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Univ. of Oregon Library mm, oaaos Forecast Fair and warmer today and Sunday; low tonight 33-38; high Sunday 70-75. High and Low : BEND BULLETIN i yesterday, 65 de grees. Low last night, 31 degrees. Sunset today, Sunrise tomorrow, CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 4:27. 52nd Year One Section Bend, Deschutes, County, Oregon Saturday,, May 28, 1955 Eight Pages No. 148 CITIZENSHIP HONOR Seven members of next year's senior class at Bend High School will make trips this summer to attend Boys' State on the Oregon State College campus and Girls' State at Willamette. In the picture, from left, are Lewis West, Robin Boardman, Ann Macley, Carolyn Courter, Larry Lermo, Bobbie Erickson and Hugh Cole. The girls were selected by the American Legion Auxiliary when they competed with five other junior girls by giving speeches. The boys were chosen by their dean on the basis of ability. (Bend Bulletin Photo) Auto Industry May Be Crippled By HAW Strike By RKV W. BKUNE X'mtnl Press Staff Correspondent DETROIT (UP) The CIO Unit ed Auto Workers Union today called delegates ot the 51 Ford locals into an emergency confer ence meeting that might give a tipoff whether the automobile in dustry is in for a crippling strike. "We're going to lay the whole picture before the delegates," Ken Bannon, director of the National Kord Department of the union, said. -We'll have a statement afterwards." Automobile industry spokesmen still appeared hopeful tiiat the deadlock over the union demand for a guaranteed annual wage could be broken and a peacetul settlement reached. Union' President Walter Reuther invited Henry Ford II, president of Ford Motor Co., or his top offi cial, board chairman Ernest Breech, to attend the meeting and present the company position to the union delegates face-to-face. No Immediate Reply But Ford did not reply immedi ately to the invitation and it ap peared likely no reply would be made. There were no signs ot any break in the dispute.Negotiations between Uie union and Ford, which might toe hit with a strike any time after midnight next Tuesday, were in recess today while the union talked over its next step. Negotiations were due to resume early Sunday morning. At General Motors, where the present contract doesn't run out until June 7, nego tiations will not resume until Tues day. The battle appeared to be based on principles. The union said Ford's plan for a stock-sharing program contained in the package proposal made Thursday would cost the company mue than the union's proposal for a guaranteed annual wage. , . Ford and General Motors both nave indicated strongly through their proposals that they are dead set against giving in to the union in any way on the annual wage plan. Plan for Road Extension Out PORTLAND (UP) State High way Engineer R. H. Baldock yes terday told a delegation from the Eugene-Springfield area and the Redmond-Princville area that the American Association of state Highway Officials would not ap prove ixtension of the McKenzie river highway to the coast. The delegation had appealed to the highway commission meet ing here for an extension of the west from Eugene to Florence. Baldock said the extension was not feasible because the Eugene-Flor-ence route does not meet minimum requirements for a U. S. highway. Lane county plans to complete construction of a tunnel this sum mer at the summit" of the coar.t ranee near Mapleton. Completion would give the Redmond -Prinevi lie ares of central Omron a direct link with the Port of Florence. Ray Foster. Jr., told the commission. He asked that McKenzie pass be kent open all winter to make the highway a year-around route to the coastal port. Baccalaureate Services Sunday At Bend High Baccalaureate services for the 1955 graduating class of Bend High School will be held Sunday even ing, May 29, In the high school gymnasium. The program will start at 8 o'clock, and friends and relatives of the graduates are ask ed to be seated shortly before that time. Rev. R. E. Ylvisaker of First Lutheran church will give the bac calaureate address, with "Through Truth to Freedom" as his subject. Rev. H. Cecil Bever of First Christian church will give the in vocation and benediction, and Rev. Robert Sander of Westminster Presbyterian church will read a rupture selection. The Bend High School orchestra; directed by Earl Roarig, will play. The