Univ. of Oregon Library
EUGENE, OREGON C
"sight
by
Glenn
roves value f man in space
WASHINGTON (UPI) - If op
eration of John H. Glenn Jr.'s
Friendship-7 spacecraft had been
entirely automatic, he might not
have come back alive from his
three orbits around the earth
Feb. 20.
As it happened, the 40-year-old
Marine lieutenant colonel was
able to take over control and turn
what could have been tragic
equipment failures into minor nui-
In so doing, space scientists
and engineers reported today,
Glenn established beyond question
that man's role is vital in the ex
ploration of space.
His performance, they said, au
gurs well for the Gemmi two-man
orbital flights starting next year
and tlie three-man Apollo flights
to the moon in the last half of
tiiis decade.
This was brought out in a de
tailed, day-long technical report
on the results of the first Ameri
can orbital space flight. The re
port was packaged in a 204-page
book containing 13 papers and
four appendices.
It was presented at a symposi
um to which more than 1,500 sci
entists, engineers, and embassy
representatives, Russians includ
ed, were invited by the National
Aeronautics and Space Adminis
tration (NASA).
Thanks to Glenn's presence
aboard the craft, the flight was
a nearly perfect one, NASA ex
perts said. The astronaut himself
found his 4'i hours of weightless
ness a pleasant relief. He adapted
to it quickly and never experi
enced any discomfort, despite de
liberate efforts to induce it
Glenn even became so noncha
lant as to hang such things as a
camera and a food tube "in the
air" of his pressurized cabin when
he wasn't using them. Because
friction and falling away,
there was no gravity effect in the
cabin, they stayed put until he
stowed them away.
Glenn reDorted a bad moment
Because of a failure in his cab
in's attitude controls hydrogen
peroxide jets designed to keep the
craft stable and pointed in the
proper direction Glenn had to
use backup manual devices dur
ing his last two orbits.
A faulty switch falsely indicated
Friendship-7's heat shield had
come loose and Glenn had to per
form all the tasks on descent that
would have been done automati
cally if everything was well.
These necessities kept him from
making some 15 of the many sci
entific observations assigned to
his mission, but they brought him
back alive. He performed the
other assignments well and car
ried back to earth the assurance
that people are better than instru
ments for observing the wonders
of space. As Glenn put it:
"This mission would almost cer
tainly not have completed its
three orbits, and might not have
come back at all, if a man had
not been aboard.
"Man's adaptability Is most evi
dent in his powers of observation.
He can accomplish many more
and varied experiments per mis
sion than can be obtained from
an unmanned vehicle."
NASA experts reported that the
faults which marred the Glenn
flight have been corrected and
will not menace the next orbital
mission. This will be flown some
time in May by M. Scott Carpen
ter, who was Glenn's backup pi
lot. or two, particularly when on com
ing down tnrough the atmosphere
at tiie end of his flight he saw
"flaming pieces. . .flviiuE Dast the
spacecraft window."
He thought his life-saving heat
shield might be disintegrating. It
was merely bits of Die braking
rocket burning in the heat of air
WEATHER
Considerable cloudiness; highs
63-68; low 35-40.
59th Year
Three die, 35
hurt in slide
on Mt. Blanc
ENTREVES, Italy (UPI)-Three
snowslides early today hit an
avalanche-proof t u n n e 1-con-struction
camp on Mt. Blanc, Eu
rope's highest mountain, killing at
least 3 men and injuring 35.
The first slide, shortly after
midnight, buried two bunkhouses.
Alarm sirens brought 300 men
from other bunkhouses to try to
dig out the buried buildings.
The second slide, an hour later,
flattened the huts where the 300
rescue workers had been sleeping.
A third avalanche roared down
the slopes a little later, knocking
one man down but not injuring
him seriously.
Most of the men on the scene
found shelter from the third slide
in the tunnel.
Many survivors fled the scene
in panic, but others went on with
the grim task of clearing snow
from the camp. Italian Alpine
troops arrived at dawn to aid the
rescuers.
The camp had been located
where it was because experts
said there was "almost no pos
sibility" of a slide at that point.
