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L IBRARY
U OF 0
EU3E.NE, ORE.
WEATHER
Parly cloudv through Tues
day; hi oh it-it' low tonight K
21 except IS torn hiah valleys.
LA GRANDE OBSERVER
TEMPERATURE
Sunday maximum 47; night
low It. Sunset today 5:71 p.m.;
sunrise Tuttday :40 a.m.
Winds variable.
144th l-rte o4th Year
LA GRANDE, OREGON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 77. 1960
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Fiv Cant
Demonstration For
uerto Rican Arrival
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Convoy truck bearing small-sized trailer houses occu
pied five aiul one half parking spaces on Elm Street ear
ly .Monday morinig. The California truck apparently
developed battery trouble and the driver pulled it off
the truck route so he could go on foot after a new bat
Throe Europeans Win
Olympic Gold Medals
SQt'AW VALLEY. Calf 1 1 ' I 1 1 , Viiurnet. who runs a hotel in Tu-
A German n.a Imnn. a Russia i -lis. cantiired the men's glamour
school teacher and a Kre eh hotel , event, the downhill ski title,
man won gold medals in tie Win ) cHv Miss Ileiss kept the day
tor Olympics today w hile Carol i ft om being a complete European
llei.-v of New York all but clinch-1 triumph. She had piled up such
el tin' women's luii e skating a commanding leal at the finish
championship. j,.f the five e mpulso y figures
George Tnoma. who p rciices that she would liy.e to fall down,
while he wcrl s beau -;e lie deliv-1 perhaps several iini"s, in Tues
eis mail on skis duing the w inter ' day's free skating to lose out
tuv.e. w,n the Net-die combined ; And the petty blonde is rated a
skiing t.tle; Kiara C.uscva won be't r free skater than conipul
tlf l.i'ii.-s 1 (iilo-P'i t r S( e-t skat ', sory
i to give Ilusi-ia its second gold, Thcma fieih-M first in the
"!":'L 1:1 's"'r;' a-,lJean-j,n,,i..g portot ol tie Nordic
cemlii- e'l .Sundav. a;.d then sur-
John Deoro
Day Slated
Wednesday
, Obsi nance i.l John tier? Day
I: 're i. -tl In. Wednesday al In
la ri Xtachinen- Co.-. according to
Ned denes, manager.
J nts said thai p'enty or r.aeks
can be hud lor tiios:' .n liend
tnc1. as w II ; s available seating
lor the sho-.vin'i of lilms.
lieport on the new .toiin Deere
435 Diesei lr:'. tor hv lilm is ex
pecte to cr ae a favorable re
action, .lore, said oth r ma
chin ': y to be s'"ow n by tilm in-
'udes the Brow farming, and
in drier TV enmrm nia!cr Wal
ter Kronk.te will 'onure"' Ihe tilm
presentation.
Another film !hat is rXp(.ct(d ,
to a'tracl the crowd is Oddities ,
in Farniinc " This piitur will j
take the audience ft cm Arkansas
to Minnesota to see types of agri-
culture as unusual and varied ,
as these states are far apart.
Door prizes will be presented at j
the conclusion of the show, .(ones i
added. I
Slick Pavement
Causes Collision
Slic k n2vcmt nt was blamed fo:
a twocar crash en Highway 3c1 WASHINGTON 'l'PI - Demo
about rine mil-s wesi ol I.a C.rande , """c '-cater Lyndon B. Johnson
Monday morning. ' Tex . i faid today he had no
State Police said a car driven Present plans for setting aside
Kenneth Dale Cornell IK ol
liln Itrw-lr cliH rru. th. hinh-
u hiln rnnr-Hin" rnrve The !
ni . ai, . nViww. '
by Frank M. Moier. 56. of Siatlle.
No one was injur' d in the acci
dent. The collision occurred about
9 'm' T ""l debate temporarily to pass im-
cover.d with packed snow and ice LK,rlan, appropriation bills. But he
q said a decision would not br
PlQnO DOrnDS jmarie until the money bills are
Castro House Chairman Carl Ilayden 'D-
IIAVANA 't-'PI' An unidenti-1 Ariz i cf the appropriations com
fied small plane dropped four ' mittee has said he does not think
bombs near Premier Fidel Cas
tro's beach villa at Cojimar Sun
day and escaped. Castro apparent
ly was not in his beach house at
the time.
At least three of the bombs
were believed to nave laneii in
the sea. Four loud explosions were j
heard and a petty officer at the
navy radio station in Cojimar
Castle jaid it was believed the
bombs" were mortar shells of
the type that explode on contact, i
OVERPARKED
' n.is-d I. -lav wh'.t h? M wished
o'.et'i in the !ii-k:l ;m t'' 'ahcut
Ml ni K's' cross-country event.
