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Variable clouds and showers,
FOrCCOSt buf clearing tonight, fair on
Saturday. Highs, 3 to 40
degrees; lows, 27 to 33.
High yesterday, 45 degrees.
Low last night, 32 degrees.
Sunset today, 4:28. Sunrise
tomorrow, 7:37, PST.
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SERVING BEND AND CENTRAL OREGON
61st Year
Twelve Pages
Friday, December 20, 1963
Ten Cents
No. 13
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NCW LOOK These picturesque, heavy fur-collared jackets will give Bend police officers the
warmth they need while patroling, directing traffic or Just handing out citations for meter
violations. Sleek nylon jackets are blue with quilted lining. Trying them on for first time are
Officers Maurice Ries, left, and Ronald Knapp.
Sisters district
to vote Jan. 13
on consolidation
An election on the proposed
consolidation of the Sisters
School District with the B e n d
Administrative District will be
held January 13 in Sisters. The
date was set last nieht by ttis
Deschutes County Boundary
Board, after both the original
petition for consolidation and a
remonstrance petition were ac
cepted. The meeting was continued
from Monday, when the remon
strance petition was presented.
The petition for consolidation
was presented some time ear
lier, but no action was taken
on either until last night.
A delegation of some 50 Sis
ters residents attended Monday
night. A number of them spoke
against the proposed merger.
The Sisters school superintend
ent and two of the Sisters
school directors spoke in favor
of it.
The petition for consolidation
was signed by some 40 persons.
The remonstrance petition was
signed by over 150. Signatures
of five per cent of the legal
voters, or fewer than 20, would
have been sufficient.
Last night's meeting was
auiet in comparison with that
on Monday night, when the dis
cussion was at times heated. At
one point, Jonas Hammack of
Sisters questioned the impartial
ity of the board on the grounds
that Jesse Edgington, a mem
ber of the Sisters board, is al
so a member of the boundary
board.
Edgington said that he had
been insulted enough for one
evening, and walked out of the
meeting.
Emil Howell, boundary board
chairman, presided at both
meetings.
Ash
wood mine
cave-in claims
Woodland man
MADRAS. Ore. (UPI) - Ed
ward C a 1 k i n s, 44, Woodland,
Wash., a hoist operator for Ore
gon King Consolidated Mines,
Inc., of A s h w o o d. Ore., was
killed late Thursday in a mine
shaft cave-in at the 600 foot
level.
Mine officials said he was
working in the Oregon King
mine northeast of here when a
chute and the sides caved in.
He was suffocated.
Driver treated
after accident
Ronny teuing, 21, of Zillah,
Wash., was released today from
St. Charles Memorial Hospital
following treatment for injuries
incurred when the truck-and-trailer
rig he was driving over
turned on icy pavement, just
south of La Pine last night.
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Stores in Bend open nightly -
Public defender
choice narrowed
to five or seven
SALEM (UPI) -A field of 32
applicants for the job of state
public defender has been nar
rowed to five or seven, and
final selection may be an
nounced Jan. 13, it was an
nounced after a meeting here
Thursday.
Bend Bulletin Publisher Rob
ert' Chandler, a meinour of the
committee appointed to make
the selection, said that personal
interviews of the five or seven
candidates still being considered
are being planned.
The public defender, a new
position authorized by the 1963
legislature, will handle post-conviction
appeals and many ap
peals to the state supreme
court.
A maximum salary of $14,000
has been authorized.
White Christmas
possible here
What are the prospects of a
white Christmas in Central Ore
gon? Forecasters refuse to go out
on the proverbial limb, but
their predictions for the ensu
ing five days indicate a fair
possibility of snow east of the
mountains.
There will be light to moder
ate precipitation, mostly after
Sunday, the forecast notes.
Temperatures, with highs in the
32-42 bracket and lows in the
15-25 range, indicate that u
moisture falls it will be in the
form of snow.
Whirling in from the Aleu
tians the past week have been
a series of lows, with this trend
expected to continue into the
holidays.
The immediate forecast calls
for clearing weather in Central
Oregon tonight, with fair weath
er forecast for Saturday. The
low temperature may be close
to 15 tonight.
Cold barren vinter for
By A. Robert Smith
Bulletin Staff Writer
WASHINGTON It looks like
this will be a cold barren win
ter for the slick promoters who
in recent years have been ped
dling desert wasteland to inno
cent citizens who think they're
buying a lovely homesite in
the scenic West on the install
ment plan.
Usually this is the peak of the
season, with winter'r, chilly blast
roaring down the chimney, for
the promoters to flood the mails
with literature portraying inex
pensive sunny home sites,
sometimes pictured near non
existent lakes.
There may never be gn end
Operation Santa
nearing an end
at Post Office
Operation Santa Claus was
nearing its end at the Bend
Post Office today, witn indica
tions that postal work will be
back near normal by Monday,
following a mailing season
which workers said was "pleas
antly unusual."
At no time this year were the
postal workers swamped with
mail. This is largely attributed
to the fact that Christmas pack
ages and letters were mailed
early. This year's Christmas
date in midweek possibly was
also a factor in the easy hand
ling of yule mail.
Also, Postmaster Farley J.
Elliott noted, there was a slight
drop in this year's volume of
Christmas mail. Nationwide,
the drop has been estimated at
13 per cent, postal inspectors
report. Some attribute the Ken
nedy assassination and the
"numbing" of the public to the
decrease.
Last Christmas season, a to
tal of 41,000 letters went
through the Bend office cancel
lation machine on the peak
day. This year's high for any
one day was around 36,000
pieces.
Locally, there was no delay
in handling the mail, and a
similar condition has been re
ported from all parts of t h e
country. It was noted that
packages are coming through
from New York to Bend in four
days.
The Bend Post Office will be
open tomorrow for late mailers.
It is expected they will be few.
Christmas packages will be
delivered around town on Sun
day. ASK APPROVAL
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
Norfolk and Western and Nickel
: Plate railroads asked the Inter
state Commerce Commission
Thursday to approve their
merger proposal as soon as
possible.
mma
to variations on this promotion-1
al venture, but 1963 should go
down as the year the govern
ment cracked the desert land
frauds.
Since last February, when
the first indictment was return
ed in a desert land speculation
scheme, the Justice Depart
ment's investigation of this
racket has resulted in grand
juries returning indictments In
14 cases in eleven states
Arizona, New Mexico, Georgia,
Vermont, Kansas, Idaho, Neva
da, Texas, Colorado, Missouri
and Oregon.
As of now tea sjnernint Is
batting a thouswe1. It ban wak
ed convictions in at toe ef e
Changes
made to use ;
churches, library
By Phil F. Brogan
Bulletin Staff Writer
It will not be necessary to
double-shift the first four grades
of pupils who attended Allen
Grade School.
This was the announcement
from the office of Superintend
ent R. E. Jewell today, in re
porting on new arrangements
for the care of the Allen young
sters left without a school as a
result of the fire earlier this
week.
Under the new arrangement.
first grade youngsters from the
Allen school will attend "Little
Allen" the rooms that are
left on the Allen grounds.
Second graders will attend
school in the Methodist Church.
Third graders will meet m
the Deschutes County Libiary,
and will use the children s li
brary. Fourth grade pupils will be
housed in the First Lutheran
Church.
In Same Neighborhood
By having all these children
in the same neighborhood, it
will be possible to use the Reid-
Thompson playground, and to
serve them lunch in the Keia
Thompson Auditorium.
The fifth and sixth graders
will be double-shifted with the
Kenwood fifth and sixth grades.
Kenwood fifth and sixth grade
students will attend in the
mornings from 7:45 until 12
noon. Allen school pupils in the
fifth and sixth grades will at
tend from 12:45 to 5 p.m.
It will, of course, be neces
sary, to transport by school bus
most of the Allen School stu
dents," Jewell said.
Most of those attending "Lit
tle Allen" will walk to school as
they have previously. Those
first graders now being trans
ported will ride the same bus,
and at the same time, as they
have been doing.
Ride Same Bui
Youngsters in the second,
third and fourth grades who
were being transported will
catch the same bus they have
been riding and will go to the
Junior High School. From there
Burglars busy at Redmond, but
get very little for their effort
Special to The Bulletin
REDMOND Three down
town Redmond business firms
became victims of a rampaging
band of burglars early this
morning, who really gained
very little for the trouble they
caused.
As far as police can deter
mine the group ended up with a
relatively small amount of mon
ey and nothing else.
They first broke into the Jac
ques Chevrolet building by jim
mying a door in the rear. Noth
ing there was found missing.
Moving north, the group
broke through a front door of
the Odem - Jordan Sales firm
where they picked up an unde
termined amount of s in a i 1
change used for postage stamp
money. Several desk drawers
were rifled and tossed about the
floor but the safe apparently
Government gets
cases which have gone to trial.
The most recent conviction
was last week at Pendleton,
Ore., where a jury found three
men guilty of using deceptive
advertising to swindle buyers of
one-acre lots in what they call
ed Lake Valley located in Har
ney County, one of Oregon's
most remote and arid areas.
Lake Valley's Los Angeles and
Chicago promoters had sent out
brochures describing the area
as a fertile paradise ringed
with mountains and lakes.
The convictions in the other
two completed cases were se
cwed earlier in Idaho and Ne
vada Cases in other states
knee yt to go to trial,
reported
they will get off and walk to
their assigned locations.
Those in grades two through
four who have been walking to
Allen and who live north of
Greenwood will meet a bus at
Marshall School. This bus will
arrive about 8:45 a.m. Walk
ing pupils in grades two to four
who live south of Greenwood
will be picked up at Fourth and
Greeley on the Allen School
grounds.
The fifth and sixth graders
who have been transported will
be picked up at their regular
bus stops in time to reach Ken
wood School by 12:45 p.m. How
ever, it is difficult, at present,
to estimate the time the buses
will arrive at a particular stop,
school officials said. But, it was
pointed out, parents may esti
mate this from the fact that the
buses have been arriving in
Bend at approximately 8:40
a.m.
Estimate Urged
"By using this time, parents
can estimate how long it has
taken their child to arrive at
school," school administrators
said, adding: "By subtracting
the estimated travel time from
the 12:45 arrival time, they can
determine the approximate
pick-up time. After the first day
or two adjustments can be
made."
The fifth and sixth graders
who have been walking will be
picked up at Marshall Grade
School and at the Allen
grounds. In the same manner
as arrangements made for the
second, third and fourth grad
ers. The bus will arrive there
for the fifth and sixth graders
at 12:25 p.m.
School officials said:
"At the present time, we are
asking those Allen School stu
dents living west of the rail
road tracks to walk to Kenwood
school. Adjustments may be
made concerning these students
at a later date."
The new schedule, which was
adopted in an effort to reduce
double-shifting to a minimum,
was worked out by school ad
ministrators after considerable
study.
was not bothered. The burglars
then found ignition keys to a
'62 Chevrolet and a '59 Ford,
and drove both cars from the
front lot !o the rear of the
building. There they filled the
Ford with gasoline from the
company tank inside the shop,
but left the Chevrolet standing
in the alley witli its doors open.
Driving the car from Odem
Jordan to Holechek's Market,
the thieves ran it onto a rock
pile where considerable dam
age .as done to the underside,
making the car inoperative.
Thev broke into the market
with a pry-bar, ntled equip
ment and tore up merchandise,
but found only about u in
nickles and dimes. The thieves
were forced to abandon the car
which they probably wanted to
load with stolen goods.
three convictions
slick land promoters?
Usually the pattern which de
veloped in the Oregon case is
the same. Attorney General
Robert F. Kennedy, in announc
ing the first indictment of three
Florida men connected with an
Arizona promotion, observed
that the big increase in mail
order sales of real estate sights
unseen has been aimed espec
ially at aging couples planning
retirement.
"Advertising for such fraudu
lent sales has played on these
retirement hopes, on the prom
ise of the West, and on the lure
of easy credit such as a dol
lar down and 10 a month,"
said Kennedy.
In the Arizona case, te pm-
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Record cold
snap brings
road deaths
By United Press International
Freezing drizzle iced high
ways and triggered traffic
deaths across the Southern
Plains today and bitter cold
broke temperature records
again in the Midwest.
A freak storm dumped 20
inches of snow at Kalkaska,
Mich., during the night.
Temperatures fell below zero
from Montana to Maine and
dropped below freezing along
the Gulf Coast. The mercury
dipped to 18 degrees at Nash
ville, Tcnn., and a chilly 48 at
Miami, Fla.
Record Shattered
A 62-year record was shat
tered at Chicago when the tem
perature dipped to 9 below a
new mark for the date, it was
also the eighth consecutive sub
zero day at Chicago, a record
for December.
The temperature fell to 4 be
low at Pittsburgh, Pa., break
ing the old record set in 1884
by eight degrees. Records for
the date were also set Dayton,
Toledo, Columbus, Akron and
Cincinnati, Ohio, where the
temperature ranged from 4-14
degrees below zero.
35 Below Zero
The lowest temperature in the
nation was 35 below at Bemid
ji, Minn. It was 26 below at In
ternational Falls, Minn., and
Devils Lake, N.D. Madison,
Wis., recorded 17 below, sub
urban Chicago 15 below and
Rockford, 111., 15 below.
At Duluth, Minn., where the
high Thursday was 6 below, the
mercury fell to 18 below today.
Hazardous driving warnings
were posted for Oklahoma,
where icy roads were blamed
for at least five traffic deaths.
State police said U.S. 77 be
tween Norman and Lexington
was "untravelable."
Freezing rain, sleet and fog
also coercd parts of Texas
eastward into Alabama. Numer
ous traffic accidents were attri
buted to the weather in Texas
and West Texas airports were
"socked in" by fog.
At Muskegon
Three inches of snow fell at
Muskegon, Mich., Thursday,
pushing the month's total to
63.4 inches. Many rural schools
were closed and secondary
roads were clogged with blow
ing snow. Some schools opened
but shut down in mid-morning
because not enough students
showed up.
motcrs obtained 17 sections of
desert range land, subdivided
them into lots, called them the
Lake Mead Ranchcros. and ad-
vertiscd them as "liveable
now" and "developed," the
Justice Department pointed out.
The government said this
come-on fraudulently suggested
that drinking water, power
lines, telephone circuits and
other community conveniences
were at hand for ready service
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Man fatally
injured when
hit by car
A Central Oregon man, Glen
Johnson, 53, resident of Metol
ius, was fatally injured Thurs
day about 7 p.m. in an accident
on old U.S. Highway 97 about
o. ...o , au.no. doned plans to adjourn Con
Investigating officers saldgress tonignli called on
Johnson was struck by a car of members who already have
onerated hv Charlotte Orslo. 19. 1
Madras, as he walked on the
old highway in the Metolius
area.
Miss Orslo told police she did
not see Johnson In the dark
ness. There was a light fog and
mist in the area at the time.
No citation was issued.
Johnson was pronounced dead
on his arrival at the Central
Oregon District Hospital In
Redmond, where he was taken
in the Madras ambulance.
On Thanksgiving, Johnson
was in the news when fire de-
1 stroyed his trailer home at Me
tolius.
Johnson was operator of a po
tato sorter in the Metolius area.
He came to that area from
Twin Falls, Idaho.
