The Bend bulletin., January 30, 1956, Page 1, Image 1

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letOu '
WEATHER
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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
53rd Year One Section
Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Monday, January 30, 1956
Eight Pages
No. 46
Hearing Held
On Pictures
In Courtroom
DENVER (UP) The general
counsel for Scripps-Howard News
papers contended before the Colo
rado Supreme Court today that
photographers have the same right
us reporters to cover trials and
oilier judicial proceedings.
The attorney, Thomas Edwards
of Cleveland, appeared as a wit
ness at the opening session ot an
important hearing involving photo-
raphy in the courtroom.
The hearing, before Supreme
Court Justice 0. Otto Moore, pro
vided the first instance of lis kind
in which a judicial body has called
such a session on its own initiative
into a question involving a canon
of ethics of the American Bar
Association.
Edwards In a statement to the
court pointed out that "'these gen
tlemen who take pictures are no
different than any other reporter."
And he added that the rules of
procedure in any courtroom should
be the court's own prerogative,
"not those of any bar association,
state or national."
The Bar Association canon in
question forbids the making of
pictures and broadcasting during
court sessions on tthe grounds such
actions interfere with "the dignity
and decorum of the court." I
Knowland Drops
From N. H. Race
MANCHESTER, N.H., (UP)
President Eisenhower had the field
all to himself today in New Hamp
shire's first in the nation primary
following withdrawal of Sen. Wil
liam Knowland (R-Calif).
.--However, in announcing his with
drawal, Knowland indicated that he
would not discourage supporters
from electing delegates "favor-:
able" to his candidacy.
The senator's announcement yes
terday left Mr. Eisenhower as the
only Republican candidate on thei
March 13 presidential preierence
section of the primary.
Knowland again emphasized his
personal support for the President,
but added that the coming cam
paign would be "a hard one"
which would, not be done "with
one or two broadcasts from the
White House."
The senator said he believes
that Mr. Eisenhower will make his
decision on whether to run for a
second term by the middle of
February.
lie told newsmen yesterday that
he would not take any affirmative
action until that time. He said he
uid allowed his name on thr
Alaska and Illinois primaries be
cause they will not be held until
April.
Inquest Planned
In Lake Death
LAKE VIEW (UP) A coroner's
inquest will be held Thursday into!
the death of Nathan Shamper Long
fellow, 3year-old rancher, whose;
body was found in his home early
Sunday.
Julian Herndon, Lake county dis
trict attorney, said Longfellow had
suffered two deep cuts on the head
and was slumped over a wah
sin on an outside porch when found
by friends. Herndon said a nearby
window was (broken out and that
Longfellow may have fallen. He
said considerable bleeding took
place which may have accounted
for the death.
Longfellow lived at the ranch
with his parents, who were visiting
in California.
Meeting Planned
By Credit Group
Special to The Bulletin
REDMOND Central Oregon
Production Credit Association
members will gather at noon Tues
day in Redmond armory for their
22nd annual meeting.
State representative H. H. De
Armond of Bend will be the fea
tured speaker. He is to talk on
taxes, particularly as they affect
the farmers. .
Association vice president Mil
lard Rodman will preside it the
annual business session to follow
the noon dinner served by ladies
of Redmond grange. Other bus!
ncss will include election of a di
rector to succeed Phillip D. Clow-!
era, Madras, whose term expires.
I
NEW POST DEDICATED Bend's new GOC post atop the air detente filter center was for
mally dedicated Saturday afternoon and placed in use. At left, Mike Wonser, who stood the first
watch in the new post, is conferring with Harry Waldron, who was first skywatcher at the old
post on the O'Kane building. At right, Mayor H ap Taylor, who made the dedicatory address Sat
urday. Bend Bulletin Photo)
Senator Seeking
Fair Treatment
Of Auto Dealers
WASHINGTON (UP) Sen.
Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-Wyo)
served notice today he will fight I
for enactment of a federal law to;
prevent automobile manufpurersl
from pushing dealers around.
