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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
53rd Year
2 Sections
Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Friday, December 16, 1955
Ten Pages
No. 10
L2
WEATHER
High yesterday. 36 degrees. Low
last night, 29 degrees. Sunset to
day, 4:28. Sunrise tomorrow.
7:44.
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Bend Lawyer
Hurls Charge
At Neuberger
PORTLAND (UP) Sen. Richard
h. Neuberger yesterday appeared
al a U.S. KoreA Service timber
hearing to defend himself .against
a "personal attack."
The hearing was to discuss the
proposed sale of 75 million board
feet of timber in the Umpqua Na
tional Koi-esr, near Windigo Pass.
Sen. Neuberger, replying Ui
charges of "politics" made by
Bend attorney Alva Goodrich, said
thai in official ma tiers relating to
business, he never considered
whether a person involved had
supported him during election cam
pi vigns.
Letter Is Quoted
Goodrich earlier in the hearing
had testified that Sidney Ieikens.
one of the owners of the L and H
Lumber Company of Sutiierlin
which seeks lo buy the timber, had
contributed $1000 to Neuberger's
election campaign. j
Goodrich criticized Neuberger .
for supporting in a letter to Chief
Forester Richard McArdle the sale!
of the timber. Neuberger quoted
from the letter in which he said he
"would not take sides in any con
troversy which involves the inter
ests of two communities in my
state, concerning the disposition
and use of a public resource."
' He said his major interest was
"In seeing to it that Oregon had
maximum possible employment
from Its timber without doine
damage to sound conservation or
to -watershed and protection."
Would Be Competitive
Ieonai-d Netzorg, L and H attor
ney, said the proposed sale would
be based on competitive bidding.
and there was nothing to assure
bis company of being the success-
fcjl bidder.
Netzorg said the company's in
terest in the Crescent Lake timber
was interpreted as an attempt to
invade the ponderosa pine area of
Bend's lumber industry. He said
that was not the company's inten
tion. .
Earlier witnesses testifying b
fore hearing officer C. Carlil1?
Carlson included Marion Cady,
manager of the Bend chamber of
commerce. Cady said there was no
need for creation of a new mill to
handle timber included in the pro
posed sale.
Existing Mills Need Timber
Cady insisted that existing mills j
In eastern Oregon could process I
the timber cut. He said Bend mills, I
as well as those at Sutherlin, were
dependent upon forest service tim
ber, and could use all they could
get.
Judge Robert V. Sawyer of Bend
submitted a statement viewing the
sale as a threat to recreation areas
of the upper Cascade slopes. He
urged a postponement until more
study -'can be made of effects.
The hearing was held to review
an appeal by the Bend Chamber
of Commerce and other groups of
a decision by Chief Forester Rich
ard McAi-dle authorizing the snle.
Testifying in opposition to the'
proposed installation of the mill at
Crescent Lake were Marion C
Cady, Robert W. Chandler, Alva
Goodrich and Hans Milius, of
Bend: Carol Cudat, Crescent: Lor
en Palmerton, Klamath Falls and
Paul Ehinper, Oakridte.
Also present from Bend at the
hearing were Jim Healy and W. J
Baer.
What Color Shall
Bus Be Painted?
What color should the Skyliners
new bus be painted?
Discussion of the weighty deci
sion has been hot and heavy for
the last few days, accor ding U
Vince Genna. city assistant recrea
tion director.
Some would like lo see the hu
painted green . . . others feel i'
should be a brighter color . .
. still others are holding out for ai
two-toned combination. ;
Genna said today the group
would be guided by a poll of pub
lic opinion.
It's easy to take part in it. All
you have to do is to pick ud your
phone, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.Tt..
and call the city recreation de
partment. 1024, and tell them your
preference.
The choice, as of now, is unlim
ited. The color scheme receiving
the moat votes will win.
