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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
52nd Year One Section
Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon Monday, April 4, 1955
Eight Pages
No. 101
Hells Canyon
Hearings Get
Political Tag
By HI GH A. WILSON
lllited Pre Staff Correspondent
BOISE (UP) Gov. Robert E.
Smylie of Idaho is the first wit
ness here today at the three-ho;ir
Senate hearing on the bill that
would authorize a high federal
dam at Hells Canyon.
Sen. James Murray (D-Mont ).
chairman of the Senate Interior
and Insular Affairs committee,
presided.
Smylie made it plain that he
would oppose the dam when he told
newsmen last night the bill would
I not bring any kilowatts to Idaho
in the foreseeable future. Idaho's
Republican Senators, Henry Dwor
shak and Herman Welker, also
voiced their opposition.
Political Charges
Dworkshak branded the hearings
as "quickies arranged for political
effect."
"It is unfortunate at this time
that the people of my state should
be subjected to an unnecessary
expense in making known their
views at what patently are po
litical hearings." he said.
Following the Boise session, the
Senate reclamation subcommittee
moves to Lewiston this afternoon
and Pasco, Wash., tomorrow. The
last of the series will be in Port
land Wednesday.
Welker showed reporters a copy
. of a letter from Sen. Clinton An
derson (D-N. M.), subcommittee
chairman, who said he never had
been informed of the hearings and
for that reason refused to take
part.
Welker said he and Dworsliak
were not consulted when it was
originally decided to hold the hear
ings only at Lewiston, Pasco and
Portland. Saying he was "100 per
cent opposed to the bill, Welker
added that he wanted to know who
had first set the hearings "hun
dreds of miles away from the ir
rigated sections of Idaho." . '. .
Delay Asked
Murray said he had asked co
sponsors of the Hells Canyon
measure to join him in asking
that the Federal Power Commis
sion delay its decision on Idaho
Power Company's application to
build three low dams in the Hells
Canyon area until Congress acts
on the bill.
He said the three hours allotted
for the Boise hearing would be
evenly divided between proponents
and opponents of the bill. Hearings
before the house reclamation sub
committee In 1952 and the FPC
proceeding also will be incorpor
ated in the current hearings, he
added.
The House committee cast a
unanmious vote in 1952 to indefi
nitely postpone the Hells Canyon
bill.
Good Samaritan
Gets Black Eye
For His Efforts '
A Bend motorists played the role
of the good Samaritan when driv
ing over the snowy Santiam route
Sunday, and got a bit of a black
eye for his efforts.
Arthur Boyle, The Bulletin's cir
culation manager, was returning
to his home in Bend from a trip
over the divide and near the Blue
' Lake turnoff noticed a stalled mo
torist, apparently in trouble.
Boyle came to a slow stop, to
ask the motorist if he needed as
sistance. At that moment a Prine
ville motorist, Kenneth Higgen
botham, approached from the
rear, and his car skidded into
Boyle's.
Boyle's head hit something, pos
sibly the steering wheel, and he
was temporarily "out." Today he
has a big patch over his left eye.
His car suffered considerable dam
age. Ice, But No New
Snow on Passes
Clear weather, with deep snow:
massed at roadside, was reported
from Cascades passes this morn
ing. following a stormy weekend
No new snow fell on the moun
tain passes in the night, but there
were spots of ice on all roads.
Motorists reported tough condi
tions over several of the passes,
especially the Willamette, on Sat
urday and early Sunday, result ol
of the spring storm. At times traf
fic west of the Willamette summit
stalled as trucks and cars skidded
on the slick, packed snow.
Roadside depth of snow at Gov
emment Camp, on the Mt. Hoot"
route, this morning measured 16c
Inches, with 144 inches reported
from the Santiam and 104 from the
Willamette.
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LAVA BEAR COACH Thom
as 0. Winbigler, who for four
seasons was coach of the
Weiser, Idaho, high school
football team, and was the
choice for places on two Little
Ail-American teams, has been
named Bend high school foot
ball coach and will tale over
his duties as headman of the
Bears this fall.
Ex-Weiser High
Coach Selected
For Bend Post
Thomas D. Winbigler, ex-Weiser
high school coach who will receive
his master's degrees from the Uni
versity of Oregon in June, has
been named Lava Bear football
coach.
His appointment to the Bend
high school faculty, announced to
day by school officials, will in
clude teaching assignments in
health and physical education and
the coaching assignments as head
football mentor end wrestling
coach.
Winbigler was "tapped" by the
Los Angeles Rams, professional
football team, In 1950. He with
drew after five weeks to accept
the coaching position at Weiser
high school, and completed four
years of successful coaching there.
He attended Weiser high school
and received his B.A. degree from
the College of Idaho, at Caldwell
in 1950. Winbigler attended the
University of Idaho at Moscow,
Idaho, in the summer of 1951, and
is now completing his advanced
work In health and physical educa
tion at the University of Oregon.
Winbigler, 30, is married, and
has two children.
In college, he participated in
football, basketball and track, and
was named to the Northwest all
conference teams in 1947, 1948 and
1949, and was a Little 'All-American
choice in 1948 and 1949. He
held various offices in campus or
ganizations.
Coach Winbigler will move to
Bend with his family this summer,
preparatory to taking up his dut
ies this fall.
Municipal Band
Concert Tonight
A door prize will be given at
the free concert by the Bend Mu
nicipal band tonight at Kenwood
auditorium, it was anounced by
Wayne Hamilton, city recreation
director. The concert is one of a
series presented by the band un
der recreation department aus
pices, as a public service. Starring
rime is 8 o clock.
The band will play a variety of
familiar tunes, traditional marches,
and selections from musical come
dies. Appearing as vocal soloist In
two numbers will be John Hamil
ton, baritone, a newcomer to Bend,
who also plays the trombone In
the band.
Norman K. Whitney is band di
rector. Employes Vote
Against Union
Employes of Shumate Lumber
Products company, voting Friday
in an election conducted by he Na
tional Labor Relations Board, de
feated a propisal that they be rep
resented by the Lumber and Saw
mill workers. A F of L.
The vote reportedly was 14 to 3
igainst the union's request for rep
resentation authority.
The election was held at the
olant on E. 1st during the noon
'inch period. It was supervised by
1 representative of the NLRB from
"Vrt!and.
FINE PAID
A fine of $5 was paid in local
'ustiee court Saturday by Ernest
X. Moss route 3. box 173. charged:
with failing to stop at a stop sign.
Audit Shows
Union Coffers
Short $7,288
A completed audit of funds of
Local 6-7 of the International
Woodworkers of America shows
the total amount missing from the
local's coffers stands at $7,288.43,
K was announced today by Tim
Sullivan, head of the lWA's Klam
ath Basin council.
The audit, delivered to the union
over the weekend by James M.
Wood, Bend public accountant,
showed that J5.485.93 was missing
from the union's general fund and
that Jl,802.50 was gone from the
locals strike fund.
The audit has been sent to the
union's international office in Port
land for forwarding to the bond
ing company which had bonded
Jack E. Chambers, secretary-
treasurer and business agent of
the local union, in the amount of
54,000.
Any further action, such as a
possible decision to swear out n
warrant against Chambers, will
come from the international union,
Sullivan said today.
The Skyliners, Bend outdoor
sports organization of winch Cham
bers served as treasurer, still has
been unable to obtain a final loss
figure from the books of the or
ganization, Harry E. Pierce, pres
ident, said today.
Pierce said loss to the Skyliners
was estimated at between $800 and
$1,000.
Skyliners directors will meet to
night to elect a new treasurer. A
more complete audit will be made
after the new treasurer. A more
complete audit will be made after
after the new treasurer takes of
fice, Pierce said.
To date no warrant has been is
sued for the return to Bend of
Chambers, former Bend athlete
and war hero, who has not been
seen by officers of either organi
zation for more than two weeks,
it was reported today.
Grand Jury
In Session
The seven members of the
spring term grand jury for the
local circuit court went into ses
sion this morning immediately aft
er being sworn-in by Judge Ralph
S. Hamilton.
Selected by lot to serve on the
grand jury were five Bend resi
dents, one from Redmond and one
from LaPine.
The grand jury decides whether
criminal cases should be submit
ted for trial or dropped.
The seven were drawn by lot
from a list of 27 selected for jury
duty during the court's spring
term.
On the grand jury are the fol
lowing: from Bend, Lyle Gilhland
Thomas Brooks, Ben F. Fanning,
Glen C. Bateman, and Maurice
Hoover; from Redmond, Jennie
Huston; from LaPine, Karol Gil
berts.
Mamie Remains
At Gettysburg
WASHINGTON (UP) President
Eisenhower returned from a week
end at his Gettysburg, Pa., farm
Sunday night but Mrs. Eisenhower
remained behind attended by a
She was expected to return to-
White House physician,
day.
White House spokesmen ex
plained that Mrs. Eisenhower us
ually has a physician available to
her because she has had a heart
murmur since childhood. However,
they said she was not ill.
The President had planned to
stay another night at the farm but
cut short his holiday to spend Sun
day evening with his brother, Ed
car, a Tacoma, Wash., attorney
The President was accompanied on
his return by Mrs. Eisenhower's
mother, Mrs. Elivera Doud.
The condition of Mrs. Eisenhow
er's health became a national oolit-
cal issue several weeks ago. Dem
ocratic National Chairman Paul
M. Butler sid the President might
not seek reelection next year be
cause of it.
The statement aroused a storm
of protests from Renublicans who
ire counting on Mr. Eisenhowpr to
lead the GOP to victory In 1956.
Mrs. Elsenhower was suffering
from a cold at the time but since
has recovered.
HAPPY SHOCK
VANCOUVER, B. C. (UP)
Healthy triplet girls were born
yesterday to Mrs. William Lee.
"It was certainly a shock, but
a happy one," commented Mrs.
Lee.
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DIES IN CALIFORNIA Dr.
Fred A. Lieuallen, 72, resident
of Bend since 1923 and long
active in American Legion af
fairs in Oregon, died Saturday
at Newport Beach, Calif. Fu
neral services will be held here
Thursday.
Dr. Lieuallen,
Long-Time Bend
Resident Dies
Dr. Frederick A. Lieuallen, 72,
native Oregonian and Bend resi
dent for more than 30 years, died
Saturday at a Newport Beach,
Calif., hospital, indirectly the vic
tim of his service in France in
World War I.
Dr. Lieuallen, holder of the dis
tinguished service cross and the
purple heart, was badly gassed in
the first world conflict while serv
ing with a medical unit of the 91st
Division.
With Mrs. Lieuallen, he was
spending the winter at Laguna
Beach, Calif., and recently under
went an operation at nearby New
port Beach. After apparently be
ing his way to recovery, he su
fered "a relapse.
His daughter, Mrs. Barbara
Steinhauser. Bend, and his son,
Fred Lieuallen, Prineville, were
called to his bedside this past
weekend, after returning to theii
Central Oregon homes following
the operation.
For years, Dr. Lieuallen, charter
president of the Kiwanis club,
was a 'leader in Oregon's Ameri
can Legion affairs. He served is
commander of both the Pendleton
posts of the Legion, and was a
district commander.
Funeral services will be held
here on Thursday at 10:30 a.m.
at the First Presbyterian church,
with Rev. Jack MacLeod in
charge.
See story also on page 5.
110 Witnesses
Due at Hearing
PORTLAND (UP) One hun
dred and ten witnesses have ap
plied to testify before a Senate
subcommittee hearing here Wed
nesday on the controversial Hells
Canyon bill.
The witnesses are divided evenly
for and against the measure to
establish a single federal dam on
the Snake river.
M. C. Mapes Jr., special counsel
for the reclamation subcommittee
in charge of arrangements, said
Saturday that not all of the wit
nesses would be heard.
"I presume they will all be
asked to make short statements,"
Mapes said, but he advised wit
nesses to prepare briefs for the
committee in case they should not
be heard.
Hank Alderman of Portland Is in
charge of forces appearing in fa
vor of the bill and Chester K. Ster
rett. also of Portland, is in charge
of the opposition.
Both sides will have an equal
amount of time.
A-Bomb Victims
To Be Treated
NEW YORK (UP) Twenty
Japanese girls, so disfigured by
the Hiroshima atom blast thHt they
have lived as virtual recluses, will
arrive here within the month for
plastic surgery and medical treat
ment which nvay return them to
normal life, it was announced here
today.
The girls, now 19 and 24 years
old. were trapped . Ir a public
school by the first atomic attack
Aug. G. 1945.
They will be flown here together
by the U.S. Air Force and will
receive free care from two doctors
and a hospital through the Interest
of Norman Cousins, editor of the
Saturday Review. 1
Britain Sure Churchill
Retiring in
Great Plains
Area Ripped
By Blizzard
By I'N'ITEU I'KKSS
An April blizzard whipped the
Northern Great Plains today and
the worst spring snow storm in
20 iyears created havoc in New
England.
Meanwhile, new dust clouds
swirled over eroded Southwest
farmlands and a Colorado County
agent said "this all but finished
' The western blizzard roared into
Wyoming yesterday, isolating
Sheridun with 18 inches of wind
blown snow. Today it whipped
Eastern Montana with blizzard
conditions while snow and blowing
snoto hit the rest of Montana,
Wyoming, Western South Dakota
and Nebraska".
The sudden New England storm
was more concentrated, but it
piled up two feet of snow in Con
necticut and marooned nearly 100
skiiers in lodges when highways
in ;the Mt. Snow area became
impassible. '
Tjie snow was blamed for four
weekend highway deaths in the
area and power failed in more
than 12 Connecticut and in three
Massachusetts towns.
Autos Abandoned
Scores of cars were ubandoned
near Canaan, Conn., as motorists
sought shelter in State Police bar
ricks, motels and private hipmcs.
six mothers with babies were
housed in the Canaan barracks
At Boston, the Weather Bureau
predicted more snow and rain tor
the area, ending later in the day.
In the West, a vast storm sys
tem sent gale-force winds into the
Southwest, churning up a solid
blanket of dust in parts of Ne
braska, Colorado, New Mexico,
Texas and Oklahoma. Dust was
still blowing in Colorado and New
Mexico today.
Motorists Rescued
Winds hit 56 miles per hour at
Sheridan at the blizzard's height
and were only down to SO miles
per hour today. Only light snow
continued, but the lashing winds
rapidly piled the snow into drifts.
Snow plows beat their way
through choked roads to rescue
several stranded motorists Sunday
night. Schools were closed today
in at least five northern Wyoming
communities and the weather bu
reau would only predict that the
situation would "improve."
It was the worst storm of 'he
season for the area and Sheridan's
main street was covered for a
while with bubbles of ice as the
wind whipped up moisture from
the ground and froze it.
In the Southwest, winds of gale
force had churned up the second
vast dust storm since March 31.
Small Plane Crashes
The choking dust was also
blamed for the crash of a private
plane Saturday near Holyoke.
Colo., in which three persons were
killed. The wreckage was not spot
tod until Sunday because of the
poor visibility.
A vicious hail storm lashed Che
cotah, Okla. Hail stones up to an
inch in diameter were reported.
High winds and chilly weather,
meanwhile, struck at opposite ends
of the nation.
Gusty northwest winds in the Los
Angeles area knocked down about
2'jO trees and brought sub-freezing
'.'Sdegree temperatures to citrus
areas.
The California winds also flipped
over an outboard motor boat oft
Newport Beach. Coast Guardsmen
found a man's body lashed to it.
:iis two companions were missing
rind believed drowned.
Up to five inches of new snow
lit parts of the eastern Mid-Atlan-'ic
states and southern New Eng
land. The midwest enjoved balmy
weather.
SKATINfJ cars
PHiI ADELPHIA (UP)- -Two de
tectives told reporters today they
suent most of the time picking
themselves off the floor of a skat
ing rink while waiting for the order
to arrest a skating burglary sus- NEW YORK H'P) Police
pect. were caught short without a lasso
At the proper moment, the de-i Sunday when a calf got loose as it
teetivea arrested the suspect who was being unloaded at a Munhat
wasr ordered held without ball onnn freight yard,
charger of taking $800 In jewelry Patrolman George McCarthy
(rom a north Philadelphia homejeaptured the critter by throwing a
last week. strait Jacket over Its head.
SPRING SCENE? Winter briefly settled over the Deschutes
country Sunday night, and early this morning Bend had a Yule
appearance, as this picture testifies. The view is near the Riverside-Congress
intersection, with fluffy snow, result of a two-inch
fall, covering trees. The mercury dropped to 1 1 above as the
storm cleared at dawn. (Bend Bulletin Photo)
Wilson Defends
Defense Policy
By JOHN W. KINNKY
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON (UP) Defense
Secretary Charles E. Wilson said
today the administration has de
veloped a "sound, long-range" de
fense program with "tremendous
striking power" to match the grow
ing Communist threat.
The administration program, Wil
son said, represents the size mili
tary the nation can effectively and
economically support over a long
period and provides a "sound base
for all-out war.
Audience Hostile
Wilson and his defense team
faced a hostile audience from the
Democratic side of the subcommit
tee. Democrats were openly criti
cal of the administration's decision
to reduce sharply military man
power strength, particularly in li.e
Army.
Subcommittee Chairman Dennis
Chavez (D-NM) said in advance of
the hearing that he does not think
this is the time to do nny cut
ting" and will "have to be con
vinced the cutback is wise."
Sen. Lister Hill (D-Ala), another
subcommittee member, termed tne
Army cutback "a big mistake."
He said he will oppose it.
Obviously mindful of the Demo
cratic attitude, Wilson dwelt at
length in his prepared statement
on defending the "adequacy" of
the administration's program and
explaining why primary emphasis
is being placed on retaliatory air
power.
Ited AlrHmer Growing
Wilson warned that Communist
"military power has continued to
grow and now includes the ability
to produce and deliver nuclear (or
H-bomb) weapons."
"A sudden nuclear attack could
threaten our survival as u nation,"
he said. "Therefore, our primaiy
objective must be to maintain the
capability, first to deter an enemy
from such an attack, und second,
to blunt any such attack If II
comes."
Wilson said the defense budget
provides for a continued buildup
nnd rn'Mleniization of the Air
Force's Strategic Air Command.
The B-:t6, long the mainstay of
the Air Force's intercontinental
striking Miwer. will be replaced by
the new H-52 jet bomber. In addi
tion, he said, the Navy's striking
wver will be strengthened by the
addition of the superean-ier Korre
slal to the fleet.
CAI;iit SHORT
Few
Belated Winter
Brings 2-lnches
Of Snow to Bend
Belated winter came to parts of
Central Oregon Sunday afternoon
and last night, with the Bend
weather station reporting a two
Inch fall of snow, heavier than
that from most of the winter!
storms. An inch of the fall re
mained on the ground this morn
ing.
Only five and a half inches of
snow fell In Bend in the entire
winter season.
The April snow was the result
of heavy flurries Sunday evening.
At times these flurries reduced
visibility to a few hundred feet.
