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I mqm . . ii i . V' .'" f.-... .Rr ' Y life y obfrvi or.nj., Qr... s.t., Oct. 31, 1959 'Kennedy Hesitant nPFW PEARSON SAYS: Quiz Show Officials Gave 'Run-Around' To Sponsors WASHINGTON Now that the ' MISSILE CHIEF RETIRES Gen. John Medans (right), a who recently announced that he is retiring next Jan. Us chief of the Army Ordnance Command chati with r Walter S. Seidman, chairman of the board of the Nat I. Commercial Finance Conference at the Conference s ' 15th annual convention. Medans, principal speaker at ' the dinner, denied that he is leaving the army because of the pace of government's space program. Arab Armies 'Mass' In Red Coup Threat BEIRUT. Lebanon IT! - Jor dan and the United Arab Repub lic have massed their armies long the border with Iraq in pre caution against a Communist at tempt to seize total power in Baghdad, diplomatic sources re ported today. The reports created new tension Tabs Public Welfare Job Over Strike ' NKW YOltK (fl'li - Arthur B. Homer, president of Bethle hem Steel Corp., says thai man agement's bitter fiht against the union in the current 108-day steel strike' has developed into "a pub lic welfare job." "Its bigger than a wage dis pute between the companies and the union the whole country is Involved,' he declared. "The nation's economy is ullecled and the government is in the picture." Homer had Iwfurc him the "red ink" figures of llelhlehem for the third quarter of l'r9. They showed a whopping third quarter net loss of t.ai.w.,'Jli the largest three month deficit ever piled up by the No 2 steel producer or by any steel com pany. The less was xfihslantiully high er than the $.11. 135,136. drf.c I which the United States Steel Corp. the No. 1 producer reported earlier in the week for the same strike-riddled period. Yet Bethlehem Steel was able to show a nine-month net income of tH4.23l.yi6 or $1.75 a shire The quarterly common stock divi Ootid of 60 cents a share was fpuintained. Homer sa;d that when the ftrike is settled the company will go full steam ahead ("we'll run as hot as we can us soon as we Can.-') He said Bethlehem's back log of orders for steel tonnage is "one of the highest we've ever lad' He estimated the company Jjould be able to reach a peak output in from four to six weeks after the resumption of produc tion. But he hud no idea how oon the strike will he terminated. in Iraq. Premier Abdel Karim Kassem castigated Jordan's King Hussein and warned that Iraq was strong enough to crush any aggressor and that it has the most powerful army in the Mid east. One minor border incident al ready has been reported here the seizure of an Iraqi army jeep which crossed the border into Jordan while chasing fleeing Iraqis. The jeep and its four oc eupanls were held by JorHa.iia:i But jt was reported Columbia uroaucasuna. system has chuckea us hub snows wun t.wi.ii.n niety. 't interesting to compare how the network react ed after first learning that its big prize shows might not be al together on the up and up. A early " marcn, jiiob, ids discovered that contestant Wilton Springer had keen given the winning answers before his ap pearance on the "64,000 Chal i,.me " Again the following Sep tember CBS learned that the Rev. Charles Jackson had also receiv ed advance answers. In both cases, the coaching was done by associate producer Shirley Bern stein, sister of orchestra con ductor Leonard Bernstein. Yet the network not only whitewashed the charges against the producers but threatened to sue Itcvlon, the lipstick maker, for trying to back out of its spon sorship. The fart that CBS-TV President Lou Cowan originated the $64,000 programs, "Question and "Challenge," may nave naa something to do with CBS's cur ious failure to crack down ear lier. The present congressional in vestigation might have been un necessary had the network acted on authoritative and reliable in formation given them 18 months ago. After Cowan became CBS's tel evision chief, he handed over con trol of the programs to Harry Fleischman and Steven Carlin. this was this done by asking the contest ants either tougher or easier questions. Cowan Ducks Out This column tried to reach Cowan over a period of two weeks for his side of the story. jis secretary at first claimed he was cut and wouldn t be back, she had no idea how to reach him. didn't expect to hear from him again that day, and couldn't give out his home number However, this column obtained the number and called his home The lady who answered insist td Cowan was at his ollice. Later calls were answered with the vague report that Cowan was out of town (or a couple of days ana couian i De comaciea. An early-morning call finally caugni me elusive