February 13, 1964 (26 pages)

LS EAA ESOT aS IES Te PERI public assistance should be helped to "become self&supporting and productive members of their communities." Actually, we cannot afford to provide our needy merely with food, clothing, and shelter. A program of work and work training should help to relieve the taxpayer of a permanent welfare burden. More important, it should help the unemployed worker to dive to the selfrespecting work force Of American enterprise. . FAITH EXPRESSED IN FUTURE OF NEVADA CITY A major concern in the evolution of cities across the nation in the wake of the popularity of shopping centers has beenthe trend toward stagnation of downtown business dilstricts. A few short years ago it appeared that the business district in Nevada City was destined tor 3@ prime example of this stagnation and its resulting drop in property values. But gradual restoration of old business buildings, gradualrental and purchase of vacant structures, combined with an obvious paint-up, clean-up tendency gave hope to those who-‘desired that the business district remain a vibrant force inthe community. . That hope has been justified. The announcement last week by Alpha, the largest downtown retailer, ofa major expansion adjacent to its present site has proved valid.the expressions of faith in the city's future. Alpha's president, Downey Clinch, and all his store's officers should be congratulated for the faith they are now showing in Nevada City. They should also be congratulated for noting the importance of the “"historic flavor" of Nevada City, and for pledging that their expansion will be designedto match the historic character of the downtown neighborhood. It takes more than faith alone to expand the impact of a business community. Alpha has shown it is ready to doits part. The expansion will include off-street parking for 50 autos. The city and its merchants would do wellto assess the downtown's parking needs, and the downtown's "historic flavor". It seems obvious that there is room for improvement, certainly in the downtown parking situation. The future of Nevada City is bright. Alpha and others have evidenced their faith inthat future. We can add too the economic growththat we can expect by ‘cooperating toward the solving of parking problems, and by protecting the flavor of history that spices Nevada City's life with a quality that cannot .be found elsewhere. SIERRA BYWAYS WHAT PRICE BEAUTY ¢ IN AN HISTORIC CITY GIANT POLE..At last week's Nevada City Planning Commission meeting Elza Kilroy reported to the planners that he had checked with PG&E manager Larry Farrell regarding the “giant pole" which was reportedly planned to be adjacent to Ott's Assay Office upon freeway construction..The planners had informally in dicated that they wanted the pole eliminated and the lines replaced underground, But they waited for Kilroy's report before taking action.Farrell said the pole will not be unsightly and it won't be placed right next to the Wells Fargo plaque at the Assay Office. Kilroy reported. It would be too expensive to put the lines underground, the planning commissioner was told.;.End of report, BUT.. There would seemto be good reason to question whether ANY pole in the assay office area would be anything but unsightly. Upon completion of the freeway, that area is likely to become park-like, with emphasis on the buildings even greater than now because of the isolation of.those buildings from the city's traffic circulation pattern. Although they will be adjacent to this traffic, there will no longer be through vehicle traffic in front of the buildings.. If this is true, there is then the question of how expensive is "too expensive"?. We have often noted that the PG&E office in Nevada City was one of the first to expose its old bricks and take advantage of the beauty of the old building. We are sure the historic flavor imparted to the building was not a result of a company economy move. Rather, it was because of the desire of PG&E to recognize the value of the history of the city and the history of the company in the city. Since the PG&E resulted from a meeting at the National Hotel which brought about the merger of several companies, Pacific Gas and Electric has even more réasonto be interested in the future of Nevada City and the part that history will play in the city’s future. We would suspect that the company might well weigh the benefits of an underground line at the assay office, While it might appear expensive now, such an. installation would be much more expe nsive after the freeway is completed. —. CORONADO..The City of Coronado, a ferry -ride from San Diego, is a beautiful little city. The Hotel del Coronadoisa beautiful big oldhotel. What a perfect set~ ting in which to receive an award that officially notes the Nugget as