Univ. of 0rj(j3:i Library EUaEUS, OREGON in today s school vote opera until 9, THE BEND BULLETIN f WEATHER TEMPERATURES Occasional rain; high Tuesday High yesterday, (8 degrees. Low last night, 36 degrees. Sunset today, 7:15. Sunrisa tomorrow, 4.48. 58-45; low IMS. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 59th Year Eight Pages Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Monday, May 7, 1962 Ten Cents No. 129 Polls DST Freeman says no favoritism shown Estes WASHINGTON (UPI) Am culture Secretary Orville L. Free man said today three Agriculture Department employes may have received favors from Texas finan cier Billie Sol Estes but declared there is no evidence that Estes ever was shown anv favoritism by the department. i "I find no grounds for any ac cusations that Estes was shown any favoritism," Freeman told a news conference called to discuss department dealings with Estes, who is under state and federal indictment for fraud in Texas. At a 76-minute news conference, Freeman said that of the Uu-ee persons who might have received gratuities from Estes, one has been fired, one has resigned, and one who testified under oath that ' he took nothing is still being in vestigated by the FBI. Officials Resign He referred to Emery E. Ja cobs, a deputy administrator ol the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service, who re signed after he was linked with Estes gift-giving; William Morris, staff assistant to former Assitant Secretary James Ralph, who was fired after he refused to answer department questions, and to Ralph, whose connection with the Estes case is still in the hands of the FBI. Freeman said he knew that Es tes was having difficulty with the department over cotton allotments when he was appointed to the Na tional Cotton Advisory Council in July, 1961. He pointed out that trouble over cotton allotments in many in stances has been referred to as a "lawyer's quarrel." What one set of lawyers may decide is illegal and another may decide is legal and proper still is a matter for the courts to de cide. Freeman observed. Freeman conceded in response to questioning that in hindsight the department probably should have dealt with the Estes case Avruwtitiraiclv Tip raid that anv similar cases would be han-! died more quickly in Uie tuture. Had the department not fol-j lowed its regular administrative i procedures in the Estes case, he said the department might have become vulnerable to law suits, He said there is still a probabil- ity that the matter will be re viewed in the courts. Beginners' Day schedule given Children who will enter school next fall, and their mothers, are invited to Beginners' Day pro grams this week in schools of the Bend system. There will be pro grams for the mothers and enter tainment for the children. Re freshments will be served. The first in the series was this afternoon, in LaPine. Others on the schedule, all at 1:30 p.m. day light time, are as follows: Tues day, Young: Wednesday, Allen Marshall; Thursday, Kenwood Kingston; Friday, Reid - Thomp- At each program, there will be of the World's Fair In Seattle, talks by a mother, representing spent the night at the Mark Hop !? ! i..,. . n ! kins Hotel. After the news con- K me" and Hyatt, director of special educa- ed by Mrs. Walter Smead or Mr, ; Gordon Brown: tne neaun w partment by Miss Hiltje Hubftara or Mrs. Jlarjone snincr. Efforts have been made to rea-h the parents of all prospec tive first-graders. Any who have not received individual notifica tion are asked to attend the pro gram at their nearest school. Salinger arrives in W. Germany BONN, Germany (ITU-White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger meets West German press chief Felix von Eckardt to day to discuss the best means of "combatting fommunit propagan da through Western government information programs. Salinger a r r i v e d Sunday for three days of information policy talks with West German olticiais. Sal;- -er will go to Moscow , ever, me moismre la run ejprcm Friday" for meetuigs with Aiexi to he hea'. Ad'hrbei the editor of die gov- Temperatures in the five day emment newspaper Izvestia and j period ill range between 55 and .n-.n-law of Premier Nikiu.M for the higlu and 34 to 45 for ; fl Si'"' vTiil .,.v . .JlS- " I fi . . fC RALLY TIME The eighth and ninth grade girls above are not doing calisthenics but are il lustrating how they will lead the Bend Junior rl ign scnool in rally drills next year. New ninth grade rally girls are from left to right back row: Diane Beal, Cathye Creighton, queen, and Cheryl Newell. Eighth grade members are Jolie Waller, left, front row, and Terri Spence. Tifov fakes new pokes at United