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LA GRANDE OBSERVER WEATHER Fair through Sunday ex opt morning fog in valleyi; high Sunday 34-48; low to night 15 25. 1 r:... " 4 8Ut Itst A4th Year ED WATTS Union County Receiving Area' For Evacuees In Civil Defense (Editor's not Tht Observer newspaper hat been present ing a series of articles on U.S. Civil Defense national, state and local level in the interest of the public. Today's final ar ticle deals on the county plan ning and operation. ) By GRADY PANNELL Observer Staff Writer "Old heads" are often the coolest and wisest. Such is the case of Union Coun ty's director of Civil Defense, Wal ter Bean, a retired Army colonel, and his hand-picked assistants. Should a disaster such as nuclear warfare strike this country it will take plenty of "old heads' 'to han dle the ensuing situation. Northeastern Oregon is not clas sified as a "primary" target area in U.S. Civil Defense planning. However, its role is extremely im portant. Receiving Area Union County has been designat ed by state CD as a "receiving area" for refuges, notably from the Portland area which is on the "primary target" classification. "We are expected to handle an influx of 10.000 persons should Portland be hit in nuclear . war fare," Col. Bean says. He explained that local Civil De fense would serve to provide ini tial care for fleeing refugees, first receiving and classifying people at Legion Kicks Out Fun Order 40 And 8 Group INDIANAPOLIS. Ind UPH The American Legion expelled its fun-loving affiliate, the 40 and 8. Friday because it barred non white veterans from membership. National Legion- Commander Martin B. McKneally kicked out the organization after several weeks of conference with the af filiate's officers over the "whites only" clause in the 40 and 8 con stitution. In a letter to John Hobble, of Liberal, Kan., 40 and 8 presi dent, McKneally said he took the action because of "the illegality which exists in the 40 and 8 mem bership requirements." Hobble reached by United International in Topeka. Kan., re fused to comment on the ouster until he receives McKneally's let ter. McKneally's action was a fol FIDEL'S BROTHER Cubans Accused By Guatemala Of Red Plot Against Country WASHINGTON il'PI' Guate mala charged today that the brother of Premier Fidel Castro a'ld another high Cuban official are aiding groups of Communists and pro-Communists in efforts to overthrow the Guatemala govern ment. The charge was made in a note by Dr. Guillermo Saenz de Tejada H., Guatemalan representative to the Council of Organization of American States. The OAS council called an unu sual session this morpiag to hear the note read. The Guatemalan representative said his government is fully pre pared to repulse any invasion at tempt and asked the OAS not to take any action. He said Guatemala s aim was to officially inform the OAS "of the acts which are being carried out in the Republic of Cuba" in order to see If the Cuban gov ernment will take measures to prevent the plans from being car ried out. Saenx said that since May a group of persons has been holding meetings in Havana and has been V ' V ' V MABEL DALO the County Fair Grounds north of La Grande. "Tips reception center would be expected to feed and further dis tribute the people throughout the county in available billets,' he pointed out. County Welfare Mrs. Mabel Dalo. Union County welfare directoe. would operate the reception center for evacuees. Others assisting Col. Bean in clude Ed Watts, in charge of line COL. WALTER BEAN low-up of a resolution passed at the Legion convention in Minnea polis last August, urging the 40 and 8 to review its discrimina tion clause. Opponents of the clause com plained it was unAinerican to block Negro, Nisei and other non while veterans from membership in the 100,000-member society. "We recognized and accepted this action," Hobble said. "We said we'd bring it up at the next national convention scheduled in October. 1960. at Miami.'' But McKneally ended the Le gion's 39-year association with the 40 and 8 with his notice that the organization's revocable license, issued in 1952, "is noV revoked." McKneally also ordered the 40 and 8 "to discontinue immediately the use of the American Legion em blem and the name. '-: " ' J CHARGED trying to obtain help from various Cuban government officials. He said the government leaders, Raul Castro, Fidel's brother and armed forces chief, and Ernesto Chc Guevara, Argentine-bom revolu tionist who is now president of the Bank of Cuba. Saenz said the would-be revo lutionists sought to obtain neces sary means from Raul and Gue vara to overthrow the government of Guatemalan President Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes. He said the "frankly Communist ideology" of the group led Guate malan officials to suppose they would not be helped by the Cuban government officials but added: ". . .It has been proved, through the means of intelligence services, that the above named Cuban statesmen have been granting the help that was required of them by groups of Communist and pro Communist, who have as their leader Dr. Juan Jose Arevalo Ber mer president of Guatemala, whose political tendency is well known." Saenz said the groups have abundant arms nnd economic re i E. M. HANFORD