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LA . GRANDE
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OBSERVER
64th Year
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WELCOMING COMMITTEE
Local and area ministers and lay leaders o f the Conservative Baptist church were
present last night and thU morning to greet incoming conference representatives for
the three-day meeting in La Grande. Left to right. Rev. James Soden, Indepen
dence; Harry Munsey, La Grande, and Re v. Elmer Paulson, Salem.
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Baptist
Begins
Conservative Baptist Association
members began arriving hero last ,
hight and this morning for the
12th annual meeting of the group
with headquarters at the hostjto ncld , 6 ,5 p m at the Na.
First Baptist church, 1105 Spring
1.
Prior to today's officii opening I
of the conference, however, state:
board members, representing 140
Oregon " Conservative Baptist
churches and 25,000 members,
met with Rev. Victor Zacharias,
host pastor.
t4..rntirrl II Mpf l:iin ' si :it p mod
erator, Portland, presided at the
board meeting.
Laymen Moating
Registration befan this morn
ii.g and continued through the af
ternoon. Today's program' also
included a morning pastor-laymen
meeting 'conducted b' Dr.
Willard Miller, The Dalles, and
Rev. Guy Zchring, Roscburg, for
mer pastor uf the local church.
The afternoon -opening ses
sion, held at the First Christian
church where most of the meet
ings are being hold in order to
a-rcc.mmoda'e large attendance,
featured the Rev. John Hender
son. West Urn: Rev. Howard
Roth, Newell. Calif.; McClain and
Itev. Zacharias. ,
Rev. Murl Gassoway. Cove,
gave the afternoon sermon and
Fire Destroys
Baker Building
BAKER 'I PI' Fi:e early to
day destrryed a two - year - old
bowling alley here with loss es
timated at $200 000.
The bla?e was believed to have
started about 4 a.m. The cause
was not immediately determined.
Fi'emen fought the fire nearly
four hours. The bla?e destroyed
the 10 lanes of the Baker Bowl,
automat e pin setting equipme.t,
bowling balls and the lunch counter.
CHURCH-COMMUNIST TIE?
AIR FORCE RESERVE MANUAL
UNDER CONGRESSIONAL PROBE
WASHINGTON l'PI Sweep
ing Pentagon a"d congressional
invest'gations were o'dercd today
into an Air Force Reserve train
ing manual which linked churches
with Communism and termed as
"foolish" demands for the Ameri
can people lo know what is
going on.
Air Force Secretary Dudley C.
Sharp announced the manual had
been withdrawn from use Feb. 11
but said a full scale inquiry wJL
be made to find out who v."
responsible for the publication.
In Congress. Rep. John t E.
Moss 'D-Cali., chairman of the
House freedom of information
subcommittee, ordered his inves
tigators to "gather every fact."
He termed' the manual as "an
outrageous display of arrogance "
May Hold Haartnos
Sharp ui his statement "cate
go. kally repudiated" the view
point of the manual which had
brought a vehement protest from
the N.ntinn.nl Council of Churrhe
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Conference
Here Today
Dr. Arthur Collirs, Hood River,
reported on the prograjp.
Sweetheart Banquet
One of the highlights of the day
'Will be the Sweetheart Banquet
tional Guard Armory. Howard
Stevenson will serve as speaker.
e i, with the Multnomah
school of the Bible.
The main message scheduled
tonight will be given by Dr. E.
P. Fosmark, Salem, at 8:30, at
the Christian church.
Thursday morning s program
Logins at 8:30 with a prayer ses
sion under the direction of Rev.
Alton Kintner. Enterprise.
One of the highlights of Thurs
day will be an address at 9 a.m.
hy Ron Arnold, Chicago, School
of Anti-Communism.
A pastor s wives lancneon is
scheduled at 12:15 p.m. tomorrow
at the Christian Church Fellow
ship hall, with a pastors' Fellow
ship luncheon taking place at
the Sacaiawea ballroom.
