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WEATHER Fair tonight; Wednesday Partly cloudy with scattered showers near Cascades; high Wednesday 4-St except near 30 in fog areis both days- LA OBSERVER GRANDE 83rd Issue, 64th Year JL 1 ) f. ' ; 1 MARCH Making plans for the- Union County New March of Dimes drive are, from left, Tom Gooding, La Grande chairman; Doi Dempsey, county chairman, and A. B. (Spud) Olsen, Union County chapter chairman. The drive will get underway in Jan- uary. Ike Says Aid Will KARACHI il'PIi President Eisenhower today pledged contin ued American aid to Pakistan, a "courageous ally", and agreed with President Mohammed Ayub Khan that Free World coopera tion for mutual security against Communism is essential. Kor his part, Ayub described Eisenhower as "ai exlraordinary head of an extraordinary state. Never before in the history of mart has one single country tiiken upon itself so much to preserve the peace and freedom of others as the United Stales of America." Cubans Jail 2 Americans PINAR DEL RIO. Cuba l'II Two American soldiers of for tune cha'ged with plotting against the Castro regime received stiff rerison terms today. Austip Young, 3,'S. Miami. Fla . was sentenced to 30 years impris onment while Peter John Lamb ton. 24. British-born naturalized American. received a 25-year term. The government had asked for the dea'h penalty for Young and SO years for Lambton. They were tric-i by a war crimes tribunal. Also sentenced to 30 years was a Cuban. Fernando Pruna. 24, a former student at Columbia Uni versity in New York. The death penalty also had been sought in his case. Kiwanis Members Install Tonight Kiwanis members will hold an installation service for officers at a dinner meeting this evening at 7 o'clock in the Sacajawea dining room. Ed A'exandcr will be the outgoing president. In attendance will b? John New man, district Lt. Governor, from John Day, and Joe O. Epler, Paci fic Northwest Governor, from Seattle. DON'T COUNT ADLAI OUT Truman Hits At Liberals' Inside Democratic Circles NEW YORK UPl Former President Harry S. Truman de nounced "johnny-come lately lib erals" in the Democratic party Monday night and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt promptly disagreed with him. Mrs. Roosevelt said she wel omcs every kind of liberal and suggested that "those of us who are a little bit older" may have something to learn from them. Both "j-ycar olds spoke at a IOO-a plate Democratic Adviso y Council dinner billed as a delayed birthday party for Mrs. Roosevelt Seven top contenders for the I960 Democratic presidential nom ination were the starred guests at the dinner, attended by 1.5O0 party leaders. Truman said none of them was the kind of liberal he was frowning on. He declined to say who was. A good deal of his attack was directed at a New York news paper which he said had recently OF DIMES CHAIRMEN Pakistan Continue The two leaders summed up talks during Eisenhower's two-day visit in a 400-word communique which said they "reviewed gen erally world-wide political ques tions and in particular the prob lems of relations between the Free World and the Sino-Soviet bloc." In what appeared to be an in direct reference to Pakistan's dis pute with India over Kashmir, they said they discussed "relations among the nations of the area and the urgent desirability of finding solutions to existing disputes. Cheered by Crowd Their talks had been sandwiched between the most tumultuous wel come ever given a visitor tp Pakis tan, ano a signi-sccing tour in which Eisenhower saw a wild dis play of wheeling horseback ma neuvers by fierce Pakistani caval rymen and was cheered anew by a crowd at a . cricket match. Presidential Press Secretary James Hagerty, in a supplemental briefing, said the President' asked Ayub for details about Pakistan's position on Kashmir and Afghanis ten, but made no specific recom mendations. He said there was no thought on Eisenhower's part of cutting the present level of military aid to Paki-tan, and, in fact, he would like to give her more aid than she currently gets. This matter must finally be determined by congress, he said. HELP FIGHT TB .CHRISTMAS SEALS "tried to pin a reactionary label" on him. He did not name the newspaper. The New loik Post identified itsclf as Truman's target today and rcolied edito-ially: "We have bern for Mr. Truman when we be lieved him to be right and against him when we believed him to be ' wrong. We consider neither him r,or ourselves infallible." The newspaper noted it had crit irized bo:h Truma i and New York Republican Gov. Nelson A. Rocke ! presidential contender, also in fcller, for advocating a renewal I chiding Gov. Edmund Brown of of nuclear weapon tests. .California, Sen. Stuart Syming- Stevenson Tops Applause j 'on of Missouri, Gov. Robert Mey The evening's biggest message ner of New Jersey and Gov. G. for the Dcmocralic party appeared ; to be: Don I count out Adlai E Stevenson. Stevenson, two-time loser in Ih? presidential race, received by far the warmest reception of the even