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WEATHER Mottly fair tonight and Thursday; high Thursday 35 45; low tonight 15 25 with 10 torn high valleys. 54th Issue 64th Year LA GRANDE, ORE., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1959 8 Page Five Cent ity Dads Tell Lagoon i K. T 1 V1 1 Facility Necessary LA GRANDE OBSERVER Why There's no fun like snow youngsters Peggy Owen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mer ritt Owen, left, and George Longacre, son of Mr. and Grande Ronde Valley Area White From Seasons First Snowfall By BILL 3EBOUT Observer Staff Writer The first snowfall, of the sea son came to the Grande Ronde Valley during the nigrt and was greeted this morning by cheer ing youngsters and grumbling motorists. The snow depth was estimated at a little more than two inches in the city with reports of four inches coming in -this morning from the Cove area. There is no official weather station in the valley to record snowfall. Armed U.Sr Troops Guarding Canal Zone BALBOA. Canal Zone UPl U. S. Arrriy troops equipped with machineguns and mortars guard ed the borders f the Canal Zone today against any new invasion attempt by mobs of anti-American nationalist from the Panama Republic. Rioting nationalists in Panama City Tuesday rirped to shreds the U.S. Embassy flag, smashed windows in U. S. Agencies, burned automobiles and stoned U. S. Canal Zone guards. The U. S. consulate in Colon at the Atlantic end of the 50-mile wide isthmus also was attacked. Troops kept the rioters out of the Canal Zone itself. The violence erupted during what was billed by its sponsor former Foreign Minister Aquilino Boyd as a "peaceful invasion" of the zone to "reaffirm Pana manian sovereignty" over the canal cone, leased to the United States "in perpetuity" in 1903. U. S. Ambassador Julian Fisk Harrington delivered a strongly fcrded protest note to the Pana manian foreign ministry against the "unwarranted desecration'' of the American flag. He said this seriously endangered relations be tween the two countries. It was the worst anti-American Violence in Panama in more than 30 years. Canal Zone Gov. William E THOUGHT HE HAD HONEST SHOW Quiz Sponsor Denies Charges Rigging Practices Controlled' WASHINGTON (UPI The i sponsor of two big money TV quiz shows today denied charges by two producers that he knew they were rigged and sometimes brought pressure to "control" the outcome cf the contests. The denial was made before House investigators by Martin Revson, former vice president of the Revlon Cosmetics Co, who was assigned chief responsibility by the firm for supervising the two now defunct shows, "64. ' 000 Question" and "$64,000 Chal lenge.'' "We believed we had bought an honest show and we were con- 1 . . 7 ' ,.. I - GEE, AIN'T fun. according to school Packed snow on Highway 30 west from Starkey junction and two inches of new snow at Mea cham caused State Police to ad vise motorists to carry chains. There arc patches of packed snow from North Powder junction to Baker. Snow Plows Snow plows are operating on Highway 204 (Elgin-Weston) and motorists are advised to carry chains, police said mere ts a large amount of packed snow in Highway 82 north and that chains Potter requested the Army take over enforcement of law and or der after hard-pressed police had spent more than five hours fend ing off rock-hurling, cursing Pan amanian youths. The demonstrators were infur iated when police refused them permission to carry the Panaman ian flag into the U.S. controlled zone. At least three policemen were injured and two demonstra tors arrested. U. S. soldiers with bared bayo nets moved up to ring the fron tiers with Panama. Searchlights were concentrated along the bor der to frustrate any possible at tempt at infiltration during the night. Some Canal Zone authorities were openly critical at the fail ure of the national guard Pana ma's only military force to stop youths from hurling rocks at Canal Zone guards from inside Panama. Potter himself com mented earlier on what he said was the "strange lack of will" on the part of the national guard in suppressing the violence at the outset. National guardsmen were rushed to the U. S. Embassy aft er the attack and others prevent ed rioters from looting the Pana ma City railroad station, which is part of the Canal Zone enter prises. vinced we had one," Revson said. , "I never once suggested that a particular contestant win or lose. It never entered my mind that the producer would control the losing or winning." he testified. Ike Comments President Eisenhower told his news conference that Congression al disclosures of rigging have dis mayed and astonished the Ameri can people and recalled the shock when