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WEATHER Mi;ity feir through Tues day.' patches fog north velleys tonight and Tiwufey; highs 341; low IJ-22. LA GRANDE OBSERVER 62nd !::oe 64fh Year ? U J 1 i hit ( P i rl ' : 7 -V HAND OF FRIENDSHIP Dr. Gopal Joarder, right, Indian by birth but now a naturalized U. S. citizen, greets Richard Neely, his host in La Grande whi le the international lecturer was here for a series of talks before various groups. Dr. Joarder first addressed an IX)C assembly Friday. Friday night ho appeared before a joint meeting of local churches, and on Saturday he spoke to the American Association of University Women. (Observer Photo) U.S. To Launch Huge Radio Mirror Type Satellite Soon WASHINGTON l'Pl The L'nited States plans to launch a huge "radio mirror" satellite, next sprint; that may pave the way eventually for instantaneous world wide television. The satellite will be an aluminum-coated balloon, as tall as a 10-story huilding. ' "Radio stations will b? able to bounce signals o f it to other stations thousands of miles away. Ultimately the National Aero nautics and Space Administration expects to put enough satellites into orbit to create a space com munications system for the world. This would make it possible for any community on earth to tune in on a TV broadcast from any ether community. In announcing the new Project Echo Sunday, NASA made an ex ception to its long-standing policy of withholding information on such undertakings unt.l after they have been launched. Chains Required In Oregon Areas SALEM aTI The State Highway Department said today that chains were required for travel at Warm Springs junction due to a silver thaw. Snow flur ries were reported in Santiam pass and chains were advised there. Motorists were advised to carry chains also for travel to Govern ment Camp, cast side of the Mc Keii.'ie, Faker, La Grande. Pen tlleto.i.' Meacham. Prospect, and the Wilson river and Sunset sum mils. BIRTH CONTROL Top Democrat Doubts Stand' By Kennedy On issue Harmful WASHINGTON l'PI Senate Democratic Whip Mike Mansfield said today he did not think the birth control controversy would hurt the presidential chances ol Sen. John F. Kennedy iD-Mass.i "'or anyone else." Mansfield, a Catholic like Ken nedy, said he thought the country was "more broad-minded, more utiderstanding and more tolerant" than in 1928 when the religious issue worked against Democratic nominee Alfred E. Smith. "The country as a whole rea lizes that if a man becomes presi dent, he is bound by the Consti tution and must act accordingly, and in that sense there is a dis tinct differential between church and state." Mansfield said. . The Montana senatof said the current debate over whether birth control information should be pro vided to other nations to solve overpopulation problem, "is bring It said this was necessary to give communications specialists participating in the experiment enough advance notice to make technical preparations. This would include Soviet radio technicians. The 100-foot sphere, folded in a 28-inch container, will be launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., by a Thcr-Dclta rocket, an improved servion of the Thor-Able which has been used in many . space shots to date. A successful inflation test of the satellite was carried out Oct. 28 from NASA's test station at Wal lops Island, Va. The balloon, in flated at an altitude of 230 miles. Rural School Grads Offered Scholarship Plan Seniors graduating from rural area high schools who are plan ning to attend an Oregon college or university are being offered scholarship opportunity by the Oregon Council of Churches and the Sears-Roebuck Foundation. The scholarships will be award ed cn the basis of essays written on themes that present the valu es and opportunities of rural life and vocation. Essays are to be between two and three thousands words and must be original. Applications are to be approved by the high school principal, spokesmen said. Additional information can be obtained from the Oregon Coun cil of Churches, 212 Fitzpatrick Building, Portland. j VS. CANDIDATES ing religion into the campaign." But, Mansfield added, "so far as the question itself is con cerned, I think it is purely aca demic because there is no inten tion it will be made a government policy." Regardless of the birth control issue, Marsfield said he s.ill thought Kennedy was out in front for the Democratic nomination ijlo.l and Hubert H. Humphrey i Minn, i running second and third. But "the men to watch." Mans field said, are Senate Demociatic leader Lyndon B. Johnson 'Tex.i and Adlai E. Stevenson, unsuccess ful Democratic nominee in 1902 and 1936. "And the fellow to really' watch is Lyndon Johnson,"' he added. Although he has refused to make a personal choice. Mansfield is believed to privately favor John son. Mansfield's analysis of the po was visible for hundreds of miles along the East Coast and inspired new reports of flying saucers. Next spring's satellite will be fired into orbit 1.000 .miles high and at an angle which will