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Soviet M1G
knocks down
Iranian plane
TEHRAN, Iran (UPI)-A So
viet MIG fighter plane accom
panied by two other Soviet
military aircraft shot down an
Iranian civilian plane Wednes
day in Iranian territory, killing
two aerial map surveyors, offi
cials said today.
Government officials said
Jran was protesting "strongly
to tne Soviet Union over the
snooting which they said came
wnnout warning.
They said it had been "in
dubitably established" that the
Iranian plane was shot down at
least 15 miles away from the
Soviet border and that the first
indication the pilot had that he
was being followed came when
the MIG opened fire on him.
Eyewitnesses among a crowd
of about 50 persons said they
saw the three Soviet planes
cross the Iranian border and
chase the twin-engine survey
ai reran.
They said the MIG fighter
opened machine gun fire on the
Iranian plane which immedi
ately caught fire and crashed
at a point north of the town of
Meshed, well inside Iranian ter
ritory. Two Iranian specialists were
killed in the crash, officials
said, but the pilot survived, be
ing hurled about 50 yards out
of his burning cockpit and
picked up unconscious by on
lookers. He was hospitalized
with injuries.
The unexplained inci
dent came while Soviet Presi
dent Leonid. Brezhnev was visit
ing Iran on a seven-day goodwill
visit.. Sources said Brezhnev
seemed amazed when Iranian
authorities informed him. He
was reported to have ex
pressed his regrets and said he
would order Moscow to investi
gate the matter thoroughly.
The Iranian ministry of for
eign affairs declined comment
today on the incident. It was
understood to be waiting a full
report from the crash scene be
fore deciding on any official ac
tion. A team of experts flown to
the scene from Tehran to in
vestigate the incident was
known to have confirmed that
the plane definitely was shot
down.
Meanwhile, apparently disre
garding the incident, Brezhnev
addressed the Iranian parlia
ment today and emphasized the
friendship, "good neighborly re
lations" and "complete mutual
trust" that he said existed be
tween the Soviet Union and this
Middle Eastern nation.
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By United Press International
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9.41; 20 railroads 169.69, off 1.61;
15 utilities 136.92, off 1.15, and
65 stocks 258.21, off 2.86.
TRAINS COLLIDE
ST. LOUIS. Mo. (UPI) - A
passenger train and a freight
train smashed together today
and first reports indicated at
least 25 persons were injured.
Nine ambulances sped to the
scene in northwest St. Louis.
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Mottly cloudy In Central Or.
9 n, but (lurries in Cascades.
Low ttmperatur tonight,
from 17 to 23. High Friday,
Sixteen Pages
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Boardman squabble
threatens to delay
legislative wind-up
Re-fil
Commission spurns
cable TV
By Gerald Drapeau
Bulletin Staff Writer
No rate increase for Bend
television viewers using the ca
ble system is in the offine. at
least at present.
City commissioners in unani
mous vote last night turned
down a request by the Bend TV
Cable Company asking author
ity to hike monthly residential
rates from $3.60 to $4.25. The
decision followed another mo
tion defeated 4-3 that the
board defer its decision two
weeks.
In a telephone conversation
this morning with R. F. Siegen
thaler, firm president, The Bul
letin was told that the company
intends to re-file immediately
for the raise.
"We feel the commission act
ed without giving us the oppor
tunity we thought we had to
survey our viewers," he said.
Questionnaire) Planned
Siegenthaler's reference is to
a questionnaire prepared for
circulation to the company s
viewers, but not yet sent out.
It explains the improvements
proposed by the firm and asks
viewers to state their approval
or disapproval. The board last
night examined the question
naire but was not swayed in its
decision.
The firm's reason for the in
crease, as explained by Siegen
thaler two weeks ago, was to
institute a long-range program
of improvements which would
achieve better television pic
tures and additional channels.
He said the hike would not be
used to increase company pro
fits. In reaching their decision.
commissioners felt viewers
should have quality service at
the present rates.
