February 7, 1968 (12 pages)

ge ee getty 2 the Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, Feb. 7, 1968 ' NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET: RARE TF Bae givin bi cap Sa a a eS ee re tt RDITORIAL Garrett M. Stack Editor a ee Nepotism Out? Congress seems to have voted itself out of one of its favorite prerogatives--putting relatives on the federal payroll. On a slumberous day when less than 100 Representatives were on the floor of the House, Iowan Neal Smith got his long-opposed anti-nepotism bill tacked onto the pay legislation subsequently approved, : Smith's rider is so far-reaching in its ban on hiring of cousins, uncles, aunts, step brothers, and whatnot by Congressmen and federal officials that some authorities believe it could prevent a president from appointing a relative to a cabinet position as President Kennedy did his brother, Bobby. One loophole remains, Nothing in the law would seem to prevent Congressmen or officials from exchanging cousins; a sort of you hire my relative, I'll hire yours, Nepotism may yet stagger through! ‘In the Highest Tradition”’ . Its an old saying that if you look hard enough you can always find somebody worse off than you are. While many in Nevada County were grumbling and shivering and slogging througt the cold and wind, the rain and snow area last week, a special group of them were fally brutal time; they were the Pacific Gas and Electric crews that used and muscle to restore damage to the company's lines and facilities, Many of the men orked Ww day and night, always in danger from falling trees and delivery of both electricity and natural gas. This emergency in repair work and fuel supplies is one dramatic illustration of why PG&E will be investing an estimated $275 million in 1968 to keep its gas and electric resources ahead of rising energy demands and to maintain services needed by California's growing population. Even in the natural course of events, per-consumer use of energy has risen continuously-an average of about 56 per cent since 1959, When repair crews recently returned from a storm area, PG&E President Shermer L, Sibley praised them by saying, "You have responded to the need in the highest traditions of public service." That's a pretty good way, also, to pay tribute to a very. vital and responsible investor-owned utility. How to Write Federalese Since the federal governmant is so interested in promoting education, we offer this sample of Housing and Urban Development departmental writing, for the enlightenment of any students having difficulty with English: "Action-oriented orchestration of innovative inputs, generated by escalation of meaningful decision-making dialogue, focusing on multilinkedproblem-complexes, can maximize the vital thrust toward a nonalienated and viable infrastructurs, :” They have to be putting us on! No Substitute The newspaper strike which blacked out San Francisco demonstrated one thing very clearly--there is no substitute for newspapers, Other media which purvey news demonstrated only their inadequacy. Most radio stations made little or no observable effort to rise to the occasion and didn't miss a commercial. A few TV stations supplemented their standard news programs with short news broadcasts but hew and where to find them without a newspaper? A notable exception was the KQED Newspaper of the Air. This educational television station coralled some top talent from the struck newspapers and presented them in an hour long round-up of. national and local news each evening, even including comic strips. A few small publications more noted for devotion to causes made well-intentioned efforts to step into the news breach but their sketchy coverage obviously lacked experienced news ce, The total of all the effort by radio, TV and supplemental newspapers fell far short of what the reading public expects, No advertising, no financial news, no sports pages, no death notices, no regional news, no special coverage--even the launch~ e oe ee . an evergetic new mayor was enion an energetic new mayor was engulfed in the darkness, " ud = If the struck newspapers have any feeling for public relations, they will, after the strike is over, pound away on the theme "Look at all you missed!" BY CORNELIUS R. STAM PRES. BEREAN BIBLE SOCIETY CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 6063S LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. “But we have this treasure: in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us” (II Cor. 4:6,7) . Any instructed Christian reading this passage from the pen of the Apostle Paul naturally goes back, in his mind, to the time when God first said: “Let there be light” and’ dispelled the darkness of the pri-. meval world. He might also recall the incident related in the book of Judges, when Gideon's army went to battle against the Midianites, each man with a sword in one hand and a lamp, hidden in a pitcher in the other. At Gideon’s command Gideon's soldiers broke the earthen vessels and the lights shone out to strike terror into the hearts of the enemy, who could not account for the crash Dear Mr, Editor; Recently my father, Luther W. Marsh, Sr., of Nevada City, sent me a copy of the ‘‘Nugget’’, — the January 3, 1968 edition. To my suprise and delight my family and I read on page 6 how my grandfather, Charles Marsh, discovered gold in his back yard, My children, who attend eleTo the Editor: Under the current management, the Nevada County Nugget has shown great improvement, which has encouraged us to renew our subscription which we started several years ago. Please keep up the good work, HELEN FOLEY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO, #1 Broad Street, Nevaaa City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2471 Garrett Stack, Editor Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circur lation by the Nevada County Superior Court, Juce 3, 1960. DecreeNo, 12, 406. ‘ Subscription Rates: one year, $3.00; two years, $5, 00. 