July 9, 1964 (28 pages)

WORLD PRESS DISPATCHES Civil Rights Bill Signed Into Law After Months Of Debating In WASHINGTON, July 2, a civil rights bill, after more than a year of struggle in both houses of Congress since it was first proposed by Pres. Kennedy, was signed into law by Pres. Johnson at a White House ceremony. Pres. Johnson said that the denial of equal rights and equal treatment to Americans because of the color of their skin, forbidden by our Constitution, "is now forbidden by the law I sign tonight. . .It does not restrict the freedom of any American, so long as he respects the rights of others. . .It does say the only limit to a man's hope for happiness and for the future of his children shall be his own ability." He asked Americans to “pray for wise and understanding hearts", to lay aside differences and “join in this effort to bring justice and hope to all our people.” Johnson named Leroy Collins, former governor of Florida, tohead the community relations service created by the law. Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of NAACP, called the law “the Magna Charta of human rights”, while Governors Johnson of Mississippi and Wallace of Alabama said it is unconstitutional and should be challenged in the courts. On July 2, in KANSAS CITY, Mo., James Farmer, national director of the Congress of RacialEquality, addressing the opening session of CORE’s 22nd annualconvention, called on the delegates to see “that this law becomes more than the scrap of paper the 13th and 14th Amendmentshave become. “In the first few days of testing by integration leaders, most hotels and restaurants throughout the South, with a few exceptions, quietly desegregated in compliance with the law. +++ + + At the CORE convention in KANSAS CITY, Mississippi field secretary David Dennie said that the White Citizens’ Council had circulated a list of civil rights workers’ license numbers, including the number on the car 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. kkekkkkkKkn 1964 MERIT CITATION FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE. AWARDED BY CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION belonging to the 3 missing workers, Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner. He said that trucks andcars full of armed whites are tracking down cars bearing the listed numbers. Weeping, he said that 19 civil rights workers have met death in the 2 years he has been field secretary. +++ ++ In MOSCOW, July 4, the Soviet government gave U.S. Ambas~ sador Foy Kohler 10 minutes TV time in which he told the Russian — people about the passage of the civilrights bill, after public debate “andwith due regard for the processes of law", the Soviet news agency, Tass, said that some Americans are preparing to fight the law with “bullets, nooses and bombs". ++ +++ In RIPON, Wisconsin, birthplace of the Republican Party 110 years ago, the Ripon Society, a young GOP research group, issued an Independence day statement charging that Sen. Barry Goldwater "has, by his actions in Congress. . . disqualified himself to be the leader of the party of Lincoln. " ++ +++ In an address to the National Press Club in WASHINGTON, July 1, Henry Cabot Lodge said the outlook in Viet Nam has improved and that Communist successes can be stopped by “effective supervision” of S. Viet Nam's borders to stop the flow of supplies from outside; by concentrating. military efforts in seven provinces around Saigon; and by refusing to become impatient and easily dis~ couraged. +++++ Sec. of State Rusk, ina WASHINGTON press conference, July 1, sought to.correct the impres~ sion that the Administration is bent on war in S. Viet Nam and Laos. "Peace ought to be possible in southeast Asia without any extension of the fighting", he said. “The first objective of our policy ..istoexploit that possibility. i +++ ++ Moise Tshombe, former seces~ sionist president of Katanga Province, announced that he had been named premier designate of the CONGO by Pres. Kasavubu, and would try to form a "national reconciliation” cabinet to unite the Congo's warring factions. +++ ++ In HAVANA, Cuba, Premier Fidel Castro, during an 18-hour interview over a 3-day period with a N.Y. Timesreporter, offered a refrain from supporting revolutionary movements in Latin America ifthe U.S. wouldrefrain from supporting subversion against Cuba, adding that he would even be willing to submit to international supervision. He said guards around Guantanamo naval base would be pulled back several hundred yards “to avoid incidents”, and that, under normal relations with the U.S. , he could release 90% of the almost 15,000 prisoners now being held. After resuming trade with the U.S., he said, he could afford to indemnify U.S. companies whose. properties had been seized. He said Cuba will have aconstitution not later than Jan. 1, 1969. Passow Against Urba Two fifteen minute Dan Smoot movies were shown to about 80 people