The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963, February 18, 1961, Page 1, Image 1

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    early
on ound Butte dam anticipated
start
PGE leaps
final hurdle
on Friday
By Phil F. Brogan
Bulletin Stiff Wrlt.r
Preliminary work by Portland
General Electric in .constructing
at the Round Butte site in the:
Deschutes gorge a $70,900,000 hy-1
droelectric plant is expected to get
underway at once. j
PGE got past its final hurdle in !
its application to build the 440-foot
high dam deep in the gorge, just
downstream from the confluence
of the Metolius with the Deschutes,
on Friday when the Oregon Hydro
electric Commission voted 2 to 1
to grant a license for the project
- A geologic study of the site in
the narrow, spectacular gorge just
west of Round Butte, an old vol-'.
cano overlooking the Madras area,
has been completed. Plans for the
plant are about ready." Surveys for
roads Into the deep gorge have
been sketched.
i Several Years
Activity in the area even great
er than that in connection with
the Pelton dam, a short distance
downstream, is expected. Comple
tion of the project will take sev
eral years.
In Friday's action, Commission
Chairman James W. Morrell, Port
land, refused to go along with his
two Oregon Hydroelectric Com
mission colleagues in approving a
license for PGE. Morrell voted
negatively because of "unsolved
fish passage problems" and
charged that recreation facilities
planned for the Cove area will not
be adequate for those lost
Voting for the project were W.
P. Grimes, Klamath Falls, and
Lewis Stanley,-Salem, state en
gineer. Water from the Round Butte
dam will flood parts of the Metol
ius, Crooked and Deschutes Riv
ers. To B Flooded
The present Cove Palisades
State Park camping area in the
old orchard will be flooded. PGE
has contracted to provide new fa
cilities, mostly in the "saddle"
area between Crooked and Des
chutes Rivers. A new road system
' will be constructed in the area.
and new bridges will be built over
the Deschutes and' Crooked Riv
ers. ' Under provisions of the license,
PGE will not be permitted to at-
tain a pool elevation which would
inundate or cause detrimental ef
fects to Opal Springs. Cold water
flowing from those springs is piped
from Crooked River gorge and dis
tributed over southern Jefferson
county.
Also, the licensee shall maintain
a daily, weekly, monthly or sea
sonal pool fluctuation not to ex
ceed one foot from June 15 to Sep-
tember 15 of each year.
Fish Ladders Due
Fish ladders and other facili
ties must be provided.
First approval of the project
came from the Federal Power
Commission. Then came the ap
proval of the multi-million dollar
project by the State Water Re
sources Board. Action by the Ore
eon Hvdroelectric Commission
clears the way for construction
As during the Pelton dam con
struction davs, Madras is expect
ed to feel the full benefit of the
gorge work, with a heavy influx
of workers.
All Central Oregon will benefit
through the release of millions of
dollars in wages in the area.
Heavy work will be encountered
J the deep-lava rimmed gorge as
the project gets under way. The
1 ' 440-foot high dam will De ancnor-
ed in old lavas, the Pelton basalts,
of the canyon.
The hydroelectric plant will
have a maximum power output of
about 300,000 kilowatts. Installed
generator capacity will be 247,050
kilowatts.
Behind the dam will form a
. lake into which will flow three
rivers, the Deschutes, Crooked and
Metolius,
Jobless checks
reach highest
point in history
WASHINGTON (UP) The
number of workers drawing un
employment compensation checks
rose to the" highest point In his
tory early this month, but the
covernment reported indications
of a pickup in the housing indus
try. The Labor Department reported
Friday that unemployment com
pensation rolls swelled by 64,000
durinz the week ended Feb. 4 to
t record high of 3.338.400.
That was about 2T.S00 more
than the previous record, set dur
ing the week ended April iZ. 1938.
' Unemployment rose to 10 or 12
.million in the 1930s, but unem
ployment compensation benefits
then only covered a fraction of
the workers protected now.
