Univ. of Orsso.n Library EUCISfiS, OREGON BULLETIN ... i Partly cloudy tonight and Sun- WCQtnGr day wi,n chance of showers in mountains; highs M to 85 Sun day; lows 45-50. High yesterday, U degrees. Low last night, 45 degrees. Sunsat today, 1:41. Sunrisa to morrow, 5:41, PDT. Hi and Lo SERVING BEND AND CENTRAL OREGON 60th Year Eight Pages Saturday, July 20, 1963 Ten Cents No. 191 j(kaflkDi7 says Sesfi hmwmwA dud sight The Dust speck today offers nature show . By United Press International . Astronomically speaking, the moon is a speck of dust. But today, in a rare and beautiful na tural show, it totally eclipsed the blazing sun in a 60-mile-wide swath across Japan, the Atlantic, Canada and Maine. For most Americans, the eclipse was partial. Boston saw the moon "bite" away 94.4 per cent of the sun; the largest bite in Seattle was 63.3 per cent, and the extent of the blot will diminish to about 50 per cent in the southern United States. In Mexico City, the moon cover ed only 7.6 per cent of the sun. Atop Maine's 1,530 foot Cadillac Mountain, the highest point on the Eastern Seaboard, a small army of astronomers twenty teams perched with equipment to view the phenom enon. In a jetliner flying more than seven miles above the earth, as tronaut M. Scott Carpenter, Dr. Jocelyn Gill of the National Aero nautics and Space Administration (NASA) and other scientists pur sued the shadow of the moon as it flitted across the face of the globe at about 1,650 miles per hour. They didn't stay up with it, but the flight lengthened their view ing period of the total eclipse to 100 seconds; the Maine observers saw totality for only 59 seconds. The moon began passing in front of the sun at 4:35 p.m. EDT. At Bar Harbor, Maine, totality occurred at 5:42 p.m. The show was over by 6:45 p.m. , While it lasted, the professional and the non-professional viewers saw rare natural sights: stars shining in the afternoon, the glow ing corona of the sun radiating from behind the moon, and "Bai ley's Beads": flashes of sunlight glinting through the valleys and surface irregularities of the moon. All three major U.S. television networks covered the event, either "live" or by videotape. Dr. Luther Terry, surgeon gen eral of the United States, warned that even one second's exposure to the full rays of the sun can cause eye harm. Bend warm but other area points hotter Bend enjoyed a fine mid-summer temperature of 86 degrees on Friday, but it was warmer in other parts of Central Oregon. Redmond tuned in a reading of 91 degrees, and in valleys it was warmer. Forecasts call for partly cloudy skies in Central Oregon tonight and Sunday, with a chance of showers in the mountains late Sunday. Highs tomorrow 'will be from 80 to 85 in Central Oregon, and lows will be around tie 45-50 degree mark. Foresters warned of extreme fire danger in the Deschutes, Ochoco and Fremont woods. WE MEND HOLES IN INSURANCE POLICIES Whether honest errors of omission, or carelessness of another sort, gaps in your insurance program can be shockingly expensive. Try our mending service! We'll gladly review your coverage with you, and tailor a plan to cover any gaps we may find! GORDON RANDALL 1036 wan AGENCY 3821421 ri IN A CLOUD OF DUST -Tossing up a great cloud of dust that settles to form a barrier against spreading fire, a new mechanical trail builder is pictured in action here, in the dry woods west of Bend. Handling the one-man unit is Dick Gassner, Redmond -based fire crew frying ouf frail builder By Phil Brogan Bulletin Staff Writer The U.S. Forest Service fire reinforcement crew stationed at the Redmond center moved into the Deschutes woods west of Bend earlier this week to try out a new mechanical trail builder. The one-man outfit cut a trail through the brush and dust at the rate of 50 feet a minute, and Nayy aircraft scores hit on San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) A U.S. Navy aircraft scored a direct hit on San Francisco Friday in an accidental skip-bombing run on Market Street The two-foot-long practice bomb which contained a small charge designed to give off a cloud of smoke on impact, landed in the middle of the crowded street at high noon. It did not explode, but did man age to gouge a hole in the as phalt a foot wide and four inches deep. Then the bomb richocheted in a 300-foot-high arc that carried it three city blocks and over sev eral office buildings, including one eight stories tall. It then struck a cornice on the top of the fourth floor of the Phoenix Building on Pine St. and tumbled to the concrete below. striking a Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) service truck where three employes were eating their lunch. Nobody was hurt. si in a short time gouged out a fire control barrier that was 140 feet in length. A great cloud of dust rolled up from the trail builder as Dick Gassner, wearing a mask, guided ) the outfit through the matted brush. Working ahead of Gassner were the "Hot Shots," named adopted by the reinforcement crew, sub ject to call to any part of the United States in a fire emergen cy. Recently, tne trainee, lire fiehters were called to men moun tains of Utah, near Richfield, to check a fire. Heading the crew is Carl Ra- der, as foreman, with Cliff Mc Keen, Richard Endicott and