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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
52nd Year One Section
Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon Thursday, July 28, 1955
Fourteen Pages
No. 198
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LESION OFFICIAL GREETED Greeting J. Addingion Wagner of Detroit, Mich., national
vice-chairman of the American Legion's Americanism committee, on his arrival in Redmond is
Carl Moser, Oregon department commander. Joining in the welcome at the Redmond airport
were department and convention leaders. (Photo for The Bulletin by Tull's Photo Shop)
HEADS 40 ET 8 J. Earl
Simpson of Tulsa, Ok I a., chef
de chemin do fer of the 40 et
8, it among nationally-known
Legionnaires attending the
Oregon Department convention-of
the American Legion in
Redmond. (Photo for The Bul
letin by American Legion)
Nation Seared
As Record Heat
Wave Continues
By UNITED PRESS
. Record breaking heat struck the
nation again today from the Rocky
Mountains to the Atlantic Seaboard,
while a devastating flood forced
1500 persons from their homes at
Albuquerque, N.M.
Some relief was expected from
the worst heat of the year after
yesterday's 100-degree readings
through a wide area of the Mid
west. Cooler air spread southward
over the Great Lakes and North
Atlantic states. But In the south
eastern part of the nation the mer
cury stayed high.
Two flash floods roared out of
the rain-drenched Sandia Moun
tains into the northern half qf Al
buquerque, causing 1500 persons
to flee their homes.
Evacuees scurried to the Uni
versity of New Mexico dormitories
for shelter, and Gov. John F. Sims
declared a state of emergency.
An 18-inch crest of water flowed
through half the city, and damage
from mud and water was estimat
ed at one million dollars.
A young mother and her child
were caught in a pickup truck ir
the crest of the first flood. The
vehicle was carried a quarter of
a mile by the swirling waters anr
then turned over, but the mother
saved herself and her child.
Farm Bureau
Session Planned
A special meeting of the Ore
Ron Farm Bureau Federation'1
house of delecates will be held Ir
Bend tomorrow, to determine the
stand of the federation relative to
Oregon Senate Joint resolution No
4.
This resolution concerns the ap
plication of the emergency clause
to tax measures. OFBF members
at their Bend meeting will deter
mine the part, if anv. the OFBF
should take in promoting the pro-
powt rontmitlonl provision.
OFBF officers here tomon
will Include Ben Robinson of Imh-
l-r. president. A larye trrouo. In
c'Mdin" d'-vtors from the teHera
tlon'i 11 different rwtons. federa
tion officers and advisory mem
bers will be present.
The conference will be at the
Pilot Butte Inn.
lomns iees mo
Long-Range Shift
In Red Planning
Special to The Bulletin
REDMOND Addressing the
joint opening session of American
Legion and Auxiliary department
of Oregon Thursday morning, na
tional commander Seaborn Collins,
from Las Cruces, N.M. said the
Legion approves of United States
participation In the Four Power
Conference, but hopes the Ameri
can people will not become so anx
ious for a cold war settlement that
they will be willing to sacrifice
any military, economic or psycho
logical advantage which they
might now have over the Com-,
munist world. .
Collins; "Never let it be said
that the American people refused
to sit down at a table with any
other nation or group of nations,
and talk peace". At the same time
he thought the new Soviet soft
talk "might signify a change in
tactics, but not in long range Com
munist strategy which seeks to
impose Communism on the entire
world". i
Hope Questioned
Collins - questioned a hope for
lasting peace while "a great part
of the world is held In the grip
of Communist dictatorship". "You
cannot reach agreement for peace
while the will of 600 million people
is crushed by a small group of men
who want to rule the world", he
continued. He cited many written
agreements broken by the Soviets.
Later "in his address he said It
is "highly gratifying" to see the
organization's efforts at last
crowned with some measure of
success, referring to the "work
able" Reserve Training Bill to bereading of the ordinance. Only one
signed by President Eisenhower,
The Legion has striven for 30iThe next commission meeting is
years for such a bill, which, though!
not exactly what it would like to
have, should nevertheless "go a I
long way toward providing a;
Ready Reserve force on which the j
nation can rely in emergency," he
said. I
Praise Offered
The national commander praised
the Oregon department officers
and members for their accomp
lishments during the past year and
their close cooperation with the na
tional organization. It -is this type
of cooperation, he added, that en
ables the Legion to carry out its
orograms, the major ones being
Veterans rehabilitation, child wel
fare and Americanism.