baseball's infamous Black Sox scandal broke 40 years ago. The President said no one in the industry or the viewing public will be satisfied until, as he put it, the whole mess is cleaned up v$ r THIS FUN? Mrs. Walter Longacre. The snow while on their way School this morning. are also recommended. A "skiff" of snow was reported this morning at Elgin and Wal lowa and one inch of powdered snow fell during the night at En terprise. La Grande youngsters played in the snow this morning on their way to school, throwing snow balls and building snowmen. The happy children were in contrast to local workers and businessmen who; were grumpily scraping car winnows an4 shoveling. . Children in one family awuken cd their parents to demand an ex planation for the white blanket on the city. They had never seen snow before. Sunshine was taking its toll at mid-morning and city streets were free of most snow in the early afternoon. Oldtimers in the area chuck led a bit when asked about the first snow. "Just wait a while one said, "there's more to come. Indians Mob Red Chinese Embassy In New Delhi NEW DELHI LTI More than 3.000 Indian students mobbed the Communist Chinese Embassy today to protest Chinese raids across India's borders. "Death to Chou En-lai!" the students shouted. The reference was to the Communist Chinese premier. Some of the students roughed up a Chinese-American newsman they .thought was a Communist. Police rescued the journalist, who asked that he not be identi fied, and finally succeeded in keeping the crowd from getting further out of hand. The police allowed a student leader to try to present a note of protest to Chinese Embassy of ficials, who refused to accept it. The students posted the note on the embassy gates. It read: "We are fully prepared to face the challenge of your hostile coun try. He sad the Justice Department will be ready before Congress re turns in January with recommen- dat ions on what if anything can be done under present laws to prevent further abuses or wheth er new legislation is needed. Martin Revson, in making his densal of pressuring producers of the once-popular snows, was the first witness of the day before the House subcommittee. The investigating house subcom committee heard a different story Tuesday from Steven Carlin, exe cutive producer of the two shows, and producer Mert Knplin who as sisted him. ,StBtcfc By - &$ I L pair was interrupted by the to La Grande Ju. ior High (Observer Photo) Upsets Mark Voting For City Mayors j United Press International Upsets in Salt Lake City and Columbus. Ohio, sparked Tues day's election of mayors in ma jor cities. J. Bracken Lee, former Repub lican Utah governor running as an independent, became mayor of Suit Lake in a setback for both regular parties. Republican Kalston Westlake scored a surprise victory over Democratic mayor M E. Senscn bi emit, in voliUiut.. Ohio. Democratic incumbent Richard son Dilunrlh won easy reelection over Republican candidate Harold Stassen in I'hilndclnhia. In Boston, John F. Collins won an upset victory for mayor over John h. rowers, who had been endorsed by Sen. John F. Ken nedy. Both candidates were Dem ocrats. Mayor George Christopher of San Francisco was reelected on a non-partisan ticket, and in Cleveland. Democrat Anthony Cel ebrezze was reelected to a fourth term. In Indiana. Democrats won all but one of the mayoral elections in the 25 largest cities. The Republicans claimed gains in smaller cities in Ohio and New York. Hubcap Thefts From Student's Auto Is Reported The the't of flipp-r type hubcaps rom a c;.r belonging to an East ern Oregon Col'ege student was rcpo;tcd to police yesterday. Ken Miller told police that the hubcaps were taken from his car while it was parked at a service s:ation at IH02 Adams Av. The hubcaps were taken sometime be tween 10 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. Tuesday, police said. The stolen items were valuid at $28.95. Police also arrested two women drivers on s'.op sign violations yes terday. Evclj n Gooderham, 1809 First St.. was issued a citation for a stop sign violation at Second Street and K Avenue. She was al.'o warned for not having an operators license on her person and must show her license upon appearing in court or to post bail. Bail was set at $5 and a hearing scheduled for 3 p m. today. Maud Joanne Wallsinner. 