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WEATHER Cloudy; periods light rain to night, partly cloudy Thursday with high 60-67; low M-45. 5 Year 5S'' j I :il .... :, l::. v.'. ii. j PLANNING OPEN HOUSE Dean Swift, divisional engineer of the Oregon State Highway Dept., it shewn with a model of the Stadium Freeway in Portland which will be on display at an open house Thursday from 2 to 9 p.m. at the Oregon State Highway Department on the Dalles California Highway. The open house is in conjunction with National Highway Week. Grinding crash takes lives of 3 in Portland PORTLAND UPI-Three per sons were killed and six injured in a grinding three-car accident on North Greeley Avenue here Tuesday night Police said it was Portland's worst traffic smashup since three persons were killed in an accident in June of 1960. The victims were Patsy Sellars, 18, a senior at Roosevelt High school, and Mr. and Mrs. Dwight R. Curfman. Mrs. Curfman, 53. and the Sellars girl were killed outright and Curfman, 55, died several hours after the accident. Mrs. Curfman's daughter, Mrs. Glenna Burgess, 34, was in ser ious condition. Police said the accident appar ently occurred when two north bound vehicles brushed together and went out of co.ittol, one of which careened across south bound traffic lanes and was struck by the Curfman car. Hospitalized in fair condition were William H. Hubert, 18; Bon n'e Clark, 18: Kenneth Oliver, 17; Gary Waterman, 22, and Jack D. Elliott, 23. Police said Elliot was in a car driven by Waterman and that Miss Sellars, Miss Clark and Hu bert were in a car driven by Oliver. New rainfall is welcomed by stockmen More rain dampened the Des- rhules country last nifflit and spread out over the range coun try to bring joy to stockmen. Here f' -m his ranch in Die Fort Rock basin. Rube Long, stock. man. declared that with a few more showers, the high desert country will "bloom as it never has before." Bend's snare of the moisture for the mild night storm was 017. That brings the total here for the month up to 1.57 inches, well bove the half-century average of 1.12 inches for May. And from the weathermen in the Portiand district olfice this morning came forecasts of more rain hi the five days just ahead. In Oreeon east of the Cascades, more showers are expected through Friday, but with the to tal not to be heavy, from 0 10 to 0 20 of an nch. MoiorUts reaching here from Burns last night reported wind wnvped r.'in. intermixed with snow, in the Horse Kiio county- Twelve Pages X Wants no part ft'' I J w.. JV -'j Second retail move opposed by Reus oner City Commissioner Paul Rea soned, one of four for whom re call petitions have been taken out by a local group, said today he will have nothing to do with a proposed second recall move ment. Reasoner said he had heard that a group may initiate recall peti tions for Commissioners Jack Rice, Jack Dempsey and Ted Sexton. He said that he disagrees with this action and "will have no part in it" "While I disagree with these men on the ability of City Mana ger Walter Thompson, I agree with them on many other prob lems that face the city. "These men are good commis sioners. They are sincere in their opinions. I will have no part of any recall movement and will personally oppose it" Reasoner said. Reasoner and fellow commis sioners William Miller, E. L. Nielsen and Richard Carlson are targets of a recall movement started by backers of City Mana ger Thompson. The four in effect dismissed Thompson effective Ju ly 1 over the objections of Rice. BULLETIN WASHINGTON (UPI) The House Ways and Means Commit tee by overwhelming voice vote today epproved a bill that would slash $195 million off federal tax es on travel, starting next year. Effective Jan. 1, the bill would repeal the 10 per cent tax on railroad and bus travel and low er the tax to 5 per cent en air line tickets. Quick congressional enactment appeared assured. The measure is tentatively scheduled for House floor action during the first week of June. Lucius Clay's son vounded in Viet Nam SAIGON'. South Viet Nam wounded in a separate incident (UPD Lt Col. Frank B. Clay, when he stepped on a Communist son of Gen. Lucias D. Clay. Prei- planted land mine while leading dent Kennedy's special Berlin ad viser, was wounded today in ac tion against Communist guer rillas. A U.S. military spokesman said three other Army officers alsn were wounded in the same action on Uie Plain of Reeds in Kimg Phong