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SERVING BEND AND CENTRAL OREGON
61st Year
Eight Pages
Saturday, December 21, 1963
Ten Cents
No. 14
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Duncan says Dunes
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WASHINGTON (UPI) - Rep.
Robert B. Duncan, D-Ore., said
today that differences among
members of the state's congres
sional delegation over the pro
posed Oregon Dunes National
Seashore were not "irreconcil
able." "I don't look for any split In
the delegations," he (said. "Peo
ple of good will can disagree
over an issue without engaging
in personalities."
. Duncan, in whose district the
proposed national seashore
would be established, told Uni
ted Press International he was
"encouraged" by the progress
on the park.
The Oregon Democrat's com
ments contrasted sharply with
comments made earlier by Sen.
Wayne Morse, D-Ore., in a bit
ing attack on the Senate In
terior Committee.
Blames Committee
Morse accused the commit
tee of having "split the Oregon
delegation" by reporting out a
bill which would provide for the
condemnation of private prop
erty for the proposed seashore.
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as streamliner
jumps tracks
COON RAPIDS, Iowa (UPI)
The streamliner "City of Los
Angeles" jumped the tracks
while speeding at 79 miles an
hour across snow-covered west
em Iowa today, Injuring about
25 persons. .
M th Injured warm hos
pitalized but none was listed in
serious condition.
The Union Pacific-Milwaukee
Road train, carrying 160 pas
sengers, many on Christmas
holiday trips, and about 40
crewmen and employes, appar
ently struck a broken rail
at the west edge of this small
western Iowa community, rail
road officials said.
Sixteen of the 19 cars jumped
the tracks and three cars two
sleeping cars and a diner top
pled onto their sides.
Most of the passengers were
asleep when the derailment oc
curred about 2:15 a.m. Several
said they were hurtled from
their beds. One crewman said
"I was thrown from one end of
the car to the other." ,
A doctor at the scene said he
gave first aid treatment to
about 25 persons. Six persons
were admitted to St. Anthony's
Hospital in nearby Carroll but
none was seriously hurt.
' They included two passengers
and four crewmen.
They were identified as Mrs.
Dorothy Pickering, 74, Detroit,
Mich.; Mrs. Mae Rhoda, 82,
Milwaukee, Wis.; Henry Thom
as, 60, Chicago; Edward Jones,
Chicago; LeRoy Price, Los An
geles, Calif., and Charles Duke,
Chicago.
Other Injured passengers
Ban treatnf hv T)rl C.A. John-
gon, the only doctor in this
community of 1,560.
Waif fill they
fry fo fune
fhaf package
Bend postal workers are won
dering if some forgetful person
mailed the wrong pacuage Fri
day. They found a radio transistor,
In a neat leather case, in the
mailbox at the Bend Post Of
fice comer.
Possibly, it was noted, some
hurried person dropped tne
transistor in the box, then tried
to 'Turn on a package.
The transistor will be return
ed to the owner, if properly
identified. Postmaster Farley J
Elliott said.
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ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo.
(UPI) The Union Pacific
"City of Portland" streamlln.
er derailed about 53 miles
east of here today.
The 7-car train originated
at Portland, Ore., and was en
route to Denver. There was
M immediate report of Injur
ies er fatalities.
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"The committee will have to
assume the responsibility for a
bitter political controversy that
will rage for some time in Ore
gon," Morse told the Senate
Thursday night.
I do not like to see our dele
gation involve itself in a Demo
cratic civil war in my state,"
Morse said, "But that is what
we are headed for. It ought to
be avoided.
Duncan said he had net had
a chance to read Morse's speech
and so could not comment on
it.
But in reply to questions, he
said he did not foresee any
problems for which a compro
mise solution could not be
found.
In his Senate attack on the
Oregon Dunes bill, Morse re
peated his earlier contention
that it was "not necessary to
condemn one square foot" of
private property for the park.
The national seashore, Morse
said, could be created entirely
from state and federal lands.
Bible Seeks Agreement
Sen. Alan Bible, D-Nev., chair
man of the subcommittee which
hammered out the bill, ex
pressed the hope that something
satisfactory to Morse could be
worked out.
I understand there might be
some discussion on the project at
a later date in January or
February," Bible said.
Legislation to create the park
was introduced in the House by
Duncan and in the Senate by
Sen. Maurine B. Neuberger, D
Ore. As approved by the Senate
Interior Committee, it would
provide for a 30,000-acre park.
The provision for condemna
tion of private property was im
mediately attacked by Morse
and by four Republican mem
bers of the committee.