Chessman Fate
As High Court
SAN QUENTIN. Calif. l'PD .
Caryl Chessman, 38, rebuffed for
the 15th time by the U.S. Supreme
Court, today gave up legal efforts
to eseaoe his scheduled execution
date F:iday and rested his case
oi the "conscience" of Gov. Ed
mund G. Brown.
Brown, in Sal Francisco,
planned to meet later today with
Chessma.i's attorneys, George T.
Davis and A. L. Wirin.
In a press conference here, the
convict - author emphasized that
his latest act'on was not an appeal
to the governor.
During the meeting with news
ment, Chessman dictated a tele
gram that was forwarded to the
governor.
"1 ak you to do what ever your
He said that in addition to
finding out the individuals respon
sible for the publication, the Air
Force will investigate its other
pulil cations to see if similar in
formation is being carried.
Moss tol'l United Press Inter
national his group may hold hear
ings on the situation. "We want
to know who wrote it. We want
to know who approved it and we
want lo know, its distribution,"
he said.
Defense Secretary Thomas S.
Gates Jr. was reported "startled
and stunned" at the contents of
the manual.
Sharp said that he acted im
mediately on learning of the
existence of the manual Tuesday
evening.
He found that Air Force head
quarters had directed withdrawal
of the document last Thursday,
the day the church council sent
a letter of protest to Gates.
Used as a text for a training
emire for noncommissioned offi
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Conservative Baptist church delegates from throughout
Oregon arrive at the Union Pacific depot in prepara
tion for the 12th annual meeting here of the association.
Up To Brown
Rejects Plea
conscience dictates you should."
it said. "Mine tells me that I
auain must affirm the fact that
I'm not the Red Light bandit
even if the price for that affirma
tion must be death."
Chessman said he hai insturuc
ed his attorneys not to make any
more legal moves.
Urdar Extreme Pressure
Chessman said he had been un
der "extreme and intense pros'
sure" f.om his attorneys and
friends to seek clemency from the
governor.
Brown turned down Davis' bid
for clemency for Chessman last
October. Davis contended today
that the clemency request will re
main in ef.ect before Brown until,
Chessman is executed.
cers in the Air Fo ce Reserve,
the manual contained these
quotes:
"Communists and Communist
fellow-travelers have successsful
ly infiltrated our churches."
Pastors Ara Communists
"It is well known that even
the pastors of certain of our
churches arc ca'd-carrying Com
munists." "The National Council of
Churches of Christ In the U.S.A.
officially sxmsorcd the revised
standard version1 of the Bible. Of
the 9S persons who served on this
project, 30 have been affiliated
with pro-Communist fronts; proj
ects ard publications."
"Another foolish remark often
heard u that Americans have a
right to know what's going oo.
Most people realize the foolishness
of such a suggestion."
"Keep in mind that public news
media present only as much in
formation as the government
wnnts to release"-
LA GRANDE, ORE., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
State Tax
Criticized
Slate Senator Monroe Sweetland.
Democrat, of Milwaukie. lold the
La Grande Kiwanis club Tuesday
niKlit that more money fer schools
should come from the state'i gen
eral fund to rc'ieve the strain on
local taxpayers.
Swee'land urged the Oregon Tax
Commission, the legislative interim
lax commute? and the governor
to give immediate attention to
"the urgent revenue needs of Ore
gun's local taxing d'stricts . . ."
The senator called for 'reor
ganization of the Or-gon lax
system" to meet the demands of
the next Jecade.
Tax Support Shift
He argued that a greater portion
of the support ot public schorls
should be shifted from the local
preprty Uxpaycr to the income
and corporation excise taxpayer of
the state's general fund.
The stale budget now provides
for less than 30 per cent of oper
rting costs of schoo'. It makes
no contribution to construction
costs.
Sweetland also supported feder
al aid to education. .
