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W hat frenzy dictates, jealousy believes. — John Gay ? ? ? Tim es mild. Low near 45. Thursday: Partly cloudy with a ] isolated afternoon / thundershow Continued warm* high near 82. Thursday night: Partly cloudy* 13 change in temperature, low near - High yesterday 80; low this m« ing 49; high at 1 p.m. 77. Precipitation: Toyda — 0; May •12; May, 1963 — 3 63. V o l . 4 7 N o . 2 7 7 A M 4 44 91 E L Y , N E V A D A , W E D N E S D A Y , M A Y 2 2 , 19 63 a pS ? Imsm w s o f th e mWmSmm By Associated Press Astronaut Gordon^ Cooper — a self-described. country boy is receiving the acolatedis' o f mil- Bcm$ in New York City. M illions o f persons have cheered the spaceman on 'another historic ride—>thiis one up Broadway, “The Canyon of H eroes/’ flanked by (buildings 'that scrape the sky. The 36-year^old air force ,ma-jor— smiting and waving—re­ceived cheers and showers of tons o f ticker tape from the crowd, a medal from Mayor Rob­ert W agner and a luncheon in Jii's honor at the W aldorf-Astoria Ho­fei As the! caravan of cars carry­ing Cooper and other astronauts began its parade up Broadway, police had trouble holding back fhe crowds. JjC!_ Ko_J___ ;0f the Roman Catholic Church to curtail his activities. ? ? ? More than 900 N egro students |—arrested in demonstrations'—-p have been freed from jail in Greensboro, N. C-, and given into the custody of a college. They are under orders to f™- H ginning on Thua^ ‘ > ? ; ; ? ? ! The Birminghaj [Board — in a rev -r-tas begun heal of some, 1,081 s o pils were expetlej for taking part in raciaT^ueirm onstrations. ? ? ? 10 Cents Per Co, AROUND THE STATE JAMES BROE&RE Reno — The deadline for Ne­vada High School seniors to reg­ister for the final American Col­lege Testing Program examina­tion this year, is June 1. The exam will be given at. Uni­versity of Nevada campuses at Reno and Las Vegas June *22. ? ? ? Carson City — Vandals slashed tires on 13 ^cars in Carson City sometime last night. Local pol­ice say from one to four tires on each car were punctured with a sharp . instrument—probably 4 I I 1 § \ n ip Danmeres {was:. ex4~ TO REORGANIZE SHORTCUT ASSOCIATION M cGill Parent-Teacher Organizatiei Merriners 'o r the Sunnysdde Shortcut Association will meet at 8 p.m- Friday in the Lund School for reorganization. The association is being assist­ed by the efforts^ of the new Eias-tern Nevada Boosters,^ which is injecting new life into the Sunny-side movement. While the Boost­ers is a compact, “action” group, the! association aims ait^ enlisting mass membership. The association membership is large and all those w ho, have joined or have signed petitions . m fWlPm Ifflfii Or 'lam. This item has not been digitized in its entirety. The original item is available for research and handling at the UNLV University Libraries. Additional digitization is available upon request. Please contact Special Collections to request additional digitization or with any questions regarding access at special.collections@unlv.edu. Dozens of persons broke (through police lines, during the parade and shouted: “Hello, Coop,” “W onderful job, Coop” and “ Go, Go, G ordon/’ The shout­ing became deafening, The storm of confetti became a vir­tual blizzard- The crowd seemed at vtinjes on a verge of hysteria. The aktransaut commented: “This js wonderful, exciting. This is great stu ff” The astronauts wife rode in a separate car from the airport. But she joined Cooper in his lim ousine fo r the parade up Broadway. A f City Fjjall, Cooper v^e^-Exvl tho„ .chy’ - o f. Hon­or from M ayor Robert W agner. In response, Cooper predicted much larger accomplishments in the future by American spaee-men. In rem arks at the luncheon W agner said Cooper and his fellow astronauts have enriched the “ world’s treasury of hero­ism— an international treasury Which belongs to *ali mankind. ? ? ? The State Department charges Cuban exile leaders are contend ing against one another for per­sonal advantage m case Fidel Castro is overthrown. Assistant Secretary of State Edwin Mar­in Englewood, N. J., the sit-in by N egro students at a predom­inantly white school continued today. Thirty |Negro children, en­tered the