On the condemnation Issue,
Duncan said it necessarily fol
lowed once a decision was made
to have recreational develop
ment for public use.
"I don t see how you can
avoid having the ultimate power
of condemnation, he said.
Crashes take
ives of 3
By United Press International
Traffic accidents took three
lives in Oregon Friday, two of
them in a two-car collision near
Scappoose.
The victims were two-year-old
Byron Hanson of Fortuna, Calif.,
Laveme Earl Lovell, 41, St. He
lens, and Carol Jane Bnssett, 3,
of Scanooose.
The Hanson boy died in a
Medford hospital late Friday of
head injuries suffered when in
an accident on U.S. Highway 199
about 24 miles southwest of
Grants Pass.
State Police said a car driven
bv his father, Ronald D. Han
son, slid on a curve and hit an
embankment. Hanson and the
boy were both thrown out and
the boy struck the wheel of an
other vehicle which had stop
ped to avoid a collision.
Neither Hanson nor his wife,
Gloria, was injured.
Lovell and the Brissett girl
were involved in a collision on
U.S. Highway 30 and were pro
nounced dead on arrival at a
St. Helens hospital.
Santiam crash
puts Sisters
girl in hospital
Special ts The Bulletin
REDMOND Joanne Leit
hauser, 20, Sisters, is in "good
condition" here today at the
Central Oregon District Hospi
tal following a car-truck acci
dent last night on the Santiam
Pass, just east of the summit.
Miss Leithauser was a passen
ger in an auto driven by John
Thompson, also of Sisters. Ac
cording to report from Sisters,
Thompson and Miss Leithauser
were driving east to Sisters
when a west bound truck and
trailer "jack knifed" in front
of them. It was snowing.
Both Thompson and Miss
Leithauser were taken to the
Redmond hospital. Thompson
was released soon after arrival
with bruises.
Oregon State Police had no
report of the accident. The
truck was owned by an undis
closed couple from Lowell. It
was hauling hay to the Wil
lamette Valley.
They're not
so sure ihat
rush is over
Members of the small crew
handling mail at the Bend Post
Office annex at the Oregon Na
tional Guard Armory do not
join in the opinion that the
Christmas mail rush is over.
They were called on this
morning to handle mail from
more than 240 bags that reach
ed here by van last night and
early today. Another heavy de
livery of incoming mail is ex
pected over the weekend, Tom
Larson, superintendent of the
auxiliary station, said.
Despite the heavy incoming
mail this morning, it was quick
ly sorted for rural and local de
livery. At the main Post Office, how
ever, the mail situation this
morning was back near
normal, with very few packages
being submitted for mailing.
There was a fairly heavy vol
ume of letters and cards, how
ever, to process in the stamp
cancellation machine and make
ready for outgoing mail.
Postmaster Farley J. Elliott
said there will be a delivery of
Christmas package! around
town Sunday. There will be no
delivery Sunday of letter mail.
2 Turks killed
as violence
erupts in Cyprus
NICOSIA, Cyprus (UPI) -
Long - rankling enmity between
Greeks and Turks erupted into
violence here today for the first
time since Cyprus became in
dependent in 1960.
Two Turks were killed and
two Greeks and a Turk were
wounded in two clashes.
A huge crowd gathered at a
protest meeting in the Turkish
quarter, creating a threat of
possible new disorders. There
were reports the Turks might
attempt a march through the
city.
Greek shops and offices
in the Turkish quarter closed
their doors as a precautionary
measure.
A police communique said
the trouble started when a
group of Turks refused to sub
mit to a police search at dawn
in a street between the Greek
and Turkish Cypriot quarters.
The Turks began shouting
and then the crowd charged the
police. Someone in the crowd
opened fire with an automatic
weapon and the police returned
his fire.
One Greek policeman was se
riously wounded, and police
later found a Turk who had
been shot to death in the ex
change. A Turkish woman who
was seriously wounded during
the gun battle died in a hospi
tal. In the other incident, Greek
and Turkish civilians clashed.
One Greek and one Turk were
wounded and taken to a hospi
tal. Police said the situation was
quickly brought under control,
but armed police are patroling
areas where the Greek and
Turkish quarters adjoin to pre
vent a new flareup.
HAVE HOLIDAY SPIRIT
LAWNDALE, Calif. (UPI) -
Nearly $8,000 was taken from
the Marino Federal Savings and
Loan Association here Friday
by two gunmen who did not for
get the holiday spirit.