Tla! finish easily won him the
mull i'H-d gold nuiia!.
Miss Cus va was the first to
race to!ay aid she sjK'd t!ie dis
lai'ce in one minute. S4.1 seconds
And no one in the field of 22 could i
heat that ti ne
Tb'igi Ilaase of Ce-niany fi ,
Ished second in l:ot3. folloved
by Tan.aia Iiylava aid Lidya '
,skohlikoa. hntn of Hussia.
Tl o "moil Kunts'n e.f Norway i
finished sv'oTid in the Nordic coin-1
hiiKi!. wi'h Nikolai Gnsakov of!
Husia. whose wife wen tile la lie.-1
lii-kilumetcr cross c .untry run Sun
day, finished thud
Ted Farweli. Montague City.
Mass . toppli the I. S. entries'
in the coss country portion, fin
islung 21st in the lield of 31 in
l.0.)3. That gave him 27th
pace m lhe over.aj evem
PASSAGE HOPED
Controversial Civil
Legislation Will Be
senate lieoaie on civil I ignis.
Johnson told newsmen, "Our
decision now IS to pass
civil
rignts oi
and the Senate will
- stay on the subject and not await
I House action.
I The Senate Wader did not close
the door on sidetracking of the
I the civil rights debate should be
allowed to block action on the all
important money bills.
The likelihood of an interrup
tion in (he hot and heavy Senate
civil rights debates arose on the
in oi a mnvm mu nie noose r, . . n A
would pass its own bill by.veaas 3Ia'8 rTeSS MSSn
March 1j.
Assistant House Republican
Leader Leslie C. Arends 111. has
predicted that the House would
U-at down Southern opposition
- AND HOWL
tery. In the interval an alert police officer dutifully
placed a "restricted zone" ticket ou the windshield (see
upper left I. The department said the ticket was paid be
fore the truck departed. (Observer Photo)
Attractive Carole Cochran, center, was selected as
Teen-Queen Saturday night and crowned in regal cer
emonies held at Sacajawea ballroom by La Grande
High School court participants. Supporting Carole, as
FOR
mil approve what he called
meaningful" civil rights legisla
tion by mid-March.
Arends' statement strenthened
the strategy adopted by Senate
Democratic Leader Lyndon B
Johnson 'Tex i of waiting for the
House to act first an the touchy
election-year issue.
Senate GOP Leader Everett M
Di.ksen till..), however, has urged
that the Senate beat the House to
the punch by approving its own
bill.
In spile of his apparent wishes
to sidetrack the civil rights ac
tion in Ihe Senate until next
month, Johnson has announced
the Senate would continue the de
bate, which has bogged down the
upper chamber tor a week, today
despite the usual procedure of
recessing after a Washington's
East Oregonian Editor
El'GKXK 'ITI' - J W. For
rester Jr.. editor of the Pendleton
East Oreir'onian. Saturday was
elected president of the Oregon
Trtss Con.'e. ence here.
J
11 TIT UkA
TEEN-QUEEN CHOSEN
Rights
Debated
mrthday reading of the first pres
ident's Farewell Address.
The House met at nor.n to hear
Rep. Charles II. Brown iD-Mo. i
read the address on the 228th onni
versary of Washington's birth.
Other congressional news:
Taxes: It looked as if self-employed
persons stood a 50-50
chance of getting a permanent
break on their income taxes to
help them save toward retire
ment. Ptospects rose with the di
closure that the Treasury is mod
dying its strong stand against a
House-passed bill which would
permit the sef-emplojcd to deler
payments on income taxes on cer
tain amounts placed in retirement
funds.
Committees: Senate appropria
tions subcommittees met to con
sider vote-catchipg public works
appropriations and! he budget for
the Commerce Department. A
House appropriations group mil
appropriations and the budget for
the State and Justice departments
and the judiciary branch And a
House space subcommittee sched
uled hearings on the appropria
tion for the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration.
Take
Of
16 Persons
Untied Press International
Hi
toll
h.u;
hom
! fire took a heavy
t.'.iay in areas whee
III
In i were healing their
nrr.iirist the l;ite winter
1 write children ttrn anionc
tl.. i,; ,.r ,..;, t,.wi,...l
ictims of major tragedies
" slates.
in thr
M i M-e. Iin. Ohio, fire t:ik only
l'i minutes lo spread th ough a
Iraii'e home. apparently from the I
ei!iivii(n of a defective oil hcatc
K u-n cjwi.lron died in Ihe s'nokc
an.l Haines, one of them Sheila Is
opi. It. who leil two ehiKlren to
s. id ly .".r.d iienshed tryiiiK to res
cue six more trapped hv a wall
of Maine in a rear room.
