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Univ. of Oregon Library f Forecast A few showers through Friday; low tonight 3238; high Friday 55-60 END LETIN High and Low High yesterday, 45 de grees. Low last night, 32 degrees. Sunset today, 6:56. Sunrise tomorrow, 5:11. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 52nd Year Two Sections Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon Thursday, April 21, 1955 Fourteen Pages No. 115 TPlffTrf .IL 1A -r B BUI 0 f Teen-Agers Had Planned Own Nation LOS ANGELES (UP) Police today held four teen-aged boys for questioning on their elaborate plans to seize the Navy-owned offshore island of San Miguel and "set up their own nation." The youths, missing from their homes in nearby Venice since Tuesday, were picked up by a po lice officer after their car stalled. In the trunk of the car, officers found a small arsenal including two shotguns, two .22 rifles, a ma chine gun. two sticks of dynamite, knives and bayonets. i When police told them the rocky island of San Miguel was used as a Navy target range and asked what they would have done if tn Navy opened fire on them, one of the youths answered, "We'd shoal back." "Governor" Wayne Yuung Police Identified the would-be nation founders as "governor' Wayne Young, 15, Rnymond Clark, 14, Robert Burt, 13 and Jimmy Howard, 13, all of Venice. Their method of getting to the island was not decided but their other plans were scrupulously worked out. A long, badly spelled constitution laid out 14 laws, which included: "There shell (sic) be no stealing of one's private property. "There shell be no excess killing of animals on this island. "All parties including wome'i shell carry a gun. "All crimes shell be punished. The defence shell have a judge and jury. "There shell be no argueing on this island at any time. "Every person on this Island shell do his or hers share of work. Pregnancy Not Tolerated "No pregnancy will be tolerated on this island, except this rule may be broken by the governor." - The four youths planned to set themselves tip as officers of the tslund with other inhabitants in a "peasant" classification. Besides a constitution, and by-laws, the youths had drawn a crude map of Southern California with caves marked to hide supplies liefor their invasion. Vaccine Appeal Made by State PORTLAND (UP) The State Board of Health today broadcast an appeal to limit to children be tween one and 14 years, and preg nant women, inoculations with the Salk polio vaccine. The appeal was made by Dr A. O. Pitman, president of the State Medical Society, and Dr. Harold M. Erickson, state health officer to moke the limited amount ' of vaccine available to those who need it. A Joint letter has been sent to all the state's physicians rcquesl ing cooperation in the "rationing" program. The letter said persons within the 15-30 age group would, be vaccinated by fall "if sufficient I vaccine is available." Dr. Erickson said Oregon had, not yet reccivedany vaccine ship-1 ,,;,), however, (he House bill miiy ments for school immunization ;",jffrr m many resects from du el i n i c s. Only a "very sm a I ljsi-natp measure. He is author of amount" had been received forionP several House bills to au- distribution through private out- lets. FAIR ENoron k Pv-an' nmtiM of Vnlk County's fair board, received a 'he protect. The Senile voted 52 to. dnt s'nee 1919 and Is a grad-j- . .. - ... -n . ' , a rru'n In ratiin lh Hum tthifti rnn.'ofd nf Rnd lt:th arhool lener wim M cents e:uio-u. ur, umnentilie.i wrner wroie. i ions . ... t t'me ago I ga ned admission toan invi the fair without paying." r V ' v i b t ' N ' .rf ' ' . v I -yt " rk. Iff GUARDSMEN MOBILIZE Co. I Guardsmen with headquar ters in Bend quickly mobilized and moved to assigned posts last night when a test alert called out citizen soldiers in all parts of the United States, Top picture show members of a squad that simulated a road block on U, S, Highway 97 in the south part of Bend. Pvt. Gary L Gentry is pictured standing at edge of highway, at left, watching oncoming cars. At right is Sgt. Den nis D. Smith, squad leader. Below, some of the "brass" check on plans, at the armory, in mid-evening. From the left they are Sgt. Robert A. Kohfield, First Lt. Jack W. Perry, Co. I executive of ficer, and Second Lt. Clifton G. Hutchins, platoon leader. (Bend Bulletin Photos) Welfare Budget Trimming Draws Sharp Protest from