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WINTER TIME
Icicles hang from the end of the more than seven million feet of timber "cold deck
ed" at the ML Emily Lumber Co. yard. The icicles formed after the first snow and
freezing weather of the year hit the area. The logs are watered continuously to
prevent them from "bluing" or rotting. Water dripping from logs froze to produce
winter whiskers. (Observer Photo)
AFL-CIO President Says Unions
Back Railroaders' Strike Threat
CHICAGO UPI AFL-CIO
President George Meany assured
railroad workers Thursday night
"you will have all the support
you need" in their contract battle
with the nation's railroads.
"You are not in this fight
alone," Meany told a "w ildly cheer-
Hardy Plants
Believed To
Be On Mars
WASHINGTON l;Pl A sci
entist reported evidence today
that food - storing plants may
flourish on Mars.
These plants, he suggested in
a research report, apwar to pos
sess greater capacity for storing
food against lean times than the
earthly sH!cics they seem to re
semble. The report wes made by Dr.
William M. Sinton of the Lowell
Observatory. Flagstaff. Ariz.
With the help of the 200-inch
tetclcscope at Mount Palomar,
Calif., Sinton made spectrograph
ic studies of light reflected from
vast darkish areas of the red
planet.
He found that certain "absorp
tion bands" in the spectrum cor
respond to those caused by the
organic molecules of plants and
by carbohydrates, vegetable prod
ucts used as food by both plants
and animals.
Sinton concluded from the evi
dence of the spectrograph that
the dark regions of Mars may
be g.cat patch-s of vegetation,
some of it similar to a si"gle
celled plant the alga cladophora
wh'ch grows on earth.
'SHOCKING SITUATION'
Investigators
Probe, Plan
WASHINGTON l"PI Hous?
investigators wrapped up their in
quiry of rigged TV quiz shows to
day and immediately promised to
launch a new investigation into
other "deceptive" TV practices
The new investigation was an
nounced by Chairman Oren Har
ris D-Ark. who said his house
subcommittee inquiry of rigged
shows "disclosed a shocking sit
uation" which convinces Ivm that
"corrective legislation is neces
sary." Harris gave n6 clue to what
other practices the subcommittee
may investigate but one field of
inquiry may be a charge that
"bribery" had been used to de
termine what music is played on
many broadcast programs. Har
ris placed hi the committee rec
ord a statement from Burton Lane
of the American Guild of Authors
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WHISKERS
ing crowd of 1,000 railroad work
ers at a mass union rally.
"This is no ordinary battle. It
is a fight for your existence and
you will win it."
Meany accused railroad man
agement of trying to "turn back
the clock 50 years or even a cen
tury by eliminating the fruits of
collective bargaining that have
been. so hard fought for and haue
proved so successful."-"
Rail Demands
The railroads recently demand
ed that the railway workers ac
cept a pay cut and sought to
eliminate firemen from freight
and yard locomotives, a move the
union said would cost 36.000 jobs.
Railway management, Meany
said, has enlisted the help of
"'Madison Avenue advertisers, half
awake writers" who have made
"a science of deceit" by misrep
resenting the facts in the lalror
management dispute.
"Hitler did it." Meany said,
"just like Stalin did and Khrush
chev is doing now."
Meany said that through a well
financed publicity campaign the
nation's railroad executives are
trying to "tear down the char
acter of the American railroad
workers in the eye of the public
Local-Vet Groups Plan
Dedication Ceremony
La Grande's veterans' organiza
tions arc mapping plans for dedi
cation ceremonies next Wednesday
at the Memorial swimming pool.
At this date, the Veterans" Mem
orial officially will be dedicated,
it was said. The affair begins at
10:30 a.m. Veteran groups partici
pating are the VKW, American Lc
g:on. DAV and Veterans of World
War I.
End Quiz Show
New Disclosures
a'd Composers, who raised that
charge.
