Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (Newspaper) - July 15, 1957, Walla Walla, Washington Our Year No 77 MAN! ARRESTED AFTER SHOOTING Sheriff Merle vins left drags handcuffed Matt 48 from his home in Kelso Wash Sunday night ler Otis Hanstad 40 newly pointed manager of the view Wash State Tax sion Office suffered critical wounds from two shotgun blasts Bevins said that Hanstad had been a visitor at the home himself in the house for 90 minutes be- fore he was arrested and booked on an open charge Hanstad is shown In the lower Wirephotos Tax Official Is Wounded By Gunfire KELSO Wash W Bad ing that apparently had simmered several years over some traffic tickets erupted Saturday night in an ambush shooting that critical ly wounded the manager of tb Longview State Tax office Otis Hanstad 40 was still unconscious and in critica condition Monday at the Portland hospital where he was taken with two gaping shotgun wounds in th back Hospital attendants said Han spine was shattered a n c his Jungs and kidneys had been punctured by Matt Hintsala 48 was b e i n held Monday without charge afte his capture at home where hi had barricaded himself with hi wife and eight children Deputy Sheriff Bud Wolf crawled a side window and nabbed Hint sala in a bedroom while other of kept his attention Sheriff Merle Bevins said Hint gala admitted the shooting Hanstad a former Kelso police man had gone to the home of a friend Felix in South Kelso Saturday night to take a Finnish steam bath Mr and Mrs Hintsala were there and witness es said Hintsala quarreled Hanstad over traffic tickets the had given him number ago Hanstad was named tax com mission manager at Longview las May Thief Misses Loot Hidden Inside Purse Mary vin left in cash in a tele- phone booth Sunday but she ed the sneak thief who picked it up Mrs McGavin and her band passing through from as had sold their house trailer in Missoula Mont for They stopped here while she made some phone calls Back in the lobby Mrs Gavin stopped short She had left her purse with the money in the booth It was gone when she went back Hotel employees searched the place from top to bottom In a restroom on the sixth floor they found the purse It was empty ex- cept fbr a ring in the bottom and a bulge in the lining Gone was 126 in pin money Still there was a karat diamond and inside the purse's hidden the trailer money WHO SAID Training is everything The peach was once a bitter mond cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college tion The combined abilities of a trained staff is one of the sons Want Ads serve fully When you call the BULLETIN Want Ad ment you talk with an ad writer who has helped thousands of people write and place their ads Sometimes you'll be advised that just a few words are all that's necessary for a result ting ad Juat 9 words found a sen spinet piano for Mrs A C Newell of Milton Freewater Here is Mrs Newell's Spinet or Studio piano Box Onlon-Bulletln._______ Answer to yesterday's WHO SAID IT Henry Wadaworth Senator Raps Governor on Appointments By LEROY HITTLE OLYMPIA UP Sen Patrick D Sutherland has criticized Gov standards committee for allegedly blocking the ap pointment of four additional tors and psychiatrists at Western State Hospital The standards committee is a group of state officials selectee by the governor to pass on em- ployment and pay of state em- ployes in departments under the governor's jurisdiction At a meeting of the Legislative Council Saturday Sutherland said the last Legislature had employment of a number of professional persons at the coom institution and the standards committee had in effect over- ruled the will of the Legislature by refusing to authorize their em- ployment Sutherland chairman of the Legislative Council's committee on institutions said it was his understanding the standards com- had blocked the ments in an effort to enforce the governor's order that all ments keep spending 15 per cent under the amount authorized Warren Bishop the governor's assistant and chairman of the standards committee later told Sutherland the appointments had not been down but were being held up temporarily for two 1 To evaluate Western State's total appropriation picture after it is determined what portion ii any institution will receive from the seven million dollar pot the governor is to split among all state institutions 2 To give the new director of institutions when he is named an opportunity to review the posed appointments Bishop said the 15 per cent economy order had nothing to do with the action And he added it was likely the standards com- will pass on the ments sometime this week Rev Daughters Leaves Pulpit PASCO Wash ft The Rev Andrew P Daughters once given up for dead in