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Newspaper Page TextHE BEND BULI Action slowed I A ' 4 JUL CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPERS ill KvT subd on move by city An ordinance that would give the city jurisdiction over all sub divisions within a six-mile radius of the Bend city limits will get another "look-see" by Bend City Commissioners. The ordinance had been sched uled for final second reading at Wednesday's meet, and contains an emergency clause that would have put it into effect immediate ly. But commissioner Paul Reason er thought some method of appeal should be included, noting the number of appeals spurred by the city's building and zoning code." The ordinance would require I mibdividers to first submit plans to the City Planning Commission for study and approval. Provisions Noted Among the general require ments and minimum standards would be (a) conformity to the comprehensive city plan, b a minimum width for minor streets of 60 feet (3) street improvement requirements in accordance with FHA standards, (4) pavement wearing surface in accordance with established FHA data sheet and (5) other sections covering dead-end streets, alleys, street curves, easements, blocks, lots, building lines, a preliminary plan complying with zoning districts and approval of the final plan by the Planning Commission. City attorney Harry E.- English said the ordinance, initiated by the Planning Commission in sev eral special meetings over the past few weeks, would "protect High praise for UN given by Tshombe ELISABETHVILLE, Katanga UPI Katanga President Moise Tshombe today arrived home full of praise for the United Nations' "impeccable" behavior in guard ing him and getting him away from LeopoldviUe in defiance of Congolese orders grounding his plane. After a triumphal march through the main street of Elisa bethville, he told a cheering crowd of 5,000 Africans and Europeans gathered in the Square of Nation al Heroes: "The United Nations has fought 11 night to keep its word. ... We must pay tribute to the United Nations for all they have done for my protection." The United Nations got Tshom be's plane off the ground at Leo poldviUe after the central Congo lese government had tried to pre vent him from leaving. Accusations Made Tshombe accused the Leopold viUe government of acting in bad faith during his negotiations with its members and in trying to keep him in the capital. He said he would endeavor to continue negotiations, and would meet his cabinet to try to find a future course which would solve the problem of Katanga's place in a united Congo. The U.N. forces, defying a com mand from the Congolese central government, helped Tshombe take off down a darkened runway on his flight to the Katanga capital. The operation was carried out in pre-dawn secrecy under the supervision of U.N. Congo civilian chief Robert Gardiner. Back to Ltopoldvilla Tshombe had indicated he would return to Leopoldville next week to resume negotiations with cen tral government Premier CyriUe Adoula, but there was strong rea son to believe Tshombe now would regard such a trip as too risky. Many Western diplomats said the repercussions over the ground ing incident could plunge the Congo into another crisis. Tshombe had spent many hours In apparently fruitless discussions with Congolese officials before de ciding to return to ElisabcthvUle. It was not immediately known whether the talks had broken down completely or why Tshum be'l plane was grounded. Gary McKinney run-off victor Gary McKinney was elected president of the Bend High School student body in a run-off vote yes terday, making it a clean sweep for the Vectors. The extra election was required because neither McKinney nor Jon Hunnell. Crusaders candi date, had a majority vote. Paul Wardlaw. independent, ran third. Other new officers are Judy Fknrpen, vice-president: Cathy Johnson, secretary: Kathy Cand land, treasurer, and Mike Mc Geary! paymaster. ivision the individual house builder far more than hurting the developer." And city engineer John Eaton concurred, noting that the city should have some kind of a pol icy to protect the buyer. 'May Be Bugs' "There may be bugs." said English. "But we can find the bugs and iron them out." Final vote on the ordinance was tabled for another week after Reasoner again suggested that machinery be included to provide for appeals. The commissioners also delay ed a final vote on what type of bridge structure to be built at the Portland Avenue bridge. City engineer Eaton was in structed to make a survey of var ious types of bridges, and will visit with state bridge engineers in Salem this week along with a firm dealing with pre-stressed concrete bridges. Eaton estimated that his plan for a pipe arch bridge, to resem ble the old European stone-arch bridges, would cost about the same as the state's plan for a con crete (poured-in-place) slab span