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Univ. of Oregon Library EUGSNB, ORSGQM o ses life in crash on U. way W Sea story, Cof. 5 Cloudy through Sunday, with occasional showers and some clearing. Lows, c around 40; highs Sunday, 55-6Cf High yoittrday, 57 dogrMt. Low last night, 42 dogrMi. II! mm J I m SunMt today, 4:W. Sunrijo nl Hna fco tomorrow, 7:08, PDT. Forecast SERVING BEND AND CENTRAL OREGON 60th Year Eight Pages Saturday, October 5, 1963 Ten Cents No. 256 flip Rep.-Kelsay S The mmmmmm i. u ..,i.nn..lj.,il,,. .,,,, , ., ui I II I ,3 ? ,-, ' If! r- BRUIN BENCH AWARDS Three Bend football players from the senior high school were named by the local Quarterback Club as winners of the weekly Bruin Bench award for outstand ing play. The awards were presented Friday morning at an assembly by Hugh McNair, left, and Gary Hermann, officers Saigon dynamite blast wounds 10 Americans SAIGON (UPI) - Terrorist dynamiters believed to be Com munists bombed a bar-restaurant Friday night in Vinh Long, about 60 miles south of here, wounding .10 U, S. seryicemen rod 10 .Viel namese men and women. A U. S. military spokesman said today 6 of the 10 Americans were injured "painfully but not seriously." It was not clear im mediately whether the four others were hurt more or less seriously than the six. Vietnamese sources said two seriously injured Vietnamese girls were hospitalized in Can Tho, Uie city nearest Vinh Long. Indiscriminate bombing of pub lic places was a method often used by the Communists in their war against the French, but such incidents have occurred relative ly seldom since South Viet Nam became independent in 1954. Authoritative American nilitary sources said today the Reds have attacked Vietnamese govern ment outposts with increased fre quency in recent weeks, inflict ing the higliest numoer or cas ualties on government forces since the beginning of the year." Government casualties in Sep tember totaled 2,400 compared with 1,500 in August, the sources said. GETS THE MESSAGE WEST PLAINS. Mo. (UPI) -Ronald W. Hyde, 20. Flint, Mich., was in custody today in connec tion with the theft of two tape recorders, a radio and cash from three churches. One of the recorders contained a taped sermon entitled, "Thou Shalt Not Steal." I: ? h I t- " ft- H 1 1 Let's hope this desperate cry will never be heard at your house! The best prevention, of course, is constant vigilance against fire hazards. Next week is Fire Prevention Week ... a time to check your home care fully for any possible dangers. And there's n Jj?j Sr and brins il up 10 date' with' out obligation. GORDON RANDALL 1036 Wall AGENCY m1421 u Indian woman's visit curtailed It was announced this morning that a change in plans has can celed all but one of the public meetings arranged to host Mrs. Ammu Swamina Dhan from Ma dras, India, who is on a 90-day tour of the country under spon sorship of the U.S. State Depart ment. The visitor will only be able to meet with. Bend Girl Scouts on Sunday, October 6 at 7 p.m. in the Fireside Room of First Luthern Church. All other activities are canceled. Reason given for the cancella tions was the failure of State De partment officials in Portland to notify Bend of the change in plans. Lopez taking tight grip on Honduras TEGUCIGALPA. Honduras (UPD Col. Osvaklo Lopez Arel lano, new military ruler of Hon duras, appeared to have the country well in hand today de spite continued signs of tension. A citywide curfew remained in nffot in tho vmilnl nnH nlHiers patrolled tire streets armed with I rifles, machine guns and nana grenades Pan American World Airways ordered its planes to bypass Hon duras, however, until tlie situa tion appealed more stable. Lopez, who had been chief of staff of the armed forces, de posed President Ramon Ville da Morales in a violent military coup d'etat Thursday in which more than 30 persons were killed. Villeda was immediately exiled to Costa Rica. : ? no better time than now to re-examine your fire insur ance protection. We'll gladly help analyize your coverage for the local organiiation. Awards were given to Harvey Hillis, No. 36, for his effort against Mac Hi. Clyde Smith, No. 55, was selected for his performance against Pendleton, and Mike Clark, No. 22, for his play against La Grande. The Bruin Bench meets every Monday night at the high school. Pro-Castro terrorists stage new wave of violence in Venezuela CARACAS, Venezuela (UPI) Pro - Castro terrorists of the Armed Forces of National Libera tion (FALN) staged a wave of violence in Caraccs and several interior cities Friday night that left at least five dead and 10 wounded. Police and military forces made at least 200 arrests. The Communist - leaning FALN terrorists, in an apparent effort to challenge the government's massive countrywide display of force in recent days, launched a series of coordinated hit-and - run attacks. At one stage during the night, army patrol radios picked up an anguished cry of alarm from Pfc. Rafael Angel Castillo, who re ported that the patrol truck in which he was riding was being ambushed while stopped in the Li dice area. Lidice is a low income apartment house development in the western section of the