a Northern Idaho boating accident stepped down Sunday from the pulpit of the Episcopal Church of Our Saviour He said his resignation was prompted by his health and the Fact the expanding church needs a full-time minister He had held the pastorate on a part-time basis Rev Daughters who turned up June 30 in a San Francisco church and said he had been suffering from amnesia for two months was advised by Spokane doctors last week to take a leave of ab- sence until Sept 1 The recom- was made after a phy sical examination AID SHIP ARRIVES BEIRUT Lebanon fi The U.S cargo ship Sergeant Morris E Grain pulled into Beirut Monday with the first able shipment of military aid to he Middle East under the hower Plan In her holds and on deck were tons of equip ment including 101 heavy Walla Walla Walla Walla Wash Monday July 15 1957 Fourteen Pages High Wheat Yields Seen For Region SEATTLE OB ing has started in some Eastern Washington areas record yields making up for reduced acreage The Washington Crop and stock Reporting Service said day the state's wheat yields are to average 35 bushels an acre a record approached only in 1954 and 1942 The state's total wheat crop now is forecast at bushels from acres the smallest acreage since 1942 But with the exceptional yields indicated re- turns from the state's most im- portant money crop promise to top those of recent years Latest reports on prices show June farm sales of wheat aging a bushel against a year ago Weather during June was ly ideal for the growth of spring wheat and the filling of winter the crop report said Lack of precipitation the last part of June was offset by cool weather Winter wheat production this year is estimated at bushels 56 per cent larger than last year's crop Spring wheat duction was placed at bushels for 1957 less than a third of last year's crop when acreage was largely due to reseeding spring wheat on wheat lands The report also listed this state's predicted crops of barley 000 bushels corn els and rye bushels as he highest on record The oat crop bushels is ed to be largest since 1942 Warships of Six Nations To Maneuver WASHINGTON UPI Almost 300 warships of six NATO nations operating in waters from Norway down the European coast to the Mediterranean will work together this fall in a training operation called cise Strike Back This biggest joint maneuver in several years also will include use of some of the newest weapons oJ modern navies among them an atomic submarine and a cruiser equipped for firing a n g e bombardment missiles both of which are American naval craft Approximately planes both carrier and land based probably will participate As part of the maneuver there will be a temporary building of U S Marine strength with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean lifting manpower there from a present level to about Adm Jerauld Wright NATO commander for the tic and Vice Adm Robert B Pi- rie commander of the U S Atlantic striking force gave details Monday at a news con- ference Wright said in answer to a question that the maneuvering NATO ships will not operate far up Norway's North Cape which is close to Russian territory be- cause we don't want to be ing faces at people The period for the maneuvers extends from Sept 19 through 28 City Facing Flood Threat CHICAGO threatened some areas in downstate Illinois and Chicago suburbs today in the wake of torrential rains over the weekend x The heavy rains which struck the area Friday night and Saturday morning and spread into central and south central tions of the state sent many streams to near flood stage The Illinois River was at flood stage at Ottawa a city of some 85 miles southwest of cago where the flow was backed up by a dam Starved Rock State Park on the bank of the Illinois River was ordered closed The runoff from Chicago's ord rainfall which caused millions of dollars damage to property sent the little Calumet River spilling over dikes and forced some 200 families from their homes in the Highland Ind and Calumet City 111 area ever danger of further flooding appeared easing as the river started to recede last night Heavy rain fell in areas between Springfield and St Louis day with nearly 6 inches at dalia Minor flooding was ed along parts of the Kaskaskia River Nine deaths were attributed to the storm in Chicago Shriners Gather for Minneapolis Conclave MINNEAPOLIS UFi Members of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic con- to pour into Minneapolis Monday for the Imperial Council session Officials said that to XX persons Shriners and their families are expected for the cial tod formal gatherings Operation Alert President Eisenhower flew by helicopter to a secret com- mand post Monday to help top officials test the nation's