Commission Tentative cuts made by the, Slate wellare commission in Des- chutes ounty's already pruned welfare budget for the next fiscal year drew sharp profest from members of the county's welfare commission at an afternoon meet ing in the county building yester day. The commission authorized the' sending of a letter to the state body objecting to further cuts 'n the local budget considered "pared to the bone." The slate commission which has final authority over all county wel fare expenditures tentatively trimmed $6,500 from the budget already cut $21,000 by local com missioners. The liK-al welfare commission at its March meeting authorized a budget of $266,322. But the state group has tentatively chopped the figure to $259,822. Miss Olive Jameson, county welfare director, reported. Originally she proposed a budg et of $2X7,316, but county commis sioners derided to hold the line in Senate Approves Colorado Project WASHINGTON (L'Pl A House sponsor of a bill to authorize the 1 1-2 billion dollar Upper Colorado Proiect. Kissed hy a 58 to 23 vote in the Senate late yesterday, pv- dieted t'.xlay tlie project will get House committee approval ear.y next month. n,, Wavne Asninall (DColo) thorize the proiect and is chairman of the Interior Subcommittee hand ling them. He declined to predict whether, Al-'the Houe committee will keep controversial Echo Park Dum In:l033. She hn irv. Dnri, nam n . ..... ' . nM.nt.A.,,L.ic iq-a vw.ri.-m.nrn n-i "" .' . vimnn or ntnosaur rsainni'. I Momument. fiscal 1955-56 at present levels and authorized a $21,000 reduction. The stale commission in consid ering the budget for Deschu'es county lopped $6,000 from the old age assistance fund. $1,800 from the disabled persons fund, and $700 to the aid of the blind fund. The body, however, revised up ward the amount locally budget ed for the aid to dependent chil dren fund and added $2,000. The local commission allowed $11,000 for this fund. The state commission. Miss Jameson reported, is making gen eral cuts in welfare budgets sub mitted for the next fiscal period. She said the commission has ap proved stale-wide slices of five Der cent in aid to dependent chil dren funds and two per cent m old aire assistance funds. In March the local department spent S23.G62.21 for welfare. Miss Jameson reported. Expenditures break down as fol lows: General assistance, $3,587.21; )ld age assistance, $13.5-19; aid to dependent children. $1,125; aid to :he blind. $59; and aid to the dis iWed $2,342. The month's total is alwut equal with Hint s'ent the previous ninth. The February total was $23,162.69. In a biter accompanying the amended budget, the state conr mission stressed that the cuts were tentative and that final d cision on the budget will not be made until the State Legislature approves the state's welfare ar- oropriation. Action in the legisla Mire is expected hy the end of the month. Chaperone Told Mrs. L. A Hil'is has been nam ed bv the Pageantarians. escort CToup t"r the Water Pageant royaltv. as official chaperone for the 1955 eo-irt. Mrs. Hillls. formerly Isabella Allen, was a member of the court fir Bend's first river parad. In imi eu. hn. Kabh w m . i" . "'" '.. ' ., . . .' Mpa nine it in m.-iinpr m wu '. . .' . i snm. tier nusrana is owner-mana- ger oi Oregon Equipment Co. Bend's Guard Joins National Surprise Alert A surprise nation-wide alert in- volving an estimated 400,000 guardsmen was broadcast through Oregon shortly after 5, p.m. Wed nesday and by 6:30 Bend guards men reported a mustered strength of 92 per cent. Before the evening was over, 97 per cent of the CO. I soldiers re ported. The Bend guardsmen quickly swung into action, and within half an hour of the alert walking pa trols were on duly at the munici pal water tanks, the power plant and the radio tower. Squads simulated road blocks on all highways leading into town. In Oregon, 94 per cent of the guardsmen were armed and mo- Delay Planned In Granting TV Franchise Here The city commission last night pledged not to grant a television franchise for 30 days and to give Bend T-V Cable, Inc. first crack at exclusive rights at the end of the moratorium. Request for consideration of a franchise for the recently incor porated group was presented the commission by Alvin J. Gray, Bend attorney. He said the group is made up of "six to eight" local residents interested in establishing a co axial television cable system in the