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Newspaper Page Text( i LA GRANDE OBSERVER 42nd Issu 64th Year ' . LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1959 - 8 Paget Fivt cinU mILm IfelSrTflll . Am SEN. NEUBERGER Democrats Discuss Tiny Quintuplets Born Yesterday To Texas Condemned Death Row' Inmate Chessman Given Execution Stay SAN QIENTIN. Calif. H'PP Oaryl Chessman received news ol his stay of execution by the I'. S. Supreme Court today with icy com posure. "Thank you," was all that he said to correctional Sgt. T. C. Gilbert when the officer relayed the word to Ches.itnan in San Quentin's death row. In Washing ton, the Supreme Court had an nounced its action at 8:03 a.m. p.s.t. Chessman showed no emotion and did not seem surprised that his 11 years and five months un der death se.itence were to be prolonged. Indeed, last July 10 the black haired, . lean-faced convict-author told United l'ress International De Gaulle Balks At Summit Meet I WASHINGTON UPIl French President Charles de Gaulle balked today on g ing along with he western allies on the timing b( a stimmit meeting. While President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan are urging the summit Jneetir.g be held in December, the French government issued a Cab inet announcement today declar B g the "best chance" for the Fast-West conclave would be next spring. J The French statement was is sued after De Gaulle met with his Cabinet and undoubtedly re flected ti e French leader's views. h ;-r "1 if, - -T.".. '.;:V . iii - 1 - L - A 'SLAVE' IN ACTION Helen Coffey instructs her Letterman slave John DeBoie on how to scrub the floor with a toothbrush. The Lettermen's Club of La Grande High School sold their mem bers as slaves Friday in order to raise funds for their club. The going price on slaves was around $4. (Observer I'hoto by Joe Diehl) AND DICK NEELEY Plans For 'CO that he believed he would win a stay of execution. lie said then, "My only hope lies in appeals to the federal courts, especially the U. S. Su preme Court where they can be decided en the merits of the case, not on legends favorable or unfavorable." Word of the stay came to Chess man 50 hours before he had been scheduled to enter the San Quen tin gas chamber at 10 a.m. Fri day. His attorney, George T. Davis, asked Supreme Court Justice Will iam O. Douglas last Friday for the stay. Douglas referred the pe tition to the entire court which acted today to permit Chessman to bring his 10th appeal to the high tribunal. Chief Justice Earl Warren, who as former governor of California denied clemency to Chessman, did not participate in the decision. The stay may mean up to two more years if life for Chessman even if the final decision goes against him. Davis said. Even if the court rejects the new appeal, Davis said, the nec essary legal procedures, including the setting of a new execution day. are likely to consume nearly a year. If the Supreme Court de cides to hold a hearing in the case it might be two years befire a decision is reached, he said. Another of Chessman's attor neys, .Miss Rosalia Asher, said in Sacramento "It's really good news. I'm still sort of numb." "! really anticipated that thev W i i - -l L - - f "i. .. g.i:-,.As it.uA. -ijj JUDGE GREETS Solon, Wife Greet would grant the stay," she said. "I couldn't conceive the court not granting him a chance to put lorlh his contentions. This petition is rot a matter of rehashing the same eld allegations. Although this is the loth time he has been to the Supreme Court, there are facts and a-guments in this pe tition that have never been con sidered by the court." Chessman received two death sentences in 1918 alter being con victed on 17 counts of robbery, kidnap, rape and perversion. The fact that no murder was involved and the length of his fight to es ca)e the death chamber has brought worldwide appeals to spar his l ie. .., .. . Judge Orders Sfeelmen Back PITTSBURGH iL'PD A feder al judge today ordered the na tion's 500.000 striking steelworkers to return to their jobs for 80 days under the Taft-Hartley Act. The United Steelworkers Union ap pealed to block enforcement of the order. U. S. District Judge He-bert P. Sorg, 47, an Eisenhower appoiutee. agreed with the President that the !9-day strike imperiled the nation. Sorg handed down the back to work ruling alter a three-hour meeting of union and industry at (orreys on the question of retro activity. Eisenhower, through the Justice Department, asked Judge -rrg Tuesday for the injunction. I t- ' '. . . - NEUBERGERS Judge Brownton Young People Told Of Farm Bureau Meet Young people between the ages of 17 and 25 will once again be vieing for the opportunity to repre sent Oregon at the annual Ameri can Farm Bureau Talk-Meet in December. Topic for this year is "How Can We Maintain Individual Initia tve and Responsibility in Agri culture?" The theme is designed to stimulate thinking on this im portant phase of American living. In gathering material to use in their talks, it is hoped the con testants will show new ideas on how individual fredom may be maintained. Notts Pormitod Sub-topics will be drawn 30 minutes prior to speaking at the center, county, ttnte tind national levels. Speeches are to be five minutes in length, semi-extemporaneous with notes prmissable. The Union County Farm Bureau has set the time for local com p?tition to coincide with the an nual county meeting tomorrow. Contestants do not need to be Farm Bureau members but should be primarily interested in - the field of agriculture. Anyone wishing to enter may receive further information by