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Univ. of Oregon Library EUGENE, ORSGOtf C. TH I BEND BULLETIN WEATHER Variable clouds and tunny per iodi; hight 48-76; lows 34-44. TEMPERATURES High yesterday, 75 degrees. Low last night, 38 degrsas. Sunset today, o:4e. Sunrisa tomorrow, 5:54. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 59th Year U.S. planning to shift its steel buying WASHINGTON (UPI- Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara today directed that steel pur chases for military uses be shifted as much as possible to steel firms which have not boosted prices. He expressed concern that the steel hike announced this week may impair "the security of the United Slates." McNamara's purchasing order wu the second move made by the Kennedy administration in re sponse to the $6 a ton increase announced this week by most ma jor steel companies. Even as McNamara made his announcement, Inland Steel Co., the nation's eighth largest pro ducer, announced it would not follow the price rise pattern set by U.S. Steel Corp. - Still Unannounced Among other producers which have not yet announced price hikes are Armco, Kaiser, Great Lakes and Colorado Fuel & Iron. President Kennedy promptly hailed the Inland decison as "very good" news. Told of the announcement as he escorted the Shah of Iran to a waiting automobile outside the White House, Kennedy smiled broadly and said "very good, very good." There were these other develop ments on the government front: The House Appropriations Com mitted voted a peacetime record of $47.8 billion for arms spending today and warned that it may have to put up more later because of the steel hike. Proba Planned A Federal Grand Jury inves tigation was in the works to de termine whether the steel in creases Involved criminal viola tions of the antitrust laws. The government was considering a ci vil antitrust suit to break up U.S. Steel. The President summoned ad ministration leaders into extra ordinary session to consider pos sible other moves. Commerce Secretary Luther H. Hodges said he had hoped all along that the rest of the indus try would not follow U. S. Steel in raising prices. He added, "I hope this will hold." The significance of the Inland refusal to raise prices was under scored Thursday by Roger Blough. president of the board of U. S. Steel. Blough said it might be difficult to stick with the $6-a-ton boost if Inland and Armco held out Another big firm which has not yot indicated whether it will go along with the increase is Kaiser Steel. McNamara said he did not know how much military procure ment of steel could be shifted to companies holding the price line. He said this is being analyzed to evaluate such factors as the lo cation of mills and the problem of delivery. The defense secretary, who was former president of the Ford Mo tor Co., called the steel price in crease unjustified. He said he based his opinion on his expe rience both in industry and gov ernment. Echo I fo be ible h vis ere Echo I, still circling the earth, will be visible Li the northeast sky this evening, at 8:09 and 10:16. On its first visible passage this evening it will be about 20 degrees above the horizon in the northeast. At 10:16 p.m., it will be higher in the northeast, about 75 degrees up. On Saturday at 7:20 p.m. the circling satellite will be in the southern sky, fairly low. At 9:29 p.m. Saturday, Echo will be seen in the northeast, about 61 de grees up. On Sunday night at 8:42 p.m., Echo will be in the southern sky moving into the northeast, about 47 degrees up. There will be an other passage at 10:47 Sunday, well up in the northern sky, mov ing from north to northeast Arecs report skiing good Good spring skiing conditions are forecast for Bachelor Butte and Hooduo Bowl ski areas this weekend. Both ares h"' granular show, with temperatures above the 40 degree mark this morning. Road 'j Urth Hoodoo and Bach elor are bare, with all fcilities operating at both resorts Satur day and Sunday. Partial high overcast with Sight west Tind was reported at B..ch elor Butte, while Hnnd opera tors said skies were clear. Ten Pages V, vl I,..,-.. - READY TO GO Janet Whitney, left, and her sister, Carol, had a little difficulty selecting clothes and accessories for six whole months in Europe. They were cued in by their friend, Sigrun Fette, who advised them on weather fo expect. Skirts and sweaters, hiking shoes and gifts for hosts got top priority. Bicycle tour will highlight trip. French encircle Oran, roof out OAS rebels ALGIERS'. Ageria (UPI)-The French army encircled Oran to day while heavily-armed security patrols stalked