Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 7
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- Nevada State Journali
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- Reno, Nevada
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State Journal Sunday. Aug llS 4,1963 LATEST NEWS OF NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA Mineral Schools Chairman Says Board Acted Illegally To Resign In Protest Of Pay Hike Special to Gazette-Journal HAWTHORNE The chairman the Mineral County School has announced his intention to resign from the school ward in protest of what he called "legal action by the body. Arthur Turner said that before he resigns he will reverse board action approving pay increases lor faculty members and administrators. That action was taken at a special session of the board Wednesday night, which allegedly was called to select a new vice pnn- cipal at Mineral County High School to replace Fred Wiebke. Wiebke had signed a contract tor the 1963-1964 school term, but a release so he could accept a better position which had been offered him.
During the session Floyd Smal- superintendent of schools, requested pay increases for faculty members of $100 per year. He also asked for wage hikes for administrators on a pro-rated basis, up to an estimated maximum of $260 for himself. Turner said the request nas out of order, since the only item on the agenda for the special session was Wiebke's resignation He further pointed out there were no funds budgeted for such an increase. A heated argument ensued, and Itaner announced his intention to resign and left the meeting. Lamb Crop Very Small Nevada's 1963 lamb crop was the third smallest on record at 223,000 head, the U.
S. Department of Agriculture said Saturday. The only crops wnich were smaller were in 1961 and 1962, the department said. Wool production dropped to 2.6 million pounds last year because of a 3 per cent drop in the number of sheep shorn and to be shorn. Average fleece weight creased, however, from 9.4 pounds in 1962 to 9.5 pounds this year.
Youth Granted Scholarship For Car Design Special to Gazette-journal SUSANVILLE, Calif. A 15- year-old Lassen County High School senior has been awarded a $3,000 scholarship in a national automobile design contest sponsored by the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild. Ted Aldave, (he son of Mr. and MM. Theodore Aldave of John- in-sonville, received the The remaining members of the board then unanimously voted for the proposed salary increases Mineral County's school system has been in the news several times lately.
A group of county residents have called for an investigation of the district's administrative and teaching practices Worm Warning Issued in Lyon Special to Gazette-Journal YBRINGTON Lyon County Extension agent Leonard Batchelder warned farmers last week to be on the watch for cutworms in young alfalfa. Batdielder says several types of the worms have appeared in fields of alfalfa that were planted this spring. If not quickly checked they will tall out the crop The worms are most easily detected by tooking for the damage they cause. If leaves are cut off at the stems or the plant at the Kround it is very likely to have been caused by the cutworm. While the worms live in moist ground, the surest way of killing them is to soak the ground thoroughly by irrigating.
This diseases the insect it dies in two or three days. They can't be seen on the surface on tlie ground; by digging into the ground a couple oi inches, they can usually be uncovered. As the worm rolls into a tight motionless ball when disturbed they often are difficult to head larger than in 1962, but was 12 per cent less than the five-j year average of 253,000 head, the! report said Ranchers saved 89 lambs each 100 ewes, the same as last year. Wool production was 11 per cent under the five-year average and the number of head shorn and to be shorn, 25,000, was 15 per cent less than the 1957-1961 level. Bids Above State Estimate Gazette-Journal Carson City Bureau Five companies submitted bids Thursday lor reconstruction of U.S 6 and 95 through Tono- but the bids were all above the estimate of the Nevada Highway Department.
The department will submit the bids for consideration to the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads before any decision is made. Lowest bidder was Isbell Construction Co. of Reno with an estimated cost of $829,993. The bids ranged up to $945,832.
Including right of way, the highway department estimated the job to cost SI million The bids do not include right of way acquisition. The 65 mile project will run east from Tonopah to State Route 8A junction. The channelized intersection of S. 6 and U.S. 95 now in Tonopah will be shifted southwest just opposite the State Highway Department.
award tor his scale model of a sports car he designed himself. j--- KOI- ne Gesumea himself This year's lamb crop was 1,000 The award was presentedCuring the annual guild convention week in Detroit. Lyon 4-H Sets Achievement Day Special to GuettoJournal members in other than livesta YERINGTON The date for display the work th to Lyon County 4-H Achievement SX ay has been set for Aug. 8. All will compete at the state lew SERIOUS PIANO STUDENTS Elizabeth Coberly, B.Mus.
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BBMUS OtnOMftS ON I $UI 1401 W. 4th 322-2159 discover. Spraying with chemicals is not feasible to destroy the cutworm because of the heavy foliage of the alfalfa and the dangerous residue. Farmers are urged to contact Batchelder for further advice if irrigation does not fully destroy them. State Ruling On Acting judges who have law partners in the state must cither resign their judicial posts or dissolve their law partnerships, Atty.
Gen. Harvey Dickerson said yesterday. Dickerson, in an opinion for Las Vegas Municipal Judge Walter Richards, said however that the decisions of the judges handed II down prior to their resignations or prior to the dissolution of theirll partnerships were valid. Auto Racer, Wife Injured FALLON (UPD-Auto racer All; Unser and his wife were recovering from injuries suffered when their car overturned Thursday after a collision on U.S. Highway 95 near here.
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and his wife, Wanda, 23, were hurt when he attempted to pass a car which he said had slowed and signaled for a left turn. Instead it iurned right. The Unser car grazed the other and overturned. Unser was treated for neck and back injuries and was released from the hospital His wife had broken ribs and pelvic injuries. BURGLAR SOUGHT A burglar who locked his victim's door on his way out is being sought by the Reno Police Department for the theft of $2155 from a parking service building at the Lake and Mill streets parking lot, according to an officer.
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