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Univ. of Orar;on Library EWGSH, OSEG0.V CIS wfflfa ligfl rn ntfStHSl in Cen,ral Oregon region. High temperatures, SO to 55 degrees. Lows, 40 to 45. ETI High yesterday, 57 degrees. Low last night, 42 degrees. Sunset today, 4:41. Sunrise tomorrow, 4:58, PST. Hi and Lo SERVING BEND AND CENTRAL OREGON o THE BtTlLE 60th Year Ten Pages Wednesday, November 13, 1963 Ten Cents No. 289 its&umM&xatssx Conner named No one hurt seriously in Medina blast SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (UPI) An estimated 60,000 pounds of chemical high explosive j meeting sponsored by the Ore- morning a total of 474 persons Bend safety group A group to be known as the i was speaker at the Lions' Bend Safety Council took tent- weekly luncheon meeting and ative shape here last night at a noted tnat up until yesterday Iraq appears to have put down revolt erupieo. wim a thunderous roar : gon Traffic Safely Commission. .uuajr u me muiinc r.nerBy represented by Miss V i n i t a Howard. Commission's Medina, Tex., nu clear weapons plant, shattering windows 10 miles away in San Antonio. There was no radiation dan ger, officials emphasized. Officials reported three men "superficially" injured. They were able to walk away from the blast. Residents of the area fled. The blast occurred in a mound-like igloo used to store explosives. An Atomic Energy Commission spokesman said the explosive consisted mostly of TNT. Column of Smoke The explosion at 8:35 a.m. PST sent a column of smoke billowing 1,000 feet into the sky. The Federal - State Livestock Marketing Service located 20 miles from the scene reported the blast blew its doors open. Nuclear explosives are kept at Medina. But the base does not have an atomic reactor as first reported. Immediately after the blast, roads around the plant were jammed with cars bumper-to-bumper. Medina tests, assembles, re pairs and disposes of nuclear weapon components in an $18 million plant complex. It em ploys about 600 persons and covers 4,000 acres southwest of San Antonio. An AEC spokesman in Wash ington said the igloos used to store explosives at the secret base are separated and shield ed so that an explosion in one will not touch off others. Minutes after the blast, fire engines, ambulances and police cars rushed to the base from San Antonio. Windows Shattered :, Plate glass windows u t h e city were shattered by the blast. People living as far as 50 miles from the scene reported hearing an explosion. A secretary in the San An tonio AEC office said tests were made as soon as the blast oc curred to confirm that there was no danger from radioactiv- ilv ""The explosion was basically TNT." said A. Miller, acting chief of oDerations at the plant. Workmen were putting the ex plosive in an igloo. Officials were amazed that they escaped. The igloo was badly damaged. The local group is being form ed at the request of Governor Hatfield and will join other councils already organized in a number of Oregon cities above 5.000 population. Don Conner, ex-president of the Bend Chamber of Com merce, was named temporary chairman of the Bend group. Present for the pre-organization conference were Jack Dempsey, a city commissioner; E m 1 1 Moen, Bend chief of police; R. E. Jewell, city superintendent of schools; Hal Puddy, city manager. Glenn Ratcliff, Ray IeBlanc, and Rod Smith, of the Lions Club. The group volunteered sup port to Conner in completing organization of the council. Yesterday noon. Miss Howard BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) The Iraqi government appeared today to have quelled a brief revolt after unidentified rebel units launched ground and air attacks in the heart of Bagh dad. Reports reaching here still pears that the 1963 highway! were sketchy, but diplomatic had been killed in Oregon traf fic accidents, compared with 412 for the same period last year. Miss Howard said it now ap- death toll in Oregon will go well above the 500 mark, for an all time high. Oregon's traffic death rate. Miss Howard noted, observers said it appeared the nine-month-old Baath party gov ernment had routed the rebels. The fighting, observers said, is higher than the national aver- was believed to have developed age- following a reshuffle in the Most accidents are prevent- i Baath hierarchy in which able, Miss Howard said. She strongman DeDuty Premier Sa estimated that in 1962, traffic ien ej gaadi was ousted, accidents involving Bend resi- This f:u,in ,,,,, ... city, resulted in an economic loss to the city of $500,000. When the Council is finally or ganized in Bend, many local serve as a citizen adviser to the Oregon Traffic Safety Commission. U.S. ambassador