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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
52nd Year Two Sections
lend, Deschutes County, Oregon Tuesday, May 10, 1955
Twelve Pages
No. 132
School Board
Studies Cuts
In Estimates
Highly tentative cos( cut esti
mates scanned by the Bend school
board at its meeting at adminis
trative headquarters on Wa!l
street last night totalled . more
than a quarter of a million dol
lars which might be subtracted
from the low bid of $1,200,000 on
the proposed senior high school
and auditorium.
The figures were given by City
Superintendent R. E. Jewell in his
monthly report to the board as an
outline of the beginning work
which he and the district's archi
tects had been carrying on since
contractors' offers were opened
Thursday night.
' The board's adjournment was
taken subject to the call of the
chairman, expected Monday or
Tuesday, by which time, Jewell
hoped, subcontractor re - figuring
would give a dependable basis for
estimates of economies under con
sideration. . Of the disrict's total bond is
sue, 930,000 is available for the
high school and two grade rooms,
the balance having been voted for
the auditorium.
Of the low bid submitted by
Wall, Bartram and Sanford, Junc
tion City, $982,900 is on the high
school. But there is also a unit
charge for heavy rock excavation
on an undetermined number of cu
bic yards and there is the archi
tect's fee approximating $60,000
and there is an estimated $30,000
to be expended 6n the grade
rooms. Equipment outside contract
specifications has been expected to
run from $60,000 to $70,000.
Items of present saving from
which the board may choose, with
rough approximations of the mon
ey reductions hoped for, were giv
en by the superintendent as:
Brick facing instead of cut
stone - ;- 8,000
Postponement of shop con- "-
struction $115,000
Eliminate parking area .... $ 30,000
Postpone installation of
one boiler $ 20,000
Postponement of music
room construction ...... $ 35,000
Postpone equipping cafe
teria $ 20,000
Leave walkways uncov-
' ercd $ 5,000
Lower one end of gym
nasium $ 10,000
Mechanical revisions were a fur
ther possibility, Jewell said, but
he would venture no suggestion of
what these could amount to. No
figure was given on reduction of
architect's fee, which would be in
direct ratio with other costs.
Cymnasium changes, the super
intendent said, would cut basket
ball practice space and would re
duce seating at games from 2,800
to 2,500
Elimination of the music room,
he noted would mean that the au
ditorium would be pressed into
service for added duty. Absence of
a cafeteria would, of course, mean
bringing lunches to school, he
pointed out. , .
Unspoken was the possibility
that, with a year-long contract un
derway, equipment of the new
school could be delayed for that
period and the cost added to the
1956-57 budget and levy.
Director Bert W. Hagen asked
what procedure would be involved
in giving the voters opportunity to
pass on an additional $200,000 for
school construction, then withdrew
the question.
Jefferson Goes
'Over the Top'
In Blood Drive
S-x-ol.il to The Bulletin
MADRAS Jefferson county
went "over the top" in the blood
drawing sponsored by the Jetfer
son county chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross, Thursday after
noon, Everett Van Wert, chair
man of the chapter's steerinf
committee, reports.
Residents gave a total of 10."
pints. Jefferson county quota fo
the drive was 100 pints. In addi
tion, 18 persons were rejected for
various reasons.
The local chaoter was the only
one in the Tri-county area to
make Its assigned quota. Bend.
Redmond, and Prineville all fcl"
short.
PLANS MADE
SnerIM to The Bulletin
REDMOND The program for
observance of Armed Forces Day
here on Saturday May 21 Is ex
pected to be completed by Friday,
according to the chairman, Vernon
Smith. Civilian and military units
will take pert in recognition of
the day at the airbase. The pro
gram It scheduled from 1 to I p.m.
NEW YOUTH COUNSELLOR George E. Warner, former ad
ministrator of the public welfare department in Morrow county,
arrived yetterday to assume duties as Bend's second youth coun
sellor. He succeeded George J. Turner who held the post for five
years since the post was created. Turner has moved to Pomona,
Calif., to be engaged in church worw.