communications; E. M. llanford. radio communications (Conelrad; Ray Snider, local fire chief and head of county fire fighting teams under CD; Police Chief Oliver Reeve, civil control, and Union County Sheriff H. A. Klinghammer. "All police organizations in the county would work under the jur isdiction of the sheriff in such an emergency," according to the lo cal CD chief. In addition Col. Bean would ex poet an important role of other public officials, including school teachers. Each teacher and city and county school board has been contacted by the local CD office and given detailed plans on what to do under such an emergency. Reorganization There is still work to be done, however. "We are currently in the pro cess of doing some reorganiza tion. Col. Bean emphasized. The local CD official retired from active service two years ago after Army and National Guard duty during both wars. A Reserve Army officer follow ing World War I Air Corps ser vice, he served for l(i years m the NatxKiul Guard and wan tun manding officer of the local He serve unit for 10 years. He was an infantry officer in World War II. He was appointed to the Civil Defense post by County Judge C K. McCormick. "One thing Civil Defense is urg ing of all people, he added, ' is for every family to put aside a two-week emergency food supply and build some type of a shelter." This is the advice of an "old head" who takes his responsibility seriously. BULLETIN PENDLETON (Special) Billy Hindman, Elgin, has been named winner of the 195? Ore gon Conservation Man of the Year award. The contest is sponsored jointly by the Port land Oregonian and the Ore- gon Wheat League. Hindman was Union County's Conservation man of the year. It is the second such Ihonor for this county in the past three years. Larry Starr, Summer ville, was winner in 1957. sources with which to carry out their plans. He said that some months ago Guevara had been handed an exhaustive analysis of the Guatemalan situation which alleged Guatemala was from ev ery point of view the country most prepared to carry out a revolution such as the one -Cuba is exper iencing. Saenz said: "The government of Guatemala believes that the tolerance of the government of the Republic of Cuba, for everything that has been outlined, as well as the help given by the high members of its gov ernment to the preparations of an armed expedition against Gua temala, are acts of intervention and aggression as well as a viola tion of the fundamental rights and duties of states and the aims and principles contained in the charter of the Organization of American States." Guatemala will hold congres sional elections next Tuesday and the government of Ydigoras Fuen tes was reported to fear that ex iles, with Cuban help, might launch an attack about that time LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1959 RAY SNIDER COMEDY OF ERRORS PAID MIAMI (UPI) It was a corredy of errors that saved 300,0C0 in jewelry. Jack Worst, an official of a jewelry store lost his key to the main safe Friday. He call ed a locksmith. Two bandits entered and de manded he open it up. He couldn't. Robert Stetler, the locksmith, arrived. The bandits got $10 from him, but no information of his trade. The bandits took in all about $800 from Stetler and store em ployes and a $4,81 ring that was not in the vault. Stetler and Worst shook hands. Space Monkey Passes Physical Examination NORFOLK. Va. ( UPI i Sam the space monkey, pioneer of a 55-mile-high rocket flight, rode a U.S. destroyer into port today, passed a physical examination with flying colors and departed. fnr Tovac i The des'troye r. USS Boric" steamed into the big naval base here with Sam quartered in the sick bay. Mickey Cohen Goes Free LOS ANGELES UPI Mickey Cohen was free today but must appear next week before a county Grand Jury in connection with the restaurant-slaying of a strongarm bookmaker. Police released Cohen, his 18-year-old girl friend, model Claret ta ' Sandy t Ha.-hagen, and George Piscitelle, 28, who were seized after the Wednesday night shoot ing of Jack The Enforcer) Wha len, 39. The trio allegedly sat at a table six feet away from Whelen when he was killed at Ronelli's restau rant in nearby. Sherman Oaks. Tony Reno, 25, with the Cohen party, was still in custody after voluntarily surrendering Thursday. Ex-convict Cohen and his girl friend were given subpoenas be fore leaving the jail and driving off in a sports car with an uni dentified man. Long's Political Future At Stake NEW ORLEANS iUPIi More than a million Louisiana voters were deciding today in a Demo cratic primary election the politi cal future of Gov. Earl K. Long, who made himself an interna tionally known figure with his es capades last summer. Long, 64, is running for lieu tenant governor since he can't, under law, succeed himself. There are six candidates 'or lieutenant governor and 11 for governor, a record. 