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LA GRANDE OBSERVER WEATHER Fair through Tuetday; high 444; low loiiisjht 18 i3. 58th usue 64th wwnlsf JM SENATOR, COLLEGE HEAD MEET Dr. Frank I'.eit nt'lt, k'lt, greets U.S. Sen. John Kennedy. I) Mass., as the youthful solon addressed an assembly of Kastern Oregon College students in La Grande this morning. (Observer Hioto) Kennedy Urges Active Political Leadership Intellectuals should take an ac tive role in current events and contrilnite to the a'fairs of the state and nation not just rvmain on the sidelines as critics, Sin. John F. Kennedy 'DM;ss.l de clared here today. Speaking before an overflow of Eastern Oregon College stu dents and townspeople in the col lege theatre, the youthful looking Democrat urged young people to take an active roll in politics. Kennedy defended political ca reers and stressed th? need lor qualified and educated citizens in politics. He polled out the disdain of most citizens for politicians and things political. Favorite Sons He said that most mothers want their favorite sons to grow up to be president but the majority of them don't want their sons to be come pol.ticians in the process. Turning to the world scene. Kennedy called lor continued ne gotiations with the Russians con cerning nuclear warfare. Commenting on the steel strike situation, Kennedy indicated his distaste for government interven tion, but pointed out that some times it is necessary. He said that it would be much better if those involved in the negotiations could reach agree ment without th? government tak ing a hand. Changes in the emer gency clause of the Taft-Hartley Act are in order, he declared, and he said he will work for that gcal in the Senate. Kennedy, a possible KHiO Demo c r a t i c presidential nomination candidate who has touched on a wide variety of topics, said Sun day night in Bakir that six great HUSSIEN TO VACATION AMMAN', Jordan 'UP1' King Hussein will leave Tuesday for several weeks relaxation in Eu rope The trip will cover "A num ber" of countiies, the royal palace announced. WORKERS STREAM TO JOBS Steel Trickles From (J. S. Mills Following End Of Bitter Strike PITTSBURGH 'IPI ' first post-s'.rike steel The w,yaA ' from the nation's mills today as workers returned to their jobs after almost four months of idle ness. Workers, grumbling about the Taft-Hartley injunction which end ed their 116-day walkout, tapped a few furnaces while mainten ance crews toilet! to repair dam age to other facilities caused by long idleness. Although smoke belched from furnaces from coa.4 to coast, less than half of the 500.000 sink ers were called back to work and full production appeared as much as six weeks away, half of the 80-day duration of the Supreme Court directed injunc tion HTiod In addition to millhands, recall orders went to rail workers. Great Lakes ore ship crews, and coal and iron miners. Auto Layoffs Continue T.iit as steel uicn returned grad ually lo their jobs, the Mccl-iliort Year challenges face the nation in the two's. He listed them as population, the farm problem, technology and energy, standard of living, under developed nations of the world and nationalism. Big Growth Cited He said the population increase has not been matched in public plans and programs. Fifteen mil lion families live in substandard homes, he said. Kennedy said a Democratic farm program would express the nation's conscience by sharing abundance w ith the needy of other nations and with needy at home. Slept Urged He also said this country should make maximum use of national resources. Increase and extend minimum wage laws, and help underdeveloped countries with the Development Loan Fund. He said peoples on other con tinents "eventually will and ought to be free and equal" and that "once that freedom is aclccved they will regard the United. States as friends or foes." i SEN. KENNEDY Addresses Students automobile industry prepared to :x- off ,.l-on n,, , ! I . hmmi- WUIKCIS il S i supplies dwindled and no apnreci- able st.pply quantity from re-, opened mil's was in sight soon ! Some 2"i.noo auto workers, most j ly General Motors employes, are j idle and management warned it would be some time before they, could Ik- ordered hack. IS Steel and Jo.ies and Lai.ghln. the major producers in; this steel center, said the bulk ol ' their workers would be called back within a week. More than .V) per cent of the mill workers in the Chicago-Gary area already were back. Some 4.000 wmkers will he recalled bv ' Tuesday at Bethlehem Steel ' Corps sprawling Sparrows Point. Md. wo. ks oih(.r n.,aJC)r producers acrtss the nation al-o1 reported rapid recalls But a strike of 2n railroad workers against the I S Steel's Tennessee Coal and Irou Divi-ion in Alabama threalei ed to kee"i 2T,000 steel workers from resum l ; ; rri I I Red Chinese Head Proposes India Frontier Buffer Zone NEW DELHI. il'PI '-Communist Chh'c o Premier ( hou en-Lai Unlay proposed creation ot a 25 mile bufter zone to prevent further bloodshed along the disputed In-dan-Red Chinese border. He also suggested a meeting with i'nme Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in the "immediate future.'