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About La Grande observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1959-1968 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1959)
Slight Decline In U.S. Construction Viewed By ELMER C. WALZER UPI $ Writtr NEW YORK tl-fl l'-"ili-e Hull in its 10 outlook lor indus try and commerce loreves a record year in vm with practical- ly all li lei ri inn. ami mtikms: their best hoire in the first half. Late in the year, the firm finds prosect of Rome slowing d 'n. In line with other revent lo e casts this one places riosk rial ion ol product at Villi billion to $j!0 billion, a rise of 5 t:i 7 per cent. It looks for a 1 to 2 pi-r cent rise In the cost of lump aid btit a tiny chance in wholesale prices. About the only place where a decline is aiticipaled is in hous ing starts, but overall-construe lion is expected to ret a record high. Among the mo ds anticipated are steel, construction, chemical and plastics, textiles, relail tr .de. electric utilities, electrical eiiip ment and electronics, rubber, to bacco, apparci, appliances, home furnishings, meat and poullry and paper and panrrboard. Second Btt Year For Autos Automobile production is ex peeled to attain its second best year. Coal is expected to make a U.S., Canadians On Columbia WASHINGTON I I'll - Ameri can and Canadian officials have worked out a basic plan for an "equitable" sharing of waters from the mighty Columbia river, it was learned today. The International Joint Commis sion, the agency charged with drafting a set of principles for development of the vast Columbia Basin, declined to reveal details of the plan. But it was reliably reported that the two nations will split Co lumbia waters about 50 50. In a terse announcement Wed nesday, the I.IC said only that representatives of both sides have agreed on a set of principles to REMEMBER WHEN . . . 25 years ago, unusual warm weather in the Grande Ronde Valley area was broken by a sudden snowfall that measured four Inches. Predictions were that the La Grande area would have a white Christmas. The E O N. basketball team, in an exhibition gam? here, waltzed over the Union Towners by 73 lo to. Eastern Oregon Normal Coach Bob Quinn said after the ti't that it was a game that never should have been ployed. ... 15 yean ago, reports of tin Pacific Northwest region b-ing hit by Japanese balloons laden with high explosives were heard With the finding of a large hal loon on the western border section of Montana, the Pentagon in Washington, D C, lift -tl somewhat the veil of secrecy on the strange "bombardment." Montana people said it was first believed that the balloons carried Japanese spies. Fighting in the Sou'hwest Pa cific saw a total of 102 Japanese ships and 4t plunes destroyed around Mindoro. Lcyte and Luzon. Come In and set that Bulova difference! .rv Birnie's Credit Jewelry Most Liberal Credit Terms In La Grande r 1108 Adams to m cw CWX hilt T.,. f . !kkI gain. So are the railroads. 1 he service looks , for a rise over IU"9 of alioiit 8 per cent in advertising and publishing. Ax ult trial equipment faces curtailed volume, with farm in--ome slated to decline. Clood gams a e looked for in beverages, with distilled spirits up 15 per cent alter a 25 per cent rise In I95M. Cuts in housing are expected to trim shipments of lumber, cement plumbing supplies, brick and tile, but surging industrial construc tion will bolster tha l'J60 outlook (or struc.u-al steel, glass and paint, Prentice-Hall says. All packaging segments arc pre dicted on the upbeat in liriM. Dairy products are expected to rise with milk, butter, and cheese leading an upturn in prices. Further increases in 10 ore looked lor in drugs and toiletries, (iron-ins population a-.d higher in comes are seen aiding food pro cessors. Natural gas sales, uu Hi per cent in IM59 are expected to duplicate that rise in liNM. 'lire first half of 1'tfio is expect ed to lie the best. The second half may see some resistance to I he recovery. the tight money squeeze, says Reach Pact River Sharing govern joint development of the river. Details of the final agreement are expected to be announced si multaneously by the United States and Canadian governments within (lie next month, possibly in one or two weeks. A Commission spokesman said that in the statement of principles the two nations agreed on an 'ta-quitable sharing of Columbia water." He said I.IC representatives from both sides concurred in the aportionment and the govern ments were exiected to follow suit. The IJC spokesman said that one of the factors which helped break the year-long deadlock was a clarification of the Peace river situation in British Columbia. A Swedish industrialist, Ax-1 Wenner-Gren, has proposed pri vate development of the Peace river which flows primarily in British Columbia. At first it was feared that the Wenner-Gren proj ect might detract from develop ment of the Columbia river in British Columbia and thus reduce amount of Columbia river water which could le used jointly by the U.S. and Canada. However, the IJC spokesman snid the feeling now is that the Columbia could be developed in all of Canada regardless of what happens to the Peace river. Fur ther, he said the premier of Brit ish Columbia and the government of Ottawa both "strongly support" full development of the Columbia in British Columbia as well as in othe parts of Canada. The spokesman said the Peace nver clarification was an "im portant factor" in helping the Commission, which held three days of meetings here this week to arrive at the "equitable" shar ing plan. "it was -lcar this week that there no longer was a question of choosing between the two rivers in British Columbia." the sriokes- man sard. The Comuussion knew that both could be deveiuied w ith out detriment to eilher country." 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Alter this slowdown, Pren' ice Hall expects a 'other rewr auto, housiiig, co isomer durables, capi tal goods, a d stock market boom marking tne start of a big new business upthrusi lor the surging sis'ies. 1 ie firm injects a warning thai applies to the coming year and beyond : "We slill haven't found the ans wers I o the double threat and challenge that continue to cloud the promising long-tc-m outlook The unchecked threat ol chronic deeping inflation could eventually force devaluation of the dollar. And the challenge of Itussian and Chinese Communism on an economic, political, scien tific, and possibly military ram pa?e l.as yet to be squarely onfronted. 10 Years Ago Francos Regime Was Blacklisted By Americans By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Staf Writer In Madrid, President Eisenhow er will be conferring with a re gime which less than 10 years ago was on the black list of al most every nation. The Francisco Franco regime has come back a long way in the intervening years, and it may be assumed that the Eisenhower vis it will be used by the Spanish government as an instrument to hasten its full return to the fam ily of nations. On his II -nation tour, the Pres ident has been visiting capitals of widely varying political creeds. In each, the final com munique summing up his visit has been the result of a careful selection of words. The Spanish communique will be no less carefully prepared. In Spain, the opposition to Gen eralissimo Franco is allowed few opiortunities to speak. France Opposition Muffled But it has found voice to say it hopes that any words from the U.S. President will be addressed to the Spanish people and not to 'Twenty i "" 1 ti. ni.l- " '1 I P?J Miniature Box St2 t U INLAND MACHINERY CO. Cour CATERPILLAR deafer LA GBANDE JOHN DAY ENTERPRISE Cat and Caterpillar are Registered Trademarks of Caterpillar Tractor Co. Observer, La Grande, Or.., 1 at ' . JLi. 12 mm SEVERE PUNISHMENT Michael Kramer, 8, (left) siiows the criss-crossed scars which resulted from the hrutal heatings his father (tight) gave him for telling a lie. Kramer, 39, a 170-pound Miranda, Calif., logger, whipped the hoy for ,two clays with a plastic clothes line, lie has been placed in solitary conlinement in the Eureka, Calif., jail on charges of inhuman punishment of a child. Franco alone. That portion of the world which fought the llerlin-ltome-Tokyo Axis in World War 11. has not easily forgotten that Axis subma rines and airplanes found haven in Spanish p rls a id on Spanish airfields. There has been small basic change in the policies which Franco first instituted when he took power mo-c than 20 years ago, but tne world picture Iras changed di a .tically. V.'esie.-.i de fenses az.i nst expanding Com munism 'i'l ma toed that Spain, reaidb':. ol policy or politics, hp brought into the Western camp. The United States began the negotialiorrs which resulted in U.S. air and naval bases on Spanish soil and in vast amounts of U S. economy to the improv ished nation. France, once bitterly critical of Franca, now is moving toward better relations. So is West Ger many. Spain has been accepted by the United Nations. Spain still has not been invited to join the North Atlantic Treaty Miles Cf Road Euill -rn -nui ; m i m I That's how G. II. Ballantyne, General Manager of Burnt River LunilHT Co. of Baker. Oregon, sums up his satisfaction wilh their all new Series It Cat D-8 Tractor. "This D-8 has built over twenty miles of Forest Service road in Dark Canyon and we haven't used one pound of dynamite!" Mr. Ballantyne asserts, "and its been rugged rock excavation work, too." The new Series II D 8 Tractor is bigger and more powerful . . . it has set new highs in availability and production. Mr. Ballantyne stated. "We believe our new 'service-free' un dercarriage wilh those lifetime lubricated rollers and idlers, and the dry-type air cleaner are really li ps . . . our service time on this machine is rock-bottom." Yes, owner after owner agrees that the new D 8 is the pacesetter in its class! We have! the complete story on the new Series II D-8 . . . we would welcome the opportunity to prove its profit-making capability with a demonstration on your job. Call us today . . . WO 3 3101. Sat., Dee. 19, 1959 Pag. 6 Nations iNATOi and says she docs not want to be. that her al liance with the United Slates is enough. Though political unrest appears lo lie