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Univ. of Oragon Library
EUaSNE, OREGON
Mercy oirlift resumes after anguishing
Miami iupu The mercy air-1 base wailed impatiently at Din
lift bringing ransomed Cuban ner Key auditorium 18 miles
prisoners of war back to the j away to end a separation of more
arms of their loved ones in time j than 20 months,
for Christmas resumed today af-1 The second plane of the day al
ter an anguishing delay of more ! ready was winging toward
than 13 hours. ! Homestead, the Red Cross an-
Today s first plane, the fifth in
the two-day freedom airlift twice
interrupted by long delays,
loucnea aown ai nomcsicaa Air
ruice case near Aiianu ai iu:zj
am.
There, as before, the clean
shaven but shaggy haired and
slightly underweight prisoners
were processed, fed. given new
khaki clothing and a $tnn check
and then sent by bus to meet
their waiting relatives and
friends.
the air
Relatives barred from
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
60th Year
Hopes rising
for 'safest'
U.S. holiday
' By United Press International
Hopes rose today that the na
tion would give itself a hearten
big Christmas present the safest
Christmas holiday weekend on
Record,
The National Safety Council re
vised its estimate of a possible
1150 to 750 traffic deaths to 550.
President Howard Pyle said "if
the present trend holds... this
would be the safest Christmas
holiday on record" in terms of
irdlea driven and cars on the
toad.
The United Press International
fcount at 12:30 p.m. EST showed
354 persons dead in traffic acci
dents since the 102-hour holiday
began at 6 p.m. local time Fri
day. The breakdown of holiday
deaths:
Traffic 854
Fires 51
Planes 8
fcliscellaneous 40
Total 454
California, with .to traffic
deaths, led the fatality count
There were 29 in Illinois, where
the death count was the worst in
four years, 25 in Texas, 16 in both
New York State and Florida, 15
in Georgia, 13 in both Indiana and
ftouth Carolina, and 12 in Ohio
and Alabama.
At a similar time in past yule
tide holidays, there were 376 traf
fic deaths, in 1953, 479 in 1955,
428 in 1956, 393 in 1958, 368 in
1960 and 424 last year.
The safety council was at a loss
for the reason behind the low
toll. One explanation appeared to
be the snowy, icy weather pre
vailing across much of the nation
from the Rockies to the central
Appa 1 a c h i ans. The dangerous
driving conditions prompted mo
torists to slow down.
Undated Oregon Traffic Fatals
By United Press International
The Christmas holiday weekend
traffic death count in Oregon
Wood at one Monday.
The victim was Alice Thompson,
26-year-old Eugene school teach
er who was killed Friday night.
She died in a one-car accident on
U.S. Highway 20 14 miles west
of Burns.
Her car went out of control and
overturned after hitting ice on the
highway.
Michael R, Williams, a 22-ycar-old
sailor from Gladstone station
ed aboard the USS Buchanan, was
killed in a one-car crash near
Gorman, Calif., Sunday.
The car in which he was riding
swerved off a highway and over
turned. Woman treated
after accident
A young airman from Mountain
Home, Ida., U.S. Air Force base,
was operator of a car involved in
a one-car mishap Sunday morning
on the Horse Ridge Grade. He
was David L. Jones, 20.
His wife, Irma. was brought to
Bend and treated at the St.
Charles Memorial Hospital. The
accident occurred when the w est
bound car struck a slick spot on
the highway, rolled over on itr top
and came to rest across the road.
The accident occurred about 9:45
a.m. and Oregon State Police in
vestigated. In another accident. Lloyd E.
Reed, 344 Delaware, suffered cuts
w hen his car skidded on the Couch
Market Road in Die Tumalo area
and struck an abutment to a
bridge. He was treated at the St.
Charles Memorial Hospital.
GREETINGS TO SCOUTS
WASHINGTON 'LPH - Presi
dent Kennedy sent Christmas
greetings Sunday to the Boy
Scouts of America and to its lead
ers "who are helping to develop
them into responsible ynuna
men."