On a happier note, the Com
merce Department said construo
lion of new houses picked up by
12 per cent in January after hit
tic tlit bottom in December.
nmnrim mcinvR
No. 64
LOST BOOK ROUND UP Barbara Krste, Deschutes county library employs, keeps buiy sav
ral hours a day with card file, record book an d form letters, riding herd on patrons with
everdues. Most borrowers who keep books too long are just forgetful, but are not "rustlers,"
librarians say. "Forgiveness Day," next Wednesday, will offer fresh start.
Demonstrators
stage massive'
London protest
LONDON (UPI) Thousands
of demonstrators assembled In the
heart of London today to stage a
massive -sitdown strike in protest
of the granting of a U.S. nuclear
submarine base in Scotland.
More than 2,000 demonstrators,
led by Earl (Bertrand) Russell,
88, the noted philosopher, planned
to squat this afternoon on the
sidewalk in front of the Ministry
of Defense for three hours in a
huge civil disobedience campaign.
The demonstrators arranged a
parade to Trafalgar Square to
kick off the protest meeting. Rus
sell, the Rev. Michael Scott and
other sitdown leaders planned to
address a huge rally in the square
for an hour prior to the sitdown
at Whitehall.
At the same time; more than
7,000 persons in Glasgow, near
the Holy Loch Polaris missile sub
marine base, said they would
stage a bagpipe parade and then
hold a rally. ,
The Polaris submarine tender
"Proteus" is scheduled to depart
Sunday from New London, Conn
The exact time when a nuclear
sub will arrive at Holy Loch is
classified information.
Scientists find
lost' satellite
WASHINGTON (UPIt-A little
polka-dot satellite circled silently
around the earth today as though
it had never been lost
But it had been lost, and the
joy of officials at the National
Aeronautics and Space Agency
(NASA) was unbounded when
they found it again Friday. They
dubbed it Exolorer IX.
They fired the 15-pound, 12-foot
balloon Thursday morning from
Wallops Island, Va., with a four
staee solid fuel Scout rocket -
Purpose of the shot was two
foldto test the boosting abilities
of the inexpensive, efficient Scout
and to use 'the satellite to gauge
the amount of air drag satellites
encounter high above the earth.
The first object worked out
nicely the Scout got the satellite
into the air. NASA tracked it hall
way around the world to Woom
era, Australia. Then it went si
lent. "It's lost" announced crest
fallen officials.
Radical
SALEM (UPI) - A radical new
approach to income tax in Ore
gon which would tax incomes
twice and still cut state income
taxes by one-tenth for many peo
ple may be tempered little
in an effort to win passage
through the legislature.
The House Tax Committee is
considering amendments to soften
two of the bill's most cx1-?me
features: A flat one per cent in-
come lax, awl elimination of any
JLlJlli JDJL1
Ten Cents
No fines
ff If
1 I! fj
'Forgiveness day'
planned hy Library
By lis S. Grant ,
Bulletin Staff Writer
" There'll be ho games of cops
and robbers at the Deschutes
County Public Library. And for
getful book borrowers, who may
have been amused or angered
or even frightened by the
recent episode at the little East
Orange Free Public Library in
New Jersey, will have a chance to
square up, with no questions ask
ed. The library will hold a "forgive
ness day" next Wednesday. No
fines or other charges will be
made on overdue books returned
on the birthday of the cherry tree
chopper who couldn't tell a lie.
It wasn't like that in East
Orange, Eleven in jail, the town
in a rage, the mayor promising
an investigation! What a field day
for reporters and TV news cam
eramen. But overdue library books are
no joke, librarians agree! Librar
ian Harold Roth, whd signed the
formal complaints that resulted in
the East Orange arrests, received
a number of congratulatory tele
grams from other members of his
profession.
