OBSERVER WEATHER ; Fair through Friday; U tonight 11-25; high Friday-. M. 73rd issue 64th Year LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1959 20 Pages Five Canti IP!fPSi!Thani(S9ivin9 DaV Gizzard Out Of The weeps LA GRAND E Ik ami m m Big Area ii a v w a v i - -. " ... a DOUG HI ATT, La Grande Junior High School ninth grader, pre sents gift of food, to Lt. Oakley Sommers, Salva tion Army officer here, in behalf of the student body. The food was gath ered at an assembly yes terday. (Observer) Junior High Donates Food Junior high students had the feel of giving yesterday a! their ainual Thanksgiving assembly. Kach room when called passed in a line adding their contribu tion, to the growing pile of food This food, winch was presented to Lt. Oakley Sommers, is used to make baskets for needy fam ilies on Thanksgiving and Christ mas. The Rev. Wallace Hastings spoke on the First Thanksgiving and the true meaning behii.d it. Lt. Somme:s spoke briefly on the pleasure derived from giv ing. Doug Hia't, chairman of the assembly and a member' of the student council, presented the food gi't. He in turn thanked the student body for the abun dant gift. Ninth grade boys re mained to help load the food. 'EXPLODING POPULATION' Church Leaders Take Opposite Positions Over Birth Control WASHINGTON H'PI Two fore:gi aid funds to promote "ar noted Protestant leaders today de- tific al birth prevention" in coun plored a' statement by L'.S. Cath- tries suffering from population olic bishops opposing a w use of pressures. SEE THE BIG 'FAYLESS GREEN' SECTION IN THIS PAPER. ffl?EfS PLANTERS rf?fiffl Penut Buttr BIG ia oz. Christmas ii? mmi ua im xwmc'ms r THE 'GIFT Americans Everywhere Today Are Observing Thanksgiving United Press International In city slums, in stately mansions, in isolated farm houses, Americans today paused for Thanksgiving. The traditional Thanksgiving Day feast crowded tables from coast to coast and for many it was turkey with all the trimmings, including cranben ies. For some, however, there was death, United Pti' International counted 34 traffic fatalities since the holiday began at 6 p.m Wednesday. In the 16-hour period there were two fire deaths and one miscellaneous fatality for a total of 37. Ohio led the early parade of iath with two highway fatalities. Florida. Michigan, New York, Virginia and Oklahoma rciwrted one death each. The National Safety Council did not estimate a national traffic death toll for the 30-hour holiday, trom 6 p.m., local time, Wedes day night to midnight tonight. But the council said the average traf FAYLESS Will Be Open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mon. thru Sat. During December Open Sundays 12 Noon to 5 p.m. Season OF GIVING' fic toll for a 30-hour period at this time of year is 90 and predicted the Thanksgiving casualty count would go little higher than that, since the turkey day holiday is not a time for drinking parties and "one for the road' drivers. The weather put a crimp in many holiday plans by sending a blizzard howling out of Montana through Iowa and laying a snow- 26-Member : Ciiizens Group Studies Sewage A 26-member citizens committee was appointed by the city com mission last night to study the sew age disposal system problem and come up with a specific proposal by Feb. 3. Commission President Gorden Clark anounced that committee members were free to study the problem in any manner they wished. He offered the facilities Fpiscopal Bishop James A. Pike of San Francisco said the stand taken by the Catholic hier archy would "condemn rapidly increasing millions of people in less fortunate parts of the world to starvation, bondage, missery and despair." He demanded to know whether the policy enunciated by the bish ops is "binding on Roman Cath olic candidates for public office." Dr. John C. Bennett, dean of Unon Theological Seminary in New York, said it was tragic to see Catholic leaders pressing "a point of view on birth control which has no sound moral or re ligious basis, and which has been rejected by most other Christian groups." Charge "Immoral Policy" The Catholic statement, issued hc:e Wednesday night on behalf of more than 200 U.S. cardinals, archbishops and bishops, charged that "pessimistic population pre dictors" are trying to stampede the United States into an "immor al policy' of promoting birth con trol measures in under-developed countries. The prelates served notice that American Catholics