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univ. of Oregoa Unry EUGENE, 0S550S -A- , Kennedy a s) a to pinie Increase si site THE BEND 59th Year Teachers in Higher pay sought; riot closes school NEW YORK (UPI)-Thousands of public school students were sent boms today and rioting closed one school shortly after disgruntled teachers in the na tion's largest school system had struck for higher salaries. The Board of Education report ed that the teaching staffs at a number of the city's 840 schools were so reduced by the strike that older students whose parents were not working were sent home. All schools were open, the board said, but attendance was limited to 40 pupils for each teacher. Most students reported to their classrooms this morning and were encouraged to do so by picketing teachers, who began to march outside schools In the five boroughs at 6:30 a.m. Many classes were being conducted in orderly fashion by teachers who crossed the United Federation of Teachers picket lines or by super visory employes. On School Closed However, 2,300 students who were gathered In the auditorium at Seward High School became rowdy when the bell rang for the commencement of classes. The 15 non-striking teachers in charge were unable to control the stu dents and six policemen were called. The policemen also were unable to handle the shouting, fighting students and they were ordered out of the school building. The fighting continued in the streets until the students dispersed. The school was closed as a safety measure. The exact number of teachers participating in the strike was not known. George Washington High reported only 52 of 127 teachers in attendance while Manhattan High reported 100 per cent teach er attendance. The union claims 15,000 members among the city's 40,000 public school teachers. May Lose Jobs The teachers, who voted to strike 2,544 to 2,231, face loss of their jobs under the state Condon Wadlin bill. They currently earn $4,800 to $8,600 a year and have been offered wage increases total ing $28 million a $700 annual in crease. The union's final demand was for increases totaling $53 million. Less than 5,000 UFT members participated in the balloting and the strike was approved by a nar row margin of 313 votes. But un ion officials confidently predicted that the walkout would be sup ported by a majority of the teach ers and that the widespread ab sence would close the doors of nearly every school in the city. Board of Education officials sharply disagreed. School Board to Meet Shortly after the strike vote was disclosed, school Supt. John J. Theobald announced that "schools i will be open." He also said he expected a majority of the teach ers to report for work despite the strike call. Full police protection was promised and 12,000 patrol men were assigned to strike duty. The Eoard of Education was scheduled to meet at 10:30 a.m. today to discuss what new steps could be taken to meet the crisis. There was a strong possibility that legal pressures, in two sepa rate forms, would be brought to bear against the teachers in an effort to nullify the walkout. School board votes fast time CORVALLIS (UPD-This area was virtually assured of being 100 per cent on fast time this summer after the school board Tuesday night voted to move up class starting times one hour starting April 29. The City Council earlier had nrHorwf all c tv activities on day light time that date and urged other Corvallis residents to do the same. The school action will not chanee the clocks, but will step up all schedules an hour earlier. Oregon State University was expected to take similar action at an executive council meeting this afternoon. Twelve Pages . ' ra?- VVn-lTT Ifjjvjfl vfff DRAWINGS PUBLISHED Three Bend High School girls in advanced art classes recently had drawings published in a book titled, "Art of Young America." Mrs. Kitty Holden, left, art in structor, looks at the drawings of the girls who are from left to right Kathy Baur, Yvonne Strope, and Diana Smallwood. The work of three hundred students was selected from throughout tha United States for the book. RUHS directors Yote to remain on 'slow time' Special to Tha Bulletin REDMOND Directors of Red mond Union High School Dis trict voted this week to operate on standard time for the remain der of the school year. This means that all schools in Redmond, Tumalo and Terrebon ne will continue to observe stand ard time. Heads of other schools had indicated they would follow the plan selected by RUHS. Directors eave two reasons for sticking to standard time: Stand ard time is in compliance with the law, and students of RUHS