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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1956)
Univ. or Crjsaa LlbrAry WEATHER nigh yesterday, dc-KTers. low last night, 23 degrees. Sunset' to day, 4:i&. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:37. 2ND : BULLETIN FORECAST Increasing clouds with occasion al light rain Saturday afternoon. High today, 38-49. Low tonight, 25 30. High Saturday, 49 49. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAfLY NEWSPAPER 53rd Year One Section Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon Friday, January 13, 1956 Eight Pages No. 32 THE B State Moves To Prosecute Brinks Gang BOSTON (UP) The state moved swiftly today lo prosec'.'t? the bandit gang that staged the $1,219,000 Brinks holdup nearly six years ago. Dist. Atty. Garrett II. Byrne went before a Grand Jury to ob tain indictments. His star witness was expected to be Joseph (Specs) O'Keefe, 49, one of the alleged participants in history's biggest cusi robbery. Byrne entered the Grand Jury room with two aides to' make an initial statement. O'Keefe was srhtduled to follow him. O'Kcefe, his wrists manacled to iiis waist, was brought under heavy guard from East Cambridge- jail to the Suffolk County courthouse, lie had been lodged at the jail overnight after "telling all" to Byrne. Say Crime Solved Grand Jury proceedings are secret. With informatirn provided by O'Keefe. the FBI yesterday an nounced solution of the biggest cash holdup in history, five days before it might have become a "p?rfect crime.' The deadline for prosecution un der the statute of limitations ex pires Tuesday, preventing the commonwealth from bringing the bandits into court. Six suspects were arrested yes terday. Two others, including O'Keefe. already were in jail, two were being hunted and one was dead. Authorities said O'Keefe appar ently had a "falling out" with his pals and decided to turn informer. Byrne said no deal was made with the gangster. Attempt On Life In June, 1954, O'Keefe narrowly escaped a m ach i ne gu nn inz by paid killer Elmer (Trigger) Burke, who new Is under Hie death sen tence in New York for a barroom staying in that state. Police have theorized the attempt on O Keefc s life stemmed from friction among the Brinks gang. Agreement Set By Fir Workers PORTLAND (UP) A pay agree ment that would average about nine cents an hour was announced here yesterday by the Intrnational Woodworkers of America and fir operators who employ about 30.000 members of the union. The agreement would be effec tive until June 1, 1957. The latest contract settlement calls for wage increases of 4 1-4 per cent for an average of nine cents an hour, plus improved holi day and vacation clauses. It is retroactive to Dec. 1, 1955, subject to approval by referendum. II. J. Greeley, chairman of tho employers' negotiating committee, said the agreement was patterned after those recently approved by, thousands of other lumber workers i throughout the northwest. TctaJ payrolls in the industry, were expected to increase by aboui 21 million dollars a year if all seg-! ments approve the contracts. I Florida Cold Wave Continues By UNITED PRESS Florida's crop-killing cold wave vent into its eighth day today and a worsening drouth in Texas stirred demands for a special leg islative session. Florida's harried weather fore casters said it should start warm ing up a little tomorrow afternoon. But 25 million dollars worth of crops have already been destroyed and cold weather fires have killed six persons. The patience of high-paying va cationers was just about at an end. Even though the sun breaks through in the daytime, brisk northwest winds make swimming and sun-bathing a risky proposi tion. It was a chilly 45 at Miami early today, which put the resort city in shout the same class as Boston. which had 40. Other Southland cities fared worse as Baton Rouge registered 31 degrees and Atlanta. Ga., 35. In Texas, alarm increased over the state's seven-year drouth. Special Session State Sen. Jimmy Phillips, candidate for governor, said special session of the state Legis lature is the "only hope" for solv ing Texas' pressing water prob "?4 hi- I ..ii $ '' : i e ii J ... JL iryM " V J ;- -i YAKIMA BOUND Slcylinsr racers from left to right, Mickey Foley, Kim Lundgren, and Terry Foley make a final equipment check with their coach Gene Gillis, right. The four are in Yakima, Wash., today awaiting a junior racers downhill a nd slalom meet, Saturday and Sunday. (Bend Bul letin Photo) ' Report on Use Of Wood Waste MadebyPP&L The most comprehensive re search study yet made , of the manufacture of "wood composition board," the rapidly-growing new member of the timber products fam ily, has just been completed by Pacific Power & Light com- jwiny. Copies of the report are now being distributed to leaders in lliel wood products industry, financial institutions, chambers of com merce and others interested in full utilization of wood resources, ac cording to W. A. Lackaff, district manager for Pacific Power & Light. The research project was under S3 taken by the company as its long-range area dev program because of the opportun ity this new industry presents to improve local economic conditions through more complete use of tim ber resources. The company's sales and de velopment department, which made the study, points out that Pacific Power serves probably the greatest concentration of the tim hcr products industry in the world. As Boiler F"el Much wood waste formerly has been burned as boiler fuel to pro duce power and steam used in sawmills. To help convert this waste to useful products, Pacific1 Power some months ago appointed forest industries sales specialist to work with lumber operators in this field. I Completion of the research study marks another step by the com pany in this undertaking. It was prepared with the assistance ol leading manufacturers in the field, engineers and research labora tories. The 56-page report, entitled Wood Composition Boards," dis cusses the characteristics and uses of the various types of synthetic boards, raw materia's, manufac turing processes, plant capacities capital investment,' costs and mar- ;ct potentials. Four Types The study classifies wood com position boards into four types 'sofiboard." "h'trd board," ."par- tie'e board." and "shaving board." Most widely used at present is hardboard. which has many applications in construction and furniture. "Softboard" also is well known as insulation -board. Manu facture of the other two types o! board is relatively new in the area. The report shows that 11 out of the 25 major wood composition board plants in tli- U. S. are in the Pacific Power & Light service and are either in lull or pilot p;ar.t operation, or undt-r construction. UK GOT AWAY NEW YORK (UP) A Broadway purse snatcher stripped for action Thursday night when a policeman. attracted by the victim's screams, began chasing him. The thief dropped the purse and discarded his own overcoat during the chase. The policeman fired three shots but the thief got away. 3 . f t . Skyliner Skiers Leave for 2-Day Meet pt Yakima SLyltner ski team and its Coach leiif 1IIIU left early Thursday evening for Yakima, WuNh., and a two-day downhill and slalom Uit, Saturday and Sunday. k - .The Hkl meet U only tor Junior racer. In both Mitt expsr(--ttnd notice clasr. Ilcm! will be represented by Kim l.ti ltd gren. Terry Skjersua, Mickey Foley, Terry (Foley, und Denny Carlson. J mm and .lean Suubert, a pair of Sweet Jlome slat aces, also are making the trip and will ski lor Skyliners. Klamath to Get New State Park Development of a new state ark. a the head of Wood river in the Fort Klamath country, will be undertaken this year, when the weather conditions permit, with preliminary work to be completed by the start of the tourist season. Announcement of tlrs project was made by C. H. Armstrong, superintendent of state parks for the state highway de.part.ment. Wil bur E. Wieprecht, Bend, district supei'visor of state parks, will be in chiirge of the development. Wieprecht said the new park de velopment, directly at ti'ie head or meandering Wood River, is in an irea similar tT the head of Cen tral Oregon's Metolius river, where a cold, bountifully-fed stream is sues seemingly from the base of Blsck butte. Wool river, also fed hy big springs, is at the foot of Sun