through the cen ter of the city in a house-to-house search to root out Secret Army Organization commandos. A band of uniformed OAS guer rillas fought a five-hour battle with French security forces Thursday in the heart of the west ern Algerian port city. Unofficial reports said at least 15 of the French troops were killed or wounded. The army set up a ring of ar mored cars and barbed wire around the central downtown area where the battle raged, and mounted heavy guards on main roads leading to the east and west in an apparent move to block off possible escape routes. Troops moved in around the Place de la Bastille in the west era Algerian port city at dawn after warning inhabitatns to stay off the streets and away from windows. Soldiers strung barbed wire bar ricades around the area and set up heavy mach-'negun posts at strategic points. Patrols of gendarmes moved cautiously through the deserted streets and into the buildings many showing the scars of the five-hour battle Thursday. Obser vation helicopters hovered over head on the lookout for OAS snipers. Armored-backed French troops also mounted strong guard in Algiers as a precaution against new assaults and terrorism by the OAS. Military sources said the secur ity details were some of the larg est since the March 19 Franco Algerian rebel cease-fire, which the OAS is trying to wreck. Warm weather By Elsie Miktche Bullatln Staff Wrltar PRINEVILLE As Crook county's oT man river rolled high and muddy along its crooked course yesterday, a flurry of ap prehension braight anxious in quiries from ranchers in the riv er valley below Prineville. Worried questions were direct ed toward Wilfred Kiirrer, chief of the Pnneviile office, Bureau o: Reclamadon. Under his supervi sion, the new Prineville dam. now stemming flood waters, is t . . Whitney girls . leaving Sunday on Europe trip Two Bend girls will leave this weekend on a trip that will take them to Europe, for tours of sev eral countries, partly by bicycle. They will visit with friends and return home late in the fall. Janet Whitney, 20, and Carol Whitney, 19, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Norman K. Whitney, 1439 W. Third Street, will sail on the "Seven Seas," a ship of the Dutch Holjand Steamship Line. They will embark at Montreal, Canada. The girls will dock at Rotter dam, Holland, where they will be met by Sigrun Fette, who liv ed with the Whitneys last year. She was an American Field Serv ice exchange student at Bend High School. They will go to Sig run's home at Hanover, Germany, and later will tour Italy, France, Switzerland, Denmark and Swe den. Miss Fette will accompany the girls on an extensive bicycle tour. Bill Edwards, former Bend High School principal, helped plan the itinerary. The Bend girls will stay with the Edwards family in Frankfurt part of the time. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney will take the girls to Portland Sunday, and they will go to Montreal by train. They will return to Bend in No vember. Bookmobile due downtown The Deschutes County Library Bookmobile will be parked in front of the First National Bank again on Saturday. It was there Monday and today, in observance of National Library Week. The public is invited to visit the Bookmobile and inspect the contents. Persons who take their library cards may check out books if thev wish. going into its first season of flood control and impoiindment of irri gation water. K a r r e r said yesterday that warm spring weather had made it necessary to Increase the re lease of water from the Prineville re.-ervoir, from 8") second-fwt to 12S0 second-feet, raising the river. W ithout the dam, he said, at least three times as much water would w be flowing down the Crooked River, repeating the widespread flooding, in 18, of ranchiand be low Pnnevilie. Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Friday, April 13, 1962 Mir : 4 y f A' Unpriced test plan shunned by U.S., Britain GENEVA (LTD- The United States and Britain repeated today they me unwilling to join Russia in a new unpoliced nuclear test moratorium, but the Soviet Union claimed the majority of the world is on its side. "All the powers here but you two," Russia's Valerian Zorin taunted the Americans and British at the 17-nation disarmament con ference, "are for a moratorium." But NATO member Canada sat silent under Zorin's prodding. The exchange came as it was revealed in London that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev has sent a reply to Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's personal ap peal Tuesday for a supervised nuclear weapons test ban. American