processional- will he "Pomp and. Circumstance," by Elgar. Men delssohn's "War March of the Priests" will be the recessional. The high school a capella choir. directed by Norman Whitney, will sing "This is My Father's World." arranged by Fred Waring. The girls' triple trio will sing "Teach Me to Pray, JewettANadsworth, accompanied by Mrs. Bonnie Graves. Members of the ensemble, are Barbara Cheney. Jeanne Drost, Karal Skjersaa, Donnalee Sargent. Karen Austin, Barbara Kiel, Katnyl Smith, Carolyn Smith and Evadne Kelsoc. i The audience Is to remain seated during the professional and reces-i sional. The entire program is bem? broadcast by radio station KBND, 4 Outdoor Groups Plan Hikes, Study Four Oregon outdoor groups, mineral collectors, naturalists and amateur geologists, were moving into camps in the interior country today in preparation for hikes and study over the long Memorial day week end. In the CI amo area, at Camp Hancock, the Geological Society of the Oregon Country and the Oregon Agate and Mineral Societv were in camp early today, with hikes and campfire programs and talks planned. A Bend man, Phil F. Brogan. Is to be speaker at a campfire session at Camp Han cock, just north of the John Day river on the road to Fossil, Sun- lay night. Members of the Audubon Society from Portland arrived In Bend to day noon, for a lunch at the Pine Tavern before their "jump off" into the Fort Rock. Silver Lake and Summer Lake areas on a week end outing. Several Bend residents including Dr. Aryan Roost of Cen ral Oregon College, met with the group from Portland a noon. Moving into the Glass butte re- gion 70 miles east of Bend this week end wi be the All Rock- hounds club from Washington They are coming trrto Central Ore gon In a quest for obsidian. In the mid-Oregon Cascaded other outdoor groups will be at t em pli mg a wen ts of nrountai rw that are still heavily blanketed with snow. No Bulletin On Memorial Day Monday. Menwrtal day. will b a general holiday m Bend and The Bend Bulletin itaff will Join In the observance. There will be no pnpr on Monday. Maren Gribskov Back from Trip Back from a tiiree month trip to Europe, including a flight over the polar, route from Los Angelas to Denmark, Miss Maren Gribskov operator of Bend's Pine Tavern. reported today that her "guides" aboaid included a number of ex- Bend residents. One was Ruth Card, now sta tioned In Munich, Germany, and another was Mi's. R. B. Moore, who was in Vienna with her da ugh ter, Eva. In Copenhagen, she met Mrs. Jerry Ramussen of Albany. Miss Gribskov reported a plea sant ride over the polar wastes. to Denmark, where she visited her mother's ancestral home, and aR got 1 ntouch with two cousins. In Munich, she met Mrs. Maurine Whisenand, Bend, and Mrs. Ro Bert Hemingway, now of Palo Alto, Calif., for a trip through Europe thaf. took them to Austria, rtuly, Spain, Switzerland and Hol land. A return trip by plane was made to the Scandinavian coun tries, then te tour ended with visits 10 Scotland and England. Miss Gribskov, Mrs. Heming way and Mre. Whisenand returned to America aboard the U. S. S. United States, then Miss Gribskov flew west, reaching Bend yes terday. 178 Youngsters Given Salk Shots One hundred and seventy-eight first and second graders In the Bend area were given the first Salk vaccine shots yesterday as the tri-county polio program mov ed its clinics to Bend. About 200 more are expected to receive the shot Tuesday when the program is scheduled to re sume after the Memorial day. The clinic will be held in Kingston school in the morning and in Allen school in the afternoon. (Make-up clinics for those who missed the regular schedules are tentatively st to be held in Red mond during the latter part of next week. Redmond is chosen be cause of its centralized location for the three countries. Deschutes. Crook and Jefferson, that the trl c.iunty health department covers. Thus far, some 550 children In the three counties have received the first shots. The second shots of the program will be adminis tered approximately one month from now. Oregon Parolee Takes Own Life After Gun Duel ALTI'RAS. Calif. (UP) A vengeful rauist. convicted in IMS for the rape of his stepdaughter killed a California highway patrol man in a furious gun brittle and then ended his own life. The rapist, 56-year-old Herbert Petty, who was paroled hum thf Oregon State Penitentiary last year, blew the