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Newspaper Page TextUniv. of Oregon Library EUGENE, OREGON nips A aft report: 1 i CW tarasrdl Cuba, U, pgsraraoiie now in conunuini So THE BEND 59th Year Khrushchev r?: u: I i -Z-J'Ufa. 1 J II I THEY WORKED THROUGH NIGHT A Pacific Northwest Bell erew worked through the night at the Brooks-Newport intersection in Bend to repair a severed cable that left 458 homes and offices without telephone service. Pictured here splicing cut telephone lines this morning are, from left, Bud Caron and Jack Williams. Fog covered the area as the men worked in the dawn chill. Phone service knocked out when cable cut Flames of a blowtorch Uiat cut Into an underground cable Tues day afternoon severed a Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone carrier and left 438 Bend homes and of fices without service. Outages resulting from the cable break were more than the total here during the high wind of October 12. The current tele phone outage was one of the worst in the history of Bend. The break occurred Tuesday about 1:45 p.m. when the Hood Corporation of Boise. Ida., a con tracting firm handling Cascade Natural Gas extensions here, was extending a new line north on Brooks Street to the Pilot Butte Inn. The crew had been told it would encounter a "dead" power line at the Brooks-Newport corner. Near that ai-ea, the crew came in con tact with a buried pipe. Believing it to be the abandoned power line, men cut into it part way with a hack saw, then, deciding it was empty, used a blow torch to cut the line. Immediately, the 458 tele phones, mostly downtown and in west side Bend, went out of serv ice. For a time the entire central office in Bend was out of serv ice. A Pacific Northwest Bell crew from the Bend headquarters worked through the entire night making repairs, and finished the task about 8 o'clock this morn ing. GOP candidates session planned Tuesday nighf A group of Republican precinct workers will sponsor a "know the candidates" coffee hour Tuesday evening. October 30, at the Rim Rock Riders' clubhouse in Glen Vista. The informal get-together will start at 7:30 p.m., with everyone interested invited to attend. ' Republican candidates to be present, and expected to speak briefly, are George Baker, run- ring for re-election as county commissioner; Kessler Cannon, seeking the joint Deschutes-Jefferson county seat at the state legislature, and Bob Chandler, candidate for U.S. Congiess from the Second District. Sixteen Pages Bend, 7ca reacy o V Chinese will NEW DELHI, INDIA (UPI) India announced today that it is ready to talk peace with Red China, but only if the Commu nists pull back beyond the dis puted border between the two countries. A Foreign Minstry statement expressing conditional willingness to talk peace came shortly after the Defense Ministry disclosed that the Chinese had overrun five more indian outposts on the north eastern front. Peiping Radio earlier had broadcast a Chinese government statement calling for troops of both sides to pull back an equal distance from the positions they currently hold while Premiers Chou En-lai and Jawaharlal Neh ru talk over the border disputes. The Indians countered with their proposal which said they would be ready to talk peace if the Red Chinese withdrew north beyond the McMahon line, the border ac cepted by India but disputed by Red China. But the military situation con tinued to look gloomy tor India and a Red Chinese withdrawal did not appear imminent. Earlier, Communist China, claiming new victories in its bor der war with India, called for peace talks. But an Indian offi cial in an "immediate reaction prior to the official Foreign Min istry statement said the oner was Harvest Days program planned by hants mere Bend this weekend will observe its 1962 Harvest Days, on Thurs day, Friday and Saturday, with stores to remain open until 9 p.m. on Friday. A program for the event was lined up this past week by the Bend Retail Merchants commit tee of the Bend Chamber of Com merce. A feature of the present obser vance of Harvest Day will be a display of new automobiles on Minnesota Avenue, between Bond and Wall. This section of Minnel sola will be roped off for the showing of 1963 models. Firms exhibiting new cars will be Dyer's Auto Service, Bob Thomas Chevrolet - Cadillac, Murray and Holt, Hi-Mac Ramb- I ler, Robberson Ford Sales, and j Franks' Motors. Eleven merchants participating I in the Harvest Days program