community. Two local reslftents most acltve in the new company are Fred L, Harimann and 'Moyd Robideaux, it was Indicated at the meeting. In a formal letter to the eom- nission, Gray asked that Bend T-V Cable, Inc. be given exclusive testing rights in the city for Ihree montlis. But Commissioner W. M. Lo.v who proposed the 30-day stay on the granting of a franchise urged against limiting testing prepara tory to the establishment of a ca ble system. To his motion for the month-long moratorium, Loy attached the pro vision that Bend T-V Cable, Inc. be given first hearing on a appli cation for a franchise. Gray, who attended the meeting in city hall, said Loy s proposal seemed satisfactory. He said his clients sought suffi cient time to complete technical surveys and" testing and assurance they would "be on the ground floor" when a franonise is granted. Loy first proposed that cons.n eration of a franchise be delayed for a period of three months, but set the time ahead to a month when informed that the new com pany very likely will complete tests within that time. Gray reported his clients were prepared to hire a technical crew within a day or two to complete testing of an antenna site. Don Ries of Ries Radio and Record shop, who has done some of the preliminary testing for the group, told commissioners that on antenna survey could be complet ed in 10 days and other necessary tests in two to three weeks. Gray in his formal letter to the commission asked for "exclusive rights" to conducting necessary tests and the authority to meet with commissioners to work out details of a franchise. Commissioners seemed agreed with Loy that the commission should not curtail testing, but shou'd wait the result of all test ing before awarding a franchise Lov's mot-ion won unanimously. Grav mentioned in his letter that "it is established" that tests and surveys will be completed i;i approximately 30 days. Ries at bh earlier meetiw; of the commission reported that strong signals from metropoHIan stations have been received at several test ing sites In the Bend area. Ml ST no SOMEMTIMl CHENOA. III. (UP Mavor-elerl Theodore Hoselton told his nolic 'orce t'iday "we've got to do some thing about this crime in Chenoa ' after his roofing firm was bundar 'led for the second time in four months. TEARS EXPI.MNEO DAIXAS. Tex. (UP)-Mike Cor kill. 6. explained to his father thai j he didn't cry while wa'tlnft for his onnr n mp npw k an -do o vnr- cme I It -me. It was Just that, ''"-e some ef; . . ... u ...,A .,, ,., ,., . . u,.i. i i inf .1' nui iajv. if- miu . lui :9..cx t nia i-yi.- k a i,i,tr w.-, , i.,a,.u ling in line. bilized three hours after the alert was sounded, with some 5,240 men on the job. Headquarters for the operation were at the Portland Air Force base, and it was to that point (hat mid-Oregon guardsmen sent their reports through the eve ning. One Bend guardsman, Linus Dahlheim, showed up with a bro ken arm. and another. Bill Gerdes, left a sick bed. One of three guardsmen unable to report was Fred Crouch, who recently suf fered a broken neck in a swim ming accident at Prineville. Out at LaPine. John Allison, CO. I member, heard over the; radio the sounding of the alert in Portland. He hopped in his car, raced toward Bend, was stopped by an officer to explain his speed, and arrived at (he Bend Armory before (he commanding officer. In Sisters, diet Bell of the U.S. Forest Service staff got the alert, rounded up the five members of (he guard (here and hurried (o Bend. First LI. Jack F. Pierce, com manding officer of CO. I, de clared today Die mobilization lo cally was highly successful, con sidering I he fact that the com pany's 97 per cent show up com pares with a national figure of 66.7 per cent. Soldiers in uniform stationed at road blocks at the city entrance appeared to mystify most motor- sits, who slacked speed ana pre pared to stoa, only to be mo tioned on by (he rifle-bearing men. Locally, the guardsmen were on the job four hours. In the evening hours, company cooks reported tor dulv and served "hot dogs" and coffee to the patrols. Early In the evening, after the natro s had been placed, remain ing guardsmen swung through downtown Bend in company for maiion. Twenly units in Oregon report ed 100 per cent strength, some at the end of Ihe first hour. Sevenly-four members of (he 80 members of the Redmond unit o( the national guard were alerted in last night's nation-wide