Tuesday night at a meet~ ing in Nevada, Union High School sponsored by the Nevada County Taxpayers Association. The films of the ultra-conser~ vativecommentator's re ports showed the evils of urban renewal, Guest speaker at the meeting was James A. Passow, executive director of Citizens United Res~ponsibility Enterprise of Los Angeles. Passow warned the group against programs carried out under the Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency. This is the agency ofthe Electricans Walk Off NID Job Electricians walked off the construction sites of the Nevada Irrigation Districts Yuba -Bear River Development July 1 as part of anorthern California wage dispute. Asmall picket line was thrown up for a short time, but was removed later and all other trades are working on the job. The walkout is in connection with wage negotiations now un~ derway between contractors and local 340 of the electrical workers from Sacramento. As of now the walkout, and it stillis a walkout and not a strike, has had little effect on the project. Work on all project sites will continue until something electrical breaks down. Ifthe wage disagreement continues and the union vwotesto strike, it will shut down the entire project because none of the other union workers will cross a picket line. A full fledged strike would have serious effects on the project time schedule. The work is now more or lesson schedule but the contractor is required to be finished with work inthe mountains by this winter. Weather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall July 2 82 42 .00 3 82 43 .00 4 ‘80 42 .00 5 714 41 .00 6 82 46 .00 i) 84 48 .00 8 88 48 . 00 Rainfall to date ; 00 Rainfall last year . 00 GRASS. VALLEY Max. Min. Rainfall July 2 83 50 . 00 3 83 50 . 00 4 83 42 . 00 9) 15 48 . 00 6 84 53 . 00 1 89 56 00 8 91 57 .00 Rainfall to date .00 Rainfall last year . 00 government from which the county proposes to obtain funds for a general plan. The same agency also assists the federal urban renewal program and because of this Passow said a general plan and urban renewal are the same thing. Passow said if local governments are allowed to adopt federal programs “all non conformists and opponents will be subjected to military controls and could n Renewal even be sent to ‘the Siberia of America, ' a mental hospital near Anchorage, Alaska. " A check of county records indicates the supervisors several years ago created a citizens committee to study possible redevelopment of part of Truckee area, but after a year the investigation program was dropped. The county has not, and is not now affiliated with the Federal Urban Renewal Program. Bizz Johnson To Testify On Regional Apportionment Congressman HaroldT. (BIZZ) Johnson, (D) nd, mountainvalley district, will testify on July 22 in support of his proposal toamend the United States Constitution to permit regional apportionment of State Senates. The legislation propose d by Representative] ohnson wou 1d nullify the effect of the Supreme Court ruling that both houses of state legislatures must be apportioned on a population basis. “For this to happen in California," Congressman Johnson declared, “would put the less popu" lated counties of Northern California at the mercy of the whims of Los Angeles County. This we cannot tolerate.” : Congressman Johnson pointed out that the Federal legislative “arrangement has proven most successful as a means of checks and balances within the legislative branch of government. California and other states have adopted this highly equitable system and they should be permitted to continue this system. The California Democrat said that less, populated areas such as the 19 counties of the Second DisPIPER ELLIC SOMER from the Aerojet Pipe and Drum Corps gets a handshake from Marshal Dan Beers before being locked up Saturday for failure trict deserve to have their voice heard in the state legislature. "During the years that I served in the State Senate, and later while a: member of the House of Representatives, I have had an excellent opportunity to study the federal legislative system. Congressman Johnson said, “It provides all the people representation. Populated areas should not be permitted to dominate both Houses of either the Congress or the Legislature which would happen ifthe Supreme Court ruling were implemented. The Constitutional Amendment proposed in legislation introduced by Congressman Johnson declared:. "The requirements of this Constitution respecting the apportionment of districts from which members of a State legislature having not more than two branches are elected shall be satisfied if the members of one branch of such legislature are elected by districts each of which is com posedof a contiguous and compact territory having asnearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants. to have a smooth puss badge. 2 *1033nN AiunoD epeAgN*** p96r ‘6 Atnf’’ . Nevada County Nugget. . @g July 9, 1964.

