February 20, 1964 (22 pages)

. Page 15 1964..The Nugget. . . February 20, Page 15. NUGGET FEATURES DOS 04093608 Oe & DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE 0906088 09 O9G@ hob Chine ¥OOUS GOLD Politics --Most I 3 i. Politics is the most fascinating beats the hell out of football, base the mill. I have had my successes and my failures. a Young Republican worker when , intriguing game in the world, It ball or chess. I have been through I started out as Hoover failed in his second bid for the Presidency. I quit when I was ahead when I shared as Chairman of the Nevada County Republican Committee the first Eisenhower victory. T.oday I enjoy the passing casional column observer. parade as a non-participant but ocTo many politics is a dirty word, It should not be. Every single phase of your life is controlled by politics. We have two great politic al parties in the United States and itisasadcommentary of our American way of life that so very few really know what is going party of your choice is there for on---yet the opportunity to work with the every single one of you. The picture with this column is the sad story of one of my surprises, Taken in front of the NC Carey, Goody Knight, Senator Elks Building in 1948 it shows Bill Scoop Thurman from Colfax, Assemblyman Francis Lindsay from Loomis and Mayor Art Innis of NC. I was in part responsible for the NC meeting. It was the campaign when the Republicans were sure they couldn't lose, Truman would fail. Dewey would win. Warren would be the new VP and Lt. Gov. Knight would become the new Gov. of California. But Republicans missed the boat on two counts and couldn't interpret the hints of impending disaster. They had no idea of the number of women that didn't like Dewey's mustache, oF of Truman's lone dogged determination against tremendous odds. dence that things were not all right in t m meetings such as pictured here. The train stops increased day by day. And stayed away in droves fro crowds around the Truman the straw votes among the school k Yet there was unheeded evihe Republican world. Voters ids (even in NC) showed Truman to be the winner, which he turned out to be. The kids were only reflecting what their parents were ta Perhaps the Nugget camera may not the photo. At the top it reads “To Bob Goodwin J. Knight, Lt. Governor." At over-confidence at its worst. pick up the handwriting on Paine with Kindest regards, Iking at home. Republican ntriguing Game Of All O A Parrnreoh 4 ~<a ses” “Bedbaas” Seess = Cog. oo #e the bottom “Dear Bob In memory of a good try Francis C. Lindsay, Assemblyman 6th District," The kid looking at the camera is now Captain Lee Smart of the US Army Regulars at Ft. Benning, Georgia. Well, we lost. As always in politics, the best laid plans of mice and men to often go astray. So once again it is election time. Millions will be spent and all over the land there will be the sweet smell of success and the tragedy of failure. And the terrible post-mortems~--what did we do right? What did we do wrong? And always in the background that mysterious something called fate. Lee Oswald's assassin's bullet, or a heart attack of an office seeker. To TV debate or not to TV debate. Here in Nevada County the most talked about political person-, ality is Margarette Brown Meggs. She is a colorful character on the ballot horizon; She has education and charm. She has verve and nerve. She is a joiner, At last count she belonged to 22 organizations. She is adored by the hard-working women precinct workers of her party. Why, oh why, did Maggie flip flop? Her campaign for Assemblyman was in high gear and odds were being placed that Maggie had an outside chance to win. Then whammy. Rather than fight she switched to the race for State Senator. I don't know who advised her to be a martyr for the Republican party, but it sounds to me that somebody in the inner circle did Maggie dirt. I hope it wasn't the former US Senator William Knowland, Republicans are still picking up the debris that he scattered when the Presidential bug bit him. When his big-time ill-advised ambition failed, the Republicans had lost the California Governorship and a seat in the US Senate. ; At the moment I walk the lonely road with my own political conscience. I can find no enthusiasm for either party. I am disenchanted with the direction my own minority party in Nevada County appears to be heading. Much of the philosophy of the majority party I find distasteful. At heart I am a moderate liberal. Nevada County Republicans always seem to win the battle and (Continued on Page 16) NU NEWS What Do You Get? --Sand Fleas By Debby Thompson With the twang of guitars, the beat ofthe drums, and the shreik of hundreds of teenage girls--the Beatles are here. And it seems they ‘ve hit NU as hard as any other place. There are at NU three major _groups of thought on the Beatles. 