19CE87 PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER . of the CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION } Letters and the blaze of light at this midnight hour. For every believer God has caused light, wonderful light, to shine out of the darkness and fill the heart, just as once He said to the dark and chaotic earth: “Let there be light— and there was light.” But we believers have come into “the light of the knowledge of the glory of God” by coming to know Christ. Our Lord rightly said: “No man cometh unto the Father but by Me” (John 14:6). God is unknown and unknowable apart from Christ. who is God manifested in the flesh. It was He who lived a perfect life and then died a sinner’s death in_ order to bring us into relationship and feliowship with God. And we come to know God through relationship with Christ Himself—God manifested in the flesh. It is wonderful to have the light of God's truth shine into our hearts —and it is more wonderful still to use that light to win spiritual victories for God. mentary school, couldn’t wait to share their story with their classmates. Your paper has helped to stimulate their interest in California history, especially the Mother Lode country which we enjoy traveling through. Thank you for a delightful paper and a nice surprise article for us. Please add our eid onto your subscription Enclosed is a personal check for $3.00 which will cover a ohe year subscription. Sincerely, Jerry and Germaine Lopes and family HAIL TO THE MEN OF THE P,G. & E. All hail to the men of the PG&E Who work on the wires for you and for me-They bravely go forth in battle _ array With trucks full of wires and wrenches and stuff-No matter how.cold or how wild the wind, Of courage. and vigor they've more than enough. All hail, dear gents, with your wrenches yeld high May your banners of cheer and good fellowship fly Forever FOR without you no light, and no baths and no stews O, lovely fellows, HERE'S to YOUS! Caroline Hartly One-half of one per cent of the people in this country own seven per cent of America's private wealth, USA today _By ROBERT M. SMALLEY Lest anyone think the Republicans have a monopoly on Show Biz folk who have made it big in public service, don’t forget that the Dem crats have Betty Furness. The brittle ex-saleslady of TV has probably made the -Ppapers more often in a few months on the job as Federal aie ae ‘S ned many years. Much of Betty’s = of course, resulted from blunders (perhaps inevitable) . made in the process of turning from vate to public employment. It’s not easy (espens at her age) to learn ow to bite the hand that used to feed you. a0 But now she seems.to have transition —simply by never gi up her role as an actress. she testified recently on a propoe federal meat ion ill for example Miss admitted she was doing :as she had been told. In short, it was a command perform-. .ance calling for script-deep conviction to attract attention . to an administration position. (But as one wag put it, “think how much worse it would be it she really cared.”’) Recently she did it again, this time with a proposal t appliance manufacturers. tell the housewife how’ many hours of service are built into each gadget. Implicit in her remarks was a threat that government will seek regulatory power to force some kind of service guarantee. As Donald White, financial editor of the San Francisco Examiner, commented, “It is impossible to predict the longevity of anythi that has moving parts, including humans.” But the interesting thing is whether Betty’s blast was the beginni of a monumental election year effort by the Johnson Administration to turn the spotlight on domestic matters in order to a draw attention away from Vietnam as much as pees a Furness, hired perhaps no for brains or policy-making prowess but as a public relations instrument to attract publicity, probably is just one player in the domestic campaign to come. g The Democrats have been running well against Hoover, against Business and against Republicans (all in the same breath) since 1932. President Johnson shows every inclination to continue the tradition of roasting out-of-power Republicans for virtually every ill confronting the land and in the months ahead he can propose expensive new domestic programs, then fire broadside at the GCP and at Business (maybe even at Hoover) if they oppose him. So double standards may set the tone for a political year, and Betty Furness is probably just a minor char; acter in a President’s master plan for commanding the headlines in 1968. But she can help project the idea that her associates up there in the White House—despite thy ugly war over inate in ietnam — care about the ais Folks back home. As an acting: job, it’s far more challenging than open_ ing the refrigerator door.

