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WEATHER Lilllt i4,n luniijlil end Friday; high Friday 44 J4; low 18-28 LA GRANDE OBSERVER 1V J5th !:;je 64lh Year " i 'nil t UNION COUNTY ASC OFFICE HONORED Union County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation office and county com mittee of ASC was honored last night by state ASC officials as the "outstanding off ice in the seven counties of district." Leftto, right, Alan Jacobs, Ontario, farmer Held man; Lloyd German, manager of Uni m County ASC office; Ben Robinson county committee chairman, and Glen Hutchinson, Ontario, state committeman. Ger man is no.ding certificate signifying the honor. (Observer Photo) Steel Union Asks Benefits In Mew WASHINGTON ifPI The steclworkers union asked the steel companies today for retroactive benefits in any new contract and a pre-Chris'.mas pay rais? based on the government's cost-of-living index. i The double-barreled proposal was made by unioi President David J. McDonald in a letter to JieaJs of the 11 s'.ivl companies covered, by the Taft-Hartley in junction which ordered the steel strikers back to work Nov. 7. The injunction runs out Ja.i. 26. The new proposal came as un ion and management negotiator); were called into joint session to cay by feJeial mediato s amid signs the government might pro pose a .acka;,e seitlement of the .scve;i-nio".th-old dispute. Firemen Will Man Salvation Army Kettles Firemen will man the Sa'.va tinn Army pots Saturday as an expression of their appreciation of the aid given fire fighters by the group. Members of the department will clang the Christmas bells clad in their fire fighting equip ment. The fire truck will parade up Adams every two hours. Fire Chief Ray Snider said the department was making the cam paign lor the Salvatien Army in exchange for th? fine cooperation they have given the department at fires. Snider also told the people of La Grande to be prepared with lots of change when downtown Saturday. The firomen will work in two-hour shifts. U.S. Troops Pulling Americans Withdrawing From Army Installation In Iceland WASHINGTON l'PI' - The 1'iited States announced it will withdraw all of its 1.200 Army troops from Icelard whee their preserce had generated some fric tion. The Defense Departmnt said the withdrawal, to be carried out during the first six months of !!(), was part of a "normal iV deploymert" and had nothing to do with recent irciderts. Approximately 4.000 Air Fo-ce aid Navy personnel will remain in Iceland. The department said that this decision to pull out the Army troops was initiated by the V S. alone, and that thfr Icelandic gov ernment was later "made aware" of the decision. It insisted the withdrawal had no connection with the recent re call of the American commanding officer in Iceland. Air Force Brig. Gen. Gilbert Pritchard. Pritchard was removed at the request of the Icelandic government alter an in M0 4- In h's proposed "interim settle ment. ' the union leader suggested that any benefits provided by a final agree.neiit should be retro active to Nov. 7 when the strik ers returned to work. Since then, tile s.eelworkeis have been paid under their old contract which ex pired June 30. McDonald said the u lion had complied fully with the Supreme Continue Hunt For 7 Convicts HOANOKE. Va. 1 1 PI' The search f ,r seven escaped convicts from North Carolina's maximum security prison concenfattd today oi central Virginia and on the rincleader, Charles iVa.nk' Stew art Eight of the 20 well - armed convicts who escaped early Tues day from Ivy Bluff p.ison ne3r Yanceyville, N. C, were roundrd up Wednesday night and early to day in three different sections of Viigir.ia. Ail gave up without a fight. Four o.hers were picked up Wednesday in Ohio, and ano'.her was arrested shortly a.ter the break. 'W5 HELP FIGHT YB CHRISTMAS SEALS Out cident involving two Icelandic citi zens and f. S" military guards The Icelandic government had said the two civilians who had en tered a military a n were humil iated and forced to lie in a puddle while military police examined their papers. The Defense Department also said timing of the withdrawal an rouncement had "no connection" with the inauguration of a new Icelandic government last month The American troops controversy was an issue in the campaign. The announcement said that af ter the Army battalion comha' team is w ithd awn, airborne troops will be kept in readiness in the I'nited States so they could reach Iceland in a matter of hours if necessary The battalion's assignment of "guarding military installations" will be taken over by the Air Force and Navy. The L S denied the move con stitutes a withdrawal of North At i - -. t u Special Contract Court decision upholding the Taft- Hartley order. He also said steel production since the men went hack to work "is attaining high records. Baud Cn Escalator Clause " . It is only fair and equita ble that whatever settlement is ultimately concluded between the stcelworke-a and the companies