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
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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-
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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MANAGER
complete breakdown on the
(Observer Photo)
H. M. PATTERSON
State Health Official
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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.
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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.