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Newspaper Page TextOnlv. f Orego Library THE BEND "BULLETIN FORECAST Fair today and Sunday. High both days 90 96. Loi al night MOO. WEATHER High yesterday, K degrees. Low last night, 51 degrees. Sunset today, 7:41. Sunrise tomorrow, 4:4?. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 53rd Year 2 Sections 5 Cents Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Saturday, July 21. 1956 Eight Pages No. 193 Cloud Cover President in Panama For IHIistoric Session With Other Chiefs Brings Relief From Heat r POPULAR, SPOT ON A SUMMERY AFTERNOON Bend's warm summer days as people from many parts of Central Oregon mid-afternoon on Friday. The average attendance at the pool Plans for New Terminal Told By Consolidated Consolidated Freightways, Inc., today announced the purchase of 200 feet of frontage on East First street between Lafayette and Kearney avenues for future use as a large, ..modern terminal. Bernard F. Price, Bend termi nal manager of Consolidated, made the announcement. He said the land was purchased from Eastern Oregon Mills and lies adjacent to that Arm's building which faces, Greenwood avenue at No. 110. Price said plans for the new terminal were not sufficiently com plete as to size, type and date of construction to announce details. "I can assure Bend of future, modern terminal facilities for Cen tral Oregon," he said. "The site is ideal as a transfer point for inpress and egress of trucks." The 1ind purchased runs 350 feet in depth, giving the national freight transportation company an ade quate area of 70.000 square leet for a terminal building, loading plat forms and parking space. The location is dear to the hearts of old timers in Bend. For a long time in the early history of the city it was the playground of the public. It is remembered as the site of the old O'Donnell base ball park. Many a hot contest was fought out there and at times carnival companies and circuses brought crowds to the grounds day and night. Horse races, also, and rodeos were held at the O'Donnell field. It was named for Barney and Monte O'Donnell, pioneers from Missouri. As things go with grow ing cities. Bend developed around the field and It drew the Interest of business men as a potential in dustrial site. There was a great grandstand there and when fire consumed the structure in 1943, the playground of Bend was doomed. It was made an industrial site about a decade ago and since has been developed as such. R. H. Baldock, Stafe Highway Engineer, Quits SALEM (UP) R. H. Baldock yesterday announced his resigna tion as state highway engineer, ef fective August 16, after 41 years . of service. For the past 24 years Baldock has headed the highway depart ment. The veteran highway engineer said he will take charge of a high way mission which is working un der an agreement between the United States and Iraq. As head of the mission, he will advise the Iraq government on highway matters. Baldock will be the representa tive of the engineering firm of Edwards, Kelcey and Beck of Newark, N. J., who have con tracted to do Iraq highway work for the international cooperation. administration as part of the Unit Rtatps foreign aid program. Before assuming his new post, Baldock will tour Europe and the Near East with hit wife. Miss USA Wins, Latin Americans Fume LONG BEACH, Calif. (UP) Carol Morris, shapely daughter of an Iowa minister, won the Miss Universe title early today and touched off a controversy that marred the contest. The judges' selection was an nounced a few minutes after mid night and smouldering resentment of rejected Latin America con testants flared into open revolt. All of the Latin American beaut ies were eliminated earlier from A. F. Housing In N. Africa Stirs Demand WASHINGTON (UP) SenJ Henry M. Jackson (DWash) de manded a report from the Air Force today on the dismal, jungle- town living conditions imposed on servicemen at a vital U.S. Air Force base in North Africa. The United Press disclosed In a dispatch Irom Nouasseur, French Morocco, that airmen at the big supply base there live in cheap plywood huts worse than the shacks of the poorest sharecrop pers. Jackson, a member of the Sen ate Military Construction Subcom mitee, blamed the Air Force. He told the United Press the Air Force "should come to Congress and request funds to eliminate this type of housing." Brig. Gen. Charles A. Heim, commander of the Nousscur base, has summed up housing conditions there In five words: "This kind of living stinks." "If that is the case," it is a deplorable situation," Jackson said, and "there is