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LIBRARY OF 0 ORE La Grande WEATHER Eastern Oregon: Scattered IhL.Aiihovrs (onlSr, otherwise fair; hloht 80 east to 70 west; low 40-50. TEMPERATURES; Thursday maximum 73; night low 42; sunset today sun-L rise S.ituidjy 6:17. Winds'-gentle. OBSERVER 229th lssu 64th Yt LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1961 8 Pages Ten Cent Kennedy, i ummit Meetina 7 II 1 JUDGING TOUR WINNERS I These three 4-H club members from Union and Elgin were selected as winners at completion of annual 4-H livestock judging tour in county. Tour was sponsored by Eagles Lodge, represented by Gus Tsiatsos, left, and Henry Counsell, right.

Belt buckles were awarded Alana Rainsberry, Union, at left, 1st place; Bill Smith, Elgin, center, 2nd place; and Rodney Terry, Elgin, 3rd place. COUP Republic of Korea military forces spearheaded by marines and paratroopers seized control of Seoul and announced they had taken over government. Here truckload of ROK marines are shown going down street in downtown Seoul while 1 crowd in background watches. United States announced it was firmly opposed to the military coup which seized power in South Korea and called upon coup leaders to return power to the legal government. KOREAN PRESIDENT RESIGNS; APOLOGIZES FOR 'FAILURES' 1 Bulletin Laos Conference Frets Over Cease-Fire Edict Pentagon Command Attacked WASHINGTON UPI Sen Alberi.

Gore, said today the Joint Chiefs of Stalf should bo removed aid replaced with "new, wiser and ablr." men" in view of the failure of the Cuban exile invasions. Gore made the statement after leaving a closed dour meeting of the Senate foreign relations subcommittee on La' in America at which Gen. Lymiri L. Lemnitzer, chairman of the joint chiefs, was being questioned about the Penla-gcn's role in the ill-fated invasion alt'. mt.

The Tennessee Democrat told newsmen: "I have reached the conclusion on my own that we (ie iinitcly need a now chairman of the Joint Chiefs ol Staff rind new memlw rs Sen. Wayne Morse, chairman of the Latin American affairs subcommittee, when told of the Gore comment, told porters-: "I have complete confidence in the Joint Chiefs of Staff." Gore said he had reached the judgment partly on the basis of what he heard during the ques tioning of Lemnitzer but indicated that other factors may have had a part in his opinion: He told newsmen the nation needs a new set of joint chiefs made up of new, wiser and abler men." At the outset of the closed-door hearing, Subcommittee Chairman Wayne L. Morse, said he was determined to pinpoint the role played by U.S. military authorities in the unsuccessful invasion. Lemnitzer was the first scheduled witness as the Morse group moved into the latest phase of its inquiry into the Cuban debacle and administration handling of the Cuban situation in general.

Morse insisted his subcommittee was not conducting an "investigation," but was merely seeking the fullest possible briefing on what happened in Cuba. Commission Action On Bids to provide 3.930 tons of asphaltic concrete to the city between July 1 and Sept. 1, were opened at this week's commission meeting but no final decision was taken. The firm of H. J.

and H. W. Miller, Pendleton, submitted the low bid of $29,756 over the bid presented by the Rogers Asphalt Paving La Grande, and at first was awarded the contract subject to approval by the city manager. Near the end of the meeting after Miller had departed, however, O. K.

Rogers, owner of Rogers Paving protested the Miller bid. pointin out thrt no equipment list had been submitted by Miller. Such a list had been requested when the bid was let. he said. Return Bids of the commission queried City Attorney Carl Helm Jr.

about whether absence of the equipment list makes it mandatory to reject the Helm said he would chock into the matter but it seemed to him that the city manager would have to return the bids to the commission to let the members determine whether this variance is enough to reject the bid. "If this is not considered to be a material pert of the bid by the they shed blood together in the past, and they ore eating, and sleeping together with Korean soldiers today," Gen. Chang, said. "There should not be any doubt about friendship with the United States." Arrest Communists Chang said that about 930 Communists or suspected Communists had been arrested up to this morning. vestigated and either released of "severely June 3-4 Date Set In Vienna WASHINGTON (UPI) President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush chev will meet in Vienna on June 3 and 4 for a general exchange of major U.S.

