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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1955)
THE BEND BULLETIN WEATHER Low Ut night, 44 drgrers. High yesterday, K degrees. Sunwl tonight, 4:B2 p.m. Sunrise tomor row, 6:4 a.m. FORECAST Scattered shower today, partly cloudy Satnrday. High both dayi, 50 55. Low tonight, 2644. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 52nd Year Two Sections Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon Friday, November 4, 1955 Twelve Pages No. 282 MeffiniiniVDDD : 1 1 Operator of Motel fln Bend Murdered; Wife Being Meld f- - Accused of the murder of her husband in an eerie graveside slaying on a small island off Ihc coast of Texas, Mrs. Sunny t'anales Worden. 42. Bend, is be ing held in Klngsville, Tex. Her husband, Don Worden, was owiier, with his wife, of the Davis Court on the north highway In Bend. The motel was purchased earlier this year from Mr. and Mi's. Oral Davis. Mrs. Worden told Texas author ities she and her husband were married in Bend around October 1. There is no record that a mar riage license was issued in Des chutes county. In Happy Mood Mr. and Mrs. Worden, reported ly in a happy mood, left for Texas about October 1. They did not plan to return, and Mrs. Worden indi cated she was seeking a manager. The motel is being operated by a caretaker. ' The slaying of Worden occurred on Padres island, off the Texas coast two weeks ago, Texas of ficials say Mrs. Worden said she shot Wor den after he forced her at gun point to dig the grave, then tried to force her to kill her 5-year -old daughter and herself. She told of- ticers that Worden had planned to burn both bodies with gasoline. Tin - small daughter, Marta Teresa, screamed and ran, Worden turned to give chase and she took advantage of the chance to shoot Worden through the head, she told officers. She used his diamond studded pistol. Israel Says Enemy Force Put fo Flight PALESTINE (UP) Egyptian armed forces struck at advanced Israeli positions near the northern tip of the Gaza strip early today and an Israeli spokesman said the attackers were put to flight. Maj, Dan Gov, the Israeli mili tary spokesman, said in Tel Aviv that two Egyptian units stormed Israeli strongpoints at the out skirts of Nir Itzhak near the Giiza strip, using rifles and mortars. Gov said the Israelis repulsed the latest attack without casualties in the second straight night of moonlight fighting that has brought Egypt and Israel close to resump tion of their 1948 war. Mure Fighting Expected The attack was reported as Cai ro dispatches said the whole Egyp tian war machine was moving into i top gear for expected resumption of the border fighting. The dispatches said both sides were pouring men, guns and tanks into the El Auja border zone where a major battle was fought Thurs day. but Egyptian military sources scoffed at reports Egypt already was using its arms from Commu nist Chechoslovakia. Egyptian military sources wore generally agreed that fresh fight ing may break out any moment along the tense front but claimed the initiative was more likely from the Israeli than the Egyptian side. Israel has maintained that Fgyr tian aggressions started the shoot ing. It was the worst crisis to hit the Middle East since the end "of the 19-18 war between Israel and its Arab n e i g h b ors and an Arab spokesman in New York said Is rael already had la u n c h ed its Conflicting Battle Reports threatened "preventive war." The fighting started with what Israel called a "punitive" at'ack against Egyptians who had entered Israeli territory near the outpost of El Sabha. Conflicting Arab and Jewish claims said 304 died in the EXPLANATION GIVEN SPRINGFIELD. 111. (UP) Mr. and Mrs. John Poss explained to day why neighbors had heard their radio going full blast while they were away working. Their two boxer dogs like to turn on the radio while they have the run of the house, the couple said. Mrs. Worden was divorced last August from millionaire oilman and rancher. Prexides Canales, 52. She said Worden got $90,000 cash and $-15,000 home from her during their brief marriage. She said she went through a brief .marriage ceremony with him in Bend In early October, but, on advice of her attorney, had come to look on the Bend ceremony ns only a "mock" wedding. A search of Deschutes counl records today revealed that the couple had not been granted a marriage license in this coiuity Motel Purchased Deschutes county records show that Mr. and Mi's. Worden entered into an agreement with Mr. and Mi. Davis to purchase the Davit court, on Feb. 22, 1955. The couple took possession on March 1. The Texas couple paid $85,000 .for the motel, with a down pay ment ot $45,000. The remaining payments wore to be made at the rate of $450 a month. Legal papers, were signed as "Don Women and "Sunny Wor den." Lava Bowl Grid Game Called Off There will be no college football game in Bend Nov. 19. t . The proposed Lava Howl game between Eastern Oregon Col'lege uf Education and Willamette Uni versity was cancelled this week by a National Collegiate Athletic Association ruling. Willamette, a member of the NCAA, did not re ceive the sanction of that organi zation because of rules that the benefit game could not qualify under. 'Naturally we feel badly about losing the game , reported Gil Lieser, KJUN owner who was the driving force behind the scheduled game, "we had a natural, dui now we wUl just have to wait until next year". EOCE was still willing to piay, but it was felt that It would be impossible to line up a suitable opponent on sucn a snon nuuec. However the game has tentatively been re-scheduled for Sept. 21 or Oct. 20. 1956 as a part of the regu lar .mason. Proceeds from the game will still go to the Central Oregon Youth recreation organisa tions. Lieser is also seeking to bring Lewis & Clark and It s Pnnevlllc Phenom. Mel Gillette, here for a benefit game next year. The Pio neers would oppose either Nevada, Montana, or Idaho State. "We feel there are enougn 1001- ball fans -here that would like to see coliege football to warrant these games. Since no other organ ization is willing to meet tne guar antee. KJUN will no mat. dui after the expenses ot the game have been met. the remainder of the proceeds will all go to youth. eroups in Bend, Kecunona, raau- ras and Prineville", Lieser con cluded. Lord's Acre Sale Due on Saturday SdpcUI to The Bullrtln REDMOND After months of preparation all is in readiness lor the ninth annual Lord s Acre aaj that will open at 10 a.m. Saturday in Powell Butte. The bazaar will be heavily stock ed with hundreds of lovely hand made, items and fine foods prepar ed bv women of the Powell Butte Christian church and the com munitv. The barbecue will start at noon with several lines to speed the serving. The afternoon pro gram will include the auction REPORTED MISSING SPOKANE (UP) Howard Ar thur. Pendleton. Ore., w miwins and presumed down today on ! flight from Pendleton to Spokane the Civil Aeronautics Administra tion reported. Jiair Uf S. National Bank Purchases Mathes Building Part of the space in the Mathes building on Bond street, purchased this week- by the U. S. National Bank, will be incorporated in the banking room and the rest will be remodeled to take care of drive in windows and to provide parking space for customers. Ben W. Fan ning, manager of flic local bank, announced today. The newly acquired property, pui-chased from the Charles Mathes estate, is adjacent to the bank, qn Bond street, with a 50 foot frontage. It is the original Buird building. However, Fanning stressed. cupancy of the building by the bank will not take place untrt all present leases expire. One lease expires in 1957, and another In 1958. Businesses now in the build ing include Cliff's Furniture and the Pastime, with apartments up stairs. Areas Pummeled By Heavy Storms By UNITED PRESS One of the worst rainstorms ever to hit the Pacific Northwest forced hundreds of evacuations and mil lions of dollars' damage In West ern Washington and British Col umbia today. In the Midwest, meanwhile, a hard chill followed one of the worst storms to lash the Great Lakes in recent history. The Pacific Northwest crisis was getting worse Instead of better, as a new storm, packing su-mne per hour winds, hit the floodlands last night. Rivers kept rising and sand bag workers labored through the night under the glare oi toomigiiis to shore up the defenses. A Royal Canadian Mounted Po lice officer said "the situation Is desperate." Troops To Rescue Canadian Army troops were sent swarming over tne oevasuueo area to aid in the evacuations. Hundreds of persons were forced from their homes and damage In British Columbia alone was esti mated at five million dollars. In Western Washington, where from three to seven inches of rain fell in 24 hours, coast guardsmen turned out hi life boars to rescue stranded families. Helicopters bucked high winds to save more persons from the floods. Meanwhile, the storm which raced across Lake Michigan yes terday was described