the best Small City weekly newspaper in California.. The award was presented Saturday morning. We knew the Nugget was getting an award, but we didn't know in which of the several categories it was to be given. Friday night, tobe more specific at 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning, Lawoke with a start---I had dreamed the award was in “general excellence", the top prize of all those offered. I smiled in the dark and went back to sleep to await the alarm clock that a purposely unshaded window affords to a rising sun across Glorietta Bay, a silent and beautiful method of awakening. . Governor Edmund G, Brown was present to pass out the awards, along with an audience of more than 900 registered for the annual California Newspaper Publisher's Association eee When our award came in the "general excellence” category it was a dream come true. And that is about all that a person can ask of any convention, or any contest. SHORT SHOTS.. Among those exhibiting in tice Fist Annual Yuba College Community Art Show which will continue through Feb. 29 inthe college's Cultural Center is Charles R. Hatch of Grass Valley..PG&E is distributing a comic book offering good hints on kite-flying ' and building, featuring Top Cat and his TV pals. Single copies are available at PG&E offices. Schools and youth groups can get them in quantity. ---Dean Thompson ALIFORNIA WHAT PRICE BEAUTY IN A REDWOOD PARK The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. This is a truth on which the State Highway Commission bases its plans for new freeways. For a straight line is not only the shortest distance; its also usually the cheapest route. But it's not always the best. When it comes to building a new highway through California's incomparable redwood forests, the state should route the road around stands of redwoods preserved in state parks. Up in Humboldt County the State Highway Commis‘sion is planning to cut a freeway into Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. And the commission has adopted the route for a freeway through the National Tribute Grovéd in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park near Crescent City. : . These and other parks stand in danger of suffering irreparable damage if freeways are sliced across their boundaries. We ask, “Are these routes through the redwood groves so necessary that priceless redwoods should be destroyed to make way for them?" The -question answers itself. The redwoods are priceless, worth every bit of the cost of routing freeways around state parks. Edward F. Dolder, chief of the State Division of Beaches and Parks, says that the addition of only 10 to 15 miles tothe state highway system could mean the difference between bypassing and bisecting valuable redwood parks. This represents only one-half of one per cent of the mileage. in the highway system. And although it might represent expensive construction in some cases, it is certainly not too high a price to pay for saving the redwoods. For all America has an investment in these trees--by heritage to one of the natural wonders*of this country. And thousands of Americans donated sums of money-from pennies to thousands of dollars--to purchase these groves for the state and save them "for all-time”. It would be a bitter irony if the state for which these redwoods were saved were itself to destroy them. The State Highway Commission has the power to make certain this does not happen. ---Sunnyvale Daily Standard WASHINGTON CALLING NEHRU COULD TELL DE GAULLE OF NEUTRALITY WASHINGTON---Ifhe were able and willing to speak frankly, a figure still on the world stage could utter some home truths about the de Gaulle neutrality ploy. Failing in health, his hold on his country weakened, Prime Minister Nehru saw his own dream Of neutrality for India mocked. More than a decade ago he was saying the same things about Red China that President de Gaulle said in his recent press conference. You had to recognize that the Communists were in control of the mainland. They had their own internal problems which would preoccupy them for a long time to come. To bring them into the world family through diplomatic recognition, trade and admission to the United Nations would temper their hostility. That was India's line expounded by Nehru and his onetime adjutant, V.K. Krishna Menon, It was Nehru's reason, the rivalry with Pakistan and personal antipathy toone side, for indignantly rejecting John Foster Dulles’ appeals to join up with the West. India's reward for repeatedly championing China was soon foreshadowed. The Red Chinese took over Tibet and the harried Dali Lama narrowly missed capture by escaping over the Indian border. With this ruthless envelopment the military power of Red China was an ominous cloud suspended over the Indian subcontinent. _ The reward proper came when the Chinese-attacked in October, 1962. The attack had been thoroughly prepared. A network of roads had beeg built, almost certainly with extensive use of slave abor, through high Zr e8eg' 96ST ‘et Areniqoy* **2083nN eyL***ZT Bed ef “y