ability recover from a mythical H- bomb attack The President was briefed on emergency actions being by officials at the command post He then got back in his copter and flew to Washington where he landed on the White House lawn Visit Ii Brief He was at the command post only briefly Eisenhower was greeted by LATE STAGE OF is the fireball in a late stage following the detonation of the seventh nuclear device in the current series This was the device named Diablo by the AEC which misfired on July 28 and was postponed several other times for either technical reasons or un- acceptable Wirephoto by Nevada Test Seventh of Blast Series Is Colorful ATOMIC TEST SITE Nev the nuclear device that like a dud two weeks ago burst with a stunning purple hue over the Nevada desert at PDT Monday The explosion seventh of the current summer test series was described by as one of the most beautiful they had ever seen The blossom atop the cloud was surrounded by a fluorescent ple color which began to fade Tighter GOP Ranks Sought No Decision on Chairman Fourth Congressional District Republicans meeting land Sunday called for a ing of party campaign ranks but Four Deaths Mar Weekend By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Four highway deaths marred Washington's weekend boosting the state traffic death list to 236 so far this year still 16 under a comparable period a year ago James R Knapp 16 Kelso died early Monday from injuries Sunday night when the car in which he was riding smashed into the end of a bridge about two miles west of Longview David L Morgan 29 died at Tacoma Sunday seven hours after a crash at a Tacoma in- Police said Morgan was the driver of a car that failed to stop at an arterial sign Three other persons were injured A Stevens boy Michael Hampton was injured fatally Saturday night when he rode his bicycle into the path of a car on the vens road The driver Bo- gart 23 Lake Stevens was not held William Walter 80 Spokane was killed Saturday night in a crash east of Davenport He was a passenger in one of the automobiles Improvements at Whitman Planned will spend proximately in improving and enlarging existing buildings according to construction permits issued Monday by the city Largest project will be ment of book store facilities at the Student Union Building This will constitute a 16 x ad- dition on the front of the building Cost of the project is estimated at Another permit was ed for installing plywood flooring in Prentiss Hall The plywood will be the base for tile flooring decided against taking sides in ad- vance in the contest over a new state chairman Rep Tom of Walla Walla was a keynoter in the blasts leveled at the state Democratic administration and the record of the ture The party leaders from the eastern and central Washington counties decided to take a stop look and listen approach to the contest over selecting a successor to State Chairman George Kinnear members of the Walla Walla gation reported The showdown is between State Rep Arnold Wang of Bremerton and Joseph Lawrence of Seattle the King County chairman Wang has been given the inside track by a nod from the selection ad- committee named by near Wayne Hereford one of the Walla Wallans at the Richland meeting said Monday the district Republicans decided to go to next Saturday's State Central Committee meeting at Please See Page 5 Col 5 about a minute after the blast The stem supporting the som also had a new look It was not straight as most have been in previous shots but bulged a little at the bottom The cloud from the blast rose swiftly to an altitude of about feet The portion above 000 feet then began heading ward southeastern Utah The Atomic Energy Commission said the air mass probably would switch directions later and head for Wyoming The the cloud below feet dispersed rapidly The blast was about hah nal in size or roughly one-half as powerful the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during World War II Diablo originally was uled to be detonated June 27 then was postponed a day On June 28 the bomb failed to fire because of a power failure Several other postponements were made before the device was exploded Eight hundred military ers 102 of them Canadians watched the explosion from trenches about yards from ground zero The explosion was seen as far away as San Francisco where observers reported it produced an glow in the sky Hearing Planned On Insurance Law OLYMPIA Proposed for compulsory automo- bile liability insurance will be aired at a public hearing in tle next September State Sen Howard Bargreen of Everett chairman of the tive Council's committee on state government will preside The hearing was one of two proved by the group of state legislators at a meeting here Saturday The other was on water re- sources It will be conducted by the Council's committee on ural resources headed by Rep Robert Bernethy of Sultan Bargreen said his committee also plans to study the state ing program as a method of governmental activities and look into the feasibility of requiring all lobbyists at the state legislative sessions to be registered and identified Workers Idle At Oakridge OAK RIDGE Tenn UP A bor dispute idled approximately 900 workmen on construction jobs at Oak Ridge's three atomic energy plants Monday An Atomic Energy Commission spokesman said production ers at the plant ignored picket lines and reported for work as usual The spokesman said the dispute started last Wednesday when 58 carpenters walked out They were joined Thursday by a small group of millwrights One informed source said the work stoppage was caused by a union jurisdictional dispute ing the carpenters But ters Local 50 business agent Gene Cosmah denied this An AEC official said there was no major construction work under way here BASEBALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 003 000 10 1 New 000 7 1 Elston Poholsky 3 and Silvers Neeman Antonelli Worthington 81 and Thomas Home York Mueller Mays Jury Hears About Terror and Tension By RELMAN MORIN KNOXVILLE Tenn jury heard a story Monday of threats tension and terror after Negro students were admitted to the high school in the little Tennessee land town of Clinton last fall We had more concentrated in- ternal trouble then than at any period of the J Brittain 41 principal of the school testified in federal court Why did you close the school on Dec asked U S Dist Atty John C Crawford Jr The battery of defense lawyers rose as a man shouting tions They were overruled and Brittain There had been so many tions and the tension was so great I figured that was the safest policy Prior to Brittain's appearance on the witness stand U S District Judge Robert L Taylor dismissed charges of criminal contempt against Mrs Zella Lou Nelson 19 She is expecting a child in September and the court agreed on a statement about her tion sent by a Clinton physician Mrs Nelson was one of 15 on area on trial along with Northern segregationist John Rasper for alleged criminal con- tempt of court They are accused of violating a federal injunction banning interference with ordered integration of the Clinton high school Brittain a thin-faced intense man testified in a low even voice The courtroom again was packed Many Negroes were among the spectators It wat deathly quiet ai Brittain told what happened last fall when school opened Teachers and Brit- tain began The defense objected again Brittain said attendance in the school dropped from about 800 at the beginning of the term to odd He said people told him they were receiving threatening tele- phone calls After more defense objections Taylor again told the jury the testimony would be nent only if it linked Kasper and the others Meanwhile Chief Defense Coun sel Robert L Dobbs of Memphis said ne has uncovered new mation which he said will have a very sobering effect on this case Dobbs said he ran down a good lead during the weekend recess of the trial President Flies To Secret Post In Defense Test McNary Laud Bills Given OK Reports Two favorable reports on a introduced by Congressman Hal Holmes HR 7995 that would mit the Port of Walla Walla to chase land on McNary pool have been filed at Washington the Fourth district Congressman's of- fice reported Monday Secretary of the Army Brucker sent word that the army has re- ported favorably to the committee in public works with respect to this measure which specifically would permit the Port District to obtain title to its Attalia ment hi Western Walla Walla ty Fair market value is pre- scribed for the land The Bureau of the Budget wise has recommended favorable action and Congressman Holmes as a result has asked the chairman of the public works committee to take up the at the earliest sible time Additional word from the capital Monday gave assurance that separate reports all of them to this legislation have gone to Capitol Hill The success of the legislation hinges upon the amount of work still to be accomplished by the two branches it was stated Hopes are that the House measure will be expedited so that ion measures in the Senate will not have to share the calendar with the civil rights contest Khrushchev Says Talks Going By HAROLD K MILKS PRAGUE Czechoslovakia Wl Soviet Communist Party chief Nikita S Khrushchev told a crowd in Plzen Pilsen day that so far things are going badly in the London ment talks He blamed the ern powers chiefly the United States Referring to the United Nations subcommittee talks Khrushchev They are talking