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Ike Is Under Mobs M'.W I'KLIII il'Pl President Iiujcndia Prasad entertained a: ai "at home'' fir President Ei ser.l.cwer today and 8.000 ot -New Ifllii's elite turned it into such a mob scene that Indian and U.S. security men had to lock arms i'l a double ring to protect the President. I'p until then it had been an off day for Eisenhower, who took it In rest up from the strenuous schedule h has been following in his -soft sell" peace tour wh'ch in the last week has taken him into five world capitals. President Prasad's "at home" came in lute afternoon and the two presidents had strolled out oi a lawn as smooth as a golf McKinnis Addresses Bureau ISLAND CITY (Special) "Build your membership and build your leadership if you would be more effective in legislature," Repres sentative Don McKinnis told a Broup of Farm Bureau member ship capains. The solon spoke at the annual membership kickoff banquet held hjre Thursday night. He followed a hypothetical bill through the processes of becom ing a law, pointing out the neces sary action by sponsoring groups. He told how unscrupulous propo sals are sometimes held back un til the final days of legislature, hoping they will be pushed through under pressure. Dodge City The town of "Dodge City" proved to be a lively place during the evenings program with "Jud ge Bean" (Lester Van Blokland) and "Chester" Ed Counsell) con trolling the unlawful. "Miss Kitty" (Vee Fager) play ed appropriate music on the piano and "Black Eagle" (Henry Coun sell) threatened to discourage Farm Bureau workers from being active in their organization. Master of ceremonies Grant Henderson presided over the meeting attended ty approximat ely 60 workers-. Mrs. Grace Hen derson presented sketch depict ing a Farm Bureau membership team visiting the farm of "Mr. Jones." A check-up meeting is schedul ed for Mondav here. Airman Makes Second Daring 'Chute Jump ALAMOGORDO. N. M. IPI Air Force Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger Jr., who made his sec ond parachute jump from the edge of space Friday nonchalant ly described his M-mile descent as "not a particularly daring thing to do." "On the first jump everything went wrong," the 31-year-old space jumper said, "hut this time . everything went right. This was a delightful experience compared to the last one." Kittinger leaped from an open halloongondola 74,700 .feet above White Sands missile range near here. Holloman AFB officials said the jump "went like clockwork," and Kittinger was described in excellent condition after the near Record leap. Wearing a partial pressure suit fitted with stabilizing vanes. IS THERE A MONOPOLY? Investigate High Piil Cost' By Leading U.S. Drug Firms WASHINGTON H'PH The Senate Anti-Monopoly subcommit tee said today the Upjohn Com pany sold bulk quantities of a "wonder drug" for arthritis to an other manufacturer at a price 14 times below that charged to drug gists as pills. Dr. E. Gifford Ipjonn, presioeni of the Upjohn Company, of Kala- mazco, Mich., defemtea me i.nu rer cert rricc difference and told the subcommittee that the two types of transactions were not comparable. Upjohn claimed that the sale to the Schering Corp. was a bulk sale of the raw drug while the price quoted on the sales to phar macists involved "a great many more costs", advertising, selling, distributing, packaging, research and others. Upjohn was asked by Commit tee Counsel Rand Dixon about red nisolene, used in treating arthritis. Swarmed By Friendly Of Indians green when the fun began. Nawalis. Nabobs. Mal'.arajas and an assortment of diplomats, gov- ernme t officials and women in rurisp. flnme-rikim ul o-i.H bon saris joined a gentle but ! determined mass movement to ward the circle in which Eisen howr found himself on display. The Indian and American se curity men locked arms but the pressure mounted and soon small er women were squealing in dis tress as their trailing saris were caught underfo t. The president attempted to bei detached about it and maintained ' a sporadic chat with Prasad as the beautiful gardens of the presi dential estate became a mass of shoving humanity. The ladies and gentlemen were orderly but de-' termined. 1 Tbey wanted to shake hands with the I'.S. President or touch him. Prasad finally suggested that Eisenhower might like to stroll through the gardens. They there-1 upon set out on what must have been the most closely guarded walk in history. At one time, Capt. E.P. Aurand. Eisenhower's distinguished Naval aid, was helping to keep the crowd from engulfing him. So great was the mass that the President managed only an occa sional glimpse of unoccupied sec tions of green and a few flower beds. Prasad's "at home" was one of the only two events planned for the day. The other was a dinner fur Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at the residence of U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth W. Bunker. Tot Will Have Sad Birthday NASHVILLE, Tenn. (LTD -Steven Callis will be 1 year old Christmas Day and his parents were excited as they planned to celebrate his first