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Univ. of Oregon Library EUGSMS, OREGON Five men killed when reservoir dome collapses Nine others are injured at Hillsboro HILLSBORO, Ore. (UPU- Five men fell to their deaths shortly before quitting time Wednesday when the concrete dome of a new reservoir collapsed while it was under construction. Nine others were injured when the recently-poured concrete gave way and sent them plummeting some 60 feet onto concrete and wood studding below. Officials of Seabold and Wolver ton Construction Co. said they were unable to say immediately what caused the collapse. The new reservoir was being built for the city of Hillsboro, about 20 miles west of Portland. There was no water in it. The dead were Arnold E. John ion. 53, and Ward Harrington, both of Milwaukie, Ore., and Charles W. Stewart, 35, Bernard A. Lebold, 50, and Vidal Sedillo, 48, all of Portland. Four Ambulances Called Four ambulances from Port land, Hillsboro and Beaverton, Ore., rushed the injured to hos pitals here and in Portland. One of the workmen who es caped serious injury said there was no warning of the disaster. Rich Kavney, Portland, said he didn't realize anything was hap pening until he heard a slight crack and felt the wind rushing by him. Bob Clement, a nearby resident, was looking out the window of his house. "The house shook and then averyone disappeared," he said. The collapse occurred at 5:08 p.m., PST, just 22 minutes before the shift was scheduled to end. One o the less seriously in jured was Loren Remy, 22, Battle Ground, Wash., a former Port land State College football, bas ketball and track athlete. He suf fered a fractured arm. Remy said: "The whole top of the structure went at one time." He said he grabbed an upright and tried to hang on. "I guess I must have delayed the fall and fallen on top of the debris. I sup- cose this saved me. Remy and Fred C. Wyatt, Hills boro. were taken to Good Sa maritan Hospital In Portland. Ro land Hanson Wold, Beaverton. was taken to St. Vincent Hospital to Portland and the remaining six went to Tuality Valley Hospital here. They were Joe Ficker, Da vid Reichel, Richard Chilson and Hosea Wilson, all of Portland, and Lyle Kuehn and Carl Cornilson, both of Hillsboro. Wilson and Wold were reported the most seriously hurt. Wilson's condition was listod as serious and Wold's as "fair" today. The large circular concrete tank was being built at a cost of $261. 000 to add six million gallons to the city's storage supply. Death claims noted columnist NEW YORK (UPD Newspaper columnist George E. Sokolsky, 69, one of the nation's leading ex ponents of economic and political conservatism, died of a heart at tack Wednesday night at his New York apartment. Sokolsky died about 10 p.m. in the presence of his wife, Dorothy, and her daughter, Mrs. Donald Feuerstein. "We have been living with this for some time," said Mrs. Sokol sky, explaining that her husband was stricken by sevoral heart at tacks in recent years. For the past 18 years Sokolsky's column, "These Days," was syn dicated by King Features. We painfully announce 50 OFF all remaining books! HALF-0FF SALE begins 9:30 a.m. TOMORROW We quit! And to help close the store every book is now marked 50 off. It hurts but at least you can save for Christmas! THE BOOK CORRAL 106 Minnesota EV 2-6281 THE BEND 60th Year Machen is found with loaded gun and suicide note NAPA, Calif. I UPD Eddie I Machen, top-ranked contender for Sonny Liston's world heavyweight boxing title, was under observa tion at Napa State Hospital to day as an attempted suicide. Machen, 30, was found in a car Wednesday with a loaded pistol and a suicide note, according to the California Highway Patrol. The CHP said he was hospitaliz ed for his own protection. Officer William McClusky said he found Machen in his parked car alongside the Cummings Sky way near Crockett, Calif. McClusky said Machen told him he was planning to kill himself. Machen said he had fired the pis tol into mud alongside the high way to make sure it was working, and was writing the note when McCluskv arrived. The officer declined to repeat the reasons given by Machen for his despondency, but said they were "personal" rather than ca reer problems. Machen was not violent, and went along willingly, McClusky said. "He was a gentleman at all times," McClusky said. Machen, frequently mentioned as a possible championship oppo nent for Liston, was recently ranked