lbs execu live in the shower. His wife promised to coax him to the phone as soon as he got his pants on. Unce he was into his pants however, he went out the door instead of coming to the phone She explained that he was in i hurry and would take the call at his office. But at the office, nis secretary c.aimca He was out. At no time during any of these conversations with his secretary or wue was any statement made mat cowan couia not come to the telephone because of throm bosis in his left leg. This excuse authorities. The feeling throughout the Mid dle East was that "something" was alxiut lo happen in Iraq where Premier Kassem was mowed down last month by mn- chinegun bullets from an attempt ed killer. He was still recovering in a Baghdad hospital. the most cautious appraisal of the situation came from Jerusa lem, Israel, where Arab affairs analysts said (hey were skeptical of rumors of an impending Jor daman invasion of Iraq. 'Jerusalem observers said if I roups really w ere massing on the Iraqi, Syrian and Jordan borders they were mo'c likely lo be used lo frighten Israel than to fight eacn other ! LETTERS On California Primary Entrance KHKSNU. talil. 'i i-i' nen John K. Kennedy said again Fri day night he would I reluctant to enler the California presiden tial primary in a lussle with Gov. Edmund (j. Brown. If the governur feels as strong as he does aga list it." Kennedy told a news conference, "I'd be reluctant. Of course, if some other candidate enters and the race lie comes wide 0eii. that would call for another decision." Kennedy explained it would be harmful to the party as a whole to contest Brown's favorite son rile because the Democrats "had been out of power in California a long time. Wet Golf Course Qualified Ike Security Guards For Sea Duty m CLIMBING TOLL ZURICH. Switzerland ITD The 159 Swiss mountain climbing season ended today with a toll vl 59 dead. That was the same climbing death as in the 1'.'j8 season. has been given recently to chairman Oren Harris of Arkansas as the reason the CBS-TV head will not be able to testify before the Harris investigating commit tee the week of Nov. 2. Harry Fleischman. the only one "authorized" to speak for the producers, also gave this column a four-day run aruund. Word was left with both offices that if they wished to question or comment on the story, all they needed to do was to return the calls. Neither bothered to do so. By MGRRIMAN SMITH UPI Staff Writer WASHINGTON 'ITI - Pack stairs at the White llou-e: .Now there's a story goini! around that it was so wet on the golf course in Augusta. ia . one day last week when President Eisenhower was playing that the Secret Service men with him qualified lor sea duty. A woman reader of the Mufke goii '.Mich. I Chronicle who sig is herself "Mrs. A. Public," writes 'to "Backstairs at the White House" to object rather Int'.eilv to a recent paragraph which s-id "from all external evidence. Ei senhower on his liilth birthday was in good health..." "I don't believe this," the lady writes. She goes on to say how she reacts these days when she sees a picture of the President; he looks as if one of his legs is in the coffin and the other on a banana peel. He looks hasjgurd and like a ghot or a very tired old man." Mrs. Public's letter was mailed from Spring Lake. Mich., just in time to be delivered to "Back stairs' in Augusta on the day the OFFER MENTAL EXAMS DENVER UPI i Colorado Psychopathic Hospital doctors of fered Thursday to give mental ex aminations to hunters who shoot other hunters. Five hunters have been killed and 13 wounded so far this year in Colorado's big game season President played 36 hules of golf he said with a chuckle last week. The crowd that turned out at the Augusta An noi l last Sunday afternoon to wave goodbye to the President as he took off .'or Wash ington was amazing in its large size. This was the end of Eisen hower's 22nd trip to Augusta as President and his goings and com ings should be somewhat old hat by now. He stopped again as he went up the steps to his plane, th'ew his arms up in a characteristic gesture and turned on his best lou-wMt smile. The crowd whooped again. From the ramp, it was easy to see that several thousand people were along Ihe ropes and many more sitting in their automobiles. And most of the people re mained until me slipstream irom Yet. on a sunny, but chilly and the engines of the President's very breezy afternoon, the largest crowd ever to collect at the Au gusta Airport for the President turned out and cheered loudly as he went up the ramp of his plane. The turnout had old Augusta hands puzzled. There was no par ticular publicity buildup in the lo cal newspapers beyond a routine story giving the time