November 21, 1963 (34 pages)

nine iannanaetecs (A summary of significant events asreported inthe U.S, metropolitan press and national periodicals.) ++ +++ Yale professor Frederick Barghoorn returned to New Haven, CONNECTICUTT, Sunday .after being released from a detention cell in Moscow where he had been held onspying charges. The Russians said that they were releasing Barghoorn because of the “ person~ alconcern” expressed by President Kennedy in his news conference Wednesday. ++ +++ Also at his news conference in WASHINGTON, President Kennedy admitted that his tax reduction and civilrights bills probably would not be acted upon by Congress this year. These are the two major pieces of legislation sought by the Administfation. ++ +++ After a week long. internal _pawer struggle between moderate and extremist factions of the Ba'ath socialist party in Iraq, President Abdel Aref and leaders of the armed forces overthrew Iraq's Ba'ath Socialist government and took control. Aref indicated he planned to revive the agreement to merge Iraq with Syria andthe United Arab Republic. ++ +++ George Meany, President of the A.F.L. -C.1.0., said at the Federation's national convention in NEW YORK, that automation was becoming “a curse to society”. He said all of the large corporations “call for more and more push-button operations with machines to push buttons, if you please, even eliminating the humanelement there. “ To counter automation and its effects on employment and labor welfare he called for greater national public works projects, a shorter work week, a higher minimum wage, and lower bracket tax relief. ++ +++ In ARGENTINA the government indicated its “sovereign and irrevocable decision" to end American oil contracts despite the protests of high U.S. officials. +++ ++ The House of Representatives approved President Kennedy's request for $102 million for the Peace Corps during the current fiscal year, an increase of $59 million over last year’s budget. Widening Opposed The Nevada City Council received a letter from the Laurel Parlor of the Native Daughters of the Golden West opposing any widening of Broad St. in the fore" NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET . Published EveryT hursday: by NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC., 318 Broad Street, Nevada City, Calif. 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 ears, $6; Three years, $8. ‘ityAgréeable! Changes In. General Plan The Nevada City Council authorized Mayor Robert Carr to sign a letter tothe Nevada County Board of Supervisors informing the: county that the city is agreeable tochanges in the preparation of a general plan. The general plan is a joint Grass Valley-Nevada City-Nevada County project. Total cost of the plan has been trimmed to $35, 379, of which the U.S. will furnish two-thirds. The plan will be formulated by a private firm under contract to the county with full control at the county level. U.S. participation is limited to financial aid. This aid is administered by the State Office of Planning, which assumes the responsibility of seeing that a gener~ al plan results from expenditure of the federal funds. Nomellini Permitted To Close Street During Construction Nevada City granted Nomellini Construction Company the closure of Washington St. between Main and Winter Sts. until March 1 for use in connection with the construction of the new coulthouse annex. City councilmen de man ded copies of the firm's contract, plans and insurance be filed at the city hall. The firm noted that the city’s building department, contracted to the county, already had such information, but that the firm would be happy to make the documents available at the city hall also. Sig HOT WORKON A COLD NIGHT. .Nevada City Firemen (above, top) fight a fire that broke out late Friday night at the Branding Iron restaurant, while water in gutters a block away froze. Smoke plagued Knee's, Red's, and W.J. Smith's adjacent stores. At Smith's jewelry store, Alpha officials (left to right) Bill Briggs and Downey Nevada City Council Delays Reappointment The Nevada City Council took no action on a recommendation from its library board for the reappointment of William Mullis to another term on the board. Clinch aid Smith and his wife cover cases to protect merchandise fram smoke and soot. Grass Valley Police Chief Frank Knuckey (left foreground) came to the fire from a Colfax installation (in tuxedo). Behind Knuckey, Nevada City Weather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall Nov. 14 60 48 sg es i5 49 41 1.64 . Police Chief Jay Jackson directs traffic. around 1 47. 8 12 : 7” 47~~«(O9 "00 the Grass Valley Fire Truck. 1s 43 2 00 19 49 28 00 o 64606 «860-2 Rainfall to date 14, 44 Rainfall last year 22.33 GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. Rainfall Nov. 14 70 48 .89 15 54 40 1.84 16° 49 30 .01 7 64° 31 00 18 50 29 .00 19 56 30 00 90 46 38° 1.49 Rainfall to date 15, 82 Rainfall last year 21.68 Is Studied . Nevada County's augmented committee on School District Organization will meet Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. in the library of the’ Nevada Union High School to 4iscuss the group's tentative master plan for western Nevada County education. After approval of the tentative plan by the group at this meeting, county supervisors will be requiredto calla public hearing on the proposed master plan. The master plan calls for unification of all districts in thewestern part of the county, including the Camptonville School district which would become a part of area one of tne Nev ada Union High School district's trustee's boundaries. After a public hearing, the plan will be submitted tothe State Board of Education for approval. It then will come before Nevada County voters for final action. : . Sierra Sets Spring Term Registration The start of the spring semes~ter at Sierra College is more than . two months away, but it is not too early for prospective students to begin making applications, Dean of Students Kathro Frank reminded today. For those in-district students desiring to live in the dormitories, application deadline is Dec. 15, Miss Frank noted. For other students planning to enroll at Sierra College next sem~ ester, the following rules were an~nounced by Miss Frank and Registrar Martin Taylor: All new students must file trans~cripts of all previous high school and college work with the college prior to admission, Entrance ex~aminations will be given on Monday evening. Jan. 13. Jan. 24 will be the last day for applications tobe received with the college able to guarantee admission. Adults or high school graduates are eligible to enroll. $250,000 Xmas Club Checks Out Nearly a quarter of a million dollars in Christmas Club savings checks is being mailed to residents of the Grass Valley-Nevada City area, This annolncement was made jointly by the three Grass Valley and Nevada City branches of the Bank of America this week. $134,490 in checks will be mailed to depositors of Grass Valley's two branches, it was an nounced by Managers Herb Toudy and George Steinmeyer. $80,000 will be mailed by the Nevada City branch, according to Manager Willard Rose. wo °Z a8eq *1088nN oUL*’ Page 3 The Nuocet. “€96I ‘TZ JOqUIAAON** November 91. 1943. . Z% aseg* Page 3._.

nine iannanaetecs (A summary of significant events asreported inthe U.S, metropolitan press and national periodicals.) ++ +++ Yale professor Frederick Barghoorn returned to New Haven, CONNECTICUTT, Sunday .after being released from a detention cell in Moscow where he had been held onspying charges. The Russians said that they were releasing Barghoorn because of the “ person~ alconcern” expressed by President Kennedy in his news conference Wednesday. ++ +++ Also at his news conference in WASHINGTON, President Kennedy admitted that his tax reduction and civilrights bills probably would not be acted upon by Congress this year. These are the two major pieces of legislation sought by the Administfation. ++ +++ After a week long. internal _pawer struggle between moderate and extremist factions of the Ba'ath socialist party in Iraq, President Abdel Aref and leaders of the armed forces overthrew Iraq's Ba'ath Socialist government and took control. Aref indicated he planned to revive the agreement to merge Iraq with Syria andthe United Arab Republic. ++ +++ George Meany, President of the A.F.L. -C.1.0., said at the Federation's national convention in NEW YORK, that automation was becoming “a curse to society”. He said all of the large corporations “call for more and more push-button operations with machines to push buttons, if you please, even eliminating the humanelement there. “ To counter automation and its effects on employment and labor welfare he called for greater national public works projects, a shorter work week, a higher minimum wage, and lower bracket tax relief. ++ +++ In ARGENTINA the government indicated its “sovereign and irrevocable decision" to end American oil contracts despite the protests of high U.S. officials. +++ ++ The House of Representatives approved President Kennedy's request for $102 million for the Peace Corps during the current fiscal year, an increase of $59 million over last year’s budget. Widening Opposed The Nevada City Council received a letter from the Laurel Parlor of the Native Daughters of the Golden West opposing any widening of Broad St. in the fore" NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET . Published EveryT hursday: by NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC., 318 Broad Street, Nevada City, Calif. 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 ears, $6; Three years, $8. ‘ityAgréeable! Changes In. General Plan The Nevada City Council authorized Mayor Robert Carr to sign a letter tothe Nevada County Board of Supervisors informing the: county that the city is agreeable tochanges in the preparation of a general plan. The general plan is a joint Grass Valley-Nevada City-Nevada County project. Total cost of the plan has been trimmed to $35, 379, of which the U.S. will furnish two-thirds. The plan will be formulated by a private firm under contract to the county with full control at the county level. U.S. participation is limited to financial aid. This aid is administered by the State Office of Planning, which assumes the responsibility of seeing that a gener~ al plan results from expenditure of the federal funds. Nomellini Permitted To Close Street During Construction Nevada City granted Nomellini Construction Company the closure of Washington St. between Main and Winter Sts. until March 1 for use in connection with the construction of the new coulthouse annex. City councilmen de man ded copies of the firm's contract, plans and insurance be filed at the city hall. The firm noted that the city’s building department, contracted to the county, already had such information, but that the firm would be happy to make the documents available at the city hall also. Sig HOT WORKON A COLD NIGHT.. .Nevada City

Firemen (above, top) fight a fire that broke out late Friday night at the Branding Iron restaurant, while water in gutters a block away froze. Smoke plagued Knee's, Red's, and W.J. Smith's adjacent stores. At Smith's jewelry store, Alpha officials (left to right) Bill Briggs and Downey Nevada City Council Delays Reappointment The Nevada City Council took no action on a recommendation from its library board for the reappointment of William Mullis to another term on the board. Clinch aid Smith and his wife cover cases to protect merchandise fram smoke and soot. Grass Valley Police Chief Frank Knuckey (left foreground) came to the fire from a Colfax installation (in tuxedo). Behind Knuckey, Nevada City Weather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall Nov. 14 60 48 sg es i5 49 41 1.64 . Police Chief Jay Jackson directs traffic. around 1 47. 8 12 : 7” 47~~«(O9 "00 the Grass Valley Fire Truck. 1s 43 2 00 19 49 28 00 o 64606 «860-2 Rainfall to date 14, 44 Rainfall last year 22.33 GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. Rainfall Nov. 14 70 48 .89 15 54 40 1.84 16° 49 30 .01 7 64° 31 00 18 50 29 .00 19 56 30 00 90 46 38° 1.49 Rainfall to date 15, 82 Rainfall last year 21.68 Is Studied . Nevada County's augmented committee on School District Organization will meet Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. in the library of the’ Nevada Union High School to 4iscuss the group's tentative master plan for western Nevada County education. After approval of the tentative plan by the group at this meeting, county supervisors will be requiredto calla public hearing on the proposed master plan. The master plan calls for unification of all districts in thewestern part of the county, including the Camptonville School district which would become a part of area one of tne Nev ada Union High School district's trustee's boundaries. After a public hearing, the plan will be submitted tothe State Board of Education for approval. It then will come before Nevada County voters for final action. : . Sierra Sets Spring Term Registration The start of the spring semes~ter at Sierra College is more than . two months away, but it is not too early for prospective students to begin making applications, Dean of Students Kathro Frank reminded today. For those in-district students desiring to live in the dormitories, application deadline is Dec. 15, Miss Frank noted. For other students planning to enroll at Sierra College next sem~ ester, the following rules were an~nounced by Miss Frank and Registrar Martin Taylor: All new students must file trans~cripts of all previous high school and college work with the college prior to admission, Entrance ex~aminations will be given on Monday evening. Jan. 13. Jan. 24 will be the last day for applications tobe received with the college able to guarantee admission. Adults or high school graduates are eligible to enroll. $250,000 Xmas Club Checks Out Nearly a quarter of a million dollars in Christmas Club savings checks is being mailed to residents of the Grass Valley-Nevada City area, This annolncement was made jointly by the three Grass Valley and Nevada City branches of the Bank of America this week. $134,490 in checks will be mailed to depositors of Grass Valley's two branches, it was an nounced by Managers Herb Toudy and George Steinmeyer. $80,000 will be mailed by the Nevada City branch, according to Manager Willard Rose. wo °Z a8eq *1088nN oUL*’ Page 3 The Nuocet. “€96I ‘TZ JOqUIAAON** November 91. 1943. . Z% aseg* Page 3._.