top of his head off with a rifle bullet after the duel in which Patrolman James Ma- rooney. M. was fatally injured. Petty was convicted in M"Minn- vill Ore., for the raw of his stepdaughter, now Mrs. Dick Wade of Alt'iras. Mrs. Wade said Petty unexpect edly entered her cabin 14 miles south of here Friday after her husband had gone to work. Mrs. Wade was able to g ax-ay from the cabin to summon patrol officers when a neighbor arrived to baby lit for Mr-. Wade. Alderwood Golf Tourney Begins Here Oregon golfers swung Into ac tion on the Bend Golf course to day in opening play of the Aider- wood Memorial matches. The two day. 36-hole convocation is co-spon sored by the Oregon Golf associa tion and the Bend Golf club, with Bob Thomas and Des Currie in charge locally. Quartets representing the vari ous clubs moved into play today, with the final 18 holes of compe tition scheduled for Sunday. In Bend for the weekend play on the sun (brightened course tha' twists through the pines is Martv Leptich, the 1954 medalist. He heads the Riverside contingent, and is a member of the quartet that includes Bob Branson, Dick Webber and Jim Miller. Also here for play is Roy Wig- T'ns. two time medalist when the tourney was held at the old Al derwood course. He now leads the 0wego contingent. Spectators will be welcome to watch play on the Bend course over the weekend, Thomas and Currie stressed. Visiting golfers and their wives will be guests at the Bend Golf cluibs annual spring formal to night, at the dub quarters. Folsom Seen Hobby Successor WASHINGTON (UP) A reliable source has told United Press that President Eisenhower will name Undersecretary of the Treasury Marion B. r olsom to be Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Folsom would succeed Mi's. Oveta Culp Hobby, the only woman and only Democrat in the Presi dents cabinet. The source said Folsom was se lected a month ago to take the job when Mrs. Hobby's resignation Is announced. The source did not know when the change will take place. Mrs. Hobby had "nothing to say1 about tlie report. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerly would neither confirm nor deny it, saying "I have no resignation (from Mrs. Hobby) in front of me." Folsom, 61, a native of McRae, Ga., was treasurer and a director of Eastman Kodak Co. before be ing appointed to the Treasury post. He is a recognized authority on social security, a program which the Health, Education and Welfare Department administers. The President told a news con ference recently that Mrs. Hobby said several months ago she might have to resign for personal rea sons. Her husband, 77-year-old Wil liam Hobby, former Texas gover nor, has been seriously ill. At that time, the President praised her for doing "a mighty magnificent job" and said he would be very sorry to see her leave. Mrs. Hobby has been strongly criticized recently for her depart ment's handling of the Salk polio vaccine pogram. Ike Relaxinq At His Farm GETTYSBURG. Pa. (L'P) President Eisenhower, taking ad vantage of the long Memorial Day weekend, relaxed at his farm to day. The chief executive was driven here yesterday by the Secret Ser vice over a winding back road which took him past several Civil War battlefields. Before he left Washington. Mr. Eisenhower toured a gGwrrinient exhibit on the peaceful uses of 'itomic energy In the Library of -ongress. He expressed delight vith the exhibit. 'Miracle' Race Run 3 Runners LONDON (UP Three runners roke th1 four-minute barrier to day in a "miracle mile" race wn by Laslo Tnbori of Hungary in 3:59.0. Chris Chutaway and Bryan H'-w- son, both of England, trail d the flying Hungarian across the finish line in 3:f 8. in an Incredible mile race at White City Stadium. Ta bor! time was one second slower than the world mark of 3:58.0 et by John Iandy of Australia at rain. John Dltley, another Briton. 