protests Soviet arrest of professor MOSCOW (UPI) - U.S. Am bassador Foy D. Kohler today strongly protested to the Soviet Union against the arrest on spy charges of Yale University Pro fessor Frederick C. Barghoorn and "requested his release forthwith." Kohler called on Soviet Depu ty Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin at the skyscraper Foreign' Ministry offices and in a 15 minute interview "denied em phatically" that Barghoorn was a spy, demanded "immediate access" to the professor and re ouested his release. Kohler's trip to the Foreign Minis'try followed a firm pro test lodged there this morning by Walter J. Stoessel, deputy chief of the U.S. mission, against the arrest of the 52-year-old American professor. Under Soviet law, Barghoorn faces imprisonment or a pos sible death sentence if found euiltv of the charges. Kohler was pressing a request for further information on ine case and a demand to see the Word on wheat deal WASHINGTON (UPI) - The first agreement by a private concern for sale of American wheat to the Soviet Union is ex pected to be announced at any time. It is likely to be followed by other deals. Commerce Secretary Luther H. Hodges said Tuesday that in the wake of a general agree ment over how the sales and shipments may be handled, a Russian delegation probably al ready has "worked out one or more deals" with private U.S. grain traders. Hodges told a news confer ence that the Commerce De partment expects to approve ortly the first formal applica tion for a wheat shipment to Russia. The Soviets are expect ed to buy about a quarter million dollars worth of Ameri can surplus grain. Hodges said the government has received from 12 to 15 other applications for permission to ship various farm commodities, including wheat, corn, soybeans and tobacco, to boviet Bloc countries. Honor group taps Bend girl Special to The Bulletin OREGON STATE UNIVER SITY Margaret A. Westfall of Bend has been initiated into the national honor society. Phi Kappa Phi, at Oregon state University. Membership in Phi Kappa Phi is top campus recognition for scholastic achievements. Fifty seniors qualified for the .arry this aU ea the baew f ettendin grades durirw it ywert of etutfy at OUJ. Blaze spares famed S.F. Cliff House SAN FRANCISCO (UPI)- A five-alarm , fire roared through San Francisco's Cliff , House area Tuesday night, but the world famous restaurant was spared. The wind-whipped blaze, which sent flames shooting 100 feet into the air, gutted a series of shops which were bordered by the restaurant to the south and the historic Sutro Baths to the north. Among the buildings destroyed were the gift shop and antique Davilion where thousands ot his toric relics were kept on display for sightseers. About 270 firemen with 69 pieces of rolling equipment were hampered in their three-hour battle by an estimated crowa oi 1.500 spectators attracted by the blaze which broke out at 5:30 p.m. The fire fighters could ap proach the complex of buildings only from the east side, because the other side faces the ocean over a sheer cliff from which the popular tourist spot gets its name. Sixteen firemen were injured, but none of their injuries was cod .ivieren serious, most were hospitalized for treatment of smoke inhalation. Mme. Nhu again has scheduled flight to Rome New York-born expert on Rus sian atfairs. Mikhail Smirnovsky, chief of the American section of the Soviet Foreign Office, told Stoessel this morning that no details could yet be provided and tnat the request for an interview would be "passed on." The ambassador's action was the fifth original American move here on the case since the So viets notified the embassy Tues day that Barghoorn had been picked up. Barghoorn apparently was ar rested somewhere between the American Embassy and his ho tel, the Metropole near the Kremlin walls. Ambassador Kohler's action in personally taking American protests to the Foreign Minis try underlined the gravity with which the embassy here re garded the professor's arrest. The embassy said it would continue to press for an inter view with the 52-year-old Sovi et affairs expert. But the Sovi ets were expected to ignore requests and hold Barghoorn incommunicado during a pre liminary investigation. There was speculation here that Barghoorn, who came to Russia to study its political in stitutions, may have been ar rested to set up an exchange with Ivan Ivanov, 33, a Soviet chauffeur arrested last month in Englewood, N.J., on charges of complicity in a spy ring. Barghoorn, who served as a press officer at the U.S. Em bassy here during World War II, returned this fall on a one- month tourist visa which ex pired Nov. 1. Above normal rainfall expected