contacting Mrs. Ralph Robinson. Rt. 2. La Grande. IKE GETS AWARD WASHINGTON (LTD Presi dent Eisenhower has received an illuminated scroll for his 1959 role as a "statesman and a humani tarian" from the American Insti tute of Consulting Engineers. It was awarded Tuesday for the President's "outstanding service in support of freedom, honor and peace." Ford Tire Sales Dedication Of New Building This Week Fort Tire Sales will dedicate their new building and celebrate the ,10th anniversary of th-ir founding 'with a Grand Opening Thursday. Friday and Saturday in La Grand?. Door prizes for adults, Shetland colts for the chil dren and coffee and doughnuts will be given away during the celebra tion. The new bui'ding located at the intersection of Fourth Street and Jefferson Avenue, is made of steel siding with laminated wood arch beams. General contractor for the project, Leonard Foltz, Cove, be gen construction on the new build ing in mid-August. The need fcr more space and an expansion of facilities prompt-d plans for the new building. The new location will o.'fer easy drive in access arid has a service area for trucks in the rear. Offers Vsried Service In addition to a compl-te line of new tires, Ford offers re capping, wheel alignment and ba'ancing, brake and battery ser vice and truck and farm machin- Typhoon 'Dinah' Points At Japan TOKYO iLTP Typhoon Di nah roared over the Pacific Ocean toward the main island of Japan today with top winds of 161 miles an hour. Japanese weathermen said the storm might hit Honshu island Thursday if it maintains its pres ent course. Advance winds were expected to hit Tokyo later today. CHAT AFTER LUNCHEON TALK A. B. Olsen and Mrs. Neuberger Mt. Emily j Gives UF Boost Here A ch-ck for $1.574 24 from the Mt. Emily Lumber Company this morning swelled the La Grande United Fund campaign to $4,024, according to Dave Baum, UF drive chairman. The local goal is $31,500. The Mt. Emily check, which does not include donations ex pected from the lumber company employs, marked the second such large cash gift to the United Fund "KickoH" Check On the kickoff drive day Oct. 14, a check in the amount of $1,000 was given the UF by or ficials of the Union Pacific Rail road. Presenting the United Fund th" check this morning was Milo F. VanRlokland. personnel manager for the lumber company and a UF division chairman. Baum and his group of cam paign leaders today stressed the urgency of continued impetus to ward the overa'l monetary goal. "We must not fall short or slack en our efforts," he said. "If th various local agencies are to par ticipate fully in order that they can ccntinue their charitable pro prams, then we mut keep the drive rolling." h? added. City Commission Meet- Is Postponed Dr. Frank B. Bennett, Eastern Oregon College president, will ad dress the Western Montana Teach er's Association meeting Friday. The conference is scheduled in Missoula, Mont. ery equipment. "The smallest tire to the largest" is the company's motlo. Ford Tire Service is a ro-pora-tion with headquarters in Pendle ton. The corporation was founded in 1949 by Ford Robertson and Ray Calvert, Pendleton. Rollie King, manager of the La Grande store, becam? a member of the corporation in 1957, when the firm expanded to La Grande. Plans for a celebration for the loth anni versary are underway in Pen dleton. The opening and staf'ing or the stor brought 20 new people to La Grande, according lo Calvert. The five men, including King, are married and have a tolal of 10 chi'dren. Experienced Men Bob Greninger heads the front end department at Ford. Grening er has spent four years with Ford and has a total of 18 years ex perience with wheel alignment and brake service. John Morrison worked for tire firms in PendHon and Enterprise before coming to La Grande with the Ford firm. Howard Berzel. commercial nlesman for the firm, came to La Grande from Lewiston, Ida., and boasts 12 years in the tire business. Dave Lester, newest member of the firm, j a li'e-time resident of La Grande and has been with Ford for onlv six monlhs. Manager King came to La Grande when the new store opened after being associated with a tire firm in Seattle. ONE LOUD BRONX CHEER LONDON (UPI)-For possi bly the tint time, a loud Bronx cheer was flung through the qatet of Buckingham Po laco Sunday. It came from th lips ol three girls, all apparently teen-agers and obviously Am ericans, who did not approve of the retreat of the palace guards behind the palace gates. 'Greased Pole' Event For EOC Homecoming Tradition in the Eastern Ore g::n CV.llege Homecoming festivi tes will have added another ev ent, as this year marks the in augural of upperclassmen fresh men "greased pole competition for the symbolic torch.' Festivi ties begin Friday. In making the announcement, co-chairmen Ardyce Garrett and Mike Ferguson indicated EOC upperclassmen would attempt to Chairmen Of C-C Banquet Here Listed Ted Sidor. Union County agent and general chairman of the annual Chamber of Commerce Farmer-Merchant banquet, has announced committee chairmen for the event. Planned for Friday, Nov. 20, the banquet wlil be held in the La Grande Armory with some 500 cxpec!'"