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GLEN D. JONES
La Grande
Man Wins
,High Honor
A La Grande man, Glen D.
Jones, has been named the must
outstanding inside electrical ap
prentice fur Oregon in this year's
contest.
This was made known yester
day by Fred V. Koeliler. Baker,
apprentice representative of East
ern Oregon. Jcnes was signally
honored hi ceremonies held Sat
urday night at Baker.
He received a gold engraved
watch from Stan Adams, state
committee chairman, with joint
participation of the Internation
al Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers.
Woman Recognized
Mrs. Glen Jones and the re
cipient's mother were also pres
ent for the banquet alfair during
which they were presented cor
sages. .
The La Grande taker electrical
trade committee had high praise
for Jones who is the first East
ern Oregonian to win this hon
or, according to N. E. Masterson
cf the local training school dis
trict. Social Security
Head, Here Pays
Lawman's Widow
A llermiston patrolman's wi
dow has been presented her first
social security checks by Vernon
A. Wclo, manager of the La
Grande Oregon Social Securitiy
district office.
Mrs. Lois I. Kilby became eli
gible for the checks following
the tragic shooting of her hus
band, Ronald G. Kilby, last Oc
tober. Patrolman Kilby had stopped
two robbery suspects at llermis
ton for questioning when one sud
denly pulled out a gun and fatal
ly wounded the officer.
The checks presented by Welo.from January 1349 until Oct
amounted to $509.30. the lump
sum death payment for $255 and
the first monthly check totaling
$254.30.
Welo said that most people
think of Social Security as be
ing only for the age 65 or over
group, but that these benefits
actually are paid to survivors of
younger insured workers.
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PLANS AND MORE PLANS
Mrs Veda Couzens and husband, William, look over the family album. They plan
to spend time visiting their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, now
that there is time Traveling and seeing new places wili also be included.
(Observer Photo)
Scores Of Westeifn
Washington Valleys
Inundated By Flood
SEATTLE HTIi llund.eds of
valleys in western Washington
were awash today, inundated by
the region's worst flood in 27
years.
Warm Chonook winds continued
to move inland over the Pacific
Ocean from the southwest prom
ising more rain throughout the
area and reducing hones that
freezing weather in the mountains
might stem melting snow.
Worst hit were the Snohomish
and Green River valleys and the
lowlands along their many tribu
taries. Water from the Green Riv
er swirled through one section of
Kent, a town of 8000. Nearby Au
burn also flooded in some sections.
Civil Defense authorities esti
mated that 1.100 persons left
their homes tliroughout the re
gion. Low Roads are Closed
Brig. Gen. William F. Cassidy
of the Army Engineers ordered
10.000 sandbags sent to Stanwuud
Vandals Loot
Relief Store
HAVANA UTli - Anti-American
vandals in suburban Jaruco
broke into a church Sunday night
and destroyed 20 sacks of flour
sent from the United States fur
the relief of Cuba's poor, it was
disclosed today.
At the same time, army head
quarters announced the arrest of
16 persons nine of them for
mer soldiers or policemen on
charges of "plotting against the
people." A communique said the
prisoners planned a campaign of
arson and anti-government agita
tion.
In recent weeks the government
has arrested several hundred per
sons for questioning in a wave of
anti-Castro plots reported in five
of Cuba's six provinces. Most of
them were said to have been re
leased.
The outbreak in Jaruco, a road
nub 23 miles east of Havana, in
volved about 100 youths whose at
tack on the church was punctua
ted by shouts of in tuua, no
ore needs to eat flour sent as
alms!"
Retired County 'School MarnV
Finds Traveling, Visiting Time
By MAXINE NURMI
Observer Staff Writer
"I will always be interested in
schools, their personnel, prob'ems
and hope for much educational
progress" was the comment of
Mis. Veda E. Couzens upon her
recent retirement here. Sh? was
the county school superintendent
1959, when her resignation became
effective.
At the present time Mrs. Couzens
and her husband. William, are
catching up on odd jobs at their
home. They also expect to spend
more time with their two children,
four grandchildren and three great
grandchildren. They also will visit
new places, and la;er she hopes
LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1959
where the Stillaguamish River
was threatening to flood the town
All lowland reals were flooded.
most of them impassible, but
travelers found enough high
routes to keep traffic moving.
Cross-stale travel was cut off
except for I mited one-way traffic
over Stephens Pass. The main
east-west route over Snoqualmie
Pass on U. S. 10 was expected
to remain blocked until thanks
giving. Transcontinental rail traffic was
being rerouted south, then swing
ing east along the Columbia Riv
er. Cascade Mountains pass routes
were blocked.
