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Newspaper Page TextUniv. 6f Oregon Library r WEATHER i THE I FORECAST BULLETIN Mich yesterday, IS degree. Lmv Ut night 38 degree. Suu e( today, :W, Sunrise tomor row, Fair and cool through Friday; high today 73; low tonight SS; high Friday U. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 52nd Year Two Sections Benrf. Deschutes County, Oregon, Thursday, August 25, 1955 Fourteen Pages No. 220 BEND Incident Ends Happily Danny, Una Together At Coast Hideaway PORTLAND (UP) Airman Dan- ifl C. Schmidt and his wife, Una, were back together again today in a honeymoon hideaway. In a switch-ending to "Enoch Araen," Una, who said she mar ried another man in the belief, Schmidt had died in Red China, flew to Portland from California last night for a reconciliation with the 23-year-old airman. The "Enoch Ar'den" of Tenny son's poem returned from the sea to find his wife happily married to another man and silently slipped back into oblivion. A meeting at the home of Schmidt's mother. Mrs. Nellie Pet ers, resulted in their decision to go back together. Una said, in an exclusive interview with United Pi-ess, that this time it was "for keeps if Danny wants me." Schmidt In fluppy v Schmidt, who said it was "one of the happiest moments of my life." smiled at his 20-year-old wife's remarks and indicated he Ike Appears Interested' In '56 Call , DENVER (UP) A Colorado GOP congressman said today that President Eisenhower seemed 'very much interested" when he; was urged to run again in 1956. ; However, Rep. J. Edgar Cheno-1 weth (R-Colo) said that the Pres ident gave no Indication of his plans. Chenowllh and Colorado Repub lican National Committeeman Leon Hi Snyder were the Presi dent's Ilrst official callers after he returned to his desk at the summer White House at Lowry Air Force Base after a 48-hour flying trip east on the flood dis aster and to make a speech at the American Bar Association at Philadelphia. Mrs. Eisenhower re turned with him by air last night. The two Colorado Republicans mainly urged the President to con tinue his support of the Frying l'an-Arkunsas Water Project. They were assured of the President's continued support. Mr. Eisenhower has listed the project as one of the major legis lative Items for approval by Con gress. Chenoweth and Snyder were fol lowed by Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay. Sen. Arthur V. Watklns (R-Utah; and Reclama tion Commissioner Wilbur Dex heimer. They conferred about the Upper Colorado Water Storage Project which the President also supports. The President managed a week of fishing, golf practice and paint ing at his mountain vacation re treat near Fraser, Colo., before flying East Monday night. Mrs. Eisenhower remained at their Get tysburg, Pa., farm to rest last week, but came to Colorado with the Chief Executive Wednesday night for a "quiet visit" with her mother, Mrs. John S. Doud. President and Mrs. Eisenhower arrived here at T:48 p.m. alter a five and one-half hour flight from Washington. During the previous 48 hours the President had uown over the flood-stricken Eastern Seaboard, conferred with gover nors of those states on flood re lief, made a foreign policy speech before the American Bar Associa tion in Philadelphia and then re turned to Washington for confer ences on the international situa tion. Plan Announced By U.S. Agencies .PORTLAND (UP1 Forest Service and Bureau of Land Man agement officials today announced a plan for alleviating a serious log shortage In the Molalla area, which has forced some mills to shutdown. Regional Forester J. Herbert Slnne and BLM area Administra tor James F. Doyle agreed to ad Just boundaries of land managed by the agencies at the headwa ters of fie Molalla River. Forest Service land In the Molalla drainage would be ex changed for BLM timber acreage In the Clackamas River drainage area, simplifying administration and making more mature timber available to Molalla logging operators. was In complete accord by soundly kissing her on the cheek. After a short stay at Mrs. Peters home, the couple left late last night for a hideaway at an Oregon beach. Asked If It was a second honey moon, Schmidt replied that "it is a first honeymoon." He said he and his wife didn't have time for a honeymoon when they were married in May, 1952. Schmidt was sent to