bridge. Figures Given Eaton figured the stone - arch bridge could be built for $97,758, including contingencies, while the cost uf the state's design would come out almost the same. In addition to checking on the above-mentioned designs. Eaton will also study feasibility of a bridge design utilizing pre-stress ed concrete such as included in the state's design for the Tumalo Avenue bridge. Everything I have learned would indicate that a pre-stressed bridge would be cheaper and elim inate form work," Eaton said. City manager Walter Thompson reminded the commissioners that the state must know by May 1 whether Bend wants the highway department to proceed with their stock slab-span bridge. Other Action In other action the commission ers approved a $19,732.15 low bid by Howe Fire Apparatus for a new pumper with money com ing from a Brooks-Scanlon Inc. resorve fund. Western Fire Equipment was low bidder on fire hose ($2128 and two per cent discount) and Motor ola was awarded contract for a $538 radio for the fire department vehicle. In other business the commis sion acted as follows: 1. Approved Highway Depart ment plans for planter boxes in connection with new Tumalo ave nue bridge: 2. Approved appointment of W. L. Stollmack to replace Will Stor ey, resigned, on the city budget commission: 3. Okayed First National Bank low bid of 3.116 per cent interest on $52,000 improvement bond is sue; 4. Approved art gallery in 800 block on Roosevelt, to be oper ated by Sagebrushers, after mo tion to refer plan to Planning Commission lost 4-3: 5. Tabled matter of potted trees brought to attention of City Com- j mission again. Lenaburg offers plea of guilty PORTLAND (UPD Francis R. Lenaburg. 45. Shedd, has entered a guilty plea to 11 counts of a 13-cotint indictment charging em bezzlement of union funds. He remained free on bond pend ing a pre-sentence investigation. Lenaburg formerly was secretary of Local 22, International Wood workers of America, at Willamina. He had been accused of taking $876 but pleaded guilty to counts involving $2R8. Spectacular show Area joins effort to trace fireball Central Oregonians today joined in an effort to trace the path of a big fireball that burned a trail through Western skies Wednesday night and apparently exploded near Eureka, a small central Utah community. Observers from Kansas to Ore gon and California saw the fiery object and described it as a spec tacular show. In Utah, it illuminated areas 70 miles distant from the point of ex plosion. Residents of Eureka, near Provo, said the explosion was "very close" to that community. They saw a blue flash and heard a "rumbline M in the distance." The flash -vas so bright Uiat Eureka s street lkhu automatic- 59th Year Initial use of direct line is noted First use of the Bend Chamber of Commerce direct telephone line to Seattle, Wash., for World's Fair reservation was made this morning, as the telephone was placed in service. Waiting for the Chamber office to open were Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert D. Elliott, of San Jose, Calif., who passed through Bend en route to Seattle to attend the opening of the exposition Uiis weekend. The call over the direct line was placed by Peggy Sawyer, Chamber secretary, and arrange ments for reservations for the couple, even hotel accommoda tions in Portland tonight, were made, without charge. Elliott is with the Lockheed firm in San Jose. Chamber offic ials said he will be the first of thousands of Californians passing through Bend this vacation sea son en route to Seattle. Radicals taken in surprise Argentine raids BUENOS AIRES UPI- Po lice staged surprise dawn raids on headquarters of radical groups throughout Argentina today in an apparent prelude to a military campaign to cut short their grow ing political influence. Scores of Communists, Peron ists and Socialists and even the Trotskyite brother of ousted President Arturo Frondizi fell into the dragnet The army, navy and air force were reported press ing President Jose M. Guido to annul immediately Peronist elec tion victories of March 18 and seize control of Argentina's 22 provinces. The raids were carried out with military precision in such major cities as Buenos Aries, La Plata, Tucuman and Santa Rosa. In Buenos Aires, Dr. Silvio Frondizi, brother of the ex-president, was a victim. His home also was searched. Reports from the Interior in dicated military garrisons were urging the government to stop temporizing with the Communists and Peronists and act immediate ly to halt their growing influence in the politicial life of the nation. The resignation of Interior Min ister Rodolfo Martinez clearly in dicated the military thesis that the Peronists must be outlawed again had won out over the so called soft line approach to the problem. In his letter of resignation, Mar tinez told President Guido that he could not agree with "de cisions" taken on how to