George Warner Takes Over
Post of Youth Counselor
By JACK LING
Bulletin Staff Writer
Seventeen years ago a boy and
a girl met at the Oregon state
high school solo contest. They
worked hard for laurels for their
respective teams: the boy winning
the first saxophone prize, the girl
taking the top clarinet honor.
The contest might have provided
them with an atmosphere of com
petition and rivalry but it was also
the beginning of a long friendship
that wound up in marriage eight
years later.
The saxophone player is George
E. .Warner, 37-year-old new Bend
youth counsellor, who arrived yes
terday .with .the . clarjnet .player,
Mrs. Warner.
Warner, a sturdy five-foot-seven,
was administrator of the public
welfare department of Morrow
county in Heppner before coming
here. But he is no stranger to
Bend. For two years from Novem
ber 1955, he owned a 40-aere farm
here and worked as a case work
er for the Deschutes county public
welfare department.
In the course of his work in
Bend and Heppner, Warner has
had considerable experience with
children, youth problems and child
welfare. Cases involving children
were often returned to him for
guidance when he was in Hep
pner. Born in Byers, Colo., Warner is
the fourth of nine children. He
stayed on his father's farm until
he was 17, moving to Springfield,
Ore., in 1935. After high school, he
enrolled in the University of Ore
gon where he took music and so
cial work.
In his first year in college, he
lost his father. Being the eldest of
the six children remaining at
home, George had to help support
the family in addition to working
his way through college. The war
interrupted his study and he fin
ally was graduated in 1947.
Mrs. Warner is also a graduate
of the University of Oregon where
Kiwanians Hear
Rep. DeArmond
High spots in legislation at the
1955 Oregon assembly were the
passage of the water resources
program and the tax solution of
"he state's financing problems, H.
H. DeArmond, returned to Bend
'rom an arduous term in the lower
house at Salem, told the Bend Ki
vanis club at the Pine Tavern
Monday noon.
Increased sales tax revenues
made possible by decreasirg ex-
'motions and putting on a 45 per
-cnl surtax are expected to take
are of the $0,000,000 deficit which
vas faced for the coming bien
nium. Reuresentativc De Armond
?aid. The alternatives would have
"een property tax and-or sales
tax. he pointed nut.
The wnter conservation bill, he
explained, covers bith surface and
subterranean resources
Defeat of the junior co'lege bill
in tN senile was particularly dis
looointing after Its victory in the
tower house the representative
said. He attributed its loss to an
"leventh hour lobbvlng attack
launched by the state board of
higher education, and spoke in
raise of the supporting presenta
tions made In the capitol by Don
P. Pence, R. E. Jewell. Robert W.
Chandler and Alva C. Goodrich, all
of Bend.
The speaker was introduced by
Ben W. Fanning.
she taught music for more than
five years.
After college, Warner was in
music and ranching business for
some time. It was in Bend where
he first had his professional exper
ience in welfare and youth.
Asked when and where he had
developed his interests in youth,
he answered: "My father had nine
children." He added hat he now
has brothers and sisters stretch
ing from Hawaii to Alaska.
The new youth counsellor is di
rectly responsible to the city ad
ministration and the county court.
His work, however, will deal with
the city police, various school au
thorities, county welfare and
health departments, county and
state police, and juvenile court.
Although he will handle delin
quencies and dependencies, he
hopes to cover problems of all
youths in this area. He is inter
ested in music, fishing, rifle shoot
ing and horses, in which he can
coach boys and girls when called
upon.
He said he and his wife plan to
have an active Jife in Bend. And
in his spare time, they would like
to organize a children s band.
Warner succeeded George J.
Tumor, Bend's first youth coun
sellor, who has left for church
work in Pomona, Calif.
Stubborn Stand
Taken By Reds
VIENNA, Austria (UP)-A stub
born Soviet stand on a vital clause
delayed agreement on an Austrian
state treaty and threatened today
to disrupt plans for a formal
treaty-signing ceremony by the
Big Four foreign ministers here
this weekend.
The llth-hour hitch developed
over Austrian war payments to
Russia. The Big Four ambassadors
to Vienna, who have been charged
with drafting the treaty, will make
another attempt to resolve th.
deadlock today.
