COUP. LIBRARY U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE. Progress Edition Industry, Business WEATHER Snow flurries tonight; mostly lair Saturday; night t 2S-3I; lew 10-20 except itre high valleys. LA GRANDE OBSERVER I TEMPERATURE urtday maximum 37; low 17. Sunset today .; sunrise Saturday Winds varlabla. A I. Mgnmture, 148th Issue 64th Year ft: ,- -- j-. . 't ' I t p.- fl 5' rC k- New lines of farming machinery and equipment wasn't the only feature of "John Deere Day" held Wednesday by Inland Machinery Co. at the National Guard Armory. This chow line was also a very popular feature. Coming through the chow line are Mr. and Mrs. Raymond VVaelty, Ellgin, and Thomas Moore, Island City. At the left is Mrs. John Hagerty, one of the servers. (Observer Photo) 27 Persons Die In Plane Crash SHANNON, Ireland 'ITU A New York-bound I:aliai airliner which had just taken on 7.000 gallons of gasoline "blew into .10 million pieces' oi departure ear ly, today and rained survivors, bodies and wreckage onto a near by cemetery. " Shannon Airport authorities said 27 persons were killed, two of them dying in hospitals today, and that there were 23 survivors. Two other of the 52 passengers and crew aboard the Alitalia UC7 were still "'unaccounted for." Ten of the passengers were American citizens. One was iden tified as Mis. Giulia deck. 22. of New York. Another was Father Citiseppi Carroli. a Capuchin piicst o. New York City. The latj was not k-.ovn immediately. Seen M Mibs Away A Shrnnon airport rpokesman said the cause ot the Alitalia crash appeared to be "engine failure-' on takeoff. He said he believed the plane did not explode in flight but upon imp. ct with the ground, sending flames up so higii people thought it was an explosion in air. The llames were sern 30 miles., Fa' her Charles Ccmirford. a U.S. NAVY PLANE Sugarloaf Kills At KIO DE JANEIRO 'I'PH The Ait Ministry fa'i today a big U. ' S. NaVy plane proba'jly was to blame for the coilisio over Sugarlcaf Mountain which killed at least fil a-:id . possibly 67 persons here Thursiay. About 40 of the dead were Amer icans. Tf.e.thiee; su vivnrs, Lt. ijgi George P. FitJgibb;ns. oi -.Viorcf ster, Mass.. Sonarmari 2-C F: ederick E. . Wilson.- - of Dallas, and Ordnance Mai l-C Hal It ' liolenra. of Norfolk. Va . were hospitalized with minor in.uri s. PreSide-tt.Eisc.nhwcr aid Bra lilian Pesident Juscclino Kill it schek went to Hie hospital on their return here from Sao Paulo Thursdav night to express their sympathy to the survivors. A ministry snekesman said th" Navy DC- which collided with a Brazilian DC -3 ova:- the cloud shrouded ' "peak apparently had strayed from its assigned course. The U.S. embassy declined com ment. The cash here was one of two air tragedies reported in the past 24 hours. In Ireland, an Italian airliner taking off from Shannon airpoil ran into a cemetery wall, killing at least 23 of the 52 per sons aboard. JOHN DEERE DAY Roman Catholic priest who lives near a cemetery where the c ash occurred, said the plane appear ed, to blow up into "10 million pieces .while ..in flight,," raining bodips and wreckage across a 300 jaid area of the coastal marsh land. Wheels of the giant plane smashed into the wall of New Market cemetery and bounded about among the tombstones. And although the wreckage was widely strewn somehow half of those aboa' d survived the initial impact. The flight originated Thursday in Naples and then stopped in Rome to pick up 33 more passen gers. It lock off on what was to have been a non-stop flight to New York but it eicountered strong head winds a id the pilot decided to refuel at Shannon-a customary procedure under such conditions. Stroll About Airport The pla ie was on the ground for about an hour while the 40 passenpe s and some of the 12 Crew members aboard strolled through Shannon Airport buying souvenirs including candy and dolls for several children aboard. The souvenirs a id tcys were scat ie:ef among the wreckage. AT FAULT Mountain Collision Least 61 Passengers . The ' DC-6 was hri.igi-g Navy. haniis.T.ei ard oth-r Americans hc"e from Buenos Aires when it i roliflel with tre Lira 'i! an air liner, intcund from Vitoria. The surviv rs were bet'eved to be mimbeis of the U.S. Naval pa ty sev.l to Arg.vitira as a result of !he recett submarine scare there. A lii a ilian woman who saw the crash said the uniia carriage of the ttiaJiHani plane hit the top of the 'Navy plane. The DC-3 plum: meted into the Alia itic ocean, a t or Sugarloaf. ai the DC4 spun in to a beach of the Guana bara bay side of the mountain. .All cf the 26 persons aboard the Brazilian ai: liner died. The num ber . of dead aboard the Navy plane was a mailer of dispute, the U.S. embassy saying there were 44 persons in liie plane a id Navy olticlals here and in Washington sayir-g it carried only 38. ilu Washington, relatives of the Navy bandsmen killed in the crash said several of Ihem had had premonitions of.disaster ahead before they left for Latin America - Five victims of the c:ash were still alive when rescue craft plucks them from the waters of the bay, but two died later in a OREGONIAN 'ARSON ATTACK SALEM (UPI) Fire. DMti. bly touched off by "bomb." erupted in tha Salam circula tion and distribution offlca ef th Portland C) rag on ion at S:M a.m. today causing "considere abla damaat.". Sslcm ,Fire, Chief . Rabat Mills said "tha invettigarien so far would indicate tha Fea sibly soma tort of i xnb or ex plosive it 'involved." He said a window of the empty office wat apparently broken by a rock just prior to the blaie. The branch office it on Tile road iust off Pair- groundt re a d in northeast Salem. Salam Fire Marshal Glenn Shedeck, heading the at-the- scene probe, said the state ersen squad had been sum moned from Portland. . Shedeck said pieces of a bot tle that may have been placed in the office through the brok en window were found. The half-gallon vessel had a par tially screwed on cap, and the cap had a hole in it, Shedeck said the hole "looked like a place for a wick" and that there were indications the bet tie had contained "some sort of flammable liquid." hospital. Sergio Dc Sousn, a boat man who rescued four of the sur- vivo s, sa d the only one able to speak ke saying, "I'm going to dio. a d I want to live. Man Decapitated Rescue workers said the crash scire was a gruesome sight. "There were shouts f:ir help and p'cecs cf bodies and wreck a;e all over the bay," one Brazil ian said. "We pulled everything we could out of the bay . . .every thing was covered with blood.'' A fisherman hastening to the scene saw a headless body in the water perhaps that of a man who tried to bail out of the spinning Navy plane only lo be decapitated Dy Its wing. Eisenhower canceled two pa: ties scheduled late Thursday includ ing the embassy reception at which the slain bandsmen were to have played but dined pri vately w Ith V s. Ambassador John M. Cabot. Kubitschek and other Brazilian leaders at planned. The three Ame:ican survivors, all under sedation, smiled at tight of the U.S. President. "We want to express our tor- row at this tragic thing, and to express gratitude that you men survived, Eisenhower said. . LA GRANDE, Portland Firm In Low Bid For EOC Construction . Work Schrader Construction Co. Inc.. Po.tland. submitted the low bid for remodeling and const uci ion of an addition to Hoke Hall on the Eastern Oregon College campus, $144. US, acording to Dr. Frank B. Bennett. EOC president. Dr. Bennett indicated the bids. submitted by five contracting firms, raged frcm the low bid to a high of $158.31$. Bechtel Broth ers of La Grande had the second lowest bid. $148.31)0. Bids were also received from Elmer T. Ilo' sten. Walla Walla: Johnston and Malloy. Salem: and The Timlicr Co., H-rmiston. 2 Ex-Cons Sentenced On Loitering Charge An offer of "t drink" to two Central school children has led to the arrest and sentencing of two ex-convicts on charges of un lawful loitering near the La Grande High School . Police Chief Oliver Reeve said today that the two men pleaded guilty to loitering charges and were sentenced to 60 days in jail late Thursday afternoon. They are Larry Earl Evans, 21. of 1902 Washington Ave., and Ar thur Raymond Huff, 23, of Med- ford. Huff has been in the state peni tentiary twice on charges of bur glary. He was released from his second term Feb. 6. Evans was released sometime last fall after serving a term for passing bad checks. Other Offenses The two men admitted several other offenses In statements tak en by police,, including thefts of liquor" noV-Tirden hose, and breaking and entering of a cabin. ' Chief Reeve said that during the noon hour Wednesday the two men were parked in a car outside the La Grande High School wait ing to pick up a girl. Two young boys attending Peron Backers Shake Fists At President BUENOS AIRES (UPH Presi dent Eisenhower made a dramatic arrival in the heart of Buenos Aires by helicopter today, soa'ing over the heads of angry demon strators who were demanding the rtturn of ousted Dictator Juan D. Peron. They shook their fists at the chopper as it passed high above them. Five bombs exploded in the city during the night, inju-.ing three persons in what may have been anti - American demonsfations. Two of the blasts damaged Ameri can owned companies. Security arrangements were the tightest of Eisenhower's Latin American trip. . . Avoid Hostile Areas The President arrived by pla'M at tie za Airport, saddened by the loss of 61 persons in Thursday's air collision over Rio De Jancro between a U.S. Navy plane anil a Brazilian commercial airliner. President Aituro Frondizi and other high Argentine dignitaries welcomed Eisenhower warmly at the airpo.t. . - Eisenhower told Frondizi that both their countries "provide one stone in the structure of peace." Farm Income Takes Plunge; Other Industry WASHINGTON IUPH Farm income plunged 16 per cent to 11 billion dollars in 1WJ while other segments of the economy went up, the Agriculture