by a Great Lakes cantuin as the worst In years. Green Light Given For Snake Dams WASHINGTON (UP) The Fed eral Power Commission issued p permit today authorizing Idaho Power Co. to proceed immediately with construction of the Oxbow and Brownlee dams on the Snake river in the Hells Canyon area between Idaho and Oregon. The FPC approved both d-ims as well as the Hells Canyon dam in an opinion and order issued Aug. 4, but directed the company to hold up construction until it sub- mitted final design plans for the Oxbow and Brownlee projects. The company will be required to submit similar designs for the Hells Canyon dam. But they were not called for in the Aug. 4 order because construction of that moj-1 highway and by-passing Govern ed will not be started immedi- ment camp. ately. The other eight were planned for The FPC order of Aug. 6 caj'edl 1954 but withdrawn when Congress for the company to begin constoic-j didn't appropriate money. They in tion within one year on the Brown-1 elude work on the Oregon coast. lee unit and four years on the Ox- Umpqua, John Day, John Day-' on a proposal for en 18-mile Bee bow unit. I Burns, Diamond Lake and Belknap J ondary highway between Clacka- FDimdls 10 to 2 Vote Frees Woman Of Charges MeMINNVlLLE (UP) Mrs. Marjorie Smith, 34, today was found innocent of plotting the car bomb death of her attorney hus band who was blown to bits as he left a ,-Portland country club last August. A jury f nine men and three women returned the verdict at 10:45 a.m. today. It stood 10 to 2 for acquittal. Mi's. Smith shook hands with each member of the jury and b.okc into sobs as she clasped her grand mother in her arms. She had been implicated in the slaying by Victor Laurence Wolf, 45 - year - old electrician who con fessed planting the bomb in the young attorney's car, claiming he, did it at her beckoning. Maintains Innocence Mrs. Smith stoutly denied Wolf's story after her arrest and during ner two weeK trial in wnich she) spent most of three days on the witness stand. She expressed con fidence only yesterday she would be acquitted. The jury got the case Wednes day night, but had been unable to reach a verdict until this morning. The trial was one of the most sensational in Yamhill county his tory, and was filled with testimony about 4rs. Smith's past. ; Woman Ejected . ; . ' Miss Dorothy Bernards, deputy clerk of the court, read the Inno cent decision. As the words "not guilty" were read, a woman in the second row let out a loud scream of joy and began sobbing "Oh my uoury. Judge Artie G. Walker or dered her ejected from the court room, lie had said he would allow no demonstration. Mrs. Smith joyfully hugged her grandmother, Mrs. Anna Wittorin, 83, who stood by the young widow throughout the trial. Mrs. Smith told newsmen yester day she was worried but was "con fident" she would be found Inno cent. She said she drank "gallons" of coffee after the jury retired. Thompson. Due I Back on Monday Walter T. Thompson, city man ager, will Tcsume his duties on Monday otter an illness of two weeks, it was announced today by Mrs. Julia S. Johnson, city record er and treasurer. . Thompson was stricken with a serious internal illness on the night of Oct. 22. He was discharged from St. Charles Hospital two days ago for convalescence at hisj home. Offers Low' Bid Low bid for the construction of 100 foot bridge across Beaver creek in the Paulina area of east ern Crook county was submitted by John C. Sherman, Portland, when the state highway depart ment received proposals at its meeting yesterday in Portland. Sherman's bid for this job was $25,085. Central Paving Co., Independ ence, submitted the low bid, $144,- 386, for the grading and paving of a 4.5 mile section of the. Paulina secondary highway In the upper Crooked river country. State Highway Projects Include Bypassing of Government Camp PORTLAND (UP) The Slate Highway Commission yesterda paved the way for addition of more than three million dollars of fed eral funds to its budget. The commission signed a thret- way authorization for nine major projects. Involved are the state, the Bureau of Public Roads and the U.S. Forest Service. The projects include S3.045.9V) in construction. One of them calls for elimination of curves and grade. at Ijiiirpl hill on the Mt. Hood jRMaiirJoirDe Smniiifilhi lliiiiiiiiceiniS CLIFF BLASTED IN FLUME BETTERMENT WORK -r- Thii !s a a new foundation for a 250-foot section of flume. Material from view northeast across the area near the CO Irrigation district the cliff will be used for a fill. Pilot Butte is visible In the dis intake south of Bend where a cliff Is being blasted to provide tance. Bend Bulletin Photo) 4 of 10 Prison Escapees Caught In Washington WALLA WALLA, Wash. (UP) - Four of the 10 convicts who tun neled 60 feet under the Slate Pris on wa51 here to freedom were cap tured today without resiitance. The four convk'te were recap- lured near Lamar Station, 16 miles north of here. They were taken by Associate Warden Bob Rhay and three other prison officers. Rhay identified the four convicts as OL'ie Wiles, 42, Gene Kendler. 