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Univ. of Oregon Library 6UGSUE, OREGON BEND BULLETIN WEATHER Mostly fair with fog patchts; highi 55-60; low 25-30. TEMPERATURES High yastarday, S dagraes. Lew last night, ) degrati. Sunttt today, 4:27, Sunrise tomorrow, 7:27. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER THE 60th Year Strike could shut down 9 N.Y. papers NEW YORK (UPI- A strike which could close down nine ma jor newspapers in metropolitan New York will begin at midnight tonight unless a settlement of a contract dispute or postponement of the strike deadline is achieved today. The delivery drivers, one of the seven craft unions negotiating with the Publishers Association of New York, are committed to a strike at midnight against all the papers unless there is a settle ment. Another union, the powerful "big six" printers, have set a 2 a.m. Saturday deadline for a strike against "certain newspapers" un less it is offered an acceptable contract. The other unions in volved must get permission to strike from their internationals after expiration of their contracts at midnight. The action of the printers, mem bers of the International Typo graphical Union, in setting a strike deadline was unprecedented in the 75-year history of the pub lishers association, which repre sents nine major New York ar;a papers with a total circulation of 5.7 million. The printers never have initiated a strike and have traditionally extended their con tract until a settlement was reached. Efforts by federal mediators in round-the-clock meetings with the deliverers, who are members of the Newspaper and Mail Deliv erers Union, the printers and the publishers were to no avail. Spokesmen for all parties reported "no progress" when talks ended Thursday night. The New York City Central La bor Council, which co-ordinates the unions, will meet tonight to complete strike strategy which will include observance of picket lines by all 10 newspaper unions, representing 20,000 employes. Council President Harry Van Ars dale Jr. said preparations for es tablishing picket lines were al ready completed. "All indications are that the strike may be very long and cost ly," said Van Arsdale. The publishers and the unions were reported to be unusually far apart for being so close to a strike deadline. The publishers have stood on an $8 weekly wage increase offer, spread over a two year period for the printers and three years for the deliverers. Allowable cut boost reported WASHINGTON (UPD Agricul ture Secretary Orville Freeman today ordered an increase in the amounts of timber that may be cut from national forests in Cal ifornia and Oregon. But the same order calls for decreases in the allowable cut for Washington, Idaho and Montana. The hard-pressed Pacific Coast lumber industry complained for many months that not enough na tional forest timber is available for milling. Sen. Clair Engle, D-Calif., who announced Freeman's order, said the increase for 12 national for ests in California would be 386 million board-feet, bringing the state's total to more than 1.9 billion. Oregon's gain was 170 million board-feet. Losses in Washington would be 9 million, Montana 4 million, and Idaho one million. PORTLAND (UPD-The U. S. Forest Service here gave this breakdown , today of changes in allowable cut ordered for Oregon and Washington national forests. Oregon, Increases: Willamette 49 million board feet, Deschutes 2 million, Fremont 2.5 million, Mt. Hood 15.2 million. Rogue River 18.4 million, Siskiyou 6.9 million, Siuslaw 7 million, Umatilla 6.1 million, Umpqua 17 million, Wallowa-Whitman 7.7 million, Winema 1.5 million; no change, Malheur and Ochoco; no decreases. Fog cripples air traffic PORTLAND lTD For crip pled air traffic in Western Oregon acain today. The Portland International Air port was shut down most of the day Thursday and again this morning. The weather man said it may be noon before it lifts. The fog extended throughout Western Oregon, hampering auto traffic as well. However, Astoria reported clear conditions. Seattle's airport was reported open but the fog extended into California and shut down air traf fic at San Francisco and Sacramento, Twelve Pages '11 ,i . . - ' BUSY MAN Dick Maudlin was a busy Kiwanian yesterday as he handled one of three phones used in th first day of servica club's radio telephone auction. Wayna Thompson stands behind him ready to speed bids from phone to auctioneer. The action was continuing today and will wind-up on Saturday afternoon. Some 575 men are now on job at Round Butte Some 575 men are presently em ployed in the construction of the Portland General Electric Round Butte dam, on the gorge of the Deschutes west of Madras, it is noted in the monthly work report