The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963, May 25, 1955, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1' Forecast Variable clouds with sun ny periods today through Thursday; a few light showers Thursday; low to night 34-39; higii Thurs day 57-62. 52nd Year Two Sections fe'MEfWfr" . . Mr J vS. - x Vs - e V--- b V t- -kptf - bi. i'J -t-, -lii"""vr "SILENCE, ACTION" This scene was pictured on Crooked river in the Smith rock area yes terday afternoon as a wagon train swung across the turbulent stream, before cameras. 'The main camera, on a track, is shown at the left. Leading the train across the river is Kirk Douglas of Bryna Productions, who stars in the western picture. Some of the teams were nearly swept from their feet by the swift water. (Bend Bulletin Photo) iver Crossing Fi By PHIL F. BROflAN Pioneers en route to Fort Ben ham on the Deschutes yesterday afternoon completed a turbulent crossing of Crooked river under the shadow of Smith rock, and to day action centered in the up "riv er area. Final phases of the Crooked riv er crossing were filmed in the aft ernoon hours "yesterday as shad ows of May clouds raced over the region, at times bringing the gau dily colored Smith rock formation into blazing relief, and at times blanketing the setting with shadow. Director Andre de Toth and Kirk Douglas, star of trie western pic ture, "The Indian Fighter," kept their eyes on those clouds, watched splashes of sunshine tint the cliffs, then stood by for action. There was plenty of action as nine covered wagons plunged into the muddy Crooked river from the north bank. Now near its flood stage for tiie season, the river buf Burke Picked To Succeed Adm. Carney WASHINGTON (UP) Rear Adm. Arleigh A. (31-Knott Burke was nominated by President Ei senhower today to succeed Adm. Robert B. Carney as chief of naval operations. Burke, .r3. was nominated for a ttvo-year term, with the rank of full admiral, starting Aug. 16. r. Mr. Ilisenhower nominated Adm. Ariimr W. Radford for another two-year term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staf. Gen. Nathan F. Twining was nominated or re appointment for two-year term as Air Force chief of staff. In picking Burke, Mr. Eisenhow er jumped the famous World War II destroyer leader over 90 ad mirals, vice admirals, and rear admirals who ranked ahead of him in seniority. ' The White House said Carney, who was 60 last March, would have tovn unable to fill out anoth er full two-year term prior t: reaching normal Navy retirement age. Norma I ret i re men t a ge in the Navy is 60, but with special action by the Secretary of Navy this can lx? extended to the age of 62. This obviously will be done later for Radford who is now 59. Twining is 57. Carney is the second member of the present Joint Chiefs of Staff to be speeded toward retirement after getting into public contro versy. The other is Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, who disagreed wirh Army manpower cuts imposed by the administration. The president recently nominat ed C.en. Maxwell D. Taylor. Far East Allied commander in chief, to succeed Ridgway as Army chief of staff June 30. The White House said th d cision to replace Carney had "nothing whatever" to do with Carney's famous "leak" to a grouo of Washineton newsmen would he in a position to attack Ouemoy and Matsu Islands off th Chinese mainland by last April 15. THE feted teams and riders, and nearly) swept one wagon downstream. I As the initial afternoon action started, one of the four horse teams stalled in the deep water, and horses plunged wildly. Wran glers finally mounted the leaders, and got the wagons to the bank. Cameras, one of them on a track, recorded the river action, and the direotor said he was well satisfied. The CinemaScope films are being made in color and there; was plenty of color in the gorge of Crooked river, down stream from the main Smith rocks, as the cameras rolled through the afternoon. Spectators were tense as the plunging teams crossed the river. The crossing of the stream was so dangerous that all women were re moved from tiie cast. Some men wore the garb of pioneer women, however. Driving the teams across th? river were a number of mid-Oregon ranchers, or former "long Redmond Seeks Increased County Funds for Operation of Library By JACK IJNG Bulletin Staff Writer Redmond made a direct appeal to the Deschutes county budget committee for more county funds for the Redmond branch of the county library last night as the committee met for the second time on next year's budget. The committee made an item ized review of the budget esti mates slashing down chiefly on re quests for additional office help and the amount of salary increases asked by the various departments. No final decision was reached on the budget as a whole as well ns the Redmond library issue. In an official request signed by Mayor E. N. McKrill and Budget Committee Chairman W. L. Pierce, Redmond asked that the county put up at least $4,010, the amount the city has levied. The county has in its budget estimates $'J,160 for the Redmond