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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1962)
WASHINGTON MERRY-CO-ROUND FCC is ready to reverse court in Boston TV case , . KAVi. w WkNCE WAS LIKE LIGHTNINS p AND HIS RAIMENT WHITE AS SNOlV THE BEND BULLETIN 4 Saturday, April 21, 1962 An Independent Newspaper Phil Brogan, Aitociate Editor Jack MeDermott, Advertising Manager Gltnn Cuihman, General Manager Leu W. Meyeri, Circulation Manager Loren E. Dyer, Mechanical Superintendent William A Yatei, Managing Editor Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher Cntercd a K?ol C'avt Matter. January 9. 1917. at tht fust ofrlra at Mend. OreuulL under Act of March 3. Mi. Pub Uihed dally t:cpl Sunday and certain holidays by The fiend Bulletin. Inc. Little guy with chili quite a swath The little guy with the accent and an eye for a well-turned tinkle was known ns one of the charac ters around the state capital. He dressed well, spoke with convic tion and made a strong case for the migrant workers flooding into Oregon from Mexico and points south. For a time, lie was the darling of the Oregon State Department of Labor. ; He managed to distress a lot of farmers because he accused them of all kinds of skulduggery In the use of migrant labor. Some of the legislation ho suggested, reviewed by the State Labor Commission and Individual legis lators, became law. Some of it was even worthwhile. He became a somewhat contra rersial figure and suddenly his star faded. He was cased out of his job in tlic Department of Labor, much to the I'ellef of Oregon's farmers, and he drop ped out of sight. Now be has turned up again. But lie Isn't just Dr. Mark Tnfante, c.N-field representative for the State Department Of Labor. Now he is Marcantonia Diaz Irifantc, self-styled leader of (he Mex ican revolutionary plan. It has also become known that Infante has a substantial police record of years standing in the United States, among other things. Little wonder then that there are some red faces in Oregon's capital. Officials of the Oregon Farm Bu- Just like the The city-owned parking lot behind City Hall has come in for no little dis cussion of late. Some people want to take all the meters off. Some want to leave them on. Some want a little of both. There is one tiling which most tax payers would agree upon: City employ es shouldn't be allowed to park their private cars in free metered areas. Let Night crawler This is the season when Bend youngsters harvest night crawlers, Ihose creatures that leave unwanted tnoutuls cm lawns as thev bore into the soil. ". The crawlers are used as trout Jures. Many Bend youngsters find them ti fair source of income, as signs around town testify. But the gathering of the 'crawlers will involve an element of danger this reason: Bend is still jittery, result of he murder in Drake Park and the Recent search here for men accused of ti robbery in Salem. Night noises, whether made by growlers, dogs or the wind, have result- Humor from others One day, on the street floor of a New York office building, comedian Fred Allen was in a crowded elevator, vailing to go up. A middle-aged couple approached land tried to get on. The woman man aged to squeeze aboard, but the hus nd could not make it. "Let my husband in!" cried the woman. No one budded. "I'm sorry, sir," said the operator, A II- TX'aW 4fC V I it. iWil pepper during chili-pepper brief reau Federation, an organization which violently opposed Infante's early migrant labor studies, wonder, in a sort of "I told you so" manner, who hired this self-styled revolutionist." State Labor Commissioner Norman O. Nilsen, who was Infante's boss, pass ed the buck to the State Civil Service Commission. He also said that Infante had been a good employe. The Civil Service people are groping around try ing to find out why Infante was hired too. Gov. Mark Hatfield, who wasn't governor when Infante was employed, has asked that Civil Service hiring pro cedures bo reviewed. It is pretty ob vious that the affair hasn't ended yet. Nilsen and Civil Service officials have been managing to play a pretty good game of "you take him, I don't want him" this past week. It turns out that one of the reasons Infante was eased out of his job with the Labor Department was because he went underground in an attempt to become a labor broker, furnishing con tract Mexican labor to Oregon's sugar beet growers. There were probably other reasons. The best story we've read concerns the Portland newsman, who spent about $1,(X)0 of his own money partying with Infante on t he supposition that the newsman would get $1150,000 from Fidel Castro to use flacking for Castro's cause in the Northwest. rest of us harvest has its hazards accent cut Oregon stay them park their private cars just like the rest of us, wherever they can find space. If this causes them to ask, as