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Newspaper Page TextaW. of Oregon Library EUGStlS. OREGON Kennedy steps into Vorst' airline tieyp See story, column 3 WEATHER Little rain tonight, partly cloudy Wednesday with high 43 ; low M-44. THE BEND BULLET TEMPERATURES High yesterday, 52 degrees. Low last night, 41 degrees. Suntet today, 5:43. Sunrise tomorrow, 6:54. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 58th Year Ten Cents Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Tuesday, February 21, 1961 Twelve Pages No. 66 U.S. IN '61 -62 school budget work is underway By Bill Yatet Bulletin Staff Writer Initial work on the 19C1-62 bud get for the Bend school district was begun last night by the budget committee at a meeting in the junior high school. Gordon McKay, a member of the school board, was named chairman for the budget work, with Evelyn Cleveland, an ap pointive member of the commit tee, selected to serve as secre tary. Much of last night's meeting was devoted to a discussion of various complications facing the committee because of uncertain ties resulting from the school re organization situation. Superintendent ft. E. Jewell out lined various ramifications of re organization and noted that it was quite possible that the budget which the Bend district commit tee will draft will later be com bined with other budgets in an en larged district. One member of the committee. Henry N. Fowler, noted with a grin that one solution to the situa tion would be a negative vote on reorganization by the voters of the Bend district. The budget committee agreed that its only line of action was to proceed with work on the 1961 62 budget as if the Bend district were to be operated within its present boundaries next year. Teacher Need Among needs of the district next year, Jewell mentioned the addition of teachers to handle in creased enrollments. He told the committee that if proper teacher- student ratios are to be maintain ed, the district will need five new 'elementary teachers. Other teach er needs include two instructors for the high school, one for the junior high school and the addi tion of a teacher for the district's music department. Chairman McKay named two special committees for prelimi nary budget considerations. Dr. Charles B. Hinds and Doug Ward were named to a committee to meet with a teacher salary com mittee, and Bert Hagen and Dr. Richard Ettinger were appointed to a committee to study salaries of non-certified district employes. It was decided to hold meetings of the budget committee this year in the late afternoon and early evening. The next session was tentatively set for Tuesday, March 7 from 5 to 7 p.m. Tour Planned The committee also decided to tour district facilities prior to making decisions on various main tenance needs. The tours will be taken on March 3 and 4. Following the budget session the school board held a short spec ial meeting. Among matters dis cussed was the possibility of ac quiring an additional building site just south of the Bend city limits. Board members also made plans for a meeting with the Brothers school board Wednesday to dis cuss the reorganization situation Conte discusses role of research The role of research in educa tion was discussed here Monday in a talk by Dr. Frank Conte, chemistry professor at Central Oreeon College. Sneaking before the Bend Ki- wanis Club. Dr. Conte emphasized the inter-relationship of teaching and research and noted that re search can have an important im pact on the economy of a com munity. Dr. Conte mentioned the re search laboratory which has been installed at St. Charles Memorial Hospital. He pointed out that the college and the Bend Chamber of Commerce are currently investi gating possible research projects which it is hoped can be obtained (or the new lab. The speaker also discussed Ihe value of research in stimulating the interest of students in the various fields of science. He was introduced by R. G. Me Farland, program chairman. The meeting was held at the Superior Cafe. PROJECTS ADDED SALEM UPH The State Hichway Commission said today it had added painting of Billiards bridge near Bandon and of the Seottshurg bridee over the L'mp qi.a to its list of projects for which bids will be open March 7. Pioneer leader bit red faced with measles The president of the Des chutes Pioneers' Association, Claude H. Kelley, a resident of Bend since 1907, was a bit red faced today. He apparently has the mea sles. As a result, the meeting of the Association that was planned for tonight In the Deschutes County courthouse has been