The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963, January 23, 1956, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUniv. of Oregon Library EUQEHS, 0SS50H THE BEND : FORECAST Clearing today alul tonight. Stunning In Cascades. Partly miniiy Tuesday. Colder tonight with low 18-23. High both days, 35 40. WEATHER High yesterday, 39 degrees, low taut night, 38 degrees. Sun set today, fi:03. Sunrise tumor row, 7:31. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAfLY NEWSPAPER 53rd Year One Section Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Monday, January 23. 1 956 Eight Pages No. 40 Persons: Die in 'Los MiiSs Train Tragedy j!! f Early Bond ion Vote Here Is Light Voters of Bond turned out li small numbers during the early hours to cast ballots under the new election laws on the questior of approving a city charter amend ment to authorize water system improvements and to finance them by issuintr $365,000 in bonds. At 11:30 a.m. only 60 votes had been cast in ttie first precinct and 17 in the second. As the weather cleared a heavier vote was expect ed during the afternoon and eve ning with a possible rush at the polls after 5 p.m. There were good natured com ments by some of the voters in the two voting precincts on the new provisions for signing the poll books either in indelible pencil or in Ink. and in voting in the pre cinct in which they reside. Booths Used. Voting booths were used by the balloters under the provisions of the law. Heretofore, booths had ben used at times but the general practice was to vote at a central table to expedite the casting of ballots. The polls opened at 8 a.m. and will remain open until 8 p.m. A heavier vote was expected during the later hours if the weather cleared. Officials In precinct one in the cily hall were Helen M. Lackaff, chairman; Fay Cornett, Judge; El sie Rosswog, Ruth Cole and Una Westfall, clerks. tn.yneclncf two In the basement of the Kenwood school Louise E. Brogan was chairman. Ruby Wel come, judge; Vivian Benson, Ma bel Hirtzcl and Mildred Kelley, clerks. Ballots will be counted after the polls close, the results will be cer tified and announced and the boxes sealed. Chains Required At Mt. Hood SALEM (VPi Chains were re quired (or motorists traveling to Government Camp and Timberline today, the State Highway Depart ment said. Four inches of snow (ell overnight at Timberline and three inches at Government Camp. Chains also were required al Warm Springs junction, with 5 inches o( new snow; Santiam pass, with 10 inches: Chemult, with 10 inches, and Lapine, with 5 inches. Chains were advised at Bly, with . an inch of new snow; Brothers, with 3 inches; Sisters, with half an inch; Austin, with 8 inches, and Seneca, with 9 inches. Water Hearings Start Tuesday Hearing in Circuit court on the Deschutes v-uter adjudication, part of which has been in process for nearly 40 years, will start at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Judge Ralph S. Hamilton set aside today for the various attor neys, district officials, clients and, representatives of the state engi-; neer to come to any agreements possible out of court. The Arnold water district will be given first chance to present ex ceptions in disputes still pending. The other interested districts are Central Oregon Irrigation, North Unit and Lone Pine. Norblad Would Puf 70 Mile Speed Limit on Automobiles WASHINGTON (UP) Rep ; Walter Norblad (R-Ore said today he would try to get Congress to pass a law making it impossible to drive a car faster than 70 miles an hour. He said he was "exploring every legal means' to get the federal government to prohibit fie manu facture of automobiles caoable o' soeeds higher than 70 miles an hour or to rU're governors all rs limiting them to that top speed. Norblad caustically criticized au tomjbile manufacturers for their A QUEEN IS CROWNED Mrs. Mary Kelley, who came to Bend in a horse-drawn buck board in 1907, was crowned queen of the Deschutes pio neers at their winter meeting Saturday night. Placing the crown on the Queen Mary I is C. G. Springer, president of the pioneers in 1955. (Bend Bullptin Photo Zoocoo Hits Speed Over 1,000 M.P.H. WASHINGTON (UP) The Air Force F101 Voodoo fighter, one of the jets marked for a production speed-up, has topped a speed of 1000 miles per hour in test runs, aviation sources said today. The Voodoo, ordered in both escort and interceptor versions, is the thud U.S. combat plane to have