December 3, 1964 (28 pages)

Grand Jury To Hear Death Case Evidence fhe Nevada County Grand Jury will convene tomorrow night to hear evidence surrounding the death of Charles Epperson, 72, of Oregon near Donner Summit. Epperson 'sson, Olin O, Epperson, 47, also of Oregon, is being held in Nevada County Jail after entering guilty pleas totwotraffic violations Tuesday in Truckee Judicial District Court. The younger Epperson was sen~tenced to 33 days in jail for driving with a suspended license and five days for failure to have chains in a chain zone. He was originally arrested on a charge of being drunk in a public place after he was found by a sheriff's deputy in a car near the summit. Epperson's father was found unconscious from a blow on the head. The two were reportedly returning to Oregon after a visit to Texas, when their car froze up and went into a snowbank on the summit during the weekend of Nov. 14-15. The following morming the Highway Patrol was called when a report was received that two men were “apparently dead” in their car. Nevada County Deputy Sheriff Leo Zander found both men inthecar and the older. man taken to Dr, E.O. Hendrickson who discovered the man hada fractured skull, He was taken to Tahoe Forest Hospital and later moved to Nevada County Hospital where he died Nov, 21. Nevada County District Attorney Harold A. Berliner will present the evidence in the case before the Grand Jury tomorrow night. OO ROEO MO HOMO GG WORLD PRESS DISPATCHES Belgians And U.S. Aid In Rescue Of Whites From Congo Belgian paratroopers, trans~ ported in U.S, planes, carried out a 5-day rescue operation in the CONGO, delivering over 2,000 white hostages from the vengeance of Christophe Gbenye's rebel troops in Stanleyville and Paulis. The white refugees told of atrocities, including torture and cannibalism, At least 97 whites and possibly hundreds of anti -rebel Congolese were killed before they could be rescued, among them three American missionaries, one of whom. Dr. Paul Carlson, was accused of being a spy. His execution was postponed while a rebel representative bargained with a U.S. official for his release, When the U.S. refused to stop the advance of the Congolese on Stanleyville as the price of Carlson's release, negotiations collapsed, Carlson and other white hostages were shot as the paratroops began to land in Stanleyville on Tuesday. On Saturday the evacuation ended andthe NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET Published Every Thursday By NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC. 318 Broad Street, Nevada City, Calif. Alfred E. Heller, PublisherDonald L. Hoagland, Editor. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, Calif. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960, Decree No. 12,406. Subscription rates: One year, $4; Two. years, $6; Three years, $8. kkek&kkkkke 1964 MERIT CITATION FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE. AWARDED BY CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION paratroops were withdrawn, leaving Stanleyville in the hands of the weak Congolese army and its white mercenary officers. Paulis was left undefended. The rebels faded intothe bush, whence they continued to snipe at rescue troops. Gbenye and his lieutenants were believedto have escaped to the Sudan, but Sudanese officials denied this. 500-1, 000 whites remained in areas inaccessible to U.S. C130 transports, On Sunday, a chartered Belgian DC4, possibly hit by ground fire, crashed at the Stanleyville Airport, killing the crew and all but seven of the refugee passengers. It was be~ lieved to have carried about 40. Meanwhile, protests against the U.S. -Belgian action were heard throughout the world: In MOSCOW, Sofia, BULGARIA, and Prague, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Asian and African students stoned U.S. embassies. In CAIRO, African students burned the John F, Kennedy Library, destroying all but eight of its 20,000 books. Ata meeting of the Organization of African Unity in Nairobi, KENYA, a communique was issued by Ethiopia, Guinia, Ghana, Nigeria, the U.A.R., upper Volta andTunisia, calling for an end to foreign military intervention in the Congo. In WASHINGTON, the U.S. State Department replied that the “mission was undertaken only because the rebels had left open no other way to save.innocent civilians.heldhostage.in direct violation of the Geneva Conventions”. Twelve hours before the Belgian air-drop, the American Negro Leadership Conference on Africa sent letters to Pres. Johnson and Sec. Rusk, asking fora reappraisal of “American support of the Tshombe regime.a regime held in disrepute throughout most of independent Africa". ~ ~ The SOVIET UNION charged the U.S. with aggression in both the Congo andN. Viet Nam, It offered aid to N. Viet Nam, but did not offer help, already pledged by China, to the Congo. A GRASS VALLEY MAN escaped serious injury early Monday afternoon when he lost control of his dump truck on Searls Avenue between Valley and Sacramento Street in Nevada City and flipped the rig over onto a parked car.’ The truck driven by Alfred L. Saldiva, 26, went out over a 17 foot bank and across a 15 foot driveway before smashing into a parked car owned by George Ashley of Grass Valley. A. Saldiva, who said he was unable to steer the truck, jumped clear before it went over the bank. The accident is still under investigation by Nevada City Police. Brunswick Permit Is Returned Nevada County Planning Commissioners found themselves in a peculiar position last week when they were asked to write conditions for a use permit they had already turned down. Planning Director Bill Roberts reported to the commission at the meeting Nov. 23 that the board of supervisors had overturned the commission's decision to refuse use permits to Brunswick Timber Products Corp. for a planing mill and stacking yard and referred the matter back to the commission for conditions limiting smoke, dust noise and other hazards to health, safety and welfare of the area. Grass Valley attorney Leo Todd, representing the applicant Frank Amaral, appeared and presented a list of conditions under which he felt the firm could operate. David Maltman, representing Sum Gold Corp. which was one of the leading opponents to the granting of the use permits, also submitted a list of conditions. Weather “NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall Nov. 26 55 41 29 21 44 «29 . 10 28 44 33 . 45 29 48 34 ay Via 30 .57 32 Dec. 1 66 35 40 2 51 42 20 GRASS VALLEY Max. Min, Rainfall Nov. 26 57 41 . 28 27 «(47 $1 Pe . 28 45 35 38 29 -47 40 . 35 30 63 40 Dec. 1 62 41 47 ei as . 44 .31 Chairman Earl Dewing and commissioners Bob McWhinney and Marvin Wadley were named to a committee to makerecommendations on. the conditions. The commission also accepted Amaral's invitation to tour the mill on Brunswick Road the following day. In a second case involving supervisorial reversal of a planning commission decision, Roberts reported the supervisors had overturned the planner's denial of the 301 unit Treasure Hill Mobilehome Park in Sunset with the provision that the developer obtain aroad easement on the west side of section 21 to Highway 20 and that water for the development be de’ eloped on the premises from wells, The use permit was issued Nov. 24, The planning commission turned down a use permit application of John Bauer for construction, operation and maintenance of a 60-unit mobilehome park in an A-1 district on the east side of Highway 49 south of Grass Valley. The application was denied because the commission felt the park would not promote the orderly growth of the county, A large crowd, almost all opposed to the application, was on hand to hear this matter. The tentative map of Ponderosa Fairways Estates of 40 lots on the Truckee -Brockway Road was approved with the provision that a cul-de-sac be constructed on the road until the road is extended. The commission tabled action on the tentative map of Ponderosa Palisades of 182 units off the Truckee -Brockway Road because pending health department approval of percolation tests. ' Action was also held up on the final map of Donner Park Vista Subdivision of 13 lots east of Donner Lake because the map was not ready for action. The commission approved the tentative map of Echo Ridge Estates off Ridge Road with the exceptions approved by the supervisors, This was one of the subdivisions which had been on the district attorney's list for violations. Zoning Eyed At Joint City Meeting (Continued from Page 1) of the planners and the council easier. It was pointed out that lack of specific provisions or loose wording in the ordinance often lead to confusion as to procedures and delegation of responsibility. It was agreed by all that a firm set of rules for the conduct of business by the planning commission would help eliminate some of the confusion now existing about appeal,hearing and notice procedures, City Attorney William Wetherallsaidhe would be happy to aid a committee of the commission in laying down simple rules for conduct of business. This will be a first step, Also discussed at the session was a possible revamping of the zoning ordinance and acomplete reap °1088nN AqunoD epeaon’ ** P96I ‘g JequIeoeq ** praisal of the zoning of the city, . _ but no action was taken on these matters at the session, At the conclusion of the two hour meeting, both the council and planning commission members felt they nad gained a better understanding of the problems of the other and that steps nad been taken to make both organizations more effective in carrying out their jobs for the city. ee tlecrnae 65 i oy en AABRA {=e PS ee eee,

