January 13, 1966 (16 pages)

‘NEVADA €@ Serving the communities of Nevada City, Gr » Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little Ye fi Cad Ps ene, Cs eo Ti econ aca es , Soggsville, ‘ar, ill, Hi i ia Remi Hill, A ong ata foe Fe — ill, Scotch Hill, eee a i be . ‘a, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloon®® ark, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Seilor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Ll Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans F ‘ass Vo Volume 41 Number 2 10 Cents ACopy Published Thursdays, Nevada City January 13, 1966 co oO i?) AAVBIGT] 9384S “JTTED Tobiassen Enters Race For Assessor The hat of Elton A. Tobiassen, assessor ~collector-treasurer of the Nevada Irrigation District, this week became the first to come sailing into-the local political ring. Although the filing for county offic&®does not start until Feb, 28, Tobiassen announced Tuesday that he would run against veteran county assessor Charles Kitts in the June primary election, Tobiassen was bor in Nevada City, attended the local schools and the College of Agriculture at the University of California at’ Davis where he majored in animal husbandry, He laterservedin the United States Coast Guard during World War II, Prior to being elected assessorcollector-treasurer of the NID, Tobiassen owned and operated a 340 acre ranch in the Penn Valley area west of Grass Valley. He has heldhis elective post with the NID for the past 17 years, Tobiassen said in announcing his candidacy for County Assessor that he is not being sponsored by any group or organization, political or otherwise, but he will appreciate support when the campaign gets underway, Elton Tobiassen Nevada City Water Rates Go Up 50 Cents In April Water rates for homes and apartments in Nevada City will go up 50 cents per month effective April 1, This will make the basic rate in the city $4.50, The rate hike was set by the city council Monday after it approved by a3-1 vote a new one year contract to purchase water from the Nevada Irrigation District. Councilwoman Carole Friedrich cast the dissenting vote, The ‘increase to city users was necessitated by a 50 per cent rise in the NID price of water to the city, Rising costs of operation and maintenance in the district . were given by the NID as the reason for the rate increase, How much the rate for commercial accounts will go up has not yet been determined, The council heard the first reading of an ordinance to increase the monthly salary of City Clerk Sam Hooper from $20 to $50, If approved, the ordinance will become effective July 1, This is the first change in the salary since 1899, Although still not bursting at the seams with extra money, the council heard a good financial report from City Manager Beryl Robinson and fiscal watchdog Stan Howard, (Continued on Page 2) Grass Valley Will. Study The Idea Of A Paid Fire Department Grass Valley City Council agreed Tuesday night to study the possibility of turning its 104 year old volunteer fire department into a paid full-time fire department, The recommendation for the study was made in the annual report of outgoing fire chief James Hawkeswood, He proposed that the paid department start with (Continued on Page 2) FREEWAY DELAYED Hopes Are Held Out For Start Of Work Again In The Spring Just when the Nevada City section of the Grass ValleyNevada City Freeway will be completed remained a big question this week as the affairs of contractor Norman I, Fadel were put before the creditors in a bankruptcy action, The Nevada City Council was given the bad news Monday night by Willard Warren, District III engineer for the State Division of Highways, Warren stressed that his office was on top of the situation and “we will be vigilant to see that we have a going contractor in the spring.” What happens to the work between now and the spring will be up tothe creditors and the Federal Bankruptcy Court in which Fadel has filed voluntary chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, The creditors met in Sacramento Monday and a plan of payment was advanced by which financing could be made available to Fadel to.allow the firm to complete the job, This must be approved by the creditors and bythecourt, Another meeting is scheduled for Feb, 4 in Sacramento to “approve or reject the proposal, Warren told the Nevada County Council Monday that all bidders for highway jobs must be judged as qualified in regarding toequipment and financing before the contract is let, Fadel had been judged as qualified by the state, He said Fadel had worked in a good manner until October when there was a noticeable slowdown on the freeway work in Nevada City. He said Robert Fadel visited his office to advise him of a finance problem arising out of the death of two members of the Fadel family, The rest of the family members did not desire to continue the contracting organization, He said he was informed the slowdown in Nevada City was deliberate in an attempt to work out financing, but early in December the Title 11 bankruptcy action was