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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
60th Year
Fourteen Pages
Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Wednesday, May 1, 1963
Ten Cents
No. 124
Model parking
plan endorsed
by merchants
By Gerald Drapeau
Bulletin Staff Writer
About 30 retail merchants and
business people who assembled
last nigm witn a special Cham
ber of Commerce parking com
mittee gave their wholehearted
backing to a model plan designed
to keep shoppers in the downtown
district.
The plan was illustrated by
means of a map and explained in
detail hv Chamhw PmsiiHont flnr.
don Randall. The map shows
three locations termed suitable
for prospective off-street parking
areas, strategically spaced to ac
commodate shopping motorists,
plus the already existing city
hall parking lot. If acquired. Ran-
Home show
tplans shaped
by Bend Lions
Lions at the Tuesday meeting
shaped final plans for their an
nual Home Show, to be held on
May 9, 10 and 11 in the Oregon
National Guard Armory. This will
be the clubmen's second Home
Show.
i Work of readying the Armory
jfor the show will start Monday,
tvith a work crew to meet at the
West Coffee Shop for a 7 a.m.
breakfast before reporting to the
Guard building to put up booths.
The breakfast meeting originally
was planned for the Superior
Cafe.
i Guest speaker at the luncheon
' tneeting was R. E. Jewell, Bend
superintendent of schools, who re
minded the Lions of the Monday,
JMay 6, school election.
Jewell reviewed the budget of
approximately $2,000,000, which
was adopted by a committee of
14 following eight weeks study.
The superintendent reviewed
(lie budget and mentioned the un
expected school enrollment in
crease this past fall. He said Nov.
I, 1963, has been set as the date
lor completion of the addition to
the Senior High School and con
struction of a new grade school.
He expressed hope that the work
will be completed prior to No
vember 1.
The school system faces some
double-shifting in the early fall.
Norman Whitney, program
chairman, introduced Jewell.
George Warrington, Lions' presi
dent, beaded the meeting.
Haiti-Dominican
crisis has eased
PORT - au PRINCE, Haiti
(UPI) Haiti has agreed to the
Dominican Republics demand
that 22 political refugees in asy
lum in the Dominican Embassy
here be allowed to leave the
country in safety, diplomatic
tources said today.
The decision by Haitian Presi
dent Francois Duvalicr's govern
ment appeared to ease further
the crisis between Haiti and its
neighbor republic on the Carib
bean island of Hispaniola.
It was communicated to Latin
American diplomats as a five
man team from the Organization
of American States (OAS inves
tigated Dominican charges that
Haiti violated the embassy last
Saturday while searching for op
ponents of the Duvalier regime.
Th; incident led Dominican
President Juan Bosch to threaten
the use of armed force unless
Haiti withdrew a policeman from
the embassy grounds and guaran
teed the safety of Dominican dip
lomats and the Haitian political
refugees sheltered in the em
bassy. Increase noted
In building
April building costs in Bend
reached $244,280. an increase of
$77,125 over the $167,155 April, '62
figure.
.Most expensive single proj?ct
. $140,000 for the new St. Jo
seph conent at St. Charles Me
morial Hospital. Total for miscel
laneous construction in April was
HTi.WO.
A breakdown of building ex
penses shows $59,000 spent tor
new dwelling. SS.500 for dwelling
alterations. $1,500 for new gar
apes and $300 for noo-delling alterations.
dall explained, these lots would
make room for some 100 cars,
thereby easing present parking
problems considerably.
In describing the need for addi
tional off-street parking areas,
Randall pointed to figures show
ing substantial decline of shop
ping traffic in downtown business
districts of other cities. Portland,
he said, is estimated to have lost
58 per cent of its downtown traf
fic in the past seven years. Out
of fear of a similar problem in
Bend, the Chamber committee
has been working steadily in
search of a solution.
Description Given
Locations of lots described are
the following: The present site of
the Bancroft Hotel on Bond
Street; the present Bond Street
parking lot between Oregon and
Minnesota, plus adjacent proper
ty, and a tract between Brooks
and Wall, from the edge of the
Equitable Savings & Loan build
ing to the Oregon Avenue line.
A rough estimate of costs for
acquisition, demolition, blacktop
ping and decking of these proper
ties was stated at $500,000. But it
was pointed out the district would
increase off-street parking facil
ities by some 625 per cent if the
lots are acquired.