are ! to feat-jre special sales, covering i many fields. CENTRAL OREGON'S Deschutes County, Oregon, Wednesday, October 24, seeks aA peace pull back "vague, confusing and deceptive as usual. Read Over Radio The Chinese statement was broadcast over Peiping Radio by the Communist New China News Agency. It proposed: That both sides disengage and withdraw 20 kilometers (about 12.5 miles) from the line of "actual control" along the en tire border. That China and India agree not to cross the "traditional, cus tomary line" in the middle and western sectors of the border, (The current big Chinese advance is in the eastern sector.) That, "in order to seek friendly settlement of the Sino lndian boundary question, talks should be held once again by the prime ministers of China and In dia." It said the talks could be held either in Peiping or New Delhi. On the fighting front, an Indian Defense Ministry spokesman said the Chinese have driven seven miles from Khinzemaiw which fell to the Reds last Saturday. Khirctcmane was one of India's key defense posts along the Northeast Frontier Agency (NEFA) border with Tibet. The drive would put the Chinese about seven or eight miles from Twang, a town of 25,000 and the second largest in the NEFA. The Indian defense spokesman said the situation on the western front in Ladakh was unchanged although Chinese broadcasts claimed Communist troops wore advancing on both sectors of the front, almost 1.000 miles apart. Nehru has refused to enter ne gotiations with China until Indian conditions are met, including withdrawal of Chinese forces from Indian-claimed territory. Approval given for new school THE DALLES (UPI (Voters of newlv consolidated school district number nine approved a $947,000 bond issue Monday for construc tion of a new high school on the Chenowith site. The vote was 338 to 181 Chenowith, Mosier and Rowena districts were consolidated last spring. ' WEATHER Fair fhroogh Thursday with maming fog palchts. Highs 70- 7; low 31-17. High yesterday, 7i degrees. Lew last night, M degrees. Sunut today, 5:07. Sunrise tomorrow, t-.n. BULLETIN DAILY NEWSPAPER summit meeting Hatfield asks recruitment for Guard PORTLAND (UPI)-Gov. Mark Hatfield called for recruitment of more Oregon Army National Guard members here Tuesday night and announced establish ment of a special communica tions center at Salem. Hatfield made a surprise visit to Portland Air Base, where he spoke to some 350 National Guard officers and men in Uie new ar tillery armory. The men were massed for their regular weekly drill meeting. The governor said he would like to build Oregon Guard units up to full strength to be ready for any eventuality. Hatfield did not, however, indicate any sudden im mediate cause for alarm. At the end of September, Army Guard units in Oregon numbered 6,148 men, 391 below full strength. Hatfield said he is establishing a governor's communications cen ter in the basement of the Capitol Building at Salem because of the breakdown in normal communica tions during the recent storm. The center will contain radio equipment and special "hot wire' lines to maintain contact with other parts of the state, Hatfield said. He said agencies that would use it include National Guard, Civil Defense, State Police, the Highway Department and the For estry Department. The governor told the National Guardsmen he hoped, in connec tion with the Cuban crisis, ,thcy would continue weekly drilling as well as recruit new members. Boys suspected r I ft or car mens Stale police Tuesday picked up two 14-year-old boys in Moro on suspicion of thefts of two automo biles, one of them stolen from Uie home of W. E. Roats, Parrcll Road. Roats told city police he woke about noon Tuesday to discover his car missing. State police said the youths apparently ditched Uie Roals car near Moro, and were apprehended in Moro driving an other car. Both youths gave Central Point as their home. Commission candidate Native of Illinois bids for city post (Following it tht third in a ' series of Intarviaws with candi dates for the Band City Com mission. Five commissioners will be elected from a slate of 12 candidates at the general election on November A. The Interviews appear in alphabeti cal order.) An Illinois naUve with a his tory of active participation in civ ic affairs in that state is aspiring to one of five open posts on Bend's city commission. Barney Davis, 51. served on Uie Decatur, 111., planning commis sion and in the capacity