Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (Newspaper) - December 15, 1957, Walla Walla, Washington A grand payoff of ing for seven weeks waits the person who solves this week's puzzle game It's on page 12 just waiting for some sharp and lucky person to pick up the money Whitman's President To Retire Dr Chester C Maxey's plan t retire as Whitman College dent at the end of the fiscal year was announced Satur day Dr John C Lyman presiden of the Whitman board of trustees announced the governing boards of the college have accepted the president's decision A committee of 14 has been named to for a successor Dr M a x e was inaugural The Weather Our Year No 207 Walla Walla Wash Sunday December 15 1957 5 A4 04 rages Sun night cooler Sun High temperature 40 low Sun night 28 Maximum Saturday 48 low early Sat morning 32 04 inch ot Precipitation moisture ex- ces j 34 tach ed in 1948 as the first alum nus of the col 1 e g e to be chosen as its head He had been member ol the Whitman faculty since 1925 He is the Dr Maxey Miles c Moore professor science and the author of 13 books and many published articles in that field The sixth edition of his textbook The American Problem of published in revised edition last March has been ly used in colleges and sities since it was first published in 1938 Concerning President Maxey's retirement Dr Lyman Whitman College has ed an era of great growth both in academic prestige and financial stability during Dr Maxey's dency An experienced faculty member with extensive academic background he is also a devoted and loyal alumnus We feel it will be unusually difficult to find a replacement who will possess similar valuable qualities as those which Dr Maxey has given to Whitman It is with regret that we accept his decision to retire and start ing for a new president The formation of a committee to act as a searching and recommending body in the selection of a new president was announced by Dr Lyman The committee includes members of the faculty members of the board of trustees and the board of overseers and Whitman alumni prominent in Kimball Is Read Chairman of the selection com- is attorney Judd Kimball of Walla Walla a member of the board of overseers Prof David Stevens dean of administration at Whitman is secretary of the com- Other Lacey Opposes Buerstatte For Mayor's Office W A Lacey Walla Walla City Finance commissioner has enter ed the race for mayor in the 1958 city election and will oppose in cumbent mayor Harold Buer statte Lacey in announcing he plans p run for mayor and has peti ions out explained his I am very much interested in he city's financial problem anc feel I could be more effective as mayor than as finance Buerstatte announced day that he would seek a second erm as mayor Both he and Lacey will have served one pear term on the City ion Lacey's move pits two men of divergent views against aeh other in the mayoralty race and Lacey have clashed or on arious aspects of city affairs articularly on the matter of Buerstatte has voted gainst the budgets for several ears In another election development V J Russell street r announced Saturday that he would not be a candidate for re- lection Five persons are seeking street post They are Jack A aunders who filed for the on Friday and Ben C Cooper ohn Wallace T mayor leaves LeRoy Bastron the only announced aspirant for the finance post Bastron announced Wednesday that he was ing petitions Saunders is now on 17 days leave from the city engineers Russell commissioner said Saturday As of Dec 31 his position will be abolished as the 1958 budget made no provision for a senior inspector the post he has been Russell said It shouldn't be necessary for him to resign since starting Jan 1 his job no longer will exist and he is as of now not at work but taking vacation time to which he is en- titled Russell made his explanation e said in fairness to several who are candidates to succeed him since he does not intend to file An opinion from the attorney general's office obtained recently indicated that any on the city's payroll who sought a nomination would be obliged to resign in der to run Saunders has said he would resign in order to file So mve Walters and LePage also city employes Filing opened Dec 13 and will close at 1 p.m Dec 28 The primary election is Feb 11 and he general election March 11 The city clerk's office says ration for the election has been members include Dr Paul J Whitman's dean of faculty Dr Robert B Erode professor of physics at the Uni- versity of California Dr Wallace Please See Page 5 Col 5 page ana Walters mere are reports that more plan to enter the race Lacey's decision to run and has urged new voters or those who have moved from one precinct to another to register as soon as possible Expert Prop Space Conqu WASHINGTON Dec 14 OP Rocket expert Wernher von Braun today proposed that the United States embark on a project for a manned space station in the race with Russia for a in the firmament He said it could be handled by a national space agency with a spending budget of about billion dollars a year over at Year lest Program up against intercontinental i tic missiles c Among their more peaceful uses i he cited long-range weather fore- i casting and control and high c speed mail delivery handled through tape recording devices c Six satellites picking up and t transmitting messages as they j orbited the earth could put all of j the post offices in the world out of he said Von Braun said there is no doubt Blackwell Is Arrested On Return PROSSER Dec Barney Blackwell West land carpenter who disappeared from a family picnic in August at the same time as a neighbor girl guest home last night and was arrested today on charge of abandonment and Blackwell had been sought since August 15 when he and Lillian Hodges 16 both failed to return after separately leaving a picnic in the Blue Mountains southeast of Walla Walla The Hodges girl was found in California last week and now is staying with relatives there The charges against