! to attend. A speaker from Oregon's Congressional dele gation has b"en invited and special entertainment is planned. Heading committees for the ban quet a:e the following: Al Meppen and Claude Wright, procurement ; Bruce Morehead. s"rving; Glen Lester and Bennie Hicks, set up; Augic Sparling, decorations; Phil Bell and John Sullivan, program; Lloyd German end Karl Stone, (entertainment; Ted Sidor, master of ceremonies; Rill Bebout, publicity, ad William S. Thomas and Merle Bccket, solicitations. U. S. Defense Chief Mum Ike, Top Aides In WASHINGTON UPI Presi dent Eisenhower conferred with top military and civilian advis ers today on their handling of the nation's space programs which tins again become a center of open controversy. Eisenhower was closeted with the group at the White House for 70 minutes. He will issue a state ment later today in Augusla, Ga Defense Secretary Neil II. Mc Elroy told reporters the meeting dealt "with the handling of our space programs." But McKlioy declined to go into any details of the high-level con ference. "Anything that's going to come out is going to come from the President," McElroy said. Army Secretary Wither M. Brucker, who did not take part in the group discussion, held a sep arate conference with Eisenhower hut the secretary would not com ment on the nature of their talk. SENATOR ANSWERS QUESTION Stresses Soviet Progress Couple Dead Doctors Lose Battle To Save Small Girls SAN ANTONIO, Tex. UPI) The last of the Hannan quintuplets, a one pound, 11 -ounce girl that could fit com fortably in an adult's hand, died today after an 18 hour and nine minute fight for survival. The quintuplets were all girls and none lived long enough to be named. The one that lived the longest was "Baby D," rapture the torch, which will be "perched atop i greased pole," from the freshmen. Torch To Queen The class winning the competi lion win nave tne honor ol pre senting the torch to the home coming queen at the Friday night coronation. Th queen will then light the traditional . bonfire Candidates for queen include Judy Warden, La Grande; Gail Fisher. Haines; and Marcia MacPherson, Union. Saturday Game Highlighting the weekend acti vity is Saturday's game, EOC and Portland State at 2 p.m., preceded by the Homecoming parade at 1 p.m. The complete schedule: Friday 3 pm.. competition for the torch; coronation; 8:30, pep rally; 8:45, bonfire and burning of the 'O ; Saturday 10 a m -12 noon alumni registration in Hoke; 11 a.m.. alumni business meeting 1. parade: 2, EOC and Portland State; 8. variety show, theatre; 9, homecoming dance. Coliseum Dr. Bennett To Talk At Teachers Meetinq The regularly .scheduled city commission meeting will not be held tonight. Members of the commission and city officials are in Portland at tending the League of Oregon Cities convention. The meting will be held Friday night at 7:30. ' Military, Civilian . Hasty Space Confab However, Brucker discussed with reporters events which brought tHt new wrangle into the open. The Army secretary said that he had tried without success to dissuade Maj. Gen. John B. Me daris, chief of the Army Ord nance Missile Command, from re tiring next Jan 21. Brucker added he had asked the general if he was retiring because of dissatis faction with the Army's role in the space program and Mrdaris had "categorically" denied this Brucker refused to say whether any decision has beet made on the future of the Army's Ballistic Missile Agency at Huntsville, Ala He said this was a White House matter. Brucker was asked if there was any decision on the fate of the Army missile agency. He replied "I would rather not answer that." He reported that he had asked WEATHER Showers and brief cleerina, tonight and Thursday;. highs 574J; low . so called because she was the fourth to be born. Their pretty tIonde mother, Mrs. Charles G. Hannan, 27, and her husband, a 29-year-old Air Force navigator, were grief stricken. They said it was "God's will and asked to be allowed to retire from the turmoil into which be coming the parents of quintuplets had thrust them. Capt. W D. Munroe, a pediatri cian who fought for "Baby D's" life all night told the father about dawn that the last of the babies was dying. Parents Receive News The father, a first lieutenant, went quickly to his wife's room to be with her when Munroe brought the news. The last baby died at 4:40 a.m. p.s.t. Mrs. Hannan wept but did not become hysterical. Her hus band's eyes filled with tears, but he did not cry openly. The babies, the 47th recorded ' quintuplets, were born three months prematurely Tuesday with in 12 minutes starting at 10:22. a m. p.s.t. By 8 p.m. four were dead. Lt. and Mrs. Hannan refused to permit interviews or pictures after the death of the last daughter. But they sent, out a formal state ment, which said: "My wife and I are terribly sorry to learn of the death of our babies and are stricken with grief. "However, we are confident all is for the best and that God has a better place for them. "We know that the hospital and staff here at Lackland did all in their power to save our babies. They were just too immature. The best medical facilities were avail able. They have two sons. Robert, 5, and Patrick, 4, but wanted a daughter. Dr. Wernher von Braun, head of the German-born scientists at Huntsville, if he was going to re main with the government. Von Braun told him that he intended staying "as long as the team stayed together." President Is Delayed The President's departure lor a golfing rest in the south was de layed nearly half an hour by the conference. The White House later said Gen. Nathan F. Twining, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, took part in the meeting. It said, however, that Brucker, who arrived at the White House while the meeting was in progress did not participate. The presence of Acting Budget Director Elmer Staats indicated that not only clarification of mili tary and civilian space roles was under discussion but the amount of money that could be devoted to speeding up space exploration.