Rich ard Robbins as his squad bosses. Present for the demonstration were fire control officers from the various Deschutes National For est districts, the Warm Springs Reservation and from the Port land office of the U.S. Forest Service. The trail builder virtually "flails" its way through the for est debris, with short chains. moving at high speed, digging out the debris and tossing it aside to form the fire barrier. The "pioneers" working ahead of the outfit fix the path, cut out larger brush, slash roots and toss aside some rocks. Forest officials said they con sider the potential of the new trail builder as great, but noted that it must be operated by a well-trained man. Czechs lef go fhree bishops VIENNA (UPI) Communist Czechoslovakia today announced the release of three Roman Cath olic bishops from prison in appar ent sign of increasing satellite tolerance toward the Vatican. The Czech news agency C.T.K. identified the prelates as Msgr. Joseph Hlouch, 61-year-old bishop of Ceska Budejovice (Budweis); Stepan Trochta, 58-year-old bishop of Litomerice; and Msgr. Karel Otcenasek, 43-year-old administra tor of Hradec Kralove and titular archbishop of Chersoneso di Creta. Hlouch apparently was freed re cently. C.T.K. said that Trochta and Otcenasek were freed in 1960 but this was the first known word of their release. The Vatican had listed the three bishops in its directory for the last few years with the notation "detained in an unknown place. VISIT YUGOSLAVIA BELGRADE (UPI) Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev and Hungarian Premier Janos Kadar will visit Yugoslavia sep arately next month but their paths may cross, informed sources said. The sources said Khrushchev is expected to begin a two-week visit Aug. 20. Kadar is expected to arrive in Belgrade earlier. wearing a mask to provide protection against the dust. Work ing ahead of the mechanical trail builder, which excavated a trench at the rate of 50 feet per minute, were the "Hot Shots" from the Redmond Air Center. (Picture by Phil Brogan) Lester Morford found guilty' RENO, Nev. (UPI) Lester E. Morford III, Friday was found Builtv of first degree murder and sentenced to die in the Nevada gas chamber for the fatal shoot ing of a 23-year-old Oregon man last August in Reno. A three judge panel deliberated three hours before bringing in the verdict against the 19 -year -old itinerant ranch hand. Morford showed no emotion as Dist. Judge John Barrett read the sentence and set the execution date for the week of Sept. 23 at the state prison in Carson City. After the verdict was pronounced, Morford talked briefly with his parents, who live in Santa Rosa, Calif., and then lighted a cigareiie as he walked out of the Washoe County District courtroom. The three ludges flelioerateo three hours before reaching a deci- Arriving pageanf floafs fo be sef up Floats made in Portland will start arriving here Monday and will be erected on a fleet of barges now at anchor behind an entirely new Mirror Pond Pag eant arch that is taking final shape on the Deschutes in Bend. One week from tonigm, me great arch will blaze in color, and floats will slowly move down the river in the second-night present ation of the 1963 pageant, which will have as its theme "The En chanted Forest." Volunteer workers were on the job until 11 o'clock last night test ing lights on the first all-metal arch arranged for a Mirror Pond Pageant fete. As was expected, a few lighting difficulties develop ed, but these were quickly reme died. "It will be a show that is really different," Marion E. Cady, Bend Chamber of Commerce manager, declared today. He was a member of the crew that worked well into the night in testing the illumina tion. This year's arch has been de signed by Dick Carlson and Walt er Norris, and will carry out the "Enchanted Forest" theme of the colorful river show. In former years, muslin was used to cover the expansive face of arches. This year, sheets of metal, covering each other leaf like, have been used. These were old signboards, each 2 by 10 feet in dimension, obtained from the Foster and Kleiser firm in Portland at a very nominal cost. The downstream face of the sheets of metal have been paint ed white, to reflect the colored lights. This year, a total of 520 colored lights are being used. In addition there will be some spot lights and fluorescent illumination. Most of the "black light" will be high atop the tower. , sion. Morford had confessed the crime and it was the judges' duty to set the degree Of guilt and fix the punishment. Judge Barrett said the unani mous decision was reached after "total consideration of all evi dence." Defense counsel Stanley Brown said he "had nothing to say at this time." Morford admitted he fatally shot Jack Foster. 