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LA GRANDE WEATHER Clearing tonight; tunny Wednesday.' hight SI-SI; lew 20-25. ERVER OBS 47th Issue 64th Year 4 rT" f -'Kf IWp, er ti 1 . av 1" 1 sr v - - -v. 4 - a 1 . -m r v - 1 r f .1 Br v 1 1 a m m jsv av j t - & aa, 1 Railroad Between CHICAGO ll'PIl Front line fighters from manage ment and union forces skir mished today in clashes that may herald one of the na tion's most bitter railroad la bor wars. Although contracts covering many rail union members' expire Sunday, the Railway Labor Act will forestall an immediate strike. But around conference tables and in hotel rooms, each side will attempt to hammer home to the other the idea of no concessions. L'nder terms of the labor act, mediation began this week in sep arate disputes involving the Loco motive Engineers, Railway Con ductors and Brakemen, and the Switchmen. These unions have asked 12 per cent pay increases and other improvements. The fight went into mediation when national negotiations got no where. Met With Engineers Robert 0. Boyd. National Rail way Mediation Boa-d chairman, and three mediators met Monday with officers of the 50,000-member First Wintry Storms Hits United Press International The first severe wintry storm of the season knifed across the Midwest into New York state to day, dropping temperatures. slick ing roads and leaving a two-inch snow blanket across the western Great Lakes. Upper Michigan reported nine inches of snow by Monday night as the storm sent chill winds and whirling snow from Minnesota to New York and rain mixed with snow from Iowa through the lower Great Lakes. Northern winds up to 40 miles an hour also blew south from the Dakolas and Minnesota into the Southern Plains and Lower Mis souri Valley, dropping the mer cury below freezing as far south as Northern Missouri and Kansas. The weather bureau predicted even colder weather in Missouri Valley tonight and rain mixed with snow as the storm cut across Wisconsin and the Great Lakes into Ohio and Pennsylvania. Earlier Monday, howling clouds of dust rode 62-mile an hour gusts across parts of Kansas and Ne braska. Light snows in Illinois and Iowa arrived three weeks ahead of schedule and Chicagoans walked head-down through the first mushy snow fall of the season. Most snowflakes melted as soon as they hit. World Scientists Hail Pictures Of Moon's Dark Side By Lunik MOSCOW UPI Western Sci entists joined triumphant Soviet leaders today in hailing the Lunik III photographs of the back side of the moon, never befop- seen by man. They said it opened a new epoch in man's conquest of space. Vasily Lobastov. assistant chief engineer of a department of the State Radio Electronics Commit tee, wrote in Koinsomolskaya a Pravda that the Soviet success has "inaugurated the most per fect method of studying the plan ets rocket photography." Lobastov noted that the Lunik's photo-television equipment orient ed the interplanetary' station in space, trained its cameras on the moon, photographed it in two dif ferent scales, developed and dried the film in zero gravity and then transmitted the pictures to earth. The actual photographs of the side of the moon forever hidden from man blsjied across the front pages of the world today and showed mankind a luminous, crate-dotted face of the moon it had never seen before. mi n i 1 i 1 c L'' ill i Skirmish' Builds Union, Management Engineers Union, and then with representatives of the Eastern. Western and Southeastern Car riers Conference committees. Today the mediators meet with committees from the railroads and from the 3u.ouo-meniber Con ductors and Brakeman Unions. Wednesday they will meet with the Switchmen. Other unions waited back of the front. A three-year "mora torium" with the railroads signed by 16 non - operating unions in 1956 expires Sunday. These un ions have indicated they will ask for 25-cent-an-hour increases plus other benefits. There are indications both the unions and the carriers consider the coming talks a test for sur vival. The railroads, smarting un der unrelenting competition, have charged that union practices cost them millions, of dollars annually in money spent for work not received. Charge Featherbedding They charge, that many work ers engage in "featherbedding." collecting big pay for little work, and thus putting the carriers into an untenable position with the competition. The Railway Labor Executives' Association has countered, that railroad employment dropped from a peak of two million in 1920 to 797,000 last month, lowest in 64 years, and that these workers are handling up to 60 per cent more traffic than during the top employment period of 39 years ago. The rail unions are staging a OSC Permitted Two New Degrees PORTLAND UPI Oregon State College Monday won pre liminary permission from the State Board of Higher Education to grant degrees in two divisions of liberal arts the social sciences and the humanities. The announcement was made at a meeting here by Chancellor John R. Richards. Indications were that final approval would come at the Board's next meet ing, in January. The action came in the face of protest from the University of Oregon. Richards said Oregon State will be allowed to make its liberal arts division a liberal arts school but at the same time OSC must pri marily keep its emphasis on exact and natural sciences such as en gineering, agriculture and phar