Ambassador Arthur H. Dean opened today's session of the conference by reading Into the record Thursday's State Depart ment declaration that the United Plates "is not going to place its security at the mercy of aR on again off-again Soviet pledge." The statement said Zorin's pro posal must be judged in the light of past Soviet actions when the Soviets agreed to a moratorium on testing for the duration of a conference to WTitc a treaty pro hibiting testing, but nevertheless resumed testing while the talks still were in progress. Zorin said the American reply must have caused "a deep sense of disappointment" to all conferees and was "a heavy blow at the conference and cannot serve to strengthen peace." The Russian also claimed the proposal for a new moratorium actually had been made by India and the other seven neutrals here, but that the United States "did not find the courage to reply di rectly to those who made the pro posal." putting Pnneviile itielf. it was estima ted, would have seen some flood ing in the past few days. Even with the stepped-up re lease, the Prineville reservoir rose some 48.000 acre-feet since April 1, he pointed out The ten-mile-long reservoir now holds 128. 000 acre-feet, with a capacity of 158.000. At Prineville, Karrer said, the Crooked River could be allowed to raise another tw0 to three feet It was estimated that a compar able rise could be handled fur the A K i !fefeeinf suspect held, theirs House committee approves record peacetime spending next year for U.S. arms WASHINGTON (UPI) - The House Appropriations Committee today voted a peacetime record $47.8 billion for next year's arms spending and warned that it may have to put up more later as a result of the hike in steel prices. The committee approved virtual ly intact President Kennedy's in creased defense spending plans for the 12 months starting July 1. It also pressed on him additional funds to speed work on the RS70 bomber, the Dyna-Soar space glider, and a new Mark 46 anti submarine torpedo. Money also wis provided to block the Presi dent's planned cutbacks in the Army reserves and the National Guard. At a closed-door session mem bers questioned whether the rec ommended sum would be enough in light of the steel rise. Rep. George H. Mahon, D-Tex., prom ised a report by Tuesday on how hard the increase might hit the armed forces. Mahon. chairman of a subcom mittee which drafted the biggest defense money bill since the Ko rean War, told newsmen the com mittee would press the military to economize in every way possible in an effort to absorb the extra outlr's. But he said a supple mental appropriation might be necessary later to offset the in oreases. The committee bill included a planned sharp acceleration in re search on chemical and biological warfare, with special emphasis on new "incapacitating" agents which would render enemy forces temporarily helpless. The committee took the actions in recommending for House pas sage next week a record peace time $47.8 billion appropriation not only to finance Kennedy's ex panded defense plans virtually in tact but to raise his sights on some specified projects. Aims at Nuclear Lead Rep. George H. Mahon, D-Tex, chairman of a subcommittee that had labored since January on the big mnnev measure, said it was designed to safeguard America's lead in nuclear war capability and at the same time to improve her position in conventional arms in event of a nuclear stalemate. Only Thursday Congress sent Kennedy its final version of a $13 billion military procurement bill incluiing authorization to ask for $320 million more than the $171 million he originally planned to spend in the next fiscal year on the RS70, a projected 2,000 mile- an-hour reconnaissance strike plane which the Air Force con- tendr is vitally needed. Today's money bill, carrying funds to finance this procurement and other defense costs in the 12 months starting July 1, gave Ken nedy the $171 million he wanted, plus 52 million he agreed later to spend on development of an ad' vanced radar system required by the plane, plus an unasked $52.9 million to put this radar work on a hurry-up basis. Emergancy Fund The committee noted that it was giving the defense secretary an emergency fund of $3no million of which at least a "large part DOW JONES AVERAGES By United Press lntrnation il Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 687.90, up 2.23; 20 rails 142.18, off 0.21; 15 utilities 128 22. off 0.02; 65 stocks 236.49, up 0.36. Sales today were about 3.47 million shares as compared with 3.32 million shares Thursday. reservoir to test most part in the river channel be low