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EUGENE, OREGON
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FORECAST
Mootly cloudy with scattered
shower over week end. Tem
perature below normal. High
Sunday, 65-60. Low tonight,
15-40.
53rd Year One Section
County'Agent
Gene Lear
Gets New Post
REDMOND Gene Lear, Des
chutes county agent since August,
1343, has been appointed a state
extension agent and will be trans
ferred to the Oregon Slate College
campus, effective about mid
August He will be a member of a dis
trict service team, working with
Gordon Hood and Gerald Nibler.
James McAlisler, special county
agent here since March, 1955, was
appointed Lear's successor. '
The Deschutes county court con
firmed his selection on Friday.
Lear graduated from Oregon
State College in 1937. In 1949-50 he
spent a sabbatical leave at Har
vard university, where he obtain
ed his master's degree in public
administration. From 1937 to 1943
he served as county agent for
Umatilla, Mora, and Wasco coun
ties. He is a native of Gilliam coun
ty, having been reared on a wheat
ranch near Condon.
Lear and his wife, the former
Ruth Cherry, have three children,
Jerry, 15, Janet, 14, and Joyce,
JH. Lear will replace Clifford L.
Smith, who is taking a year's ab
sence to continue his education in
the east.
Mcalister graduated- from Ore
gon State In 1942. He worked at
the college after graduation. He is
a native of Enterprise, Ore. The
McAlister's have four sons, Scott,
10. Jeff, 8, Rick, 5, and Bob, 4.
Final confirmation on these ap
pointments will be forthcoming
from the state board of education.
High Effective .
Mark Predicted
For DEW Line
SAN FRANCISCO (UP) Brig.
, Gen.. Stanley, OVAVray, chief of
the Air Force's electronic defense
ystem, says America's Arctic
radar net will be more than 90
per cent effective against any air
plane now on the drawing boards.
But its effectiveness against in
tercontinental missiles is still a
question, he added.
Speaking at a news conference
prior to a speech before the Society
of Military Engineers yesterday,
Gen. Wray said the string of Dis
tant Early Warning (DEW Line)
radar stations stretched across the
far north would be completed in
less than two years.
Radar being installed in this
chain will have a range greater
than has ever been disclosed and
"will be effective against any air
breathing vehicle on the drawing
boards at this time," he said.
Wray said security forbade him
to estimate the radar's effective
ness against the intercontinental
ballistic missile, but he admitted
they do not come into the "air
breathing" category.
He said the DEW Line will be
able to give interceptor bases a
four to six hour advance warning
of approaching enemy aircraft.
The system will never be 100
per cent effective because of the
continual competition between de
velopments of offensive and de
fensive equipment and techniques,
he said.
Professional Fund Collector
Plan Approved by UF Board
Bend's United Fund directors
Thursday voted to join with their
other Central Oregon offices and
hire a professional funds collector.
The move is calculated to boost
their total collections.
This organization for the com
bination of charity drives fell be
low Its quota last year for the
first time in history. Directors
reel, and it s been proven else
where, that this move should
boost them back to their quota.
In Klamath Falls, where such
an agreement was initiated recent
ly, collections jumped in one year
from $77,000 to $119,000.
Properly called the Deschutes
United Community Services Fund,
the group accepted an agreement
Intended: (1) to form a co-operation
between It, the Redmond
United Fund, the Jefferson County
United Fund, the Crook County
United Fund, the Harney County.
United Fund, and the Oregon
Chest, (2) to provide for the pool
ing of funds proportionately by
each office In order to hire on
full time employee to manace col
lection! and direct the staff, and
(3) to set up a committee which
would advise thin employe.
The Redmond United Fund, and'
THE BEND
5 Cents
FRED F. FLORENCE
President, American Bankers'
Bankers' Session
Opens Monday
The president of the American
Bankers' Association will be here
Monday for the opening of the
Oregon Bankers' 51st annual con
vention. He is Fred F. Florence, a Texan
since infancy, but who was born
in New York. Florence is presi
dent of the Republic National Bank
of Dallas, Tex.