from the area office of the Ore gon Employment Service in Bend. No major layoff of workers is contemplated during the winter months, the report adds. The weekly payroll is about $75,000. Employment will reach its peak in the summer of 1963, when some 600 will be on the job. Target for completion of the dam is October, 1964. It is also noted in the OES re port that building permits in the City of Bend for the 11 month pe riod ending Nov. 30, 1962, was al ready the highest for any calen dar year since the all time high of 1953. In 1955, the building per mit figure was $2,222,645. Clark Price, OES office mana ger here, noted in his current re port that employment in the area held up w ell despite end of the month intermittent layoffs of a temporary nature in logging and construction, result of heavy rains. Mid-month in November, some 1,000 workers were engaged in the potato harvest and ship ping industries. At the end of November, there were an estimated 1500 unem ployed in the area, overall popu lation of which is around 40.000, the report notes. Last year at this time, about 1750 were listed as unemployed. During November, 115 different non-farm employers placed job openings with the employment office. These openings represent ed 72 different titles. Forty-three of the applicants were under 22 years of age, and 38 were between the ages of 45 and 65. There were 89 in the 22 to 44 age range. Oregon blaze victim CENTRAL. SC. (UPD Two freshman girls, one who reported ly re-entered a burning dormitory, were believed killed today when flames swept through a 38-room building on the campus of Central Wesleyan Methodist College. The girls' bodies had not been found early today. They were Mvrna Stewart. 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Stewart of Doraville, Ga., and Crystal Ben nett, 19, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Lester Bennett of Aumsville, Ore. Students huddling in the lobby of the men's living quarters said Miss Stewart left the building. then returned. "When the fire first broke out," said Dean of Students Dr. Paul Wood, "you could go in and out She left the building. Own went back in. ..no one knows why. She must have been overcome by ; smoke. I guess both were." j There were 59 persons in the t building, including 56 student and I three counselors. r; -:f ;; BIDDING SPIRITED Don Thompson, right, hands auctioneer Kessler Cannon one of scores of bids received in yesterday's auction session. Site of sale is the showroom of Bob Thomas Chevrolet-Cadillac. tree areas listed The Deschutes National Forest has set aside a number of special areas for the cutting of Christmas trees by permit holders, it was announced today from the office of A. A. Poust, supervisor. One tree will be available for each family applying, without cost. Access by car has been limited by the recent storm to only por tions of some areas listed. Per mits, directions and information about availibility can be obtain ed from any of the district of fices, in Sisters, Crescent or Bend. On the Bend district, office of which is at South Second and Da vis Streets, white fir is available at Round Mountain. On the Fort Rock district, with headquarters at 760 East Greenwood, in Bend, various species, including white fir and lodgepole pine, will be available at Bessie Butte, Sugar Pine Butte, North Paulina Creek and West Finley Butte. On the Sisters and Metolius dis tricts, with headquarters in Sis ters, Douglas fir, white fir and incense cedar will be available in different areas. All district offices, except Cres cent will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the weekend of Decem ber 8-9 and 15-16. Permits or in- tormation about Crescent areas may be obtained at the resi dence of the district Ranger, Les lie Yates, on the w eekends listed. DOW JONES AVERAGES By Unites' Prtu Inttrnational Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 65210, up 0.37; 20 railroads 147.27, up 0.22: 15 utili ties 126.87, up 0.32, and 65 stocks 228.17, up 0 28. Sales today were about 39 million shares compared with 4.6 million shares Thursday. Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Friday, December 7, Hours extended for Saturday's auction session Hours for the final session Sat urday in the Bend Kiwanis Club telephone auction will be extended until all items are sold, Chair man Ted Creighton announced to day. The bidding will start at 1 p.m. over station KBND. Originally, the sale was to have been con cluded by 3 p.m., but due to the large number of items and serv ices being offered arrangements were made with the KBND man agement to extend the hours of the sale. In addition, an extra phone line was installed after the first day's session when it was found that three lines were not sufficient to handle the many bids. All lines may be reached by calling EV 2- 1711. POLICEWOMAN FINED KENDAL, England (UPD Policewoman Joan Booth, 25, was fined $14 Tuesday and banned from driving for a month. Her police car hit another car, a truck and another police cruis er while she was chasing a speoder. Keep 'Mono Lisa' home, Frenchmen demand PARIS (UPD - The aging beauty is able to travel, her de parture date is reported set, but whether the French people will let their beloved "Mona Lisa" leave the Louvre museum for a visit to the United States like some common tourist re mains to be seen. Leonardo Da Vinci's famed masterpiece, symbol of fathom less feminine mystery for 456 years, was the center today of a national storm aroused by the government's unannounced but ' fairlv definite decision to lend Rescue cirew seekiung to oroaiclh) topped dm India, China seen near agreement NEW DELHI (UPD Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru indi cated today that India is nearing a temporary truce arrangement with Communist China but cau tioned members of Parliament not to regard the terms as final. In a series of confusing answers Nehru said Peking had asked for talks between officers of each side to discuss checkposts and civil administration of areas be tween withdrawal lines and the return of prisoners. This appeared to mean the Chi nese Communists would allow India to reoccupy conquered areas of the Northeast Frontier Agency only on Peking's terms, including Peking agreement to checkpost lo cations and civil administrators. Nehru said repeatedly that what Is done during these "intermediate stages would have nothing to do with the final disposition. What Will Happen? 'The question in NEFA is what is going to happen in areas from which the Chinese withdraw, whether we are going to put armed forces and civil police. and where, Nehru said. "These are temporary arrange ments which we may accept." In response to repeated ques tions as to whether India Is pre pared to give up portions of the Ladakh area of Kashmir for border Settlement, Nehru replied that India "must talk about the present situation. . . proposals and counter proposals." In the past Nehru has stated repeatedly he would not hold bor der talks with the Chinese unless they withdraw behind positions from which they launched their Invasion last Oct. 20. He Indicated Thursday night the Chinese have agreed to do prac tically this in NEFA but that they have insisted on maintaining con trol over 2,000 square miles of Ladakh which they seized. Theory Advanctd The theory now advanced in po litical circles is that India would agree not to reoccupy this area if the Chinese pulled out and would not try to take back their 43 outposts. Nehru also told Parliament to day that the Chinese Communists had shot and killed two Indian soldiers and wounded four others since they instituted their one sided "cease-fire" Nov. 21, He said the shootings took place within the first 10 days aft er the cease-fire was proclaimed by Peking, contradicting previous reports that there had been no casualties in that period. He did not identify the location of the shootings but other sources said they were in the North East Frontier Agency (NEFA) area. Nehru, just back from a tour of the northern border, said there were continued signs of Chinese Communist withdrawals from rear areas in the NEFA but "in the main areas they were still there yesterday." Nehru and Defense Minister Y. B. Chavan took a helicopter ride over front line border posi tions Thursday and spoke to re turned prisoners of war at Tez- pur. Nehru said that the Ladakh area of Kashmir, the most north-western part of the battle area, comprised the main point of disagreement now between Chinese and Indian negotiating terms, India has demanded that the Chinese pull back to positions they held before launching their massive border attacks Oct. 20. the painting to the Metropolitan Museum in New York and Wash ington's National Gallery. An American television network (CBS) said flatly in New York Thursday night that "Mona Lisa" will be shipped from Le Havre Dec. 14 on the liner France, ar riving in New York Dec. 19. Only the French could get so up set over a lady, even one that has been variously described as a courtesan, an unfaithful wife and a female impersonator. One Paris newspaper said let the Americans come to Paris to see 1962 At community tree Santa plans annual visit here Dec. 15 Santa Claus, riding high on a Bend Fire Department engine and escorted by city police, will ar rive in town on Saturday, De cember 15, to take his place un der the community yule tree on Oregon at the Wall Street inter section. This is a change from an ear lier date set by the