PrinevUla. Karrer indicated Uiat it will probably be necessary to increase tht; release of watsr from the res ervoir, though th amount of In crease will depend on weather conditions. The primary concern now, he said. Is in the possibility of wirm rains that -noulj turn loose a greater part of 'lie snowpack on the Ochocos which still rim the eastern horizon above I'rineville with snowy peaks. could be tunneled into the RS70 if a current restudy shows it can wisely be spent. Additions included: $58.8 million to maintain the Army National Guard strength of 400,000 and the Army Reserve at 300,000. $42 million to accelerate the Air Force Dyna-Soar program, for a total of $157 million. $11.5 million to speed develop ment and production of the Mark 46 torpedo, which the committee termed a high priority item in the urgent program of anti-submarine warfare. First Deschutes Forest blaze flares Thursday A fire, first in the Deschutes National Forest this year, flared in the jackpines Thursday after noon about 8 miles north of La- Pine, west of U.S. Highway 97 and near the old Dalles-California route. The fire, man-caused, was held at about a quarter of an acre, with forest personnel and ranch ers taking initial action. This area has been the scene of a num ber of small fires in past years, and once a house was lost in a timber blaze there. Foresters said the woods are rapidly drying in lower areas and they have asked that from now on extreme caution be taken by persons in the timber. Thursday's fire in the jackpines came at a time that temperatures were mounting to the highest marks of the year in Central Ore gon. Bend recorded an afternoon temperature of 75, with only high, thin clouds marring the blue of the spring sky. From yesterday's high of 75, the mercury in Bend last night dropped to a mild 38 degrees. High temperatures were general over the interior country Thurs day, with 80-degree marks report ed from sheltered valleys. Joint edition set at Detroit DETROIT (UPI) -The Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News, shut down by a teamsters strike against the Free Press, will com' bine to publish a Sunday edition. The announcement was made by Robert C. Butz, executive sec retary of the Detroit Newspaper Publishers Association which rep resents the papers in union bar gaining. Butz said the two papers would begin immediately to assemble a combined newspaper for Sunday delivery to Detroit area residents who subscribe to either paper. Meanwhile, the Free Press failed to publish again today as the result of a strike by Team sters Local 372. It was the second straight day the morning newspa per was forced to suspend publi cation. The News, the afternoon newspaper, also did not publish Thursday, leaving the nation s fifth largest city without a daily news paper. The News was expected to follow the same pattern as Thursday and not publish. Meanwhile, he said, all factors are working out as planned the delicate balance of inflow, out go, and maintenance of reserve weter in the reservoir for the coming irrigation season. A care ful esitimrte has been made of all sides of tha picture, in handling water from snows that were 130 per cent of average this spring. A survey of low-lying ranches below Prinev ille this morning in dicated that some damage ha hwn done by the higher water, bjt that it was restricted to low dells. Ten Cents srapt her 1 JF V- V l1 - ' iafriaitfftMW faiifr 'iiTi'i 'lii' t mninSii mi CAROLYN SUE GILLAND Named Class Valedictorian A. J. DEMARIS Sisters High Salutatorian Sisters high names top two students Sptcial to The Bulletin SISTERS Carolyn Sue Gil land has been named valedictor ian and A. J. Demaris salutator ian of the Sisters High benool graduating class of 1962. Both students have been out standing in their four years of high school work. Sue, as she is known to her friends, has a grade point average of 3.25, figured on seven semesters' grade. A. J. has grade point average of 3.20. Sue has been active In Zippo, the girls service club, all four years of high school; treasurer in her junior year and president of the group this year. She served as class secretary in her sopho more and senior years. Sue was treasurer of the student body in her junior year. She has been a member of the school paper staff for three years and worked on the Outlaw annua all four years. Sue became a member of the honor society in her sophomore year. She plans to enroll in the School of Nursing at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland in Septem ber. In his freshman year, A. J. served as class president and as sergant - at - arms in his sopho more