WEATHER
Fair through WtHrtidjy
with patch! morning (og;
highs 36-42; lewt 32-38.
LA . GRANDE OBSERVER
93rd lut 64fh Year
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I i iw : . .'V ' ' ' ' ': " 1 ' Isi -" 'l :ast nuxUh to another record
if; L?'H'Z'V ' h , . , " I V-'t W '"t T "; , high, the government reported
f.vW?;..--. -i .ym . -J "'&.".;-" "'IiV' I The Labor Department said iis
'. "V , .'- . . ' - - ,'' V y"" " 11 i consumer price index rose 1-10 of
U. - X- ,! : --v ' - '" -Vl ! I- ! tr cent to 1256 per cent ol
.. 1 ' - 1 ? v i.' - -' -lf-iJ rl1'rv' " i!J I average 1W7-19 prices.
. . ... ' 1 ' ' -v.vt-. r-.' , .,. J i I ( J I It was the sixth lime in the
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CHRISTMAS MAIL POURING IN
Bud Hendrkkson of the La Grande post office staff, stacks mail bags containing
Christmas cards end packages for local residents. Mail "jam" continues as citizens
across the nation send packages to friends and relatives as Christinas draws near.
(Observer Photo)
Steel Union
Polled On
" WASHINGTON il'PH The
Steelworker-'inion is conducting
its own "vote" on management's
last offer in the steel dispute, in
formed sources said today.
. It has asked.Jlie,.50;),(XlO Steol
' workers to imlicatc Ol postal card
ballols whether they approve or
oppose the rejection of the com
pany's proposal by tup union of
ficial. Ths union su vey was viewei
as a "diy ru-i" of a gover lmcnt
soonoreJ poll to b. taken next
month under ,. the Taft-Hartley
law. There was spcci'lat io l that
union lea ieis wantoil lo chock for
possible weak spots i:n their
ranks.
The postal cards were sent out
last week eid to u'.ioi m.nibers
across the count -y. I'nion offi
cials said the results ol the bal
loting would he mae public
Call Joint Talks
The disclosure ca ne as federal
mediators called both sdis into
joint negot ations in. a final b'd
for a settlement before Presi.le.it
Eisenhower returns ton glit from
his overseas tour.
The Ch ef Executive apparently
will be disappointed in his hopes
that an agreement could be
reached while he was on his good
will mission to II nations.
TEMPERS FIARE IN
Small Nations Assert Rights
Before Endorsing Power Meet
PARIS 'I'P'.i The foreign
ministers cf small nations in the
NATO council flared up at big
power summit strategy today hut
endorsed the Big Three invitation
to Russia for an Aril summit
conference.
The 15-nalion council reaffirmed
the need for'a strong stand by
the Bit! Tlree of Britain, the
I'nited States and France to main
tain their rights in Berlin when
the leaders of those natiors meet
in Paris with Soviet Premier Ni
kita Khrushchev.
The NATO foreign ministers
called together to "ratify" the
policies laid down by President
Eisenhower. British Prime Minis
ter. Harold Macmillan. and French
President Charles de Gaulle in the
western summit conference that
ended Monday did their duty.
But the bulk of the time was
devoted to small power com
plaints over the threat of being
shoved around by the big powers.
Informed sources said some small
nations were unhappy over being
scarcely consulted while working
. out a round-robin of summit con
ferences between the West and
Russia
Finally Smoothed Over
The "little brutliers ' in NATO
also were miffed at what th?y
considered an effort by De Gaulle
last weekend to set up a big pow
er "directorate'" to run NATO.
-tiHM
fit-.. .
Members
New Offer
Settlement prospects in the
waiing days of 1959 seem remote
even though union and manage
ment agreed Monday on a meth
od of procedure.
The "big U" steel firms yield
ed to thr' Steelwoikers1 demand
for renoe ling conipany-by-compa-ny
negotialions and schedule sep
arate talks starting next Sunday
in Washington.
