The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963, April 27, 1955, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textr Univ. of Oregon Library BUOENE, OREGOa Forecast BEND BULLETIN High and Low High yesterday, 39 de grees. Low last night, 19 degrees. Sunset today, 7:03. Sunrise tomorrow, 5:03. Partly cloudy through Thursday; low tonight 20 25; high Thursday 45-50. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 52nd Year Two Sections Bend. Deschutes County. Oregon, Wednesday, April 27, 1955 Twelve Pages No. 121 ilk. Vaccine from'-. Cutter. Lab Probed! THE Spencer Trial Is Underway In Bend Today El.LI.ETIN First prosecution witness called III the trial ut Waller Spencer collapsed as he was dismissed from the stand lute this alter iioou. On the stand fur an hour, Angel Peterson, proprietor of the store Speneer is charged with at tempting (o hold up, staggered momentarily us he left the wit ness chair and then collapsed to the floor. He was taken from the court room on a stretcher. First witness in the trial of Walter S. Spencer, charged with assault with the intent to rob, was to be called for the prosecution this afternoon. Trial got underway in local cir cuit this morning at 10 a.m., and was recessed by Judge Malcolm W. Wilkinson, The Dalles, shortly before, noon. ' The recess followed empaneling of a jury of two women and 10 men. During the questioning of pro spective jurors, indication was given by attorneys that the case may continue to the. end of Hie week. District Attorney George F. Rakestraw and defense attorney Owen Panner both remarked the case may last for three days and possibly longer. Panner, during a short break in the two hour morning session, con firmed he intends to call Spencer as a principal defense witness. That a number of Bend police officers would be called to the stand was indicated by Rakestraw during the quizing of panel mem bers. Two prospective jurors, Gordon W. McKay and James Cothrell, disqualified themselves from serv ing when called to the jury box. McKay pointed out that the asso ciation of his brother, Duncan Mc Kay, and the defense attorney in the same law office might influ ence his decision. Cothrell said that he had dis cussed the case with Angel Peter son, clerk at the grocery Spencer is accused of attempting to hold up New Year's Eve. Both were dismissed by Judge Wilkinson, who is substituting for local Judge Ralph S. Hamilton who is ill with a bad cold. Two other members of the pro spective panel were dismissed on the challenge, of the district attor ney and the defense attorney. Dis missal of Dorothy Egg was asked by Panner. and Rakestraw asked that Otto Ziemke be dismissed. That the testimony of a finger print expert of the state police may- figure importantly in the case was Indicated by both attor neys who quizzed those drawn to serve on the jury about their atti tudes toward finger print evidence. Sworn to serve on the jury wore Charles Brintnall, Redmond, Dick W. Asseln; Bend, Robert J. Wetle, Bend, William A. Lynch, Red mond, Roy M. Larson, LaPine, Donald Brandvold, Bend, Clarence E. Bush, Bend, Beulah Hilgers, Bend, Oliver L. Bowman, Bend, W. A. Grimwley, Bend, and Don ald Dyer, Bad. Eugene Records Traffic Dath EUGENE (UP) - Jung Hir.g Moe, 36, of Springtcld, became Eugene's first traffic fatality in 583 days early this miming when his car plunged 70 feu into the Willamette river her Area Anglers A wait Opening Day Despite storms of the Hsent week that dropped 18 inchns of snow along the Willamette pdis in a single night, anglers going nto action Saturday, opening of he ppner.-il trout season in Ore;:. win oe auie iu iroui ijiuhiluii. iui nut w ... waters in the central region op to motorists when the season to angling. Wens 'one hour before sunrise Sat in the first fishing report of theirday. Wickiup is now near ca- will be able to reach practically an st'aaun, nunc sauic iuiiu- personnel In Bend noted that Sut tle and Blue lakes, in the Meto- lius river area of Jefferson coun ty, still ha,ve some ice cover. The roads into mese taxes are in pour condition. However, access roads into the Metolius. middle Deschutes. Crooked river and Tumalo creek are in good condition. Good Angling Expected Gam commission officer b I tv c? P--- is " " n'lMii-rffSffaiiryiiiiM iiinii iii i PROPS FOR FILM Wagons, to be used by U nited Artists in the western picture to be filmed in the Benham falls area, are rolling into Bend these April days from Central. Oregon ranches. Pictured here is a truck load found in the Grizzly area. At left is Bill Mulvaney, with Rodney Rose broolt, Bend, who has the contract for gathering some 25 old wagons, at right. (Bend Bulletin Photo) Wagons Being Rounded Up For Motion Picture "Wagon wheels, wagon wheels, keep on rolling, wagon wheels!' They are rolling these late April days and they are rolling right into Bend, not only the wheels but the old wagons to which they are attached. Wagons and wheels were being gathered from Central Oregon ranches, and will be. used in the filming of a western movie by Unit ed Artists at the Benham Falls stockade starting on May 23. Some 25 wagons will be needed in the film, and they are being collected by Rodney Rosebrook, under a contract with United Art ists. Some 20 wagons have already been assembled. This week, a truck load of wagon wheels and parts of five wagons were brought into Bend and added to the rapidly growing collection, The group brought in this week were from Grizzly country. Some of the. better wagons in the group will be used in action which will portray Indians attack- iner. and others will serve as "Drons" in the stockade area. A few of the wagons found on mid-Oregon farms were so fragile, result of long exposure to weather, that they had to be handled with the greatest care, inese are mi tvoe that will be used for "props.'