He told the annual convention ofi
Association there are signs of a
"better relationship between the)
factory and the dealer" since his
Senate -Monopoly Subcommittee
aired dealer grievances at its Gen
eral Motors hearings last year.
The pressures which 'the deal
ers felt were used by the factories
to, compel them to distribute at
their own lc3S more cars than the
market could soundly absorb are
apparently disappearing, OMa
honey said.
He said manufacturers also have
indicated a readiness to mae
adjustments" such as GM's offer
to extend its franchise agreemems
from one to five years.
But he said the economic power
of the automobile manufacturers Is
so vast that dealers are still basi
cally "at their mercy." He said
rules ofr a "more equitable"
factory-dealer relationship should
be "established by federal law" so
that the recent improvement In
relations will "have a permanent
status, and not be subject to fluc
tuation with the changes of man-j
njcrs." - ' ;
Prineville Youth
Among 7 Injured
ALBANY (UP) .Two cars col
lided on U.S. Highway 20 some 60
miles east of here yesterday, in
juring seven persons, one critically.
Robert B. Hodge, 18 - year - old
Oregon State College student from
McMinnville, was taken to a Sweet
Home hospital suflering from mul
tiple rib fractures, a lung puncture
and internal injuries.
His two companions were Jerald
K. Martin, 18, Prineville, who suf
fered rib fractures and head cuts,
and Dudk- H. Kenyon. 18, Mc
Minnville, minor cuts. They also
are OSC students.
Occupants of the other car were
Paul L. Jenkins, 27; his wife.
Mary, 27, their two-year-old son,
Stacey, and John Rex, 18, Albany
They also were hospitalized.
State Policeman Harris Kirby
said the student' car skidded on
a curve into the oncoming Jenkins
vehicle.
State Releases
Road Report
SALEM (UP) Chains were re
quired for motorists traveling to
Timberline and Government Camp,
where four inches of snow fell over
night, the State Highway Depart
ment said today.
Chains also were required at
Warm S: rings junction, with
inches of new snow. Chains were
advised at Ochoco summit, with
2 inches of new snow; Pendleton,
with 2 inches: Meacham, with 3
inches; John Day, with 4 inches;
Austin with an inch, and Seneca,
with 4 inches..
Spots of ice were reported at
Portland. Wilson River summit,
Cascade Locks. Troutdale, Astoria,
Prospect. Siskiyou, The Dalles,
Bend. Lakeview, LaPtne, Sisters,
'Baker. Ontario and Basque.
Explorer Scouts Take First
Watch at New GOC Post
Manned on the first full day of
its operation by Explorer Scouts,
who stood a 48-hour watch, Bend's
new Ground Observer post atop
the air defense filter center was
in operation today.
Location of the post, on top of
the O'Kane building since it was
established in 1950, was shifted to
its new site over the week end,
and on Saturday afternoon a re-
dedication ceremony was held.
Fire Causes
Panic, Ten
Dead Counted
BALTIMORE (UP) - Eyewit
nesses told today 1ioV "men be
came beasts" when fire set off
a wild trampling panic at a church
supper. At least 10 persons died
In the flaming melee.
Police reported at least 227 in
jured. Of these 14 were still hos
pitalized today and one, a man
whose name was not given, was
reported in critical condition. Au
thorities checked numerous re
ports of missing persons but said
that all those who were in the
building had been accounted for.
The flash fire broke out about
5 p.m. yesterday in the quonset-
roofed community hall of bbur-
ban Brooklyn, Md., as 1100 men,
women and children were attend-
roofed community hall of Subur-
sored by the Catholic Church of
St. Rose of Lima.
Crowd Terrified
Lawrence O'Brien, chairman of
the arrangement committee for
the ill fated dinner, told of the
horrible stampede for safety that
ensued:
'Men became beasts. I saw men
beating women to get to a door
window. Men and women
shrieked and screamed and
cried."
O'Brien leaped to a table and
yelled to the terrified crowd to
keep calm, -but his voice was
drowned out in the frenzied bab
ble of the crowd.
Eden Arrives
In United States
NEW YORK (UP) British
Prime Minister Anthony Eden ar
rived today for top level talks with
President Eisenhower and said he
believed the President's weekend
reply to Soviet Premier Nicolai
Bulganin was admirable.
