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About La Grande observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1959-1968 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1959)
Ob rver, L Grand, Or., Tues., Dee. 8, 19S9 pg, 8 Threaten Imports Of Meat With Government Measure '. Prn News Roundup WASHIN(;to Hep lorry P.ro k ID- eb.i hus uarncl me admi Mstratiun to re-luce im ports of livestock a il red ment or ne will intr Ji;ce ltc:sl:iliun tu tnrcc restricts e ijuutas in such import. Brock ma-U' !ie statement in an angry telegram sot to Aricul tur Secretary Kzru Tuft Hansen. ' "If it is the cvn.sido.ivl purpose of the P'CKent ad'nittistrat.un and yourself to bankrupt the American farmers," he wired Benson, 'then you are well on the way to a rum plishing this purpose." Imports of low-grade beef and mut.oi have been record hi-h this year, but Agriculture Department qfi'icials indicate tliey are nut o' s-derirg any moves to slow d"lln beef impo ts. Brock said that "more than 13 per cent -of meals co :sume;l in! the United Sta.es are iiiioitcd from foreign countries." lie said that i( "early and deci- ive aetion" is not Inker, tu impose quotas en meat imperii, "then it is my purpose to int. o luee legis lation to lorce that issue." Undersecretary of A yiciil'ure True M rse. ho a ever, sad one Union Legion Auxiliary In Dinner Event UNION (Special) The Ameri can legion Auxiliary met recent ly at the hall for a put luck din ner, Mrs. l.ucy Mustier, district president, Baker, was a gurst. Mrs. Nora Cheney, president, conducted the meetinu. Mrs. Musher gave an interesting talk and was presented a gift from the Auxiliary. Twenty-five members were present and Mrs. Cook, Baker, was also a guest. , Adult AG classes are being held eveiy Monday evening in the AG room of the Union IliKh School at 7 p.m. The classes are for any one in this area interested in the diseasrs of livestock. A small fee for the course is charged. Dr. Km nek and Dr. Kerdinandsvn are conducting the classes. The I'nion Commercial Club met recently at the Skeet club (or dinner and a regular business meeting. The club discussed and voted in favor of giving $10 to the Woman's Club fcr their, dec orating contest, and made plans for the Christmas party at the Miller school Dec. 1!) and for lighting and decoration costs on Main Street for the Christmas season. The Jaycees and the commer cial club will work together on the street decorations and they have asked that the merchants leave their lights on during the Christmas season. Officer S'ate A report on the cost of light ing the athletic field was given and discussed. Election of officers will be the first meeting in December. Prcs ident Henry Keuler appointed nominating committee: Dr. Mc Arthur, Ivan Parks and Wayne Ferguson. Itev. Douglas Field was intro duced. There were 15 members present. lac' or to consider Is the large American export trade in meat Moise said if this country cuts down on imports, we may be in viting retaliation from other na t:o'is. WASHINGTON UI'I The Agricul ure Department an nounced today the pu; chase ol S2.033.000 worth of beef aid po k (or the government subsidized school lunch program. The government purchased 5 7000 pounds of frozen beef aid 1.131,0(10 pounds of canned poik and gravy. The (Kirk purchase was mad; primarily to bolster hog markets WASHINGTON IUPI) -Govern meit officials repo: ted a fuvur- able outlook for boasting exports of wultry products following a meeting with private indusirv leaders Friday in a closed-door ession. The Agriculture Department said in a statement, however, thai !he ititlook was not all bright Ol licials said the group was told that competition lor poultry ma kets is increasing in Western Europe KOKT WOI1T1I. Tex. lUl'D -Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-.Minn.i charg d that as far as the Ite publican administration is con cerned, the farmer is a forgotten man. Humphrey told the annual con vention of the Texas Farmers Union that his own farm bill, intro duced last August, offered hoic (or expanding farm income. State Solon Says Morse On Ballot UOSKBURG (UPli Stale Sen. Dan Dimiek iD Roseburgi said Sunday he believed the name of Sen. Wayne Morse would be on Ihe state's Democratic presiden tial primary ballot next year. Dimick added that "I will vote for him and offer him every sup port." He made the statement at the Douglas county Democratic con vention. Dimick is chairman of Ihe Douglas County Democratic Central Committee. Stale Sen. Monroe Sweet land D Milwaukie) said earlier that he believed the race for the Democratic nomination in Oregon would be between Morse and Sen. John Kennedy (D-Mass.) Sweet land said of the possible Morse candidacy "1 don't know why he is running and I wish he weren't." L--J Pi ','-:- .-."- -.1, 'A GRAND CHAMP "Dlack Jewel." 1035-pound grand champion steer, brought $22, 350 in auction at International Live Stock Show at Chicago, LI. The steer was pur chased by Howard Johnson Jr., president of Howard Johnson Restaurants. Holding the steer is Hay Maass, 21, who raised "Black Jewel." For those interested, the price of the stter figures out to $21.