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WEATHER Fr through Sunday; high 0; low tonight J4 M except bit cooler high valleys. LA GRANDE OBSERVER 57th Issue 64th Year . irO: M-U- I -yfji.; y,,T. . ? ' ':! i 1 I 0- v l:. 'J' LuniS(,en ''-as li's vote recordod bv Mrs. Edna Milbcrt, a clerk of the board of the nine voting precincts in the south side of La Grande, during carlv aftornoon balloting on the special $360.000 sewage bond issue vcsterdav. (Observer Photo) High Court Injunction, WASHINGTON HPll The Supreme Court today upheld Taft-Hartley injunction ending the steel strike for BO days on grounds that the l!B-day-old walkout "im perils the national safely." In a historic 8 lo 1 decision, the high lillillMul ilirecled that its mandate sending the .Tim.nno strik ers back to work be ut into ef feet "lortlm itli " a live-page unsigrd opinion upheld constitutionality of the in junction provis:on of the Tatt Hartley Law as apMiH in this case. This was the lirst lime the court had ruie.1 on this section of the act. The 80-day period begins im meiliately. It would expire on Jan. 2(i. Steelworkers I'resident David J. McDonald has threatened to strike again if the dispute is not settled by that time. - Within two hours after the court's ruling. I'nited Steelworkers President David J. McDonald di rected the men "to resume work forthwith," for the 80-day cooling off period which ends Jan. 2f. He lias threatened, however, to pull the workers out again if a settlement is not reached by that time. Barring a settlement, the steel workers would be tree to strike again after the 80 days. The White House said I'resident Eisenhower hopes that steel pro duction gets started as soon a.-, possible but he also hopes that both sides will realize their obli gation to the United States and will continue to negotiate and reach a settlement of their differ ences." . Industry sources said it would OFF THE OREGON Chart Ocean Floor Times Longer Than . . LA JOLLA, Calif. 'I PL A team of scientists from Scripps Institute of Oceanography has charted an ocean floor river five to ten times larger than the Mississippi. The scientists said Friday that the river is located off the coast of Oregon. Named the Cacadia Channel, the river was reported to be 1.5o0 miles long compared with the Columbia River which is 1.40U miles long. The channel is at the 1. Ouo-foot level. Scientists said the river extends ope fourth ut the way across the o - - - t. - if-VJ' ANOTHER VOTE RECORDED Upholds; Step! Strike Men Return To Jobs t.ikc half of the 80-day "cooling off" period to get the mills hack into full production. The court said it was pot nec essary t-i determine if national health was affected by the strike because, it said, the ruling "is amply supported on the ground that the strike imperils the ra tional safetv." J t - MY BUDDY Humane worker Joyce Marshal cuddles a snow leopard in London. The Himala yan cat was on his way to U.S. zoo. COAST northern Pacific Ocean. Its sedi ment Ian is located off the strait of Juan De Fuca and the channel travels about 200 miles southward breaking through a pass of sub merged rocky ridges off Ca Clanco, Ore. From there scientists charted Its course due west as far as 1.54 degrees longitude, almost due south of Kodiak. Alaska. Robert J. Hurley, a graduate research geologist, indicated the g.ant river was shaped by high speed underwater currents. He said natural levees had b-en buiit up on both sides of the channel. v sir- lV; r,v-5 Justice William O. Douglas dis sented. Ho declared that the "broad injunctioa" cannot li" sus tained on the basis of either na tional health or rational satcty. In ; c ing on the injunction the court rejected an appeal by the I nited Steelworkers l'i;ion from a back-to-work order issued by Federal Judge HerlxTt Sol g in I'lttsburgh. The injunction was re'pieste 1 f!c1 t:i. alter a I'n -sidential f.rt finding iMiard reKiilc.l to I'resj. (lent Kisenhower that day that tlx union and the management could not agree on a single major issue ill the case. The walkout now the longest steel strike in the N'alir.n's his torystarted July l." alter the union and management laded in negotiations which started May .' and continued on and off until Sept. 28. Mayor Christopher Hears From Nikita SAN FRANCISCO 1 IT! ' - May or George Christopher got tne usual batch of congratulatory ineludiir; on- messages Friday from Soviet Premier .Vkita Khru shchev. In his cablegram. Khrushchev, who endorsed Christopher lor re election when he was here 111 September, said: ". . had 1 been a citien ol your beautiful city I would un doubtedly have voted for you. I am very glad that my opinion coincided with that of the citizens of San Frar.cisctf1' River 5-10 Ole Miss' He said the channel starts in water nearly two miles deep and was iracca 10 parts reaching a depth rf almost four miles. Hurley said that the existence of the Cascadia Channel was un known lour years ago. but that since then the L'.S. Coast and