1) You detest them, (2) You love them. (3) You like them merely because they dareto be different. Iwould say that the first group isthe minority group. It is made up largely of teachers, although there are a few brave students who dare to say that they dislike the Beatles. It is amazing how seldom a member of this group complains about the way the new Beatles sing. Comments are generally centered on their hair. It is from this Beatle-hating group that we get jokes like “Bottle the Beatles and sell them for hair restorer”. Ho, ho, ho! At this point Beatle lovers go mad, For the most part the majority of Beatle-lovers base their feelings on the way the Beatles sing, play, dress, and wear their hair. In short, everything the Beatles dois wonderful. Most of the girls in this group say that they would never scream if they saw the Beatles in person. But one Beatle lover screamed when “I Want to Hold Your Hand" came on in the car radio, frightening her mother into almost losing control of the car. Never standin a Beatle-lover's way when she wants to get an album. The night after their first performance on Ed Sullivan's Show, one girl came home very proud that she got the last Beatle album in the store, Eight other girlshad wanted it also. It didn't seem to matter that the plastic over the album was ripped to shreds andin one place the cover itslef had been torn, It was some sort of golden triumph just to have that album! The third and final group doesn't say too much, Just that the Beatles are terrific to dance to, even if they can't sing. This group firmly believes that the Beatles are just having a ball without getting too serious about the waythey dress, sing, or wear their hair. In closing, I leave you with one of the few jokes all three accept: . What do you get when you cross the Beatles with the Beachboys? Sand fleas. ++ e+ + First semester is over at NU! That means that everything is getting rearranged. Student body and class electionshave been held. The sophomores elected Mel Foote as president, Tom Lott as vice(Continued on Page 16)

. Page 15 1964...The Nugget. . . February 20, Page 15.. NUGGET FEATURES DOS 04093608 Oe & DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE 0906088 09 O9G@ hob Chine ¥OOUS GOLD Politics --Most I 3 i. Politics is the most fascinating beats the hell out of football, base the mill. I have had my successes and my failures. a Young Republican worker when , intriguing game in the world, It ball or chess. I have been through I started out as Hoover failed in his second bid for the Presidency. I quit when I was ahead when I shared as Chairman of the Nevada County Republican Committee the first Eisenhower victory. T.oday I enjoy the passing casional column observer. parade as a non-participant but ocTo many politics is a dirty word, It should not be. Every single phase of your life is controlled by politics. We have two great politic al parties in the United States and itisasadcommentary of our American way of life that so very few really know what is going party of your choice is there for on---yet the opportunity to work with the every single one of you. The picture with this column is the sad story of one of my surprises, Taken in front of the NC Carey, Goody Knight, Senator Elks Building in 1948 it shows Bill Scoop Thurman from Colfax, Assemblyman Francis Lindsay from Loomis and Mayor Art Innis of NC. I was in part responsible for the NC meeting. It was the campaign when the Republicans were sure they couldn't lose, Truman would fail. Dewey would win. Warren would be the new VP and Lt. Gov. Knight would become the new Gov. of California. But Republicans missed the boat on two counts and couldn't interpret the hints of impending disaster. They had no idea of the number of women that didn't like Dewey's mustache, oF of Truman's lone dogged determination against tremendous odds. dence that things were not all right in t m meetings such as pictured here. The train stops increased day by day. And stayed away in droves fro crowds around the Truman the straw votes among the school k Yet there was unheeded evihe Republican world. Voters ids (even in NC) showed Truman to be the winner, which he turned out to be. The kids were only reflecting what their parents were ta Perhaps the Nugget camera may not the photo. At the top it reads “To Bob Goodwin J. Knight, Lt. Governor." At