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THE BEND BULLETIN
and CENTS AL OREGON I'BESS
An Independent Newspaper
' Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher
- Fhll P. Broffun, Associate Editor
Member, Audit Bureau of Circulations
Entered u Second Clue Matter, January
' Bon under Act of
4 The Bend Bulletin.
Who's Right ThisTime?
y The man who writes
favorite newspaper seemed
wnen ne was called on his
in a headliie referring to a
With an air of great superiority, one staff mem
ber told the poor fellow thart it was "skid road," not
"skid row," to which he referred.
The headline-writer came back to show one and
all that the big United Press,
trophe The Bulletin and most of the other small dalies
in the state used, had said
This, he was told, is no excuse. All good headline
writers should know that the improper term was used
in the wire story, correct that story and use the proper
term in the headline. Particularly should this be true
of a headline-writer from a community which depends
in ' large part on the logging industry, like the area
where the proper term got
f But this fellow is persistent'. Monday and .Tuesday,
when the papers from around the state began to come
into the office, he looked them over and pretty soon he
was back again. . '
"Look here," he said triumphantly.
And, whatta ya know, of all the out-state news
papers which used the term in headlines; only two used
it properly, as ''skid road'.' instead of "skid row." Those
two were the dailies published at Astoria and Coos Bay.
, And only the Astoria paper corrected the spelling
in the wire story itself.
And so comes Ihe problem. Who is right?
i ' For many years workers on newspaper copy desks
have been warned to watch for the term, to make sure
they use "skid road" when they-mean "skid road." In
spite of this, however, the other term has been creep
ing into newspapers and magazines and over the air
with increasing frequency.
; Perhaps the Wrong term has been used so often that
the majority of the people believe it is right. Could be.
Learn the Correct Way
A Central Oregon father Sunday was discussing the
"learn to shoot" program tieing conducted by Bend Po
lice Chief John Truett.
(In case you're not familiar with the program, Tru
ett conducts two classes concurrently.. One is for boys
8-12, the other for lads 12-16. He teaches the youngsters
the-proper methods of handling guns safely, and the
boys actually fire weapons on an indoor range at the
National Guard armory. The smaller boys work with
BB guns, the older group practices with .22 caliber rifles.
One large group finished the course a few weeks ages
another will start in a few more days. Anyone interested
in registering his or her son can do so by calling Truett
at the Bond Police department, 1492.)
"I think it's a fine idea, but I'm not sure Billy is
old enough," said the father, "lie's only eight, and I
don't want him to start handling guns yet. He's eager
to have a BB gun, keeps pestering nie for one, but so
far I've told him 'no'."
The boy's mother had
time, and then broke in with:
"You may not want him to start handling guns,
but he has already. One of
BB gun, and Billy shoots it
Which, to us, points up the big value of Truett s
program.
Boys are going to handle guns occasionally, whether
. or not they own one. It would seem much more desir
able to have a youngster learn how to handle a firearm
the proper way, learning good safety practices from a
competent instructor, than to have a tragic accident
occur or to have parents face bills for damage caused.
The training program to date has been carried on
entirely by the police department, at the expense of the
department. Anyone who is desirous of giving members
of the police force a helping hand with some of the ex
- penses is invited to drop off a check at the. Bend police
department. There's even 15 minutes of free parking
in front of the door.
School Name Needed?
What about a name fi'r the new Bend high school?
At present the million dollar structure that will soon
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ferred to as the senior high school. The building to be
bo vacated will be known, presumably, as the junior high
school.
Gradually as the names become attached to the build
ings and take on a bit of dignity, they will be capitalized
as the Bend Senior High School and the Bend Junior
High School.
Both names are a bit long. Of course the new plant
can be referred to as the I'.end High School. But that is
a name that has been attached to the present building,
jii ;iwntoMi Mend, for three decades. There may be
some confusion, for a period of years.
There has been a tendency in metropolitan areas to
attach the names of presidents to high schools, with
Washington apparently leading the list. In other cities,
like Salem,-the location determines the name of new
schools. ., ..
Bend, of course, will only have one senior high
- school Possibly it is best that it be known as Bond High
s.hntil with tho "senior"
Senior High School" would not do.
Residents of the community may have other ideas
The. Bulletin will find space
6, 11U7 at the Foat Office at Bend. Ore.
March 8, 1879.
Tuesday. February 15. 1955
most of the headlines in our
properly crushed Saturday
use of the term "skid row
disastrous Chicaco fire.
whose story on the catas
"skid row" in the story.
its start.
been listening during this
the neighborhood boys has a
once in a while."
part understood. "Bend I'nion
for all wishing U express
Yhey're
Edson in Washington
'Uncle' Footing
By I'ETKR EDSON
NKA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (NEA) The
Unilcd Stales is having to foot a
large share of the Viot Nam refu
gee relief and resettlement pro
grams, although this government
look no pari in the Geneva, Switzer
land, conference which ended the
lighting in Indochina.