should .11.. during t'.e period of the I an-Hartlcy injunction," he aid. "We irust that the industry a -es not wish to reap the sole benefit of this period of enforced production." McQonald's proposal for the pre-Christtnas pay hike was based nn a three-cent hotrly increase the steclworkers are expected to ict under the escalator clause in their la t contract. This ties the steelworkers pay to rises and falls in the Labor Department s cost-of-living index. McDonald noted that the con tract called for the next adjust ment on Jan. 1 and that the No- ember index on which it would 1 o based would be announced alut Dec. 21. Man Succumbs !n Local Hospital Cuy Murchison, 65, died in a lo cal hospitrl yesterdi.y at approx imately 4:30 p m Murchison was admitted to the hospi'al 1 t Thursday with a sell-inflicted bullet wound in the chest from a .32 specail rifle, ac cording to Police Chief Oliver Heeve. Murchison, who lived at 2805 X. Birch St., left notes following the shooting saying he was de pressed because of a recent ill- lantic Treaty Organisation fo-ces It pointed out that U. S. troops were statio-ed in Iceland under a sei-ara'c 1K1 agreement. The NATO Council has been notified of the action, howpver. The presence of U. S. troops on the North Atlantic stratejic outpost has been a continuing source of consultation and some times controversy between the two governments. The Icelandic Parliament asked for complete troop withdrawal in the spring of lf56 but later dropped the request. The Army said responsibility for ground defense of Iceland will be taken over by the 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N. C, the 101st Airborne Division at Ft. Campbell. Ky., and the 4th Infan try Division at Ft. Lewis, Wash. These outfits, the Army said, will maintain "battle loaded units" that could be flown to Ice land "in time to meet any fore seeable emergency.". Ike Warns feds1 in inaian soeeco PLEDGES U.S. SUPPORT IN BORDER AGGRESSION NEW DELHI (UPI '-President Eisenhower renewed his call to day for controlled world disarma ment but warned Communist Chi na the I'nited States stood ready to protect its friends against an "alien philosophy backed by great military might." Eisenhower addressed a joint session of Parliament minutes aft er a meeting with Prime Minis ter Jawaharlal Nehru at which he was reported to have oflered U.S. military aid should a shoot ing war develop from lied China's attacks on India's northern bor ders. Eisenhower received a standing ovation when he entered the jum- packed and flower-bedecked Par liament Hall. His 22-niinute sHech was interrupted 14 times by ap plause. After the session several mem bers of Parliament told the I'PI they were thrilled by the address Onesaid he saw ' genuineness in Eisenhower' desire for peace." Nehru Listen Quietly Nehru sat thoughtfully during the speech, his chin cupped in his hand. He did not join in the ap plause at any time during the proceedings except just before the President left the chamber. Eisenhower appeared fatigued after his busy day that began when he laid a wreath on the tomb of Mohandas K. Gandhi, hero of Indian independence, but he brightened when great crowds lining the streets of New Delhi cheered and screamed their ap proval of his peace mission in a repetition of Wednesday's tumul tuous welcome. AF Planes Begin Search' For Big Airliner Down BALBOA, C.Z. (UPI US Air Force planes took off at dawn today to resume the search tor a Colombian airliner with 46 per sons aboard, missirg for more than 24 hours over the Caribbean Sea. A report Wednesday that anoth er Colombian plane had sighted the wreckage of the twin-engine C-46 in the jungles of central Panama proved to be a misun derstanding apparently caused by inaccurate translation of a Spanish-language report by operators at the Canal Zone rescue center. The plane, operated by Colom bia's SAM Airline, was on a flight from the resort island of San Andres to the North Colombian port of Cartagena when it van ished. All of those aboard were believed to be Colombians. Enough Evidence For 'Murder Indictment' LOS ANGELES UPl-A Los Angeles County Grand Jury was expected to wind up its investiga tion today into the slaying of Jack (The Enforcer i Whalen. Deputy District Attorney Fred Henderson said at the close of the second day of testimony Wednes day that the panel had enough testimony to "indict one person for murder." Sam Frank Locigno, 38, a friend of ex-convict Mickey Cohen, al ready has confessed fatally shoot ing Whalen Dec. 2. He claimed the slaying was in self-defense. Locigno was sitting at 'Cohen's table in Rondelli's Sherman Oaks restaurant when he fired the shot. None of the estimated 20 wit nesses questioned so far by the Grand Jury was reported to have remembered ever having seen the weapon used in the slaying. Lo cigno told police he didn't remem ber what happened to the gun he used. Cohen slapped a 33-year-old auto salesman after the shooting, ac cording to the salesman, Cerald Sumption. He