over-confidence at its worst. pick up the handwriting on Paine with Kindest regards, Iking at home. Republican ntriguing Game Of All O A Parrnreoh 4 ~<a ses” “Bedbaas” Seess = Cog. oo #e the bottom “Dear Bob In memory of a good try Francis C. Lindsay, Assemblyman 6th District," The kid looking at the camera is now Captain Lee Smart of the US Army Regulars at Ft. Benning, Georgia. Well, we lost. As always in politics, the best laid plans of mice and men to often go astray. So once again it is election time. Millions will be spent and all over the land there will be the sweet smell of success and the tragedy of failure. And the terrible post-mortems~--what did we do right? What did we do wrong? And always in the background that mysterious something called fate. Lee Oswald's assassin's bullet, or a heart attack of an office seeker. To TV debate or not to TV debate. Here in Nevada County the most talked about political person-, ality is Margarette Brown Meggs. She is a colorful character on the ballot horizon; She has education and charm. She has verve and nerve. She is a joiner, At last count she belonged to 22 organizations. She is adored by the hard-working women precinct workers of her party. Why, oh why, did Maggie flip flop? Her campaign for Assemblyman was in high gear and odds were being placed that Maggie had an outside chance to win. Then whammy. Rather than fight she switched to the race for State Senator. I don't know who advised her to be a martyr for the Republican party, but it sounds to me that somebody in the inner circle did Maggie dirt. I hope it wasn't the former US Senator William Knowland, Republicans are still picking up the debris that he scattered when the Presidential

bug bit him. When his big-time ill-advised ambition failed, the Republicans had lost the California Governorship and a seat in the US Senate. ; At the moment I walk the lonely road with my own political conscience. I can find no enthusiasm for either party. I am disenchanted with the direction my own minority party in Nevada County appears to be heading. Much of the philosophy of the majority party I find distasteful. At heart I am a moderate liberal. Nevada County Republicans always seem to win the battle and (Continued on Page 16) NU NEWS What Do You Get? --Sand Fleas By Debby Thompson With the twang of guitars, the beat ofthe drums, and the shreik of hundreds of teenage girls--the Beatles are here. And it seems they ‘ve hit NU as hard as any other place. There are at NU three major _groups of thought on the Beatles. 1) You detest them, (2) You love them. (3) You like them merely because they dareto be different. Iwould say that the first group isthe minority group. It is made up largely of teachers, although there are a few brave students who dare to say that they dislike the Beatles. It is amazing how seldom a member of this group complains about the way the new Beatles sing. Comments are generally centered on their hair. It is from this Beatle-hating group that we get jokes like “Bottle the Beatles and sell them for hair restorer”. Ho, ho, ho! At this point Beatle lovers go mad, For the most part the majority of Beatle-lovers base their feelings on the way the Beatles sing, play, dress, and wear their hair. In short, everything the Beatles dois wonderful. Most of the girls in this group say that they would never scream if they saw the Beatles in person. But one Beatle lover screamed when “I Want to Hold Your Hand" came on in the car radio, frightening her mother into almost losing control of the car. Never standin a Beatle-lover's way when she wants to get an album. The night after their first performance on Ed Sullivan's Show, one girl came home very proud that she got the last Beatle album in the store, Eight other girlshad wanted it also. It didn't seem to matter that the plastic over the album was ripped to shreds andin one place the cover itslef had been torn, It was some sort of golden triumph just to have that album! The third and final group doesn't say too much, Just that the Beatles are terrific to dance to, even if they can't sing. This group firmly believes that the Beatles are just having a ball without getting too serious about the waythey dress, sing, or wear their hair. In closing, I leave you with one of the few jokes all three accept: . What do you get when you cross the Beatles with the Beachboys? Sand fleas. ++ e+ + First semester is over at NU! That means that everything is getting rearranged. Student body and class electionshave been held. The sophomores elected Mel Foote as president, Tom Lott as vice(Continued on Page 16)