birthday and Christmas. But Louis Steven Callis, 23, and his wife Peggy Ann. 24, parents of the boy, were killed Friday night in a two-car collision. Little Steven was not injured in the accident. The child's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Armstrong of Cot tonwood. Tenn., said they would take care of Steven. Union Club Meeting UNION (Special) The Union Commercial Glub will meet Tues day night at the Skeet Club for a dinner and the installation of officers. "looking rather like Batman." he plunged 10.4 miles in free fall be fore his parachute opened. The 'chute popped open 3.6 miles above the desert floor and low ered him gently to earth. The en tire descent took 13 and a half minutes. "This time it went perfectly be cause the equipment worked as it was designed to work,'' Kittinger said, referring to his Nov. IB leap when he dived 14 and a half miles for his first unofficial rec ord high parachute jump. A drag chute designed to slow the free fall portion of the first leap opened prematurely, causin Kittinger to tumble through space ac 4bu mnes an hour. He landed in perfect condition, however, and the science-minded officer was elated he had an op portunity to Iind out what would happen if something went wrong Upjohn produced 45 per cent of the nation's supply in 1958. Dixon referred to an Upjohn sale to Schering at $2.37 a g am and the price charged druggists at the same time! of $35.80 per gram. ' Under questioning by Dixon. Up john conceded that the $2.37 cost to Schering was "probably in ex cess of our bare manufacturing i Public H"llh Sice a"d ot" cost" or in other government agencies when the no profit lor I pjohn. The subcommittee, headed hy Chairman Estes Kefauver D Tenn. called Upjohn for question ing as to wny American medicines cost less abroad than they do at nome. Kefauver'i ami-trust subcom mittte is investigating to deter mine whether big drug makers exercise monopolistic control over the market through rigged prices or otner uniair practices. Before today's hearing, which LA GRANDE OBSERVER 86th Issue 1 . mi Don Ewen, left, and Wclclon Marshall, mcmlers of the l.a Giamle fire depart nient, today donned their fire fighting togs and volunteered their services to aid the Salva tion Army in a Christmas Fund drive. The firemen offered their services as an ex pression of appreciation for the cooperation given the department by the Salvation Armv. " (Observer Photo) U.S. Red Scene Of NEW YORK (UPI On the Uth floor of the Hotel Theresa in Harlem, delegates to the 17th national convention of the Com munist Party U. S. A. resume their deliberations today behind a curtain of secrecy. One floor below. In room 1028. Safety Event Slated Here "Highway Safety Is No Acci dent," according to Bob Veith, In dianapolis Speedway veteran, who will present the Champion High way Safety program at La Grande High School next Wednesday at 9 a.m. Veith is one of 8 racing greats currently touring the nation's high schools with this award winning program dedicated to reducing the growing traffic death toll. His ap pearance here is sponsored by Roy Farr.um Supply. The Highway Safety Program w as launched in 1955 by the Cham pion Spark Plug Company of To ledo, Ohio and it has won for that firm the National Safety Council public interest award. Since it began, the presentation has appeared before more than 2, 000.000 high school students and it has been given at U.S. armed fof ccs bases. ' Veith competed in his fourth In dianaiwlis "500" mile race this year and finished in 12th position. In 1050 he was voted "Kcokie of the Year" at IndianaKlis. In his talk Veith stresses three basic points, courtesy and regard for the other driver, mental alert ness and sound mechanical con dition of the automobile. His pre sentation is augmented by a movie which was filmed at this year's In dianapt lis "500." winds up the first phase of the inquiry, Kefauver said there a! eady was evidence to indicate seme legislation was needed. He said it was' too early to tell what kind. Kefauver. said his subcommittee wanted to get the views of the Fool and Drug Administration, hearings resume next month be fore recommending any new laws. The inquiry was told Friday that three drug manufacturers have reused to sell supplies to a non-profit pharmacy here w hich fills mail order prescriptions for low-income retired persons at dis count prices. One big firm, Parke Davis & Co.. went a step further, witness es said, and cut Ml supplies to a commercial drug chain which has ,bten operating the pharmacy, 64th Year Sftl & llillf araguay Invaded mm tmMW KeDe txi es 1 . I ft V - 1 t " I I.', T - - I mm f ' I JO) . , ' U'M l.S. 