school- ? ? ? A search is being conducted in the seas some 20 miles southeast of Bermuda for a package that was supposed to drop by para­chute from the fringes of space. The co-called re-entry package was supposed to split away from a dummy nuclear reactor over the ^Atlantic by a, rocket launch­ed from W allops Isahid, Va., during the night. y - “ ? , '•#, , ? Form er vice-president N Nixon was expected toTgo o v ^ R e^ iffl^ can prospects for the neidt elec-, Mon at a luncheon meeting in Washington with GOP loaders of the Senate and House. ? ? ? A family spokesman .says Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and'his wife are expected to return to New York tomorrow from their hon-, eymoon trip to Venezuela and the Virgin Islands. an anniversary. . James Biroeske, -13, son of Mr-and Mris. Don Broeske, cele­brated an anniversary yesterday. It- was the completion of his third year as a carrier boy for the Ely Daily Time§. Jim, "whose father is pastor of the Lutheran Church, is an eighth grade student at Ely Grade School. His route is on High and Ely streets. From id’s occupation he has accumulated substantial savings. “I want to go to college and study architecture,” he explained. Jim is an honor student at Ely .Grade. Like the other hoys who de­liver routes -or have street sale jobs, Jim perform s, an important function with the Times. tuves from Nevada, Idaho, Utah j 7:15 p.m. Friday for a ride to and W yoming are expected to ah j £3^ Lund meeting. Sales Tax Increasi Leaders report that support is spreading for this movement to gain a straight, fiat route north and south in eastern Ne­vada. Aggressive steps are in the making to advance the cause. Cooperation between, the asso­ciation, the Boosters1, the Cham­ber of Commerce Sunmyside and highway committees and from public officials, is gaining mo­mentum. Recent sessions between ranch­ers and key persons in the busi­ness and political life of W hite Bine have been taking place, giving cohesion and direction to the I Shortcut promotion. R003IERANG BLUES NEW YORK (U P I ),— Tom Poston, panelist on the “To Tell The . Truth” television series ,oh CBS-TV, tells of the world’s rirr'n-'i.t Qot ’ 'l.n r Rockhounds to Hear Dr. Rozaire Dr. Charles Rozaire and Rich­a rd 4 Shutler, Jr., curator of an­thropology at the state museum, will speak at* a meeting of the Mt. W heeler Gem and Mineral Society af ,7:30 p.m. Thursday in the arts and crafts room of W hite-Pine Hiigih School. Slides w'jlll be shown. The announcement was- made by Gene Stoddard, curator of White Pine Museum. STRONG STUFF NEW YORK (UPI) — Victor '•Griffin, dancer bn the ^‘Sing tend the one-day session. Eight of 13 western states have txo medical schools and must d e­pend on other states with schools to furnish doctors' Univeristy of Nevada President Charles Arm strong has said there are no immediate plans for a medical school in Nevada.. ? ? ? Las Vegas — The Clark county commission has denied an appli­cation for -construction of two more, warehouses at McCarran Air Field. Three warehouses , already built oy Round Up Reality block the view of federal aviation agency aircraft controllers of a taxiway at the airport. , j S ta fford Season I The. 1 J34A a IJ l a yreport on the mater by Jund.1 "'3 0 . 1 '• . i r T ? k k Stewart -E - A record total of more than 130 outistandapg high' school juniors is expected to at­tend the 17th Annual Nevada Boys State, starting at Stewart, June 9. The director of the Amer­ican Legion project, J. E. Mattie, says 24 boys from Las Vegas have already signed up along with 30 from Reno. Nevada government officials wilT address Boys, State during the weeklong camp. T h e' boys will be divided into T w o, mythical _ ' -ppliiticai partief and will conduct mock elections Tom Mulroy Heads State Employe Group McGill Grade; School Parent- Teachers ^Association has author­ized John Poliish, principal, to publish a statement regarding the one-cent spades tax special election to be held June 11. ; The statement follow s: ; “The state legislature was flooded with' requests for addi­tional revenue to support and keep up with the growth of Ne­vada’s cities^ counties and state agencies. The special needs of