Ao'her 82 subsidiaries and
.snialV firms will meet in other
parts if the country for bargain
ing sessions.
Hops For Contracts
Lnioi President David J.; Mc
"o aid said Monday after the
first mc.lia'.ion sessioi in 10 days
that he hoped the individual com
pany talks would lead to the ear
ly signing of new co.it acts.
Hut bt'fore they reluctantly
agreed to iesume the separate
oaf gaining, the 11 companies said
they could not "eflectively nego
tiate" in this way. They said the
union cculd play off one firm
against another in such a situa
tion. Federal Mediation Director Jo
seph V. Finnegan made it plain
that hi would continue industry
wide negotiations under his super
ision in any event.
NATO
This would effectively make them
second class members of the al-lia-ce.
Informed sources said the small
power rebellion crackled through
the secret council meeting lor ai
Christmas Rush
In Post Offices .
Highest Ever
Pos'al authorities in Washington
estimate the current Christmas
mail rn a nationwide basis will be
the highest on r"cord both for
greeting cards and parcels. Post
master Victor Eeklcy announced
today.
These conclusions are based on
samplings of postal receipts made
in several major cities across the
country which show anticipated
increases of two to five per cent
over last year.
Eck'ey called attention lo the
recent action of CAB which ap
proved Postmaster General Sum
merfield's plan lo nvke use of
surplus space on commercial
planes to spe-d the movement by
air of first class mail during the
Christmas rush.
Local mailing conditions. Pcst
master Eckley stated, show a de
cided increase lo date over last
year.
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ARCHBISHOP ARRIVES
ISTANBUL, Turkey iL'PH
Francis Cardinal Spellman, Ro
man Catholic archbishop of New
York, armed Monday on his an
nual Christmas visit to U. S.
troops stationed abroad. The car
dinal is scheduled to go to Africa
next Sur 'ny.
'GUINEA PIGS' U.S. Naval Radiological Laboratory "Cuinea Pigs," still wearing
canvas identification vests and waving "diplomas," express their joy at being out in
the fresh air after being underground for 14 days. The 99 volunteers, who are pris
oners at the Santa Rita Rehabilitation Center took part in an experiment, at Parks
Air Force Base, Calif., to determine human reaction under minimum sptoe in ev
ent of a fallout disaster. The experiment was an "unqualified success."
hour. It. was started by Turkish
Foreign Minister Fatim Zorlu and
the Greek and Belgian delegates
immediately hooped into the argu
ment on his side.
The flare - up was finally
smoothed over by Norwegian For
eign Minister Halvard Laige.
chairman of today's session. Then
the delega.es went on to give
their Mamp of approval to the
Big Tnree s jummit decisions.
The small nations won over-all
agreement that political consulta
tion among the members was
more imiortant than ever.
Lilts Dvlopmnts
he big powers agreed to keep
the permanent council continuous
ly informed on preparations tor
the Eastr$cst summit.
Lang. summarizing today's
council review, listed these major
developments:
U. S. and Canadian reaffirma
tion of support for European de
fense, with the hope Europe would
bear a grealer share.
Approval of Secretary of State
Christian A. Herter's plan for
10-year strategy (or the alliance.
The decision to seek Joint
western solution to economic
groupings.
Lance said he personally con
sidered the determination to avoid
a threa'ened trade war as the
main ach.eveme.it of the session.
LA GRANDE,
ALLEY CAT
RCAL SMART
SAN FRANCISCO UPI -Municipal
Judga Byron Arnold
crdtrod tht Avtnuaa Pat Sb p
to pay (500 Monday for losing
an allay cat which dad bn
ntrutd to its car.
Tha ownar, Richard D'Am
ico, arjutd during two
hour trial that tha cat wal
"ut Ilk a mtmbar of the
family."
"Ha at poachtd gg 'or
brakfatt," D'Amic' said.
Dr. ErtM Siagel, co-owner
of tha pat hoipital, admittoci
that tha cit apparently wat an
axcaptional wit.
"H mutt hav bsn vry
clvr," Sig:l aid, "h e
capod."