mounting. Spain's chief dif ficulty is economic. A year ago Spain was plung ing toward bankruptcy because of a too-rapid expansion of indus try. Today, she is embarked on a rigorous campaign of economic stabilization and has been the re cipient of more than 400 million dollars in loans. But the austerity campaign stiil has not proved itself, and many ' in business and govern ment are grumbling. Unemploy ment is on the rise. Franco is not overly popular with the man in the street, but even his opponents wonder what Spain would do without him. Obviously, he has no immedi ate inteuton of quitting. ' The Eisenhower visit under lines the increasing acceptance that Spain is finding outside its borders. In "Spain, it is beng cited a proff of the correctness of Franco's long-time policies. Wiihoul A Pound Of , -7 "4k I sampler 1 jj I FREE! w.y-- . I 11 J gfW&sBs 2 Lb-Rum Bu,,er 3 I Mr- t,4 rSU?,TCAKE if . tfir i B 9 REC 98c 7 SERIES 1 Nazarene Church Children Will Present Program The title of the t'hiisirnas ! Sermon which the Itev. Lawrence Abla will deliver at tire Church of the Nazarene. will be. ' Call His Name Jesus." Rev. Abla will de liver (he sermon during a unified service this Sunday wilh the Pri mary and Junior Diparimenls o. the Sunday school. The service w.ll start at 10 a.m. Boys and girls are asked to be present by the reultr time of 9:45. The boys and girls will be pre senting their program under the direction of Mrs. June Abla and Mrs. Vee Fag r. There will be recitations and dif'crent classes will p.esent readings. Thrre will be an Angel Cheriis made up of (lie following girls: Sherri Abla. Sharon Boiling. Beta Bradley. .Ici.vc" Hi-rron. Karen Nunn. and Glcnda Slout. Miss Carolyn Alexander is (he pianist for fie son ice. At the c!os of the service. trpnU will he Given children pres ent and th? young people of the church will take t.eats to snui-rns who are unable to attend the service. At 7 p m. Sunday, the Jr. High and High School department w present a Christmas Pageant. "Stranger in Bethlohm." The public is invited to these special services. The youth choir will sing carols and anthems and after the service they will go carolling. Mrs. Bette Blakeney is director of the pageant. Mrs. Hazle Willcox is pianist and Miss Carolyn Alexan der is orgonist for the Sunday Evening pageant. Pinochle Party .. Held By Lodge Knights of Pythias and Phyth ian Sister held another card par ty at the KP hall Saturday eve ning. Prizes went to the follow ing: Arden Walker, ladies' high; Margaret Hoover, la ides' fourth; George Hoover, men's high; Al Dunham, men's fourth; and Ar- d-na Walker, 300 pinochle. Ttie door prize also went to Ardcna Walker. Refreshments were served by Inez Rumney and Beth Fields. This was the last party to be held until after the holidays. We wish to thank the public and friends who helped make these parties so enjoyable. Dynamite Light In Darkness Title Of Sermon "A Light in the Wur'd's Dark ncs.s" will be the trtle o. the U-v Louis M. Samson's senium at Tlr first Presbyterian Church at the mornine worshin srrvic" on Sin- day. The Sacrament of Baptism will be held and new members wi'l be received into the fellow ship of Ihf church. The chcir will sing "Carol of the Sheep B"lis" by Kounlz and "Christmas Dav." a fantasy on dd carols, by Ho'si with solo voices being Mrs. l.yle Mc.Mull m. Warren Good, M:s. Harlow Sprckhtrt. Mrs. Thomas Cook. Douglas V.us tace, Lyle Johnson, Mrs. Forrest Masters, Max McGlasson, .nV.d Lewis Slilwell. As an offertory numb-r the quartet will sing "No Candle Was There and No Fire" by Lehm: nn. Members of the quartet are Mx McGlasson. Lewis Stilwel', Warren Good and Lylr Johnson Immediately foPo-ting th? morn ing wo. ship service, Westminster Guild will sponsor a culler hour in Kichardson Pari r so thai mem bers of the con'jreualion mav bono- the choir end welcome new mem hers. At 7 p.m. in the Sanctuary . 3 . &rU'.Y II If SUKDAY. DECEMBER 201H sWvV CHRISTMAS U SUNDAY 0NLY1 . i& FREE! vrrSii'7 LIMIT 1 jj iw in MWiTrnr fljfSffyjJ Fancy Grade frbttMd DELICIOUS WINCHESTER sRA,cFDLLeE reg. s qo 4.33 ssHE0tTLN' INDIAN Scent Killa gg- 2.C6 NO PHONE OR MAIL ORDERS, PLEASE! WE CANNOT HOLD ANY SUNDAY SPECIALS. ALL SALES ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS. lit PaESCRIPTlONDUC TO TRY SANTA BLASPHEMERS IdMIV. Mull. 'UPI' -Tu cucstt'icl en vorkers will b- Irie.t .i.i i. i n. 1 cna 's f c.tlla Santa riais a ;; tv I :'. Coldw.uih a :i !...:. C. Dunn wcte ai'-t'l a'l-r 7-year-old Keiii.y G:een loi-l his mother he hea.d tHi-iii saym-j bad things about Santa Tue iriji pleaded in nocent t) charges id using ob scene language. the Church School Cltristmas Wor ship s nice will be held with the pageant "Come to Bethlehem" be ing presi nted lollowing the set vice, Jun'or Hi'iV Fellowship will go caroling. On Thursday, Christinas l-e, there will be a candlelight wi r . hip service in Ru-haid o.i Parlor at 7 p m. Tins will Le a family wi.rs'i.p S'Twcv. Vsur Bott Bet In 'iNTLRlOR PAINTS IS Pittsburgh Miller's Cabinet Shop Gr.cr.wuod and Jfrson SMTA Pscnts The List FAYLESS SUKDAY SPECiM, OF 1S51J SHOP PAYLESS FROM 11 A.M. TO 5 P.M. THIS