A high conference source said
the Russians may be trying to
force a four-power conference . in
Vienna this weekend instead of the
scheduled treaty-signing ceremony
U.S. Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles. British Foreign Secretary
Harold MacMillan. French Foreign
Minister Antoine Pinay and Soviet
Foreign Minister. V. M. Molotov
ire expected to fly here this week
to sign the treaty ending the
.'our-nowcr occupation and sotting
Austria free as a neutral buffer In
'he cold war.
Approval Given
Two-Shift Plan
Aporova! of the two-shift plan to
make use of the old high school
building for both tunior and senior
high school organizations while
new construction goes on has been
given by the state department ol
edu'-at'on.
A letter from Willard Bear, su
pervisor of secondary instruction
read last night at the board meet
ing in the city superintendent's of
fice on Wall street gave this ap
proval. Another from Neva Dallas,
supervisor of elementary educa
tion, Raven permission for the con
struction of two grade school
rooms on the Allen school site.
U.S., Commie
Planes Mix
Off N. Korea
TOKYO (UP) American Sabre-
jets, outnumbered two to one, shot
down two Communist MIGs and
damaged a third in a blazing bat
tle oil the coast of North Korea,
the Air Force announced today.
No American planes were lost.
The Air Force said a flight of
12 to 16 Communist MIGs attacked
a flight of eight Sabrejets "over
international waters" off North Ko
rea and that the Americans re
turned the fire, shooting down two
and sending a third into a smoking
dive toward the Yellow Se.
."The U.S. Air Force fighters, all
assigned to the 35th Squadron of
the 8th Fighter-Bomber Wing, were
on a patrol mission off North Ko
rea when the attack occurred."
the announcement said. I
''After the MIGs began firing at
the Sabres the American planes re
turned the fire. In the ensuing bat
tle two Communist pilots bailed
out and the third plane was last
seen diving straight down trailing
smoke."
The Air Force said the MIGs
were shot down by Capt. R. V.
Kulton of Bernardsville, N.J Lt.
B.--.C. Phythyon of Wadsworth,
Ohio, and Lt. J.E. Mclnerney,
uaroen City, N.Y.
"The Communist planes Initiated
the attack approximately 50 miles
southwest of Sinuiju," the Air
Force said.
Sinuiju is on the Yalu River in
northeast Korea. The dogfight hap
pened over the Yellow Sea which
separates the Korean peninsula
from the China mainland.
WASHINGTON (UP) State
Department officials said today
they will await a full investigation
and official report by the Air
Force before deciding whether the
United States should lodge a for
mal protest with the Communists
over today ' Yellow Sea air battle.
.. Pending vsucp- a report, ihey
saia, tne department does not
know whether a protest would be
directed to North Korea or. Red
China. If it were the former, the
U. N. Korean Command might
make the protest, since the mere
presence of Mig's in North Korea
constitutes a violation of armistice
terms.
The fact that n o American
planes were lost in the clash does
not, technically at least, mitigate
the gravity of an unprovoked at
tack over International waters.
From a practical standpoint, how
ever, it means that the State De
partment is under less pressure
to move swiftly than it would have
been had American lives been
losL
The U. S. planes which downed
two MIGs in the air battle were
carrying out long standing ord
ers to shoot back when attacked
by Communist aircraft.
The orders grew out of a long
series of plane incidents occuring
since the end of the Korean hos
tilities and involving attacks by
Red Chinese, Russian and North
Korean planes.
Former Resident
Dies in Blaze
Flames and smoke last Satur
day snuffed out the life of De
wane Chamberlin, 53, a former
Bend resident, at his home In Eu
reka, Calif. According to news
from the California city, he appar
ently fell asleep while smoking a
cigaret and watching a televised
baseball game. The burning cig
aret set fire to the chesterfield,
and the front room of the resi
dence was gutted and the kitchen
and bedroom badly smoked.
Mr. Chamberhn was alone when
the tragedy occurred. His wifr
was in Bend to be near a daugh
'er, Mrs. James Daly, who war
-eleased yesterday from St.
Charles Memorial hospital.
Mr. Chamberlin was employed
n Bend as a mill worker for a
number of years, moving to Eu
reka three years ago, to engage in
timilar work. He was a member
if the Eagles lodw.
