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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1962)
Univ. of Oregon Library EUGENE, OHSGOa C THE 3 leu WEATHER TEMPERATURES High yesterday, 44 degrees. Lew last night, 31 degrees. Sunset today, 6:37, Sunrise tomorrow, 5:38. Fair tonight and Friday; high; 60-64; lew 3217. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 59th Year Sixteen Pages Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Thursday, April 5, 1962 Ten Cents No. 102 s Secret anr insL hits new maim BEND BUI N malign ..-. mmirattit-e rmise M.m n i m r mi h iii.iiiiii BEND SIGN DISPLAYED Sign which Bend Motel operators and Chamber of Commerce are building in Chemult is pictured above with four of motel-owner sponsors. From left are Eddie Anderson, John Young, Bob Rae and Pat Williams. Williams is NW Key Club convention due at Redmond More than 400 Key Club mem bers from the Pacific Northwest, points in Alaska, the Yukon Ter ritory and British Columbia will be in Redmond this weekend for their annual convention. Advance registrations show that this will be the largest conven tion ever held by the Key Club, which is sponsored by Kiwanis In ternational. Not even Portland, Spokane or Seattle have been able to attract the young men of the Key Club organization who will be pouring into Redmond for this conference. All motel and hotel accommo dations in Redmond have been sold out and reservations for the visitors has spilled over into Bend. Three top speakers have sched uled appearances before the Key Clubbers. They include Oregon's senior senator, Wayne Morse who will keynote the opening session at 10 a.m. Saturday; Gene Fa vell. lieutenant governor of the district, and Dr. Orlo Brees, for mer member of the New York state legislature and currently the western division representative of the National Association of Man ufacturers. Denny Hanson, district gover nor of the Key Clubbers, is a 17-year-old senior in Redmond Un ion High School, who did two things that the Redmond Kiwanis Club said was impossible. He got himself elected governor of the far flung district, then he brought the 1962 convention to Redmond. Radio Station KBND will carry the speech delivered by Sen. Morse at 10 a.m. Saturday and that delivered by Dr. Brees at 8 p.m. The general theme of the con vention will be "Freedom, Our Individual Responsibility." This will be the subject of Lt Gov. Gene Favell'f talk. Baby scalded to death PORTLAND UPI A 10-month old baby, Ann Frances Smithson, was dead on arrival at a hospital Tuesday after being accidentally scalded with hot water. The moth er said she was bathing the baby when she turned her back for a moment and the infant's 2-year-old brother apparently turned on the hot water tap. BE CAREFUL IKE PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (UPI Greg Antone. 12. asked former President Eisenhower to sign his player-autographed baseball dur ing Mondays Dodgers-Angeles baseball game. When Eisenhower asked if be could just sign his initials. Greg replied, "sure, but don't put them over Duke Smder's name." 'Stay on 97' Sign to promote Bend area travel A new sign advertising Bend and highway 97 is being construct ed at the north end of Chemult The sign urges tourists to "stay on U.S. 97, direct scenic route to Bend, Portland, Seattle and the World's Fair." It will be 42 feet wide and 10 feet high and will be illustrated by a rainbow of col ors. Promotion for the sign origi nated with Bend motel owners. The Bend Chamber oi Commerce voted to contribute $1,000 to con struction costs and other funds are being solicited through retail merchants, motel operators, oil companies and other business houses in Bend. "This is a start in the direction of highway advertising for Bend. We feel that it will result in an increase in tourist business for Bend and this will benefit every one who lives here," Pat Wil UO to revoke fraternity charter after Waldport motel vandalism EUGENE UPI The Univer sity of Oregon has taken action to revoke the charter of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at the school because of a case of van dalism last week, it was disclosed Wednesday. Ray Hawk, dean of men at the university, announced the deci sion. He said it stemmed from vandalism at a motel two miles south of Waldport involving mem bers of the fraternity. The proprietor of the motel, Mrs. Jean M. Darlington, said four large units were "extensively damaged" and estimated the loss at "about $250." The units were rented last Fri day and Saturday by the