city. Suddenly, the frantic cries for help stopped and all that could be heard over the radio was the chatter of machine gun fire. Killed In Ambush Fifteen minutes later, when re inforcements arrived, another sol dier reported that Castillo had been killed in tlie ambush. Almost simultaneously, reports Degan lo come in to ponce neaa- quarters from a dozen places in the city, where terrorists in speeding cars fired machine guns into crowds or at army or police sentries. At one political meeting of the Accion Democratica, President Romulo Betancourt's party, four persons were wounded by ma chine gun fire at the workers suburban development of El Valle. Police stations in the Santa Ro salia, Lidice and Casalta districts were fired on. There were at least a dozen cases where snipers were reported firing from roof- Hunters welcome light showers in pine country Welcomed by hunters and fore casters, light showers dampened parts of tlie Central Oregon pine country last night, with more moisture in prospect. Bend measured a mere trace from a light shower about 2 a.m. Mountainous areas received con siderable moisture, mostly in the form of showers. Forecasts indicate that scatter ed showers will continue through Sunday in Central Oregon, with periods of partial clearing. Temperatures will remain on the cool side, with a low of 40 pre dicted for Bend tonight, and the high on Sunday not expected to go above 60. Hunting conditions early today were reported ideal. The fire danger this morning was low, but foresters warned of tia danger of camp and warm ing fires that might spread into I the woods if warm weather fol ! lows the present humid period. tops throughout the city. One po lice officer was kidnaped by ter roists in a black and white Volks wagen while directing traffic on the main Avenida Urdanets, with. in 300 yards of Betancourt's ot fice in tho Miraflores palace. The shooting In tlie Lidice area continued until midnight, when army troops finally raided eight large 200-family apartment build ings and arrested suspects by the busload. Lidice is a hilly section where multi-windowed buildings cluster around dark avenues. It has proved a death trap for the police many times in the past. Leaders talk students out of protest PLAQUEM1NE. La. (UPI) -Negro leaders talked high school students out of a threatened pro test demonstration Friday night, but the students said they might stage a march Monday if their desegregation demands are not met. Students from the all - Negro Iberville High School met in Freedom Rock Baptist Church to reiterate and formalize the de mands they made on the Iber ville Parish (county) School Board 10 days ago and to draw up a plan of action. I The students are demanding that the school board give Ne groes equal opportunity in em ployment, that Parish schools be desegregated completely, that Uie board use its influence to case racial tensions and that a cafe teria worker allegedly fired for participating in August demon strations be reinstated. The meeting came a few hours after the students demonstrated in their classrooms. The disturb ance began by students expres sing their displeasure with a teacher they considered a "mo derate" on segregation. But the singing and chanting of freedom songs and slogans spread from classroom to classroom until all 500 students of the school were involved. Sixth monk burns police beat newsmen covering story SAIGON (UPD A Buddhist monk burned himself to death in the central park square here to day, increasing to six the number of such protest suicides since this country's "Buddhist crisis" began in May. Reporters summonedtothe scene by anonymous telephone calls saw Uie shaven-headed monk set fire to his yellow robe, which apparently had been soaked with gasoline. He sat on the pavement surrounding a traffic circle in the Lawmaker's death one of 3 in Oregon By United Press International State Rep. William O. Kelsay, D-Roseburg, was killed in a two- car collision on U.S. Highway 97 about 35 miles north of Klamath Falls Friday night. He was one of three persons killed in Oregon accidents late Friday and early today. State police said Kelsay, 50, died instantly when his car went out of control. It left the high way, jumped back onto tlie pave ment, then went into a broadside skid and as struck by an oncom ing vehicle, according to police. The accident occurred about 8 p.m. Returning From Meoting Kelsay was returning home aft er a two-day meeting at Klamath Falls and Yreka, Calif., where he served as a member of an Ore gon California legislative interim committee set up to study the in terstate mule deer herd. He was chairman of tlie Oregon Interim Wildlife Committee. A Eugene couple in the other car were hospitalized at Klamath Falls. Mrs. Mildred May, 52, was listed in critical condition and her husband, Homer, was reported in serious condition at Klamath Val ley Hospital. Kelsay, a sawmill operator, was elected to the 1957, 1959 and 1961 state legislatures. He was a grad uate of Oregon College of Educa tion. Kelsay is survived by his wid ow, two sons and a daughter. During the 1903 session Kelsay was chairman of the Fish and Game Committee, and served on Highways, Rules