January 23, 1964 (16 pages)

canal, aendii> -dimacines daeutenpinia sid inti tlace On iote ns CREWS BATTLING STORMS DESERVE PRAISE OF RESIDENTS The battle of men against nature is never more obvious to the public than at times such as this week in Nevada Gity-and western Nevada County. Generally, our area is known for its climate---above the fog, below the snow. When snow comes, and when it is measured in feet rather than a few inches, the ability of man to cope with the blows of nature is taxed. City, county, state and utility firm employees deserve the thanks of all for the time they spent, the effort : they put forth, to make a bad situa-tion a liveable one. City crews did an excellent job of keeping Nevada City's hilly streets passable’. The hours the men worked should be appreciated by city residents. County and state highway maintenance crews met the challenge, too. Utility crews put in 16 hour days in order to restore service to areas as rapidly as the deteriorating weather would allow. It is likely that areas in our county will still be snowed in for days, that areas in our county will be without power for days. But governmental agencies and private industry worked crews overtime, and the crews accomplished their chores with dispatch under poor conditions. It was a job well-done. And we are sure that the necessary work to restore utility service and road access to the balance of our area will be carried forth with equal dedication. SIERRA BYWAYS. — NEW FOREST BOOKLET.READY eee. The National Forests of California”, a thumbnail reference booklet of general ' forest information, has been released by the office of Regional Forester Charles A. Connaughton, It has 20 pages of text and pictures, and is available at Tahoe National F orest headquarters in Nevada City..And remember---There are only 73 working days until the opening of the New York World's Fair. ; .-The 1964 Alpha calender, again featuring three new George Mathis prints, is now being distributed by Alpha Stores in Grass Valley and Nevada City. Just stop in-and ask for one, no obligation. You'll have Mathis drawings of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad at the Bear River Trestle, sugar maples surrounding a Grass Valley home in 1899, and the Miners Foundry in Nevada City where the first Pelton wheel was constructed..An objective of advertising is to get a specified message to a specified-audience. The American Cancer Society figures to have produced a current classic: It is distributing match folders with the advice, “if it's safety you want most---STOP SMOKING". Care to light up? . sae MALL WORLD ® WESTERN EDITION OF NEW — YORK TIMES DIES Last Thursday the New York Times announced the financial failure of its Western Edition, and the end of publication. The Western Edition has been published in Los Angeles since October, 1962. Once at Charter Day ceremonies at the Uniyersity of California in Berkeley I heard President Clark Kerr refer to Harvard University as “ the mother of us all".the venerable model of higher education in the United States. Newspapers are perhaps less ready to declare their indebtedness to other newspapers than are universities, but few would deny that the Times is the greatest newspaper in America and probably in the world. _ . Its pages look tobe drab and uninteresting, its headlines dull, its type hard to read. Yes; but when you read in the Times that " a high administration source" believes one thing or another, you know that that source is the President or the Secretary of State or a similarly exalted figure. When you read the Times. .as you might have on January 17, the day the demise of the Western edition was announced.that President Johnson is opposéd to any administration shakeup in the foreign aid administration, you could make an educated guess that here the Times is being used as an instrument of administration policy. There had been,before this announcement by one of Johnson's “top Congressional spokesman,” quite a bit of campaigning, especially in Congress, for major changes in-the foreign aid setup. This announcement is in effect a suggestion from the White House to Congressmen, executive department employes, and the press, not to plunge too readily to support schemes involving radical changes in the program. The end of the Western Edition.will not be noticed by most people. Most people never knew there was one, Subscribers throughout the West totalled only about 85,000. Nevertheless, the Western Edition has had, I. think, a powerful influence. Ps, Its appearance was certainly a cause, and probably a major cause, of a remarkable transformation in the Los Angeles Times, the state's largest and most influential newspaper. The LA Times is no longer the total despair of those who disagree with its conservative editorial viewpoint. It now employs columnists with a variety of viewpoints, and its news stories are generally "straight" and thorough. When it joined with the Times-Post news service, its national and foreign coverage improved very much. The competition presented by the Western Edition might also have caused other California newspapers to give better coverage to world events, but the evidence is not