year. A. J. was both secre tary of his class and vice-president of the student body in his junior year. He has been a mem ber of the National Honor Society in the sophomore, junior and sen ior years. He has been active in all sports and is a four year let terman. A. J. was named to play on the Shrine East team In this, his sen ior year. He was chosen by his coach and fellow players as the most valuable player in the 1961 season. A. J. was the captain of the Outlaw 1961 State Champion ship football team. He plans to enter pro-medical school at one of the state universities next fall. House approves differential cut WASHINGTON (UPi'l -A bill to eliminate a 6 per cent advan tage for West Coist shipyajds bidding on government iusidized shipbuilding was pa.wd by the House Thursday and now goes to the Senate. The action cam on a voice vote after the House had rejectt-d three amendments offered by West Coast congressmen. An amend ment by Rep. Don Magnuson. D Wash , to lower the differential to 4 per cent was rejected on a 147 to82 teller vote. m f f J ' f ''Xi 'k f 1 1 i ( -yl ; I, .,..' I-WI...!.,..! No. 109 Night-long search made by officers By Phil F. Brogan Bullatln Staff Wrltar Charged with armed robbery in connection with the holdup of a market in Salem at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, James Russell La Spi na, 25, Richmond, Va., was ar rested here early today. His bond was set at $25,000. Still sought in Bend, and be lieved armed, were the suspect's two companions in the robbery of the Market Basket Grocery in Sa lem. Taken in that armed rob bery was $297. The search for tha two men con tinued in Bend through most of the night Road blocks were set up. There were some house to house visitations by officers. Re ports of suspicious characters, telephoned in from many parts of town, were investigated. The hunted suspects in the rob bery are believed to be brothers, but their names have not been released by officers. One was said to have a divorced wife In Bend. The men were described as dirk complexioned. Tip Received The tip that led to the arrest of La Spina as he sat in a car on Bond Street about 8:15 p.m. Thursday came from Sisters, where a west bound car had stop ped for gas earlier in the after- noon. Three men, two of thent well tattooed, were in the car. In Sisters, the men attempted to purchase ammunition for an automatic and a revolver. They were unsuccessful in this mission. The Salem robbery suspects hod two pistols, one an automatic, the other a revolver. Salem officers also had a description of the car. That description checked with the car that had stopped in Sisters. Officers spotted the car on Bond Street shortly after 8 p.m. and saw one man, in it. They found the lone occupant was La Spina. He was unarmed. Officers ascer tained the car had been borrow ed by La Spina from a friend in Forest Grove. Officers stressed that the car was not stolen. Identification Made La Spina did not resist arrest. He was lodged in the city jail. and later in the night was identi fied by a member of the Market Basket Grocery as one of the three men who took part in the Thursday morning robbery there- La Spina has no conviction rec ord, but he has been Investigated in various towns across the coun try. The investigation records reach from Florida to California. Officers believe that the two suspects still bunted are in the Bend area. High official quits after revelations By United Pratt International DALLAS (UPD-A high V. S. Department of Agriculture offic ial in Washington resigned today within 24 hours after a court of inquiry in Dallas disclosed that indicted Texas fertilizer magnate Billy Sol Estes took him shopping for $245 suits and $65 slacks. The official is Emery E. Jac obs, deputy administrator of tho Agriculture Stabilization and Con servation Service. Texas Atty. Gen. Will Wilson tried to establish Thursday in a court of inquiry in Dallas that Estes, 37, outfitted Jacobs with $I.4S3.20 worth of clothing from the exclusive Nieman-Marcua Co. men's store last Oct 8. Wilson also sought to establish that another unidentified Agricul ture Department man accepted a $245 suit and shoes from Estes at Neiman-Marcus last Sept. 7 or 8 Estes, indicted on federal fraud charges, controlled an interlock ing empire of anhydrous ammon ia fertilizer sales and grain ele vators that contained an esti mated $16 million worth of gov ernment grain. Wilson sought to prove that he got the grain stored in his elevators through fvor to agriculture department, officials Jacobs resigned to Secretary of Agriculture Orvllle L. Freoman in tho following letter:
