September 24, 1964 (28 pages)

Nevada City Chamber Plans Three Big Events For October There will be big doin’s in Nevada City next month according to the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce. : Plans forthree events, the Fall Festival of Color, the Annual Trade Fair and a new event, a photography contest during the entire month to be judged in conjunction with the fall festival were discussed at the chamber luncheon Tuesday. The Fall Color Photography Contest will open Oct. 1 and run through the entire month, Entry fee will be $1 and over 500 entries are expected locally as well as from visitors from the bay area. A Grass Valley Schools ~ Set New Policies (Continued From Pagel) ada City and the.high schoo district was plagniny to buy five or six conventional buses. Bennal— lack said Grass Valley had tried to buy the best for the bus pool and objected toGrass Valley's big bus being used by the high school for outside transportation. Trustee Harrel Ammon, who is the district's representative to the bus pool, said Nevada City had little other choice but to buy conventional buses, Bennallack said he would like toseea policy established allowing Grass Valley's new bus.to be used only for transportation of students to and from school. Ammon said the matter would be discussed at the next transportameeting. OOR OT ORG OMG GAG WORLD PRESS DISPATCHES Sacramento Crowds Give Wild Welcome To President Johnson Acrowd of 150,000 turned out to greet President Johnson on his visittoSACRAMENTO last week. In a major address on the steps of the Capitol, Johnson said that the U.S. has developed and tested a weapons system capable of destroying armed satellites in space. The U.S. has also developed a new radar system which can give w arning of approaching hostile missiles within seconds of their launching, Johnson said. ++ ee + Heavy amounts of radioactive: strontium 90 continue to fall on the U.S., according to a public health service announcement in WASHINGTON. The fallout . comes from strontium 90 placed in the upper atmosphere by the nuclear tests conducted by the U.S. and Russia before the test 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. kkekkkkkkr 1964 MERIT CITATION FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE. AWARDED BY CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION ban treaty was signed in July, 1963. The amount of fallout lies within the guidelines for an acceptable health risk as stated by the federal radiation council, health officials said. ++ e+ + Four unidentified vessels approached two U.S, destroyers in the GULF OF TONKIN Friday and were fired upon by the destroyers. Secretary of Defense McNamara stated in a press conference that the four vessels indicated “hostile intent” by their courses and speed, and ignored warning. shots from the destroyers. The destroyers then opened fire and the vessels disappeared without firing back, The Russian newspaper, Tass, said that three of the. ships were sunk, U.S, officials had no comment. : ++ +++ After Japanese law makers visiting Premier Khrushchev in MOSCOW reported that he had talked of a “terrible new weapon", there was much speculation in the Western press about a new Russian gigaton bomb, Doomsday machine, or che mical warfare breakthrough. Finally Khrushchev and the official Tass News Agency said that he was misquoted and meant Russia's “terrible weaponry” designed for its infantry, rockets and tanks, rather than a new “terrible weapon. " +++ 4+ In VIETNAM, government forces suffered heavy casualties in battles near the Cambodian border. A general strike in Saigon in support of textile workers" demands for more pay threatened to paralyze the city and cause more trouble for Premier Khanh's already shaky regime. t+ +e t+ President de Gaulle of France began a 27 day Latin American goodwill tour in Caracas, VENEZUELA, De Gaulle will deliver 50 speeches andtravel. 20,000 miles in his tour, intended to raise France's prestige in the world, variety of prizes donated by local merchants will be available. The Annual Trade Fairis scheduled for Oct. 17 in the Vet~erans Memorial Building. Many entries are already in and it looks like the event will be a big success. Hours for the fair and bazaar will be from 9 a.m, to 5 p.m. It was announced that four drives in and around the city which will best show the visitor — the fall color had been mapped out and Ralph Friedrich will provide signs showing the each tour. The chamber voted to keep . stores open Friday, Oct. 9 during the tour of the city to be conducted as part of the Thirteenth Annual Symposium of the HistoricalSocieties of Norther California and Southern Oregon to be held here Oct. 9-11. In other business the Chamber voted to send a letter of thanks tothe Board of Trade for $400 for publicity; ask the county supervisors for permission to erect signs at the Brunswick Road-Colfax Highway and Brunswick Road-20-49 intersections; ask the city fora room in the Assay Office for the Chainber office and to have the chamber purchase and sell Christmas trees at cost for decorations of the downtown area this year. Water Bond Bids To Be Opened On Oct. 7 A $100 million sale of bonds for the California Water Project willbe held Wednesday, October 7, State Treasurer Bert A. Betts announced this morning. The Treasurer also announced that he and top officials of the State Department of Water Resources will go East next week to discuss the project with investors and underwriters and to encourage competitive bidding for the bonds, : Betts said bids will be accepted until 10 a.m. the day of the sale, and will be opened in Room 130, the conference room adjoining his office in the State Capitol. Weather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall Sept. 17 83 47 18 74 39 19 78 42 20: 719). (42 21-79). 6 22 75 42 23 86 47 Rainfall to date 20 Rainfall last year . 63 GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. Rainfall Sept. 17 89 54 18 78 49 19 83 50 20 91 55 21 84 47 22 84 50 23 93 59 Rainfall to date Rainfall last year 18 1,02 FIRE HEAVILY damaged the home of Mts, Clem Davis on Park Avenue in Nevada City Tuesday afternoon. The blaze in the unoccupied home started in the back porch and spread throughout the roof. Howard Penrose and Carl Prater were both overcome by the smoke while, fighting the blaze and were removed from the scene by the Nevada City Rescue Crew. City volunteers fought the fire for almost three hours before it was extinguished. Loma Rica Airport Project Contracts Signed By County The program to expand facilities at Loma Rica County Airport was given the green light Tuesday by the Nevada County Supervisors. The supervisors, at the special meeting, approved and signed contracts with two firms to do the improvement work. The contract for construction of a new reservoir to replace two Rogers Goes To Prison For Murder Ronald Rogers of Grass Valley was moved by Sheriff's deputies Tuesday morning tothe California Adult Authority medical facility at Vacaville to start serving a prison term for second degree murder, : Rogers, 21, appeared in Nevada County Superior Court Friday before Judge Stoll and was sentenced to the term prescribed by law. A second degree murder conviction carriesa penalty of five years to life. 2 Rogers was convicted Sept. 11 of the second degree murder of his friend, Ronald Modar of Grass Valley onthe night of July 8. He was acquitted of the charge of raping Modar's wife, Linda, on the evening of the murder. At the sentencing Friday, Rogers’ attorney, Harry Wolters of Grass Valley made motions for a new trial and for reduction of the conviction to manslaughter. Both motions were denied by Judge Stoll. Rogers was indicted July 13 for murder andrape. His trial before a jury of six men and six women began Aug. 31 and went to the jury Sept. 11. The jury deliberated more than four hours before retuming the second degree conviction and the acquittal on the charge of rape. District Attorney Harold A, Berliner represented the people in the case. Nevada Irrigation District reser~voirs being displaced by the project and the job of extending the runway was awarded to Trico Construction Co. of Merced for $163,734.50. Contract for installation of new runway lighting went to Metropolitan Electric Co, of Castro Valley for a bid of $28, 193. The supervisors, by unanimous vote, agreed to accept a federal grant of $195,206 for the improvement program. Downey Clinch, chairman of the county airport commission, Charles Litton and R.W. Ingram, engineer for T.H,. McGuire&. Son appeared at the. session. Ingram said work on the project should get started by about mid-October. The contract calls: for 365 working days on the' project. Camptire Violator Is Cited John Bigley, Fire Control Officer of the Camptonville District of the U.S. Forest Service, issued a citation on Sept. 12 to James C. Parker of Yuba City for having. a camp fire and no fire permit. This is a violation of Public Resources Code No, 4159 D. Parker appeared in Camptonville Justice Court on Sept. 15 and was fined $50 by Judge Acton M, Cleveland. The fire danger is extreme because of the very dry weather. Western Union NOW AT KNEE’S 230 Broad St. Nevada City OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK 9 am to 5:30 pm Mon-Sat Closed Sunday PHONE Western Union 265 -4004PO9BL ‘HZ Joquioideg* *"1088nN AiunoD epeaon’* ‘QAY