; nounced. as the morning's traiH
blazer rolled up to its ramp bear- j
ing among its 109 passengers one j
sireicner case and one ailing pns-1
oner W110 was, nowever, able to
walk.
Waiting Relatives
At the Dinner Key auditorium,
a skeletal and cavernous former
clipper seaplane hangar now used
for various types of exhibitions,
relatives had begun to straggle
in at 6 a.m.
The long wait of Sunday had
taught them a lesson in patience.
HE BEND
Fourteen Pages
J. L Van Huff
Bend resident,
J. L. Van Huffel, 81, who pro
vided transportation in the Bend
area for railroad magnates even
before steel came up the De
schutes gorge, died in his tleep
here Sunday morning.
He was one of Bend's first gar
age operators, with his beginning
"plant" set up under a juniper
tree at the rear of the present
Trailways building.
Mr. Van Huffel first contact
with railroaders rlio were cast
ing glances into the Deschutes
country was in 1908, when he was
a chauffeur in Portland. One day
he got a hurried call to go to the
Klamath Lake country to pick up
E. H. Ilarriman of the Union Pa
cific and bring the rail tycoon
and his two sons north to Shan
iko. then end of the rails. One of
'Snow ball'
being planned
by Sky liners
The Bend Skylinors will sponsor
a "Snow Ball" Saturday night.
December 29, in the Pilot Butte
Inn Gold Room. Dancing"will be
from 9 p.m. to midnight, with
music by the Vikings, a local
combo.
The party was arranged to pro
vide Christmas - week entertain
ment for local residents and visi
tors, many of whom will be in
town for holiday skiing, according
to Mrs. Olaf Skjersaa, general
chairman.
Mrs. Lcs Snider, co-chairman,
is handling tickets. They will be
available at the door, she said.
Decorations, carrying out the
snow theme, will be arranged by
Mr. and Mrs. Larry West.
A feature of the evening will be
the selection of the "King and
Queen of Snow." They will be
crowned by Dr. Lowell Aplin, Sky
linors president.
The party will be a "come as
you are" occasion, with ski cloth
es and casual dress acceptable. A
soft drink bar will be provided.
All age groups are invited to at
tend. Serving on the host com
mittee will be Dr. and Mrs. Aplin
and Mr. and Mrs. William A.
Healy Jr. of Bend, and Mr. and
Mrs. Don Francis of Portland,
frequent local visitors and Sky
liner members.
Bird population
near minimum
in Bend area
Bend, it appears, is to observe
a virtually birdless Christmas.
From various sources comes the
word that the bird population this
season is close to the minimum,
with only sparrows noticeable
around town. Even their number,
it was reported, are greatly di
minished.
me lacK oi birds nas neon es
pecially noted hy Dr. J. C. Vande
vert, Bend, a former member of
the Oregon State Game Commis
sion. Dr. Vandevert said he has no
answer to the diminished popu
lation of birds.
Normally this time of the sea
son, he noted, many of the birds
"pull out" for warmer climates,
hut robins, blackbirds and others
of the common varieties remain.
This season only the sparrows,
of two species, are in evidence.
Some blame the low bird popu
lation on the Columbus Day gale.
Others add: "Maybe we are go
ing to have a hard winter, and the
birds have moved out."
TEMPERATURES
High yesttrday, 30 degrees. Low
last night, 15 degrees. Sunset
today, 4: 31. Sunrise tomorrow,
7:M.
WEATHER
Fair through Tuesday; highs
10-15; lows MX
and hy Ihe time the first plane ar
rived at Homestead there were
only 3,000 in the hall. They had,
they know, probably two hours to
wait before the prisoners arrived
by bus.
Officials apparently were con-
cerned that unless they stepped
up their flight schedule they
might run into more inexplicable
delays such as occurred Sunday
when 423 of the prisoners taken
in the aborted Bay of Pigs in
vasion finally were brought to
Miami.
The first delay lasted almost
1 hours as Premier Fidel Castro
personally inspected manifest of
supplies promised in the $70 mil
1 lion ransom he demanded.