Core District
An enclosed area on the map
indicates the core business dis
trict, bordered, roughly, by Ver
mont Place on the north, the riv
er on the west, the alley immedi
ately east of Bond on the east,
and Louisiana on the south. Sev
eral possibilities for financing the
proposed projects were discussed,
but it is probable that all of the
financial burden would fall on
businessmen inside the district,
according to assessed valuation
and distance from- the proposed
improvements.
Randall made it clear to those
present that the plan submitted Is
merely a suggested one. He said
Chamber committeemen had ex
hausted themselves seeking park
ing solutions, and were "begging"
for ideas.
First of three
concerts Frt
The first of a series of t h r e e
spring music programs presented
by Bend schools will be presented
Friday night, with the elementary
school orchestras, bands and
choruses to appear in the Senior
High School auditorium, at 8 p.m.
Directors will be Sam McCoy,
Marie Brosterhous and Joe Hau
gen. The concert will start at 8
p.m.
On May 10 at 8 p.m., also in the
senior high auditorium, Junior
High orchestras, bands, chorus
and choirs will present a concert.
Directors will be Joe Haugen.
Earl Roarig. Bonnie Graves and
Don Goodwin.
Final of the three concerts will
be on Tuesday night. May 14, in
the auditorium, under the direc
tion of Norman Whitney and Don
Goodwin. This will be the Bend
Senior High concert. Featured
will be orchestras, band and
choirs.
More than 1.000 youngsters will
take part in the three spring con
certs. Lawmakers bury
sales tax bill
SALEM (VPI)-In an unexpect
ed series of actions, the House to
day stored its sales tax bill out
of reach for the rest of this ses
sion. The House voted 34-26 to 'post
pone indefinitely" action on the
measure. This means it cannot be
brought up again.
Youngsters study nature at first hand
By Phil F. Brogan
Bulletin Staff Writer
CAMP TAMARACK Flakes
whitened alpine trees bordering I
Dark Lake early this morning to j
create a Christmas atmosphere
where some 80 Prineville sixth
graders are participating in an
experience unique in America
an outdoor school project
Last nicht, the youngsters and ,
their leaders, with Mrs. Efelyn
Elkins as camp director, gather
ed in the big Camp Tamarack
hall in front of a fireplace, to :
hear the story of their "back-1
yard" the snow . whitened Caa-1
Usual tirades missing
By United Press International
The Communist world flexed its
military muscles to mark May
Day today, but the speeches
lacked the usual tirades against
"Imperialism" and the United
States.
Focal point of the observance
was Moscow, where Cuban Premi
er Fidel Castro showed up as
guest ot honor at the traditional
Red Square parade.
Castro was flanked by Premier
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FIRST UNIT FINISHED The "Imperial 500," first trailer house
off the Imperial Mobile Homes assembly line, is inspected by
O. F. Kline, salesman for G. T. Wolfe Inc. and Paul Tobkin,
Dinner held
in honor -of
Silkworth
More than 50 persons were pres
ent for a dinner at the Prineville
Country Club Tuesday night hon
oring George A. Silkworth, Bend,
who is retiring as general agent
for the SP & S Railway Company
after 38 years of service. Presid
ing at the dinner was Ed Wilson,
Prineville lumberman.
Succeeding Silkworth as gener
al agent in Bend is G. E. "Skip"
Skinner, who started with the
company in 1938 in the account
ing department. He comes to Bend
from Portland, where he was
chief clerk in the traffic depart
ment since 1959.
Skinner will be joined here later
bv his wife, Eileen, and their son.
Bill, 16.
Silkworth started his railroad
career in the local SP & S office
in Portland in 1925. He was pro
moted to traveling freight agent
in Bend in 1947, and was named
general agent here in 1953.
Silkworth and his wife, Thel
ma, plan to make their home in
Bend for the present. Their son,
George, a former naval officer, is
a pharmacist in California.
Present for the dinner in Prine
ville last night were rail offic
ials that included N. S. Wetergard,
SP & S vice - president: R. A.
LawTence, traffic manager and
his assistant Earnest Block, and
Arthur Kimmel. assistant North
em Pacific traffic manager from
Seattle. Wash.
FEE BOOST VOTED
SACRAMENTO (UPI) Out-of-state
hunters would have to pay
an extra $20 for California oeT
tags, under a bill approved Tue
day by the assembly fish and
game committee.
The measure would hike the
non-resident fee for a set of two
deer tags from $10 to $30. Thus,
coupled with the $25 non-resident
hunting license, an out-of-stater
would have to pay $55 to shoot
deer in California. The cost now
is $35.
cades. Traced for the students
was the ancient story of the Cas
cades: the manner great volcan
oes built up on the Cascade sky
line and the later sculpturing by
glaciers.
