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SERVING BEND AND CENTRAL OREGON
60th Year
Twenty Four Pages
Thursday, December 5, 1963
Ten Cents
No. 308
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Laos official
victim today
of assassins
VIENTIANE, Laos (UPIK
Col. Leuang, chief intelligence
officer for neutralist Premier
Prince Souvanna Phouma, was
assassinated today by unknown
killers near his home here. He
was the fifth Laotian official to
die of assassin's bullets this
year.
The assassins pumped 18 bul
lets into Leuang's body.
Dressed in khaki uniforms, they
escaped in two unmarked jeeps.
Leuang, father of nine chil
dren, was chief of the deuxieme
(second) bureau of the intelli
gence service of the Laotian
neutralist faction and reported
directly to Premier Souvanna.
Neutralist Gen. Amkha
termed the assassination a
"well organized plot." He told
a news conference that he knew
of no personal or political mo
tives for the slaying. He also
promised a tightening of secu
rity regulations in Vientiane.
Piece Together Account
From witnesses who reached
the scene in time to see the as
sassins flee, police pieced to
gether this account:
Leuang was riding home
shortly after midnight when a
jeep cut in front of his car,
forcing him to stop. Another
jeep then pulled alongside of
the car and gunmen in both
jeeps opened fire.
The assassination reflected
the acute tensions in this stra
tegic Southeast Asian king
dom. It was also another ex
ample of the violence since the
agreement last year to form a
government of Communist, neu
tralist and pro-Western fac
tions. Repeated Clashes
The pro-Communist Pathet
Lao control about two-thirds of
Laos and have clashed repeat
edly with the non-Communist
forces.
Last Feb. 12, neutralist Col.
Ketsana was assassinated near
his home in the Communist
dominated Plain of Jars area.
Two other officials were killed
in March, and on March 31,
Foreign Minister Quinim Phil
sena was shot down outside his
home in Vientiane. In May, Col.
Onthi, police chief of Vientiane,
was murdered in his home.
Since Pholsena's assassina
tion, most high Communist of
ficials, including "Red" Prince
Souphanouvong, a deputy pre
mier in the coalition govern
ment, have refused to stay in
the administrative capital of
Laos.
City to require
financial report
Hereafter, any public utility
firm requesting residential rate
increases will be obliged to sub
mit a financial report by a
qualified rate expert.
This provision was added to
Bend's general policy on utility
rates during a meeting of city
commissioners Wednesday
flight. The board's action fol
lows a request by the Bend TV
Cable Company for higher
monthly residential rates. The
request was rejected by com
missioners at their November
20 meeting. In response, the
company announced it would
file for the increase again, but
has not yet done so.
In other business, the board
signed a warranty deed allow
ing the sale of 20 acres of city
owned property to Lelco, Inc.,
which proposes to use the tract
as bark storage and log deck
ing space for a green veneer
plant. A reversion clause re
quires that the plant be built
within five years in the city or
the city will repossess the pro
perty. Two ordinances received sec
ond reading. One increases the
occupational tax on persons in
the power and light business.
The other adopts certain sec
tions of the state traffic code.
DOW JONES AVERAGES
By United Press International
Dow Jones final stock aver
ages: 30 Industrials 763.86, up
8.33; 20 railroads 172.79, up
0.30; 15 utilities 137.16. up 0.41,
and 65 stocks 265.70, up 194.
Theindustrials reached a n'v
high.
Bystander dead, , , ,,
Brazilian senators
stage gun fight
BRASILIA (UPI)-Two sena
tors staged a frontier-style gun
fight Wednesday on the floor of
Brazil's streamlined upper
house, fatally wounding a third
legislator.
Sens. Arnon De Melo and Sil
vestre P. Gois Montero, the pistol-packing
principals in the im
promptu duel, escaped injury.
Sen. Jose Cairalli was hit by a
.45-caliber slug and died in a
hospital a short time later.
Senate President Auro M. De
Andrade adjourned the session
and turned the two principals
over to military authorities
pending a decision on what ac
tion to take against them. The
Church sit-ins may result
if solons block legislation
WASHINGTON (UPI) -A Ne
gro leader said today after meet
ing with President Johnson that
church sit-ins might be the next
course of antidiscrimination
demonstrations if a Senate fili
buster occurs over civil rights
legislation.
A. Fhiup Randolph, fifth Ne
gro leader to be invited to the
White House to see Johnson in
less than a week, told news
men of possible "people's edu
cation filibusters" in churches,
with round-the-clock meetings,
in event a talkathon stalled the
legislation.
Johnson breakfasted earlier
with House Republican Leader
Charles A. Halleck who predict
ed House passage of the civil
rights bill next month. This was
the second successive day that
Johnson had held a secretive
session with a Republcan con
gressional leader and got a
pledge of help toward passage
of the rights bill.
Randolph, who organized the
"March on Washington" by more
than 200,000 Negroes in August,
told newsmen he did not men
tion the "people's filibuster" in
his talk with Johnson. He said
these demonstrations would be
Rock-throwing
incident brings
stiff warning
Police Chief Emil Moen is
sued a stiff warning today fol
lowing a rock-throwing incident
m which the windsnieia ot a
moving truck and trailer rig
was smashed, sending a spray
of elass into the eyes of the
driver.
The incident occurred late
Wednesday afternoon as J e a n
Chapdelaine, Sacra m e n t o ,
Calif., was driving his Pacitic
International Express rig north
bound through the railroad un
derpass at E. Third Street. A
rock of about 6 inch diameter
smashed through the windshield
and struck Chapdelaine on the
right arm. Though blinded
temporarily by glass fibers he
managed to bring his rig to a
halt.
Doctors at St. Charles Memo
rial Hospital washed out the
operator's eyes. He apparently
suffered no permanent damage.
Moen said police have receiv
ed at least four complaints this
week of rocks being hurled
from overpasses at moving ve
hicles. He stressed that police
will keen strict watch on
overpasses.
Two men charged with theft
of 430 silver tip fir trees
By Phil F. Brogan
Bulletin Staff Writer
Specifically accused of the
theft of 431 silver tip firs from
federal lands, Allen B. Hough,
27, Klamath Falls, and Lyle
Fender, 34. Albany, were ar
rested by Federal Bureau of
Investigation, state and U.S.For-
I est officials Wednesday evening
in the Crescent woods.
The two men were taken to
Klamath Falls, where they ap
peared before U.S. Commis
sioner David Vandenberg. Jr.,
this morning and were remand
m tn the custody of the sheriff,
in lieu of $1000 bail. They are
o
Senate was expected to expel
both men.
The shooting climaxed a long
time political feud between
Melo and Gois. The two men
drew guns on each other during
a senate Hehate. but it was not I
clear just what it was that set I
them off. I
The shooting caused pande-1
monium in the senate, and it
was difficult to determine ex
actly what happened.
Cairalli, like Gois, was a
member of Goulart's Labor
party. He died on the operating
table while doctors were trying
to extract the fatal slug from his
body.
sponsored by the over-all com
mittee of the Washington march
and would be conducted in most
major cities.
He said the sit-ins would be
staged in churches by white and
Negro supporters of the civil
rights bill.
The signal for them to start,
he said, would be a filibuster on
Capitol Hill.
Randolph said he had a com
prehensive discussion of the leg
islation with Johnson.
Johnson stopped by Halleck's
house and picked him up on the
way to the White House shortly
betore 9 a.m.
In addition to civil rights, the
Chief Executive concentrated
on a broad spectrum of prob
lems both national and inter
national. At 3 p.m. EST, he presides
for the first time as President
at a meeting of the National
Security Council. It has been
arranged that Speaker John W.
McCormack, D-Mass., next in
line of succession to the presi
dency, attend council meetings
and other top-drawer sessions
on national security to keep
him informed in case of an
emergency.
Johnson was also scheduled
to meet with Gen. Maxwell D.
Taylor, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, for further dis
cussion of defense matters at
4 p.m.
The President also had an ap
pointment listed with Anthony
J. Celebrezze, secretary of
health, education and welfare,
at 5 p.m. The meeting was an
other in a daily series with in
dividual cabinet members de
signed to familiarize Johnson
with their operations and to
give him a chance to spell out
to them his views. Johnson saw
Agriculture Secretary Orville L.
Freeman Wednesday.
The Randolph meeting
marked Johnson's fourth with a
prominent Negro leader in as
many days and his fifth since
last Friday. He met Wednesday
with James Farmer, head of
the Congress of Racial Equali
ty (CORE).
AN ENGLISH WESTERN
BRISTOL, England (UPI) -John
Wakcsman, 24, and Dudley
White, 22, were fined $221
Wednesday for firing flaming
metal arrows into the sides of
passing trains and buses.
"It reminds one," said an at
torney, "of hostile Indians on
the plains of Colorado, with at
tacks on wagon trains and the
:iefsnses of General Custer and
Colonel Cody."
being transferred to Portland by
the U.S. Marshal, to await trial
in federal court.
Officers said two truck loads
of trees had been shipped out,
to valley pointf. The arrest of
the two men was made as the
third load was being harvested.
In addition to the silver tips,
also known as the Shasta red
firs, the men are accused of
taking lodgepole pine and small
ponderosa pine from federal,
county and private lands. Some
of the trees, officers said, were
removed from land being logged
, by Leonard Lunderen, Bend
There were 323 trees on the
John Schmid
has resigned
as 4-H agent
By I la Grant Hopper
Bulletin Staff Writer
The resignation of J o h n H.
Schmid, Deschutes County agri
culture 4-H agent, became
known this morning. Announce-
ment was made at a meeting
of 4-H adult volunteers hopeful
of continuing the position of 4-H
home economics agent, to be
scuttled December 31 as the re
sult of tightened state budgets.
A plan to continue the position
through subscription, or possi
bly county tax money, was pro
posed by the group last week.
Turner Bond, district exten
sion agent from Oregon State
University, told the group of a
dozen persons that Extension
Service administrators recom
mended against continuance of
the second post, but that
Schmid's position would be fill
ed by another man.
Mrs. Walter Smead, president
of the 4-H Leaders Association,
said that loss of both 4-H work
ers at one time is a severe blow
to the program, and that all ef
forts should be made to contin
ue the second position, now held
bv Miss Lynn Hoffman. Mrs.
Smead expressed admiration for
Schmid's work in his seven-year
tenure in the county, and said
that he has been "100 per
cent."
Judge D. L. Penhollow said
the loss would be "irrepar
able." Bruce Bates commented
there would be lost motion in
the replacement of even the
primary 4-H staff member, and
that the second position should
be continued, without having to
go to local people for support.
"It's too bad. that the econ-
omy drive was directed on our
citizens of tomorrow and the
unfortunate people of the
state," Bates said. ". . .We've
had the axe."
Bond pointed out that a local
ly - supported program, admin
istered by the Extension serv
ice, would give critics an oppor
tunity to charge "double taxa
tion," and that the Oregon State
University staff is "less opti
mistic than the people here
that funds would be allocated
by the 1965 legislature.
Representative Kessler Can
non said that the cut was a di
rective from the State Board of
Higher Education, and that the
Extension Service was slashed
more heavily than other fields.
Schmid has accepted a posi
tion in Ventura county, Calif.
He said that although he felt he
had more of a future there, in
the light of Oregon's present fi
nancial situation, he and his
wife are both from California,
and have discussed before the
possibility of returning to their
native state.
Schmid was graduated from
Oregon State University in 1950,
and served four years in the
Navy in World War II. He and
his wife have a six-year-old son
and two daughters, ages 8 and
10.
In answer to questions, Bond
said, reluctantly, that if the
Extension Service had money
for the second position dropped
in its lap, the college would be
obligated to administer the pro
gram. SHORT SNORT
SEATTLE (UPI) Mrs.
Martha Forbes will celebrate
her 101st birthday here Sunday
with a bottle of beer and a cake
decorated with 101 candles.
"A stubby of beer never hurt
anyone," says Mrs. Forbes,
who drinks a bottle a day. "It
helps me sleep, too."
truck when the arrest was
made, officers said. Silver tips
are the most valuable of all
yule trees growing on the for
est, and nominally bring the
Forest Service around $3 each.
The market value of these trees
is much higher.
The arrest of the men took
place on Upper Big Marsh Basin
Creek. The men were questioned
m Crescent, then taken to
Klamath Falls Wednesday eve
ning by state and federal offi
cers. Members of the Deschutes Na
tional Forest staff took part in
the questioning of the accused
men.
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AUCTION UNDER WAY The Bend Kiwanis Club's second annual radio-phone auction got
under way this afternoon at the Bob Thomas showroom, with two more sessions due on
Friday and Saturday. Shown this morning getting in some practice handling calls from bidders
are, left, Corf Hackett, chairman of the event this year, and Craig Coyner.
Herbert Lehman
taken by death
at age of 89
NEW YORK (UPI)-Herbert
H. Lehman, who served as gov
ernor of New York during the
Depression years and later as
a U.S. senator, died of a heart
attack today. He was 85.
The Jewish banker-philanthro-phist-turned-politician
was the
protege of the late Gov. Alfred
E. Smith. He became lieutenant
governor under Franklin D.
Roosevelt in 1928 when Smith
ran for the presidency and was
elected governor when Roosevelt
went to the White House in 1932.
Affectionately, the late Presi
dent called Lehman "that good
right arm of mine." Several
years later, the two split when
then Governor Lehman persuad
ed the New York congressional
delegation to oppose Roosevelt's
plan to enlarge the U.S. Su
preme Court.