He was born Feb. 13, 1905, in
Detroit Lakes, Minn. He Is sur-
voved by his wife Daisy: two
sons, Lyle and Lowell, Eureka,
r:d the following daughters; Mrs
Grace Swanson, and Mrs. Avis
Carlson. Eureka, and Mrs. Gladys
Dalv. Bend. He also leaves three
brothers, Franklin of Eureka,
Mark of Silveiton and Clyde In
Minnesota, and the following sis
ters: Mrs. Edith Boyer and Mrs.
Verna Krause, Minnesota; Mr.
Ethel Mesktman, Raymond,
Wash., Mrs. Lucy Crowell, Mon
roe. Wash.
The funeral will be held Thur
day at 2 p.m., at the Pierce Mor
tuary In Eureka.
Big Four Meeting May Be Arranged
Ike Willing for Talks at 'Summit'
By MERRIMAN SMITH
United Press White House. Writer
WASHINGTON (UP1 President
Eisenhower said in a public speech
today that he is willing to meet
with Russian leaders for Big Four
talks if such a meeting holds "the
slightest chance" of furthering
world peace.
He made the statement in a
speech before the women's division
of the Republican National Com
mittee a short time after the White
House announced that he had giv
en Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles "full power to arrange for
a Big Four meeting of cliiefs .'f
state.
In Paris, where Dulles has been
conferring with the British and
French foreign ministers, diplo
matic informants said Western
Big Three notes had already been
dispatched to Moscow inviting
Russia to participate in the long
discussed meeting "at the sum
mit." Impromptu Remarks
The formal statement issued by
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said Mr. Eisen
hower was agreeable to such .a
meeting "if it seems feasible and
useful" that it be held.
Mr. Elsenhower's personal re
marks about the prospective meet
ing were made, impromptu, tow
ard the end of an address to -the
GOP women that was principally
concerned with emphasizing the
need for "a solidarity of partner
Budget Estimates
For Next Year
Set by Manager
City Manager Walter TiThomp-
son will place a budget calling lor
total city expenditures during the
1955-56 fiscal year of $487,054.8.
before a meeting of the city icom
mission and budget board Wednes
day night, he said today. ; .
"The budget represents as close
an estimate as it is possible to
make at this time of city revenues
and expenses during the next 12
months," Thompson said. The ten
tative budget was delivered today
to members nf the two bodies. ;.
Thompson's budget shows in
come to the city of $163,548.72 dur
ing the next fiscal year from non
tax sources, such as fines, fees,
licenses, interest and state grants.
Estimated receipts from these
same sources this year are $181,
006.28. The reason for the anticipated
lower income next year is the es
timated tax loss, he said. Slower
tax collections were estimated to
cost the city $12,000 more next
year than during the present year.
The tentative budget calls for a
tax levy totalling $256,715.20, com
pared to this year's levy originally
estimated to return $245,126.10.
The seven members of the budg
et board and the seven members
of the city commission will start
hearings on the proposed budget
Wednesday night in the city com
mission room at the city hall.
City department heads -will be
present to review their department
budgets with the two groups and
any Bend residents who wish to at
tend the meetings.
FLORIST ARRESTED
NEW YORK (UP) Police ar
rested florist Harold Crane Sunday
on a charge of selling a non
blooming plant on Sunday.
Crane volunteered to be the sub
iect of a test case against on 1833
blue law which allows the sale of
'lowering plants on Sunday but for
bids the Sunday sale of a plant
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SIGN IN PLACE A new sign, permanent and illuminated at night, has bean placed near
the north city limits through the cooperation of The Bend Bulletin and the McCann Advertis
ing company. Tha sign warns motoriiti to driva carefully and ramlndi them that 31 person hava
been killed between Bend and Redmond on U.S. 97 tinea tha ttreteh of highway wai placed In
uta in 1937. (Band Bulletin Fhote.) ,
ship" in the 1956 political cam
paigns. The President led into the sub
ject by talking about his urgent
interest in curbing the world arms
race.
He spoke with some emotion
about his appointment of Harold
E. Slassen, former chief of For
eign Operations as his special as
sistant for disarmament problems.
"There can be no peace with
out very material disarmament,"
he said. - .