"I can't honestly say we
should waste any more time
considering this request," said
Mayor E. L. Nielsen. "They
(the company) have paid a tre
mendous price for the system,
and now they're turning around
TALKS SCHEDULED
PHNOM PENH. Cambodia
(UPI) Neutralist Cambodia
was expected to open talks to
day on the ending of the U.S.
aid programs that bring its
economy more than $30 million
a year a move U.S. officials
feared would make the country
less neutral.
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O
1L JtlLj
2 located n
ing due
rate hike
land asking the people to pay
I pan ot mat purchase cost."
ay ordinance, commissioners
had 30 days in which to approve
or deny the request.
In other action, the board:
1. Gave second readings to
zoning ordinance amendments
which enlarge the R-4 (residen
tial) district, and set minimum
lot area and sideyard require
ments for apartments construct
ed in C-4 (commercial) zones.
2. Gave first reading to an
amendment which raises the oc
cupational tax on Pacific Pow
er & Light to gain additional
revenues.
3. Gave first reading to an
Amendment which updates a
traffic ordinance.
4. Adopted resolutions auth
orizing street improvements on
three Bend roadways.
5. A p p o in t e d Dr. David
Spence, Wayne Faddis, Wayne
Entrikin and Rodney Hufstader
as memeers of the Bend Boxing
ana wrestling ummission, and
Don Connors to head a Traffic
Safety Committee.
83 per cent
of blood
quota drawn
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
collected 83 per cent of its 200-
pint quota, at its quarterly visit
to Bend Wednesday. One hun
dred seventy - three prospective
donors appeared, and 166 were
accepted.
Mrs. A. M. Turner and Atlee
Hawes donated their 40th pints,
to become five-galloneers. Peter
Alwinger made the four-gallon
mark, and Alan K. Libby and
James Selken, two gallons.
one-candle cupcakes for their
eighth visit went to Dick Geser,
Mrs. L. H. Barnett, Harold
Hackett, Mrs. Floyd Ogletree,
Mrs. Henry Leerssen, Linn M.
Hoffman and Willis L. Winkle.
The Bulletin, which made an
all-out effort in support of "Bill
Fickas Day," had 16 donors,
five of them first-timers. They
are Mickey Foley, Dick Ander
son, R. A. McGilvray, Gerald
Farstvedt and Mike Greening.
Other first-timers were Mrs.
Don Hoagland, Mrs. R. L. Mar
ceau. Franklin Rader, Carol
Beaver and Everett Turner.
The day's activities included
the presentation of a gift and a
1 certificate to Bill Fickas, in
j recognition of 14 years as a
: Bloodmobile volunteer. B. A.
I Stover made the presentation.
! Fickas was also honored with a
; decorated cake, which was
I served to donors along with oth
er refreshments.
' High school boys helping with
! the assembling and dismantling
I of equipment were Kip Kemple,
Mark Adams, Mike McGeary,
I Herb Hickman and Fred Ray
! craft.
'Birdman of Alcatraz' dies at prison hospital
SPRINGFIELD. Mo. (UPD-
Convict Robert Stroud, the
"birdman of Alcatraz," died to
day at the U.S. medical center
for federal prisoners. He was
73.
Hospital Warden J. D. Harris
said Stroud, who has been in
prison for the past 54 years,
died unexpectedly in his sleep
early today.
"He died from natural causes
and infirmities of age," the
warden said in a brief state
ment. Stroud had been a patient at
the medical center since July
15, 1959.
IBULIL
SERVING BEND AND
Thursday,
Demos block
quick action,
ask opinion
SALEM (UPI) -The Board-man-Boeing
bubble sprung a
new leak today.
Democrats who have become
disenchanted with the proposed
Space Age Industrial Park and
angered at the governor for sur
rounding it with secrecy, today
blocked its advance in the
House.
Reps. Richard Evmann. D-
Marcola, and Sidney Leiken, D
Roseburg, challenged the legal
ity of proposed legislation to
bail the project out of new
troubles and requested an at
torney general's opinion.
Twenty-two Democrats block
ed suspension of the House rules
needed to advance the legisla
tion to get it before the House
for final action.
The matter the final task
remaining before the special
session threatened to prolong
the 11-day-old special session.
The latest Boardman problem
was tossed unexpectedly into
the lap of the legislature by
tne governor last week.