nvMiniain. Wi?precht said the nrk develop ment will he on a 40-aere trac. with picnic facilities to be devel iprd in the s"enic nrea. Most nf he developmentwillbc completed 'iy Juno. !iwanlans Plan Fund Send Boys to College PORTLAND (UP, Three ynune b:ys who fourd J21K0 in 1952 bu vere denied tfie money by the Stite Supreme Court this we?k ar go:ng to receive a reward anyway Tie Northwest K;wi:iis Club sai 'Klay it would undertake to estab lish an ed'tcationaJ trust fund for th Ixjys. Myron Whit comb. 12: Melvin Weaver. M. and Lynn Hill 10. T;n bnvs found the moiry n M:iv of 19h2 in an abandoned fish nond It was turned over to the.i iriff while a frien'ily suit ws Med to establish tbir riin to the mrmev. A C'rcult Court ruling gav t to then but the State Supreme Court Wednesday reversed th's and e:d It belonged to the estate of -Tames Stevens. 71. who owned the n-oprty and died a few days be far te money was found. S'evens had no heir so the mon ey will go to the state land fund. I f -x I, I ? f yd'.'.:-: f. Neuberger Raps Probe, of NX Newspapermen WASHINCTON (UP) Sen. Rich- ard L. Neuberger (D Ore.) yesler - (lay cnargen mat tne senate line nal security subcommittee's inves tigation of newspaper employe threatens the freedom of the press guaranteed by the constitution. Neuberger, a former newspaper man, wild an investigation of al leged Communism on the staffs of newspapers opens Pie door to in vestigating the press for any other reason. Once started, such a course could be never-ending," Neuberger said in a Senate speech. The Oregon Democrat said that, particularly in the 1930's, some Americans became Communists. Some of them joined newspaper staffs, he said, just as others be came streetcar conductors or phy sicians. He rejected the argument of the subcommittee, repeatedly voiced during its three day public hear ings last week, that It was investi gating Communism, not the press. What can be the significance of searching out and questioning newspaper employes whose back ground may Include Communist associations, if it is not the impli cation that the presence of these fmpl ves has somehow affected the editorial practices and policies of a newspaper," he said. "If it is not the press being in vestigated, then why look for Com munist or ex-Communists specifi cally among newspaper employes at all. any more thin specifically imong lawyers, or farmers, or nurses, or musicians?" Neuberger asked. Turn May Be Made After Making Stop Poliee ChW John T. Truett to day Raid somr truffle congestion Is being caused hy drivers who do not understand that they may make a right-hand turn against a red light when they are In the oulttide lane, "When ihs driver Is approach lug an Intci-Hcc-th! n tho outside lane of traf Ic," Chief Truett ald. "and the KEI or STOP light In hhowlng, lie may, after stopping, proceed cautlusly In making a right-hand turn, watch ing other trulffc and pedestrians. Yielding thn right of way to these may save a life." Mild Weather ConMnued mild weather is ir prospect in Oregon east of the Cas cades in the five day period that will end on Wednesday, according to a U.S. Weather Bureau forecast from Portland. Temperature will be above normal, with highs of from 35 to -45 in the area, and with lows of from 22 to M. Bend s minimum last night was 23. Claim Made That Guilty Men Freed WASHINGTON (UP) Rep. Charles C. Diggs Jr. (D-Mich) put into today's Congressional Record a Look magazine urtlcle purporting to show that a Mississippi white man who was tried and acquitted in the Emmett TjII murder case actually was the killer of the Chi cago Negro boy. Accor ding to the account as pub lished in I-ook and put in the Record, a second man who was tried and freed in the case accom panied the killer in routing the Negro boy from his bed during the, night, beating him with a pistol, and driving him to the spot at which he was shot to death und dumped into the river. In remarks published in the Record, Diggs, one of three Negiw House members, snid of the Look article: Information From Killers The stunning revelations' are so detailed and slated so positively, the magazine's journalistic integri ty and knowledge of libel law