'VOLUNTEER FIREMEN' Meeting In Harlem Peaceful' Picketing which serves as a press head quarters, reporters who are bar red from the convention ballroom pick up interviews and dibs and dabs of information doled out hy party spokesmen. Outside the hotel, picketing by a group of men led by the Key O. D. Dempsey "mayor" of liar lem, has thrust a note of opposi tion to the proceedings. This is the third day of the four day conclave but, while many problems have been discussed, no resolutions have yet been adopted, nor has the party's new national officers been elected. The 225 delegates and alter nates who are listed by num ber and not by name to avoid publicity have been listening to speeches and reports on topics such as disarmament, peaceful co - existence, civil rights, "the struggle for peace" and the so called "anti-labor movement." The Rev. Dempsey of the Abys sinian Baptist Church said he and WEATHER Partial cleirir.g and few snow flurries tonight; fair Sunday; high Sunday 32-42; low tonight 18-28. I Among the featured soloists in Sunday's presentation of J. S. Bach's "Christmas Ora torio" are (left) Sylvia Thompson, aito; Howard Anderson, tenor; Patsy Hutchinson, soprano; and (center) Mrs. Jack Vedder, organist. Not pictured is soloist David Skeen, baritone. The program is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. in the Eastern Oregon College auditorium. (KOC Photo) LA GRANDE, ORrCON, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1959 1 ' . f l.'' . .' A.' r.m: f - . ..: "- W -'V 1". : -J - -iv -' ' ; the pickets wanted the world to know that the 400.000 people of Harlem do nut aiproe or con dune any group "named sub- vixive hy the government-' hultl ing a convention in the cimnr.u mty. Picketing began Friday ni:;ht. The pickets carrying placards reading: "Down with Communism we are Americans." 'Neither Side' Gives In News Strike Meeting PORTIJVND UTH - Federal Mediator Elmer Williams said a joint negotiating mcjling between! the Oreyoniun and Oregon Jour nal and the Stereotvpers union ended in another deadlock Friday. He said no meetings we-e scheduled bet added Hat both parties agreed to be available up on request of the otiier parly or upon the req'.est of William. The two newspaiiers were struck Nov. 10 by Ine stcrcolyicrs and have been publishing a joint edition since that time. Friday's joint session was the si:;th since fie s'nke began. ' "k V. I V"t7 Vnr. lb 1 . - ' . ? EOC ORATORIO GOVERNMENT UNITS HIT BACK, REPULSE ATTACKS ASI NCIOW Parauuay ITI . , . . A .. J - Exile rebel forces attempted a two pronged invasion of Paraguay today. The government later an nounced officially that its army crushed the attinit. The announcement said Para guayan exiles tried to attack across the Paraguay liiver against the port city of Pilar and across County Gets $81,279 In '.Forest Fund Union County's share of nation. al forest revenue for the past fis cal year totaled Sal, 279. The fig lire fur Wallowa County was $87,110. A check for $11,207,368 has been mailed by the V. S. Forest Service to, the Oregon State Tre asurer for Oregon's share of Na tional Forest receipts for the fis cal year w hich ended June 30. I'lie pavmcnt was equivalent to 7)1 cents per acre for all national forest land in Oregon. County Rebate Under provision of federal law 115 per cent of the revenue collec ted by the federal government for national forest p.oducts and uses is returned to the state for dis ti ihutioii to the counties in which (he forests are located. Kaeh county's share is in pro portion to the acreage of national forest land in the county. The law further provides that the money lie used for public roads and schools. Hold Suspects In Baker Hotel Heist BAKER UPI The Geiser Hotel here was robbed early today of $2!5 by two gunmen, and two suspects were apprehended a little mure than an hour later. Police said that Mrs. K'thel Ana- be! was forced to hand over the money at gunpoint and then tied up. She worked free, however, and gave a description of the getaway car. Arrested were Robert Earl Cap ron. 23. Baker, and James S Underwood. 44. Boise, Idaho. Pol.ce said the men were being held on charges of armed robbery The loot and a .22 caliber pistol were found at a corral near Baker owned by Police Chief Fred Still Officers said the robbers had hidden the gun and money in the corral. CD 1 ----- ' - - 6 P9. the Parana River against the city I -t ! of Kncarnacion It said the rebel bands crossed the rivers in extreme southern Paraguay from Argentine terri tory at dawn today. the announcement added: "Defense forces intercepted them. Fighting took place, with some wounded retried and the attackers thrown back." The mention of "defense forces" apparently referred to two battal ions of infantry which have been stationed along the Paraguay side of the Paraguay River for the past few weeks, and similar units sta tioned along the Parana in the vicinity of Encamacion. The announcement said that supiw. ters of the rebel movement inside the city of Encamacion tried to seize the barracks of the local military garrison. But it said they were driven off. The government of President Gen. Alfredo Stroessner added in its announcement that, meanwhile, a rebel light plane circled over head dropping bombs on Encar- nacion. It said none ot these ex ploded. simultaneously, it said, more rebel units attacked at other places in southern Paraguay near Encamacion. J Earlier, reports from the Argen tine border city of Posadas said that a 3.0O0-man army of Para guayan exiles had invaded Para guay at 2 a.m. under the leader ship of