcase He said that West Berlin is a "showcase of democracy." "But when you go to the east sector of Berlin through the Brandenburg Gate, you enter a totally different world." "Where you have hope in West Berlin vou sense a foolina nr despair dWiong the people of East Berlin, ne said. While in Germany he met with LA GRANDE, (That's Belt-Tightening Faces Sen. Neuberger Tells An era of sacrifice and bill tightening (aces the American people in meeting challenges of the space age, Senator Richard L. Neuberger told a La Grande Ho tary Club luncheon meeting today. "Can we be the bulwark of the free world militarily, economic al'y, and culturally without taxing ourselves to finance this great re sponsibility?" Neuberger ques tioned. "Is there a thinking Am- Steel Strike Hurts Auto Production DETROIT UPH Almost one- third of the assembly lines turn ing out I960 Chevrolets were closed down by steel shortages to day as auto industry layoffs soared to 72.826. Layoffs today at the Chevrolet assembly and Fisher Body plants at Janesville. Wis., the Chevrolet assembly plant at Atlanta and GM's plants at Saginaw and Flint. Mich., added 3.976 to the growing number of idled workers. Another 2,257 will be added to the list when the Chevrolet engine plant at Buffalo, NY., sends home its employes Wednesday. The shutdowns at Janesville and Atlanta brought to four the number of Chevrolet assembly lines that have been closed be cause of steel shortages. Chevro let has final assembly lines in 13 plants throughout the nation, in cluding the Willow Run, Mich., plant which turns out only the small Corvairs. So far Chevrolet is the only car line that has been forced to shut off actual production of new cars, although some other lines have been slowed down to conserve steel supplies. Chrysler bs been forced to lay off 1,400 workers because of steel shortages but all of them were employed in plants making purls for the company. Blazing Forest Fire Is Checked LOS ANGELES UPI) The Forest Service said that the 14.- 200 - acre brush fire flaming through the Angeles National For est for the past week was "con tained" today. Complete control of the blaze was expected by 6 p.m. About 400 firefighters were re leased while National Guard ar mories at Azusa and Arcadia, in the foothills near the fire, were set up as "rest centers" for fire men. More than 70 tons of grass seed were being sown over the forest in the wake of the blaze to pre vent floods during the spring through the Los Angeles Basin. Fire officials began releasing equipment and firefighters Mon day night. top economic and political leaders. He was especially pleased, he said, at the political development in Germany. "They are developing two main political parties rather than the type of jungle you have in France with political parties all over the place," he said. Naval Reserve Trips H-1 said that visits such as his to Germany are "invaluable to ward an understanding of the basic problems of the world that it is our reponsibility to legislate on." He also makes trips as a member of the Naval Reserve to find out what is happening on the military front. "I would not condrne all trips to other nations, however." he added. It is mainly valuable when the government of the host nation opens all of the doors to the visitors er where a committee is investigating particular problems," he stated. Ullrnan is speaking in Enterprise at the high school today and will be in Baker tonight. His present junket will take him through most of the sizeable communities of the 18 county district. OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1959" erican anywhere, regardless of po litical party, who believes rivalry with the Soviet Union can le going on without tapping his pocketbook? "The American people arc ma ture, w ise and very know ing. They realize that defending ourselves against the Communist colossus. building four-lane super-highways and conserving our natural re sources cost money, lney win not be fooled for long by any politicians who claim it is possible to do these things and not collect eventually the funds to finance such undertakings." Painless Financing Cutbacks in construction of the Federal Interstate Highway sys- tern show that there is no painless way to finance progress and es - sential programs" if they are to SHE FINALLY GOT HER MAN MARLOW, England UPI Miss Dorothy Blewitt, 61-year-old spinster, finally got her man. Perseverance did it. Back in 1916 the fell in love with Tom Ranee and told him to in her love lettert. But he didn't take her terioutly and married her Aunt Alice. Aunt Alice died in 1917 and Dorothy made another ttab, but he married another girl named Dorothy, Two yeart ago the tecond Mrt. Ranee died. Then three weekt ago Mitt Blewitt re membered that Ranee, now 77, wat a handyman and that the needed ome work done around the houte. "I called on Tom," the taid. "Within a week he pro posed." Building Permits Issued vlteie' Last Month Reveal Drop Building permits in the amount of $,ir9 were issued in La Grande during the month of Sep tember. This figure represents a drop of 25 per cent from August'.' $127,570 and September a year ago when the permits totaled $146. 