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SERVING BEND AND CENTRAL OREGON
60th Year
Eight Pages
Saturday, July 20, 1963
Ten Cents
No. 191
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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.
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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.