and other schools involved would benefit from continuing on stand ard time. During the board ses sion, superintendents of Madras and Crook County High Schools called to say that they, too, would continue to observe standard time. Opinion Sought James Brown, superintendent, reported that at the last meeting of the Deschutes County Reorgan ization Committee, there had been considerable discussion rela tive to moving unoccupied terri tory from Cloverdale, Redmond and Tumalo elementary districts which is also in Redmond Union High School District, to the Sis ters school district in order to give Sisters a more substantial tax base. The committee has di rected a letter to state author ities for an opinion as to the le gality of such a move. Mrs. Lou Shive, district clerk, was authorized to appoint elec tion boards and make arrange ments for polling places for the budget and board elections May 7. The board expressed regret at loss of services of Norm Lantz, who has declined to ran for re election, and Art Horscll, of Pow ell Butte, who no longer is in the RUHS district A calendar for the next school vear was approved as follows: teachers to report August 29: freshman orientation August 31; classes to begin September 4; two Fridays in October closed for po- 1 tato harvest; two-day closure for Thanksgiving: Christmas vaca tion December 21-January 2; week in March for spring vaca tion: Memorial Day closure May 30 and school end June 7, mak- lir.g a total of 182 actual days. CENTRAL OREGON'S Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Wednesday, April 11, (New York out on Fair, warmer weafher seen for mid-Oregon Fair and somewhat warmer. This Is the weather forecast, in a capsule, for Central Oregon through Thursday. High temperatures are expect ed to be in the 63-68 bracket, com pared with a 61 degree reading in Bend Tuesday. Lows are set for the 31-37 bracket, compared with last night's low of 26 in Bend. Central Oregon skies were cloudless this morning, except for contrails that expanded into high, thin ice clouds. The Oregon Cascades were cloudless. Mountain highways were in good condition. Judge declares Cohen mistrial LOS ANGELES (UPD A mis trial was declared Tuesday in the murder conspiracy trial of Mickey Cohen and four others accused of slaying a gangland debt collector. A jury of 11 women and 1 man reported to Judge Lewis Drucker that they were unable to reach a verdict in the case against Cohen, Joe De Carly, George Per ry, Roger Leonard, and Sam Frank LoCieno. The five were accused of luring Jack (The Enforcer) Whalen into a San Fernando restaurant and shooting him to death. LoCigno admitted shooting Wha len but said it was in self de fense. The jury reported It was "hung' 9-3 after nearly five days of de liberations. Court attaches report ed the lury favored acquittal. Druckev set April 18 for either scheduling of a new trial or other disposition of the case. "I'm disappointed," said Cohen, who Is free on $100,000 bail pend ing appeal of his income tax con viction. "I don't understand how there could have been anything but an out-and-out acquittal for some of the defendants anyway. DCW JONES AVERAGES By United Press International Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 694.90 off 0.56; 20 rails 143.37 up 0.33; 15 utilities 129.48, off 0.42; 65 stocks 238.79 off 0.17. Sales today were about 3.24 million shares compared with 2.88 million shares Tuesday. BULLETIN DAILY NEWSPAPER Board of inquiry reports to JFK on ship walkout WASHINGTON (UPD A Taft- Hartley board of inquiry set up by President Kennedy to investi gate the West Coast snipping strike reported to the White House today. The President will use the re port in deciding whether or not to seek a court injunction to halt the strike for 80 days under the Taft-Hartley Act. Acting Press Secretary Andrew , Hatcher said the three-mem ber board, which Kennedy ap pointed Saturday, had met its deadline and reported today. He said its findings were "in the process of being reviewed by the President and members of his staff." Hatcher said there was "a good possibility" of further White House action today, although he said this was not definite. The West Coast maritime strike was among points discussed by Kennedy and Labor Secretary Ar thur J. Goldberg at a White House meeting this morning. The board of inquiry was as signed to study matters involved in the dispute of seamen witn West Coast operators of some 120 vessels, half of which are idle, after mediation efforts failed. Under the Taft-Hartley Law, Kennedy can now have the Jus tice Department request a Feder al Court injunction to