macy. Dr. 0. Meredith Wilson, presi dent of University of Oregon, said tne plan was "not satisfactory.' Exultant Russians lined up in freezing pre-dawn temperatures to purchase special copies of Pravda and lzvestia. expanded from four to six pages. Almost Smooth The pictures showed a side of the moon almost smooth when compared with the crate-pocked face fam'liar to man. There was one new sea. a scattered cluster of craters and a lone mountain range. For the moment the sci entists could only guess at what this means. Alexander Mikhailov. chairman of the Soviet Academy's Astro nomical Council, said "astrono mers and geologists are thus faced with an exciting problem to explain this phenomenon, which beyond any doubt, is associated with the question of the origin of the moon's relief." While they pondered. Western and Soviet scientists and Soviet newspapers pulled out all the stops in unqualified praise of the Soviet achievement. Soviet officials released (he photographs taken by the third Russian moon rocket but failed to LA GRANDE, giant labor rally here Nov. 5, AKL - CIO President George Meany delivering the main ad dress. The theme of the rally is "lalor answers the railroads," referring apparently to the ques tion of featherbedding. Set Banquet Wednesday A 1 1 I - I Ul -I" Union County 4-H leadors and junior leaders will be honored tomorrow night at the annual Recognition Banquet at the Farm Bureau hall in Island City at 7:30. Gene Lear, state Extension ag ent of Oregon State College, will be the speaker for the event which is sponsored by the Union County Farm Bureau. John Sullivan, manager of the La Grande branch of U. S. Nat ional Bank of Oregon, will present pins to leaders and junior leaders in recognition for their work in 411. Set Deadline.On Protests Over Sheep Reservoir WASHINGTON (UPI 1 The Fed eral Power Commission Monday set a deadline of Dec. 4 for per sons desiring to protest an appli cation for construction of a 178 million dollar private power proj ect in Idaho and Oregon. The application was submitted by Pacific Northwest Power Co. of Portland, Ore., for a license to build the proposed high Mountain Sheep development of the Snake and Imnaha rivers in Adams county, Idaho, and Wallowa coun ty. Ore. Pacific Northwest first filed the petition March 31, 1958. It was later amended Feb. 27 and again Sept. 28, 1959. The Commission denied an ap plication by Pacific Northwest in January, 1958, for a proposed hy droelectric project in the same area consisting of two dams. Mf. Emily 'Layoffs' Termed Just A Rumor M. Gail Beals, Mt. Emily Lum ber Company manager here, this morning dispelled rumors that his firm contemplated layoffs in personnel. "There is no reduction in per sonnel of any kind foreseen at this time," he said. speculate that the Lunik camera work had spotted any signs of life on the side of the moon which man never had seen before. Given Russian Names The official photograph was dot ted with Russian names of craters and valleys on the moon and the Communist Party newspaper Pravda headlined: "The Soviet Union has achieved a new bril liant victory1' The government newspaper lzvestia said: "Great victory of human reason." Russian television viewers al ready had gDt their first view of the picture when it was flashed over the air during an evening news program Monday night. The 35 millimeter camera shot actually pictured only a portion of the unseen side, and Chairman Alexander Mikha.lov of the Soviet Academy of Science's Astronomi cal Council, said the "unseen part is considerably more monoto nous" than the side facing earth. But the Soviets said the Lunik-to-earth photography had "opened up bread prospects for studying the planets of our solar system," Tass rerted. OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1959 1 'TOWN HALL' DISCUSSION Parents of junior and high school students from La Grande last night attended the first in hoped for series of meetings concerning teen age problems and parental re sponsibility. Hold at the Junior llih School library before approximately 100 par ents, a panel of school, civic leaders ami students answered questions put before them. Lett to right. Mrs. Lee Moster, rep resenting mothers; Circuit Judge VV. F. Brownton; Charles Reynolds, insurance man and school board member; Walter Ful ton, high school driver instructor; Clenda Henry, Jov Haun, Andy Tuttle and Don Graham, students. (Observer Photos by Joe Diehl) 'DANGER' IS HIS BUSINESS LONDON (UPI) The Sun day Pictorial, noted Sunday that Lord Hailtham, Britain's science minister and in charge ol outer space exper iments sits at a desk: : Lit by three incredibly old - lashioned candlestick lamps. Entangled by looping wires plugged into sockets on the desk top itself. Looking out of a window at a sign saying "this bal cony is dangerous." India Arranges For Return Of Captured Guards NEW DELHI, India (ITU-India is arranging with the Chinese Communists for the return of In dian bonier guards who were killed or taken prisoner in a clash last Wednesday, it was announced today. . Officials said it was likely the bodies and the surviving prison ers would be delivered by the Chinese near the place in Ladakh. northeast Kashmir, where the bat tle occurred. Grande Rondc Symphony Sets Rehearsal Schedule Mondays Rehearsals by the Granne'young violinist on Nov. 22. tlie Ronde Symphony Orchestra are now underway here, the