A shopping bag they forced
the teller to stuff the loot into
had "Merry Christmas" written
on it.
Autumn fades into winter
in snowy show of force
Autumn was fading into win
ter today with a show of force
in the high country.
Twelve inches of snow fell
last night on the Santiam di
vide, six inches added to the
Warm Springs Junction pack,
and four inches fell on the Wil
lamette divide.
Even the Ochocos, well east
of the stormy Cascade summit,
received snow, with three inch
es reported on the highway
pass between Prineville and
Mitchell.
More snow fell in the Ore
gon ski areas, much to the de
light of tow operators. From
Bachelor Butte this morning
came information that nine
inches fell there during the
night, to cover1 the ski hill with
a total of 48 inchee. Thus was
More records
tumble over
frozen North
By United Press International
Bitter cold broke more rec
ords across the North today and
sleet sprayed highways with ice
throughout the Southern Plains.
Temperatures dipped to freez
ing along the Gulf Coast.
The mercury dipped below
zero at Chicago for the ninth
consecutive day a record for
December and plunged to 20
below at Watertown, N.Y.
At midnight, Minneapol
is, Minn., registered 13 below,
St. Louis, Mo., zero and Louis
ville, Ky., 7 above.
A mixture of freezing rain,
light snow and sleet brewed tra
vel danger across parts of Ar
kansas, Northern Louisiana and
Mississippi. The Texas Panhan
dle and Oklahoma also reported
slippery highways.
Hazardous driving warnings
were posted for most of Missis
sippi, bridges were closed in
many areas of the state and po
lice urged motorists to stay
home unless travel was neces
sary.
The Illinois and Mississippi
rivers were ice-covered above
the Alton, 111., Dam and the
Missouri River was blocked by
ice at several points. Floating
ice filled the Mississippi from
Alton to Columbus, Ky., and the
weather bureau said an ice
gorge may develop today or
Sunday at Greenfield Bend,
near Cairo, HI.
All Mississippi River barge
traffic between St. Louis and
Cairo was halted Friday be
cause of extremely low water
and the ice conditions.
In other weather news:
An ice truck at Minneapol
is, Minn., froze up Friday in 18
below weather and deliveries
were delayed.
At Bemidjl, Minn., where
the mercury fell to 35 below, a
earden hose shattered into a
dozen pieces when a motorist
backed ovar it. . .
A S-year-old boy who wan
dered away from home and was
missing for more than nine
hours in freezing weather at
Moiton, Ala., was found safe
Friday, sleeping between two
beagle hounds.
The Ohio Fuel Gas Co. at
Columbus said it delivered more
gas to its customers Friday
than ever before in its history.
Low-temperature records set
Friday included Columbus, Ohio
10 below; Waterloo, Iowa, 19 be
low; Dubuque, Iowa, 14 below;
Chicago, 9 below; Beloit, Wis.,
18 below; Madison, Wis., 17 be
low; Pittsburgh, Pa., 4 below;
Indianapolis, Ind., 11 below.
Trains slowed
by cold wave
PORTLAND (UPI) - Trains
were arriving as much as 11
hours late here because of the
cold wave in the East and Mid
west, railroad officials reported
today.
Temperatures as low as 20 de
grees below zero in the north
ern plains states have frozen
brake steam lines.
Dispatchers said Northern Pa
cific's North Coast Limited,
jammed with holiday passengers
was expected to arrive in Port
land about 6 p.m. today. Its
scheduled arrival time was 7
p.m. Friday.
Great Northern's Empire
Builder was running three hours
late, as was Union Pacific's
City of Portland. All run between
Portland and Chicago.
Union Pacific's Portland Rose
from Kansas City was about an
hour late.
Ski people happy
the deepest pack reported from
any Oregon ski course.
Total depth of snow at Tim
berline this morning was 42
Inches, following a fall of 2
inches last night.
The Hoodoo bowl received a
fine fall of snow last night, and
there will be considerable ski
activity on the Hoodoo hills
over the weekend.
Bend received only a trace of
snow and a trace of moisture
from the welcome mountain
storm
Motorists crossing Cascades
passes this morning were ad
vised to carry chains. Packed
snow covered all passes. Icy
spots were reported from nos
highways, with a numoen osg
cidents reported,
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FATAL ACCIDENT SCENE A Bend youth, George Helm, 22, was fatally injured about 9
o'clock this morning when this car skidded on black Ice about five miles south of the south
city limits, on U.S. Highway 97, and crashed into a tree. Another youth, John Sigfrit, Bend,
was slightly injured. The car virtually "wrapped around" the tree, State Officer Lee Moeller
said.