C.oedetic Survey and the Univer sity of California's Scripps Insti tute of Oceanography have taken frequent soundings in the area. He said the study is part ol an effort to learn the processes whereby the hills and plains of the silent world beneath the sea are built. shaed 01 dc-tioved. LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1959 sty on Stunning Defeat For 'Lagoon! IS By GRADY PANNELL Observer Staff Writer La CIrande voters decisive ly rejected yesterday's spec ial $;ti0.000 sewage bond ref erendum, 1.136 votes against lagoon oxidation ponds to 211 ballots in favor of the is sue. Less than half of the eligible 3.MH voters turned out to ballot for or against the controversial new sewage plant that would have been constructed on the Hex Grig;s ranch about midway be twien La Grai'de and Island City. The four precincts in the north ide f to vn voted 382 against the bond i-sue to 32 in favor. The nine precinc'.- in the south side of the city t;ai.d votes, wiih T.i4 against and IT'.i in favor of the referendum. Voting Waned Toll workers at the two oting sites estimated earlier in the day that the balloting might approxi mate 60 per cent ol the qualified v oters, but as ev ening wore on the otir.g slowed. The relerendiim was first called hv the city commission lor Octolier but was postponed when a lavor aMc scwaee nl.-int site eenl.t be obtained in time for the votme I The controversy o'.er the press ed later site at the Griggs ranch arose when proierty owners of the 1-land City area, although not eli gible to vote on the issue, practi cally carried on a "one-man" cam paign against ttie releiendum. They urged La Grande voters to (town the issue and campaigned mightily against lagoon ponds "in .lieir back yards." Against Lapoons Pollsters predicted that yester day's vote was not so much ag ainst the $.!f.o.(iiKl bond issue as it was against the "sewage pond' proposed site. The votes, iinoflicial. w ill be tab ulated and certilied at an early date, it was said. I lie voting action vesterdav d Issue' means that the issue will he raise.!;:.1'.'1 '"'' again within the next HO days when another bond issue, possibly total ing about $1(KI.(XK) more, w ili Ik- put up for vole but this time, how ever, for a mechanical sewage plant. State Authority Should the voters again defeat the special bond issue, the entire ma ter, then, rnav ho laid befor the Stale Sanitary Authority which has the iowcr to do the job itself, according to city of ficials. Heading election workers for the north side precincts was Amageue Miller, chairman. She was assisted by Hess 1'ieper. judge: and Mar garet Kain. Huth Hoe and F.velvn i Blanehurd. clerks. In charge of the poll workers for the nine southern precincts was Bess W. Cook, chairman. Her i assistants were Mrs. Wilma Camp, j Mrs. Icis Van Blokland, Mrs. F.lhyl ! . UI1U .HIS. l.tutu i.Illljeil.l i;a,.,u.i- ..na t.- i.-a.... n;n clerks. 18 Heed Of Cattle Perish Top In Barn Blaze LAFAYETTK. Ore. ITI - A huge barn owned by Hugh F. Wd- liams two mrles north of this Yamhill county community burned late Friday killing 13 head of cattle and destroying 2.000 bales of straw and 50 tons of baled alfalfa. Total loss was esti mated at Sl.j.nno. The barn was part of the Oak Springs Dairy, oixnatcd by Wil liams and his father. The blaze was noticed by a boy delivering newspaK'is and Williams was summoned. Flames had already burned telephone lines and he had to drive to Lafayette to notify firemen. The structure was engulfed in llame when McMinnville and Carlton firemen arrived. Senator Hopkins At Portland Meeting Senator flwight Hopkins, tl) imbler) is attending the full com mittoc meeting of the Interim Committee on Education Satur day in Portland. There will be a meeting also of Subcommittee on Educational Standards, and on Educational Finance. The senator and his family will be guests of the president of the University of Oregon for the t alifornia Oregon Football game. Voters 'r 1'- City Dads Have Little Commsnt Two ol the city commissioners who ceuld be contacted by The Observer today had little to say on the outcome of yesterday's heated sewage bond election. Commissioner Arlo Noys said, "Vo'ers told us what they thought of the pn position and we will abide by their decision." Commissioner Merle Beckett de clined comment on the election results. Commission President Gordon Clarke was instructing a class at Eastern Oregon College here and was unavailable for comment. The other two commissioners. William Hermann and II. K. Waddcll, could not be reached for possibl ' comment. Cuba To Grab Big Acreage Of King Ranch HAVANA ITH Cuba is ex pected to seize 33.400 acres of the King Hunch's 3.',00.'lacre cattle rvaiuiuay, a spoKesina-i ioi me American-operated enterprise said today. The sikesman said King rep resentatives have been summoned to apm-ar at the local office of the National Institute for Agrari an I inform Saturday morning to select (he I .Win aires which may lc retained. "Hancho King" is