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BEND BULL
CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
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No. 59
Ten Cents
Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Monday, February 15, 1960
Eight Pages
57th Year
ETIN
itos of six
Sub may have
slipped away
in Argentina
PUERTO MADRYN. Argentina
IUP1) High naval sources said
today they feared a mysterious
foreign submarine believed
trapped in the Gulfo Nuevo for two
weeks now has escaped because it
has been undetected for 24 hours.
The pessimism was expressed
even as another all-out sea and
air attack was in preparation
against the mysterious interloper
and a second submarine reported
in the gulf waters 650 miles south
west of Buenos Aires.
Another confusing element was
injected into the situation today
when the newspaper Jornada re
ported that a mystery radio sta
tion had been heard transmitting
in code in the Gulfo Nuevo region
in recent months.
Leaves Cancelled
The navy cancelled officcrs
leaves in southern Argentina as
the hunt was stepped-up for the
elusive sub, or subs, which al
ready have been the object of
depth-bombing attacks.
Newsmen watching the scene
from Die shoreline of the last pre
sumed site of the submarine said
the area was littered with dead
fish and dead penguins.
Two Argentine warships were
reported to have fired on but
not hit one of the two subs
when it surfaced 10 miles west
oihere Sunday night. The U-boat
is believed to have been dam
aged in a previous attack.
Body Said Found
Unofficial reports published in
Buenos Aires' Sunday said the
navy has recovered the body of a
frogman, apparently killed by a
depth charge, from the waters of
the gulf. Observers speculated
that he might have been trying
to repair damage to the subma
rine when he was killed.
Two planeloads of modern
depth charges and detection
equipment purchased from the
United States arrived here Sun
day night, and it was believed
the new weapons would be put
to use today.
Mansfield urges
Adm. Rickover
in defense post
WASHINGTON UPI - The
bitter debate over U. S. defense
erupted on the Senate floor today
with a top Democrat calling for
appointment of Vice Adm. Hyman
G. Rickover as defense secretary.
Assistant Democratic Leader
Mike Mansfield (Mont.t, who sug
gested the Rickover appointment,
said he agreed with the admiral's
recent comment that 20 to 30 per
cent of the Pentagon brass should
be eliminated in the interest of
promoting better efficiency.
Senate Republican Leader Ev
erett M. Dirksen (III.) quickly
rose on the floor and snapped he
thought Rickover was guilty of
"poor taste to say wo, should
bump some brass to get more
help for the Polaris submarine."
"It might be." Dirksen sakl.
"that some don't cherish the high
admiration of Rickover that he
does of himself."
Four accused of dynamiting
arraigned in circuit court
PORTLAND (UPH Four men
accused of dynamiting 10 news
paper trucks Jan. 31 were ar
raigned before Circuit Judge
Charles W. Redding today and he
continued the hearing until 2
p.m. Feb. 23.
A fifth man. Levi S. McDonald,
51, of the Stereotypers Union, ac
cused of hiring the dynamiters,
remained in state jurisdiction
when Tederal Court rejected his
petition for transfer to federal
jurisdiction. He was scheduled for
arraignment this afternoon.
The Federal Court took the ac
tion on Its own motion, on grounds
McDonald's petition gave insuffic
ient facts to justify the transfer
and that he had not exhausted his
remedies in state courts.
Judge Redding continued the ar
raignments of Gerald Allen Cou
lens. 20: twins Charles and Ed
ward Snyder. 23. and William Sny
der. 19, to allow them to secure
legal counsel and to prepare
plans.
McDonald's attorney, Frank
King, appeared before Judge
Redding for his client and asked
for a postponement of arraign-
'Baby watchers'
awaiting birth
of royal infant
LONDON (UPII - Crowds of
curious "baby watchers" in
creased in size today outside
Buckingham Palace where Queen
Elizabeth II awaited the birth of
her third child.
I Both Britons and tourists alike
I ignored prospects of further dis
: mal weather and cautious warn-
ings that the birth might not
I come till Tuesday or the next
day or perhaps even the next.
The baby will be the first born
to a reigning monarch in 103
years since Queen Victoria.
' Anticipation was fanned by the
arrival at the palace Sunday of
Sister Helen Ruwc, the Cockney
accented royal midwife, who at
tended the Queen at the births of
Prince Charles, now II, and Prin
cess Anne, 9. The 52-year-old
nurse had been standing by in an
apartment in nearby Kensington
for more than a week for Uie
royal summons.
But word was passed down that
Sister Rowe's arrival did not nec
essarily mean that the birth was
imminent.
One of three
hold-up men
fa ken in N.Y.