At Harrisonburg. Va.. a pre
dawn fire took Ihe lives of live
persons, including two children,
aid uiiuretl nine other persons.
At Blulf Springs. Fla . a gas
explosion blasted a small frame
home, killing Mrs tattle Mae
Merchant. M,
giandehildren
and three of her
I
Fires
Lives
members of her court are, left to right, Sandi Boyd, Pat
Kisk, male escort Hill Hermann, Kay Allen and Shir
ley Ann Smurthwaite. Little flower girl at bottom left
is Cathie Knouse. Crown bearer is Ronnie Koopman.
(Observer Photo by Joe Diehl)
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V 1
CONTROVERSIAL As
a result of the Caryl
Chessman reprieve, Gov.
Kdmuntl G. Brown has
become the focal point
of heated national con
troversy on the question
of capital punishment in
California.
CHANTING CROWDS HELD
BACK BY POLICE GUARD
SAN Jl'AX. Puerto Rico tUPl) Hival factions shout
ing "We like Ike" a'nd others demanding Puerto Rican in
dependence greeted President Eisenhower today on com
pletion (it the first leg of his 15. 000-mile Latin America
tour.
A strong police guard separated the rival demonstrators
and kept them four to five hundred feet distant from the
landing strip at Sal Juan s ultra-
modern airpo:t where the presiden
tial TU7 jet put down.
The President arrived in perfect
weather and he was refreshed by
a nap of an hour a.id a half en-
rouU'
Eisenhower sent 49 minutes at
International Airport and then
took oil lor Kamcy Air Force
Base on the other side of the
island to send the night.
In his remarks her-e. the Presi
dent cued I 'uerto Kico as an out
stand nig example of the benelits
to be gained in coopeiation with
the United Stales, lie praised the
island commonwealth in the
Caribbean as having blended the
best of two economic and cultural
systems which makes it a symbol
for other peoples seeking to raise
their status.
Fast Trip In Jot
In reply. Gov. Luis Munoz-
Marin told the President that
while Puerto Rico has the right
ODDS AGAINST CONVICT
CALIFORNIA SOLONS AGAINST
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BAN
SAN FRANCISCO UPI
Members of the California Leg
islature indicated today that con
vict author Caryl Chessman, 38.
will face heavy odds in his efforts
to escape the gas chamber for
the ninth lime.
The robber-rapist was granted
a reprieve by Gov. Edmund G.
Brown early Friday, just 10 hours
before Chessman's eighth sched
uled execution at San Quentin
prison.
Blown said he granted the AO
Jay reprieve to allow the people
of California, through the Legis
lature, to decide whether capital
punishment should be abolished
The governor said his action
was partly motivated by a State
Department message concerning
the possible effect of Chessman's
execution on President Eisenhow
er's good will trip to South
America.
Both reasons touched off im
mediate controvei sies.
The Legislature has defeated
eight hills to ban the death pen
alty in the past 27 years the
latest in l!i5.
Poll Opposes Clemency
A survey conducted by United
Press International during the
weekend showed that the Legis
lature again would vote down any
attempt to abolish capital punish
to change its commonwealth rela
tionship with the I'nited States,
the great majority of its people
do not want to change the present
status.
Alton! 10 minutes before the
President landed. reM-esentatives
of opposing oliticat factious shout
ed at each other across the road
leading to Ihe airport wheie they
had been kept at a safe distance
Smiling and Rtlaiad
Kach group darted across the
read occasionally and threw- pam
phlets at the opposing faction-
one of which wanted to continue
Puerto Hico's commonwealth sta
tus and the other which wanted
immediate freedom. But prompt
police action separated the groups
each time.
Kisenhower. smiling and re
laxed. iipteared to be unaware of
the demonstrations as he told Ihe
crowd in his arrival remarks that
he brought Puerto Kieo "greet
ings from your fellow citizens of
the SO states of the republic."
Part of the crowd burst into a
chant of "We like Ike" after lie
had inspected the gua d of honor
and ttceiveil formal greetings
from Gov. Munoz-Marin.
lint there was no applause dur
ing the President's speech lor the
simple reason that the crowd
could not hear him. There was no
public address system installed
Sunday Night Spaah
Sunday night in Washington, the
President pictured the I'nited
States as "ai anchor oi Kiw
World security" and" a "t: list
worthy shield of peace."
lie said the Communists were
guilty of "blatant falsehood'" in
claiming that the I'nited States
"has held Latin America in a i
loninl relationship."