Hundreds of dairy cows and oth
er livestock were stranded and
many farmers were forced to milk
by hand.
Transmitter it Flooded
In Everett, north of here, the
Snohomish River flooded into the
low lying areas. Radio station
KQTY went off the air as its
transmitter site became flooded
and all hands from the station
manager tu disc jockeys turned
out to sandbag and operate pumps
in an effort to save the new in
stallation. Under ordinary condi
tions, the transmitter site is about
one mile from the river bank.
River crests appeared to have
moved into the tidal areas where
high tides were expected to com
plicate the situation.
Dow Chemical
To Build Plant
In 'Northwest'
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) The
Dow Chemical Company has an
nounced plans to build a chemi
cal plant with a capacity to an
nually produce some 36 million
pounds of phenol.
The plant will be built some
where in the Pacific Northwest,
according to R. L. Curtis, vice
president, and Leland A. Doan,
general manager of Dow-'i western
division. . .
The possible sites are near Pu
gel Sound, Wash., Longview.
Wash., or Portland, Ore. Several
million- dollars will be spent on
property development and plant
consti-uction before operations be
gin early in 1961.
to take some college classes for en
joyment and not because she has
to have certain required subjects,
or hours in a special field.
Many Schools
sirs, louzens was born in
McMinnville, and attended ele
mentary and secondary schools
there. She attended Linfield Col
lege, Monmouth Normal, Belling
ham Normal, Eastern Oregon
col'ege of Education and did
graduate work at University of
Oregon.
She taught seven years in the
Yamhill County system, and then
decided to try Eastern Oregon
for a change of climate, and ac
cepted a position at Baker, where
she taught the third and fourth,
ne
Chicago Dwellings
IS WILLING
BUT LAZY
LONDON (UPI The lot.
lowing advertisement appear
ad today in tha Times of Lon
don: Tired, bored laiy army of
ficer resigning from infan
try regiment. Incompatant,
drink taa much. Seeks
work, London araa. Ago 28,
looks 40."
France Raps
Opposition
To A-Tests
PARIS UPI i France made :it
clear today it not only has no
intention of canceling its spring
atomic tests but also bitterly re
sents United Nations attempts to
get them called off.
French officials were unwilling
to speak for the record but they
made no secret of their resent
ment of the majority vote in the
U.N. General Assembly last week
against France's atom bomb pro
gram. Much of the resentment
was focused on Canada and Ire
land.
There also was a widespread
feeling France was the object of
an "unfair" campaign launched
by the Afro-Asian group in the
United Nations. This group spon
sored the resolution that was
passed.
Some French officials expressed
indignation over the world body
condemnation of an atomic test
that hasn't even taken place
while It mid tiolMng against the
.pore than 200 test explosions al
ready set off by Russia, the Unit
i'd States, and Britain.
grades and math in the junior high
school.
Her last year in Baker she was
the principal and taught the third
grade at the J. A. Churchill
School. During the last of her six
years there she married and then
resigned during the summer. She
expected to stop teaching, but
moved to Pendleton for a year and
a half, then back to La Grande
for several years. They purchased
a 40 acre farm west of Summer
ville, where they lived more than
10 years.
Taacher Shortage
During the war and teacher
shortage, she was willing to
teach again for a year or two,
!nd began again at Imbler in 1W3.
She continued to teach there until
she was elected county school
superintendent in 1948 and took
over in that office Jan. 1, 1949,
and was reelcted twice since that
tlm?.
She expressed her true appre
ciation of the many kindnesses,
cooperation, and consideration
shown to her in her three terms
of o.fice. The last year and a
half have been especially demand
ing with so many late evening
meetings in addition to regular
office hours.
The Couzens recently just re
turned from a visit with reatives
in Seattle. One of the highlights
was b?ing with a new great grand
daughter, Lcri Jo. born to Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Marsh. This is the
beginning of several trips they
plan to make, now that "there is
time."
Layoffs Caused
By Steel Strike
Are Continuing
WASHINGTON UPI Sec
ondary layoffs caused by the steel
strike mounted to 557,600 before
the 116-day walkout was halted
by a Taft-Hartley injunction the
Labor Department said Monday.
The department said additional
layoffs were expected this month,
despite the resumption of produc
tion, because of the delay in get
ting steel deliveries.
Auto-producing centers were the
hardest hit during the last weeks
of the strike. Detroit reported 38.
000 layoffs and Flint. Mich.. 17,
000 Just before the injunction took
effect.