provide an 80-day cooling off period during which the ships would resume operation. White receives committee okay WASHINGTON (UPD - Presi dent Kennedy's nomination of Deputy AUy. Gen. Byron R. (Whizzer) White, as a Supreme Court justice won swift approval today from the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Senate group voted unani mously to recommend White's confirmation after questioning the one-time ail-American football star and Rhodes scholar only briefly. White told the committee he be lieves Congress, rather than the Supreme Court, is the instrument of change in the American sys tem. 1962 Ten Cents Firm takes back charges of distortion WASHINGTON (UPI) Doug las Aircraft Co. today withdrew its charges that Senate investiga tors had groc.sJv distorted its de fense profits and V-atched up par tial peace with Sen. John L. Mc- Clellan, D-Ark. In a final appearance before McClellan's permanent investiga tions subcommittee, company President Donald W. Douglas said alleged confusion in McClellan's investigation of Pentagon procure ment may have been his fault. "We have no question of the in tegrity of motives of the commit tee," Douglas said. "We appre ciate this opportunity to help the committee in its investigation." No Agreement Douglas and McClellan made their peace, however, Without agreeing on the reasonableness of the aircraft company's profits. McClellan, anxious to move on to an inquiry into the Bomarc and Atlas missile programs, said he was happy to hear Douglas withdraw implications that the in vestigators had done a "hatchet job on the company. Douglas said for his part that he would prepare a document recommending improvements in the Army s single manager of procuring the Nike guided mis sile. Douglas did not challenge a Pentagon audit report put into the subcommittee record Tuesday which showed that Douglas col lected profits of $1,211,771 on an investment of $3,316 for Nike launcher loaders. Says Douglas Unreasonable The audit said Douglas was un reasonable in asking for a 9 per cent profit $1,325,000 on 1,032 launcher-loaders and 1,526 launch er rails which were manufactured by a Douglas subcontractor, Con solidated Western Steel U. Douglas' own contribution to the components cost $3,300, the audi tors said. And on these "in house" costs, they said, Douglas wanted to bill the government another 10 per cent profits. Thomas 15. wunnany, one oi McClellen's investigators, said Douglas' claimed profits were redetermined downward irom $1,325,000 to $1,211,771. The aircraft company president insisted throughout the hearing that the alleged profits really were "fees" against which many costs of doing business had to be applied. He convinced Sen. Carl T. Cur tis, R-Neb., but not McClellan. "I'm going to get this thing in perspective," McClellan said. "We are going to do it if it takes all summer." McClellan introduced the Penta gon audit report after Douglas soueht to explain that the subcom mittee was confusing profits with fees paid for managing a part of the missile program. His company's 17-year-totai ot fees came to $63.9 million, Doug las said, but his profits were only $29.8 million. 'Talkathon' due tonight WASHINGTON (UPI) House Republicans said today that there was so much wrong with me Ken nedy administration it might take them all night to detail its er rors. But Democrats laughed off the talkathon GOP members prom ised to commence this afternoon. It would, they said, probably run on until dawn Thursday. Administration leaders recom mended giving the Republicans all the rope they could use. Quarterbacks of the Republican effort. Reps. Craig Hosmer and James B. Utt, both from Califor nia, said they expected few Dem ocrats and certainly not all House Republicans to sit through the whole show. But Young Republican Clubs promised to try to keep the pub lic galleries full. An advance look at the remarks to be made by some of the 50 or more speakers showed the GOP faulting the New Frontier for everything from "gagging" the military to "propagandizing" the public. No. 107 strike Bell ringing program due on April 19 "Hear dem bells, don't you hear dem bells " They'll be rincin" out the Elorv of the land. They'll be chiming In commem oration of Patriot's Day. Thurs day, April 19. They will chime continuously for four minutes, on the anniversary of Paul Revere's ride through the New England countryside to alert the American colonists of the approach of the British. The American Legion and its auxiliary hope to get church bells, school bells, carillons and chimes ringing in every community across the nation on the not-so-generally observed