47 Algerians
Killed During
Mountain Quake
SKTIF Algeria Jl'PH Al
least 47 persons were known dead
today in the eaitlniuake which
shook the rugged mountains ol
eastern Algeria ea' ly Sunday.
The violent earthquake, which
was preceded by several minor
tremors, toppled hundreds of huts
and buried scores of victims in
the debris. At least Ml persons
were injured.
Arab villagers said they "heard
'he mountains roar and saw a
blinding flash of light" when the
quake started. The terrifying
sound of the tiembling mountains
was the "roar" they heard, but
French officials believed the
"blinding light" may have been
the effects of fear.
ment. A majority of the members
also was overwhelmingly against
clemency for Chessman.
The UPI survey, with 85 pet
cent of the state's 118 legislator!
contacted, showed:
Abolishing capital punishment:
Senate HO members' 21 against.
9 for and 7 no stand. Assembly
78 members and two vacancies i
37 against, 20 for and 7 no
stand.
Brown's move also brought a
threat of his impeachment and
started an investigation into how
the State Department became in
volved in the case.
Chief Deputy Stale Attorney
Richard Rogan disclosed he was
involved in discussions that led
to the State Department message
Rogan said he was "put in
touch" with George V. Allen, di
rector of the U.S. Information
Agency, on Wednesday and ex
pressed concern "as a citizen"
over the effects of the execution
on the President's reception in
Latin America.
The State Department telegram
was delivered to the governor the
following night.
The threat of impeachment
came from Bruce V. Regan, a
conservative Republican from
Pasadena. He said be was seri
ously considering introducing an
New Snow
Storm Is
Building Up
United Press International
A new snow storm churned up
in the ltockics today, threatening
the nation with a fresh onslaught
of winter.
It has all the markings of an
other national storm,'' the Chica
go Weather llureau said. "But
it's too ea'ly to tell where the
heavy snow will be." .
For the second Sunday in a
row La Grande and Hie Grand
Ronde Valley have been ayeef.
ed by new snow. A fall estimat
ed at two to three Inches was
recorded this Sunday. Accom
panied by strong winds, snow
piled up to as much as a toot
in higher areas surroundinf the
valley.
California Pacific Utilities
Co. said two power poles war
blown over in the Alicel area
Sunday moning. They were re
paired the same day. Miner
line trouble occurred In La
Grande as a result of the win
ter weather.
The new snow warning came as
the Midwest and Kast struggled
lo dig out from under successive
storms that swept across the coun
try over the weekend. 1
The Middle West and Plains
states were hit by eight Inches
of snow Sunday. The storm center
moved into Canada today but
some fresh snow was expected in
the Northeast.
Despite 2-6 inches of new snow,
highway crews In Pennsylvania
kept the Pennsylvania Turnpike
open. A storm last week dumped
up to two feet of snow on the
state and forced the closing of
the turnpike for Ihe first! ime
since it oencd in 1140.
A 170 mile section of the turn
pike from Irwin to Gettysburg
was closed for 36 hours, strand
ing thousands of travelers.
Last week's storm also closed
131) mile stretch of the New
York Stale Thruway between Buf
falo and Syracuse when wind
fanned drifts reached IS feet.
Moie than 100 persons were
still stranded at the thruway's
lunius Ponds service area Sunday
until the superhighway was re
oier.ed to traffic. They spent two
nights sleeping on tables, chairs
and floors.
The new storm building up in
the West caused two private plane
crashes.
The body of Paul Noble. 28. was
found in the wreckage of his light
plane Sunday about 16 miles west
of St. Cieorge. Utah. A four-place
Cessna airHane was missing and
presumed to have clashed nea
Bozeman, Mont., with four
alioard.
impeachment bill at a special leg
islative session starting Feb. 2tt.
Biown said he would call a
special session, concurrent with
a scheduled March budget session
to consider the capital punish
ment issue.
Chessman plans no new legal
maneuvers for the present, ac
cording to his attorney, George
T. Davis. He said they would
await the outcome of the legis
lative session.
Deputy Attorney General Arlo
E. Smith said he plans as soon
as possible to ask the Los An
geles Superior Court, which con
victed and condemned Chessman
in 1948, lo set a new execution
date.
California Attorney General
Stanley Mosk predicted In Los
Angeles Sunday night that Chess
man would be executed at the
end of his 60 day reprieve.
"Some people are under the Im
pression Gov. Brown has altered
Chessman's sentence." Mosk said.
"He has not done so. but has mere
ly postponed the date of execution
for 60 days."
"In the meantime," he added,
"international tensions will have
eased and the people of Califor
nia will have spoken on the issue
of capital punishment through
their legislature."