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Crashes On
AT LEAST NINE PERSONS
DEAD IN FLAMING RUINS
CHICAGO (UPI) A four-engine freight plane, apparent
ly on fire and trying to make an emergency landing at fog
bound Midway Airport, crashed and exploded amidst homes
and an anartment house before dawn todav.
The only positively identified victim six hours after the
3 40 a m. (p.s.t.) crash was the plane's pilot. Trans World
Airlines Capt. Claude W. Helwig, 40. Woodland Hills, Calif.,
ai least eigm persons were
known dead, and officials feared
the toll might go higher. Nine per
sons were listed as missing, but
identifications of the known dead
were made difficult by the con
ditions of the bodies and it was
believed that some of the dead al
ready at the county morgue
were persons now listnl as miss
ing. The eighth body recovered was
found, more than seven hours af
ter the crash. It was believed to
be that of a young man.
The only positively identified
victim six hours after the 3:40
a.m. ps t. crash was the planes
pilot, Trans World Airlines Capt.
Claude W. Helwig. 40, Woodland
Hills, Calif., a Los Angeles su
burb. A TWA .official said it was be
lieved that the two other crew
members of the $2,000,000 Super
H Constellation had also died.
They were co-pilot Delmas E.
Walters. 37, Los Angeles, and
flight engineer Aerion L. Auge Jr.,
35, Los Angeles.
Spring-Like
Temperatures
Warm Oregon
By United Press International
Balmy, soring-like temperatun
continued in much of Oregon to
dav with only light precipitation
It got up to 72 at Brookings on
the southwest coast Monday and
readings in the 60's were com
monplace. Only a few locations
had below-freezing readings this
morning, mostly in southeast Ore
gon.
Coldest official reading was 27
in Lakeview and Redmond.
The weather bureau said a front
has been hanging off the coast
for the past two days. This was
expected to move inland in a
weakened form over northwest
Oregon tonight, causing rain on
the north coast and a little rain
or drizzle over the rest of north
west Oregon late tonight and
early Wednesday.
Newport s .15 of an inch was
the most precipitation to fall in
one, place during the 24 hours
ending at 4 a m. today.
The State Highway Department
reported icy spots at Green
Springs. Bend, Ochoco Summit
and Willamette pass.
Otherwise most mules were
clear.
The Mt. Hood Loop highway
was closed at the White River
bridge due to a washout.
Fear New
Blood Bath
UNITED NATIONS. N Y. UPI
The nations of the free world
rallied today for a major diplo
matic assault on Russia's Hungar
ian policies in hopes of prevent
ing a new bloodbath of Hungar
ian patriots who rose against
their Red masters in 1956.
The General Assembly meets
Wednesday to approve the recom
mendation of its steering commit
tee that the 1956 Hungarian free
dom revolt and its brutal suppres
sion by Russia be put on the
agenda of the 82-member world
organization.
In previous sessions, the assem
bly had called upon Hungary and
Russia to get Soviet troops out of
the country and permit free elec
tions for a new government. The
resolutions' have been ignored by
both Moscow and Budapest.
Sir Leslie Munro of New Zea
land, special U. N. representa
tive on the Hungarian question,
reported briefly last week that
Kuss:an troops are still in Hun
gary, and "the framework of re
pression remains unchanged."
Munro said there are reports
WEATHER
Night and morning fog and
low clouds, partial clearing
during afternoons today and
Wednesday; highs 3 45; lows
27 34.
Fiva Canta
Two other victims were tenta
tively identified as Delean Nich
al. 28. and his wife. Jo Ann. 21
Their charred bodies were brought
to the county morgue clad in pa
jamas.
One Engine on Fire
A witness said one engine of
the plane was on fire when it
took off at 5:30 bound for Los
Angeles. A TWA siMikesmnn said
there was an unconfirmed report
that there was a fire warning 111
the plane's cockpit at that mo
ment.
Helwig radioed almost imme
diately after takeoff that he was
swinging back for an emergency
landing through the rain and
fog. About 10 minutes after the
Constellation had left ground, it
smashed down three blocks from
the airport on the way back. A
cluster of flaming homes and a
small apartment building were
turned into a flaming junkyard.
Five hours later, firemen still
poured water over the blazing
ruins.
The Federal Aeronautics Admin
istration moved in to investigate
the cause of the crash. They
hoped to be able to reassemble
the twisted, blackened wreckage.
The Constellation smashed
through the roof of one home,
bowled over a lamp post, and then
roared into two bungalow-type
homes. Its tail slashed into the
corner of a two-story, eight-apart
ment house building.