Russ ian differences, the White House announced today. The White House said the con ference will provide "a timely and convenient opportunity for the first personal contact" between the President and premiec. Following the Vienna meeting, Kennedy will travel to London for a brief session with British prime Minister Harold Macmillan. It was emphasized that the Ken nedy-Khrushchev conference will be confined to "the major issues which affect the relationships" be tween the United States and Rus- a. Will Not Negotiate The White House statement said the "big two" will not negotiate nor try to reach agreements on cold war problems involving other countries.

The President will have his first meeting with Khrushchev immedi ately after his previously an nounced talks with French President Charles de Gaulle in Paris, May 31-June 2. Kennedy and Khrushchev will have their first get-t against a backdrop of crises that have developed since the President entered the White House. Serious developments pitting the Free World against communism have flared in the Congo, Cuba, Laos and South Viet Nam. Nuclear- test ban talks Gene va have bogged down in a stale mate. Kennedy is reported intent on convincing the Soviet premier of the seriousness with which he regards a genuine test ban agree ment as the keystone of general disarmament.

The Kennedy-Khrushchev con ference and the President's plans to meet with Macmillan were an nounced simultaneously in Wash ington, Moscow and London. Kennedy took Initiative It was learned here that it was Kennedy who proposed and Khru shchev who agreed on Vienna as the site. The President also won agreement from the Soviet leader that the meeting should be an in formal one with no effort to' nego tiate. Kennedy probably will be ac companied to Vienna by a small gioup consisting of Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Assistant Secre tary of State for Europe Foy Kohlcr, his Soviet adviser, Charles E. Bohlen, White House aide Mc-George Bundy and at most one or two others.

Officials reported that the United States won the consent of the major European allies before agreeing to the conference. They shun calling it a summit conference in the sense of involving elaborate negotiating sessions. Dr. Easley To Address Cove Class Dr. Carlos Easley of Eastern Oregon College will be commencement speaker next Wed nesday during Cove High School year-end activities.

The commencement is scheduled at 8 p.m. at the school gymnasium. "Into Your Hands" is the topic of Dr. Easlcy's ad dress. Meanwhile, baccalaureate services are scheduled at 8 p.m.

Sunday at the Episcopal church of Cove, with Dr. Virgil Bolen, Eastern Oregon College professor, delivering the sermon. Diplomas, Awards The Rev. Clarence Kopp. Cove Episcopal church, will give the invocation and benediction.

Cove board chairman Les Robinson will hand out diplomas to the graduating class of the high school as well as to eighth graders. Reuben Moore. Cove superintendent of schools, will make special awards. Receiving special recognition as honor students at this time will be Robin Martin, Delia Murchison and Patricia James. rebels are violating the cease fire in Laos.

Argument centered on whether the ICC could do its job with its present manpower and equipment. The United States and the Royal Laotian delegation charged that the pro-Communist rebels were breaking the truce. NEW RURAL BOARD IS 1: RECOGNIZED I Members of the rural school board this week canvassed votes of the May 1 election and discussed state legislature affecting education. The levy to exceed the six per cent limitation on the rural budget was passed by a 941 to 570 vote, the board noted. Elected as new members of the board were Bruce Morchcad with 821 votes for Zone 2, and Eldon Hutchinson, 104 votes for a seat from Zone 5.

LeRoy Chil-ders was elected for a board-member-at-large position with 1,149 votes: Retiring members of the board are Les Kefler, from Zone 2 and chairman Tom Boyd from Zone 5. All elections were for three-year terms. New Officers Officers elected for the new board at this week's meeting were Henry Weatherspoon, chairman; and John McKinnis, vice chairman. They will each serve one-year terms. House and senate bills discus sed at the meeting provide for a number of changes affecting the county.

HB 1358 provides for election of the chairman on all school boards and for a uniform method of filling vacancies created on any board, with appointment of new member by the remaining board members. In case a ma jority of the board vacates posi tions, however, a school meeting to elect new officers will be called by the county superintendent. Another bill calls for a change in the distribution of funds from the rural areas by providing that such funds be paid only on resident average daily member ship rather than attendance membership as in the past. An increase in the number of accumulative sick leave days from 50 to 100 for teachers goes into effect as a resuit of HB 11U2 and HB 1218 allows for absentee voting at school elections. A Senate bill.