Province 75 miles south west of Saienn. The spokesman Mid that an Army master sergeant was BEND Bend, 1 Dempsey and Sexton. The recall movement resulted. Attorney Gottlieb Baer, and resaturant operator Bob Blakely have been identified as leaders of the recall movement Concerning his own recall, Rea soner said, "If these people want to recall us, let them try. All four of us felt we had good reason to accept Mr. Thompson s resigna tion, that Bend deserves some thing better than a do-nothing Citv Manager. "I'm sure that our position will be justified when the residents of Bend know the full story behind our decision," Reasoner said. Mayor opposes action against commissioners One City Commissioner contact ed today by The Bulletin said he opposed the proposed recall move ment against four Bend Commis sioners. Another said he had no comment but didn't favor the bad publicity that recalls bring. Mayor Jack Dempsey said, "I thought this matter was settled when Mr. Walter Thompson first handed in his resignation. As far as I was concerned, the matter was settled at that time." He said he opposes any recall based upon disagreement with how a man votes. "That isn't what the recall was originally meant for." he said. Dempsey said he opposes recall aimed at Commissioners William Miller, E. L. Nielsen, Paid Reasoner and Richard Carlson. Commissioner T. D. Sexton said he had no particular comment. "It is now up to the people back ing the recall movement" he said. He said that publicity which results from such movements "never does a city any good.' a group ot houin Vietnamese rangers on a "training exercise" about 20 miles northwest of Sai gon. The sergeant's name was not given. None of the wounded men was reportrd Injured seriously. This was Uie second incident in less than two weeks in which young Clay's life has hen en dancered in action acainst Uie Reds. On May 12, he narrowly es CENTRAL OREGON'S Deschutes County, Oregon, Wednesday, May 23, 1962 45 killed as Giitiiiemtal jet Murder in Marshal death pro FRANKLIN, Tex. (UPI One of the highest sources investiga ting the death of agriculture offi cial Henry H. Marshall said to day authorities are now convinced that Marshall was murdered, and that three suspects are now un der consUmt surveillance. The source said there is a pos sibility that the slaying was con nected with the Billie Sol Estes case, witn a motive ot enner re venge or silencing of a threat. The three suspects have been under surveillance since the grand jury was first called last week, the source said, and one has been questioned at length. The suspects were not identified. "I believe Sheriff Howard Steg all also now believes that it was murder," the source said. Change Positions Stcgall has in the past Insisted that the verdict of suicide was correct. Stegall, Justice of the Peace Lee Farmer, who returned the suicide verdict, and Deputy Sheriff E.P. Elliott were the first three witnesses before the grand iurv todav. A preliminary report by a path ologist Tuesday indicated that Marshall, 52, the Agriculture De partment official who first began checking agricultural deals of Estes, was murdered. Dr. Joseph Jachimczyk, the pathologist who is directing the autopsy on Marshall's body, said it appears he was shot once in the back and four times from the front. Manley Jones, a funeral direc tor who had suspected murder instead of the official verdict of suicide when Marshall was found dead in a field last June 3, said there was evidence of other in juries. "There were Indications that there had been quite a struggle," Estes 'silent' with creditors EL PASO, Tex. (UPP Billie Sol Estes faced many of his 564 creditors today for the first time since he became the center of a scandal. For once, he refused to talk. Estes, until recently, was noted as a lay preacher, after dinner speaker and salesman never at a loss for words. Ho took refuge in the Fifth Amendment today to al most every question asked him at a meeting with his creditors in U.S. District Judge R E. Thoma son's courtroom. The questions he refused to answer included one about his oc cupation. His refusal to talk brought a quick conclusion to the meeting. He was allowed tj leave the witness stand after 21 minutes and his creditors started forming a committee to help the court appointed receiver now running Estes' affairs. Another meeting will be held about the middle of June between Estes and his creditors. One question that he