Today's final hearing on quiz
show fixing brought these devel
opmcnts:
Rep. Walter Rcgers 'D-Tex ,
a subcommittee member, assert
ed that the Federal Communica
tions Commission had information
seven years ago about "skulldug
gery" on the TV show, "The Big
Payoff," but refused to investi
gate. Frank Staiton, President ol
:he Columbia Broadcasting Sys
tem iCES'. warned that there
was no foolproof way of prevent
ing rigged quiz shows. He acknow
ledged that, "with benefit of hind
sight," CBS executives should
have moved in earlier In response
to reports about fixing.
In an exchange with subcom
mittee counsel Robert W. Lish
man, Stanton heatedly denied that
he had ignored "storm warnings"
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by describing them as feather
bedders."
Union officials had predicted the
rally, sponsored by the railway
labor executives association, would
draw several thousand workers.
but a freezing rain held down the
crowd.
Other speakers included Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Orc '; George
M. "iIarrison,-Prcsidnt of tl
Railway Clerks Union: and Mayor
Kichard J. Daley of Chicago.
Morse said an all-out fight
against iraae union progress was
being waged by anti-union forces
across the country.
The Oregon senator threatened
to break his own filibustering rec
ord of 22 hours on the Senate
floor in order to fight ""the alarm
ing anti-labor drive going on and
building up in legislatures."
Morse accused railroad man
agement of ignoring the Railway
Labor Act in trying to reach
agreement.
"It is the best labor law on the
borks but management has re
fused any efforts to reach agree
ment by rules of the act that have
been used successfully for years,"
he said.
Columbia President Rejects
Petition To Keep Van Doren
NEW YORK i ITU Columbia
I'niversity President Grayson
Kirk today rejected a petition of
650 students who asked re-ins'ate-
nient of Charles Van Doren on
the Columbia faculty.
The university's B"ard of Trus
tees had accepted Va l Doren's
offer to resign last Monday, the
day he confessed complicity in
which came as early as 1D57.
Lane's written s,t a t c m e n t
charged that "there is no doubt
that commercial bribery has be
come a prime factor in detcr
min ng what music is placed on
m,v'V broadcast programs and
what musical records the public
is surreptitiously induced to buy."
He said that neither the Fc-Jcral
Comminicatio'is Commission nor
the Federal Trads Commission
" has acted to protect the public
or the authors and composers of
music" even though the "scandal
ous facts" have been brought to
their attention through reports in
various publications.
In another development. Ethel
Davidson. New York attorney
eliminated in her first appear
ance on the now defunct quiz show
21" brought a $1,200,000 suit
against the show's producers,
sponsors and her victorious opponent.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6, 1959
X-15 Rocket Craft
Explodes In Flight
LOS ANGELES 'CPU Ivy-j Crussfi,l,l said that Air Force
mannered Scutt Crossfield, pilot ; Cant. Hnlwrt While of New York
of America's X-15 space . ship
which was jolted at 45.000 feet by
an explosion during a test High!
Thursday, came home today to
determine what hapiH'nrd.
"We've got to take the plane
apart to find out what happened.1'
C'rossficld said.
"I knew there was an explosion
and some internal damage to the
X I") But when I came in for the
landing on the alternative strip at
Rosamond Dry Lake. I felt every
thing was just great."
North American Aviation, build
er of the dart-like X-15, admitted
it was necessary for daredevil
Crossfield, 38, to make a quick
emergency landing in the cralt
designed to carry man 100 miles
above the eaith at speeds in ex
cess of 4,000 miles an hour.
Warped Out of Sahpe
Eyewitnesses reported the X 15
was warped out of shape as it
landed at the Edwards Air Force
Base auxiliary strip 65 miles
northeast of Los Angeles.
Impact of the 50-foot ship's
landing wrenched it so forcefully
that one section behind the cock
pit was sagging about two feet
below the rest of the fuselage
But North American said the
damaged space ship was just one
of three in the multi-million dol
lar program to get a manned air
craft into the ionosphere above
the earth. A spokesman said the
aircraft, which was being trucked
back here from the desert base,
apparently was damaged when
some of the propellents exploded
in the lower engine.