NEW YORK (UP1 - Three
hold-up men invaded a Times
Square movie theater this morn
ing and wounded three employes
with shotgun blasts when one of
the employes drew a pistol.
Police captured one of the
bandits. The other two escaped in
the morning rush hour crowds.
The gun battle took place in
the basement office of the man
ager of the Anco Theater on West
42nd St shortly after 9 a.m.
Police said the manager, Paul
Mandel, was alone in the office
when the thugs, two of them car
rying shotguns, forced their way
in. They demanded that Mandel
open the safe, but he told them
they would have to wait until an
other theater employe arrived
with the combination.
Jack Rcby, manager of the
nearby New Amsterdam Theater,
and Glenn Pealman. an Ansco
Theater usher, arrived carrying
$2,000 from the other theater.
When Reby saw the hold-up men
he drew a pistol and fired at
them. They returned fire, wound
ing all three theater employes.
Police were summoned by some
one who heard the exchange.
When patrolmen attempted to en
ter the office, one of the armed
thugs burst through the door
pushing an usher ahead of him
as a shield. The policemen fired
shots over the men's heads to
force the gunman back into the
office.
The policemen then entered the
office and were able to subdue
one of the thugs, but the others
disappeared during the confusion.
RIGGED FREE ELECTION
LONDON lUPIt The Daily
Telegraph today reported the find
ing of a writ from England's 12th
Century King Henry II to the
monks at Winchester that read:
"I order you to hold a free
election, but nevertheless I for
bid you to elect anyone except
Richard, my clerk, the archdea
con of Poitiers."
i ment. The judge turned him down
and ordered McDonald to appear
at 2 p.m.
Couzens said he was represent
ed by Attorney Robert Recken but
! was not ready to plead. Charles
Snyder also has an attorney, but
I s?id he couldn't remember h i s
(name. Edward and William Sny
, der said they would get lawyers
! this week, although the court of
fered to appoint counsel.
All five were indicted by the
Multnomah county grand jury
Saturday on charges of injury to
property by explosives. Maximum
penalty upon conviction is 20
years in prison and a $500 fine.
McDonald was released Sunday
on $40,000 bail provided by a pro
fessional bondsman. The others
were held on $10,000 bail each.
Couzens and the Snyder broth
ers confessed Thursday night to
the dynamiting and implicated
McDonald as the payoff man. Mo
I Donald w as a member of the
Stereotypers Union negotiating
team encaged in bargaining with
1 managements of the Oregon Jour- j
nal and Oregonian since the news-
paper strike began last Novem
Payments to
radio station
are revealed
WASHINGTON (LTD A record
distributor testified today that he
agreed to pay Boston radio sta
tion W.MEX $1,400 to have his
records aired as the station's
"gold platter of the week."
Cecil Steen, president of Rec
ords, Inc., a Boston distributing
firm, toW House investigators he
signed a 13-week contract with
the station and supplied it with
about 75 free records a week.
He told a subcommittee investi
gating payola in the broadcasting
business that he considered the
arrangement with W.MEX to be
a "normal" promotion practice,
but it did not "prove to be worth
while promotion to us."
Scheme Explained
Steen said WMEX's "gold plat
ter" was a scheme to promote
a record each week that might
become a future hit. The record
selected as a "gold platter," he
said, was played 56 times during
one week.
He said he also paid $2,050 to
various Boston disc jockeys as
Christmas presents and other
"gratuities." All the payments
were charged off on his firm's
books as promotion and publicity,
he said.
Jack Gold, owner of the Paris
Records Manufacturing Co., New
York, told the subcommittee earl
ier that Cleveland disc jockey
Joseph Finan refused to play his
records because he marketed
them through the "wrong distrib
utor." Protest Threatened
He said Cleveland radio station
KYW, where Finan formerly was
employed, aired his. "Love Me
Forever" record only after he
threatened to "go to Washington"
and protest to the Federal Com
munications Commission.
As the hearings resumed, inves
tigators reported they had turned
up some cut and dried cases
where record companies paid disc
jockeys to plug their songs.
More than 150
Scouts join in
winter outing
More than 150 Boy Scouts from
the Fremont district joined in a
winter outing over the weekend
at the former Camp Abbot site.
Most of them slept under the
jackpines Saturday night as snow
flurries beat over the Deschutes
basin.
Leaders today described the out
ing as highly successful, includ
ing even the stew and "spotted
dog" the boys prepared for their
evening meal Saturday evening.
All meals were prepared over
campfircs. (The "spotted dog"
dish consisted of rice and raisins.)
Top Unit Named
In Iroop camping competition.
a Prineville unit. No. 63, emerged
as top winner in close competi
tion. The Prineville boys scored
189 out of a possible 200 points.
