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About La Grande observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1959-1968 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1959)
STRAY COLT M?- ! .rWg j Vj, S,'ii ctWlOirs "',r. POINT HAPPY. Expert Rates Stars To Give True Worth Set Probe Of Loan Combines new vortK mm An in- estifiatioi was underway today H ht Livings aid loan associa lions charged with Insuring 100 oillion ttollurs of (heir investors funds with a one-room Tangier firm that had only 1150,000 in a sets. The invest cation, touched off y a court notion by Atty. Gen. Louis Lefkowitz of the state of New York, involves wealthy fin ancier Stewart B. Hoops. Belve dere, Calif., who formerly was connected with Lowell M. Birrell. accused international swindler. Birrell is the Insurance promo ter who now Is a fugitive in Rio De Janeiro from charges of hav ing been involved in stock Iraud charges.- - To Protect Investors Hopps was named Tuesday in petition by Lefkowitz asking the right to examine the savings and loan' associations, the insurance company and 46 Individuals. Su preme Court Justice Jacob Mark owitz in-anted the petition nd the examination is to start Jan. 13. Lefkowitz said he was acting to protect investors and had no proof that any loss had occurred. Obte rvr. La Grande, Pro, Wtd., Nov 2J m9 pa9 3 Market Quotations United Press Intern, PORTLAND DAIRY, PORTLAND iL'Pl' Duiry mar ket: Eoes To retailers: Grade AA extra large. 48-aic; AA Urge. "'h ",ra'tu f,se i" the ,pen' . . J . , ., !"Hhich showed prices up frac- 'W4 to a point over the previous clo Railroad issues were lag- ' EW YORK TOCK - YORK UPl Stocks tmdl Tuesdays advance in L wate tradine today. Industrials chalked up their 47c: A large. 43-44c; AA med urn 35-88c; A large 32-35c; A A me dium 26 31c: AA small 19-22'jC Butter To retailers: AA and grade A prints. 70c lb.; cartav lc higher; B prints. 8c. Cheese (medium curedi To retailers: A grade Cheddar singb daisies, 41-61c: processed Amer ican cheese. 5-lb. loaf. 41-43c. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK ' PORTLAND UPI Uvesfcck: Cattle 100; supply mostly cows: canner-cutter cows mostly 10-11 including load beef type cutters at 11: load cutter-utility 1030 lb cows 13: one 1635 lb. utility bull 20 50. Calves 10; good-choice vealcrs 28-32. Hogs 200; active, steady: few 1 and 2 butchers 190-225 lb. includ ing one carload 198 lb. at 15: sows scarce. Sheep none; market steady; good-choice wooled lambs this week 16.50-17.50; snom lambs is. 50-16.75; good-choice feeders -14-15.25; cull-good ewes 3-5.50. BtfQ as m rurant sessions tocrafts were strong asain-with 'jJflf- , Sams running to more than 3 t.-.. points In Curtiss-Wright and a ha" more in Douglas and Lock h4 - i Steels were firm. Bethlehem I'S Steel gained fractions. ouigston was unchanged. . Motors found support. Ford and American Kained more than a P0"" Mch. General Motors, Chrys w "id Studebekor firmed. Electronics showed further "eikness with losses of 2 or more m Uton and Texas Instruments and more than a point ln Ampea. yttieon and Zenith rose a point more each. v;..; . .. , TrfiA ' ,. Wolf Creek Grange Women Refurbish N. Powder Hall CHICAGO 'UPIi An efficien cy expert said today he has de veloped a method of rating base ball players to give a truer pic ture of their worth than the time honored system of batting 'and fielding averages. "What good is a base hit with no men on if a hitter -tries to stretch a single into a double aid gets caught, or if he gets a dou ble a-d is picked off by poor ))ase running." he asks. ' Alfred J. Boh!, a one-time mi nor league first baseman and now chief engineer for a Chicago man agement firm, said Uiere is "'plenty of other things wrong" with the current methods particu larly its failure to discredit a player for "bonehcad" plays. , Would Measure Misplays "The present system has no way of measuring boners, mis plays and hitting or bunting into double plays., The players, of course, get credit. for base hits, singles, doubles, triples or home runs, and for runs batted in, runs scored and stolen bases, but to what extent has this offensive play contributed to the scoring of runs, the basis of which games are won?" Bohl said. The efficiency expert said his "point rating system'' will reme dy these faults, making it easier for the fans to learn a player's value," and especially for the club owners who need a better guide " for salary payment," he said. Bohl's bnc principle is to crcd-n it the player in points for his con tribution to the scoring of runs. and, conversely, to charge the player when his play results in a loss of potential runs. "The basic unit of measure is a run, which is equal to 100 points," Bohl explained. "A home run with no one on base is 100 points, and bases-empty singles, doubles or triples are worth 25, 50 and 75 points respectively. ; The player also gets 25 points credit for each base he advances a runner or runners. Oregon Stars On West Team For Shrine Contest EUGENE (UPI Tackle John A'ilcox and center Bob Peterson have been picked to play in the annual East-West Shrine football game in San Francisco next Jan. 2, Oregon Coach Len Casanova said today. Blue Mt. Ski Club Sets First Meeting The Blue Mountain Ski Club will hold its kick-off dinner for the ski season Dec. 2 at the Elks Club in Walla Walla. The dinner is for adult members. Members may bring guests if all reservations are made by noon Nov. 30. Rsevcrvations'fliay be made by calling or writing Pete's Sport Shop,. Wall Walla.. Wash.. NORTH POWDER (Special) The Wolf Creek Grange