'Jolly Old St, Nick' Turns Detective, Nabs NEW YORK UPD Jolly old St. Nick put seven narcotics push ers in his bag Friday night while singing Christmas songs and pass ing out candy to Harlem chil dren. Detective Edward Egan, in red coat, white beard and black boots, has been the joy of the 110th Street neighborhood kids for the past four days and the scourge of narcotics peddlers and users. Egan, in his Santa costume, strolled about the neighborhood ringing his bell and spotting the narcotics pushers for two partner detectives who followed along. When he rang hn bell with his rigfit hand he was just jolly old ike Meets With President ' Of Italy In Unity' Talks ; ' Lions Back : 'Can Can1 Chorus Here ll!d cm to your blood pres- . sure, dad because a bevv of nert ''an Can chorus girls will invade l a Grande ni xt week. The Can Cm Girl Revue, along with the Ci nt 'nnial Sweetheart liroup, in appear Dec. 11 here under the sponsorship of the Lions Club. The af.air, known as "Kraze Daze," is to raise funds by the I. ions for their foreign exchange Indent prcgram. The riday "itjht event mav be seen at the high school auditorium at 8 p.m. At Centennial tue dance revue and singers appeared for 10O days during the Orecon Centennial celebration at Portland. They are currently en as(d in a state-wide tour of Oregon cities in one-night per formances. Mrs. Claire Morton is show di rector, with Earl Mossman as master of ceremonies. According to local Lions, the entire show is highly unique and very entertaining, with much of the theme based on Oregon his lory. An Air Force doctor climbed aboard to examine the monkey and happily reported the result to some 20 newsmen crowding the rail f anothof ship mourcd along side "he Borie. "He's in good shape,'' the doc tor shouted. " Sam, still in the space capsule which carried him on a historic flight into space, was carried to a waiting station wagon and driv en to the Naval Air Station here to be flown to Brooks AFB, San Antonio, Tex., for an intensive series of tests. The capsule, carried from the Borie by two men, was covered with a blanket. Newsmen were not allowed on board the Boric and could not see sam. Sam was fished out of the At lantic Friday. He was sealed in the capsule which parachuted out of the sky from a "Little Joe" rocket. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Sam was in fine shape, "alive and kicking." The little fellow chomped down half an apple, half an or ange and a cup of water after his recovery. Sam's capsule was similar to the one the first human astronaut will ride into space as part of "Project Mercury." The device will enable astronauts to "escape" and return to earth if their blast off into space goes wrong. The bell-shacd one-ton capsule which housed the smaller cylinder in which Sam was strapped was hoisted from the deck of the Boric by crane, loaded on a truck and hauled away to NASA at Langley Air Base at Nearby Hampton, Va Mavericks Plan Banquet - Sunday The Mavericks will have their an nual banquet and installation of officers at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Island City Farm Bureau hall. All members are urged to at tend and to bring along table ser vice. Children under 12 years of age will be admitted at a reduced banquet fee. Varied entertainment is planned. Dope Users St. Nick, but when he switched it to his left hand it rang the bell on a narcotics addict. His paw ners ' then closed in and Egan strolled on. His total in the past four days has been 17 arrests, seven of them Friday night. But the use fulness of the Santa disguise has been lost., Egan's partners got too far be hind and his left-handed bell ring ing went unheeded Friday night when he spotted two men he knew were convicted addicts hur riedly moving out of the area. Egan abandoned his beard and' reached under his pillow-stomach for his revolver to make the arrest. BRAVES POURING RAIN IN MEMORIAL SERVICE ROME 'UPI President Ei senhower stood bareheaded in a pouring rain for the second straight day today to pay hom age to Italy's unknown soldier then sat down with Piemier An tonio Segni to write a declaration of Italian-American unity. The declaration, first major milestone of Eisenhower s 11-na-tion quest for peace, is to be pub lished later today following a sec ond meeting this evening with Segni and other high Italian .offi cials. Eisenhower, apparently none VATICIAN CITY UPI Tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. Presi dent Eisenhower and Pope John XXIII will greet each other with a simple hand shake to begin a "man-toman' meeting. the worse for his exposure to the rain Friday, braved the possibili ty of a cold again today to stand bareheaded twice during solemn ceremonies at the tomb of the majestic memorial to Victor Em manuel . Eisenhower sped then to the U. S. embassy to meet the 900 Italian and American employes. As he left the memorial hundreds of multi-colored balloons, released with shrill cries by schoolchildren, soared into the leaden skies. President Explains Mission At the embassy Eisenhower said : "We all want peace. Since I have (our grandchildren I'm very concerned that they have the same opportunities, that they have a better lite than 1 have had." He explained the pui'iiose of his peace mission: 1 want to try to MuddyXreek Explains Why Baker Schools Preferred To N. Powder (Editor's note Muddy Creek School District 17 spokesmen yesterday sharply criticised the Union County Schol Reorgan ization committee following a Union-Baker School Reorgan isation meeting on the Muddy Creek school problem Wednes day night. Today's article is a continuation of the lengthy statement given by a Muddy Creek ommitte. which points up their preference in having their district annexed to the Baker school system.) A committee composed of Ted Heard, W. E. Justice, Kenneth Boycr and Joe Updcgraff has in formed The Observer why "the vast majority" of prsons residing in district 17 prefer Baker schools over the North Powder educational system in Union County. Their reasons are as follows: 1. 