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About La Grande observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1959-1968 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1959)
I Oregon Governor Mark Hatfield Takes 'Pause That Refreshes' SALEM LTI' - Oreon lll publican Cov. M.ik Hal field paused today to lake a look at the first year of office behind him. He liked wh.it he aw rut said there is much r'.ure work to be done. In an excVive interview, he listed what he considers the top three accomplishments. mi 'ar, of his administratis!. They are: 1' Tlie economic upswing In the state; ri' Heor-ga-iization of stale government to date, and 3 Accele'ation tf a proRram to attract outstanding citizens to government service, both Democrats and Kepublieuns, from all walks of life. He said the state now presents a picture of "favorable business climate, a stepied up program." Institutions Ci'f Hatfield said he also was very pleased with major lccliipme:its in s'ate institutions, lie said that, for example, uhen lie took office there was a wailing list of uIkiiu 400 for Kairview home for the mentally retarded here lie said that in a few months, there will be no waiting list. Improvement of existing facili ties and establishment of Mid Columbia home at The Dalles were factors. Hatfield said that his biggest problem in the first year as gov ernor was the 1!5S Legislature. He ran up a record for vetoes. 23. The biggest disappointment in the Democratically-run body was "its inability to develop a tax program." he said. Hatfield haJ urged the Legislature to broaden Oregon's lax base with either a net receits tax or a sales tax but neither materialized. He added he has "great ex Deviations" for a Republican Leg islature in 1961. Image Not Clear Hatfield said in some areas of the nation the image of Oregon "is not too clear." "In fact," he added, "the far ther east you go, the less clear it is." He did say that Oregon does project some very favorable individual images and cited edu cation, business, politics ("on im age of independence"), state beauty aid sports achievement. "One of the leu favorable im ages is taxation,' he said. "There is an unfounded image that Ore gon has the highest personal and business taxes In the count y This must be dispelled." "Another image that must be changed, also unfouided, is one involving climate. You hear it said that it rains too much here Well, for instance, . the average rainfall in Washington, D. C. is greater. We must also disel that image." , i "Only Beginning" The governor said that state government, as he prpmised, has become more efficient. He cited these: Wiser spending French Songbird Edith Piaf Prefers Singing 'To Death' PARIS HI'li -"If I ft p sin . Ing I die." The words were those of Edith Piaf. 44, the frail and tiny sing er whose nightly appearance on a . our of provincial music halls is a nightly brush with death. Doctors and friends plead with her to halt the tour before she collapses and ends ' forever the haunting voice that has enchanted her fans on both sides of the At lantic. But still she goes on. Paris newspapers pleaded with her in their editorial columns to day to take a rest befo'e she kills herself. The tabloid Paris-Jour, fa vorite of the subway-riding mas ses of the French capital, head lined an article In Thursday's pa per: "Edith Piaf Must Slop." It published a photograph of her showing her haggard face. She wus holding onto the hands of two friends as she left a theater early this week where she came close to collapsing on the stage. "It is a tragic combat, with its alternatives of brutal defeats, of uncertain victories," Paris-Jour said. "Out no one has ever seen the face of Edith Piaf's adversary. It is death which she confronts each evening with song." She is suffering foin a recur rence of the general fatigue and illness that plagued her during her U. S. tour last spring, ossi bly tlie lingering effects of a ma jor operation she underwent at the timo. Her famous voice falters and she clutches the stage piano but to an audience in' Evreux she asked: "Have you come to see me collapse on the plage? Then you've come at the wrong time. I'm in top form." She sang then, with heartbreak in her voice and a desperate kind of glory in her eyes, songs which she has made her trademark around the world. It was not the voice of old, but it was the tre mendous acclaim of old. in welfare, a half a million dollar sating m the second quarter of MIS over the same period of 1958; pa I' I! of the National Guard budget by $!X).0O0; elimination of (5 positions in the Tax Commis sion: reorganization of the Em ployment Department wit hreduc tioi in employe numbers by 65. and also o'c oJministralor in lieu of a Ihri c-member commission; simplification of the state tax form, a