overwhelming. Its presence in the West influenced more than newspapers, however. It served to keep a good number of. Californians, many of them influential, informed, as only the New York Times seems to be able to do. The most unfortunate aspect of the failure of the Western Edition is the loss of information, in the most populous and vital state of the union. There is no ready substitute here for the Western Edition. But you can't quarrel with failure, any more than you can quarrel with success. ---Alfred E. Heller DIVORCES THREATEN FAMILY ASSET IN-UNITED STATES The foundation of our social and economic fabric is the family unit. This is true for all nations of the world, not only our own United States. But the pressures of modern ‘living are putting a very heavy strain on the family, as evidenced by rising divorce rates, and many other social and economic problems which originate in broken families, Further erosion of family solidarity could be a very eel serious threat to the well-being of California, and the world. Sograve is the situation in this state regarded that the Assembly Committee on Judiciary, within whose jurisdiction divorce laws fall, held a two-day hearing on the matter. It may be that as a result, the Governor may be asked toinclude the subject in his call for a special session which will probably run simultaneously with our budget session. The picture with respect to divorce here in California is anything but reassuring. The committee was told that inthis State here is one divorce for every two marriages. This compares with one for every four marriages in the United States. Our nation has the highest divorce rate in the world. It is six times that of our next-door neighbor, Canada; five times that of Great Britain; and four times that of France. : The impact of divorce does not fall evenly over the state, either. In Los Angeles and Sacramento counties, there are more than six divorces for every ten marriages, despite the existence in both counties of effective conciliation courts and official marriage counselors, A few other large counties also have set up conciliation courts, but the movement to establish others can only proceed slowly. One member of the committee said, "Divorce erodes the very foundation of our society. It breeds loneliness, frustration, and despair. Its tragic byproducts are crime, alcoholism, and dependency on the state. " He indicated that he would urge the governor to include in the call for the special session, the creation of an advisory commission of clergymen, judges, lawyers, psychologists, and sociologists to make an intensive interim study of the divorce problem. : The committee was informed that three-quarters of our juvenile delinquents, and more than 50 per cent of the inmates of our state penal institutions come from homes broken by divorce. The costs of this situation to all California taxpayers is dramatically highlighted by the fact that a four year prison term calls for three times ‘higher expenses than does a four-year high-school education for a youth in our public schools, Despite these startling figures, there was general agreement that not enough is known about the factors that cause divorce. The effects of the length of premarital acquaintanceship, or agé of the parties at marriage, oftheir education, of income, still need detailed study and analysis, for example. The governor has publicly indicated his concern about the divorce problem, and has indicated his sympathetic attitude toward an interim study. So our March sessions may have another big problem to deal with. ---State Senator Paul J. Lunardi WASHINGTON CALLING = \ MC NAMARA RESPONDS TO CHARGES WITH FORCE WASHINGTON---Secretary of Defense Robert S. Mc Namara is normally the coolest and most rational of men. But when he was first shown Sen, Barry Goldwater's statement that America's missiles were “undependable”, he responded with an outbur_ that startled associates who have worked with him for .nree years. The public statement he issved, calling Goldwate: : remarks."reckless” and “irresp.*siblc” aswellasuntru. , was the strongest he has ever put out. What he said privately, however, was even more scorching. Thus far the Senator's charge, tmade at a press conference while he was campaigning for the Presidential nominationin.New Hampshire, seems to have had little impact. Norhashis call for an investigation by the Senate Preparedness subcommittee had any marked response. The possibility McNamara foresaw in the Goldwater blast was a repetition of one of the most lamentable aspects of the Presidential campaign of 1960. The Democrats took up the cry of a “missile gap", charging that the Eisenhower Administration had allowed America’s defenses to lag far behind in the race with the Soviet Union for security. This became a major issue, with the public increasingly concerned about the nation's weakness in nuclear weaponry. McNamara has said that it took him no more than three weeks of close analysis when he moved into the Defense Department to be convinced that the “missile gap” was a myth. What he found puzzling was that the Republicans had not punctured the charge at the outset "po6L ‘g% Arenues’,**1088nN oyL***oT eBeg OT a8eg*'