Korea only five weeks after he and "Tippy, as he calls his wife, were mar ried at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. It was while on a flight In Korea that Schmidt's plane was shot down and he was taken prisoner by the Red Chinese.He spent 32 months in a Communist prison and only recently was released alons with 10 other airmen. Filed Divorce Suit When he returned to this coun try, Schmidt learned that his wife had married Alford Fine, a Sier- lumberjack. Una said she thought Schmidt had died in prison. Yesterday s meeting was the second the couple has had since Schmidt returned to the United States. In the first session in an attorney's office at Nevada City, Calif., both Schmidt and his wife came away resolved there could be no reconciliation. Schmidt filed a divorce action at Red Bluff, Calif., last week de claring Una was an unfit moth er for their 24-year-old son, Dan ny Jr. But Schmidt said that has "all gone by the boards" now. He said he had instructed his attorney, Howard P. Welch, Sacramento', to withdraw his divorce papers. Fine Out Of Picture As for her . other husband, Una said. "Mr. Fine is completely out of the picture." Schmidt interjected that "the whole thing has been turned over to Mr. Welch to handle. Asked who Initiated the recon dilation meeting in Portland. Schmidt said it was his idea orig inally. He said he telephoned his wife and asked her to come to Portland. Una quickly added that she "was all for It" when bchmidt suggested the meeting. Bid Call Issued On Furnishings For Auditorium fall fur hid nn seatimr and stage furnishings for the new sen ior high school auditorium was made late Wednesday afternoon by the Bend school board at a special meeting at public school headquar ters at Wall street and Kansas ntmnnn Pnhllention of the call was ordered in The Bend Bulletin and sealed proposals will be opened on or before 8 o'clock on the evening of Sept. 2b in tne nign school library. From the proceeds oi sale oi tne rllcti-iel'a ennatnirtinn bonds there is $20,000 available for auditorium seats, curtains and general rur- n;Mn,n a lilta amount is in the building fund set up in the annual budget but Superintendent n. r. Jewell expressed hope that it 1,1,1 h loll b nearly Intact as possible in outfitting the audito rium. Pivmiromenifi of the state firf marahall's office are followed in specifications for stage fittings -iA(fliUni nn various tVDeS Zil Teats ranging from plywood t mohair upholstered are asked in ?ase the board snouia una u ssary to have less expensive fur niture in some sections of tn' building. Th hj.aiHt nacttMri resolutions SO' proving the U.S. National Bank ol Portland. The First National oar. if Portland and the uescnuie: tl,-. invix7 L ASSOCia lion as depositories for school dis trict funds. ll.f.ni Factor Distance from the municipal luimmimr doo! makes t inadvis ible this year to use this facility i A..nnn,tinn u-iih thp hum school physical education program in in.- oming monm. 3uieri:neiu-M tm-All rtoorli'd. and the boar.l nijrwad. The suggestion. Jewell ..iri hail been made DV wayw Hamilton, recreation director for tha e4iv Under a new federal aid pro Tarn the board voted to applv fn a aithVidv nt thr rents a half pint on white milk for student of high school age or younger, me subsidy, Jewell said, will mak" possible sale of milk to school children at four cents half pint Bend's Fall Opening Due On Sept. 16 Bend's J955 fall opening will tx held this year on Friday, Sept. 16 it was decided by the merchant': committee of the Bend Chambc of Commerce at a meeting Wee nesday. The group also voted to coopet ale 100 per cent in the local ot servance of Ked Hat day. Titer day, Sept. 23. The day will be ot served throughout the state, wit M. L. Myrick in rhai-ge in Dei chutes county. The merchants' retail grou; meeting yesterday also discusset street decorations for the Christ mas season, with suggestions from one' company looked over. . It was decided to wait' for sum pics from another company before making a derision. The meeting was held in the chamber office, with Ray LeBlanc. retail merchants' chairman, irt charge. " Flood Donations To Be Solicited Here on Saturday The Deschutes county Red Cross chapter has received an appeal from the national organization for funds to assist with disaster re lief for the six eastern states hit