Eden arrived aboard the Queen
Elizabeth with a party of 25 for
his conference with the President
which will begin in Washington
with a lunch engagement. He was
scheduled to fly from La Guardia
airport in the Columbina III.
Asked if he thought the Bulganin
Eisenhower exchange would im
prove international relations, Eden
said he thought world tension was
about normal.
Goodwill Tour
Termed Success
PARIS (UP) Leaders nf Moral
Rearmament, worldwide move
ment to overcome hate and ill
feeling between nations and races.
today termed their current round
the globe theatrical expedition an
"outstanding success."
Group leaders said they have
played to packed houses in almost
every country where they have
staged their three-act play, "The
Vanishing Island." i
KS
1
Harry Waldron, first GOC co
ordinator here, stood the first
watch at the old site and was pres
ent when that location was aban
doned Saturday. On top of the new
filter center, he greeted Mike won
ser, who took the first watch at
the new location. '
Rogers Presides '
Dedication rites Saturday at 2
p.m. were in the filter center as
;embly room, with Mel Rogers, I
city commissioner who was re-!
cently named Bend's senior citizen
of the year, presiding. ,
Mayor Hap Taylor made the
short dedicatory talk, and he was
preceded on the program by Cap
tain Alton B. La Velle, area GOC
commander, and Mrs. Charles B.
Hinds, filter center civilian admin
istrator. Rev. C. Wesley Jones de
livered the Invocation.?
"Mrs. FfPd-O. Whitiwy, GOC posH
supervisor, and W. C. Fickas were.
introduced, and special mention
was made of the work of M. F,
Bevans in coordinating the work
of erecting the new post, purchased
by the city of Bend.
The volunteer role of Bend rest
dents in donating material and
labor for the erection of the new
post and the stairway and cat
walk was mentioned.
Mayor Taylor touched on the
early days of "Operation Sky
watch" in this area, and of the
volunteer work in erecting the
first post.
Sides of the new post are ot
class. In an aluminum irame.
Operation of the post is to be
closely coordinated with that of
lie filter center, and facilities oi
the center will be available for
skywalchers.
Thug Busters'
Keeping Busy
PORTLAND (UP) Portland'.!
thug-busting" squad was credited
today with questioning about 1000
persons and making five arrests
a night since the squad was lormea
Jan. 17.
Police Chief Jim Purcell said
there were three arrests and an
assault the day before the squad
was formed. Since then four mi
nor holdups have been reported
Two of them were solved quickly
with the arrest of four men.
Purcell said the squad, which
consists of 100 men in marked and
unmarked cars, is designed to pre
vent holdups.
Pnor to Jan. 17, the chief said.
25 businesses had been held up;
and robbed since Nov. 1.
Legion Raps
Hoover Report
WASHINGTON (UP) The
American Ijcgion today sharply
criticized Hoover Commission rec
ommendations changing or re
stricting veterans' benefits and
privileges. It askrd mat veterans
groups be allowed to express thir
views before any changes
made.
The Legion particularly objected
to the Hoover Commission rccom
mendations for closing down som
va hospitals and curtailing con
struction of new hospitals.
The Legion said "too great
stress has been given the dollar
cost. Too little attention has bevn
given the humanitarian side of the
question of treating those war vet
erans either physically or mentally
disabled."
Several New
Weapons Set,
AEC Reports
WASHINGTON (UP) The
Atomic Energy Commision said
today it is developing several
brand new-weapons which "will
strengthen materially the defenses
of this nation and the free world."
It also disclosed for the first
time .that tests haw started in
Idaho on a stationary forerunner
of atomic engines for aircraft.
And construction of a test power
plant big enough for aircraft cnrri-i
ers will start in the spring.
With production of nuclear wea
pons at the highest level in history,
the AEC reported "several im
portant" expansions of the far
flung plants where atomic and
hydrogen bombs and warheads are
developed and manufactured.