canal, aendii> -dimacines daeutenpinia sid inti tlace On iote ns CREWS BATTLING STORMS DESERVE PRAISE OF RESIDENTS The battle of men against nature is never more obvious to the public than at times such as this week in Nevada Gity-and western Nevada County. Generally, our area is known for its climate---above the fog, below the snow. When snow comes, and when it is measured in feet rather than a few inches, the ability of man to cope with the blows of nature is taxed. City, county, state and utility firm employees deserve the thanks of all for the time they spent, the effort : they put forth, to make a bad situa-tion a liveable one. City crews did an excellent job of keeping Nevada City's hilly streets passable’. The hours the men worked should be appreciated by city residents. County and state highway maintenance crews met the challenge, too. Utility crews put in 16 hour days in order to restore service to areas as rapidly as the deteriorating weather would allow. It is likely that areas in our county will still be snowed in for days, that areas in our county will be without power for days. But governmental agencies and private industry worked crews overtime, and the crews accomplished their chores with dispatch under poor conditions. It was a job well-done. And we are sure that the necessary work to restore utility service and road access to the balance of our area will be carried forth with equal dedication. SIERRA BYWAYS. — NEW FOREST BOOKLET.READY eee. The National Forests of California”, a thumbnail reference booklet of general ' forest information, has been released by the office of Regional Forester Charles A. Connaughton, It has 20 pages of text and pictures, and is available at Tahoe National F orest headquarters in Nevada City...And remember---There are only 73 working days until the opening of the New York World's Fair. ; .-The 1964 Alpha calender, again featuring three new George Mathis prints, is now being distributed by Alpha Stores in Grass Valley and Nevada City. Just stop in-and ask for one, no obligation. You'll have Mathis drawings of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad at the Bear River Trestle, sugar maples surrounding a Grass Valley home in 1899, and the Miners Foundry in Nevada City where the first Pelton wheel was constructed...An objective of advertising is to get a specified message to a specified-audience. The American Cancer Society figures to have produced a current classic: It is distributing match folders with the advice, “if it's safety you want most---STOP SMOKING". Care to light up? . sae MALL WORLD ® WESTERN EDITION OF NEW — YORK TIMES DIES Last Thursday the New York Times announced the financial failure of its Western Edition, and the end of publication. The Western Edition has been published in Los Angeles since October, 1962. Once at Charter Day ceremonies at the Uniyersity of California in Berkeley I heard President Clark Kerr refer to Harvard University as “ the mother of us all"..the venerable model of higher education in the United States. Newspapers are perhaps less ready to declare their indebtedness to other newspapers than are universities, but few would deny that the Times is the greatest newspaper in America and probably in the world. _ . Its pages look tobe drab and uninteresting, its headlines dull, its type hard to read. Yes; but when you read in the Times that " a high administration source" believes one thing or another, you know that that source is the President or the Secretary of State or a similarly exalted figure. When you read the Times. .as you might have on January 17, the day the demise of the Western edition was announced..that President Johnson is opposéd to any administration shakeup in the foreign aid administration, you could make an educated guess that here the Times is being used as an instrument of administration policy. There had been,before this announcement by one of Johnson's “top Congressional spokesman,” quite a bit of campaigning, especially in Congress, for major changes in-the foreign aid setup. This announcement is in effect a suggestion from the White House to Congressmen, executive department employes, and the press, not to plunge too readily to support schemes involving radical changes in the program. The end of the Western Edition.will not be noticed by most people. Most people never knew there was one, Subscribers throughout the West totalled only about 85,000. Nevertheless, the Western Edition has had, I. think, a powerful influence. Ps, Its appearance was certainly a cause, and probably a major cause, of a remarkable transformation in the Los Angeles Times, the state's largest and most influential newspaper. The LA Times is no longer the total despair of those who