carry it in time over all of the United Stattj-excevt Alaska and over all nations 3.750 miles north or south of (lie Equator Attempted Store Thefts Foiled Weekend thieves found slim pickings, as two stores in La Grande reported breaking and entering attempts Saturday night. Albert R. Spencer, 901 Fourth St.. told police that someone had broken a window in the door of his store at Tenth Street and M Avenues be! wen 6:30 D m. Satur day and 8:53 a.m. Sunday. Spencer could not find anything missing. Police said the window h:iH been broken mar the door knob and the door unlocked by reaching through the broken window. A secondary lock on the door prevent ed the thief from entering. Thomas William Carpenter. Rt. 1. aKo reported an attempt to enter his store Saturday night. A window on the south side of the store was broken and pushed open approximately one foot. Alter investigating, La Grande police said there was no evidence that amone entered the building. The attempted entry occurred be tween 5 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 a in . Sunday. litical situation came as the head of the Planned Parenthood move ment in America and a popula tion expert urged President Eisen hower to reverse his stand against the I S. government providing niith co.itrol information to other count: ies. Cass taifield, chairman of the Harper Brothers publishing firm and president of the American Planned Parenthood Association, said in New York: "I frankly found the President's announcement alarming, and I believe that many millions of peo ple who are concerned with the basic and explosive problems in the world are also going to find it alarming. "You cannot separate, in my opinion, population control from, ay. malaria, control. We help in malaria control. By that, one mil lion Ines are saved each year in India." ' LA GRANDE, Employment In Slight Drop Here Employment in the La Grande area is on a mods-rate decline, at cording to information released bv Ernest Burrows, manager n! ! the Oregon Employment Service in 1 'noit.minJMiLLiOM PERSONS SWARM ,'1 ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL VAN said tne decreases were noted in i logging, lumber, transpcrta'ion 1 KAiiV'lll. Pakistan 'IT1' MUMinirtinn rinrinM iiu. , President Eisenhower c-irr.fl hi: month of November. Heavy Construction IPavy const: uction operations on U.S. Highway 30 is continuing on schedule with weather cond: lions favorable for me t of the month. The active job applicant file in the La Grande oil ice inereas l from 394 in October to 5 at the end of November. One hundr- d of the claims are from Wallowa County residents. New claims lor unemployment insurance totaled 232 compared to 204 in Oitohcr and 319 a year ago. Smiling Pope Greets Ike With Handshake VATICAN CITY H'PD Pope John XXIII greeted President Ei senhower with a smile and a handshake here Sunday and called on God to help his "nuble efforts'' to promote world peace. The whirlwind Eisenhower visit to the Vatican the first paid by an incumbent president in 40 years broke numerous prece dents. Although it wes nominally a private call, it got most of the trimmings usually reserved for formal "state visits." For the first time that anyone could remember. Domenico Cardi nal Tardini, Vatican secretary of state, was present at Eisenhow er's meeting with the Pope in stead of awaiting a formal call from the President later. Pop Speaks in English The President was accompanied by his interpreter, Lt. Col. Ver non Walters, but his services! were not needed, ine rope sposc English, doing so on an official occasion for the second time in his reign. The Pope welcomed the Presi Demos Open With Charges NEW YORK (1'PH Demo crats blasted open the 1900 cam paign today with a stinging at tack on President Eisenhower and a display of seven of their top presidential contenders. The Democratic Advisory Coun cil charged the KejKiblican ad ministration with a "second-rate, second - best" defense job that "could cost us more in freedom and national security than can possibily be measured in money." Adlai Stevenson questioned Ei senhower's current good-will tour and said it would be a "grave mistake" to mimic Nikita Khru shchev and convert the presi dency into the role of "traveling salesman." Te Honor Mrs. Roosevelt Tonight Stevenson and six other presidential prospects speak from the same platform at a dinner hornoring Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. They include Sen. John Ken nedy of Massachusetts, Gov. Ed mund G. Brown of California. Gov. G. Mennen Williams of Michigan, Gov. Robert B. Mey ner of New Jersey, Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota and Sen. Stuart Symington of Missouri. OLD STUFF Officer Dell Costillio (rlgiili m;iy appear to be picking the pockets of former mobster Mickey Cohen but he is really just frisking him in the Los "Angeles jail. Cohan was arrested und booked on suspicion of murder in connection with the slaying of underworld figure Jack O'hara Whalcn in an Italian resturant in the San Fernando Valley. Cohan was eating in the resturant at the time. He was later freed. I- ' j OREGON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1959 olsce peace campaign into Asia today a: I received such a tumultuous wclcoMe ( ran one million I'akis-a-is lli::l mounted police had to ;-!:nse t'.:e crowds 13 kiep them Horn C"j .i.i.; the pi e-:,lenti.l ::'ta:o,i lii-e-l . . on the f'rst trip by an American resilient to Commu nist - tin catered Asia, pledged t! ::t the f. S. and Pakistan would urk tor a just p-.