library. Miss Eleanor F. Brown, county librarian, said she disagreed strongly with supporting the Red mond library in this fashion with out revising the overall county li brary budget on the basis of a "fair and balanced persepctive." She said that the trend through the country is to have centralized county library system for economy in purchase and distribution. Miss Brown further stated that the county library had 42,000 cir culations In the Redmond area during last year, or 9.000 more than the Redmond library did In the same area. Joe C. Brown, speaking on be- ha'f of Redmond, said that anv "nnvth of the Redmond branch is going to reduce the load of the -intv library In Bond which M; Bmwn administers. He add -d thnt hi city is not mterested n the oercentflee It gets from the riuntv lfbmry bud tret but wants nominal and minimum assistance from the county. Comt ruction Fund Redmonn I also providing the library with a construction link ing fund of $14,500 from money be Bend line" skinners. They included Reu ben Long and Dean Hollinsheadl both veterans of the filming of "Canyon Passage" at Diamond lake a number of years ago; Rod ney Rosebrook, Tony Halter, Wal ter Smead, Larry and Pete Gass ner, Orville Page and Clarence Verley. Douglas led the wagon train across the river In the initial ac tion, then swung before the cam eras. Co starring in the Bryna Productions film with Douglas are waiter Mathau and Walter Abel. Elsa MartinelH, Italian born beauty who is to play the leading rola in the play, was not on me set Tuesday afternoon. Although the river was danger ous in the crossing, a "chow wag on" on the set proved to be the danger spot Tuesday. A gas-heated stove used in warming food suddenly blazed, as a result of leaking gas, and two of the set workers were singed. ing received from a special sale ot city property. The Redmond branch is not adequate for the use of its people, Brown stressed. The county budget committe; promised to look into the matter fairly but made no commitment However, C. E. Thompson, com mittee chairman, said that he felt the county should increase the matching fund if there are funds available. The cuts the committee made on the proposed budget last night cen tered around the estimates of the assessor's office. The committee decided against the employment of an office deputy and the re quest for a t ratio-in new car. The salary increases proposed for the deputies were also reduced con siderably. Decision Delayed County Judge Charles L. Allen said that no final decision could he made until the county has re ceived its audit report and found out the amount of cash balance expected of the present budget. He said the next budget meeting will be held sometime next week. The state constitution allows a six per cent tax increase, or in the case of Deschutes county about $15,000. without holding an elec-, tlon. The cuts on the estimates made last night would probably reduce the over-oil budget increase over last year's down to the limit if Jl 5.000. The county clerk's office had a tentative aooroval for the ourchftse of $7,000 photostat recording ma cine on an installment basis. The salary of the first demity got a litrht boost hut lower than th or J final request. The outside denudes in the sher-j iff ofice. however, were giver; m Initial anoroval for their pay Increase to hrtmt their salaries in line with "o'leemen In Bend, Red mond and Prinevllle, as rquestM bv the sheriff. The tr deputies! wer alo iriwn a nv hike. Tiv sheriff himself in barred by the slate Jaw for a salary increase In an odd year. Ray Cooper wa elected ecre-l tary of the budget ?om mittee. j BEND CENTRAL OREGON'S - Deschutes County. Oregot. Wednesday. May 25. 1955 FAREWELL BEND PIONEERS Two Bend residents who have parts as extras in "The Indian Fighter" are shown here, looking into the west. At left is Mrs. Marion Cady, and at right is Mrs. Robert L Cutter. They were "grounded" Tuesday afternoon, because of the dangerous river crossing scene. Tuesday Comparatively few spectators found their way into the isolated stretch of Crooked river Tuesday. Some of the few who followed the dusty road into the area viewed the river crossing from a nm rock that towers some 300 feet above the stream. Action up river started this morning with the filming of the wagon train moving up steep mountain grades. Later in the day. first action at the replica of a frontier fort, a 200 by 200 foot structure, was , scheduled, near Benham fails.. The temperamental Three Sis ters and adjacent peaks were part ly under clouds as filming started this morning, and light rain was falling in the high Cascades. "The Indian Fighter," to be re leased by United Artists late in Uie year, has William Schorr as its producer. Most members of the Hollywood cast have their headquarters in Bend at the Pilot Butte Inn. Observance Of Memorial Day Planned Bend's Memorial day observ ance, on Monday, May 30, will be highlighted by a downtown parade, starting promptly at 10:30 a.m.. with services at the Pilot Butte cemetery set for 11 a.m. For Bend generally, the week end will