The Oregon Bankers' Associa
tion convention will formally open
Monday morning at the Pilot Butte
Inn, with pre-convention activities
set for Sunday evening. These
activities will include a reception,
a dinner for past presidents and a
fireside program. This will be in
front of the inn's big fireplace, In
the main lobby.'
Views of Central Oregon scenery
will be shown. Phil F. Brogan,
Bend, chairman of the Oregon
Geographic Board will review the
background story of the pictures
and touch on the volcanic history
of the midstate Cascades.
The visiting bankers will join In
a buckaroo breakfast Monday
morning. Rim Rock Riders will
serve the rangeland meal, at their
ranch quarters north of town.
The convention will last through
Tuesday evening, date for the OBA
annual banquet. This will be at
the Pilot Butte Inn with Tom Collins,-
of the - City National Bank
and Trust Co., Kansas City, Mo.,
as the speaker. D. R. Smith, Port
land, will be toastmaster.
Several national figures will ap
pear on the two-day business pro
gram. One will be E. L. Peterson,
assistant secretary of agriculture.
Ben W. Fanning is general
chairman of the convention. Pre
siding at the various sessions will
be C. F. Adams, Portland, presi
dent of the Oregon Bankers' As
sociation.
Young Escapees
Caught Near Bend
Two escapees, ages 13 and 16,
from the Washington state train
ing school, Greenhill .Academy,
were apprehended near Bend to
day by state police.
They were surprised inside a
home south of Bend, where they
reportedly were trying to steal
some food. When the owner came
home, they fled. Police caught
them in a nearby field.
Prior to that, the pair had run
from the scene of an accident in
Bend. They were driving a stolen
car, which they had gotten in Du
fur, Ore. They had hit the car of
Sam Taylor, 422 E. Burnsidc.
when it was parked at the stop
sign of Lava and Franklin.
the Crook County United Fuid
(Prineville) have already adopted
the agreement.
"""Bend's organization would carry
30 per cent of the cost load, with
other offices ranging from a 7.3
per cent to other 30 per cent loads
But the agreement stipulates that
the office will receive services of
the collector in proportion to the
amount they put up.
Just a one-year affair, the agree
ment carries the idea of continu
ing it.
"It should give us new blood."
said secretary of the Bend office,
Marion LcBlanc. "Other place
which fell below their quota found
it almost impossible to reach it
again in following years without
some kind of new blood."
Present at the meeting of di
rectors of the Bend organization
were R. W. Chandler, president:
Mike Salo. Web Loy. W. A. La-
ckaff, W. E. Chandler, Gordon Mc
Kay, Milton Shumway. Ben Far.
ning. Zelda Young and H. C.
Kerron.
Milton Shumway was appointed
to serve as member of the ad
visory committee for the Bend
office.
Ike to Hold
Conference
With Nixon
WASHINGTON (UP)-President
Eisenhower will hold a hospital
room conference with Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon Monday
for the first time since he became
ill, it was announced today. .
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said the Presi
dent also will meet Monday with
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles. This' will be the second
session with Dulles who was with
West German Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer when he called on the
President Thursday.
Announcement of the Presi
dent's plans for next week fol
lowed the most optimistic medical
bulletin since Mr. Eisenhower en
tered the hospital a week ago to
day. The 8:10 a.m. EDT report
said the President had "a veiy
good night" and added:
"This, the beginning of the sixth
post-operative day, finds the Pres
ident in excellent spirits."
Political questions
In response to a flurry of ques
tions as to whether the President
has any plans to announce his
plans from the hospital, Hagerty
said "there have been no political
discussions" with the President.
Hagerty has insisted from the be
ginning that he does not plan to
discuss politics with Mr. Eisen
hower while he is in the hospital.
Mbst ot the political questions
were prompted by a column pub
lished today by Stuart Alsop. He
said the President would announce
he is still a candidate even before
he leaves the hospital "if the con
fident expectations of the Repub
lican high command are fulfilled.