The youngsters were told that
the basin of nearby Suttle Lake
was gouged by a glacier, which
dumped its terminal moraine in
the valley to block the flow of
Lake Creek and form the lake.
Resource consultants from the
U.S. Soil Conservation Service,
the VS. Forest Sen-ice and the
Oregon State Game Corrirnission
are working with the youngsters.
leis 'flex military
Nikita Khrushchev and other So
viet dignitaries atop Lenin's
tomb. But the affair was boycot
ted by American diplomats for the
first time since Washington and
Moscow established diplomatic re
lations 30 years ago.
Soviet Defense Minister Marshal
Rodion Malinovsky said the dan
ger of nuclear war with the Unit
ed States still exists, but he made
no threats.
In East Berlin, the Communist
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County Budget Committee
studies 1963-64 expenses
By I la S. Grant
Bulletin Staff Writer
The Deschutes County Budget
Committee took a look at antici
pated expenses for the 1963-64
fiscal year, at a three-and-a-half-hour
meeting last night at the
courthouse. Present were appoin
tive members Priday Holmes,
who was elected chairman, and
Robert D. Whittier, both of Red
mond, and county court members
D. L. Penhollow, Fred Shepard
and George Baker. John Sten
kamp, Bend, last year's chair
man, is the other appointive mem
ber. Anticipated receipts have not
yet been compiled to the point
where it can be determined ex
actly how much money the board
will have to work with, but last
year's levy of $389,704.15 can be
increased to $413,106.40, to stay
within the six per cent limita
tion. The levy will certainly be in
creased, probably the full amount
allowed without a budget election,
and it appears that some sharp
pencils will be needed, to provide
for several budget increases which
have been recommended. Among
these is a $5,000 capital outlay
item, to go towards a new build
ing at the Deschutes County Fair
Grounds, Redmondv
Increase Granted
The amount for the County
Planning Commission was tent
atively increased from $2,500 to
$3,500, to provide for a county de
velopment program in coopera
tion with the Bend and Redmond
city planning commissions. The
request was made because the
commission feels the need for a
planned program with profession
al guidance, according to Don
Conner, chairman.
Less than $100 has been spent
from the amount budgeted last
year, and it is assumed there will
be few additional expenses before
the end of the current fiscal year,
and most of the amount will be
This morning, some of the stu
dents were up at dawn, for a bird
watch in the great tamaracks
that crowd to the shore of Dark
Lake, but the "rise and shine"
call did not come until 6 45. Then
followed a flag ceremony and
breakfast
Instructions in forestry, wild
life, soil and water was to con
tinue through the day. Field
study, with trips into nearby
areas keep the youngsters busy
in the rnornings. There Is camp
craft and recreation in the after
noons. Each tveoing. the young people
East Germans paraded Soviet
rockets and goose-stepping troops
in a display that defied four-power
agreements demilitarizing the di
vided city.
Parade l Denounced
The three Western military com
mandants promptly denounced the
East German parade, saying that
it showed clearly to the whole
world that "the Soviet zone re
gime still remains the enemy of
freedom."
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general manager for Imperial. Driving Hyster is Ed Bennett,
finish line foreman. Factory It located in Highway 97 industrial
area, at 2561 E. Fourth Street, Eend. :
returned to the general fund.
Assessor Robert Lyons submit
ted a preliminary budget of $72,
960, a $200 drop from last year's
amount, and requested a salary
increase from $6,200 to $7,200. A
$12,000 item' for new calculating
equipment brought up the total
last year, and in its place this
year is a request for $2,100 for
a new automobile.
Sheriff Forrest C. Sholcs asked
for $38,805 for his office, includ
ing a $1,400 salary increase, and
$19,460 for the tax department, in
cluding a $390 increase for mater
ials and supplies, and a $1,400 in
crease for equipment and furni
ture. Superintendent
eyes office move
Plans of Deschutes County
School Superintendent David Pot
ter to move his office to Red
mond were made known at last
night's meeting of the County
Budget Committee. The proposed
budget includes a $900 item for
the superintendent's office rent.
Potter said today that plans are
not yet definite, but that he needs
more space, particularly for the
county school film library which
is being developed. He has three
assistants in his office this year,
and plans to raise the number to
four next year.
County Judge D. L. Penhollow
said last right that. Potter had re
quested the entire upper floor of
the courthouse. His office now oc
cupies space at one end of the
floor. The judge .aid that the law
does not specify that the superin
tendent must have his office in
the courthouse, but the county
must provide either office space
or rent.
meet their teachers, to review the
day's events. Then come the
campfire and evening programs,
such as the one held last night
when the geological story of the
area was traced.