handle the problem. I wo men killed in plane crash DALLAS UPI A trim blue and white two-engine DC3 owned University and beuig ence football and basketball teams to games, crashed, exploded and burned late Wednesday. Two men were killed and a third was critically injured. It happened just seconds after the plane had taken off of runway No. 13 at Dallas Love Field for a check flight. DOW JONES AVERAGES By Unittd Press International Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 694.25. up 3.24; 20 railroads 143.86, off 0.45: 15 utili ties 129 56. up 0.58; 65 stocks 238 86 up 0.72. Sales today were about 3.1 million shares as compared with 3 35 million shares Wednesday. ally went off as their photo-electric guidance cells recorded "day light." Salt Lake. 70 miles distant, was brilliantly illuminated. Reports indicate that the object was spotted in Eastern Oregon. Phil F. Brogan, Bend, Pacific Northwest director of the Ameri can Meteor Society, said an ef fort will be made to collect Infor mation in this region that will be of aid in tracing the course of the fireball. Persons in Central Oregon who spotted the object, which possibly , became visible when some 70 miles ahove the earth, have been asked to get in touch with Bro- Igan, at The Bend Bulletin office. Fourteen Pages Soviets seek to halt U.S. test blasts GENEVA (UPI) Russia of fered today to negotiate a nu clear test ban on the basis of a neutral proposal providing the L'nUed States cancels plans for nuclear explosions in the Pacific. But the United States said it would not be caught again in the trap of an unpoliced moratorium which Russia could break at will, and will call off the tests only when a treaty effectively banning them is signed. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin said the issue was so important the 17-nation dis armament conference ought to cancel Its Easter vacation, sched uled to start tonight, to deal with it Extra Meetings The 24th plenary session held this morning was to have been the last before beginning the Easter recess, but Zorin forced a session of an Anglo-American-Soviet subcommittee this after noon. He warned that another plenary meeting tonight or Fri day morning would be necessary. East and West exchanged bitter remarks in dealing with a neutral proposal it had been hoped would bring the great nuclear powers closer together. Russia interpreted the neutral proposals of last Monday to be acceptance of Soviet contentions that existing national networks of observation posts are sufficient to monitor a tost ban, that an international commission of a few scientists could analyze the information and that there be on site inspections of suspicious events only If such an inspection was invited by the state in which the event took place. Allied Viewpoint U. S. Ambassador Arthur H. Dean and British Minister of State Joseph Godbor said the neutral proposal was unclear, but they interpreted it to tnean the neutrals accept fee principal that a test ban must be built on the foundation of a global interna tional control system and on- site inspections by an interna tional commission. If Russia accepts that too. the western delegates said, the West also would be willing to accept the neutral paper as a basis for further negotiation. "But the Soviets," Dean added, "seem to be accepting only what is in their favor, while rejecting what they don't like. The Soviet Union continues to refuse to consider any internation al verification of a nuclear test ban treaty, even though it accepts the principle that disarmament as such must be accepted and veri fied. The eight non-aligned members Brazil. Burma. Ethiopia, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Sweden and the United Arab Republic attempted earlier this week to break the stalemate by offering a compro mise solution. Propose Monitoring Systom The neutralists idea called for a monitoring system based mainly on those now in existence, but reporting to an international body of scientists which would analyze the information to determine If anyone were testing nuclear weap ons secretly. The neutralists admitted that on- site inspections of suspicious events which could not be identi fied at long-distance might be necessary to maintain internation al confidence and trust, Din mey could take place only if the su spected nation tnvitea tne inspec tors inside its trontiers. 3 Bend men buy building The Charlesworth Building, on Minnesota Avenue and Bond Street, has been purchased by three Bend business men. The new owners are Don R. Thomp son, regional manager of Provi dent Life: E. L. Nielsen, Invest ments broker, and E. B. llogan, real estate man. one-time owner of City Center Motel. The property will be known as the Commerce Building, accord ing to the new owners. The build ing Is in excellent condition, they said, and no immediate renova tion Is anticipated. Utilization of S.OnO square feet of basement space may be made later. Occupants building are the Green Stamp premium store, the U.S. Army recruiting station, J. Henry Helzer Co . Northern Life Insurance Co., Midstat Real ty, Sanders Flowers and Al Ma honey Insurance agency. Amount of the conwderatlon was not disclosed. The building was purchased from W. K. Charles orth, Tumalo. Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Thursday, April 19, 1962 lussiais recall Koniev, L German military iss ww.iihuiihmi'i i m pin im .imm v GLAMOR EGGS Vickie Ford compares Easter eggs with Jeffrey Libby as they finish color ing at the Trinity Lutheran kindergarten class this morning in Bend. Both children are five years old. Houk-VanAIIen building leased by drug firm Economy Drugs Inc., headed by Richard Brandis and Roger P. Smith. Wednesday signal a 10- year lease for the Houk-VanAl-len building on Wall Street Smith, who manages Economy Drugs, said his company will take possession on June 1. William VanAllen, manager 01 Houk-V'anAllen Hardware store, recently announced that tlie store would be closed. Stock is being liquidated and VanAllen said he plans to be out of the store around May 15. Economy Drugs, now located on the corner of Wall and Franklin, will move to the new location not later than August 1, Smith said. A major remodeling and reno vation project will get underway on June 1. he said. This will in clude complete renovation of the interior of the 4.500 square foot building. A new lighting system and new display counters will be installed. Some modification of the front of the building will also be included in the plans. Smith said. Smith is enthusiastic about the move. He said the Ilouk-VanAllen store will triple his present sell ing space and double his storage space. "It will also enable us to add several new merchandise lines to better serve our custom ers, he said. Economy Drugs will continue to operate in its present location un til the move, he said. Final arguments heard in case An equity case involving the for mer Mannhclmer Building contin ued today In circuit court, and closing arguments were made made shortly before noon. Judge Arno H. Denecke, Mult nomah county, is hearing the rase. He is a candidate for the Stale Supreme Court. Plaintiffs in the action are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rice, who oper ate a Western Auto Assoriates Store in the building, at 903 Wall Street. Defendants are Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Mannheimer and members of the Wetle family, owners of Wetle's store. Mr. and Mrs. Rice claim that a clause in their 10-year lease guar anteed them first chance to pur chase the building. It was sold to the Wetle firm In June, 10. Several local attorneys were called to testify. Advertising due Commission begins city manager search By Bill Thompson BulMIn Staff Writer Tlie first action in the search for a new city manager was in itiated by tlie Bend City Commis sion meeting in tlie City Hall Wed nesday evening. But there are a number of lo cal residents who apparently feel that the present city manager, Walter T. Thompson, should stay on tlie job. Thompson resigned at the April commission meeting, with his departure date set at July 1. And last night the commission ers started the search for a new man by instructing the city re corder to advertise at the Oregon and national levels. Dorothy Newton, a frequent vis itor al commission meetings, In terrupted this discussion to report that "some residents have other plans for our city manager." Final plans made for home show Lions Club committees at a breakfast meeting this morning made final plans for their Home Show, to be held on May 10, II and 12 at tlie Oregon National Guard armory in Bond. M. F. Shellon hoails the general committee in chargo of the show. All space in the armory will be taken, with expansion of outdoor features Into the adjacent tennis courts available 1 necessary. Outdoor equipment will be In cluded in displays, and to provide a proper setting, a Boy Scout troop will set up a camp, on tlie edge of a make-believe lake. Lions said interest in the show, expected to attract thousands of visitors on the mid-May weekend, has been excellent There are some 20 members of the Lions Club on tlie general committee. Meetings have been held week- iy. EMBARRASSED JURORS RENSSELAER. Ind. (UPD- There were a dozen embarrassed jurors today In Tippecanoe County. Richard D. Smilh, 24, whom they acquitted of burglary chargei last week, admitted Wednesday he was guilty. Ten Cents mi m Mrs. Newton was referring to a number of petitions being circu lated in Bend today. These state: "We, the undersigned, all regis tered voters residing in tlie City of Bend, Oregon, hereby formal ly express our satisfaction with the performance in office of City Manager Waller T. Thompson and request that tlie Bend City Com mission ask Mr. Thompson to re