House Speaker Clarence Bar
ton said he was hopeful the
House could receive an attorney
general's opinion and act later
today. He said an unfavorable
opinion would mean drafting
new legislation. Barton said
there was no point in going
home without handling the prob
lem, since the governor would
simply call another special ses
sion. Senate President Ben Musa
said the Senate would stand on
call today, but if the matter
were not settled today, it would
probably adjourn until Monday.
The legislation pending before
the House would transfer the
Boardman project, for better or
for worse, to the one state
agency that can best afford the
gamble, the Veterans Affairs
Agency.
Blaze claims
lives of two
at Oregon
City
OREGON CITY (UPI) Fire
swept through a home here
early today and claimed the
lives of the two teen-aged chil
dren of a Clackamas County
sheriff's deputy.
The victims were Elma Lee
Stewart, 17, and her brother,
James Allen Stewart, 14. Their
bodies were found in their up
stairs bedrooms.
The parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Stewart, were downstairs.
The blaze broke out around a
chimney in the kitchen and
raced up the stairway.
Stewart went outside, crabbed
a ladder and broke an upstairs
window, but fire and smoke
made it impossible to rescue the
children.
The Stewarts suffered cuts
and broken glass and burns on
the hands and arms.
He was transferred here from
the island prison of Alcatraz,
where he conducted the study
of bird diseases, that earned
him his nickname.
Stroud was the subject of a
book, the "Birdman of Alca
traz," which later was made
into a movie, starring Burt
Lancaster.
The "birdman" also wrote a
book about the federal penal
system, but prison authorities
refused to permit Its, pub
lication. The book was being
held by the Federal Bureau of
Prisons.
Stroud was admitted to the
CENTRAL OREGON
November 21, 1963
orthwest of Key
JFK, Jackie
(begin 2-day
Texas swing
oan amurtiu, Tex. (UPli
President Kennedy today de
fended his space program
against critics of both parties,
saying it would not drain off
national resources needed to
improve American living stand
ards. The Chief Executive and his
wife, Jacqueline, flew here
from Washington to open a two
day, five-city Texas tour with a
dedication speech at the Aero
space Medical Health Center
on Brooks Air Force Base out
side San Antonio.
The trio, alternately labeled
"political" and "non-political"
by the White House, also put
Kennedy in the role of a politi
cal healer. He hoped to unity
divergent wings of the Demo
cratic party in the state for a
stronger showing in the 1964
election.
Speaking against the back
ground of the medical labora
tories at Brooks AFB, the Pres
ident said too many Americans
assumed . that space research
was without value here on
earth.
Pointi Out Example
In his prepared speech, he
pointed out, for example, that
wartime development of radar
gave the world the transistor
and that "research in space
medicine holds the promise of
substantial benefits for those of
us who are earth-bound."
"For our effort in space is
not, as some have suggested, a
competitor for the national re
sources needed to improve our
living standards," he added.
"It is instead a working part
ner and co-producer of these
resources.
Mt. Hood
roufe getting
heavy snow
Snow early this mornine was
falling "hard and continuously"
at Government Camp on the
route into Portland, but east of
the Cascades there was some
sunshine, following a chilly
night.
Bend recorded a low of 16 de
grees at sunrise.
Although heavy snow was
falling on the Ml. Hood route,
the snow - packed road was
well sanded and motorists were
moving over the divide without
using chains. Roadside depth
was nine inches. Flurries were
reported from Warm Springs,
with only half an inch of new
snow measured.
Flurries also drifted across
the Santiam divide this morn
ing, but only half an inch of
new snow was reported. Road
side depth was 15 inches. The
road was bare in exposed
areas.
Clear skies were reported
from the Willamette divide this
morning, with snow on the road
well packed. Chains were not
needed. Roadside depth was on
ly eight inches. U.S. Highway
97 at Chemult was bare.
Plows were operating over
the Diamond Lake cutoff, where
roadside depth was 25 inches.
The Ochoco Highway over the
"hump" between Prineville and
Mitchell was bare this morning.