WORLD PRESS DISPATCHES Civil Rights Bill Signed Into Law After Months Of Debating In WASHINGTON, July 2, a civil rights bill, after more than a year of struggle in both houses of Congress since it was first proposed by Pres. Kennedy, was signed into law by Pres. Johnson at a White House ceremony. Pres. Johnson said that the denial of equal rights and equal treatment to Americans because of the color of their skin, forbidden by our Constitution, "is now forbidden by the law I sign tonight. . .It does not restrict the freedom of any American, so long as he respects the rights of others. . .It does say the only limit to a man's hope for happiness and for the future of his children shall be his own ability." He asked Americans to “pray for wise and understanding hearts", to lay aside differences and “join in this effort to bring justice and hope to all our people.” Johnson named Leroy Collins, former governor of Florida, tohead the community relations service created by the law. Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of NAACP, called the law “the Magna Charta of human rights”, while Governors Johnson of Mississippi and Wallace of Alabama said it is unconstitutional and should be challenged in the courts. On July 2, in KANSAS CITY, Mo., James Farmer, national director of the Congress of RacialEquality, addressing the opening session of CORE’s 22nd annualconvention, called on the delegates to see “that this law becomes more than the scrap of paper the 13th and 14th Amendmentshave become. “In the first few days of testing by integration leaders, most hotels and restaurants throughout the South, with a few exceptions, quietly desegregated in compliance with the law. +++ + + At the CORE convention in KANSAS CITY, Mississippi field secretary David Dennie said that the White Citizens’ Council had circulated a list of civil rights workers’ license numbers, including the number on the car 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. kkekkkkkKkn 1964 MERIT CITATION FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE. AWARDED BY CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION belonging to the 3 missing workers, Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner. He said that trucks andcars full of armed whites are tracking down cars bearing the listed numbers. Weeping, he said that 19 civil rights workers have met death in the 2 years he has been field secretary. +++ ++ In MOSCOW, July 4, the Soviet government gave U.S. Ambas~ sador Foy Kohler 10 minutes TV time in which he told the Russian — people about the passage of the civilrights bill, after public debate “andwith due regard for the processes of law", the Soviet news agency, Tass, said that some Americans are preparing to fight the law with “bullets, nooses and bombs". ++ +++ In RIPON, Wisconsin, birthplace of the Republican Party 110 years ago, the Ripon Society, a young GOP research group, issued an Independence day statement charging that Sen. Barry Goldwater "has, by his actions in Congress. . . disqualified himself to be the leader of the party of Lincoln. " ++ +++ In an address to the National Press Club in WASHINGTON, July 1, Henry Cabot Lodge said the outlook in Viet Nam has improved and that Communist successes can be stopped by “effective supervision” of S. Viet Nam's borders to stop the flow of supplies from outside; by concentrating. military efforts in seven provinces around Saigon; and by refusing to become impatient and easily dis~ couraged. +++++ Sec. of State Rusk, ina WASHINGTON press conference, July 1, sought to.correct the impres~ sion that the Administration is bent on war in S.. Viet Nam and Laos. "Peace ought to be possible in southeast Asia without any extension of the fighting", he said. “The first objective of our policy ...istoexploit that possibility. i +++ ++ Moise Tshombe, former seces~ sionist president of Katanga Province, announced that he had been named premier designate of the CONGO by Pres. Kasavubu, and would try to form a "national reconciliation” cabinet to unite the Congo's warring factions. +++ ++ In HAVANA, Cuba, Premier Fidel Castro, during an 18-hour interview over a 3-day period with a N.Y. Timesreporter, offered a refrain from supporting revolutionary movements in Latin America ifthe U.S. wouldrefrain from supporting subversion against Cuba, adding that he would even be willing to submit to international supervision. He said guards around Guantanamo naval base would be pulled back several hundred yards “to avoid incidents”, and that, under normal relations with the U.S. , he could release 90% of the almost 15,000 prisoners now being held. After resuming trade with the U.S., he said, he could afford to indemnify U.S. companies whose. properties had