LS EAA ESOT aS IES Te PERI public assistance should be helped to "become self&supporting and productive members of their communities." Actually, we cannot afford to provide our needy merely with food, clothing, and shelter. A program of work and work training should help to relieve the taxpayer of a permanent welfare burden. More important, it should help the unemployed worker to dive to the selfrespecting work force Of American enterprise. . FAITH EXPRESSED IN FUTURE OF NEVADA CITY A major concern in the evolution of cities across the nation in the wake of the popularity of shopping centers has beenthe trend toward stagnation of downtown business dilstricts. A few short years ago it appeared that the business district in Nevada City was destined tor 3@ prime example of this stagnation and its resulting drop in property values. But gradual restoration of old business buildings, gradualrental and purchase of vacant structures, combined with an obvious paint-up, clean-up tendency gave hope to those who-‘desired that the business district remain a vibrant force inthe community. . That hope has been justified. The announcement last week by Alpha, the largest downtown retailer, ofa major expansion adjacent to its present site has proved valid.the expressions of faith in the city's future. Alpha's president, Downey Clinch, and all his store's officers should be congratulated for the faith they are now showing in Nevada City. They should also be congratulated for noting the importance of the “"historic flavor" of Nevada City, and for pledging that their expansion will be designedto match the historic character of the downtown neighborhood. It takes more than faith alone to expand the impact of a business community. Alpha has shown it is ready to doits part. The expansion will include off-street parking for 50 autos. The city and its merchants would do wellto assess the downtown's parking needs, and the downtown's "historic flavor". It seems obvious that there is room for improvement, certainly in the downtown parking situation. The future of Nevada City is bright. Alpha and others have evidenced their faith inthat future. We can add too the economic growththat we can expect by ‘cooperating toward the solving of parking problems, and by protecting the flavor of history that spices Nevada City's life with a quality that cannot .be found elsewhere. SIERRA BYWAYS WHAT PRICE BEAUTY ¢ IN AN HISTORIC CITY GIANT POLE...At last week's Nevada City Planning Commission meeting Elza Kilroy reported to the planners that he had checked with PG&E manager Larry Farrell regarding the “giant pole" which was reportedly planned to be adjacent to Ott's Assay Office upon freeway construction...The planners had informally in dicated that they wanted the pole eliminated and the lines replaced underground, But they waited for Kilroy's report before taking action..Farrell said the pole will not be unsightly and it won't be placed right next to the Wells Fargo plaque at the Assay Office. Kilroy reported. It would be too expensive to put the lines underground, the planning commissioner was told.;..End of report, BUT... There would seemto be good reason to question whether ANY pole in the assay office area would be anything but unsightly. Upon completion of the freeway, that area is likely to become park-like, with emphasis on the buildings even greater than now because of the isolation of.those buildings from the city's traffic circulation pattern. Although they will be adjacent to this traffic, there will no longer be through vehicle traffic in front of the buildings... If this is true, there is then the question of how expensive is "too expensive"?.. We have often noted that the PG&E office in Nevada City was one of the first to expose its old bricks and take advantage of the beauty of the old building. We are sure the historic flavor imparted to the building was not a result of a company economy move. Rather, it was because of the desire of PG&E to recognize the value of the history of the city and the history of the company in the city. Since the PG&E resulted from a meeting at the National Hotel which brought about the merger of several companies, Pacific Gas and Electric has even more réasonto be interested in the future of Nevada City and the part that history will play in the city’s future.. We would suspect that the company might well weigh the benefits of an underground line at the assay office, While it might appear expensive now, such an. installation would be much more expe nsive after the freeway is completed.