ge ee getty 2 the Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, Feb. 7, 1968 ' NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET: RARE TF Bae givin bi cap Sa a a eS ee re tt RDITORIAL Garrett M. Stack Editor a ee Nepotism Out? Congress seems to have voted itself out of one of its favorite prerogatives--putting relatives on the federal payroll. On a slumberous day when less than 100 Representatives were on the floor of the House, Iowan Neal Smith got his long-opposed anti-nepotism bill tacked onto the pay legislation subsequently approved, : Smith's rider is so far-reaching in its ban on hiring of cousins, uncles, aunts, step brothers, and whatnot by Congressmen and federal officials that some authorities believe it could prevent a president from appointing a relative to a cabinet position as President Kennedy did his brother, Bobby. One loophole remains, Nothing in the law would seem to prevent Congressmen or officials from exchanging cousins; a sort of you hire my relative, I'll hire yours, Nepotism may yet stagger through! ‘In the Highest Tradition”’ . Its an old saying that if you look hard enough you can always find somebody worse off than you are. While many in Nevada County were grumbling and shivering and slogging througt the cold and wind, the rain and snow area last week, a special group of them were fally brutal time; they were the Pacific Gas and Electric crews that used and muscle to restore damage to the company's lines and facilities, Many of the men orked Ww day and night, always in danger from falling trees and delivery of both electricity and natural gas. This emergency in repair work and fuel supplies is one dramatic illustration of why PG&E will be investing an estimated $275 million in 1968 to keep its gas and electric resources ahead of rising energy demands and to maintain services needed by California's growing population. Even in the natural course of events, per-consumer use of energy has risen continuously-an average of about 56 per cent since 1959, When repair crews recently returned from a storm area, PG&E President Shermer L, Sibley praised them by saying, "You have responded to the need in the highest traditions of public service." That's a pretty good way, also, to pay tribute to a very. vital and responsible investor-owned utility. How to Write Federalese Since the federal governmant is so interested in promoting education, we offer this sample of Housing and Urban Development departmental writing, for the enlightenment of any students having difficulty with English: "Action-oriented orchestration of innovative inputs, generated by escalation of meaningful decision-making dialogue, focusing on multilinkedproblem-complexes, can maximize the vital thrust toward a nonalienated and viable infrastructurs, :” They have to be putting us on! No Substitute The newspaper strike which blacked out San Francisco demonstrated one thing very clearly--there is no substitute for newspapers, Other media which purvey news demonstrated only their inadequacy. Most radio stations made little or no observable effort to rise to the occasion and didn't miss a commercial. A few TV stations supplemented their standard news programs with short news broadcasts but hew and where to find them without a newspaper? A notable exception was the KQED Newspaper of the Air. This educational television station coralled some top talent from the struck newspapers and presented them in an hour long round-up of. national and local news each evening, even including comic strips. A few small publications more noted for devotion to causes made well-intentioned efforts to step into the news breach but their sketchy coverage obviously lacked experienced news ce, The total of all the effort by radio, TV and supplemental newspapers fell far short of what the reading public expects, No advertising, no financial news, no sports pages, no death notices, no regional news, no special coverage--even the launch~ e oe ee . an evergetic new mayor was enion an energetic new mayor was engulfed in the darkness, " ud = If the struck newspapers have any feeling for public relations, they will, after the strike is over, pound away on the theme "Look at all you missed!" BY CORNELIUS R. STAM PRES. BEREAN BIBLE SOCIETY CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 6063S LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. “But we have this treasure: in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us” (II Cor. 4:6,7) . Any instructed Christian reading this passage from the pen of the Apostle Paul naturally goes back, in his mind, to the time when God first said: “Let there be light” and’ dispelled the darkness of the pri-. meval world. He might also recall the incident related in the book of Judges, when Gideon's army went to battle against the Midianites, each man with a sword in one hand and a lamp, hidden in a pitcher in the other. At Gideon’s command Gideon's soldiers broke the earthen vessels and the lights shone out to strike terror into the hearts of the enemy, who could not account for the crash Dear Mr, Editor; Recently my father, Luther W. Marsh, Sr., of Nevada City, sent me a copy of the ‘‘Nugget’’, — the January 3, 1968 edition. To my suprise and delight my family and I read on page 6 how my grandfather, Charles Marsh, discovered gold in his back yard, My children, who attend eleTo the Editor: Under the current management, the Nevada County Nugget has shown great improvement, which has encouraged us to renew our subscription which we started several years ago. Please keep up the good work, HELEN FOLEY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO, #1 Broad Street, Nevaaa City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2471 Garrett Stack, Editor Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circur lation by the Nevada County Superior Court, Juce 3, 1960. DecreeNo, 12, 406. ‘ Subscription Rates: one year, $3.00; two years, $5, 00. 19CE87 PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER . of the CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION } Letters and the blaze of light at this midnight hour. For every believer God has caused light, wonderful light, to shine out of the darkness and fill the heart,

just as once He said to the dark and chaotic earth: “Let there be light— and there was light.” But we believers have come into “the light of the knowledge of the glory of God” by coming to know Christ. Our Lord rightly said: “No man cometh unto the Father but by Me” (John 14:6). God is unknown and unknowable apart from Christ. who is God manifested in the flesh. It was He who lived a perfect life and then died a sinner’s death in_ order to bring us into relationship and feliowship with God. And we come to know God through relationship with Christ Himself—God manifested in the flesh. It is wonderful to have the light of God's truth shine into our hearts —and it is more wonderful still to use that light to win spiritual victories for God. mentary school, couldn’t wait to share their story with their classmates. Your paper has helped to stimulate their interest in California history, especially the Mother Lode country which we enjoy traveling through. Thank you for a delightful paper and a nice surprise article for us. Please add our eid onto your subscription Enclosed is a personal check for $3.00 which will cover a ohe year subscription. Sincerely, Jerry and Germaine Lopes and family HAIL TO THE MEN OF THE P,G. & E. All hail to the men of the PG&E Who work on the wires for you and for me-They bravely go forth in battle _ array With trucks full of wires and wrenches and stuff-No matter how.cold or how wild the wind, Of courage. and vigor they've more than enough. All hail, dear gents, with your wrenches yeld high May your banners of cheer and good fellowship fly Forever FOR without you no light, and no baths and no stews O, lovely fellows, HERE'S to YOUS! Caroline Hartly One-half of one per cent of the people in this country own seven per cent of America's private wealth, USA today _By ROBERT M. SMALLEY Lest anyone think the Republicans have a monopoly on Show Biz folk who have made it big in public service, don’t forget that the Dem crats have Betty Furness. The brittle ex-saleslady of TV has probably made the -Ppapers more often in a few months on the job as Federal aie ae ‘S ned many years. Much of Betty’s = of course, resulted from blunders (perhaps inevitable) . made in the process of turning from vate to public employment. It’s not easy (espens at her age) to learn ow to bite the hand that used to feed you. a0 But now she seems.to have transition —simply by never gi up her role as an actress. she testified recently on a propoe federal meat ion ill for example Miss admitted she was doing :as she had been told. In short, it was a command perform-. .ance calling for script-deep conviction to attract attention . to an administration position. (But as one wag put it, “think how much worse it would be it she really cared.”’) Recently she did it again, this time with a proposal t appliance manufacturers. tell the housewife how’ many hours of service are built into each gadget. Implicit in her remarks was a threat that government will seek regulatory power to force some kind of service guarantee. As Donald White, financial editor of the San Francisco Examiner, commented, “It is impossible to predict the longevity of anythi that has moving parts, including humans.” But the interesting thing is whether Betty’s blast was the beginni of a monumental election year effort by the Johnson Administration to turn the spotlight on domestic matters in order to a draw attention away from Vietnam as much as pees a Furness, hired perhaps no for brains or policy-making prowess but as a public relations instrument to attract publicity, probably is just one player in the domestic campaign to come. g The Democrats have been running well against Hoover, against Business and against Republicans (all in the same breath) since 1932. President Johnson shows every inclination to continue the tradition of roasting out-of-power Republicans for virtually every ill confronting the land and in the months ahead he can propose expensive new domestic programs, then fire broadside at the GCP and at Business (maybe even at Hoover) if they oppose him. So double standards may set the tone for a political year, and Betty Furness is probably just a minor char; acter in a President’s master plan for commanding the headlines in 1968. But she can help project the idea that her associates up there in the White House—despite thy ugly war over inate in ietnam — care about the ais Folks back home. As an acting: job, it’s far more challenging than open_ ing the refrigerator door.