saving in printing costs of $7.0(K). These are examples, he said, not totals. "This is not the end, this is only the beginning." Not that his administration hasn't been criticized by the pub lic. According to the trend of his mail, the biggest complaint in 1'jMt was his recommendation of repeal of the l'J"3 anti picketing law. The Legislature repealed it. Ntubargar Race Out Hatfield also took time out to put down talk that he might bid for the scat of U.S. Sen. Rich ard I.. Neuberger 'D-Ore. ticxl year. "I have no plans for enter ing that race," he said. One of his biggest projects is to bring new industry to Oregon, with an eye to c eating more jobs. "This is the key to every thing, to a diversified economy. It is the very life of the state." Another step in that direction is a trip to Chicago, Host on and New York next spring for personal meetings with industry leaders. He will head a delegation of Ore gon business leaders. Looking toward the sixties, he declared, "the stage has been set. We must accelerate what has been started. In this way Oregon can and must expand and grow, for the benefit of all its citizens." Bedtime Snack Enjoyed By Duo Wed 81 Years FAIRVIEW, l'tah L'PI A bedtime snack of a piece of candy and a breakfast of meat and po tatoes is part oi me daily regi men of the long-lived Peter Peter Qbwretf, La Grande, Pro., Frl., Dec. 11, 1959 PirjJ.S. CommieS Market Quotations Meeting Behind By UnlUd Pwtt Inttrnational 'Closed Doors' PORTLAND DAIRY PORTLAND T PI Dairy mar ket: Eggs To. retailers: Grade AA extra laree. 48-51c: AA large. 45- believed to be the nation's 48c; A large 43-44c; AA medium longest-married couple who ob se ved their 81st anniversary to day. It's a formula that has worked For Peterson, iW. and his wife Ceiestia. 8. fully expect to "be around for a while longer so we 40-4Jc: AA small 3'J-3Jc; cartons i :sc additional. Butler To retailers: AA and grade A prints, 72c lb.; carton, lc higher; B prints, 70c. Cheese: (medium cured To retailers: A grade cheddar single can both live together when weida,s'"- 43 S'!:':,. p , can cneese, 3-10. iuui, 1-. pass the century mark.'' "We're in better health now than we were a year ago, and it looks like we're going to make it," Peterson said. A year ago the Petersons' 80th anniversary turned into a com munity celebration at Fairview, a central L'tah farming community where the couple has lived all but 10 years of their lives. Today, their anniversary cele bration had "much less fuss." It was confined to only most of their 257 descendants: Yes, It Happened At Circus; Man Run Over By Bear MIAMI BEACH (UPD Walter Klauser was run over by a bear Wednesday right. The Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus trainer was st-uck from behir.d by one of his not top well trained bears at a perform ance here. The b?ar was riding a motorcycle around the circus ring when he veered into Klauser, sending him to a hospital with leg abrasions. The licar was unhurt A national television audience also saw the spill. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND UPD iL'SDAl -Livestock: Cattle for week 2575: few lots choice fed steers 26.50-26.75; mixed good-choice under 1100 lb. 26 25-26.50; good under 1100 lb. 23.50-25.50; fed heifers standard good 21-23 50; canner-cuttcr cows 1050 12; cutter-utility bulls 16.50 20 50. Calves for week 300; good choice veale's 2B-32: few to 33; standard 20-27; cull utility 11-20. Hogs fur week 2175; 1 and 2 butchers 1K0-235 lb. 14 25-14.50 two lots 14.75; mixed 1, 2 and 3 at 13.50-14; sows 300-500 lb. 9-11.50. Sheep for week 225: good choice wooled lambs 16 50-17.50; shorn 15.50-16.50; good-choice feed er lambs 14-15 50; cull-good ewes 3-6. Flynn's Widow Lists Theft Of Gold Bracelet LAS VEGAS 'I I'D Patrice Wymore, widow of the late Errol Flynn. reported to police Thurs day that someone stole from her Desert Inn dressing room a $700 gold braclet and a $1,200 check. Miss Wymore currently is ap pearing in a singing and dancing act at the desert resort nightspot. NEW YORK STOCKS NEW YORK iL'PD Stocks came under pressure in generally routine first hour turnover today. The market displayed scattered strength in a firm opening, but many issues fell from their best levels in subsequent trades, es pecially in the rail and steel sections. Steels dipped on the suspension of steel negotiations and losses ran to more than a point in Vuungstown and a half or more in Bethlehem and U.S. Steel. Re public was unchanged after a firm opening. In the rails. Southern Railway. Pennsylvania and Union Pacific gave up fractions. Electronics had some good gain ers. These included Ampex up more than 2 and Zenith ahead more than a point. Ford was up in. Other motors were firm. NEW YORK 'L'PH - Behind closed doors in the ballroom of the Theresa Hotel