ail departments and agencies were Critical and in order to meet the. quality and quantity of growth and expansion of our state, therefore AB 520 was pass­ed to provide, special election to increase sales and used tax from 2 per cent to 3 per cent. “The expected 10 million dol­lars’ annual estimated income will go into the general fund with proposals that it will be used to provide: “ (1) Help state with matching funds with federal government in - support of K err M il bill > for th e' aged- Reason of Shakespear at Strat-fordKjn- Avori opens April 2 and lasts for 35 weeks. A feature will be the adaptation into three parts o f the two “Henry VI” dramas and! “Richard III” to be identified by the over-all title’ “The Wars o f the Rosbs.” Tom Mulroy o f Las Vegas was elected state president, at the general council meeting oL the Nevada State „ Employees Asso­ciation at Carson City. Mulroy is southern Nevada Area Super­visor for the JSTevada State Dairy CcHp‘mi;|^jij3in|4 ;f lI K I 1 Other officers , elected -to serve the Association during the | com­ing year, were Lyle Mattice of Winn em ticca, Elirst:r Vice Presi­dent, Mrs. Beth' Mason, o f Reno, Second Vice President . and Geoi ge \Vosaenhoelt;er6,t " Car-' sion City, Treasurer.. Mrs. Mary Heckman of Carson City was re­appointed! Us Administrative Sec­retary. “ (2) Reduce* state ad-valorm tax by 18 cents; which will be returned to counties and cities to meet added expenditures, , “ (3) Return cigarette tax funds from the sit ate to the counties and “ (4) Capital expenditures- Uniyersity o f Nevada. “ (5). New dorm itory at state prfson. purchase of a new flag ban for the McGill Band. He also < curred, with the support and : animous vote of the memt at the meeting to allow $1CH be spent for advertising and s porting the 3 per cent salise referendum on June 11, 1963 this doesn’t pass, special legi; tiion Will probably be forth c ing. The governor staled ir ^peeiial meeting in Las Vegas i an income tax WiH be initis p this sales tax doesn’t pass, further added that the pres tax is the broadest and fail tax- The fax is supported 'by : property - qvvners and tour by 60 per cent, which is reas able and justified when we 1 at other neighboring states their fax structure. Refreshments were served^ the executive committee" and redted by the co-chairman ^ W endeli Knighton and Mrs. ] Sullivan* who have done an icellent job o f hospitality PTA year. New Fair, Recreation Bd. in Office “ (6) Allotment of funds for jV die * Groan' d" Landing 'M mo. ? Kindergarten Pre-registration Kindergarten pre - registra­tion will bei. held at the New Ruth Grade * School, Thursday, May 23, 1963 from 9 a.m. to 10,S0 a.ni VVft J ir g f a]| In accepting the office,,. Mul­roy stated1, “The association of employees o f the Ifetate o f Ne­vada serves a most useful; pur­pose and m erits the support of not only each and Tvery employee but of elected and appointed ofi fiidfals as well. Within the fram e­work of the Nevada State Em­ployees Association state em­ployees p l e d g e themselves to better &nd more efficient public service and to . securing^ and “ (7) Create special eme;rgency ^eho^Tim d which will allot ap-proximately 3 m illion annualy lor relief of county school sys- ?temslw “Where does White Pine Coun­ty school system stand financially for the next 2 years? Flirst, if salesj tax , does not pass, schools W lM operate on. . a" \ survival bud- Wmm “This means ; “Repairs and Maintenance: The budget, under present formula, Would allow spending in the most A new Fair and Reerea Board has taken over to hai funds from the room tax county promotion* The board , w as, reconstiti by state law on recommenda of local businessmen. N. E. Broadbent, still on board, but, now as a represei five of merchants was ele chairman last -night. Hugh White accepted his pointment as representative motel owners. Bruce Thiej represents, Non Goeringer represents hotels. 3 ard Christiansen still repress the county commissioners. C. E- (Dutch) Horton is vo teering his services as legal visor, a position provided for the law. Jim Heald is hand the. administrative chores. Last night the board vote^ give" Heald $50 per month ou tak in g ra re o f r<