States SAN FRANCISCO (UPD-Soviet Cosmonaut Gherman Titov, tour ing San Francisco, today smiling ly criticized the U.S. space pro gram and automobile traffic. Titov said at a press conference that if he were invited to join an American in a U.S. spacecraft, "I would be a bit afraid because there have been quite a lot of failures in your program." He said he had seen Lt. Col. John Glenn's space craft, and re marked, "It's not even good enough for flying in orbit. As for American automobiles, me Diue-eyea cosmonaut oam, seems to me you have to pay some attention to this problem." He said that ifs just a matter of time before Americans will be able to get places faster by walk ing man Dy driving. The Russian major parried questions about which country would land a man on the moon first and about the existence of God. He said his grandfather be lieved in God. but that his grand mother did not, and kept throwing religious pictures out the window. The grandmother, he said, is still alive, and the grandfather is not. "We have an example here that belief in God does not always help. I believe in toil and labor and the reason of man." Titov declined to say who would be first on the moon, but said that he might favor some joint space flights by Soviet and American cosmonauts. But such cooperation must wait until the two nations have solved the disarmament problem, Titov said. The 27-year-old cosmonaut, who arrived with his wife, Tamara, Sunday night after a two-day tour f-ence.he met wiU, Acting May- j or ro o t-jeon at ed by Uie ; ' Low clouds move over mid-Oregon Low clouds that tipped volcanic buttes in the Bend area moved into Central Oregon Sunday night following a mild May day that sent the temperature up to 68 de- : grees. Last nicht's low in Bend was M degrees. Despite the comparatively mild weather, heavy gusts of wind swept over Cenlral Oregon most of Sunday afternoon. The five-day forecast calls for periods of rain tonight and again near the end of the week. How- I the lows. Session winds up Portlander selected new leader of YD's Young Democrats of Oregon re turned to their homes over the weekend after electing Mcrlyn Gubser, Portland, as president for the coming year in a late-developing contest. Gubser is a graduate student in education at the Uni versity of Oregon. Resolutions approved called for United States participation in the common market, called for the election by the people of the state superintendent of public instruc tion rather than his appointment by the governor and favored abo lishing the present House Un American Activities Committee. Gubser on Sunday spoke before a joint meeting of the Democratic Central Committee and the Des chutes County senior party organ ization in the Labor Temple. He expressed the Young Democrats' Prineville fire probe continues Special to The Bulletin PRINEVILLE Ron Swift, 25, editor of the Central Oregonian, moved this past weekend from a home on West Third Street, scene of an explosive five Friday night. His temporary address has not been disclosed. The fire was the third attempt on Swift's property in the past week. Earlier, attempts had been made to ignite the gasoline tanks of two automobiles with paper, but both efforts failed. Before the fire, the newspaper received a postcard, with a mes sage in letters cut from a news paper, threatening "more cars if poisen (sic) goes in water." Police were investigating the possibility of a tie-in with recent letters to the editor, appearing in the Prineville paper, regarding the fluoridation issue. The card was at first believed to be the work of a prankster. Police questioned numerous in dividuals over the weekend, but did not indicate any progress is being made in the investigation of the circumstances surrounding the fire. Swift has been leaving his auto mobile at the police station at night Prowler enters Glander home j Police were notified over the i weekend that the Glander home at 1325 Albany had been entered , t , the f jrst missile - carried through removal of a clasp from I nuclear weapon tested by this the front door. The report of the j country. apparent entry was made by xhe Polaris was launched from Wayne Glander, 1034 Columbia. tj,e zthm Allen, one of the na The prowler also removed a ! tion's fleet of nuclear - powered ha-.p from a tool box, but It was j submarines each capable of car not immediately known whether ry'nR " "h missiles, any of the tools were stolen. ' Tlia Atomic fcnerjy Commu- appreciation of Bend's hospitality during the two-day convention of his group ui Bend. Korean Vet Defeated In the vote on officers, Gubser Saturday afternoon won from Richard W. Boetgcr, 27 year old disabled Korean war veteran. Gubser succeeds Dan Marsh of Eugene. The convention reached its cli max Saturday night when Sena tor E. L. Bartlett of Alaska ad dressed the group. Senator Vern on Cook of Troutdale was master of ceremonies at the banquet, held at the Pilot Butte Inn. Sena tor Bartlett declared that approv al of the common market for Eur ope will stop the spread of com munism there. Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton introduced the senator from Alaska. Resolutions Passed The YD's passed a number of resolutions prior to adjournment. These included: One that criti cized Gov. Mark Hatfield for not calling a special session of the legislature to deal with the "what time is it in your town" issue. The YD's endorsed the admis sion of any nation to the UN that conforms to the charter of that organization and called for the ouster of those who do not. They voiced support for world government through the United Nations and a world court mat would be given strong authority. Other Action The YD's voted to abolish the present seniority system in Con gress and instead have the ma jority and minority leaders wno are elected by their parties ap point the committees. They went on record as sup porting President Kennedy's medi-care bill under social secur ity. With slight modifications, they voted to support the Neuberger bill to allow lumbermen to ship their products on foreign vessels in order to better meet competition. U. S. successfully test fires live varhead from submarine WASHINGTON (UPD -The United States has successfully test fired Its first operational bal listic missile with a live nuclear warhead from a Polaris subma rine beneath the Pacific. The atomic explosion, fifth In the U. S. atmospheric series, was set off at 7:45 p.m., EDT Sun jav m iu. Christmas Island area Government snuffs revolt in Venezuela CARACAS, Venezuela (UPI) : Venezuelan security forces con ducted a massive search today for members and sympathizers of the Carupano revolt in a prelude to a major crackdown on anti government activities. Soldiers, police and armed farmers combed the countryside around Carupano, a seaport 250 miles east of Caracas, for Com munists, extremists and rebel ma rines who fled the city after the uprising was crushed Saturday night. About 400 persons were re ported under arrest. The government announced Sun day it was preparing an intensive drive against Commuiusts, Castro sympathizers and other subver sive groups to prevent further at tempts at toppling President Rom ulo BetancourU Defeat "Death Blow" Interior Minister Carlos Andres Perez called the defeat of rebel forces at Carupano a "death blow" to Communist and Castro efforts to convert Venezuela into a second Cuba." The government has contended that the two-day rebellion in Car upano, site of a large naval base, was Communist-inspired and sup ported by followers of Cuban Pre mier Fidel Castro. The defeated rebel leader, Navy Capt. Jesus T. Molina, and the dozen or so officers arrested with him after their surrender, were being brought to Caracas to face a court martial. Under the presidential decree suspending constitutional guaran tees, security forces searched farm ho-ses and trails around Carupano and set up road blocks in an effort to capture fleeing rebcls and other subversive ele ments. Reports from the port city of 15,000 population said about 300 rebels were missing from the force of 550 which had held con trol there for 32 hours. The unofficial casualty toll from the fighting that ended the revolt was 12 dead and about 50 wound ed. Molina's small but determined little military-civilian army was overwhelmed in daylong fighting Saturday. With about 100 machine guns and mortars, the rebels fought at least 2.000 troops which Betancurt poured into Carupano to smash the uprising as quickly as possible. Charges made on stockpiling WASHINGTON (UPP-The gov ernment's strategic stockpile is loaded with 5,044,000 pounds of quartz crystal more than eight times the estimated need for a three-year war and 25 times an nual U.S. consumption. Senate in vestigators were told today. Some of the stockpiled crystals are "junk," an administration of ficial told Sen. Stuart Symington's special armed services investi gating subcommittee. The official, William N. Law rence, an assistant director in the Office of Emergency Planning, said the administration was pre paring a plan to dispose of sur plus supplies. But selling even 5 or 10 per cent of the stockpile would break the world market, Lawrence testi fied. Lawrence said the government bought most cf the crystals from Brazil during the period from World War II until 1956. The pur chases included 8V7,O0O