Forecasts call for partly
cloudy weather in Bend tonight,
with the temperature expected
to dip into the 17-23 degree
bracket. High temperature Fri
day will be about 40 degrees in
the Bend area.
medical center in 1959.
Stroud has been in prison
since 1909.
That year, at the age of 19,
he was convicted of the slaying
of his sweetheart's former boy
friend, a bartender, in Alaska.
Stroud had been living there
since leaving his home in Seat
tle the previous year lo join a
railroad construction gang.
Sentenced to McNeil Island
penitentiary in Washington
state for 12 years, he later was
transferred to Leavenworth aft
er he stabbed a fellow inmate.
In 1916. he was convicted ol the
fatal stabbing of a Leaven
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BEND'S 1963 CHRISTMAS TREE A Pacific Power & Light
Co. crew early today removed a luxuriant fir from the River,
tide Apartmentt yardt on Riveriide and erected it on Oregon
at Wall Street, to serve at Bend't 1963 yule tree. A crew it
pictured at work harvesting the fir, planted by Seaton H.
Smith in 1937.
Bend's community tree put
in place at Wall, Oregon
A stately blue-ereen fir. its
lip decked with tiny brown
cones, was moved into place
on Oregon at the Wall intersec
tion this mornine. to serve as
Bend's 1963 Christmas tree.
Cut and erected bv a Pacific
Power & Light Company crew.
the well - limbed, abundantly
needled conifer will later be
decorated and will be Illumi
nated directly after Thanksgiv
ing. The tree was obtained and
erected as a Junior Chamber of
Commerce project.
Donors of the tree were Mr,
and Mrs. Scaton H. Smith. For
Mid-Oregon druggists continue
to fill welfare prescriptions
By Ha Grant Hopper
Bulletin Staff Writer
Five of Bend's six retail
druggists said today that they
are still filling prescriptions for
welfare recipients, in spite of
the 35 per cent slash in the al
lowable price, made, by the
State Welfare Commission.
The other druggist did not
commit himself, and said that
ny statement should come
from an official spokesman for
the entire group.
Checks received by druggists
last Friday were 65.36 per cent
of the sum which had been
h a r g e d for nrescrinlions.
Some druggists said that in
times past, they have not al
ways received 100 per cent of
the allowable price. One said
that he had always received 100
per cent, but this amount is
much lower than the normal re
tail price.
John Kerns, administrator of
the Deschutes County Public
Welfare Department, said that
cuts were made at the state
level in order to keep within the
budget. He said that about a
million and 900 dollars is allow
ed for drugs for welfare recip
worth guard. After three trials,
he was sentenced to hang.
But President Woodrow Wil
son commuted the death sen
tence with the provision that
Stroud spend the rest of his life
in solitary confinement.
He was transferred to Alca
traz in 1943.
In solitary, he began his Aud
ubon career quite by accident.
A nest of baby sparrows was
blown into his small exercise
yard during a storm. Stroud
rescued them and welcomed
the companionship.
The warden, noticing Stroud's
interest in tne sparrows, pre-1
High yesterday, 3 degrees.
Low last night, U degrees.
Sunset today, 4:34. Sunrise
tomorrow, 7:09, PST.
I the Dast 26 vears. it 0rptp at fh
rear of Smith's RiversiriB Anart.
ments, at 886 Riverside, facing
Drake Park from the south.
Smith recalls that he obtained
the tree, then little more than
a seedling, in 1937. It was one
of several which the Bend man
"harvested" in the Tumalo
Creek area west of Bend
Transplanted to the Riverside
Apartment yard, the trees
flourished, but, it became evi
dent in recent years, one was
too close to a building. This was
me tree mat was cut and
erected this morning in down-
I town Bend.
ients in the state per year, and
that last month, the bill came
to $75,000. The amount allowed
for one month is around $42,
000. The Welfare Commission has
a list price for various pills and
other preparations, and drugs
not included in the list are not
paid for by welfare. Wherever
possible, relatives of recipients
are asked to provide the unlist
ed drugs when they are pre
scribed. Malcolm Woodard, Prineville,
president of the Central Oregon
Pharmaceutical Association,
said that many druggists in the
state will be taking time away
from their businesses next
Tuesday, to attend a meeting
with representatives of the Wel
fare Commission in Salem. It is
hoped that a workable arrange
ment can be reached, he said.