The damaged X-15 made the
only two previous powered flights.
Resolutions For
Water And Sewer
Districts Passed
Seven resolutions providing for
water and s?wer improvement dis
tricts have been approved by the
city commission.
Four of the resolutions provided
for wat'-r rir'rHs find thre. or
sewer districts. Two of the sewer
districts duplicated three of the
water districts.
Resolution 1746 provided for a
water district on B Avenue be
tween Cedar and Walnut Streets.
Resolution 1751 provided for a
sewer district on the same area.
B Avenue, west from Walnut
Street, was the area named in
resolutions 1747 and 1712 for water
and sewer districts.
Resolution 1748 provided for a
water district on Oak Street be
tween K and L Avenues and 1749
for a district on Walnut Street be
tween Grandy and Palmer Ave
nues. Resolution 1750 provided for a
sewer district on the south side
of L Avenue between Cedar and
Walnut Streets.
quiz-show fixing before a congres
sional committee.
Two New York City undergra
duate students presented the pe
tition carrying 6.50 student signa
tures to Kirk this mwning It
asked that Van Doren be re
stored to his post as assistant pro
fessor of English Columbia's un
dergraduate college has about
2.400 students.
The petitioners had gathered
signatures at a campus rally last
night.
Earlier in the day the students
set up a desk on the campus out
side Hamilton Hall and solicited
signature from students on a pe
tition calling for the return of the
fallen TV quiz idol.
The students said they planned
to present the petition to univer
sity President Grayson Kirk later
today.
Students at Thursday night's
rally, which included about a doz
en Barnard College coeds who
were "sympathetic to Van Dor
en's cause," said they now had
about 700 signatures on the peti
tion and hoped to get 530 more.
The petition and rally were
sparked by two students. Jack
Levy and his Livingston Hall
rotmmate, Leslie Moglen.
Ley, a junior, and Moglen. a
sophomore, said university au
thorities did not interfere with
their efforts to get student signa
tures or the rally.
LOST TIME REPORT
WASHINGTON L'P1 More
working time was lost because of
strikes in September than in any
month since June. 1952, according
lo the Labor Department.
The department reported Thurs
day that the steel strike and other
work stoppages resulted in 14 mil
lion man-days of idleness.
Cl,y. flying chase in an F-104, ra
"'oed. "it seems you've got a Ut
ile fire " .
"I know," Crossfield replied.
Then he jettisoned Ihc remaind
er of his 18,000 pounds of liquid
oiyeen and shut off the dual rock
et engines.
"The fire light is out." he said
calmly as he plummeted down,
picking a landing spot at Rosamond.
Area Employment At
Relatively
Area employment remained at a
relatively high level during the
month of October, according to
Ernest 0. Burrows, local manager,
Oregon State Employment office.
weather and road conditions
caused seme layoffs in logging
operations, but there was little
change in employment levels in
construction, retail trade and ser
vice industries.
The small decrease noted took
place in transportation, logging
and sawmill industries. Burrows
said.
Building Permits
Building permits issued by the
city of La Grande recorded a
sizeable increase for the month,
with $554,362 compared to $95,059
for September.
Largest building permit was for
construction of a new elementary
school building, $368,314. A per
mit for new commercial building
amounted to $112,500. New resi
dential construction accounted for
$40,552 of the month's total.
Also continuing on schedule was
Highway 30 construction projects
west of La Grande.
400 Unemployed
Estimated total unemployment
in the area was 400 at the end of
October as compared to 323 a
month ago and 411 one year ago.
Initial claims totaled 204 com
pared to 92 in September and 108
for October of J9S8. Layoffs in
logging accounted for most of the
increase, Burrows noted.
The local manager said that em
ployment in construction and log
ging during the coming months
will depend largely on weather
conditions.
Moderate new hiring may be ex
pected toward the end of the month
in retail trade as merchants add
Police Probe
Attempted
Store Break
La Grande police are investigat
ing an attempted breaking and
entry of Montgomery Wards, 1101
1103 Washington Ave., that oc
curred Tuesday night.