of his de parture. The President seemed happily surprised when he stepiied Irom his limousine that brought him to the airport from the Augusta Na tional Golf Club. Eisenhower took off his hat despite a stiff breeze and walked toward the people who were collected along a rope barrier. He lifted both arms in the air and the crowd howled with the enthusiasm normally associated with political rallies. The President started toward his plane and passed a relatively small sedan which contained, by actual count, 10 shrill young girls. "Well, would you look at that?" plane sent them scurrying for cov er. The President has never been a walloping drawing card in Au gusta, which made the size of the crowd even more interesting. There seemed to be two logical theories. One was that with only a little more than a year left in office. Eisenhower won't be mak ing many more presidential trips to Georgia. This may have stimu lated a turnout to "see him while you can." Also, winter is approaching and the time is near when Sunday af ternoon drives will not be too comfortable. Last Sunday was a fine day for getting out in the country. CELE3RATES ALONE PORTSMOUTH. England UPI Mrs. Audrey Sims' new triplets will celebrate their birthdays on two different dates. Two of them were born after midnight Oct. 29 and one just be fore midnight Oct. 28. REMEMBER WHEN "... 25 years ago, Eastern Ore ion Normal here began prepare- Hons for a gala homecoming by naming commitees. Named were R. I.. Skeen nf the faculty to head up the affair, with Venlell Ragsdale, president of the assoc iatcd students, as general chair man. Others were Art Steffen, in charge of street parade, rally bonfire and burning of the big O on Table Mountain, and Aus tin Dunn, president of the Alum lii Association. Elk season was starling in East ern Oregon as well as through out the slate, and State Police tverc issuing special check-ins to hunters. They warned that all nimrnds had to be checked in for the hunt. ... 15 years ami. the Germans were fleeing Holland as their de fenses began crumbling: and in the Southwest pacific the Jupan esc units were pulling back in Leyte as resistance was collaps ing before American advances. Union County was announced as one of the first counties In the slate to reach its quota in the state wide War Chest drive. Ore Ron's goal total was $2.4414.447. In Hollywood, 500 screaming women, fans of movie idol Clark Cable, mobbed the actor when he made his first public appear ance in an Air Force uniform. The actur, although advanced in age, volunteered and was accept ed for Air Force dutv. Maximum Itnjlh J00 words. No anonymous UtMrt but true nam will be withheld en rt quest. To Ihe Editor: As November 6th approaches there is evidence of increasing interest in the sewage disposal bond election scheduled for that day. Despite the city commission ef forts and the efforts of county and state sanitary authorities to explain La Grande's need for a modern sewage disposal plant, there is slid confusion among the voters as to what they are being asked to vote for and why. In listening to conversations on the subject of sewage lagoons or oxidation ponds, one is reminded of the old tale about the three blind men who came in contact with an elephant. "He is built like i rope", said the first one who happened to eaten hold of the animal's tail. The second blind man stroked the elephant's side and declared he was built like a wall. "You are both wrone." said the third who had caught hold of an ear, "he is built exactly like a cabbage leaf." Because nf our own experience we can comprehend the functions of a cess pool or a septic lank. Oxidation ponds (lagoons) are just as simple to the ever increas ing number of people who's com munities are being served satis factorily by this low cost meth od of domestic waste disposal. Your commissioners have noth ing to gain by recommending one method of sewage treatment over another. Acting on competent advice derived from thorough sluily, they are attempting to solve one nf l.a Graandf's long neglected problems at the least cost to taxpayers and users. Fred J. Young FIRE TACTICAL MISSILE CAPE CANAVERAL, Flu. UPI An Air Force mace "B" tactical missile was fired (torn tne nation s missue (est center Thursday on a flight programmed for less than Hs l.JWmile ranee The 44-foot missile roared aloft under MO.mn pounds of thrust from Its booster. 