is so well established, there Is no doubt in my mind that the information came direct ry from tne killers themselves, J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant. "Safe within the legal confines of immunity from another trial for the same offense provided by the very Constitution which they and others of their breed have chal lenged, these men apparently grasped at the opportunity of sell ing this exclusive story for an un doubtedly handsome financial re ward. The article, written and copy righted by William Bradford Huie, pictured Milam as having fired the shot that killed Till. The article said Milam and Bryant originally had intended only to whip him "and scare some sense into him" after the 14-year-old Negro boasted he had "been with white girls oe- (ore" and asked Bryant's wile, jcarolyn, for a date. Budv In River i..fcjweeksieiore me srneauiea unai Till. 14-year-old Chicago Negro, wolf whistled" at Carolyn Bryant und allegedly asked her for a date small gi-oeery in Money, Miss., Inst Aug. ,'2-. Seven days later a body identified as Till's was found in tiie Tallahatchie River, trussed, weighted, and with a bullet in the head. Mrs. Bryant's husband Roy, 2-1. and his half-brother Milam, 30. were tried and acquitted on charges of Till's murder. The two men insisted they had taken Till away from his great uncle's home merely to scare him, and had freed him unharmed. But in what it described as the; first "real story" of the case. Look; said flatly that Milam, a 235-pound I combat veteran, shot Till with a ,45 caliber pistol. JACKSON. Miss., (UP) J. W. Milam, one of two men acquitted, of the Emmett Till slaying has de-: nied allegations in a Look maga-i zine article saying that he killed the Till boy. The day the magazine article appeared, Milam told reporters he had never talked to any represen tative of Look. He said he plans to "talk to my lawyer" about filing a libel suit against the magazine. No action has been taken yet. Body Found Alonq River SALKM (UP) State police snirf today that tfne body of Lee Pope, 70- year- old Independence farmer, was found along the Willamette river yesterday. He was one of hree persons listed as missing and presumed drowned during Christ mas week floods. . Discovery of Pope's b-vry raised 'he state's death toll fr-m bad wenther and floods last monh to 14. Two others, Richard and Elmer Leonard, both of Hood River, still ire missing. i 65 Billion Kilowatt Hours by 1965 10' Year Power Outlook Released PORTl-ANTJ (UP I The annual 10-year power outlxk issued by he Bonneville Power Administra tion was released today. It pre dicted Pacific North wesl power re quirements would hit 65 billion kilowatt hours by 1965. THo renort said the present load of 37 billion kilowatt hours would about double during the next dec ade, excluling new lai-g" industrial loads. Capital investment needed to meet long-range needs was esti mated at seven billion dollar. Bonneville exports said that in j order to meet the dxvnand, allieitfit nulhon klkwitt o new grtv Four AAissionaries Bodies Discovered Bn Ecuador Jungle Solon Thinks Ike Will Allow Name In N. H. Primary WASHINGTON (UP) Sen. Styles Bridge (R-NH) said today he expects President Kisetihower to consent to his name being placed on the ballot of New Ham shire's March ,W presidential pri mary. - ; Such consent, would not necess arily mean, however that Mr. Ei senhower had ' decided definitely to be a candidate for renomina tion. . . ' ' Bridges 'statement to reporters echoed a similar one from Gov. Lane Dwinnell of New Hampshire. Dwinnell announced yesterday that petiiitions will be- filed Monday to enter. Mr. Eisenhower in the, state's primary. Dwinnell said he expects to get approval from Washington. He pointed out that Mr. Eisen hower could consent either In the form of a public statement or by mere silence. Under New Hampshire law, pe titions to enter candidates in the presidential primaries can be filed from today until Feb. 1. When this is done, the secretary of state must notify the candidate as soon as possible. - The - candidate may withdraw within 10 days after re ceipt ot . the notice. The deadline lor Mr. Elsenhower1 to pull