Univ. of Oregon Library EUOSM&, OSSGOii Move afoot to split i inference nterm By Bill Yates Bullttln Stiff Wrltir In a unanimous decision, mem bers of the District No. 1 School Board voted last night to oppose strongly an attempt to divide the Intermountain Conference into two sub-districts. The move is expected to come at the annual District 7 meeting at Arlington on December 9. The Intermountain Conference is presently composed of Bend, Redmond, Prineville, Pendleton, Baiter. La Grande, Hermiscon, and The Dalles. However, two other schools in the district, Madras and Milton- Freewater have reached A-I sta tus, and will be added to the con ference next year. In addition, it was reported at last night's meet ins that another school in the dis trict, Ontario, has also indicated an interest in being included in the conference. Richard Gescr, athletic director for local schools, attended last night's meeting to outline the sit uation to school directors. He reported that under a plan expected to be presented at the Arlington meeting, the conference would be divided into eastern and western sub-districts. In the east ern district would be Pendleton, Baker, La Grande, Hermiston, j.Milton-Freewater, and probably Ontario. j The western district would be 'composed of Bend, Redmond, ! Prineville, Madras and The Dal both v.inners would probably get state tourney bids. At present these champions are determined by season play in which each team in the confer ence plays each of the other teams, often referred to as a "round robin" schedule.. Geser indicated that school of ficials who are pushing for a divided conference feci that tra vel distances between eastern and western schools in the district are too great for round-robin play. Should the district be divided, Geser noted that schools within each district would be faced with a choice in football of playing each other twice each season a double round robin or playing each other once and scheduling outside teams to fill out the schedule. Either way, It was generally agreed last night, schools would face difficult scheduling problems. The athletic director also pre sented financial estimates which indicated that the division of the conference would not result in a great saving in money. Board Chairman Bert Hagen suggested that a divided confer ence would almost certainly result in a lessening of interest in foot ball and basektball in Bend and u decrease in gate receipts. "I think it is our obligation to sec that Bend keeps a good sched- ule Athletics is a definite and im portant part of the education pro j grain. I think people here in the main are happy the way the con- dleton a week prior to the Arling ton meeting. Jewell told the board that ho is in favor of keeping the conference together but he noted that strong pressure, some of it from Central Oregon, is developing in favor of a division. Board members also discussed with Geser various financial prob lems of the athletic department, including the need for better at tendance at games. The possibil ity of shifting a greater share of the financial load from student funds to district funds was also discussed, but no action was token. In other business, the board dis cussed the matter of equipment used by Central Oregon College. It has been suggested that the dis trict might make a gift of thesa items to the proposed new college district. Jewell estimated that the college inventory would run between $50, 000 and $75,000. After a short discussion, direc tors decided to give more study to the question and indicated that they would reach a decision at their next meeting. All seven directors, including Ralph Roese, a new member of the hoard, attended the meeting. It was held at the district clerk's iffice. lerence is now set up. lie added. In its action, the board voted to send i;esor and Donald Empey, senior high principal, to the Ar lington meeting with instructions to use their best efforts to keep the conference intact. Superintendent R. E. Jewell re ported that he and Hagen have been invited to attend a meeting of superintendents and board chairmen from the other schools of the conference to discuss the situation. It will be held at Pen les. The two major sports of foot ball and basketball would be most affected by the change. It is pro posed that schools within each sub-district play among them selves to determine a sub district champion in each sport, with the winners in each district to play for the Conference title. In foot ball, this would determine the team which would receive a berth in the state playoff. In basketball yntaan WEATHER Mostly cloudy, rain at times; highs 34-46; lows 22-32. No. 303 U.S. prepares to put chimp around earth CAPE CANAVERAL UPI -U.S. scientists today put the finish ing touches on a 93-foot rocket scheduled to hurl a chimpanzee three times around earth this week. The shot, which could come as early as Wednesday morning, is the final "rehearsal" flight planned for an attempt to send an astronaut on America's first manned orbital voyage within a few weeks. The official word on the $400 million Mercury man-into-space program !s that. If the chimp test is successful, an all-out attempt will be made to orbit an astro naut before the end of this calen dar year. However, sources close to the program said privately that the chances for a manned orbital flight before the end of this year "are mighty slim all but non ' existent" Early Next Year Most predicted the mission prob ably would come sometime around mid-January or February. ' A full success with the chimp shot is a prerequisite. The ape, reported to be a baby female, will be installed inside a bell-shaped Mercury capsule and sent soaring into space about dawn Wednes day, if all goes according to plan. The schedule calls for a 4'4 hour voyage three times around earth roughly 81,000 miles be fore the animal and the capsule are brought back to a parachute landing in the Atlantic Ocean about 1,000 miles southest of Cape Cana veral. The silvery Atlas-Mercury rock et was poised on its launching pad today, undergoing the final checks needed to make it as safe as pos sible for the chimp. Study Effects In space, the animal will have a series of comparatively simple tasks to perform to give scien tists at ground tracking stations an idea of how the crushing weight of blast-off and the weight lessness in orbit affects a living creature. The shot also will be a full scale test of the vital "life sup port" system designed to provide oxygen for the astronaut. Mercury scientists will keep tabs on the flight at a scries of tracking stations girdling the globe. Plans call for the capsule to be within radio range of at least one station at all times dur ing the voyage. Rockefeller makes long trip home BIAK, Dutch New Guinea, (LTD Gov. Nelson A. Rockefel ler made the long journey homa today, saddened by fears that his missing son, Michael, is dead. Rockefeller and his party left New Guinea aboard KLM Flight 862 for Manila and Amsterdam. He is due in New York Wednes day evening. The New York governor and his daughter. Mrs. Mary Straw bridge, Michael's twin, left the steaming southern New Guinea coastal town of Merauke this morning convinced it would be "a miracle" now if his son were found alive. Pieter J. rlatteel, governor of Dutcr New Guinea, sent his per sonal plane to return them to Hoi landia from which they could fly to Biak ar.d catch a jet flight to Manila. Arrive Week Age It was a week ago today that the governor and his daughter ar rived after a lo.oon-mile jet dash, worried but highly hopeful that Michael had reached shore safely after swimming from capsized native boat several miles out in Lb Arafura Sea. ( THE BEND Eight Pages mwmmmmmmimmtmim tiiMiiiiimi(nifiirimiiiliiniieMeMMieiMeiiiiiiiliiiti nrmlit i Imiini BEHIND MASSED FLAGS Lions have clubs in 1 14 different countries, some of which are represented in the group of flags at the head table last night as Bend clubmen observed the 35th anniversary of the founding of the local unit. Behind the flags, from the left, are C. W. Rickabaugh, Bend, toastmaster at the dinner; Robert Wilkins, La Grande, district gov ernor; Dwight E. Stanford, San Diego, Calif., international director, and Larry Keown, president of the Bend club. Brooks-Scanlon closes its areas to yule cutting The Brooks-Scanlon Int. system of tree farms, which includes thousands of acres in the eastern Cascades from Tumalo Creek north Vuward Sisters, has been closed to Christmas tree cutting. The closure includes all Brooks- Scanlon timber lands in Jefferson, Crook, Deschutes, Klamath and Lake Counties. Company foresters said the un regulated cutting of Christmas trees has seriously depleted the growing stock. Announcement Made An announcement from the of fice of Freeman Schultz. Brooks- Scanlon Inc., general manager, states, in part: "In the past people have always been welcome to cut their family trees from these lands. For years rr.jst of the trees in Bend homes came from these areas. "Brooks-Scanlon also furnished the bulk of the trees sold by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Not Compatible "Now our forester say that these practices of long standing are not compatible with sustained yield timber management. "Current tree farm manage ment decisions dictate that trees may be cut only in conformity with sound forest management principles ana under uie direction and supervision of company for esters. "Several areas have been set aside to study the effect of regu lated cutting and cultural prac tices on timber and Christmas tree production. Results obtained from these studies will be the ba sis for future management plan ning." China accused of aggression . NEW DELHI, India (UPD -Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru disclosed today that India had ac- i cused Communist China of fresh aggression on India's northern frontier. He said India would pro tect Its territory by warfare if necessary. Nehru releaed to Parliament the text of a note sent to Peiping charging that Communist Chi nese troops were strengthening their military positions in Ladakh bordering Tibet where 10 In dians were killed in border clash two years ago. In answer to questions from members of Parliament. Nehru said India had strengthened Its own position in the area, estab lishing half a dozen military posts with "bases behind them." "It's not easy to conduct war fare in this region but if neces sary this has to be done," he said. Jury selection is underway in Marquette trial PORTLAND (UPI) The jury was expected to be completed to day for the first degree murder trial of Richard Marquette. 