The President then said that he
is ready to meet "with anyone and
anywhere" on the subject ol world
peace.
Women Cheer
He said he is willing to under
take an international meeting if
there is the "slightest chance the
slightest cause of furthering the
cause of peace."
Mr. Eisenhower, amid cheers of
more than 1000 Republican women
in his audience, said that his ap
proach to a Big Four meeting
would not be bogged down by
"minor points of protocol."
Mr. Eisenhower said at a recent
news conference that he saw no
immediate need for a chiefs of
state meeting, but the White House
emphasized that he had never shut
the door on such a conference.
"The president has always stat
ed that such a meeting was a pos
sibility," Hagerty said.
Cases Involving Violations
Of Zoning Rules Reviewed
The Bend planning commission
made a preliminary review of 64
cases of zoning violations and non
conforming usese in residential and
tourist commercial . areas last
night.
-'Most oMhe offenses are using
homes for junk yards, storage of
equipment ana : logging , trucks,
wood yards, warehouses, and trail
er houses. Twenty cases were
considered violations, and 24 non
conforming uses. The remaining
cases need further investigation.
Maximum penalty for violation,
according to the zoning ordinance,
is a fine of $200, a' jail term of
100 days, or both.- And each day
a violation continues after a no
tice Is served shall be considered
a separate offense. .
The planning commission also
turned down a petition signed by 24
home owners In the tourist com-
School Calendar
Set for 1955-56
Registration for the next school
year will -start on August 25 and
the end of the school year will
come on June 1, the Bend district's
board of directors decided Mon
day night in accepting a 1955-56
calendar proposed by City Superln
dent R. E. Jewell. Teacher In
service training will be conducted
August 30 to September 1, and the
first day of school Is set for Sep
tember b.
Christmas vacation will be from
December 23 to January 1 and
the so-called spring vacation in
winter March 10 to 18. Thanksgiv
ing vacadon, following custom, will
be for the last two days of the
week, November 24 and 25. Vet
erans day will be observed on
November 11 and Memorial Day
on May 30.
The first semester will end on
January 20 and the second begin
on January 23.
High school baccalaureate serv
ices are set for May 27 and- gradu
ation for June
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"Of course, the secretary of
state is fully fimiliar with the
President s views and if it seems
feasible and useful that such a
meeting be held, the secretary has
full power to arrange for that on
behalf of the President.",
Brief Session
The announcement came after
diplomatic sources in Paris report
ed that Mr. Eisenhower had agreed
to a limited meeting with the
premiers of Russia, Prance and
Britain. These sources said the
proposed meeting would be brief,
possibly only two days, and would
serve to "kick off" a more exten
sive conference of Big Four for
eign ministers to work out details
of a cold war settlement.
Diplomatic informants in Paris
said identical U.S., British and
French notes were dispatched to
Moscow today proposing the chief
of state meeting.
The White House announcement
followed a series of cabled com
munications between Dulles in Par
is and the President and his ad
visers here in Washington.
European reports said the meet
ing might take place in th eearly
summer.
Mr. Elsenhower has long been
cool to the idea of a meeting on
the chiefs of state level until there
was some assurance that such a
meeting would produce results.
Willing To Confer
The President told a news con
ference recently that he felt lt
mercial zone In the eastern part
of the city along Greenwood street
to have one portion zoned as res
idential. Chairman Henry A. Pyz-
drowsld said that the petition was
inadequate, since the many sign
ers aid not include a description ol
their properties. " ., J ,
Pyzdrowskl also brought up 'tne'
point of charging a fee for appll-
cation for rezoning. It was dis
cussed at length with most of the
commissioners favoring it and
City Attorney Harry A. English
doubling Its workability.
A possible ordinance to restrict
the uses .of trailers and set re
quirements for moving bouses
were also discussed by the com
mission.-
However, no decision ws reached
on either the rezoning fee issue or
the uses of trailers. -
- At the end of the meeting, Pyz
drowskl indicated that he has been
chairman of the commission for
several years and would like to
be relieved of the duties of the
chair when the commission will
elect new officers early next
month.
He said he is still actively In
terested In the planning work and
would like to remain with the
commission.
"For the sake of rotating the
chair and a healthy situation tn
the commission, I would not like
to be elected chairman again," he
said.