The Oregon country on the sunrise side of the Cascades will receive more than normal rain in the five-day period that will extend into the weekend, the five-day forecast indicates. Light rain fell in Bend early this morning, and the 24 hour forecast for the area calls for scattered showers and compar atively mud temperatures. Above normal rain is pre dicted for all parts of the state in the five dtys ahead. Cascade passes were snowless this morning, but early in the day there were some icy spots. mmte dij given ax measure Rep. Rogers casts only vote against morning when Iraqi air force jets attacked the presidential palace. Fighting was reported at the groups will be represented. The j heavi'y fortified defense minis chairman of the group will trv and the ty streets. no information There was no information available on casualties. Diplomatic circles here said the fact the Baghdad Radio was still in government hands indi cated Premier Maj. Gen. Ah med Hassan Bakr s regime was in control. The station was heard here ordering workers back to their jobs. It specifically asked elec tricity and water department workers and postal and tele graph employes to return to their jobs. Control of the radio, it was pointed out, is a prerequisite for success for an uprising in the Middle East. Another indication of govern ment control was the calling of a leadership meeting by Bakr. Cairo's "Voice of the Arabs" radio said Bakr's government had imposed an indefinite cur few on Baghdad. Reports reaching Tehran, the capital of neighboring Iran, said martial law had been imposed. Saadi, and Brig. Hardan Tak- riti, commander of the air force, were dismissed, the sta tion said. No explanation was given. Their names were left out ot a list of the new 16-man party leadership. j Arrives In Spain The situation was confused further by a Spanish foreign of fice announcement that Saadi had been in Madrid since Tues day, when he arrived with "a valid passport and was conse quently admitted to Spain." Egypt s semi-official Middle East News Agency said he had been "expelled" from Iraq. His abrupt departure and tne participation of air force jets in the attack on the official resi dence of President Abdel Salem Aref led observers here to be lieve the Baathists are strug gling among themselves for power. Bakr broadcast an appeal over Baghdad Radio for the Iraqi people to resist "attempts to divide" the unity of the Baath movement and "make Baathist kill Baathist." MWIW)4JW1MWHtWWIIIM4 Will Ppfff I if 5 "fe-;.,. ; -1 A SALEM (UPI) - A four cent a pack cigarette tax bill wai approved today by the House Tex Committee. The bill went to the Houie floor on a i-5 vote. The measure would put the proposed tax on the May, 1964, primary election ballot. If the voters approved, It would become effective In June, 19(4, raising about $S million In the remaining II months of the 1963-65 bien-nlum. MEMORIES OF 'OVER THERE' The Bend barracks and auxiliary of Veterans of World War I observed Veterans' Day with a dinner last night at the VFW Hall. From left are Inez Melar vie, who served as a World War I nurse in France; Mrs. P. E, Cullison, local auxiliary presi dent, and P. A. Shaw, barracks commander. Some 100 persons attended. Freeman says family farm is policy keystone PORTLAND (UPI) -The Na tional Grange today had direct word from Agriculture Secre tary Orville L. Freeman that the family farm is the keystone of agricultural policy of the Kennedy Administration. Freeman flew west to the Grange's 97th annual conven tion and made tne statement oi policy in a speech Tuesday night. "Just as the amazing pro ductivity of American agricul ture is the solid foundation tor our unparalleled standard of liv ing, so the family farm is the rock upon which we have built the achievement of American agriculture," he said. Freman said the family farm was essential to the strength and well-being of the nation. Nation al farm policies, he added, have been shaped ana win continue to be shaped to enable the ef ficient family farm to maintain its independence. Freeman said a study by the National Agricultural Advisory Commission described t h e family farm as o n e that docs not hire more labor than the ,.,.