a reported speed of 1000 miles per hour and more. The Air Force F104 daytime fighter is considered the fastest combat plane in the world. It .i believed to have flown close to twice the speed of sound or 1320 miles per hour at hi;;h altitude. The Navy's F8U Crusader is de scribed as the fastest carrier-borne plane in the world. It has flown 1050 miles per hour and reports say it can do better. The plane has been ordered Into quantity produc tion. The Voodoo flights, like those of all new supersonic planes, were made at the Edwards Air Force Base, the California desert test center used by bDth the Air Force and Navy. Efforts to End Strike Continue PITTSBURGH (UP) Marathon efforts to settle a 99-day nation wide strike against Westinghoui" Electric Corp. continued here to day. Secrecy surrounded the negotia -ions but it whs learned that top negotiators met in a side caucus '9 discuss ihe current bargaimn disregard of safety in their new cars. "I attended the automobile show n Washington last week,' he said n a statement, "and was shocked 'o the emphasis. Hie sale tilk ind the advertising was all on the Tea'er sped horsepower of the new automobiles." ' Norblad said one company rep eseita:,'' ?ave him a "snles talk" that his company's car could 'ravel at . Jles an hour. Another, he taid. "bragged to me" vat re had driven a popular medium -priced car at 100 miles an hour. New Pioneer Queen Arrived In Bend by Team and Wagon By PHIL F. BKWIAN Bulletin Staff Writer Pioneers of r.ie Deschutes coun try, with nearly 400 present, held their annual winter meeting Satur day night at the Oregon National Guard o-mory in Bend, joined in a dinner, greeted their new queen and named officers for 1956. Mru. M. Jackson Kelley, a na tive of Walla Walla, Wash., who came to Bend the hard way in early days, by team and wagon, was introduced to the pioneers a their. new queen, a pst held this past year by Mrs. K. A. Smith W. Craig Coyner was the choice of the old timers for president with Lowell Jensen named vice president. Mrs. Florence Stout was elected secretary and Mrs. Waller Hansen, treasurer. C. G. Springer headed the Des chutes pioneers this past year and presided at the annual meeting. h?ld in downtown Bend for the Pair Nabbed After Albany Officer Freed ALBANY, Ore. (UP! A police officer said today he was held at gunpoint by two men but was freed after he made a deal with them. The men were held in cus tody here. The officer. Kenneth Going, 23. said he went to a tavern last night to check a disturbance. He at tempted to arrest James Carleton Schulke, 22, and Walter Eugene Johnson, 25, both of Walla Walla, Wash, But when he tried to put them in his patrol car. one of them shoved a .45 calibre automatic in his stomach and forced him into their automobile. Going said they drove him to the east side where they intended toi handcuff him to a tree. However, he said he made a deal whereby he agreed to let one man go free if the other would accompany him to the police station. Johnson took off and Schulke went back to the station with Going. Going broadcast a description of Johnson's car and Corvallis police' arrested him at 4:28 a.m. today after he made a phone call from a pay booth to Albany police to find out what had happened to his ?ompanion. Police Chief Ray Matty said for mal charges would be placed against the two later in the day. Wo Room' For Tax Cufs Humphrey WASHINGTON (UP) Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey said yesterday there is "no room" for a tax cut this year unless gov ernment spending declines or reve nue increases more than now anticipated. Some leading Republican con gressmen have insisted, despite n cold shoulder by President Eisen bower to tax cuts, that the door si ill is open to a reduction later this year if government income shows a big rise. Humphrey was asked his opinion of th;s prospect. "Not as we stand now," he re plied. ''Unless we can cut down in spending, or get increases in reve nue we don't dare to estimate, there is n') .mm for a tax cut 'his year." Asked if h.- would favor a tax cut if a three to four billion dollar surplus showed up on June 30, Humnhrey replied he "would under those circumstances." He said iuch a figure would ieave room 'or both a debt reduction payment aM a tnx cut. But the administratis recently tma'ed its bud-'Ct surplus for the tci year ending June 30 a only 200 million dollars: Magnate Dies IONDOV rUP Sir Alexander K)rda. British film magnate, died if a heart attack today. Korda. 