August 24, 1966 (20 pages)

WELCOME NEVADA €0 Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass rie 4 cg Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, agora tee Little ‘arr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, urbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columb field, Hill, , Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, L Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bo Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. ccisamninpidenal LAIODICALS SECTION -AL ST_LIBRARY 3ACTO CAL 95614 TO THE FAIR York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North BloomSummit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly ia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Volumg 41 Number 32 10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City August 24, 1966 Nevada City Appeals To Governor Over Delays And Work Stoppage Of The Freeway Construction Nevada City officials yesterday fired off a volley of telegtams to Sacramento protesting the latest slowdown and delay in the construction of the Nevada City segment of the Grass Valley -Nevada City Freeway. The council, at the urging of Bob Paine, Monday night approved sending telegrams protesting the latest series of delays in the work and stating that the economic life of the city was in jeopardy. Tuesday morning city officials gathered at city hall to frame telegrams to Governor Edmund G. Brown and to Robert Bradford, state transportation ad= ministrator, At the same time, telegrams toBrown and Bradford were sent by Nevada City FairOpens Thursday For A Four Day Run , The Nevada County District Fair will open its gates at 10 a.m, tomorrow for a four day run with anew, colorful and different ceremony, In the past few years the fair officials have done away with the traditional ribbon cutting in favor of a log sawing symbolic of the county's timber industry and forest environment. Tomorrow, as a crowd of city, county and state officials stand by, a new twist will be added to the opening ceremonies, Actually it will be a triple twist. California Western Approved Rodeo Queen Patti Me-~ yers will be assisted by trick riders, the Ludwig twins, in cutting the timber across the gate, Before the timber cutting, the girls will ride across the Petunia lined walk carrying the American and California Bear andNevada County rodeo flags, Once the gates open it will be kids days tomorrow and Friday with cash prizes for games and races, Children will be admit60 MODERN WITH CHAIN SAW Nevada County's only authorized Dealeri Sales and Service beatin irra ted free from 10 a.m, to 6 p.m, each of these days and will be admittedto Great Western Carnival rides fora dime until 6 pem, each day, On Friday two bicycles will be awardedto a boy and ‘girl and an electric dishwasher will be awarded to a lucky woman on the fairgrounds, A free junior horse show is scheduled for the fairgrounds arena tomorrow night and Hereford cattle will be judged starting at 7 p.m. The 561st Air Force Band di(Continued on Page 20) City Keeps Tax Rate Unchanged At $2.23 Per $100 The Nevada City Council Monday adopted a 1966 -67 budget of $257,355 and kept the tax rate unchanged at $2.23 per $100 of assessed valuation, Assessed valuation in the city showed a slight increase over last year going from $3, 297,800 in 1965 -66 to $3,384,250, Under the present assessed valuation, the $2.23 tax rate should bring in $75,460 from property taxes, but the adopted budget shows income from taxes of, $72,900 due to a three per cent delinquency factor, The $2, 23 tax rate is broken down with $1 going to the general fund, 29 cents to the park and recreation fund, 35 cents to the sewage fund, 20 cents to the library fund, 24 cents to the bond redemption fund and 15 cents to the employees retirement fund, City manager Beryl Robinson told the council that the only change made in distribution of the frrds came in a lowering of (Continued on Page 20) Chamber of Commerce president Ralph Friedrich, In their telegram to Governor Brown signed by Mayor Arch McPherson said "The Nevada City Councilurges that your office investigate the accumulating, continuing and completely frustrating delays in the construction of the freeway within Nevada City and respectfully request an assurance of no further dilatoriness, " In the message to Bradford, the mayor said, "The Nevada City Council protests past delays, current delays and probable future delays in the construction of the Nevada City Freeway, Delays and postponed completion dates are destroying our economic life and community ' THE NEVADA CITY segment of the freeway, which is finally beginning to look like a road, was shutdown briefly last week, while state