August 22, 1963 (42 pages)

(A summary of significant events as reported in the U.S, metropol= itan press and national periodicals.) $+ eet Testimony onthe proposed nuclear-test bantreaty by witnesses in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in W ASHINGTON was mostly favorable last week. Although nuclear scientist Dr. Edward Teller and General Thomas Power, head of the Strategic Air Command, opposed the treaty, General Maxwell Taylor, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Dr. Glen Seaborg, head of the Atomic Energy Commission, spokein favor of the test-ban. Governor Rockefeller and ex-President Eisenhower made statements indicating support of the treaty. ++ +++ In CANADA, Prime Minister Lester Pearson announced that the U.S. and Canada had made arrangements to arm Canadian airdefense with nuclear warheads under joint control. In MOSCOW the newspaper Pravda attacked this U. S. -Canadian plan, saying it would increase “international tensions”. +++ ++ Plans to provide private schooling for 1700 Negro children in Prince Edward County, VIRGINIA, were announced by Governor Albertis Harrison. The Negroes have been without schooling for four years, because the county closed its public schools to avoid desegregation. White children have been-educated in private schools. ++ +++ James Meredith received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science at the University of Mississippi in graduation cere ~ monies at Oxford, MISSISSIPPI, becoming the first Negro alumnus in the 115 year history of the university. 4++++ + In VIETNAM two more Buddhist priests and a nun burned themselves to death in protest against the Diem government. The Buddhists comprise 70 per cent of the population and clai m Ahat the Catholic Diem government discriminates against them. ++ +/+ + The U.S. Public Health Service announced in WASHINGTON that radioactivé Strontium-90 in milk reached record levels in May and would go even higher in the next few months. The fallout is a re~ sult of the atmospheric nuclear tests conducted by the U.S. and Russia last year. The Federal Radiation Council said there was no danger in the increased Strontium. " NEVADA COUNT Y NUGGET Published EveryThursday by NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC., 318 Broad Street, Nevada City, Calif. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, Calif. Adjudicateda legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960 Decree No. 12,406. Subscriptiorrrates: One year, $4; Two ears, $6; Three years, $8. Cities Both Join County © In Plan Nevada City and Grass Valley Ihave both budgeted to join Nevada County in the county's prep~ aration of a general plan. . Nevada City became the last of the governmental agencies to make the move when the council adjusted their 1963-64 budget to include $1000 in the planning budget. Grass Valley took similar action last week, setting aside $2000 for the city's share ofthe planning program. Nevada County, witha general plan budget of $7500, last week hired a San Francisco consulting firmto handle the preparation of the plan. The action was taken ata planning commission meeting. HANDS ACROSS THE P TUN Nancy (left) and Nadine McCrea of Grass Valley have been putting the finishing touches on the traditional landscaping at the Neva da County Fair, which opens today for a four-day run. In the background is the Home Economics Building. 37,000 , °° ° ~ 'Due At Fair. 4 a (Continued from Page 1) ie mill expects more than 37,000 & visitors this year, which would °G again set a record for the fair, 5 A record number of entries in. 4, the numerous county fair cate& gories are ready for the approval §& of: fairgoers. ae Fair officials expressed pleasure °° 4 nd admiration in accepting an & entry from Mrs, J. Henry Meyer & this year. A Maryland Rd, resi-ae dent, Mrs. Meyer is 86 anda ‘y fe ot tries ee familiar figure at the fair where 0a enn Guth ee ees es she has exhibited each year since ie IAS..Flower girls the county fair began. She has 67 items entered in the floriculture department this year. Andher family is following suit. Her daughter, Mrs, Ida Canon, andher grandson, Walter Canon, are both also exhibitors in the 1963 fair. 13 Are Indicted (Continued from Page 1) charges that the men used a 2.7 cubic yard scoop measure for delivery and billing. Work on the project stopped at one point while state authorities weighed each individual load of gravel delivered to the job. Ready Sprin gs Union School District residents will vote Oct. 15 on bond issue proposals which would enable the district to construct two additional classrooms, a large multi-purpose room, a principal's office, restrooms, kitchen, and storage rooms. The existing multi-purpose room, smaller than the one pro~ Ready Springs School Bond posed, would be converted to a regular classroom. Other existing facilities would be converted to efficient use in the expanding district. Furniture and additional educational equipment to be used in the proposed expansion andin development of the school's grounds are included in