City Manager Walter Thompson said, for a city-owned car, all he has to do is say "no." That's what the rest of us have to do. cd in calls to the Bend Police Station, and threats that there would be shoot ing If the prowlers were found on cer tain premises. This is the danger that now faces youngsters hunting for night crawlers. In the past, they have been generally welcome to remove the crawlers from lawns. They have gone on property without asking permission. As a safety measure, it is suggested that this season permission be sought before the night gathering of crawlers is undertaken on private property. This precaution might avert a tragedy. addressing the man. "You'll have to take the next elevator." He started to close the door. The woman became hysterical. "Let my husband in!" she scream ed. "You can't leave him behind! 1 won't go without him!" At this, Allen broke the silence. , "Really, madam," he said, "This isn't the Titanic, von know." K. L L'dg.ir. By Drew Poarien WASHINGTON - Shades of Sherman Adams must be hover ing over the Federal Communi cations Commission. The big Re publican news combine in Boston, '.lie Herald and Traveler, is about to get from the Democrats what it couldn't get f.'om the Elsen hawer administration TV Chan nel 5, valued at around $20,000,-000. It was the attention of Die Har ris Committee, focused first on lobbying by publisher Bob Choate of the Boston Herald and Travel er, which led to further disclo sures of Sherman Adams' wire pulling for Bernard Goldfine. What happened was that when a career FCC examiner, Col. James Cunningham, recommend ed against any TV outlet for the Herald and Traveler, publisher Choate hotfooted It down to Wash ington to buttonhole such stanch and powerful Republicans as Sec retary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks, Sen. Leverett Saltonstall of Boston and Lon Hall, chairman of tlie Republican National Com mittee. Suddenly the FCC reversed its examiner, handed the choice TV channel to the big GOP news combine, which already had a ra dio station and is dominated by the First National Bank of Boston and United Shoe Machinery. Later it was revealed that Choate had threatened to use the new TV channel to drive its com petitor. The Bosten Globe, out of business. Davis Taylor of the Globe swore in an affidavit that Choate had tried to buy the Globe, and when Taylor refused had threatened "to use his newspaper, radio slat ion, and television sta tion to injure the Globe. "If I cet Channel S I may drive I vou out of business," Choate threatened Globe treasurer John Tavlor, according to another affi davit. The Glolie's advertising direc tor. John F. Reid. told of still another conversation with Choate at a Clover Club reception at which Choate asked: "When are you coming to work for the Her ald Traveler?" When Reid said he was satis fied with his job. Choate retort ed: "Wait until we get our TV station and see what happens." U.S. Court Reveries The wire pulling of publisher Choate plus his monopoly intent were so flagrant that the U.S. Court of Appeals set aside the FCC award to the Herald and Traveler on the grounds that U was obtained through wire-pulling. And the Harris Committee, hav ing dug Into one phase of New England lobbying, was then fore-1 cd to dig into the Sherman Adams operations. Today the question of Channel 5 Is bark with the Federal Com munications Commission. And be lieve it or not. the FCC is about to repeat itself and hand this choice communications plum right back to the same Herald and Tra veler. Chairman Minow is vigor ously opposed, and Commission el's Bartley and Craven are ab staining. But the following commission ers are reported lining up for the Republican big business monop oly: Rosel Hyde, who is about to retire; Robert E. Lee. the old friend of Son. Joe McCarthy: Frederick Ford, Eisenhower's for mer chairman: John Cross, Con gressman Harris's appointee to the commission. This is a day when the nation is more and more concerned about the trend toward newspa per monopolies, and when the Herald and Traveler is still dom inated hy the First National Bank and United Shoe Machinery. But that seems to make no dif ference to the FCC. though it's charged with protecting Uie pub lic's freedom of communications. Nat Drama Students Elhel Kennedy, wife of the At torney General, is a gal who knows how to make others feel at home. Mrs. Lyndon Johnson was en tertaining at luncheon for the Em press of Iran. The Johnson resi dence, once owned by Perlc Mos la, the "Hostess with the Mostes'," was carefully geared for n gala occasion. The food was tasty, the se r v I c o excellent. Everything was going well. Guests had been able to go straight to their proper places, thanks to large seating chart which stood on a stand under a large glass plate. Suddenly there was a crash. Luncheon guests looked up