cancelled. In the past half century or more, mostly when he was a boy playing In the village of Bend, Kelley had several different types of measles or at least the ailments of earlier years that were called the measles. Now he believes he has a new type and he hopes it is of the three-day variety. Senate approves exempting fraternal groups SALEM (UPI) The Oregon Senate today approved, 25-3, a bill to exempt fraternal organiza tions from real property taxation. Such organizations have been exempt for years, but their status was jeopardized last fall when a State Tax Commission directive said they belonged on the tax rolls. . . Sen. Walter Pearson, D-Port- land, said the issue was whether the legislature wanted to continue procedure of long-standing. Sen. Vernon Cook, D-Troutdale, opposed the bill and said property on the tax rolls is being gradually whittled away. . The mere fact that an organi zation does some good things," he said, "is no basis for tax ex emption. . The bill now goes lo the House. Those voting against the meas ure were Cook and Sens. Robert Straub. D-Eugene, and Monroe Sweetland, D-Milwaukie. Sen. Ben Musa, D-The Dalles, defended the exemption. He said communities frequently would have no place to meet were it not for the now tax - exempt Grange Halls. Sen. Melvin Goode, R-Albany, said if lodges paid tax es they would have that much less to contribute to community proj ects. Robbery probe marked closed LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UPI) The investigation of a $5,000 robbery was closed by police today, un solved. The death of the victim, H. Her bert Myers, in the Feb. 14 Brus sels airplane crash left investiga tors without any information with which to work on the case. Myers, a photography equip ment manufacturer from East Or ange, N.J., was robbed by two men Feb. 6 in his hotel room, but he had time for little more than to tell police he lost $4,200 in cash, a watch and a ring. He had to leave on a plane. He told police he would look at photo graphs of suspects if they would mail them to his New Jersey home. Police did. They received this letter Mon day from Myers' widow: "I am most unhappy that Mr. Myers wjll not be able to identify these suspects. Mr. Myers was killed in an airplane accident in Brussels, Belgium on Feb. 14. I am returning the photos as you requested." Goldberg told to take new U.S. action NEW YORK (UPI) Presi dent Kennedy stepped into the nation's worst airlines tieup to day and ordered Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg to under take new federal action to end Ihe wildcat strike of flight en gineers. The strike has grounded three major airlines, and three others maintained only token service. According to industry estimates, the tieup was costing the airlines $5 million a day. Sen. George Smathers, D-Fla., revealed in Washington that Ken nedy had transmitted some "new and original" ideas on how to ob tain a strike settlement to Gold berg, who summoned President Ron Brown of the Flight En gineers Union to a conference. Salinger Confirms White House press secretary Pierre Salinger confirmed that Kennedy had ordered new efforts by Goldberg but said the Presi dent was not taking a personal hand in the matter. The Washington development came as officials of the flight engineers' Pan American chapter began to answer subpoenas is sued by U. S. district court in Brooklyn to testify how the strike began. Pan American has charged that union officials or ganized the wildcat walkout, but Die officials have denied this. Officers of the union's Pan Am chapter and 42 flight engineers were ordered to appear in the same court Monday to show cause why they should not be held in contempt for continuing the strike despite a court order. Other air lines have obtained similar or ders. An American Airlines official testified Monday in Dallas, Tex., that a number of striking engi neers told him of "mysterious telephoned threats." The engi neers refused to fly despite a court order. Employes Idled More than 75.000 airlines em ployes were furloughed Monday. Trans World Airlines, American Airlines and Eastern Air Lines rolled all their planes into hang ars and shut down completely. Pan American, National Airlines and Western Airlines were as good as closed down with up to 85 per cent of their employes laid off and only a token number of planes flving. An estimated 150.000 travelers in waiting rooms across the coun try discovered their , airline tick ets were useless except for re funds. Air mail service also was threatened. Only one airline United was still