been seized. He said Cuba will have aconstitution not later than Jan. 1, 1969. Passow Against Urba Two fifteen minute Dan Smoot movies were shown to about 80 people Tuesday night at a meet~ ing in Nevada, Union High School sponsored by the Nevada County Taxpayers Association. The films of the ultra-conser~ vativecommentator's re ports showed the evils of urban renewal, Guest speaker at the meeting was James A. Passow, executive director of Citizens United Res~ponsibility Enterprise of Los Angeles. Passow warned the group against programs carried out under the Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency. This is the agency ofthe Electricans Walk Off NID Job Electricians walked off the construction sites of the Nevada Irrigation Districts Yuba -Bear River Development July 1 as part of anorthern California wage dispute. Asmall picket line was thrown up for a short time, but was removed later and all other trades are working on the job. The walkout is in connection with wage negotiations now un~ derway between contractors and local 340 of the electrical workers from Sacramento. As of now the walkout, and it stillis a walkout and not a strike, has had little effect on the project. Work on all project sites will continue until something electrical breaks down. Ifthe wage disagreement continues and the union vwotesto strike, it will shut down the entire project because none of the other union workers will cross a picket line. A full fledged strike would have serious effects on the project time schedule. The work is now more or lesson schedule but the contractor is required to be finished with work inthe mountains by this winter. Weather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall July 2 82 42 .00 3 82 43 .00 4 ‘80 42 .00 5 714 41 .00 6 82 46 .00 i) 84 48 .00 8 88 48 . 00 Rainfall to date ; 00 Rainfall last year . 00 GRASS. VALLEY Max. Min. Rainfall July 2 83 50 . 00 3 83 50 . 00 4 83 42 . 00 9) 15 48 . 00 6 84 53 . 00 1 89 56 00 8 91 57 .00 Rainfall to date .00 Rainfall last year . 00 government from which the county proposes to obtain funds for a general plan. The same agency also assists the federal urban renewal program and because of this Passow said a general plan and urban renewal are the same thing. Passow said if local governments are allowed to adopt federal programs “all non conformists and opponents will be subjected to military controls and could n Renewal even be sent to ‘the Siberia of America, ' a mental hospital near Anchorage, Alaska. " A check of county records indicates the supervisors several years ago created a citizens committee to study possible redevelopment of part of Truckee area, but after a year the investigation program was dropped. The county has not, and is not now affiliated with the Federal Urban Renewal Program. Bizz Johnson To Testify On Regional Apportionment Congressman HaroldT. (BIZZ) Johnson, (D) nd, mountainvalley district, will testify on July 22 in support of his proposal toamend the United States Constitution to permit regional apportionment of State Senates. The legislation propose d by Representative] ohnson wou 1d nullify the effect of the Supreme Court ruling that both houses of state legislatures must be apportioned on a population basis. “For this to happen in California," Congressman Johnson declared, “would put the less popu" lated counties of Northern California at the mercy of the whims of Los Angeles County. This we cannot tolerate.” : Congressman Johnson pointed out that the Federal legislative “arrangement has proven most successful as a means of checks and balances within the legislative branch of government. California and other states have adopted this highly equitable system and they should be permitted to continue this system. The California Democrat said that less, populated areas such as the 19 counties of the Second DisPIPER ELLIC SOMER from the Aerojet Pipe and Drum Corps gets a handshake from Marshal Dan Beers before being locked up Saturday for failure trict deserve to have their voice heard in the state legislature. "During the years that I served in the State Senate, and later while a: member of the House of Representatives, I have had an excellent opportunity to study the federal legislative system. Congressman Johnson said, “It provides all the people representation. Populated areas should not be permitted to dominate both Houses of either the Congress or the Legislature which would happen ifthe Supreme Court ruling were implemented. The Constitutional Amendment proposed in legislation introduced by Congressman Johnson declared:. "The requirements of this Constitution respecting the apportionment of districts from which members of a State legislature having not more than two branches are elected shall be satisfied if the members of one branch of such legislature are elected by districts each of which is com posedof a contiguous and compact territory having asnearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants. to have a smooth puss badge. 2 *1033nN AiunoD epeAgN*** p96r ‘6 Atnf’’ .. Nevada County Nugget. . @g July 9, 1964.