little wonder that the Air Force has 25 per cent of its personnel tied up in training programs to keep pace with the heavy turnover of its people." Swans Featured In Magazine Mirror pond birds are pictured in a pugnastic role in the current issue of Sports Illustrated, a na tional publication. A battle between a swan and a Canadian goose is shown in a series of pictures. The first picture depicts swan and goose moving in for close combat. In the second picture of the series, the goose ap pears to be bettering the swan, but apparently not for long. In the third picture of the series the goose is shown taking to the air. Fourth and final picture shows the swan in triumph, its neck stretched into the sky. The pictures were taken by Joe L. Van Wormer, Bend, PLANS KEPOBTED Plans for the construction at Sil ver Lake of a three bedroom dwelling have been announced by I the Fremont National Forert, with headquarters ta taW"tw, The outldlne li to be 45 by 38 feet in dimensions. .Bids will be opeied at the forest headquarters in Lake view on August 2. municipal swimming pool is attracting a record attendance these join in the use of the cooling basin. This picture was taken about so far this season has set a new high marl. (Bend Bulletin Photo) But the five girl semi-finals, causing complaints that the judges were biased In favor of North American and European types. They bore no personal grudge against the statuesque 20-year-old daughter of an Ottumwa, Iowa, minister but they thought Latin Americans had been slighted be cause none from their ranks had won the contest in its five-year listory. - - Miss Brazil's Merit Some of the Europeans sided with the Latin Americans. Iris Waller. Miss England one of- the semi-finalists, congratulated. Miss Morris but later said she thought It very odd that all Latin Ameri can girls were disqualified. I thought Miss Brazil especial ly deserved to be among the sel ected five semi-finalists," Miss Waller said. Miss Israel, Sara Tal, who earli er had refused to pose with Miss Germany, thought at least one Latin American should have been in the semifinals. 2 Small Boys Admit Series Of 'Jobs' Here A series of petty thefts, shop liftings and minor robberies was cleared up yesterday by the city police. Two small boys, 8 and 9 years old, respectively, admitted a num ber of thefts from the counters of local drug stores and the robbery of corns and refreshments from machine dispensers in service sta tions. They stole the keys from a bev erage machine in one auto service station and took about $35, they admitted. With the same keys they robbed pop dispensers of drinks and small amounts of coin in other stations. They watched a barbershop and when the proprietor left his door unlocked, they took $15 from his cash register. One of the boys confessed he was afraid to make the first theft, but was urged on by a third boy who said he , would be "chicken" if he did not go through with it. The 9-year-old said he didn't want to be "chicken." The third boy was Implicated by the other two as encouraging them and sharing the pelf, but not tak ing part in the thefts. The two boys were turned over to juvenile authorities. The third was to be questioned later. Articles lifted from drug stores included a nose plug, packets of cigarets, caps for a cap pistol, and lengths of braiding. Irrigation Pond Claims Boy, 14 CENTRAL POINT (UP) A 14- year-old boy drowned yesterday In the Wilson irrigation pond in the Willow Springs district north of Central Point. James Richard Kercher, 14, rte L box 287, Central Point, was floating on a log which rolled from under him, state police said. The water was 18 feet deep and the boy apparently could not swim. Japanese Say; U.S. Explodes Another H-Bomb TOKYO (UP) The United States exploded another hydrogen bomb in the Eniwekok-Biklnl prov ing grounds in the Pacific today, Japanese scientists claimed. One said it was "A Class bomb." Tt wa tiro ninth nittlam uiaannn ........... nt.uiv(, to be detonated, by Japanese count, in the current test series which began in May. The United rStntaa lina nnnnimrowt Anil twn tn. - ,...., ... eluding the first to be dropped from a plane. Readings on seismographs and weather instruments in Japan In dicated the explosion was touched off around 2:40 a.m. (8:40 p.m PDT Friday). The seismograph at the Matsu- shiro Observatory north of Tokyo registered the first vertical shock at 2:52 a.m. Japanese , scientists claim it takes approximately 12 minutes for the shock of a nuclear blast to be transmitted through the earth from the Bikini area to Tokyo. The sensitive atmospheric press