December 30, 1959 (8 pages)

Nevada Coun Vol. 1 Nos 12 Published Weekly 10¢ A Copy THE PAPER WITH SQUAW VALLEYCHORUS. . of 1000 voices from high schools in Nevada and California will include those pictured above from Nevada Union High School. Schools applied for the honor in Tune by making tape recordings of their choirs. Citi: ty THE PICTURES Nevada City, (> se ednesday At ‘D3gember 3 3 , 1989 Nevada Union High School was one oF three Northern California schools chosen to sing at the opening events of the Eighth Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley. Mrs. Marian Il.ibbey is choir director. STARTING IN NEXT WEEK’S CITIZEN "SNOWSHOE THOMPSON ANDTHE BIRTH OF SKIING “AS A SPORT" BY STANLEY H. HALLS. In the spirit of California's Olympic year, we proudly present this fascinating account, fully documented in text and pictures, of the origins of skiing in the high Sierra. Mr. Halls, creator of the documentary gold-mining film, "Tears From the Sun" and prominent Nevada City businessman, lays original and convincing claim for the California Sierra as the actual birthplace of skiing as a sport, and suggests that incomingtoSquaw Valley, the Winter Olympics have "come home." READ "SNOWSHOE THOMPSON AND THE BIRTH OF SKIING AS A SPORT" EXCT.USIVELY IN THE CITIZEN EACH WEFK THROUGH OLYMPIC WEEK. 65 MPH Speed Law Enforcement To Be Strict Strict enforcement of the 65 mile an hour speed law which goes into effect onJanuary 1st was promised today by Bradford M. Crittenden, Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol. "The California Highway Patrol supported the new speed limit bill when it was before the legislature last spring because we believe that it will help reduce the slaughter on ourhighways eeuccd by unconisvllabie, runaway speeds," Crittenden declared. “Now that we have the law on the books, I arm determined to save every life we can possibly save through jts strict ssigfbe bast lent. “The law fixes the maximum legal speed at 65 miles an hour and that is exactly how the patrol will enforce its” Crittenden emphasized that the 65 mile limit will apply only on highways that have not been posted for a lower maximum speed by the State Department of Public Works, “Many stretches of highway outside of cities will be posted for speeds lower than 65 miles an hour, and the California Highway Patrol will euforce tuese iower limits just as it has in the past," he declared. “The posted limits, which range from 60 to 25 miles perhour, indicate the safe speed for the areas as determined by traf fic surveys, and motorists who violate these limits wifl be arrested." School Districts Get $32,768 Apportionment of National Forest reserve money to local school districts was made last week by the Nevada County Board of Education, $32,768 was split between seven districts which benefit from forest reserve money. In addition, the boardaccepted with regret theresig-~nation of Harry Fondiller submitted because of business guiside the county. ~ Fondiller's term of office runs untilJuly 1.° He may be replaced by fellow board members at theJanuary ineeting. County Superintendent of Schools Ed Fellersen said the forestry reserve money is built up by fees and sale of timber. Half of this money goes to the counties in which the forest issituated. Halfof that goes to schools in lieu of taxes from the forest lands. Nevada City Elementary andNevadaUnionHigh School districts benefited most from the apportionment. Tahoe-Truckee district was the other large beneficiary. Following are the districts and.fundemade availabie* Blue Tent, $328; Cherokee, $387; Nevada City, $11, 265; NorthSanJuan, $253; Washington, $414; Nevada Union High School, $10,380; and Tahoe-Truckee, $9,737. In other action, the board adopted a standard school list for purchasing. Retail Installment Law To Protect Consumers A new California Retail Installment Sales Law goes into effect on January 1, 1960. Provisions of this law are given beiow byHome Advisor Mrs. Frances M. Head, Unversity of California, Agricultural Extension Service. The purpose of this law is to protect consumers when buying goods and services on the installment plan. At the present time, finance or service charges on installment. “purchases are not regulated. It'sup to the consumer to be informed about the new law and see to it, himself, that the provisions of the law are carried out when it goes into effect, January 1, 1960. 1. A contract must contain a warning to the buyer not to sign before reading, or if 4 » ment now being supported by the American taxpayer may} : Beale that a new electronic ® uptotwoandahalftonseach. area Within it there are an esti} mated 32,000,000 parts, or ! one for every five Americans. ; i, 7 Computer. .” bi Installed fi A dramatic example ofthe prodigious defense establishbe found in a recent announcement from Camp computer worth 22 million doliars is now being installed at the Air Force Base. The machine will process an enormous variety of U.S. ‘air defense information and when "requested" will estimate enemy “kill points" and # missiles to these points. Theenormouscomputer consists of 330 units weighing The electric power reactually guide interceptors or i a ' quired for operation could & . comfortably supply the needs SS ‘of Western Nevada County, 7% te . and according to the Beale . announcement, the computer will fill.a space "equalto 24 . g tanch style homes. " The machine will digest intelligence from a vast network of air defense sources. T he sources include picket j ships and airborne early warning planes, long and short-range radars, Texas towers, the Dew Line andtwo other surveillance lines to the north, weather reports, weapons status, and flight plans. And these in turn form only one component of the far~ * flung U.S. defensive organization, which is costing the taxpayers 42 billion dollars this year. This is well over half of all federal government spending. » ONE OF THE UNITS.whicH make up the SFADS SAGE computer being moved into place for use at the San Francisco Air Defense Sector (SAGE) at Beale Air Force Base, California. “He: “SFADS SAGE Semputer can Be imagined by dwarfed by computer frames, inSIZE sO the photo of an engineer, specting one of the approximately 9,300 pluggable units which go into each computer. there is any blank space. 2. The seller must furnish the buyer witha legible, completely filled in copy of thecontract, and until he does, the buyer is obligated to pay only the cash price. 3. The contract must clearly set forth the cash price, the. amount of down payment, and allowance for goods traded‘in; the amount, ifany, included for insurance specifying the coverages and _____— the cost of each type of coveraves and the cost of each type of coverage; the amount of each installment expressed in dollars and the due date or period of the contract. 4, If there is an insurance it must be at authorized premium rates, and the buyer must be given evidence that it exists. 5. Service charges may not exceed $10 per $100 per year on the unpaid balance of the first $1,000 and $8 per $100 on any amount in excess of $1,000. There may be a minimum charge of $12 ifthe term is over 8 months or $10 of the term is 8 months or less. 6. Service charges on revolving credit are limited to 11/2 per cent a month for . up to $1,000 and 1 per cent / on amounts over that. 7. The buyer has the right to pay off the full amount at any time. He may beentitled to a refund of part of the service charge. Wherethe amount of the credit for anticipation of payment is less than $1.00 onrefund need be make. Where the earned service charge amounts to less thanthe minimum service charge, asinItem 5, above, theremay retained by the seller an amount equal to the minimum service charge applicable. 8. Where repossession is made, the buyer is entitled to the right to redeem the goods or have the goods resold at public sale. 9. Where 80% or more of the cost has been paid at time of default, the dealer may: a. Repossess the goods and and release the buyer from further obligations; ofr b. Recover only the balance due. 10. Wage attachments are prohibited for a period of 60 days from default on the contract. 11. In the case of add-on sales, goods purchased under the previous contract shall bé security for later purchases only until they are fully paid. (It’s important to knew the proportion of each payment. that applies t) each item while paving torseveral ee on Page 4) f oo .

Nevada Coun Vol. 1 Nos 12 Published Weekly 10¢ A Copy THE PAPER WITH SQUAW VALLEYCHORUS. . of 1000 voices from high schools in Nevada and California will include those pictured above from Nevada Union High School. Schools applied for the honor in Tune by making tape recordings of their choirs. Citi: ty THE PICTURES Nevada City, (> se ednesday At ‘D3gember 3 3 , 1989 Nevada Union High School was one oF three Northern California schools chosen to sing at the opening events of the Eighth Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley. Mrs. Marian Il.ibbey is choir director. STARTING IN NEXT WEEK’S CITIZEN "SNOWSHOE THOMPSON ANDTHE BIRTH OF SKIING “AS A SPORT" BY STANLEY H. HALLS. In the spirit of California's Olympic year, we proudly present this fascinating account, fully documented in text and pictures, of the origins of skiing in the high Sierra. Mr. Halls, creator of the documentary gold-mining film, "Tears From the Sun" and prominent Nevada City businessman, lays original and convincing claim for the California Sierra as the actual birthplace of skiing as a sport, and suggests that incomingtoSquaw Valley, the Winter Olympics have "come home." READ "SNOWSHOE THOMPSON AND THE BIRTH OF SKIING AS A SPORT" EXCT.USIVELY IN THE CITIZEN EACH WEFK THROUGH OLYMPIC WEEK. 65 MPH Speed Law Enforcement To Be Strict Strict enforcement of the 65 mile an hour speed law which goes into effect onJanuary 1st was promised today by Bradford M. Crittenden, Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol. "The California Highway Patrol supported the new speed limit bill when it was before the legislature last spring because we believe that it will help reduce the slaughter on ourhighways eeuccd by unconisvllabie, runaway speeds," Crittenden declared. “Now that we have the law on the books, I arm determined to save every life we can possibly save through jts strict ssigfbe bast lent. “The law fixes the maximum legal speed at 65 miles an hour and that is exactly how the patrol will enforce its” Crittenden emphasized that the 65 mile limit will apply only on highways that have not been posted for a lower maximum speed by the State Department of Public Works, “Many stretches of highway outside of cities will be posted for speeds lower than 65 miles an hour, and the California Highway Patrol will euforce tuese iower limits just as it has in the past," he declared. “The posted limits, which range from 60 to 25 miles perhour, indicate the safe speed for the areas as determined by traf fic surveys, and motorists who violate these limits wifl be arrested." School Districts Get $32,768 Apportionment of National Forest reserve money to local school districts was made last week by the Nevada County Board of Education, $32,768 was split between seven districts which benefit from forest reserve money. In addition, the boardaccepted with regret theresig-~nation of Harry Fondiller submitted because of business guiside the county. ~ Fondiller's term of office runs untilJuly 1.