The victims of the avalanche
were working on the Mt. Blanc
Tunnel, one of two tubes current
ly being pierced through the 15,-771-foot
Aip on the French-Swiss-Italian
border.
The last few feet of rock in
the other tunnel, which will carry
highway traffic between Italy and
Switzerland under St. Bernard
Pass, were blasted out Thursday
night.
The 3V4-mile, $15 million St.
Bernard Tunnel, first to carry
automobiles under the Alps, will
eliminate 12 m i 1 e-s of tortuous
mountain road from the route be
tween Paris and Rome. It is ex
pected to provide a passage for
more than 300,000 cars a year
after it opens in 1963.
The tunnel is the most striking
improvement in travel through St.
Bernard Pass in 2,000 years. The
surface road it parallels follows
a Roman route pioneered in 141
B. C.
Cubans seize
7 'frogmen'
HAVANA (UPI) The Cuban
government said today it seized
seven Americans "apparently
frogmen" off the northern coast
of Oriente Province at dawn
Thursday, and that it was "inves
tigating the reason for their
presence on Cuban territory."
The official announcement did
not identify the men nor specify
the exact spot of their arrest.
Ir. Miami, however, Coast Guard
authorities said a search order
has been out for the past two
days for seven men aboard a con
verted fishing vessel which left
Pompano Beach, Fla., last Satur
day en route to Kingston, Jamai
ca, on a treasure hunting expedi
tion. They were to have arrived
there Tuesday but did not appear.
In Pompano Beach, Fla., the
missing boat was identified as the
Pisces, owned and captained by
Gordon S. Patton, Ocean City,
Md., and Pompano Beach. His
wife, Ellen, said Patton had set
a course for Kingston which took
him within 75 miles of Cuba's
northern coast
No opposition
for incumbents
Bert Hagen and Ralph Boese
will be unopposed for reelection to
the Bend School Administrative
District, it became apparent to
day. Deadline for filing petitions
is 5 o'clock this evening.
Mrs. James L. Cothrell, district
clerk, said today that no petitions
other than those of the two candi
dates have been completed. One
person, whose name was not dis
closed, picked up a petition but
returned it without signatures, be
cause of an anticipated change in
address.
Tlie two vacancies on the board
will be filled at the school elec
tion May 7.
Ten Pages
f i 'wnmi'ii hi' ii ii mi hi i 'l
HONORED FOR RESCUE WORK Donald L. Peters, left, former Bachelor Butte Ski Patrol
leader, is congratulated by fellow sit! patrolers Robert Nordby, center, and Wayne Thompson
following presentation of National Ski Patrol System's yellow merit star for Peters' participation
and leadership in 1958 winter rescue of Terry Skjersaa off slopes of Bachelor Butt ski area. -
'Drummed ouf'
ties
ancient
NORFOLK, Va. (UPI) - Three
years ago a Tennessee youth en
listed in the Marines. Today he is
a civilian a "drummed out"
Marine who served as an exam
ple of the seriousness of a bad
conduct discharge.
The youth, now 20 and headed
for a new life and job in Califor
nia, was put through a ceremony
dating back centuries but which
was only recently revived at the
Norfolk naval installation's Ma
rine barracks.
Two days ago, he told a friend
'this isn't tlie easiest way to get
out," and slowly walked onto the
front lawn of the barracks.
As three drummers methodical
ly beat out "The Death March,"
tlie youth, just released from the
brig where he served a larceny
sentence, heeded tlie orders of an
officer and briskly stepped for
ward. He faced four platoons of Ma
rines wearing dress greens. Be
tween him and the formation was
a sergeant major. To tlie side
Skies overcast,
could hamper
weekend tans
More spring skiing is scheduled
for Bachelor Butte and Hoodoo
Bowl ski areas this weekend, but
sun tan devotees could be out of
luck.
Skies were overcast at both
areas this morning with a 35-de-gree
temperature at Bachelor and
a 40-degree mercury reading at
Hoodoo.
Bachelor Butte has a 138-inch
total with a granular skiing sur
face and a light mist falling this
morning.