first among heavyweight contenders by the World Boxing Association. Mighty cold wave delivers crippling blow to Florida By Unittd Press International One of the greatest cold waves on record dealt a crippling blow to Florida's citrus, vegetable and tourist industries today and froze the southland with temperatures far below zero. The death count from more than a week of Arctic blasts and driv ing snows in the nation's eastern half soared past 130. Below zero temperatures ranged north to the Great Lakes, although Chicago's low temperature of 6 above was warmer than the 1 above at Atlanta. Relief in the north, such as it was, was short lived. A fresh tide of Arctic air was pouring southward from Can ada and snow swirled over Great Lakes states with depths of more than a foot. The cold wave was the worst of the century in Florida and the Light rain falls in Mid-Oregon Light rain fell in parts of Cen tral Oregon last night and early today as the temperature hover ed near the freezing point. The result was some dangerous ice spots on highways. Bend measured only a trace of rain up until 7 a.m. today, with a temperature of 34 recorded at that hour and a low of 33 noted for the night. Light rains are expected to con tinue, but, forecasts incidate, no snow is in prospect. Sixteen Pages Sid Flaherty, manager of Machen, was en route to Napa from Billings, Mont. "The last time I saw him he appeared to be in good spirits," said Flaherty. "We all have our ups and downs in this game, but I don't think he had more than the average fighter." Flaherty said he last saw Ma chen three days ago. He said that at that time, "he was very en thusiastic about the prospects of boxing (Cassius) Clay." The manager said Machen had not fought in three or four months partly because he re ceived head cuts in an auto acci dent. A professional since 1955. Ma chen has won 41 bouts, lost four and had two draws. One of the draws came in his last bout, with Cleveland Williams in Houston, Tex. Machen. who comes from Red ding, Calif., has been knocked out only once, by Ingemar Johansson in the first round of a 1958 bout. Machen lost 12-round decisions to Liston and Zora Folley and drop ped a 10-round decision to Harold Johnson. Now fighting out of Portland, Ore., Machen racked up 25 straight wins before he was decked by the then-unknown Jo hansson. His 41 wins Include 23 knockouts. most severe ever for December in many parts of Dixie. Records which had stood for decades tum bled along with the temperature. Citrus Crop Frozen The weather news was grim for Florida farmers. Most of the state's $500 million citrus crop was frozen by temperatures which fell as low as 10 above. Both ten der and hardy winter vegetable crops had been wiped out in all areas except along the lower east coast. Final estimates of the dam age depended on how long the cold lasts and how much of the frozen fruit can still be salvaged. A spokesman for Florida Citrus Mutual, a producers organization. said a preliminary estimate indi cated damage was greater than in the disastrous winter of 1957-58, when the citrus industry suffered blow from which it took years to recover. The chilly prediction was for another night of hard freeze and scattered frost In most areas. Farmers near Tampa reported their fields were solid sheets of ice. The heart of the cold wave was centered over Kentucky and Ten nessee, plunging the temperature to 18 below at Crossville, Tenn., and 17 below at London, Ky. The two Dixie communities ranked as the coldest In the nation. New cold records included 10 at Tallahassee, 18 at Tampa, 12 at Jackson, 35 at Miami, 7 below at Nashville, Tenn., 1 at Atlanta, 9 at Windsor Locks, Conn., 5 below at Pittsburgh, 9 at Savannah, Ga., and 8 at Richmond, Va. The grim record of weather deaths since the blast opened up Dec. 5 included 33 in Ohio, 26 in Michigan, 11 in Georgia, 10 in New England, 8 each in New York State and Indiana, 3 each In Penn sylvania and Missouri, 2 each in Kansas, Florida and Mississippi, and 1 each in North Dakota, Tex as and Minnesoota. The total stood at 135. Haines bound over to jury Tillman Charles Haines, 27, Powell Butte, was arraigned this morning before Judge Joe Thal- hofer in Deschutes County Dis trict Court, on a charge of burg lary. Officers said that he has ad mitted burglarizing the Copeland Yards building in Redmond last June 10. Haines was found guilty recent ly of another burglary charge, in a jury trial in circuit court Pre vious to the conviction, he had pleaded not guilty to a charge of entering the Powder Keg, in Red mond. At his arraignment this morn ing. Haines was bound over to the grand jury. He is held at the county jail, with bail set at $5,-Ono. CENTRAL OREGON'S Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Thursday, U.S. readies new attempt at TV relay CAPE CANAVERAL (UPD -The United States will try tonight to shoot into orbit a new satel lite that could link America and Europe via "live" television for a year or more. The 172-pound satellite, called Relay, was tucked in the nose of a Delta rocket for a scheduled trip into space around 6:30 p.m. EST. If the shot is successful, the eight-sided package of instru ments will become a relay sta tion in the sky to transmit tele vision pictures instantaneously be tween the United States and Eu rope and to link those nations with South America in a unique space-age telephone network. Plan Christmas Taleeatt Three American networks and die European Broadcasting Union plan to use the Relay satellite Dec. 19 for a television spectacu lar of Christmas preparations in many lands, as they happen. Relay will take the place of the famed Telstar satellite, which is at least temporarily and possibly permanently out of the communi cations business. Telstar, launched last July 10, has been damaged by radiation and can no longer generate enough energy for the job. Scientists said that, barring un foreseen accidents. Relay should remain in good working condition for a year or longer. Test Transmissions Outlimd Officials said the first test transmissions probably would be made on the fifth orbit about uv, hours after blastoff when Relay passes over a key ground station at Nutley, W.J. However, no "public demon strations" were eu-ptcted until the checkouts were completed, possibly a day or two after that The key stations involved in the relay system are at Andover, Maine; Nutley, N.J.; Goonhilly Downs, England; Pleurmeur-Bou-dou, France; Funcino, Italy; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Only the U.S. stations and those in England and France wUl be able to handle television trans missions initially, officials said. The Italian station will be on a "receive-only" basis for awhile, and the one at Rio de Janeiro will be limited to beaming com paratively simple telephone calls at the satellite. Sometime next year, scientists said, the South American station is expected to tie into the televi sion network, and still another station in Japan may join the system to extend satellite com munications halfway around the globe for the first time. Pilot Butte Inn sale scheduled The Pilot Butte Inn, long in volved in complicated litigation, is to be sold at public auction Monday, January 14, at 10 a.m., to satisfy a judgment. The sale will be conducted by Sheriff For rest C. Sholes, at the courthouse door. The sale is understood to be a maneuver to clear the title on the property, in order that purchase by Dickerson, Inc., a corporation, may be consummated. The corporation holds a mort gage on the property, and won a judgment for $168,000, plus 10 per cent interest annually, from Sept 21, 1956, and $5,500 attorney's fees. The judgment was entered Nov. 16, 1958, in circuit court for Deschutes county. Named as defendants in the foreclosure suit were Pilot Butte Inn Co., Bill Corbett, Gertrude Corbett. Jack Corbett, Anna Cor bett Frank William Corbett, Lu cille Corbett, Peggy Harris, Gene Harris, Harold T. Corbett, Carol Corbett, Edward L. Grubb, Mar ion C. Grubb. Edgar N. Ander son, Fay Anderson, the United States of America and Louisa Si- rett. trustee. A legal notice of the sale will appear in Friday s Bulletin. SEEK MORE SNOW CONCORD, N.H. I UPD The New Hampshire Division of Econ omic Development has offered to help Wyoming get rid ol its sur plus snow. Officials said in a telegram on Wednesday "Skiers complained snow famine. Kindly quote charges, f o b., c od., 10 inches powder sufficient to cover our 9,304 miles." BULLETIN DAILY NEWSPAPER 74 n n? a n eut Mmmmi mm u I r ; .--- 1 I -i i - j rrv s-" i I I I CANDY FOR PROJECT Loyal Hudson likes chocolate candy, Camp Easter Seal and the Shrine Hospital. Ha also likes members of Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority, who will fell candy this weekend to do their bit for the Crippled Children's Hospital School, Eugene. Candy booths will be at three downtown locations. A story about Loyal and the project appears on page 6. Schedule for yule music programs sef Dates for Christmas programs to be presented by the music de partments of the various Bend public schools were announced to day by Norman K. Whitney, di rector of music in the local school system. The programs will extend over a four-day period, starting on Tuesday, Doceinber 18 and con tinuing into Friday. Assisting with the programs in the differ ent schools, aside from Whitney, will be Don Goodwin, Joe Hau gen, Earl Roarig, Marie Broster hous, Sam McCoy, Bonnie Graves and Evangeline Nelson. Various teachers will also assist. The schedule for the yule pro grams follows: Tuesday, December 18: King ston School, 2:00 p.m., in auditor ium. Wednesday: Allen School, 2:20 p.m., auditorium; LaPine, 7:30 p.m. school gymnasium; Young School, 7:30 p.m., at Eastern Star Grange Hall. Thursday: Kenwood School, 2 p.m., in gymnasium; Senior High 8 p.m., auditorium. Friday: Senior High's second performance, 10:45 a.m., in audi torium, for students and others interested; Junior High, 1:30 p.m., in Junior High auditorium. Programs will largely be thorn- ed on music in keeping with the Christmas season. Hunter guilty of manslaughter BURNS (UPD A Circuit Court jury early today found Oren Phillips, 52, Salem, guilty of acci dental manslauehter m connection with the hunting death Sept. 29 of Donald L. McAllister, 60, fcuver- ton. He received a suspended two year prison term, was fined $1500 and was put on probation for five years with the provision that he cannot hold a hunting license or go hunting during that time. The verdict was returned at 1:55 a.m. The jury got the case at 2 p.m. Wednesday. The trial opened Monday. McAllister was shot and killed in the Malheur National Forest a miles norui duths. December 13, 1962 mem sws Wk n n rv n vWiJ: Polls open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for bridge vote Election day for approval of the bond issue allowing construction of the Portland Avenue bridge Is this Friday, December 14, be tween the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Voters will cast their ballots at two polling places. Residents liv ing east of Uie river will vote in the Bend city hall commission room at Wall Street and Louisia na. Voters on the west side should report to the band and music room in the Kenwood hchool main building, using either of two entrances on Newport Avenue. The sum of $90,000 is needed to finance construction already un der way on the bridge. A first bond election held in September, 1961, was approved by Bend citi zens, 445-264, but was later void ed on a technical discrepancy. Eyes will be on Venus Friday Byes of the world will be on the earth's sister planet. Venus, Friday and from Central Ore gon points early risers will be able to obtain a fine view of the orb, providing December skies are clear. About noon Friday, Pacific Standard Time, the Mariner 2 spacecraft, on target for about three and a half months, will pass within 21,200 miles of Venus, to probe the surface of that mystery planet. But the Mariner 2 tete-a-tete with Venus will mean little to earthlines. other than those watchine their electronic gadgets. Venus will remain undimmed. Mariner 2 has been Invisible since a few seconds after blasting off last August. The electronic probe, data from which will be sent back to earth a distance of 35.6 million miles, Is expected to provide important in formation about Venus and ans wer the question: "Is Venus the possible abode of living things or a barren sphere ollcnng only death to visitors?' WEATHER Occasiooal light rain; highs 41 JOj low 30-3$. Ten Cents 'Hello Santa' program due here tonight Snowy-whiskered Santa, mighty busy as Christmas nears, will be in Bend this evening, but he will be available only by telephone. The occasion will be the Jay ses' annual "Hello, Santa" pro gram, which will start at 7 and last until around 8:30 p.m. Young sters of Bend are being invited to call Santa and make their yule gift wishes known. Calls should be made to either EV 2-4611 or EV 2-1511. The U.S. and First National Banks of Bend are making their telephones avail able to receive the calls. A battery of telephones will be available and there should be lit tle waiting, the Jaycecs report. As calls are received, Santa's aides will jot down Uie gift sug gestions of youngsters. Santa Claus will be bac-K in Bend on Saturday, to make his appearance under the big spruce