Jaycecs, who are in charge of various civic pro grams in connection with Die Christmas season. Originally, Santa was not scheduled to reach Bend until Dec. 22. Under the change announced to day by the Jaycecs, the free show for youngsters at the Tower thea ter will be on December 22, at 1 p.m. Frank Stenkamp will be in charge of arrangements for this free show, on the pre-Christmas weekend. The "Hello Santa" program will At least 85 persons dead from London LONDON (UPD The worst night of the four-day-old "grey killer fog" brought London to a halt early today and raised fears that the ulphurous pall will claim more victims. At least 85 persons most of them over 60 had died in London alone since - the dirt-and-srnoke- laden fog fell upon the city and spread across much of England and Wales Monday night. Another 700 were hospitalized. Officials said the air pollution was as bad or worse than during the epic "killer fog" of 1952. But it was believed the death toll this year would stop far short of the 4,000 lives claimed by the smog 10 years ago. End Ballevad Near The weather bureau said the end may be near. Today's offi cial forecast said the fog would thin this morning and clear away altogether by afternoon. The smog turned London Into a Good skiing in prospect on weekend Skiers and camera enthusiasts will get a double dose of good news this weekend with both Bachelor Butte and Hoodoo Bowl areas offering good skiing and beautiful late fall weather. Hoodoo Bowl, opening Saturday, has 22 inches of snow. Temper ature at 8 this morning was 24 de grees with clear, deep blue skies and skiing good on the begin ners' and intermediate tows. Skiing from the chair lift Is con fined to a limited area due to the snow depth. The chairlift and rope tows will operate Saturday and Sunday with the road cleared. Temperature at Bachelor Butte this morning was 26 degrees with a few high clouds drifting along in an otherwise deep blue sky. There was no wind. Since it misted on the powder snow this week, there is a light breakable crush. But manager Cliff Blann and his crews are packing all runs for good weekend skiing. Total snow depth at Bachelor Is 57 inches, with roads In good con I dition. "the smiling one" if they must see her. "You don't ask a beautiful woman to come to you," the pa per said with Gallic gallantry. "You go to her." To make the situation worse, the whole idea of shipping "Mona Lisa" abroad has been laid at the doorstep of Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, a beauty of French descent who has previously been very popular here. It was "Jack ie" who told French Cultural Minister Andre Malraux during his visit to Washington last spring Ten Cents be on the date originally set, De cember 13. When Santa arrives at the big downtown tree a week from to morrow, a photographer. Web Loy, will be on hand to take pictures of youngsters as they greet the merry and bewhiskered northlander. These pictures will be available for parents at a nom inal cost, Jaycecs have announc ed, and will be delivered by mail on December 19. Santa will arrive at the tree at 1 p.m. and will be there until about 3 p.m., or until all gifts of stockings filled with candy are de livered. Bob Somerville will be in charge of the Santa-at-the-tree program for the Jaycees. Vernon Robinson is general chairman of the group's Christmas activities program. 'killer fog' ghost town last night. Bus drivers lost their way and then gave up entirely. London transport finally canceled all bus runs. Motorists abandoned their cars. Few taxis cruised the streets and citizens went home - early and stayed thert. t The- fog; reduced, visibility . to nil and trapped the few persons remaining outdoors in a cloud that damaged lungs, coated mouths and noses and made eyes smart and sting. London hospitals reported a se vere shortage of beds. The "red alert" orders to take only emer gency cases to leave beds free for smog victims remained in force. Mar Daaths Feared Doctors feared many more deaths even after the fog lifts. Tiicy said severe air pollution usually takes 48 hours to react on the lungs of the victim. One elderly citizen the city s most famous ventured out. Sir Winston Churchill, 88-years old last week, drove through the smog to dine with the Other Club, an exclusive group he founded 51 years ago. Armed only with a cane, fur muff and a huge cigar belching more smoke Into the murk, the former prime minister feated and drank for three hours before leav ing the Savoy Hotel. U.S. air pollution expert Dr. Richard A. Prindle flew in to col lect samples of the smog to take home for analysis. Choking Lon doners said he could take all he wants. Area basks in bright sunshine Little or no precipitation Is In prospect for Oregon