September 28, 1960 (10 pages)

tess road Sin Bese ring Conergy ga Gi cy Fla, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Dog, Relief Hill; W; Sniseton PieChea # Mit, Scotch Rough and Ready, . A De -\"THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES "’ Published Weekly ‘ Volume 34.No. 39 10 Cents aCopy Murder Suspect . . In Jail Stanley William Fitzgerald, 39, is resting in Nevada County jail awaiting arraignment on charges of murder, robbery and assadit. Fitzgeraldis accused of robbing George Bonn and Milton Young; then slaying Bonn and wounding Young near Truckee, Fitzgerald had met the two alleged victims in San Francisco at a bar. The shootings took place Aug. 3 while the three were traveling and drinking companions Young is recovering at aReno hospital, _ Fitzgerald was arrested in Portland, Ore., where he was living under the name of Ralph Johnson. He had been placed on the FBI's list of "10 most wanted" men after the Nevada County authorities had asked FBI help. The accused man was brought to Nevada City for detention by Sheriff Wayne Brown and Special Agent Kenneth Horton of the state bureau of identification and criminal investigation. Fitzgerald raised the crowded Nevada County jail inmate totalto 28, of which five were housed at the county hospital. Moss Slated To Attend Demo Dinner Congressman John Moss of Sacramento has joined, the slate of Democratic speakers scheduled for the Candidates’ Testimonial Dinner at -the veterans building in Grass Valley Saturday evening. Moss will speak in support of Sen. John F, Kennedy's candidacy for President. Other guests of-honor, all of whom will talk, are Congressman Harold T. "Bizz" Johnson, Assemblyman Paul J. Lunardi, and Sen. Ronald G. Cameron. Edwin Koster of Grass Valley will be master of ceremonies. The evening's. menu includes wine marinated chicken. : The Gold Quartz Democratic Club, sponsor of the event, has invited allinterested Democrats and Independents to attend the 7:30 p.m. dinner, which promisestobe a major event in the local Democratic campaign. Tickets may be obtained at thedoor, or by calling 2733423. * a te. bs JACKSON MEADOWS DAM.Apart of the proposed joint NID and PG&E water and ‘power development project, the Jackson Meadows Dam site is shown above. NID engineers have drawn in an approximation of the dam's height. The dam willbe situated onthe Middle Yuba Rivé? ata stream bed elevation of 5850 feet. It will be arock filldam with sloping impervious core. Crest elevation will be 6040 feet, with a length of 1345 feet. The spillway will be designed to handle a maximum discharge capacity of 17,000 cu.ft. Normal full reservoir capacity willbe 65,000 acre-feet. The dam and other NID portions of the joint project will be financed by NID revenue bonds which will be placed before the voters in the near future. i ’ (. yevada C School board members and administrators will meettomorrow evening in the second gathering in Western Nevada County to determine what the future will be in the operation of a junior high school program. The meeting will be held in Room 3 of the Nevada Union High School at 8 p.m. Three basic questions will face board members and administrators; 1. What is best from an educational standpoint? 2. What is feasible from the financial standpoint? 3. What do thecommunities want; what will they accept? County Superintendent of Schools Ed Fellerson sent to each administrator and board member a resume of the problems that will come before the meeting. Grand Jury Seeks me $26,000 Refund A grand jury investigation into county warrants paid to T.H. McGuire and Sons during the past year and onehalf will lead to “recovery” of approximately $26,000. The grand jury last week orderedCounty District Attorney Harold Berliner to seek recovery of $26,199 of $32, 109 paid to the Grass Valley firm on grounds the county warrants were improperly and inaccurately prepared. Most of the money involved _ was in payment for work done on the drafting of a county land parceling system authorized by supervisors at a cost of $100, 000, It is understood that the land parceling work is about ten per cent complete. Carlos McGuire, county surveyor, indicated fundsreceived through inadequate warrants would be returned to the county. He was expected * to meet with Berliner in order to audit the warrants under question. McGuire was reportedly considering resigning as county surveyor. The surveyor said the difficulty arose when his firm was not notified of proper county warrant procedure. FOREST FIRE LOSS, 1960 California Division of F estry Nevada, Yuba oe Counties 10,507 acres Tahoe National f Forest (to Sept. 15) 88,893 acres TOTAL 99,400 acres "In the long run, the best educational program willbe the most acceptable to the community, andthe best educational program is ultimately the most economical," Fellerson's summary said. "Thereare, however, practical problems of plant utilization for which an immediate plan must be made, and the plan must be workable within the present financial structure." Three possible approaches tothe housing problem seem to exist, according to the summary. 