disagree with its conservative editorial viewpoint. It now employs columnists with a variety of viewpoints, and its news stories are generally "straight" and thorough. When it joined with the Times-Post news service, its national and foreign coverage improved very much. The competition presented by the Western Edition might also have caused other California newspapers to give better coverage to world events, but the evidence is not overwhelming. Its presence in the West influenced more than newspapers, however. It served to keep a good number of. Californians, many of them influential, informed, as only the New York Times seems to be able to do. The most unfortunate aspect of the failure of the Western Edition is the loss of information, in the most populous and vital state of the union. There is no ready substitute here for the Western Edition. But you can't quarrel with failure, any more than you can quarrel with success. ---Alfred E. Heller DIVORCES THREATEN FAMILY ASSET IN-UNITED STATES The foundation of our social and economic fabric is the family unit. This is true for all nations of the world, not only our own United States. But the pressures of modern ‘living are putting a very heavy strain on the family, as evidenced by rising divorce rates, and many other social and economic problems which originate in broken families, Further erosion of family solidarity could be a very eel serious threat to the well-being of California, and the world. Sograve is the situation in this state regarded that the Assembly Committee on Judiciary, within whose jurisdiction divorce laws fall, held a two-day hearing on the matter. It may be that as a result, the Governor may be asked toinclude the subject in his call for a special session which will probably run simultaneously with our budget session. The picture with respect to divorce here in California is anything but reassuring. The committee was told that inthis State here is one divorce for every two marriages. This compares with one for every four marriages in the United States. Our nation has the highest divorce rate in the world. It is six times that of our next-door neighbor, Canada; five times that of Great Britain; and four times that of France. : The impact of divorce does not fall evenly over the state, either. In Los Angeles and Sacramento counties, there are more than six divorces for every ten marriages, despite the existence in both counties of effective conciliation courts and official marriage counselors, A few other large counties also have set up conciliation courts, but the movement to establish others can only proceed slowly. One member of the committee said, "Divorce erodes the very foundation of our society. It breeds loneliness, frustration, and despair. Its tragic byproducts are crime, alcoholism, and dependency on the state. " He indicated that he would urge the governor to include in the call for the special session, the creation of an advisory commission of clergymen, judges, lawyers, psychologists, and sociologists to make an intensive interim study of the divorce problem. : The committee was informed that three-quarters of our juvenile delinquents, and more than 50 per cent of the inmates of our state penal institutions come from homes broken by divorce. The costs of this situation to all California taxpayers is dramatically highlighted by the fact that a four year prison term calls for three times ‘higher expenses than does a four-year high-school education for a youth in our public schools, Despite these startling figures, there was general agreement that not enough is known about the factors that cause divorce. The effects of the length of premarital acquaintanceship, or agé of the parties at marriage, oftheir education, of income, still need detailed study and analysis, for example. The governor has publicly indicated his concern about the divorce problem, and has indicated his sympathetic attitude toward an interim study. So our March sessions may have another big problem to deal with. ---State Senator Paul J. Lunardi WASHINGTON CALLING = \ MC NAMARA RESPONDS TO CHARGES WITH FORCE WASHINGTON---Secretary of Defense Robert S. Mc Namara is normally the coolest and most rational of men. But when he was first shown Sen, Barry Goldwater's statement that America's missiles were “undependable”, he responded with an outbur_ that startled associates who have worked with him for .nree years. The public statement he issved, calling Goldwate: : remarks."reckless” and “irresp.*siblc” aswellasuntru. , was the strongest he has ever put out. What he said privately, however, was even more scorching. Thus far the Senator's charge, tmade at a press conference while he was campaigning for the Presidential nominationin.New Hampshire, seems to have had little impact. Norhashis call for an investigation by the Senate Preparedness subcommittee had any marked response. The possibility McNamara foresaw in the Goldwater blast was a repetition of one of the most lamentable aspects of the Presidential campaign of 1960. The Democrats took up the cry of a “missile gap", charging that the Eisenhower Administration had allowed America’s defenses to lag far behind in the race with the Soviet Union for security. This became a major issue, with the public increasingly concerned about the nation's weakness in nuclear weaponry. McNamara has said that it took him no more than three weeks of close analysis when he moved into the Defense Department to be convinced that the “missile gap” was a myth. What he found puzzling was that the Republicans had not punctured the charge at the outset "po6L ‘g% Arenues’,**1088nN oyL***oT eBeg OT a8eg*'