Then, although plane crews had
ho)ed to work all night if neces-
el, pioneer
dead at 81
Harriman's sons, then 17. was
Averell, later governor of N e w
York.
Harriman eluded Van Huffel for
his slow trip south from Portland
to Klamath Lake, but on the drive
north found why it took the dri
ver two days to make the trip
from Bend: Rocks had to be re
moved from tlie road, and stumps
cut to permit passage of the car.
On Railroad Day
When Bend held its Railroad
Day celebration in October, 1911,
Van Huffel brought here from the
north by car Louis J. Hill, son of
James J. Hill, "Empire Builder."
In the early irrigation develop
ment of the Bend country. Van
Huffel was chauffeur for Fred
Stanley, who had a part in the
COI development and the found
ing of the town of Deschutes.
When it was determined that
"automobiles are here to slay,"
Van Huffel entered the automo
bile business and for many years
was Bend's first Ford representa
tive. Later he founded the Central
Oregon Garage on Bond Street,
and operated that until his retire
ment. A native of Misawaka, Ind.,
where he was Lorn on July 22.
1881, Mr. Van Huffel came west
as a youth and was in Portland
when Bend first gained its spot
on the map of Oregon.
Survivors Listed
Surviving Mr. Van Huffel are
his widow, Nettie; a brother, Jo
seph Van Huffel of Illinois, and a
sister, Mrs. Josephine Dooley,
South Bend, Ind. James Van Huf
fel, Bend, is a nephew, and El-
win D. Woerner, also of Bend, is
a stepson.
Mr. Van Huffel was a long-time
member of the Elks' lodge. He
was also a member of the Bend
Golf Club.
Funeral services will be h e 1 d
Wednesday at 11 a.m., from the
Niswonger & Reynolds Chapel,
with the Rev. John Bright of Trin
ity Episcopal Church in charge.
Burial will be in the Pilot Butte
cemetery.
The family home here is at 879
Riverside.
Ice skating
is possibility
over holidays
Ice skating in Bend over the
Christmas holidays is a possibil
ity, providing the cool weather
continues.
The new municipal rink in Jun
iper Park, a phase of the Rotar
ians' development, was flooded
last night, starting ab o u t 10
o'clock, Vince Genna. city rec
reation director, reported.
If freezing weather continues, it
is expected that the rink may be
ready for skating tonight. How
ever, Vince said, premature use
would damage the ice surface,
and volunteer "testers" are asked
to refrain from walking on it or
attempting to skate until the word
is given.
When the ice is ready, the lights
will be turned on, it was announc
ed. Last night, the mercury in Bend
dropped to 15 degrees, and there
is prospect of 10-degree weather
tonight.
Newspaper talks
due to resume
NEW YORK (LTD - Federal
mediators have asked disputants
in the 17-day-old newspaper strike
to reconsider their positions over
the Christmas holiday and start
"moving together" toward a set
tlement when negotiations re
sume Wednesday.
Talks between the newspaper
publishers and the printers union
were adjourned Saturday by Chief
Mediator Stephen I. Schlossberg,
who said. "We feel meetings at
this time sene no useful purpose."
sary to shuttle out the remain
ing Cubans, imprisoned for more
than 20 months, there was anoth
er closing of the sugar cane
curtain.
Planes waited in Cuba from
7:27 a.m. until 5:07 p.m. Sunday
before the first was permitted to
leave. Only four plane loads were
flown out.
"Happiest Christmas"
'This will be the happiest
Christmas of our lives" the lib
erated captives agreed after four
planes carried them through vel
vety skies Sunday nicht to the
I arms of their loved ones waiting
j in Miami.
They were ready to fight again
for the liberation of their home
land "after we fatten up a little."
But the clean-shaven if shaggy
patriots worried fretfully over the
CENTRAL OREGON'S
Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Monday, December 24,
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HAPPIEST SEASON OF-THE
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Pilgrims flock
to Bethlehem
for Christmas
BETHLEHEM. Jordan (UPD
Thousands of Christmas pilgrims
flocked to Bethlehem today.