62, was born in Turkeve, Hingary. He was the former husband of -lovie actress Mrle Oberon. Their marriage was dissolved and he -nor-:ei A'cvanim Irene Boycun IffW. H s first wife was Marie Farkas whom he married in 1919. first time. Mrs. Walter Prichard was lir.Ki secretary, with Mrs. Mary Allen holding the post of treasurer. Lived lu Tent The pioneers' new queen has leen a resident of Bend since September, 1907, wnen members if Ihe family reached here follow ng a two-months' trip from Wil bur, Wfjh. In Henl the family lived in a tent before moving into building at the '.vrner of Wall jnd Minnesota. The late Mr. Kelley put his earns and wagons to wjrk in mov ng freight to Bend from Shaniko, hen end of the rails. Springer in- NO. I PIONEER James T. Toney, Redmond, was the old est Pioneer in years of resi dence, attending the Des chutes Pioneer Association meeting here Friday night.HIs residence dates to 1870. (Bend Bulletin Photo) traduced the queen, and touching on the trip to Bend just short of half a century ago, said: "T.iat eventful journey to pio neer Bend is full of memories of rough, rocky and dusty roads, of fording streams where there were no bridges or ferries, and of nights' of camping by the roadside. Share Spotlight Sharing the spotlight with the' new pioneer queen on the Armory stage were five former queens Mrs. C. P. Becker. Mrs. J. Alton Thompson. Ada Triplett, Luella Griffin and Mrs. K. A. Smith. Greetings were received from another, Mrs. E. M. Thompson, now of Portland. One of the entertainment high lights was the appearance of the RUNNER UP John C. Todd, whose residence in the Des chutes region dates to 1878, shared the spotlight with James T. Toney of Redmond when old timers held their win ter meeting here Saturday night. Bend Bulletin Photo) newly organized Bend Gleemen, 1irec:rd by Earl Roarig, with Mrs, T. I). Sexton as accompanist. IVih Duilas was presented in piano numbers and songs, Jake D-'F'e entertained with accordion selecti ir y. Mrs. Ghdys Herrling with a recital in dialect and Bev erly Bruck with a tumbling act, M'-s. Raymond Gumpert headed :hn entertainment program. Pres-nt at the win'r reunion nd p ir'y was the D'-sc-huIs Pio neers' Associa'lon oldest member :n point of residence in the area. He was James T. Toney of Red mo!l. "a pion?er of 1S70. Sharing oM-time honors with Toney was John C. T-xid of Bend, a Deschutes pioneer of 1878. An o!d-ime dance followed the business meeting and program, with W. J. Burton in charge. ' U; m II aKf -"1 I Nehru Sticks With Plans Despite Riots NEW DELHI, India (UP) The government of Prime Minister Ja- waharlal Nehru decided today to stick to its decision red istric Ling Indian states despite a week of rioting in which 71 persons were killed and 550 injured. The government has refused to U' Jntt undated by the violence and threats of further terrorism in de ciding to keep Bombay as a cen trally ud ministered city and redis tricting several states. Police reported "all quiet every where" in Bombay. Slopes re opened, schools and colleges re sumed classes and factories re ported workers s.iowing up on the job. The Working Committee of the Indian National Congress, the high est executive of the ruling party. passed a resolution t nlay declaring that "no changes will be made in the decisions already arrived at or that might bo taken later in re gard to the reorganization of the states." Before this decision was an nounced, violent new anti-government rioting broke out in the East- ern Indian state of Orissa. New 'Open Sky' Effort Planned is" ' i ' 4 UNITED NATIONS. N.V.,' (UP) The United States said it would make another effort today to win United Nation acceptance of tlx Eisenhower "open sky" arms plan despite Soviet objections. Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin aas indicated outright rejection of the plan, but an American delega tion source said the United States would take advantage of today's meeting or the U.N. Disarmament Commission to "focus further at tention" on the Eisenhower plan. The President's proposal, put forward at last July's Geneva summit meeting," calls for an American-Soviet exchange of mili tary blueprints with each country having the right of unimpeded aerial reconnaissance of the other s territory. Military bases abroad would be excluded and would not enter sub sequent stages of the plan without the consent of the countries In whose territory the bases are lo cated. It was hoped the plan even tually would be broadened to in clude other countries. Oops, Wrong Day KI.IZAnETH, N.J (UP) Penn sylvania railniad officials f-x- plained today why a group of Norlh Elizabeth commuters were 10 minutes late for their New York jobs Saturday the engineer thought it was Friday. The ntih-oad said Ihe train slops at Ihe Norlh Klizab'-lh slalion on Saturdays only. The rntfneer had started 'o bypass the station when commiitrs remind'"', him that it .vas Si'urday. He hacked up and picked ip the waiting commuters. I l . fit d , - - IX, " f-mma I trl m in A THEY HEAD PIONEERS IN 1956 Deschufet Pioneer A.weiellon member, at their annua) busi ness meeting here Saturday night named these four Bend residents to head their group in 1956. From left they are W. Craig Coyner, president; Mrs. Florence Stout, secretary: Mrs. Walter R. Hansen, treasurer, and Lowell Jensen, vice-president. (Bend Bulletin Photo) Bend Building Tops in State Bend led all Oregon el lies In IUS5 in building gain, according to tt compilation Issued today by the Joneph K, (Jertmr advertising firm In Portland. The percentage of gain over IM was 03. The Paelrle Northwest's build ing permits In cities were up 3 per cent. Walhi Wiillu, Wahh., led the ami with a 3'44 per cent gnfat. Betid wun iwcond In the en tire iiurtliwcNt. Next to Bend In Oregon was Baker, with 101 per rent gain. It wun the northwest 'h third Ivggest huildlng year, ItMft be tug first and WU second. Dur ing l&4. &!H,&1tl,:M9 was NpeJtt uh construction In the area's 47 largest cities. Observer Post Here Saturday A re-dedicatlon of the Bend ground observers post, soon to be shifted from the top of the O'Kane building to the uir defense filter center, has been set for Saturday, Jan. 28. The program will be held at the filter center, on Wall street op posite the Bend high school grounds, at 2 p.m. An outside pro gram is planned, at the south side of the filter center building, but if the weather Is inclement the pro gram will be inside the center. Jesse L. Yardlcy, Deschutes GOC coordinator, will be master of ceremonies, nnrt the dedication talk, will be by Mayor Hap Taylor of Bend. Also on the program will be Captain Alton B. LaVelle, cen ter commander and Mrs. Charles U. Hinds, Jr.. civilian administra tor at the center. The new post building, already in place atop the fifrter center, was purchased by the City of Bend. and constructed by donated labor and material. The post is of aluminum, and has glass on all four sides, providing full visibility. Refreshments will be served in the center lounge following the dedication, to which an in vi tut ion has been extended to the entire Central Oregon community. T-Sgt. Ben R. Bitting is in charge of arrangements for the dedication. Weatherman Has Hopeful Word For Oregomans By UNITED PKKSS The weather btreau had a hope ful word today for rain-weary Ore gunians. It said that California was in a position to receive the brunt of oncoming Pacific storms with only "fringe" effects expected in Oregon for the next five days except near the southern border. Al the same time, temperatures will be cooler. But an end to rain was not expected. As the weather bureau put it. showery conditions in Oregon may bo enthusiastic , in tie northwest part of Hie state .There also will be periods of sun- shine, forecasts said. -. (, - ' Engineer Says He Blacked Out' Before Smash LOS ANGELES (UP) Identifi cation of bodies of 29 persons killed in California's worst train wrock, hen the engineer of a seeding commuter train "blacked out," may not be completed for days because of their mangled condition, authorities said today. The coroner's office said person al effects and clothing of the vie tims who were crushed to death were so jumbled that identification of some passengers might have to be made from dental work anil fingerprints. Excessive Speed Blniued Snnta Fe Ruilroad President Ered G. Gurley blamed the crash on "excessive speed on a curve-. "We arc unable to understand how the accident occurred," lur lev said. "There was a seasoned Death List LOS ANGELES (UP) The 1W of identified dead In the Santa Eel train wreck lust night: 1. Dorothy Lester, 36. San Diego. 2. Sgt. John E. Williams, 26. USMC, Camp Pendleton. Calif. 3. Patrick 11. O'Neil, 20, USN.l Gardena. Cuhf - 4. Stanley H. levitt, 30, Sam Diego. 