1. The continuance of two junior high schools. 2. The operation ofa single junior high school in Grass Valley. 3. Abolish the junior high system and revert to a fouryear high school. Continuance of the two schools would solve space problems and make it possible for all seventh and. eighth graders in the area to attend junior high. But the high school district would need an override tax to meet operation and Maintenance ex penses, as ¥ well as higher tuition from the elementary districts The district would also need all pupils in that grade range, meaning the abandonment of seventh and eighth graders in the elementary districts now offering such classes. This is unlikely according to recent board reaction. Operation of a single junior high in Grass Valley would help the high school district solve its operation and maintenance costs. The Nevada City plant would then be available for lease to one or more of the elementary districts. Likely an attempt to limit attendance from districtsnot favoring the junior ‘Junior High Problem To B. Discussed By Administrators, Board Members students, since the new high school will not house four grades at the time of its completion. stiefts, but Grass Valley and Ready Springs would have to seek additional housing for their seventh and eighth graders, allof whom now must attend the junior high school. The high school board would still be forced to operate a second campus in. order to take care of its ninth grade high would be made. Elementary districts would still be asked to pay higher tuition, and not ironclad rule could be adopted to refuse attendance to others from districts other than Grass Valley and Ready Springs. By doing away with junior high shcools, there would no longer be “competition’ for for all elementary districts would have to agree to disband the junior high school system, and Grass Valley does not seem willing to forego the system. WINNER.Bob Goss (left) receives his first place trophy from Jack Townsend, last years Racing Association President, afterthe association heldtheirannual dinner at the Nevada City Elks Hall Sept. 16. : This isnot a likely solution, . EF, Wednebday, September 28, 1§ : 79G¢0 t reeway Meetince In NC Monday With State highway engineer, and A S. Hart, District III engine will attend a no-host 1 at the National Hotel noon, tohear "those who ¢ interested in presenting th views on the proposed fre way." City Manager H.J. F stated that all city coun members have been notifie and the hearing isopen all. Open Letter To: California Department of Public Works California Division of Highways The California Division of Highways through its Mary! ville office last Wednesday conducted an origin-dest! nation traffic count in our area, The Nugget has ofte pointed out that the current freeway plans were base on a similar survey made in 1948. We were pleased { see the new count, Several local residents expressed concern to. us thi the Division of Highways had seemed to pick a da which tourist traffic would be light--the middle of week after the end of the vacation season and the wee prior to the opening of hunting season. We prefer to think the day was chosen because a tru effort to seek the best route requires such a study, an because the highway commission desires to reach a ju decision in the near future. The commission is adept i reading the results of such surveys. They will realize th through traffic figure is a minimum total. As we went through the check-point: on Zion Stred leading out of Nevada City, we were disturbed to not that our destination--Wasley Road and Banner Mt. Roal ~--was marked down as "G.V." by the highway divisio enumerator, From the Nugget office, autos of our staff went throug the check -point six times that day. Only one of those trip was to Grass Valley, actually Hills Flat, But four time the enumerator marked "G,V." as the destination. Others in Nevada City have mentioned the same ex experience. We want to point out at this time to the Departme: of Public Works and the Division of Highway: Your surve of last week is inaccurate in the between-town traffi count, We cannot presume to tell you to what extent is wrong; but we can document the errors to which we hav referred. Your survey figure for traffic originating in d beyond Nevada City and terminating in Grass Valley wi behigher, much higher, than is the true picture of loc traffic. The Nugget cannot say that this error was made in deliberate attempt to distort the fact. In our opinion the error was possible because the gentlemen checkin the cars through the survey site were not familiar wi local road names and local area names, They too ofte assumed the general "G.V.” answer to be accurate. A honest error, wz believe. But nonetheless an error. One further disturbing item. A resident of Nevada City asked why the survey wa being held. One of the highway division employes re plied that its purpose was to prove to Nevada City resi dents that the freeway route is the right one. Again, we choose not to believe that such preconceive notions held by one or more of the enumerators co influence the results of the survey. But of one thing we are Certain: even assuming th best of impartial intentions on the part of the surve} party, the people of Nevada City will have good reasc to ‘closely question the results. : The long-awaited open freeway hearing requested by . the Nevada City council in a resolution last spring will be held Monday with highranking state officials in attendance. : According to a notice issued by Mayor Robert E. Carr, Robert Bradford, chairman of the state highway commission, J.C. Womack, state R. Dean Thompson, Editor . Engle To Speak Senator Clair Engle will be the featured speaker at a Kennedy for President luncheonin Western Nevada Connty Oct. 12, Local Democratic leaders be accepted immediate by phoning 273-3423 or 268 4068. “4 announced reservations will . Nevada City Weather 43 On NC Sept. 21 83 a0. = Thenumber of Nevada si psept. 22 79 88 ==} business leaders signing’ }Sept. 23. 78 38° --. petition opposing the pr WSept. 24 81 40 --. posed downtown free Sept. 25 86 43 =. route for economic Sept. 26 88 45 -~. hasrisento 43, accord 92 52 7~{ Otis Gaylord, chairman Sept. 27 Max. Min. Rain . Petition . the Citizens for P Raintodate.. .16] Committée, Rain last year. . 4.78] The petition citesthe Grass Valley posed route as harmful town's economy, oe 21. = «83 RO oe The 43 names repre: ySept. 22 80 53 -. businesses within the Sept. 23 80, 51 == . limits. Gaylord poi mpoept. 24 85 54 == . that this petition wa Sept. 25 89 . 69 --WSept. 26 94 64 = --. } addaddition Sept. 27 95 61 ~==. hundreds of obtained on Rain to date. . 27] lated among the Rain last year. . 4,07, : ulation,

tess road Sin Bese ring Conergy ga Gi cy Fla, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Dog, Relief Hill; W; Sniseton PieChea # Mit, Scotch Rough and Ready, . A De -\"THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES "’ Published Weekly ‘ Volume 34.No. 39 10 Cents aCopy Murder Suspect . . In Jail Stanley William Fitzgerald, 39, is resting in Nevada County jail awaiting arraignment on charges of murder, robbery and assadit. Fitzgeraldis accused of robbing George Bonn and Milton Young; then slaying Bonn and wounding Young near Truckee, Fitzgerald had met the two alleged victims in San Francisco at a bar. The shootings took place Aug. 3 while the three were traveling and drinking companions Young is recovering at aReno hospital, _ Fitzgerald was arrested in Portland, Ore., where he was living under the name of Ralph Johnson. He had been placed on the FBI's list of "10 most wanted" men after the Nevada County authorities had asked FBI help. The accused man was brought to Nevada City for detention by Sheriff Wayne Brown and Special Agent Kenneth Horton of the state bureau of identification and criminal investigation. Fitzgerald raised the crowded Nevada County jail inmate totalto 28, of which five were housed at the county hospital. Moss Slated To Attend Demo Dinner Congressman John Moss of Sacramento has joined, the slate of Democratic speakers scheduled for the Candidates’ Testimonial Dinner at -the veterans building in Grass Valley Saturday evening. Moss will speak in support of Sen. John F, Kennedy's candidacy for President. Other guests of-honor, all of whom will talk, are Congressman Harold T. "Bizz" Johnson, Assemblyman Paul J. Lunardi, and Sen. Ronald G. Cameron. Edwin Koster of Grass Valley will be master of ceremonies. The evening's. menu includes wine marinated chicken. : The Gold Quartz Democratic Club, sponsor of the event, has invited allinterested Democrats and Independents to attend the 7:30 p.m. dinner, which promisestobe a major event in the local Democratic campaign. Tickets may be obtained at thedoor, or by calling 2733423. * a te. bs JACKSON MEADOWS DAM..Apart of the proposed joint NID and PG&E water and ‘power development project, the Jackson Meadows Dam site is shown above. NID engineers have drawn in an approximation of the dam's height. The dam willbe situated onthe Middle Yuba Rivé? ata