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'Jnlv. of Oregon Library EUGENE, OREGON BEND BULLET nn WEATHER Mostly fair through Tuesday; highi S8-63; lows 25-30. TEMPERATURES High yesterday, 56 degrees. Lew last night, 28 degrees. Sunset today, 4:41. Sunrise tomorrow, 5:31. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 59th Year Ten Pages Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Monday, April 9, 1962 Ten Cents No. 105 feed! tosiwe taflitas fly home fro THE II K l Cm m Fact-finding board pi report to JFK WASHINGTON (UPI) -A pres idential fact-finding board held a 10-minute meeting on the 24-day-old West Coast maritime strike today and said it would try to report to President Kennedy on strike issues Tuesday afternoon. The board's report would clear the way for the President to seek a Taft-Hartley court injunction that would halt the walkout for 80 days. Both management and union of ficials sent telegrams to the board opposing an injunction on grounds that it would not settle the basic issues in the dispute. James J Healy, chairman of the three-man board appointed Saturday by Kennedy invoking the law, said its report would reach the White House in time to meet the chief executive's Wednesday, deadline, perhaps Tuesday afternoon. Healy said neither side was rep resented at today's brief hearing because the parties felt he had become familiar with the back ground of the dispute while act ing as special mediator for the Closure set after mishap at Han ford ' RICHLAND, Wash. (UPlf The area in the Hanford atomic works, where a release of radioactivity hospitalized four men Saturday, will be closed at least a week, the General Electric Co., announced Sunday night. About 600 employes who work in the area will be placed on fur lough. A spokesman for GE, which runs the Hanford works for the Atomic Energy Commission, said the closure was being made as a precautionary measure as a result of Saturday's incident One of the men involved. Glen Thoeness, 44, Richland, was re leased from the hospital Sunday. Doctors said none of the men has yet shown any clinical evidence of radiation iniurv. Thoeness and the three other men were taken to Kadlec Hos pital Saturday following a release of radioactivity Ji a recovery building where they were working at th. Hanlord woras near nere. The three other men were Har old AardaL 40. J.R. Williamson, 27, and Frank Lohdefinch, 50, all nf Richland. A spokesman for the General Electric Co., which operates the Hanford facility for the Atomic Energy Commission, said the cause of the conditions leading up to the radioactivity release have nnt been determined, but are under investigation. A spokesman for the AEC said earlier the release occurred as a result of a nuclear criticality in cident, which involves an over- concentration of fissionable mate rial in one spot The AEC spokes man said it was not known what caused the overconcentration. At the time of the incident, the four men were involved in pro cessing watery wastes tor me re covery of scrap piuionium. DOW JONES AVERAGES Bv United Press International Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 692.96, off 6.67; 20 railroads 141.80. off 1.06; 15 utili ties 129.35, off 0.80, and 65 stocks 137.82. off 2.00. Sales today were about 3.02 million shares compared with 2.73 million shares Friday. Another view tonight Spectacular comet visible in Central Oregon By Phil F. Brogan Bulletin StsH Writer A comet, most spectacular of the decade, stood on its head in the low northwest sky S u n d a y nieht as it followed its multi-mil-liun mile long tail back into space, it v i-ill be visible again tonight. i,. mmeu-hat dimmed oy uie young moon, me com . id to present a fine show for Cen tral Ore,onians, providing clouds ans Federal Mediation Service. In a statement sent to the board, chief union negotiator Mor ris Weisberger said the Seafarers International Union stands ready at any time to continue negotia tions and make a good faith effort to settle the dispute. Kennedy acted in response to requests from Gov. William F. Quinn of Hawaii, which has been hard hit by the strike. Much of the island state's food supply has been cut off by the walkout and Quinn has declared a state of emergency. On the basis of the board's re port, the President could direct Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy to seek a federal court injunction ordering the strikers back to work for 80 days. The unions and shipowners in volved in the dispute said that West Coast ships could be load ed and sailing in from two to four days after the court order is is sued. Both sides opposed use of the Taft-Hartley injunction, how ever. The strike was called March 16 by the Sailors Union of the Pa cific; the Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oil Watertenders and Wipers Association, and the Ma rine Cooks and Stewards Union against the Pacific Maritime As sociation, a group of 12 snip owners. More than half of the 120 ships operated by the 12 companies have been idled and others are being tied up as they reach port. East and Gulf Coast ships ana foreign flag vessels were not affected. Contracts between the union and the shipowners expired Oct. 1. The employers said they had offered wage and pension increases ana fringe benefits amounting to u.b per cent. The unions were asking about 17.8 per cent. Named to the board or inquiry by Kennedy were James J. Healy, professor of industrial relations at