frater nity and were occupied by about 40 youths. National Action Asked Hawk said the university has asked the national fraternity to revoke the university's charter. He said this would mean the group would no longer bo recog nized by the university. Time adjustment for city vorkers voted By Bill Thompson Bulletin Stiff Wrlttr Bend City Commissioners "backed into" a favorable stand on daylight savings time Wednes day after a motion to toss the ball back to the local school district was withdrawn. The commissioners first approv ed a motion to leave the time as is until further Uformation is ob tained They followed up this motion president of Central Oregon Motel Assn. Anderson is secretary and Smith is vice president. Rae is a former officer. Sign will urge tourists to take highway 97 through Bend to World's Fair in Seattle. liams, president of Hie Central Oregon Motel Assn. said. The sign will be south of the junction of highways 58 leading to Eugene, and 97, which leads to Bend. Cost of the sign is $2,050. The sign, which features the direct route to Seattle's Century 21 ex position, will be changed at the end of this year. "We're very enthusiastic about the possibilities," Williams said. "This is the initial effort to show people that motel owners and oth er allied people here are willing to cooperate to promote Bend and Central Oregon," he said. Solicitation to provide funds for the sign program are still being carried on. If additional funds are raised, they will be used to fi nance another sign north of Bend on highway 97. He said, according to records kept since the end of World War II, it was the first time "that it has been necessary to take this extreme form of action against a fraternity." The Lincoln County sheriff's of fice at Newport said there has been no complaint filed but said police at Eugene have been noti fied to investigate the matter and "find out who are responsible in the group." Hawk said as soon as the in dividuals who participated in the vandalism were identified the uni versity would take disciplinary action against the individuals. Dr. Arthur S. Flemming, presi dent of the university, said "I am in complete agreement with the action taken by Mr. Hawk and have asked him to keep in close touch with me as the inves tigation proceeds." A fraternity representative, Phil Foster. Red Bluff, Calif., said the fraternity is "very sorry for what has happened. by authorizing City Manager Walter T. Thompson to adjust city employes' work schedules when and if feasible. "This officially gives the com munity notice on where we stand." commissioner T. D. Sex ton said, although there was some doubt in the gallery. The city is expected to go along with the daylight savings "kick off" date of April 29 as approved by the Central Oregon Chamber New ownership for Evans. Fly.... is announced Purchase by Mr. and Mrs. Paul P. Reasoner and Mr. and Mrs. Dick W. Asseln of the Evans Fly Company, 732 South Third Street, from Mr. and Mrs. W. Ovid Evans was announced here today. Formal opening of the store un der the new ownership has been set for Saturday. The present name of the store, with a history dating to 1935 when Mr. and Mrs. Evans set up busi ness as fly tiers on a small scale at 157 Underwood, will be retain ed. Reasoner will continue the oper ation of his local business, the Cascade Glass Company, and As seln will continue his contracting business. He heads the VanMatre Construction Co., a firm started here in early days by the late Fred N. VanMatre. On of Largest Mrs. Asseln and Mrs. Reasoner will assist in the operation of the Evans Fly Company, a firm rec ognized as one of the largest sports stores in upstate Oregon. Three times under the operation of Mrs. Evans the Bend store won national recognition in Trade Names competition, winning sec ond nationally in the sports field in two different years. Evans said that sale of the busi ness includes the store building and an adjacent residence, at 305 Lee Lane. Mr. and Mrs. Evans retain their other property in Bend. They have a summer home on the upper Deschutes. Both Mr. and Mrs. Evans are old time residents of Bend. He came here from Tennessee in 1914. Mrs. Evans is a descendant of the pioneer Tweet family of Bend. The store on South Third, origi nal unit of which was built in 1937, was extensively damaged by fire in 1946 and reconstructed. DOW JONES AVERAGES Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 700.88, up 4.00; 20 railroads 142.64, up 0.63; 15 utili ties 129.79, up 0.75, and 63 stocks 239 84, up 131. Sales