Ways of Using Ford Money
Studied by Hospital Board
News that St. Charles Memorial
Hospital in Bend is eligible for a
grant of $30,700 from the Ford
Foundation has stimulated interest
in the proposal mat another floor
be added to the new hospital, or
that the old hospital be modern
ized. This matter was tentatively dis
cussed by members of the Central
Oivgon Hospitals Foundation at
their monthly meeting here yester
day, but it was stressed that- the
These Were
Top Ten 1955
News Stories.
NEW YORK (UP) President
Eisenhower's heart attack headed
the list of t'le 10 biggest news
stories of 1955 chosen today by
editors of the United Press.
The other stories on the 10 big
gest lisi were:
2. Announcement of the Salk vac
cine for polio.
3. Princess Margaret renounces
Captain Townsend.
4. Hurricanes Connie and Diane
and the New England floods.
5. The fall of President Peron of
Argentina. j
6. Summit and foreign ministers';
conferences in Geneva. ' i
7. Resignation of Malenkov and
rise of Bulganin and Khrushchev.
8. Merger of AFL and CIO and
modified annual wage in auto in
dustry. 9. Sabotage of United Airlines
plane in Colorado.
. 10. Dodgers win their first
World Series.
Other big stories of 1955 In
cluded: resignation of Winston
Churchill; the accidental shooting
of William Woodward Jr.; U.S. to
launch earth satellites; Formosa
crisis; murder of Serge Rubin
stein; emergence of West Ger
many as a sovereign nation;
vision of Pope Pius XII; the fight
ing between Israel and Egypt:
unrest in Morocco; cancellation of
Dixon-Yates contract: tornadoes in
Midwest; the popularity of the
television program. "The SOI. 000
Question;" crash of United Airlines
plane in Wyoming killing 6C larg
est death toil in commercial avia
tion history.
Skyliner Opening
Postponed Until
Holiday Season
Formal opening of the Slcy liners'
winter play ground on Tumulo
creek, west of Bend, planned
for this weekend, has been post
poned until the Christmas hair
days.
Vince Genna of the Bend recrea
tion department telephoned from
the playground area this morning
that the surface of the snow, re
duced in depth by December rains,
was icy. and not fit for safe skiing.
It is for this reason that the for
mal opening is being delayed.
Weather conditions permitting.
the, formal opening will he a week
from Saturday Christmas eve. No
activities have been planned for
Christmas day, but the area will
also be available for use on Mon
day Dec. 26. a general holiday.
Work of getting the area m I
shape for winter sports is rapidly;
nearing completion, and the skat
ing rink has ben smoothed in pre
paration for flooding, when cold
weather conies.
'TeU people of Central Oregon
we greatly regret it is necessary
to postpone the opening of the
Skyliners' area for a week, bu?
this must be done in the interest
')f safety." Genna telephoned to
The Bulletin from the Tumalo
creek IkavI.
THE THREE WISHES
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directors will await the wishes of
the Sisters of St. Joseph.
To obtain preliminary informa
tion for the Sisters of St. Joseph,
headquarters of which are in Tip
ton. Ind., the board, through its
building committee, is to ask J.
W. Maloney, architect who super
vised the construction of St.
Charles Memorial hospital, and a
representative of the State Board
of Health to visit Bend.
Study IMumit-d
Even before it was known that
the Bend hospital would be eligi
ble for a Ford Foundation grunt,
lireetors had considered the feasi
bility of launching a preliminary
sludy that would be of aid in ex
pansion plans.
It was the decision of the board I
at that time that an architect and;
engineers would be asked to deter-!
mine whether it Would be more
feasibile to renovate the old hos-l
pital building for additional beds or
add another floor lo the new plant.
Ixnvell Jensen heads the boara s
building committee and has al
ready made preliminary arrange
ments for the study requested by
Robert W. Sawyer, bourd presi
dent, at the November meeting. I
Sawyer received terms of the
giant for which the St. Charles;
Memorial hospital is eligible at
Thursday's conference with his fel
low directors. j
Provision Made i
One of the provisions of the
grant to hospitals is that the mon
ey may be used for improvement
of or addition to facilities and
services.
lospital governing boards will
be required to submit evidence of
tax exemption before receiving a
grant, and to report preliminary
plans for use of tha funds within
three months of acceptance.