524. Figures compiled by the statis tical department of the Equiahle Savings and Loan Association show that building permits issued in September in 64 major Pacific Northwest cili"S tota'ed $.14,848,145 Oregon's to'al construction for the month was $9,147,299, an in crease of 35 per cent over Sep tember 1958. Portland's share of this total was $3,341,960 with Lane and Washington counties each ac counting for over one million dol lars in construction. Idaho report ed $2,648,654 construction activity, a drop of 2 pr cent from last September and British Columbia was 8 per cent lower than the previous month. i l t t Overheated iranstormer, The La Grande fire department was called to 902 Spring St. at 5:45 p.m. yesterday when a trans former heated up and filled the house with smoke. Fire Chief Ray Snider said no equipment was used to handle the electrical mishap. REP. ULLMAN VISITS HERE Rep. Al Uilman (D-Orc.) stopped in La Grande yester day to address the local Lions Club and to meet with a committee of area residents on water resource develop ment here. He is show n above telling of his recent trip to Germany. (Observer) Right) America, Rotarians be kept on schedule without shout dering a heavier tax burdi n onto iulur" generations, Neuberger said "Oregon w. s the lirst .slate to 'ev.v a gasoline tax to tinance maintenance of state highways," the Oregon senator said. "This !was in HUM, vet some people claim there is something immoral aliout a gasolin? t ix for construction of highways. It is significant that these people have never suggested repeal of the gasoline tax in Oregon, which has endured for 1 4il years. If a state tax on gaso- line is right to pay tor state financing of roads, why not a federal gasoline levy when the U.S. government is contributing Uo per cent of the cost of inter- , slate higlmavs which will require an ultimate $39.8 billion to com plete? . . "I do not agree with Mr. Eisen hower on all matters but he is right about the wisdom of paying for these expensive roads as we go. rather than resorting to deficit financing which penalizes the peo ple of the future and which results in cosily interest tolls to service the national debt." he concluded. Frankie Boy Hopping Mad At Charges HOLLYWOOD 'CPU - Frank Sinatra was still boiling today over charges by television quiz master George De Witt that he became involved in "scandalous relations with starlet Claire Kelly. De Witt's former wife. "He must be out of his mind. said Sinatra. "And he hart better be able to back up the charge " De Witt, master of ceremonies of the "Name That Tune" TV show, has Wed a brief accusing his ex-wife of "adulterous, im moral and scandalous conduct with Sinatra, band leader Perry I.oiez, and hotel chain heir Nicky Hilton. De Witt and Miss Kelly are in a court battle over custody of their son, George, 5. The brief, filed in Fort Lauder dale, Fla., accused Miss Kelly of ixing more concerned with 'shield ing and protecting" her boy friends than in the welfare of their son. Two Minor Auto Accidents Here Two minor accidents involving parked cars were reported to the police over the weekend. The first accident occurred at 1:10 p.m. Friday when a car driv en by Ethel Plagar, Parma, filaho, backed into a car owned by Thom as Clarence Hefty, Cove, police said." The accident took place in the parking lot of a supermarket at the intersection of Fourth St. a"a vaams Avenue. Jflv A,lstin ukrr while at. tempting to park his car on the south side of Jefferson Street, jumped the curb and did exten sive damage to a car belonging to Cecil L. Martin, Portland. The accident occurred at 11:40 Sat urday morning. Born SEN. NEUBERGER Chessman In Rap At 'Justice' SAX QUENTIX. Calif. (UPP Caryl Chessman who sidestepped the gas chamber for nearly 12 years after being condemned for robbery, kidnap and rape lashed orft today at California justice. The 38-year-old convict-author also criticized Gov. Edmund G. Brown, who refused to grant clemency which would have saved Chessman from the gas chamber for the seventh time. He is sched uled to die at 10 a m. p.s.t. Fri