(30 per pounl Wallowa Residents Visiting Friends, Out-Of-Town Kin V.'AIJ.OWA (Special) Mrs. J.L-leeted chair: Mrs. Dude W. F.vans spent several days in;arkcr, vice ctiirman; Mrs. An La (irande visiting her son. Jack. mil his family. Mr. and Mrs. Truman Frazier and daughter of Bates, have been visiting her mother, Mrs. Mabel Johnson. Mrs. Ray Haney has returned from Blue River, after visiting lier husband for a week. Mrs. Lewis Landreth and daugh ter. Kay, spent several days at. Tule Lake, Calif., with her par ents, and sister. Mrs. Norman Werst hss receiv ed word that her mother, Mrs. Vern Bratt, Cove, was seriously ill and hospitalized in La Grande recently. Social Club Meets The Jessica Social Club met re cently at the home of Mrs. Bill Wolfe, with Mrs. Tom Willett as sisting. Hostesses served party loaf, coffee, tea, candy and nuts lo the 17 members present. The group planned a Christmas tea for the benefit of the Kastern Star training awards for Religious Kd ueation fund, to be held at the home ol Mrs. J. W. Evans on Dec. 13. The Grange Home Economics dao Bechtel, secretary-treasurer; and Mrs. Ellen Wyckoff reporter. Ten were present. The next meeting will be at the home f Mis. Ray Cowan, Dec. 18. with gift exchanges. Kavlord Guilloiy injured his hack at the m.ll and was taken to the Wallowa county Memorial hospital in En'erprise and put under traction recently. Harry Co'.cman visited la Grande aid reports that grand pa Coleru'i is imrovinj. Pollock Dinner The !! l e'.alis met recently at 'our j.ill for a potluck dinner. tiwclve were present and 20 were at tne meeting wnich followed; the following officers were elect ed for UI60: Bernece Landreth, nobel grand; Amy Lou Werst, vice grand; Sue Gorham, secre tary; Annctta Goebcl, financial secretary; Ava Sasser, treasurer. Appointive officers will be an nounced al the installation, which will be held early in January. It was voted to send S10 for Christ mas cheer to the Odd Fellows Hume in Portland. Bill WoKe. after winning grand Club met recently at the home of champion Hereford bull at the Wilina Hawkins and elected of- Oregon Stale Fair and doing well fleers. Wilina Hawkins was at the Pacific International, ai) Wheat Growers Elect PENDLETON (UI'D-The Ore gon Wheat G r o w e r s League wound up its convention during the weekend by naming Andrew J. Morrow, Madias, as president The 10 junior livestock show at The Dulles will be held June 5 8. v 'Sk i J $ ! t v , . , ' 1 , 11. ( L fifS f -lA'. i4 4 .. Join the JIMMY STEWARTS - . give your family an Automatic fflfj Kitchen to make life easier all year 'roundl -,. , ti'i i ' ' L, W-r8-" ' A d- --i": .1 'V Island Natives Say Missionaries Confusing Them RABAUL. New Britain 'CPI'- Natives of this Australian-admin istered island have appealed to lo cal authorities not to admit any more missionaries. "The missions have done much for the natives, but there are too many of them," said Stanis Bora lamit, spokesman for the island's 500,000 people. "The mind of the native is con fused. He hears the missions say they are all Christian, yet they differ from each other. We don't want any more coming from Aus tralia, and we ask you to keep them out." Australian authorities said the terms of their U. N. trusteeship over the island do not permit them to exclude missionaries. They suggested thai the natives petition the United Nation's for relief. peared at the Golden Spike show at Ogden, where he placed fifth in stiff competition. He placed well with his junior calves, also. Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe recently drove to the Double M at Adams. Bill McDonald of Double M had won grand champion fat steer at Og den, which sold at $2.25 per pound in the fat stock sale. Weather Questionmark On Ike's; Scheduled Tour Of Afghanistan j By MERRIMAN SMITH DPI Staff Writer KARACHI, Pakistan ilTI' -Backstairs at the While House: The snow gets deeper in Afghan istan, rext slop on President Ei senhower's tour of the Middle East a:id Asia, but the White House is busy devising several alternatives if the weather is too bad' to land in Kabul tomorrow If there is a possibility of the weather improving as the day goes on, Eisenhower might fly first to Agra, India, visit the Taj Mahal, .then double back to Af ghanistan during the alternoon be fore going on to New Delhi. Then again, if the weather is poor, he might delay Afghanistan and take another look at Ihe situ ation when he leaves India next week. But so intent is the White House on getting into Kabul if (ossible that they now plan to send a hel icopter up over the Kabul Airport early Wednesday morning and have the chopper radio to the President's plane precisely what the weather conditions are at the momcr.t. Some of the President's closer associates were talking at the .start of this about Eisenhower's tastes in f;od. He tends to be somewhat of a food faddist and becomes so enthusiastic at times