'were announced as the same. Turku, Finland, June 21, 19M. (finished fourth in 4:090 a Umej But C h a t a w a y officially was The feat came as a tremendous which once was considered good ' awarded second place and Hewson surprise to the crack world In that, i for the distance. wns placed third, although all three milers showed! Landy and Bannkter before to-1 The incredible trip breaking of promise, none was believed Rood day were the only runners who the four-minute barrier was seen enough. to achieve a four-minute had broken the four-minute bar-! by millions of Britons on television mile. ussians Getting Chilly eception at Belgrade Union Bosses Greet Offer With Disdain LOS ANGELES (UP) AFl Teamsters officials said todaj they will submit 'without enlhu siasm to union members a new proposal by the California Truck ing Association aimed at ending a 10-day tracking strike in 11 Wes tern states. Three days of meetings wiU Federal Conciliation Commission John L. Fenton ended lasi night when the CTA offered a three-year contract calling for an immediate nine-cent hourly wage loost and nine-cent increases for the next two years. But Frank Brewster, president of the Western Conference of Teamsters, termed the offer "un satisfactory" and predicted the union "will turn it down." "I am obligated to submit the offer to a membership v o t e, Brewster said, "but I will not re commend that the union vote for it. In fact, I might say that ne gotiations have taken a turn for! the worse." Conciliator Discouraged Commissioner Fenton also was discouraged after last night's ses sion. He would make no comment on the CTA offer other than to say he would be available for fur ther nagotiations. The offer was expected to be presented to union members for a vote c-n Tuesday, The teamsters have struck five trucking firms, and th walkout affected the entire Vest when other long-haul contract truck firms shut down in sympathy for those that were struck. The teamsters have demanded a 10 cent hourly increase at once, with eight cent hikes in the next two years, plus pension benefits and a "hot cargo" clause. There was no mention of a pension plan "hot cargo" clause in the CTA offer. The 27-cent offer over the three year period applied to Southern California drivers only, according to CTA chief negotiator A. J. Eyraud. with line-haul drivers in other areas getting three boost? of eight cents for a total of 24 cents. The offer also included increa sed employer contributions to health and welfare plans. No Further Plans We will wait to see how it is: accepted by the union member-! ship." Eyraud said after the meet- ing. "We have no plans beyond this. We feel we have done all we can and that if this offer Is turned down the union will have to make the next step." The strike has affected most of the long-haul trucking in the West,, although no acute shortages have resulted as yet. Some 6000 workers at Chrysler Corporation assembly plants here were expected to be idled next week if the strike is not. laid off this week, because of lack of storage space for new cars. ! At Los Angeles and I-ong Beah Harbors, incoming cargo was pil ing up for lack of tracks to haul it away. MltK KXTI.VOt.'ISIIKI) The Bend F'ire D(nartment ex- tlnguished a brush fire Friday at 3:28 p.m. near the corner of Nor-jThe Ion avenue and Division street, There was no damage. in London Crack 4-Minute Mile Tabori was rated second In his twlc. own country to Sandorlharos as a Today's race was part of an "metric' miler; Chataway gained International meet involving Brit f:ime as a pacer for Ir. Roger jish. Hungarian ami German run Bannister when trie four-minulr ners. barrier first was broken In V.'HA at Oxford on May 6, 19M; and young Hewson whs thought to be tft 111 a few year away as a four, minute proscct. The track had been softened : somewhat by a heavy overnight I atmm tTi. U.J t,..ul 4L. 4-1 ..L. ' Heavy Traffic Noted Long Weekend Begins The Ions Memorial day weekend opened in the Centra Oregon coun ties this morning, with a heavy movement of traffic over highways through most of Friday night. Bend's observance of the long holiday will continue through Mon- ilny, with most places of business and all offices, including federal, itate, county and city, to oe closed. Under the directions of veterans' organizations, .Bend on Monday will observe the holiday with n parade and with memorial rites at Pilot Butte cemetery. W. J. Baer, in general charpe ,f arrangements, has requested all units planning to take part in the parade to meet at Hie Oregon Na tional Guard armory at 10:00 Ily UNITED PRESS The death toll began to mount today as millions of holidaying Americans jammed the nation's vantage of the "long" three-day memorial day weekend. A United Press survey showed at least 37 persons dead In acci dents, 29 of them traffic victims. Four persons drowned, and four died In miscellaneous mishaps. At Kansas City, Mo., Domes oi three young