women have been painting and varnish ing the tables and desks in the grange hall. Ivalee Bhoda has received word from her husband. Bill, that he moved to Georgia, Nov. 13. where he will finish his Army training The Wolf , Creek Grange offic ers attended the installation of the Union County Subordinate Grange officers recently at the Blue Mountain Grange hall in La Grande. Installing officers were: Doro thy Kippling, Nina Powell, install ing marshal; Anna Rohner, assist ant marshal; Kathleen Payton regalia bearer; Lorena Kippling. emblem bearer; Sandra Givings, musician. Kathleen Payton and Lorna Kippling sang several songs for the program. Mrs. Rose Moere, Pendleton. and Mrs. J. A. Shaw, La Grande, visited recently with the Harry Xices. Bill Trindle cracked his collar bone last week while at football scrimmage. Enters Contest Kathy Nave has recorded her Democracy speech which is to be entered in the regional Voice of Democracy contest. Kathy is a senior at Powder. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Nice, La Grande, visited Mr. and Mrs. Mal colm Nice and family, last week. James Wicks, Wolf Creek, eel ebrated his 92nd birthday last Monday afternoon. Mrs. Bob Johanson, Hcrmiston visited at the Jay Gorham home last week. Mrs. Anna Taylor is suffering from a very bad cold at the Matts Nice home. Mr. and Mrs. Al bcrt Morin, Sumpter, are helping to take care of nor. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Miller vis ited the Ted Arnoldus family last week. :- ... Pipes Froien A few people around town have been unfortunate in having their water pipes freeze during the first cold weather in Powder. -' Mrs. Keith Simonis has been quite ill at her home. ?" Mrs. Glen Smith. Baker, call- ad on her father,' Jameg Wicks. at the Harry Nice home last week. Mr. and Mr. Riley Lewis and Mrs. Arthur Smith, Union, vlsit- 3d at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Erwin recently. Mrs. Smith; ia the former Twyla Betts.-daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Betta, Union. - She is front Michigan and is visiting with her parents in Union. . -i . . . .. Mrs. Bcrnicc McCanse and Mrs. Rose West were La Grande visi tors last week. Mrs. West receiv ed medical treatment. Bill Taylor and Dave Cropp were lucky hunters last weekend. They each, got an elk. .! Morsaback Iniury Linda Carr has returned to her home after being taken to the hospital last week. Linda was riding horseback on a Sunday when her horse ran under a clothesline, knocking her off. She is reported to have suffered a broken nose, and slight concus sion. She was also badly bruised Holman of the Holman Studios, Baker, took pictures at school recently for the school annual. The Badger. Victor Gibons, Mcdford. hunt ed elk in the Powder vicinity over the weekend. While here, he also visited friends. Gibons was born in Powder, in the Alma Lund house, and hadn't been here since he moved away in 1926. Mr. and Mrs. Isham Taylor trav eled to Enterprise over the week end - where - they visited their daughter. ' Mrs. Bernice McCanse hat been quite ill at her home with the flu and a bad cold. PORTLAND 6RAIN Coast Delivery Basis White wheat 2.00. Son white hard applicable no W. - . Vte club no bid. Hard red -winter, ordinary. 2 06. Hard white baart, ordinary 2.05. li no bid. Barley no bid. Coach Quits After His Worst Year' WASHINGTON UPI) - Eu gene (Bo) Sherman resigned as George Washington University football coach Tuesday for "per sonal reasons" after the Colo nials' worst season m 30 years. Sherman, who leaves GW with a 31-38-3 overall record, said "I really don't know what I will do." He said he would "'have to think about it a while." The wily Bo was voted South ern Conference Coach of the Year in 1956, and he coached the Colo nials to his best record in 1957 with an 8-1-1 season mark, in cluding an 13-0 uoset win over highly-favored Texas Western in the Sun Bowl. The Colonials tumbled from third place In the Southern Con- feernce in 1958 to last place this year with an 0-5 conference rec ord. The Colonials scored a lom upset victory over Boston Univer sity and lost eight games. i FIGHT RESULTS United Press International EL PASO. Tex. lUPD Lauro Satos. 127, ' Monterrey. Mexico, drew with Claudio Adame. 130. Juarez, Mex.. (10). SAN ANTONIO. Tex (IIP!) 'a Roy Harris. 199. Cut 'N Shoot Tex-, outpointed Alejandro La vorante, 204, Argentina, (10). OAKLAND. Calif. (L'PIl Art Ramponi, 1354. Richmond. Calif- outpointed Jimmy Carter, 138. New York. (10). BUILDERS HARDWARE Modern and Traditional Designs .tav. DANGEROUS OCCUPATION Johnny Kay. 27, of New Britain. Conn., hunches for ward in pain as he staggers from his wrecked midget racrr during a race in San An tonio, Tex. The right front wheel of Kavs car broke loose causing him to crash into the wall and flip over. He is in satisfactory condition after receiving a blood trans fusion in a San Antonio hospital. - - ' 1 IJUfcl ' ... "I ' 1 LA GRANDE. Continued From P 1 it Island City was alo cited by those present .as being a logical area ' for annexation, eiUior .to La Grande or by adjacent rural districts. t La Grande School Superintend ent Lyle Kiggs and I'nion County Superintendent Wi'bur Oste.loh, also a member of the County Re organization committoerfmswered, Miller's Catol.iat Shop Greenwood and Jefferson GE Motors FOR ALL PURPOSES 1 f s r A." ENJOY A COMPLETE nniio Turkey Ham Roast Beei all the irinumn's $1.50 - RTh Seafood or Juice Cocktail , Special Turkey Plate $1 3S. Child's Plata 5e THE FOLEY GRILL 3y Miles East Of. . 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