drill. Mem bers of the unit from Redmond, Madras and Prineville manned gun emplacements at the south ern approaches of the city, at 6th and Evergreen and at the airpori. Gard Will Head Special Week Statewide observance of Mental Health week in Oregon, schedule.! nationally this year from May 1 to May 8 will be coordinated by a committee headed by a former Central Oregonian, Dwight h. Gard, now president of the Mult nomah Bank near Portland. County health officers are serv ing as local chairman, with ur J. 11. Stewart in charge in Bend The state chairman of Mental Health week began his banking career in Bend where he served as an officer of the U.S. National Bank of Portland. Prior to Pearl Harbor he was commissioned into the army and was assigned to General Mac-Arthur's staff at Ma nila, as tinunce officer. It was Gard who supervised the dumping of millions of dollars worth of U.S. and Philippine silver into Manila bay as the Japanese marched on :he city. Gard was prisoner of war from May, 1942, until his liberation In September, 1915, after surviving the sinking of two prison ships hy the allies. The stale committee heads in clude Hal Starr, radio and TV production official, and Ron Mux - ness, Oregon writer anC editor of She held an upper staff position tola! estimated cost of the pro the Oregon Teamster. Ion the yearbook this year., 'Ject, the proposed plan of finan- Lighting Authorization to include in tiie: tentative budget for the n"Xt fis- cal year $2,754 for the extension of street lighting was given City Manager Walter T. Thompson last n:ght by the city commission, meeting in the city hall. Bulk of the sum will be ear marked for extending Ihe down town "white wav" along Green wood and Franklin from Bond to 'the underpasses I The remainder will be used for tip msianai ,m oi iroei 'trrea on I darkened residential streets Pro-vials of the Pacific Power !, . !ofc, . i;i,.i diiu . n iui iiK.Moit; .u ii,,.,v,fnr. m' ,, .,,,. .. , the underpasses were presented Forum Session Set by Chamber The story of (he Mids(a(e Soil ConservuUon district and the role it Is playing in the betterment of Deschutes county agriculture and range lands will be told at the Friday forum meeting of the Bend Chamber of Commerce. Kessler Cannon will present the speakers, Including Rodney Rose brook, Bend, and Theo Thorson, from the SCS office in Redmond. The Midstate district, which placed second in a state contest last year, is seeking (op recognition- this year, and altendance at the luncheon Friday will count in points (hat already are reaching ;ln impressive mark. Liquor Policies Receive Airing At City Session Question of upproving additional I'quor by the drink licenses until (hose pending before Hie S(a(e Liq uor Commission are endorsed was debated by city commissioners at their regularly scheduled meeling last night in city hall. Two licenses were presented lor consideration, and commissioners finally agreed not to approve new licenses until those previously ap proved and sent to the liquor com mission are acted upon. The commission acted favorably on (he license of Bill Mayer of (he Ponderosa, who previously had presenlcd petitions for a license to the city commission and the state body. Turned down was an application for a by Ihe drink license present ed by John Daly of the D and D club. This marked Daly's first ap plication try. The commission in rejecting Daly's application said that no question was cast on his opera tion and lhat he would be given early consideration should the state board pass local applications now pending. Other commission business: 1. Awarded bid for placing curb ing and sidewalks to Duncan bid, The bid, low of four presented, was for $7,902.29. 2. Awarded bid for excavation of street projects to Oscar Murry who submitted a low bid of $10, 017.20. 3. Delayed for second reading a proposed ordinance prohibiting construction of outhouses until Sev ern! technical details can be worked out. 4. Instructed City Manager Wal ter T. Thompson to contact the Deschutes County Advertising committee for an itemization of ex penses preliminary to granting $500 budgeted the group. 5. Authorizing reimbursing (he local Elk's club with $1,000 for lights on the ball field. 6. Designated the city manager as enforcement officer of city planning. 7. Sol public hearing for May 18 on a petition rezoning the four comers of the intersection of Al bany and Columbia from residen tial lo neighborhood commercial. 