that ha virtually forces those near him to share his latest food discovery. The Honorable 'Tugbutton' Worries About Ike's Trips By LYLE C. WILSON UPI Staff Writer WASHINGTON L'PI - The Hon. Timothy Tugbutton stomped into the office today, brandishing his heavy cane, and declaimed: "ThisTI tell "em where to get off. No doubt about it. Them loud mouths can go way back and sit down." "What loud mouths?'' inquired a bystander, neatly dodging the flailing cane. "What are you talk ing about, anyway?" "What am I talking about?" the Hon. Tugbutton shouted in reply. "I'm talking about them loud mouths who always are complaining that Ike plays too much golf, or that he won't work or that he takes too many vaca tions. "This'U learn 'em, it will," the old man continued. "We won't be hearing so much now from those loud mouths who skimp their own work to complain about Ike's vacations. "Look at 'im now. at Ike, I mean, flying off to, Timbuctoo or somewhere and going to be gone near a month living out of a suit case and no sleep to speak of, eating foreign vittles. Vaca tions! Vacations, my eye." A Possible Point Th? old man kicked a passing copy boy, twirled his cane a few spins and strode away. The Hon. Tugbutton may have something in this matter of Ike and his work. After all, the presidency is not like membership in a sophomore high school class where attend ance is of first importance to be checked each hour by the calling of the roll. If Eisenhower is to be faulted at all oi his golf it could be, at most, on only two counts. One, he is a duffer, sand two, there are games for wtnse love the voters generally would chide him less such as. for ex ample, baseball. Anyway, Woodrow Wilson was a golfer and, too, golf practically is a poor man's game compared to yachting, which was . high among FDR's favorite sports. FDR got away with it even though he went yachting with an Astor which might not have been the best politics of all. What the Hon. Tugbutton evi dently had in mind was this: That Dwight D. Eisenhower is off on the most hazardous i jour ney ever undertaken by a Presi dent of the United Stales. Con sidering all of the circumstances that surely is a fact. Perhaps the most significant circumstance is that the Presi dent is in his 70th year. , That normally is the pipe and slippers time of life. A time for sitting in the sun on pleasant afternoons. A time for cuddling spoiled grandchildren and for easy recol lections of a more active past. Few men of his years ever have taken on such a lOOO-miles-a-day assignment as has Eisen hower during the next span of days. He will mark up nearly 25,000 miles in 19 days, three continents, 11 capitals, 30 speech es and statements. The Lord only knows how many times Ike will have to flash that Eisen hower smile, turn on the charm, force a lagging enthusiasm. One man said, "you should have,' lived through his yogurt period.. II was simply awful. He ha P everyliody eating the stulf. Ho. wuuldn t settle for plain yogu f but went to strawberry yogurt a 'lf finally to some plum and yogurt concoction." The man reported thankfully, thai the yogurt period was rclu' lively brief. J . The Quirinal Palace where Ei" senhouer lived while he was in Home is large enough to hold four or five buildings the size of tint white House. There are several entrances, but while Eisenhower, was there. Italian security police cut off all but one entra ice which was through a narrow alley. The President entered the pall ace through a courtyard and thij Italians were so determined to give him the highest honors that; they ran a red carpet out into the rain the day he arrived aid lell it there all day, netting wet; ter and wetter. i When the President's plane m;: e an advance trip through h:s area, checking airports att local a rangcmenls, a problem arose at one point, where to get the demineralized water needed for the jet engines. It turned out thai a nearby brewery had the only demineralized water in many miles and the brewers were happy to make several barrels available. The Eisenhower baggage in eludes a large oval leather box for transporting his b'ack horm burg which he wears with his dinner jacket at night. One good thing has come out of this trip, Eisenhower will b home, in Washington, for Christ mas Day. His weary travel crev will get at least that much time with their families, but the Presi dent is making no promises fo the rest of Christmas week. V Many people speculated on it at Ihe time, but Eisenhower's real reason for being so emphatic last week about the governments staying out of the birth control situation involved niore than the issue of birth control itself. He thought that by taking sue) a strong stand against the gov ernment even providing birth con trol information and advice to other nations, he might in soma measure drive the possibility of religious bias out of national pol itics. He has been telling this to friends. " LORELEI On so me ' Florida rocks is Beth ', Lansthe, a New Born. 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