flying a coast-to-coast route. Only one North east still had normal service between New York and Florida points. Ike suffering from lumbago PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (UPD Former President Dwight D. Ei senhower is suffering from a pain ful attack of lumbago in his vaca tion cottage at Eldorado Country Club. The new ailment came on the heels of a cold which prevented the former chief executive all last week from taking up his favorite pastime of golf. INDIAN LEADER DIES PENDLETON 'UPI I Tom Joe, chief and leader of the Uma tilla Indians for the last 14 years, died at his home near here Sun day after a prolonged illness. ares u u Katanga against U.N.f HI ft Mv-40ilf-. I fisj ' ' iai-i. TO HEAD MUNICIPAL BAND Recently elected officers of the municipal band take time out from their Easter concert rehearsals Monday, evening to pose before the musical assem blage. Officers are, from the left, Darrell Liska, vice president; Joe Haugen, secretary trea surer; and Sam McCoy, president. El leiena wees Dag given authority to use force to keep peace in Congo area Federal, state, county offices closed tomorrow Deschutes county, federal and state offices will be closed tomor row in observance of the 229th birthday of George Washington, but all stores and most other places of business will be open. Flags, expected to be whipped by stiff late winter breezes, will fly from street standards. The Bend Post Office will be closed throughout the day, as will all other federal offices in the Post Office building and in other parts of town. AUo closed through the day will lie all state offices, including the considerable group housed in the Oregon State Highway building just north of town. Only office open there on Wednesday will be that of the Oregon State Police. All county offices in the Des chutes courthouse building will be closed. Both banks will be open through Wednesday. Also open will be the Bend City Hull. Schools will be in session, but with special programs commcmo rntive of George Washington to be presented in rooms of the grade schools. The Pacific Power 4 Light Co. office will be open. A number of offices around town, especially those handling le gal work, will be closed because of the legal holiday. Bend merchants on Washington's birthday will sponsor their annual "Bcserk Day." Bill fo solve welfare tangle arrives in Oregon Senafe Two young men, girl facing kidnaping charges at Salem SALEM (UPI) A proposed solution to the welfare contro versy arrived in the Oregon Sen ate today in the form of a bill to abolish Die present State Wel fare Commission and create a new one by July of this year. The welfare administrator would still be picked by the com mission, but would have to have the governor's approval a move aimed at bringing closer cooperation between the state agency and the governor s otiice. The bill was sponsored by (lie Senate Health and Welfare Com mittee which has been relative ly quiet during the recent battle between Gov. Mark Hatfield and the commission. But the proposed compromise was along lines suggested by sev eral legislative leaders including House Speaker Robert Duncan. D-Medford. who presided over two hearings on the commission's feud with the governor. Five Instead Seven The new commission would have five, instead of tcven mem bers. One would have to be a member of a county welfare com mission, and another would have to be a county commissioner or judge. Although the administrator would have to be approved by the governor, he or she could be fired by the commission. The bill made no provision for government reorganization, under which Hatfield has proposed 10 place welfare in a new depart ment of social services. At the same time, the joint wavs and means committee in troduced a budget bill calling for a hefty $42 million for wellare in Oregon during the coming bi ennium. In an effort to reduce the prop erty tax burden in Oregon, a group of House Republicans head ed by Rep Arthur Ireland, For- est Grove, turned in a bill lo appropriate $10 million to be spread among counties for prop erty tax relief. Among the sponsors was Rep. Robert Elfstrom, R-Salem, lender of a move to chop $10 million off Hatfield's $359 million two year budget. Differences over political party roles continued to appear with a bill in the senate to limit state party conventions from endorsing primary candidates. The measure, sponsored by the Senate Elections Committee, also would require party officers or national committee officers to re sign before running for public of fice. Two loggers hurt Monday in accident SALEM UPI Two young men and a girl were charged with kidnaping today after author ities said they abducted a state policeman near here Monday night and held him for about 30 minutes at gunpoint. In the Marion county jail were LawTence Allen Morrow, 21, Rick reall; Arlie Day Ellis. 