owned joint ly by the famed American cattle raisers and the Manati Sugar Co., a Cuban firm. It was established in Cuba in ltr2. The land is valued at $3,500,000 Its 7,(i:K) head of cattle, including the prize Santa Gertrudis breed, are valued at $1,500,000. Premier Fidel Castro's agrarian reform program is aimed at breaking up the huge estates and distributing small parcels to Cu ban farmers and peasants. The program is directed against Cuban as well as American and other foreign-held properties. One Police Arrest Nicholas Gene Asper. Telo caset. was arrested by city police last night on charges of violation of the basic rule and i'legal pos session of intoxicating beverages. pusieu. Dull 01 i- onu was relensivl OLD TIME BEATNIK l'oct Carl Sandburg stat ed in Washington, DC. that he was Ueatnik long before most of the pre sent day bearded coffee house types were out of diapers. Sandburg, 81, said he anticipated beat niks for several years. He also stated that some of his best poems, in cluding "Jazz Fantasia," are beatnik. n Reject S 1,136 To is EXPLAINS BALLOTING Amagene Miller, elec tion board chairman of the four precincts which balloted yesterday on t h e $300,000 sewage bond referendum here, explains voting proce dure. A total of 211 per sons voted in the four precincts. (Observer) Large U.S. Area Hit By Freeze United Press International Much of the nation between the Rockies and th" Apnlbchians shivered in record-breaking cold today. A wave of frosty air followed the season's first big snow storm into the midlands, driving the mercury below freezing ns. .far south as Texas and Georgia. But the weather bureau predict ed marked rising temperatures from Oklahoma to Montana, w here the storm was born, and it an peared the midwest was due for a respite from its snowy preview of winter. Howbells, N.D., ranked as the nation's icebox with a 14 below- zero reading, but Nov. 6 records were set in Iowa, St. Louis, Kan sas City, Oklahoma City and Chicago. Louisville, Ivy., braced for an exected record cold snap today. Officials counted at least 17 per sons dead from Ihe storm most of them in car accidents although two elderly Des Moines, Iowa, men died of exposure. The weather claimed six victims in Iowa, five in Wisconsin, two in Montana and one each in Min nesota. Illinois, Colorado and Kentucky. Electric Service Tells Of Change Of Ownership Change of ownership of Electric Service Co.. located at 111 Depot street, was announced here today by K. K. McCoy, new owner. McCoy has purchased the elec trical contracting and wiring firm from L. R. Buckley, who estab lished the firm in l!3f. The firm will continue its operation as in the past. McCoy said, with the same personnel. Buckley has retired from busi ness and is currently on a trip through the southwest. Be is ex pected to return to his home here within several weeks. . . s , YOUTHFUL ROBBER REPENTS, RETURNS ALL OF BANK LOOT KRASZIH'KG, S. D. 'UPD -A teen age robber who returned his loot within minutes of a bank holdup said today he just couldn't understand why he did it A friend said the whole affair probably started with a dare. The masked boy and an accom plice pulled a gun Friday on A B Turbak. vice president of Kranz burg's only bank, and walked out with S1..VK). But he was back within four minutes after two other friends in the getaway car reluscd to be accessories. The four boys, aged 1.1 to 16. were not identified, but a Water town, S. D., neighbor said they were "nice youngsters" who "sure as hell didn't need the money. "They told me it started as a joke," the neighbor said. "One of 6 Paget ewer 211 JONLY EVIDENCE WAS 'LIQUID' SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -Jdmei Ralph Shaw, SI, wii re leased today when authorities dropped chargej that ho at tempted to hold up a bank. They decided that Shaw was too drunk to realiie what he was doing Friday when ho en tered a Bank of America branch and hammered on the teller's counter with a wino bottle. Three Tots Killed When House Burns BROOKDAI.E. Pa I I'D Three children died Fnd.iv night when a space heater csploded flashing flames through the sec ond floor of their rural home State police said the parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Thompson. were entertaining guests down stairs when an oil stove in the childrens' room overheated anil exploded sending I lames through the four bedrooms on the second floor of the two - story frame home. The adults made desperate ef forts to reach the children but were driven back each lime by heavy smoke and fire which raced through the upper part ol the house. The Thompson's fourth child, infant, was downstairs with the parents and guests when the heat er exploded. The parents were giving a baby shower for Thomp son's sister when the tragedy occurred. Disc Jockeys Tabbed As Next For Scrutiny WASHINGTON UPI Here arc Ihe latest developments in the TV quiz show scandal: House investigators plan ' to probe charges that disc jockeys accept millions