subspoci fication crystals, he said. tion did not disclose the distance the missile traveled or the alti tude of the detonation. But it was believed to have been a full-range test of the 1.200-mile Polaris. The AEC also did not announce the force of the explosion. How ever, It was known that the Po laris could carry a nuclear war head with a punch equal to 5O0, 000 tons of TNT. Rockets were used In high alti tude U. 8. H-bomb tests in 158. But Sunday's lest was Uie first in which an operational missile was fired with the nuclear war head it could drop on an enemy. The four previous nuclear de vices tested in the current series legalists suffer Senate heads seek to cut off talkathon WASHINGTON (UPI) Senate leaders today filed their promised cloture petition to force a vote Wednesday on their move to gag a southern talkathon against the administration's voting rights bill. Democratic leader Mike Mans field filed the petition with 30 signatures. The petition needed only 16 signers but Senate loaders still faced an uphill task if they are to win approval by two-thirds of all senators voting for the move to halt the talkfest itself. The 30 senators signing the petition included 20 Democrats and 10 Republicans. Mansfield made the move on behalf of himself and Senate GOP Leader Everett M. Dirkscn, 111. Under Senate rulea the vote will come about one hour after the Senate meets Wednesday mem- tag. Sign Petitions Besides Mansfield and Du-ksen those signing the petition in cluded: Democrats Clair Engle, Calif.: Lee Metcalf, Mont.; Frank E. Moss, Utah; Maurine B. Neuberg er, Ore.; and Wayne Morse, Ore. Republicans Thomas H. Kuchel, Calif. Mansfield, in tribute to the Re publicans joining him, said Dirk sen has been a "tower of strength in this situation." If the Senate limits debate, he said, much ot the credit belongs to the fair minded senator from Illinois, Mr. Dirksen." The Democratic leader tnen pave his answers to the two main arguments against the literacy test bill that lt IS unnecessury and that the states have "un qualified power" to fix voting qualifications. Protracted Litigation Mansfield said present statutes "may require the most protracted litigation" whereas the pending bill provides a "simple remedy." On the second point, mansiieiu said it is true that states have the Dower and right to fix voting qualifications but subject to "the protective guarantees oi uie inn and 15th amendments." Congress, he said, "has the power and ob ligation to make these amend ments effective. Congress should act, he added, whenever it has become clear that the right to vote is being denied "whether by sophisticated or simple-minded" methods. DOW JONES AVERAGES By United Press International Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 670.99, off 0.21; 20 railroads 139.60. off 1.08; 15 utili lties 124 84, up 0.07, and 65 stocks 230.83, off 0 37. Sales today were about 2.53 mil lion shares compared with 3.01 million shares Friday. were dropped from a plane. One had an explosive force of from one to five million tons of TNT. The throe others were belioved to have been around 100,000 tons each. The new test series, called Op eration Dominic, started April 25. The United States Is expected to sot off a total of two to three dozen shots during the next two months. The tests will be climaxed by high altitude blasts In late June or early July over Uie Johnston Island test area. At least one of thfe will be several hundred miles hih. District 1 school vote is underway Voters in Deschutes School Dis trict No. 1 were casting ballots this afternoon on a 1962-63 budg et proposal which it is estimated would increase local taxes less than one mill. Polls opened at 3 p.m., daylight time, and will accept ballots un til 9 p.m., daylight time. Votes are being cast at three polling places In Bend, the junior high, Kenwood and Allen, as well as at LaPine and Young schools. At stake in the election is the amount of the budget in excess of the six per cent limitation. This is a figure of $816,077.12. Voters are also balloting on two directorships for the seven-man two candi-1 district board. Only dates. Bert Hagen and Ralph Boese, are seeking the vacancies Both men are incumbents. The district board will meet at the clerk's office following the election to canvass votes. France sets off underground blast in Sahara PARIS (UPI) France set off an underground nuclear test ex plosion In the Sahara May 1, a spokesman for Defense Minister Pierre Messmer said today. No official communique was is sued for Uie time being. But Uie ministry spokesman said the nu clear blast took place in Uie new French nuclear testing grounds In Uie Hoggar Mountains