Because of the time limitation
(or reporting preliminary plans,
the immediate study by an archi-,
tect will be necessary, it has been
pointed out.
Directors at the luncheon meet
ing Thursday, in the cafeteria
room, were guests of the hospital
management.
Freezing Rain
Glazes Area
Bend early today was iced by a
freezing drizzle that turned to
glaze as it touched chilled
surfaces.
The result was dangerously slick
streets in the early morning, as
the temperature dropped to 29 de
grees. Ice disappeared in mid
morning following a series of light
snow flurries.
Silver thaw conditions were re
ported from various parts of the
state, but mountain highways were
a bit improved over Thursday
night, when glare ice reduced traf
fic to a snail's pacea in some
areas.
This morning, motorists were
getting over all Cascade passes
without using chains. At Govern
ment camp, on the Mt. Hood
route, the road was well sanded,
with no new snow reported. Flur
ries were reported from the San-
tiam and the Ochoco.
Two inches of snow fell on the
Willamette divide last night, and
plows were operating there this
morning. Motorists traveling u.s,
97 were advised from Chemult to
carry chains.
Snow flurries were reported'
from Shaniko. on U.S. 97. this
morning, and the temperature rest
ed at 16 degrees. The route there
was well sandel. .
UKTVKX VISIT
KNOXVILLK, Tenn. f UP) Mrs.
Rosr-oe Yoder told police thieves to accept the resignation. But he
to'ik 19 of 50 Christmas trees from said he felt he had to this time
her grocery store Tuesday night because Dorman had reached re
tnd returned Wednesday night for . tirement age and had requested to
the lasti one. ;be relieved of the job.
A Christmas Story
Wage Boost
Offered Bend
Mill Workers
Workers at McCloud River Lum-j
ber Company, McCloud. Calif.,
have voted to accept an average,
8ii cent per hour wage increase,
effective Dec. 1, 1955, according to
information telephoned to' the
PIRC office In Klamath Falls this
morning.
The increase will be applied on
a graduated basis, with higher
skills getting a larger raise. .
Brooks - Scanlon, Inc., workers
were offered a somewhat similar
wage increase package on Dec. 9,
1955, Freeman Sohultz. vice-president
and general manager of the
Bend plant, announced today.
The Bend offer would be effec-;
tive the first day of the payroll
period In which the offer is ac
cepted by the Local 6-7, IWA-CIO,
representing the employes.
Meeting Scheduled
The Bend local has scheduled a
meeting for Dec. 17 to consider
the offer of the company.
Nws of the McCloud workers'
acceptance of the offer was tele
phoned to the PIRC office in Klam
ath Falls this morning by com
pany management representatives
IWA Local Union 6-64, the repre
sentative of McCloud employes in
signuig the pact several days ago,"
subject to ratification by union
members. Following the vote it
was reported to the company that
the agreement was approved by a
73 per cent majority. ,
Until June 1, 1957
C. L. Irving, PIRC managing1
vice - president, Baid he under-1
stands the wage agreement ptoses
wages and wage rates, and con
tractual issues until June 1, 1957,
except that either party may open
for a general wage change by 60
days' notice prior to Jan. 1, 1957.
Irving understands, too, that va-
ation and holiday eligibility has
been relaxed In a manner similar
to the recent Weyerhaeuser settle
mnt. He said the new agree
ment, by mutual consent of the
parties, substitutes for one nego
tiated last January that closed
wage and contractual issues until
April 1, 1956. !
"The new agreement appears to
assure a long period of industrial
peace at McCloud," Irving said, j
Schultz said the Brooks-Scanlon
offer represents an average in
crease of 8 9-10 cents per hour in
crease when applied on a percent
age basis, with skilled workers get
ting a larger portion of the in
crease. Increase Noted
Should the offer be accepted by
Brooks-Scanlon workers, the pay
roll increase will amount to more
than S80.000 annually.
