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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1955)
Forecast (Krim U.S. WeptW Burnu. PortUnil) Clearing tonight; partly cloudy Saturday; low to night 25-30; high Satur day 47-52. 52nd Year One Section Committee Rips Benson For inaction WASHINGTON (UP) The House Appropriations Committee said today the plight of the farm er is gelling steadily worse. It blasted Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson lor doing too little to help. The committee assailed Benson "and others about him" in a re port to the House accompanying a recommended appropriation of $878,025,391 to run the Agriculture Department (not including the price support program) in the 12 inonllis starling July 1. Overall, the committee gave the department in cash appropriat ions just $17,424,524 less than it esked. This was partially offset by an 11 million dollar increase in requested loan authority for such programs as rural electrifi cation, telephones, and farmers home loans. The committee accused Benson and uides of letting surplus farm crops pile up deliberaely to dis credit the present rigid price sup port program and win support for the administration's flexible sup porl system. Flexible supports to into effect with this year's har vests. Farm Income Drops While the stocks pile up, at ever increasing costs, the farmer's share of the consumer dollar is dropping steadily "due to the re duction in acreage of controlled nearly all farm products," the committee asserted. The report was prepared by a subcommittee headed by Rep. Jamie L. Whiten (D-Miss). The subcommittee's three Republican members filed no minority report, presumably an indication they did not disagree substantially with its findings. "Evidently, with the department other considerations predominate to the point of preventing action," the committee asserted. "Proper actions by the (Commodity Cred price support agency I are made subservient to a host of other con siderations, many of which, in the opinion of a majority of the com mittee, arc unsound." Claims Sales Possible The committee charged that CCC had "largely overlooked" its responsibility to sell the surplus crops it buys to keep up farm prices. It said 'there is reason to believe" these crops could be sold if CCC would offer them at "competitive" prices. (Agriculture officials have testi fied they are selling surplus crops overseas. However they say they cannot "dump" them without im pairing our relations with other countries.) The committee demanded that CCC get a sales manager at once and that it develop a sales pro gram under which surplus com modiies would be sold for the best price the government can get. II necessary to effect this, said the committee, Congress should make CCC an independent agency. Wide Range Of Weather Divides Area Winter and spring, still battling lor supremacy in the Oregon coun try, today had divided the Cas cades into two sections. To the north, wintry conditions ruled, with four inches of snow reported from The Dalles and with the slver thaw conditions prevail ing in the gorge of the Columbia between Troutdalc and Corbett. In the high soulhern Cascades, rain was falling this morning, with slush reported on the Willamette divide. The snow pack there was rapidly breaking. Rain was also falling on the San tiam summit, but there were some ice spcits. Otherwise the pavement over that divide was bare. But to the north, wintry condi tions prevailed. Maintenance crews reiwrted heavy sno.v falling at the Warm Spr.ngs junction early this morn ing, with eighl inches reported for the night. PI'iws were operating. Chains were required. Packed snow covered the Mt. llo.xi roule past Government (''imp. where seven inches of snow fell last night. Chains were re quire! A sirinkle of rain fell In Eend Wednesday evening, but the total for the night was only .01 of an Inch. Bend experienced a near silver thaw when the light rain froze into a glaze. Univ. of Oregon Library Euasiis, oasaos ..- ' j..,r-'-" ' ' v ; ' . . ' : -,--.- L..: v- JL JL JL l A & $ , oi'-n IN, HOBBY SHOW Dale D. Tussing, 511 Florida, will dem onstrate his ham radio outfit throughout the two - day hobby show to open tomorrow afternoon at Reed-Thompson school and run through Sunday. Tussing will present one of several demon strations scheduled for the Fifth Annual show. (Bend Bulletin Photo) Task of Setting Up Exhibits For Hobby Show Set Tonight The task of setting up exhibits for the fifth annual hobby show begins tonight in preparation of the opening tomorrow afternoon in Reed-Thompson school. Exhibitors and show sponsors will meet this evening and "again tomorrow afternoon to ready the popular show that will close Sun day evening. Jointly sxjnsoring the show are the city recreation department and the Parent-Teachers association of the host school. : The show will be opn Saturday from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. There will be no admission charge. Aside from a wide range of hob- Sawyer Again Named Leader Of Foundation Central Oregon Hospitals Foun dation directors holding their an nual meeting Thursday ir. Bend re-elected Robert W. Sawyer as president for the coming year, with all other officers to continue in their present posts. Thomas F. Brooks is Foundation first vice - president and