Troop No. 68 of Gateway was sec
ond, with 169 points and Bend
Troop No. 25, with Leo Bishop as
scoutmaster, was third with 168
points.
Boys checked in at the camping
area Saturday at 9:30 a.m., all
met for a general assembly, then
launched their activities. All first
class Scouts and above received
survival training from Ron Lindh.
Other boys engaged in varied ac
tivities, first aid. compass, judg
ing, tracking, knife and axe 'vork,
lashings and knots.
Get Up Early
The Scouts were up at 6 a.m.
Sunday for the start of a busy
day, and camp breakfasts were
cooked and eaten by 7:45. Church
services for Protestant hoys were
held at 8 am, with the Rev. Bob
Becker, Bend, in charge.
An "orienteering" course was
held Sunday morning. Scoutmas
ters judged troops for the various
awards. All hoys taking part in
the winter camp received certifi
cates and winter segment patch
es. CALL FOR YOUTH
LEAMINGTON, England (LTD
Shapely contestants in the lo
cal judging for the "Miss Great
Britain" beauty contest are
threatening not to appear unless
younger judges are chosen.
One judge is over 60.
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DIE IN MIDNIGHT FIRE Mrs. Ronald E. Salt, II, is pictured here with her four children. All
died in the midnight fire that swept through the Salt home at 810 Newport. The children,
from left, are Ronald, Eddie, Marilyn and Bill! e. The picture was taken in January, 1959. Old
est of the youngsters, Marilyn, was 51 at the time of death.
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WHERE SIX DIED This is a Sunday morning view of the Newport Avenue home where si
members of tha Ronald Salt family died shortly after midnight. Fire and smols belched from
all windows, but tha exterior of the residence was not badly damaged. Five bodies war found
in tha upstairs rooms, one on the first floor.
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FOUR DIED IN THIS ROOM Bodies of four of the si members of the Ronald E. Salt family
who died ia the Newport Avenue fire in Bend shortly after midnight Saturday night were
found in this room, Mrs. Salt is believed to have been attempting to lead them to a window
facing Newport when overcome by smole. Mrs. Salt apparently ran up the stairs in an effort
to save the youngsters when the fire broke out.
Nixon says management, labor must share
responsibility for U.S. economic growth
DETROIT IUPI) -Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon said today
management and labor must share
the responsibility for assuring
maximum economic growth of the
United States.
If management and labor do
not move effectively on their own
initiative." he said in a brief
speech before the Economic Club
of Detroit, "the pressure for gov
ernment intervention in order to
maintain the United States' com
petitive position will become ir
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resistible."
However, he said there were
five areas in which government
properly could promote economic
growth. He listed these as:
Maintain fiscal stability so
that gains in productivity will not
he eaten away by constant filia
tion. Adopt tax and depreciation
policies which will encourage
rather than retard growth.
Remove artificial props to in
efficiency and artificial barriers
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lo growth and progress.
Take action against monopoly
and restraints on the free market
by either business or l.ilior.
Continue to lend Its support
to the battle against discrimina
tion that denies the nation the po
tential contribution of millions of
productive cituens.
Before his speech, Nixon told
reporters that religion should not
be an issue in the Vw0 election
and that "In any part I play 1
will not make it an issue."
Grie ving father going
to Tennessee to make
funeral arrangements
By Phil F. Brogan
Bulletin Staff Writer
A saddened father, ex-paratrooper
Ronald E. Salt, 28. Bend, was
on his way to Nashville. Tenn., to
day to make arrangements for the
funeral of his wile, their four
small children and his sister-in-law.
The six died here shortly after
midnight Saturday in Bend's
worst fire tragedy in history.
Dead are Mrs. Ronald E. Suit,
23; her four small children, Mari
lyn Diana, 5'a: Edward Lawrence,
3'-.-: Ronald, 2'j; Billie, 1'2, and
Mrs. Salt's sister, Patsy Jean Tay
lor.' 15, Bend Junior High student.
They died a few minutes after
midnight Saturday when flames
starting in the Salt home at RIO
Newport swept up an open stairs.
The stairs served as a funnel for
hot gases and smoke.
Five Upstairs
Five bodies were found upstairs,
one was in a charred downstairs
room.
Mrs. Salt apparently lost her
life in a vain attempt to save the
youngsters sleeping upstairs. One
of the youngsters was the baby,
Billie. Bodies of the mother and
baby were found on the second
floor in front of a small window
facing Newport avenue.
In that same room were two
other bodies, including that of Pat
sy Taylor, who came here last
fall to stay with her married sis
ter and enter high school.
Patsy's girl friend, Ramona
Adams, Ml South 6th street, plan
ned to spend the night at the Salt
home, but changed her mind car
licr in the evening.