out of the New Humpahire Ini-lmary would fall two to three report irom ms doctors on nut recovery from his September heart attack. Hence the President might agree. to let his name remain on the New Hampshire ballot while deferring until later a decision on whether to seek a second term. He said last Sunday he had not reached a firm decision. Al Sarena Case To Be Studied WASHINGTON (UP) Son. W. Kerr Scott said today his joint congressional subcommittee will try to find out next week why the government was in such a "miglily big- hurry" to hand public lands In Oregon over to' private owner ship. The North Carolina - Democrat said the Interior Department was in such a hurry it handed down Its 17-page final decision In the con troversial Al Sarena mining claim case before the field reports reached Washington. The case involves the granting of full tirle to 15 mining claims beneath 300 acres of national for est to Al Sarena M'nes, Inc., of Mobile, Ala. Democrats say the title was sought for the timber. Republicans charge an attempt to "smear the administration is un derway. PROOKAM HKT REDMOND "Make Disciples of All Nations", a program com memorating the beginning of Prot estant world missions hy Lutheran missionaries in India 250 years ago. ivill broadcast Saturday over radio station KJUN. It will bp heard on the "Let There Be Light" series at 5:15 p.m. Saturday, pro duced by the National Council ol Tuirches of Christ. available hydro resource of the region, including higlwost steam generation and imports of surplus power from Utah. Idaho, Montana, and Brit'sh Columbia systems, would be required. BPA warned Uat without new hydro projects, the area could experience a rap'dly rising power Bhortacre beginning In 19G1-62 ami reaching more than one million kilowatts by 1965-66, particularly if critical water conditions prevail. However, 45 projects where plan ning or site investigations are un der way could provide more than Coos Bay Water Users in Favor Of Fluoridation COOS BAY (UPI-A post card poll shows Coos Bay area water users in favor of fluoridation in u ratio of 1770 to -199, the Cous Bay Nurlh Bend Water Board said to day. Tie board has oitlcred its man ager, C. V. Signor, to collect cost estimates on fluoridation equip ment to be considered at the Feb ruary meeting. The Oregon Supreme Court thLt week rejected arguments that fluoridation violated constitutional guarantees and said cities had a right to treat their water with fluoride under their police power. Fluorides have been found effec tive in preventing tooth decay., . . Brooks-Scanlon Gives Equipment To Collier Park Brooks-Scanlon, Inc., Bend,, has donated to the state of Oregon for display In the Collier State Logging! Museum of the Klamath country five units of logging equipment, ill1 was learned here today. I C.- H. Armstrong, state superin tendent of parks, said the unltclal ot Ihe Protestant mission that consist of three logging cars, each m teet long with a double deck bunks suitable for 10-foot logs: bunk-house car and a cook house car. In' addition. Brooks-Scanlon' donating to the Jogging museum five oak felloes used in repairing the high wheels of early days. Total value of the Brooks-Scan Ion, Inc., gift lo the museum has been estimated at $2,500. Equipment donated to the park is at present in the Shevlin area. a "portable town" tliat is soon to. be aibandoned by the Bend firm is its timber harvest methods hangc. . The equipment will be exhibited in a park mat has won wide at tention. Cars donated by Brooks Scanlon will match the McGiffert loader thut will be set up to com plete a typical logging, layout. Equipment In the museum park Includes an old-time logging en gine. Redmond Man Gets Dairy Post EUGENE (UP)-Cieorge Hostel ler of Redmond was elected presi dent of the Oregon Dairymen's Association at the closing session of the group's 62nd annual conven tion here yesterday. He succeeds Richard M. Lyon of Junction City. Other officers include Louis J. Wetlstein, Ontario, vice president; Lawrence Geraghty, Merrill, sec ond vice president, and Harold P. Ewalt, Corvallis, secretary- treas urer. New directors are Vernon De- Long, La Grande; Hans Leuthuld Tillamook; A. L. Gerbcr. Corvnl lis, and Lyon. AKRKHT MAI)K Ernest G. Cundell. 