Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About La Grande observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1959-1968 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1959)
- - - r m - T r 1 - " HIGH RE-GUARD Jim Neece is small as college guards go but he is held in high regard by all oppon ents. Neece, only 171 pounds, is a two year letterman from Prineville and a Junior at Eastern Oregon Col lege. (EOC Photo) OUTDOORS: AROUND-ABOUT Union County Hunters Getting Careless' State Reputation By BILL BEBOUT ObMrvtr Stiff Wrlftr Union County is getting a reputa tion urnund the state for careless ness with firearms. -The evidence indicates that the reputation is deserved. Since the firs', o.' the year, 10 prscns have been the victims of firearm accidents in fjnion County. Three of those accidi tits were fatal. All but two o' thvm involved teenagers. All could li-ve been prevented. It is not likely that I'liion County teenagers and hunle. s arc more accident pi on- than their counterparts elsewhere in the state. But a good share o' tin m are apparently more careless the reccrd proves it. " Th-rc are many teenagers and hunters in the valley who are con cerned about this problem of safety. They don't like to tie brand ed as careless because of the un thinking actions of others. Hut the entire county is leing blamed. And that is only natural. The La Grande Itifle Club reco? niires the problem. The organiza tion sponsora a training p.ogram for children under the direction of Virgil Morris. The training program Is designed to leaeh youngsters the rules of safely with firearms. This program o.' the rifle club will probably save lives. For that reason it d-serves the sup port of area residents. Hut what ahcut the youngsters who do not attend? Who will teach them that the firearm they carry is a killer? Parents will, take the responsi bility in some cases. Othe'ts do not want to be bothered. Some tiarents fail to realize the grie' and agony that one small mistake with a lirearm can bring to their own family or to the family of s friend. Youngsters, for the most part, are noisier in the woods until they 1-arn to hunt. This Is probably the reason that many parents won't take their children along with them where they can learn by observing and with supervision. Ai.d whrt difference does it make if a man and h!s son mnk" more noise together for a season or two? it may save a life in( the years to come. I've o.ten wondered why so many people are injured during big game hunting s-asons with .22 calibre rifles carried by young-ters.- Do adults feel that the youth is not sti'ficicntly experienced to carry a big game rille? Do they fail to realise that a .22 can kill a man as readily as a .300 mag num? If a boy is going to carry a FORMER COACH DIES KEDLANDS. Calif, d't'l1 Ce cil A. Cushtnan. 63, freshman football coach at the I'niversity Of Kedlands since 1923. died Tues day. Cushman, who made the All Southwest Conference team when he played for Texas A4.M in 1!U2. was freshman coach at Kedlands for the past seven years. He was head coach lit Hie sclioeil from 123 to lr.2. y ' vA : "iOfUSCsMikeMcK eever 31 fir-arm of any kind during a big gtme hunting sasen it should be one that is legal for the taking of game and he should know how (o use it. He should ' be made to feel that he is a partner in the hunt and as such has privileges as well as responsibilities. I've known many boys who hunted vi;h their fathers for several yetrs vithcut cny k'.nd of weatHin. They learned the art of hunting and the fathers tcok time to explain safety to thm. The .22 is the traditional "first Kim" for a boy. This is because ammunition for the rifle is more iconnmical and numerous trips to the rille range for target shoot ing end firearms instruction is not as cestly as it would be with a high powred rifle. With the 22. the hov can learn