of food inspector for that city before com ing west. He's a general agent for the Insurance Company of Ore gon and has lived in Bend dur ing the past four years. A married man, Davis lives with his wife at 1516 W. Fifth. Two married daughters, Sharon and Dolores, have given him four grandchildren. Davis graduated from an Illi nois high school before entering Uie insurance business. He is a member of Uie Underwriters' Health and Accident Assn. and chairman of the "Every Member Pledge Committee." His religious affiliation is with the Trinity Episcopal Church of Bend. Ten Cents Sky liners plan telephone drive in Bend tonight Jubilant because full telephone services will be available, follow ing last night's bad break. Sky liners this evening will sponsor their annual membership drive, via telephone. Volunteers will start calling Bend homes about 6 p.m. and will continue to 8 p.m., inviting local residents to join the Skyliners for a season of varied activities. Much of Uie activity will center around Bachelor Butte, Central Oregon ski area. As Bend residents accept invi tations to join Uie Skyliners when telephones ring tonight, mem bers of the outdoor organiiaUon will visit homes, to deliver mem bership cards. Mrs. Robert L. Cutter heads the membership campaign for the Skyliners, headed by Dr. Lowell W. Aplin. Area continues on 24-hour alert The Central Oregon area con tinues on a 24-hour civil defense alert during Uie present Cuban crisis, with a steady buildup ot public interest noted. -William C. James, Deschutes County civil defense director, monitored Salem through last night as requested by Oregon Gov. Mark Hatfield. And James' office this morning reported numerous requests for survival information since Presi dent Kennedy announced plans for a blockade of Cuba Monday afternoon. Most of the callers have re quested information on stocking of food and water supplies for a two-week period as recom mended by civil defense authori ties for several years. Others wondered what to do In cases where residents do not have access to fallout shelters of any type. Civil defease information can be obtained by calling EV 2-5791, or checking at Uie Deschutes Coun ty court house. PHOTOS RELEASED WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Pentagon early today released 14 aerial photographs of Cuban mis- ' sile and bomber sites. BARNEY DAVIS Asked about his views on com mission affairs, Davis declared he favors a body that will voice Uie will of a majority of people In Bend. He wishes to be instru mental in arousing more residents to vote in city elecUons than have in Uie past He also favors the es tablishment of more business and Industry in Bend, a condition that would automatically mean larger payrolls and increased popula- tion. 1962 I No. 272 ISoviet leader says no rash action is set MOSCOW (UPI) - Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev called to day for a summit meeting to help settle Uie Cuban blockade crisis to prevent it from growing into a nuclear war. The official Soviet Tass news agency quoted him as saying in reply to a telegram from British philosopher and pacifist Lord Ber trand Russell that the Soviet Un ion "will take no rash decisions" as a result of Uie Cuban crisis. But he also was quoted as say ing that if Uie U.S. government carries out its planned program of piratical action, then of course, wo shall have to make use of the means of defense against the ag gressor; we have no other way out. . . . The Soviet premier said Moscow will "not let itself be provoked by Uie unjustified actions" of Uie United States. He obviously re ferred to Washington's decision to halt all further shipments of of fensive arms to Cuba and its de mand that present nuclear-capable missile bases there be dismantled. "We will do everything which depends on us to prevent the bunching of a war," Khrushchev said... "We would think a meeting on (he highest level to be useful," Khrushchev said. "The U.S. gov ernment must show restraint and must halt the realization of its pirate-like threats which may have Uie most serious consequences." Tass said Khrushchev told Rus sell: "Understanding the complicated nature of the situation caused by Uie pirate activities of the Amer ican government, we cannot ac cept them in any form." The Soviet leader said if the U.S. government "grossly disre gards and violates Uie internation al laws, then Uie extremely acute situation may get out of control and this may