was ex- pected to be asked today was whoihM- hA has millions of dollars hidden away in Swiss banks un- being ttO million In debt. A court dcr 8 code name. The question appointed receiver is running his was never asked. caped death when a bullet fired by a Red guerrilla on the ground crashed throuzh Uie plexiglass canopy of his helicopter and came within inches of his head. A U.S. Army crewman Uiat time killed Uie sniper with a 30 caliber ma chine gim. In today's action, Uie source source said Clay, senior adviser to Uie Vietnamese 7lh Division, wai hit In Uie arms an-1 legs by flying fragments of aluminum and plexiglass as bullets ripped through his helicopter DAILY NEWSPAPER seen Jones said. "This had not been brought to light. There were wounds like blows from some thing . . . there were indications of body and facial lesions. "There is no doubt in my mind that Henry Marshall was mur dered." FBI on Case Texas Rangers and the FBI, armed with Uie latest report from Jachimczyk, resumed their inves tigation of Marshall's death the latest phase of the mushrooming Estes scandals. The autopsy was conducted Tuesday to help a grand jury in vestigating the case to clear the air" and find any connection, if there is any, with Estes. In Washington, Sen. John Mc Clelland, D-Ark., chairman of the Senate investigations subcommit tee which is now inquiring into the Estes case, said he was "not at all surprised." Republican National Chairman William E. Miller said the tenta tive ruling by the pathologist further emphasized UV need of a thorough investigation of the case. "We need a thorough, impartial and non-political investigation of the whole sorry mess no matter who is hurt by it, Miller said. Sheriff Howard Stegall disagreed with Jachimczyk about Marshall being shot In the back. Nine Holes Visible There were nine bullet holes plainly visible in the body. Ja chimczyk said he assumed that Marshall was shot five times and that four of the nine holes were made by bullets that went all the way through the body and came out. The bullets were never recov ered. Stegall said the shirt that Mar shall wore had two holes in its back. He said two of the bullets must have been nearly spent and did not "have enough steam left" to punch through the cloth. One of the holes is what cuases the disagreement Stegall said threads around the hole were "pulled out" in such a way as to indicato an exit wound. Jachimczyk said it was an entry wound. Jazhimczyk said he hoped to finish his examination of the body and be able to give the grand jury a complete report Thursday. Mrs. Marshall, who lurca a pri vate investigator because she did not believe that her husband had killed himself, was relieved. "I hope the truth has been found out," she said. "I wanted to know the truth from the be ginning." Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman said last week that Marshall took some of the secrets of the Estes case to the grave with him. Marshall had heard months before his death that Estes was illegally buying cotton allotments for his west Texas farms. He began an investiga tion. At that time. Estes was a re spected and rising Texas agricul ture figure with an empire esti mated to be worth 150 million. Estes has since been indicted by federal and state grand juries on charges of fraud and violating Texas antitrust laws. He admits laflairs. But Clay's wounds were not serious and he was released by medicos after preliminary treat ment, Uie source said. Clay's helicopter was reported to have been badly damage by small arms fire from Uie Viet Cong guerrillas. The source said Uirec com panies of Victnami'se troops were airlifted into battle In waves of five and six helicojiters each. Two other Vietnames companies swept into uie name K.un I Viet Cong on the ground Uirouah he LETIN No conclusive evidence found for fire trial Special to The Bulletin PR1NEV1LLE - A grand jury convened for about three and a half hours Tuesday in Uie Crook county courthouse to consider all evidence which had been found by city and state police in connec tion with the incendiary fire in the home of Ron Swift, Central Oiegonian editor, on May 5. The grand jury studied evi dence, heard witnesses, and de clared that no conclusive evidence to form a case for trial had been presented. Jim Minlurn, district attorney, stated after Uie session that he will notify Uie foreman of the grand jury when Uie arson squad of the state police working