ure instrument in the Central Me teorological Observatory in Tokyo recorded the air concussions about three hours later. Officials Said the shocks continued for about one hour In cycles of three minutes. Chief Meteorologist Shojl Ota said the weapon tested was "about as big as that on July 11, the last previous test, according to the Japanese. "I don't Know the exact power, he added, "tout It was an 'A' class bomb." Skyliners Plan Water Ski Action Under sponsorship of the Bend Skyliners, water skiers will be in action again Sunday, with Suttle lake as the locale. Last Sunday, mid-Oregon water skiers held their first workouts at Suttle lake, with some 100 taking part. This Sunday more boats will be available and an eflort will be made to provide all an opportunity of getting out on the water for training and workouts. Instructions in water skiing will be given. The water skiing will be In the lodge area of the lake, Just off the Santiam highway, and will start about noon. Frank Ruthledge and Jack Cor- belt are In charge of this activity for the Skyliners. Earlier Starting Hour Announced SALEM (UP) The public util itles commission announced today that beginning immediately log trucks will be premited to use Oregon's highways between the hours of 4 am. and 9 p m. Prior to this announcement log truck travel began at 8 a.m.' The Increase in hours came as a result of a recommendation oy the state highway commission. The ban Is still In effort barring travel on Sunday, holidays or Sat urday afternoons. By United Press A cloud cover brought welcome relief to thousands of Oregonians in the western section of the state today, dropping temperatures by more than 10 degrees, but the double plague of fires and water shortages remained. The 15-day diy spell was cli maxed late yesterday with the out break of at least 51 lightning-set fires in the state and a residential district of more than 2000 homes southwest of Portland ran out of water. Forestry officials said none of the fires was considered potential ly dangerous and all were con trolled in a short time. Only blaze still out of control was in the Gil ford Pinchot National Forest In southwest Washington. It was burn ing through steep terrain on a 60- acre timber plot. Thirty smoke jumpers flown to the scene and auxiliary foot crews were unable to step the fire from spreading. Only hand labor could be used in the rugged area. Forest fire fighters said the sit uation in the woods would remain grave, despite the cooler weather, until rainfall puts an end to the two-week dry spell. Virgil Hulse, superintendent of the Capitol Highway water dis trict, said his district and the Alto Park district ran out of water at 7:30 p.m. yesterday. He hoped to restore service today by forbidding use of water for anything except drinking and sanitary purposes: Ir rigating was prohibited. Hulse said the district s tanks had been dry for three days but the householders had been getting by, using water directly from the lines to the Portland water sup ply. At 7:30, he said, even the ., . jm. i ,u. .... . ul u, uo' ua"y neavv oram' . . . , . I . . , Children Invited To Attend Outing In Shevlin Park The City Recreation Department has a full program of activities lined up for children next week. Another day camp will be held Monday at Shevlin park. Boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 12 are invited to attend. Departure will be from Harmon playfield at 10. a.m., with return set for about 4:30. Transportation will be pro vided. Each child Is asked to take a sack lunch, beverage, a permis sion note from a parent, and two small tin cans. The day's activities at Shevlin will include tin-can craft. Sara Officer and Pat Craw ford of the summer recreation staff will be chnperones. An overnight hike to Green Lakes, for girls 12 and over, will be held Thursday and Friday. De parture from Harmon playfield will be at 10 a.m. Thursday. A meeting for all who plan to attend will be held at Harmon Wednes day at 1 p.m. At that time, as signments will be made for pro visions. Children will meet Tuesday and Wednesday at Kenwood school, at 9 a.m., for instruction . in wood craft and feltcraft. Craft instruc tion will be given at Kenwood only two days next week, because of the outings. Wheat Farmers Favor Controls WASHINGTON (UP) - The na tion's wheat growers have voted overwhelmingly for another year of strict government marketing quotas. The vote assured an average $2 per bushel support price on next year's wheat crop. Unofficial returns today from a nationwide referendum III the 36 commercial wheat produc ing states showed 228,737 farmers in favor of controls and 32,758 against. The vote was 87.5 per cent In favor well above the required two-thirds majority. Less than half of the 950.000 eligible voters turned out Friday. Only four of the 36 states eligible to vote failed to meet a two-thirds favorable ma jority. They were: New York Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Vir ginia. , The vote In Oregon was 1,783 farmers In favor of controls to 214 against. 