Army Veteran
Mrs. Salt's husband, a five-year
army veteran with three years
service in Germany, was at work
at the Standard Oil service sta
tion on Wall across from the Pilot
Butte Inn when the fire broke out.
The young father reported for
work about 11 p.m. Saturday
night. Two attendants were on tlie
job at the lime at the station and
business was slow. He decided to
hurry home and get a book.
On reaching his home at 810
Newport, Salt found his wife. Car
olyn, and their oldest child, Mari
lyn, In bed in the downstairs
room, but awake. He said good
night to them, then went back to
the station, where he arrived
about 11:40.
Salt was alone at the station
when the fire alarm sounded at
12:10 a.m. and the equipment
headed out Newport, passing diag
onally across from the station.
Worried, Salt decided to call
home.
After dialing, he believes he
heard the phone ring once. Then
there was silence. Later, he rang
again, only lo get a busy signal.
In the meantime, his father, Ron
Plane smashes
home; 2 dead
MOUNTAIN VIEW. Calif. (UPII
A Navy jet trying lo land at
Model t Naval Air Station
smashed into a home today, set
ting it afire and killing the pilot
and a housewile, Santa Clara
County authorities reported.
The dead woman was identified
as Mrs. Deszo Halmi, 50. The
pilot was Lt. (jg) Gordon N.
Blake (no home town).
Mrs. Halml's husband was away
at work at the Hewlett-Packard
electronics plant in Palo Alto and
their teen-age sons, David and
George, were at school. The
family came here from Hungary
three years ago.
Mrs. Halmi was reported stand
ing at her kitchen sink when the
jet struck the house.
Witnesses said the plane went
into a looping spin on the last
leg ot the approach to Moffett.
Firemen were able to prevent
the gasolinefrd flames from
spreading to nearby homes In the
suburban residential area.
The Navy said the pilot appar
ently was trying to land in an
empty field behind the Halmi
house.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
By United Press International
Dow Jones final stock av
erages: 30 industrials 617 58, off
4 65; 20 railroads 150.25, off 0 95;
15 utilities 85.34. off 0 13, and 65
stocks 204 92. off 125.
Sales today were about 2.780.000
shares compared with 2,230,000
shares Friday,
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Salt. ex-Portland musician and
now playing at the Glen Vista and
Mrs. Salt drove by the station and
picked up Ron.
On arriving at the home, they
learned of the tragedy.
Firemen and telephone men be
lieve that the fire was just burn
ing into the telephone installation
at the home when Ron called his
wife. The busy signal followed
when the fire burned telephone
connections.
Several of the bodies were found
in bed. Firemen believe the chil
dren were suffocated by the gases.
Evidence is that the fire started
in the living room of Jhe two
story frame house, then swept up
the open stairway. Heat in the up
stairs rooms apparently was ter
rific. A firtex veneer was burned
off.
On Way Home
The fire was discovered by Jim
Feser of the Deschutes National
Forest Service staff. lie was on
his way home from a show when,
on passing the Salt home, he no
ticed, through the windows,
flames inside. He ran to the Luth
er I pock home across 8th Street
and called the fire department.
As Feser stepped out of the
I pock home, a blast, apparently
from overheated gases, blew out
all the windows in the Salt home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Salt and
their lour children arrived here
PATSY JEAN TAYLOR
One of sis Bend fir victimi
RONALD E. SALT, JR.
His family died in Bend fir
from Portland last August 3. Mr.
and Mrs. Hon Salt, Sr., lormerly
lived in Battleground, Wash.
Ronald met his wife. Carolvn,
in Nashville. Tenn., when he was
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in the service. Two of their chil
dren, Ronnie and Eddie, were
born in Germany.
Join Shocked Family
Joining the shocked family here
Sunday afternoon was Ronald's
brother, Jim Suit, and his wile ot
Albany.
Bodies of the six fire victims,
in three caskets, will be flown to
Nashville. Tenn., for services and
burial. Mrs. Salt's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Taylor, live in
Nashville. The bodies will be
placed on a plane tonight. Nis
wonger & Winslow is in charge of
local arrangements.
Ronald Salt, his family of five
and his sister-in-law Head, left for
Nashville this morning to aid in
arrangements.
FINAL CONCERT GIVEN
NEW YORK (UPI) The Mos
cow State Symphony concluded Itl
New York concerts Sunday night
before about 15.000 person ia
Madison Square Garden.
American pianist Van Cliburn,
who won the Moscow Tchaikowsky
competition in IB58, made his only
appiarance with the group heit
as playing MiuM in 1 roK )('ir(I'
Concerto in G.
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