- It was the fast concrete Red Chinese nropos.il fur settling the ii.crcasingly b tier border quarrel bet veen tiie two rations. L.dia.i muicts said, however, that the Peipir.g no'e reiterated .'led Chinese claims to certain Indian territory h ch Nehru is pledged not to give up. Nehru called his cabinet into session at 11 o'clock Sunday night, apparently to consider the Chinese r.ole which was dispatched from Peiping on Saturday. Also attend ing the three-hour cabinet meet ing was Indian Army commander K S. Thimayya "Force With Force" A source close lo the cabinet said 'Ihimayya had been ordered to meet Communist force with force, but not to begin an of tensive. The order to Thimayya would indicate Nehru considered the Chou proposal not entirely satis factory, but open to consideration. was one ol two whose contents were disclosed today by the New Delhi and Peiping governments, a hose relations with each other have deteriorated steadily under a barrage of charges and counter charges. The Chinese note said it was regrettable that India had adopt ed attitude of disregarding the facts. Peiping Radio's broadcast of the note coincided with the release in New Delhi of an earlier note from Nehru to Chou. India's note to lied China re jected as a travesty of the truth'' Chinese claims of Indian responsibility for the clash be tween Indian and iinese troops Oct. 21 in the l,i ikh region of the border states . Jammu and Kashmir. Nine liurSlhs were killed in the battle. Sen. By Fatal Heart Attack WASHINGTON lUPD Funer al arrangements were being com pleted today for Sen. William Langer iR-N.D.i, a political mav erick who died in his sleep Satur day night of a heart attack. His death left the political line up of the Senate at 65 Democrats and 34 Republicans. However. GOP Gov. John E. Davis of North Dakota was expected to name a Republican to succeed Langer. Florida Safecrackers And Cops ST. PETERSBURG, Kla. l'PI A gang of safecrackers holding a country club caretaker hostage shot it out with 75 policemen early today and then escaped. The caretaker's wife, who had locked herself in the clubhouse oft ice. kept an open telephone line to police throughout the gun ha'tle. Olficers swapoed shots with the gang until one fled using the care taker, John McDonald as a shield. At fust light, police rushed the club but found the other gu lmen had slipped away. They believed ing work. United Steelworkcrs of ficials said their members would not cross picket lines of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men and Enginemen. Express Disgust, Resentment But as workers donned mill toss and their wives packed lunch buckets for the first times since the strike started July 15. union numbers nationally expressed disgust and resentment at being ordered back to work under the injunction against their will. They lowed to resume the strike in 80 days if agreement was not reached. But workers admitted they were looking forward to their first pay checks. Workers echoed the "slave la bur" charge by USW President David J McDonald. They freed the salves under the first Republican President and have slavery again under this Republican President, grum bled John Bajiuiek, a carpenter for 33 years at U S. Steers Home stead, I'a , plant. LA GRANDE, Q3EGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1959 i - -u W-,-..., mV.'J " 5 11 i SCOTT . S S' ES Don "Scotty" McLean completed 47 years ot ra .oadir.g a week ago with a trip to Klgin. McLean, who lives at 1002 B Ave., plans to spend his spare time enjoying hunting and fishing. (Observer) 'Scotty' McLean Makes Last Railroad Run, By NEIL ANDERSEN Observer Staff Writer Don McLean, "Scotty'' to the boys, completed 47 years ot rijil- ro-ding a week ago with a ru'n loi Elgin. He then packed his gear and went elk hunting. McLean first went to work for the I'nion Pacific railroad in 1K!I. He started as a sign writer but transferred to brakeman two months later. In 1!MI, he was pro moted to conductor and has sened the past 18 years in that position Hunting, Fishing "I think it's swell." Scotty slid when asked about his retirement. McLean, who is 66 years old. pljns In Gunfight there were three or four in the gang. When the officers entered the club, they found Mrs. McDonald where she had stayed throughout the 2'i hour fight lying on the office floor with an open telephone line to police headquarters. She and her husband were un harmed. One policeman "uinrcl a cut o:i his haul when h-' aad one of the bandits exchange I shots through two glass doors. St. Petersburg police, reinin-eed by highway patrolmen a id sher iff's deputies threw up a cmdoM around the entire Lake Woo I resi dential section of southeast St. Petersburg They believed the gunmen were hiding in wools in the area. Police rejioi'ed