by the worst flood in United Slates history. Plans for local participa tion in- the emergency drive are being made hurriedly, it was an nounced from the Red Cross office. Booths will be set up Saturday in downtown Bend, and boxes and bottles for donations will be place! in the shopping section. Donations to the Red Cross arc deductible, it was pointed out, and receipts will be given at the chap ter ottice In the. Penney building, if contributions are made there. Receipts will be mailed if an address is enclosed with a money order or check sent to the ottice, and those who prefer may call the office, 467, to have contributions picked up by a volunteer. The Red Cross has already ap propriated $2,000,000 in flood re lief funds, and more has been pro mised as needed. More than a hundred shelters to house and feed the homeless have been set up, and 260 trained disaster workers have been sent to the stricken areas. ' Deschutes county's rock-bottom quota for flood relief has been set at $632, according to a teiegram received today by Mrs. Clare T. Taylor, Red Cross executive sec retary, from fc. KOiana narniiiin, governor of New York and nat ional Red Cross president. Needs continue to mount and some 10, 000 families will require assist ance, Harriman Indicated, funos in excess of $8 million will be re quired. Thomas F. Brooks, chapter pres ident, urecd all-out support of the drive, and expressed the hope that the quota can be over-subscribed, in the light of the increasing ur gency. Plans for an intensive drive throughout the county were being made today. 7 Boy Scouts Count Traffic Seven Bend Boy Scouts Wednes day and Thursday spent theli davs making traffic counts at var ious Bend intersections under thr direction of Warren Stuliff. city planning technician. The boys v -re counting traffic. fihtnininiz dL a on the nature ol the traffic and its How, Sutlif said. Scouts taking part in .the pro ject are: Steve Anderson: Steven Hutch inson. John Olson, Dave Ander son. John DeRushia, Greg Baehr und Marx Birge, all members o( Troop 34. The same lioys will work again Tuesday and Wednesday ot next week to complete the lob. Silt- lift said. Areas being checked in the pro gram are: Greenwood between 2nd and 3rd 3:tl between Greenwood and Irv ing; Newport between brocks stre and the river. Revere be tween 2nd and 3rd; South Dalles- California hizhway; the Bums I highway; North Dalles-California highway: E. Franklin - betwenn Sisemore and Lava road; and 14th street at the start of Century I Drive. Redmond Sheriff Pulls Four Illegal Slot Machines Deschutes county Sheriff Forrest C. Sholes. accompanied by two members of the Redmond police department and two Oregon state police officers, raided the Ameri can Legion club in Redmond to day, and removed four slot ma chines from the premises. Tlie seizure of the slot machines took place shortly after noon. The raid was made, Sholes said, after he had received orders from District Attorney George F. Rake- straw to pick up the slots. The fact tnat slots were in the club was brought to the attention ot peace officers Wednesday when club officials reported to Jtedmond police that the club had been brok en into the previous night and the slots smashed and money taken. Sholes said he was not notified of the Tuesday night Incident until Thursday morning, when Rake- straw called and ordered Mm to seize the slot machines. After receiving the call, Sholes obtained a pickup truck, went to the club quarters at 8th street and G avenue in Redmond, and picked up the machines. Carl Copper of the Redmond Legion post opened the door for officers to enter. The raid netted two console electric slot machines, one a five-cent-per- play model and the other a com bination nickel-and-quarter type, and two older type "one-armed bundiis," with side handles. equipped to handle quarters. It had been rumored for several months that a county-wide ban .on the illegal slot machines was In ef fect. A quick check of peace offi cers in the county today showed no complaints about the machines had been received for several years. Sgt. Lowell Hirtzeli of the Ore gon stale police said today officers of the state organization had re tained evidence that the slots were located in the Legion premises, and were prepared to sign a complaint against the Legion club. Sheriff Sholes received an order this