Nevada City Chamber Plans Three Big Events For October There will be big doin’s in Nevada City next month according to the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce. : Plans forthree events, the Fall Festival of Color, the Annual Trade Fair and a new event, a photography contest during the entire month to be judged in conjunction with the fall festival were discussed at the chamber luncheon Tuesday. The Fall Color Photography Contest will open Oct. 1 and run through the entire month, Entry fee will be $1 and over 500 entries are expected locally as well as from visitors from the bay area. A Grass Valley Schools ~ Set New Policies (Continued From Pagel) ada City and the.high schoo district was plagniny to buy five or six conventional buses. Bennal— lack said Grass Valley had tried to buy the best for the bus pool and objected toGrass Valley's big bus being used by the high school for outside transportation. Trustee Harrel Ammon, who is the district's representative to the bus pool, said Nevada City had little other choice but to buy conventional buses, Bennallack said he would like toseea policy established allowing Grass Valley's new bus.to be used only for transportation of students to and from school. Ammon said the matter would be discussed at the next transportameeting. OOR OT ORG OMG GAG WORLD PRESS DISPATCHES Sacramento Crowds Give Wild Welcome To President Johnson Acrowd of 150,000 turned out to greet President Johnson on his visittoSACRAMENTO last week. In a major address on the steps of the Capitol, Johnson said that the U.S. has developed and tested a weapons system capable of destroying armed satellites in space. The U.S. has also developed a new radar system which can give w arning of approaching hostile missiles within seconds of their launching, Johnson said. ++ ee + Heavy amounts of radioactive: strontium 90 continue to fall on the U.S., according to a public health service announcement in WASHINGTON. The fallout . comes from strontium 90 placed in the upper atmosphere by the nuclear tests conducted by the U.S. and Russia before the test 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. kkekkkkkkr 1964 MERIT CITATION FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE. AWARDED BY CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION ban treaty was signed in July, 1963. The amount of fallout lies within the guidelines for an acceptable health risk as stated by the federal radiation council, health officials said. ++ e+ + Four unidentified vessels approached two U.S, destroyers in the GULF OF TONKIN Friday and were fired upon by the destroyers. Secretary of Defense McNamara stated in a press conference that the four vessels indicated “hostile intent” by their courses and speed, and ignored warning. shots from the destroyers. The destroyers then opened fire and the vessels disappeared without firing back, The Russian newspaper, Tass, said that three of the. ships were sunk, U.S, officials had no comment. : ++ +++ After Japanese law makers visiting Premier Khrushchev in MOSCOW reported that he had talked of a “terrible new weapon", there was much speculation in the Western press about a new Russian gigaton bomb, Doomsday machine, or che mical warfare breakthrough. Finally Khrushchev and the official Tass News Agency said that he was misquoted and meant Russia's “terrible weaponry” designed for its infantry, rockets and tanks, rather than a new “terrible weapon. " +++ 4+ In VIETNAM, government forces suffered heavy casualties in battles near the Cambodian border. A general strike in Saigon in support of textile workers" demands for more pay threatened to paralyze the city and cause more trouble for Premier Khanh's already shaky regime. t+ +e t+ President de Gaulle of France began a 27 day Latin American goodwill tour in Caracas, VENEZUELA, De Gaulle will deliver 50 speeches andtravel. 20,000 miles in his tour, intended to raise France's prestige in the world, variety of prizes donated by local merchants will be available. The Annual Trade Fairis scheduled for Oct. 17 in the Vet~erans Memorial Building. Many entries are already in and it looks like the event will be a big success. Hours for the fair and bazaar will be from 9 a.m, to 5 p.m. It was announced that four drives in and around the city which will best show the visitor — the fall color had been mapped out and Ralph Friedrich will provide signs showing the each tour. The chamber voted to keep . stores open Friday, Oct. 9 during the tour of the city to be conducted as part of the Thirteenth Annual Symposium of the HistoricalSocieties of Norther California and Southern Oregon to be held here Oct. 9-11. In other business the Chamber