Collins arrived in Redmond Wed-i
nesday, flying his own plane, from'
Mexandria, La., where he had ad
lressod the state convention. He
'eft following his talk here for Le
gion national headquarters in
Washington, D.C. He was an army
ilot in world war two. is 43 years
old, and operates his own real es
tate, contracting and insurance
Susiness in Las Crures where he
lives with his wife and two child
ren. Second Polio
Case Reported
The second polio case within the
last six days in Central Oregon
was reported in Prineville yester
day. A Prineville housewife was diag
nosed as hAvtn been stricken with;
oolio and has been confined in the
isolation ward of the Pioneer Me
morial hosnitaj. As far as is
known, no member of her house
hold hat had any Salk ant i -polio
vaccination shots.
GETS STATE POST Mrs.
Frank Updike, Toledo, is the
new le chapeau of the 8 et 40
of the American Legion Auxil
iary in Oregon. ha was- in
stalled at a ceremony in Red
mond on Wednesday. (Photo
for The Bulletin by Legion)
Reading Given
On Annexation
Bend city commission heard the
first reading of the ordinance, for
the annexation of 10 acres of in
dustrial land west of the city lim
its at a specially adjourned meet
ing last night. The proposed annex
ation will permit Don Berry Inc.
to have access to the city water
supply.
The commission stipulated, how
ever, that two dedicatory deeds
giving the city the right to build
12th and 13th streets up to the
proposed new city limits must be
given to the city attorney by the
chamber of commerce, property
owner involved, before the second
deed has been made available.
scheduled on Aug. 3.
Mrs. Julie Johnson, city record
er, read a letter from Bend TV
Inc., officially accepting the fran
chise for TV cable construction in
the city.
The location of a fire hydrant in
front of the Pine Tree motel on
S. 3rd street between Hooseveit
and Taft avenues was a subject
of considerable discussion. The
hydrant is in the middle of an
area where the motel plans to
to widen its entrance and may be
come a traffic hazard. Street su
perintendent Percy Drost an 4
City Attorney Harry English were
instructed by the commission to
negotiate with the motel owner to
remove the hydrant with shared
expenses,
Concrete Work
For New School
Gets Underway
Pouring of concrete on the new
umlnr hitrh a-h,uJ knUHinu twiner
erected in the southeast part ', Still Nc OeClSIOH
town by Wall. Bartram & Sanford.j
Junction City contractors, is under 1 ""
Way. n commissioner
The first concrete being poured Oeschutns roUnly court contln
ls in the tunnels that will be un- uc lts session on the appolnt
der the corridors of the "B" and ment of a nnw commissioner this
"C" units, one a clasn room flndmorning but failed to reach a de
rhe other a science unit. cision.
These tunnsl will be conduftsi The court, however, hopes to
throirh which heat will be circula-
ld and in which utility equipment,
such as waiter nines and electric
w'rei. will be Installed.
The tunnel serving "B" unit will
be abut 210 feet in length and that
serving the "C" unit will be 110
feet long.
Legion Opens
State Meeting
At Redmond
Special to Tn Bulletin
REDMOND Oregon Legion
naires formally opened their 1955
department convention here this
morning with a welcome to their1
national commander, Seaborn Col
lins, ot Las Cruces, N. M.
Joining in the welcome to the
national commander and to the
Legonnaires was Governor Paul
Patterson. Presiding at the joint
opening meeting was Carl R. Mo-
ser, department coommander.
Redmond was crowded this
morning as the convention got
under way, and it was estimated
that some 1600 veterans will be
registered for the first department
meeting held jn Central Oregon in
30 years.
The American Legion last met,
in Prineville. j
All local housing accommoda-l
tions are taken, and there is a big
overflow of visitors to Bend, Prine
ville and Madras.
Convention sessions are to last
through most ,of the day.
Show Planned
Tonight at 8 o'clock, an event-,
packed show, open to the public
for a nominal admission charge,
will be held at the Redmond fair
grounds. Band music and colorful
drum corps exhibition will be
featured. The Eagles junior drum
corps of Bend will also perform,
and Warm Springs Indians will be
presented in tnoal dances.