ing as Truman introduced seven leading contenders and predicted one of them would ho the nation's ! ?.!; v''Ji The seniors includ? Anthony .j - " V - ';'v' Endieott. La Grande; Bev- erly Donovan and Lois Jean I,, ,i it.., . i t- (Observer 1'noto) Don Dempsey Heads 'Dimes' Don Dempsey has been named campaign director of Union Coun ty's March of Dimes. The announ cement was made by A. B. (Spud) Olsen, county chairman of the National Foundation. Dempsey will head an organi zation of volunteer workers who will seek funds in January for the National Foundation's campaign against birth defects, arthritis, and polio. Health Challenges "Both birth defects and arth ritis are among the most cruel of crippling disorders," Olsen said "In birth defects and arthritis the National Foundation has tak en on health challenges of major proportions. Some 250,000 infants, or one In lfi, are born each year with signlfifMTil lir. 'uueUR. Arthritis and rheumatism are the nation's number one cripplers, afflicting more than 11 million persons," he explained. Gales Hit North Atlantic, Europe LONDON i LTD Gales swept the North Atlantic and parts of Europe for the second day today, leaving at least 60 dead and bringing the threat of new floods to the ravaged French Riviera town of Frejus. Twenty-one persons died when a ferryboat was swamped and capsized on Lake Megdova. near Karditsa in Greece. Another 17 drowned in the sinking of a tug off northern Portugal and 12 were lost from a trawler that foun dered on rocks just 30 yards from ihe coast of Scotland. Still others died in storm-caused accidents throughout Europe. Flood-devastated Frejus, hit by a mountain of water last Wednes day when the Reynan River col lapsed, the Malpassct Dam six miles inland, was tormented by heavy rains today. There were fears Ihe Reynan Rher would swell over its banks and bring more flooding and mis ery to the people of Rcjus, still busy looktng for bodies in the tan gled flood debris and digging graves for the 370 corpses al ready found. next president. Stevenson pretended astonish rrent that he was even in the category and said he was grate- ful people still consider me alue." It may have beei out of sentiment, but his ovation con siderably topped those for the next two Sen. John F. Ken- nerly and Sen. IIulcrt Humphrey who can.c out about even. But the evening's highlight were ihe six-minute speeches by the Menncn Williams of Michigan Truman made Ihe main address of the evening He ripped into Pres.dent Eisenhower as thwart me the will of the people with etoe of Democratic congression al action and also denounced what he called "hot house" liberals wiilun the Democratic Party. LA GRANDE, LITTLE MAN, BIG WINNER LISBON DPI Macio Luis Vieira won an automobile in a newspsper-sponsored contest Monday but ho may never drive it. Macio, whoso lather sub mitted the winning proverb contest answer in his son's' name, is I months eld. 13 EOC Students Honored Eight seniors and five juniors at Eastern Oregon Col'ege have been named to "Who's Who Among Students in Americvn Universities and Colleges," a nat'onal publi- Hunter, Pendleton; Michael Fer guson, The Dalles: Linda Kane. Mosier: Carolyn Muller. St. Hel ens; Mildred Smith. U'.dmond. and Sylvia Thompson, Ontario Both Miss Donovan and Miss Mul ler were selected for the second consecutive year. Juniors named were Jo Ann Berryman and John Willmarth. La Grande: Wilbur Oran Mutton. Jr. Baker; Pasco Arritola. Jordan Valley, and Virginia Wellington. The Dalles. Students are nominated on the basis of scholarship, leadership in educational and extracurricu lar activities, general citizenship, and "promise of future useful ness." Diphtheria In Kansas GREAT BEND, Kan. UPI. An outbreak of diphtheria has struck this central Kansas town, claiming the life of a 6-ycar-okt boy and threatening at least thra other children. J A team of state epidemiologist was scheduled to arrrve today fo aid cily and county health author ities in planning precautionary measures against the disease Superintendent of Schools D.V. Swartz ordered all grade and high schools closed "for at least two days' and possibly longer. Athl-.tic events were also can celled and parents were urged to keep their child'en at home and away from crowds. Charles Edward Reichard die Battered Safe Recovered With $700 Missing A battered safe sto'en tarly Monday from the Blue Mountain Lanes in La Grande has been found by State Police on the Cove Road about a mile and half from Island City. Police said that b-tween $Ki and $700 in cash was taken from the safe. Checks valued at $J"0 and some small change were loft in the safe which thieves dumped at the Pierce Bridge. The 3C0 pound safe was tak'n from the bowling alley of'ice through a side door. Entry to the building was made through tlie door on the south side of the building by drilling through the door sill near the lock, investiga ting officers said this morning. Slate Police are continuing their investigation. School Reorganization Group Meets Tonight Union County s bchool Reorgani zation