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Berliners swarm
through
BERLIN (UPI) West Berlin
ers by the thousands swarmed
through the "Christmas crack"
in the Communist wall today to
hold brief reunions with rela
tives they have not seen for
more than two years.
Lugging pillow cases and
laundry bags full of food and
cigarettes, they began stream
ing past machine gun-armed
Communist guards as soon as
the barriers were lowered at 7
a.m. (1 a.m., EST). They must
be back by midnight.
West Berlin police predicted
20,000 persons would visit the
Eastern zone today under the
agreement by which West Ber
liners are making their first
trip across the anti-refugee wall
since it went up 28 months ago.
Many Carry Food
Many emptied their cupboards
lo take fruit, meat and even
potatoes to their brothers and
sisters on the wrong side of the
barbed wire-and-concrete divi
der. Some suspected the Commu
nists opened the wall for poli
tical reasons. But politics paled
beside the emotional explosion
of first reunions between moth
ers and sons, grandfathers and
granddaughters.
The crossings, which started
en masse Friday, will continue
for 16 days more.
Friday night, at the midnight
deadline, reunited families
hugged almost savagely at the
moment of parting.
At the Oberbaumbridge cross
ing point, one middle-aged wom-
n
forecast for Central Oregon to
night, with a similar condition
to continue througn Sunday.
Temperatures will be a bit cool
er, with a possible low of 15
forecast for Bend tonight.
Officially, winter will start at
6:02 a.m. Sunday, as the earth's
north pole tilts slightly more
than 23 degrees away from the
sun, and long boreal shadows
will be cast over the northern
hemisphere.
Sunday will be considered the
shortest day of the year, but
actually there will be little an-
fcrence in the length of days for
a week or more.
e Gradually, days will start
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an laughed and cried at the
same time while she kissed her
Western son goodbye. She also
was clutching a very practical
set of long underwear he had
brought her as a gift.
The wall, like all of Berlin,
is blanketed with snow.
An estimated 6,000 persons
crossed it Friday. Many more
were expected on a Saturday
when most West Berliners are
not working.
Western newspapers reported
that 170,000 West Berliners al
ready have received passes
from the platoon of deadpan
Communist . functionaries who
dole them out. The city govern
ment asked the Communists to
speed things up as huge lines
formed in the falling snow long
before daylight.
West Berlin police reported
that 19 persons were hospital
ized of a total of 1,161 who col
lapsed while waiting.
One died. She was Mrs. Fran
ziska Hoernig, 76. Her neigh
bors said her "last wish" had
been to see her 73-ycar-old sis
ter in East Berlin.
12 hospitalized
in bus-car crash
PRAIRIE CITY (UPI)
Twclve persons, most of them
Prairie City High School stu
dents were hospitalized Friday
night when a school bus and two
autos were involved in a crash
on U.S. Highway 28.
None of the 11 students were
injured seriously. Another nine
were treated at Blue Mountain
Hospital in John Day and re
leased. State Police said the students
all lived in the Bates area,
about 18 miles east of Prairie
City. They had gone to Prairie
City to see the Prairie City-
Hereford basketball game ano
were on their way home when
the accident occurred.
Police said a westbound car
driven by Dennis Barrett, 19, of
Prairie City struck the rear of
a car containing Mr. and Mrs.
Leland McGirr, Long Creek. The
Barrett car then bounced Into
the path of the bus, which went
over the top of it.
Barrett, who suffered multiple
fractures, was transferred to a
hospital at Caldwell, Idaho.
Hospitalized at John Day were
Robert Frazier, 14; Diane Phil
lips, 15; Jacqueline McChesney,
13; Patricia McChesney, 17;
Michael Phillips, 14; Elizabeth
Thompson, 14; Alice Vincent, 16;
Harvetta King, 12; Linda Hen
atone, 14; Linda Coalwell, 14;
and Susan May 14.
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WASHINGTON (UPI)-A new
compromise on foreign aid was
hammered out by haggard Sen
ate and House negotiators to
day, opening the way for a bat
tle weary Congress to adjourn
for the year.
Acceptance of the compromise
would remove the last stum
bling block to adjournment and
salvage a last ditch victory for
President Johnson who sus
tained a major setback on the
legislation during an all night
session.
House Speaker John McCor-
mack said House Rules Com
mittee action would be needed
to clear the way for a vote on
the new proposal. The House
convened at noon, and immedi
ately began a roll call to deter
mine whether the necessary
quorum of 217 members was on
hand to do business.