Al 8:15 p.m. the formal corona
tion of Ann Swearingen, queen of
the junior rodeo, will take place.
She will appear with her prin
cesses, Margaret Livesley, Alfalfa,
and Judy Cale, Bend.
The band of Legion post No
185, Portland, will play at 8:30
p.m.. and the famous Portland
bagpipes band will appear at 10
o'clock. Final event will be an ex
hlbition by the Klamath Falls
champion drum and bugle corps,
at. 10:30.
BreukfaHt Planned
Friday's activities will get under
way with a buckaroo breakfast
from 6 to 8 a.m., at the fair
grounds site. Tickets may be pur
chased at the grounds.
Another big event of the conven
tion, of special interest to the pub
lic, will be the department con
vention parade here r nuay at
6:30 p.m., followed by the Junior
rodeo at the fairgrounds.
Legion business sessions start
Friday at 9 a.m., in the high
hool. Auxiliary meetings will
start at 8:45, in the John Tuck
school.
No Committee
Meeting Slated
On Hells Issue
WASHINGTON (UP) Chairman
Claire Engle (D-Callf) said today
no meeting of the House Interior
Committee to act on a bill for1
Federal development of Hells Can
yon is "scheduled or contemplat
ed."
The bill authorizing the contro
versial dam on the Snake River,
was approved by the reclamation
subcommittee yesterday, putting it
before the full committee.
Engle indicated no meeting is
in prospect. Asked the significance
of the subcommittee action, he said
it meant only that the bill "moved
one step forward."
A Senate bill to authorize the
project Is in a parallel position
It has subcommittee approval but
reportedly is a vote short of full
committee endorsement.
Meanwhile, an author of the
house legislation called the House
subcommittee action a "signal vic
tory" for nublic power advocates
seeking to block plans of a private
power company to develop the can
yon. The Idaho Power Comoany is
seeking Federal Powwr Commis
sion licenses for three dams on
th" river.
Ren. Don Mngnuson (D-WasM
said the subcommittee action "cer-
ainy should cause the commis
sion to delay a decision until Con
'ires acts on the project."
make the Anpointment before the
wHk exnlrev
Williim Chandler, retired sfnte
hi?hwav department engineer, and
Fred SheTwird, retired farmer,
were recommended by the Repub
lican central committee, with pref
erence for Chandler.
Bulgaria Mas 'Regrets'
For Downing of Plane
Three Health
Officers Set
Part Time
Tri - County District ffeard of
Health appointed Drs. J. W. Thorn
of Bend, Evan Thomas of Madras,
and Richard Sherwin of Prineville
as temporary part-time health of
ficers for the Bend area, Jefferson
count;', and Crook county respec
tively this morning.
Appointment of a Redmond area
health officer will he made later
today or tomorrow.
The temporary arrangement for
the operation of the tri - county
health department appeared cer
tain yesterday when the district
board met in Westminster Hall,
Redmond, without a candidate re
placing Dr. James H. Stewart, out
going tri-county health officer. Dr.
Stewart will leave for Salem this
weekend to assume duties as ad
ministrative medical consultant of I
the division of vocational rehabili
tation, state board of education.
Higher Salary
Tiie district health board, con
sisting of members of county
courts in Deschutes, Crook, and
Jefferson counties, also decided to
raise the salary of the health of
ficer from $9,000 to $10,200 per an
num. The object of the salary in-!
crease is to recruit a trained and
experienced person and to bring
the salary in line with current sal
a ries offered to other public health
administrators.
The extra money needed for the
salary increase will be met by the
lapse fund coming from the ab
sence of a health officer. County
budgets for the new fiscal year
have already been set and only
maneuvers within the budgets are
permitted.
The temporary health officers
will supervise functions of the
tri - county health department in
their respective areas on a month-
to-month basis until appointment
of a full ,- time health officer Is
made.
Dr. Richard Wilcox, director of
local health services, state board
of health, Portland, was at the dis
trict board meeting yesterday. He
initiated the salary adjustment of:
the full - time health officer. Un
pointed out that two other county
health departments in the state
are recruiting health officers and
offering higher pay.