They are passing papers back and forth But they are not doing much The capitalists think it would be unprofitable to liquidate the cold war We think it would be profitable Disarmament and the suspension of the cold war is not profitable for the capitalists but disarmament is profitable for the poorer nations Khrushchev whose radio speech was heard in Prague and abroad asserted that the United States was opposing a ban on nuclear weapons and instead is seeking some kind of a clean bomb Khrushchev addressed the mass meeting shortly after reaching the city from Prague for his last day of touring in Czechoslovakia His Kremlin companion Soviet Pre- mier Nikolai Bulganin went on a separate visit to Mosl a mining town near the East German frontier They re- turn to Prague Monday night and leave for home Tuesday Plzen radio estimated at the audience organized in the city square for Khrushchev who also planned to tour the giant Skoda Works now called Lenin Works Khrushchev declared slovakia's Communist leaders fully endorse developments in the Soviet Union including his purge of elements headed by Georgi Malenkov and V M tov Gordon Gray chief of tbt Office f Defense Mobilization and W Berry acting director of tht federal Civil Defense on Gray and Berry are running lis fourth annual nationwide civil drill Squinting into the bright sun Eisenhower reported that the opter flight was the smoothest ide I ever had in my life Eisenhower became the first ever to ride a helicopter riday when he led a simulated mass exodus from A m e r i c a's as mock air raid sirens screamed In theory 166 were dropped on 155 targets in he United States and its Eisenhower was ated directly from the White House Monday the clock was jumped to 15 days after the Purpose of this phase of be drill to last until Friday is o determine how a would bring order out of haos Only one H-bomb strike was to have occurred the United States hit back with such massive retaliation that ic enemy itself was reeling and unable to launch a follow-up Gray and Berry reported to a theoretical evacuation f some 41 million Americans No casualty figures were an- but since 95 millions were sted in target areas the other 54 million presumably were dead in- ured or holed up in bomb rs Problems Listed The main problems of recovery were listed to Eisenhower 1 What to do about restoration f credit so commerce and in- can operate once again wages can be paid and other hases of conditions re- tored ir that general field 2 What vital transportation and facilities need im- mediate restoration and how to accomplish that task 3 How to meet the housing of millions of displaced persons 4 How to handle rehabilitation of bombed out areas THE STROLLER Ralph Murray wielded a broom on South Third Avenue last week in the interest of motorists Someone had broken two beer bottles in the street Murray came along the sidewalk saw the glass borrowed a broom from a home nearby and swept the sharp fragments out of the way Several cars stopped while he was sweeping and their drivers thanked him for the considerate action He opined that he had an old car and couldn't afford to have his tires ruined and he figured lots of other people were in the same situation For his consideration of the driving public Murray ii ed two tickets by the Stroller to the Liberty Theater Current it- traction ii Oklahoma Pipeline Is Schedule SALT LAKE CITY OB ct to increase the capacity of petroleum products pipeline rom Boise Idaho to P o Wash is proceeding on schedule and is expected to be finished by he end of the year officials of he Salt Lake Pipeline Co said Monday The project is installation of 80 miles of new pipe This will boost capacity of the asco section by barrels per day to barrels per day A section of the line be- ween Ontario and Huntington Ore has now been welded and work is continuing on the section between Powder Ore and Adams Ore P N Johnson company dent said project is part of a general boost in pipeline He said capacity of the line Salt Lake City and Boise s being boosted by rels per day to a total of daily by installation of ad- pumping facilities The line being in- stalled beyond Boise is the same ize as the present line through hat area Officials declined to discuss cost of the project The Weather Fair tonight and Tuesday er humidity light winds Warmer Tuesday Low Monday night 60 high Tuesday 87 High Sunday 79 low Sunday night 60 al moisture excess 1.57 Five day forecast Scattered showers late in the week averaging below normal Highs SO to 90 lows 50 to 60 HELP PREVENT GRAIN FIRES See Page 14 for valuable information about Grain Fire Prevention and list of Rural Fire Protection Phone Numbers EVERYBODY'S JOB This Is A Bad Fire Assistance Is Needed
