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August 20, 1975 (8 pages)

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$ ry vss. RECOV ae akan § rie" as accident: “the Jocal, eqy.caHh. Califo FATEFUL SUNDAY EXCURSION It had been Engineer Robert Elliott’s first run, and a pleasant one at that. His mission had been to take a special excursion train from Santa Cruz to the Felton redwood grove for a Sunday picnic. The three cars on the train were really only flat cars rigged with seats. A light wooden railing encircling the ers offered the only protection but that didn’t daunt the exuberance and laughter of the 150 passengers.At precisely 3:30 on May 23, 1880, Elliot pulled the whistle and the train began its six-mile y home. As the cars rumbled through Tunnel 7, squeals, hoots and yells rose from the flatcars. Coming out of the tunnel Elliot noticed the train had picked up some speed on the downgrade and was still picking up more. He blasted the whistle, ‘‘Brakes down.” Nothing happened and the locomotive and its trailing cars began to rock and sway around the curves. “Can you slow down?” cried Howard Antrim, the only man in the cab familiar with the track. “Tt drops 1266 feet to the mile here.” Elliot pulled his whistle again, and although he could see the brakeman setting the brake wheels, the runaway picked up speed. ; Careening into a 14 degree curve the locomotive tipped precariously over the rushing San Lorenzo river 500 feet below. It miraculously righted Camptonville News CAMPTONVILLE, Aug. 12. Herbert N. Rogers who spent the past few weeks visiting relatives here has returned to his home in Oakland. Mr. and Mrs. Lester B. Brown ‘returned recently from Los Angeles where they attended the funeral of his mother. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith who resided in the Humphrey house on Spring Street for the past several months have moved elsewhere: Alex R. Hume, of Burbank, is spending some time at his summer home here. Miss Lisa Letko returned recently from Los Angeles after a flight to the southern city to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Rogers made a visit to relatives in the bay area last week. Richard Clark returned home Sunday after spending the past five weeks in hospitals in Grass Valley and Sacramento _from injuries Pee ee he at © a mia Kristi in an * Code, , ; ‘ RIBAS Beas yma ve woul ost ha ARES Sad ountry Steber itself as did the first car behind it. The second car was not so lucky. : Helpless and horrified, Elliot watched it jump the track and bounce jarringly along the ties, tossing ers through the railings on either side. The force of the second car pulled the first car off the tracks and more passengers spilled over the side. The last car stayed on the rails and madly cut straight through the path of destruction and debris before it. Elliot leaped from the locomotive and scrambled back to the scene. He found ten mangled and mutilated bodies, including one woman and a small boy. More than forty others were seriously hurt, five of them fatally. It was one of California’s worst train disasters. Want ads Pay PUBLIC NOTICE STATEOF . CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF NEVADA EXCERPT ,BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MINUTES August 5, 1975 Meeting called to order at 9:00 A.M., ail Supervisors present (District Two vacant). Salute to the Flag. Public Hearing held on Final Budgets and Board approved the final budget in the amount of $12,894,066.00. ° Resolutions. adopted: No. 75-213 (Accepting a quit claim deed from James T. and Mary M. Ralph regarding Weimar Medical Center). No. 75-214 (Authorizing execution of Supplement No. 2 to, Service Contract between_the County and State of Calif., Dept of Transportation). No. 75-215 (Proclaiming the week of August 18, through August 23, 1975 as Nevada County Fair Week). No. 75-216 (Authorizing the Chairman to sign Order Waiving Responsibility of support of parent Elvin Wood). No. 75-217 (Authorizing execution of an equipment and operations agreement between ithe County and State of Calif. for a boating safety and enforcement grant). No. 75-218 (Releasing certain bonds). No. 75-219 (Authorizing Mr. Jerry Sykes, Personnel Director of the County to sign all of the closing documents for the PEP Program effective as of June 30, 1975. : Ordinances adopted: No. 724 (An Amendment to the “RA” Residential Agricultural District, of the Nevada County Land Use and Development Code, Nevada County Code, 1956, recodified in 1972, to delete certain uses from Section L-I! 7.2 and add certain uses to Section L-II 7.5). No. 725 (An Amendment to the Land Use and Development