"It isn't right to force pharm
acists in any area to subsidize
the welfare program out of
their personal pockets," he
said. "Neither is it morally
right to put the druggists in the
position of publicly denying peo
ple the drugs they think they
are entitled to receive.
sented him with a pair of ca
naries. Stroud began breeding
the birds, and at one point had
about 300 canaries.
At a time when his business
was at its peak, the canaries
contracted a mysterious dis
ease. Stroud consulted ail the
books at his disposal, but found
nothing t expiate the feverish
ness and gtaied ees ef his
featfteiwd fciits.
Stroid mi mKnd M the
knojn fi ftikuiaw
disease if nir were surpris
ingly lew. DMrminA to find
an answer, E$t Dyfign conduct-j
Hi and lo
Wesfi
Craft crashes
after mission
in Cuba area
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
Defense Department said today
that Navy divers had located
the wreckage of a high-flying
U2 plane which disappeared
Wednesday after a reconnais
sance mission of Cuba.
The wreckage was found in
about 100 feet of water, 40
miles northwest of Key West,
Fla., the Pentagon said.
The pilot of the plane has not
been found, the announcement
said.
The Navy divers who located
the wreckage were operating
from a PT boat. The Navy said
it had started salvage opera
tions to raise the craft.
The Strategic Air Command
(SAC) will appoint an accident
investigation board to try to de
termine the cause of the inci
dent. Informed sources said earlier
that the plane had conducted a
reconnaissance mission of Cuba
but that there was "no indica
tion" it was downed bv ground
fire or by any other plane. The
sources said it was believed a
malfunction caused the plane to
go down in the Gulf of Mexico.
The pilot was Cant. Joe G.
Hyde Jr. of Leland, Miss., and
La Grange, Ga.
l he Defense Department said
nothing about the U2's mission
at the time it was lost
The Pentagon announcement
followed disclosure earlier by
SAC that an oil slick and bits
of debris were found where the
U2 was believed to have gone
aown.
The Strategic Air Command
(SAC) said there was no evk
dence of hostile action and tiieo-
I rized the jet plane experienced
I mechanical trouble.
Navy and Coast Guard ships
and planes searched the area
in hopes of finding Hyde alive.
Mostly clear skies, calm seas
and mild temperatures made
search conditions ideal.
Military sources in Washing
ton did not discount entirely the
possibility of a Cuban attack on
the U2.
If it had been shot over Cuba.
the high-flying plane could have
glided as far as the area where
it crashed.
It was the U2 that discovered
the Soviet missile buildup in
Cuba last year and has kept
the island under surveillance
since.
An air-sea search was begun
Immediately after the plane
disappeared from land-b a s e d
radar scopes at 10:32 a.m. EST
Wednesday. Eight minutes later
pilot spotted an oil slick in
the area of the gulf where the
debris was found.
The pilot's mother, contacted
at her La Grange home, an
swered all questions with a
no comment." No one an
swered the telephone at the
home of Hyde's wife, Mari
anne, in Leland, Miss.
Juni
or college
OK'd
measures
SALEM (UPI) -Measures to
include community college con
struction in the $30 million high
er education bond issue to be
voted upon at the May primary
were approved today by the
Senate and sent to the governor.
The companion measures in
clude a bill and a resolution.
The resolution earmarks $25 mil
lion of the bond issue for higher
education, and $5 million for
community college construction.
The bill, which becomes effec
tive if voters approve the $30
million bond Issue, authorizes
use next year of $12.5 million
for higher education construc
tion and $1.4 million for com.
munity colleges.
ing experiments on his own
flock.
His studies and experiments
resulted in a monumental and
unique work "Stroud's Digest
of Bird Diseases," published In
1939. It was 500 pages in length,
and was lauded by scientific
institutions, bird hospitals,
breeders and bird fanciers
throughout the nation.
The identity of the "birdman"
was revealed to the general
public and seteral campaigns
were started to have Stroud
freed. The campaigns, however.
failed