'Rough Spots' In Defense Plans Noted By KICHARD R. MOONEV United Press Staff Correspondent EMERGENC PRESS HEAD QUARTERS, Operation Al ert (UP)--Officials announced to day thnt Operation Alert has dis closed "a number of rough spots" in the government's plans for get ting the nation back on its feet after an atomic attack. Civil Defense Administrator Val Peterson sent word to emergency press headquarters that he is "in itally pleased" with the way the huge exercise has been going. Defense Mobilizer Arthur S. S. Flemming issued a statement saying the alert this year "is far ahead of last year." But he added that the test is "nevertheless... bringing to light a number of rough spots which we are in the process of Ironing out." He did not elaborate. The big operation began at 11 a.m. EDT Friday. Imaginary nu clear air and sea attacks laid waste nearly 75 target areas on the U.S. mainland and territories. The nation's largest cities were theoretically reduced to rubble. Federal workers, who "fled" to secret government headquarters yesterday, will return to Wash ington Monday. The nationwide exercise will formally end late Wednesday. Peterson was given sweeping 4nwKgencx. .powers, yesterday to deal with the theoretical chaos which followed the mock attacks. Today, it was announced President Eisenhower had also authorized the trial issuance of a federal proclamation on manpower and production mobilization. The proclamation Calls on work ers to return to work, and on em ployes! to restore them to their federal government to restore any losses which employers might suf fer as a result of complying with the proclamation. The hypothetical orders would remain in effect pending the re convening of congress after an at tack. Press headquarters also relayed reports that yesterday s test of emergency radio network, had 'generally good reception across the nation. The vast new powers assigned to peterson yesterday emphasized They were being tested for possi ble use as an emergency policy ill event of an actual attack. A trial run on a martial law plan during last year's exercise drew heavy fire In congress. Water Receding After Record High At Elk Lake The level of Elk lake is now re ceding, after reaching its highest point in at least 40 years, accord ing to information from Myron H. Symons, operator of the resort at the lake. Fed by water from melting snow, heaviest in decades, Elk lake ear lier this season overflowed into marginal areas. Many docks were washed away by spring winds that whipped the lake and carried to a distant embaymcnt. A summer home road along the far shore of lake, across from the lodge, was partly under water. Temperatures By f NITED I'RK.SS Temperatures during the 21-hour period ending 4:30 a.m. today: High Low Rend 92 61 77 61 85 58 82 65 84 66 8S- 80 72 65 92 59 75 55 85 58 90 60 85 61 75 68 Chicago Denver Kansas City Los Angeles Miami New York Portland, Ore. San Francisco Seattle Spokane Vancouver, B. C. Washington Highest yesterday 110 at Yuma. Ariz. Lowest this morning 39 at Eagle Pass, Colo. ' ' J 1 .x Si ' ' ,7 i4. . M. F. Shelton Named Bend Bank Head Maurice Shelton Named Manager Of Bend Bank The appointment of Maurice F. Shelton as manager of the Bend branch of First National bank of Portland was announced Friday by C. B. Stephenson, president of the statewide banking system. Shelton has been serving manager of the Merrill branch for the past three years and is an active leader in Boy Scout work in Klamath county and has par ticipaicd in many civic activities He replaces Rni' L. Yarnes, who has resigned to accept a position with a bank In Alberquerque, New Mexico. The changes become ef fective August 1. , . ...,,.,' The new manager of the local branch begun his banking career with First National at the Stay ton I Drancn in ltur. upon return irom three years military service in 1945, he was assigned to the Cot tage Grove branch as operations officer and later served as instal ment loan officer before being promoted to manager of the Scio branch in 1949. In 1951 ho joined Ihe head office loan department, where he re mained for two years, until as signment to Merrill as