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f Oregon Library Ualv. o EUQE11E, OaSQOH r WEATHER -i Low fast night, Sit degree. High yeslerday, 65 degrees. Sunset tonight, 5:39 p.m. Sun rise tomorrow, 6:08 a. in. 52nd Year Two Sections Greek Leader Papagos Dies After Illness ATHENS (UP) King Paul to duy delayed selection of a new premier to succeed Field Marshal Alexander Papagos whose d.Mth Tuesday night loll Greece without a government leader at a tune of grave domestic und international crisis. Papagos. 72, hero of Greek re sistance to the Axis invaders Wold War II and commando of the loyal forces that crushed the Communist rebels in the postwar civil war. died shortly before mid night at iiis suburban villa in F.kali. He had been suffering for the past nine months from tuber culosis, contracted in his youth. Tlirvvv Out Reds Dominant leader of postwar Greece. Papagos had refused to the very last to surrender his of fice in the midst of crisis both all home and abroad. Greek demands' t-jv independence of Cyprus fromi Britain and union with Greece were reaching a climax. Relations with Britain and Turkev and. even more important, with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization itself, had bo- come tense. The anti-Greek rioting in Turkey, a fellow NATO member, over the Cyprus issue pr o v o k c d much stronger condemnation among the public than the Athens govern ment could afford to express. Papagos" illness was the root of , the domestic troubles in which tlv cabinet was torn by dissension over internal problems. Papagas had been confined to his home out side of Athens for six months and the cabinet had not met for throe months. Clung To Power- King Paul earlier this week had politely inquired of Papagos wheth er the time had not come for him to give up the strain of his official duties. But Papagos refused to step down. In one of his last acts . before he died, he signed a (fee roe naming Foreign Minister Stepha nos Stephnnopoulos as acting prime minister "until my complete recovery. But Papa&os' death cancelled the appointment. Stephanopoulos and Deputy Premier Panayotis Kauellopoulos said ,the question of a successor will be decided after Papagos' funeral Friday. The con luution provides for the King to name the prime minister. Man in Critical Condition Here After Accident James fireen, JS year - old Negro of Oakland, Calif.,' I in , rrllleul condition at St. C'harlex .Memorial hospital, as the result of an automobile accident early this morning on highway 97, near Ijva Caves. According to state ptillce. Green's' car overturned when it struck an icy spot. Klla Green, sNtrr of the driver, only passenger in the car, was not injured. Green was in deep shock early this afternoon, and extent of his injuries could not be determined. M Iss G reen told the physician that a passer by promised to send an ambulance, but appar ently failed to do so, and some time later, another passing motorist called the ambulance from B'-nd. The victim laid on the highway In the cold (or about two hours before help came, It was reported. , Negotiations for Film Continuing Negotiations continued today foi use of the lot; fort , at Berharn falls for another motion picture Tentative plans call for filming of a western starring Randolph Scott, this month in Centra! Oregon. 1 lere conferring wilh ChamU r of Commerce officials about twe of ttie fort is Harpy Joe Brown, rep resentative of a Hollywood movk company. He and Marion Cady. Chamber manager, went to Warn. Savings this morning to talk to James Smith, tribal secretary, about the possibility of signing up Indians of the tribe as movie ex tras. Smith will cenf'-r with tie tri bal council, Cady said. The Chamler o' Commerce un derwrote construction of the fot this oast summer, and costs wc- paid by Byrna ProlucHons. Tn" . which filmed "The Indian Hunt er," starring Kirk Douglas. FIVE AWI3SF.D Row'd E. Philltos, Bend, was; J9.50 bv O. W. Grubb. Ju- tice of the Peace. Wednesday for onerating a vehicle with inadc-j quate muffler. ' THE ' 1 r,l"fc" ) n FRIDAY SPEAKER Charles F. Feike, state director of vo cational rehabilitation, who will address a chamber of com merce forum in Bend Friday. He is speaking in connection with the local observance of National Employ the Physi cally Handicapped Week. Chamber Plans FoTUm LlinrfiPOn rUI UM1 "-UfltnCO.. , Feike to Speak Charles F. Feike, state di recto. of vocational rehabilitation, will address a chamber of oommf forum luncheon here on Friday as part of Bend's observance of the 