they found a car hidden i:i In shes near the club and broadcast a pickup order lor the vehicles l'-tel owner. I.. vie T. Ennis. Police aNo reqtii' ted local television and radio stations to broadcast apca!s for citiens to reort any wounded per-ous spotted in the city. Mrs. McDonald was taken to a hospital where she was put under se.Iation. The club is the Lakewood ( nun try Cub. scene of many ol the annual St Petersburg PGA open tournaments There was $1.8.10 in the sale but the bandits never got it. La Grande Motorist Injured In Accident Ronald Dean Stanton, 31. La Grande, was injured Saturday night when his car failed to Nego tiate a curie on Highway 2o:i about 2 miles west of l'n;on State Police received the call at about 7 40 r m. Sta iton was brought to ft Joseph Hospital in La Grande wh-re attendant said he had niMincd conscimi' n-ss this morning He snlfeied head anil left arm injuries. The car travelled 317 feet after it left the highway and cat: e to rest in a pasture, oflicers said. I fV Now Hunting to spi-nd his free time doing what he I kes hiM, hunting and fishing. Klk hunting was the bit; item on the agenda following his last run Scotty and his wife will pack their trailer house and try their luck with the big game b "fore settling d"wn at home, 1002 U Ave. McLean began his railroad ca reer with the Great Northern in lt)12 as a brakeman in Montana. He served in the Army during World War I. He moved to La Grande in 1921. and went to work with the IT. The McLeans have two children. Margaret, now Mrs. Stanley Stef fen of Seattle, and Kenneth, who now lives in Salt Lake City. McLean is a member of the Ma sonic lodge and Veterans of World War I. "I think it's swell," Scotty re pcatid with a siuh. Area Cattle Breeders At Hereford Sale Several Union and Wallowa coun ty Hereford breeders will partici pate ia the annual Roundup Poll ed Hereford Sale at Pendleton Wednesday. John Bvcrs, Pomeroy, Wash., will judge animals for the show which is scheduled for 10 a.m. On display at the Roundup Sale pavilion Sunday through Wednes day will be 11 blue ribbon animals which will be ent'ied in the Wed nesday show. Breeders Irom this area who w ill lie showing reg stered polled Here ford cattle are .1. I) ale arid David R Stan.lley. l a Grande; D. B. Heel. Alicel; Dick llibberd, Im b!er; S K. Stair and Son. Summer ville, and V.olle Hereford Ranch, Wallowa. Si Williams. Pendleton, serves as manager of the show and will auctioneer the sale to folio the show in the aiteriinnn. Japanese Mountain Expedition Returns KATMANDU. Nepal ' I PI 'The Nepal Government ainounced to day that 32 memliers of a Japan ese mountain - climbing team feared killed in tin avalanche ac tually "are safe and are returning to Katmandu shortly." The 32 climbers were reported missing while trying to scale the "hecr sloes of 23.4 10-foot Gauri Sankar peak west of Mount Ever est in the Himalayas on the Ne pal T.bct bonier HIM $1.50 MINIMUM NEW YORK 'I PI' - AFL-CIO leaders in New Vol k state have asked (;v. Nelson Rockelellcr lo help them obtain a $1 50 an hour minimum wage in the state. State rrunimiims are now lixed on an industry -by industry basis. 'BiRTHDAY' UNHAPPY ONE BELLEVILLE, N. J- (UPD "Happy Birthday," caroled the four men a they knock ed on an apartment door at 16 South Wilbur St. "Who there?" asked John Simboli. "Juit ome o the boyt who want to wish you happy birthday and help you cele brate," was the response. Simboli opened the door and the merrymaker! rush ed in. Instead of leaving pres ents, they grabbed S579 in cash and horse playing slips ard arrested Simboli on a bock-making charge. The detectives had learned before tlicy made the raid that it was Simboli't 3,h birthday. City Dads Canvass Bond Votes City commissioners this week will canvass tile balloting on the defeated SlltW.oou sewage bond vote here last Kriday. according lo Dr. Gordon Clarke, commis sion president It is also anticipated that with in 30 to Oil days another ImiihI election for a sewage disposal facility presumably a mechanic al type plant will Ik." held here. Clarke said the second bond election was necessary because of state pressure from health au thority to "get something done here." State Pressure He had stated previously that this was the sole purpose for the special referendum last week for a new sewage facility, "firm pre sure" from the stale lo get some thing done on the city's sewage problem. The bond issue was soundly de feated in lighter than expected voting in the 13 precincts here fol lowing a somewhat hectic and heated display of opposition shown by property owners of the Island City area who objected to "lagoon type oxidation ponds" outside the city limits. It is anticipated that the city's sewage problem still unsobed will be discused at tonight's commission meeting set for 7.:tn o'clock. Oregon Cranberry Crop 'Poisoned' By Weed Killer WASHINGTON ITD -Arthur S. Flemming. Secretary of Health. Education and Welfare, warned the public today that the 1958 and 1(159 cranberry crop in Washing ton and Oregon contains a cancer producing residue from a chenii cal weed killer. Flemming told a news confer ence that the Food and Drug Ad ministration i FDA i turned up ev idence last week that a weed kill er called Aminotrinwle which causes cancer in the thyroid of rats, had been used on the cran berry crops in those two states "'V' Jv-H. - .