-ace lor all man kind. A fl:ghl ol V. S. d.inat.'J Sa'i.e .let lithters flew cover ove -lu a'i as he spoke. Alter the br;ef airport ceremon ies the presidential motorcade de:t wi:h a brief address in Ital ian. Thev snrke together in Eng lish in the naoal library, and then the I'oie read a brief farewell message in English. We earnestly invoke the pow erful assistance of God. . in our nohle elforls us the untiring serv ant of your people and the cause of peace in the world, the Pon tiff said in his welcoming address. In Ins farewell remarks. Pope John said: Addresses Newsmen "We beg your excellency to dis cern in these words of ours an exDiession ol the sentiments ol benevolence and admiration whicl we cherish lor the American peo pie. . .The sentiments and good wishes. . we are glad to extend from our heart to your excellency personally." Later, at the airport, Eisenhow er told premier Ainonio acgni that hewas "inspired by Ulie Pope's i approval of the efforts made by the countries of the free world to achieve peace and jus tice." '60 Campaign Again! Ike Along with former President Truman, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson and other leading Democrats, they endorsed the council's statement of prin ciples hitting the Republicans on 21 issues ranging from inflation to the missile lug. Hope For Success The document said all Ameri cans hoped for the success of Ei senhower's present mission, but then it lashed out at seven years of Republican foreign policy con cluding that Eisenhower had been forced against his will into a path of negotiation with Russia with no clear idea on how to achieve leace with justice. Stevenson said on a television program that he had "some mis givings" alwut Eisenhower's trip as a precedent that should only 1 applied in the future in cases of "real emergency." "I think it would be a great mistake if we converted the office of the President, the chief execu tive of this country, the most Hwerful secular olfice on earth, which has more to do than any human being can manage, into u traveling salesman for the United States," Stevenson said. Mobs Hold Back Cheering From Ike In Pakistan headed into Karachi along 14 miles of roads jammed with Pak- s anis w ho shcuted "welcome Ike " and "good morning" to the President. Once in Karachi the crowds be ime so thick that prog'ess be came almost impossible. Ine President had changed from a cream colured Cadillac converti ble to a Victoria i state carriage drawn by six horses when the crowds became unmanageable. The mounted police did their work and the oen carriage driven by sea let clad coachmen moved ilely through the crowd and reached the luuse of Pakistani President MoluminH Ayub Khan through the Hag waving screeching welcome. Stands Trip Well White House Press Secretary I .imcs C. llauerty said Eisenhow er conferred f.ir 20 to 30 minutes with Ayub on arrival at the presi dential palace. This could be con sidered the start of their substan tive talks. Eisenhower was deeply moved by the welcome. I lie greatest by far rirr given a visitor to Pakis tan. Mary of their welcome shouts were in Arabic but through the tumult there came the "Ike, Ike Ike" be has heard in every coun try this time pronounced as in America. The President, jaunty and smil ing despite the rigorous schedule. slepH-d from his orange and siv ver plane into bright sunshine and one of the greatest welcomes of his own career. Biggest Crowd so Far Eisenhower told mcmlicrs of his staff after he arrived at his cpiart ers he never had anything like today's receptiun. He said he was overwhelmed with gratitude for the warmth ami enthusiasm of Die public's greeting. Alter a rest and some work with his staff in the guest house, Ei seuhower was scheduled to join Ayub and other Pakistani govern ment leaders for dinner tonight His departure from Ankara was almost as electrifying as his ar rival and it was a smiling and alert President who looked up at a nuge Danner stretcned across Esenlxiga Airport terminal and set him Co grinning as he read "'Take our love with you, Ike.' Hot Suspect Flees Jail PENDLETON (UPD A murder susH'ct eseacd from the Uma tilla county jail Sunday night after beating a jailer. A large-scale manhunt was on north of here for Wilfred Ogden Jr., 28, Pasco, Wash., who was scheduled to enter a pleas Tues day in connection with the Oct. I fatal shooting of Hermiston, Ore., Policeman Ronald Kilhy. Jailer John Garrett, 52, was hospitalized with bruises and lac era) ions. Police said Ogden apparently somehow managed to short circuit his jail cell lock and then jumHil Garrett. Garrett