In spile of this lack of official
connections with the Indochinese
situation, the U. S. Foreign Opera
tions Administration has allocated
$: million for relief of non-Com
munist refugees fleeing from Ihe
Red-controlled northern. Victminh
V
area to the free southern area.
Part of this money will go to re
imburse the U. S. Navy for helping
move these refugees. And another
$25 million of KOA money has
been allocated for commercial im
ports of supplies needed to build
up Ihe free Viet Nnm economy.
The irony of the situation is that
Ihe U. S. must continue to pay
tho costs of a deal It took no part
In making.
Next' slop In the Eisenhower
administration's drive to get the
U. S. government out of competi
tion with privnle industry is ex
ported to be a Department of De
fense direcllve taking decision over
Ihe fate of its manufacturing and
servicing operations out of the
hands of Ihe secretaries of Army,
Navy and Air force.
Assistanl Secretary of Defense
Thomas 1 Pike, in chaif of sup
ply and logistics, lias recommend
ed litis step to Defense Secretary
Charles K. Wilson. Since the three
service secretaries have shown an
inclination to hang on lo their
Inisiness-lype enterprises, the idea
is lo end their control and give it
to Sonvtaiy Wilson.
Another step to he taken later
will be to close out the revolving
funds under which many of those
operations are kept going from year
lo year without appi-opnalion. No
one knows for sure how much mon
ey is in these funds. The total has
been estimated at from $2 billion
to $i billion.
Turning this amount of money
back lo Ihe Treasury could be
enough lo wipe out dhc next year's
government deficit and balance tin
budget.
Korean ambassador to Washing
ton. Dr. You Chan Vans;, is hardly
one for diplomatic niceties when
he has something to say.
'We are witnessing weird doings
on the pail ol individuals and na
tions which we thought were 01
our side.'' he declared recently
"We arc asked to embrace eon
eepls which arc beguiling and so
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Experts at Refined
Bill, As Usual
duclive to many. 'Coexistence' is
one of these. They even throw in
an adjective ahead of it. They call
it 'peaceful' coexiteneem
"Well, to use an American slangfffrade - nine girls and four hoys.
expression, said the scrappy little
ambassador, "that, my friends, is
the bunk.
Civil Service Commission's spe
cial program to find hew jobs for
fired or "rifted" government
employes let go because of a re
duction in force has placed some
7000 persons since it began opera
tions: in June, 1903. . .. . .-, ,.'
The Separated Career Employes
pragram, as it s called, is current
ly trying to locate positions for
over 1500 unemployed Civil Service
career workers. ' - 1
Since Jan. 31, 1953, shortly after
the Republican administration took
over, there have been over 155,000
government employes let go. Not
quite 10 per cent, or 14,000 put in
applications with the SCE to find
new jobs, but 5500 canceled these
applications. Another 1200, approx
imately, found new jobs for them
selves in government on Iheir own
initiative, or they were transferred
lo new jobs within their own agen
cy. Approximately 430 government
career workers are placed in new
jobs every month. The main pur
pose of the SCE program has been
lo keep trained and experienced
workers in Ihe government, if they
are qualified for jobs in other agen
cies. Vojtrch Bares, a Czechoslovak
factory officialn related in a recent
issue of the Czech publication Svel
Prace how he learned to handle
the thorny problem of socialist
criticisms at factory meetings. As
translated by Free Europe Press,
this is the story:
At, first Bares made Ihe mistake
of criticizing a comrade. T h is
pleased the other workers, but tin
criticized comrade refused lo speak
lo him afterward. Bares then un-
derlook to praise the same com
rade at the next meeting. The two
became reconciled. Bui Bares llten
found himself ostracised by other
workers.
Finally Bares got up and criti
cized himself. He was given a
standing ovation by the entire lac
lory work force.
In conclusion, Bares wrote: "This
I recommend lo you. Neither criti
cize nor praise, but indulge thor
oughly In self-criticism, and you
will become a hero us I have."
A mole can dig a tunnel at ihe
rale ol 15 feel an hour and such
tunnels have been traced to the
length ot a half mile.
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For Schoolroom
OVERTON, Neb. (UP) A
seventh-eighth grade schoolroom
here is plagued by the number 13.
There are 13 pupils in Ihe sev
enth grade nine boys and four
girls.
There are 13 pupils in the eighth
The 13 in the seventh grade are
13 years old, so are the eighth
graders.