1909 Washington Ave., was also cited fnr disobeying a red traflic signal at Adams Avenue and Spruce Street. She was Issued a citation in front of 1703 Adams at 6:57 p m. Bail was set at $10 and the hearing scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday. POSTPONE NEW LAUNCHING VANDENBERG AFB , Calif 'UPI' Firing of the Discover er VII satellite was cancelled Tuesday because of .unfavorable weather conditions. The Air Force said the launch ing would be rescheduled for a later date. The countdown Tues day had reached one' hour and 50 minutes when the shf.t was called off. Engineer By GRADY PANNELL Ob?rver Staff Wri'or Armed vvi h some convincing figures and facts and with a con suitins engin-er and State Sanitary Authority spokesman present. La Grande city commissioners, in 'heir home bailiwick, last nicht held probably the last meeting on the sewaiie preblem before th; votes Friday. Several disgruntled enti lagoon sewage plant persons present blamed the driving wind and chilly lemp ratutes for the lack of a full house. About 250 persons were present, with a large representa tion from the Island City area. It was evident, despite posing of a legal technicality from Ed Draper. Island City, on airport zoning board jurisdiction, and a plea from Mrs. Tom McGuire, Ht. 2. not to vote for the oxidation sewage disposal facility thai the city fathers had made up their mind to get the $360,000 bond issue before the public Friday. City Attorney City Commission President Dr. Gorden Clarke advised Draper that he would confer with the city attorney's office on the point of jurisdiction over airport authority. Draper's mild bombshell came at the end of an otherwise quiet and orderly meeting in the spa cious junior high school audi torium. A leading spokesman from Is land City fighting the proposed oxidation pond site in that area northeast of La Grande, Draper told Ihe commission that exten sive investigation yesterday dis closed that the sewage ponds would he located within an area that the airport zoning board claims juris diction over. He pointed out that the city at first considered constructing such a scwege plant on its large piece of property adjacent to the air port site itself. Fust Stirred Up "You know what happened here." he said. "You stirred up the joint city-county airport board and they in turn created such a fuss that both the State and Federal Avia tion Authority turned you down." Draper said that the Rex Griggs ranch (a 230 acre site which the city has taken an option to pur chase for $80,500 on which to con struct a lagoon type sewage treat ment plant) was within the airport zoning board area. 'How can they reject your first proposal and not reject the Griggs site?" Draper asked. Clarke opened the meeting by giving a historical report on the city's sewage treatment plant from its construction date in 1926, the period when the plant first began malfunctioning in the late 40's and the time since then when state health officials advised the city to "do something about the mat ter." No Odors He also touched on oxidation ponds, a "sewage treatment fa cility new to the Northwest," and dec'ared that fears from odors were unfounded. He told those present that the entire city com mission and the city engineer had inspected the new oxidation ponds at Vale and found the facility to be odor-free. Only from about a 10-foot distance inside the imme diate lagoon area itself was there any type of an odor, he said. 'Clarke raised chuckles the night before at Island City when he said that a member of th"ir la goon inspection team "munched a candy bar at the Vale oxidation pond site.") Clarke pointed out last night that the city twice has appealed to state authority for financial assistance, "an apportionment of Oregon's share of federal funds to be used for new sewage plants and such," he said. The commis sion president said that it was the opinion of his group that should the people react favorably to the bend issue La Grande might receive financial aid. Earl C. Reynolds.- engineer in charge of the Idaho office of CornelL Howland. Hayes end Mer- ryfield who are the consulting en gineers the city hired several years ago on the sewage project, assured his audience that oxidation ponds would work favorably here. Public Health Safeguarding of public health FIGURES P9 3 ,:M QUESTIONS CITY Lewis Statler, right, poses several questions at Dave Slaght, city engineer ajid acting city manager, during phase of last night's question and answer series with citv commission on Friday's $360,000 sewage bond el ection. Statler asked for $360,000. City Attorney Doubts Airport Area Authority Tho question of whether or not the airport zoning commission es tablished a precedent by refusing to allow lagoon type sewage ponds at the airport and if it appjics to the entire area under their juris diction has not been officially presented to Carl G. Helm Jr., city attorney. . Ed Draper, Island City, told the meeting at the junior high school last night that the Griggs property falls within the area of the com mission's authority. By refusing the city