When he was asked if such an
announcement is expected shortly
from the President, Hagerty re
peated his previous statements
that ,the first order of business is
to get the President out of the
hospital and that there has been
no political talk.
' Accept Resignation
During a 15-minute conference
with White House aides. , Mr. Ei
senhower signed his name on' 2i
documents, including nine bills.
The President accepted the res
ignation of Samuel M. Brownell,
commissioner of education.
Brownell had asked to be relieved
from his job "for personal rea
sons" by Sept. 1. The President
paid high tribute to Brownell and
expressed his regret at the resig
nation.
One Hospitalized
After Collision
A car headed east on Greenwood
and a car headed north on E.
3rd., both traveling at a 6tated
speed of 20 miles an hour, collided
late Thursday evening.
As a result the driver of one
car, Mrs. Jessie C. Masterson,
Ordinance, Ore., was hospitalized.
Both drivers stated their speed
at 20 miles an hour. The driver
of the car headed east on Green
wood, Russell A. Alden of Iowa,
told police that Mrs. Masterson
failed to stop at the stop sign.
Mrs. Masterson, in the hospital
with extensive bruises, made no
statement
Due
governor
At Convention
Of Moose Here
Governor Elmo Smith has ac
cepted an invitation to attend the
1956 convention of Oregon Moose
here on June 29, 30 and Julv 1.
The governor said he would be
here for the opening ceremonies
on Friday evening, July 29. He
will be enrolled as a member of
the Bend lodge and will serve as
class representative in the enroll
ment ceremony that evening.
Gordon Jeffery, board of Moose-
heart governors' chairman, is to
be the speaker on that occasion.
The invitation to Governor Smith
was extended by Harvey II. Dc-
Armond. representative in the
state legislature from Deschutes
county.
Robert Gunderson and Carl
Lindh, convention chairman, an
nounced Friday that convention
plans are complete. Every lodge
in the state will be repiew-tited.
This will be Bend's biggest con
vention of 19j6.
The former lodge home adjacent
to the present quarters at the Wall
street location have been reopened
and fully equipped, to accommo
date Moose visitors.
A convenient entrance to both
quarters on the same floor left of
adjacent building! has been
provided.
CENTRAL OREGON'S
Bend, Deschutes County. Oregon,
J, S. Rogers
i
Taking Post
In Capital
Promotion and transfer of J. S.
Rogers, Soil Conservation Service
area conservationist stationed in
Bend, to Washington, P.C., was
announced here today, j.
The announcement was made by
Harold Tower, Portland, SCS state
conservationist. He is in Bend for
a meeting of directors of the Ore
gon Association of Soil Conscrva
lion districts.
Tower said the transfer of
Rogers to Washinglon. D C, where
he will be in the office of per
sonnel, will be effective on Juno
23. He has been here nine years,
and has been with the SCS for 17
years.
Successor Named
Earl Jones, now unit supervisor
at Vale, has been named to take
over Rogers' duties in Bend, He
will come here in early July, to
supervise soil conservation work
in the five-county district, Klam
ath, Lake, Deschutes, Jefferson
and- Crook.
Rogers spent five months In
Washington, D.C., a year ago, and
was called back again last April.
He was in Bend today for the
meeting of supervisors.
The Midstate Soil Conservation
district, embracing all of Des
chutes county, was formed under
the guidance of Rogers, as was
the Fort Rock-Silver Lake dis
trict.
WSC Graduate
Rogers is a native ot the state
of Washington, and is a graduate
from Washington State college. He
will be accompanied to the east
by his wife and their three chil
dren.
Directors of the Oregon Associa
tion of Soil Conservation Districts
here for today's conference are
Ralph Saylor. Echo, president;
Lloyd Gift, Bonanza: Ralph Wil
son, Salem; C. W. Jensen, Rogue
River; Leo Hammel, Dufur; El
mer Peterson, Sauvies Island:
Ray Duncan, Vale, and Ben Chris-
tensen, Harrisburg.