provide a double holiday for Central Oregonians, inasmuch as Memorial day falls on a Mon day this year. Heading the Memorial day march through downtown Bend will be Co. I of the Oregon Na tional guard, with Lt. Jack Pierce as unit commander. All units tak ing part in the parade are to meet r. the National Guam armory Monday at 10 a.m. Father Roger Anderson will de liver the invocation at the cemetery memorial services, with Rev. George H. Redden, Bend, "Pastor of the Pines," to deliver the ad dress of the duy. Rev. II. C. Be ver will give the benediction. W. J. Baer is in general charge of arrangements for the Memorial day observances. Baer said all commanders and auxiliary unit presidents are to meet at the cemetery Sunday at 7 p.m., for instructions in con nection with the presentation of flowers. ! April Welfare Report Listed The Deschutes PnWic WVlfaiv Commission expended a total of $22,708.37 last month, it was an inunced yesterday. Of the total. $13.142 00 was for old at;e assistance, $1110 60 for a;d to dependent children, $2tf 00 for aid to the disabled, and $137755 old ace for medical expenses. Oth er ltem were: $-127.15 general as sislance, $149.47 foster home, $312.79 dependent children medi cal expenses, $59.00 aid to me lHnd. $300 30 medical expenses for the disabled, and $54.53 cred-n-tiali. Unir. of Oregon Library tuusne, OREGON BULLETIN DAILY NEWSPAPER An Editorial Salk Vaccine Anxiefy A number of parents, called The Bulletin this morning, asking various ques tions about the Sulk polio vaccine program in progress in Crook county schools today tomorrow and Bend Friday So many conflicting on the safety and efficacy confused. Political attacks The Bulletin i3 fcot in commend medical treuimcnt their children. We have, however, today checked again a number of sources of information on the safety of the vaccine program. This newspaper has had available to date on the safety of the program scheduled for this area. Among the sources checked have been the following: Oregon State Bourd of Health ; Public Health Com mittee of the Oregon State Medical Society; Public Health Committee of the Multnomah County Medical Society; Tri-County Health of physicians, locally and ists in the practice of pediatrics. First we shall give the concensus of opinion of these experts, then we shall discuss able to them and which led In each case the doctors and organizations contac ted have said they have "complete" faith in the safety of the program as scheduled Davis and Co. vaccine. Those who are parents of children in the eligible age group havs said they are having the shots given to their own children. Now for some of the evidence. Between 110,000 and 120,000 Iowa school children in the first and second grades were given shots of the Salk vaccine during the early days of the program. The vaccine was from the identical batch being used in Cent tral Oregon. N o cases of polio have been reported among these children, and there have been no "contact" cases reported among their families or friends. Over one million doses of Parke, Davis and Co. vaccine have been given to date. No cases of polio have been reported, although health authorities say some should have been expected. Three public health groups in Oregon have made "exhaustive" studies of all the evidence relating to the program being carried on here. All have expressed com plete confidence in its safety. Over five million children have received Salk shots to date. Kven counting those who have received disputed doses of the vaccine, the rate of polio incidence in this group has been lower than normally would be expected from such a large group at this time of the year. The U. S. Public Health Service has re-tested vac cine from the batch oeing used here. It has pronounced the vaccine safe. This is a sampling of the evidence on which the de cision to go ahead with the vaccine program here was based. More is available but space limitations prohibit its listing here. One last thought. The vaccine program is entirely voluntary. No one is forced to take the shots. Parents will have to make their own decisions for what they consider to be the best interests of their children. The vaccine is available, and the preponderance of the evi dence would Indicate that it is entirely safe, both for those receiving it and for their contacts. As we pointed out above, The Bulletin does not pre sume to make recommendations in the highly complex field of modern medicine. But we are convinced the vac cine is safe. . C : ' . .. "END OF THE DAY" Shown here are the nine covered wagons, in line with teams still hitched, following the filming of a simulated crossing of Crooked river by pionoers. Buses in the background provide an incongruous scene, but these did not appear in the picture. Filming work on Crooked river was completed yesterday, and crews today shifted work to the Benham Falls area. In this picture, the teams are headed up grade. (Bend Bulletin Photo) understandably anxious, have and scheduled for Redmond and Tuesday. stories have been given out of the vaccine that many are have added