23, Medford, Ore., after he kidnaped Foster and his wife of two days from a Reno motel Aug. 22. He forced the couple to drive around Lake Ta- hoe, then shot Foster ana raped his widow twice before she was able to escape. Morford was cap tured a short time later about 40 miles east of Carson City in a gas station. ' . on barges The arch has been designed to be viewed from the seating area of Drake Park. Persons selecting seats opposite or slightly down stream from the arch will have a disappointing view. Those standing outside the area will see little in the way of arch illumination. Now reaching down the river, ready for the moving floats, is an entirely new boom, buoyed by a new plastic composition. To light floats, there will be a trolley con nection with the boom. The pageant will be Friday, Sat urday and Sunday nights. Each show will start at dusk. Farewell dinner... Sino-Soviet talks end, Russians firm MOSCOW (UPI) Sino-Soviet ideological talks ended in obvious failure here today with apparent firm rejection by Moscow of Pe king's position that war and re volution are necessary for the ad vance of world communism. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush chev was giving a formal fare well dinner tonight for the Chi nese who were expected to leave for home as soon as possible thereafter. The two sides held the last of some 15 days of hard talking this afternoon. Authoritative sources said the talks, carried out in a frigid at mosphere, with almost naked in sults by both sides outside the Big Six, T0C appear united against two J striking labor unions PORTLAND (UPI) The Big Six bargaining association and the Timber Operators Council appear ed united against two striking Pa cific Northwest lumber unions to- ! day. i They took their stand after rep j resentatives of the International Woodworkers of America and the I Lumber and Sawmill Workers un ions and the Simpson Timber Co. j announced agreement of a three- year contract here Friday. The pact, which must be ratified by union members at Simpson plants, calls for a wage increase amounting to S3V4 cents per hour during a three-year period. A spokesman for the Big Six said "we consider it extremely unfortunate that Simpson Timber Co. has made a settlement which we consider uneconomic. No Change Seen 'The six -company association has no interest in a settlement with the union at this figure. There has been no change in our resolve. The association was not formed with an eye to collapsing at the first evidence of an agree ment which we cannot consider economically justifiable." Racial wars threaten to flare again By United Press International Smoldering racial tensions threatened today to flare up again in Cambridge, Md., where Na tional Guardsmen are preserving order. Integration leaders said Negroes would demonstrate tonight unless the Maryland Bar Association committee named to mediate Cambridge's racial problems held a meeting. The committee was re ported not ready to meet until next Wednesday. The guard commander, Gen. George Gelston. sid the Negroes would be arrested if they dem onstrated. Weekend demonstrations at the Gynne Oak Amusement Park were called off when owners agreed to integrate the park Aug. 28. Balti more County executive Spiro T. Agnew announced late Friday night that the agreement repre sents complete accord in the thinking of all parties." Police armed with riot guns and night sticks Friday night headed off a march by 150 Negro youths at Jackson, Miss. About 75 whites gathered at the scene but were dispersed quickly by police. At Charleston, S.C., 22 Negroes were released under a total of $230,000 bond on riot charges stemming from racial violence Tuesday night. Release of 46 other demonstrators was expected dur ing the weekend. Plans for weekend racial march es were canceled at Thomasville, N.C., and a biracial committee said it would meet Monday to take tin Neero desegregation de- mands. conference room, ended without healing the split. Khrushchev did not sit in on the talks but he revealed to W. Av erell Harriman, President Ken nedy's special envoy to the nu clear test ban talks, that he would attend what sounded like a farewell dinner for them. "We are giving a dinner to the Chinese delegates tonight," Khrushchev said. A little earlier, Khrushchev had delivered another personal rebuke to the Chinese by toasting Russian-Indian friendship at an Indian trade exhibition The Soviet premier praised the "peace loving Indians" until re cently engaged in border war 1 A spokesman for the Timber Operators Council said "the terms and projected cost of the tentative agreement reached between Simp son Timber Co. and the 1WA and LSW unions' representatives does not represent the general thinking of other employers throughout tne industry. Union officials In Bend have received word from Harvey Nel son, union spokesman, that the Simpson Timber Co. and offic ials of IWA and the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union have reached a settlement of contract terms covering a three year period. The Simpson pro posal will be submitted to the union membership for ratifica tion as soon as a referendum can be arranged. The contract package was es timated by Nelson at 33Vic an hour over the three-year period. The proposal applies to Simp son employes in Shelton, Mc Cleary and Olympia, in Wash ington; Portland, Lyons, Al bany and Idanha, in Oregon, and Areata, Eureka, Klamath, Korbel and Blue Lake, in Cali fornia. It is regrettable that Simpson Timber Co. apparently felt moti vated for reasons best known to the company to reach such an agreement. We are completely confident, however, that the settle ment is and will be considered economically unsound to this gen eral industry. "It cannot be construed to