ex pecting to see a group of Iranian studfiit MiiaJiiA one of Lady Bird Johnson's windows. "Sounds just like horn," re marked unperturbed Ethel Ken nedy who has seven Niiall chil dirn. The glass over the seating chart had fallen to the floor. Headlines and Footnotes It looks as If that hotel adver- Drink HELPHREY MILK Featuring Quality Products ONLY I tisement Inviting business execu tives to meet unobserved to dis cuss antitrust problems won't have much appeal any more. The Mayflower Hotel in Washington has just experienced Its second notorious bugging operation, when an attorney for El Paso Natural Gas was bugged on behalf of an attorney from Tennessee Gas Transmission. Once before, the Mayflower got into the news when tlie Senate probed the bugging of Howard Hughes room at a time when his Trans World Airlines were in a hassle with Pan Ameri can Airways. . .John O'Keefe, candidate for Congress from Al hambra, Calif., is a man whom Commissioner of Narcotics Harry Anslinger will welcome in Wash ington. O'Keefe is campaigning on a platform that judges must not wiggle out of the Boggs nar cotics law; must crack down hard on those who peddle dope. . .One bar association leader new Su preme Court Justice "Whizzer" White will not forget is Bob Mautz, the GOP national commit teeman, who when introducing White in Portland at the Bar As sociation's annual meeting went far beyond the bounds of humor and good taste. Some Republicans wanted to write White a note of apology; now wish they had. For mer Congressman Charlie Porter proposed that Dick Nixon be in vited instead so Democrats could give him an equal ribbing. Gromyko ends talks with Tito BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (UPD Russia and Yugoslavia issued a joint communique today saying they agreed on basic international policy, including the need for peaceful coexistence between East and West. The communique was issued while Soviet Foreign Minister An drei Gromyko flew back to Mos cow to report to Premier Nikita Khrushchev on his five-day visit and talks with President Tito and other Yugoslav leaders. According to the official Yugo slav news agency Tanjug, the communique issued jointly by Gro myko and Yugoslav Foreign Min ister Koca Popovic said: "In dis cussing the International situation, the identity or similarity of views on fundamental International ques tions has been reaffirmed. The common conviction also has been reaffirmed that the con sistent policy of peaceful coexis tence and of the settlement of in ternational problems through ne gotiations is the surest way for the relaxing and overcoming of international tension and for the stabilization of the world peace." Gromyko was the first major Soviet official to visit Yugoslavia in recent years. Tito broke with the Kremlin in 1948 because of his brand of "national commu nism." (In London, observers said the communique was significant be cause of tho solidarity it showed j in Moscow's and Belgrade's public views which have contrasted with those of the Communist Chinese who oppose Moscow's "soft" ide ological peaceful coexistence pol icy with the West.) lost' schooner is located NEW YORK (UPD -The Coast Guard today reported that a 71 foot schooner missing on a trip between Bermuda and New York has been found. It reported the crew as "safe and sound'' and said tlie tailing ship was proceeding here without need of aid. A search for the Black Panther, captained by James Johnson. 3fi, of Carlstadt, N. J., began Friday uhen the schooner, without an auxiliary motor, was reported four days overdue here. The schooner was sighted about halfway between New York and Bermuda at 2 a.m. today by a Navy destroyer escort, the Coast Guard said. The destroyer approached and was told that the crew and ship vere in sailing condition and no aid was needed. The Coast Guard confirmed that four York, Pa persons were aboard. They were Lulher J. Kulin. 40, and his wife. Betty, 36, Edwin C. Senft, 20, and John G. Conwav HI. o "Bn.r.l. Within The Reach Of All" (Q iiswoi(cr FUNERAL Hill at Irving Ae 1 f Iff LhT- i .'! S-s7 J.lssardta ttims . , . Saw. r . --i,Vj fV mJ :.?-JJ anrirri i -Tj-it - V- .teW'M .