32. Jimmy Darven, 26, nnd Sebas tino B. Creudele, 30. They were not armed and gave up meekly. The search was intensified in the same area for the other six con victs still at large. The 10 inmates bored through i 7-lnch concrete floor into a base ment, then tunneled to a point out side the west wall between towers 7 and 8. The escape was discov ered at 8 p.m. yesterday at the evening roll call. "It looks like they had help from somebody on the outside,' said L. F. Davis, chief engineer. "They came out at a point that was dir ectly between towers 7 and 8 be tween two shacks where It was Impossible for them to be seen by guards in the towers." Davis estimated the maximum depth of the tunnel at 15 feel DRAWS (HIKERS LONDON (UP) President of the Board of Trade Peter Thorney- croft drew cheers in the House of Commons when Member R. A Pilkington asked him if he could pronounce the name of a chem ical recently added to a gowiv- ment subsidized list. " Hyd ra z inoca rbonyl met hyl tri methylammonlum," Thorney croft replied without hesistation. Springs highways. McKenzle Itmite Adopted The commission added the 01- knup Springs-Clear Uiko road on, the headwaters of the McKeizie river to the state's secondary highway system at the request oi Lane and Linn counties. It has long been advocated as an alter - nate to McKenzle pass. The route connects with the Snn- tiam highway a short distance west of Santiam pass and Is pass able when McKenzie pass is closed by snow. No Immediate plans for Improving the road were made. A request by the Mcfdiiti river Chamber of Commerce to improve the McKenzie river highway was turned down. No action was taken Filter Center Appeal Fails To Attract Enough Workers Bend's air defense fitter center advisory countU meeting lost night I learned that the appeal through various local organizations for vol unteer workers is not meeting with the response expected. As a result, the group will in tensify its appeal), and will prob ably call on its working teams now on duty nt the. filter center to join in this effort, through person al contact. A team contest has been proposed, and a committee of three was named by Robert w. Sawyer, council president, to make arrangements for the. intensilird plea for more volunteers. On the special committee arc W. E. Chandler, Jesse L. Yardley and; Dr. Robert L. Bristol. It Is pos- sible that a special assembly of1 he COC and filter center staff will be called in the present! month. Only 7 Beginners 1 Tt was reported at hist night's meeting, In the Bend Gram her of Commerce otrice, that practically every organization in Bend had been notified of the need of volun teers at the filter center. But at Thursday's regular meeting of the beginning class, only seveji begin ners were present. Mrs. Charles B. Hinds, inter center civilian administrator, said there is an urgent need for day time workers. Mrs. Hinds said classes for begin- Early Morning Fire Runs Made Fire sirens shrieked twice. In the enrly morning hours today, hut neither tire proved to be serious. At 1:47 a.m., firemen extini;ulsh- ed a fire in the Brooks-ScarJon fuel pile, caused by sparks from the smoke stack. At 2:33 a.m., a flue fire at Hend Auto Parts was the cause of an alarm. There was no damaRe. inas and Kstiicarla. Park Itudgi't l'0NtMm-d The name "Ix-wis' and (-lurk" park was approved for the p-trk tflo area east oi I rout (ink Sandy river. Plowing of snow from the MOO foot road from the Santiam hih- J way to the Suttle lake resort was authorized. The commission postponed until ! its next meeting, Dec. 19-20. ad-p- tion of the park budget for 1953. Today the commission heart! a group from Astoria discuss a pro posed bridge over the Columbia i river; another from Jackson ciun ty which favors a road to Lake of the Woods; and from Baker to ask about possible plans for future by passing of that city on the Oregon Trail route. faATvfm - I ners are held at the fitter