told reporters: "I staited to leave the restau rant after the shooting when Cohen, wearing a bib to protect his clothing from the Italian food, grabbed me by the lajiels of my coat. He said, ou re one of them, you dirty and hit me with his ojien hand. All the time there was a couple of big guys standing in back of him." Sumption, a husky .245 pound judo expe:t. said that later one of the friends of Cohen came up to him and explained: "He's sorry he did it. He always does things like that when he gets hot." A GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1959 i His health apiM-an-d gocd in con trast to thnt of his riawditer-in- law. Mrs. .Icihn F.,senhnwe-. wh was sufferi' s Iron a cold and ncrsis'.e.it c.Mgh hut continued her unofficial d .i c.v The galle: . s of Pari, anient were packed hours Ik lure Eisenhower arrived to w;irn the world that n there is not peace "there mav tie no gene-atiuns to follow us " onl a world canipa.gn tor ih-ucc can win peace, he sj.d. ai d he called on India to heln lea I it Strict Security Mtaiurn The Ind.ai gcriintcnt put stringent security measures in force, even greater than those in voked when Communist parly leader Nikita Khrushchev anil then iPremier Nikolai Hiilgauin visited Parliament in Armed ihiIicc o:i the t'.S. and Indian secret services were sta tioned on the roof of Parliament and parapets alongside. City Ponders Lien Decision The city's final decision on the disposition of the lien against " pavement district 158, property recently deeded back to the Hen- drix Methodist Church, will wait another week. City Manager Dave Slaghl will talk with church officials after Carl Helm Jr., city attorney, ad vised the governing board that the lien exists by virtue of a technicality. Helm said the title and the lien should have merged when the deed was tran-ferred to the city Un Jup.:, 1338, for park purposes. T f-perty had been sold in a poiice- sale in September, 1938, ljut never recorded. Commission president Gordon Clarke said it was his understand ing the church wanted to sell the : property to a private party. The existing lien was then termed by Chirk as a "moral, not a legal ob ligation." Helm said the commission is in effect willing to clear the title for the title company and to clear the books for a consideration by seeking payment from the church group. Clarke and Commissioners Merle Becket and Arlo Noyes in dicated they would be in favor of writing the lien off the city tx.rks in view of Helm's opinion Bill H rrmann and H. E. Waddell were in favor of the agreement 'with consideration" if the prop erty is to be sold to a private party and not retained by the church. Sunition indicated as he waited to testify before the Grand Jury that Cohen wouldn't have gotten away with the slapping if he hadn't been backed . up by his tough-looking friends. Said Cohen of the incident: "I say I didn't do it, and I wouldn't do it again. I'm a lover, not a fighter Ask Sandy." 4-H Achievement Meeting Set At Wallowa Saturday WALLOWA' (Special) Annual! 4 11 achievement meeting will be' held Saturday at 6:30 p m. for the. Iistine and Wallowa communi ties. The i)tluck supper, to be held at the Union Hall in Wallowa, is open to the public. Beginning at 8 p.m., the achie vement crocram will he pnniliir-t. ed bv Bni i Wolfe. A representative of the First! iNational Bank of Oregon will pre sent 4-H member achievement awards. Slides of the years acti vities will be shown by John Kiesow, county 4-H Extension agent. EOC's John Hall At Young GOP Meeting John Hall. EastTn Oregon College student, attended the meet ing of the Oregon Young Republi can College League at the Universi ty of Oregon earlier in the week. Hall was an officirl delegate of the local chaptT cf the organization. PICKED ON WRONG MAN LONDON (UPI) Gcorgi Mortimer was convie'ed of at tempted fraud yes'erday after ha pesed at a policeman and "arrested" the first likely look ing victim ha could find.. The victim was a plain c'uthct detective. Fr. Crotty Monsignor According to an aniiouneeni'iit by the Most ltev. Francis P. Leip zig. D.D., Bishop of Baker, His Holiness. Pope John XXIII. has elevated tilt Very ltev. Matthew M. Crotty to the rank of Domestic Prelate- with the title of Might I- T !- t i. t ' 'jt.i - f, i "V- .aj ' .v. -OA" 5 f 'r.y. j MOWSISNOR CROTTY 1 ".W'i Drugstore 'Salesmen' Under Scrutiny By Senate Probers WASHINGTON (UPI I The drug industry's version "of the traveling salesman caught the attention of Senate drug price in vestigators today. Counsel Hand Dixon of the Sen ate anti trust subcommittee said the group planned to study at some length the activities of the sa-called "detail men" employed by big pharmaceutical houses. There has been testimony in dicating that they have helped keep prices up and competition down. Distribute Samples The main job of the detail men is to call on doctors to distribute free samples and relate informa tion about new drugs put on the maiket by the company which employes them. This is