-"' TTjTi? r-; r -J 5S- Li!Tg iy i- &??t$k v -T WORLD'S FAIR SYMBOL observation deck at the top. Fair opened today. BEND YESTERDAYS was business as usual for area 45 years ago By Phil F. Brsgan Bulletin Staff Writer Forty-five years ago, America, already in war, was making rea dy for its death struggle with im perial Germany as conflict spread over the earth but in Central Oregon it was largely business as usual. A new Central Oregon baseball league was formed, with Maurice Cashman as president and with L. H. Irving, Madras, serving as vice president. District Attorney H. H. DeArmond received in structions to prosecute persons who made threats against tlie President of the United States. Bend was considering a bond is sue for $100,000 to assist Strahorn in constructing a railroad. Con struction of a nitrogen fixation plant in Bend was receiving study. A campaign was launched in Bend for funds to construct a big gymnasium. Work was to be started at once in Bend in the construction of six miles of sidewalks. From Washington. D.C. came word that President Wilson in a dramatic address to Congress had Dead-stick landing made HOOD RIVER (UPD A private plane crash-landed in the front ard of a home five miles south of hero today, narrowly missing a row of houses and three 5-year-old boys playing in tlie yard. The pilot, Thomas I Anson ol Seattle, was unhurt. He was the only occupant. j 1 Anson said he was on a bust-1 ness flight from Spokane to Port land when uie engine in his i Beechcraft Bonanza failed at 2.300 j feet. ! He made a dead-stick landing ; in the front yard of tlie Howard ' Weathers home. Tlie plane's left j wheel buckled when it hit tlie pound and tlie plane was dam aged extensively. Three five-year-old Ixiys. Geof frey Weathers. Kenneth Krumbah ami Ronnie Holt, were playing in the yard when the plane came down. MAN KILLED BEAVERTON (UPD-An elder ly man was struck and killed by a slow - moving Southern Pacific freight train here Thursday. Tlie victim was John Johnson. 79, Beaverton. Police said Ik walked in front of the train. Your Confidence Is Our Sacred Trust" c? Reynolds DIRECTORS phone EV 2 2474 4. wvr tor ' M,'f - f.' , A towering 600-foot space needle, with a revolving rejtaurant and offers a sharp and interesting contrast in the Seattle skyline. formally accepted tlie gage of battle witli Germany. Hay was costing a Central Ore gonian $.10 a Ion 45 years ago. He was Dan Heising. rancher on tho Metolius River. He was haul ing's hay. so hard pressed were sheep and he estimated that the delivered price was close to $80. Due to tlie bad condition of the road, it was impossible to haul more than a ton on a rack. The hard winter depleted Heis ing's hay. So hard pressed were his sheep for feed that they scrambled out on logs in the Me tolius river to eat moss. Bend school board members at their April meeting in 1017 re elected I'J teachers to tile staff and reconsidered the matter of tho salary of Eric Bolt, high school principal. His yearly re muneration was fixed at $1300. New teachers named were Edilh Chapman. Ihicol Hnzelton, lva Bixler, and Marie Broster hous. There were no vacancies on the high school staff. P. R. Brooks of the newly-opened Pilot Butte Inn 45 years ago this month proposed organization in Bend of one or more batteries of mountain howitzers: 'lie pledg ed to give his experience in train ing the batteries to a high degree of efficiency. Brooks expressed his belief that a full regiment could be organized in Central Oregon. Around town in 1017: Dennis Carmody named head of Bend Fair and Track Association. . . Garden plots set aside for school children. . .Experts probed leak in Tumalo rcsenoir to see if it could he sealed. . .Hotel Cozy in Bend formally ojiened to public with Mrs. Nettie Stevenson in charge. . .Construction of a mod ern highway over Uie McKcnzic Pass considered, with Deschutes asked to contribute $15,0110. tin a ON EASIER Treat your family to these special Easter chuck wagon entrees ROAST TURKEY with dreuins BAKED HAM with reiitn uce, wcet potatoet Meal includes milk or coffee and Ice cream or sherbet for detsertl THI- RUSTIC INN 1036 South 3rd EV 2-3601 L Commies fire at police car BERLIN (UPD-Communist po lice today opened fire with ma chine pistols at a West Berlin po lice car patrolling a border street. West Berlin police reported. The Communists fired from a rooftop on Bernauerstrasse down at the automobile as it passed along in West Berlin territory, police said. The houses on Bernauerstrasse are in East Berlin, but the side walk and street are Western ter ritory. The houses have been evacuated and their doors and windows ce mented up to prevent refugees from escaping to the West. Shots rang out at two other bor der points, and at a third place a Communist policeman died under mysterious circumstances. It was not known if the Red policeman committed suicide, died of natural causes or whether he was killed by a refugee escaping to the West. West Berlin police observed the eastern policeman dead in his guard' house in a railway yard on the border of the French sector shortly bc'forc dawn. Temperatures Tcmpcratur es during the 24 at 4 a.m. PST today. hours ending I Bond 53 28 ! Astoria 51 49 .29 Baker 56 32 ! Brookings 61 43 Burns 54 34 Lakeview 55 33 Medford 58 33 Newport 50 45 .03 :N. Bend 55 48 Pendleton 60 43 Portland 54 51 T Salem 53 48 T The Dalles 57 49 Chicago 50 38 .04 Los Angeles "5 55 Miami 81 69 iNew York 60 44 San Fran 60 49 : Seattle 54 46 i Washington 51 39 .19 astasia I! SUNDAY all you can eat for only $ 1 49 M