filed, This move posed problems for many, Warren said, and at about the same time the state received claims asking that $400,000 be withheld to satisfy these claims, He mentioned the plan to satisfy creditors discussed earlier that day in Sacramento and said if it .was approved by a majority of the creditors and the court, the state couldthen release the $400,000, If the plan is not approved, Warren said the state would then have to act,. In this case the bonding company could move in and take over the job. If the bonding company refused to act, then thestaté would have to take over and readvertise for bids, To take care of this second eventuality, Warren said the state had already made survey measurements of the job. At the present time the contractor has used up 36 per cent of his working days and the job is about 34 per cent complete, Steel has been fabricated, butisstill in the (Continued on Page 3) Fadel Offers Creditors A Plan To Get Work Started A crowd of creditors of freeway contractor Norman I, Fadel, Inc., of Marysville, met in Sacramento Monday to hear a proposed plan of arrangement which would allow Fadel to complete the Nevada City segment of the Grass ValleyNevada City Freeway. The plan asks first that Fadel be allowed to possess and operate the business under the supervision of the court and that the firm desires to and will pay its debts to creditors, The tirm proposes to limit its operations tocompletion of three jobs including U.S, 50 at Bass Lake with an estimated value of $747,385 in work remaining, Nevada City with $3,397,152 in work remaining and Anderson with $1,875,520 remaining, The firm would agree to bid on no other jobs during the proceedings, It is noted that in addition to the value of these jobs remaining, the state Department of Public Works. is holding $438, 257.67 because of stop notices, Agreement by the creditors to the plan would mean that all stop notices would be removed, The key to the proposed plan is the agreement of Hartford Acci(Continued on Page 2) CHRISTMAS TREE decorations which have been in use forthe past 49 years were being carefully packed away again this week for another year, Mrs, Rose Moyle of 506 Sacramento Street, Nevada City, said the decorations were first used in 1916 and have been used every year since that time, World War I was going on when the tree was first decorated so an American flag was added to the top, The tree also features candles, unusual paper musical instruments, a doll and strings of popcorn put together 49 years ago, uoT4oas BT ROT TOTIAd

‘NEVADA €@ Serving the communities of Nevada City, Gr » Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little Ye fi Cad Ps ene, Cs eo Ti econ aca es , Soggsville, ‘ar, ill, Hi i ia Remi Hill, A ong ata foe Fe — ill, Scotch Hill, eee a i be . ‘a, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloon®® ark, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Seilor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Ll Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans F ‘ass Vo Volume 41 Number 2 10 Cents ACopy Published Thursdays, Nevada City January 13, 1966 co oO i?) AAVBIGT] 9384S “JTTED Tobiassen Enters Race For Assessor The hat of Elton A. Tobiassen, assessor ~collector-treasurer of the Nevada Irrigation District, this week became the first to come sailing into-the local political ring. Although the filing for county offic&®does not start until Feb, 28, Tobiassen announced Tuesday that he would run against veteran county assessor Charles Kitts in the June primary election, Tobiassen was bor in Nevada City, attended the local schools and the College of Agriculture at the University of California at’ Davis where he majored in animal husbandry, He laterservedin the United States Coast Guard during World War II, Prior to being elected assessorcollector-treasurer of the NID, Tobiassen owned and operated a 340 acre ranch in the Penn Valley area west of Grass Valley. He has heldhis elective post with the NID for the past 17 years, Tobiassen said in announcing his candidacy for County Assessor that he is not being sponsored by any group or organization, political or otherwise, but he will appreciate support when the campaign gets underway, Elton Tobiassen Nevada City Water Rates Go Up 50 Cents In April Water rates for homes and apartments in Nevada City will go up 50 cents per month effective April 1, This will make the basic rate in the city $4.50, The rate hike was set by the city council Monday after it approved by a3-1 vote a new one year contract to purchase water from the Nevada Irrigation District. Councilwoman Carole Friedrich cast the dissenting vote, The ‘increase to city users was necessitated by a 50 per cent rise in the NID price of water to the city, Rising costs of operation and maintenance in the district . were given by the NID as the reason for the rate increase, How much the rate for commercial accounts will go up has not yet been determined, The council heard the first reading of an ordinance to increase the monthly salary of City Clerk Sam Hooper from $20 