be the basis of a pattern in other negotiations currently in prog ress. 25,000 Idle The lumber strike has put 25,000 men out of work in Oregon, Wash ington, Montana and California. Major companies affected are the members of the Big Six Weyerhaeuser, Crown Zellerbach, U.S. Plywood, International Paper, St. Regis and Rayonier and the Georgia-Pacific Corp. Georgia-Pacific would not issue a formal statement alter tne Simpson announcement. However, a spokesman did say that the set tlement would have no affect on the GP negotiations with the two unions. The Big Six and GP have no meetings scheduled with the un ions. Potato festival royalty coming Special to The Bulletin REDMOND Redmond's Po tato Festival court will ride the city's first fire engine, recently restored to its original condition, in the Bend Water Pageant pa rade. Decked in their potato sacking vests, made by Redmond Jaycee ettes, the girls wfll ride atop the fire department relic. They are: Virginia Howard, Lower Bridge; Maryanne Bennett, Madras; San- dee Anderson, Bend; Lora Wood, Prineville: Kathy Roberts, Sis- ' ters. and Sandy Terrell, Culver. started by Chinese Communists. Only Friday, Khrushchev de nounced Chinese "war monger- ing" and said that anyone who opposed the policy of peaceful co existence and wanted nuclear war is "a coward." The Sino-Soviet talks, called in n attempt to breach a widening ideological chasm between Mos cow and Peking, seemed doomed to failure from their opening day 15 days ago. They ended on the same grim note. The Soviet and Chinese dele gates had resumed their talks for one last meeting today following Khrushchev's attack on Peking that had brought relations to (lie brink of final collapse. Nikita speaks from Kremlin after confab MOSCOW (UPI)-Premier Niki ta Khrushchev declared tonight that "agreement is in sight" on. the signing of a partial nuclear test ban accord by the Soviet Un ion, the United States and Brit ain. Speaking at a Kremlin recep tion after a new meeting of the three-power Moscow nuclear talks, Khrushchev said: "The talks are going well. No obstacles have been encountered so far. If they continue as they have so far, agreement is in sight." Authoritative diplomatic sources said earlier that U.S., British and Soviet negotiators, encouraged by Khrushchev's new peace of fers, had made continued prog ress In the sixth session of the nuclear negotiations today. The sources said the atmos phere at the negotiating session reflected the air of optimism con tained in Khrushchev's major Kremlin speech Friday. . Khrushchev took the lid of secrecy off the talks Friday, in dicating that a partial test ban treaty was virtually a foregone conclusion. His willingness to seek a settlement with the West was in marked contrast to his bitter hostility toward Communist China, still formally Russia's ally. He went far beyond the cautiously worded official com muniques and said flatly that tests in the air, outer space, and under water would be banned unless the Americans and British change their positions." Notes Stumbling Block At the same time, he said a ban on underground nuclear, test was not in the offing for tba moment because of Western in sistence on on-site inspections to check suspected violations. Undersecretary of State W. Av erell Harriman, British Science Minister Lord Hailsham, and So viet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko were believed so far along on the test treaty that their talks have turned to other cold war issues. Khrushchev's other peace sug gestions were getting close atten tion from diplomats here. They ' included: Revival of a 1958 Soviet pro posal for East-West agreement on international inspection at strategic points to guard against secret troop movements and buildups. Freezing the present level of armaments, and reduction of armaments. Resumption of negotiations for an agreement to prevent surprise attacks. Withdrawal of all forelga troops from countries outside their own borders. Some of these proposals have been rejected by the West in the past, particularly those that would create a strong military advan tage for the Soviets in Europe while sending American troops home. But one diplomat said today of the inspection proposal: "It looks like an agreement on preventing surprise attack may really come out of it." Observers said conclusion nf the test ban treaty logically would call for a higher-level meeting to sign it, and some spoke of Summit, the first in more than three years. Rail strike half efforfs fo confinue WASHINGTON (UPT) Some members of President Kennedy's fact-finding committee plan today to continue efforts to promote a settlement of the railroad dispute. Kennedy will submit recommen dations to Congress Monday for legislation to avert a nationwide rail strike if there is no agree ment by that time. Informed sources said Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz and other members of the six-man pan el would make intensive efforts during the weekend to find a com promise solution so Congress would not have to act. George Meany, AFL-CIO presi dent, was reported to have inter ceded with representatives of five rail unions in an attempt to bring them closer to settlement of the four-year-old dispute over work rules changes.