manager. Shellon currently is serving as president of the Klamath Lake county Bankers association, and is an officer and cubmaster in the Boy Scouts, a member of the Tule lake Growers association, the Lions club, KInmath County cham ber of Commerce and tho Malin Chamber of Commerce. Controversy Enos Scoffs At Beanball NEW YORK (UP) Enos! Slaughter, Kansas City's spirited old warhorse, today scoffed at the current clamor about beanballs and Insisted, "They don't throw at you half as much as they used to 1U and IS years ago." The 40-year-old Slaughter, who put on his first big league uni form with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1938, said all the present fuss about beanballs, dusters and brush-back pitches strikes him a.s "much ado about nothing." "Why, when I first broke In, three or four guys would get hit with the ball every day snd no body would think nothing about it, Slaughter said. i ou tninK a lota buys arc gettln' knocked down these days?" he asked, squirting stream of tobacco Juice derisively against the top step of the Ath letics' dugout. "Hell, you oughta see what happened each time us Cards played Brooklyn. Guy would keep droppin in the dirt like flies. "There were pitchers around in those days who thought nothin' of dumpin' you on your teakettle . . . Guys like Hugh Casey and Van Mungo of Brooklyn, Claude Passeau of the Cuhs, Johnny Sain of the Braves and Lee Grissom and Johnny Van der Meer of Cincinnati." FIKK F.XTIVOriSIIF.l) The Fire Department extinguish ed a grns fire Friday at 1:53 p.m. 'n the 400 block on Staats strce.t. There was no damage. U. S. Delegation Includes Ike's Brother Milton PANAMA CITY. Panama (UP) President Eisenhower flew here non-stop from Washington today for an historic conference with American chiefs of state In his most arduous physical undertak ing since his operation. The American President was met at the foot of his plane steps by Panamanian President Riear do Arias, and was received with the usual protocol. I am particularly grateful for the welcome given me, my party and America," Mr. Eisenhower said. After a handshake and . brief friendly greetings, the national anthems of the United States and Panama were played. Introduces Milton Mr. Eisenhower then presented his brother. Milton, and' other members of his party to" President ' Arias. In return, the U.S. delega tion members were Introduced to Panamanian government and can al zone officials. Before they left the airport, Mr. Eisenhower and Arias spoke brief ly Into a battery of microphones. Arias spoke first in Spanish. - He said "we feel highly hon ored" to welcome Mr. Eisenhower to "a date with history." He of fered a cordial salute and a fraternal embrace" in the name of the people of Panama to Mr. Eisenhower, whom he called the ''leading exponent" In the world in the fight lor peace, t , , J Then Arias turned to Mr. El senhowcr and,' in perfect English, said: "Mr. President, I welcome you with open arms." The two-day conference, largest of its kind in the Americas, was scheduled to open shortly after Mr. Elsenhower's arrival. It originally had been scheduled for June 24-25 but was postponed when the President was operated . on last June 9. Prenident's Trip Influential U.S.diplomats said the fact that the President decided to make the long trip southward is Influencing a rmich heavier participation in the Panama conference than pre viously expected. When Mr. Elsenhower first de cided to come to Panama, only about 12 other American presi dents were expected to join him In the informal conferences. Now the chief executives of at least 19 other countries are expected to be on hand for today's opening ses sion. Only Honduras and Colombia will not be represented. The conference is an Informal gathering of presidents and president-elects to commemorate tha 130th anniversary of Simon Boli var's "Congress of Panama." Boli var convoked the Congress in liS2ti as the first move toward co operation among the nations of the new world. Body Not That Of Kidnap Victim NEW YORK (UP) Discovery of baby's body in the Hudson River Friday led police to first believe 't miRht be that of kidnaped Peter Weinberger. Medical examination definitely determined, however, that tt was the body of a new-born Infant. Pe pr was 32 days old when he was kirlnaoed 16 dnvs aro. The annoimrement ended three iotrs of wdditiowql anvletv f" Pe er's mother. Mrs. Fftty Wpfn- Police siM the bodv bnd fHt ie cpneTnl Hcrint(on of pr as , li. vftifht n"d eve rolnrlnw. vwn found. M wWnfcir t I'm Tf nnd her baby wouH ! fin 1VW r1 wwv " e ef'ort of Vnwiii County police.