in Uie Sa hara. The Paris afternoon newspaper Le Monde said the blast was in Uie "weak medium range. It was at least the fifth and possibly the sixth nuclear test ex plosion carried out Dy ranee in Uie past two years. Series of Four A scries of four above-ground blasts was carried out by Uie French on Feb. 13, 1960; April 1, 1960; Dec. 27, 1960, and April 25, 1961. After the 4th test explosion, Uie government announced that Uie scries of French tests in uie ai mosphere had been completed. The unusually reliable Le Monde reported, however, that an earl ier underground explosion had been fired off several months ago. Rut there was never any official confirmation that such an explo sion had taken place. First news of the latest French explosion came from Washington and informed sources said this ap peared to indicate it had been monitored by American dctecuon devices. It was only about 12 hours af ter Uie Washington reports ap peared that Uie French coniirmed Uie test explosion. The fact that It coincided with the NATO Council meeting in Ath ens last week and with the Amer ican test series In the Pacific was regarded here as no mere coincidence. French President Charles de Gaulle gave orders more than a year and a half ago for France tn slart building up an Indepen dent nuclear striking force. He has been nushini ahead with this de spite strong U. S. disapproval ana attempts to dissuade him from Uie idea. TROUBLI IN CHINA WASHINGTON (UPD Assistant Secretary of State W. Averell Harriman said Sunday that "econ omic disaster" would force Red China to relax Its restrictions on the Chinese people. He said Com munist China has been plunged Into "great economic difficulties" by collapse of its food program. ifing Soviet planes used to rush aid to rebels VIENTIANE. Laos (UPI) A high Laotian government official said today that Soviet aircraft al ready are landing planeloads of supplies for pro-Communist forces in newly captured Nam Tha and Muon Sing in northern Laos. Acting Foreign Secretary Sisouk ' Na Champassac said Uie Red sweep through Uie two north western towns near the Chinese Communist border would have "formidable political conse quences. He added that a sec ond Communist offensive was shaping up in southern Laos. Sisouk told a news conference I that pro-Communist forces had captured three outposts east, north and west of the southern Laotian provincial capital of Sar avane and had cut one of two important roads leading from the town. The royal government official insisted that Nam Tha was taken Sunday by forces which included four battalions from Red China's 4.1rd Division and seven battalions from Communist North Viet Nam. Sisouk said occupation of Nam Tha was an "insult" to American diplomats who had received per sonal promises from the pro-Communist rebel leaders that the town would not be taken. Critical of United States He lashed out at Uie United States for allegedly trusting Rus sia's ability to keep the pro-Com munist elements in Laos under control. What can we say about our friends who have confidence in the Communists," Sisouk asked angrily. Sisouk's outburst was Uie first top level reaction here to Uie rebel thrusts because the entire inner circle of the Laotian gov ernment was out of the country when Nam Tha fell, seeking out side support against Uie cut-off of U.S. financial aid. Sisouk, who rushed back here today, said he had received "con firmation" that further cuts in American assistance had been planned for early this month if his government did not enter into coalition with the procommu- nift and neutral rebels in Laos. Roval army troops were re ported streaming today toward Uie Thai border in retreat from Nam Tha. where they suffered their worst defeat since the Lao tian civil war began. US. draws praise at Athens meet ATHENS (UPI - European members of Uie NATO ministers conference today praised U. S. policy for putting Soviet leaden on a more guarded course in In ternational affairs. Conference sources said U. S. leadership of the 15-nation alli ance was stronger than for some time past, and Secretary of State Dean Rusk won plaudits for his diplomatic strategy. The NATO council concluded a four-day meeting here Sunday with "firm assurances" from Uie United States and Britain that they will use all their military might, Including nuclear weapons to defend Uie alliance. Rusk left Athens Sunday night for Canberra for talks with offi cials of Australia and New Zea land, partners of the United States In the Anzus Pact Belgian Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spaak, former NATO sec retary general, said of V. S. pol icy as outlined in Rusk's speech to the meeting: KhruiJii