They included black robed
priests, Christian Arabs wearing
tile traditional burnoose and
Americans and Europeans in
smartly cut suits and dresses.
More than 2,500 Israeli Chris
tiaas took advantage of the bicn
niel break in the dispute with the
Arabs and passed through the
Mandlebaum gate in the wall di
viding Jerusalem for the pilgrim
age to this birthplace of Jesus
Christ.
At a signal from frontier
guards on the fortified Jordanian
Israeli border, Israeli and Arab
Christians boarded special buses
for a rido through the famous
gate and followed the path of the
Magi to this little town.
In Bethlehem, they joined thou
sands of other pilgrims some of
them from as far away as the
United States and Europe to cel
ebrate the birth of their Lord
1,962 years ago.
Besides the Israeli Christians,
another 5,000 persons were due to
arrive here today. The old streets
already were jammed with a mix
ture of modern Western automo
biles and the familiar donkey
carts.
The Mandelbaum Gate is the
only break in the wall which di
vides the Israeli and Jordanian
sectors of Jerusalem. The wall
is fortified by sandbags, barbed
wire and pill boxes because of the
14-year-old dispute between the
Israelis and the Arabs.
The arrival of the Lsraeli pil
grims marks what has become
a twice-yearly, poignant, 24-hour
moratorium in the Arab-Jewish
conflict that divides the Holy
Land.
Each Christmas and Easter, Jor
dan allows the Christians from Is
rael to enter Jordan for the pil
grimage to Bethlehem. They must
leave Jordan by Tuesday and no
Israeli will be allowed to enter
this nation until next Easter.
fate of those they had left behind.
They knew they had reason. Be
cause their own families had wait
ed through nearly 11 anguished
hours Sunday while the bearded
Castro personally held up the first
departures.
Castro inspected perishable
medical supplies, 12 loads flown
in by cargo plane. Then he
scanned the manifests of the
black-hulled World War II freight
er African Pilot which in mid
afternoon delivered the bulk of
the early ransom supplies he had
been promised.
Finally Gives Consent
Only then, lounging in a brand
new U.S. automobile beside the
isolated San Antioni de los Banos
Air Base 25 miles from Havana,
did he finally give his consent
for the departure of the first
BULLETIN
DAILY NEWSPAPER
YEAR Ann Hardwiek, four-
Mrs. Joe Hardwiek, Bend-Burns
Santa due tonight
Area ready to join
in yule celebration
By Ha S. Grant
Bulletin Staff Writer
Stores were busy with last-minute
shoppers, the weather was
crisp and clear, and greetings
were exchanged in market places
and coffee houses, as Bend resi
dents prepared today for ti e cele
bration of Christmas.
Homes are festive with decora
lions and fragrant with the prep
aration of feasts. Greenery and
poinscttias were put in place in a
number of churches, for vigil
services tonight, and traditional
Christmas Day rites tomorrow.
While business was bustling in
food and gift stores, it was closed
Ex-Shaniko
mayor hopes
to save hall
SHAMKO (UPD The former
mayor of this small town says he
plans to save the old city hall
from demolition.
Joe Morelli indicated he became
interested in saving the old wood
en structure when he learned it
had been purchased by a city
councilman who intended to tear
it down.
Morelli said some of the resi
dents came to the fore and the
council and dismantling halted.
In the course of the controversy
over the old landmark, it was
learned the city's charter had
been last, so the community was
relying on its 1901 incorporation
papers for a guide in administer
ing the town's affairs.
Some funds have been raised
i locally to aid the restoration proj-
i ect and Moruli said the Oregon
I Historical Society U interested in
J the town's historical significance.
plane load of prisoners.
According to one released pris
oner, Cairo's deliberate stalling
ceased only after a heated por
tcst by New York attorney James
B. Donovan.
Enrique Ruiz Williams, who
arrived here on the first plane,
said Donovan pleaded with Castro
"to let the first plane go."
