February 11, 1970 (12 pages)

= oe Pag 6 The Nevada County Nugget, Wednesday, February 11, 1970 Board orders study of general hospital wiring A study of the electrical system at Nevada General Hospital to determine how dangerous it is and what improvements are needed was authorized by Nevada county's supervisors Tuesday. A survey to be made by a San Francisco firm of electrical engineérs, Coke and Chun, will cost $2,500, Paul Byrne of the —hospital's— advisory committee told the board. The supervisors authorized Administrator Robert Costley to proceed with having the sur_ vey made and to try to find the money to pay for it within his budget. Costley said he expects an $8,000 reimbursement from Medicare before long, part of which could be applied to the study. Byrne cited three problems found in a quick survey of the wiring last year by a state engineer. These were: 25 and 30 amp fuses where only 15 and 20 amps should have been used; the main switchboard was warm to the touch during non peak load periods, meaning the switchboard was carrying more current than it was designed to carry; and an emergency generator. intended to pick up the entire hospital load wasn't large enough. (Since then, a second generator has been obtained.) Costley said he is ''very concerned about patient safety. The wiring might go on for some Board studies open space amendment An amendment adding an open space provision to the county zoning ordinance was studied by the board of supervisors this week, However, action was delayed until next Tuesday so County Counsel Leo Todd can make certain the technical language will allow the -change to fit properly into county codes, The amendment drew no controversy at Tuesday's public hearing. It was not the controversial scenic corridor ordinance as The Union incorrectly indicated in an article Monday. The amendment will permit open space zoning for things such as golf courses in new recreational residential subdivisions, At present, singlefamily zoning usually is applied to such areas. Dave Barber, former Placer county planner, drafted the proposal, Barber now is a private planner working on the GlenShire development in eastern Nevada county and wanted open space in that development zoned that way. Since Nevada county didn't have an appropriate .zone, the planning commission asked Bar_ber to draft an amendment. The planning commission unanieh Soe ea PSs time, but the sooner we get it .started, the better off we'll be." Chairman Willie Curran said if there is an electrical hazard, the county would be liable if something happens. "If this were an industrial complex,"’ Byrne commented, "I would expect to see some of management concerned because of possible liability." Supervisor Ralph Buchanan, 2a member of the hospital advisory committee, said that once a plan is made, rewiring can be done over two or three years, The supervisors also accepted a priority list of improvements at the hospital as recommended by the advisory committee. Activity has started or will soon on the first three items: crash, bars on doors, kitchen remodeling and wiring survey. The committee also recommended that the oil furnace be converted to natural gas to save money and that the maintenance department space be converted for expansion of physical therapy. In a letter, Costley asked that he be put on the agenda once each month to report on hospitalactivities. Nation editor speaks Thursday in Sacramento SACRAMENTO Carey McWilliams, editor of The Nation, America's oldest journal of political comment, speaks on "News Management: Threat to a Free Press" when he appears for A, M. Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m. in the Alhambra Theatre. Serious readers throughout the country are familiar with his widely read and discussed books, He has also contributed articles the the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Saturday Review, the New Republic and many other publications. A graduate of the University of Southern California, he served as Commissioner of Immigration and Housing in the State of California from 1938 to 1942, Believing that more and more people are relying on news programs available over TV, especially the younger generation, and aware that TV, like radio, is subject to governmental licensing, the possibility of governmental censorship of news programs, or of governmental pressure on certain types of news programs is beginningto become an issue with the American people. His program, prepared before Vice President Agnew's remarks on "biased reporting" became headline news, has been brought up to date anda question and answer period will follow his program to cover this issue. Admissions to the program are available at Breuner's Box Office and at the door of the Alhambra Theatre,»,preceding*'.” the program. 