highway officials, representatives of the contractor and bonding company officials conferred on why this job and three others being constructed by Norman I, Fadel are behind schedule. Work resumed on a limited scale this week and more conferences are scheduled on the condition of the construction firm. County Passes $5,123,014 BudgetAnd 7 Cent Tax Hike T he Nevada County Board of Supervisors last week gave final approval to a budgetof $5,123,014 and set the tax rate at $2.65; up éeven cents from last year. The session went into the early evening and before the day closed the board cut a possible 33 cent tax increase down to about seven cents, Not everyone was happy with the cuts, Dr, H, P. Tapia of Truckee, chairman of te county protested cuts inthe budget of the county recreation commission saying it would be unable to functim, He got nowhere except to get the board agreed to pay $10 per meeting for two meetings a month and increase travel and office expenses, Truckee Supervisor Henry Loehr had to cast the tie break(Continued on Page 20) values, We seek assurance that internal problems between the contractor, the bonding company and the Division of Highways will be resolved immediately, The long drawn out planning and construction of this freeway is inexcusable. We resent the name of Nevada City becoming synonymous with poor freeway construction,” The internal problems between the contractor, the bonding company and the division of highways cited in the telegram refers to the latest slowdown in work by contractor Norman I, Fadel Inc, The job was shut down last week and early this week, work was resumed, but at an apparently slowed down pace, Earlier this year Robert Fadel, owner of the firm, initiated bankruptcy proceedings and creditors were finally paid off and work allowed to proceed after the bonding company advan-: ed funds to Fadel, A meeting of state highway officials, Fadel, the bonding company and the contractor's attorney was held last Friday in Sacramento, Robert Biggs, assistant district engineer for the Division of Highway ‘s District III in Marysville, said Tuesday that the session had been called to determine what the contractor The Silent Freeway planned to do with four lagging jobs he now has underway. He said this is a natural procedure seem contractor falls behind on a job, "This isserious, We dont (Continued on Page 20)

WELCOME NEVADA €0 Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass rie 4 cg Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, agora tee Little ‘arr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, urbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columb field, Hill, , Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, L Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bo Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. ccisamninpidenal LAIODICALS SECTION -AL ST_LIBRARY 3ACTO CAL 95614 TO THE FAIR York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North BloomSummit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly ia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Volumg 41 Number 32 10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City August 24, 1966 Nevada City Appeals To Governor Over Delays And Work Stoppage Of The Freeway Construction Nevada City officials yesterday fired off a volley of telegtams to Sacramento protesting the latest slowdown and delay in the construction of the Nevada City segment of the Grass Valley -Nevada City Freeway. The council, at the urging of Bob Paine, Monday night approved sending telegrams protesting the latest series of delays in the work and stating that the economic life of the city was in jeopardy. Tuesday morning city officials gathered at city hall to frame telegrams to Governor Edmund G. Brown and to Robert Bradford, state transportation ad= ministrator, At the same time, telegrams toBrown and Bradford were sent by Nevada City FairOpens Thursday For A Four Day Run , The Nevada County District Fair will open its gates at 10 a.m, tomorrow for a four day run with anew, colorful and different ceremony, In the past few years the fair officials have done away with the traditional ribbon cutting in favor of a log sawing symbolic of the county's timber industry and forest environment. Tomorrow, as a crowd of city, county and state officials stand by, a new twist will be added to the opening ceremonies, Actually it will be a triple twist. California Western Approved Rodeo Queen Patti Me-~ yers will be assisted by trick riders, the Ludwig twins, in cutting the timber across the gate, Before the timber cutting, the girls will ride across the Petunia lined walk carrying the American and California Bear andNevada County rodeo