36, of 434 Riverfront street, was arresb-d last night by city police on th charge of making im improper U turn In the 700 block of Bom' street. oration if they all prove feasible, the report said. Rsidential use atone in the Pa clfic Northwest is expected to treble in the next 10 years due to almost complete urban and rural , electrification. And Northwest con sumers use an average of 6,700 ! kilowatt hours a year, compared i to a national average of 2.685. The report said present north west pooled operations whereby the federal system, privately' owned utilities, and piblicly owned. systems are Integrated result In a1 A Jefferson county quota of net gain to the region's peaking $3000 has been set. Activities p'an lapabiliry of between 600,000 and ned include a "March of Dimes on million kilowatts. dance and a Mothers' March. Only Faint Hope Held for Fifth Member in Group QUITO, Ecuador (UP) The bodies of four massacred Ameri can missionaries have been found from the "green hell" jungles of eastern Ecuador, and there is only a "remote chance" '.hat a fifth survived a savage Indlun attack, it was reported today. An unconfirmed radio report frohTtht JungTc-'satd at least one of the elflin men- had been decapi tated -r recalling the Auca Indians1 grisly practice f shrinking the heads of their victims. Only one of the murdered mis sionaries has been positively iden tified so fur Nathaniel Saint, ol Fullerlon, Calif., the only member of the party who was wearing khaki clothing. Mutilation made It Impossible to identify the other three bodies. The men who flew Into the jungle with Saint Sunday were T. Edward McCully Jr., of Wauwatosa, Wis.; Roger Youdarin ot Billings, Mont.; Peter Fleming of Seattle, and James Elliott of Portland, Ore. . Sighted From UeHcopter A U.S. Air Force helicopter piloted by Maj. Malcolm L. Num bers sighted the four bodies Thurs day In shallow water along the bnnkn of the mln.Rwnllnn Curacav I River. - V Abraham Vandernolnt, an oHl- I sent the tWe men to convert Hiei of 1 Aucaa, reported by radio from the Jungle that "there Is a remote chance the fifth missionary is still alive, hut hope is fading with the passage of time." Two men sighted early Thurs-- day near tiie scene of the maJK sacre and tentatively Identified a Ktirvivoi's turned out later to be' friendly Jibaro Indians who guided searchers to the missionaries' ra dio set. - Meanwhile, examination of the eporls prepared by the mission- lies before their lust, fatnl trip into the jungle Indicated they prob ably were slain by Aucas they had not met on previous trips. Curb Planned Atop Pilot Butte Oregon Stale park work to be undertaken this year will include l.ie construction of a roadsldo cunb on Bend's Pilot Butte, at the edge of the summit parking area, Wilbur E. Wieprecht, district su perintendent of parks, announced today. -J-- Const met Ion of the curb has been authorized principally be cause some motorists who drive to the butte park have expressed a fear of "going over the slope." Also, there has been a tendency f many motorists to park near the center of the circular parking space, because of tfie fear of the unprotected edge. The concrete curb will be of the regular city-curb size, and will not be Intended as a protective ram part. Despite the fact that there is no curbing around the butte narking area, there have been no Injuries to motorists there In the Tiore than three decades the splM'ii "oiid to the top of tfie old volcanic rone has been In use. Work on this project will be un dertaken In the coming season vlien weather permits. Chairmen Set In Dimes Drive MADRAS Nine community 'hnfrmcn whi will head im activi 'les of the 195fi March of Dimes drive in Jefferson county have lieen appointed by Dr. V. S. How aril, county chairman and drive, director. Chairmen, with communities, v: Ash wood, Gladys Keegan; Camp Sherman, Katherine Y. Smith; Culver, Vesta Helslng; Gateway, Mary A. Stewart; Griz zly, Erma Rufener; Madras, Mrs. Bill Robinson; Metolius, Mi's. N. B. Washburn; Warm Springs, Mrs.. Marguerite Smith; Wlllowdale, Mrs. Johnnie Richardson. 1: l f