The first of three week-long ses
sions started Monday. Only sixth
graders take part in the school
under the tamaracks, with na
ture providing the textbooks for
the dail studies.
Cecil Sly. Crook County school
superintendent who was instru
mental in establishing the outdoor
schooL assisted with pre-camp
On the other side of the Com
munists' antirefugee wall, West
BerUners attended a rally in
which they pledged to continue
protecting their freedom. West
Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt said
the Russian backdown in Cuba
had taken the pressure off the
city but a new Communist threat
might crop up at any time.
A carnival atmosphere existed
in Peking, capital of Red China
and rival of Moscow for leader
First mobile
home rolls ; ;
off line here
The first mobile home com
pleted by Imperial Mobile Homes
Inc., 2561 E. Fourth Street, went
off the assembly line yesterday.
It goes to Ideal Trailer Village,
The Dalles, and will be displayed
at the home show in that city
next week. A similar Imperial
unit will be seen at the home
show in Bend, sponsored by the
Lions Club, May 8, 9 and 10.
It is expected that the plant
will reach its full capacity of
about 50 workers in another two
weeks, according to Paul Tobkin,
general manager. Manufacturing
operations started April 22. with
a crew of about two dozen, and
half a dozen trailers, in various
stages of construction, are on the
assembly line. At top production,
the plant will turn out two units a
day, Tobkin said.
All machinery has been install
ed. Revamping of the entire
manufacturing area and business
offices has been completed, and
arrangements are being com
pleted for distribution through 25
dealerships in the Pacific North
west. G. T. Wolfe Mobile Homes
Inc., with headquarters in t h e
building which also houses the
manufacturing plant, is the sales
organization.
The first unit completed, is the
"Imperial 500," a 50-foot two
bedroom model. One and three
bedroom units are also available.
In addition to the 50-foot models,
55 and 60-foot units are offered.
Exteriors are of 20-gauge p re
painted aluminum, with windows
cased in aluminum. Interiors are
of wood paneling, with bathroom
and kitchen fixtures available in
a number of colors. Both electric
and gas heating and cooking fa
cilities are offered.
This is the fifth plant of the or
ganization, which grossed six mil
lion dollars last year. The local
outlet will have dealer represent
ation in northern California, Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho, Montana
and Utah.
preparation.
One of the features of the out
door schools is a night hike in
midweek, in which youngsters are
acquainted with the sounds of the
"little people" of the nocturnal
woods, and are provided an op
portunity of viewing the wheeling
stars.
R e g o II a r classroom work is
combined with the forest lore
studies.
The outdoor school project
which baa received nation wide
attention, was pioneered by the
Crook County school system.
Castro honored observer
muscles
ship in the ideological struggle
between Khrushchev's coexistence
policy and Mao Tse-tung's hard
line.
The Red Chinese held massive
celebrations and pledged that the
Chinese people will do their best
to strengthen "friendship and uni
ty" with Russia.
Chinese Show Contempt
But the Peking Reds showed
their contempt for Khrushchev by
displaying a huge portrait of the
Jackson skips
ceremony at
White House
WASHINGTON (UPD A Ma
rine captain ousted from the corps
for the shooting and secret burial
of a suspected Cuban spy has de
cided against attending a White
House reception for Medal of
Honor winners for fear his pres
ence would embarrass the Presi
dent, it was announced today.
The White House said, however,
he would always be welcome
there.
Capt. Arthur J. Jackson, San
Jose, Calif., said in a telegram
to President Kennedy that his
presence at the White House "at
this time might possibly be an
embarrassment to you." The tele
gram was released today . by
Pierre Salinger, White House
press secretary.
Jackson previously had accepted
the invitation to the reception
Thursday evening along with near
ly 250 other Medal of Honor win
ners. About 45 others previously
declined invitations.
"We respect his decision," Sal
inger said. "Capt. Jackson and his
wife will always be welccme at
the White House."
Jackson told Kennedy, "I have
the highest regard for you and
your office and sincerely hope
you'U understand why we must
decline your kindness. The tele
gram ended "With deep regret
Arthur J. Jackson."
Jackson and three other Marine
officers were reported to have
been forced out of the sernce for
their alleged part in the Castro
spy incident in September, 1961,
at Guantanamo Naval Base in
Cuba.
Jackson's telegram was sent
from Campbell, Calif., Tuesday.