The commission made these dis
closure in a mi-annual report 'to
Congress on the gigantic project
for which taxpayers huve put up
$14.4 billion since its birth in World
War II. The AEC said output is up
ail along (he line from ore to fin
ished weapons. Civilian and mili
tary power projects are ibooming.
With new H-bombs scheduled for
this spring in the Pacific, the AEC
said it is speeding the stockpiling
of weapons made possible by pre
vious tests.
Sholes, Boeke
Enter Names
In County Races
Two more Clings for Deschutes
county posts were on record in the
office of the county clerk here to
day.
One- is that of Forrest C. Sholes,
incumbent Sheriff, who will seek
the Democratic nomination at 'the
May 38 primary election lo suc
ceed himself. He is the first to
file for this post.
The second new filing on record
today is that of Thomas Boeke,
Redmond attorney, who seeks the
post of judge of the new Deschutes
county district. He is the fifth
Deschutes county attorney to file
for this post.
Other filings for Uie judiciary
position were those of Hnrry
Pierce, Bend; Joe Thalhofer. Red
mond, and E. O. Sladter and A. J.
Moore, Bend. This position was
created at the 1953 session of the
state legislature.
There is a possibility that there
will be a sixth filing for the posi
tion. The judiciary post is non
partisan, but in case none of the
candidates ohtains a majority of
the votes at the May primary elec1
tion, there will be a runoff at the
general election in November. !
Sholes is serving his hrsl term
s sheriff of Deschutes county,
aving assumed the post on Janu
ary 5, 1952, following his election.
He filled an office long held by
Claude L. McCauley. who retired
and is now in the lumber business
here.
Boeke is deputy district attorney
of Deschutes county, a post to
which he was named by E. O.
Sladter, then district attorney, and
continued by George Rakestraw,
Redmond, when he became district
attorney.
Peace Disturber
Mencken Dead
BALTIMORE' (UP. H. L. Menc
ken, 1he caustic critic of "Boobus
Americanus," a celebrated news
paperman and a noted language
scholar. died early Siuiday of a
heart attack.
Mencken was stricken in his
sleep and died peacefully at the
Baltimore home he shared with
his brother.-August.
The manner of his death con
trusted sharply with his life xs a
library "disturber of the peace.
From his pen as newspaperman
flowed for more than a quarter ofi
a century a stream o( vitriolic!
comment about both sacred and
profane aspects of U.S. life that
twith delighted and enraged read
ers. He spared nothing even reli
gion and democracy. Bui his favor
ite targets were bigots, prudes,
mistruided idealists, and medio
crity. Some typical communis:
The s'.n.te of Arkansas "I didn't
make the state of Arkansas the!of acreage computations prior to;
butt of ridicule. God did !.."
Politicians "A good one Is quite
as unthinkable as an honest burg -
lar.
Fire Takes Lives
Of 3 Youngsters
At Iftieth, Oregon
Bend Marks
i
Minus Four
During Night
Bend last night was chilled byi
its lowest temperature since the
unprecedented November freeze,
with a minimum of minus 4 rec
orded here this morning at sun
rise, i
This low compares with the
record November minimum of
minus 14 in the late fall
Much lower temperatures were
recorded to 'the south in the dawn
hours. LaPine reported a minus 12
reading and Chemult, -8. To the
east, Brothers reported a low of
18.
Coldest reporting spot In the
region was the exposed Santiam
divide, where a low of -14 was
recorded.
Milder temperatures were re
ported from the eastern part of
the state and from the Lake iew
country, where the low was 12
above zero.
A fog-like cloud of vapor en
veloped Bend's Mirror Pond at
sunrise, as the temperature still
remained at -4. Bend's chill was
experienced under cloudless skies,
with three inches of snow on the
ground.
Four inches of new snow was
reported from the Mt. Hood pass
this morning, where chains were
required. Packed snow also cover-1
cd the Santiam divide, with 108'
inches meaHured ait roadside.
Backed anew , on the Willamette
divide was well sanded.
Mollet Plans
Assembly Bid
PARIS (UP) Premier-desig
nate Guy Mollet called the first
meeting of his Socialist-dominated
cabinet to go over the speech by
which he hopes to win National
Assemhiy approval of his 13-man
cabinet tomorrow.