All facilities will "operate Satur
day and Sunday, and roads are
bare.
Hoodoo has a 120-inch total, all
facilities will operate Saturday
and Sunday and roads are bare
and dry.
Anderson Day races are sched
uled, with Mighty Mites racing
Saturday and juniors and class
C skiers competing Sunday.
DOW JONES AVERAGES
Dow Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 699 63, off 1.25; 20
railroads 142.86. up 0.22; 15 utili
ties 130 15, up 0.36 and 65 stocks
239.82, off 0.01
Sales today were about 2.73
million shares compared with 3.13
million shares Thursday.
revive
ceremony
stood the chaser , a Marine
guard, a lance corporal about the
same age as the prisoner.
The sergeant major read an or
der which climaxed the Marine's
three years in the corps.
"Bad conduct discharge from
the armed forces of the United
States of America. This is to cer
tify that was discharged
from tlie United States Marine
Corps on the fourth day of April,
1962, by review of sentence of a
special court martial. Signed, Wil
liam C. Capehart."
The prisoner continued to look
forward as he took the paper.
"Escort this man from the con
fines of this United States Navy
reservation," the officer said to
the chaser.
The tall, lean young man was
directed by the chaser to walk to
the end of the formation.
With the drums rolling again,
he did a stiff about-face and
walked past the four platoons.
As he passed the first platoon,
the enlisted men turned their
backs. He kept walking. The chas
er followed three steps behind.
After he had marched down the
freshly cut lawn, all four platoons
had their backs turned.
When he reached the gate, the
drums stopped.
Seven men before him have
been drummed out since Col.
Capehart assumed command 20
months ago.
"It's not done to humiliate a
man," Capehart said, "but to im
press upon others a bad conduct
discharge is a pretty serious
thing."
Car wash set
by 4-H club
Members of the Red Riders, 4-H
horse club, will hold a car wash
Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at
Horn's Texaco Station, 605 Frank
lin Avenue. The price will be one
dollar per car for washing, with
white sidewalls and interior clean
ing 25 cents apiece extra.
Proceeds will be used to send
members of the club to the Seattle
World's Fair, to see an exhibition
by the Lipizzaners, April 28-29.
The group is a drill team from
the smash riding school in Vien
na, Austria. A similar group from
the school made its last appear
ance in America in tlie 1930 s.
Patrons of the car wash are be
ing offered free pickup and deliv
ery. They may call the service
station, EV 2-9968, on Saturday
fur this service.
BEND
CENTRAL OREGON'S
Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Friday, April 6, 1962
Don Peters
recipient of
rescue award
The yellow merit star has been
awarded to Donald L. Peters,
former Bachelor Butte ski patrol
leader, for his participation and
leadership in the winter rescue of
Terry Skjersaa at Bachelor Butte
in 1958.
The award was presented to Pe
ters by Dick Brunswig, regional
chairman of the National Ski Pa
trol System, at the Bachelor Ski
Patrol's weekly meeting Wednes
day.
Skjersaa, one of the outstand
ing skiers in the Northwest at the
time, suffered a broken vertebra
in his upper back. Peters gave
Skjersaa first aid prior to mov
ing him off tlie hill and directed
the trip down. .
His work was credited with
helping to prevent permanent pa
ralysis or death.
Peters said local medical per
sonnel should also be honored for
their work in treating Skjersaa
after he was brought back to
Bend.
Peters, a Deschutes National
Forest staff officer, resides with
his wife Olive and family at 543
E. Franklin Avenue.
Nikita's illness
not serious'
MOSCOW (UPI) Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev today
was reported ill with influenza
and ordered by doctors to rest.
Usually reliable sources said
the Communist leader's illness is
"not serious," but his doctors
have insisted that he ease up on
his work to prevent aggravation
of his condition.
Khrushchev will be 68 years old
April 17.
There was no official announce
ment in Moscow concerning the
premier's illness, but secrecy
about such matters is normal pro
cedure here.
The flu, or grippe, is very pre
valent among Muscovites at this
time of year as the winter sea
son gives way to spring.