Glenn Purnell, Corvallls, is sec
rctary of the state group.
President May
Leave Hospital
Next Weekend
WASHINGTON (UP) President
Eisenhower began his second week
of convalescence from a major in
testinal operation today with pros
pects he may be out of the hospi
tal by next weekend.
The Chief Executive received his
"most optimistic" report Friday
since he underwent surgery a week
ago today.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty announced no
official visitors are scheduled for
the Father's Day weekend, and a
doctor replied, "That's fine," Ha
gerty said.
Mr. Eisenhower s doctors have
said they expect him to spend
about 15 days in the hospital.
which would mean that he might
leave sometime during or just aft
er next weekend.
Hagerty said he w-as unable to
say yet whether the President's
son. Maj. John Eisenhower, or any
of his four children will visit with
the Preisdent on Father's Day.
Decision Scored
By Cherif Hamia
NEW YORK (UP) Feather
weight contender Cherif Hamia of
Algiers was promised today a lato
Scptember shot at the world title
because of his superb victory over
Puerto Rican Miguel Berrios in
their electrifying tight at Madison
Square Garden Friday night.
Before handsome Cherif sailed
for France today, enroute to Al
giers. Managing Director Harry
Markson of the International Box
ing Club told him. "You've earned
the title shot under heavy fire, and
we'll beein immediate negotiations
for the fight with champion Sandy
Saddler."
Although the nimble and explo
sive French-Algerian was bolted
groggy in three of the 10 sessions.
he out-fought and out-boxed tvky
Berriom and had him on thp floor
in the fourth round. And he won
the unanimous decision in their
TV-radio brawl.
APPOIXTMF.NT MADK
SALEM (UP) Gov. Elmo Smith
todav appointed Ralph Roliertson
of Portland as a member of the
State Board of Health reoresenting
the State Board of Pharmacy.
Robertson succeeds L. L. Riggs of
Portland who resigned.
BULLETIN
DAILY NEWSPAPER
Saturday, June 16, 1956
Publishers Give Tod
To Bend Writer Phil
Long Career
In Journalism
Brings Honors
Phil F. Brogan, associate editor
of The Bend Bulletin, has been
presented the Voorhies Award for a
"lone. Useful and hnnnrnhlp mpm.
in the field of journalism."
The award was voted by the
board of directors of the Oregon
Newspaper Publishers AKSneintinn
The surprise announcement was
made at the annual banquet of the
association at the Pilot Butte Inn
Friday nisht.
The award to the Bulletin staff
member was the 12th made by
the group in 18 years.
Announcement of the award was
made by Robert W. Sawyer, form
er editor and nublisher of thic
newspaper, himself a former
award winner.
For First Time
It was the first time in the his
tory of the association the Voor
hies plaque had been given to a
staff member of a newspaper
which previously had been repre
sented among the winners.
In presenting the award, Saw
yer aid:
"I have observed his develop
ment, the broadening of his In
terests, the increase in his stature
and recognition given him far be
yond the limits of his community
and his native state. (This (-.ward)
goes to a man who has had a
most useful career in many fields,
and these have been reflected in
his journalism work."
The citation accompanying the
big silver plaque said:
Citation tilvcn
, . "Tluj-Voorhloa-'Award t given
to Phil Brogan, associate editor of
The Bend Bulletin, who has done
a consistent job of reporting for
that newspaper over a period of
years; who in recent years has
contributed sound editorials to his
newspaper; and who has popular
ized the natural sciences and done
a tremendous job of education In
those fields.
The Voorhies Award was estab
lished by the ONPA in 1938. Form
er winners who were present at
the dinner Friday night were:
Sawyer; Amos E. Voorhies, pub
lisher of the Grants Pass Courier:
Charles Sprngue, editor of the
Oregon Statesman, Salem: Wil
liam Tugman,. editor of the Port
Umpqua Courier, Reedsport, and
formerly editor of the Eugene
Register-Guard; George Turnbull,
former dean of journalism at the
University of Oregon; Charles
Stanton, editor of the Roscburg
News-Review and Verne McKin-
ney, co-publisher of the Hillsboro
Argus.