Among those present at last
night's meeting were Mayor Hans
Slagsvold, City Manager Walter T.
Thomnson, and Planning Techni
cian Warren Sutllff who reported
the list of possible zoning viola
tions and non-conforming uses.
Man Admits
Check Passing
Norman C. Smith, 33, Box 631
Vale, gave himself up to the coun
ty police yesterday afternoon for
passing worthless checks.
He told police that he had writ
ten several worthless checks Sun
day to taverns in Bend and Red
mond. The amount of the checks
involved was not given.
would be better to hold prelim
inary talks first on the foreign
ministers level before bringing the
chiefs of state together. But lw
emphasized his willingness to go
anywhere, anytime, if he thought
it would advance the cause of
peace.
New British Prime Minister An
thony Eden, who is in an election
battle, has favored a meeting at
the summit. ..-
Russian Premier Nikolai ' Bui
ganin said last month that he was
agreeable to a meeting, but that
It was up to Mr. Eisenhower and
Mr. Eden. . , - .
Before the White House an
nouncement, key senators voiced
cautious approval of a top-level .
Big Four meeting provided there
are some indications it may be
successful. ..
' Mr. Eisenhower discussed the
proposed Big Four meeting with
Republican congressional leaders
at their regular weekly legislative
conference this morning,, . .
Knowland's Reaction
Senate Republican Leader Will
lam F. Knowland said the Presi
dent gave the GOP leaders "a
brief report on the foreign situa
tion relative to a Big Four con
ference." Asked whether he thought a Big
Four meeting would advance the
cause of world peace, Knowland
said "We hope, of course, that it
would but we can't tell until the
meeting is held."
Yardley Reports
His Experiences
At Klmarla Tact
r-ii nviuuu imi:
A Bend spectator of the atomic
blast " that devastatea' .aoJllval
Town In a Nevada desert reported
here today on Ws experiences.
He is Jesse L. Yardley, who, as
the lone representative from the
newiy createa eastern uregon in
ter district viewed the atomic
explosion that sent a cloud .mush
rooming Into the sky to a height of
47,000 feet. . - .
With Yardley at the blast view-
point was his wife. They saw the
atomic explosion through glasses
so opaque they could scarcely see
their immediate surroundings in
the pre-sunrlse hour yet the blast
through those glasses appeared as
brilliant as a flashlight discharged
at a distance of six feet.
Strong Conclusion
Even at a distance of seven
miles, the concussion was suffi
ciently strong to force the specta
tors to brace, and hats went fly
ing into the Nevada desert. .
The white heat of nuclear fury
burst at 5:10 a.m., PDT, .with
earmrocWng violence, and roared
through Survival Town like a hur
ricane. Yardley visited Survival Town on-
the following day, and found only
desolation. Civil defense workers,
were on the job, simulating proce
dure that would be carried out fol
lowing an actual atomic bomb
raia on a large city.
Even manequlns used In the
test area were carried away on
stretchers or by ambulance. Cof
fee made in Chicago was flown in'
by plane. Steaks were cooked in
the debris of bombed buildings.
With 41 other GOC workers from
ill parts of the United States and
many Civilian Defense workers,,
military personnel and civilians.
Yardley was quartered in Las Ve
jas. Various "dry runs" were
made to Yucca Flat, as adverse
weather conditions prevailed, and
only about 500 persons out of the
ilUUMIIUO JllVSCIIt VII MIC UIOl Kl J
iate saw the explosion.
Part of the time in Las Vegas
vas spent In attend GOC and CD
ichools. -
Following the blast, spectators -vere
permitted within 4700 feet cf
he vaporized bomb tower, to in--loect
the damage to Survival
Town. ..
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WASHINGTON, 1). C. Rural
Electrification today granted a
loan of t7S,000 to the Central
Oregon Kloctrlc Cooperative, In
Redmond, for the construction of -an
85 mile line to the Suplee
and Itee country east of Prine
ville, and for the Improvement
of the system In Deschutes,
Crook. Orant, Jefferson and Was
co oountles, Rep. Sam Coon has
announced. Work on the line will
get under way In the near future,
and will extend east from Paul-