Khrushchev was said to be re
cuperating at home. No medical
bulletins or official announce
ments of his condition were ex
pected to be issued.
The report that the premier
was ill appeared as a possible
explanation for Thursday night's
announcement that the scheduled
April 10 session of the newly
elected Supreme Soviet (parlia
ment) had been postponed until
April 23. ,
BULLETIN
DAILY NEWSPAPER
Hope dims
for early end
to ship tieup
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) A
surprise move by West Coast
shipowners today dimmed hopes
of an early settlement of the 22-day-old
maritime strike.
The Pacific Maritime Associa
tion announced Thursday it was
withdrawing its offer of an 11.8
per cent increase in wages and
other benefits.
The seamen, firemen, and cooks
and stewards previously had re
jected the offer and went on
strike March 16. The three un
ions Involved had demanded in
creases totaling 17.5 per cent in
the proposed three-year contract.
The PMA's action came as a
surprise to tlie three-man federal
panel appointed by Secretary of
Labor Arthur J. Goldberg to help
settle the walkout.
There was no mention of such
a move by the PMA during a
joint meeting Thursday morning,
tlie panel said.
The complication comes from
drawing back instead of moving
forward, said Undersecretary of
Labor Williard Wirtz, a member
of the panel. However, he labelled
the . situation "serious, but not
hopeless."
- Separata Meetings Today
Wirtz said the panel planned to
meet separately with representa'
tives of tiie PMA and the striking
unions today. He will return to
Washington tonight, presumably
to report to Goldberg and Presi
dent Kennedy on the situation.
Meanwhile, there were indica
tions in Honolulu that the federal
government was considering in
voking the Taft-Hartley Act, al
though both . the PMA and the
unions have said an 80-day cool
ing off period would solve noth
ing. Atty. Gen. Shiro Kashiwa of Ha
waii said he was asked by tlie
Justice Department to draw up
an affidavit which could be used
as a basis of such an injunction.
Gov. William F. Quinn, who de
clared a state of emergency in
Hawaii earlier this week because
of dwindling food supplies, said
he probably would send the affi
davit to Washington Monday. The
governor said Goldberg told him
the administration was consider
ing Taft-Hartley action.
The PMA said its original offer
of an increase was withdrawn be
cause the industry "can't pay the
striking unions what it is losing
in revenue and lost cargoes due
to the strike which tlie unions
called."
Highest Paid Seamen
Even without an Increase, the
PMA said, the unions are com
posed of the "highest paid men
for this work in the United States
and the world."
Morris Weisbergcr, chief ne
gotiator for the striking unions,
conceded that West Coast seamen
probably are the highest paid in
the world.
Under present scales the av
eraee able-bodied seaman makes
$396 a month base pay and when
overtime in excess ol 40 hours
a week is added, he makes an
average of $511 a month. Wcis
berger estimated that the average
East Coast seaman makes $384
base pay and will be making $401
by 1964.
"But if we don't get this in
crease, we will have fallen be
hind East Coast rates in three
years," he said.
New rocket
test delayed
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
' UPI) Foul weather forced post
ponement of a planned U.S. at
tempt today to fire a powerful
new space rocket on its maiden
flight.
The 107-foot Atlas-Centaur, first
of a revolutionary new breed of
rockets using liquid hydrogen as
a fuel, remained locked in a huge
service gantry.
There was no official word im
mediately about a new date, but
there were indications the feder
al snace aeency would make a
new attempt to send the rocket
into the sky Saturday.
Library Week
planned here
April 8 io 14
"Read and Watch Your
World Grow!" is tlie 1962 theme
for National Library Week, to be
celebrated April 8 to 14.
Dedicated to encouraging life
time reading habits, increasing
use of libraries, and improving
tlie total library resources of tlie
nation, tlie week, now in its fifth
year, is sponsored by tlie Nation
al Book Committee, a non-profit
citizens' organization, and in co
operation with tlie American Li
brary Association.
Nationally, the emphasis this
year is on school libraries, par
ticularly on tlie college and uni
versity level.