commitUe tonight will meet with four of the third class dis tricts at the courthouse,- it was announced by Wilbur Osterloh, Reorganization secretary. Districts to be represented are Fruitdale 27. Alicel 4B, Islnnd Cily (10, and Ladd Canyon 'l!n. The meeting begins at 7:30. Mitchell Urges Steel Groups To WASHINGTON ' UPI Secre tary of Labor James P. Mitchell today advised union and manage ment negotiators to submit the steel dispute to arbitration or let a neutral third party recommend settlement terms. Mitchell said these procedures would meet approval of President Eisenhower who appealed to both sides to reach an agreement by collective ba'gaining before he re turns from his overseas goodwill tour Dec. 22. Union and management negotia tors were expected to give their reaction to Mitchell's ideas at a joint session called for this afternoon. OREGON. TUESDAY, DECEMEER 8, 19S9 20 Desperate Convicts Br Out Of South Carolina C : ,. . , . . iFlee V' f 'I 1 t F-'V- -t V ' '34 Hi ''' 'Ik fly today and escaped 1 myi, V kMM . .r.n.l of pUM,. ; I J'V I 1 r w,l ' J VV'if 1 -i. . 1 Fifteen of the 3a prison WW ' 1 I I W2tW$k' 'I.'VXTI Ivy Bluff chose to stay VOW ' ; : I I r(iWJV'l'.J: 5 hut the rest followed the I 'WJ 1 I I IrV-Vv-ai .-f i'-'V! rhnrln. ( Vault. Stewart, a ANTHONY ENDICOTT Navy Blimp Marooned' Aloft Two Days With 19 Men Aboard LAKKlll RST. XI (UPI A Navy blimp with 19 airmen aboard landed safely today after being forced by high winds to remain aluft for nearly two days. The blimp was moored to its mast after failing in two earlier attempts when ground escort ve- Outbreak Claims Lad Monday at a hospital where he had been a patient two weeks. The child became ill during the lhanksgiwng holiday and his ill ness was later diagnosed as diph theria. Portland Educator To Address EOC Group Wednesday nr. Albert It. Kitzhjiber, dir ector of the Portland high school curriculum study, will address the Eastern Oregon College faculty at its regular meeting Wednesday at 4 p.m. Dr. Sarah Stein. EOC chapter president of the American Associ ation of University Professors, in dicated Dr. Kitzhaber would dis cuss the results of the study just completed and presented to the Portland school board. Among the general recommenda tions mad? in the Kitzhaln-r re port were strengthening the subject-matter background of teach ers now on the job. and ability grouping in high school academic subjects of loughly the top 50 per cent of the student body. The study directed by Dr. Kitz-hab-r was supported in a large part by the Ford Foundation's Fund for the Advancement of Education which provided $110, 000. To this the Portland school district added $30,000. Minam River Area Development Topic Of Meeting Development of the Minam River area will be the subject of a talk by Jack Smith, super visor of the Wallowa-Whitman Na tional Forest, tonight at 8 at the Oregon State Game Commission office in La Grande. The public Is invited to altend the event which is Ihe regular meeting of the Isaac Walton League. Proposals to construct a road into the area is expected to spark considcrab'e controversy. Reach Pact The Cabinet officer made these suggestions to the "hig 11" steel companies and the stcelworkers union at a news conference: Mutually and voluntarily agree cn allowing a board to rec ommond a scttlcmrnt to provide the framework for agreement. Both sides agree voluntarily to arbitrate issues which they cannot work out themselves. Request Fedeial Mediation Director 'Joseph F. Finnegan to make recommendations and use them as a framework to build settlement ) it-; -j) v JO ANN BERRYMAN hides failed to catch her trailing cables. The third and successful try was made despiie continued high winds. In attempting a landing, the blimp trails two cables from its nose section. Two ground vehicles try to catch the cables and hold the blimp steady until the moor ing mast can lie put into place. Tricky Operation The mooring mast comes to the airship rather than the blimp coining to the mast. It's a tricky operation even under ideal con ditions. Huge bags (if aviation gasoline were hoisted to the blimp by cable earlier, giving it enough fuel to remain aloft until tonight. One ground crewman received a superficial, electric vhock during a refueling oieration, but the Navy said the in-flight refueling was routine and the big, ZPU 2 blimp was in no danger. On Routine Patrol It had taken off Sunday morn ing on a routine patrol flight over the Atlantic. On its return flight, heavy winds at first prevented it froth crossing the shoreline Witnesses To Give Opinions About Radio, TV Programs WASHINGTON (UPI -Spokes men for millions of listeners and viewers tell the Federal Comma nications Commission (FCC. to day what they think of radio and television programs. Witnesses from the American Assn. of University Women, the National Farmers Union, the Con sumers Union, the American Med ical Assn., the Educational Tele vision Council and" similar groups were scheduled to testify at the second day of the FCC's radio-TV inquiry. The