men, apparently elec- tocuted, were found beside stalled automobi'e in a south side residential section. Police said It appeared they had stepped Into water that carried an electrical charge from a fallen power line. 300 May Be Killed A six-year-old Oklahoma City boy was missing and presumed drowned in a tornado that struck Grand I-nke, Okla., last night. The National Safety Council pre dieted that 360 persons would die in highway crashes over the week end, starting at 6 p.m. yesterday and ending at midnight Monday. Near Toronto, Can., meanwhile. four persons were killed early today when a Colonial Coach Lines bus crashed Into their automobile and burst into flames. Just a few hours before the hol iday began, a huge trailer truck careened wildly at 100 miles an hour down San Francisco's Nob Hill and crashed In flames, killing seven persons. New TomaiMHW In Oklahoma, Kansas and Mis souri, at least 38 new tornado fun nels hit or were sighted last night The funnels came In the wake of a seven-slate twister which left 117 persons dead and more than 800 injured. Stale and local officials, con cerned over the holiday slaughter, mapped plans to crack down on Bend Man Sues Dun & Bradstreet I'ORTLAN D(UP) A $150,000 libel suit was filed here yesterday by a Bend businessman against Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. Hensley Pomeroy, Bend. charged that the credit rating Ilrm circulated "reckless" statements nbout him In its credit report. He operates a Hend trucking and log ging supply firm. In a federal court complaint. Pomeroy charged thot Dun & Bradstreet had reported falsely that he was to be secretly Indicted for manslaughter by a grand Jury. complaint further charged that Uie credit rating firm had 'nerused him of Intoxication. Cinrclon of Oxford Jumped Into the lead and set a pace of Just over two minutes for the first half mile. Chalawny and Hewson flash?d across the finish ne in such a .nip - tuck finish that their times ..4. a.m. The parade, with ONG Co. I as one of the participating units, will swing through downtown Bend at 10:30 a.m. Services at Pilot Butte ceme tery will be at U a.m., with lead- ers of veterans' groups and aux iliaries participating. Rev. Roger Anderson will deliver the tnvoct tion at the cemetery rites, and Rev. George H. Reddens, Bend's Pastor of the Pines," will be the speaker. The benediction will be given by Rev. H. C. Bever. Baer has requested all comma!!- ders of posts and auxiliary unit presidents to meet at the ceme tery Sunday at 7 p.m., for instruc tions in connection with the Mem orial day rites. errant motorists and to keep traf fic on clogged highways flowing smoothly. At Udall, Kan., which was vir tually wiped off the mop by a series of tornadoes in the South west, a highway sign cautioning motorists to drive carefully took on a doubly grim meaning. The sign read: We have lots of children, but none to spare so please drive with care." Just across the state line from Udall, the residents of Blackwell, Okla.,' faced a grim weekend as flood waters followed hard upon the heels of a tornado. Meanwhile, many states alerted police units tor full-time emergen cy duty on the highways. Guardsmen Aid Police National Guard troops were called out for the second straight year In Michigan to augment io- lice ot critical danger points. In Iowa. Gov. Leo A. Hoegh said that if motorists failed to heed his call for a "voluntary" 60 mile an hour limit, he would enforce It through a broader interpretation of reckless driving. In New York City, a huge exo- hlghwnys, railroads, bus lines and airlines. Highways were Jammed both ways since many people also poured Into the city for a long weekend. One of the worst traffic Jams In the memory of Now York police Jammed route 17 yesterday for 15 miles from Hlllburn, N.Y., to Tea neck. N.J. The Lincoln and Holland Tunnels handled 2000 cars an hour yesterday and 3700 an hour crossed the George Washington Bridge. Extra ticket booths were set up In Grand Central Station to handle crowds. The New York Port Au thority sold It expected some 2800 buses would handle about 85,000 passengers over the weekend. Helicopters Patrol LaGuardla Al r p 0 r t reported many extra flights over the week end, and police used helicopters to aid In traffic control. Chicago adopted a similar air plan. Rain predicted for the New York area apparently did not dismay travelers. Lake Areas Still Under Coat of Ice Kust and Paulina lakes remain ed ice-bound today as the 195.) season high forest lakes open ed. Detfpite the Ice blanket and the fact that all campsites In New berry crater are stiH covered with snow, a considerable number ot sportsmen were reported In the crater thw morning, with some attempting to break the Ire. He sort operators were not permittinc me use of their boats in this at tempt. Paulina lake' was reported fro zen to the bank, with no ahori filming available. . Reports fnm Hie ujer Des chutes Indicates that Crane p.