.' Work of assembling the wagons will be. completed this week. NO YOUNO MEN rutr-Ann API Charlotte Bonner thought the party in honor of her 105th birthday party was very nice but expressed disappointment over one fact. "Whv aren't three more young men around?" she asked. I'KK.nKTION MADE NFW YORK (UP) Robert Mandel predicted today that more babies will be born in the United States this year than in any pre vious year. Mandel is president of the Diaper Service Institute of America. lieve that the Oehoco reservoir and the upper tributaries of Oeho co creek should provide some good angling. Wickiup reservoir in the upper rvtrhutcs rountrv and Odell and Crescent lakes will be accessible n-iijr ?nui aft V'Angling prospwts and wator TlillllFIIS dlC tAVV- U 111 HiUni.. .Ura ttiTYMirh t intire 1prith to Wickiup dam," states tneipport compiled in the aena off.c of the state game commis sion It Robert L. Borovicka. aqua tic niVtfst the watk , aixurt normal, and fishing Vild be good, the report 'Blithe Spirit' Proceeds to Aid Cancer Program The forthcoming production of the breezy Noel Coward play, "Blithe Spirit," by the Bend Community Players, will benefit the American Cancer Society, It was announced today by George Churchill, director. The players have agreed to give the local branch of the society a percent age of the proceeds from the ticket sale, with $100 set as the minimum grant. In return, the volunteers in the cancer society are- assisting with ticket sales and advance arrangements. The play will be presented May 12 and 13 In Allen Auditorium; There is a possibility that a third performance will be scheduled If the advance ticket sale merits it, Churchill said. Rehearsals are being held on a thrice-weekly basis, and pro duction assistants who have been sitting In predict that tlds offering will be one of the best received. In the history of the little theater group. Wicks Recital Tomorrow Night Camilla Wicks, said to be one of America's most talented young violinists, will be presented in re cital Thursday evening at the Tower theater, under auspices of the Bend-Redmond Concert Asso ciation. Miss Wicks, American - born, studied extensively in Europe be fore she made her New York debut. As a child prodigy, she made her first appearance with orchestra at the age of 8, in Los Angeles. She has made five con cert tours in Europe, in addition to touring extensively in this country. Local association members are to be seated before 8 o'clock, and visitors from other associations will be seated from 8 to 8:15. Due to a compositor's error, the headline which appeared over a notice of the concert in Tuesday's paner included the words "local violinist." adds. Angling is expected to be best in the Deschutes with bait or troll, and "rolling should be good on Oehoco reservoir, Wlckl ud and Odell lake, the report states All streams in Klamath county nM inw anA dear and most of them will be accessible, but with nm mud at higher elevations. i There are comparatively few changes in angling regulations this season, but game ofltciais suggest that all fishermen review tne sy noosls of Oregon angling regula tions for 1955 before whipping i streams and lakes Saturday morn- IA Sunrise Saturday moming In the Bend are will be at 4:59. That I 1. Ann ai lntrt Action means ansiem u rly at 3:59. Joint Meeting Of Commission, Planners Tonight The city commission and the planning commission, will meet In special joint session this evening to conduct public hearing on two proposed changes in the city's zon ing law. Scheduled first on the evening agenda is a hearing on a proposal to broaden residential zone regu lations to permit the building of medical and professional office buildings. Hearing to amend the residential zone regulations is slated for 7:30. The meeting will be In city hall. At 8:30 the combined commis sions are scheduled to consider a proposal for rezoning a strip of the north highway from tourist commercial to special commer cial. The special commercial classi fication would allow all business uses permitted in the down-town district, but specifies a 20-foot set back not required along Wall and Bond streets. The setback requirement was In serted as a highway- safety fea ture. The highway strip marked for possible rezoning lies between Des chutes Place and Underwood ave nue. Both the proposal for the con struction of medical