'al The educational oppor tunities are far greater. There are approximately 70 course's of fered in the Bakor High School. b. Transportation will be re quired in either district. The aver MASTERMINDS AND 'BUCK' BAILEY Dave Baum, right, general chairman for t he Mastermind Football dinner, talks with the featured speaker "Buck" Batly. Charley Snyder, left, president of the grid . boosters club, and Billl Thomas, master of ceremonies, listen in on the talk. More than 80 persons attended the dinner in honor of the football teams of Eastern Ore gon College and La Orande High School. (Observer Photo) explain America to other people more emphatically and more ac curately We do know that the United States is not always ad mired, that there is sometimes suspicion ..we want to help other people to raise their standards." Yell "Ike, Ike..." About 1.IHI0 Italians and 100 stu dent priests of the North Ameri can College gathered in front of the memorial half an hour be fore Eisenhower arrived in a black limousine. But the rain lashing Rome kept down the huge crowds expected. The student priests roared "We like Ike." From there Elsenhower rode to the Italian foreign office to meet Segni and Foreign Minister Giu seppe I'ella. EOC Yule Event Sunday The traditional Yule Candlelight hour, sponsored by Sigma Alpha Chi, women's scholastic honorary, will be celebrated Sunday at East ern Oregon College, at 4 p.m. in Hoke Hall. The event, in its 24th year on the campus, marks the beginning of the Christmas season with a special ceremony. Grace Fiiruyama Rye, an EOC alumna, will light the master can dle. Lynette WmhI, senior and pres ident of the organization, will dir ect the ceremony Included in the afternoon pro gram will lie vocal selections by Howard Anderson. Beth and Muth Combs, and the Blue and tiold Singers. Daisy Good is the accom panist. Sisecial guests will be Sigma Announced that Iliatt's topic was pha Chi alumnae. ' age difference of 5 or 6 miles is not an important factor. c. The permanence of com munities. County Seat d. The flow of people for cul tural, business, and governmental functions is to Baker, our county seat. e. The cost of education is less. Approximately $350 per student in Baker as compared to over $600 per student in North Powder. f. The Union County committee stated in their plan that the Muddy Creek school may be closed. The Baker County com mittee states that this decision will be left to the people of Muddy Creek. This has also been con firmed by School District 5 board of education. g. The enrollment of the Muddy Creek school has dropped to less than 25. Therefore it is possible that the patrons of this district will want to close their school in the future if such enrollment should continue to drop. However. if the school is closed and wc arc a part of the North Powder dis Mi:! 6 Paget n. . ( Freezing Weather Over U.S. United Press International A cold front invaded the Upper Great Lakes and Mississippi Val ley today and the Weather Bureau predicted falling temperatures through the Midlands as far south as Texas. Temperatures dropped 10 to 25 degrees during the night, with Gage, Okla., reporting a reading 25 degrees below that of 24 hours before. Scattered showers ahead of the front dumped a half inch of rain on Galveston, Tex., and a quarter inch on Port Arthur, Tex. and Walnut, Ark. In the wake of the cold wave, snow flurries dampened the North ern Plains and Central Rockies with Denver reported a two-inch snowfall. Light snows were predicted to day in Eastern Colorado. Nor east New Mexico and Western Oklahoma and in the Upper agreat Lakes and Northern Minnesota. The Weather Bureau forecast rains ahead of the fr.ont from the Ohio Valley and Tennessee into the Lower Great Lakes. Hiatt Gives Talk At Power Unit Meeting Richard G. Hiatt, assistant pro fessor of English and Speech at . ,...1, i j r.al I'm Oregon iuuene, auuiw ed the RE A Columbia Power Co op Association meeting in Spray ' Saturday. Ben M. Spain of Monument, manager of the association, an- U-t's Talk Co-op." trict the primary children will have to travel about 10 miles but if we are a part of Baker district these same children will have to travel an average of about 5 miles to the Haines school. Want to Join 2. We have indicated our desires to join Baker by majority action on five S'parate occasions, as .ollcws: a. Hearing in December 1958 at Muddy Creek favoring Baker over North Powder by a majority of 19-11. b. Opinionaire: 67 for Baker and 27 for North Powder. c. Reorganization rejection on the North Powder administrative district: 47 to 28. d. Second reorganization re jection on the North Powder ad ministrative district: 55 to 14. c. Annexation petitions request ing annexation to Baker. Signed by more than 55 per cent of the total possible legal voters of the district. "We do not believe you will find another instance in the state See MUDDY Pag. nnnin nr