done in hopes that the ds.ctors will use the company's brand name in writing prescrip tions for this type of drug. Witnesses have told the sub I - X' m- i-1B' arjr vf' .1 PAKISTANIS GREET IKE Crowds line street as President Eisenhower (left) and ' Pakistan President Ayttb Khan ride in carriage en route to presidential palace after , former's arrival in Karachi. Eisenhower, On the first trip by an American President to Communist threatened Asia, pledged the U.S. and Pakistan would work for a i just peace for all mankind. ; 14 Pagei Lions' Student Aid Program Given Shot By 'Can Can Revue' EARL MOSSMAN Named By Pope li'.'verend Monsignor. Father Crotty is pastor of the local Catholic Church of Our Lady el the Valley. While Monsignor Crotty already enjoys the rank of Domestic Pre late, a formal investiture cere mony is planned for a later date. During the ceremony ih Papal rescript will be read and the new monsignor will be clcthed with Pochette and Mantelletum by Bishop Leipzig. Irish Born Monsignor Crotty was horn In County Kilkenny. Ireland, Sept. 26, 11119. He made his classica', philo sophical and theological studies at St Kieran's Seminary and wrs ordained a priest Jan. 30. 1!I14. He enrolled in .th? School of Canon Law at Catholic University, Wash- i-H'ington, D.C.. Nov. 9. im, and ob tained his doctorate in that science in June, 1947. ! He scrvd four years as assist ant at St. Francis Cathedral in ' Baker and was appointed chan cellor of the Baker Diecese in August, l'.iol. Bishop Leipzig ap pointed him vicar general of 'the diocese in February, 1952. He was transferr-d to La Grande in Febru ary. 1957. Domes' ic prelates are so called because Ihey are members of the Papal Household. Like all prelates i below the rank of cardinal, they I are addressed as monsignor. committee that many physicians. particularly general practitioners, rely more on detail men than on medical journals for data on new drills. Of Major Expenses The subcommittee has received information that the employment of detail men is one of the ma jor business expenses of large companies and enables them to sell more drugs ll;an smaller compel it-ji s who have cheaper prices. If a doctor writes down a brand name, the druggist is re quired to use this particular prod uct in filling the prescription. Of tentimes, the same drug is avail able at a lesser price under an other brand name or under its generic, or chemical, name. Subcommittee chairman Estcs Kefauver (D-Tenn.l has pointed out that the patient who must pay the bill has no choice over what brand he gets or the price he must pay. Fiv Cents Earl Mossman's Can Can Girl Revue will do its part Friday nigHt to aid the foreign exchange student program of the La Grande Lions Cub with a show at the high school auditorium. Krary Daze" is the theme of - the program which is scheduled to open at 8 p.m. The dance revue and the Cen tennial Singers appeared tor 100 days during the Oregon Centennial celebration at Portland. They are currently engaged in a state-wide tour. The entertainers have appeared on nationally televised shows which include the Lawrence Welk Show and an appearance with Liberace. They were presented a plaque last summer by Gov. Mark Hat field for writing and singing the song "You Are In Oregon My Friend." Duiing the Oregon Slate Fair in Salem they appeared with the Bob Crosby troupe. Mrs. Claire Morion is a director of the show with Earl Mossman as master of ceremonies. The show has drawn praise from reviewers and the public for their Centennial appearances, being one of the most popular acts in Port land. Farm Bureau Membership Banquet Set Union County's Farm Bureau will officially open its annual mem bership drive following a kickoff banquet this evening for team captains and helpters. The banquet, scheduled for 7:30 p m. at the Farm Bureau hall in Island City, will feature Rep. Den - McKinnis D-Summerville) as the principal speaker. Local Form Bureau officials attended a meeting for state captains at Bend recently where membership drive details were planned. Quota Exceeded Quota for the Union County group is 525 members as es tablished by the state organiza tion. Present membership is in excess of 560, officials reported today. Any farmer who derives 60 per cent of his income from a farm is eligible for full membership. Associate memberships are avail able for businessmen and other interested persons. Local Post Office Open All Day Saturday La Grande's Post Office will re main ooen on Saturday afternoons until Christmas, Postmaster Vic Ekley said tod?y. The postmaster urges residents to g"t their package sand Christ mas cards in the mail as soon as possible to help avoid last-minute pil?-ups in the flow of mail. Two Area Residents Die Two Grande Ronde Valley res idents died this morning. Shelly Griffin, 58, 1301 Mad ison Ave., died in La Grande this morning. Mrs. Gladys Hays, Elgin, also passed away at her home early today. Funeral arrangements win oe handled by the Daniel's Funeral lIome.