Homes Are Destroyed
Explosions roared from t b e
downed plane and a sheet of bit
lowing flame sprang up.
Three homes were all but de
stroyed by the fire, which also
consumed about half the apart
ment house.
In the crash area, hundreds of
policemen and firemen worked in
the orange light of the flames to
control the fires and search for
the dead. Frightened relatives and
neighbors moved about, begging
for information about the casual
ties.
The last major crash at Midway
was in 1U55. when a Bramff Con
vair plunged into the corner of
the airport while attempting to
land. Twenty two persons died.
EXTEND AIR FARE
WASHINGTON (UPH - The
Civil Aeronautics Board 1CAB1
has extended current airline pas
senger fares until next March 31
pending a final decision in its
general passenger fare investiga
tion. The CAB has granted two inter
im fare increases while consider
ing the need for revision of fares.
Hungarian
By Reds
ihni iri.nl. nd p.ncniions of Hun-
garian freedom-fighters continued
in suite Of Communist assurances
that they had ben stopped
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TURKEY WITHOUT TRIMMINGS? Despite pickup of cranberry sales in U
Grande food markets of late, from an almost standstill of about two weeks ago, many
homes here and throughout U.S. will eat traditional Thanksgiving meals without
berry delicacy Grocery store operators blame lagging cranberry sales to govern
ment announcement that Northwest berries are contaminated with possible cancer-
producing agent.
By GRADY PANNELL
Obstrver Staff Writer
Old Tom Turkey will be the
main Thanksgiving fare by La
drande residents Thursday, and
cranberries loom as a favorite
di&h to grace the groaning din
ner tables.
With strong talk by Frank Mc-
Kennon. director of Oregon agri-
eulture. ringing in their ears, the
sales of cranberries has picked
up some in local food markets,
a survey reveals.
MrKennon branded as "utter
nonsense" last weekend the ex
tremes to which the cranberry
ituation has gone.
He said the situation was com
ic opera, snd:
1. Rapptd tha Food and
Drug tor calling on "assur
ance labtli" on all cranber
rit offtrtd for sale.
2. Scored tha "impounding
edict" erdarad on Oregon
cranberritt.
He said his department would
not require labels on the ber
ries sold on the Oregon mark
. . . "Kresh berries on the Ore
gon market ire safe for human
consumption; the fact that we
permit them to be there is our
guarantee t0 the people of Ore
gon." he declared.
Don lliikerson. salesman for
Pacific Fruit and Produce in this
area, said state tests made on
the cranberries proved negative,
as he deplored the controversy
over the berry industry in Ore
gon. One of the largest chain of
food markets in this area. Safe
way, told in Observer newsman
Sunday that cranberries are mov
ing well, and have been for sev
eral days.
Albertson's market said yester
day that the sale of fresh cran
berries has been very slow, but
that the canned types of cran
selling good.
Salts Slower
Hyde's Super Market at Island
City said sales had slowed some
what over the past week. "We
are hopeful that the cranberry
sales will pick up between now
and Thanksgiving," a market
spokesman said.
Chris' Foods said fresh ber
ries were not selling well but
hat the canned types of cran
berries were going pretty good.
A spokesman was. somewhat crit
ical over the controversy "that
arose just before Thanksgiving."
The same was true at the Sup
ei Mart where an employe told
The Observer that business was
t,ood on the canned berries but
slower on the fresh ones.
Joel's market said the same
was generally true of the can
ned cranberries at their establish
ment.
School Food Drive
La Grande Junior High
School students again will
give to the Salvation Army
holiday food drive by donat
ing canned foods and other
items at an assembly tomor
row. The assembly is scheduled at
1 30 p.m. in the school gymnas
ium and is being sponsored by
the assembly committee, Doug
Hiatt, chairman, and Mrs. Betty
Faulkner, advisor.
On hand will be the Rev. W
Hastings of the Christian church
as guest speaker, and Lt. Oakley
Sommcrs of the Salvation Army
who will tell the students about
food distribution here.
The ninth grade Girls' Chorus
will also present a musical num
ber, "The Thanksgiving Jingle
This will mark the fourth year
of food giving by the young stud-
ents. Representatives from eacn
seventh, eight and ninth grade
iiuiuciyunu iurm mc uraum;
committee.
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TALE OF TURKEY
Wonder what's going on
here? Food's been too
good lately.
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Thanksgiving what's,!
that? Never heard of it..'.
What . . . they want me! ; Z
Sounds like my goose is
cooked.
Glub. Oh well, I hope I
you folks enjoy me. s
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