Hans Slagsvold is second vice-president. W. , L. Stollmaek will continue as secrelary for the group and K. E. Sawyer as treasurer. In the absence of Robert W. Sawyer, now in the east, Slags void presided at the luncheon meeting, hekl in (lie St. Charles Memorial hospital cafeteria room. Action of Foundation members at their annual meeting on March 2 was formally approved and the seven directors named at that time were declared elected. By laws were amended setting the quorum for an administrative committee meeting as three. At oresent, it is necessary that all five members of the committee be present. W. L. Stollmaek, St. Charles Me morial hospital manager, reported to the Foundation board that the hospital occupancy in February wis 72.7 per cent, compared with 55 per cent for the same month a year ago. However. Stollmaek noted, occu pancy of the maternity ward dropped from 14 per cent a year ago lo 11.3 per cent this past Feb ruary. The report revealed that the hos pital's finances are in a healthy condition. "The fine cooperation of the entire hospital staff makes such a report possible," Stollmaek said. Skyliner Bus Service Ended Oivration of buses between Bend and the Skyliner playground on Tumalo creek has been ended for the season, it was announced to day from the Bend recreation de parlment. Although no bus will run be tween Eend n.l the playground Saturday for the convenience of youngsters, persons who make th" trip to the ski area will find good snow cond:tions. the recreation de partment reported. About six Inches of snow fell In the area this week. This was packed a bit by a licht rain ' yesterday. BEND Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon Friday, March by and handicraft displays, several special demonstrations are planned for presentation throughout the two-day show. Among the features will be a demonstration of short - wave broadcasting by Dale Tussing, 511 Florida. ' Several organizations are plan ning special displays and demon strations, among them the Cas cade Camera club, the Deschutes County Pioneer association and the Weavers' guild.- . 1 ' ' . '' The camera club will present hourly a showing of slides on Cen tral Oregon scenes. The pioneer association will display many arti cles of historic interest intended for exhibit in the association's museum when built. The Weavers guild will demonstrate weaving techniques and display items com pleted by members. Exhibition of leather working crafts will be presented by Uoyd Reed of the Reed Leather shop. Entry blanks submitted to. the recreation department by prospec tive exhibitors indicate a variety of hobbies will be displayed. Both children and adults with hobbies or creative work to dis play have been invited by the sponsoring agencies to enter the may abide by the staff's wishes community show. Schools were canvassed and a for hobbies ranging from model ships to dress designs. Exhibits will be set up this eve ning between 7 and 8 and tomor row morning from 9 to 11. Postal Worker Boost Approved WASHINGTON (UP)-The Sen-! ate today approved a 10 per cent salary increase for 500,000 postal workers despite the threat of a presidential veto. The legislation was approved by a vote of 72 to 21. It goes to the House which also appears bent on approving an increase beyond the 7.6 per cent limit set by President Eisenhower. Before approving the average 10 per cent increase, the Senate voted. 52 to 41, to kill the admin istration plan for a 7.6 per cent increase. President Eisenhower has hinted that he will not agree to a larger pay raise. The postal vote also cleared the way for the Senate to follow the same 10 per cent pay raise pat tern on legislation for other gov ernment employes. That hill was called up before the Senate Im mediately after the postal pay measure. The Senate approved bill would give a minimum increase of 1400 yearly to all postal workers. Those earning more than $1000 a year would gel n 10 per cent increase, sponsor of the administration bill. and Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowlnnd both held out the threat that President Eisen hower would veto the more liberal 10 per cent raise. Senate Democratic Leader Lyn don B. Johnsm, however, offered a motion to table the Carlton sub- atltute and his motion carried by the 52 to 41 vote. The Senate decided that what ever increase it finally voted would not be retroactive. CENTRAL OREGON'S Non-Atomic Blast Loosed In Nevada LAS VEGAS (UP) A non atomic explosion, unique In Atom ic Energy Commission experi ments, rent the skies nearly six miles above the Nevada desert today in an apparent Air Force test of a secret air to air missile that would be tipped with a nu clear warhead in actual battle. A puff of smoke and a wink of light, mere dwarfs in comparison to the mighty atomic blasts that have been shaking the Nevada Proving Grounds for five years, were seen by ground observers. A high flying B36, America's intercontinental bomber, dropped the high explosive device above 30,000 feet over Yucca Flat and it exploded at 9 a.m. PST amidst an intricate pattern of smoke trails, puffs of smoke and smoke grids and some parachutes and balloons. Vitul Smoke Patterns The significance of the smoke patterns was not announced. The AEC said merely they were "the vital part of the experiment." They were laid down