consider his resignation and to continue in office as Bend City Manager." Petition copies were on hand to day at Bend Supply, Greenwood Bowl, Sherwin-Williams Paint Store. Cashman's, Slate - Harris barber shop and several other businesses. The commission also got two communications on tlie problem of selecting a city manager. From Chamber One was from the Bend Cham ber of Commerce, urging a citi zens' advisory committee to as sist in selection of L new mana ger. The other was from the Inter national Woodworkers of Amer ica, Local 3-7, urging the com mission to disregard any "out side" help. The Chamber letter suggested that a Chamber of Commerce ad visory group be emiwvored to se lect a final list of the most quali fied applicants, with the City Commission making the fi nal selection from this list Tlie IWA letter asked the com mission to "disregard any sugges tions not in conformity with the lawful procedure and proceed in a legal and orderly manner. Raftronc to Bulletin "Be it further resolved: ran the IWA letter, "That any com ment, by any media whatsoever, regarding the issue at hand made by a person living outside the city limits be dealt with summarily by tlie City Commission. The latter was an apparent ref erence to The Bend Bullolin. Commissioners skipped discus sion on both of the letters, WEATHER Gusty winds and fa ihowars or thundarshowort .ate today; partly cloudy Friday; high 0 S; low M 45. High yesterday, 7t dograos. Low last night, 40 dagroas. Sunset today, 4:53. Sunrise tomorrow, 1:14. No. 114 Action could help to ease Berlin tension MOSCOW tUPI) The Soviet Union today recalled Marshal Ivan Koniev, military commander in East Germany who backed up the Communists when they built the Berlin wall. The return to Moscow of tlie soldier who moved into tlie East German command as a sign of the Soviet Union's tough policy on Berlin last Au.ist was sees as a possible Kremlin move at this time to further reduce tension over the divided city. Konicv's departure came short ly after it was disclosed that Gen. Lucius Clay, President Ken nedy's personal representative in Berlin, is returning to the United States. Connection Sean The announcement of Koniev's new assignment came three days after Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Ambassador Anatoly F. Dubrynin met in Washington to discuss tlie Berlin situation. There were complica tions at that first meeting and no date was set for another session. But both sides expressed belief further talks would take place. Koniev, 64, was named to the command of Soviet forces in East Germany early last August, and was In command there when the Communists built their anti refugee "wall of shame" through the center of Berlin. . - His appointment at that time was viewed as a Russian demon stration of a tough policy In Berlin during tlie height of the East-West crisis oyer the city's future. ' Returns to Moscow A brief Tass news agency an nouncement said Koniev had re turned to Moscow to resume hit duties in tlie Soviet Defense Ministry. Ho was replaced as comman der in chief of Soviet troops to Germany, Tass said, by Col. Gen. Ivan Vakubovsky, who held that post before Koniev took over last August The Tass announcement gave no official reason for Konicv's recall, although speculation among Western observers in Mos cow was that it reflected the diminished Berlin tension. Koniev was appointed to the command in East Germany on Aug. 10, 1961, just three days be fore the Communists built their wall dividing Berlin. Saas Khrushchev The wall went up shortly after1 East German Communist leader Walter Ulbricht returned from a visit to Moscow, where he con ferred with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and apparently ob tained backing for a harder line on the Berlin issue. The crisis over Berlin flared sharply after that. At one point. American ard Soviet tanks faced each other at point blank dis tance. Directors named by new group Spaclal to The Bull. tin PRLNEVILLE The newly or. ganized corporation, PrineviUe Economic Promotions, Inc., has held its first annu '. meeting and elected a board of directors, ac cording to Ivan Chappell, tempor ary secretary. It is expected that the board will meet In the immediate fu ture to elect officers for tlie corp oration. Chappell stated that lo cal businessmen and a number of other individuals have subscribed $R6I0 in stock purchases in the corporation. Them are approxi mately 73 shareholders, he said, of whom about half attended the annual meeting. The organization Is for the pur pose of assisting, either financial ly or in other ways, businessmen who are in Prineville or who would like to become establish ed here, for the improvement of th local economy. Those sleeted to the board of di rectors are Ralph Brown, Ivan Chappell. Ken Conroy, Dick Mr Rae. Mrs. Kern Davenport Jim McWilliams. C. C. McGlenn, Dr. Juhn Say and Donald Miller.