Code. of the Nevada County 1956,. as amended, 12th da / 10:04 A. . absent. Salute to the dE August 20, 1975 Wed., The Nevada County Nugget 7 PUBLIC NOTICE No. 726 (Amending Section L1136.7, Chapter 2, Land Use and Development Code of the Nevada County Code, 1956, as amended, recodified in 1972, to establish an “RA-X’’ District, Sweetiand Glen Subdivision). Department Head matters and Communications considered. Board recessed for Junch to reconvene at 1:30 P.M. AFTERNOON ~ SESSION: Meeting called to order at 1:30 P.M., all Supervisors present. Appeal earing on_ the decision of the Planning Commission, Condition No. 2 to the granting of Use Permit No. U755, Pleasant Ridge School. District, Applicant and was withdrawn by the Applicant. Appeal Hearing was held on the appeal by Sandra J. Burks from the decision of the Planning Commission regarding the issuance of a _ negative declaration pursuant to Section 21152 of the Public Resources Code, State of Calif., for the proper commercial stable. to located in Alta Sierra. The Board denied the appeal and upheld the. Planning Commission decision regarding the issuance of a negative declaration. Old and New Business considered. The Board appointed William Curran as Chairman of the Board and Supervisor Ralph Buchanan as_ Vice-Chairman. There being no_ further business the meeting adjourned at 3:10 P.M. . , THEO. A. KOHLER, JR., Co. Clerk & Ex-Officio Clerk, Nevada County. Board of Supervisors, State of California, do mera’ y certify that the foregoing is a true and correct excerpt of the Minutes of the meeting of the Board of Supervisors held August 5, 1975. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, . hereunto affix my hand and official seal of said Board this of August, 1975. THEO. A. KOHLER, JR. Co. Clerk & Ex-Officio Clerk Nevada County Board of Supervisors By: CATHY WEST Acting Deputy Clerk to the Board Date of Publication: August 20, 1975. PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF NEVADA EXCERPT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MINUTES August 12, 1975. eeting called to order at ., Supervisors Rood Minutes approved as submi Resolutions adopted: No. 75-220 (pertaining to a subdivision improvement agreement and release of surety
for Meadow ley Ranches). No. 75-221 (approving Plans and Specs for Nevada County Airpark tie down area project and authorizing advertisement for bids). No. 75-222 (authorizing overlay projects be financed with Revenue Sharing Funds and advertisement for bids). No. 75-223 (authorizing execution of agreement between County and Counties of Solano, Yolo and Colusa pertaining to housing of wards of the Juvenile Court). No. 75-224 (authorizing execution of an agreement between the County and ivan Ryan pertaining to the sale of the surplus Quonset Hut). Department Head matters and Communications considered. Board approved budgets for County Service Areas Nos. 1A, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 and for Glenshire Maintenance District, Ponderosa Palisades Maintenance District and’ Martis. Valley Estates Maintenance District. .Urider-. Old:Business Fred ee ee ee ee ees Paar ks ie ae YAY WY Soe WO? a Ny [i 2 a oe ee $ Seeesseeebsseseeset sss sass PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE Board of igh bree of the Nevada Cemetery District due to the resignation of Eugene Baroni. Mrs. Barbara .Imsdahl addressed the Board on the need for emergency housing and the recent high rent increases for the ‘elderly, disabled and peer Matter referred to Dept. of Social Services for further discussion and recommendation. ! Board recessed for lunch to reconvene at 1:30 P.M. AFTERNOON SESSION: Meeting called to order at 1:30 P.M., Supervisor Rood absent. Public Hearing was held on the tentative map for the rroposed reversion to acreage of ots 823 and 824, Western Lake Properties, Unit 2A, Lakeshore North, Lake of the Pines Sub. Board action approved to the proposed reversion to acreage subject to one condition. Public Hearing was held on the Petition of Hazadon, Inc. to amend Zoning District Map No. 1233 from ‘R&D’ Research and Development to establish an ““A1-10’" Gen. Agric., minimum lot size 10 acres, District. Board action concurred with the recommendation of the Planning Commission and approved the proposed amendment. Under New Business Bill Heafey, Sheriff, Wayne Brown and David Laird were appointed to the SPO Social Programs Advisory Committee. There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 1:44 P.M. 1. THEO. A. KOHLER, JR., Co. Clerk & Ex-Officio Clerk, Nevada County Board of Supervisors, State of California, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct excerpt of the Minutes of the meeting of the Board of Supervisors held August 12, 1975. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, . hereunto affix my hand and official seal of said Board this 13th day of August, 1975. THEO. A. KOHLER, JR. Co. Clerk & Ex-Officio Clerk Nevada County Board of Supervisors By: JEANETTE HILLMAN Deputy Clerk to the Board Date of Publication: August 20, 1975. PUBLIC NOTICE UNITED STATE OF AMERICA FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION Docket No. E-9530 Pyramid Lake Paiute Trive of Indians vs. Sierra Pacific Power Company NOTICE OF COMPLIANT AND PETITION FOR DECLARATORY ORDER (August 5, 1975) Public notice is heen given that a Complaint and Petition for Declaratory Order was filed on July 1, 1975, pursuant to Sections 1.6 and 1.7 (c) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 C.F.R. S1.6 and $1.7 (c), by the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians (Petitioner) claiming that certain hydroelectric facilities owned by Sierra Pacific Power Company (Sierra Pacific) on the Truckee River in California and Nevada are being operated illegally. (Correspondence to: Robert S. Pelevanr, Esq., Native American Rights Fund, 1506 Broadway. Boulder, Colorado, 80302; Don B. Miller, Esq., Native American Rights«. Fund, 1712 N. Street, NiW., Washington, D.C. 20036; Robert D. Stitser, 755 Forest Street, Reno, Nevada 89502). Petitioner claims that Sierra Pacific owns and operates the Farad Plant .near Farad, California, the Fleish and Verdi Plants near Verdi, Nevada, and the Washoe Plant near Mogul, Nevada. It is further claimed the Jruckee River on Coe a Ok We ‘ Ce sek dm Je Sa eee ee see SPER RRR RE ee ‘ eee over 4 ae a _are located, is an _ interstate, navigable stream. ae Petitioner alleges that Sierra Pacific does not now have and has never sessed a mit from the ps of Engineers, Congressional approval, or a Federal Power Commission license to operate the four facilities. Petitioner states that the Truckee River, which rises in California as the outlet stream of Lake Tahoe, is the main source of water for Pyramid Lake. Petitioner claims that it has relied upon the water of tt Truckee River for maintenance of the level and the quality of the lake and for maintenance of the Truckee River as the natural spawning ground for lake fish which Petitioner uses for food and for barter. The Petitioner alleges that the United States, in establishing the Pyramid Lake Reservation, impliedly reserved sufficient water for the needs of the Pyramid Lake Indians. Petitioner further oliegee that the Floriston Rates for flowage of the Truckee River were designed to meet the requirements of Sierra Pacific’s By aden pale facilities. It is alleged that this flow regimen is in the best interest of maintaining and preserving the fishery in Pyramid Lake and in the Truckee River. Petitioner is currently in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada attempting to establish its rights to the waters of the Truckee River. Petitioner believes that resolution of the Commission jurisdiction question is_important to the District Court case. The relief requested in the complaint is that a declaratory order be issued stating that the operation of the four hydroelectric facilitives is illegal, that Sierra Pacific be required to cease operations of the four hydroelectric facilities in the absence of a Federal Power Commission license and that any further appropriate relief be granted. Any person: desiring to be heard or to make protest with reference to said complaint and petition should on or before September 22, 1975, file with the Federal Power Commission, Washington, D.C. 20426, a’ petition to intervene or a protest ° in accordance’ with _ the requirements of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 C.F.R. $1.8 or $1.10). All protests filed with the Commission will be considered by it in determining the appropriate action to be taken but will not serve fO make the protestants parties to a proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party in any hearing therein must file a petition to intervene in accordance with the Commission’s Rules. The application is on file with the Commission and available for public inspection. KENNETH F. PLUMB Secretary Date of Publication: August 20, 1975. CLASSIFIED ADS 10. Crafts & Services “ROBERT L. ROSS, JR. OPTOMETRIST147 Mill St., Ph. 273-6246 not 44. Musicai Instruments PIANO. WALNUT _ Spinet Console Piano to be picked u and sold in this area. Will sacrifice to responsible party. Cash or terms. Also Organ with Automatic Rhythm. Phone 206CH3-9270° or write Credit f. aig n., 612 S.W. 2nd, . Seattle, eR RETR EY