flags, Once the gates open it will be kids days tomorrow and Friday with cash prizes for games and races, Children will be admit60 MODERN WITH CHAIN SAW Nevada County's only authorized Dealeri Sales and Service beatin irra ted free from 10 a.m, to 6 p.m, each of these days and will be admittedto Great Western Carnival rides fora dime until 6 pem, each day, On Friday two bicycles will be awardedto a boy and ‘girl and an electric dishwasher will be awarded to a lucky woman on the fairgrounds, A free junior horse show is scheduled for the fairgrounds arena tomorrow night and Hereford cattle will be judged starting at 7 p.m. The 561st Air Force Band di(Continued on Page 20) City Keeps Tax Rate Unchanged At $2.23 Per $100 The Nevada City Council Monday adopted a 1966 -67 budget of $257,355 and kept the tax rate unchanged at $2.23 per $100 of assessed valuation, Assessed valuation in the city showed a slight increase over last year going from $3, 297,800 in 1965 -66 to $3,384,250, Under the present assessed valuation, the $2.23 tax rate should bring in $75,460 from property taxes, but the adopted budget shows income from taxes of, $72,900 due to a three per cent delinquency factor,

The $2, 23 tax rate is broken down with $1 going to the general fund, 29 cents to the park and recreation fund, 35 cents to the sewage fund, 20 cents to the library fund, 24 cents to the bond redemption fund and 15 cents to the employees retirement fund, City manager Beryl Robinson told the council that the only change made in distribution of the frrds came in a lowering of (Continued on Page 20) Chamber of Commerce president Ralph Friedrich, In their telegram to Governor Brown signed by Mayor Arch McPherson said "The Nevada City Councilurges that your office investigate the accumulating, continuing and completely frustrating delays in the construction of the freeway within Nevada City and respectfully request an assurance of no further dilatoriness, " In the message to Bradford, the mayor said, "The Nevada City Council protests past delays, current delays and probable future delays in the construction of the Nevada City Freeway, Delays and postponed completion dates are destroying our economic life and community ' THE NEVADA CITY segment of the freeway, which is finally beginning to look like a road, was shutdown briefly last week, while state highway officials, representatives of the contractor and bonding company officials conferred on why this job and three others being constructed by Norman I, Fadel are behind schedule. Work resumed on a limited scale this week and more conferences are scheduled on the condition of the construction firm. County Passes $5,123,014 BudgetAnd 7 Cent Tax Hike T he Nevada County Board of Supervisors last week gave final approval to a budgetof $5,123,014 and set the tax rate at $2.65; up éeven cents from last year. The session went into the early evening and before the day closed the board cut a possible 33 cent tax increase down to about seven cents, Not everyone was happy with the cuts, Dr, H, P. Tapia of Truckee, chairman of te county protested cuts inthe budget of the county recreation commission saying it would be unable to functim, He got nowhere except to get the board agreed to pay $10 per meeting for two meetings a month and increase travel and office expenses, Truckee Supervisor Henry Loehr had to cast the tie break(Continued on Page 20) values, We seek assurance that internal problems between the contractor, the bonding company and the Division of Highways will be resolved immediately, The long drawn out planning and construction of this freeway is inexcusable. We resent the name of Nevada City becoming synonymous with poor freeway construction,” The internal problems between the contractor, the bonding company and the division of highways cited in the telegram refers to the latest slowdown in work by contractor Norman I, Fadel Inc, The job was shut down last week and early this week, work was resumed, but at an apparently slowed down pace, Earlier this year Robert Fadel, owner of the firm, initiated bankruptcy proceedings and creditors were finally paid off and work allowed to proceed after the bonding company advan-: ed funds to Fadel, A meeting of state highway officials, Fadel, the bonding company and the contractor's attorney was held last Friday in Sacramento, Robert Biggs, assistant district engineer for the Division of Highway ‘s District III in Marysville, said Tuesday that the session had been called to determine what the contractor The Silent Freeway planned to do with four lagging jobs he now has underway. He said this is a natural procedure seem contractor falls behind on a job, "This isserious, We dont (Continued on Page 20)