afternoon from Redmond Jus tice of the Peace D. L. Ellis to dis pose of the slot machines, and they were destroyed at the Red mond city dump. Redmond Cold? Ha! Have Look At Shevlin 20 The If. S. Weather Bureau this moniinif listed Kedinond the coldest rrportiiiK spot In the nation, with :W ilrgpcs shove. Kilt it Is apparent that the bureau hnd not yet received a reading from its oufpoxt at She vlln in northern Klamath county whero Clinton M. 01 Hon h observer in charge. ShevMn'it low IunI night was 20 above rero, IK under the night low at Kedmond. Inel dentally, Kend hIko recorded a low or !M last .night. I sow tcmp'Tature are noth ing new for Slievlln. In the win ter months some of the lowest marks In the country have Iwrn recorded there. The nation's high rending yes terdiiv whs 101 degrees, record ed at two points In Texas. Plans Made to Aid Handicapped Find Employment An initial meeting of the Bend.themed on Redmond's golden Jub- mnhiy the Handicapped com mittee met last nicht at the em- nloyment office, with Chairman Bemie Price in charge. Price outlined aims of the year round campaign ami explained the functions of Uie various comit ties. Highlights of program will include a special "Kmploy the Handicapped" week in October, an essay contest among local school children, and various other activities designed to promote the aims of the committee. It was indicated at the meetlne that thre.are currently approxi mately n5 riysicaily handicapped persons In the Bend area seeking employment. Releases REGISTRATION STARTS In preparation for Bend's "double shift" high school year, stu dents started registering this morning. Jonl Win slow, high school student body officer, seated at desk, is assisting. At left is Linda Hoover, with J on Frizer next in line. (Bend Bulletin Photo) Cancer Workers Plan Session A district conference of Ameri can Cancer Society volunteer work ers will be held in Bend on Wed nesday, Aug. 31, with Mrs. Wil liam Kletzer, executive director, and Charles C. Clark, Held repre semative, to be present fom the Portland -headquarters. The all-day conference will be in the Pilot Butte Inn, starting at 9:30 with Mrs. Craig Coyner, Bend, commander of the six-county ASC. district, in charge. Representatives will be present from Jetrerson, Deschutes, Crook, Klamath, Lake and Harney counties. Mj-s. Don Denning, Bend, Des chutes county ASC commander and Mis. Phil F. Brogan, Bend captain, will assist with the pro gram,, which will be in the nature of a fall planning session. Topic of Mrs. Kleizer and Clark will be "The ACS Story." A lunch eon will be held at the Pilot Butte Inn at noon, and at 2 p.m. there will be a film preview, with a report on the service program to follow. As a feature of the fall planning session, there will be a series of meetings of county represents lives. Arney Takes Over Animal Detail St. Jack Arney, in charge of the flight shift of the Bend police force, has taken over the live stock and wild animal detail by himself. Thursday night Arney received a call that a porcupine was in the yard of the home at 234 Dela ware. Answering the cnll he founi the animal ad destroyed It. The previous night Arney and Chief John Truett had removed a now from the cattlesuard at the north entrance to Shevlin park. Arney's mission required no assistance. Redmond Set for 1955 Fair, Golden Jubilee HimvuiI to The Bulletin REDMOND There was a hint of fail in the air here today as Redmond prepared for the open ing of its 36th annual Deschutes county fair. The fair this year will be ee. with old timers to head the civic parade here Saturday after- noon, starting at 2 o'clock. A re- ceotion for pioneers will follow nt 3:30 in the new Oregon National Guard armory near the fairground entrance. All exhibits were to lie in place in the big agriculture building, today, and livestock by this even-: ing will occupy practicairy all space In the pavilims. The 1955 fair will officially start tomorrow, with contests and Judg ing to be In progress from 9 a m to 3 p.m. One of the opening highlights of the fair will be the style revue 'and talent show ttils evening Findings on Vaccine Club Raided Bend's Junior, Students Start Hcrulcling the approach of the 1955-50 school year In Bend, regis tration of senior and junior high school students got under way here today, with an orientation as sembly as