with the Prlneville police, have com pleted the second phase of its in vestigation in Uie case. A fresh investigation was un derway Tuesday. on Carpenter shot Thursday CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPD Launch crews today suc cessfully completed the first phase of Uie split countdown for astro naut M. Scott Carpenter's sched uled orbital flight Thursday and officials said the crucial go "no go" decision would be made Uus evening. If scientists decide to proceed, Uie countdown will be resumed at 9:30 p.m. PDT. A spokesman indicated Uiat everyUiing checked out perfect in the space vehicle in Uie first phase of Uie countdown, but launch con ditions still were causing concern. At a wcathcrbriefing this morn ing top officials of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis tration said Uiat smoke from nearby forest and swamp fires "was thicker than we had expect ed" at Uie launch aroa today. "A large forest fire across the Indian River from Cape Canaveral is almost directly upstream of Uie predicted wind" for the day of the shot, meaning Uie smoke will be blown directly toward Carpenter's launching pad, a spokesman said. Today, Uie pad could not be seen from the beach vantage points where it is normally easily within viow. Despite forecasts of only Uiree-mile visibility at low altitudes, space agency officials said Uie smoke haze would prob ably not interfere with the high altitude tracking cameras and that even with today's smoko blanket, Uie shot probably could have gone. Crews encouter deep drifts in McKenzie work A maintenance crew working out of Sisters under the direcUon of Alfred Bates was deep in drifts of the big cut at the east approach to the McKenzie lava fields today, and experiencing considerable trouble. Bates reported to the Oregon State Highway Department s div ision office In Bend Uiis morning that ice was being encountered in the packed snow. Work of opening the McKenzie Highway to uavel started on May 15. and Uie crew experienced lit tle difficulty until equipment was moved Into the big drifts Uiat choke the cut at the east edge of Uie high lava beds. thickets of lush tropical growth and across rice paddies. The Injuries to Clay and Uie other Americans came as they started to leave Uie Plain of Reeds, which has been a Com munist Viet Cong stronghold since the days of the Indo-China war eight years ago. Clay and another U.S. Army ad viser had witnessed a sharply fought action In the area and were being airlifted out by helicopter when Uie craft was hit by auto- matic weapons fire, Uie spokes Univ. of Oreeon Library Ten Cents Tragedy mars top aviation safety record CENTERVILLE, Iowa (UPD- A Continental Airlines jet airliner crashed and disintegrated during a violent electrical storm Tuesday night. All 45 persons aboard were killed. One of Uie 37 passengers aboard Uie Chicago to Los Angeles jet was found alive in Uie wreckage today nearly eight hours after Uie crash. But he died an hour later in a hospital. The big Boeing 707 plummeted from Uie stormy skies and its wreckage was scattered over a 25-mile area in southern Iowa and northern Missouri. It was Uie first fatal crackup in Continental's 28-year history, marring commercial aviaUon's best safety record. It was Uie third crash of a 707 since they went Into service in 1958. The jet was cruising at 39,000 feet and was 25 minutes from a stop at Kansas City when crashed. , . The first clue to Uie plane's fate was two pieces of metal found passing on a highway by a motorist Follow Trail of Debris Seven hundred searchers fol lowed a 10-mile trail of debris stretching across the Missouri bor der to Uie biggest piece of wreck age Uie rear section of Uie fuse lage. Inside were the bodies of 41 of the victims. The three other bod ies were found from 1 to Hi miles away. The ground party heard a moan inside the fuselage and found Tnkchlko Nakano, a passenger, still alive. Nakano, 27, a service engineer for electronic microscopes, had been in the United States about vear and a half. He worked out of Evanston, 111., installing and serving microscopes in a 19-state area. Nakano was rushed from Uie valley where the fuselage crashed to a hospital at Centerville, Mo., where he died. Najeeb Halaby, director of Uie Federal Aviation Agency flew from San Francisco to Uie crash scene to Investigate Uie causa of the nation's latest air disaster. FBI Squad Investigates The FBI sent its special "dis aster