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fox ioi It's Sv A i A CALI? VU 0 IIIIW CJI -Li Ql W4 WWl I yillWII WVl MISSILE CAPITAL THE FREE WORLD YESTERDAY'S TEMPLE ATI RES Uisk Arrq eTCrandi 6 SoU Mana 15 4t AREA frORECAST Fair today and Saturday Acept (or morning (of. High today U7. Low tonight 4 -52. High Saturday TOTS. Westerly wind til La the afternoon.

THIRTY PAGES FOUR SECTIONS PW! l-2tl SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1959. A 22. Ill 10c COPY. $1 50 PER MONTH Elks RODEO 0 hi Dynamite Fuse Cuf By Passing Train 1 DCS MOINES. Ioa (LTD At Schuck said the failure of the track Rock Island passenger dynamite to go off was a "once tram cut a burning fuse on suit-, jS Moun-cat full of 99 sticks of dynamite Rocket n0, it ai on Just east of here today, keeping 1 iti way from the Colorado Springs Denver area to Chicago.

Trainmaster William B. Reese went out to investigate the incident and told authorities someone was Just leaving the teen after lighting the (use again. When Reese got there, the fuse had burned to the cap on the dynamie but failed to go off. Deputy Eldon Lewis said Reese saw a "1949 or 1930 Chevrolet'' driving away from the scene as the trainmaster came up torn-vestigate. Lewis said there was "easily enough dynamie to wreck a train" in the suitcase.

George Shuck, chief of the West Des Moines police and demolition expert, was summoned to remove the dynamie and defuse iL t.ha expertly made "bomb" from I going off, George Schuck. West Des Morns police chief and a World II demolition man, said the suitcase bomb was he "work of aa expert. The hues were "crimped just right," Schuck said. Someone reset the fuse again after the train passed, but the dynamite (ailed to ignite even though the (use burped up to the "Rodeo fever" is mounting in Santa Maria. Queens arc in the spotlight tonight and Saturday bandsmen and cowboys will 16th annual Rodeo and Race Meet celebration.

Cornation of the Elks Rodeo Queen will take place tonight at 10 with. Peter Brown, television star, placing the crown on the lucky girl. The ceremony will be at the Veterans Memorial Building as part of the Red Cross Elects Hagiya (Picture Page I) The Rev. Paul Hagiya was re- elected chairman of the Santa Maria chapter of the American Red Cross Thursday night at the (roup's annual meeting. Also re-elected were aB other of ficers of the group and 13 of the IS directors.

The two vacancies on the board of directors are to be filled by military personnel to be appointed later. Other officer! are Dr. William Lr i NO GUN PLAY-Westera tHiUh alright ta city ocheols today, but a gmuu Jack Pattea, XTZ Houpt, vice president; Mrs. Bert Young, secretary, and Mrs. W.

B. Pryor, treasurer. Directors re-elected are L. R. Porterfield, Jack Burrow, Mrs.

Harry Dorsey, Mrs. Robert Ferguson. Cheste Langeobeck, Lloyd Minor firhanl DritM-inaL ekeeks Keanctllrf n1J''i 3 It had 180 passengers aboard hen it left the station here about I a m. d.t The FBI was called Into the case to investigate. Sheriffs depu'jes said the report of the dynamie on the tracks came when Harold Clark, a fireman on the Rock Island train No.

8, radioed back the station here that the train had just passed over something on the tracks. cull chairifVanT and Daniel Mlyaki if i ana airs, su uiur iugrtamni, viuau- alupe chairmen. Mrs. Walter Word Is executive secretary and EUis Husband and Carlos Lee are field directors. Certificates were presented to 29 persons for their work oa the fund drive.

Making the presentations was Mrs. Robert Ferguson, drive chairman. Recipients were: Ward Bailey, Miss Irene She- oard, and the Mmes. John Algeo, Howard Brown, B. W.

Burn-side, Louis Bourdet, Harold Case, Earl Conrad, Mary Confaglia, Joe Gray, Stephen Fairchild, Joe Kanter, Charles Holden, Mizell Funk. A. J. HalL A. E.

Litzen- berg. William N. McLelland, Albert Missal, EVwia Musseti, Fred Pimentd, B. J. Pierey.

George Paulus, EUis Rice, Charles Shaw, Raymond Stearns, Thomas E. Truesdale, Bert Young, Arthur Tognazzini and Toshibaru Nishino. Speaker at the meeting was H. Edward Russell, director of disaster services (or Los Angeles County. Russell said the key to as effective disaster organization is In obtaining cooperative agreements with various organizations in the community, such as schools, restaurant associations, merchants associations and the like.