Harvard University; rrariK J. uu gan, law professor at Georgetown University here, ana Laurence Seibel, a professional arbitrator. Healy was appointed chairman. Trail of penny wrappers leads to boy's arrest Special to The Bulletin PRINEVILLE Though found to be innocent of the robbery for which he was detained and ques tioned, Robert Reynvaan. Mitchell, was found during questioning by police officers Friday to be im plicated in another theft. State Police Cpl. Ralph Pope followed a trail of penny wrap pers from Mitchell towards Prine ville along highway 26. The trail led to a report from the First Na tional Bank that a large quantity of pennies had been converted in to greenbacks by a youth. Cpl. Pope requested city police to locate the youth, and a city police officer arrested Reynvaan. aged 16, when he was stopped for driving a car without a license. Reynvaan, to explain the pennies, was forced to disclose that he had taken a .32 pistol from the home of his brother-in-law, John Knox, at Post, and had sold the gun, being paid with a penny collec tion. The solution of the unexpected theft left the Mitchell robbery of a grocery and liquor store un solved at week's end. part from the western sky. The tailed object that dipped over the Cascades at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, tben slowly-withdrew its tail from the horizon is Comet Seki-Lines, discovered in Febru ary simultaneously by a Japanese astronomer and an Arizona ama teur. Even before the comet made Its obeisance to the sun, virtually "brushing" that luminary, it at tracted wide attention among as BULLETIN PONT SAINT ESPRIT, France (UPI) A gunpowder factory blew up In nearby Saint Just d'Ardeche today, causing heavy casualties and damage and forcing the 500 villagers to flee for their lives. Police said they believed at least 20 persons had been kill ed, although only S bodies had been recovered four hours after the first of series of explo sions. At least 30 persons were injured. Police said 40 persons were missing but It was not known if they had fled the scene or were trapped in the factory. Early reports indicated an ex ploding furnace touched off the blast, although police did not rule out sabotage by the outlaw ed Secret Army Organization in reprisal for the vote Sunday which approved the terms of a cease-fire between France and the Algerian nationalists. Son of Redmond woman killed in Laos crash Special to The Bulletin REDMOND George Richard Varney, 32, son of Mrs. Harold C. Clapp of Redmond and a pilot tor Civil Air Transport at Bang kok, Thailand, was killed in a plane crash over Laos Friday, April 6, according i to word re ceived by his mother. Three others, including the chief pilot of the airline, lost their lives when the eight - passenger plane crashed near the Thailand border. Reason for the crash had not been determined when Mrs. Clapp re ceived word of her son s death. Varney had been a pilot for Transword Airlines and World Airways before he joined Civil Air Transport, a commercial airline. in February of this year. Bom In St. Louis Born June 28, 1929, in St. Louis, Mo., he attended Laurelhurst Grade School and Grant High School in Portland: Deep Springs Junior College, Deep Springs, Calif., and was graduated from Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., in 1950. He enlisted in the United States Army in September, 1950, and served in the United States, Japan and Korea before his discharge in 1956 with the rating of first lieutenant in the Signal Corps with a pilot's rating for fixed wing and helicopter aircraft. Varney was married in Novem ber, 1957, to Marcelene Richards in Kansas City, Kan. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and Ray Johnson Post 44, American Legion. Aside from his widow and a son, Allen, who live in San Jose, Calif., he is survived by his mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Clapp, Redmond; father, Dr. Philip L. Varney, St. Louis, Mo.; sister, Mrs. Norman H. Davidson Jr., Vinton, Va., and four nieces. Funeral arrangements will be made after the body has been re turned to the United States. Redmond writer receives awards Martha Stranahan, Redmond, was the only Central Oregon member of Oregon Press Women to receive honorary awards for material published in 1961, at the annual OPW spring conference this past weekend in Eugene. Mrs. Stranahan's awards were first for a special series of articles in a magazine, and first for fea ture story in a daily paper. Awards were presented by Mrs. Jack Beal, Bend, contest chair man. Mrs. Mary Brown, publish er of the Redmond Spokesman, was among those present. Peak attendance for the week end was at the Saturday night banquet. Some 80 members and guests were present. tronomers. It was predicted that it would be one of the best comets since the t ays of the great Halley Comet show in 1910. Old timers say the object is not as brilliant as Halley's comet, but more spectacular than the com ets of the past decade. Bend sky watchers obtained a fine view of Uie comet Sunday night by driving out of the zone of city lighU. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Salo, driving to Bend last night .UQMBfcWW'lWU'll, I llllIIIUIHlMIBilIMlW ' -mnuM-VM'V """'"" urn m ii i.mu i ii i inn . . n - ' B . . fit -- ; 'if , v i v -i A J i .... v- ..CrLifc-d 1 PAINTING AWAY Members of Boy Scout Troop 69 painted the underpass en Franklin Blvd. Saturday as "good deed." Members of the group painfing away are, from left to right, To rescue economy Castro wants $62 million dollars for release o f 1,180 prisoners By United Press International Fidel Castro, in a move appar ently aimed at rescuing Cuba's decaying economy, wants $62 mil lion in American dollars for the release of 1,180 captured Cuban invaders. The Cuban premier will meet Tuesday in Havana with a four- man delegation representing fam- 65-member Eugene Gleemen set concert Tuesday night One of the finest male chorus groups on the West Coast, the 65 member Eugene Gleemen, will be featured in concert here 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Bend High audi torium. Proceeds from the concert will go to Bend Rotary Club youth projects, with tickets available at the Owl Drug, city recreation department and Chamber of Com merce. Tickets (one dollar for adults and 75 cents for high school, jun ior high and grade school stu dents) may also be purchased from Rotary Club members or at the door Tuesday evening. The chorus, organized in 1926, is under the direction of Dr. Theo dore Kratt, dean of the Univer sity School of Music. The Gleemen have appeared by invitation three times for Interna tional Rotary meetings on the West Coast and have also sung for International Kiwanis and Lions conventions. Features Favorites Tuesday's concert will feature such favorites as "No Man Is An from Burns, obtained a spectacu lar view of the object from the darkness of the High Desert Pilot Butte is expected to be a popular observatory point tonight, but city lights and the movement of cars up and down the road will somewhat dim the show. Another detraction is the moon, which is only two days short of its first quarter. Astronomers say the comet will rapidly dim and I will pass out ofjinaided eye vis ilies of the prisoners in hopes of obtaining from $25,000 to $500,000 for individual members of the in vasion force. The government ruled Sunday if Castro's price is not met the men would have to spend 30 years at hard labor for their part in last April's abortive invasion. The an nouncement was made in Sunday Island"; "Wanderin'," an Ameri can folk tunc; the popular "I Be lieve, arranged by Hawley Ades; An Invitation," from Holiday Cruise; "Come Roam With Me," an old folk gong; and a spiritual. 'Talk About Jerusalem MorninY Other scheduled numbers in clude a novelty arrangement, "Old Mother Hubbard," (in the style of Handel); "A Lovely Night," from Cinderella, by Rich ard Rodgers; and a number of classical selections, including "Cherubim Song (No. 7)," by Bortniansky. Lowell Chase and Robert Hope will be featured soloists. Official Representatives The Gleemen were official Ore gon representatives at the San Francisco World's Fair and have made several records the most recent a long-play recording of 15 songs processed and pressed by RCA Victor. Dr. Krat'. has been conductor since 1944, with Stacey Green, a member of the University of Ore gon music faculty, accompanying the group since 1948. Multi ibly about April 18, when it will be near the Pleiades. Persons seeking the comet are being advised to get away from city lights and look into the west northwest sky. As seen from Bend, the comet tonight will be hanging low in the west north of the Sisters. A feature of the new comet is its long tail, possibly 30 million miles in length. Also visible last night were the nucleus of the com Bobby Flaherty, John McMurray, Larry Hagen, David CooV, Neil Jackson (cap) , Lonnie Dexter, Charles Reii. Troop master Alex Adams said the liate furnished the paint for the job. editions of government-controlled newspapers. To See Castro The public trial of the prison ers, for whom uie aeam penally had been asked of the five-man court, ended last Tuesday with no announcement of a verdict. The "Cuban Families Commit tee for Liberation of Prisoners of War" cabled Castro Sunday it was prepared to "definitely settle negotiations and liberate all pris oners." The group said it would be able to offer "products or articles" valued at $28 million and Castro agreed to meet with the four-man delegation. The committee's cable, signed by Chairman Alvaro Sanchez Jr., said the "firm offer . . . does not refer to tractors." In a speech last May 17 Castro made his "tractors for prisoners" offer, asking that the captives be ex changed for 500 tractors worth about $2 million. He later said he wanted heavy duty tractors which would cost considerably more. Castro's Demands Increase All attempts to make the ex change failed and the Cuban dic tator subsequently increased his demands until a $28 million price tag was placed on the prisoners. Sunday Castro more than doubled this. In Washington, the administra tion had no official comment on Castro's latest manipulation with human bcii.gs. It appeared the United . States, which the court martial board at the prisoners' trial charged with financing and backing the invasion, would take no official part in the negotiations. - million mile tail et, surrounded by an illuminated haze, the coma. Tails of comets point away from the sua The comet raced toward the sun, with Its tail pointing back into space. Now R is "chas ing" its tail as it plunges back onto deep space. Best time for watching the com' et tonight, if the sky is clear, will be between 8 and 8:45 p.m. It will set about 8:45 p.m. Spring snow falls over Cascade area Spring snow was falling on the Cascades early this morning, fol lowing a stormy weekend in the mountains