grow Into a world war with all its sad consequences for the peoples of all countries." Tass said "That is why efforts are now demanded, not only on Uie part of the Soviet Union, the socialist countries and Cuba, but also by all states, all the peoples and all classes in order to prevent a war catastrophe." Khrushchev was quoted as say ing that If Uie American govern ment "carries out its planned pro gram of piratical action, Uien of course, we shall have to make use of the means of defense against the aggressor; we have no other way out" Cuba crisis at a glance , WHITE HOUSE-Blockade s der effective at 7 a.m. PDT. President meets with top cabinet, military and intelligence officials Congressional leaders summoned to confer with Kennedy at p.m. PDT. PENTAGON AcUve duty tours of Navy Marine Corps personnel extended. Contingency Invasion plans for Cuba "going forward.' Possible call-up of reservists if blockade is protracted. CARIBBEAN Navy Broad casts warnings to merchant ships that area near Cuba may become "dangerous waters." Navy ves sels in position to enforce Uie blockade. Twenty - five Russian ships en route to Cuba expected to encounter Uie blockade today. UNITED NATIONS United States asks Security Council reso lution for dismantling of Soviet missile sites in Cuba under U.N. supervision. HAVANA Fidel Castro derides idea of having U.N. inspectors enter Cuba, denounces blockade as "the most dangerous adven ture since the end of World War li." Clash expected to come today; task force set WASHINGTON (UPI) The Defense Department said today that "soma" of the Communist ships that had ben headed to ward Cuba apparently have changed course. A spokesman said that others of what ha call ed the "bloc vessels" are con tinuing toward Cuba. The spokesman said that the U.S. blockade forces have not yet had to intercept any vessels proceeding toward the Island. WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi dent Kennedy today received a message from Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev charging the U.S. Cuban blockade ran the risk of touching off a nuclear war, official sources said. They said the message mora or less repeated the principal portions of a Russian statement put out by the official Tats newt agency Tuesday morning. The sources laid they under stood the message to Kennedy did not contain any direct pro posal for a summit meeting on the Cuban Issue such at the So viet premier suggested In his message today to British philo sopher Bertram! Russell. WASHINGTON (UPD-Twenty- five Soviet ships continued on course toward Cuba today after Uie U.S. quarantine against arms shipments formally went Into op eration. All signs pointed to a clash with in hours between American war ships and some of Uie Russian vessels. There were reports this country deliberately would single out a vessel carrying arms for the test. The quarantine went Into effect at 7 a.m. PDT. too nours later, a Pentagon spokesman said he had no evidence that any of the Russian ships had turned back or altered their course. Awaiting thorn in international waters was a U.S. task force un der orders to stop them for an inspection and sink them if nec essary. There always was Uie possibility that Uie Soviet ships could change course at Uie last minute. But there was every IndicaUon they would not. Soviet officials here and in Moscow were taking a tough line. Watch Plane Traffic In addition to halting arms ship ments by ships, U.S. officials stressed today that "steps would be taken to prevent Russia from bypassing the embargo by ship ping nuclear warheads to Cuba by plane. Intelligence officials presume that such warheads already are in Cuba, although they have no photographic proof of Uie kind which disclosed existence of 1,000- mile missile bases on the island. But officials stressed that Uie medium and Intermediate range missiles Russia has placed in Cuba would be "militarily mean ingless" if not equipped with nu clear warheads. In another development, a high State Department official said a number of Latin American nations had offered either warships or port facilities to back up Uie U.S. blockade. Argentina offered ships. Costa Rica and Honduras were said to have offered port facilities. The real drama of this tense day was being enacted on the high seas, where the U.S. task force awaited Uie arrival of Uie Soviet ships. As Uie showdown neared and tension mounted, President Ken nedy met with cabinet officials and