950°) (Ves. fire fromoa.company-sized enemy: force)". . United States Naval Service, .;, Heart Month proclamati on ’ GRASS: VALLEY MAYOR Jerry Brust proclaimed February as Heart Month at a proclamation signing ceremony held this week. Present were Mrs. Rosemary Decker, community services chairman; Dave Barber, (left) chairman of the business drive and Don Hess, (standing) treasurer, The proclamation points out that diseases of the heart and blood vessels are responsible for more deaths than all other diseases combined. The annual fund raising campaign will start next week with Barber the chairman for Nevada county. Rough & Readyan, wounded in Viet, gets Bronze Star A Rough and Ready man has been occupying a well-concealed bunker comawarded the nation's third highest miliplex. tary medal, the Bronze Star. "Although seriously wounded in the leg Anton Vaars, 21, received the medal by enemy small arms fire, Pfc. Vaars at his home this week. Now a civilian, resolutely continued to provide an effecVaars was cited for bravery under fire tive base of suppressive: fire. Moving in Vietnam on Feb, 12, 1969, across more than 100 meters of firePfc, Vaars, a member of the U. S, swept terrain with his squad, he continMarine Corps, was wounded in the right uously exposed himself to the hostile fire leg in the action and still has some’ while pointing out several well-concealed trouble, his wife, Roseanna, said. HowNorth Vietnamese Army positions. ever, Vaars is sufficiently recovered to "When ordered to discontinue his assault work for Boise Cascade at the Lake Wildbecause of his loss of blood, Pfc. Vaars wood project. steadfastly continued to fire at the enemy The citation reads as follows: while the corpsmen administered emer ~ "For heroic achievement in connection gency first aid, His bold initiative and ~ with combat operations against the enemy timely actions inspired all who observed in the Republic of Vietnam while serving him and contributed signigicantly to the as a rifleman with Company I, Third defeat of the North Vietnamese Army Battalion, Ninth Marines, Third Marine force, division, On 12 February, 1969, while . "Pfc. Vaars! courage, aggressive fightparticipating in Operation Dewey Canyon, ing spirit and steadfast devotion to duty Company I was advancing toward the crest in the face of great personal~ danger . of Hill 1280 in Quang Tri Province when were in keeping with the highest tradiathe lead elements.::came‘.under.intense’. ©.” ‘tions. of the ,MavineCorps',and' of, the’, '."'.

= oe Pag 6 The Nevada County Nugget, Wednesday, February 11, 1970 Board orders study of general hospital wiring A study of the electrical system at Nevada General Hospital to determine how dangerous it is and what improvements are needed was authorized by Nevada county's supervisors Tuesday. A survey to be made by a San Francisco firm of electrical engineérs, Coke and Chun, will cost $2,500, Paul Byrne of the —hospital's— advisory committee told the board. The supervisors authorized Administrator Robert Costley to proceed with having the sur_ vey made and to try to find the money to pay for it within his budget. Costley said he expects an $8,000 reimbursement from Medicare before long, part of which could be applied to the study. Byrne cited three problems found in a quick survey of the wiring last year by a state engineer. These were: 25 and 30 amp fuses where only 15 and 20 amps should have been used; the main switchboard was warm to the touch during non peak load periods, meaning the switchboard was carrying more current than it was designed to carry; and an emergency generator. intended to pick up the entire hospital load wasn't large enough. (Since then, a second generator has been obtained.) Costley said he is ''very concerned about patient safety. The wiring might go on for some Board studies open space amendment An amendment adding an open space provision to the county zoning ordinance was studied by the board of supervisors this week, However, action was delayed until next Tuesday so County Counsel Leo Todd can make certain the technical language will allow the -change to fit properly into county codes, The amendment drew no controversy at Tuesday's public hearing. It was not the controversial scenic corridor ordinance as The Union incorrectly indicated in an article Monday. The amendment will permit open space zoning for things such as golf courses in new recreational residential subdivisions, At present, singlefamily zoning usually is applied to such areas. Dave Barber, former Placer county planner, drafted the proposal, Barber now is a private planner working on the GlenShire development in eastern Nevada county and wanted open space in that development zoned that way. Since Nevada county didn't have an appropriate .zone, the planning commission asked Bar_ber to draft an amendment. The planning commission unanieh Soe ea PSs time, but the sooner we get it .started, the better off we'll be." Chairman Willie Curran said if there is an electrical hazard, the county would be liable if something happens. "If this were an industrial complex,"’ Byrne commented, "I would expect to see some of management concerned because of possible liability." Supervisor Ralph Buchanan,