Freezing weather followed the
Sunduy storm, and by sunrise this
morning the mercury was down to
11 degrees above zero. The lowest
temperature ever recorded in
Bend in April was 8 above, in
1903.
The snow rapidly disappeared to
day.
9 Die in Mexico
Train Disaster
COLIMA. Mexico (UP)-Threc
cars of a speeding passenger train
plunged into a mountain canyon
Sunday night and the governor of
Colima Province reported today
that nine persons were killed und
78 injured, eight of them seriously.
Gov. Jesus Gonzales Lugo, In
charge of rescue operations,
reached the scene In u rescue
train which brought back the dead
and injured to this mountain town
20 miles north of the wreck scene. I
He said one car plunged to thej
bottom of a 210-foot deep canyon;
and that two others tumbled hall
way down. Most of the victims j
were in the first car.
Gonzales Lugo said he believed,
all of (he dead and injured were
emoved from the wreckage hill ;
Mint he left a rescue brigade be-1
'lind to muke a thorough search at
layiight.
The train was reunited jammed
v i t h hundreds of Easier vacation-;
"rs bound from Guadalajara to the
"acific coastal resort town of Man
zanillo. The death toll was feared at first
to have been much higher.
Relatives of lho" aboard milled
to Guadalajara ainiort to try to
'ly to Colima or narked the rail
way station trvlm: to reach the
scene by rail. First reports rcndi-;
Ing Guadalajara said "300 were
dead." The government dispatched three
rescue trains loaded with soldiers
tnd mcd-cal teams. Gonzales Lugo
loarded the first of these to reach
the scene.
He would make no prediction as ,
to cause of the wreck. I
IHours
Eden Expected
To Take Reins
From Winnie
LONDON (UP) Sir Winston
Churchill, spending what was gen
erally believed to be his last full
day as prime minister of Britain,
gives his "farewell salute" tonight
to the monarchy he has served
since Queen Victoria.
The prime minister and Lady
Churchill entertain Queen Eliza
beth II and the Duke of Edinburgh
tonight at a sparkling dinner party
nt No, 10 Downing Street, with
Britain convinced Churchill will re
sign within 24 hours.
Tuesday night Churchill drives
to the crimson and gold vastness
of Buckingham Palace to give his
weekly reqort to the Queen. It is
then the doughty old warrior is ex
pected to tell her officially some
thing the nation has been expect
ing for weeks.
Churchill's impending resigna
tion was considered a certainty, ,
but careful speculators still were
leaving themselves room to be
wrong about the timing. There has
been much speculation that the
current newspaper strike may
cause Churchill to delay once
again.
No Official Word
.There still was no official word
and none was expected until later.
But political forecasters were
nmused at still another sign a
house slipper executed in candy
sugar and a chocolate cigar, .both .
of which adorned Lady Churchill's,
birthday cake on Friday.
The forecasters deduced that tins
could only signify approaching 'ei.
sure or the cigar-smoking prime
minister.
Churchill, when he informs the
Queen of his decision, is expected
to recommend she summon 57-year
old Sir Anthony Eden to form a
new Conservative government as
prime minister.
Then, while Eden prepared for
na I ion wide general elections,
Churchill would go to Sicily April
12 for the first holiday he has taken
In decades without the weight of
political burdens. '
Repercussions Brewing
It will be thunderclap news in
Britain if Churchill does not re
sign Tuesday. The expectation was
so universal that his failure to do
so would explode vqjeanic political
repercussions.
Conservatives and L a b o r 1 1 e
alike ulreudy have started up their
party campaign machinery to pre
pare for a quick election. Eden
himself recently cancelled a May
31 engagement with the lamest of
excuses, putting the political point-.
er on May 26 as a possible gen
eral election date.
Good news from local elections
put roses along Churchill's path
from power.
His Conservative Party regis
tered its second set of sweeping
local election gains in a week, pro
moting a pleasant political climate
and providing a good election omen
to hnnd to his successor. .
RESULTS!
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