and blustery weather over the interior plateau. Some rain fell in the eastern Cuscade foothills, but Bend mea sured only a trace. Last night, Uie mercury dropped to 28 de grees here, as clouds dissipated. Snow was falling on Uie San taim early today, but the high way was bare. There were snow flurries on Uie Willamette, and packed snow covered Uie road in places. Flurries were also report ed from Government Camp early in the day Somewhat warmer weather Is in Uie offing, forecasts indicate, with daytime readings expected to range between 63 and 68 de grees in this area tomorrow. Frost is again predicted for to night. The five-day forecast calls for light precipitation near Uie mid dle and end of the period, nut with Uie total to be less than one- fourth of an inch east of Uie moun tains. Unander due here on Tuesday Sig Unander, candidate for Uie United States Senate, will be in Bend tomorrow and will speak be fore several groups. At 10:30 a.m. Unander will greet residents of the community at a coffee hour at the Pilot Butte Inn. with all interested in meet ing Uie former state treasurer in vited to drop In. Unander will be a guest ot uie Lions at their noon meeting, at the Superior Cafe. Today noon, Unander spoke De- fore Uie Prineville Chamber of Commerce, in Prineville and de clared he was "tired of Uie way Senator Wayne Morse has been neglecting Uie needs of Oregon ians." He added: "I believe that the job of an Oregon Senator is to represent Uie people of Oregon. . .to vote their wishes. . .to do Uie job they want done. . .to accomplish for them Uie things that hard work and de- votion to their needs can produce for Uie people of Uie state. Unander said in his Prineville talk today that the United Na tions is not the "effective and in ternational arbiter mat was planned when it was conceived in San Francisco in 1945, Swiss help arrange for men's release HAVANA (UPI) Cuba today cleared seven shipwrecked Amer ican treasure hunters for an im mediate return home. The Swiss Embassy said Uie men would leave Havana for Mi ami on a noon PST flight An embassy officer will escort tiiem to Uie airport The Swiss, who have been ban dling American problems in Cuba since the United States broke re lations with Uie Fidel Castro re gime, said Uiey were "in touch" with authorities on passage home for Uie seven men. "As you know," an embassy spokesman said, "their departut does not depend on us but the Cuban authorities." The seven have been given plush treatment ever since they reached Havana last week. They were living in Uie swank Hotel Riviera, with the Cuban govern ment apparently paying Uie bills. Gordon S. Patton of Pompano Beach, Fla., leader of Uie treasure-hunting group, said they lost . practically everything when their boat, the Pisces, struck a rocK and sank in 50 feet of water laM Thursday off Cuba's Oriente Prov ince. Hold News Conference The Americans told a news conference Sunday they intend to try again for sunken Caribbean treasures after they reach Uie United States and line up more eauipment. We believe we know where a big treasure is and we're after it, Patton said. "We can say that we have been treated nicely all Uie way and we want to express our gratitude for that," he said. After the news conference, Uie men went on a government sight seeing tour in two limousines. Saturday night they saw Uie floor show at Uie hotel club. The conference was arranged through Uie Swiss Embassy. A Swiss diplomat was present. Patton said Uie Pisces ran into high waves while sailing an east ward passage between Cuba and Haiti. The boat was driven onto a reef and sank within 10 minutes. The seven men got to shore in lifeboat, and walked some dis tance before meeting anyone. Ajl seven appeared healthy when talking to newsmen. They expressed surprise at Uie interest their adventure had aroused ill Uie United States. Red guerillas kill Americans SAIGON. South Viet Nam (UPI) A band of Communist Viet Cong guerrillas killed two American soldiers and apparently captured two others in a surprise raid on village in Uie north of South Viet Nam Sunday, U. S. officii'' reported today. The officials said they could not definitely confirm that Uie two Americans were captured by the emmunist guerrillas and there fore officially listed them as miss ing. But there were reports that South Vietnamese forces in the area, about 500 miles north of here, had been dispatched to hunt down the rebels and rescue the Americans. Observers said their chances were slight The deaths raised to 17 the number of Americans who have died in South Viet Nam as a result of the Communist campaign to overthrow Uie U.S.-backed govern ment of President Ngo Dinh Diem. In addition, 93 American soldiers were killed last month when a chartered airliner flying them here from Uie United States disappeared without a trace in the western Pacific. The officials said the four Americans were members of the U.S. Special Forces tough, elite troops especially trained in guer rilla warfare tactics. Thev were instructing Vietnam ese villagers of An Chau how to defend themselves against Uie Communist rebels when the guer rillas attacked. TRAIN KILLS II TEL AVIV, Israel (UPO A passenger train Sunday killed 11 persons when It struck a truck carrying 17 relatives to a com tery for a memorial service. Authorities said Uie train, an express en route from Jerusalem to Tei Aviv, hit Uie truck at a crossing. The engineer said he could not slop in time. .