-. . ,...' V.,'" i ii ii lii il '1 ' ii' T'i'r -'- ' 1, , ,, The model, portrayed ly Jo Anne Ueeder (center) of Pendleton, gets the board of dir ector's approval in the Kastern Oregon College production of "The Solid Gold Cadil lac." which begins a three-night run Thursday. Board members are portrayed by (Irom left), Robert Scott, Richard Domey, Milton Krceater; and Larry Wilder, Pen dleton. (EOC Photo) 8 Page Houston Tanker aims EIGHT DIE IN NEAR DISASTER AVERTED . llo'i'STON, Texas dTh A towering gasoline fire aboard tin1 'JO.Ooo-tnii tanker Amoco Virginia appeared today to be iindiT control alter claiming the lives of at least seven, crewmen and a fireman. The fire had threatened to be another Texas City disaster, in the area lor 18 limits Sunday. We have managed to keep it contained through the. niulit. r ire ( h H C M ItiilliM-k s.iul ' Hut still have an im-H-n-liig dania-r " Ai least 44 persons were injured III I lie M-rie.s ol eight t'l.l-l.s. Ill (hiding ii ot il:,. (;i man clew and -1 liieincn and rescue workers A sikt'smaii tor Annuo saiil lln ce other crew men still were nil acrouiiliil for They had t becked i ll I he ship Saturday for shore leave anil hadn't been heard from since. New Flareup There Has another brief flare up about midnight Sunday night, but liicmen sprayed more loainite and ualer oier the area and the hillouing dun. Is of black smoke were snuffed out again. Iloweier. the lilaikriie-t ship continued to smoulder today in its slip. Firemen were able to get aboard late Sunday night and found the bodies of seien crew men. Hut while other firemen were spraying water over the deck to keep it cooled down early today, one of them. 11 D. ( handler slipped and fell into a hold par I Lilly filled with oil. He drowned in the black pool of oil before fellow liremen could fish bun oul. The IkkI.v of Capt. It It. Combs. the senior captain of the Amoco fleet, was found at the foot of catwalk alt ot the No. cargo hatch. The Amoco irginia was the fleet flagship. Bloodmobile Here Tuesday In Drive The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit La Grande Tuesday from 10 a ni to 3 p.m. at the armory with a quota of 150 pints set for the local drawing. Recruiting blood donors for the v isit are Robert Howard, John Sul livan. Dr. Leonard Good, Milo Itlm kland. Jack Beeh, Mrs. Lowell F'ihn, and Miss Lura Wells, all of La Granite Glenn Sands handled recruiting in the Cove area. The BloMlmobilc visited I'nion today. 23 Killed In Wreck GUADALAJARA. Mexico iL'PI' At least 23 persons were killed in a bus-truck collision on a high bridge about no miles from here The crowded bus and the pick up truck both tell into the water from the bridge. Thirty injured passengers were rescued. 'SOLID GOLD' Five Centi Port Blaze Lives INFERNO; The ordeal that brought death, to at least seven men. possibly1 mure, and endangered 50Un to bO.UUO who live along the water' front where the gaul,ne is stored iH'gan early Sunday morning At 12:30 a in a barge was feed ing gasoline to the Lli.noo ton tanker Amoco Virginia, out o( New York and ready lo leave for home port at 4 a in Eyewitnesses said a fire danced across the water from the barge to the shin. Explosion Rocks Hooses The first explosion on the Amo co Virginia shook houses five on six miles away. Jim Edmonds. 4ii. is a cargo in spector. Sometimes he is absent minded. Kdmonds started to go aboard the Amoco Virginia mint tiles before it happened. Then he remembered he had not brought bis inspection papers with him. He went back to his automobile to get the forms. The first blast sent him diving for cover. Then there were two more blasts. Then three more. I guess the good Lord was watching over me," Fdmonds aid. "If 1 hadn't forgotten the forms 1 would probably be dead now." The Amoco Virginia was be lieved to have had a crew of 43 aboard when it burst into flames. Her decks became so hot that one of the crewmen who hopped across them, Howard Searcy of Houston, said the soles of their shoes sizzled like steaks on a griddle. 'Cadillac' Play Opens Nov. 12; Tickets On Sale Tickets for the Eastern Oregon College production of Teichmann and Kaufman's "The Solid Gold Cadillac" go on sale today at the College Bookstore, according to Richard G. Hiatte. director. The two-act comedy is scheduled for Thursday, Friday, and Satur day Curtain time is 8 p m. Robert Oesterling, bookstore manager, indicated that tickets would lie on sale until noon begin ning Monday, and that orders could be placed by calling WO 3 2171, extension 1ft. Bookstore hours are from 9 a m. to!2 noon.