There are 13 members of both
classes of Irish origin, while the
her 13 are of German origin,
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Grahp Organization Disputes Debunkers' Figures
By ARTHUR IflGBKE
United Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON (UP) How, many of
the converts who declared their
faith at evangelist Billy Graham's
big London crusade last year have
stayed converted?
This question was causing lively
discussion in London today as
Graham prepared for a "return
engagement" of the evangelical
meetings a year ago which drew
1,827,789 spectators and made 34,-
B41 converts.
"Independent surveys" have
been publicized saying only 15 per
cent of Graham's converts were
active churchgoers a year after
making their "decision for Christ
Lome Sanny, Graham's "assist
ant director of follow up,1' was
amazed.
"I'd like to know where they got
those figures,", he said. "We have
a big statistics department, and
it's all we can do to keep track of
converts for three months after
BUS SIEKRA
SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST,
Calif. (UP) A record 270.
'WO visitors vacationed here last
season and another 730,000 trav
eled through the forest area either
n sightseeing tribs or en route
to other areas. Forest Supervisor
'jjon R. Thomas said improved
campgrounds in the area were
used 730.000 visitor days, com
)ared with 510,000 in the 1953 sea
son. Future Growth
Mapped by Area
" MEXICALI, Mex. (UP) The
government of the state of Lower
California has signed an agree
ment with a firm of engineers to
prepare a detailed study of the
state and advise on how improve
ments may best be made.
Gov. Braulio Maldonado signed
tho contract with Ingenieria y Ar
quitectura Internacionales, a Mex
ican corporation associated with
the Washington firm of Thomas
B. Bourne.
The- list of items to be studied
include the construction of super
highways throughout the state, de
velopment of hyrdo-electric pow
er, water resources, sewage dis
posal and a slorm drainage.
Results of the survey will be
used as a guide to the govern
ment and as a means of bring-
ing foreign capital into the slate.
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Own Statistics
Disclosing the Graham organiza
tion's own statistics for the first
time, Sanny said it appeared two
thirds of the converts stayed con
verted for at least three months.
He said that of the 34,611 con
verts who signed up during the
three months of Graham's crusade
last spring, clergymen sent the
Graham team "signed receipts"
for 23,595. This number of converts
had followed through by Tontacting
a local church.
The clergymen reported that
20.350 of these, or 86 per cent, were
attending church three months
later. Another 2209, or 10 per cent,
had declared an intention to start
going to church, while 1036 or four
per cent had "fallen away."
Sanny said the Graham team
had decided' to release its figures
with misgivings. They might be.
misunderstood.
"Obviously." said Sanny, who is
34 and a native of Le Mars, la.,
Muskegon Cops
Give Real Action
MUSKEGON, Mich. (UP)
When a woman called the subur
ban Roosevelt police station for
help, she got plenty of it.
Four police chiefs, two patrol
men and the county safety di
rector answered her distress call.
The chiefs, who had just attend
ed a meeting, were having cof
fee in a restaurant near the gas
station from where the woman
made her call. The officer on the
desk who got the woman's call
immediately telephoned Ihe res
taurant and Police Chief Eugene
Brothers of Roosevelt, Chief Don
Vielenheimor of Muskegon Town
ship, Chief John J. Eilers of Mon
tague, Chief Fred Castenholz of
Muskegon, County Safely Direc
tor Louis Meisch and two patrol
men went into action.
The woman told them her boy
friend had threatened to kill her
and they arrested him as he tried
to get rid of a gun, police said.
PUUSE RETURNED
HAGERSTOWN, Ind. (UP)-
Mrs. James Nelson, who lost her
purse nine years ago, got it back
recently. It was in a package in
her mailbox addressed to her in
her maiden name. As far as :;he
could recall nothing was missing.
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"the only converts we can report
on are those the churches tell us
about."
American Figures
How do the "follow up" statistics
for London compare with those
available on Graham's acUvity In
America?
In Chattanooga, Tenn., Sanny
said, local clergymen reported on
73 per cent of the converts and
said 93 per cent of these were at
tending church or in contact with
a church three months afterward.
In Detroit, churches sent replies
on 57 per cent of the converts, and
82 1-2 per cent of these were going
to church or expecting to.
Sanny and his chief, Dawson
Trotman, made a career of the
"follow up" after a Graham ap
pearance in a city. They are presi
dent and vice president of "The
Navigators," a worldwide organi
zation. ,
"Billy recruited us for his organ
ization four years ago," Sanny ex
plained. "He was lying awake
nights worrying about whether the
people he converted were staying
converted.
. "As Billy says, evangelism is
only five per cent of the job.
Follow up is the other 95 per cent.
Billy tries to set the converts
on the right path. It's up to the
churches to lead them along that
path." ' '
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