No. 355. trans fers responsibility of school transportation from the department of motor vehicles to the department of education. HB 1076 provides that after July 1. 1HG2, the rural school board will assume the duties of reorganization in each county and county re-organization committee will go out of existence.

As a result of HB 1276, the rural school board also assumes further duties when it takes over the responsibilities of the district boundary board. This bill may become effective 90 days after May 10. SEOUL, Korea UPI Soeith Korea President Posun Yun, whose government was overthrown by military revolt, announced his resignation today with an apology for failing to improve conditions for the people of his country. The resignation of President Yun, who had given his formal approval, to the new military junta, came 24 hours after Premier John M. Chang and his cabinet quit their offices and threw support to the country's new leaders.

aptlon came as a surprise. Thursday, 'lie ria'd" Koreans to join in supporting the junta. Aides said he was apparently upset by the junta leader's statement that the revolutionary committee was the "supreme power organization" in the country. Yun made the announcement of his resignation in a mimeographed statement distributed to news- Industrial Arts Show Slated Here A two-day Industrial Arts show will be held at La Grande Junior High School, May 2.1-24, the exhibits open to the public. Projects made by junior and senicr high students will be on display next Tuesday in the -ym-nasium from 6 to p.m., and on Wednesday from 2:30 to 9 p.m.

County Exhibition Junior and senior high industrial art teachers will be present both days. They include Ray Archie Hornfelt, Ray BuckWaller and Buzz Fulton. On May 25. industrial art work will ie exhibited by both La Grande schools and Union and Elgin hitjh school students at Hand Ford Sales here. This exhibit is also opn to the public.

Teachers from Elgin and Union high schools in industrial arts are Don Hendricks and John Bartholomew, respectively. papers from his office this morning. Shortly before the resignation of President Yun, who was the last constitutional figurehead of the old government still retaining office, Lt. Gen. Chang Do Yung, chairman of the revolutionary committee which has assumed power, said he did not consider U.S.

opposition to the coup as interference' in the internal affairs of South Korea. Chang made his statement to foreign newsmen at "his The general made it clear that the military regime is strongly pro-American and anti-Communist. He said his regime had "nothing to worry about" in its relations with Americans despite initial opposition to the coup by the U.S. Embassy and Gen. Carter B.

Magruder, commander of United Nations and U.S. forces in Korea. Cites Close Relations "Up to now, the military, more than any other agency of this nation, has maintained close relations with the Americans," he said. "Therefore, now that the military has come out to take charge of- national affairs, I am firmly convinced the Americans will and cooperate with us as they did in the past." American diplomatic and aid personnel already were back at their jobs working with Korean government and civilian agencies although U.S. servicemen remained resti ietcd to their compounds.

"American soldiers fought side by side with Korean soldiers and DOW-JONES REPORT By United Press International Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 705.98, up 4.82; 20 railroads 147.50. off 0.10; 15 utilities 113.69, off 0.03, and 65 234.73, up 0.81) Sales today were about 4.2 million shares compared with 4.01 million shares Thursday. IT staged their coup Tuesday was because they believed the former government was soft on communism. There had been talk of en gotialions with the North Korean regime. Gen.

Chang said this will not happen under his rule and he warned students not to hold demonstrations in favor of this. "We will not bow down to communism," he said. Four Youths Selected For Boy's State Four La Grande Hich School boys have been selected as local delegates to Boy's Slate, June 11-17, it was announced. -I The boys will be sponsored by local service, clubs and the" La Grande American Leaion nost. with Dr.

Alan Hall, charman of the Legion Boy's Stale Committee here. The event. annually held throuim- out the 50 states, is scheduled in Oregon at Corvallis. Boys named by the committee are Dan Morris, sponsored by the Lions; Robbie Fallow, sponsored by the Legion; Doug Hiatt, sponsored by Rotary; and Tim Dod-son, sponsored by the Eagles, i Alternates nrc Steve Waller, Jiff McMillan. Ken Lilly and Allan McGlasson.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (UPI) A nationwide railroad strike which could halt all freight and passenger traffic service by most major lines has been scheduled for Monday The union has been negotiating for 18 months with railroads on wages and fringe benefits. E. L. Kirk-Patrick, Cleveland, union general chairman, said if members of other unions respect yard-master picket lines the strike could halt traffice on 39 railroads serving major communities. Holds Up Firm's Bid commission, then the bid could legally be accepted," he said.