office build ing in residential zones and the one for remapping the zone along the north highway have been ap proved by the. planning coommls sion. First step in city commission consideration of the proposals is a public hearing at which propo nents and opponents have oppor tunity to state their views. Following the. public hearing it is ejected by city hall officials that the controversial off-street-parking ordinance will be lifted from the table by the city com mission for joint review. The proposal for off-street park ing has been In and out of the two commissions since last Sep tember. The measure has twice been tabled by the city commis sion. Key feature in disoute between the two bodies is whether pres ent dwn-town buildings should be made to comply with regulations specified In the measure. The city commission has Indi cated preference for applying the proposal to new buildings, while the planning commission has fa vored including present buildings that might be enlarged. OFFERS tflW BID PORTLAND (UP) The Brand nn Cnmwinv. Vancouver. Wash. . I ..V, ltn . Inu, UH nt y4. lor me anonomisn. vasti., substation terminal facilities for ft, rwpf .liwnh-Snohomlsh trans mission line No. 3, Bonneville Power Administration reported. Brown Boverl Corp., New York fitv. whs aDoarentlv low on manu facture of a power circuit breaker at 138,100. Ike Believes Peace Hopes On Upswing By IKINAI.I) i. GONZAIJES United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (UP) -President Eisenhower, asserting that peace chances seem on the upswing, said today the United States would be glad to talk with Red China about a Formosa ceasefire and anything else not affecting Nationalist China's own affairs. Mr. Eisenhower, at his news con ference was In an obviously op timlstic mood about peace chances. The President also declared that the United States would no: talk behind the back of Nationalist China. Mr. Eisenhower acknowledged that the State Department's initlul reaction last Saturday to an offer by Red Chinese Premier Chou En lai to negotiate Far East prob lems might have been too hars'i and perhaps overstated. Agrees With Dulles The President said he' fully agreed with the more liberal re action given yesterday to Chou's offer by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles The State Department had said Saturday that the United Statej would "insist" that Nationalist China be present at any talks with Red China and it called on the Reds to give evidence of good faith. That statfment was issued by the State Department after Act ing Secretary of State Herbert Hoover Jr. had cleared it by tele phone with Mr. Eisenhower who was spending the weekend at his Gettysburg, Pa., farm. " Direct Conversations - Mr. Eisenhower said today the United States would be glad to test the Chinese Red s offer. He said if they want to talk about a ceasefire in the Formosa Straits, the United States would be glad to talk so long as Nationalist China's interests are not Involved. This supported the Dulles idea that the1 United States could talk directly with Red China, if nec essary, without Nationalist China's attendance. Mr. Eisenhower was asked If he saw signs of a tapering off in East-West tenstnns in recent days. With minor qualifications, the President said he confessed that he had the feeling things are on the upswing. He noted the, break In the Far Eastern Impasse and Rus sia's statement that It is ready U conclude an Austrian treaty. Banquet Set To Introduce '55 Loggers A banquet having as its pur pose the introduction to the local community the Bend Loggers of 1955 will be held at the Elks' temple here on the night of May 21, it was announced today as tickets for the season were placed on sale. Guest speaker at the Loggers' banquet will be Ad Liska of Port land Beaver fame. All members of the Bend team will be on deck, and local fans will see many of the same players who made the Loggers of the past season a much-feared team on Oregon base ball diamonds. Season tickets are now avail able at the City Drug, M and J Tavern, Seems Barber Shop, Huf- stader and Wallan's Shell service, Metropolitan Barber shop and Mi rich's Mobile service. Plans for the banquet and the advance sale of tickets were out' lined at a meeting of the Loggers baseball committee earlier this week. This year, the Loggers will see action in the strong Southern Ore gon league, which at present in cludes six teams, Grants Pass, Metlford, Drain, Coqullle, Bandon and Bend. There is a possibility that Roseburg may Join the cir cuit. The Loggers season wlU open In early June, with Coqullle to be faced In the opener. In addition to league play, the Loggers will see action against Coos Bay. with games billed for July 13 and 14, and, among other road nines, the House of David, on Aug. 1. I if"'"-, h X FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR Drannan Hornby, Bend, will leave this fall for study in Ger many. Drannan Hamby Gets Fulbright Scholarship Drannan Hamby. senior at Lln- field college, McMinnville, has been named for a Fulbright schol arship to Christian Albreeht's uni versity in Keil, Germany. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Hamby of Bend. A chemistry major, Hamby has only two Bs to mar his almost straight record of As for 34 years. He is a four-year letterman, al though he scales just 150 pounds, and played guard on the Linlield football team. He has received either athletic or academic schol arships every year. This past year, he has assisted In the science lab oratory and acted as a science tu tor. Hamby Is married and the fa ther of a 2V4-year-old son, Dran nan Mark. His wife, the former Beverly Reinhart, is teaching In the junior high school at McMinn ville. She. is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Reinhart of Bend. Both Ml and Mrs. Hamby were! graduated from Bend high school as honor students. In his junior year, Drannan received the award given to the outstanding student in qhemistry. When he graduated, he received the Jaycees citizenship award, the Grahlman football award, the Dr. Robert Hemingway memorial science scholarship and an Oregon State college scholar ship. As a freshman at Linfield, he received the 1952 chemistry achievement award. About the same time that he was selected for the Fulbright scholarship, Hamby also received an assistantship in chemistry at Oregon State college, which he hopes to hold off until after his year in Germany. He plans to leave about Sept. 1 for Europe. The term will begin on Sept. 26. His wife and son will remain in Oregon. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hamby are active members of the Baptist church in McMinnville. Jossy Resigns Planning Post Wilfred Jossy advised this morn ing he Intends to submit his res ignation from the planning com mission lo Mayor Hans Slagsvold at this evening's joint meeting of the city and planning commis sions. - Jossy, a member of the plan ning body since February of last year, gave the press of buiiiness as the reason for his decision. Jossy was appointed to the plan ning commission by then Mayor Richard W. Brandis to fill a va cancy and was subsequently reap pointed In May of last year to a four-year term. Jossy headed several special sub-committees of the commission. Recently h lead a committee sur veying the city's Industiral areas and the north highway strip now marked for possible rezoning. Jossy is chairman of the Bend Chamber of Commerce industrial committee. The Joint meeting of the city commission and the planning com mission has been called to conduct public hearings on proposals for rezon'ng several blocks of the north iilghway and broadening res idential zoning regulations to al low construction of medical and professional buildings. Seven Cases of Polio Follow Use of Serum From California Firm WASHINGTON (UP) The government ordered all Salk polio vaccine manufactured by the Cut ter Laboratories of Berkeley, Calif, withheld from the public pending investigation of seven paralytic cases among children inoculated with it. Dr. Leonard A. Scheele, U. S. surgeon general, notified the labo ratories of the action today. It was the first such move taken by the government since the Salk shots were licensed for public use. Cutter Laboratories, one of six firms producing the serum, were ordered "to withdraw all lots of vaccine manufactured In its labo ratories from distribution." - Victims Got Vaccina The Public Health Service said Cutter Laboratories "Immediately agreed to comply." It said "all state and territorial health depart ments are being advised of this action." The service said the seven cases of paralytic polio had occurred among children who had received The polio prevention program planned by the Trl County Health department will be postponed un til state and national medical of. flcials have completed Investi gation of Salk vaccine manufac tured by the Cutter Laboratories of California. Announcement that local plans would be suspended was mado by Dr. J. H. Stewart this morn ing following a telephone conver sation with Dr. Samuel Osgood of the state department of health. Osgood Is In charge of the distri bution of Salk vaccine to public health agencies In Oregon. Stewart quoted Osgood as say ing (hat as yet Oregon has re celved no Salk vaccine for dis tribution to first and second gra ders as proposed. But Stewart reported Osgood Indicated that a limited amount shots produced by Cutter Labo ratories. The cases were reported, it said, from four cities in Cali fornia, two in San Diego, Ventura, Napa and Oakland, one in Contra Costa County, and one in Chicago. The Health service said it or dered the Cutter vaccine with drawn "until completion of an in vestigation which is now under way." There was no Immediate indica tion how long the inquiry would take, No Explanation Given There was no explanation imme diately ol hat might be the source of trouble in the seven cases re ported In California and Illinois. Thousands of children were in oculated with Salk vaccine last year In mass tests conducted by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. On April 12, Dr. Thom as Francis Jr. declared the tests showed the shots to be 80 to Vi per cent effective