The publisher of the Milwaukie
Review and chairman of the sen
ate education committee remark
ed on improvements in Oregon's
CHURCH CONFERENCE MEMBERS ARRIVE
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CARYL CHESSMAN
ENTERPRISE
LEADER DIES
ENTERPRISE (Special I - WII
liarn Wi'son Zurcher, 78, justice
o (the peace, and a retired stock
man, died Monday afternoon at the
Enterprise hospital where he was
taken Saturday evening after
suffering a heart attack.
. Funeral services will be con
ducted by the Bollman Funeral
Home Thursday at 2 p.m. tt the
Community Church. The Rev.
John V. Munsey will official? and
Mrs. C. C. Jacobs will be or
ganist. Burial will be in the En
terprise cemetery beside the grave
of his wre who died Dec. 18.
1959. B P.O E. Lodge No. 1829 will
have the ritual committal service.
Zurcher who had lived in the
county since 1894. was born in
Cadiz, Ohio, Feb. 11. 1832. son of
John .and Helen Zurcher, who
homesleadcd land on which part
of Enterprise is located. For many
years he was one of the larger
stockmen of the county. On
Nov. 23. 1904 he was married to
Helena Dcvore. He was a mem
ber of the Community Church and
of B.P.O.E. Lodge No. 182S.
Survivors include a daughter.
Mrs. K-rmit (Alice) McCully. En
terprise: a son. Devore Zurcher.
and a sister. Mrs. F. A. 'Nellie
Clark, Portland; six grandchildren
and one Krr.nl grandchild .
Structure
By Solon
educational system in the past IP
years. "Oregon's schools are
among the very best in the na
tion," he sr.id. "Hut the best
school systems today arc not good
rmugh for tomorrow."
In the last 10 years the number
of teachers in public schools has
ircreased from 9.836 to 15.920, he
said. At the same time .enroll
ment in public elementary and
stcwdiry schools has risen from
2l".2.O0 to 338.000.
Strides Mada
On the "quality" sid-.' of (lie
ledger, Swcet'anri noted that 10
years ago 42 per cent of O.egon
teschers had less than a bachelor's
degree. Tcday, only 16 per cnt
have less than a bachelor's degree.
And 10 years ago only nine per
cent of teachers had a master's
degree or better, while 18 pr cent
have higher degrees today.
"There is no quest. on that educa
tion in Oregon has made great
strides in both quantity and quali
ty in the last decade," the senator
declared.
"The question to which we must
now attend is: Will we be able to
ccntinue to make the improve
ments in the next 10 years which
will be necessary to our survival
as a free nation?"
Several hundred representatives are on hand for the
three-day affair. (Observer Photo)
Civil Rights Measure
Action Now Assured
WASHINGTON UPH The
House Rules Committee tentative
ly agreed today to free a long
stalled civil rights bill for early
House action.
The informal ag-eement.
reached at a closed session, broke
a deadlock over the bill which has
been held up by the committee
since last August.
One member said the commit
tee might give formal clearance
to the bill Trursday or next Tues
day. In the Senate, the Rules Com
mittee postponed action on civil
rights legislation to guarantee Ne
gro voting' rights because of the
illness of Chairman Thomas C.
Hennings ID-Mo.).
The official business before the
Senate is an unrelated minor bill,
affecting a Stella. Mo., school
district. But senators have been
invited to make it a civil rights
vehicle by attaching amendments.
Sen. Kenneth B. Keating It
NY.) pro civil rights member of
the rules committee, predicted
there was enough support in the
nine-member group to approve a
voting rights proposal. But he
would not predict action at to
day's meeting.
The committee had befu-e it a
plan for federal voting registrars,
advocated by the Civil Rights
Commission; Ally. Gen. William
P. Rogers' proposal for a system
of federal voting referees, a'xl a
bill drafted by Hennings to com
bine features of the two plans in
a proposal for "fn'cral enroll
ment office: s."