In another matter. Helm was asked to write a letter to Fred Hcnning, owner of property where a 30-foot section of sidewalk is missing on Street near Fir, asking him to replace the walk. City President William Herrmann brought the matte- before the commission a number of months ago but no action was ever taken. Improvement District The commission decided tentatively that if Henning would not replace the sidewalk, in compliance with a city ordinance, an improvement district would have to be formed and Henning's properly pssessed. Cost of rcp'aeemrnt of the sidewalk would amount to about $75, Slight said.

Comm'ssion members elected Lynn Anderson, newest member of the commission, as acting president in absence at this week's meeting. Anderson was nominated by H. E. Waddell and the vole was unanimous with Anderson retaining. The commission also heard the of a letter from State Police Sgt.

David Briz-ndine com-Alimenting Police Chief Oliver Reeve for his "oulstrndng ability" in apprehending three burglars who have been operating in the area in the year and one half pessimistic about getting "effe'e-tive action from the public in the first 23 hours after an attack." Reality Not Faced "We are going to have to control the public for the first 24 hours to ke'ep it from hurting itself." he said. Dr. Lewis J. West of the University of Oklahoma said the public has a psychopathic refusal "to come to grips with reality." He said it involves the "sort of magical thinking we see in children normally, in adults neurotically, and in societies all the time." This altitude toward any problem, whether the threat of nuclear war or the issue of racial discrimination, is that "If you ignore it. it will go away." West said.

GENEVA (UPI) The 14-nation Laos conference sent an urgent message to the International Con trol Commission today asking whether it needs any more techni cal aid to watchdog the cease fire in the Southeast Asian kingdom. The conference voted to send the message after Canadian Ex- ternal Affairs Minister Howard Green said the ICC in Laos was in urgent need of better transport and communication. The message, submitted to the conference bv cochairman. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, said: "Please inform us whether the commission has any technical requirements to facilitate the exer cise of its functions in relation to the cease fire." Secretary of State Dean Rusk said he hoped for a speedy reply from the commission composed of Canada, Poland and India. "It seems to us this message though somewhat general, will cover the points raised by Cana da, Rusk said.

He repeated the U.S. view the ICC should quickly investigate and report any cease fire violations to the Geneva meeting. The decision to send the mes sage came in a special morning meeting. The main conference appeared headed for a new East-West wrangle over whether Com munist-supported a Lao Local Collegian Receives $500 Scholarship Donald Bork, 22-year-old college student attending the Montana School of Mines, Butte, has been named recipient of a $500 scholar ship. He is the son of Mr.

and Mrs William Bork, 1310 and the scholarship was awarded by the American Smelting and Refining Salt Lake City, Utah. Bork, a 1957 graduate of La Grande High School, will continue his studies at the Montana colleue where he is now a junior. He is a mining engineer major. I He said many persons feel that i "if you build fallout she-ltcrs they'll be used: if you don't build them, you won't need them." Nunnally attributed to civil defense in part to the fact that "our national goals are not spelled out." He said "our key people are divided and the populace is anxiety-ridden." Nunnally said "positive incentives" are needed to get civil defense cooeration from the public. He said such incentives are used by the Russians who cite a cooperative individual "as a good citizen and hang medals on him." Dr.

Chiles P. Loomis of Michigan State University disagreed. "Even if half of all the people were destroyed, the people living would come together" and work for the common good, he said. U.S. WOULD PANIC? AMERICAN APATHY TOWARD 'CIVIL DEFENSE' DEPLORED it -ttnl it; WASHINGTON (UPI) The Anu-rican public would panic if struck with a nuclear attack, accoiding to two university sci-ent ists.

The scientists said public ignorance and the idea that "if you ignore it. it will go away." have bred American apathy toward civil defense. The scientists spoke at a symposium on behavioral science and civil defense sponsored Thursday by the National Academy of Sciences and the Office of Civil De-fense Mobilization. Other scientists disagreed about the public reaction to nuclear disaster-, but there was general agreement about apathy toward family Lilian shelters. Dr.

Jum C. Nunnally Jr. of Vandcrbilt University said he is INTERESTED IN PRESS Lostine seventh and eighth grade students this week-' toured The Observer and were in time to watch Tuesday's edition roll off They were accompanied by their teacher, Mrs. Wilma Guillory, Lostine School Superintendent Monroe Rougcau and room mother Mrs. Ernest Engeldorf.

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