to $50, If approved, the ordinance will become effective July 1, This is the first change in the salary since 1899, Although still not bursting at the seams with extra money, the council heard a good financial report from City Manager Beryl Robinson and fiscal watchdog Stan Howard, (Continued on Page 2) Grass Valley Will. Study The Idea Of A Paid Fire Department Grass Valley City Council agreed Tuesday night to study the possibility of turning its 104 year old volunteer fire department into a paid full-time fire department, The recommendation for the study was made in the annual report of outgoing fire chief James Hawkeswood, He proposed that the paid department start with (Continued on Page 2) FREEWAY DELAYED Hopes Are Held Out For Start Of Work Again In The Spring Just when the Nevada City section of the Grass ValleyNevada City Freeway will be completed remained a big question this week as the affairs of contractor Norman I, Fadel were put before the creditors in a bankruptcy action, The Nevada City Council was given the bad news Monday night by Willard Warren, District III

engineer for the State Division of Highways, Warren stressed that his office was on top of the situation and “we will be vigilant to see that we have a going contractor in the spring.” What happens to the work between now and the spring will be up tothe creditors and the Federal Bankruptcy Court in which Fadel has filed voluntary chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, The creditors met in Sacramento Monday and a plan of payment was advanced by which financing could be made available to Fadel to.allow the firm to complete the job, This must be approved by the creditors and bythecourt, Another meeting is scheduled for Feb, 4 in Sacramento to “approve or reject the proposal, Warren told the Nevada County Council Monday that all bidders for highway jobs must be judged as qualified in regarding toequipment and financing before the contract is let, Fadel had been judged as qualified by the state, He said Fadel had worked in a good manner until October when there was a noticeable slowdown on the freeway work in Nevada City. He said Robert Fadel visited his office to advise him of a finance problem arising out of the death of two members of the Fadel family, The rest of the family members did not desire to continue the contracting organization, He said he was informed the slowdown in Nevada City was deliberate in an attempt to work out financing, but early in December the Title 11 bankruptcy action was filed, This move posed problems for many, Warren said, and at about the same time the state received claims asking that $400,000 be withheld to satisfy these claims, He mentioned the plan to satisfy creditors discussed earlier that day in Sacramento and said if it .was approved by a majority of the creditors and the court, the state couldthen release the $400,000, If the plan is not approved, Warren said the state would then have to act,. In this case the bonding company could move in and take over the job. If the bonding company refused to act, then thestaté would have to take over and readvertise for bids, To take care of this second eventuality, Warren said the state had already made survey measurements of the job. At the present time the contractor has used up 36 per cent of his working days and the job is about 34 per cent complete, Steel has been fabricated, butisstill in the (Continued on Page 3) Fadel Offers Creditors A Plan To Get Work Started A crowd of creditors of freeway contractor Norman I, Fadel, Inc., of Marysville, met in Sacramento Monday to hear a proposed plan of arrangement which would allow Fadel to complete the Nevada City segment of the Grass ValleyNevada City Freeway. The plan asks first that Fadel be allowed to possess and operate the business under the supervision of the court and that the firm desires to and will pay its debts to creditors, The tirm proposes to limit its operations tocompletion of three jobs including U.S, 50 at Bass Lake with an estimated value of $747,385 in work remaining, Nevada City with $3,397,152 in work remaining and Anderson with $1,875,520 remaining, The firm would agree to bid on no other jobs during the proceedings, It is noted that in addition to the value of these jobs remaining, the state Department of Public Works. is holding $438, 257.67 because of stop notices, Agreement by the creditors to the plan would mean that all stop notices would be removed, The key to the proposed plan is the agreement of Hartford Acci(Continued on Page 2) CHRISTMAS TREE decorations which have been in use forthe past 49 years were being carefully packed away again this week for another year, Mrs, Rose Moyle of 506 Sacramento Street, Nevada City, said the decorations were first used in 1916 and have been used every year since that time, World War I was going on when the tree was first decorated so an American flag was added to the top, The tree also features candles, unusual paper musical instruments, a doll and strings of popcorn put together 49 years ago, uoT4oas BT ROT TOTIAd