—. CORONADO...The City of Coronado, a ferry -ride from San Diego, is a beautiful little city. The Hotel del Coronadoisa beautiful big oldhotel. What a perfect set~ ting in which to receive an award that officially notes the Nugget as the best Small City weekly newspaper in California... The award was presented Saturday morning. We knew the Nugget was getting an award, but we didn't know in which of the several categories it was to be given. Friday night, tobe more specific at 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning, Lawoke with a start---I had dreamed the award was in “general excellence", the top prize of all those offered. I smiled in the dark and went back to sleep to await the alarm clock that a purposely unshaded window affords to a rising sun across Glorietta Bay, a silent and beautiful method of awakening. .. Governor Edmund G, Brown was present to pass out the awards, along with an audience of more than 900 registered for the annual California Newspaper Publisher's Association eee When our award came in the "general excellence” category it was a dream come true. And that is about all that a person can ask of any convention, or any contest. SHORT SHOTS... Among those exhibiting in tice Fist Annual Yuba College Community Art Show which will continue through Feb. 29 inthe college's Cultural Center is Charles R. Hatch of Grass Valley...PG&E is distributing a comic book offering good hints on kite-flying ' and building, featuring Top Cat and his TV pals. Single copies are available at PG&E offices. Schools and youth groups can get them in quantity. ---Dean Thompson ALIFORNIA WHAT PRICE BEAUTY IN A REDWOOD PARK The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. This is a truth on which the State Highway Commission bases its plans for new freeways. For a straight line is not only the shortest distance; its also usually the cheapest route. But it's not always the best. When it comes to building a new highway through California's incomparable redwood forests, the state should route the road around stands of redwoods preserved in state parks. Up in Humboldt County the State Highway Commis‘sion is planning to cut a freeway into Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. And the commission has adopted the route for a freeway through the National Tribute Grovéd in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park near Crescent City. : . These and other parks stand in danger of suffering irreparable damage if freeways are sliced across their boundaries. We ask, “Are these routes through the redwood groves so necessary that priceless redwoods should be destroyed to make way for them?" The -question answers itself. The redwoods are priceless, worth every bit of the cost of routing freeways around state parks. Edward F. Dolder, chief of the State Division of Beaches and Parks, says that the addition of only 10 to 15 miles tothe state highway system could mean the difference between bypassing and bisecting valuable redwood parks. This represents only one-half of one per cent of the mileage. in the highway system. And although it might represent expensive construction in some cases, it is certainly not too high a price to pay for saving the redwoods. For all America has an investment in these trees--by heritage to one of the natural wonders*of this country. And thousands of Americans donated sums of money-from pennies to thousands of dollars--to purchase these groves for the state and save them "for all-time”. It would be a bitter irony if the state for which these redwoods were saved were itself to destroy them. The State Highway Commission has the power to make certain this does not happen. ---Sunnyvale Daily Standard WASHINGTON CALLING NEHRU COULD TELL DE GAULLE OF NEUTRALITY WASHINGTON---Ifhe were able and willing to speak frankly, a figure still on the world stage could utter some home truths about the de Gaulle neutrality ploy. Failing in health, his hold on his country weakened, Prime Minister Nehru saw his own dream Of neutrality for India mocked. More than a decade ago he was saying the same things about Red China that President de Gaulle said in his recent press conference. You had to recognize that the Communists were in control of the mainland. They had their own internal problems which would preoccupy them for a long time to come. To bring them into the world family through diplomatic recognition, trade and admission to the United Nations would temper their hostility. That was India's line expounded by Nehru and his onetime adjutant, V.K. Krishna Menon, It was Nehru's reason, the rivalry with Pakistan and personal antipathy toone side, for indignantly rejecting John Foster Dulles’ appeals to join up with the West. India's reward for repeatedly championing China was soon foreshadowed. The Red Chinese took over Tibet and the harried Dali Lama narrowly missed capture by escaping over the Indian border. With this ruthless envelopment the military power of Red China was an ominous cloud suspended over the Indian subcontinent. _ The reward proper came when the Chinese-attacked in October, 1962. The attack had been thoroughly prepared. A network of roads had beeg built, almost certainly with extensive use of slave abor, through high Zr e8eg' 96ST ‘et Areniqoy* **2083nN eyL***ZT Bed ef “y