"There is no question that
Franklin Roosevelt was the
greatest man of my time," Leh
man said of the late President.
"He had what it takes to be
great vision and courage."
The late Harold L. Ickes, In
terior secretary under Roosevelt
and President Truman, said
Lehman showed "industry,
imagination and real courage."
"When a measure is proposed
to promote the public welfare
or protect our cherished form
of government, he will light tor
it, even if he is on the losing
side," Ickes said. "He has con
victions and the courage of
them."
Break
hill
in c
comes fo area
A break in a weeklong chill,
with dense fog covering much
of the country but leaving Bend
in brilliant sunshine, came last
night as temperatures mounted.
Fog was reported dissipating.
A cloudy weekend, with a
possibility of scattered showers,
is in prospect for Central Ore
gon. Temperatures Friday are
expected to reach Into the 50
degree bracket. However, more
frost, but not severe, is expect
ed tonight.
The low last night in Bend
was 28 degrees, mildest mark
recorded here in a week. To
night's low is predicted for the
30 degree range. West of the
mountains, weather through Fri
day will bring some rain.
There is a possibility of freez
ing rain in the eastern part of
the state.
All roads were In good shape
this moming, but with some icy
spots.
FOUND GUILTY
PORTLAND (UPI)- Lizzie
Mae Adams, 43, was found guil
ty of second degree murder
Wednesday in the Sept. 29 stab
bing death of Willie Bolds, 59.
The defense nad claimed miss
Adams acted in self-defense. The
slaying occurred in a hotel
room.
Behind closed doors
Panel begins study
of assassination
WASHINGTON (UPI)-A blue
ribbon commission to investigate
the Kennedy assassination held
its first formal meeting today.
A top Justice Department offi
cial and a shorthand stenog
rapher were the only outsiders
present.
As the organizational meeting
began behind closed doors. Dep
uty Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzen
bach was on hand along with
the seven commission members
named by President Johnson to
conduct the special inquiry.
A spokesman for the group
told newsmen that none of the
members of the panel had any
statement before the meeting
began and there was little like
lihood any would be forthcom
ing after the session.
The commission, headed by
Chief Justice Earl Warren, is
expected to proceed carefully
in its Investigation, partly be
cause Jack Ruby, Dallas night
club owner who shot to death
the accused assassin, Lee Har
vey Oswald, faces trial on mur
der charges.
Recreation
program here
is honored
A highlight of Wednesday's
Bend city commission session
was the announcement of a
special honor for the city's rec
reational program.
A loiter from the Oregon As
sociation for Health, Physical
Education and Recreation stat
ed that this program has re
ceived the annual Honor Award
for Distinguished Program in
Recreation.
The honor is one of four ac-
corded yearly to cities whose
recreation programs are judged
outstanding. Two of these go to
schools or a school district in
connection with physical educa
tion programs.
Of the others, granted as rec
ognition for recreation, one goes
to a school or scnool district
and the other to a municipality.
All Oregon cities with recrea
tion programs are considered.
On receiving congratulations
from commissioners last night,
Vince Genna, recreation direc
tor, credited the personnel of
various agencies which have co
ordinated with the department.
These Include the school dis
trict and its administrators, the
U.S. Forest Service, the city
and county park and street de
partments, board members,
coaches, chaperones. Instructors
and some 322 volunteers.
Genna will personally collect
the award at a banquet In Sa-
f em Saturday evening. City
Manager Hal Puddy, and pos
sibly Mayor h. L. Nielson, will
accompany him on the trip.
No full report to the Presi
dent is expected to emerge in
the immediate future although
a commission spokesman said
that statements by the commis
sion might be issued "from
time to time" through the Su
preme Court press office.
Johnson instructed the com
mission "to satisfy itself that
the truth is known as far as it
can be discovered, and to re
port its findings and conclusions
to him, to the American people,
and to the world."
Included in the commission's
mandate was an inquiry Into
the circumstances surrounding
the murder, 48 hours after Ken
nedy was killed, of Lee Harvey
Oswald, his alleged assassin.
Johnson ordered all federal
agencies and departments to co
operate with the commission's
Investigation, hen. Kennetn B.
Keating. R-N.Y.. acted Wednes
day to secure a congressional
grant of subpoena powers for
the panel also.