The Red Cross doesn't believe In stockpiling food, clothing and equipment, he said. "We must rely on the whole community as a resource," he said. The schools make Heal shelters in limes of disaster and a school man should be on the disaster committee. The disaster committee should work closely with governmental agencies, with the city aominis-trator, the mayor and the police and fire departments. Legislature 'at Glance The biggest budget In the state's history near final passage.

Senate approves bill to protect northern water counties from "invasion." Upper house votes mild bill to regulate county and district fairs. Assembly committee kills bill to let counties levy a gas tax. READERS Herter Blasts Russ Rule in East Berlin GENEVA (UPI) -Secretary of Slat Christian Herter today blast ed Russia for espionage, subver sion and outright kidnaping activities carried out from East Berlin, Herter gave the Big Four For eign Ministers' Conference a detailed indictment, of Communist intrigues in an attempt to blast through the sudden deep freeze imposed by. Russian the 4-week-old parley. Soviet Premier NikHa Khrush chev has called the East German leadership to Moscow "summit" session bext week and apparently has ordered Foreign Minister An drei Gromyko to sit tight here pending some new policy decision.

The moves alerted diplomat fur a possmie major, surprise, Ignoring these stalling tactics, Herter went before the -semi-pub lic Big Four plenary session this afternoon with a formal answer to earlier Communist charges that West Berlin is "cancer" of in trigue. The secretary of a was armed with this record of spying, abduction, end subversion centered in Communist East Berlin and East Germany: --One hundred and three kid' napings of West Berliners in 10 years. Hiring of eeT West Berlin bx. Czech, Hungarian ffartan Atw4 Fii tives based, Criminal actkes -Steady gUtion and infiltra tion of the West German Social Democratic party, trade unions student and sport organizations UiergroundcUvitlesbT lfi illegal Communist party in W'es Germany, guided and finano from East Berlin. Such common criminal pr tices as burglary and aimed at gathering Intelligence; formations West Berlin Gives Bts In Ash, i Hi.

n. r2i Vs share honors in the Elks 24 Ronald Harris. Junior silver mounted entry, 25 Cub Pack No. 71 Boy Scouts of America. 26.

Pismo Beach Elementary School Band 27. Arlin Miller, Santa Maria. western single. 28. Albert Vaughn, Santa Maria, Midget.

Racer. 190 Block West Fesler Seutk Side 29. Don Alexander of Santa Ma ria, western single. 30. Duane PauL aingla float entry.

31. San Muruel Elementarv School Band. 32. Boy Scouts of America, Troop No. 78.

33. Jodine Ann Merri weather, Newhafl. fancy western. 33- A. Pismo Beach Girt Scouta, 34.

Bicycles entry. 34- A. Michael Gdchal. westera single. 35.

Arroyo Grande Elementary School Band. 36. Suzette Gallian, Santa Maria, western single. 37. Cub Pack Not T4, Robert Bruce P.T.A.

38. 225th A.F.A. Bn. Drum and) Bugle Corps. California National Guard.

39. Kadets of America. H. E. Brown, commander.

Dmsio.vi 106 Block W. Hermoso North Side 1. Police Car City of Santa Ma ria. 2. Joe Gray Family Official Color Gdard of Parade.

3. U.S. Navy Color Guard, Point Mugu. 4. Grand Parade Marshal, Rear Admiral C.

C. Hartman Com. mandant 11th Naval Distriot. 5. U.S.

Naval Training Center Band of San Diego, Official Band. 6 Disciplinary Barracks Color Guard. 7. Captain 4V Mrs. G.

'Ulan' Hancock of Santa. Maria, Honor ary Parade Marshals. 8. Major General David W. Wadev Honorary.

ParadeLMarshal, vanoennerg At a 9. Col. Weldon W. Cox. Honorary Parade Marshal, U.S.

Disciplinary tsarracKS. 10 Capt. William Scaroino. Point Arguello Jiaval Missile Facility. 10-A.

U.S. Army Band from Fort Mac Arthur: 11. Massed -Flags Color Guard led by VF.W. Post No. 2521 Santa1 Maria.

2. Harold An derson Post No. 1766 San Luis Obispo. 12. Peter Brown, television star of "Lawman" DIVISION 2 13.

City Officials of Santa Maria, Mayor Curtis TunneU of Santa Maria, marshal. t' 13- A. Assemblyman James L. Holmes. 14.