today were about 3.13 million shares compared with 3.29 million shares Wednesday. of Commerce and Brooks Scan Ion Inc. largest employer in the Bend area. City clocks will remain on standard time, with employes probably starting work at 7 a.m. instead of 8 a.m. A similar plan was adopted last summer. Commissioner E. L. Nielsen in timated that he thought the school district left city officials "holding the bag" last year. "We jumped the gun last year Lower fares among aims of JFK plan WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi dent Kennedy sent Congress today an amibitious transportation pro gram which looked to reductions in air, rail and bus fares and fed eral aid to improve urban-suburban transit. The 6,000-word message was de scribed by Myer Foldman, deputy special counsel to the President, as the first comprehensive nation al transportation plan ever draft ed by a Chief Executive in U.S. history. The message was designed to enunciate a new, broad transpor tation policy, curtail federal regu lation and subsidy, eradicate dis crimination and inconsistency in present laws and rules, and lay the groundwork for a modern, ef fective metropolitan area mass transit. "The troubles in our transporta tion system are deep," the Presi dent said. Less Federal Regulation Kennedy's proposals included: Less subsidy and federal reg ulation, especially removal of re strictions setting minimums on passenger fares. Also, simpler and possibly lower freight rates. That Congress vote $500 mil lion in grants to local authorities for investment in rail and road mass transit facilities, such as terminals right-of-way and rolling stock. Federal money would pay two-thirds of investment costs with local funds financing the re mainder. The $500 million would bo for three years. , More federally sponsored re search to'moke the transportation of people and freight more effi cient, thereby cutting costs. New charges of users of air ways and inland waterways as proposed by Kennedy earlier this year. Repeal of the 10 per cent excise tax on passenger fares. Air travelers would pay a 5 per cent "user charge." , Development of a policy which would guide the Civil Aero nautics Board (CAB) and the In terstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in air and rail mergers. The effect would be less autono my for these agencies which sometimes are described as in dependent." Last Major Proposal The President's anisually long message contained the last major set of legislative proposals he plans to submit to Congress for action this year. Sen. Harrison Williams, D-N.J., was expected to introduce a bill containing the mass transit provi sions. Kennedy said Congress and the public must correct "a chaotic patchwork of inconsistent and of ten obsolete legislation and regu lation" which burdens transporta tion and jeopardizes its ability to function adequately in time of war. There is "no simple federal so lution," he said. Rather, he add ed, there must be "less federal regulation and subsidization" and greater exercise of responsibility and initiative by industry, and state and local governments. The President urged Congress to begin considering his proposals at the earliest possible date. Truck sliced, no one injured RICKREALL (UPI)-A logging truck was sliced in two by a freight train here Wednesday, tying up Southern Pacific's route from McMinnville to Corvallis. No one was hurt, but one of the truck's logs jammed Into one en gine of the two engine train, wrecking its controls. Driver of the truck was Dwight Wood of Brooks. The train engi neer was Arthur Caisse, Port land. The route was cleared late Wednesday. on the basis that Hie schools would go on fast time," Nielsen said. "I think we should let them make the move this year." Last spring the school district voted to remain on standard time, with daylight savings time final ly being adopted at the beginning of the school vacation. School board members Indicat ed last month that they would "reluctantly" go along with the April 29 switch to fast time if the Effective July 1 Thompson resigns city manager post Walter T. Thompson will wind up a seven and one half-year tour of duty as Bend's city manager on July 1. Thompson submitted his brief resignation (eight words) near the close of Wednesday night's three and one half-hour session. "I hereby submit my resigna tion effective July 1, 1962," Thompson read. Thompson was praised by May or Jack Dempsey, who accepted tiie resignation. 