practices being held each .Monday night at Eastern Oregon College, accord ing to the director, Rhodes Lewis. A unique feature of this year's symphony is the addition of sev eral young teen-age musicians from Baker who travel to and from the Monday night sessions. According to Dr. Richard Hall, association president, the B:iker group is a real asset to the local symphony. The parents of the youths share the responsibility of providing transportation. They are Pat Jordan, trumpet; Robert Lewis, violin, Catherin Buch- fink, violin; Lewis Kingman, vio lin; Theona Hurse, violin, and Susan Pough, cello. Young Violinist The orchestra also will have tho addition of an outstanding iFir Uil IKII I II . I IBM! !, fiV ;Wh I V PLAYS HERE George Hopkins, pianist and professor of piano, University of Oregon, will present concert Wednesday at 10 a m. in EOC auditorium. Professor Hopkins, who studied at I'cahody Conservatory and has degree from University of Oregon, will present piano works of Alberto Ginahtcra, South American composer. " . ... MM Another Steel Firm Inks Union Contract riTTSm HCII I PI-t nited Steel workers President David J. Mc Donald ainoimcod today that a second firm. Detroit Steel Corp., has signed a contract with the ur on in the 105-day steel strike. Detroit Steel, which produced 4 17.(11.1 tons of steel last year, was one of the firms operating under a contract extension with the I'SW. lis employes were not on strike. The announcement, which came only hours before an appeals court in Philadelphia was to announce its dcciMun on a:i appeal of a Taft-Hartley back to work injunc tion, was the second crack in the industry's "solid front" negotia lions. In Washington a Supreme Court aide, when informed of the Indus try spokesman's statement, said the spokesman was "talking through his hat.' Kaiser Steel .Corp., the nation's ninth ranked producer, signed a contract with the union Monday niuht after holding separate talks. is Nadia Koutzen of Philadelphia, daughter of an outstanding musi cal family. An accomplished mu sician she has had three Europe an tours. Miss Koutzen made her debut in Town Hall in 1951. The orchestra has chosen the Bruch Concerto in G minor for its presentation on Nov. 22, with Miss Koutzen to be featured. Other numbers lo be featur ed are Prelude to Act I of Loh engrim, Richard Wagner; Anton Dvorak, Symphony No. Five; Max Bruch's Opus 26 First Violin Con certo In G minor; Leonard Bern stein's Westside Story. The Pendleton concert will be held Nov. 15. Instead of a soloist, the Pendleton High School choir will sing "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence," with orchestra accompaniment. i Detroit Steel employes about 4, 000 workers anil has its main plant at Portsmouth, Ohio, and other in itallations at llamden, Conn., and Detroit. McDonald said: "I hope this pattern will be adopted by the other firms of the steel industry so that we can get our members back to work. He added that the contracts signed with Kaiser and Detroit would restore sanity to labor re lations in the steel industry." Individual bargaining sessions between the United Steelworkers Union and management represen tatives began at 7 a.m. p. S t., the fourth straight day such talks have been held here in an effort to end the most costly strike in steel industry history. Before the separate meetings began, an industry .spokesman told United Press International that the court ruling on the back to work order "probably will be in favor of the government." He added, however, that the union has arranged for an immediate appeal and that the U.S. Supreme Court "has agreed to hear argu ments virtually immediately.'' The union would not comment. The remaining major steel pro ducers, despite the Kaiser pact. appeared adamant in their uni fied stand against the union's demands. But reports persisted that one other company was ready to sign a separate agree ment. Pact Provides tl'i Cents The two-year Kaiser contract provided 22 'i cents an hour in wages and benefits. Edgar F. Kaiser, who made the joint an nouncement with USW President David J. McDonald, said the cost to his firm in the first year would be 10 cents an hour in insur ance, pension and supplemental benefits. The pact provides llU cents in benefits for the first year and 11' cents, mostly in wages, in the second year. The wage plan, previously rejected by the other 11 producers as "inflationary," also included a 3.44 cent cost of living boost. SUPREME COURT MEETS WASHINGTON (UPU-The Su preme Court meets briefly today to act on recently filed appeals before taking a two-week recess for opinion writing. OREGON'S SPRING PRIMARY? Shapes Up As Real Contest' For Genuine Demo Candidates SALEM lUPD Sen. Richard L. Ncubergcr said today that Ore gon's presidential primary next spring "should be a real contest between genuine candidates.'' He praised Sens. John Kennedy ID-Mass. I and Hubert Humphrey D-Minn.t, although expressing top preference for Adlai Steven son for Democratic presidential nomination, and urged all national candidates to visit Oregon and let voters "size them up." Neubcrger spoke at a meeting sponsored by the Marion County Democratic Central Committee Many of his comments appeared aimed at Sen. Wayne L. Morse iD Ore.i. who may be a favorite son candidate in the primary, al though he didn't mention Morse's name. Morse has said he probably will 8 Pages Cuban