for the most part by six F86 Sabre jets and- a B36 bomber just before the burst time. Veteran observers who have seen all or most of the test detona tions in the past speculated the smoke puffs and trails represented simulated "enemy" bombers and fighters measuring the effects of a theoretical nuclear explosion in their midst. It was the first full scale non atomic explosive test ever con ducted by the Atomic Energy Com mission at the Nevada Proving Grounds. High explosives have been set off before on the range. but only as "weather vanes" to get wind direction bearings for atomic blasts. . . . , 8ee Puff of Smoke . A puff of smoke was seen in the sky from Las Vegus, 75 miles southeast of the proving range. Purpose of the unique test was not elaborated upon by pre-blast AEC announcements other than an explanation that it was a "full scale test" in all respects except the atomic charge and that it was of "primary interest to the De partment of Defense." Smoke trails laced the sky in grids laid down by some of the 40 Air Force planes participating in the experiment and from what the AEC officially described as air-suspended equipment". An of ficial said this meant parachutes and balloons. Jets Take Part Significantly, six F84F jet fight er-bombers took part in the smoke screen laying around the burst point at 30.000 feet. The F84F Thunderstreak is a single-seater capable of delivering atomic bombs at supersonic speeds. It currently holds the official coast to coast speed record. Another A-bomb carrier, the in tercontinental B36 also took part. speculation arose among veter an observers that the experiment was testing some air to air guided missile which would be used against an aggressor to intercept his squadrons of bombers and de stroy them with mighty nuclear blasts that would cover more than two miles of sky with an all-consuming fireball. A "granddaddy" atomic explo sion scheduled for before dawn this morning from a 500-foot steel tow er was postponed until tomorrow due to adverse winds. Merchants Set Spring Opening Here Tonight Encouraged by a forecast that clearing weather is in prospect for tonight. Bend's Spring opening committee early today completed i final arrangements for the annual program. Spring opening will be observed this evening, under auspices of the retail merchants' committee of the Bend Chamber of Commerce, with Hal St. Clair and Robert J. Wetle in charge. The program will start at 7 and last until 9. This year, all places of business will be open for in spection of Spring merchandise. New cars will be on display on a roped off section of Oregon ave nue, and late this afternoon the 1 1955 models were being moved into position. I Providing a "roving concert," members of the Bend Municipal Band will play from several down town street Intersections through the evening. In the window of the Pacific BULLETIN DAILY NEWSPAPER 25, 1955 Portland Girls Collecting Nuts For Neuberger PORTLAND (UP) A Portlund high school social sorority has started a "Nuts to Neuberger" campaign, jhe girls of Phi Theta Upsilon at Cleveland High got the idea when one of the members, Nancy Clancy saw Sen. Richard L. Nou berger's picture in the newspaper. Neuberger had just started a fund to build a fence around President Eisenhower's practice putting green so the deportaion of squirrels from Jhe White House lawn could be stopped. The idea came to Noney and her sorority sisters to help out Oregon's junior senator. So, with the help of an understanding pea nut products company, the girls gathered up 704 pounds of walnuts and stale peanuts. "We're going to ship Neuberg er.- the nuts by express today," said Nancy "for the squirrels." "Before we heard about the with the squirrels, we were going to collect a barrel of soap for the Koreans, Nancy said. .- She said the sorority still planned to collect the soap. The girls said their principal told them they were suppose dto do something for the good of man kind. So the soap will be gathered toward that end. The nuts, one of the girls said, "will be for the good uf the squirrels." Hospital Board Of Visitors Rule Directors of the Central Oregon Hospitals Foundation holding their monthly meeting Thursday rec ommended clarification of the rule that would limit the number of visitors a patient may receive. It was announced earlier in the week that St. Charles Memorial hospital would soon make such a rule effective, on recommendation of the hospital's medical staff. The plan is to limit to two each visit ing period the number of 'persons would be allowed to visit a pa tient. Foundation directors will recom mend that the medical staff place in writing their desires, so that all may abide by the staff s wishes. The proposed visiting rules came up for brief consideration by the board when Hugh K. Cole, a dircc tor, said he had learned that some people considered the rule limit ing visitors to two patients a pe riod, or four a day, "harsh." Directors will inquire whether immediate members of the family are to be included in the proposed restriction. W. L. Stollmaek, St. Charles Me morial hospital manager, touched on some of the problems the hos potal and staff now face because of heavy visitations, especially by children. Stollmaek suggested that a limit of two visitors at any one time might solve the problem. But, directors