'I think you did a real good job for the city of Bend," Demp sey said. And, after a motion by T. D. Sexton, the commissioners gave Thompson a vote of appreciation for staying through budget time. Thompson s service with the city began April 1, 1950, when he assumed duties as recorder- treasurer, budget officer and sec retary of the planning commis sion. 1 He served in this capacity until Jan. 1, 1955, when he was named city manager at a beginning sal ary of $8,000. His current salary Is $9,552. He has not indicated what his future plans are. After graduating from high school in 1935, Thompson took a course In higher accounting and auditing from the University of Chicago. From 1935 to 1950, with the ex ception of three years service in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II, Thompson was em ployed by Pacific Power and Light Company. Chamber urges that meters be removed Bend city commissioners were urged Wednesday evening to re move all parking meters on the city-owned lot behind the City Hall. But the commission, which two weeks earlier moved to remove meters as spaces are rented, continued its current stand pend ing information from tne city manager and police chief. 10,000 pageant leaflets sent out by Chamber Ten thousand leaflets inviting visitors touring the Pacific North west to attend Bend's 1962 Mirror Pond Pageant are being readied for distribution. Dates of the pageant are July 27, 28 and 29. It is the first time in history that the pageant is be ing held on a date other than over the Fourth of July weekend. The leaflet, being distributed by the Bend Chamber of Commerce, holds a colored picture of a Mir ror Pond arch with the Three Sisters as its backdrop. Under the arch is the symbolic swan of the river fetes. Not only are tourists being in vited to attend the pageant, but it is suggested that they also ar range to attend the Deschutes County Fcir, to bo held in Red mond on August 1 to 5. "America's Moments of Great ness" is the theme of the 1962 pageant. The 10.000 leaflets will be dis tributed through western cham bers of commerce. Three A of fices, motor associations and oth er organizations. Leaflets will be sent to all per sons writing to the Bend Cham ber of Commerce relative to in formation about the area. At pres ent, these are being received at the rate of 52 a day. business community favored the plan. Like Nielsen, commissioner Paul Reasoner, who seconded Nielsen's original motion, voiced apprehension in going all out for the switch. "I voted for fast time last year." Reasoner quipped. "And for 11 days after some guy would call tne up every morning at ard crack, 'Are you up, ya big dope 7 t I )' WALTER T. THOMPSON Commissioners took no action on starting the mechanical wheels rolling for picking Thompson s successor Wednesday evening. Commissioner E. L. Nielsen said today that the job of find ing a new city manager will be initiated at the next City Commis sion meeting April 18. Under Thompson's administra tion, tiie city drafted a new zon ing ordinance and a new city charter. At the same time, voters okayed $1,265,000 in bond issues to improve the city water system and last fall okayed a $90,000 bond issue to build a new bridge across the Deschutes River at Portland Avenue. J from city lot Don Conner, president of I h e Chamber of Commerce, said his group favored removal of all me ters and leaving the lot open to the public as a whole. The commission's traffic safety committee also backed this plan, noting that it would take off the strain on the unmetered areas bordering the business district. Interest Noted Commissioner E. L. Nielsen said he had checked with several owners of businesses adjacent to the lot and reported a healthy in terest in renting parking stalls at $3 per month. He and commissioner Paul Reasoner urged the city to rent the parking lots on a first-come, first-serve basis with meters also to be removed from the unrented stalls. '. The commission tabled a re quest by Bend real estate man Seaton Smith to purchase a tri angle of city owned land at Fourth and Alden for $1. I've never asked the city for a thing in 30 years," Smith said. But I'm asking aometmng now." Dimensions of the triangle are approximately 204 feet by 119 feet by 165 feet. Possible Deal Nielsen suggested that the city, since it had been seeking some land controlled by Smith in con nection with moving back fences at Municipal Baseball Park, might work out some sort of a deal. Citv Manager Walter Thomp son said he hadn't pursued the purchase further after Smith had told him there wasn't enough monev in Bend to buy the 30-foot