the principles of shooting and can develop his skill bunting rabbits and sepiirrels with adult super vision, lie should be tiiutht how to care for his rifle nd the proprr " I "I '1 'Hi W. -S. I coma v ! better reason i 4 ,or - 1 1 throwmjl. l life I L away? " r aren Fitzgera! Junior I Observer, La Grande, Ore., Bears Press BKRKKI.EY. Calif. ai'l'-The Un.versity of California today jieseil for punishment of Mike McKeever, Southern California guard they chaw! deliberately injure I Cal halfback Sieve Bates last Saturday. ! California President C'ark Kerr and Chancellor Glenn T. Seaborn i Tuesday ni(;ht issued a statemen; accusing the All-America caruli rlate of smashing Bates in the face in an action they called "completely unnecessary and m called for." The statement which said movies and still pictures of the incident would be released to the public and shown to the presi dents of the conference sail Dr. Norman Topping, president ol the I'niversity of Southern Califor nia, and Francis Tanpaan. ISC vice president, had agreed to take action. safety precautions to be taken when cleaning it. When he has demonstrated his understanding of firearms safety he should be given experience wi'.h the big game rifles. It makes little sense to teach a bey with a .22 and then hand him a big game rifle the morning dver sea son opens. He should become fa miliar with the rifle's operation and the difference in recoil and handling. Sure, it takes time. But w?'ve got enough time to make one of our favorite pastimes sater. An adult hunter should take pride in the progress of his youn;er coun terparts. Talking firearms safety is one thing. Doing something about it is something else. Firearms safety is the rcsponsibii'ty of all of us. If we fail to rssume our re sponsibility the tragic record of firearms accidents in Union County will continue to grow. STARTING TODAY live for lover THIS WAS THE GIRL WHO ALWAYS CAME BACK TO REMIND HIM THAT HE WASN'T MAN ENOUGH TO BREAK AWAY I 9' 1 " COLOR rtXJr:L! nitiiii ' MAY BRITT CURT JURGENS Wt THtODORt amib Plus Companion Feature y FRANK tOYtlOY . HS'JUSl. Rifle CI OBSERVER I Nail Ander Wed., Nov. 4, 19S9 Page 2 Punishment Toi.i'h;;. uithtut ram ng Mr Kecver. issued :i statement apolo gia' K "li tin' extent we are re sponsible" a:id i 'dica:i:ij; that he felt the incideit wu; closed. f I JL? T!. V 1 1 ICS I ID I St. Louis; Knicks Win United Press International Old pro Bob Cousy's endless ' magic tcuch has given the Bos ton Celtics a good start in the" defense of their National Basket-' ball Assn. championship. Cousy. playing his Kith year in ! the NP,A, scored nine points in the last five minutes Tuesday night to give the Celtics a lus-osl victory over the Hawks, Iheir first win in St. Louis' Kiel Audi torium sir.ee the 1058 playoffs. The triumoh was the fifth in a row for Boston without a set back. The New York Knickerbock ers won their first game of the season by trimmitt the Minnea polis Lukers, m-U3, in the open ing game of the St. Louis double-header. Cousy and Bill Itussell pace-! the Celts with 17 points each. Bob 1'ettit collected 25 for the Hawks and Cliff Hagan had 21. Bobby Bragan Dodger Coach LOS ANGELES 'I'PI' Bobby j Dresrcn's successor was an Uragan. whose antics have en-jiiounced Monday by Los Angeles tettai".cd baseball fans in both the General Manager E. J. (Btizzie) major and minor leagues, haf'Bavasi who dlpoed into the club's replaced equally colorful Charlie j fat m system for the replacement Dressen as a coach for the Los ' for Dressen. I - t . . I if - i'' i I- 111 tji.; v v . '! s -s, , , , r ( f surface-softness, solid service I HART SCHAFFNER & MARX Pan-American tweed topcoats A Pan-American topcoat backs up ita classic good looks with fine performance season after season! Pan-American tweed is unbeatable for solid service and comfort light, bulkless blend of ftco imported wools: one for softness, one for long wear. HS&M alone tailors this famous fabric. Come in . . . choose the) style and shade that suit you beet. $69.50 PAN AM(HCAN rQ US fet OH d Tops I i ooers B- NEIL ANDERSEN Ofc'.crve.