28. Eleven jurors were temporarily seated Monday before the list of prospective veniremen ran out. Marquette is accused of the slaying and dismemberment of Mrs. Joan Caudle of Portland. The woman was slain last June. Parts of her body were found in Marquette's rented house. Many jurors were dismissed when they voiced strong opinions about the case. Judge Davis announced he would not lock up the jury during the trial. The defense had asked that the jury be isolated. Schools hope 'flu bug' stays away The mysterious "flu bug" that has been cutting into school at tendance L? western Oregon and other parts cf the Pacific North west apptirently has not reached Bend. School officials are hoping it will not find its way over the Cas cades. Some western Oregon I schools have been closed by the illness, wnicn appears to De an in fluenza virus, not yet identified. As schools resumed in Bend Monday, following the four-day Thanksgiving holiday recess, pu pils absent were just a bit above normal, but not enough to indicate that the "bug" is reaching the Deschutes country. About seven per cent of the students were ab sent Monday. The normal absentee total is between four and five per cent daily. Virtually all teachers were also back on the job Monday, follow ing the holidays that took many out of town. At the last count, a total of 3.324 pupils were enrolled in the Bend schools grade, junior high and senior high, according to informa tion from the office of R. E. Jew. ell. Bend superintendent of schools. Throughout the area, schools were in full session today. On Monday, schools in Madras and Metolius were closed because ice slickened roads made it impossi ble to operate buses. Roads and streets in the Bend area were snowy and slushy Mon day, but buses operated on sched ule, DOW-JONES AVERAGES By United Preit International Dow Jones final stock aver aces: 30 industrials "28 07, off 3r.: 20 railroads 1W9S. off 010; 15 utilities 134 54. off 0 22, and 65 stocks 24 93, off 0 trr. Sales today were about 4 3S mil lion shares compared with 4.7 million share Monday. CENTRAL OREGON'S Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Tuesday, November 28, Bend Lions hold birthday party, some 70 attend Lions of Bends joined by a group from the Redmond club, Monday night at a dinner attended by some 70 persons observed the 35th anniversary of the founding of the local club. The dinner and program were held at the Bend Golf Club with Dwight E. Stanford of San Diego, Calif., a director of the interna tional, as the guest speaker. He had as his topic "Acres of Dia monds." Officials Attend Also here for the meeting and taking part in the program was Robert Wilkins, La Grande, Lions' district governor. C. W. Ricka baugh, Bend international council or for District 3611, was toastmas ter and Glenn Ratcliff was tail twister. Frank H. Loggan, only member present of the first class inducted into the Lions at the charter night ceremonies in July. I!i27, outlined the history of the club. "Old Monarchs" of the Bond club were honored, with Phil F. Brogan, recipient of a 35-year pin. He was the only member of the original group present. Unable to attend were the two other active charter members of the Bend club. Dr. R. E. Johnson and George Childs. Activities Reviewed Loggan's topic in presenting the history of the ciub was "Thirty five years of Memories." The Bend club's many activities through the years were reviewed. Larry M. Keown, current presi dent, presided at the dinner, table arrangements for which were sup ervised by Mrs. Will M. Storey and Mrs. Harvey Watt. Their hus bands were actively in charge of general arrangements. Ellery Hickman and Carl Mar tin were inducted into the club by Bob Wilkins, in his role of district governor. The Hudson Combo, with Dnr rell Liska in charge, provided mu sic for the dinner hour. France hit by utility tieup PARIS (LTD A half-million state-employed workers protesting government wage policies went on strike today, halting transporta tion and cutting off utilities throughout. France, Railway workers began a 24- hour strike at 4 am. An hour later, they were joined by elec tricity, water and gas workers. Many cities were plunged into darkness by the walkout Tne Paris tran,port system was crippled by Die walkout, with the metro f subway! closed down until Wednesday morning and only an occasional bus. manned by non-su-ikers. still In operation. A maive traffic jarr began early in Paris as people ittempt ed to tet to ivork by prn it car. BULLETIN DAILY NEWSPAPER Vinton Green to chairman city planners By Bill Thompson Bulletin Steft Writer Vinton Green took over the gavel as new chairman of the Bend Planning Commission Mon day evening and soon became in volved in a subject not too dear to his heart trailers. Green, an outspoken critic of any change that would weaken the Bend zoning structure in regards to locating trailers in residential zones, found himself in disagree ment with an amendment to the zoning ordinance proposed by the City Commission. That change would allow newly arrived trailer owners to seek a six - month variance from the Board of Adjustment before locat ing in established areas zoned for trailers. In Hardship Cases The variances would be granted only in extreme hardship cases, but, once granted, could be re newed following review of cases at six-month intervals. Green said he was not opposed to allowing a six-month variance, with one six-month renewal. But he said he was very much opposed to more than a one-year maxi mum