Tuesday, southern Democrats
blocked a move by Keating to
get the judiciary committee to
NOSE CONE EPLOOES
EGLIN AFB. Fla. iLPp-The
nose cone vf the Nike-Cajun rock-1
fired Tuesday to measure micro
meteorite activity 100-milei above
the Gulf of Mexico disintegrated
a few seconds after launching.
It was the first malfunction of
a Nike-Cajun shot at the Air
Force test center here.
17, 1960
SEN. SWEETLAND
C. BECHTOLD
UNION JUDGE
UNION (Spacial) Union city
council has namad Carl Bach
told as city judge on recom
mandation of Mayor Wayne
FerguPMi.
Tha council doc I did to divide
the city recorder municipal
judge into two different agen
cies with John Wright con
tinuing as
SHELL KILLS BOY
REIMS. France il'PP Ben
jamin Baudry, IS, was killed
Tuesday when an artillery shell
he found in a woods near here
exploded.
act on long stalled civil rights
legislation.
Sen. Olin D. Johnston ID S C.I
objected to Keating's motion for
approval of a seven-point admin
istration bill. Johnston argued
that the committee could not le
gally sit while the Senate was in
session. He was upheld by Chair
man James O. Eastland ID-
Miss.) and the committee ad
journed without acting.
NATIONWIDE TV
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Ike Not Worried Over Safety
During Latin American Tour
WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi
dent Eisenhower said today he
has no fear for his safety during
his forthcoming Latin American
trip, and he docs not think the
Secret Service Is worried, eith-r.
Eisenhower told his news con
ference he expects to make a
nationwide radio-TV speech Sun
day night concerning his trip, be
ginning Monday, lo four major
South American countries.
The President said his talk will
begin at 6: IS pm. est. It will
he a general discussion of his
tour plans but also will touch
upon matters of U.S. defense.
Asked specifically whether he
planned to carry to the people
his side of the current defense
controversy, Eisenhower said that
he would suppose that during his
Sunday evening talk he would In
clude items such as the security
and strength of the United States
The President hinted. In re
maiks about Cuba, that U.S.
patience eventually may run out
with Fidel Castro's revolutionary
regime. Commenting on new So
viet trade and aid arrangements
with Cuba, the President recalled
'tint the Cnslro regime recently
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Mafia
In Move To
Take' Nevada
GANGSTERS SET TO RULE
POLITICS AND GAMBLING
WASHINGTON (L'PI) Narcotics Commissioner Harry
J. Anslinger has informed Congress that the police raid on
tnc lyaa Apalachin gangland convention blocked a nood
lum plan "to ta';;e over the state of Nevada politically."
Anslinger related the plan to a House appropriations
subcommittee behind closed doors Jan. 26. His testimony
was made public by the House group Tuesday night.
The federal official said American Mafia bosses drafted
such a plan at the Apalachin. N. Y.
meeting when they decided lo
quit the narcotics rurket Iwcause
federal authorities wore making
it too hot for them.
The plan, he said, was for the
mobster elements to move into
Nevada's gambling casinos and
take some $50,000 daily "off the
top" of the legal gambling opera
tion. But. Anslinger said, the ef
fort was never made because
New York police interrupted the
Apalachin talks.
Some of the younger hoodlums
at the Apalachin meeting defied
the antinarcotics order, he said,
despite a warning from old time:s
that "if you do not get out in
six months something is going to
happen to you."
"Well, it already happened to
two," Anslinger said. "Two of the
younger fellows who decided to
continue in the business have
since been killed."
State To Aid
Street Work
The stale highway department
has given tentative approval" to
a maintenance project which would
see Auams Avenue given a new
layer of asphalt from Willow to
Fourth Streets.
If the project is passed, the
wo:k will be let on contract.
The city has been advised of the
department's plan. City Manager
Dave Slaght is now working on a
report which will reveal 'wh-ther
the city will be able to repair all
old water or sewer pipes under the
street before paving is laid down.