° He may be replaced by fellow board members at theJanuary ineeting. County Superintendent of Schools Ed Fellersen said the forestry reserve money is built up by fees and sale of timber. Half of this money goes to the counties in which the forest issituated. Halfof that goes to schools in lieu of taxes from the forest lands. Nevada City Elementary andNevadaUnionHigh School districts benefited most from the apportionment. Tahoe-Truckee district was the other large beneficiary. Following are the districts and.fundemade availabie* Blue Tent, $328; Cherokee, $387; Nevada City, $11, 265; NorthSanJuan, $253; Washington, $414; Nevada Union High School, $10,380; and Tahoe-Truckee, $9,737. In other action, the board adopted a standard school list for purchasing. Retail Installment Law To Protect Consumers A new California Retail Installment Sales Law goes into effect on January 1, 1960. Provisions of this law are given beiow byHome Advisor Mrs. Frances M. Head, Unversity of California, Agricultural Extension Service. The purpose of this law is to protect consumers when buying goods and services on the installment plan. At the present time, finance or service charges on installment. “purchases are not regulated. It'sup to the consumer to be informed about the new law

and see to it, himself, that the provisions of the law are carried out when it goes into effect, January 1, 1960. 1. A contract must contain a warning to the buyer not to sign before reading, or if 4 » ment now being supported by the American taxpayer may} : Beale that a new electronic ® uptotwoandahalftonseach. area Within it there are an esti} mated 32,000,000 parts, or ! one for every five Americans. ; i, 7 Computer. .” bi Installed fi A dramatic example ofthe prodigious defense establishbe found in a recent announcement from Camp computer worth 22 million doliars is now being installed at the Air Force Base. The machine will process an enormous variety of U.S. ‘air defense information and when "requested" will estimate enemy “kill points" and # missiles to these points. Theenormouscomputer consists of 330 units weighing The electric power reactually guide interceptors or i a ' quired for operation could & . comfortably supply the needs SS ‘of Western Nevada County, 7% te . and according to the Beale . announcement, the computer will fill.a space "equalto 24 . g tanch style homes. " The machine will digest intelligence from a vast network of air defense sources. T he sources include picket j ships and airborne early warning planes, long and short-range radars, Texas towers, the Dew Line andtwo other surveillance lines to the north, weather reports, weapons status, and flight plans. And these in turn form only one component of the far~ * flung U.S. defensive organization, which is costing the taxpayers 42 billion dollars this year. This is well over half of all federal government spending. » ONE OF THE UNITS..whicH make up the SFADS SAGE computer being moved into place for use at the San Francisco Air Defense Sector (SAGE) at Beale Air Force Base, California. “He: “SFADS SAGE Semputer can Be imagined by dwarfed by computer frames, inSIZE sO the photo of an engineer, specting one of the approximately 9,300 pluggable units which go into each computer. there is any blank space. 2. The seller must furnish the buyer witha legible, completely filled in copy of thecontract, and until he does, the buyer is obligated to pay only the cash price. 3. The contract must clearly set forth the cash price, the. amount of down payment, and allowance for goods traded‘in; the amount, ifany, included for insurance specifying the coverages and _____— the cost of each type of coveraves and the cost of each type of coverage; the amount of each installment expressed in dollars and the due date or period of the contract. 4, If there is an insurance it must be at authorized premium rates, and the buyer must be given evidence that it exists. 5. Service charges may not exceed $10 per $100 per year on the unpaid balance of the first $1,000 and $8 per $100 on any amount in excess of $1,000. There may be a minimum charge of $12 ifthe term is over 8 months or $10 of the term is 8 months or less. 6. Service charges on revolving credit are limited to 11/2 per cent a month for . up to $1,000 and 1 per cent / on amounts over that. 7. The buyer has the right to pay off the full amount at any time. He may beentitled to a refund of part of the service charge. Wherethe amount of the credit for anticipation of payment is less than $1.00 onrefund need be make. Where the earned service charge amounts to less thanthe minimum service charge, asinItem 5, above, theremay retained by the seller an amount equal to the minimum service charge applicable. 8. Where repossession is made, the buyer is entitled to the right to redeem the goods or have the goods resold at public sale. 9. Where 80% or more of the cost has been paid at time of default, the dealer may: a. Repossess the goods and and release the buyer from further obligations; ofr b. Recover only the balance due. 10. Wage attachments are prohibited for a period of 60 days from default on the contract. 11. In the case of add-on sales, goods purchased under the previous contract shall bé security for later purchases only until they are fully paid. (It’s important to knew the proportion of each payment. that applies t) each item while paving torseveral ee on Page 4) f oo .