was beaten with his keys. Police said that later a car was regioi'ted stolen here and that alt er a chase at a high rate of speed on Highway 395, the car was abandoned near Cold Springs Grange about 25 miles north of here. BPages i M J , . I ' s- ? - SPACE FLIGHT Sam, a seven-pound monkey, was rocketed into space from Wallops Island, Va., and later recovered in a test of satellite escape equipment. The escape equipment, being tested in conjunction with the Astronaut project, may later save many human lives. Dr. Lynn Brown of Univ. of Texas checks over monkey wearing equipment similar to that which Sam wore. Sea Commander Says Pearl Harbor Attack Taught U.S. PEARL HARBOR il'PH-U.S. Pacific Commander Adm. Harry D. Felt said today on the 18th anniversary of the Japanese bomb ing of Pearl Harbor that he hoped the attack taught the American people "never again to allow weakness to invite disaster." And Adm. Herbert G. Hopwood. Pacific Fleet commander in chief, said no enemy ever again would take the fleet by such a fatal surprise. Hopwood said his 230.000 men and officers and 430 ships were today a "'modern, mobile, flexible and mighty (force) constantly on guard, ready to move to deliver a powerful attack upon anyone foolish enough to strike at our na tion or our allies." Felt and Hopwood made their statements as they prepared to join with Sen. Barry Goldwater i it-Ariz. I. Hawaii's Lt. Gov. James Kcaloha and other digni taries in a solemn anniversary ceremony aboard the rusted hulk of the battleship Arizona. She lies half buried in the mud of Pearl Harbor with 1,102 entombed Bill Hindman, Elgin, Named 'Man Of Year1 ELGIN (Special) rf ill Hindman. Elgin, Friday night was named winner of the 1959 Or-gon Con servation Man of the Year award Don Price, circulation supervisor ot tne t'ortland Oregonian, present ed the award. Sponsored jointly by the Ore gonian and the Oregon Wheat Leagu?, the announcement of this year's award was made at the Leamics 32nd annual banquet in Pendleton. Hindman owns and operates some 5.000 acres near Elgin. Part of the farm is made tin of his grandfather's original homestead of 1872. The farm is si'.unt-d in an area where range land and forests make up a high percentage of the total acres. These urcs represent some 3.900 acres. Tillable crop land totals l.ioo acres. Stubble mu'eh (trashy fallow!, strip cropping, and crop rotations have been the three major prac- ices usea ny Hindman In Drevent- ing soil erosion. Pastura Land Wheat and fallow each occupy 270 acres. Airalfa Is grown en 160 acres and peas on some 95 acres. Marion blu grass occupies 40 acres for grass seed production Hindman has placed 180 acres of the tillable land In improved pasture. Drainage ditches and tilling have increased the produc tiveness of 85 acres of wild meadow hayland Forestry projejets in 4 II have Five Cents Lesson1 bodies of men who went down with her on the "day of infamy," Dee. 7, W41. t It is expected that by next year's anniversary the Arizona will be enshrined in a fitting $300,000 monument built with funds raised in a national appeal. Until then, the ship remains much the same shattered wreck she became when a Japanese dive bomber scored a "one in a mil lion" hit within minutes after the attack on Pearl Harbor was launched at 7:33 a.m. The Arizona, hit in her ammu nition and fuel compartments, erupted "literally like a volcano," according to the official Navy story and sank in 8'i minutes. In his anniversary statement. Felt said "there can be no more filling memorial to those who heroically died here 18 years ago than that their sacrifice has taught our people the principle that war and its horrors can best be averted by holding high shield of deterrent strength and a sword of resolute determination never again to allow weakness to invite disaster." paid off for Hindman. He has always be?n conservation minded and much of his range land is covered with forest. The removal of brush, thinning of new growth, and the pruning of low limbs has opened the forest canopy and de creased competition for grass on loo acres of forest range land. . . The cleared acres now support a good stand of grass and trees where originally only trees and brush grew. Selective logging is also practiced on the forested area. At present his range land sup ports 100 head of cattle with grass to snare. Herein lies the success of his range renovation-establishing the grass and building up herd numbers later. Hindman lakes an active part In' commercial activities as a mem ber of the Elgin School board; member of the Elgin FFA advisory board; director. Union County Livestock Association and Presi dent. Elgin Farm Bureau. He It also a member of the Elgia Stampederj Riding Club, and the La Gr.nde Elks Lodge. Billy 'i main hchhy is the production of Belgian draft horses. HITS RIGHTS COMMISSION JACKSON. Miss. (UPD Sen. John Sparkman (D-Ala.), appear ing on a filmed Citizens Council program Sunday night, charged that the federal Civil Rights Com mission has "kept alive the tur moil and strife'' between whites and Negroes.