Until the White House announced
this morning that it had received
the telegram, it had been under
stood that Jackson was coming
Jackson, 38, is the father of five
children.
The reception for Medal of Hon
or holders, to be held on the south
lawn of the White House, is an
annual affair.
Jackson won the Medal of Honor
College to host
honor society
conference here
Central Oregon College on Tues
day, May 14, will host the first
conference of Central Oregon Hon
or Socieities with Governor Mark
O. Hatfield to be the principal
speaker.
The conference will be held at
the Pilot Butte Inn from 8:45 a.m.
to 4 p.m., with a prepa-ed box
lunch to be held in Pioneer Park.
A special program between 3
and 4 p.m. Is being arranged for
principals, honor society advisers
and guidance personnel of the
area. Dr. Gerald Becker, Lewis
and Clark College, will be the
speaker.
Dr. Orde S. Pinckney, COC
dean of instruction, will deliver
the keynote address setting the
conference theme, "Excellence."
The address of welcome will be
by Vernon Crawford. COC honor
student from Prineville, who will
represent Phi Theta Kappa, na
tional junior college honor society.
Seven area high schools will be
represented.
DOW JOflES AVERAGES
By United Press Internatienal
Dow Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 719 67, up HIT; 20
railroads 164.23. up 0.50; 15 utili
ties 138.67, off 0.27, and 65 Hocks
254 40. op 0 41
Sales today were about S.l"
million shares compared with 4 68
million shares Tuesday.
late Josef Stalin alongside those
of other saints of communism.
Stalin has been downgraded and
discredited by Khrushchev.
Similar observances were held
in Belgrade, Warsaw and other
capitals of the Communist world.
In Havana, an artillery salvo
launched a four-hour military pa
rade with an estimated 140,000
marchers, as Maj. Raul Castro
substituted as the main attrac
tion for his brother, Fidel.
for bravery during retaking of the
island of Peleliu from the Jap
anese during World War II.
Jackson, now a postman, has
declined comment on the incident
saying he signed a statement
agreeing not to. But his wife said
last Saturday that her husband
was "thrown out" of the Marina
Corps in connection with the kill
ing of Ruben Lopez, a Cuban
civilian worke- at Guantanamo.
William A. Szili, a former Ma
rine lieutenant who said he waa
forced out of the service for tak
ing part in the clandestine burial
of the Cuban after Jackson al
legedly shot him, said Saturday
that he and Jackson were ousted
without presentation of charges.
Szili said Jackson, bis superior
officer at tho time, caught Lopez,
a bus driver, in a restricted pow
der magazine area late at night
He said he and Jackson sought
to eject the Cuban from the base
but that, while Szili was away,
Lopez attacked Jackson and the
captain shot the Cuban.
Japanese say
Red Chinese
ship torpedoed
TOKYO (UPD The Japanese
Maritime Agency said today that
it had been advised that a Com
munist Chinese freighter was tor
pedoed and sunk in the Yellow
Sea between Korea and China.
The vessel reported sunk waa
the 11,432-ton freighter Leap For
ward, which was en route from
Tsingtao, China, to the port of
Moji, on Japan's southernmost Is
land of Kyushu.
A spokesman for the Maritime
Agency said a Japanese fishing
boat had radioed that it picked
up 29 members of the Chinese
ship's crew.
The Japanese boat's captain
quoted the Chinese as saying the
Leap Forward had been hit by
three torpedoes.
No other details of the reported
sinking were available.
The Leap Forward was the first
Red Chinese freighter scheduled
to visit Japan.
It was carrying a cargo of
maize and minerals under private
trade contracts signed between
Japan and Communist China.
The Leap Forward was expect
ed to visit other Japanese ports
such as Kobe, Tokyo and Kawasa
ki after it left Moji.
Before the report of the torpedo
ing, Japanese authorities had been
deciding whether to permit the
Leap Forward's crew to land.
Bend woman
in PTA race
EUGENE (UPI) A motion
calling for a statewide tax study
in 1963-64 by the Oregon Congress
of Parents and Teachers was ap
proved Tuesday at the organiza
tion's annual convention here.
The motion was offered by
Thomas L. Jacfcson, legislative
chairman of the Benton County
PTA Council. The goal is mora
funds for education from source
other than property taxes.
A race developed for first vicsj
presidency of the PTA betweta
Mrs. Frank Hayner. Astoria, and
Mrs. Albert Gassner, Bend. Pa
suit were to be announced to
night Other nominees, mdudinf;
Mrs. Stephen Turell cl Portland
for president, were mnpposed
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