squad" from Washington to examine the crash wreckage. Thomas J. Gcarty, FBI agent in charge at Omaha, Neb., said dis aster squads" are not usually as signed to airline crasnes umcss the airline requests it. FBI Agent W.M. Felt ol Kansas City 6aid "no comment" when asked whether there were any In dications that any unnatural fac tors could bo involved In the crash. The "Golden Jot," Continental's flight 11 from Chicago's O'Hare Field took off at 7:35 p.m. PDT. As it cruised over Uie Middle West, it ran Into the edge of a lightning-laced storm in which winds were clocked at 75 miles an hour. At 8:30, farmers in the area saw an orange glara in Uie sky. A few thought they heard sounds which resembled thunderclaps. The jet apparently plunged al most straight down, the fuselage smacking Into Uie rough rolling farmland near Unionville, Mo. Byron Evans, a private pilot, spotted the fuselage from Uie air fighting man said. The other adviser alio was hit in Uie arms and legs by flying fragments of pelixglass and alum inum. Uie spokesman said. The two pilots of Uie helicopter also were wounded. One pilot was hit In the chest by spent bullet and the ouier was shot through the heel. All were released after treat. ment, except the pilot who was wounded in Uie heel. He was be- Int! held for observation, Uie spokesman said. TEMPERATURES . High yesterday, 61 degrees. Low last night, 38 dogreos. Sunset today, 7:33. Sunrise tomorrow, 4:30. (Standard Time) Ne. 143 and directed the ground party to Uie scene. Terry BurneU, who lives on a farm near Uie crash site, said he heard Nakano's moan from Uie fuselage and pulled him out. The bodies of Uie other 36 pas sengers and the 8 c.ew members were taken to a Unionville gar age, which was turned into a temporary morgue. Among Uie passengers were Robert G. Tabors, 47, Providence, R.I., president of Textron Elec tronics Inc., and three officials of the Dodge division of Chrysler Corp., Virgil W. Mourning, 45, Birmingham, Mich., manager of dealer finance; Robert Welsh, 45, Grosse Pointe. Mich., assistant general sales manager, and Fred P. Herman, 46, Dearborn, Mich., a business manager. DENVER (UPIl-The crew of H Uie Continental Airlines jet which crashed tn lowa Tuesday nignc was based in Los Angeles. The passenger list, with home I towns known in nearly all cases, liitluucu uiujr uiiu pciovm null, ura Far West. He was identified as James Webb, Anaheim, Calif. Crew members, all from Cali fornia, were: Mary R. McGrath, 20, hostess, El Segundo; David E. Olssen, 40, director of passenger services, El Segundo; Marilyn L. Bloomquist, 24, hostess, EI Segundo; Roger Dean Allen, 32, second officer, Palos Verdes; Capt. Fred Rudolph Gray, 50, pilot. Pacific Palisades; Stella Ann Berry, 20. hostess, Los Angeles; E.J. Sullivan, first offi cer, Inglewood, and Martha Joyce Rush, 23, hostess, Manhattan Beach. Area combed for bodies of victims MUNICH, Germany (UPD U.S. and German teams combed a six mile stretch of Bavarian wood land today for Uie remaining budies of 26 Americans killed in a plane crash. rmy officials said 20 bodies were lound Tuesday, tne u.s. Navy Supor ConstellaUon WV2 re connaissance plane loaded with radar detecting devices disinte grated in flight Tuesday and crashed in fiamos. The Navy dispatched a team of Investigators to Germany from Rota, Spain, base of Uie ill-fated plane. Capt. P. Abrahamsen, a Pan American Airways pilot who was flying a 707 jollincr about eight miles from Uie crash scene, wit nessed Uie tragedy. "There's an airplane disinte grating," Abrahamsen radioed Uie Munich control tower. "I see Uie tail section now." Eye witnesses on the ground heard a roar, and saw Uie tail section had ripped off Uie fuse lage. Other parts of Uie plane were strewn over a six-mile area. The main section of Uie fuselage crashed into a field at Uie edge of a pine forest about six milfj east of Munich. Munich air traffic controllers said the Navy pilot had radioed for clearance for an emergency landing a few minutes before Uie crash. The plane carried 22 Navy men and four soldiers. Such aircraft are part of Uie U.S. global air de fense and observation system. DOW JONES AVERAGES By United Press International Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 626.52, off S.82; 20 railroads 132.77, off 1.96; 15 utili ties 118.49. off 110, and 65 stocks 217.16, off 3.47. Sales today were about .4S milllo'i shares compared with 3.64 million shares Tuesday. O