deep strip (by 220 feet) on Fourth Street. Smith, who at first couldn't seem to recall the Fourth Street property, later conceded he might have a cloud on the title and final ly tossed out a tentative price of more than $13,000. Commissioners didn t appear very interested. Fair weather seen in offing Fair weather Is In the offing in Central Oregon tonight and Fri day, the forecast from the region al office in Portland indicates. Temperatures will range from highs of 65 expected today and to morrow, to a 32-degree low. Wed nesday's high in Bend was 64 and the low last night was 31. Light showers fell in the area In the past 24 hours, but Bend's share of the moisture was a mere trace. All mountain roads were in good condition this morning. Ex-general ends 2 days of testimony WASHINGTON (UPI) Former Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker finished up two days of testimony on alleged military muzzling to day by questioning Secretary of State Dean Rusk's patriotism and . throwing a punch at a newsman after leaving the stand. ' He told the special Senate sub committee investigating troop In formation and education pro grams that he was not satisifed with Rusk's dedication to the na tion's independence and security. Walker raised similar questions about Walt. W. Rostow, head of the State Department's policy planning staff. He said Rostow has been controlling the Central Intelligence Agency's "operating arm since 1954. The target of Walker's punch was Tom Kelly, a reporter for the Washington Daily News. The flare-up occurred outside the hearing room when reporters gathered to hear Walker read statement for television and news- reel cameramen. ' Kelly asked Walker about a statement attributed to George -Lincoln Rockwell, leader of the American Nazi party., Walker threw a right Jpb at the reporter. clt-ilrinff htmN ahiv'' nn tint . lfft . j .. eye and jarring him back Into a nearby camera. Kelly said the blow was not painful. Walker then strode from the building without further comment. ' Senator Praises Walker At the end of Walker's testi mony, Sen. Strom Thurmond, D S.C., a staunch supporter, lauded the former general as 'a "great soldier...a great American." " Thurmond said, however! he illoT not agree with all of Walker's statements nor with some of the methods he used to Advocate them. Sen. E.L. . Bartlett, D-Alaska., said there was no question but that Walker was "a dedicated American." Chairman John Sten nis, D-Mlss., added he thought of Walker in terms of "a Field General." Under closing questioning by the Senate investigators. Walker, who resigned from tile Army after being admonished, charged that CIA intelligence estimates are arranged to fit a "no-win" policy. ' He said that "instead of State Department policies being made on the basis of CIA estimates. CIA estimates are made to fit State Department policies." Sen. Howard W. Cannon, D Nev., challenged Walker to name Communists who had Infiltrated the government and the Army., "I believe we caught only one, Hiss," Walker replied. This was a reference to Alger Hiss, former State Department official who was convicted of per jury for denying that he slipped secrets to a Red espionage ring. Walker also mentioned three persons named during the Mc Carthy investigations of alleged Infilitralion into the government in the early 1950s. He said he had been accused of calling some people Commu nists. Walker said this was "not true because I reserve the right to call them something worse traitors." Walker told the Senate group he was "framed in a den of In iquity" because he ran head-on Into a "no-win" policy he charged was being followed by Rusk. He said others "framed by this hidden policy" were Gen. Douglas MacArthur, the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy, the late Defense Sec retary James A. Forrestal, for mer President Synghman Rhee of South Korea and Moise Tshombe of Katanga. Walker ended by telling the committee "we are digging our own grave" In the cold war. He said it was three feet deep now and that the State Department was digging two feet more "all that would be necessary" with its disarmament plan. Worker killed at John Day Dam THE DALLES (UPI) Edwin Puis, 45, a Portland steslworker, was killed in a fall at a construc tion project at the John Day Dam east of here Wednesday. It was the first fatal accident at the dam. Elvert Coleman, Helena, Mont., suffered a broken heel and a back Injury, and Walter Richardson, Longview, Wash., a back injury. They were hospitalized at Golden dale. Wash.