against paralytic polio. Officials disclosed only yester day that the government already has approved the distribution of more than 10 million doses to the public this year. This Is enough to Inoculate five million children. Government approval of all vac cine Is based on rigid standards of safety, purity, and potency. De tailed reports of tests ana other data must be submitted by man ufacturers on each batch to show these standards have been met. The government also runs control lests on some batches to maki) sure the vaccine is safe. POCATKUA Idaho (UP) A seven-year old Pocatello girl, Sus nn Pierce, died of bulbar polio ai St. Anthony's Hospital here today nihe had been Inoculated with Sail 'inti-polio vaccine supplied by Cut ter Laboratories a week ago Mon dny. The child, daughter of Mr. anr Mrs. Lester Pierce, was admlttcr1 to the hospital Sunday but her ill ness was not definitely diagnose;' as polio until yesterday. It wa; the first case of polio In Siuthwe'i' Idaho this year.. PORTLAND (UP) - Dr. Hnroi'1 M. Erlrksoh, state health officer said today Oregon hnd received no Salk polio vaccine for distributer to first and second graders bul that he believed a limited amount of vaccine from Cutter Labori lories had been distributed through commercial channels. Dr. Erickson said the Oregon health department had understood It was to get Its supply from Cut ter but that it was out and that It probably would come from an eastern producer. In Seattle, Dick Rail, 'office man ager there for Cutter Laboratories, said he had received instructions from Uie firm's home offices to call back all unused portions of its polio vaccine distributed li date in the Northwest. He said all physicians and drug gists to whom shipments were made on April 13 woul dreceive wires immediately to this effect. . Rau estimated .1000 packages were sent to Oregon points and that "probably 99 per cent" had been administered." BERKELEY, Calif. (UP) The . recall of Salk polio vaccine pro duced by Cutter Laboratories to day marked the second time in less than 10 years that the firm has had to withdraw its products from the market. In May, 1948, the laboratories recalled from hospitals their en tire line of dextrose and glucose solutions after two contaminated of vaccine has been distributed through commercial channels to private clinics and physicians. Stewart said he knew of limited supplies of the vaccine being re ceived by private practitioners in Central Oregon, but Indicated he did not know the name of the company supplying It. Six companies have been lic ensed to manufacture and distri bute the precious vaccine judged 80 to SO per cent effective. IV U Unl.l I.A nlnnuj ... tl - - .,iiivu mi ..mi mi . , ... , inren cnlilitv nrpn In nhimfa 4M..vi' source of the sniall supply report-1 Ml nvntlnhlA A check by The Bulletin with several Bend pharmacies showed that several had received small shipments of the vaccine pro duced by n firm other than the Cutter laboratories. batches were discovered in the Pacific Northwest and in the South. The big drug firm Issued a "stop order" on their solutions In hospi tals and blood banks after the American Medical Association re ported "at least two and possibly four deaths" occurred in Florid and Kentucky following use of a five per cent saline soiutioft pro duced by Cutter. A few days later laboratory test- - ers found contamination in a 10 per cont solution shipped to hos pitals In the Pacific Northwest and the laboratories recalled all dex trose and glucose solutions from the market "In the interests of public safety." BERKELEY, Calif. (UP)-Cut ter Laboratories today sent urgent telegrams to all health depart ments and drug stores telling them to "immediately" discontinue us of its Salk polio vaccine. Simul taneously, the laboratories askxl 'all news services to make this Information widely known as soon as possible." The firm, one of the major pro ducers of Salk vaccine, made the announcement after it received a telegram from th National Insti tutes of Health at Bethesda, Md., saying "you are requested to dis continue distribution of polio vc--:ine until further notice and to vithdraw all issued unused pack iges of the product from the mar ket." "Kindly notify all consignees of shipments of polio vaccine accord ngly," the institute said. Cutter officials said it immed iately sent the following telegram o all health departments and drug tores which have received supplies if the vaccine from Cutter: "Urgent. No further Injections of "utter polio vacc'ne are to be nade. Immediately advise your ihvf lei'ins. Ple'ise return unused 'implies of polio vaccine." The Cutter statement said the 'aborntorios have requested "tlie isslstance of nil news services to muke this Information widely 'mown as soon as possible." OXXARD. Calif. (UP)-A baby boy who received Salk polio vac cine shots from a private physi cian was hospitalized here Mon day with a "mild case" of paraly se polio, It was disclosed today. Health officer Dr. Frank Galll son would not give the boy's name, ure or other details in the case. The boy was at St. John's Hos pital.