day. In denying clemency Monday. the governor said the evidence of guilt against Chessman was "overwhelming'' and showed "a deliberate career of robberies and kidnupings. followed by sexual as suults and acts of perversion, ac complished at the point of a load ed gun." Chessman who still insists he is innocent immediately charged that Brown's action was the "po litically expedient thing for him to do. "Homage to Hytteria" "He has made his hid, made his verbal how and paid his homage to hysteria," said Chessman, with the same calm and cockiness he has shown during his long stay on death row. "I am just as pleased that he took the action he did because it clearly defines the quality of jus lice or lack of it in the Chess man case.'' the convict said. Meanwhile, his attorney, George Davis, scheduled a meeting with Justice William O. Douglas of the U. S. Supreme Court. Davis filed an application for a slay of exe cution last Friday. Chessman, who claimed he did not want a clemency hearing be fore the governor because it amounted to an admission of guilt was confident that the Supreme Court would act favorably in his behalf. Gov. Brown said one of htc main reasons he denied clemency was because Chessman showed no signs of contrition. Hold Memorial Rites For Sawyer BEND i UPI I Memorial rites were held in the Deschutes county courthouse here Monday for the late Robert W. Sawyer, former own-r and publisher of the Bend Bulletin and well-known naturalist and conservationist. Principle speaker was former Gov. Charles A. Sprague of Sa lem, publisher of the Oregon Statesman. Sawyer died here last week at 79. Contempt Against 2 WASHINGTON (UPI) The government today charged four persons, two of them high union officials, with contempt of Con gress for defying the Senate Rack ets Committee. Indictments returned by a fed eral Grand Jury here charged that each of the defendants had been subpenaed to testify before the Senate Rackets Committee, but either refused to apcar or refused to give complete answers. One of those named was William Presser of University Heights, Ohio, head of the Ohio Conference of Teamsters and an old friend of teamsters President James R. Ilnffa. The others were Maurice A. Hutcheson, Indianapolis. Ind., president of the United Brother hood of Carpenters; Ernest Mark High, New York, editor of Spot light Publications; and Peter Licavnli, known as the leader of the so-called "Purgle Gang" of Detroit. Hutcheson was charged in 18 counts involving his refusal to 8 Paget To Texans Girl Tots, Mother In Good Condition SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (UPI) Quintuplet daughter were born today to the wife of an Air Force lieutenant. All were taid to be in good condition. The quints were born to 1st Lt. and Mrs. Charles G. Han nan, Taylor, Tex. If the babies live, they would be the first surviving quin tuplets in American record. The babies were three months premature. They were Army Head Of Missiles Quits Post WASHINGTON (UPI) A new uproar about the Army's role in the space-missile pro gram appeared brewing to day with the announced re tirement of Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris, effective Jan. 31. Medaris, commander of the Army Ordnance Missile Com mand, announced Monday night he intended to leave the Arpiy after 38 years of service. He planned to hold a news confer ence in New York today. Associates said that Medaris' dissatisfaction with the progress of America's rocket and space ef forts was not behind his decision to retire from active duty. But the 57-year-old general was known to feel, along with Dr. Wernher von Braun and other Army scientists, that Insufficient money was being allotted to Me daris' command. Von Braun Reported Quitting There also have been reports that Von Braun might quit unless the Army missile team was as signed a bigger role. The German-born rocket expert was scheduled to address a break fast meeting of the National Assn of Food Chains in Washington The fight over the military space program is one of the ma jor headaches Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy will face when he returns this afternoon from a month-long Pacific tour. McElroy, who hopes to leave his cabinet post by the end of the year, must decide what to do about the German scientists in Medaris command at Redstone Arsenal. Huntsville. Ala. Civic Music Group Selects Top Concerts Civic Music Association talent committee has selected three out standing concerts, on the basis of the three top categories listed by member ballots. Preference was for a dance group. The Rod Strong Dance Quartet was engaged. They have been favorably