Squads Revived 'Politics' Theme Of Panel Topic By Chamber Unit A non-partisan course in "practical politics" will be sponsored by the National Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Commerce with a planning session set for to night at 7:30 at the Sacaje. wea Hotel. The ceurte it designed to encourage active participa tion in the selection, nomi nation and election of citi zens to public office through the political party of the in dividual's choice. John Sullivan Is chairman of the committee and hat is sued an invitation to any inter ested resident! to take part in the ceurte. Li OFFICIAL VISIT Leo nard VV'ildish, state presi dent of Fraternal Order of Eagles, makes his of ficial visit to La Grande Aerie on Thursday. The state president is from Eugene, is 47, married and has four children. He operates construction company in Eugene ' y ; ' : 1 r'C College Preparatory Session For La Grande A guidance session covering preparation for college or other training beyond the high school level will be held for students of La Grande High School Wed nesday at 9 a.m. Principal Ron ald Walk announced that a visit ing team from the state system of higher education has been in vited to conduct the meeting. The state system team will in clude the executive secretary of the High School-College Relations Committee of the State Board of Higher Educatin. Francis B, Nick- crson; representatives from each state institution of higher educa tion, and a representative from Oregon Technical Institute. The importance of education beyond high school and the ur gency of adequate preparation early in the high school years will be explained. A description of what that "adequate prepara be on the primary ballot as a Democratic presi dential candi date, by petition and over his pro test. But he implied that if he is on the ballot, he will campaign hard for the state's nomination in order to boost the state's influ ence at the Democratic conven tion and to avoid a poor showing at the polls only two years before he will be up for re-election to the senate. Neuberger, running for re-election next year, said today: "Attempts to utilize the primary as a 'holding operation' or a politi cal platform subvert the Intent of the law. I do not believe that the citizens of Oregon desire to forfeit their right to influence the con ventions in order that their votes may be bartered away in a hotel room." Five Cents Firing Being Again Fidel Raps U.S. Over Air Raids HAVANA (UPI) Premier Fidel Castro called in his cab inet today to revive firing squad justice for traitors to the revolution and for the pi lots of American - based planes he said are bombing Cuba. The bearded revolutionary lead er revived the thought of revolu tionary justice in an angry, three hour denunciation of the United States Monday night before a crowd of 250.000 peasants and workers jammed into the plaza in front of the presidential palace. Castro charged American offi cials were "accomplices of mur derers" or else were "defense less" to prevent planes from raid ing Cuba in spite of the vaunted U.S. radar defense screen. He again questioned indirectly the right of the United States tv hold the giant naval base at Guantanamo. "What do you think?" he asked and the crowd roared "no, no. no." "To The Wall" Castro asked for a show of hands on the revival of the revo lutionary trials under which more than 600 "war criminals" were executed by firing squads early this year. "To the wall, to the wall," the crowd thundered as a sea of hands was raised. nmarked Patrol Cars To Be Used By Police An unmarked patrol car occa sionally will be used in traffic law enforcement In this area by Oregon State Police. Sgt. Dave Brizendine of the" lo cal State Police office, said pur pose of the unmarked car is to "attempt to curb speeding and other moving violations which have contributed to a number of accidents in recent weeks." High Students tion" entails, career opportunities, costs, scholarships, and mecha nics of school application and en trance will be stressed. School Requirements Representatives from each of the state schools will explain their respective academic offer ings and point up each institu tion's specific requirements. Op portunity for questions by students is given to provide individual guidance. These informative sessions are conducted annually in the high school as part of the regular gui dance program. They represent a combined effort by the state sys tem of higher education and the high school to better prepare high school students for their fu ture careers. The program pre sents complete information on the educational opportunities pro vided at public expense within the state. Neuberger's support of Kennedy and Humphrey came soon after Morse had denounced both for their support of the Landrum Griffin labor bill and other ac tions in the senate. "I do not believe in tip-toeing; through the issues, but neither do I believe in stomping on the char acter of an individual because he disagrees with me," Neuberger said. "No one person can dictate the standard of integrity for a great political party." He said men like Kennedy and Humphrey could not be criticized for supporting the labor bill "with out implying that the slur applies to all who took a similar course." He pointed out that he and all four of Oregon's representatives three of them Democrats also voted for the labor bill.