Blackwell were filed by Benton County uty Prosecutor Daniel Hurson and Blackwell was arrested at his home His wife and four children have remained at their home He is charged with abandoning and failing to support them Blackwell has said his was due to amnesia He has been living in the South Another story on Page 5 Dave Beck Guilty Of Grand Larceny Not Smiling Now Not Heaven EVERETT W An Everett woman believes that marriage is not all Heaven Norman L Heaven was sued for divorce Friday by his wife Mabel OPEN TODAY 10 to 6 P.M Shop For Everyone On Your Gift List at THE STORE OF THE BOOK NOOK 1st Main Tel JA See Page 2 The space tist who is now working for this country agreed with Maj Gen John B Medaris that Pentagon red tape has hampered and de- layed America's program while the Russians aim for control of outer space Testifying before the Senate Preparedness subcommittee Von Braun suggested that the program five-year ect to have a man orbiting the earth on a returnable Basis He said space stations could be used for reconnaissance bombing and for jamming radar fences thrown Group Backs Road Project Shop WILTON'S This Christmas Gifts for The Entire Slippers Shoes Hosiery Rainwear Boots Handbags AND Gift Certificates for everyone on your gift shop WILTON'S Shoes 3 E Main St See Page 28 RUSSELL STOVER CHOCOLATES The Ideal Gift And Remembrance Gift For Your Holiday Hostess see page 9 FOR IDEAL GIFTS FOR THE LADIES ON YOUR CHRISTMAS also see pages 27 and 29 WALLA WALLA DRUG 10 S 2nd Ph JA MISSOULA Mont Dec 14 The entire congressional tions from Montana and South Dakota plus Montana's Gov J Hugo Aronson in person or by communication called today for speedy completion of the Lewis and Clark Highway This was at a hearing of the public roads subcommittee of the Senate Public Works Committee held at Montana State sity Sen Albert Gore sub-committee chairman ed Backing the proponents were the Montana Highway Assn U.S Highway 12 Assn Central tana Highway Assn and other organizations and individuals in Montana North and South kota The only opposition came in a letter from the Mineral County Chamber of Commerce Specifically the hearing was Senate Joint Resolution 88 to the commissioner lic roads to designate and con- struct a highway system to be known as the Lewis and Clark National and ing sufficient funds for completing route from Lewiston Idaho o Missoula the Russians have developed the ICBM to a point where they can send atomic or hydrogen heads anywhere on earth Sen Lyndon B Johnson he subcommittee chairman said lie Russians success with nik II indicated they could put a hydrogen bomb on top of the Capitol dome Von Braun said there was a question of accuracy Johnson said this country has consistently underestimated sian capability and again asked Von Braun to speculate about viet ability to put a hydrogen warhead on the city of ton Von Braun then conceded this was possible He said the Russians now have rocket and missile engines many times more powerful than those of the United States and are at Group Seeks Price Support Continuance KANSAS CITY W The tional Conference of Commodity Organizations has taken a stand against lowering price supports and urges instead that 60 to 70 million arces be retired from production The conference representing 35 commodity Organizations wound up a two session liere We are absolutely firm in our conviction that lowering price as a means of adjusting tion will not be effective but will only increase the resolution said Proof of this is now available for any realistic appraisal We feel that 60 to 70 million crop seres must be retired from production to reduce current sufficiently to offset the increased efficiency of farmers and allow the current surplus to be- order to accomplish this objective it is absolutely tial that there be no limitations on the total amount of payment per farm -or individual The resolution said the cost of retiring the crop land would be paid from Commodity Credit Cor- surplus supplies where practical to do so When such supplies are re- to reasonable carryover levels a self-supporting method of keeping the unneeded crop reage out of production should be the resolution said It is unrealistic to continue government aid programs to farmers that encourage greater production such as payments for using fertilizer land reclamation development of irrigation etc Programs to increase efficiency on a sound economic basis Dave Beck the Teamsters Union president flashed this smile at the courtroom door at Seattle before the verdict was returned in his grand larceny trial But he wasn't smiling when he emerged from the courtroom Saturday He pushed past reporters with a curt jno comment no comment j AP Wirephoto Full Survey Of County Industry Sites Is Made Attorney Seeks New Trial For j Teamster Chief SEATTLE Dec 14 Beck a poor boy who climbed to the top of Teamsters Union and amassed a tune on the way was convicted today of the theft of from the sale of a Cadillac J The Beck who has handled millions for Teamsters was found guilty of grand larceny involving amount totaling only a fraction of his personal wealth He reputed to be a millionaire The Superior Court jury of men and seven housewives de- liberated 8 hours and 17 to decide his fate They took one ballot and brought in the verdict at p m Beck stared fixedly at a wall Eisenhower Arrives for Paris Talks PARIS Dec 14 of sands of Parisians gave a warm welcome today to President astonished them by his vim and vigor 19 days after suffering a slight stroke The President looked tired however as he walked down the ramp from his plane after a hour Transatlantic flight from Washington And there were some other un- mistakable signs that Eisenhower still has been given no medical discharge even though the doctors ruled him sufficiently recovered to attend the NATO summit meeting opening Monday But the men and women in the streets of Paris must have been surprised by the display of vigor The most comprehensive trial survey ever made in