at the Oregon - Wall corner, mat will be an afternoon appearance, with Santa to be on the job un der Uie spruce from 1 to 3 p.m., or until all gifts of candy-filled stockings are distributed. On Saturday afternoon, Santa will arrive in town on a fire truck. Plane crash injures three 'Limeliters PROVO, Utah (UPD - "The Limeliters," a popular folksinging trio, were recuperating here today after suffering minor injuries Wednesday night when their light plane crashed in an open field. In addition to the three mem bers of the vocal group, their manager and the plane's pilot suffered minor Injuries. All five were hospitalized overnight for observation. A sixth passenger was unhurt. The plane, on a flight from Den. ver to Salt Lake City, crashed when the pilot misjudged his al titude while making a shallow turn. Glenn Yarbrough, 31, Sausalito, Calif., suffered a deep scalp lac deration and facial injuries. TEMPERATURES High yesterday, 44 degrees. Lew last night, 33 degrees. Sunset today, 4:27. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:32. No. 7 Idaho murder case given new twist MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho. (UPD Theodore Thomas Dickie told an Air Force investigator re cently he went to a Mountain Home residence eight months ago to see a woman and found her slain. John W.- Peters, an Office of Special Investigations (OSI) agent. testified at a military hearing to day he interviewed Dickie Dec. 7. He said on that day Dickie told him he saw Al-C Gerald M. An derson at the scene. 1 Anderson, 25, San Diego, is a c c u s e d by the Air Force of premeditated murder ot Mrs. Nancy Joy Johnson, 22, and her son, Daniel, 2'4. Earlier, he was charged with first-degree murder in Idaho civil court In the death of Mrs. John son but was cleared of that charge when Dickie confessed he and not Anderson committed the slaylngs. Story Related j According to Peters this Is what Dlckia told him: - " The evening of last April Dickie said he was in Boise rob. blng a store. He said he returned to Mountain Home about, 11:30 p.m. -where he had been' living with his brother, Al-C Russell Dickie. ; Dickie said he went to the John son residence because he had met Mrs. Johnson before and she had given him her address. Dickie said he went to the back porch and saw the body of Mrs. Johnson on the floor between cur. tains of I lie door. He said he went and saw both Mrs. Johnson and the son dead. He told Peters he heard sobbing and went into the living room. There, he said, Anderson sat in chair with his elbows on his knees, his face in his hands. Ha said he went back into the kitchen and saw a knife sticking out of Mrs. Johnson's chest. Dickie said it was his knife and he had loaned it to Anderson pre viously. He went back into Die living room and he said to Anderson: "Is this your job?" He said An derson replied, "Yes.". Reason Said Glvon He said Anderson told him ha had to do it because Mrs. John son was going to "tell his wife" that he had been at the house. Dickie said he took a sock and pulled the knife out of Mrs. John son, turned the sock inside out and wiped off the knife. He said he took a hammer, a saw and lamp base which Anderson told him had fingerprints on them and put them in his car. Dickie then said he took the items to a reservoir o u t s 1 d a Mountain Home and throw them awav. Dickie said he look the knife and threw it in a garbage can several doors from the home of his brother. Then he went to his brother's home, met his sister- in-law and told her should anyone ask he had been home all night. Dickie later was arrested for the slaying of a young girl. Dickie said Rick Raphael, Boiso television newsman, told him he believed the OSI and the Air Force extracted a confession from Anderson Illegally. He quoted Raphael as saying he was against capital pun ishment and "this is a chance to do something about It." He said Raphael told him if he made tha confession to him he would pos sibly get a few years In a mental hospital. The Air Force resumed Its hear ing today after failing Wednes day night in Boise to get Dickie to repeat his earlier confession to the killings. DOW JONES AVERAGES By Unlttd Prtit International Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 645.20, off 2.13; 20 railroads 137.79. off 0.47; IS utili ties 127.05, off 0.07, and 65 stocks 226.05, off 0.61. Sales today were about 3.38 million shares compared with 3.7 million shares Wednesday. ee i a it