one of the features. This assembly, with Principal Dean Tate ol the Junior high school In hharne, was lor 7th and 8lh graders and youngsters new to Bend. It was held at 9, followed by registration. In another part uf (lie building, senior high school students start ed registration for the "double Businessmen Take 'Short Course' At Filter Center Over 20 Bend businessmen at tended a special "short course" training session at the Bend filler center Wednesday night. The course was a shortened ver sion of the training course nor mally given before volunteers start to work at the center, dpt. Alton LaVelle, center commander, and Mrs. Charles B. Hinds, civilian co ordinator, presided over the ses sions. The course was cut down and aiven In the evening becnilso most ol the people attending are unable to devote daytime hours to filter center work," Mrs. Hinds snid. With the starting of school, she said, the filter center is In need of more volunteers to man all shifts. Teen-agers who have been working duripg the tnimmer months will have to give up some of their work during school hours. Persons who wish to volunteer their services for duty shifts at the center should call the center Bend 2310, and lenvc their names she said. As soon as enough per sons have volunteered another trai"ing course will bo scheduled The 1955 fair will move Into hiKh' gear tomorrow, with - con tests anrl Judging to start at 9 a.m. and Inst until 3 p m. The fair ground will be open for visitors all day Friday and. It Is stressed, there will be no admission charge In tha avlilhlt area at ant lima I Showmanship contests will be featured Friday. The Golden Jubilee parade Sat urd.ty at 2 p.m. will mark the i start of a busy week end that 'will Include two rodeos, one Sat- urdity nlgit at 7:45 and the finals and races Sunday at 1:30. Many extra events, such as cutting horse contests, are planned. This year's buckaroo breakfast. blfgest of Its kind In the west will start at 5 am. and service will last until 9 30 am. Taking part In the parade Sat urdy afternoon and In the Buck- aroo breakfast will be the Grant!' Pass cavemen. In Neanderthal! garb. I 1 Senior High Registering shift" year. Registration for both groups will continue tomorrow. with Principal J. R. Acheson of the Bend high school In general charge. Orientation was to Include In structions as how the "double shift" schedule would be handled Senior high school students will at tend classes in the morning hours until noon, and Junior high school students will take over (lie build ing in the afternoon. Most of the teochers In the Bend school system are back In town, and all will be here for the . start of the In-service training program that Is to start Monday, Aug. 29. There will be 125 teachers, largest number in the history of the local system, on the district's rolls this year. , ' The lh-sorvlce training program, will onen Monday at 8 a.m. with . I ,t 1 Hut Thnnm a "' son school auditorium, iiuesi:,. - , ----- . - -- - - sbeaker will be Cliff Robinson, Oregon state director of secondary education, state department oi ea ucatlon. He will touch on the phil osophy and general purposes of the Junior high school organization Introductory remarks will be by R. E. Jewell, city school superln lendent. Kesslcr Cannon -will br inoderator at a forum discussion State and local educators will Join In the afternoon program. Children Draw Blame for Fire HlH-elal to The Bulletin SISTERS A fire blazed In Shev- lln park on Tumiuo creek early this morning, and state foresters said the blaze spread from an ihandoncd camp fire kindled at an unauthorized spit. The fire was on the east side of tho creek snout half a mile south of thr lark entrance. Children wen blamed for the fire. The fire, which blackened about a quarter of an acre before it was xmtrolled, was spotted nt 6 a m by John Allen, state forest warden for the Shevlin park area, st.v tinned on Tumalo Butte. He noti fled Harry Pearson, In charge of the state forest office lit Sisters who assisted with the control op orations. The foresters said thai likely the fire spread from a camp fire built, last night. The cool night air prevented it from spreodin; quickly. Camp fires may be built only at designated picnic areas, it was stressed. Last night's fire brought requests from state foresters and City Manager Walter Thompson that