would not suppott any use of pnblic funds to help establish programs of "ar tif.cial birth prevention" at home or abroad. They reiterated the long-standing Catholic position that the only "natural" and therefore "morally permissible" means of limiting births was through periodic ab stinence from sexual relations. Officially ice mixture on Tennessee highways. The storm brought eight inches of snow to Montana, four inches to parts of Iowa a id Tennessee and three inches to Colorado. The snow, accompanied by freezing temperatures and driving winds, turned highways to ice and raised official fears of a traffic slaughter. of the city and whatever mutorial was available to the city for the commission to study. Dave Slaght, city manager, was appointed temporary chairman of the group until they have time to meet and elect a permanent head. The first meeting will be held in the commission room on Dec. 8. Large Committee Citizens appointed to the commit tee are: Louis R. Blikuey. 1221 X Ave.; Horace J. Nelson. 703 k Ave.; M. L. Dodge, 1608 K Ave : Dr. Douglas Eustace. 2004 I Ave.; Dr. J. L. Engle. 1507 Second St.; Eugene Millering. 1904 Adams Ave.: Mike Lynch. Alder Street; Robert E. Williamson, 1606 Wal nut St.; Robert M. Smith. Alder Street; F. E. Emery. 1304 Alder St.; Coy C. Hamilton. 1413 Adams Ave., and John J. Gregory, 205 Main St. Other members o' th" study group include: Dr. J. Deatherage, 1302 West St.; Al Long, 2001 Sec ond St.; Lee Stoner. 1501 Oak St.; Orville Lee. 1414 Walnut St.; Robert C. McFarland, 1705 Alder St.; Gerald Twidwell. 1511 W Ave.; Herman Skala, 1407 Sixth St.; Alfcrd H alt. 1807 V Ave.: Harvey West. 1806 V Ave.; Virgil llolin. 2804 Birch St.; Em-rson Smock, 202 Wa'nut St.; Carlos Easley. 503 Fourth St.; Ken Li'lard. 1(116 Foley St.; and Roy Bechtel. 1110 Aldef St. Santa Claus Makes Official Visit To La Grande Friday Santa Claus makes hit first ipearance in La Grands tomorrow for official opening of the Christ mas season. Santa, in a special message to the Observer today, said that he will arrive at 7:30 p.m. with a sleigh full of candy canes to carry out this year's theme of "Candy Cane Lane." Fresh from a toy factory at the North Pole, Santa will greet local youngsters and spend the night here for another appearance Sat urday at 2 p.m. Band Assists The La Grande High School band will be on hand to assist Santa with the chore of entertain ing children. Opens Along Candy Cane Hard-Hit By Snow United Pres International A Thanksgiving Day storm swept ou of the Rockies in to the Midwest today, bury ing states from Montana to Indiana under two to eight inches of snow. The snow spread f.'om the Da kolas, Southern Minnesota and Iowa through the southern Great Lakes and into Central Illinois and liulia-a dur ng the night and was expected to move into Northern Missouri and Northern Ohio today. Meanwhile, Florida recove-ed from a series of violent thunder squalls that caused thousands of dollars damage and Western I Washington officials watched their rivers recede toward their banks and predicted the slate's worst flood in 2" years "might be over.' Ihe snows, pushed by strong winds. duniied eight inches on Montana, three to five inches on North Dakota, and two to three inches in Colorado through Cen tral Illinois. Lander, Wyo., re ported an isolated two-inch fall South of the snow area sleet put a hard glare on highways from Arkansas into Kentucky and Tennessee. Four inches of snow fell on the Great Smoky Moun tains National Park, causing driv ing hazards. Flood Receding In Washington SEATTLE lUPIi Western Washington rivers continued their slow drop today, leading civil de fense officiuls in all flood-stricken areas to believe "it might be over.". There was one flash of trouble late Wednesday when a 200-foot break appeared in a dike along the Green Uiver but Army Engi neers moved in with big equip ment and stopped the gap before any great damage could be done 'Disputed' Paintings To Be Shown HOLLYWOOD UP! The owners of 10 disputed paintings said Tuesday the reputed master pieces shortly would be offered for public viewing and examina tion by experts. The announcement was made af ter owners of the paintings and their agent said they had resolved their "internal differences" stem ming from last Thursday's press conference in which finding of the paintings was made public. The owners claimed they weren't told about the press conference until it was over. Disputes