High Cost
Of Living
Up And Up
TI.e
to an all-lime peak.
Higher costs for transportation,
medical care, housing and per
sonal care more than offset de
clining food prices in November.
The increase means tliat lTu.ooo
meat packing, aircraft, and other
workers will receive pay boosts
of from one to three cents an
hour. Their wages are tied lo
changes in the index by escalator
clauses.
Ewan Clague, commissioner or
labor statistics, predicted the in
dex will stabilize between now and
next spring, before climbing again
next summer.
HELP FIGHT TB
CHRISTMAS SEALS
Freighter Sinking
Off Cuban Coast
MIAMI a'PIi A 300-ton Dutch
freighter began sinking on a Cu
ban reef today as a Cuban patrol
boat made an attempt to rescue
the eight persons aboard.
How the rescue could be ac
complished was not clear. The
Coast Guard reported only min
utes earlier that the freighter
could not lower its own lifeboats
and other vessels could not reach
it because of heavy seas on the
reef.
The freighter's master a'so re
ported that the reef had pounded
a hole all the way through his ves
sel's double bottom. A Coast
Guard spokesman said this would
enable the sea to rush in swiftly
and sink the ship.
The freighter June ran onto the
reef Monday night nine miles east
of Buena Vista light on the north
western tip of Cuba.
The June, a 159-foot freighter
was on a voyage from Nassau.
Bahamas, to Guatemala.
I WASHINGTON IPI
JWM HRlfTMA j CRJMIMAI
OREGON, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1959
i roops
PRESIDENT ENDS FOREIGN
TOUR IN WILD RECEPTION
I'ASAHLANCA. Morocco ifPl'
I 'i cm l nt Eisenhower wound up
l..s gruelling Il-natioi good will
tmir today with an announcement
"it aM 1'. S forces will be with
'l:a'n from Morocco by the end
ul 1'IU.
Ti e Prodent was running le
li.r.d schedi'le when his jet air
liner took o.T fur Washington at
mutt am. ps.t. following talks
uilh Morocco's King Mohammed
V and the wildest and most spec
tat u'ar reception of his historic
peace mission that may change
the course of tlte cold war.
In a fieal commu'iiipie issued
jointly with King Mohammed,
the President said that "prelimi
nary preparations for the depart
ure of V. S. lorccs will begin in
the immcMiatc futire."
Tien it added that all I'. S.
forces will be out of Morocco in
thrie years.
At preseid. V. S. forces use four
air bases and a naval base at
Port I.yautey. There now are an
es;ima;ed 10. 000 American troops
Symphony
In Concert
At EOC
Family Christmas concert of
the Grande Ronde Symphony Or
chestra will be presented tonight
at 7:30 in the- Eastern Oregon
College auditorium.
The annual free concert, the
symphony orchestra's gift to the
community, will feature the Wal
lowa County t Chorus as special
f.ucsis.
Plan Classes
On Livestock
Production
Special instruction in livestock
productien will be available to
I'nion County farmers and ranch
ers beginning Jan. 12 and contin
uing for five weeks.
Livestock men in the area will
have an opportunity to study the
latest information on all phases
oT livestock production.
Includ'd in the course will be
discussions of genetics, physiology
of reproduction, new Information
on nutiition, management prac
tices and sanitation and parasite
control.
Two Sessions
The classes will be held each
Tuesday and Wednesday with two
sessions of two hours per day
schedu'ed. Class in La Grande will
be held at 1:30 p.m. The other
class will be in Elgin at 7:30.
Instructors include Dr. Ralph
Bogard. Dr. Fred McKenzie. Dr.
Jim Oldficld and Dean Frisrh
kneckt, all of Oregon State Col
I'-ge.
The program has been designed
to Include ' all classes of large
animals. I'nion County Extension
Agent Chuck Gavin has urged all
livestock producers to attend.