Cyril Taylor, manager of the
store, said an attempt to gain
entry into the store was made
through the dcors located on Wash
ington Avenue.
Police also said three La Grande
drivers were involved in automo
bi'e accidents. Clyde L. Kimbrel,
1307 O Ave., and Vclma E. Miller
collided at the intersection of
Fourth Street and N Avenue at
4:56 o.m. Kimhrcl was proceeding
south on Fourth Street end Miller
was traveling west on N when
the accident occurred.
Kimbrel was operating a vehicle
owned by Graham's Drug.
Z-ddl Jackson. 1518 S Ave., and
Orvin R. Twitchell, Roberts,
Idaho, were the drivers of two ve
hicles that co'lided at the inter
section of Greenwood Street and
S Avenue.
Twitchell was proceeding north
on Greenwood Street and Jackson
was traveling west on S Avenue
when the accident occurred.
Encch Russell Fulp, 804 Fourth
St., was arrested on a charge o.'
violation of the basic rule. Fulp
"as charged with traveling 33
miles per hour in a 20 mile rone
on Fourth Street, police said.
City Ordinance
On Explosives
Gets Endorsement
commissioners v u(pi
ed ordinance 1023, series 1959, re
lating to the transportation, stor
ing and use of explosives in the
city of La Grande.
The ordinance was read for the
third and final time before pass
age. Commission President Gordon
W. Clarke explained that the new
ordinance is a model statute drawn
by the League of Oregon Cities to
Provide uniform regulations
throughout the state. Clarke said
REAL TONGUE
TWISTERS
NEW YORK (UPD Tha
management promiied today
that no alphabet soup would ba
served when the R. Hon. Tha
Earl of Elgin and Kincardine,
K. T.. C.M.G.. T.O., L.L.D.,
J.P.. is served lunch at a
hotel next Tuesday.
Lord Elgin, guest of tha Pro
vincial Grande Lodge of the
Royal Order of Scotland,
U.S.A., will ba accompanied
by Dr. Alex F. Buchan, M.B.E.,
B.Se., Ph.D., F.R.S.E.. Mai.
R. H. F. MoncreiH, T.D., and
he Rt. Hon. The Countess of
Elgin and Kincardine, D.B.E.
High Peak
to sales staffs for the holiday
shopping season.
Hiring in other industrial groups
is expected lo be on a replacement
basis for the next four months.
Burrows said his office should be
contacted relative to surplus labor
hiring.
Bulletin
Voting from noon through
1:30 today was extremely
heavy In the special $360,
000 bond election for a new
sewage plant for La Grande.
More than 45 persons had
voted in the four precincts
on the north side of town,
with better than 143 voters
having balloted in the nine
southtide precincts.
A total of 3,648 voters were
eligible on the bond issue.
Kennedy Blames Ike
On. Steel Strike Jam
KLAMATH FALLS IVPV
Sen. John F. Kennedy ID-Mass
opened a four-day tour of Oregon
today with a breakfast addles
here in which he blamed (he steel
strike snarl on "lack of vitality
on the part of the President
The 42-year-old senator and pos
sible 1960 Democratic presiden
tial nomination candidate spoke
to both Democrats and Republi
cans at the Willard hotel.
Kennedy declared that Eisen
hower should have established a
fact finding committee two
months ago instead of waiting so
long. Although against compul
sory arbitration in labor disputes.
he said he also felt that (he Prcsi
dent should have more power.
power over and above the Taft
Hartley law.
Educational Director
At EOC Next Monday
Mrs. Wickes Shaw, dirtcor of
information of the Oregon State
System of Higher Education, will
be on the Eastern Oregon College
campus next Monday.