Supervisors of Santa Barbara County. 14- A. Supervisors of San Luis Obispo County." (Obtutaed 01 'Hopper Damage Termed Small A spokesman for the County Agriculture Department said today that relatively little damage is expected 'from grasshopper infestation in the Sisquoc-Los Alamos areas this year. Jimmy Jones, agriculture inspector, said the department did not expect "any large scale damage." There are grasshoppers in the areas, he said, but the population seems to' be Several spots around Los Alamos are among the hardest hit Some spraying is going on Jones credited last year's intensive spraying program ito nelP-mg to lower this-year's grasshopper population 1 hi rns i light, ship XlSj it taxied possibly woul free glide Pilot Scott the controls of missile-aircraft neath a wins called a haliMhe1 as they rolled towarcfHJU srv rM A. j) 'ia fVW tesL.XS I as ickbe- of thl-J2 MbarLF tbiSeu iTiosed V- Stone, Dick Wtikins, Mrs.

John Bass. Mrs. Howard Brown, Dr. Augv-t MollathJack Trefts, B. R.

Griffith and A. E. Atkinson. Mrs. Joseph Kanter, who had Served on the board for many years but declined to accept re-Domination, was honored for the many years she has been a volunteer Red Cross worker.

A pin was presented to her by the chapter, Other appointments Include Ray Hoey, honorary board member; Frank Shields, advisory finance chairman; Mrs. Charles Shaw, Or- Patrol Car Catches Fire; Officer Unhurt '(Picture Page t) A California Highway Patrolman escaped injury Thursday evening when his patrol car caught fire as he was driving south on U.S Highway 101. Officer Alan Cansdale, 30, 325 W. El Camkio was about a north of JPalmetJjaadwheol the interior of the car, caught fire. The incident occurred at 6:45 p.m.

Cansdale. stopped the car- and tried to put out the fire with a small extinguisher. When this failed, he called the County Fire Department. Firemen said the car's interior was completely destroyed. A defective muffler is believed to have caused the fire.

NOTICE TO IfirsL- i. I I Coronation Ball. Eight lovely teen-age girls are competing for the -quen tiue.i They are Mary Ellen Enjel. Rose- marie Renna and Irene Corral, ot Santa Maria: Paula Rigbetti of Or cult; Nancy Cornelius, of Santa Vnez; Sherry Frazier. of Guadalupe, and Peggy Ragland and Shame Day, of Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Saturday the colorful western parade will roll south on Broadway, starting at a m. with the junior anhrb 24eead way. starting at a.m. with the junior section. There are 42 bands, 96 floats and hundreds of horsemen entered in the big parade with Rear Adm.

Charles C. Hart-man, commandant of the lllh Naval District. San Diego, as grand parade marshal. The Tone of march for more than 225 entries is south on Broadway, starting at Fesler Street and con tinuing to Morrison Street There the parade turns west and beads towards the Fairgrounds when jt will disband. Honorary parade marshals fa- dude G.

AHaa Hancock, of Santa Maria; Maj. Gen. David Wade of Wade of Vandenberg AFB; Capt William Scarp ino of the Point Ar-guello Naval Missile Facility; CoL Weldon Cox. commandant of the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks, and Marvin Miller, star of the televi sion series.

"The Millionaire Themes of the parade are "This Is Our depicting the early day history of the Santa "Maria Valley, and "Dream of the Fu ture," emphasizing the city's role in the Space Age. Following the parade, the ficst of two rodeo performances will be given at the Fairgrounds. Another scheduled Sunday, Each per formance wiH start at 1:30 p.m. with special, presentations by mu sical organizations preceding the grand entry. More than 250 cowboys are entered in the rodeo.

They'll te competing for, $2,800 in' purses, plus entry fees, or a total of close to $12,000. "iiere "is the line of march lor Saturday's parade: JUNIOR SECTION 180 Block West Fesler, North Side 1. Motor PoliceCity'' of Santa Mana. 2. Fremont Elementary School Band.

Delano, 3. Billy and Tornrny Donati, official color bearers of junior section. 4. -Iike Pappas Junior Parade Marshall, Arroyo Grande. M-Sgt.

Arnold Khrinsasser of 392d Field Maintenance Vandenberg A.F.B. driving Uie car. 5. Delight Nichols of Bakers-field, junior majorette. 6.

Bobby Sue Winters, western single. 7. Oceano Elementary School Band. 8. Orcutt Cub Pack No.

91. 9. Ginny and Vickie St. Pierre, novelty entry. 10.

Nancy Jane Smith of Cornell, western single. 11. Nipomo Elementary School Band. 12. Susie Swan son, western sin gle.

15. Club Scout Pack No. 52 of Nipomo. 13. B.

Candy Renz Guy France. Western pair. 14. Mary Ann Freitas, western sineler-Nipomo- 16. Orcutt Elementary School Band.

17. Elaine' McCannon, western single, Santa -Maria 18. une Williams, Santa Maria, western single. ,19. Waller Park Rangers.