to the confusion, a position to be able to re. for any of its readers or access, to all the statistics Department and a number elsewhere, including special some of the evidence avail to their opinions. in this area with Parke, Twelve Pages Cry of Politics Raised at Salk Serum Hearing By MICHAEL J. O'NEILL United Vrmn Stuff Correspondent WASHINGTON (UP) Rop. Arthur fl Klnin m-lm finM to- day he had information! from u reputable source that a "very, very prominent politician from California" brought pressure Welfare Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby regarding licensing of the Cutter Laboratories to produce SaJk polio vaccine. Assistant Welfare Secretary Ros- well B. Perkins denied "categor ically" that thli was so. On the basis of information available to me, that is absolutely false," Perkins said. It developed Intor that Itp. J. Vaughun Gary (D-Vn) was the source referred to by Klein. Gary told a reporter he had heard the rumor from "several sources' and that Vlre resi dent Itlclutrd M. Nixon was the name of the Culltornlnn he had hoard. Gary said ho had heard the report on a Drew -Pearson broadrast and that he had also picked It up from other sources. Nixon's offlre flatly denlel the allegAtlons. "Neither the vice president nor anyone In his office has hnd any contact with the Depart ment of Health, Education and Welfare nor with any labora tory whatever In connection with the Hnlk vaccine," Nixon's office said. The exchango took place at a hearing by the House Interstate Commerce Committee on bills to nuthorize a government outlay of Bulletin RAN I'ltANCISCO A FiMlnral Court Jury todiiy found that Inlwr lfttlir HiiKh llryfton had Hod uhfn he denied ho un afllllnti'd with thn C'ommmiNt mrty on a Tall Hartley affidav it required of Intmr loadera. Favorable Vote Given Budget Bend school district's hitherto unauthorized 19TA.56 tax levy of $:84,rr5.-tr outside the six per cenl limitation was approved by a vote of m to 12H at the special elec tion held at the high school Tues- my. The 100 difference, members of Hie board of directors observed when thoy met last nit'ht to can vass and accept the rort ot the election rcmrd. was lew than the num'ier of public school teachers in Bend. Lat ypar, City Superintendent Jewell mentioned, the excess lew carried 225 to 71. Of the additional 150 votes cast this w he pointed out. 57 must have been negative Exoense huderct tor the cornlnn fiscal year, from which the excess lew voted yesterday was com puted, totals n,lU,078 M. High and Low ; High yesterday, 58 de grees, low lest night, 32 degrees. Sunset today, 7:34. Sunrise tomorrow, 4:28. No. 145 28 million dollars for Salk vaccine tor children unable to pay and to set up new standby controls over dlatribuuon and munulucture ot the vaccine. ' Mrs. Hobby In Tuxaa Mrs. Hobby, through Perkins, approved the free vaccine propos al, which hud originated In her department. She turned thumbs down on the second. Mrs. Hobby was not at the hearing. She Is at her home In Texas. Cutter was one of six manu facturers licensed to produce the Salk vaccine. Sixty cases of polio have developed hi persons' who wore inoculated with the Cutter produced vaccine. The Public Health Service said yesterday that there was "pre sumprlve evidence" that two lots of the Cutter vaccine caused polio in the cases. In all, Cutter had released nine lots. The committee hearing was held as the nation awaited word from Surgeon General Leonard A. Scheele on when more Salk vac cine will be released for distribu tion. The committee dealt with long- range distribution problems. But the Immediate question is resump tion of the tree vaccination pro- gram of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The committee Is considering legislation which would create standby federal controls over dis tribution of the Salk vaccine. Mis. Hobby said today they are not necessary and actually might do more harm than good by re stricting production and Increas ing Its cost. Cutter Statement: BERKELEY, Calif. (UP) Fred A. Cutter, vice president of Cutter Laboratories, today denied that prominent Culltonila polltlcl ' brought preMure on welfare secretary Ovela Culp Hobby re Kimllw; the licensing of the lab oratories to produce polio vuc cine. Ills denial came In a prepared statement after Rep. Arthur G. Klein (D-NYI slated in a hearing of the House Inteistate C-mmerce Committee that he (Klein) had In formation from a reliable s-wi-ce t..nt a very, very promin ent politician frm California" hivuKht pressure to bear on the part of Cutter Laboratories. Said Cutter, In answer: "Apimrently we're being "cut- terized' again. There is abso lutely no foundation to this state ment since Culler was Invited and urijed, because of Its long and successful exiwrlence In virus vaccine production, to take part In the polio vaccine program. "We have produced vaccine dur ing 58 years In hoslness wh'ch has immunized millions of peo ple. For example, In Just the lst 10 yean Cutter vaccine has pro tected more than f6 million chil dren and adult from various com municable diseases."