9. Authorized city crews to de molish a shack on the property of G. L. Eckman In Lytle acres Eckman granted permission for the destruction of Ihe building. Post of Editor Given Bend Girl A Bend girl, Shirley W. Schultz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Free man Schultz. has been named edi tor of Ihe Beaver, Oregon State college yearbook, for 1956. Miss Schultz is a junior in edu cation at OSC. She was named for (he editor post by the college pub lication committee. Fred M Shideler, head of the OSC Jour- nalism department, reported The Bend girl is a member of , Delta Delta Delta social sorority, Improvements Favored the commission by Thompson. Thompson said the power com-1 'pany has proposed installing steel! 1 standards along Greenwood from Bond lo the underpass at an esli- muted annual maintenance cost of $1170. in residential neighborhoods, the For Franklin, the company pr!commission figured, posed two plans. Thompson re- During discussion ol ported. The fint calls for steel lighting plans, it was pointed out Doles to the underpass for an an-1 that the cheaper of the proposal nual fee of $1584. The alternate, I for Franklin would mean less for wooden Poles at the corners nno ai m -mtit-K nMwecn atnui an-l Hill streets for $720. The comm'ssion authorized v,ji ,u ,,i r ih r.,. i,.,.,' k .,Mr, ... iik ., ni .n,i ihn mn.i .vnii, proposal for Franklin, but spec!.' K.u.. .... Coon Introduces Bill to Construct John Day Dam WASHINGTON (UP) Rep. Sam Coon (R-Ore.) said he is in troducing a bill today for con struction of John Day dam on the Columbia river under a plan which would have local interesls pay 90 per cent of the estimated 310-million dollars cost. The dam would be authorized for federal construction. Coon said his plan would have the Army engineers build, own and operate it. Hut the bill would require con tributions from public or private local interests, as "prepayment for power," of about 273 - million dollars. The local Interests could be state agencies, municipalities, public utility districts, rural elec trification groups, or private elec tric companies. They would quali fy for participation in the project by application to the federal pow er commission, which would se lect one or more. Advance Sale of Power The government would put up an estimated 37-milhon dollai's, figured to be the benefits for flood control, navigation, and irrigation. In effect," Coon said, "my bill simply provides for an advance sale of power, rather than wait ing until the generators are on the hue before disposing of it." He said expressions of interest by local agencies assure financial feasibility of the proposal. Th Portland General Electric Cc. Pacific Power & Light Co., and the city of Eugene, Ore., were said to be interested in the plan. The local agencies would get aO-year power rights. Differs Front Cordon BUI Coon's bill differs substantially, his office said, from one intro duced last year by former Sen Guy Cordon (R-Ore.). (Jordon's bill would have had local interests pay only for power features of the project, estimated at about 50 per cent of the total cost. Meanwhile, Sen. Richard L. Neu- berger (D-Ore.) announced he ;s pressing for an Increase in plan ning funds for the dum. He said $500,000 has been budgeted for fis cal 1956 and he is urging that the fund be tripled. He pointed out that it will take about six years to get initial pow er production from the dam after construction Is started and eight to nine years to get full produc tion of 1,105,000 kilowatts. The Pa cific Northwest meanwhile is in creasing its power consumption by some 600,000 kilowatts a year, he said. Thomas W. Dclzell, PGE board chairman; Paul B. MoKee, presi dent of the Pacific Power & Light Co.. and Klnsev M. Robinson. president of the Washington Power Co., today Issued a joint state ment relative to the proposed dum: "The proposed legislation offers a sensible and practical method of getting the John Day project built quickly in conformance with the comprehensive Columbia River development plan of the Corps of Engineers lo help meet urgent power needs of the Paci fic Northwest and improve navi gation. "We are very much interes ted in seeing the John Day pro ject built promptly because it means more power for rhe region and will help meet the needs of the 600.000 customers who look to us for their electric