his top-level military and in telligence advisers, No Soviet Backdown Soviet officials here and else where have given every Indication that Uie Russian ships would re fuse to stop or be searched. One Russian official was said to have told a party here Tuesday night that "Our ships will sail through and if it Is decreed that those men must die, Uien Uiey will obey their orders and stay on course or be sunk. In Moscow. Uie Soviet Union re jected a U.S. note outlining the sea blockade. Tass. Uie Soviet news agency, repeated cnargi that the blockade is "a threat to universal peace." Some of Uie 25 Russian ships now en route for the test of strength with the U.S. fleet were believed to be carrying armament, possibly missiles to reinforce those already in Cuba, Government sources and con gressional leaders meanwhile re ported that plans were going lor- ward" for a full-scale invasion of Cuba If present U.S. measures prove Inadequate to neutralise Uie Island as a threat to the United States. It was learned Uiat Sen. Richard B. Russell, chairman of the Sen ate Armed Services Committee, had forcefully urged Kennedy to make an immediate invasion of Cuba. The senator, it was said, expressed his views during Mon day's White House conference be tween Kennedy and congressional leader. Russell, it was said, argued that 1 il would be easier and less costly in terms of casualties to make Uie move at once rather than waiting. An invasion would be aimed at removing Uie 1,000-mue Soviet missiles already based in Cuba. Cuba already has reacted derisive ly to a U.S. proposal Uiat Um rockets be dismantled under Unit' ed Nations supervision. Russia took a similar hard stand toward the U.S. blockade. Rock hurled at Kohler by Red youth MOSCOW (UPI)-A Soviet youth today stoned a car carrying U.S. Ambassador Foy D. Kohler dm ing a protest demonstration at the American Embassy against tha U.S. blockade of Cuba. Kohler ap parently was not hurt. The Soviet government mean while, refused to accept an Ameri can note outlining the purposes of the blockade. It returned it to tha U.S. Embassy and repeated charg es that the blockade la "a threat to universal peace." Kohler's car was struck - and dented by a single atom as it left the U.S. Embassy compound and drove past nearly 00 demon strators who waved anti-American signs and shouted "Shame, shame." The car was "only nicked and it was nothing seri ous," a U.S. spokesman said. The 20-year old Soviet youth who threw the stone was arrested by Soviet police. It was Uie only outburst of vio lence In the demonstrations, which began at midmorning and contin ued until evening. . An embassy source said tha American note was delivered to the Soviet Foreign Ministry early this morning. It contained "oper ative portions of Uie Kennedy proclamation on the Interdiction of ships carrying offensive arms to Cuba," he said. But Tass, the Soviet news agen cy, said the government refused to accept the note. Tass repeated Tuesday's Soviet charge that the aggressive measures of Uie United States "constitute a crude violation of international law, Uie United Nations Charter, and -a threat to universal peace." '." All embassy personnel except Kohler remained inside the build ing behind the barred compound gates during the demonstration. The ambassador's car was struck he drove from the embassy to his official residence, Spa&so House. . " Residential' UF; campaign set : Twenty United Fund captains and their helpers will be ringing Bend doorbells tomorrow night and through Uie weekend in the city's annual residents! drive. Solicitations for UF pledges in this division of the '62 campaign will include all homes within Bend's city limits. The residen tial drive was formally launched this moming at a "kick off cof fee hour in the home of Mrs. Sam Langmas. Pointing to Uie $500 residential goal, UF chairman R. G. McFar land addressed an appeal to Bend residents: "Everyone in Uie community should make every effort to share in this worthy drive. We certain ly need Uie money if we are to reach this year's United Fund goal of 34,700." It was also announced this moming the Deschutes drive has now reached $31,831.42 mora than 92 per cent of Uie '62 goal. DOW JONES AVERAGES Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 578.68, up 18.62; 29 railroads 119.17, up 1.97; IS utili ties 114.17, up 1.48, and 65 stocks 200.99, up 4 91. Sales today were about (.71 million shares compared with HI I million shares Tuesday.