1 he solid propel In'it rocket can carry nuclear warheads. merely a paper transfer, with Mrs. Cowan retaining a large share of the stock. This was the understanding of those associate cd with the $64,000 shows, in eluding the sponsors. Producers Mad Haul House investigators are now ex amining the shows' financing which is closer to a $64,000,000 (ran a $64,000 question. They have already discovered it was (he producers, not the contest ants, who made off with the really big money. One report is that Cowan bor rowed heavily from New York's Manufacturercrs Trust Company to put the $64,000 Question" on the air. This was the bank that later kept the questions locked in a vault and brought them to the show under armed guard a gimmick that turned out to be more valuable for its drama man security, since the producers had ample opportunity to copy the questions before delivering tnem lo the bank. A sDnkesman for Manufactur ers Trust refused to say wheth er the bank had helped finance the $64,000 shows. He first dem ed to this column that any money had been loaned to the adver tising agency. When he was re minded that the question was whether a loan had been granted to Cowan or his Entertainment Productions, Inc., the spokesman refused to comment He acknowledged, however that the bank had never billed Cowan for keeping the $64,000 Questions in its vaulL Several unasked questions are still locxea in the vault, he complained waiting for shows that have now hren cancelled. After the first complaints of chicanery in March, 1958, the producers admitted to both CBS and Rcvlon that winning answers had been given in advance to contestant Springer. But the producers claimed it was all an unfortunate mix-up; the winning answers had appeared 'by mis t.ike" on the Warm-up snect. When the same mistake was rnneated In September, Rcvlon tried to drop IIS sponsursmy. rusTV'a ccncral counsel, Tom Fisher urged the company wait until the network had in vestigated. Again the producers offered the same excuses which ens TV readily accepted. Fisher reported back to Kevion tnere was no conclusive vviuvih-v riuinlll!. Hut Charles itevson, tne com nunu'i resident, wanted n mn to do with quit shows. "The public is losing faith i ihom " he told CBS-TV. "I want nut." Hoth the network and the pro rliicrrs threatened lo sue. if Rev Inn broke its contract. In the end the company was forced lo make a financial settlement c.rdcr to free itself from the $04 ruw nrnerams. The House committee has ob taincd Information that at one time Revlon gave advice to the B B. U. & O. advertising agency that certain contestants should be removed and others continued on the $64,000 quizzes. Rcvlon of ficials now explain they wanted A PEOPLE LOVER NEW YORK U PI i A rare goat-like antelope from Ihe llimt laya Mountains called a "tnkin" goes on exhibition at Ihe Bronx Zoo today. The too said the one and a-hntf-yeur-old takin is particularly suit ed to its new lile because it loves people nnd hales lo lie loft alone. $2.00 $2.00 LADIES! LOOK AT THIS $2.00 OH Regular Price On Every Dress In The Shop! . MONDAY ONE DAY ONLY ESTHER'S APPAREL NOV. 2 Sac Annex' Important message to the people of LA GRANDE ns- y si Li ui-.y ii viiy ii lifcf lllaiiilwii and the Bonds you already own are better than ever, too! Now U.S. Savings Bonds arc a bettor buy than ever in three important ways: " "' " All Series E ami II Bonds bought since June 1, 1959 . note earn VA interest uhen held to maturity. " OUler Bonds uill also pay more an extra Vz, I from June 1 on, if you hold them to maturity. All Series E Bunds, old or neic, note carry an aulo viatic extension privilege j lipy'Z heep paying lib j eral interest for 10 years beyond maturity. Three big new dollar ; benefits that make it smart to buy new bonds and hang on to the ones you have! 40 million Americans own Bonds But a good return isn't the only reason so many people in our community and all over America buy Bonds. They've discovered that there's no easier, safer, more .American way to save. You can buy Bonds automatically, through the Payroll ; Savings Plan where you work; you can buy them at your ' bank; your youngsters can even buy them at school, ' through the School Savings Plan for U.S. Savings Stamps. jThe U.S. Government guarantees that the cash value of your Bonds cannot drop; it can only grow. And if your Bonds should be lost, stolen, or destroyed, the Treasury will replace them free. Finally, every Bond you buy does a big job for America. .Because today peace costs money money for military strength and for science; and money saved by individuals to keep our economy sound. i Your Bonds help provide this jnoney help America keep ; the peace. So, to build a brighter future for yourself and your family and to protect it save with U.S. Savings Bonds. They're better than ever. HELP STRENGTHEN AMERICAS PEACE POWER Thi V S. Govtrnmtr.t ftrt not pay for thi odrertiiemenf. The Trfowry Department thankl, for their patriotic donation. - Thi Adi'rtiiin0 Council and i LA GRANDE OBSERVER