stream bed elevation of 5850 feet. It will be arock filldam with sloping impervious core. Crest elevation will be 6040 feet, with a length of 1345 feet. The spillway will be designed to handle a maximum discharge capacity of 17,000 cu.ft. Normal full reservoir capacity willbe 65,000 acre-feet. The dam and other NID portions of the joint project will be financed by NID revenue bonds which will be placed before the voters in the near future. i ’ (. yevada C School board members and administrators will meettomorrow evening in the second gathering in Western Nevada County to determine what the future will be in the operation of a junior high school program. The meeting will be held in Room 3 of the Nevada Union High School at 8 p.m. Three basic questions will face board members and administrators; 1. What is best from an educational standpoint? 2. What is feasible from the financial standpoint? 3. What do thecommunities want; what will they accept? County Superintendent of Schools Ed Fellerson sent to each administrator and board member a resume of the problems that will come before the meeting. Grand Jury Seeks me $26,000 Refund A grand jury investigation into county warrants paid to T.H. McGuire and Sons during the past year and onehalf will lead to “recovery” of approximately $26,000. The grand jury last week orderedCounty District Attorney Harold Berliner to seek recovery of $26,199 of $32, 109 paid to the Grass Valley firm on grounds the county warrants were improperly and inaccurately prepared. Most of the money involved _ was in payment for work done on the drafting of a county land parceling system authorized by supervisors at a cost of $100, 000, It is understood that the land parceling work is about ten per cent complete. Carlos McGuire, county surveyor, indicated fundsreceived through inadequate warrants would be returned to the county. He was expected * to meet with Berliner in order to audit the warrants under question. McGuire was reportedly considering resigning as county surveyor. The surveyor said the difficulty arose when his firm was not notified of proper county warrant procedure. FOREST FIRE LOSS, 1960 California Division of F estry Nevada, Yuba oe Counties 10,507 acres Tahoe National f Forest (to Sept. 15) 88,893 acres TOTAL 99,400 acres "In the long run, the best educational program willbe the most acceptable to the community, andthe best educational program is ultimately the most economical," Fellerson's summary said. "Thereare, however, practical problems of plant utilization for which an immediate plan must be made, and the plan must be workable within the present financial structure." Three possible approaches tothe housing problem seem to exist, according to the summary. 1. The continuance of two junior high schools. 2. The operation ofa single junior high school in Grass Valley. 3. Abolish the junior high system and revert to a fouryear high school. Continuance of the two schools would solve space problems and make it possible for all seventh and. eighth graders in the area to attend junior high.

But the high school district would need an override tax to meet operation and Maintenance ex penses, as ¥ well as higher tuition from the elementary districts The district would also need all pupils in that grade range, meaning the abandonment of seventh and eighth graders in the elementary districts now offering such classes. This is unlikely according to recent board reaction. Operation of a single junior high in Grass Valley would help the high school district solve its operation and maintenance costs. The Nevada City plant would then be available for lease to one or more of the elementary districts. Likely an attempt to limit attendance from districtsnot favoring the junior ‘Junior High Problem To B. Discussed By Administrators, Board Members students, since the new high school will not house four grades at the time of its completion. stiefts, but Grass Valley and Ready Springs would have to seek additional housing for their seventh and eighth graders, allof whom now must attend the junior high school. The high school board would still be forced to operate a second campus in. order to take care of its ninth grade high would be made. Elementary districts would still be asked to pay higher tuition, and not ironclad rule could be adopted to refuse attendance to others from districts other than Grass Valley and Ready Springs. By doing away with junior high shcools, there would no longer be “competition’ for for all elementary districts would have to agree to disband the junior high school system, and Grass Valley does not seem willing to forego the system. WINNER..Bob Goss (left) receives his first place trophy from Jack Townsend, last years