received over the country for the last few years, it was said. Tenative date is March 5. Leading Baritone Second choice of the members was for a piano concert. In fill ing this category, the committee selected the piano team of Eden and Tamir. These artists first gained recognition in their nat ive country, Israel. Following a successful tour in Europe, they are making their first American tour. They will appear in La Grande on Feb. 26. Of Congress High. Union Officials answer questions about alleged re lationship with a Gary, Ind., teamsters official. Presser was accused of failure to supply rec ords concerning alleged Christmas gifts to the teamsters. I.icavoli and High were charged with refusing to supply records about quasi-labor publications. Hutcheson appeared before the committee, which ended 2"i years of investigations in the labor-management field last summer, in June, 1958. He was charged today with refusing to say whether he knew Hoffa and Michael Sawoch ka, secretary-treasurer of team ster Local 142 at Gary. Ind. The indictment also said Hutch eson refused to say whether he received teamster money in an Indiana land deal in return for supporting Hoffa in his fight to avoid ouster from the AFL-CIO. On another count, Hutcheson was charged with refusing to tell the rackets group whether carpenter union funds were paid to Max Raddock. a New York publisher, for personal expenses. Five Cents born at the Lackland Air Force Base Hospital here. Attending physicians said all five showed good color and ap peared to be in the best of health. The babies were placed in incu bators. One of the babies weighed one pound and 12 ounces. The others were not immediately weighed. The babies were born about four minutes apart, the first at about 12:20 p.m. Hannan said there was no rec ord of previous multiple births in either his or his wife's families. "I'm flabbergasted,' Hannan said. "Thank heavens, we wanted daughters." The couple have two other chil dren, both sons, 2 and S years old. Hannan said doctors had told them recently after taking X-rays that they could expect multiple births. But he said they weren't prepared for quintuplets. Two of the top obstetricians of the Air Force happened to be at Lackland Air Force Base at the time for a medical conference and were called in to help deliver the quintuplets. They were not immediately identified. The Air Force surgeon general and surgeons from Air Force com mands from around the country were at Lackland today for a medical conference. Grand Champion Honor To Pendleton Youth PORTLAND (UPD Grand champion ribbon in 4-H beef com petition Mondm- at the JV-'ific lis. tcrnational Livestock Exposition here went to Paul Thome of Pen dleton. Paul's Hereford steer named "Slim" tipped the scales at 1.065 pounds. Reserve champion award went to a Shorthorn steer owned by Patricia Kuhl, John Day. Champion purple ribbons in both the hog and swine showman ship divisions went to Donald Stangcl. 4-H youth from Sherwood. For La Grande Mcllenry Boatwright, baritone lecitalist, will fill the third mem bership preference. He made his debut in a Town Hall recital in New York in January of 1958. After receiving much acclaim he was immediately engagedto sing the solo roles in the "Messiah," with the San Francisco Sym phony, the solos in the Verdi "Requiem" with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and a baritone role in Beethoven's "Ninth Sym phony," with the Philadelphia Orchestra. This artist will be heard on Dec. 18. ,'" Association members will be notified of the dates for recipro cal concerts with the Pendleton Association as soon as they are verified. Pendleton expects "a packed house for their feature presentation of the Fred Waring "Pennsylvanians." Charged Presser appeared before the committee In September, 1958, and according to today's indict ment, testified that he had com plied with the committee's subpena for personal records. But the Grand Jury charged that Presser refused- to say whether he destroyed any of his personal records after receiving the subpena. The records involved apparently related to. Christmas gifts dispensed by the Teamster Union. Licavoli, convicted of tax eva sion in 1958, failed to appear when subpenaed to testify before the committee on July 31, 1953, the Grand Jury charged. As to High, the Grand. Jury said he failed to appear before the committee on May 22. 1958. to teK tify and to produce personal rec ords and records of his publish ing company. The Indictments are under the contempt of Congress section 6f the U. S. Code, and carry a pen alty of one-year Imprisonment and a $l.noo fine, or both. e