Locally, one observance will
feature the Bookmobile. It will be
parked near tlie First National
Bank from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on
Monday, Friday and Saturday, tlie
days it does not run to branches,
schools and stations In Deschutes
and Crook counties.
Visitors are invited to walk
through it, to inspect the books on
the shelves, according to Miss Ivy
Grover, librarian. Those who wish
to check out books may do so, if
Uiey have their library cards with
them.
Felix Frankfurter
is
after collapse
WASHINGTON (UPI)-Suprcme
Court Justice Felix Frankfurter,
79, today was ordered hospitalized
for "a short period of rest" fol
lowing his collapse in Ills cham
bers Thursday.
Dr. George A. Kclser said tlie
justice suffered "a trangent espi-
side of acute cerebro vascular in
sufficiency." In lay terms, this
could mean anything from an or
dinary fainting spell to a very
mild stroke.
Kelser said the condition
"cleared spontaneously and left
no residual after effect."
The medical report said exami
nation showed no connection be
tween Frankfurter's present ill
ness and a mild heart attack he
suffered three and a half years
ago.
Kelser said, "His heart remains
in good condition and played no
role in his present illness. He will
remain in the hospital for a short
period of rest.
Medical authorities said cerebro
vascular insufficiency generally is
caused by a cutoff of the flow of
blood to the brain brought on by
spasms of the blood vessels. When
such attacks bring on a stroke,
it is a mild one with none of the
effects of a stroke.
Skywatchers
scan for comet
Central Oregon sky watchers
will be looking into the west this
evening, providing clouds clear
from the Cascades, to see if a
n )wly-discovered comet survived
its brush with the sun.
It is the Comet Seki-Lines, joint
ly discovered in February by a
Japanese astronomer and by an
Arizona amateur. Visible for a
time in tlie southwest, tlie comet
swung around the sun, passing
that orb at a distance of less than
two and a half million miles.
The sun - grazing comet was
scheduled to move into the north
western sky, and If it was not
disintegrated in its brush with the
sun, it will be at its brightest
this evening low in the northwest
sky, near the twilight zone.
Astronomers predict it will be
one of tlie brightest comets, of
first magnitude, since 1957. Gen
erally, the object was expected to
be rejuvenated as the result of
its close approach to tlie sun.
If the comet is visible this eve
ning, it will be seen as an object
with a nebulous head and with a
tail streaming back from tlie sun
Stars may be visible through the
tail, which was some 12 degrees
long before it disappeared behind
the sun.
Ten Cents
Officer
tactics
by Red
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
Army's top intelligence officer
said today Communist agents
"occasionally, regretably, with
some success" approach Army
personnel with threats of exposing
debts or relations with women.
Maj. Gen. Alva R. Fitch, assis
tant chief of staff for intelligence,
made the statement before a Sen
ate armed services subcommittee
studying alleged military muzzl
ing. Fitch followed Gen. Barksdale
Hamlett, Army vice chief of staff,
before the subcommittee. Hamlett
told tlie senators that troops need
motivational training to fight
the cold war but not at the ex
pense of combat training needed
in case of a hot war.
Fitch told subcommittee coun
sel James Kendall that ap
proaches made by Communist
agents to soldiers and civilian
employes of the Army fall Into
tlie general pattern of finding and
exploiting some "weakness of
character."
Debts and Women
A soldier in debt, he said, will
be threatened with exposure or
offored financial assistance. A
man who is "careless in social
relations," especially with women
of tlie country where he is sta
tioned, will be confronted with
compromising evidence and
threatened with exposure to his
wife or commanding officer.
He said he had no evidence
that subversive groups were
active around U.S. military bases,
however.
Questioned specifically about
anonymous literature criticizing
tlie Berlin reserve call-up which
was circulated at Fort Bragg,
N.C., Fitch said he had no evi
dence it was produced by sub
versive groups.
Fitch, a veteran of the Bataan
Death March who spent much of
Boy, 3, bruised
when hit by car
It will probably be some time
before three-year-old David Lee
Newman, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Newman, 465 East Irving,
runs out into the street without
first looking for cars.