parents ciuitlor -hildrrtt not to start fires In the park except at designated sites CITATIONS IHSI'KD Three citations were Issued bv R'-nd city police Thursday for vio lation of the elty ordinance re gulating hours for irrigation. Cited were Leland Gsle, Sit Harmon Robert Mannheimer, 516 Drak road, and Kenneth Atcheson, 450 Newport. Blame Placed On Failure Of Safety Tests WASHINGTON (UP) The- wiv'-i 1 eminent said today thut ''faiiure" of Its original safety tests was -the - probable cause of the polio out break among children who re ceived Cutter vaccine. The Public Health Service said these safety standards, since over hauled, apparently failed to pre. vent live virus from gcltlng Into some Cutter vaccine (hois. This caused at least some of the 169 polio cases connected directly or Indirectly with the Cutter vaccine. In a six-page report on Its our. month Investigation of the Cutter incident, the Health Service frank ly conceded that the "exact rea- -sons" for live virus found in at least three Cuttef lots "could not bo found." ' Tests At Fault But it declared that its Investiga tion "produced nothing which pointed to contamination as a source of the live virus." Scientists had checked the possibility that this might have occurred during the bottling of the vaccine by Cut ter and after final safety tests had been made. On the contrary, the Heal Serv ice said, the evidence suggested that "the cause of the trouble was inadequate inactivatlon (killing of the virus) coupled vlth failure ox the safety test to demonstrate the presence of virus." A spokesman tor the Cutter Laboratories Issued a statement saying that the Public Health Serv ice had Issued a "thorough, scten- . title and courageous report, airirm- lniz our faith that no neollfence or incompetence, wouia oe oubu j p CtMter Laboratories." r r The statement said that while the firm naturally was relieved that possible vaccination accidents "cannot be attributed fo careless ness on our part, this cannot re move our continuing deep concern for those who have been affected." The Health Service pointed out before May 27 that Inadequate killing of the virus "was not un usual in the experience of several of the manufacturers." It also said -there were "fundamental Weak nesses in the safety testing pro cedures which failed to assure what la now hellevrd tn h. l sat. lsfnctory degree of sensitivity." On May 27 new safetv standards were put into effect by the gov-' eminent. Meeting Scheduled Both inactivatlon and the testing are governed by tho government stnndnrds which were drastically overhauled In the wake of the Cut ter Incident. A spokesman snid that the li cense ot the Cutter Laboratories, Berkeley, Calif., to manufaetui'e the vaccine has not been revoked and that, to hit knowledge, no such action is contemplated. He said Cutter officials will meet here next month to consider tho com pany's future plans. Previously, the government per . mltted Cutter to resume produc tion of the vaccine which was halt ed when the Cutler eases broke. So fnr, however, it hns not. sub mitted now batches for approval. The Health Service report said, 78 persons suffered polio within' 90 dys after receiving Cutter vac cine. Forty six of these. It sold,' occurred among six suspect lots from Cutter's laboratories. In addition, the reiwrt said 90 eases occurred among household contacts of Cutter-inoculated chil dren. Fifty seven of these cas es were connected with tho six sus pect lots. Found live Virus The nature of these cases, the report said, warronled the pre sumption that "the cause of tho disease In some of the individuals who received vaccine from these six lots wns Infection with polio myelitis virus c-mtolned in tlwe lots of vaccine produced by the Cutter Laboratories." In addition, the ronorl said the Health Service and other laborstnr les Isolated live type one polio virus from three of the six suspect lots. Type one virus, tho most vi rulent strain, also was isolated from most of the polio cases in volving the six suspect lots, ' The report said these facts "In--tic.He that infective amounts of live virus were contained In some lots of Cutter vocelne." This could have fceet caused, the report continued. rhr because the vaccine was "Inadequately In activated, or it contamination oc curred before withdrawal of vac cine for the final safety test."