ACTION FILED
Kperial to The Bulletin
REDMOND Credit Bureau's
Adjustment department filed suit
in justice court this week for re
covery of $68.13 from Lawrence V
and Jean Mat-ken. They also seek
$31.68 from Ivan and Jane Do?
Raines. Malick Bros, in suit vs.
Adren Allen asks $159.
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RODEO QUEEN Ann Swearingen, Redmond High school junior, will reign ai quean of the
junior rodeo Friday and Saturday at the fair grounds in Radmond. Sha 11 tha daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Marshall Swearingen of Tumalo. Princesses art Judy Cale, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Cale of Bend, and Margaret Livesley, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Carl B. Livesley of Al
falfa. Tha quean will ba crowned tonight at tha fairgrounds, (Bend Bulletin Photo)
Ike Told There's No Chance
For His Road-Building Plan
By UNITED PRESS
President Eisenhower strongly
urged Congress today to revive
and pass his highway program be
fore adjournment. He was immed
iately told there isn't a chance.
The 1 louse yesterday rejected
not only the President's highway
expansion plan but also a Demo
cratic substitute. A big difference1
was over methods of financing the
multi-billion dollar proposals, with!
special bonds under the Presi
dent's plan, new taxes under thei
Ex-POW Taken
Into Custody
FORT MACARTHUR, Calif.
(UP The Army disclosed last
night that it has taken into custody:
S.Sgt. Johnny W. Moore. 22, in
connection with alleged offenses
while he was a prisoner of war in
Korea in 1950-51.
The arrest Tuesday was made
at the request of Sixth Army head
quarters in San Francisco. Moore j
was in the guardhouse pending
transfer to Fort Ord, Calif., prob
ably later today.
Moore's 16-year-old wife, Son-
dra, said the charges "must be n
mistake.
Mrs. Moore, who lived with her
husband and six-month-old daught
er, Donra, In a small apartment
in San Pedro, Calif., said the ex-
POW "loved the Army and has
made itlhls career," ...
."J, cawt understand their saying
he helped the enemy while he was
a prisoner, ' she continued. , He
wouldn't do anything to hurt any
other American. I hove a picture
of him taken at Fort MacArthur
with other prisoners of war and
General Dean. . I m sure they
wouldn't associnte with him if he
were a traitor."
She said Moore enlisted when he
was 16 and was now in a six-year-
re-enlistment, He came back from
Korea in August, 1953, and they
were married later In Lubbock,
Tex. She said his father is Johnny
Moore Sr., a MacFarkind, Calif.,
farmer.
Band Concert
Due Tonight
The Bend Municipal Band will
present another in the series of
outdoor summer concerts tonight
In Juniper park, starting at 3
o'clock. Norman Whitney is the di
rector.
Dan Bucknuin and John Hamil
ton will be featured as vocal solo
ists. The program includes
marches and a variety of popular
and novelty numbers.
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Democratic.
In a special White House state
ment, Mr. Eisenhower asserted
that "contention over the method
could not be permitted to deny our
people these critically needed
roads."
Speaker Sam Rayburn agreed
with that. But he said there is
"no chance of getting a bill up
this session, none whatever."
House Democratic Leader John
V. McCormack of Massachusetts
blamed Republicans for killing the
highway expansion program. He1
said "the President will certainly
have to do a lot of work among
his own members even to get a
bill next year."
Rep. George A. Dondero (R-
Mich), wh6 spousored the Presl-,
dent's plan, had this to say about 1
chances of reviving the measure: 1
If I had to bet on it. I wouldn t
use my own money.
Other congressional news:
Foreign Aid: The House ap
proved a compromise $2,703,341.
7fj0 foreign aid appropriation. Af
ter Senate approval it will go to
the White House. It provides about
VH) millions less than President
Elsenhower nsked for military
and economic aid overseas.
Wage-hour: A Senate Labor
Subcommittee approved the nom
ination of Newell Brown ot New
Hampshire to be federal wage
hour administrator. The AFL and
CIO opposed the nomination.
Highway: It appeared certain
ut uu..Bi wo..
unui nt'Xl yeur, 11 men, huuui uh.-
nation's overcrowded highways.