David learned a painful lesson
Thursday about 4:15 p.m. while
visiting on East Sixth. A big, old
car knocked him down and caused
some painful bruises and abra
sions. Fortunately, he received no
lasting damage.
David was playing with friends
on East Sixth near Franklin when
a car driven by Harold Carlile, a
high school teacher, came down
the street. Everyone saw the car
but David.
He apparently darted into tlie
street before Carlile could sec
him and was knocked down by tlie
impact. Carlile stopped his car,
almost immediately.
Bend City Ambulance rushed Da
vid to the hospital where doctors
treated him for some bruises and
lacerations, then released him.
David's mother this morning
said he was a bit stiff and sore
but in good spirits. She said she
thinks he may have learned his
lesson about running out into
streets.
SOBELL'S PLEA SPURNED
NEW YORK (UPI) A federal
court has turned down a plea by
convicted spy Morton Sobell for a
new trial.
Federal Judge John F. X. Mc-
Gohey Thursday denied Sobell's
petition and simultaneously
turned down a motion for a reduc
tion of his 30-year sentence.
Sobell was convicted in 1951,
along with Julius and Ethel Ros
enberg. The latter were executed
for their part In the spy ring that
conspired to give U.S. secrets to
the oviet Union.
TEMPERATURES
High yesterday, 64 degrees. Low
last night, 38 degrees. Sunset
today, 6:38. Sunrise tomorrow,
5:36.
No. 103
detai
use
agents
World War II in prison camps.
also dealt at length with treat
ment of prisoners ui Korean
stockades.
He and Hamlett outlined steps
taken to insure against repetition
of what Fitch called "serious
derelictions" among soldiers
taken prisoner during the Korean
War.
Need Balanced Training
Hamlett emphasized that "a
balanced training program is es
sential" to train soldiers for mod
ern warfare.
The two officers followed form-
er Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker'
before the subcommittee. Walker
spent two days telling the sena
tors about what he called a "con
trol apparatus" dedicated to re
moving military officers who take
a "hard line on communism.
Walkor also accused various
administration officials, including
Defense Secretary Robert S. Mc
Namara and Secretary of Stale"
Dean Rusk, of being soft on com
munism. Hamlett told the subcommittee
that "we believe our training pro
grams have a balance and further
the Army's objective of increas
ing unit fighting strength, and the
individual will to resist.
COC budget
work done, I
hearing set '
A $624,029 operating budnet for
the Central Oregon Area Educa
tion District was completed at an
adjourned meeting here Thursday
night, in tlie Bend Senior High
School library. i
This total will require district
expenditures of $106,592, with
$133,240 set as the levy for the
operating budget. The district bud
get board also approved presenta
tion to voters of a bond issue in
the amount of $125,000, tlie local
25 per cent matching fund requir
ed to match the 75 per cent to be
provided by tlie state. .
The bond interest and redemp
tion fund will require a levy of
,250. The total levy required for
the operating budget and bond
payments, both for operations and
building, will be $129,490.
Tills will be under two mills. ,
The board, with LaSelle Coles,
Prineville, as chairman, also
adopted a salary guide for the 1
district college, with a base of
$4500 set for beginning teachers
with bachelor degrees.
April 39, a Monday, has been
set as the date for the hearing
on the proposed budget. This will
be in the Senior ..;h library, at
7 p.m.
The budgot election will be on
Friday, May 18, day of the Ore
gon primary election.
First publication of the college
district budget will be on Monday,
in The Bend Bulletin. Publication
by The Bulletin will be without
charge to the district.
Notice of the election will be
carried in several newspapers of
tlie area. This also will be pub
lished by The Bulletin without
charge.
Warm weather,
showers due
Mild temperatures and occa
sional showers are In prospect foi
the weekend, the five-day regional
forecast indicates.
Spring temperatures continued
in the area today, following an
unusually mild early April night
in Bend, with a low of 38 de
grees registered following a high
Thursday of 63 degrees.
Shower clouds were drifting
over tlie Cascades this morning.
All mountain highways, however.