special day. They will start ringing in Bend at 10 a.m. In Bend, Mrs. E. R. McCurdy is chairman for the arrange ments. Keepers of the bells in all downtown buildings are ask ed to volunteer and join in the jubilation. Those who have juris diction over the bells are asked to get in touch with Mrs. McCur dy. The object is two-fold. Greater national prominence for Patriot's Day is one goal. The bell-ringing is also intend ed to indicate the unity of the American people in their resolve to halt the spread of imperialis- ue communism. Admiral Arleigh Burke (ret.) former chief of naval operations. is chairman of the national bells across the nation committee. Chamber-gets Fair literature The Bend Chamber of Com merce office these spring days is a sort of Oregon outpost for the Seattle World's Fair. Shipments of literature dealing with the fair are arriving nearly every other day, and the Cham ber now has a rapidly growing 'library." The literature Is available for all interested, without charge. Included is a tabloid holding a schedule of events for the fair, which will open officially on April 21 and last until October 21. Maps of Seattle and the fair area are also available. Information about reserving ac commodations is also on tap at the Chamber office. Peggy Saw yer, Chamber secretary, visited Seattle this past weekend to get first-hand information about var ious phases of the fair. Also available are application forms for reservations and ac commodations. Bend residents have been invit ed to drop into the Chamber of fice, at the corner of Newport and Brooks, any time during the day, to pick up World's Fair literature. WEATHER Mostly fair; high 63-68; low 31 37. High yesterday, 61 degrees. Low last night, 26 degrees. Sunset today, 6:44. Sunrise tomorrow, 5:28. Curtain at 8 C0C 'Damn Yankees' opens here tonigh t It's a great year for baseball. The national season opened Mon day in Washington, D.C., and the Central Oregon College Washing ton Senators open tonight in "Damn Yankees." The show will be repeated Thursday and Friday nights, in the Bend High School auditorium. Curtain time is 8 o'clock. A change of pace from other COC productions, "Damn Yan kees" has more dialogue, brisk timing and colorful sets. The en tire college choir participates. Dallas Quick is the director, and the orchestra of local musi cians, several of them faculty members. Is under the baton of Don Goodwin. The show, adapted from Doug- lass Wallop's book, "The Year the Teresa Stenkamp and Linda Sy Yankees Lost the Pennant" foa-' verson. Move is seen as inflationary by President WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi dent Kennedy said today the steel price increase announced by ma jor producers was "wholly unjus tifiable" and "irresponsible defi ance" of the nation's interests. Kennedy denounced price rises by U.S. Steel Corp. and the other firms at the opening of his tele vised news conference. He called attention to the fact that, the pi tee increases were 'simultaneous and identical." The chief executive appeared to be in a grim mood as he read his statement to newsmen. Speaking in deliberate, stem tones, he charged that "a tiny handful of steel executives" had acted "in pursuit of private power and profit and had shown utter contempt for the Interests uf 185 million other Americans." He said they had done this at a time when the American people were being asked for restraint and sacrifice." The President said the steel price rise came in a "serious time in the nation s history" when the United States faces "grave crises in Berlin and Southeast Asia" and also Is seeking recovery from economic instability. Leaving Homes He also said it came at a time when "we are asking reservists to leave their homos and families and when "servicemen are risking their lives." He said that four Americans had been killed in the last two days in South Viet Nam. Kennedy said that if the steel price Increase is "imitated by the industry Instead of being rescind ed." it would increase the cost of homes, automobiles, appliances and other goods for every Ameri can family. He said it also would increase the cost of machinery and tools for businessmen and farmers, would "handicap our efforts to prevent an inflationary spiral. and would "make it more difficult for American goods to compote in foreign markets. Moreover, he said, Defense Sec retary Robert S. McNamara had informed him today the steel price rise would add $1 billion to the cost of our defenses at a time when every dollar is needed for Harney drought appears broken BURNS (UPI) Harney Coun ty's drought of three years extent appears