A total of over 175 persons at
tended the dinner.
The Oregon editors and publish
ers m'oved into their final Bcssions
today with a trip to Palisades Btnto
park, overlooking the Crooked-
Deschutcs river gorge, scheduled
for this afternoon.
Dinner Planned
The meeting will end this eve
ning with a dinner at the Pilot
Butte Inn. Entertninment will be
featured. Hosts will be associate
and sustaining members in the
Portland area, under the chair
manship of Donald Ostensoe, ad
vertising coordinator of the First
National Hank, Portland.
Governor Elmo Smith planned
to be here for the dinner.
This morning the group joined
in a buckaroo breakfast at the
Rim Rock Riders clubhouse north
of town.
Morning business opened with
departmental forums. C. L. Me-
Kinley of the Junction City Times
Notes Authorized
WASHINGTON (UP) - The
Fedcrnl Power Commission today
authorized the Idaho Power Co,
lo Issue $20 million worth of short
term promissory hotes to help
finance its power projert on the
Hfils Canyon reach of the Snake
River.
The commission rejected objec
tions raised by the National Hells
Canyon Association, an organiza
tion of public power groups and
others In the PaeWic Northwesl
who are opposed to Iht private
power development of Hells Can
yon. The proceeds of the issue are
to be uurd to finance Ihe start of
the project, mainly ' construction
of the Brownlee Dam, the first
of three dams to be built by the!
company.
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BEND MAN HONORED Phil F. Brogan displays the plaque on which his name will be engrav
ed as the 1956 winner of the Amos E, Voorhies award or outstanding journalistic endeavor. The
award was presented by Robert W. Sawyer, left, (Bend Bulletin Photo)
presided at the luncheon program,
at which Brogan, guide on the af
ternoon tour, hBd as his subject
"The Forward Look into the Past
the Cove Gorge Story."
A panel discussion dealing with
community development was one
dt the, highlights of the Friday
session. Philip N. Blndinc of the
McMinnville Daily News-Register
was moderator.
First Speaker
First speaker on the Friday pro
gram was Robert W. Chandler,
editor and publisher of The Bend
Bulletin. He touched on the Amer
ican Press Institute seminar he at
tended in New York early this
year.
Chandler's topic was "The For.
ward Look in Editing."
M. J. Frey, publisher of The
Oregonian. presided at the Friday
noon luncheon, with Ronald C.
Sloan, Portland as the speaker.
Marshall N. Dana, Portland, as
sistant to the President of the U.S.
Nation.-! Bank, was one of the
speakers at the afternoon session.
Also on the afternoon program
was Mrs. Margaret Thompson
Hill, Portland publisher and form
er Bend resident.
Mechanical developments were
considered at an afternoon forum.
Denver Man
Heard Friday
By Editors
Gene Cervi, editor and publish
er of Ccrvi's Rocky Mountain
Journal of Denver, told members
of the ONPA at their banquet last
night that journalism offers bigger
careers than ever before.
"Bonfils and Hearst are dead
Not even the ghost of Briday
Murphey can bring them back,"
Cervl said.
"This does not mean that jour
nalism cannot be of greater serv
ice to the public than ever In the
past, he continued.
America still faces an economic
boom biggor than the booms of
the past, Ccrvi said. While Hie
coming boom might not line pub
lisher's pockets as well as In the
past, the opportunities for service
art greater than ever before.
"We In this business are mem
bers of a privileged class," hr
said. "There is room for lots f
self-improvemrnt if we are to con
tinue to deserve the privilege
guaranteed to us by the
Constitution."
American newspapers have the
dual functions of reporting and In
forming, he told his audience.
"Theif ar vast frontiers of In
tellectual endeavor in the news
papers businpsr which we are
touching but little, he said.