Disguise DisctbMd
DALLAS. Tex. UPH Dianne
Lentz. 4, was telling her daddy
about the Santa Clans she saw in
a downtown 'department store:
"He has white hair on his chin,
with rubber bands fastening
it on."
Withdraw A
From
in Morocco.
The communique said that "im
mediate steps will lie taken to re
lease the air field at Ben Sli.
mane" and "this will be achieed
not later than March 31, i'.mi "
Givtn Wild Walcom
It edded that Muhamm -d em
phasized to the President "the
vital importance to Morocco of the
end of the war in Algeria."
The communique came near the
end of the President's 22.000 mile
journey of "peace and friendship
in freedom" that carried hi in to
parts of Europe, Asia and Africa
in the last 19 days.
His reception here alter a flight
from Madrid, where he conferred
with Spanish leaders, was in true
wild west fashion, with rugged
Berlier triliesmen firing thei
erlier triliesmen firing then ri-
es in the air and hundieds ol
lousands of Moroccans roaring ,
leir version of "We like Ike."
Ahead of the President was a;
fie
thous
their
refuelling stop at Gander, Mid.
and a planned warm welcome
home in Washington late tonight
and a later rciwit to the nation
Wednesday night on the results of
his trip.
He was met on arrival here by
King Mohammed in e:son.
The King, shaking in Arabic,
welcomed the President to this
country and said he hoped his
short stay would ce enjoyable. Ei
senhower replied he was glad to
be in Morocco, "one of the first
nations of the world to recognise
the independence of the U n,i t d
States."
Eisenhower and Franco's,' fare
wells were almost as brief, but
in a joint communique they dis
closed they had discussed the
western summit conference just
ended in Paris, Eisenhower' trip
to Moscow nexi spring, and Eisen
hower's efforts to improve Spain's
lot m the western' alliance. -
Four-Stage
Rocket Fired
WASHINGTON HPI) Ameri
can and Canadian scientists
launched a four-stage "Javelin"
rocket from the Wallops Island.
Va . test station early today to
measure radio signals from space
and test a new U. S. space en
gine. The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration i N AS A an
nounced here that the 7.0110-pound
rocket blasted off at 2:56 am.
es.t. and fell into the Atlantic
about 600 miles away 18 minutes
later.
Scientists said the "Javelin"
soared about StW miles into the
sky. They said all stages fired and
that "everything went fine." It
will take some time to analyze
the information obtained about ra
dio signals from space.
The lopstage of the "Javelin"
was an X 248 rocket w hich will
serve as the third stage of the
Delta, now under development
by NASA to launch deep space
prones and earth satellites.
NASA wanted to determine how
the X 248 worked in airless space
above the earth's atmosphere.
The 48 pound payload of the
"Javelin" contained instruments
provided by Canada to measure
galactic noise, or radio signals
generated in outer space.
NOTHING
FOR LIGHT
OAKLAND, Calif. (LTD Police
smiled politely whn Air Force
M. Sgt Harold L. Townsend said
he had stolen an estimated $12,000
in merchandise from major de
partment stores from here to Sac
ramento. But jic was so persistent, offi
cers finally sent inspector Eric
Gustavson to Townsend's home in
Vacaville.
An hour later Gustavson ffiadc
a hurried call to headquarters:
'Send another truck. Mine'i not
big enough.''
Gustavson had found 460 sepa
rate items tn Townsend's home
including electric organs, chicken
incubators, lamps, hi-fi sets, elec
tric belt massagers. whirlpool bath
pumps, movie cameras, tools,
guns, clocks, typewriters, 'air con
ditioners, vacuum cleaners, and
swimming pool filters.
And A Trailer
A pickup truck, panel truck and
finally a ten-foot trailer were
needed to cart the mcrchandis
back to the various stores from
hich it originated.
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LAST TRIP Vernon D. Bull, Union Pacific Railroad,
employe, made the la.st run before retiring on Friday t.
night. Bull has been with the l)P since 1920.