A meeting of persons interested
in the stale system's "Colleges
for Oregon's Future 19W-1970" is
scheduled for 8 p.m. in the faculty
lounge. Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. John
R. Richards will be guests.
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REAL
The fender of the delivery truck owned by Graham's Drugs and operated by Clyde
Kimbrel took a real bending in an accident that occurred Wednesday night. Gra
'ham's vehicle and a car operated by Velma fcl Miller collided at the intersection of
Fourth Street and N Avenue. (Observer Photo)
Snow
lowing Out-
Much Damage
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OFFICIAL VISITATION
District Lions Gover
nor Arlo Fielland, Pen
dleton, will pay an offi
cial visit to the La
Grande Lions tomorrow.
Active in many civic ven
tures by the city of Pen
dleton, he is past presi
dent and area governor
for Toastmasters Inter
national, charter mem
ber of Pendleton's Nat
ional Guard detail and
currently serves as that
city's civil defense direc
tor. He said he was pleased with
his reception at recent meetings
in California. However, he said
lie did not plan to enter the Cali
fornia primary neir year "unless
later circumstances indicate I
should."
Morse Mentioned
Kennedy has said he will an
nounce his presidential intentions
in January. He is almost certain
to he on the Oregon primary
iiaiiot unless he disavows his can
didacy because of the state's new
iw which calls for names of all
leading candidates to appear.
Commenting on Teamster Pres
ent James Holla's statement
hat the Teamsters Union will
not support anyone who voted for
the new labor bill. Kennedy said.
fortunately, I think Mr. Iloffa's
endorsement will not be useful to
any candidate."
Asked about the possible candi-
acy of Sen. Wayne Morse ID-
Ore. I as a "favorite son" candi-
itc, Kennedy said "Anyone has
right to run."
Kennedy, who arrived here
Thursday night, flew to Coos Bay
iter nis talk here. He visits Ited
mond and Pendleton Saturday.
-Milton-Freewater and Baker Sun-
ay and La Grande and Portland
Monday.
FENDER BENDER
Five Cents
Storm
Huge Area
Hard-Hit
By Freeze ;
United Press International
The season's first big snow
storm was expected to bio
itself out today with a park
ing shot at hard-hit Northern
Michigan. ;
Fifteen inches of snow covered
the ground at Marquette, Mica. -but
the Weather Bureau pcyedicteel
the storm would fizzle to flurried
over Michigan and the upper
Ohio Valley today. ;
The storm swept out of the
Rockies Wednesday to grasp an
area from Montana to Texas to
Alabama to Wisconsin in its chil
ly grip.
Fourteen inches of snow fell in
Montana. Deadwood, S. D., - re
ported 13 inches, Jamestown, N.D.
had two-foot drifts and Wausau.
Wis., received 11 inches.
Almost every town in the
storm's path was caught unpro
pared. . !
Rush hour traffic in midwest
cities turned into giant traffic
jams as officials were unable to
clear streets and handle the rash
of fender-bending accidents.
Dozens of schools closed when
buses bogged down on snow-
blocked roads. Hundreds of cars
were abandoned in roadside ditch
es because their drivers could
not cope with ice-paved highways
and whistling winds.
At least 14 deaths were blamed
un the storm, four each in Wis
consin and low;, '.wo in -Montana
and one eacft in Minnetoti, Il
linois, Colorado and Kentucky.
Most victims died in traffic acci
dents. Bitter 'cold followed the storm's
wake, sending the mercury to 10
below zero in Montana.
Two Motorists
Fined $5 Each
For Violations
Two La Grande drivers were
finrd $5 for violation of the basic
rule yesterday.
Ruth Elaine Sargeant. 510 Fourth
St.. was charged with travelinir
28 miles per hour in a 20 mile
zone, police said. She was picked
up at Fourth Street and Pen Ave
nue at 12:45 p.m.
Glen Dean Payne, 2001 O Ave.,
was also charged with 28 miles
per hour in a 20 mile zone. He
was cited at 12:08 p.m. at Penn
Avenue for the violation on Fourth
Street between K and M Avenues.
Hearings were scheduled for 3
p.m. yesterday and both drivers
were fined.
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