Holiday eligibility and vacation
requirements were also revised in
the offer to provide similar priv
ileges granted in the recent settle
ments made by Weyerhaeuser Tim
ber Company and McCloud River
Lumber Company.
A IWA-CIO official In the Klam
ath district council has evaluated
the revised holiday and vacation
rules as being equal to 3
cents per hour wage increase.
Dorman Resigns
SALEM (UP) Harry S. Dorman
has submitted his resignation as
director of Oregon's Department of
Finance and Administration effec
tive next March 1, Gov. Paul Pat
terson said today.
Gov. Paul Patterson, who praised
Dorman's work for the state, said
that twice before he had refused
Sa
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TOPS ON DEFENSE Gary Gentry right, Lava Bear senior
halfback, was presented the annual Lion's Club defensive award
by president Ray LeBlanc at the banquet Thursday. Despite only
weighing 142 pounds, Gentry was voted the team's outstanding
defensive player by the coaches. More than 100 parents and
boosters attended the dinner at the Elks Club. (Bend Bulletin
Photo)
Gentry Named Top Defensive
Player at Annual Grid Fete
By 1KNE AN DK It SON
Bulletin SportH Editor
Gary Gentry, diminutive Bend
halfback, was honored with the
Lion's club annual defensive I
award at the football banquet
Thursday at the Elks club. Thei
presentation of the coveted trophy,
won, by Dave Krlb last year, was
a , fuunte climax to tour years ol
high scnooi ioQtbau tor uentry,
Although he only stands 5-6 and
weighed 142, Gentry was an out
standing linebacker, besides being
a top-notch offensive runner. The
announcement was met with great
enthusiasm by his teammates who
have great respect for the little
guy who always got a man's job
done.
Ray LeBlanc, Lion's president.
awarded the gold plaque, devised
to give recognition to the Individ
ual as well as emphasize defense.
Gentry accepted humbly,,, giving
praise to the other 10 players who
made his selection possible.
Player Confidence needed
In his talk on '.'Attitudes in Ath
letics," Bill McArthur, Oregon Col
lege of Education football coach,
commented, "A player must have
confidence in bis techniques. If the
proper techniques are taught orig
inally, the attitudes will come
along."
He pointed out that often
coaches demand too much of their
players. "It is an unfortunate but
true situation, that you are a bum
if you lose, and hero If you win,"
he reflected.
"Loyalty on the part of the
coach to the boys Is as important
as the boys to the coach. You
can't let them down. Once you
have set your policy, you must
stick to it and go all out to pro
tect them as long as they follow
the rules," .he continued.
'You have to assume the de
fensive man is at least as 50 per
cent as good as your man, so you
have to give your player blocking
angles, additional skills, and on oc
casions, some extra help. That is
where a coach comes in, he said
McArthur emphasized that the
Portland Fires
PORTLAND (UP) Three per
sons were injured In two fires here
last night and early today.
Firemen Bill Bloomquist and
Harold Morgan suffered minor in
(uries tost night while fighting n
blaze at the Acme Broom Manufac
turifiK Comnnny. Damage was est!
mated at $7500.
walt scon
Bv
student body, townspeople and par
ents all played an important role
in shaping attitudes. "And atti
tudes are mostly formed by what
happens on the gridiron," . he
claimed.
His philosophy of sportsmanship
Is that the team will reflect the I1
aim ii ui me uuuui. ne uhkh intm
they get all they can fairly and
squarely- pxtA live up to the letter'
and spirit of the rules. "If the oth
er' team wins, give them credit.
Remember there is always next
year and you will have another.
chance.
Because football Is a contact
sport, there are certain lessons
learned there that can't be
learned elsewhere. Figures show,
that 60 per cent of those active
in athletics, end up community.
leaders. "Since delinquency is a
learned behavior," he remarked,
"I'd rather have my kids out there
bumping heads and learning foot
ball." - I
Ten Commandments
McArthur concluded with the 10 .
commandments of football.
1. The team that makes the few
est mistakes, wins.
2. Press the kicking game, for It
is here that the breaks are made.