commission is holding the hearings to determine whether it has sufficient authority to polige radio and TV shows or should k new powers from Congress. The investigation is an outgrowth of congressional disclosures of quiz show rigging and cha ges of other broadcasting abuses. The lead-off witness today, Martha Gable of the university women's group, urged the FCC to consider requiring stations to give more time to public service programs. SEARCH FOR DEAD Mop-up operations and the search for the dead continues in 'the rubble of buildings in Frejus, France. Flood waters from the 200-foot high i Malpassct Dam, which burst and sent a 35 foot wall of water into the town, killed close to 300 persons. Many persons are still unaccounted for. 8 Pag JOHN WILLMARTH near Seaside Heights. The 3."0-foot airship took on fuel over the shore and then lew to the naval air station at Lake hurst, its home base. But officials refused to let it land for fear the winds would push it into buildings near the landing area. A naval spokesman estimated that 27-mile per hour winds were about the highest Ihe ship could buck to land with some degree of safety. The winds were aver aging five to 10 miles an hour above that safety borderline. Cruites Over Base ' Throughout Ihe cold, starlit night the bouyant airship cruised above the Lakehurst base, with lights blinking on its nose, tail topside and underside. The gondola where eight officers and 11 crewmen wailed for the signal lo land also was lighted During Ihe refueling oeration the blimp hovered about 400 feel above the concrete landing area It was not moored, but the pilot, Lt. C. N. Davis, of Lake wood, N. J., held it steady by nosing it into the wind. Miss Gable, director of radio and TV education for Philadel phia public schools, said the need for an informed public had be come more critical with the "mounting external and internal challenges of the nation." Mrs. Edmund D. Campbell, president of the Greater Washing ton iD.C.) Educational Television Assn. implored the commission lo "do what you can to make more air time available in the Washington metropolitan area for purposes other than merchandis ing through entertainment." Bl a prepared statement, Mrs. Campbell complained that a.'ter 9 a.m. on weekdays religion and education and discussion 'pro grams, would seem to be entirely taboo" on Washington TV sta tions. At the opening session of the investigation Monday, spokesmen for religious and civic organiza tions urged the commission to ride herd on television lo curb crime, sex, violence and sadism in programs and to stamp out abuses. M"oVoMsf4tjLaJhMrta uLiuM-fo----- 4Mh ks: Five Centt eak amp Pen : Armed To The Teeth YANCEYVILLE, N.C. (UPI) Twenty incorrigible convicts took over the maximum se curity Ivy Bluff prison camp with rifles isoners at behind lead of long- term convict whose father and brother were executed in Raleigh in the 1920s for murdering a po liceman. The fugitives. 14 whites and sit Negroes, included six lifetermer. Coi. William F. Bailey, state prison director, termed "inexcu sable" the break from Ivy Bluft scene of a number of prison sel( maimings. Prison officials received a re port lute this morning that a manL believed to be one of the fugitives, had been seen about seven mile from here. They sent a truckload of bloodhounds, two guards and two dt g handlers to the area. . Guards Locked Up ' In Washington, the FBI an, nounced It was entering the case on the strength of indications the prisoners had fled the borders of North Carolina. The prison is lo cited fiO miles northeast of Greensboro, near the Virginia border. The prisoners took over the pris on by a series of ruses. They slugged one guard, and raced away from the camp shortly after midnight in a stolen truck and car. Later they wrecked the car and till 20 climted Into the pick-up truck, which hail benches and a wire-cage door Xor . transporting prisoners. . The escape was well planned, apparently by Stewart, who once said he would do anything to get out of Ivy Bluff. "They had plenty of time," said one of the guards, "and they took their time about it. The whole prison could have gotten out if they wanted to. They were in complete control.'' Convicts Take Over The escaie began in the camp's solitary confinement section, or segregation unit. Stewart sawed a bar from his cell and called on a guard tq bring him some tissue paper. Police Checking Theft Of Safe La Grande police are investigat ing the theft of $H7.95 from a safe in Hunt Hall on the Eastern Ore gon College campus. Mabel Marjorie Tollefson told polic? yesterday afternoon that someone had entered her aparti ment in Hunt Hall and opened the safe. The theft occurred be tween noon Sunday and 2:50 p.m. Monday. Most of the money taken was silver with the exception of $20 in bills. Rubbish Fire Doused La Grande firemen were called out Sunday to control a fire In a rubbish box on Adams Avenue. The department was alerted on a house call at 2:20 p.m. t The fire was burning in' front of the D&V Donut Shop, 1105 Adams, Ave.