The highway department has
said it will not begin paving until
July 1 in order to give the city
time to make its service repairs
or replacements.
The projejet is one of several
proposed by the La Grande district
office of the highway department
F.nal approval must now ccme
from Salem.
GETS ADDED MISERY
VIENNA (UPI'-Ottoe Goelles.
SI. told an appeals judge here
Tuesday his 10-month jail sen
tence for stealing a shirt should
be dropped since his confession
was forced from him by police
The judge tacked on an extra
year to his sentence for slander
ing the police department.
ADDRESS
has repudiated or disturbed a
number of tho traditional econom
ic arrangements under which the
U.S. tries to help the Cuban
economy and people.
Hope For Agreement
He concluded by saying thut he
hoped that the U.S. troubles with
Cuba could be worked out so that
the Cuban people themselves
would not .suffer.
Other highlights of Eisenhow
er's news conference:
He said Russia appears to be
offering greater hope for ag-eement
on an H-bomb test ban by
moving away from its previously
rigid position on inspection and
control. He deplored Russia's ac
tion in rejecting bis plan to ban
all nuclear weapons tests except
smaller underground blusts which
defy detection under current long
range methods.
He described as despicable
charges or implications he had
misled the American people in
the debate of U S. defense poli
cies. He said U.S. defenses are
strong and awesome and he was
tired of hearing people cite na
tional defense as an excuse for
wasting money.
Flv Cant
Foiled
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Argentine
Ship Hits
Submarine
PUERTO MADRVN. Argentina
il'PD The Argentine frigate
Mu:ature attacked and perhaps
damaged the mystery submarine
of the Ntievo Gulf Tuesday night,'
apiuirently with depth charge
flown from the United States. -
The U-boat, undetected for
more than 36 hours, was picked
up on sonar Tuesday night by the
Argentine frigate King. The Mu
ral ure. following word from the
King, closed in and ulso detected
the submarine. i.
Attack Is Pressed "
The Argentine vessels prompt
ly attacked the mysterious under
sea cra't, and reports circulating
here today said the Muratura
may have hit it. '"
The rcK)'t suggested the Mura
lure may have been using the
late-model depth charg-s bought
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effective because they could not
be detonated deep enough to be
a serious threat in the fOO-foot
waters of the gulf. ,
Naval circles were optimistic
about the possible effect of the
alack.
World War II Typo "'
Unofficial reports said the sub
marine was operating at about 10
knots approximately half its
estimated normal underwater
speed. It was said, however, that
it was maneuvering more freely
than the last time it was de
tected. Humphrey Team
In Area Thursday .
ruiwLAnu iun r our
members of the Oregon Humph-rey-for-Presidcnt
Committee will
make a four-day visit to eastern
Oregon starting Thursday. .
They plan to spend Thursday
morning in The Dalles, the early
afterron at Hcrmiston, and the
late afternoon and evening at La
Grande. Meetings are scheduled
in Baker Friday. Saturday and
Sunday will be spent in Pendle
ton and Hcrmiston with possible
trips to Nyssa and Ontario. .
Ho said an Air Force reserve
training manual, which referred
to churchmen following the Com
munist party line, had been re
called and repudiated by the Air
Force.
Choice of Vice President
He believes that a presiden
tial nominee must Have a voice
in the selection of his party's vice
presidential nominee if there are
to be the same close relations
between a president and vice
president that he has had with
Vice President Richard M. Nixon.
He deplored the fact that a
spirit of nationalism and craving
for prestige impelled countries
such as France to want to ex
plode their own A-bombs. But he
acknowledged that this was a per
fectly understandable desire un
der current circumstances. He
recalled that the United States lb
1947 warned that one of the dan
gers, unless there were a ban OS
testing, was that many naliods
would want to develop such weap
ons. But he expressed the hope
for an early workable test ban
agreement which might end such
nationalistic striving.
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