of dollars each year in hriltes to play certain tunes on Ihe air. I tie National Council of Disc Jot-keys immedi ately protested and said Ihe charges were not true. The Internal Revenue Service is keeping close tabs on congres sional hearings to nab any per sons who failed to pay taxes on prizes, bribes and kickbacks. Hep. Walter Rogers HJ-Tex.i says tne federal v onimuiuca- tions Commission had a lip sev en years ugo there was "skul duggery'' on Ihe now defunct TV show, "The Big Payoll," but refused to investigate. The FCC refused to comment on the charge. Columbia University Presi dent Grayson Kirk has rejected pleas by students that Charles Van Doren be rehired as an in structor. CHS President .F'rank Stanton warned in testimony on Capitol Hill that there was no foolproof way of preventing rigged quiz shows. But he acknowledged that his network should have taken action earlier in response to re ports about fixing. Miss Ethel Davidson, a New York attorney who was eliminat ed in her first appearance on the old "21" quiz show, filed a $1. 200.000 damage suit against sev them apparently dared another to tlo it and it snowballed." State's attorney Dean Summer said he didn't know whether he would file charges against the Blazing Brush Fire Burns Out Of Control PALOS Vh'KDKS F.STATKS. Calif. UPI t A raging brush fire broke out early today on a hilltop here ai d was visible for miles, according to firemen. Police said no injuries have been reported and that no struc tures have been Involved. Firemen said the blaze, on Via .Mirabel, was raging out of con trol. Four units of the Palos Vcrdes fire department were Joined by five companies of Los Angeles County firemen in bat tling the fire. Five Cents Kennedy Due Here Monday La Grande residents will be allordcd a chanc' to meet U S. S-n. John K. Kennedy, I) Mass , when the youthful lawmaker will address an Eastern Oregon College assembly Monday morning. The senator will speak at 10 a.m. at the coHcge theater. He wi'l ni-et with Democratic loaders of the city and county and members ef the press at a luncheon at noon. La Grande is one of four speak ing stops the senator is making during bis tour of Oregon. Illustrious Family Considi . d one of the front running Democrats for his parly's presid'nlial nomination, Kennedy comes irom an uiusirious .Massa chusetts family. His father, Jo seph Patrick Kennedy, is the for mer U.S. ambassador to Great Britain. A younger brother has been seivuig as chief counsel lor tne S-nate Rackets Investigating com mittee. Kennedy is also an author of renown, having written two noons, "Why England Slept." and "Pro fi'es in Courage," the latter a best seller. Groat War Record The senator had a brilliant war record as a Navy PT boat com mander during World War II in the South Pacific. In an engage ment against Japanese warships his boat was sunk and he had to swim with a shattered leg. His acts of heroism in assisting his men won for him the Navy and Marine Corps, Medal and the Pur ple II "art. Be is perhaps best remembered during the Democratic conven tion three years ago when he came within a whisker of winning the noil for presidential nomination. eral parties, including NBC. She claimed (he rigged show had sub jected her to humiliation and hurt her reputation. Tom Kane, a former Buffalo, N Y., taxicab driver who won Slim.oofl on two quiz shows "The JM.ooo Question" and "The $64.- onO Challenge offered a 11,000 reward to anyone who could prove he was on any "fixed pro gram. Kane said a list ought to he matte public of the genuine winners "the people who didn't need the answers.'1 Mrs. F:ieancr Roosevelt, in a news conference at San Francis co, blamed the moral and ethi cal standards of American soci ety for the TV quiz show scan dal. "Whatever Ihe people are willing to accept, they are re sponsible for." she said. Air Force Transport Crash Fatal To 14 TAIl'KI. Formosa UPD A U. S. Air Force C-47 transport crashed shortly after takeoff from Tainan in central Formosa today, killing all 15 passengers and crewmen aboard. The reports said 14 of the vic tims were Air Force personnel. There was no immediate infor mation on the 15th. Fyewitnesses said the twin-engined plane apparently developed engine trouble. The plane was en route to the l!S. Clark Field base In the Philippines. youths. Turbak said he thought the slick-un was a "trick-or-trcal" stunt left over from Halloween when the boys first walked in. Turbak's son, Jerome, seeing it was no prank, handed a cash drawer to the boys who took $!. -, and left the bank. The two boys returned four minutes later with the money, saying the other two youths In the car had refused to be Invol ved. The boy who held the gun told Turbak he was "sorry It ever happened." , "lie didn't want me to mention his name and said he Just couldn't understand why he did It," the banker said. South Dakota law bans release of juvenile offenders' names un less they have been turned over to a circuit court for prosecution.