2a member of the hospital advisory committee, said that once a plan is made, rewiring can be done over two or three years, The supervisors also accepted a priority list of improvements at the hospital as recommended by the advisory committee. Activity has started or will soon on the first three items: crash, bars on doors, kitchen remodeling and wiring survey. The committee also recommended that the oil furnace be converted to natural gas to save money and that the maintenance department space be converted for expansion of physical therapy. In a letter, Costley asked that he be put on the agenda once each month to report on hospitalactivities. Nation editor speaks Thursday in Sacramento SACRAMENTO Carey McWilliams, editor of The Nation, America's oldest journal of political comment, speaks on "News Management: Threat to a Free Press" when he appears for A, M. Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m. in the Alhambra Theatre. Serious readers throughout the country are familiar with his widely read and discussed books, He has also contributed articles the the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Saturday Review, the New Republic and many other publications. A graduate of the University of Southern California, he served as Commissioner of Immigration and Housing in the State of California from 1938 to 1942, Believing that more and more people are relying on news programs available over TV, especially the younger generation, and aware that TV, like radio, is subject to governmental licensing, the possibility of governmental censorship of news programs, or of governmental pressure on certain types of news programs is beginningto become an issue with the American people. His program, prepared before Vice President Agnew's remarks on "biased reporting" became headline news, has been brought up to date anda question and answer period will follow his program to cover this issue. Admissions to the program are available at Breuner's Box Office and at the door of the Alhambra Theatre,»,preceding*'.” the program. 950°) (Ves. fire fromoa.company-sized enemy: force)". . United States Naval Service, .;, Heart Month proclamati on ’ GRASS: VALLEY MAYOR Jerry Brust proclaimed February as Heart Month at a proclamation signing ceremony held this week. Present were Mrs. Rosemary Decker, community services chairman; Dave Barber, (left) chairman of the business drive and Don Hess, (standing) treasurer, The proclamation points out that diseases of the heart and blood vessels are responsible for more deaths than all other diseases combined. The annual fund raising campaign will start next week with Barber the chairman for Nevada county. Rough & Readyan, wounded in Viet, gets Bronze Star A Rough and Ready man has been occupying a well-concealed bunker comawarded the nation's third highest miliplex. tary medal, the Bronze Star. "Although seriously wounded in the leg Anton Vaars, 21, received the medal by enemy small arms fire, Pfc. Vaars at his home this week. Now a civilian, resolutely continued to provide an effecVaars was cited for bravery under fire tive base of suppressive: fire. Moving in Vietnam on Feb, 12, 1969, across more than 100 meters of firePfc, Vaars, a member of the U. S, swept terrain with his squad, he continMarine Corps, was wounded in the right uously exposed himself to the hostile fire leg in the action and still has some’ while pointing out several well-concealed trouble, his wife, Roseanna, said. HowNorth Vietnamese Army positions. ever, Vaars is sufficiently recovered to "When ordered to discontinue his assault work for Boise Cascade at the Lake Wildbecause of his loss of blood, Pfc. Vaars wood project. steadfastly continued to fire at the enemy The citation reads as follows: while the corpsmen administered emer ~ "For heroic achievement in connection gency first aid, His bold initiative and ~ with combat operations against the enemy timely actions inspired all who observed in the Republic of Vietnam while serving him and contributed signigicantly to the as a rifleman with Company I, Third defeat of the North Vietnamese Army Battalion, Ninth Marines, Third Marine force, division, On 12 February, 1969, while . "Pfc. Vaars! courage, aggressive fightparticipating in Operation Dewey Canyon, ing spirit and steadfast devotion to duty Company I was advancing toward the crest in the face of great personal~ danger . of Hill 1280 in Quang Tri Province when were in keeping with the highest tradiathe lead elements.::came‘.under.intense’. ©.” ‘tions. of the ,MavineCorps',and' of, the’, '."'.