stressed, it will be entirely up to the medical staff to make the recommendations. Then the directors will urge that all abide 1y the medical staff's request. DRIVER KILLED ONTARIO, Ore. (UP)-Raymond A. Hashltani, Ontario, was killed instantly yesterday when his auto mobile sldeswiped another vehicle and lurched into an oncoming truck and trailer rig about 10 miles north of here. No one else was reported Injured. Power and Light company, 4-H club youngsters will be busy through the evening, providing va rious demonstrations. A special feature of the Spring opening festivities tonight will be an organ concert, from 7 to 9 at the J. C. Permey store. From 7 to 8 there will be numbers by Skip py Carsey, 11: Glenda Alford, 8, and Janice Monlcal, 11. They are music students of Mrs. Ralph Sni der, who will play from 8 to 9. Mrs. Snlder's new Hammond will be used for this concert. Joining In the Spring opening Drogrnm, merchants will feature bargains, and restaurants will be open for the accommodation of visitors from out of town and local residents spending the evening downtown. The forecast for clearing weath er in the Bend area tonight came from the Portland special forecast center. ESussDCEimjs Hebtukedi ltd Disarmament ComrfeireirDce jSeponi: Wanta Lose 4 Pounds Quick? For Weight Worriers By HADI.EY ROKF Bulletin Staff Writer I'm getting to feel about as un comfortable as a thief in a church choir. Every afternoon I return to the newsroom only to find my news gathering companions chatting proudly about their lunches lunches, you say? "I had chopped cabbage sea soned with lemon juice," pro claims one. Another joins In with, "Well, I had half slice of bread and a hard boiled egg." "Oh," choruses another, "I had a hotdog without a bun." And what did I nave for lunch? Oyster soup as an appetizer, fried clams and hashbrowns for a main course, and rich chocolate cake for dessert. S Thus the red tinge about my ears and my baste to duck studi ously ibehlnd a convenient maga zine as my associates compare notes on diets. "Why, I've lost five pounds in the past week," says one of the abstemious colleagues." "Ive only lost four pounds, but then I've only been dieting a cou ple of days," reports another. As for me, I haven't even lost my appetite. But then why should I worry about a few extra pounds? I can trim them oft anytime I want , yes sir, anytime I want. By walking a half Wock from Ted Mesang Bringing Snappy OSC Band to Bend Tuesday Ted Mesang, director of Hie Ore gon State college concert band which will appear in Bend next Tuesday under the sponsorship of the Bend Kiwanis club, has held the position of bandmaster at OSC since 1949. In that time he has de veloped what is widely known as the out-standing marching band on the coast, initiating the snappy rapid step precision marching now so widely used by other coast col lege bands. The OSC band presents a com pletely different. Mesang - written show at every football game of the Chamber Driye Gets Underway Special 'to The Bulletin PRINEVILLE The Prlneville- Crook County Chamber of Com merce 1955 membership drive was under way here today, following a kickoff breakfast at the Ochoco Inn. Guest speaker was Don Chap man, vice-president of Equitable Savings and Loan, Portland, who presented a picture ot chamber of commerce operations and needs, using Portland as an example of how membership interest and en thusiasm was maintained. Chapman said that as commu nities grow, so do the problems which only a chamber of com merce can handle. A chamber s program, he said must keep pace with a city's growlh. Chapman divided the group into four and asked each person pres ent to note, In writing, what he considered the most Important thing a chamber of commerce has to offer a buslnessmun. Mike Mikschc, chamber presi dent, and Dick Hoppes, member ship chairman, organized the drive for members. Goal of the drive is $8,000, whlrh the chamber will need for oeration expenses In the coming .year. Ivan J. Chnpnell is manager ot the hx'al chamber. 'O(M)I) OMEN" TOKYO (UP) Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama clapped loudly Thursday when a pigeon flew I through a window and into the Na tional Diet chamber. They considered the bird their party symbol a "good omen" for the success of the Democratic Party In the Diet sessions. Eight Pages the City Drug store to the Bend Rexall pharmacy I can lose four pounds, and I can prove it to my weight - worried friends by the scales yes sir, by the scales. Of course, if I reverse course and walk Wall street from Bend Rexall to City Drug I'll tuck the poundage right back under my double chin-chin. The scale at Bend Rexall regis ters four pounds lighter than the one at City Drug.