11th annual National Employ the Physically H adieu pped Week. AH interested persons, as wel! as members or the chamber are being invited to attend the lunch eon program, which will be held ut the Pilot Butle inn, beginning ut noon. Arrangements for Feike's ap pearance here wore made by Mik" Salo. chairman of the speakers committee of the local Employ the Physically Handicapped comm.l lee. Pair Trapped After Accident PORTLAND (UP) A coupe carrying two men flipped over in front of a big truck m the first major accident on Portland's now Banfield expressway last night and they were trapped in the wreck age for more than an hour before- being freed. Donald Phillips, 43, Hood River. was in Providence hospital for o'o- rvation, and Robert Lee Bartol. 29, Chisholm, Miss., was released afler a checkup. Police said the truck was unablr to avoid striking the car and that the coupe was smashed flat under neath the big vehicle. Some 40 res cuers had to jack up the truck. then separate the body of the car from its frame before the -men could be released. Bud Thompson, Council Bluffs. Ia., driver of the ti-uck, said the car tried to pass him at. high speevJ and struck a soft shoulder, flipping directly in front of him. The front wheel of the truck flattened u.e coupe and the next set of wheels pushed it along the highway until Thompson lost control of his e hicle and it went off the road. It took an hour to free Bartol and 10 minutes more to free Phillips. The new expressway opened last Saturday. a i ifff I ixmummtkmmm'mtak tmu. J&&ii V i'iiIwJ CAMPAIGN UNDER WAY Activity is centered at the Chamber office thli week, as volun teer for the Bend-Redmond Community Concert Association work to put their 1955-56 mem bership drive over the top. In the picture, Mr. Kenneth Oakley, drive chairman, turns In new memberships at headquarters. Seated, from left: Gay Hamilton Sandelin, representative of Com munity Concerts, Inc.; Mrs. Lester Houk, headquarter assistant, and Mrs. H. E. Mackey, secretary-treasurer. (Bend Bulletin Photo) BEND 500 Driven From Homes In Flood Area By I'NITKD PRESS Rain-swollen flood waters di-ov? 500 peisons from their homo; Wichita Falls, Tex., today and even greater floods threatened to spill out of the rising Red River To the south, meanwhile, the dis aster at flocd-devasted Tampico, Mexico, mounted. Fourteen U. S Navy helicopters flew hundreds of persons from a "tiny island in the heart of the city. But there were tiO.(XH) persons in the area and the waters were rising. Rains in this country continued from die Mississippi Valley to Cen tral Oklahoma and spread over most of the Great Lakes Region today. The heaviest recent rains included 1.99 inches at Hobart, Okla., and 1.50 inches at Lawtr-n, Okla. Golf Courses Flooded The autumn rains had already done their flooding work at Wichi ta Falls, where water spilled over ,nc o..ms o ,.u..u. y - ! spread over 100 residential blocks The creek, fed by swollen Lake,, Wichita, rose steadily and wasi expected to reach a 21.22 crest io dav. It was the highest flood st ge since liKtf) and water already stood seven feel deep on two golf courses. On Hie Red River, the principal boundary between Texas and Okla homa, the water was running in feet deep and rose 11 Indies within three hours. Worse floods could follow if the river keeps rising and thus turns back the runoff from the swollen Wichita River. More flooding was feared in Oklahoma along the Wasita River from Clinton to Carnegie Plane Explodes Near Union City, Oklu., a rabi- sweiit search continued for the Iwdy of one of four per sons who died when their private plane ex ploded and crashed in a storm. Field were so muddy in the area thai travel was almost impossible except by tractor. In Mexico, the Pamico and Tarn-, esi rivers kept climbing at iam- nico and a U.S. observer said 'I have never in my life seen su;:i disaster." The Navy helicopters stopped de livering food so they could devote full time to the business of saving lives. Dog-tired pilots shuttled be tween the sodden city and dry land some 80 miles away, while deaths mounted steadily into the hundreds inside the city. Food and water supplies were nearly ex hausted and tens of thousands of persons wore homeless. Ritter Receives Post at Boise SAN FRANCISCO .UP1 Nor man R. Ritter of the United Press San Francisco staff left here Tues day en route to Boise, Idaho, where he will assume duties as United Press Idaho manager. Ritter will be in charge of all United Press news and picture coverage for the state of Idaho. He joined United Press in 1954. Ritter started his newspaper . career as snorts editor and re-l 'porter for The Bend Bulletin. 1 CENTRAL OREGON'S Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Wednesday, October Gun Fight Breaks Out County GOP Planninq New Selection A now Deschutes County corn j missioner will probably not be named for at least two nvre weeks. This came jut of the county court meeting Wednesday morning, A letter from the Republica.i Central Committee, urging defer- jnent of the choice until the Re publican Central Committee could recommend a single candidate within 10 days, was read. Both County Judge C. L. Allen; and Commissioner D. L. Penhol!o.v felt their was no immediate nevi to name a new commissioner,- and will delay their choice until the committee presents its Candida '.e for consideration. ( The post has been vacant since the death of Commissioner A. F.. Stevens earlier this year. Two names. Fred Shepard and W. E' dandier, were originally submitted to the county couit by nnnUi,.Mn ntI.Hl CLmmM. . , . ... d Commission: p onhl,,w hllw h(jpn nn!lt)in tol reach an agreement on one oil them. It was not known today whether the central committee would make its choice from the two men pre viously considered or a third "com promise" candidate. Schools Reported At Odds Over Football Contest Special to The Bulletin MADRAS The district No. U-l school board, at a meeting next Monday, Is expected to consider chnVges ot unsportsmanlike .con duct resulting from last week's Madms-Prineville football game. Rough play on the part of Pitiie vllle reportedly has been charged. School officials have declined to comment on the reported -differ ences between the two schools. Couple Adopting Korean Babies SEOUL, Korea, (UP) An Ore gon farmer, father of six children, said today he adopted eight Ko rean babies fathered by American solcliei-s because 'my wife and 1 love children." Harry Holt, 50, Creswcll, Ore., will take his brood of r.iixed bio! children home by plane next week. He will leave Seoul for Portland Thursday. With him he will take four other children to be adopted by families in Michigan, Oregon and Texas. Holt said he and his wife de cided to adopt the children after talking with a representative who visited the United States to collect donations for Korean - American mix-blood orphans. He has been in Korea all summer finding and making friends with his four new sons and lour new aaugnters. i noy range in age from 19 months to three years. DAILY NEWSPAPER 0f 2, STEEL FOUNDATION INSTALLED Workmen tre. ihown engaged In Installation of a stool foundation beneath the Broolcs-Scanlon sawmill. The work, being handled by the Austin Company of Seattle has resulted in a temporary shutdown of sawmill operations. All heavy machinery has been removed from the building and is undergoing repairs, which include installation of roller bearings in band saw wheels for the first time. Company crews are handling removal and reinstal lation of -the sawmill machinery. (Bend Bulletin Photo) New Method for Handling Bicycle Violations Planned Bicycle riders must observe many of the Bame regulations governing automobile operators, and Uke motorists, are subject to citations for violations. Because n number of bicyclists receive traf fic tickets each week, plans have been outlined by Police Chief John Truett for Saturday morning ses sions of municipul court, exclusive ly for youngsters, to be followed by a half-hour safety school con ducted by city police. The first of these bicycle courts will be held Saturday, Oct. 8, at 9 a.m. nt the Cily Hall. Municipal Judge Alvin J. Gray will give a short talk on the importance of traffic safety. Then the entire class of youngsters will bo re manded to the city police who will conduct a concise course on traffic rules and travel courtesy, possibly with a question and an swer period or a written examination. Grandchildren Send Ike Package Of Gifts, Including Bubble Gum By MKKUIMAN SMITH United Press White House Writer DENVER (UP) The White House reported optimistically to-da-v that President Eisenhower en- joyed another "excellent nlgrl and that the chief executive prob ably would be able to work with routine official papers lalcr in the day. The President's temperature, pulse and blood pressure continue,! normal and the White Hous: de scribed his progress as satisfac tory "witiiout complications." The brightest spot In Mr. Eisen hower's day was a box of gifts from his three grandchildren, all of whom sent him bub.le gum in 'manlity, along with playing card nd crayon drawings. During tie morning th" Presi dent visited with his wife a..tl m the early afternoon srheiuied i brief conference with Sherman dams, the assistant to the Pn si dent, who is re-turning to Wnrfiin? on for meetings of the National Security Council and the Cabinet 'ater this week. The 10:30 a.m. M.'VT medical Sullotin came from thf President's Physicians at Fitz.iimons Arory Hospital where he is recover I'.ij' 'rom a heart attack suffered Se;I. 24. During the morning, the Presi dent rested and listened to musk. He did not see his pre a secretary, James C. Hagerty. Itowt'in Doctor Out i In Arlnma u-ill rntiirn tr Hf-nvpr i 'te Saturday nfurmon with Dr. Paul Dudlry White, the Boston) heart specialist who Is returning "'if,r icmng nr 10 nu:ft, Warm Springs, was reportedly to the President's bo.lside to diee'(ja paper bag with mwey "or you. badly lnfured In a potato harvest Mr. Klsenhower at the completion will 8e hurt." I accident Tuesday at the Ku of the first two "critical" weeks The gunman then outdistance "one Blcart ranch on Agency following the original coronary Robinson In an automobile race. Plains. thrombosis. IFBI agents said the search for A harvesting combine figured In A new comprehensive report on j him Is continuing, despite the re- i the accident, tt was reported. De the President's condition and plir a covery of the money. j talis were not available here. ULLETTO 5, 1955 "This manner of .handling bicy cle violations te being innovated because we feel that It is of ut- people learn to operate their ve hicles in a safe and courtcmi: manner," Chief Truett said. "Tj- day s bicycle riders are' tomor row s motorists, and this Is an In vestment in future highway safe lv. ti. w n,!i,H iii ii,lfJpolnt program, nendlnff nnDroval the Dossibilitv of the voumi.slers adult offenders of a more serious nature, it was pointed out. Al though in the past the bicycle citations have been disposed of at the beginning of municipal court sessions, the officers felt that the youngsters should not be exposed to the possibility of witnessing sor-j did court scenes. Chief Truett ex plained. So far, 12 bicyclists have been cited for the Saturday session. j for his medical future probably will be made public after White's conferences here, possibly lale Sunday. Some of the medical bulletins on the President's condition say he spent "a good night" and today was the third time since his Illness that the word "excellent" v used. Bandit Returns Most of Loot ST. LOUIS (UP) The gunm'in w!io robbed the Mount Olive, (U . bank returned most of the $1,700 loot with a note snyint; "God knows I'm uorry," but FIJI agents still hunted for him today. A man believed to bo the r? morveful bandit telephoned I ho bank Tuesday and told cashier Hov Robinson to go to the Famem liar Department store in downtown St. Louis. "See tfie manager and you will get your money back," the man said. FHI agents went to the strvc and opened a tented locker boy They found J-i, llij, along wilh the repentant note. The bandit, described as a (yard d. Kwarthy man dressed in wik clothes, entered tne National uan ol "unx UMve MO",f,ffV pulled a revolver and shoved u Twelve Pages at Struck Plant 3-Point Program Being Planned By Heart Group The local committee workn.T with the Oregon Heart Association met fast nlxlit at ttie Pilot Bu'to Inn and mado plans for a three Central Oregon Medical as- 1. Continuation of the pilot st.trfy or rheumatic fever, begun lut year at Kenwood school. 2. Sponsorship of an educntfon program on work simplification for the assistance of all housewives, particularly heart patients. , 3. Launching of a concentrated! program of weight control edueo- tioti, designed to "shorten the-belt j line and lengthen the life line." I Hnry J. Kenenlly Jr., Portland, program consultant for ttie Oregon Heart Association, met with In? group, making suggestions for local activities. Dr. Max Hemingway and Dr. Richard H. Ettlnger re presented the medical profession. Miss L. Mildred Wilson, home economics extension agent, waa present and assured the group that both the work simplification and the weight control projects could be Incorporated in the extension program. Mis. Clarence Bells, who vas invited to atted the meetig be- cnuse of her Interest In the Ileqrl Association work, told about a pamphlet put out by the associa tion, recommending housekeeping short-cut that are a help to oil housewives, particularly hem t patients, and others with a physical handicap. She mentioned such effort-saving