20. Rick reall: and Margie Darlene Wood, 16, Dallas. A petition was filed in Juvenile Court to determine whether the girl should be remanded to adult court. The officer Involved was Thom as A. Hedsecoke, 23, Salem He was not harmed. State Police Capt. Ray Howard gave this version of the events: The three were being sought in connection with the alleged rape of another 16-year-old Dallas girl earlier in the day. About 7:50 p m. Hedgecoke spotted the suspects' car near Salem and began to follow them. They pulled over, and Hedge coke ordered them out of the car. While he was searching the two men, the Wood girl pulled out a .33 revolver and covered the of ficer while Ellis took Hedge- coke i police revolver. in the back. Capt. Howard said along with the two pistols they had a rifle. Hedgecoke had radioed in that he had spotted their car before he stopped them and police cars began to converge on uie area The getaway car was stopped by three patrol cars near the Aekcny Hill junction about 13 miles south of Salem, and all were taken Into custody at 8:25 p m. Howard said Morrow was want ed in Polk county for rape, Ellis for contributing to the delinquency Then they forced Hedgecoke lo ' of a minor and the Wood girl for 1 d-ive their car, with the girl in being a parole violator from Hill l the front seat and the two men i crest. 'Light rain in prospect here Light rain is in prospect for to night, area forecasts from Port land indicate. Heavy clouds were drifting over the Cascades today as mild breezes dried most parts of Cen tra! Oregon. Bend's minimum temperature last night was a springlike 41 degrees, following high Monday of 52 degrees. Partly clear weather Is in pro spect for Wednesday, the fore cast adds. All Cascade roads were in good shape this morning. Two men were injured, one of them apparently seriously, in a logging accident in the Deschutes woods southwest of Bend Monday about 4 p.m. One of the men, most seriously injured, is Vcrgus Hopper, 45, a resident of LaPinc. He suffered chest and other injuries. The other man is Burdette Lcchner, about 45, who apparently suffered some fractures. He is also a resident of LaPinc. They were brought to the St. Charles Memorial Hospital by Bend City ambulance late Monday afternoon. The accident occurred in an area adjacent to an access road when the men were loading a truck with logs. One of the logs slipped as bind er was being applied and rolled from the truck, striking and knocking down the two men. Hopper and Lechner are pri vate loggers. The two injured men were brought Into Bend by Maurice Rles and Gary Winslow, operating the city ambulance. A doctor was wailing their ar rival at the hospital. ADDED TO LIST SALEM (UPI I The State Highway Commission said today It had added to Its list ot proj ects for which bids will be opened March 7 some 10 miles of paving and signing of the Baker-Pleasant Valley section of the Old Oregon Trail Highway 3 miles southeast of Baker. ELISABETHVILLE, Katanga, Vhe Congo (UPI) Katanga Pru dent Moise Tshombe ordered gen eral mobilization today to defend his Congo province against a declaration of war" by the Unit ed Nations. He also barred all foreigners from leaving the country, appar ently in an attempt to nullify a U.N. order for all foreign and military advisers to get out of the Congo. He said the frontiers will be closed If necessary to prevent foreigners from leaving. Tshombe's order calling up all black and white inhabitants for defense of his mineral-rich land was announced in a broadcast over Elisabethville radio. It came a few hours after the U.N. Security Council in New York adopted a resolution empow ering Secretary-general Dag Ham- marskjold to use force if neces sary to prevent civil war In the Congo. Tshombe preceded his radio or der with an appeal at a news conference to all African mem bers of the U.N. to press for post ponement of any move to carry out the Security Council resolu tion. He also called for a con ference of all Congolese leaders to be held in Geneva March 6. Another Slaying In Leopoldville, the U.N. com mand announced that another for mer official of slain Premier Patrice Lumumba's Congo gov ernment had been executed on order of South Kasai province tribal chiefs. Lumumba and two aides were reported killed by