extension. The planners had approved the amendment at their October meeting, on the assumption that the variance would be for a maxi mum six months. But City Commission backers of the amendment, led by T. D. Sex ton, said the purpose was not to set a six-month maximum vari ance but to set up reviews by the Board of Adjustment every six months. Second Reading So the amendment, scheduled for a second reading at the No vember 15 City Commission meet ing, was once again tossed back to the planners for their okay on tlie corrected version. The planners took no action either for or against the amend ment last night. Instead, they ask ed the City Commission to consid er two matters: 1. The matter of how many ex tensions; and 2. The setting up of machinery to enable adjacent property own ers some recourse if the trailer is objectionable. Commissioner Paul Reasoner, liason man between the planners and City Commission, suggested a 24-month maximum period as a compromise. Green, Libby Object. But Green and veteran mem ber Alan R. Libby objected to anything more than a year's ex tension. The Planning Commission con tinued to t-ike on a "new look" with the introduction of the latest member Mrs. Joan Hamm. Only other member present Wednesday was Paid Reynolds, who took over as a new member last month. Dr. M B. McKenncy announced his resignation by phone just prior to last night's meeting, creating another vacancy. Also absent were Richard A. Carlson, newly-elected to the City Commission, and George Warring ton. Carlson Is expected to resign his post, creating two vacancies. Next Monday night Reception A public reception for Marjono All Putra, exchange student from Indonesia whi is attending Bend Senior High S:hool this year, will he held next Monday night at Brooks Hall in Uie Trinity Episco pal Church. The reception will he held from 7 to p m., with refreshments to b served by members of the high school International Rela tions League. Arrangements for reception are 1961 BULLETIN WASHINGTON (UPI) The Statt Department charged today that a Soviet agent in West Ger many, posing as an American, used romance as a lure in an ef fort to recruit an American wo man employe of the U.S. arm ed forces there as a spy. In disclosing the case for the first time, the department said it happened "early in 1961" and involved a young American wo man whom officials called Elea nor "for purposes of the an nouncement" Shade is freed of contributing charge by jury A jury of seven men and five women deliberated about 15 min utes late Monday afternoon, to find Jack Brink Shade, 63, not guilty of contributing to the delin quency of a minor. Judge Robert H. Foley presided at the trial. Shade, who had been in the Sis ters area while following construc tion work, was arrested August 7 in Lakeview, and returned here with a minor girl who had ac companied him on a trip through , California and Nevada. The defense called only two wit nesses Shade and Mrs. Charles Chamberlin. Witnesses called by District Attorney Louis Selken in cluded the minor girl, who told of asking Shade to take her with him because she was not getting along at home. Also testifying were Sheriff For rest C. Sholes, Marguerite Gra ham, secretary in the sheriff's of fice, and D. L. Penhollow, juve nile judge. In his final plea, Robert Welch, Lakeview attorney representing Shade, told the story of the Good Samaritan. Members of the jury were Hen ry Wenke and Russell Coomler, Redmond: Bessie Preble, LaPine, and Maurice J. Murphy. William C. Hardy, Robert H. Fox Jr., Mary F. Berntsen, Phyllis J. Bergstrahl, C. E. Bush, Evelyn Graham, Blanche Fouts and Rob ert Lincoln, all of Bend. Young killer found asleep GARY, Ind. (UPP - A trigger happy gunman killed two men, shot another, and was found "sleeping like a baby" today, po lice said. The gunman, who wore cowboy boots during his rampage, was identified as Paul Kennedy, 20, dishonorably discharged from the Marine Corps and an ex-convict on probation after serving a year of a burglary sentence. Gary Police Chief John Foley said Kennedy claimed he had been so drunk late Monday night and early today he could remember nothing of the shootings. Despite Kennedy's denials, Fo ley said, the wife of one victim identified Kennedy as the man who shot and wounded her hus band. The wife of another said her husband drove off with Ken nedy. The body of the husband was found at daybreak beside a road. planned being madu by tlie local Ameri can Field Service Committee. The Rev. Robert Becker, chair man of the committee. In announc ing plans for the reception today urged a good turnout of townspeo ple. "We want to demonstrate to this young man that the Bend com munity It strongly behind Ihe AFS program and is pleased to have him with us this year." he said. Special guests at the roc option Ten Cents 'JFK proposes international control plan MOSCOW (UPI) President Kennedy proposed an internation al administration to control traf fic on tlie highway lifeline be tween Berlin and West Germany in an exclusive interview pub lished today in tlie Soviet govern ment newspaper Izvestia. The interview was obtained by Izvestia Editor Alexei Adzhubei, son-in-law of Premier Nikita Khrushchev, at the President's va cation home at Hyannis Port, Mass., Saturday. "All we want is to maintain limited and numerically very lim ited forces of the three powers in West Berlin and have, for