in Harlem, del egates to (he 17th national con vention of the Communist party U.S.A. today grappled with prob lems ranging from ways to reju venate the party to the "struggle for world peace." The proceedings were carried on more or less in secrecy. Re porters were barred from tlie ballroom. The 225 delegates and alternates showed green identifi cation cards containing a number, but not a name, as they were admitted. ' FIRE REPORTED tst.MJ itfti a woods lire, a December rarity, which covered aliout a quarter of an acre in the Deschutes National Forest three miles south of Chemull was re ported this week. Relatives On Payrolls WASHINGTON urn Joke I sters on Capitol Hill have conu-1 un w ith a new name for the I nractice of putting relatives on I congressional payro'Is. They caHl it payrola. AWARDS GIVEN PORTLAND 'I'PD Bonneville I Power Administration employes Thursday received incentive awards totaling $7,320 for sugge. lions which saved .4(X). careful homeowners are the only ones who can qualify for General's "Allln-One" Homeowners Insurance. And. they can earn cash savings! REYNOLDS INSURANCE A0ENCY LOlNIHAtJ eat tf net. inmi PORTLAND GRAIN Coast Dtlivery Basis White wheat 2.00 Soft wiule hard applicable 2.00 White club 2.00 Hard red winter, nrrlinnrv 9 oft Hard white baart, ordinary 2 95 8 Oats no bid Barley 45.00. 8 Hospital Doll Funds For Elevator Motor A beautifully-garbed doll, the size of a two-year-old tot, will be given away Dec. 23 by the Sisters of St. Francis at St. Joseph's Hospital here.. The doll's complete wardrobe was made by the hospital seam stress, it was said. Funds raised from sale of tickets on the doll will be used to purchase new motor for the hospital elevator. City Considers Reappointments To Local Boards City commissioners last night considered the reappointment of 14 La Grande residents to eight commissions and boards for a new term beginning Jan. 1. ltMH). For mal action, however, will not be taken until all the members up for reappointment have been con tacted. Only one new name was pro posed as a replacement on the various groups. Herman Skala was recommend ed by Commissioner Bill Herrmann as a candidate for the Civil Service Commission. The appointment would be for six years. Mrs. Henry (Roberta) Bales was listed for reappintment to the Library Board on the recom mendation of board members Mrs. Bales was appointed to the board to fill out a term that was vacant. Olher commission and board members whose terms wili ex pire are: Planning Commission. Dr. Roy L. Skeen and Lynn And erson; boxing commission John R. Garrity, Dr. Fred Otten, Giant Killcring. E. H. Quinn and Don Hagsdalc: airport commission. Norman Daniels; Civil Service Commission, Walter R. Parker; Budget Committee. A. 15. Olson and C. Powell Graham; Board of Adjustment, J. I.. Sinden; and f.as Board of Examiners. Ralph Jcnes. 'Detection' Machine By Soviet Union MOSCOW (UPIl Soviet en gineers have developed a machine they said is quicker, than X-ray detecting changes in human body tissues that give first warn ings of cancer and other dis eases. Basically, the machine shoots supersonic waves Into the body and then measures, the difference in their passage through healthy and abnormal tissues. The engi neers said it is as simple as hav ing an X-ray but without any ra diation or other discernible dan- ge-s. . . The apparatus was developed over the last three years by Moisci Gurevich, a radio engi neer at the U SS R, research in stitute for . medical instruments and apparatus in Moscow. It has been undergoing extensive tests for about a year at the institute and other medical institutions in Moscow. it GureVich, in an Interview with CPI, stressed that UZD-4. as the device is called, does not detect cancer as such. Nor docs it Indi cate if the tissue differences It notes are harmful or beneficial. "That Is a matter for the doc tor to decide." Gurevich said. "But the machine fan aid him to discover a tissue transforma tion taking place, just as an X ray can." Lyndon Johnson Offers Oregon Aid PORTLAND 1 UPD Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson 'DTexasi has offered to work with Sen. Richard L. Neuberger ' D Ore 1 in establishment of na tional seasho e parks in Oregon and Texas, Neutiergcr said today. The Senate Interior Committee plans to hold hearings on the pro posed Padre Island Natinal Park this month in Corpus Christi, Tex. The park is included In the ail ministration's bill f ir creation of three national seashores. "We feel atwut Padre Island as you do about the Oregon Dunes," Johnson said, "and I welcome the opportunity lo work with you in a parallel effort toward these erds." Mnilmon Arrested For c:l:.n Tn 'Deliver' 5 1 uiiiiiij NEW YORK UPI Mailman ' Horace W. 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