- . ' i u.. familv nrovides. Defense Minister Saleh Mandi Thfe d strngu! sh mg feature of Anh the family farm, he said, is the -.. .1.1. . ... incentive that ownership and ine pany is auie iw acme , f,;it, nnAr Bakr's statemen said. "We ! does most of the work. must take care that not a single Annual Chamber meeting due here on Friday Arrangements have been com pleted for the annual meeting of the uena unamDer or com merce, at which five directors for the ensuing three years will be named. Guest speaker at the meeting, to be held Friday, November 14, at noon in the Cooper Room, will be Robert Gaudi, Corona, Calif. He is head architect and chief engineer for the G. T. Wolfe trailer manufacturing firm, which operates a plant in Bend. Gaudi will touch on the his tory of house trailers and their manufacture. He will also touch on future plans of the G. T. Wolfe firm. Chamber officials said ballots for the election of the new members will be accepted until noon Friday. Names of the five men named to the board from a field of ten nominees will be announced at the luncheon meeting. Yardley has dedication role YAKIMA A new link of Highway 97 north and south through the Pacific Northwest was formally ocaicatea nere Tuesday, with Jesse L. Yardley, Bend, Oregon, as master of ceremonies. drop of blood be shed.' He called for a return spirit of brotherhood." 'to the DOW JONES AVERAGES By United Press International Dow Jones final stock aver- ortac. 10 inHnctrinlc 7M 11. Ill) nor..' on raiimarfi 173.71. off Uhe extent of her injuries was 0 27; 15 utilities 138.00, up 0.41, available. Mrs. Wilson lives at and 65 stocks 263.72, up 0.23. 2052 E. Fourth. WOMAN TREATED A police ambulance brought Mrs. Hazel Wilson, 74, to HI. Charles Memorial Hospital Tuesday afternoon after she fell while crossing Wall Street at the Minnesota Avenue intersec tion. No information concerning Sir Alecs debut in Commons called a lame performance Shippen offers report .on work of his office Ernest Shippen, Deschutes county juvenile counselor, re ported on the work of his de partment, at the monthly meet ing of the Deschutes County Juvenile Council last night. Since he took over the office September 1, Shippen said, there have been 91 conferences with children, 40 with parents and 52 with parents and chil dren together. There were also 19 conferences with representa tives of other agencies, such as the welfare and police depart ments. There were 24 juvenile court hearings, and each one result ed in a court order. Five chil dren were made wards of the court, five were continued un der supervision of the depart ment, four were declared de pendent and two were remand ed to adult court. There were four commit ments to institutions: One to Villa St. Rose, gills' school in Portland; one to Hillcrest School for Girls, Salem; one to Mac Laren School for Boys, Beaver ton, and one to St. Mary's Home (for boys), Bcavcrton. Nine children were held in de tention for varying lengths of time, and four of these were among the five who became wards of the court. Six were held from other counties. Four boys were held as runaways and for car theft and one girl The link Is the YaKima r ree- anrf one b fls runaways. 0ne way, constructed at a cost of! h ,rf t of slate 1,941,609.65. Yardley presided " " wa.. ai ine aiieiiiuvii pinion, president of the Okanogan Trail Association. The new link of the highway reaches from Terrace Heights Way to Rudkin Road in Yakima The ficures do not include vouths held in detention by the MacLarcn parole officer, Ship pen said. The counsellor made three laiire ni niihlic meetings in the Maior accomplishment of the ! ,,. . mnnii, period, and has new freeway Is that it will end ; tnree more scheduled for this BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (UPI) Mme. Ngo Dinh Nhu and her daughter, Le Thuy, were again scheduled to fly to Rome today for a long-postponed reunion with the three younger children of the former first lady f South Viet Nam. Mm. Nhu, who had called off prerisusly scheduled flights on tfra advice of doctors, was to go it; w m m aenrr hi to Copenhagen on a Scandina- the Schi' f Vr Ecnrenira ! vian airlieas jet and then to this yer. fir tttn ftiOresi m , " yn pflBmiun t.na u- jnen,) LONDON (UPI) - Sir Alec Douglas-Home was criticized today for a "lame perform ance" in his debut as prime minister before the House of Commons. Some British newspapers ac corded the former peer some faint praise. All acknowledged he faced a formidable task when, after 12 years in the gen tler House of Lords, he returned to boisterous Commons Tuesday to lead off for the government in the opening of the new ses sion of Parliament. The Daily Telegraph, com menting in cricket terms, said Douglas -Home "repetcdly played and miftl . . . oh nings seemed to hang by a thread." A baseball writer would translate this as "no runs, no hits, too many errors." The current session of Parlia ment will be the last before the next general elections, which must be held within 11 months. All eyes focused on Douglas Home and Labor party leader Harold Wilson as they squared off for a series of debates that will set the stage for the elec. tion campaign. The papers