The opinion of many librarians
that it's bad public relations to
go to court, and that the library is
supposed to be a warm and friend-
Music Boosters'
chili supper
planned tonight j
The annual chili supper spon- i
sored by the Bend Music Boosters
will be held tonight in the Bend
High School cafeteria. Serving will
be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. ,
Proceeds are used for summer
music camp scholarships for wor
thy music students in the Bend
schools, and for other assistance
to the music department.
Food is being prepared in the
school kitchen, under supervision
of Mrs. Orval Barfknecht, direc
tor of food services. On the menu
along with the chili will be crack
ers, molded vegetable satad, ap
ple cobbler and a choice of bever
age. Co-chairmen in charge of ar
rangements are Harry Monica!,
Norman Whitney and Earl Roar
ig. Tickets will be available at
the door.
new income tax approach sought
dedections for charitable con-
tributions.
The changes would restore a
slightly graduated tax, and would
permit dollar deductions from the
final tax bill if charitable gifts
amounted to three per cent of the j
income. . , i
Twe Different Txe j
Actually, even though the bill;
would tax tiie entire income
twice, using two different formu -
j Uu. the total would be lew or than
CENTRAL OREGON'S
Bend, Deschutes
j ly'place is snared by Jliss Ivy
t Graver, Deschutes county librar-
tan. - . - -
"Central Oregonfans would seem
to be basically honest, but often j
careless in this matter of return-1
ins books," says Miss Grover, who !
deplores above all the amount of j
time "wasted" in reminding pa
trons of what a date due card will
tell them if they will only read it j
"We can't choke the files," the
librarian says, "so occasionally i
we do declare a torgiveness dayj
like the one coming up February:
22. If patrons bring their lost sheep ;
back to the fold that day, they
will be forgiven.
The heavy load is on just plain
overdues. Written or telephone
notification of these is given with
in a week, if possible, of the due
date. Letters are now going out
as of February 1, to 19 people on
27 items for December overdues.
This is a.normal average for this
time of year, Miss Grover says.
These persons have failed to re
turn the material or to contact the
library.
Growing Problem
Some librarians say that there
is a growing and serious dis
regard throughout the nation for
library materials, and that out
right theft is on the rise. Last
year suburban East Orange lost
about $4,000 in library materials
which had to be replaced.
In the last six months of I960,
adult circulation at the Deschutes
County Library was 30.55? books.
magazines and other items. Juve
nile circulation totaled 20,310
items. In that period, when over
50.000 items were circulated, only
93 second notices have still
brought no result
During this same period, July-
December, 1960, 35 adults and 27
juveniles paid for lost or damaged
books.
Miss Grover savs that she Is
hoping that many of the long over
due items and others which
have accumulated so far this year
will show up for forgiveness
day,
"What will you do If they don't
show up?" the reporter asked.
"Will you sign formal complaints
and hail the offenders into court?"
The librarian didn't answer di
rectly. "The loss in public rela
tions would be greater than the
gain in money," she said. "The
answer is to pursue the individ
ual." what most people now are paying. I
.If the committee goes along
with the changes, here's how the I
j bill, proposed by the Interim Tax I
I Committee, would work: j
The first tax on the income!
would be called a gross income,
or not receipts, tax. It would
amount to one-half per cent for
income under $2.i00. one per cent
for incomes from $2500 to $25,000
, and one and one-half per cent for
, income above J.OQO.
BULLETI
DAILY NEWSPAPER
County, Oregon, Saturday,
Nip doctors,
denfhfs go
out on strike
TOKYO UPI About 100.000
Japanese doctors and dentists had
walked out of their hospitals today
in a strike to press a demand for
a 10 per cent raise in fees. They
warned that persons who fall ill
do so at (heir own risk.
The U.S. Army, Navy and Air
Force and the Japanese self de
fense forces opened the doors of
their hospitals to emergency cases
as the Tokyo government mobil
ized its largest ambulance force
since World War II to cope with
anticipated emergency cases.
The mass strike came in the
middle of a nation-wide flu epi
demic which has killed 22 persons
in Tokyo alone.