-alri' and Wickiup reservoir were vlr tually covered "with fleets of fish inu boon!" todav Hi if I.nvn wn ml so reported ice free but couh' ,1k - reached only hv hikers. Stare police reported an unusu ally heavy movement erf traffic over mid-Oregon highways Fri day evening and last night. No accident had been reported to norrn. Many of the cars moving south through Bend In the night hours were tmtaf boat. Strain Noted By IIKLKN FISHER United Press Staff Correspondent BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (UP) A second and probably final ses sion of the Russian-Yugoslav talks opened at the ornate Guards Hali today In an atmosphere of frigid protocol that chilled the Sovlrt "mission of forgiveness." Threatening thunderstorms hov ering over the sultry capital matched the tension that has hung over the conference since Soviet Communist Party Boss Nikita Khrushchev dropped a diplomatic brtck at the very outset Khrushchev attempted to shift the talks from foreign policy and Interstate relations as desired by Yugoslavia to ideological issue the .Yugoslavs were determined to avoid. Khrushchev's efforts caused a swift drop in temperature in what might have become a highly cord ial reunion of old friends. The air In the official lounge at the opera last night was "so frigid you could liave iced your beer between the handshakes,' one eye-witness re ported. Rnsfdans Orlm When the Russians marched In this morning to take their places along one side of the long confer ence table they were grim and stony-faced until Marshal Tito came along and spotted photogra phers. - There was some hurried whis pering and then the Russians broke out into tired smiles while the grins of the Yugoslavs appeared more animated. The smiles van ished when the photographers left. The 15 official delegates sal down alone, without the originally planned second row of experts behind them. Numerous special ists from both sides were hunched over piles of documents in sido rooms waiting to be called. There was some speculation that this charge In arrangements might be another Indication the confer once Was not going quite accord- ing to plan. Yugoslavs Pleased ' The situation outside the confer ence hall was quite the opposite. The Yugoslav man in the street was highly pleased at the course of events; an air of jubQization and a growing tendency to make nasty Jokes about the Russians had swept away the original tense nervousness resulting from the first announcement of the confer ence. There was a good deal of levity in the coffee houses over the photographs of the conference op- papers, some or them apparently papers, some of tern apparently nurposely selected to show frown ing faces. The comments Included: Khrushchev is looking at (Vice President Alexander Rankovtc) Leka as If he were Beria," the ex ecuted Soviet chief of secret po lice whom Khrushchev blamed for the 1JM8 Tito-Kremlin break to the complete incredulity of the Yugoslavs. In the almost comnlete absence of official information on the con- fnrence Uiday rumors swept Bel jrnde as to Jut what Tito rnd Khrushchev said at yesterday's opening sessions. Most of the ru mors appeared to be based largely in an editorial In this mornings Horba. and whose contents were broadcast by Radio Belgrade yes ierday evening. The editorial made veiled refer nce to Yugoslav dissatisfaction jver Russian attempts to move he conference onto an ideological msis. Mrs. Bucknum Returns to Bend Mrs, K. M. Biicknnm hn.i rr 'unicd from Oilvor City. Calif., vhnre Rht whs railed bv the dwith f her hrolhur, Julian D. Riehani. Mr. Rlohinlj ns a resident of fy'nd in 1?M7, and wna avftxtalcd -itr: Mr. Bucknum in tho Pinker Vit Shop. He Is survived by his wife. Bor "lce. and a df hter. Judith, 10, In Culver Cltv: a son, Kenneth, in Salt Lnke Cltv. and his mot."r. Mrs. Anna Richard, and hi sit ter, In Bend.