No time was set for the meeting.
but the Socialist party leader said
he would devote the greater part
of the dny to completing his Inves
titure speech. Observers said he
would try to woo the Popular
Republicans (MRP) and possibly
anlaeanize the Communists.
Mollet did not make public the
nnmos of his cabinet members but
it was understood he had named
former Algerian Governor General
Gen. Georges Catroux as minister
resident in Algeria, the first time
France has had such a minister.
Sources close to Mollet said he
had picked Socialist Christian Pi-
neau as foreign minister. Pineau
is regarded as having a "European
outlook." favoring the Atlantic alli
ance and European unity.
Old Seat Sought
By Mern field
PORTLAND (UP) State senator
John Merrifleld announced his can
didacy for reelection lo the Oregon
State Senate yesterday. Morri field!
has served in two previous sessions
of the state Legislature. I
In making the announcement
Merrifield said "Many months agol
I stated publicly that I would seeki
the Republican nomination for
United States Senator If Governor
Patterson decided not to seek that
office. Now that he has announced
his candidacy, I will seek reelec
tion to the state Senate and lend
my entire support to assuring his
election to the national office."
Hearing Held
Jf VVJl WdteT
rural adjudication of water
rights on 41,9(12 acres of land in
the Central Oregon Irrigation dis
trict fCOI) began today in Circuit
court before Judge Ralph S. Ham
ilton In the county courthouse.
Attorney George H. Brewster, of
Redmond. Is representing the dis
trict. Former Manager Olaf Ander
son explained maps and methods
the taking of testimony from land
(owners claiming more acreage for
j Irrigation than was allowed by the
Ibtate engineer.
- V J
GOV. WILLIAMS
Cools toward Stevenson
Stevenson May
Lose Support
Of Williams
WASHINGTON (UP) Demo
cratic presidential candidate Ad
lai E, Stevenson today appeared
to have lost the support ot Gov.
G. Meniien Williams ot Michigan
unless the former Illinois governor
proposes a "hard-hitting" program
lor the Democrats.
WMllams said in a television'
Interview yesterday he . could not
support Stevenson for the Demo
cratic nomination on the basis of I
Stevenson's record so far. How
ever, he said, how Stevenson's
program shapes up within the next
few months will determine wheth
er he gets Williams' support.
Knuwlund Punncs Primary
Sen. William F. Knowland (R
Calif) said at a Manchester, N.H.,
news conference he would not en
tor New Hampshire's first-in-thei
nation presidential primary March
13. He said he was passing the
primary because ft was too early
and he would not have a chance
to withdraw if President Elsen
hower discloses before that time
whether he will be a candidate
for reelection.
Deaths Mar
State Weekend
On Highways
By UNITED PIIKSS
Two widely separated hichwnv
fatalities marred the weekend pic
ture in Oregon as motorists pro
ceeded with coution over the high
ways of the state made dangerous
by Ice and snow.
George R. Hoff, 25, Nyssa. was
killed Saturday when his west
bound car collided with a freight
train at a county road crossing an
eighth of a mile norlh of Nyssa..
The impact of the collision
demolished Hoffman's car and
dragged his body 147 feet.
The weekend's other fatality
occurred alwut 20 miles east of
Springfield Sunday afternoon when
Mrs. Je sse Hulchens, fiO, was killed
In a two-car accident on the Icy
McKonzie highway.
Gale Roberts of Springfield,
driver of the other car, waa hos
pitalized with undetermined In
juries. Library Friends
k A i T- I
Meet on luesday
A county-wide public service
group k.ov. n as Friends of the
libraries will meet Tuesday. Jan
31, at 7:30 p.m. In the Library
Auditorium, It was c nouncod by
Miss Eleanor Brown, librarian
All adults over 18 who are Inter
ested In books and libraries are
invited to attend. A special Invita
tion Is extenucn to persons in out
lying communities served by the
county library.