and Resolutions, and Taxation committees. He was born at OakridgB- and was active in the Masons, Scottish Rite and Shrine, the Elks, Eagles, the Roseburg Country Club and Rod and Gun Club. He was part owner of four saw mills and a member of the board of directors of the ICOA Insur ance Co. of Salem, a post to which he was elected in April. Bind Man Killed Chester Guy Morrill, 45, Bend, was killed early today in a one car crash five miles west of that city on Cascade Lakes Highway. Grace Lundeen, 29, Winchester Bay. died in a one-car accident three miles south of Rcedsport Friday night. State police said her car went ott U.S. Hignway 101 and rolled over several times. Ellen Burnett, 79, Reedsport, was killed in a two-car collision on State Highway 38, 17 miles east of Reedsport Thursday. She was a passenger in a vehicle which was struck from behind whilo attempting to turn. SALEM (UPD Gov. Mark Hat field today praised the late State Rep. William O. Kelsay, D-Ore., who was killed in a traffic acci dent Friday night. "Ren. Kelsay, with his service to the state above all considera tion, was held high in the affec tions of those who were privileged to be his friends," the governor said. "May I extend the condo lences of a grateful state." House Speaker Clarence Barton, D-Coquille, said, "Of all the mem hcrs of the legislature, I know ot no one who served with more dis tinction and devotion. He was a great Oregonian and we shall miss him both professionally and as a colleague. My deepest sym pathy to his family. RAISES SOME DOUBT LONDON (UPD - A truck owned by the Reliable Transport Co. went out of control Friday, rammed off a parked car, knocked down a lamppost and stopped after crashing through a wall. center of Uie square. Thousands of Vietnamese rushed to the scene, while whisUe blowing police tried to keep newsmen and photographers away. New York Times correspondent David Halberstam and two NBC men, newsmen Don Sharkey and television cameraman Grant Wolfkill, were beaten and kicked by police who seized WolfkfU's camera. Sharkey, who was hit over the head with a chair, suf Chester Morrill dies in one-car accident A Bend man, Chester Guy Mor rill, 45, who was headed west over tlie Cascade Lakes Highway early this morning, apparently on his way to hunt deer, was fatally injured when his car left the road. The body was found in Uie road side brush, near the car. Hunt ing equipment and other articles were scattered over the area. First word of the accident was brought to Bend by Walter Foley of Albany, who reported to city police about 2 a.m. that he had seen a car upside down on the Cascade route five miles west of Bend, with its lights still burning. Foley said he could see no one in the car. Oregon State Police investigat JFK to put name on ban pact Monday WASHINGTON (UPD-Formal ratification of the nuclear test ban treaty will be completed by the United States Monday when President Kennedy signs the pact. The agreement will be placed in force formally Thursday with the simultaneous deposit of rati fied copies of the treaty by the United States, Britain and the So viet Union. Monday's signing by the presi dent will take place in the White House treaty room, officials said. The Senate ratified tho treaty, which has been co-signed by more than 100 nations, on Sept. 24 by a vote of 80 to 19. The agreement bans nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere, In space and underwater. It was originally initialed in Moscow Aug. 5 by the United States, Brit ain and Russia. Monday's ceremony will mark the first time Kennedy has signed a treaty in tlie White House's Treaty Room, which is on the second floor of the executive mansion in the area of Uie first family's quarters. The daik green Treaty Room, formerly known as the Monroe Room, has been extcasivcly re furnished. It was reopened in June 19i2 after being restored as a cabinet room of the late 19th Century with furnishings from the administration ot Ulysses & Grant. The 20 to 30 government offi cials and members of Congress who have been Invited to the signing ceremony will see walls decorated with framed copies of treaties and protocols signed be tween 1064 and 1902. The last important treaty signed In the room was the peace nrotocol with Spain on Aug. 12. 19R9. A copy of the document is framed on the wall below a paint ing depicting the signing, with President William McKinlcy look ing on. himself fered a scalp wound that it look eight stitches to close. U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge protested to Uie foreign of fice about Uie beating of Uie newsmen. Although the police succeeded in getting WolfkiU's camera, other photographers sped away In taxis, their pictures safe. No reason was given for the Buddhist's self-immolation, but there was little doubt it was meant to protest alleged discrim- to ed, and found Uie body near Uie vehicle. It apparcnUy had been thrown out. The Bond man's 1956 station wagon loft the road at an angle, traveled 250 feet and rolled over several times. The car came to rest on its top. Morrill was alone in the car when Uie accident occurred. Time of the accident was not determin ed, but investigating