- And the one at City Drug, I'm very sorry to say, registers about the same as the scales in the Magill pharmacy and the Owl pharmacy. So for a person blushing because he can't resist those calories tempting him from grocery shelves or restaurant menus, the Rexall pharmacy obviously main tains the best scale. Obviously, that Is, until you turn up your coat collar to hide the blush, swallow the tremor in your voice and ask to be weighed on an officially balanced seule. Thut ugly mechanism, its needle rudely taking the great circle route, soon punctures the pretense. And for a moment determina tion hardens, and Ihoughts of cab bage salad and daintily cut bread slices pop convincingly into mind. But then only for a moment- heck, a candy bar can t hurt. Anyway I'm going to start on a diet tomorrow or mnybc the next day. - - f . season, never repeating a show and never performing one previ ously published for general distri bution. The OSC football shows have brought comment from sport writers as far east as Chicago. Mesang is among the most suc cessful and widely known compo sers of band music In the United States. He has had published 127 original compositions, 34 arrange ments, and a number of transcrip tions. His publishers include all the prominent names in the band TED MESANG Bringing OSC Band to Bend music field and he is at present under exclusive contract with a large New York publishing house. Mesang took his training at the Universities of Wisconsin and Minnesota under Ruy Dvorak and Gerald Prescott, specializing in public school music. He made a distinguished record as director of instrumental music In the schools of Ashland, Wisconsin, and as as sistant director of die University of Wisconsin bands before joining the OSC staff. He served as pres; dent of the Wisconsin School Mu sic Association rom 1945 to 1917. Mesang's OSC Band concerts are known for their solid musical con tent as well as the variety of nov elties, solos, ami music in a light vein. Precision and accuracy fea ture the work of h:s bands. The Bend concert will begin at 8 p.m. at the Kenwood auditorium. Tickets may be purchased nt the door, or from any member of the Kiwanis club. CITATION'S ISSUED Two motorists were cited by Bend police, Thursday for drivine autos with expired license plates. They were Darrel Hugh Hohson. Portland, and Lcland Arthur Dee tan, 144 Adams place. fiWnwy . i i mijiw wm -iJr'JUl.MM.l'hv VgA and Low t High yesterday, 51 de grees. Low last night, 25 degrees. Sunset today, 6:23. Sunrise tomorrow, 5.58. No. 92 Secrecy Breach Sparks British, U.S. Protests By K. C. THALER , ' United Press Stuff Correspondent LONDON (UP) The British Foreign Office today sharply re buked Russia and its chief dele gate, Andrei Gromyko, for publish ing "distorted" accounts of the London disarmament conference which were "a gross breach of the rules of secrecy." (At Washington, the United States today charged Russia with a "shocking breach of faith" in breaking the secrecy rule at the five-power London disarmament talks.) A Foreign Office spokesman said the Western delegations will consider the advisability of releas ing the full facts before the con clusion ot the current meetings. Breach Of Decency He said 'the object of publica tion would be to correct distorted versions of events given in Prav da, the official Communist party newspaper in Moscow, and by Gromyko, which was a gross breach of the rules of secrecy. We don't accuse the Russians of dishonesty. But it is hard to believe that the way to reach agreement at a private meeting is to publish one s own version of events and then to make ac cusations ot bad faith against those with whom one is trying to agree." . ' 1 ' Moscow' renewed, its charges of bad faith against the United States today. The government newspaper Iz- vestia said the. United States is not interested in the success of the London conference and ac cused President Eisenhower of attempting "to discredit in ad- . vance" the work of the U.N. committee. ' ,' It charged that the appointment of Harold E. Stussen as U. S. disarmament minister" was a - oropnganda move which would fool no one. The members of the United Na tions Disarmament Subcommittee the United States, Britain, France, Canada and the Soviet Un ion called a meeting today un der the chairmanship ot Russian Ambassador Jacob Malik. Official sources would not com ment Immediately on prospects for agreement. Informed sources said disclosures in the official Commu nist newspaper Pravda ' and a statement by Russia's Andrei Gromyko appeared to be a return to the Soviet "soft line" of last fall. Gromyko, first deputy Soviet for eign minister, unveiled the "hard line" at the opening of the con ference. He called for destruction of all stocks of atomic and hydro gen bombs, in which the West leads, and would leave Russia and the satellites far ahead In the size of its armies and amount of con vention weapons. Sources close to the American delegation said the Gromyko plan had deadlocked the London con ference from the beginning. Grom yko sudenly pulled out of the talks Thursday and flew to Stock holm on a surprise visit, leaving Malik behind. Article Details Trip Through John Day Gorge Adventures of three men, two f them residents of Bend, in run ning the rugged John Day gorge bctwcn the Clarno area and the junction of the river with the Co lumbia are related in the current Issue of the Oregon Historical Quarterly. The article is by Wilfred E. .lossy. Bend, who made the trip this inst summer with his father, William .lossy. Portland, and A. C. il'.udi Stlw, Bend. Illustrating the story are two pictures taken by .lossy in the John Day goree region. A plane was used In scouting the gorre preliminary to the trip and while the men were In the trorge Walter Keeney, Madras, flew low over the canyon and dropped supplies on a sand bnr, in the area east of Grass Valley. The river runners covered about 70 miles in three days.