(Observer Photo)
Vernon Bull In Last
Run For -UF -Railroad
BY MAXINE NURMI
Obsrvr Staff Writer
Vernon D. Bull of La Grande
has completed his life as an ac
tive railroad man, turning in his
conductor's uniform to the Un
ion Pacific.
The 1104 M Avenue resident
made his last run Friday evening,
and, before the sun was up Sat
urday, was cn his way for a much
corned vacation to "points south."
Bull began cs a brakemun and
was promoted to conductor in
1941. Hi w;:s elected to the State
Mouse of Representatives in 19:14.
and remained there until being
elected to the s'at: sena'e in 191ii.
serving until 19.11. To his know
ledge, he is the only brakeman
to ever have been elected to the
Oregon legislature.
Capital Punithmant
While in lcgiMatinn. he worked
lo reduce interest rates cn small
loans and reported progress on
this. Bull didn't like the form of
capital punishment by hanging.
He introduced the bill to "change
hanging to the pas chamber."
The unique pari of this is the
fact that it passed, and the train
carrying the lethal chamber was
one that Hull worked on from
Huntington to La Grande.
When Bull left Saturday, he
took his "house" with him. He
is traveling with a trailer housejuiio building industrial and mil
and plans lo visit a number ofjtary strength and national mOj
southern places before returning rale.
TOO BIG OR SMALL i
HAND OF AIRMAN!
Townsend, 42, married and the
father of three children, said he
had acquired the loot during the
past 12 months. He said he used
neither skill nor subterfuge in his
shoplifting (press.
"It was easy. There wi noth
ing to it. Some of the items took
a little effort lo carry, but I had
my station wagon outside."
Townsend, who recently was
honored by a full dress parade
at Travis Air Force Base for out
Union Group Sponsors .
Christmas Decorations
I'NION (Special) The Union
Woman's Club is sponsoring the
Christmas decoration contest in
Union. They will award three
prizes to business places and three
to home decorators.
' Winners last year must have a
change in their decoration theme
to be eligible this year, it was
stated. Judging will be done a
few days befote Christmas. The
prizes will he cash.
Fiv Cant
U.S.
vivV. I
n liic sp'ing. He will spend
Christmas In Sacramento, 'Calif.,
end visit a daughter, Donnie Ob
'it. and children, Greg, 3 and
Sur.an 2. of Salt Lake City.
Mexico is also on his list of
places to visit, a brother-in-Uvr,
Fred Krebit, formerly of La
Grande, may accompany him. La
ter in the season he hopes to
,ee some historical places in
Kentucky and the home of Abe
Lincoln, The Mardi Gras is to be
i re of tjje highlights of hit
iiip, he i.ncl.
'Talk Or Fight'
With Red China
On Indian Border
NKW DELHI it'PH Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru saM
today India must either negotiate
with the Chinese Communists
over tha Sino Indian border dis
pute or face up to the grim pros
pect of "indefinite war" between
the two nations.
The Indian people have a right
to be angry over Chinese incur
sinns across the nation's borders
Nehru told the upper house el
Parliament, but they would bS
iH-tler off translating their anea
standing work as a flight enjf
neer, said he often devoted an ea
tire day to shoplifting.
"I'm glad I got caught, U
said. "I knew something terrihta
wns wrong with me. But I coulirql
stop stealing." M
Rid. Trick Fails
His downfall came when U
tried the same trick twice. OS)
Dep. 12. Townsend phoned a stoQ
and asked a clerk to wrap up
30 calilHT rifle and place it bj
the cash register. He said he wj
in a hurry and would pick up Uk
rifle In a few minutes. The stojj
agreed and Townsend added aa
other item to his collection.
Last Friday he tried the Sanaa
thing on another store. The stores
alerted by the first victim, calUJ
police. When Townsend came 4a
collect the merchandise, officer
allowed him to walk out of tlaa
store, then arrested him on -ft
charge of petty larceny. . 'r
Mrs. Townsend told police has
husband said he had good frieaUl
in each of the victimized storta
and couldn't afford not to bug ha
cause of the "tornfie discounts'