Premier Hayata Ikeda refused
to intervene personally in the dis
pute between the ruling Liberal
Democratic party and the strik
ing Japan Medical Association.
The doctor demanded a 10 per
cent Increase 'he fees they re
ceive under a government health
insurance program.
Dr. Taro Takemi, chairman of
the medical association and chief
spokesman for the striking doe
tors, said the doctors were "mod
ern slaves." Welfare Minister Yo-
shima Furui disputed them.
The, Japan Medical Association
said later it had asked local chap
ters to designate individual doc
tors to take care of emergency
cases.
Mobutu said
gaining support
at Stanleyville
LEOPOLD VILLE, Congo (ITPI)
Native troops in Stanleyville,
traditional stronghold of the slain
ex-Premier Patrice Lumumba,
were reported today to have
thrown their support to Maj. Gen.
Joseph Mobutu, strong man of the
Leopoldville regime.
Unconfirmed reports said the
shift in allegiance of the troops
controlling the eastern provincial
capital followed a secret meeting
between Mobutu and Victor Lun
dula, Lumumba-appointed com
mander in the Stanleyville area.
There were some indications
that troops in Bukavu, another
former pro-Lumumba stronghold,
also may have lined up with Mo
butu. Threat to Lumumbittt
These changes in the Congo
lineup, if they are substantiated
by event?, would be ominous for
Antoine Giienga and Anicet Kash-
amura, pro-Lumumba heads ot
government in Oriental (Stanley
ville) and Kivu (Bukavu) prov
inces respectively.
Giienga, who had been hailed
by Russia as the legal head of
the Congo central government
since Lumumba's death, has been
strangely silent during the turbu
lent events of the past week.
Mine disaster
takes 26 lives
J-IANNESBURG, South Africa
(UPI) Weary rescue workers
toiled through the night seeking
additional survivors of a mine dis
aster that claimed at least 26
lives when a half-ton of dynamite
exploded 503 feet below ground
in a gold mine near here.
The bodies of 22 natives and
four white men were brought out
of the mine and officials said the
death count would probably reach
30. Another 10 miners were hos
pitalized, suffering from effects of
noxious fumes.
The disaster occurred at dawn
Friday when 20 cases of dynamite
exploded as they were being
lowered into the main reefs mine
of the South Roodenpoort Works,
15 miles west of here. Many min
ers waiting at the bottom of the
shaft were trapped by the blast
On this tax, there would not be
any exemption or deductions. Ef-
feet would be to tax some lower
bracket families now escaping
any taxation,
Then the whole income would
be taxed again in another way.
The second tax would be called
net income tax, and also would
have a graduated formula that
would increase rates on higher
Incomes.
There would not bt u VM ex
February 13, 1965
mhim crippled
Solon would
end persona
property tax
SALEM (UPI) Sen. Walter
J. Pearson late Friday proposed
biii for gradual abolition of the
Oreffnn nersona! nmtwtv iat Ttiif
he said it would probably mean
an increase m taxation of real
property.
Personal property is anything!
that isn't "nailed down," such as
office furnishings and equipment.
Heal property is land and build
ings. The Senate Education Commit
tee, of which Pearson is a mem
ber, agreed to introduce it as a
committee bill.
Cur in Values
Assessed values on business in
ventories would be cut 20 per
cent a year for five years. Since
some of the burden would be
shifted to homeowners who pay
real property taxes Pearson
suggests a two per cent cut in
assessed values cadi year for
five years.
The Portland Democrat said
the amount of revenue derived
from the property tax is not
enough to warrant replacing it
with another lax.
Tiie committee tacked a "do
pass" recommendation on the bill
exempting fraternal groups from
property taxation and sent it to
the Senate floor for consideration :
next week.
Under Advisement
The House Tax Committee took
under advisement amendments to :
the net receipts lax bill to make
it more acceptable to tire legisla-;
lure. The bill would provide a :
general 10 per cent reduction in ;
state income taxes.