20. Santa Maria Little Xeague. 21. American Legion Post No. 211 Drum and Bugle Corp, Lorn' poc.

22. Pairi Valegra, silver mounted junior Rios and Wally Hofl-man, Vk Midget Cars. City year as Lyman said try4 The totalV month is 1316.21 in the 1957-58 Last office are tickets for v. uw vn ttit lyftig. as given fiftaijtiiVal ana 6ent to tne governor a dui proposing a 10 billion-dollar network of freeways and expressways in California.

The measure, authored by Sen. Randolph Collier R-Yreka), declares that it is the Legislature's intent that the system be built in the years to come. i Jia ta 9 said man.of tuws' MERE West Lfkerty. Wv ty la going westers for ujrrwie tats Times JlMte. al Senior Wns $1,000 prins Scholarship fV ali.

Santa Maria high ng.V9pany. Tne scholarship tcesitHV academic ability, educa- tivht 'XMjHL. I mtuiar mm, ue! fcer in the area oMWil engineering, Dovali plans to pursue an engineering course at Cal Poly in the fall, and that institution has granted him a work-aid award equivalent in value to the cost of room and board. Active in sports during his four years at Santa Maria, Dovali was a member of the junior varsity football squad during his sopho more year and has been on the tract team all four years. This year Dovali took the C.I.F.

shot put crown and also set a new school record of -55' 6' Dovali's other activities include membership in the Spanish Club and holding a seat on the Board of Control as Commissioner of Buildings and Grounds. He has also beaded the Knights, the high school service organization. The son of Mr. and Mrs. An-astacur Dovali, 501 W.

Church St Tim plans to attend Cal Poly for two years and then transfer to another school to earn his degree in civil engineering. "ANYONE FOR WHIPPING TONBRIDGE, England (UPD- Judd School headmaster IJq layior aavisea a male teacners meeting recently that schoolboys consider whippings part 'of." the game. He said Theboys would be "dreadfully if their pranks failed Jo bring punishment i i 1 lTtrL t- Jt I I I 1 -iJV 10011 t0P honors in 'SH .5 scholar. I uaughteirfNTo '44tfced the Electrical ete! Adverse winds blowing abwe this desert base during the weelr raised the probability the flight might not get off until next week. The craft, built to go 100 miles high at speed of more than 4,000 miles an hour, will have veteran test pilot Scott Crossfield at Rs controls.

He manned the craft in I its previous captive flights. National News Roundup: Additional Copies of This Special Rodeo Edition Vfill be Available to Anyone Desiring to Mail Copies to Friends Out of Town. PAPERS MAY BE MAILED TO LOSp ANGELES (UPI)-A mother gave birth to a healthy premature daughter today as she was being treated for injuries suf fered in an automobile accident. -Mrs, Dixie Lee Hortick. 28.

died of a skull fracture minutes after doctors at Sun Valley Receiving Hospital performed a oaesarean section to deliver the pound ounce gin. truant was brought to General Hospital and placed in an incubator where her condition was described as good Mrs. Hortick and her two older children were thrown from a car driven by her husband, Donald, 31, Sylmar, in a collision Thursday night. Mrs. Hortick suffered a skull fracture and her children were treated for possi ble skull fractures and internal injuries The other driver, Allen Clifford Eades, 24, a farm laborer from Dallas, was booked on sus picion of driving.

Police said he collided with the right rear end of the Hortick Eades, who suffered minor kt- juries. told officers: "I only had a couple of beers this afternoon. I'm new here. I just arrived from Oregon and I'm :1 not laminar wmi ure Hortick was treated for a lac erated forehead. Drs.

Howard Baker and Ken- netli J. Richland delivered the i baby. Mrs. Hortick. was 8 months Senator Deplores Pressure WASHINGTON (UPD Senate Democratic leader Lyndon Johnson today deplored "pressure" tactics in the confirmation fight of Commerce Secretary Lewis L.

Strauss. He told newsmen he resented "pressure being applied before senators tave a chance to. rad the record." No vote on Strauss' nomination appears likely at least a week or 10 days. NEW EECUTION OMAHA, Neb. UPD-State authorities today ftek Steps to set a new execution date for mass killer Charles Starkweather, after a three-judge federal panel refused to extend a two-week xcution stay past midnight Thursday.

INCOME, OUTGO INCREASE WASHINGTON (UPD The administration now expects to spend at least 500 million dollars more, but take in 600 millions more in fiscal 1960 than theamount- forecast in- President Eisenhower's budget. RONNIE KNOW MISSING i1NELAND, Ontario (UPD Ronnie Knox, Toronto Argonaut quarterback, is missing his father and sister said today. Ronnie suffered an attack of mononucleosis, a blood disease, last year and bis family feared ho may have had a recurrence on a trip to Mexico. "ANVADDRESS IN TJHE' UNITED STATES FOR ONLY 25c PER COPY Send List and Money to Times Circulation Dept. 201 V.

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