- Staff Writer Kaicn FitzgeralJ lired her way , hack into first place in last night's I l.a Grande Junior Ki'lc Club com I petition when she edged Georg? ' A tunberg by four points. Fitz I "-ald lire 343 to 345 for Altenburg. Tom Long finished third with :t?. points. i Al'cnhu.'g piled up a seven point Uad in the first two positions, prone and sitting. Altnnburg fired m;. Wi while Fitzgerald shot 5, HO. MtKeraH lost one more point m the kneeling xilin. 86-85, to trail by seven. In the final posi- imi i. standing. Fitzgerald shot a 79 in Altonburg's 67 to walk off with !h match. I.nng shot 95 prone, 88 sitting, !i. kneeling and 50 standing lor his i t.'il. Steve Reeder shooting in the , ,n one and sitting positions only ii.-(d an 85. 62 for 147. , Buster Kider had a 9t in the ! ;;: isne oosition to lead seven other hoeters in the lirst position, j Jim MeClay, 85; Ted Vanen Ir.irg. 7'J: Perry True 75: Pete I Hiniby. "0: Kerry Fitzgerald, 69; i id Sl.aryn t'ribbs, 62. also com t p.-ted in Tue-sday night's comix-tit inn. Don Jordan's Contract Up For Sale LOS ANGELES 'CPU -Lightweight king Don Jordan was scheduled to meet with lawyers and his two managers Tuesday to discuss the impending sale of his contract for $125,000. Jordan's managers, Don Nesseth and Jackie McCoy, announced to me Los Ani'.tles Examiner Mon day that they intend to sell the managerial-third of his contract back to him or to anyone he des ignates. Jordan, who won the welter title from Virgil Akins last December, is currently under suspension from the State Athletic Commission for refusing to undergo a physical ex amination for a bout with Art Arngon several months ago. Angeles Dcdgers. The appointment of Bragan as m if 111 ma SF Rated Even With Los Angeles United P.- Miternalio.nl The New York r.hnts um Ueven-puint choices t) retain their , one game lead in ihn Natioial Football League's Eastern l)lvi' sion Sunday by whipping the Chi cago Cardinals at Yankee St jcl dium. The San Francisco Forty-Nin-ers, nursing a one - game lead over the Baltimore Colts in the Western race, are rated een with the Hams for their game at Los Angeles. Sunday's other key games will be played at Washington aid Cleveland. Baltimore, upset by Cleveland last Sunday, is a 9': point choice to bounce back at the expense of the Kedskins The Browns and Philadelphia ha gles, bracketed a game behind New York in the East, clash a! Cleveland. The Browns are eight point favorites. The Chicago Bears play host to the Green Bay Packers and are seven-point choices to win the 83rd meeting between the two o'.i rivals. The Pittsburgh Steel ers entertain the Detroit Lions and are r.ix-noint choices. New York 15-1 1 may have to play the Cardinals "2-4 without its two kov offensive nerfnrmers. Charley Conerly and Frank Gif- lord. lonerly. the c ub's No. 1 quarterback, sprained his right ankle during last week's 20-3 vic tory over the Packers. Gifford missed last Sunday's game be cause of a torn rib cartilage suf fered two weeks aeo at Pitts burgh. Bob Schnelker. New York's top effensive end. also may not play because of a back injury. COPS EUROPEAN TITLE LONDON il'PIi Freddie Gil. roy of Belfast, the British Empire Champion, won the European ban tamweight title Tuesday night by gaining a narrow 15-round deci sion over Piero Rollo of Italy. $Mk,At sx r jHaaaaaaniaaaBaaaai FCRD'S TIRE SERVICE Will Give Away FREE- A THANKSGIVING TURKEY EACH DAY Ford's Tire Service Customer! EACH DAY'S CUSTOMERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT DAY'S TURKEY Starts Tomorrow . . . Ends Nov. 25th Visit Our MODERN Alignment, Balancing and Brake Department FREE CHECKS on ALL CABS We Use