Funeral services will be held
at Twin Falls.
New snow
brings joy
at Bachelor
There was great joy in the
high country today, as crews
prepared for daily operation in
to April of ski facilities at
Bachelor Butte.
The joy was the result of a
night storm that dropped seven
inches of "beautiful powder
snow" over the white northern
slope of the old volcano, provid
ing skiing conditions acclaimed
the best in the entire state.
Light snow was still falling at
Bachelor at reporting time this
morning, with the temperature
at 24 degrees and visibility
about half a mile. The road was
snow and ice covered from Wa-
noga Butte west.
All facilities at Bachelor
Butte starting tomorrow will
will operate on a seven-day ba
sis, with this operation to con
tinue until April 12.
Hoodoo Bowl also received
snow last night, with a three
inch powder surface reported on
the old pack. Total snow depth
at Hoodoo was 18 inches this
morning, with snow flurries con
tinuing. The rope tow will
start operating this weekend.
Hoodoo will be open from De
cember 26 through January 1.
sumed to be near the property,
The indictment said this was
part of the fraud, for the mail
was forwarded unopened to
their offices in Miami and Hol
lywood, Fla.
Florida's reputation among
would-be property buyers living
elsewhere was once tarnished
by the promoters who sold
swamp land with the same sort
of misleading salesmanship.
The Justice Department's suc
cessful crackdown on desert
land swindling will protect the
good name of tne western
states to which many Midwest
and Eastern citizens have been
wiflraflng in recent years.
gewe asp
rami nop
LBJ wants
decision on ',
foreign aid
Lress(onal leaders M afaan.
left town to return, and said
they plan to keep the lawmak
ers here until a contested for
eign aid bill has been finally
passed.
They acted under the prod
ding of President Johnson who
told Democratic leaders of
House and Senate at a White
House strategy session it was
imperative not only that they
finish work on the aid measure)
hut that they send it to the,
White House minus a House
approved curb on use of gov
ernment credit in the proposed
sale of surplus U.S. wheat to
Russia. . .
Tough Task
This posed a tough task for
House leaders, who apparently
were expected to turn around
enough home bound House
members to reverse a 218 to 169
roll call vote by which the
House only last Monday had ap
proved the trade curb.
After only 288 of the 435
members answered an opening
quorum call at the start of what
was supposed to have been the
year's last House session Demo
cratic Leader Cad Albert took
the floor to announce the new
plans.
He appealed to those present
to cancel their plans to go
home, and called on those who
already had left town to return.
Both chambers were operat
ing on a "hurry up and wait"
basis as House and Senate ne
gotiators tried to work out an
agreement on the disputed bill.
The major controversy hinged
on a House-adopted amendment
barring the Export - Import
Bank from underwriting credit
for U.S. wheat sales to Russia
and other Communist countries.
The Senate rejected the
amendment in passing the ap
propriations bill Thursday.
McCormack declined to re
veal specifically what was dis
cussed at the White House. He
indicated however no new is
sues were brought up for injec
tion into the already quarrel
some atmosphere.
Before the White House con
ference, legislative leaders had
planned to wind up the first ses
sion of the 88th Congress some
time today. If the deadlock per
sisted over the wheat amend
ment, they had Intended to
shelve the problem until the
next session convened Jan. 7.
A number of senators and
House members already had
headed for home as the longest
continuous peacetime session of
Congress neared its end.
JFK
mourning
on Sunday
ends
SALEM (UPI) -The official
period of mourning for the late
President John F. Kennedy will
end at sundown Sunday.
On Monday, flags which have
been flown at half-staff for the
past month, will be raised full
staff. DOW JONES AVERAGES
By UnK-H Protf International
Dow Jones final stock aver
ages: 30 industrials 762.08, off
1.78; 20 railroads 177.35, off
0.87; 15 utilities 138.60, up 0.48,
and 65 stocks 267.48, off 0.50.
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