said the prime minister scored points on for eign policy he was foreign a traffic problem that has long harassed the cross-city traffic in Yakima. Following the ribbon cutting ceremonies, a caravan moved to the Chinook Motel and Tower, where a reception din ner was held. slipped on domestic affairs. The Labor benches kept him unaer fire with a consistent barrage of heckling throughout his speech. Douglas-Home served notice ho will flnht the fnrthcnmlne elections on the Issue of the re- WASHINGTON (UPI)- Presi tention of Britain's nuclear de- j dent Kennedy today selected Eu terrent. The Socialists want to gene G. Hulett of Eugene to be Kennedy names Oregon marshal scrap it in favor of increased conventional support to West ern defenses. At another point in his hour long speech, Douglas-Home re ferred to Wilson as a "possible prime minister." When labor U.S. marshal for Oregon. The appointment is subject to Sen ate confirmation. Hulett, 41, succeeds the late Paul Kearney. Hulett Is a Democrat and a first-term member of the Ore- ohoorc riioH rfnwn the nremier i eon state legislature. He will minister before succeeding HarJ snapped: "I have always faced ; receive $10,895 year as a fed- millan as premier-but facts, however horrible " era! marshal Q ". month. Robert J. Wcismann, presi dent of the council, told of at tending a recent youth council meeting in Klamath Falls, and of visitine the new detention home there, which has facilities for 20 children. Mention was made of the need for foster homes in Des chutes county. WON'T STAY HOME CAMBRIDGE, England (UPI) Clarence Gordon, 3, wandered into the Grove primary school the other day and wan so Im pressed that he has reported for classes every morning since. "I iust can't keep him away," the tot's mother said. "He keeps nipping up the road and trying to get in." Headmaster Norman Walker finally put a slop to Clarence's scholastic zeal by posting a stu dent in the driveway to inter cept the boy. "Come back when you are five," Walker told the child. SALEM (UPI) -The gover nor's "one-shot" bill to raise $12. million this biennium by speed- I ing up the turnover of withhold- lllg uiAus lu Mic aims wuu uio approval of the House Tax Committee today. The committee sent the mea sure to the House floor for ac tion on a 10-1 vote. Rep. Joe Rogers, R-Independence, a sales tax sponsor, cast the only dis senting vote. The bill is one-half of Gov., Mark Hatfield's program to deal with Oregon s $60 million fiscal crisis, caused by voter defeat ot a tax program passed last spring. The other half ot HatHeld'a- program calls for more budget cutting. He has asked the legis lature to give him authority to trim basic school support and! other budgets which he cannot now touch. He already has done considerable cutting In control. The one-shot tax bill would re quire employers to remit with holding taxes to the state on a monthly basis instead of the present quarterly basis. The ef fect would be to give the state two extra months of payments in the 1963-65 biennium. The House Tax Committee continued to consider sales and cigarette tax proposals. SALEM (UPI) A cigarette tax measure will be approved by the House, Speaker Clarence 3arton predicted today. "I have talked to many of the members, and find there is a sentiment for a cigarette tax," he said. "I believe a cigarette tax will pass Hie House if one Is sent down by the Tax Committee," Barton added. He said he did not believe a sales tax would win House ap proval at this special session, and he added he could not pre dict what kind of reception the Senate would give to a cigarette tax. The Coquille Democrat said he favored a 4 - cent cigarette tax with receipts to go into the general fund. Two smoke tax bills already have been submitted. Both measures would raise from $10 to $13 million a bien nium, according to Eymann. Barton said he believed Gov. Mark Hatfield "used good dis cretion" in budget reductions ha has Imposed. Soviets pass another U.S. fest convoy BERLIN (UPI) - The U.S. Army, in a new expression o its rights of access, today sent a small, west-bound convoy out of Berlin without difficulty. An Army spokesman said the convoy, consisting of eight men in four trucks, was passed through the Soviet checkpoint outside Berlin without incident Russians at the Babelsberg checkpoint did not ask this one to get out of its trucks to be counted. Tuesday a larger convoy, of the size the Russians have harassed In the past, traveled to West Germany after a brief delay. The Russians did not demand the 54 soldiers in 13 vehicles tn dismount, but they did ask them to slide to the rear ol their trucks to be counted. The commander of the convoy re-fused. Q O o