center every Thursday, with one class starting at 1 p.m. and another at 7:30 p.m. After tho first two hours of training, volunteers i wtU . be ready for work In charting the movement ot planes across east- em Oregon skies, and will receive additional instruction while on the Job and through other classes. Volunteers can sign for two hour shifts, "or for any other period convenient," Mrs. Hinds suid. Will Appear U.S. Air Force personnel will ap pear before any group in Bend seeking information about the fil ter center work or the duties in voiced Meeting with the group Inst night was Cant. Alton B. La Velle. GOC commander in the big easj ern Oregon district. Reports on the reecnt GOC plan ning conference In Albuquerque, N. M., were given by Dr. Bristol and Mrs. Hinds, Old-Time Ball Player Succumbs PEOLI, Ohio (UP) Denton Tine (Cy Young, who won n record total of 511 major league games during a 22-year career the National and American leagues, died today while sitting in his favorite rocking chair. He was 88 years old. A member of baseball's HaM of Fame, the powerfully built Young. who never earned more than $5000 In a single seuson, pitched throe no-hitters, including a perfect game, and also won 30 or more games in five different campaigns, Young pitched in 91KJ games, more than any other pitcher in bas"ball h:story, and struck out a total of 2836 batters. His lifetime big league totals with Cleveland. St. I .oil is and both Boston c.'uh bowed 511 victories and 31i losses, both all-time highs. Young claimed to the last that historians "made a mistake and that he actually won 512 games.. Only One Bid Made On Resort The U.S. Forest Service region al ofliee in Portland received only one bid in connection with the pro mwed construction of a resort at Culhis lake, In the upper Des chutes cuntry, hut Information available ftcre indicates that pre posal meets all nualifimtions. One qualification was that the persons constructing the rnwl must have liquid nssests of not less than $35,000. There was much in terc.it In the proposed construction but apparently liquid assests werejployes In Oregon. lacking in most Instances. Name of the person willing to ?o ahead with the propnsed develop- ment was not made public. Geological Proof Being Turned Up InWork on flume A Central Oregon Srrhration dis trict crew engaged In a mafoi flume repair job on the east bank of the Deschutes south of Bend is unearthing further proof that mol- ten pumice once blanketed the area. The evidence Is found in cliffs of welded tuff that cover thick layers of pumice. It Is this formation that makes necessary the reconstruction work now under way, with E. C. Monv field, acting COI superintendent. In charge. Since early years, the big CIO flume has skirted the cliff, with its foundation on the pumice. Around the cliff seasonally water diverted from the nearby Des chutes races through a 12-foot seml-clrculnr stave Dumc. It was In 1952 that a major break occurred In this area, when the supporting pumice was under mined by water. Rocks have fnllen from the cliff on other occasions, to cause extensive damage. To remedy the situation, COI di rectors decided to blast away the cliff and use the material for a fill. Across this fill the new flume, will be constructed. Involved in the betterment Job Is a 250 foot section of the canal. Tho work is rropening for geo logic study an area which holds much Information relative to volcanic action in the Bond area prior to the last outpouring of lava. Geologists suy that hot pumlco from unknown vents raced clown canyons of the eastern Cascidc.i as flaming avalanches, chokirg gorges and blanketing the region west of the Deschutes from a point south of Bend north into the Lower Bridge country. . The material forming the cliff now being blasted for the new flume location is said by geologists to have spread over the area like hot syrup, gas filled and moving rapidly. When this hot material cooled It chilled into the welded tuff forming the cliff. Geologists say the underlying pumice formations also flowed through the area in a very hot, gaseous state. This same forma tion, the earth scientists point out, is exposed on the old Tumulo ;rnde, north of Bend. Phone Company Offer Accepted PORTLAND (UP) CIO Com- i municatlon Workers of America have accepted a wage offer by Pacific Telephone & Telegnph I Company, affecting some 5000 em- I The pay offer would fncroasa wages in men's job classifications $3 to $4.50 a week and In women' 'classifications $2 to $3.50.