Yesterday's House action appeared
final for this sesion. 1
Mercury Drops
To 30 Degrees
Here Last Night
The temperature in Bend Inst
night dropped to 30 degrees, to
provide the area with its seventh
night of freezing weather In July.
Observers In charge of the local
weather station said that never be
fore in the history of Bend has
the temperature been below freez
ing so many times In July.
On one night early In the month,
the mercury went down to 27 de
grees, lowest mark ever known
here In July.
Offsetting the July night chill
were seven dnys of 90 degree
temperature, with a high of 96 re
corded one day. The temperature
spread, 69 degrees, was said to
be near un all-time mark.
Frost was reported from the
higher levels In various parts of
the county last night, but it is not
believed that any extensive dam
age to potatoes resulted.
Vines have already been wilted
several times this month.
12 Americans
Among Those
Who Perished
ATHENS, Greece (UP) Com
munist Bulgaria admitted with
sincere regret" today that its
anti-aircraft guns shot down an
Israeli airliner yesteiday with the
loss of 57 lives, including 12 Amer
icans. The Bulgarian regime, in a
broadcast by Sofia Radio, said Bui-
pari an anti-aircraft batteries shot
down tl El Al Israel Airline Con
stellation near the Greek border.
But the broadcast claimed the
plane had wandered over the bor
der into Bulgarian air space.
It wns the first official word
from the Communist government
of Bulgaria on the fate of those
aboard the blue and silver air
liner which crashed m flames some
five miles behind the Iron Curtain
in one of the costliest incidents
of the cold war. x
The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry
first telephoned Israeli diplomats '
there were no survivors" then
broadcast to the wortd the admis
sion that Rutgarlun guns shot
down the plane barely a week aft
er the Big Four agreed ar Geneva
to seek an end to East-West ten
sion. The Sofia broadcast, ending S4
hours of Communist silence, came
shortly after the Israeli legation
n A,hens announced the plane ex-
i., i n .w
nml .am. Qrtrt
Greek border guards heard four
gunshots.
The piano began smoking when
hit and some fire wns seen. The ,
pilot tried for a forced landing
near the small Greek village of
Pntriia but the explosion cume
then and the plane fell some five
or six miles across the Iron Cur.
tain.
First announcement of the fate
of the 57 persons aboard the air
craft came from the Israeli Icga
tion In Athens. It snld the Bulgar
ian Foreign Ministry had Informed
It all aboard died in the crash.
The Bulgarian broadcast snld
Foreign Minister Mincho Neichev
would head a commission to Inves
tigate the disaster fifth Rrcntest
in the history of commercial avia
tion. But even before the formal In
vestigation began Sofia broadcast
a communique expressing "sincere
regrets to Israel and the fam
ilies of the victims over the deaths
of those aboard.
Extent of the disaster kept se
cret " by the Communist govern- .
ment unlll today upset the holi
day atmosphere In Isrnel follow
ing the general elections and
nlunged the country Into full real
ization of the seriousness of the
new crisis In East-West relations.
It brought demands in Washing
ton that the incident be brought
to the attention of the United
Nations.
Square Dancers
Plan Jamboree
Here Saturday
Square dancers are expected In
Bend Saturday from all parts ot
the state, for 0 jamltoroe to be
held in I he Kenwood school gym
nasium, under Joint sponsorship
f the Buck and Wing club of
Redmond and the Skyline Squares
f Bend. A potluck picnic for local
-tnd visiting dancers will nlno be
held Sunday, at a place to he an
ion need later.
Jjcomtrd Gorton of R'-dmund,
allcr for both sponsoring groups,
v 1 1 1 he muii'er of ceremonies,
allers from vnrious par's of th"
state will tnke pari in (tie pro
"'ft'ii. The dancing uill start at
A delegation of HO or more con
nles from Eugene is ry per led to
Brrh'e Silurrl'iy for the weekend
fesl Iv'lles. I Janrers are nlso ex
pected from Portland, Klamath
fr'nll;, Springfield, Salem, John
Dnv nrwl other nninis.
All Cent nil Oregon square danc
ers are Invited to participate, It
was strewed.
FINE ASSKHSFD
" I te TV H ill"tin
REDMOND M-ix G Sndgrove.
VlnViiin v.-is fined in Hty
court Monday on a chanre of driv
nv while under the Influence f
intoxicating liquor.