Cervi told the audience the story
of the founding of his newspaper,
ii metropolitan weekly aimed at a
high-level audience In the Denver
area.
Eight Pages
Top Official
Missed Wark
WASHINGTON (UP) A top
government official emphatically
denied today published reports
that the hydrogen bomb dropped
over Bikini last month missed its
aiming point by several miles.
The reports Friday said a B52
jet bomber dropped the bomb
from two to seven miles from the
aiming poult over Namu Island.
The drop was "okay" the official
said. The official declined to be
identified.
He said it He scientists agreed
that the drop "accomplished what
was wanted."
Scoffs At Peport
He scoflcd at a report printed
In a Honolulu newspaper and at
tributed to a "technician based on
French Surprise
Band of Rebels
ALGIERS, Algeria (UP)
French forces surprised a rebel
band hidden in a field of wheat
apparently lying in wait for har
vest workers, officials disclosed
today.
The French killed 20 of Ihe
"Army of Allah" band and cap
tured 42 in a violent baltle near
the coastal town of Benl Saf-Gu-
iard. 50 miles southwest of Oran.
French cusualities were not an
nounced, but they were said to
include several dead and
wounded.
In another surprise action, Ihe
French killed 2.i members of a
reb"l gang that tried to raid a
village near Madclid, 85 miles
west of Constantine, that ae
dared support for the French
Wednesday.
French casualties included a
caplain and two soldiers slain in
a rcliel ambush of their jeep on
a mountain trnilpost of Oran.
Drivers Fined
In Jusiice Court
Three drivers were fined $10 for
violation of the basic rule this
week by Justice of the Peace O.
W. Grubb.
They were Norman C. Pease.
Bend, Phillip G. Seaborn, Seattle.
Wash., and Keith R. Iverson, Port
land. Other assessments included
Norman A. Robinson. Bend. 515
for four adults In the driver's seat,
and Freeman L. Roberts, Bend,
$150. palling with Insufficient
view.
WEATHER
High yesterday, M degrees.
Low last night, ST degree. Sun
ft today, 7:50. Sunrise tomor.
row, 4:Jt.
No. 164
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miles.
"None hit right on the button,"
this official said, but the Atomic
Energy Commission got "the data
it wanted."
That would not have been possible,-experts
said, if the bomb had
exploded very far from the intend
ed point 10,000 feet above a 300-
yard illuminated target on Namu
Island. .
The official left in miestion the
margin of error involved in the
drop.
Neither the AEC, Defense De
partment nor Air Force was will
ing to give- any official informa-
lion on Ihe operation. They appar
ently felt it was more important
to conceal the precise facts from
the Russians than to allay what
ever doubts have risen among
Americans.
Conducted As Scheduled
The only official comment came
from an Air Force spokesman,
who said:
"The recent thermonuclear a I r
drop at Bikini was conducted as
scheduled. The Air Force consid
ers that the ability of the B52
bomber to deliver a thermonuclear
bomb was demonstrated success
fully. "Detailed information about tho
distnnoc and altitude of the ex
plosion in relation lo the target is
considered classified information
under provisions of the Atomic
Energy Act."
An unconfirmed report on Capi
tol Hill said the bomber misseil
its aiming point "by a matter of
miles."
Tom Siernburgh
Named Director
The appointment of Thomas J,
Siernburgh of Bend, as civil de
fense director for Deschutes coun
ty, was announced today by Coun
ty Judge C. L. Allen. The slnte
director. Col. A. M. Sheets, has
been notified.
Stcmbureh Is laboratory techni
cian at the Hemingway Memorial
clinic. He is active in civic work.
is a member of the Kiwanis club
and hnndles Bloodmobile publicity
for the Red Cross.
The people of this county are
fortunate to have a person of
Stemburgh's experience, ability
and interest as director, Judge
Allen said In m a k I n the an
nouncement.
Sternburgh will take over the
duties about July 5. when he re
turns from National Guard en
Award
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campment.