the bond issue. Vote Set Delton Pharis, assistant county superintendent, explained to the Ready Springs board of trustees that the district's 1962-63 bond and state loan tax rate of 42,25 cents per $100 assessed valuation could be expected tobe relatively stable at 45 cents if voters in the district approved the bond issue. St. Canice Catholic Church, at the corner of Coyote and Church Sts. for nearly a century, will have its face covered within 90 days. The beautiful brick building will be faced with stucco, under contract with Dorville, Gallino and Kohler. _ Rumors that the stucco and paint cover was chosen because of the cost of sandblasting, pointing and coating the old brick walls were denied today by Father William ‘Daly and Bishop Alden Bell. Father Daly said there wasn't = a RRR ace 2 A STUCCO FACING..St. Canice St. Canice Church To Cover Br any other suggestion as to the re~ modelling, although. "some of them did object to covering up the old brick.but itwasa mild protest”. — "I'd rather not say anything about it,” he concluded. Bishop Bell, diocese head at ‘The;Chancery in Sacramento, said cost was not a determining factor in choosing a stucco coat~ ing.as opposed to sandblasting the brick wall, “Itisn't a question of cost here, but what will best preserve the building for its use,” he ex~eS plained. _ “Alot of the old mission buil“dings were done that way.” = The Bishop said the walls now have a lot of loose bricks and that it is quite a hard thing to preserve them. The stucco will offer the best weather protection and preserve the building without making it necessary to rebuild it as soon as might be necessary if the brick wallwas sandblasted, pointed and coated, He emphasized that working for a brick facing would require a lot 7 ) : the landmark Catholic Church that sits high above ‘Coscle St. in. Nevada City, will have a new look within 90 days. The aged brick walls will have their exterior stucco-covered under contract with Dorville, Gallino and Kohler. i ick Walls With Stucco of filling and replacing of loose bricks. Although cost, per se, was not a factor, the Bishop said that it undoubtedly figured into the architect’s recommendation. The sandblasting suggestion was passed on tothe church indirectly, it was learned, from Marshall Mc Donald, Oakland architect who wasa prime advisor in the restor~ation of buildings at Columbia. One parish member indicated there would be no trouble in raising the necessary funds to doa restoration job on the wall. Page 3. August 22, 1963. The Nugget. Page 3 ct

(A summary of significant events as reported in the U.S, metropol= itan press and national periodicals.) $+ eet Testimony onthe proposed nuclear-test bantreaty by witnesses in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in W ASHINGTON was mostly favorable last week. Although nuclear scientist Dr. Edward Teller and General Thomas Power, head of the Strategic Air Command, opposed the treaty, General Maxwell Taylor, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Dr. Glen Seaborg, head of the Atomic Energy Commission, spokein favor of the test-ban. Governor Rockefeller and ex-President Eisenhower made statements indicating support of the treaty. ++ +++ In CANADA, Prime Minister Lester Pearson announced that the U.S. and Canada had made arrangements to arm Canadian airdefense with nuclear warheads under joint control. In MOSCOW the newspaper Pravda attacked this U. S. -Canadian plan, saying it would increase “international tensions”. +++ ++ Plans to provide private schooling for 1700 Negro children in Prince Edward County, VIRGINIA, were announced by Governor Albertis Harrison. The Negroes have been without schooling for four years, because the county closed its public schools to avoid desegregation. White children have been-educated in private schools. ++ +++ James Meredith received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science at the University of Mississippi in graduation cere ~ monies at Oxford, MISSISSIPPI, becoming the first Negro alumnus in the 115 year history of the university. 4++++ + In VIETNAM two more Buddhist priests and a nun burned themselves to death in protest against the Diem government. The Buddhists comprise 70 per cent of the population and clai m Ahat the Catholic Diem government discriminates against them. ++ +/+ + The U.S. Public Health Service announced in WASHINGTON that radioactivé Strontium-90 in milk reached record levels in May and would go even higher in the next few months. The fallout is a re~ sult of the atmospheric nuclear tests conducted by the U.S. and Russia last year. The Federal Radiation Council said there was no danger in the increased Strontium. " NEVADA COUNT Y NUGGET Published EveryThursday by NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC., 318 Broad Street, Nevada City, Calif. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, Calif. Adjudicateda legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960 Decree No. 12,406. Subscriptiorrrates: One year, $4; Two ears, $6; Three years, $8. Cities Both Join County © In Plan Nevada City and Grass Valley Ihave both budgeted to join Nevada County in the county's prep~ aration of a general plan. . Nevada City became the last of the governmental agencies to make the move when the council adjusted their 1963-64 budget to include $1000 in the planning budget. Grass Valley took similar action last week, setting aside $2000 for the city's share ofthe planning program. Nevada County, witha general plan budget of $7500, last week hired a San Francisco consulting firmto handle the preparation of the plan. The action was taken ata planning commission meeting. HANDS ACROSS THE P TUN Nancy (left) and Nadine McCrea of Grass Valley have been putting the finishing touches on the traditional landscaping at the Neva da County Fair, which opens today for a four-day run. In the background is the Home Economics Building. 37,000 , °° ° ~ 'Due At Fair. 4 a (Continued from Page 1) ie mill expects more than 37,000 & visitors this year, which would °G again set a record for the fair, 5 A record number of entries in. 4, the numerous county fair cate& gories are ready for the approval §& of: fairgoers. ae Fair officials expressed pleasure °° 4 nd admiration in accepting an & entry from Mrs, J. Henry Meyer & this year. A Maryland Rd, resi-ae dent, Mrs. Meyer is 86 anda ‘y fe ot tries ee familiar figure at the fair where 0a enn Guth ee ees es she has exhibited each year since ie

IAS...Flower girls the county fair began. She has 67 items entered in the floriculture department this year. Andher family is following suit. Her daughter, Mrs, Ida Canon, andher grandson, Walter Canon, are both also exhibitors in the 1963 fair. 13 Are Indicted (Continued from Page 1) charges that the men used a 2.7 cubic yard scoop measure for delivery and billing. Work on the project stopped at one point while state authorities weighed each individual load of gravel delivered to the job. Ready Sprin gs Union School District residents will vote Oct. 15 on bond issue proposals which would enable the district to construct two additional classrooms, a large multi-purpose room, a principal's office, restrooms, kitchen, and storage rooms. The existing multi-purpose room, smaller than the one pro~ Ready Springs School Bond posed, would be converted to a regular classroom. Other existing facilities would be converted to efficient use in the expanding district. Furniture and additional educational equipment to be used in the proposed expansion andin development of the school's grounds are included in the bond issue. Vote Set Delton Pharis, assistant county superintendent, explained to the Ready Springs board of trustees that the district's 1962-63 bond and state loan tax rate of 42,25 cents per $100 assessed valuation could be expected tobe relatively stable at 45 cents if voters in the district approved the bond issue. St. Canice Catholic Church, at the corner of Coyote and Church Sts. for nearly a century, will have its face covered within 90 days. The beautiful brick building will be faced with stucco, under contract with Dorville, Gallino and Kohler. _ Rumors that the stucco and paint cover was chosen because of the cost of sandblasting, pointing and coating the old brick walls were denied today by Father William ‘Daly and Bishop Alden Bell. Father Daly said there wasn't = a RRR ace 2 A STUCCO FACING...St. Canice St. Canice Church To Cover Br any other suggestion as to the re~ modelling, although. "some of them did object to covering up the old brick..but itwasa mild protest”. — "I'd rather not say anything about it,” he concluded. Bishop Bell, diocese head at ‘The;Chancery in Sacramento, said cost was not a determining factor in choosing a stucco coat~ ing.as opposed to sandblasting the brick wall, “Itisn't a question of cost here, but what will best preserve the building for its use,” he ex~eS plained. _ “Alot of the old mission buil“dings were done that way.” = The Bishop said the walls now have a lot of loose bricks and that it is quite a hard thing to preserve them. The stucco will offer the best weather protection and preserve the building without making it necessary to rebuild it as soon as might be necessary if the brick wallwas sandblasted, pointed and coated, He emphasized that working for a brick facing would require a lot 7 ) : the landmark Catholic Church that sits high above ‘Coscle St. in. Nevada City, will have a new look within 90 days. The aged brick walls will have their exterior stucco-covered under contract with Dorville, Gallino and Kohler. i ick Walls With Stucco of filling and replacing of loose bricks. Although cost, per se, was not a factor, the Bishop said that it undoubtedly figured into the architect’s recommendation. The sandblasting suggestion was passed on tothe church indirectly, it was learned, from Marshall Mc Donald, Oakland architect who wasa prime advisor in the restor~ation of buildings at Columbia. One parish member indicated there would be no trouble in raising the necessary funds to doa restoration job on the wall. Page 3.. August 22, 1963.. The Nugget.. Page 3 ct