tricks as wearing tle .hair short nnd straight, to avoid tedious ninhtly pin-curl setting; silting down to Iron; washing dishes only once a day; baking In quantity and storing for future use keeping vegetables near the pre paration center nt the sink; set ting the breakfast table in Hie evening, and wearing loose, com fortable clothing and shoes will, walking heels. Mrs. Kessler Cannon is commit tee ehairmnn. The following others attended Wade Patterson, Port land, field worker for the Henri Association: W. 1.. Stollmaek, man ager of St. Charles Momorhl Hospital; Miss Hiltie Hubbard, nubit health nurse; Mrs. Ettlnger, Clarence Bells, KeHsler Cannon, ind I la S. Grant. . I Potato Worker Reported Injured fttwlal to Tlw Rullrtln MADRAS Mrs. Ixvulse Stwver, i FORECAST i Fair through Thursday. Frost and some freezing in spots to night. Low tonight, MSS. High Thursday, 60 65. No. 256 At Least 8 Persons Hurt In Indiana NEW CASTLE. Ind.. (UP) Several persons were wotindjd !n a gun battle today at the gates of the Perfect Circle Corp. foundry where a crowd of union laborers demonstrated against the fit-ins o' 35 strikers In a 10-week old walk out at the plant. As many as eight persons mny have been hurt, Including an In-, diana State Police lieutenant who told superiors he was nit in the back of the head with a board. At least four persons were taken to a hospital with gunshot woun s, a fifth was taken to a private clinic, and a sixth, a woman with a broken leg, was being treated Inside the plant. Violence raged for about two hours until state police arrived . and a heavy rain dispersed the, demonstrators. Troopers Enter Area An estimated 500 to 1000 strikers and sympathizers, the latter prompted to join the demonstra tion by letters urging tliem to protest the firings of CIO United Auto Workers, milled around the plant gates. Aides of Gov. George Cv.ig ordered 150 troopers Into the aren. . They gathered in a park across town and sped to the plant area. Craig was in Miami to attend an American Legion convention. His office also alerted Indiana National Guard officers for possi ble duty. Mayor Paul McCormack said he expected martial law to be de clared by rclqMfall. Mrs. Ethel Roberts, a non- striker on duty Inside the foundry was-not in the legs by a bullet urea Irom outside the building, police reported. Her leg was Drok en. Plant officials and other non-. "KeI? . nM ,0 clear a Pun "" B"me crowd ' '" her t.r .1 no p nm I """d "ot got through. - . . .. "ospial ... Ken '? "enry Co Z"" '?n Robert Castle, and an unidentified man. Uoss Drennon, 34, Anderson, was taken to Cily Clinic with a bullet lodged in his knee. The demonstration began when the strikers and sympathizers mnrched on the plant from an athletic field nearby. Three city policemen were watching, one from inside the plant and two out side. The men appeared to be un armed, police said, but as they reached the plant tiiey stalled shooting at plant windows and At a water tower. "There was a heck of a lot of shooting going on," one policemwi said. ' Police and non-strikers were be lieved to have joined in the shoot ing, although authorities said they could not determine who partici pated. The casualties included strikers as well as non-strikers. Lt. Gov. Harold Hondley, acting in the absence of Craig, hurried to the scene from Indianapolis. Wants To Talk "1 want to go out and talk to them." Hand ley said. "Maybe they'll shoot me or throw stores but somebody's got to Inject some , reasoning Into them The strike began Inst July 25 among UAW members represent ing part of the employes of the firm's four plants at New Catl!e, Hagorstown and Richmond. The firm makes piston rings for automobile manufacturers. Lothnir Teetor, a director and former president of the firm and a former Republican lender in 'he Indiana Legislature now is an assistant U.S. secretary of com merce. The strike started over a wasja and union shop clause dispute. First Hunting Death Reported nOSKWJRG (UP) OrotwVi first fatality of the 1955 hunting season was reported here today hv Doi'.'das County Coroner L. L. (Jim) Powers. He said James Jackson, alout rw). of Sutherlin, Ore., died of a h"irt attack bromrht on by over evertlon after carrying the oarciss of his deer for more than two nit' ft. Th coroner said JncVvm co -hnsH nt the door of his home about 9 n.m. yesterday nnd rt'ei a tiot tlm" later. Ho wn nbl to tell his wife that he had carried the deer and that his heart hd S"n bothering him for about a hnlf-hour. He had spent several days hunting.