3. Play for and make breaks.
and when one comes your way,
score.
4. If at first the game doesn't go
your way, don t slow down, put on
more pressure.
5. Cover and pursue relentlessly.
6. Linemen protect your kicker
and passer, and rush their kicker
7. Carry the fight to your oppo
nents and keep It there.
8. Keep mentally alert.
9. Leave nothing to chande.
10. Win the sure way.
B. A. (Dutch) Stover was Mas
ter of Ceremonies at the banquet,
attended by more than 100 parents,
loyal supiwrters, and well-wishers,
All the proceeds went to the Bill
Graham benefit fund.
Busy Week Seen
For Bend Stores
Central Oreiionlans will get their
final double holiday of the year
over the Christmas season.
Inasmuch as Christmas falls on
a Sunday this year. Monday will
be a general holiday.
In advance of Christmas and the
double holiday. B'nd retail mer
?hants will remain open evenings
until 9 o'clock, from Monday
through Friday.
On Saturday. Dec. 24, Chris'mas
?ve. stores wiil close at rhe usual
'lours.
One of the highligh's of th
?oming busy week will b the
opening a week from tonight, at
he Tower theater, of "Tiie Indian
Fiehter."
This Cinema-Seopo film in color
was made n Central Oregon this
oast summer, with Kirk Douglas
as Its star.
"The Indian Fighter" will be
here for an entire week, and is
expected to draw people to Bend
from all parts ol Central Oregon.
Father of Five Admits Using
Sister-in-Law for 'Eyes'
To Carry Out
PORTLAND, Ore. (UP) Wil
liam Clarence Peddicord, 38-year-old
blind father of five children
who once won national praise for
his courage, has confessed using
his sister-in-law for eyes to car
ry out a $50,000 bomb - extortion
plot against a department store
executive.
Peddicord admitted late last
night setting off 12 sticks of dyna
mite in a thiroSfloor washroom ut
the Meier and Frank department
store last April 15, Detective Capt.
William Browne said.
The blast rocked the store almost
at the same time Aaron M. Frank,
store president, was reading a note
demanding $50,000. It hurled shat
tered glass into the street, injuring
a passerby. No one In the store
was hurt.
Implicate Woman t
Peddicord, who was arrested
yesterday, Implicated his sister-in-law,
Joyce Keller, 28. They were
booked on a charge of injury to
persons and properties by explo
sives. Bond for each was set at
$75,000.
Peddicord told police he engl-
Drillers Moving
Equipment Out
Of Mid-Oregon
Ti tlrtt loadm at ',1,100.1
at ; l.lQO.QOm
pouncfe ot drilling equipment being
(rnn-rnrred mm Hnmoton Bulle.
on Central Oregon's high desert,
to Port Angeles, wash., were be
ing moved to the base of the old
butte today.
The equipment Is that of the
Thomas Pike Drilling Co., underi
contract with Standard Oil Co. of
California, and It is being moved
to Port Angeles by Consolidated
Freightways, of which Bern
Price Is local manager.
The more than one million
pounds of equipment, Including the
rig of a big rotary drill, will be
moved out of Central Oregon in
three shipments,
In the first shipment, being as
sembled near the base of storm
swept Hampton butte today, will
be 12 truckloads. This , will be fol
lowed by a consignment of 11
truckloads of gear, followed by a
final shipment of 10 truckloads.
A 25-ton crane has been moved
in by Consolidated to load the drill
ing equipment, and also on the Job
today was a bulldozer, being used
to prepare the storm-soaked moun
tain road lor the movement ol
the heavy trusks. The drilling
equipment will be brought to Bend
before being moved north to Wash
ington. This is one of the largest ship
ments ever handled by Consoli
dated. The drilling equipment is being
moved from a point about two
thirds to the top of the old land
mass known as Hampton butte.
The drill was used by Standard
and Leonard Lundnren In sinking
an exploratory well to a depth of
more mail iuwj iwi.
It wos the deepest hole ever
drilled In this region. Most of the
hole was drilled through tertiary
volcanics.