east of the Cascades in the coming five days, area weather forecasts indicate. This morning, brilliant sun shine flooded Interior Oregon, but west of the Cascades, especially in the Portland area, there was dense fog. West of the mountains, there is a possibility of light rain at the end of the five-day period. Bend on Thursday enjoyed a mild 56-dcgree maximum temper ature. From that high, the mer cury dropped to an air tempera ture of 33 degrees. White frost covered Bend at dawn. All mountain roads were In good shape today. that she would love to see the Giaconda smile beaming from the walls of the national gallery. The French Academy of Fine Arts, the Leonardo Da Vinci Club, assorted art lovers and two newspapers who are leading the "Mona Lisa stay home cam paign claim that the masterpiece, painted on panels as fragile as a crisp cookie, Is too delicate to move. Authorities at the Louvre who have given the painting thorough physical examination this week pronounce "Mona Lisa" fit for voyaging No. 2 Chance slim that miners still living CARMICHAELS, Pa. (UPI) Weary rescue workers battled against time today in an effort to reach 37 men trapped 680 feet below the earth's surface by an explosion in the Frosty Run shaft, of a U.S. Steel Corp. coal mine. Rescuers pushed to within 5,500 feet of an area where the men were believed trapped. At that point, progress was halted as a horizontal shaft was scaled off to permit further advances. Officials said there was a slim chance the miners had reached a safe area and survived the meth ane gas explosion and a fire which apparently followed. But no word had been received from the trapped men since the blast. The blast occurred at 1 pjn, EST. Thursday in the Frosty Run shaft of the Robena No. 3 mine owned and operated by the United States Steel Corp. Eighty-three men were In the mine at the time. Forty-seven fled to safety. At 4:30 a.m. EST today, a U.S. Steel spokesman said rescue teams had worked their way to within about 5,500 feet of where the men were believed trapped. The blast area was about 680 feet underground and between three and four miles from the mouth of the shaft Annlvtrsary 01 Disaster Thursday was the 55th anniver sary of the worst mine disaster on record In the United States one which killed 361 men Deo. 6, 1907, at Monongah. W. Va. James B. Gfrod. assistant gen eral superintendent of the Robena Mine, said it was "difficult to say" whether there could be any hope the missing miners were alive. Girod said that two assistant mine foremen who were among; the missing men were "crack rescue men ... if there were any chance, those two would have accomplished something." Among the missing was 18-year- old Albert F. Bronakoski of Bob- town, Pa., a U.S. Steel student- trainee under a five-year engi neering program operated jointly with Pennsylvania State Univer sity. Pennsylvania state Mines Sec retary Lewis Evans said the ex plosion was caused "either by fire or methane gas alone." Workers Encounter Fumes The rescue workers, operating in relays of three eight-man teams, encountered traces of car bon monoxide fumes, Indicating (ire, and small amounts of meth ane gas which Girod described as "below the safety level." The rescue workers had to dig through rubble from rock falls and timber cave-ins. As they went along they shored up the walls and roof of the shaft and set up power lines to operate the venti lating system. At midnight, Girod said It would be a "great many hours" before the rescue workers could reach the blast area. Weather conditions at the site were had. Strong winds whipped a steady snowfall, hampering the movement of emergency supplies to the site. State police reported many trailers jackknifed along the main arteries leading to this soft coal mining area in south western Pennsylvania about 40 miles south of Pittsburgh. . FemllHi Walt At Shaft Because of the bad weather the U.S. Steel Corp. at first asked the families of the trapped men not to go to the mine. But about eight hours after the accident the company began calling the fami lies to tell them they could go to the site. The families waited In a large corrugated structure which along one side houses the elevator leading down into the Frosty Run shaft. They were mostly silent. There wag no weeping. Girod said that workers In the corrugated structure got their first indication that something was wrong at 1 p.m., EST, Thurs day when the ventilator fan In the Frosty Run shaft stopped op erating. Shortly after that miner! came rushing out of the shaft. Some of those who escaped said they were working about two mile; from the blast area. Soma said they heard a "thud," some j felt a rush of cir. Some said the b1?'! waves knocked their helmets I oil their heads. i