permission to build on the airport grounds it established a precedent in the entire district under their control. Helm said today that without in vestigation into the matter he be lieved the question to be without merit. Recess Steel Strike Talks Indefinitely WASHINGTON UPI -Federal mediators recessed steel strike ne gotiations indefinitely today after a futile 30-minute bargaining ses sion with union and management officials'. U. S. Mediation Director Joseph F. Finnegan said there was no point in continuing talks until both sides agreed on costs of contract proposals designed to end the 113 day old walkout. Finnegan said negotiators for the United Steel workers Union and the major steel producers would be subject to call to further me diation sessions, possibly Friday. He acknowledged that the pend ing Supreme Court ruling on the legality of an injunction ordering the men back to work for 80 days occupied the attention of both sides. "Our mediation sessions arc in dependent of the court but natural ly everybody has their eyes fo cused on the nation's highest tri bunal," Finnegan told newsmen. There was no indication when the court would rule but its de cision was expected this week or early next week. Stcclworkcrs President David J. McDonald was asked if any prog ress was made at this morning's session. "Absolutely none," he replied Before entering the first joint talks since negotiations broke down last Saturday McDonald said the experts were "getting no where." Police Continuing Probe Of Burglary City police are continuing their investigation Into the burglary al the La Grande Market, 1004'i Adams Ave., Sunday night. Adam Cyr, manager of the mar ket, reported the theft of five knives valued at $3Q in addition to the $9.50 in change that was tnken. Two steak k nives, a cleav er, a butcher steel and a pork chop knife were taken, police said. I 1111 t4.."v,r:: MANAGER complete breakdown on the (Observer Photo) H. M. PATTERSON State Health Official S V. k. alPaJV L Kennedy Here Monday For Addresses; Morse Says He 'Misquoted . If I tto"''' SEN. JOHN KENNEDY Will Speak Here Son. John F. Konnidy ID Matt) will deliver a non-political tpeach on tho Eastern . Oregon College cmpu Mon day at 10 a.m., it wat confirm ed her today. Kennedy, frontrunner for th Democratic party's nom ination for th presidency, will tpoak In th college thea tre. The talk it open to th public. H will atttnd a luncheon with members of th prats and th Union County Demo cratic Central Commltt b for continuing on to Port land on hit tpaech-maklng swing through th Northwest. .,. ". if v r - I EARL C. REYNOLDS Consulting Engineer Hermiston I Man Killed In Wreck Wesley Monroe Traner, 38, Hermiston, suffered fatal injuries yesterday when his pickup truck went off the road and rolled over several times on Highway 30 about nine miles west of hte. s- Slute Police said Traner was thrown from the vehicle end died at 4:32 p.m. in the Grande Rondo Hospital from head injuries. Traner was traveling cast when the pickup left the highway and ! struck a large rock in the barrow pit, rolled over twice before com ing to rest on its wheels. It went about 213 feet before stopping, officers said. Police received the call at 2:20 p.m. The victim was brought to La Grande by the Dempsey Am bulance Service. Honor Past Masters . La Grande Lodge AF and AM, 41, will honor Past Masters at a hot cake fed this evening at 6 p m. in the Masonic hall. Meet ing to follow the feed. WASHINGTON UPI) Sco. Wayne Morse D-Ore.) describatl as a "complete falsehood" today a newspaper cartoon which quoted him as saying he would campaign against John F. Kennedy if the Massachusetts senator becomes the Democratic candidate for President. In a letter to the Washington Evening Star, made public at tfje senator's office, Morse said fee has made it clear that he would campaign only against Kennedy's winning the nomination. - The cartoon was carried Ji Tuesday's editions of the Star. "In my speeches of recent weeks," Morse said, "I have made very clear that (t Kennedy is nominated at the Los Angeles convention, I Khali not campaign against him. I have always heM to the view that no senator hafe the ethical right to campaign against the nominee of his party and remain in the party." JJ Morse said he has no intention of leaving the Democratic party but believes that if a senator can't campaign for its nominee he has the right and duty to remain silent "during the campaign." He said he believes Kennedy "would not make a good presi dent" because of his Senate rec ord. But he said he like him per sonally. THERE WAS THRU KOSS-ON-WYE. England (UPI) David Nelson, 71, died hi church Tuesday while attending the double funeral of two frteada.