Department repotted today. The drop wat 1 per cent great er than department economists forecast in predictions published last November. The 1959 not farm income what was left of cash reeeits from marketings after the farmer paid production expenses, taxes, in terest, and the like oompa-ed with 19SS income of Il3.ltio.ooo. 000. Net farm income in I9S9 was about the same as that in 1937. The big decrease wat expected to furnish plenty of campaign (odder fcr the Democratic party in this presidential election year. Gross farm income in 19:9 was estimated at 37 billion dollars, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY The EOC president stated bids were somewhat below architects' estimatis, thereby permitting in clusion o: two alternatives in th? contracts, new windows and new entrances in l!ie present structure. The m w addition to Hoke will provide two general purpose class rooms, an cngin-ering drafting room, a biolouy classroom labora tory, a greenhouse annex, and an increased a:ea for student activi ties. Extensive renovations of the bock store, coffee shop, and other laciliti's are included. Con-lriK-:ion is scheduled tp be loniplrtcd this summer. Central school walked by. and the men asked them what time high school was out. The men also of ten d the boys a drink. . The grade school children walked on without paying atten tion. One of the hoys was the son ol Mr. and Mrs. Doc Baker. Baker is a game and traffic officer with the Oregn State Police in La Grande. Shortly afterward Mrs. Baker came to pick up the two young sters, and was told of the inci dent. She called city police. Baker Investigates When she and the boys arrived home. Baker was told the story and he drove to the high school where he found the two men in the parked car. He gave them "a reading out," and informed Chief Reeve that l.e had done so. The chief asked him to tell the men to come down to the police station for ques tioning, which they did. Police later found in the car. a bottle of whiskey, a bottle of vod ka, a .22 calibre pistol, and a hunting knife. During interrogation, Evans and Huff admitted stealing liquor, a piece of garden hose, and about 10 gallons of gas from a garage at the residence of Edwiin G. Huff, 2614 N. Second St. Evans also admitted breaking irto a cabin owned by Mrs. George S. Birnie, 504 Fourth St. The cabin is on Glass hill. Chief Reeve asked that parents till their children to report it immediately if they are ever ap proached by strangers for a ride or other reasons. Margaret Will Marry British Photographer LONDON lurn rrincess Margaret, 2!), is getting mariied. With stunning surprise the royal family announced tonight that the sister of Queen Elizabeth is en naatd to Anthony Armsirong- Jonrs. a commoner known only to British society as a photographer and son of a lawyer. No date for the wedding was set. Armstrong Jones, also 2D, will be the first commoner lo enter the roval family since Mrs. Wal lace Warfield Simpson married the Duke of Windsor after he sac rificed his th o.ie as King Edward VIII for the woman he loved. Once it was- the other way aicuid ft.r Margaret. She gave up her love fo: commoner Peter Townsend in loyalty to the throixs tradition axainst divorce. On Increase down rcarly 3 '4 pnr cent from ITO. Product. On expenses kept pace, r'sing 3 '4 pc. cent to a new high of 25 billion dollars. TI.e decline in gross income re flated a 4 per cent drop In aver age price received for farm products. This was only partly offset by a 2 per cent increase in volume of sales, plus a reduc tion in Kovernment payments due to discontinuance of the acreage :escrvc section of the soil bank program. Total cash receipts from marketings were down I per cent to t32.8no.ono.ono Gov emment payments dropped more than one-third, or about 400 mil lion dollars. Despite a decline in the num ber of persons living on farms, the per capita income of the farm population f om all sources was down I per cent from 1931 to I960. 76, 1960 PROGRESS OF LOCAL AREA The Observer today presents 30 pages devoted for the most about progress, mainly local, area and state, in tht fields of agriculture, industry and busi ness. The first inside section (eight pages) covers farming and ranching; the next section of six pages deals with industry, the cover page serving this theme, and the final eight-page spread points up the past, pre sent and future of business. CANDIDATE Justice of the Peace George Mil ler, 72, has tiled for re election. He is a grad uate of the University of Michigan School of Law and has been justice of the peace in La Grande for about 13 years. (Observer Photo) Foot-Deep Snow Hits Mid-West v By United Press International Mid westerners battled foot-deep snows and 10-foot drifts today while southerners shivered in a crop-killing cold wave. The latest in a machine gun series of February storms blasted Northeast Michigan today and powered through New York into New England. Hundreds of schools closed in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illi nois. Winds there swirled the snow into drifts 10 feet high, clog ging many secondary roads and temporarily blocking some major trunk lines. The mercu: y dipped below freez ing in Mississippi, Alabama, Geor gia. Northern Florida and North eastern Louisiana, and a freeze ruined valuable tomato, water melon, and corn crops in the semi- tropical area. The death toll ros as Midwest residents succumbed to heart attacks while shoveling snow and packed highways. Unit ed Press International counted 25 weather-attributed deaths. The mercury hit 25 below at Butte, Mont. V -v-f'... ,,:'V''M-'i .