There will be a report by a fact
finding committee that spent three
hours nt the library making a
thorough Inspection of the build
ing. on Jan. 21. Members of thr
committee are Rev. Robert E. Wil
liams, Redmond; Claude Kelley
Bend; Mrs. Russel Wade, Bend:
Mrs. Al Campbell. Alfalfa; Mrs
William James, LaPine, and W. P.j
Edwards, Sisters. Everett Hughes
us an ex-officio member.
Mother Had
Tenth Child
On Saturday
PENDLETON (UP) Three
children died in the flaming ruins
of their home at Rieth aoout five
miles from here early today.
The victims were Phyllis Jean
O'Neal, 8; her sister, Carol Jane,
i, and a brother, Richard Dennis,
6.
They died while their father,
Chester O'Neal, was talcing two
older boys-, Chester Jr., 13, and
Stanley, 10, on their paper route.
The mother, Mrs. Etheryn
O'Neal, 3-1, was in St. Anlhony'8
hospital here at the time auer
giving birth to her 10th child, a
boy, Saturday niuht. A one-year- ,
old boy, David, also was in the
hospital at the time, recovering
from an attack of pneumonia.
Three other children, Peggy,
Connie 3, and Leroy, 2, were at
Adams with their aunt, Mrs. Don
aid Lusk.
Witnesses said the fire broke out
about 6 a.m. It's cause was not
determined Immediately.
Raymond Long, a neighbor of
the O'Neals, said he was awakened
shortly after 6 a.m. by Betty Style
who lives across the street from
the burned house, pounded on the
door and shouted the home was
burning.
The liouse was full of smoke
and flames when I got there,' Long
said. "You couldn t get in the front
door." He suld he kicked in a front
bedroom -w.pdow and the., Inside
"seemed to explode." The chil
dren's granclfaliier, Gcoi-ge Pow
ers, who lives a lew houses away.
was at the scene a few minutes
later. "The fire was breaking out
everywhere," he said. ''I tried to,
get in the back door but couldn't.
When I opened the door the heat
hit me." His hair wag badly
burned.
Solo
Flier
Short
Falls
Of His Goal
PARIS (UP) Cant. William
Jildd landed at Toussus le Nobln
ninwrt outside Paris at 2:45 p.m.
m:4 a.m. FST) today after a solo
flight In a small plane from Wliile
Plains, N. Y.
Judd's bid for a new solo flight
long distance record ended after
he had been In the air for 24 hours
and 14 minutes.
Judd left the Ice . coated West-
Chester County Airport at White
Plains yesterday morning :ind
crossed the Atlantic without diffi
culty. The veteran Trans World Air
lines pilot had intended lo fly his
ltou-pound Cessna civilian sports
plane non stop 6000 miles to Cairo,
Egypt. But when he reached Eng
land, he chnnged his mind. He re
ported by radio to London's South
ern Air Control Headquarter:) that
lie was heading for a landing out
side Paris.
Mothers Set
Annual March
The Mo them' March, an an
nunl feature or the loeiil fund
ruittlng effort for the March of
IMme, will be held Tuesday eve
ning, Jan. 31. There will b a
porch light ranvuHA from 6:30 lo
1 p.m., In tha residential arcn.
IVmons who wKh to make a
donation to the polio fund ore
artki'rt to have a porch light
turning, according to Mm. K. A.
Moody, general chairman for .
Hie event. Anyone who Is inlKwd
can cjill March of Dime head
quartern at the Pine Tuvern, ami
a worker will pick up the contri
bution. The following women have, '
been dcNigiuited n linet chair
men. MrN, Vernon I'litfcrHon, '
Mrs. Clayton Vincent, Mrs. Jac
kie Kkngipi, Mm. Peter Alwintfer,
Mm. Robert MndU-m, Mm.
lamed Byers, Mm. Verne Wen
dell. Mm. Hurry Pierre, Mm. W.
D. Want, Mrs. Kenneth Onkler
Mrs. Bruce Cullison, Mm.
Charles Stearni, Mrs. M. F. ,
Lines, Mrs. Don Brand void, Mm.
John Milneck and Mrs. Oroef
Sunuuuia