villagers in Ka tanga Province almost two weeks ago after they escaped from a famhouse jail. Monday, Hammarskjold told the U.N. that six other Lumumbist officials were tried and executed on order of Uie South Kasai trib al chiefs. The U.N. said Uie seventh vic tim executed in South Kasai was Jacques Lumbala, one-time state secretary to the president in Lu mumba's short-lived regime. Defies U.N. Tshombe's mobilization move calling on everyone in Katanga to "defend lives and property menaced by the United Nations" was made in defiance of U.N. action taken early this morning. The U.N. resolution in addition to approving use of force ordered the withdrawal of all foreign and mil itary advisers from the Congo. "The Security Council resolution Is a declaration of war by the U.N. against Katanga and the whole former Belgian Congo," Tshombe said in a special broad cast. Tshombe has declared his prov ince "independent" of the rest of the Congo and has set it up as a separate state. Tshombe charged that the U.N. resolution, which gave Hammar skjold extraordinary powers in cluding the use of force to pre vent civil war in the Congo, Is "an offense against the sovereign ty of our independent state." He asked African members of the U.N. to press for postpone ment of Uie implementation of the resolution, which he said was taken "without any regard for Uie sovereignty of Katanga." Tshombe ordered the mobiliza tion in an unscheduled broadcast over Elisabethville Radio. The move came as Lt. Gen. Sean Mo Keown, Uie Irish commander-in-chief of U.N. forces in Uie Congo, headed off on a peace mission in another part of Ulis strife-torn land. McKeown flew fo an undisclosed town in Equatorial Province in a dramatic bid to head off open warfare between Uie two major factions of Uie Congolese army. His first meeting was to be with Maj. Gen. Joseph Mobutu, army strongman of the central govern ment in Leopoldville. All's take back forgiven: those books tomorrow Tomorrow's the day! No cherry pic, no powdered w igs, no minuets at Uie Deschutes County Library on Washington's Birthday. But no fines, cither. The library has designated February 22 as "forgiveness day." All overdue honks, no matter how long they have been absent from the library shelves, may be returned tomor row and no charges will be made. Librarian Ivy (irovcr says that this method has been selected to clear Uie files and start Uio over dues records with a clean slate. Borrowers of long overdue ma terials that don't show up tomor row may be requied to pay for the missing items if they cannot be located. 1 B basketball tickets go on sale here Season tickets for Uie Oregon High School B Busketball Tourney in Bend March 9, 10 and 11 ara now on sale throughout the community. The $5 adult season ducats, good for three afternoon and three eve ning sessions, can be purchased at the Chamber of Commerce, Sto ver - LeBlanc and City Drug. In addition, several individuals and clubs are pushing Uie tickets Uie latter including Kiwanis, Rotary, Jayeces and Lions. Student season tickets can also be purchased for $2.50. Season-ticket holders may watch a total of 11 games, with a re served swtion planned for Uie last night of Uie tourney. This is Uie third Umc Bend has acted as host of the B high school basketball meet. Previous tourneys, held in 1937 and 1959, drew upwards of 1,000 people from outside Oregon towns. Both tourneys showed profits. Minimum wage plans denounced WASHINGTON (UPD-Tho Na tional Association of Manufactur ers denounced President Ken nedy's minimum wage proposal today and said its enactment might lead to economic "dis aster." The NAM's viewpoint was pre sented on Uie final day of hear ings on the measure to increase Uie wage floor gradually from $1 to $1.25 an hour and expand cov erage of 4.3 million more workers. Rep. James Roosevelt, D-Calit., sponsor of the Kennedy-backed bill, planned to call his House Labor subcommittee into closed session immediately following Uie hearings, to start work on the pro posal. Roosevelt has said Uie group might amend the legislation to cover now-exempt hotel workers and shorten Uie two-year period before Uie $125 rate would take effect. Indications wore that Uie mini mum wage biU would Ret fast ap proval and be forwarded to the full committee lor action. DOW JONES AVERAGES By United Press International Dow Joneii final stock averages: 30 Industrials B52.40 off 1.25; 20 rails 14.1.84 off 0.19: 15 utilities 107.53 oft 0.14; 65 stocks 220.49 off 0.37, Sales today were about 5.07 million shares as compared with 4.68 million shares Monday.