The Senate also met at noon,
with only a handful of senators
present. Aides said the Senate
could, if the point is forced,
muster a quorum but barely.
After five desultory minutes
the Senate recessed subject to
the call of the chair.
In a session lasting about
eight minutes, the joint con
ferees made a slight modifica
tion in the language which gives
President Johnson discretion in
underwriting credit for grain
sales to Russia and the commu
nist bloc.
The compromise was sent
back to the House for another
showdown. Leaders hoped that
because of the closeness of the
vote early today a few vote
switches or return of absentees
might reverse the verdict.
The agreement followed an
all night meeting that brok? up
after dawn. It gave President
Johnson a chance to recoup af
ter a stunning setback to his
prestige in the early morning
vote.
The action capped what al
ready has been the longest ses
sion of Congress since World
War II.
Rep. Green dies
in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -
Rep. William J. Green Jr., 53, a
power in national politics and
boss of the Philadelphia Demo
cratic organization, died today
at Graduate Hospital.
Green had been critically ill
since he was admitted to the
hospital oa Dec. 8 for emer
gency surgery. r( suffered a
reapse Friday wid his condi
tion detcrbsrmd s&adily until
there was g eoviplete loss of
blood prtMi fflSQ,h came at
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George Helm
killed, young
driver hurt
A Bend youth was killed and
a Central Oregon College stu
dent injured in a one-car acci
dent five miles south of Bend
this morning about 9 o'clock.
Dead in the accident was
George Helm, Jr., 22, Bureau
of Land Management employee
who made his home with his
mother, Mrs. Ada Dameron,
nurse's aid at the Sunset Home.
Injured, not seriously, was John
C. Sigfrit. 19, who came here
from southern Oregon to attend
Central Oregon College.
The two youths had left this
morning for a drive a short dis
tance south. With biglnt as
operator of the car, the young
men drove as far south as the
Camp Abbot turnoff on U.S.
Highway 97, then started their
return to Bend.
South of City
Just south of the Bend city
limits, the car skidded on black
ice, traveled a distance of 165
feet sidewise and crashed Into
a roadside pine tree. The car
virtually "wrapped around" the
tree.
Reaching the scene of the ac
cident minutes after it happen
ed was State Officer Lee Moel
ler, who had been south to In
vestigate a minor traffic acci
dent.
Helm was still alive In the
Wreckage when Officer Moeller
arnvea, ana was son to aim
I cuss his condition; noting he
had no feeling below his hips.
Internal injuries were apparent
ly a factor in the fatality. The
youth died en route to the hos
pital. Occupants of the car were
brought to Bend in the city am
bulance. The car left the highway on
ihe east side, not far from the
stale weighing station, and
crashed into the pine, about 14
inches in diameter. The impact
was well above the base. From
the point of impact, and after
partly wrapping around the
tree, the demolished car fell to
the ground.
From California
Helm's mother and her four
children moved to Bend two
months ago from Fresno, Calif.
The other children, in addition
to George, are John, employed
in the area, and Mary and
Georgia, who are attending
Junior High School.
George is also survived by a
sister, in Jackson Villa, N.Y.,
and a brother, in Ontario, Calif.
They are on their way to Bend.
George was a faller for the Bu
reau of Land Management.
Sigfrit, whose injuries were
reported as light, came here
from Roseburg, where his par
ents live.
Eighth Tiros
put into orbit
CAPE KENNEDY (UPI)
The United States rocketed Its
eighth Tiros satellite Into orbit
today to send back the first
"instant" pictures of earth's
weather.
The camera-carrying motTet
rode into the sky in the nose of
a three stage Delta rocket that
ran up an unprecedented 21st
straight success.
The rocket roared from Its
launching pad atop a pillar of
flame and smoke at 4:30 a.m.
EST. Ten minutes later, the
federal space agency said all
stages had fired properly.
Early information Indicated
the satellite was whirling about
earth in an orbit from 436 miles
to 468 miles up. Scientists said
Tiros -8 made one trip around
the globe every 99 minutes. .
STUDENTS MISS PARTY
SYRACUSE. N.Y. (UPI)
About 400 pupils at the Mea
chen School eagerly looked for
ward to the Christmas holiday
vacation but were quite unhap
py Friday when It began a day
early. '
A six-inch wafer main broke
In the basement of the school
here, forcing officials to send
the pupils home before they
could hold their scheduled after
noCh Christmas party.