voted to send a letter of thanks tothe Board of Trade for $400 for publicity; ask the county supervisors for permission to erect signs at the Brunswick Road-Colfax Highway and Brunswick Road-20-49 intersections; ask the city fora room in the Assay Office for the Chainber office and to have the chamber purchase and sell Christmas trees at cost for decorations of the downtown area this year. Water Bond Bids To Be Opened On Oct. 7 A $100 million sale of bonds for the California Water Project willbe held Wednesday, October 7, State Treasurer Bert A. Betts announced this morning. The Treasurer also announced that he and top officials of the State Department of Water Resources will go East next week to discuss the project with investors and underwriters and to encourage competitive bidding for the bonds, : Betts said bids will be accepted until 10 a.m. the day of the sale, and will be opened in Room 130, the conference room adjoining his office in the State Capitol. Weather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall Sept. 17 83 47 18 74 39 19 78 42 20: 719). (42 21-79). 6 22 75 42 23 86 47 Rainfall to date 20 Rainfall last year . 63 GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. Rainfall Sept. 17 89 54 18 78 49 19 83 50 20 91 55 21 84 47 22 84 50 23 93 59 Rainfall to date Rainfall last year 18 1,02 FIRE HEAVILY damaged the home of Mts, Clem Davis on Park Avenue in Nevada City Tuesday afternoon. The blaze in the unoccupied home started in the back porch and spread throughout the roof. Howard Penrose and Carl Prater were both overcome by the smoke while, fighting the blaze and were removed from the scene by the Nevada City Rescue Crew. City volunteers fought the fire for almost three hours before it was extinguished. Loma Rica Airport Project Contracts Signed By County The program to expand facilities at Loma Rica County Airport was given the green light Tuesday by the Nevada County Supervisors. The supervisors, at the special meeting, approved and signed contracts with two firms to do the improvement work. The contract for construction of a new reservoir to replace two Rogers Goes To Prison For Murder Ronald Rogers of Grass Valley was moved by Sheriff's deputies Tuesday morning tothe California Adult Authority medical facility at Vacaville to start serving a prison term for second degree murder, : Rogers, 21, appeared in Nevada County Superior Court Friday before Judge Stoll and was sentenced to the term prescribed by law. A second degree murder conviction carriesa penalty of five years to life. 2 Rogers was convicted Sept. 11 of the second degree murder of his friend, Ronald Modar of Grass Valley onthe night of July 8. He was acquitted of the charge of raping Modar's wife, Linda, on the evening of the murder. At the sentencing Friday, Rogers’ attorney, Harry Wolters of Grass Valley made motions for a new trial and for reduction of the conviction to manslaughter. Both motions were denied by Judge Stoll. Rogers was indicted July 13 for murder andrape. His trial before a jury of six men and six women began Aug. 31 and went to the jury Sept. 11. The jury deliberated more than four hours before retuming the second degree conviction and the acquittal on the charge of rape. District Attorney Harold A, Berliner represented the people in the case. Nevada Irrigation District reser~voirs being displaced by the project and the job of extending the runway was awarded to Trico Construction Co. of Merced for $163,734.50. Contract for installation of new runway lighting went to Metropolitan Electric Co, of Castro Valley for a bid of $28, 193. The supervisors, by unanimous vote, agreed to accept a federal grant of $195,206 for the improvement program. Downey Clinch, chairman of the county airport commission, Charles Litton and R.W. Ingram, engineer for T.H,. McGuire&. Son appeared at the. session. Ingram said work on the project should get started by about mid-October. The contract calls: for 365 working days on the' project. Camptire Violator Is Cited John Bigley, Fire Control Officer of the Camptonville District of the U.S. Forest Service, issued a citation on Sept. 12 to James C. Parker of Yuba City for having. a camp fire and no fire permit. This is a violation of Public Resources Code No, 4159 D. Parker appeared in Camptonville Justice Court on Sept. 15 and was fined $50 by Judge Acton M, Cleveland. The fire danger is extreme because of the very dry weather. Western Union NOW AT KNEE’S 230 Broad St. Nevada City OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK 9 am to 5:30 pm Mon-Sat Closed Sunday PHONE Western Union 265 -4004PO9BL ‘HZ Joquioideg* *"1088nN AiunoD epeaon’* ‘QAY