Racing Association President, afterthe association heldtheirannual dinner at the Nevada City Elks Hall Sept. 16. : This isnot a likely solution, . EF, Wednebday, September 28, 1§ : 79G¢0 t reeway Meetince In NC Monday With State highway engineer, and A S. Hart, District III engine will attend a no-host 1 at the National Hotel noon, tohear "those who ¢ interested in presenting th views on the proposed fre way." City Manager H.J. F stated that all city coun members have been notifie and the hearing isopen all. Open Letter To: California Department of Public Works California Division of Highways The California Division of Highways through its Mary! ville office last Wednesday conducted an origin-dest! nation traffic count in our area, The Nugget has ofte pointed out that the current freeway plans were base on a similar survey made in 1948. We were pleased { see the new count, Several local residents expressed concern to. us thi the Division of Highways had seemed to pick a da which tourist traffic would be light--the middle of week after the end of the vacation season and the wee prior to the opening of hunting season. We prefer to think the day was chosen because a tru effort to seek the best route requires such a study, an because the highway commission desires to reach a ju decision in the near future. The commission is adept i reading the results of such surveys. They will realize th through traffic figure is a minimum total. As we went through the check-point: on Zion Stred leading out of Nevada City, we were disturbed to not that our destination--Wasley Road and Banner Mt. Roal ~--was marked down as "G.V." by the highway divisio enumerator, From the Nugget office, autos of our staff went throug the check -point six times that day. Only one of those trip was to Grass Valley, actually Hills Flat, But four time the enumerator marked "G,V." as the destination. Others in Nevada City have mentioned the same ex experience. We want to point out at this time to the Departme: of Public Works and the Division of Highway: Your surve of last week is inaccurate in the between-town traffi count, We cannot presume to tell you to what extent is wrong; but we can document the errors to which we hav referred. Your survey figure for traffic originating in d beyond Nevada City and terminating in Grass Valley wi behigher, much higher, than is the true picture of loc traffic. The Nugget cannot say that this error was made in deliberate attempt to distort the fact. In our opinion the error was possible because the gentlemen checkin the cars through the survey site were not familiar wi local road names and local area names, They too ofte assumed the general "G.V.” answer to be accurate. A honest error, wz believe. But nonetheless an error. One further disturbing item. A resident of Nevada City asked why the survey wa being held. One of the highway division employes re plied that its purpose was to prove to Nevada City resi dents that the freeway route is the right one. Again, we choose not to believe that such preconceive notions held by one or more of the enumerators co influence the results of the survey. But of one thing we are Certain: even assuming th best of impartial intentions on the part of the surve} party, the people of Nevada City will have good reasc to ‘closely question the results. : The long-awaited open freeway hearing requested by . the Nevada City council in a resolution last spring will be held Monday with highranking state officials in attendance. : According to a notice issued by Mayor Robert E. Carr, Robert Bradford, chairman of the state highway commission, J.C. Womack, state R. Dean Thompson, Editor . Engle To Speak Senator Clair Engle will be the featured speaker at a Kennedy for President luncheonin Western Nevada Connty Oct. 12, Local Democratic leaders be accepted immediate by phoning 273-3423 or 268 4068. “4 announced reservations will . Nevada City Weather 43 On NC Sept. 21 83 a0. = Thenumber of Nevada si psept. 22 79 88 ==} business leaders signing’ }Sept. 23. 78 38° --. petition opposing the pr WSept. 24 81 40 --. posed downtown free Sept. 25 86 43 =. route for economic Sept. 26 88 45 -~. hasrisento 43, accord 92 52 7~{ Otis Gaylord, chairman Sept. 27 Max. Min. Rain . Petition . the Citizens for P Raintodate... .16] Committée, Rain last year. .. 4.78] The petition citesthe Grass Valley posed route as harmful town's economy, oe 21. = «83 RO oe The 43 names repre: ySept. 22 80 53 -. businesses within the Sept. 23 80, 51 == . limits. Gaylord poi mpoept. 24 85 54 == . that this petition wa Sept. 25 89 . 69 --WSept. 26 94 64 = --. } addaddition Sept. 27 95 61 ~==. hundreds of obtained on Rain to date. .. 27] lated among the Rain last year.. . 4,07, : ulation,