Grand Jury To Hear Death Case Evidence fhe Nevada County Grand Jury will convene tomorrow night to hear evidence surrounding the death of Charles Epperson, 72, of Oregon near Donner Summit. Epperson 'sson, Olin O, Epperson, 47, also of Oregon, is being held in Nevada County Jail after entering guilty pleas totwotraffic violations Tuesday in Truckee Judicial District Court. The younger Epperson was sen~tenced to 33 days in jail for driving with a suspended license and five days for failure to have chains in a chain zone. He was originally arrested on a charge of being drunk in a public place after he was found by a sheriff's deputy in a car near the summit. Epperson's father was found unconscious from a blow on the head. The two were reportedly returning to Oregon after a visit to Texas, when their car froze up and went into a snowbank on the summit during the weekend of Nov. 14-15. The following morming the Highway Patrol was called when a report was received that two men were “apparently dead” in their car. Nevada County Deputy Sheriff Leo Zander found both men inthecar and the older. man taken to Dr, E.O. Hendrickson who discovered the man hada fractured skull, He was taken to Tahoe Forest Hospital and later moved to Nevada County Hospital where he died Nov, 21. Nevada County District Attorney Harold A. Berliner will present the evidence in the case before the Grand Jury tomorrow night. OO ROEO MO HOMO GG WORLD PRESS DISPATCHES Belgians And U.S. Aid In Rescue Of Whites From Congo Belgian paratroopers, trans~ ported in U.S, planes, carried out a 5-day rescue operation in the CONGO, delivering over 2,000 white hostages from the vengeance of Christophe Gbenye's rebel troops in Stanleyville and Paulis. The white refugees told of atrocities, including torture and cannibalism, At least 97 whites and possibly hundreds of anti -rebel Congolese were killed before they could be rescued, among them three American missionaries, one of whom. Dr. Paul Carlson, was accused of being a spy. His execution was postponed while a rebel representative bargained with a U.S. official for his release, When the U.S. refused to stop the advance of the Congolese on Stanleyville as the price of Carlson's release, negotiations collapsed, Carlson and other white hostages were shot as the paratroops began to land in Stanleyville on Tuesday. On Saturday the evacuation ended andthe NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET Published Every Thursday By NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC. 318 Broad Street, Nevada City, Calif. Alfred E. Heller, PublisherDonald L. Hoagland, Editor. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, Calif. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960, Decree No. 12,406. Subscription rates: One year, $4; Two. years, $6; Three years, $8. kkek&kkkkke 1964 MERIT CITATION FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE. AWARDED BY CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION paratroops were withdrawn, leaving Stanleyville in the hands of the weak Congolese army and its white mercenary officers. Paulis was left undefended. The rebels faded intothe bush, whence they continued to snipe at rescue troops. Gbenye and his lieutenants were believedto have escaped to the Sudan, but Sudanese officials denied this. 500-1, 000 whites remained in areas inaccessible to U.S. C130 transports, On Sunday, a chartered Belgian DC4, possibly hit by ground fire, crashed at the Stanleyville Airport, killing the crew and all but seven of the refugee passengers. It was be~ lieved to have carried about 40. Meanwhile, protests against the U.S. -Belgian action were heard throughout the world: In MOSCOW, Sofia, BULGARIA, and Prague, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Asian and African students stoned U.S. embassies. In CAIRO, African students burned the John F, Kennedy Library, destroying all but eight of its 20,000 books. Ata meeting of the Organization of African Unity in Nairobi, KENYA, a communique was issued by Ethiopia, Guinia, Ghana, Nigeria, the U.A.R., upper Volta andTunisia, calling for an end to foreign military intervention in the Congo. In WASHINGTON, the U.S. State Department replied that the “mission was undertaken only because the rebels had left open no other way to save..innocent civilians..heldhostage..in direct violation of the Geneva Conventions”. Twelve hours before the Belgian air-drop, the American Negro Leadership Conference on Africa sent letters to Pres. Johnson and Sec. Rusk, asking fora reappraisal of “American support of the Tshombe regime..a regime held in disrepute throughout most of independent Africa". ~ ~ The SOVIET UNION charged the U.S. with aggression in both the Congo andN. Viet Nam, It offered aid to N. Viet Nam, but did not offer help, already