The House Education Commit-
tee deferred action on Gov. Mark :
Hatfield's bill to hike basic school
support by Siff, to Si 15 per census :
child.
Committee members indicated
they like the measure, HB110S,
and others which would boost
state aid to schools. But the mi
answered question is whether the
extra money should be used as:
a property tax olfsel by local
school districts, and if so, how
much.
Study Planned
Before the committee, acts, it
would like to study SB!, by Sen.
Francis Ziegier, R-Corvailis.
Ziegler would increase state aid
by $25 a child an appropria
tion of some $30 milium and
use Ihe money for property tax
relief.
Monday starts the legislature's
seventh week, and at least two
night hearings are scheduled.
At 7:45 p.m. Tuesday the Sen
ate State and Federal Affairs
Committee will launch the first
of s series of public meetings
j on 3-way workmen's comoensa.
tion, SB334. Al 7:30 p.m. Tliurs
day the House Judiciary Commit
tee will hear HB117S, repeal of
capital punishment
BLAST HITS WAREHOUSE
COLUMBIA, Miss. UPI t- Four
huge gasoline, kerosene and diesel
fuel storage tanks exploded one
by one al the Texaco bulk ware
luMst; here F riday and destroyed
Iwo homes, two tank truckj, a
warehouse and the office.
emption for each dependent
now granted.
But instead, for every eemo-;
tion the taxpayer was entitled to
for himself, his wife or children,
he would subtract flat $20 from
hit final tax bill.
Only other deducations the tax
payer could got would be for ex
treme casualty losses, high medi
cal costs, or charily contributions
equalling at least three per cent
of his earnings.
Eight Pages
Golden Age
variety show
due tonight
Tiie second annual variety show
presented by the Bend Golden Age
Club will be tonight at 8 o'clock
In the" Bend High School Audi
torium. An Bdvance ticket sale has
been held, and tickets will also be
available at ihe door.
The program -will open and dose
with numbers by tiie Golden Age
chorus, under direction of George
Baker. Maybeile Ogle is the ac
companist There will be instrumental and
vocal solo Bnd ensemble numbers,
dances and humorous readings.
An additional feature tills year
will be the appearance on the
nrnm-am of several m-aiuVSiiidren j
of Golden Age Club members. Kedys first emergency slrike
, , t l.- i ! hatting board, staged a spreading
lire emu, mcrausTMHSJ
s restricted to persons BO years
of age and older, was organized
several years ago through ef
forts of the City Recreation De
partment and the Bend SoropU
mfit Cltshj A clubhouse on Gten-
wobd Drive has been acquired,
and proceeds from the shows are
used for expenses of maintaining
the building.
Eyskens to
keep reins
till election
BRUSSELS (UPI) Premier
Gaston Eyskens vowed today he
will keep his government in office
despite the resignation of its seven
Liberal members Friday night
His statement appeared Jo rule
out the possibility of a major
cabinet crisis before the national ;
elections scheduled next month.
The Liberals resigned from:
Eyskens' coalition in protest;
against alleged foot-dragging by :
the premiers Social Christian;
party on a move to increase the:
size of the lower house of Parlia-
ment
Eyskens announced his decision
to remain as premier after a 50
minute meeting this morning
with the remaining members of
the cabinet. Later ha called on
King Baudouin to inform him of
his decision.
There were unconfirmed rumors
the king might try to persuade
the Liberals to reconsider their
decision.
If they refuse. Eyskens will pre
side over a minority government
until the elections, generally ex
pected to be held March 26. The
Social Christians hold 104 seals in
the 2S2-member House, the oppo
sition Socialists have S4, Liberals
21 and there is one right wing in
dependent Yturrt says he
may run in '62
for U.S. Senate
SALEM (UPI) S). Anthony
Yturri, R-Ontario, said Friday he
may run for the V. S. Senate in
I9S2 against Sen. Wayne Morse,
O-Ore.
"U is a possibility," ihe Ore
gon Senate Minority Leader a;d.