about the authenticy and worth of Ihe paintings raged in both Europe and the United States, but attorneys for the own ers Tony and Alfonso Folio and Maria Hataburda and their agent Charles Di Renzo said they "firmly announce their belief as to the authenticity of the collec tion." The announcement also said that prcparat ons for a public showing would lake "several days" but that then they will be available for export scrutiny. Stores will remain open until f p.m. to enable shoppers to s-lect Christmas gifts early. Full se lections are available. Santa returns on Dec. S. 12, 19 and 22, to be sure that he getf a chance to talk with all of the children who have special requests to make. Stores remain open until 9 p.m on Dec. 4, 11, 18 and 22. Workmen completed in.'talla tion of Christmas decorations on La Grande streets Wednesday Merchants decorated store win dnws with colored lights to cany out the theme. Roving choral and instruments g:oups from the high school will be featured Friday night. : Si rv MECURY CLIMBS ON UF THERMOMETER Dave Baum. La Grande United Fund drive chairman, paints UF thermometer at the Sacajawea Hotel as contributions to the fund reach 50 per cent of the total goal off? $39,500. More than 100 businesses are yet to be contacted in the current drive, ?! Baum said. Holding the paint for the chairman is Florence Hardy, drive secretary.:. (Observer Photo)'; Super U.S. With 4 -Stage Rocket Is Flop; CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla lUl'D An Atlus-Able moon rocket, America's largest space vehicle, failed today to put a 372 pou id satellite in orbit around the moon. lt was the United States' sixth straight failure to launch a moon rocket. Dr. A. K. Th!el of Space Tech nology Laboratories said "some thing went wrong in the upper stage, and the satellite, including that beautiful payload, fell into the ocean." What at first appeared to sci entists as an apparent successful launching to match Russia's space probes ended in dismal fail ure when a piece of the rocket fell flaming minutes after launch ing. The failure apparently occurred above the giant Atlas booster, first of Uie four stages of the iW foot rocket, which drove the ve hicle with 3A0.0O0 pounds of thrust 4-H CLUB - ... I . p. q . II IIMHIM .1.1 I ! .Hill I lipiUP. IM I Union County's final 4-H achievement program for 1959 was held at the Central School recently. More than 800 county 4-H Club members have received recognition v during the past month. Elmer Bierly is shown presenting cards to two 4-H girl. J? Bicrly represented the First National Bank at the special awards program. Naomi t? Harsin smiles as Bierly hands Peggy Flanery her 4-H card. Programs were held ; throughout the county to honor youngsters who have completed projects during the ! vear in 4-H (Observer Photo) V Try To Reach Mooni before separating. The second stage apparently did not fire. Thiel said "something apparent ly happened in the upper stages," but added that the Atlas first stage "functioned perfectly." Dr John Lindsay of the National Aer onautics and -Space Administra lion solar physics program said the booster "impacted south of the Africa bulge tin the Gulf of Guinea) as programmed." The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Washington announced at 3:30 a.m. e s t. "There is no record of the second stage having fired, and we must presume that it did not fire." NASA also said the flaming piece from the rocket "apparent ly came from above the liquid oxygen tank of the Iirsl stage, and the motion pictures must be studied to determine what hap pened." Thiel said a search would be MEMBERS RECEIVE CARDS Lane' Tomorrow made by boat probably today ,to recover the part of the missive that fell into the Atlantic. Scientists Confident . ..f A new guidance system and la facsimile device to get the free world's first pictures of the lunar "farside" surface .were feature of the new Atlas-Able. ' This boosted scientists' confi dence in either hitting the moon or orbiting it. Scientists at Britain's Jodrell Bank radio-telescope said the rocket never rose above the BriU ish horizon. w Authorities said it was . not Authorities said it was not known immediately how toon America could prepare another Atlas-Able rocket for a shot at the moon. y In the meantime, a Thor-Able is expected to make a probe tote deep space toward the orbit . of the planet Venus about the sec ond week in December. r 9 I .v .-. .. AC