Just Ask Operator
Santa to Answer Calls
Children of Bend are going to
do a lot of telephoning tonight and
Saturday.
Each and every child In town Is
Invited to pick up the phone a:ly
time from 5:30 o'clock this after
noon to 8:30 tonight or the sam
hours on Saturday and simply ask
lor Santa Clans.
And Santa will answer. Tien
limey, you Just tell Saa wha:
is on your mind and he will lis
ten carefully and do his best t':
take care of you. Just pick up tlK
phone and. .when the operator
answers,
say "Give me Santa
Claus. please." That is all. Hoi '
on a second and you will hear the
jolly old saint.
Now the Junior Chamber of
Commerce of Bend has marie this
arrangement with Santa. The Joy-
Bomb Plot
nee red the plan. "She was my
eyes, officers quoted him as say
ing.
Police said Peddicord was con
nected to the bombing because
samples from a typewriter he had
used in a chemical laboratory
matched those used on the extor
tion note.
Peddicord told officers he used
10 inch fuse for a 10 - minute
margin of safety and that he and
the woman were in the street when
the explosion occurred.
No Money Obtained
A stand-in for Frank followed
instructions and took a night ride
to Eugene and back, a 240 -mile
round trip. But no one appeared
to pick up the money.
Peddicord tost his1 sight In an
explosion 19 years ago. He was
blinded when sulphur and ammo
nia fumes fom a refrigerator blew
up.
He drew national attention In
1948 when he began hitchhiking to .
New York, with $7 In his pocket,
to seek an operation to restore his
sight. When he reached Detroit a
radio program paid his train fare
the rest of the way.
The operation, which consisted of
transplanting a cornea in Pcddl
cord's right eye, was considered a
success but he was blinded again
by a tragic stroke of fate.
Shown Little Emotion
A United Press story in Decem
ber, 1948, said "for an Instant there
was sunlight on the colling" but
Peddicord Jerked til head a we
iVclMors dene ended "and darkneaa
cloaed. In and one mora ba wu
mma; ,
Police-said money was tho mot
tive for the elaborate bomb plot.
Peddicord showed little emotion
wheu questioned and showed no
Inclination to discuss the bombing
with reporters.
Peddicord sold brooms as a
house - to - house salesman In Van
couver, Wash., and later operated'
a Vending stand in the Vancouver
post office. He also worked as a '
salesman and between 1953 and
April 5, 1955, he operated a private
chemical laboratory here.
Ills wife said "I can't believe It.
I can't believe It. I can't believe
II," when Informed of his arrest.
Official Now
Kefauver After
Demo Nomination
WASHINGTON (UP) Sen. Es
tes Kefsuver announced formally
today that he Is a candidate tor
the 1956 Democratic presidential
nomination.
The lanky Tennosscan told a
crowded news conference he again
will wage a "vigorous campaign"
for the highest office in the land
even though he failed to win his
party's nomination In 1952.
Kefauver said In a prepared
statement that he will fight for
the nomatlon In "a number of
state primaries ... as many as I
can." The statement did not
Identify these primaries, however.
Kefauver Is the third Democrat
to announce formally for the par
ty's 1956 nomination. The others
are Adlai E. Stevenson, the 1952
standard bearer, and Gov. Frank
J. Lausche of Ohio
cees they are called, for short.
They have appointed Bernie Price
as their chairman for the Christ
mas program and the Santa Claus
calls arc part of it.
If you don't get around to call
Ing Santa tonight, you can get him
between 5:30 and 8:30 o'-'-'k St
unlay night. Don't be afraid to call
If some other child Is talking, you
may have to wait a link', oul try
again and you will get through.
That Isn't all the Jaycees are
doing. On Saturday ofternoon. be
tween 2 and 4. they have fixed it
so all of you children will meet
Santa in person at the big Christ
mas tree at Oregon and Wall
streets. He will be there and have
a treat for each and every one of
you. Remember, now, between 2
and 4 Saturday afternoon. Ask
Mama and Daddy to take you.