broken primarily because of extra heavy March snowstorms which played hob with farm and ranching operations. The picture is considerably brighter than was foreseen one month ago, according to W. T. Frost of U S. Soil Conservation Service. The snowpack increased from a condition of 8 per cent below normal on March 1 to 14 per cent above normal as of the present, Frost told a meeting Tuesday. Snow cover is half again greater than a year ago at this date, he said. Forecasts of stream flow throughout the Harney Basin will be above average and much of the dryness in the basin's water shed resulting from three years' drought will be wiped out this year, he said. tures music and lyrics by Rich ard Adler and Jerry Ross. George Abbott collaborated in the writ ing. Speaking and singing parts are taken by Nick Norton, Kathy Boardman, Jim Smith, Sylvia Bleything, Claudia Graves, Terry Carty, Don Jensen, Bill Woberg, Lanny Ewell, John Olsen, Curt Jones, Ned Hutchins, Dick Gass ner. Burl Hair, Paul Donkin, Jan ice Monical, Vera Willcox, Bill Penhollow, Michelle Dearth and Margie Pederson. Baseball fans are Del ores Birge, Nan Burke, Susie Burton, Linda Cunningham, Mary Ann King, Sandra Musgrave, Carol RatcUff, Jan Rich, Vera Sehom national security." Within less than 24 hours after U.S. Steel Corp., the nation's largest producer, announced a tea-ton increase, the other major firms followed suit Bethlehem Steol, the number two producer, was the first to fall in Una Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation and Republic Steel Corp. were next Caught by Surprise . The industry's sudden price de cisions caught the capital by sur prise. It was criticized by admin istration spokesmen. Democratic senators and labor leaders. AFL-CIO President George Meany called the action a "price gouging" economic power play that insulted the federal govern ment and the American people. Steelworkers President David J. McDonald, who signed a contract with the steel industry only last Friday that did not call for wage increases, said he was "surprised, troubled and concerned." Two antitrust investigations were initiated immediately after the price rise was announced Tuesday. Work starts on county's next budget First look at the proposed Des chutes county budget for 1962-63 was taken at a meeting Tuesday everting in the county court room at the courthouse. Askings total ed $478,701, some $43,000 more than last year's budget. But the picture was far from complete there are no figures yet on an ticipated receipts, An increase of some $20,000 in receipts, over last year, would be required to balance the budget in its present form. It appears that receipts will be somewhat great er than last year's, but probably not that much. Sources of the in crease include greater state par ticipation in health department fi nancing, and increased revenue from land sales. Askings are traditionally steep enough to allow for considerable paring, and the pencils will be sharpened for the first serious meeting on Thursday, April 19, , Present at the meeting were County Judge D. L. Penhollow, Commissioners Fred Shepard and George Baker and Robert Whit tier of the budget committee. Ap pointive members John Stenkamp and Priday Holmes were unable to be present Shah arrives in capital . t WASHINGTON (UPI) The Shah of Iran and his beautiful Empress Farah arrived here to day for a red-carpet reception by President and Mrs. Kennedy. Gray skies and a drizzle failed to mar the enthusiastic welcome given to the Iranian royal couple by top administration officials, , the u. S. Army Field Band, as sembled troops, and cannoneers who fired a 21-gun artillery salute. The shah and the empress flew to Washington from New York in President Kennedy's private plane. The shah s three-day stay here will be marked by glittering social functions, as well as busi ness talks with Kennedy at the White House Thursday. Because of the threatening weather, the main welcoming ceremonies took place In a han gar at Washington's National Air port . It was a colorful reception, featuring colorful dress by tha two women. Empress Farah wore a pink suit and a pink hat, and Mrs. Kennedy had on a dark blue suit with a large white bat and a blue ribbon. BULLETIN WASHINGTON (UPD-Presl-dent Kennedy announced today he has ordered the Justice De partment to seek a Taft-Hartley Law injunction to halt the West Coast maritime strike. Kennedy told his news confer ence that a special board of In quiry reported to him today that the strike. If continued, would' rfeet 130 cargo and passenger ships including these principally involved in serving Hawaii.