Maj. Juan Jose Rotella. Reports from this Argentine town on the Paraguayan border said that the invaders claimed the capture of three towns and indi cated they had clashed with troops of President Gen. Alfredo Storess- ner, Fierce fighting without quarter was reported in progress. The Stroessner government ordered all its troop reserves to the south to meet the rebel challenge. The rebel radio, heard here. claimed that the invaders fanned north from Encamacion and cap tured two villages. The reports said a rebel air craft strafed the border city of Encamacion. The rebels, organized in a num ber of columns, crossed the Par ana River that forms the border between the two countries in the darkness. They captured several villages and then seized the port zone of the important city of Encama cion. U.S. Plans Sun For Communication Testing WASHINGTON 1UPI1 The United States hopes to launch a sun rocket next week in a test of solar-powered radio communi cations at interplanetary dis tances. The launching is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday at Cape Cavaveral, Fla., according to in formation here! The National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) has not officially confirmed that the firing is imminent. But the NASA is known to have developed equip ment designed to transmit infor mation more than 50 million miles through space. Arrest Navy Officers After Plot Revealed To Assassinate Fidel HAVANA (UPI) A new plot to assassinate Prime Minister Fi del Castro has been uncovered and 15 navy men arrested, reorts from Santiago de Cuba said to day. The reports came even as a military court sat in the trial of ! revolutionary hero Maj. Hube-t Matos and 39 other officers on charges of treason for protesting alleged Communist infiltration in the Castro regime. Dispatches from Santiago said 15 Navy men attached to the Pun ta Blanca naval district in east ern Cuba have been charged with plotting to kill Castro during his visit to the capital of Oriente Province Nov. 30. Details of the alleged plot and its discovery were not disclosed. However, it was understood that the conspiracy was actually dis covered on Nov. 30. Fivo Cents Enterprise Sets Meet On 'Youth' WALLOWA (Special) A pan el of speakers will present a sum mary of reports from the White House Conference on Youtn Mon day at 8 p.m. in the Wallowa County courthouse at Enterprise. Reports will be based on the study made in each Oregon coun ty last spring concerning youth problems. Wallowa County activ ely participated in the study. John Kiesow, county 4-H Ex tension agent, said the goal of the meeting will be to determine the application of recommendations as they apply to the Wallowa County situation. Clenn In Charge Eddie Glenn, state president of the Future Farmers of Ameri ca, will conduct the meeting. Speakers and topics are as fol lows: Family Life and Family Coun seling and School Counseling and Guidance Clinics Bill Williams, Joseph school principal, and The Rev. Bob Anderson. Juvenile Courts and Law En forcement Officers Keith Wil son, Wallowa County district at torney. Health Dr. Bernard Pabst Child Welfare Services Mrs. Lawton McDaniel. Education Al Haberly, Ent erprise School superintendent Work Opportunities Elgin Cornett, Wallowa County Exten sion agent. ' Recreation Mrs. Lawrence Slater. The meeting wap planned bfC" County Judge Fred Himelwright, ' Mrs. Lawton McDaniel, Eddie Glenn and John Kiesow. The public is invited to attend. Mild Earthquake Felt In Pacific Northwest BELLINGHAM. Wash. (UPI) A mild earthquake rocked parts of the Pacific Northwest Friday night but there were no reports of damage. The earthquake, felt from north ern Seattle to Vancouver Island and Vancouver, B. C, occurred at 10:32 p.m. The quake appeared to have been centered in this Rocket Shot The furthcoming shot will be an attempt to intersect the orbit of the planet Venus with a payload carrying scientific instruments and transmitters powered by bat teries which would be recharged from time to time with solar energy The payload, weighing less than 100 pounds, will be launched with a Thor-Able rocket. This consists of a Thor intermediate range bal listic missile booster with upper stages added. The payload ultimately will Join America's Pioneer IV and Rus sia's Lunik I in orbit around the sun. The dispatches speculated that Castro had advance knowledge of the plot when he visited Santiago to commemorate the landing of his invasion forces and the begin ning of the revolt against former dictator Fulgencio Batista in 19M. The revolutionary tribunal sit ting in judgment on Matos recess ed at 2 o'clock this morning after a Ihree-and-one half hour state ment by the major. He told the court that missing Army Commander Maj. Camilo Cienfuegns had shared his con cern over Communist Infiltration in the revolutionary army anil government. Matos was arrested in mid-October after writing a letter of re, ignation to Prime Minister Fidel Castro because of his opposition to the steady, leftist trend in tb, revolutionary government. He was then serving as military comrnao. dcr of Camaguey Province. .