According to Ruiz, the Cuban
premier finally waved his arms
wildly and shouted:
Ail right. And use all your
planes. Get them out of here."
The first plane assigned to re
turn the prisoners had landed at
San Antonio at 7:27 a.m. On the
freedom side of the Sugar Cane
Curtain there was no inkling of
what was transpiring as hour fol
lowed worrisome hour without any
news of the long-expected prison
1962
Highway, puts final touches on her Christmas tree Just in time
for Operation Santa Claus. (Nate Bull Photo)
shop in a number of offices and
government agencies, as employ
es with a four-day holiday enjoy
ed a quiet Monday.
Employes of Brooks - Scanlon,
Inc., are on vacation this week.
All mill and woods operations
closed down after work Friday, to
resume Wednesday morning, Jan
uary 2.
School students and teachers al
so have an 1 l-day vacation, count
ing the Christmas and New Year's
weekends. While some families
are taking advantage! of the re
cess for out-of-town trijs to visit
friends and relatives, others are
decking the halls for guests from
near and distant points.
Students home from colleges for
the holidays are among the visi
tors from outside. The week will
see much activity on ski slopes
and ice rinks, if the weatherman
comes through with expected co
operation.
As usual. Bend Bulletin employ
es will join in the general holi
day tomorrow, and no paper will
be published. For the most part,
only service facilities will be ox.n
Christmas Day.
Mercury drops
to 15 in night
Central Oregon experienced its
coolest weather of the season last
nir;ht. with a low of 15 degrees
recorded in Bend at dawn today.
The fivo day forecast indicates
that the cool weather is to con
tinue, with lows in the 8-13 degree
bracket predicted for interior Ore
gon tonight.
Some snow is possible after
Wednesday, with light to moder
ate amounts, the five-day forecast
adds.
Heavy white frost covered Bend
this morning, and there was some
drifting "mush" ice on the Deschutes.
er airlift.
Relatives had begun to gather
in cavernous Dinner Key Auditor
ium, once a seaplane clipper
hangar, et dawn. They were not
allowed at !iumestead Air Force
base, where the airlift planes
were to land and the prisoners
were to be fed and processed.
Then, at 6:06 p.m., with only
a faint glow still baby pink in the
western sky, the first plane made
its touchdown at Homestead. A
searchlight battery brought in by
the Strategic Air Command
played on the glistening w hite fuse
lage of the Pan American plane.
Whirlpool Of Emotion
Moments later the first 108 lib
erated prisoners began to debark.
walking into a whirlpool of emo
tion. Officials broke through re
straining ropes. And at the foot of
Ten Cents
4 youths taken
after burglary
at golf club
The Bend Golf Club was burg
larized early Sunday morning, fol
lowing the club's annual Christ
mas party. Four youths were ta
ken into custody and placed in
detention quarters.
City of Bend and Oregon Stale
Police converged on the club aft
er Ken Spenco, whose quarters
are on the grounds, called offi
cers after he hoard a commotion
in the building.
On entering the building, offi
cers discovered evidence of the
burglary, but found no one. How
ever, a description of a getaway
car was obtained.
About 200 feet north of the club
house, officers found two cases of
beer, which apparently had been
dropped by the persons who had
entered the club. Nothing was ta
ken other than the liquor.
A break in the case came fol
lowing an altercation between
some youths in a local restaur
ant. Also, state officers picked up
the car sought in the getaway.
Taken Into custody and placed
in juvenile quarters of the De
schutes County jail were Bert R.
Larson, IB; Charles E. Ridder
busch, 17: Lester U Hilgers, 16,
and Frank J. Choate, 17. All are
Bend residents.
The youths told officers the en
try of the Golf Club was made to
obtain beer. They said Larson,
Ridderbusch and Hilgers entered
the building. Choate drove the get
away car.
The youths were just leaving
the building when officers arriv
ed, and got away in the darkness.
BALMY SNOWBALL FIGHT
SAN DIEGO 'UPD It was a
balmy 6.5 degiees but 500 sailors
and dependents had a wild snow-
j hall fight and frolicked in snow
j SaUirday aboard the aircraft car-
, rier Contellalion.