ex ample, an international adminis tration for the highway so that goods and people could go back and forth without hindrance," the I President said. "Then we could secure peace In this area for many years. In seeing Adzhubei, Kennedy granted tlie first exclusive inter view ever given to a Soviet jour nalist by an American president The two men wore together for two hours, and Adzhubei, frequent ly advancing his own opinions, talked almost half as nv.ich as tlie President. Printing tlie Interview in Izvestia was an extraordinary event for tlie Soviet press which seldom carries remarks by West ern leaders that are critical of Russian policy. Papers Sell Quickly Ordinary Russians, as usual, snapped up all copies of Izvestia from Moscow newstands in about five minutes. They did not know until tlie papers were on the stands that it contained the inter view. Tlie President blamed tlie dan gers to peace on tlie Soviet Un ion's efforts to "communlze the world," and made these other points: EasMVcst relations: The So viet Union and the United States must live together In peace. War and peace: "I think we could have peace in this century in Central Europe if we can reach an accord over West Ber lin." Berlin: Any peace treaty sign ed between the Soviet Union and the East German regime cannot dony Western rights in Berlin. German reunification: Contin ued division of Germany and Ber lin increases rather than de creases world tensions. Cuba: As long as the Castro regime does not permit free and honest elections in Cuba, it can not claim to represent the Cuban people. Free Elections Promised The satellites: The Yalta and Potsdam agreements called for free elections In Eastern Euro), but these elections have not been held." Disarmament: One of the first things he did when he took office was to seek an end to nuclear tests, yet the Soviet Union re sumed Its own tests even while Public invited for hno' will be members of the Ernest Miller family, with whom "Jono" is living. It has been suggested that tlie reception will aflord an opportunity for representatives of local groups to talk with Mrs. Miller about scheduling appear ances of Jono before their respec tive organizations. Also attending the reception will he Mary Jo Summers, Bend girl who visited Norway last summer under the AFS program. She also is available for talks, it- TEMPERATURES High yesterday, 48 degrees. Low last night, 32 degrees. Sunset today, 4:30. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:H. 58th Year negotiations were underway in Geneva. Any future agreement on disarmament must be backed up by inspection controls, or neither side would have any guarantee of its security. Although tlie Soviet newspaper presented a straightforward tex tual aecoiuit of the interview, tlie Soviet news agency Tass, in a dispatch distributed around tlie world, resorted to familiar Soviet propaganda measures. "Tlie President tried to take cover behind the old blind of imaginary 'Communist menace,'" Tass reported. In reporting Kennedy's reply to a question about Cuba, Tass said: "Kennedy stubbornly tried to justify his country's policy towards its small, but heroic neighbor." ( Text Is Released Tlie" text of Uie interview was' released by the White House in Washington shortly after Izvestia appeared in Moscow. Adzhubei was en route between London and Moscow by air on his way home when tlie interview was published. In reporting tlie interview, Izves tia simply said Adzhubei saw Ken nedy Nov. 25. and then carried the text of tlie remarks. There was no news story such as would appear in the Western press. Izvestia splashed the interview across seven columns of its front page under the headline: "The interview of President of the Unit- ed States John Kennedy with Edi tor in Chief of Izvestia A. I. Ad zhubei." There were no photo graphs. The interview covered the en tire bottom third of the front paga, then continued on all of page 2. The position of the interview made it the newspaper's leading news dispatch. In format, Izves tia always has editorial and of ficial matter at the top of page 1. Any news printed below that on the first page is considered to have the major news position. New storm moving in from Pacific Streets were rapidly drying In Bend tills morning, mountain highways were in good shape and temperature was moderating. But, forecasts indicate, another storm is moving in from the Pa cific. Snow was expected to fall to a level of around 6.500 feet in the Cascades tonight, lowering to 5.000 foot Wednesday. This indicates more snow is in prospect for the snow-choked Bachelor bowl and for the Hoodoo bowl, where a deep pack already covers the area. Showery periods have been fore cast tor the Bend area by Wed nesday, with highs of from 33 to 38 and lows ranging from 27 to 32. Rain, heavy In places, has been forecast for western Oregon In the ensuing 24 hours. Unless the new storm slows equipment removing snow from the Cascades Lakes route, the Rachelor ski facilities Hill be In full operation this comi.ig week end. The Santlam bowl was In use this past weekend, tor the first time this season, and operation on Saturday and Sunday la again planned. In Bend, remnants of snow from the ten-inch pack melted through the night and streets were In good shape this morning. All downtown streets were clear of snow and the parking situation was again normal. LSir-iffiM-