- If ! ,- , I CHURCH DIGNITARIES these bishops and monsignorl comprise the list of dignitaries present yesterday fol lowing the ceremony at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church during which the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Matthew M. Crotty, pastor, was invested as a monsignor. Left to right, Msgr. Nicholas Hughes, Boise; Msgr. Timothy Casey, Klamath Falls; Bishop James J. Byrne, Boise; Archbishop Edward D. Howard, Portland; Msgr. Crotty; Bishop Francis P. Leipzig, Baker; and Msgr. Michael McMahorrj The Dalles. (Observer) 30 Pago U.S. Sky Spy Satellite Is Fired Aloft DELICATE ROCKET WOULD DETECT ENEMY MISSILE CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPI) America today launch ed a two-ton earth satellite to test a system of detecting Rus sian missile firing with an Infrared "sky spy." An 88-foot Atlas-Agena thundered into the sky with more than 3,000 pounds oi delicate and possibly diplomatically controversial instruments The sleek rocket, the nation's mightiest, traveled steeply tna apparently normally in sarcn i of an orbit around the middle of earth (or Its payload. The Agena second-stage casing was to remain attached to and travel in or bit with the bulky instrument package. This was the first test of an Air Force plan to put a dozen or more Project Midas satellites in to oi bit withia the next two to four years to keep tabs on launchings of .big ' Soviet missiles. Midas is short for "military defense alarm system." .'.... . -.' 4 The system it keyed to a sensi tive infrared device that would de tect the exhaust of an enemy rock et within one minute after It was fired, thus giving a 30-minute warning. This is about the time it would take an intercontinental ballistic missile lo go from pad to target. Under existing defense alarm systems, the most the nation could hope for - would be a 15-minute alert - However, the satellite launched today wat strictly a prototype that would travel over little, if any, Soviet territory in Us planned orbit more than 300 miles above earth. It also lacked the commu nications equipment necessary to relay information about Russian launches. Instead, the test was aimed pri marily at getting the huge moon- let second largest ever launched by America pointed in the right direction and at finding out exact ly whether the infrared "eye" would work. Elgin Student Jean Gordon Up For Scholarship Jean Faye Gordon, a senior at Elgin High School, has been rec ommended by State Representa tive Don McKinnia to receive a full tuition four-year scholarship to Eastern Oregon College. Miss Gordon wishes to major in education and to obtain her bachelor's degree from EOC. She is the son ef Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Gordon of Elgin. The recommendation is in the hands of the -slate scholarship commission. ' Fivt) Cent tucked in its nose. BULLETIN WASHINGTON (UPI) The1 Air Forte said today it hd lost contact win the Midas' satellite shortly after it wat launched from Cape Canaver al. Fla. , Tha Air Force issued this statement: ' . . "PYellmlnary reports lndl- cat that separation of the; second state occurred. How-., ever, because of partial lots' of telementry. It may be tome' time before It can be deter mined whether er not the second stage Ignited." The second stage is the ve hicle that would carry the Midas into orbit. Petitioners Seek Street Improvement A petition signed by about 40 residents living on North Spruce Street wat tubmitted to the city commission Wednesday. Tha petitioners ask for an Im provement of Spruce Street east snd west from Z Avenue to tha Riverside Park bridge. The petition stated that Spruce Street is a main thoroughfare, us ed by county residents outside) the city and by commercial and government vehiclet. It la also a direct route to Riv erside Park. The main complaint wat that stagnant water collected on the street the year around. Some thing must be done, the petition said, to provide drainage. The petition was brought to the - commission by Mr. and Mrs. Howard Murphy, 2906 Spruce St The. Murphy's said a similar petition would be given to the county -commission at its meet ing next Wednesday. Part of Spruce Street is outside city lim its. The city commission placed the petition on file and agreed that it would take the matter up with the county commission later. 1 t i ( 0