The gobs entered a contest
sponwed by radio station KOGO
on "why I would like a white
j Christmas" and won 10 tons of
j snow.
-rV.
delay
the ramp, clad in the Insulting
butter yellow T-shirts they now
wear as a badge of honor, waited
many of the 60 sick and wounded
released "on credit" in April.
One of them hobbled forward
on one leg, the other left back
there on the shores of the Bay of
Pigs, to embrace a comrade.
Another hugged to him a cousin.
One sleeve was empty but his
grip was firm.
These were men. Yet the tears
flowed unashamed.
"Viva los Estadoi Unidos,
shouted one, wiping his eyes.
"Viva Kennedy."
Another's voice floated out over
the crowd.
"We are not here because of
what we did. We are here, thanks
to the people of the United
States."
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
No. 16
Dockworker
strike ties up
U.S. shipping
NEW YORK (UPI) A ctrika
by 75,000 dockworkera brought
shipping to a near halt today at
East Coast and Gulf of Moxico
ports.
Leaders of the International
Longshoremen's Association (ILA)
confident of a quick victory,
turned down President Kennedy's
eleventh-hour appeal for a 90-day
truce ne nad urged "in the na
tional interest." -
The dockworkers helped ship
pers load and unload cargoes in
the feverish last hours of port ao
tivity, then walked off the piers
from Maine to Texas at the ap
pointed hour of S p.m. EST. An
80-day "cooling off" period or
dered under the Tatt-Harley Act
expired at that tune.
In answer to Kennedy's warn
ing that the strike would "choke
the economy and cut the nation's
lifelines with the rest o! the
world," the HA replied it would
be "fruitless" to delay a walkout
for three months of talks. The un
ion promised to continue handling
all military cargo.
The main issue in the dead
locked dispute was over the size
of work gangs. The New York
Shipping Association (NYSA)
wants the gangs reduced from 20
to 17. The ILA claims such a re
duction would result in 5,000
longshoremen losing their Jobs. ,
Predict Short Strike
Thomas W. (Teddy) Gleaaon,
vice president of the ILA, pre
dicted the strike would be short.
"They're very weak, we'll lick
em fast," he declared.
Similar views were expressed
by ILA officials in other cities.
In New Orleans, ILA Local 1411
President Alfred Chittenden esti
mated the strike will last only
to 10 days because "the country
can't take it" any longer.
A Virginia dock foreman said
a settlement will come "after ths
holidays when everybody will b
moro suitable to concentrate."
The specded-up Sunday work
schedule made it possibla for
many freighters to complete cai.
go handling before ths strike)
deadline, and move out to sea or
drydock.
Partially Loaded
Other vessels were left wtth
cargoes only partially loaded or
put ashore, and still more ships
arrived in ports after the deadline)
with goods that will remain in
holds for an indefinite period.
The Coast Guard announced bt
New York that boarding parties
will examine the contents of all
ships reported carrying "danger
ous or hazardous" commodities.
The inspection will be made to
assure that proper safety precau
tions are observed. Coast Guard
spokesman said.
One vessel under close watch
was the Peruvian freighter Ama-
zonas. anchored off Savannah,
Ga. The Amazonas was carrying
a cargo of highly combustible
fish meal which could ignite spon
taneously if stored for a long pe
riod. Token Pickett Appear
The Coast Guard said that be
tween 50 and 60 ships remained
in berths or at anchor in the New
York port area as of 6 a.m. to
day. About 70 others departed
Sunday and during the pre-dawn
hours this morning.
Token platoons of pickets ap
peared at some docks in the New
York-New Jersey waterfront area
and along the Texas coast But
most ILA locals indicated they
will not organize picket lines on
a regular basis until Wednesday.
Tugboat crews helped move
several freighters in and out of
New York harbor berths follow
ing the walkout deadline. They
reported that since no picket
boats were observed, there was
no reason to refuse service, ac
cording to the Moran Towing and
Transportation Co.