service re quirements. "There is every reason to be lieve that the $273,000,000 needed for construction of the power faci lities at John Day can be supplied to Ihe government by power dis tributors of the area if Congress will act lo make this possible Since the power Investment repre sent nearly 90 per cent of the , fled adoption of the alternate; scheme fur Franklin. The more than $800 saving made j by Installing the less expensive wooden poles along Franklin could finance the installation of lighting lighting for the street, nut com m.ss ,nem uku-wi linu 1 Immediate steps snouia oe taKer to find funds for lighting on sev Urol .lm,t now without - .. ... . . 'itv Attnrnev Hnrrv A. Enclish rf advised that the powar company cing would assure a rapid and ef ficient construction program. "It is definitely understood lhat participation in the plan is open to any electric system, public or private, thut is ready and willing to advance funds to help get the project buut. Each participant would share proportionately in the power produced at the dam "If necessary, the companies we represent are willing to undertake to put up (he full $273,000,000 need ed for (he power development. It should be made clear, however; that the amount of power we may obtain would depend entirely upon the volume of applications made to tlie Federal Power Commission by other responsible utilities seek ing to participate in the program. "The dam's generators would b2 tied in with the Northwest Power Pool and operation of the project would be fully integrated with other river developments of the region. The project would be built, owned nnd operated by the gov ernment and would remain the property of the government when Hie money advanced by local Interests had been repaid by power deliveries to the financial partici pants. Guilty Plea Is Entered By Chambers Jack E. Chambers, 31, was tak en Into circuit court late yester day afternoon where he pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzling funds of Local 6-7 of the Interna tional Wopdworkers ot America. Chambers. who snrrnndm-ori himself to Bend police early yes terday morning, waived prelim inary hearing in Justice court, ap pearance before the grand Jury and the right to counsel before en tering his plea before Judge Ralph S. Hamilton. Hamilton deferred sentence nn,1 ordered District Attorney George F. Rakcstraw and local probation authorilles to prepare a pre-sen tencing report on Chambers. Chambers walked into local po lice headquarters shortly before 5 a.m. yesterday and announced, "1 guess you're looking for me." Taken before Justice of Ihe Peace O. W. GruBb later In the morning he waived preliminary hearing. And when conferring with the district attorney he indicated he would waive indictment and said he prefered to be brought into circuit court as quickly as possible. The afternoon hearing In circuit court was brief. In five minutes the proceeding was completed and Chambers escorted back to his county Jail cell where he Is being held in lieu of $10,000 bond. Judge Hamilton outlined Cham ber's legal rights and asked if he wanted lo consult an attorney. Chambers answered no. Chambers also waived right to consider a plea for two days, say ing he d prefer to enter a plea immediately. The information filed by Rake straw against Chambers charges 'he former union official of embez zling $7,288.43 from the coffers of Local 6-7 over a period of almost a year and a half. The Information charged Cham bers with pilfering the union treas "rv from Nov. 1, 1953 through March of this year. Chamber's answers during the brief hearing In circuit court were held by and large to "yes" or "no" replies to the judge's ques tions. Judge Ralnh S. Hamilton asked 'or a complete report on Cham hers' background and indicated 'hat preparation of such a report nviv take a week or two. figures lo amortize its Investment on street . lights over 20 years The fee set up in the budget for ...i eel lighting would he ropeatn. through the 20 years, English said. Some question was raised by om missioners on the cost of the orognim. Commissioner Vernon W. Larsm suggested that possibly t would be cheaper for the city f It Ins'alled nnd maintained Its own light fixtures. riinnnsnn said he didn't think such a program would result in a mvinr for the city and Indicated he believed such a city launched irnram would be contrary to fed eral power regulations. -