Walla Walla county is now under way work on even more powerful de- out government aid will be signs Cascade Passes Get New Snow OLYMPIA MB Snowfall was general Saturday in the Cascades and chains were required for travel over Stevens and White passes the State Highways De- reported Temperatures were below freezing Both Snoqualmie and Stevens passes had 5 inches of new snow up to Lesser amounts were recorded elsewhere by the Walla Walla County Port Commission W D Ray commission dent said when the survey is completed every available house building and every able industrial site in Walla Walla county will be readily known Already he said the survey has resulted in several nibbles from industrial firms seeking cations and one or two of the nibbles may mature in the ture Stressing that the Port Com- mission is interested in the en- tire county Ray We feel it is just as tant to get new industry for the Please See Page 5 Col 8 Eisenhower put on riding into town from Orly Airport he arrived at the U.S Em- bassy the word newsmen got from the White House Physician Maj Gen Howard M Snyder was that the President stood the trip from the United States well was in A Poignant Story Of A Boy A Girl and A Kitten Mayor Moves to End Bus Strike NE 14 Robert Wagner moved tonight to end the deadlock between ng subway motormen and the transit Authority In a new peace the mayor included a promise to wage inequities irst break in the solid wall of authority's refusal to deal with he motormen as a craft Today's Index Arts Books 36 Bine Mtn Area Pages Classified Editorial Page 4 Financial Business Page 16 Radio-TV Logs Page 31 Sports Pages Theaters Page 36 Vital Page 5 Features A gray kitten with a red ribbon was delivered to Kathleen Brown by Chicago Police Capt LeRoy as an early Christmas gift from Brian Soncrant of Birmingham Mich Brian had written Chicago police chief enclosed five dollars and asked that a nice man obtain a gray cat that purrs with a red ribbon and a bell on its neck and present it to leen Capt and Leu Palets took the assignment and delivered the foods AP Wirephoto CHICAGO UK A summertime romance blossomed into an early Christmas Friday for Brian Soncrant and Kathy Toto Brown But it took a bit of doing from Chicago police Little Kathy of Chicago had expressed a wish for a cuddly gray kitten ever since she met Brian while vacationing near his Birmingham Mich home two years ago Brian and his five ters all have kittens of their own The young lad decided this would make a fine Christmas gift for Kathy But faced with geographical and financial obstacles he took lis problem right to the police commissioner Friday morning Commissioner Timothy O'Connor received a note addressed to the Honorable Chief of Police Enclosed was and a request that one of your nice policemen go to a pet shop for me and get his little girl a kitty that purrs with a red ribbon and a bell on ts neck Brian said he would have sent me himself but it would cost me oo much money to send one by rait Chicago's busy police machinery umped into action and late lay afternoon a gray kitty that was presented to Kathy her North Side home by Capt Leroy Steffens and Policeman ames Bes Palets Wide-eyed Kathy hugged the wo officers and immediately fell o the task of picking a name ly bedtime she had narrowed it own to Nosey Misty and of O'Connor's order to Capt ens of the Town Hall Station left ittle doubt that the police ment was backing Brian to the etter Obtain a kitten which purrs quip it with a red ribbon and Please See Page 5 Col S I very good condition and was Feeling fine Eisenhower was among the last of the 14 chiefs of government to arrive for the opening Monday of the North Atlantic Treaty summit conference Prime Minister Macmillan of Britain arrived earlier in the day expressing confidence that the summit conference will revitalize Western alliance He got a cool reception from the French still resentful of the British arms shipment to Tunisia and fearful the United States and Britain want to boss NATO This attitude did not affect much the warmth of Eisenhower's welcome on this raw gray windy day with the temperature at 36 degrees except that the crowd and dignitaries at the port heard his speech in silence with a fault smile on his lips he heard the verdict Later as raced down seven flights of stairs he cried No comment edly to newsmen and told You could ask me a thousand questions and I wouldn't Prompt Action Within an hour after Beck's was known his attorney Charles S Burdell filed s motion for new trial Several mistrial tions made by the defense the trial were denied Superior Judge George H Re- velle be sentenced up ta 15 years in prison for the grand larceny conviction There was immediate indication when tence would be passed He mained free on bond The rotund lame duck dent of the Teamsters Union faces new trouble next April when he goes on trial in Tacoma on charges he evaded in income taxes for the years Son Also Convicted Beck's conviction came exactly two weeks after that of his year-old son Dave Jr on two counts of grand larceny The younger Beck was accused of racketing from the sale of two other used Judge Revelle sat on the trial of both Becks He already has been notified the younger man's conviction will be appealed The Teamster chief and his son were indicted last summer by a King County grand jury which was called after Beck invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 Please See Page 5 Col 3 Two Killed in Airplane Crash FAIRFIELD Spokane County Wash young men were found dead Saturday morning hi the wreckage of a rented private plane hi a wheat field near here Authorities identified the tims as Phillip Koch about 23 and Robert Gohlman Jr 22 both of Rockford Koch was listed as the pilot The plane disappeared Friday night after Koch had rented it from the Tekoa Airport for a flight to Rockford authorities said EDEN ON MEND LOOE England Dec 14 Ml Former Prime Minister Sir An- thony 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