pledged by China, to the Congo. A GRASS VALLEY MAN escaped serious injury early Monday afternoon when he lost control of his dump truck on Searls Avenue between Valley and Sacramento Street in Nevada City and flipped the rig over onto a parked car.’ The truck driven by Alfred L. Saldiva, 26, went out over a 17 foot bank and across a 15 foot driveway before smashing into a parked car owned by George Ashley of Grass Valley. A. Saldiva, who said he was unable to steer the truck, jumped clear before it went over the bank. The accident is still under investigation by Nevada City Police. Brunswick Permit Is Returned Nevada County Planning Commissioners found themselves in a peculiar position last week when they were asked to write conditions for a use permit they had already turned down. Planning Director Bill Roberts reported to the commission at the meeting Nov. 23 that the board of supervisors had overturned the commission's decision to refuse use permits to Brunswick Timber Products Corp. for a planing mill and stacking yard and referred the matter back to the commission for conditions limiting smoke, dust noise and other hazards to health, safety and welfare of the area. Grass Valley attorney Leo Todd, representing the applicant Frank Amaral, appeared and presented a list of conditions under which he felt the firm could operate. David Maltman, representing Sum Gold Corp. which was one of the leading opponents to the granting of the use permits, also submitted a list of conditions. Weather “NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall Nov. 26 55 41 29 21 44 «29 . 10 28 44 33 . 45 29 48 34 ay Via 30 .57 32 Dec. 1 66 35 40 2 51 42 20 GRASS VALLEY Max. Min, Rainfall Nov. 26 57 41 . 28 27 «(47 $1 Pe . 28 45 35 38 29 -47 40 . 35 30 63 40 Dec. 1 62 41 47 ei as . 44 .31 Chairman Earl Dewing and commissioners Bob McWhinney and Marvin Wadley were named to a committee to makerecommendations on. the conditions. The commission also accepted Amaral's invitation to tour the mill on Brunswick Road the following day. In a second case involving supervisorial reversal of a planning commission decision, Roberts reported the supervisors had overturned the planner's denial of the 301 unit Treasure Hill Mobilehome Park in Sunset with the provision that the developer obtain aroad easement on the west side of section 21 to Highway 20 and that water for the development be de’ eloped on the premises from wells, The use permit was issued Nov. 24, The planning commission turned down a use permit application of John Bauer for construction, operation and maintenance of a 60-unit mobilehome park in an A-1 district on the east side of Highway 49 south of Grass Valley. The application was denied because the commission felt the park would not promote the orderly growth of the county, A large crowd, almost all opposed to the application, was on hand to hear this matter. The tentative map of Ponderosa Fairways Estates of 40 lots on the Truckee -Brockway Road was approved with the provision that a cul-de-sac be constructed on the road until the road is extended. The commission tabled action on the tentative map of Ponderosa Palisades of 182 units off the Truckee -Brockway Road because pending health department approval of percolation tests. ' Action was also held up on the final map of Donner Park Vista Subdivision of 13 lots east of Donner Lake because the map was not ready for action. The commission approved the tentative map of Echo Ridge Estates off Ridge Road with the exceptions approved by the supervisors, This was one of the subdivisions which had been on the district attorney's list for violations. Zoning Eyed At Joint City Meeting (Continued from Page 1) of the planners and the council easier. It was pointed out that lack of specific provisions or loose wording in the ordinance often lead to confusion as to procedures and delegation of responsibility. It was agreed by all that a firm set of rules for the conduct of business by the planning commission would help eliminate some of the confusion now existing about appeal,hearing and notice procedures, City Attorney William Wetherallsaidhe would be happy to aid a committee of the commission in laying down simple rules for conduct of business. This will be a first step, Also discussed at the session was a possible revamping of the zoning ordinance and acomplete reap °1088nN AqunoD epeaon’ ** P96I ‘g JequIeoeq ** praisal of the zoning of the city, . _ but no action was taken on these matters at the session, At the conclusion of the two hour meeting, both the council and planning commission members felt they nad gained a better understanding of the problems of the other and that steps nad been taken to make both organizations more effective in carrying out their jobs for the city. ee tlecrnae 65 i oy en AABRA {=e PS ee eee,