The Latest Electronic Wheel Alignment Equipment THE GENERAL TIRE Bowl Game Face Tough Unlttd Press International Louisiana State was riding high er than ever in college football's , upper stratosphere today while Noithwestern, Texas, Syracuse and Kansas also were inuring to ward possible bowl berths. T.ip-ranked LSU skimmed over us toughest hurdle on the way to its second straight national cham p.or.ship and a repeat appearance in the Sugar Bowl by turning hack third ranked Mississ'ppi, 7 3. Suturday night on an 89-yard punt return by All-American Billy Cannon. The Tigers face another toughie. ; Tennessee, next Saturday and then close out their regular sea son against Mississippi State and Tulane. who have lost eight games between them. Here arc the possible pairings for the major bowl games enter ing the final month cf the season: KOSE Northwestern 6-0 vs. Washington '6-1 or Oregon i6-l. Si fiAK Louisiana State 7-0) vs. Clemson (5-1 1 or Arkansas 5-2'. ORANGE Syracuse 6-0 vs. Kansas '4-3'. COTTON - Texas '7-01 vs. Air Force 4-1-1 or Mississippi 6-l. GATOR Georgia 6-l or Olc M ss vs. Arkansas or TCU '5-2'. Nrrthwestern and Kansas can clinch a tie for first place in their respective conferences next Satur day while Syracuse reportedly will be offered an Orange Bowl bid if it gets by Penn State in a show down "meeth' of the unbeaten." Wildcats Meet Wisconsin Second ranked Northwestern, leading the Big Ten with a 4-0 mark, has a weekend date with Wisconsin 3-l in a game that may decide the conference repre sentative in the Rose Eowl. In the Big Eight Conference race, Kansas and Oklahoma are tied for the lead with 3-1 records. The Sooners are barred from a return trip to the Orange Bowl while Iowa State ' 2 2 ' has tough games remaining against Ne braska and Oklahoma. So Kansas Fords Tire TURKEY A DAY 'TIL THANKSGIVING DAY! TO A Kreftreading TUBEiESS TIRES RECAPPED. GUARANTEED TO RUN I USELESS! MUD-SNOW-ICE DESIGN FOR WINTER WEATHER! 2 SIZES: 670-15, 710-15, 750-14 and 800-14 Nad Ford's Tire Service "Your General Tire Dealer" 4th & Jelerson W0 3 2887 Contenders Week End wilt oe in ine uriveri seal if it gets by Colorado this week. Ron Burton and Mike Stock each scored two touchdowns in leading Northwestern to a 30-13 victory over Indiana last Saturday. Fourth-ranked Texas continued its drive toward the .Southwest Con ference championship and the host berth in the Cotton Bowl by blanking Southern Methodist, 21-0. Fifth-ranked Syracuse prepared for its meeting with Penn State by handing Pittsburgh one of its werst defeats in years, 35-0. while the seventh-ranked Nittany Lions also remained unbeaten by rcmping over West Virginia, 28-10. Trojans Eds California Sixth-ranked Southern California rallied to, shade California, 14-7, on a last period touchdown by Willie Wood: eight-ranked Auburn needed a third period touchdown by Lamar Rawson to edge Flori da. G-0: ninth-ranked Wisconsin beat Michigan, 19-10, and Duke surprised 10th ranked Georgia Tech, 10-7. Kansas gained its share of the Big Eight lead by knocking off Iowa State, 7-0. while Nebraska harded once mighty Oklahoma its first conference defeat in 74 straight games, 25-21. in otner major upsets, uart- mouth turned in a victory over Yale, the nation's last un defeated, untied and unscored-up-on team; Harvard surprised Penn, 14-0; the Air Force held Army to a 13-13 tie in their inaugural meet ing, and Ohio State turned back .Michigan State, 30-24. Washington took another giant step toward the Rose Bowl by doning L'CLA, 23-7. RANGERS FARM SPENCER NEW YORK UP1 The New York Hangers have farmed out defenseman lrv Spencer to their Springfield club in the American Hockey League for more season ing. Spencer, 21, drafted out of the Montreal Canadien farm sys tem, is considered a top prospect by the Rangers. a Service... KRAFTREAD Snow Ice Recaps $1595 Casing Exchange Plus Tax