Keating said his proposal was
modeled on the law which gave
similar p o w e r s to the special
commission named by Presi
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt to
investigate the Dec. 7, 1941,
Japanese attack on Pearl Har
bor. Besides Warren, the other
members of the commission
are: Sens. Richard B. Russell,
D-Ga., and John Sherman Coop
er, R-Ky.; Reps. Hale Boggs,
D-La., and Gerald R. Ford, R
Mich.; Allen W. Dulles, former
head of the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA), and John J. Mc
Cloy, former U.S. high commis
sioner for Germany.
No fishing
in lakes near
Lake Valley
PENDLETON (UPI) A wild
life expert testified today there
was no fishing in the two lakes
located on the Malheur Wildlife
Refuge which is located near
the Lake Valley subdivision in
Harney County.
The testimony came from Eu
gene Kridler, wildlife manage
ment biologist for the Malheur
refuge, in the fourth day of the
mail fraud and conspiracy trial
of seven Los Angeles and Chi
cago area men.
Kridler said Harney lake has
been "totally dry" since 1961
and that it got its water from
Malheur Lake overflow. He said
that in order hi travel on Mal
heur Lake he had to use an air
thrust boat or "swamp buggy"
instead of a conventional-type
craft with an underwater propel
ler. Under cross examination, he
said cultivated and Irrigated
fields did exist 10 miles away
from the Lake Valley area.
(See also, page 3)
Col. Chenault
in good shape
after 8 days
CARACAS (UPI)-A U.S. Ar
my colonel was released un
harmed today eight days after
he was kidnaped by terrorists.
"It's a great feeling to be
free again," said Col. James
K. Chenault after he was re
leased. Chenault, 45, a native of
Sherman, Tex., and a World
War II (anti-tank) combat offi
cer, met newsmen at the U.S.
Embassy a few hours after his
release at 6 a.m. He had been
kidnaped from the doorstep of
his home by four heavily armed
pro-Castro members of the un
derground Armed Forces for
National Liberation (FALN).
The officer read a brief
written statement and then an
swered questions. He wore a
neatly pressed army dress uni
form with three rows of rib
bons. "I was held in some section
of Caracas which I cannot
identify other than the fact it
seemed to be heavily populat
ed," he said. "I was guarded
continually but received rea
sonably good treatment consider
ing the circumstances."
"Propaganda Gesture"
Chenault, deputy command
ing officer of the U.S. military
mission here, was kidnaped as
a "propaganda gesture" by the
FALN after his young captors
had overpowered a Venezuelan
army private acting as his
driver.
Chenault said his kidnapers
tried to get him to read books
on communism but that he re
fused. He replied "no com
ment" when asked If he had
tried to escape while being
held.
Chenault's release by his cap
tors was carried out without
fanfare. Earlier, anonymous tel
ephone callers had warned he
was considered a prisoner ot
war."
After his release Chenault
took a taxi to his two-story
home in the eastern end of the
city.
He was wearing his uniform
shirt and trousers when he
reached home.
Mai. Joseph C. Blevens of the
military mission said Chenault
was In good shape.
Terrorist Captured
About the same time that
Chenault was released, it was
announced that Juan de Dios
Moncada, self-styled "supreme
commander" of the FALN ter
rorist organization, was cap
tured by government forces
Wednesday night.
It was not certain whether
there was any connection be
tween the capture of Moncada
and the release of Chenault.
After breakfasting at home,
Chenault went with his wife to
the U.S. Embassy. They both
looked serious but happy as
they left their home for the 10
minute drive to the embassy.
Blevens, who rushed to the
Chenault home when word was
received of the colonel's re
lease, said Mrs. Chenault was
"overjoyed simply overcome
with joy."
First word of his release
came from Mrs. Chenault, who
telephoned U.S. Ambassador C.
Allan Stewart minutes after her
husband arrived home.
Daughter Spreads News
Though the elder Chenaults
were grim, but obviously re
lieved that the ordeal had end
ed, their daughter Sandy, 20,
oldest of their three children,
ran from the home of one
neighbor to another announcing
the release of her father.
Venezuelan investigators ques
tioned Chenault while be ate
breakfast and he was sched
uled to make a full report to
Ambassador Stewart He also
was slated for a news confer
ence later.
Chenault was kidnaped a
week ago Wednesday at 7 a.m.
as he left his home to drive to
the U.S. military mission, sit
uated at the Conejo Blanco
army base on the outskirts of
Caracas, one of Venezuela's
largest.
Four armed men previously
had overpowered Chenault's
Venezuelan army chauffeur and
had been waiting about five
minutes to surprise him as he
appeared. He was hustled Into
a waiting 1962 whiie unevroiei
and driven away so quickly
that his wife, who had accom
paied him to the door, was not
even aware of what happened.