state police said it apparently occurred alter 1:30 a.m. today. TralHc over tne route was light at the time. Surviving Mr. Morrill are nis widow. Hazel; a daughter Connie and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Morrill, all of Bend. Staff Set. Dolores L Dolan, Fort McClellan, Ala., is a sister. An other sistor, Mrs. Louis Krueger, lives in Medford. Also surviving Mr. Morrill is a brother, Harry, of Roseburg. ' Mr. Morrill, who was born in Astoria on April 28, 191B, was a veteran of World War II, having served in tlie U.S. Navy. He was a Brooks-Scanlon taller. Funeral services have not been arranged. The Niswongor Ic Rey nolds Funeral Home is in cnarge. Merlin boy, 16, hunting victim GRANTS PASS (UPD Kenneth Ray Floyd, 16, of Merlin was shot to death Friday by another youth on a deer hunting trip. It was Uie second gunshot death of Uie fall hunting season in Uie state. Tlie Josephine County sheriff's office said Floyd was shot in the chest when a .44 magnum re volver discharged while it was being held by David Gardner, 19, also of Merlin. The accident oc curred in Uie hills south of IIcll gato Bridge, 15 miles northwest of here. Floyd, Gardner, Eddio Evans and Robort Gray, all of Merlin, had gone deer hunting Thursday night and spent the night in a cabin. Gardner and Gray flagged down sheriff's deputy John Bebb after Uie accident, but Floyd was dead when the deputy reached him. Beating death brings charges for 5 juveniles PORTLAND (UPD Five Gresh am youths, aged 16 and 17, were arraigned in Multnomah County Circuit Court Friday on charges of conspiring to commit a felony. The chai Bcs were in connection with Uie fatal beating of an elder ly Japanese recluse, Bcnzo Oyo, in his cabin near Gresham June 1. The youUis were Arthur Clunie, Gary Lutlier, Paul Schoenborn, Charles Hancock and Lawrence Tibbett. to death, inauon against members of his faith by Uie government ot Presi dent Neo Dinh Diem, who is a Roman Catholic. It was Uie first protest suicide in weeks, and the first sign that Buddhist opposition to Uie regime had not been crushed by Uie gov ernment crackdown that began Aug. 21. The nation's principal Buddhist pagodas have been sacked, and the government has arrested thou sands of dissident Buddhists, stu dents and others. Suni; Some punch lost in pass over Cuba MIAMI (UPI) Hurricane Flora, death and devastation in its path, churned on an erratie course Uirough Cuba today and was expected to turn its 100-mile an hour winds toward Uie United States mainland. The Miami Weather Bureau said in a 6 a. m. advisory that Flora's maximum winds should decrease slightly over Cuba but it "remains a large and danger ous hurricane." Flora moved erratically before dawn, the weather bureau aid. drifting slowly westward over Cuba. The latest advisory located Flora at latitude 20.8 north, kmgi. 1 tudo 76.8 west, or about 78 stab I ute miles southeast of Oamaguey, I Moving Slowly "Indications are that Flora will move rather slowly at about 7 miles per hour toward tin north west today," Uie weather bureau said. "This will result In the cir culation of the hurricane being affected by Uie terrain of Cuba and a slight decrease in maxi mum winds should occur." The weather bureau aaU aH precautions against dangerous winds, high tides and heavy rains should be continued through cen tral and eastern Cuba and north ward Uirough Uie Bahamas to the area from Acklins to Andros Is land. Severe flooding may be expect ed in eastern Cuba, Uie bureau said. Kotp In Touch "The slower movement on the present course means that Flora could not seriously affect the south Florida area today or to night, Uio bureau said. How ever all interests should keep in touch with the advisories for the possibility of warnings being is sued later today." The hurricane, sixth and most vicious of the season, delivered a glancing blow to Uie big U. S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, which reported 75-mile-an-hour winds as Flora passed 31 miles east of it on the southeastern coast of Uie island. But no dam age was reported. Flora struck into Orienufs 4.- 000-foot mountain peaks with winds up to 125 miles an hour. New Energy Tho Weather Bureau said Flora, a 140-mile-an-hour killer storm when it tore into Haiti's southern peninsula Thursday night. was expected to intensify again as it sucked up new energy over Uie tropical waters. "Tlits is a large end powerful hurricane and continued north west movement increases the threat to southeastern Florida, a midnight, EDT, Miami Weather Bureau advisory said. 'Salting' of ore samples charged PORTLAND (UPD Two Ma ras residents have been accused of "salting" ore samples from a Central Oregon mine in a com plaint filed in U.S. District Court here Friday. The suit was filed by Jennings P. Felix, a Washington resident. against Frank O. and Ann Raid. They were charged with improv ing ore samples from a Crook County quicksilver mine and from the Rand Consort mine near Searchlight, Nev. Felix said he filed the suit on behalf of two other men, Goorgs Mock and Jack Horner, who had assigned Uieir claims to him. Both men allegedly bought inte the mining operations after re ceiving the ore samples.