Yturri was mentioned as a pos
sible candidate by Gov. Mark)
Hatfield al a Eugene press con- '.
ference earlier in the" day.
Hatfield also suggested Con-
gressman waiter nornvflu, ix-vn-c.,
or tormer siaie iieiwwK- nuaie
Wilhelm Jr. of Portland might
vie for the U. S. Senate eat
This is Yturrl's third session as
a stale senator, having been first
elected in 195 from Grant, Har-
ney and Malheur Counties. JSe
was also senate minority leader
in 1S59.
The -tS-year-old attorney was
manager of Richard M. Nixrm's
successful Oregon presidential
i ramjjpign last November.
TEMPERATURES
High yesterday, degree. Low
let night, ? rtci, Sttaiet ,
loday, 5.SS. 5nrie tomorrow,
4:5?,
5Bth Year
President's,
fact-finding
body ignored
NEW YORK UPI) - Striking
air line engineers who iiei up
the flatten' air traffic in a
"wifdeer" welkouf today were
ordered tuck on the Job at ell
struck airlines.
The AH.-CKJ Fiioht Engineer
Intornalienai AtteeletioR C4& i
Washington It hat ordered its
members to end their t r 1 k e
against at least seven U.5. air.
fine end return to work.
NEW YORK fUPI)
- Flight
President
engineers, ignoring
., .,, .... ha.
domestic and overseas service on
at least seven U. S. airlines.
The '-walkout began Friday
night, about two hours after Ken
ned created an emergency act
I fimfing board to investigate a ton- '
tract dispute between tiie flight
engineers and Pan American
World Airways. The President's
move was designed to stave oil
a strike for at least 68 duys.
WiUiln hours, a wildcat. strike
spread In varying strength te
Trans World Airlines, Eastern Air
Lines, American Airlines, West
era Air Lines, National Airline
and Northwest Airlines.
Strike Spread
The -spread of tiie walkout waa
not due to the Pan American dis
pute but to an entirely different
Issue, a recent ruling by file Na
tional Mediation Board that
would force the flight engineers
to join the Air Line Pilots' Asso
ciation uu.vAj w a suigio war-
gaming unit.
This rtraid wry wen mean tfts
end of tlieir union," an airline
source said here.
An airline source in Washington
said the wildcat walkout was
geared to last 43 hours.
How ft Stand
This is the way Uie individual
airlines were affected:
PAN AMERICAN: 12 out of IS
overseas flights from New "York
cancelled. One flight from Miami
to Nassau delayed. Picket lines
up in New York, Miami and Baa
Francisco.
TWA: Al least eight fiigbis can
celled. Including tlights from New
York and San Francisco. Others,
except on twin-engined planes
which do not carry flight engin
eers, "extremely doublfui."
AMERICAN; At least eight
flights caneeiied and the airline
was "uncertain of our ability. . .
1d Dperafo Diners" except twin-
engined planes.
EASTERNS Promised to oper
ate "most DCSB Jet aircraft an4
some four - engined propeller
planes" on its major routes. Ail
twin-engined planes flying. Some
Sight engineers were reporting
to work, others phoned in skk or
could not be reached.
NATiONAt: First three flight!
from New York got off, but next
two delayed. Three engineers
have called in sick. A spokesman
said "It looks as if this thing may
hit us."
NORTHWEST; Ail four flights
from Atlanta grounded. Two were
bound for Florida, two for Chi
cago. WESTERN: Said it might hav
to cancel all flights from Los An
geles if strike continued today.
SELECTION DUE
SALEM U!P1) The nominate
tag committee to choose i suc
cessor to Peter Gumar as Or
gon Republican Chairman will
meet early next week. Chairman
Wayne Giesy said Friday.
Cunnar, Salem attorney, an
nounced his resignation two week
ago,
WEATHER .
fiAtiiiv tantrta enit Sunday hiofc
J2-42; low tonight 11-22. v