5. John Henry Breen, 40, El Monte, Calif. i 6. Mrs, Marcelle C. Meyer, Garden Grove, C&lit. 7. Albert Warren Feun, Lakeside, Calif. 8. Mrs. May Goldberg, 48, San Diego. 9. Kenneth L. Wallace, 60, San Diego. 10. Mrs. Eleanor Hopkins, 60, Pacific Bench, Calif. 11. Mrs. Mar joe E. Ah man n, 28, Souix Fulls, S. D. 42. William Kuga, 25, San Diego. 13. Sam Benn Siraton, 43, San Diego. 14. Lt (Jg) Donald Lund, 40, USN, Culver City, Calif, (uttnehed to USS Rochester). , 15. Mrs. Thelma Buzzelle, 36, San Diego. 16. Mrs. Eva Lipton, 70, El Cajon. Calif. 17. Mrs. Annette C. Frazler, IT. i Houston, Tex. j 18. Ray Branvall, 12, address unknown. I Tentatively identified: G. O. Harvey, 20, USN. Audrey Foster, 30. Charles Foster, 2. Abbott Jury Still Deadlocked OAKLAND, Calif., (UP) A weary jury of seven men and five women resumed today is deliber ations on the guilt or innocence of Burton W. Abbott. The jurors, who have been delib erating since Thursday, gave no ign to show how they stood. How ever, their faces betrayed Increas- ng evidence of tension, Indicating he seriousness with which they undertook their task. - ' iw.'ii',";'Mi') , ' ' '''''' ' j man at the controls and it is an incomprehensible thing." Relatives and friends waited at the coroner's office to identify bodies if possible. Authorities said they would be admitted one at a time. At least 1-12 were injured, some seriously, when the railroad's San Diegan, laden with servicemen and (A young woman almartl the the train deScrtr how sen-lee-luen helped prevent panic. See. pag 3.) weekenders homeward bound for San Diego, whipped off a curve near downtown Los Angeles. "' Separata Power Plants The two-car, self-propelled Die sel units, with power plants under each coach, were just minutes Into their 125-mile, two and one-quarter hour run to the south. Both the- engineer aud his fire . man, Homer Smith, were in the front control cab of the Budd Co. curs, which are RO-foot long, 53-ton stainless steel carriers which have been in use for the lost three year on the run. The jammed passenger cara shot1 around a curve at what the rail road officially termed "excessive speed." The train swayed and pitched then crashed over on I its side. Engineer Frank Parrish, 61, of San Bernardino, Calif., said he "just blacked out.'' "I remembered passing the 35-mlle-per-hour block signal In the yard and then I bluoked out. 1 came to as the train was flipping on Its side," lie said. Scene Of Terror A scene of terror followed as the surviving passengers tried to claw their way out windows that were high and small. " Servicemen aboard the train kept the panic from getting out of hand, survivors reported. The sailors, soldiers and marines called for quiet and with the dis- ipllne of a military operation they broke out flushlghts, found win dows they could open and began lining Out the injured. Police, meanwhile, flashed an alert terming the accident a ma jor disaster and calling for all available ambulances and doctors. A temporary morgue was set up In a vacant lot a short distance from the overturned train. The bodies, some torn to pieces, wen? taken to the field to be tallied by Coroner E. A. Wlnstanley and his deputies. The scene of carnage was un. paralleled in Los Angeles history. fne train had slid about 150 feet on its side before coming to a stop and was a misshapen mass. Engineer Killed As W. Virginia Train Derailed WILLIAMSON, W. Va. (UP) A Cincinnati bound Norfolk & Western passenger train derailed n a bluff above the Rug River at .edar, W. Va., early today killing he engineer and injuring tin es timated 40 passengers and crew men. The engine plunted down a 40 'oot embankment to the rlver'i -dge, carrying five mail ond ex press cam and two passenger uncies with It. Seven other pus- lenger cars remained upright or he track. The accident occurred on a :urve about .10 miles southeast of here. -Jnslneer Watt Willard. Bhiefield W. Va., was found buried under cinders in the cab and was be- ieved to have .suffocated. Firemnn Ernest Hoback suffered serious im !ury when he was thrown clear if the engine as it hurtled down the bank. Tie train left Norfolk, Va., last light and was about 15 minutes ichind schedule whrn It departed rom BhiefieNI. about 90 miles nst of here. MAKKIACK MKT HOLLYW(X)I) (UP) Actor Robert Stuc'. 36, and actress Koroma ric Howe, 23. said thy would be married today a the Beverly Hills Lutheran church In a double-ring ceremony. The couple met two ysars ago. It ia the first marriaie for both.