July 2, 1964 (28 pages)

SUBDIVISION SAGA CONTINUES Four Groups Have Stake Supervisors Hear Arguments The questions of alleged subdivision violations in the county were presented to the supervisors yesterday before a packed house. Attorney Harold Wolters, representing some of the subdividers who have been cited by the district attorney's office, and District Attorney Harold A. Berliner both made presentations to the supervisors. At presstime at least four possible solutions had come out of the discussion, but no final action. Wolters presented a resolution which would direct the planning commission to receive maps and petitions stating the nature and reasons for the various variances or exceptions required to alleviate the situation. Berliner suggested two solutions. First that the subdividers file tentative maps with the planning commission as required by law. Secondly that the 31 alleged violators be categorized and perhaps three test cases could settle the questions through Superior Court action. And Defer Action To Monday Alfred Brass, foreman of the ‘1964 Grand Jury appeared and notified the supervisors that the grand jury had inherited this problem from the previous jury and planned to continue investi' gations, He saidtrips had already been made andthe jury would meet again July 15. He asked that the status quobe maintained until the grand jury could present the supervisors with a report. At least three of the 31 were placed in a special category by Berliner who said they had been misinformed by letters from his office and deserved first relief. Another man appeared before the supervisors to file a map and for some reason was told not to bother. He too deserves relief according to Berliner. The questions of law and fact seem to be at variance between Wolters and Berliner. Berliner maintained all31 subdividers were in violation for not filing a tentative map for approval before the supervisors, Wolters maintained the supervisors could only rule on road design, lot size and OHO ROMO OMG Go) WORLD PRESS DISPATCHES Scranton Squelched In Bid To Woo Illinois Convention Delegates After hearing talks by Sen. Goldwater and Gov. Scranton, the ILLINOIS delegation to the Republican National Convention, due to begin in San Francisco July 13, took a poll of its membership. Goldwater received 48 preference votes, Scranton none, Eight members were uncommitted, and three, did not vote. The Illinois delegation has been generally regarded as the key tothe success of: any “stop Goldwater” drive. ++ e 4+ The pro-Communist Pathet Lao has agreed to a Polish plan for a NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET Published Every Thursday By NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC. 318 Broad Street, Nevada City, Calif. Alfred E. Heller, PublisherDonald L. Hoagiand, Editor. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, Calif. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960, Decree No. 12,406. Subscription rates: One year, $4; Two years, $6; Three years, $8. kekkkkkke 1964 MERIT CITATION FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE. AWARDED BY, CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION multi-nation conference on settling the problems of LAOS, where the neutral government has broken down and the Communist forces have advanced across the Plain of Jars. +++ +4 Fidel Castro's sister, Juanita, appeared in MEXICO CITY, where she denounced the Cuban premier as a Communist dictator and asked for asylum. +++ 4+ + Henry Cabot Lodge arrived in WASHINGTON after resigning as Ambassador-to South Viet Nam and declared he had come home to campaign for the nomination of Gov. Scranton at the Republican convention. He said he believed eventual victory over the Communists would be won in the Southeast Asian nation. +++ 4+ President Johnson sent an added contingent of FBI men to MISSISSIPPI over the weekend to help search for the three missing civil rights activists who disappeared at Philadelphia, Miss., June 21. As the week progressed, however, there was no report of success in the search. In the meantime, civil rights leaders postponed plans to send volunteers to southwest Mississippi, where they said that whites were armed with machine guns and grenades, In St. Augustine, Fla., the scene of recent racial violence, a truce prevailed after Gov. Bryant appointed four unnamed civic leadersto attempt to "re-establish communications” between the races. In WASHINGTON, the House is expected to pass the Senate version of the civil rights bill in time for the President to sign it into law on the 4th of July weekend, drainage. Wolters, in dramatic fashion, decried the district attorney's lack of understanding of the law and his failure to.be in town when he said he would to provide the attorney with answers to questions posed at a previous meeting. He. said that statements made ‘by Berliner that the roads in the subdivisions would be filled with potholes and would require private or county action to repair was incorrect and the supervisors were welcome to inspect the subdivisions. A Penn Valley resident said these charges were true and that her husband had to shovel material to patch the roads. She said the neighbors were squabbling because there were no lot lines in subdivision. Because of the request of the grand jury to hold off action, the supervisors finally set the matter over to 10 a.m. Monday for further consideration. Extra Checks Stopped By School Board Grass Valley Elementary School Board reelected Brian 'A. Bennallack as chairman yesterday at the annual reorganization meet-~ ing. The trustees also renamed Dr. Robert A. Ross as clerk of the board and retained the third Mon— day of the month as the meeting day. After considerable discussion, the board voted to stop two 13th month checks which had been approved for retiring superintendent Clay Caldwell and former Hennessy School principal Harold Houser. The two checks, amounting to almost $1,700, had been held up by county superintendent Ed Fellersen for action by the board yesterday. (Continued on Page 3) Weather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall June 25 94 49 ~~ .00 26 94 50 .00 9): 7-86' =. 48. +00 28 80 41 .00 29 81 438 —.00 oo a a July 1-84 46. —-.00 38.50 68. 88 Rainfall to date Rainfall last year GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. Rainfall June 25 96 60 .00 26 «8695 62 .00 27 85 48 .00 28 81 49 .00 29 82 50. .00 30 80 52 .00. july. 2 84 > 82-00 44, 82 71,29 Rainfall to date Rainfall last year In Subdivision Controversy Nevada County District Attorney Harold A. Berliner presented awritten statement to the county supervisors Wednesday on his post = tion in the matter of 31 subdividers accused of violations of the state map act. The statement was made at the request of the supervisors when tw o attorneys representing subdividers charged with violations of the state map act, asked that both they and the district attorney be allowed to present arguments before them. Part of the district attorney's statement, which he also read at the meeting, is presented here. "Shocking examples of what could happen to Nevada County's taxpayers were shown by the 1963 Grand Jury Report. This was released in early spring, and in res-~ ponse our office investigated violations of the Subdivision Map Act as requested, and found approximately 31 subdivisions in conflict with that law. “A group of subdividers have protested that this situation must be adjusted immediately because they have so much at stake; however, there are at least four other groups with just as much, if not more, at stake in the correct solution. "(1) First Group: The General Taxpayers; none of the 31 subdivisions have provided for roads paved to county standards, and the cost of doing this is the subdividers' under our law. If the subdividers don't pay their own way there is a great probability the County will be required to do it, and the costs have been estimated at $1,500,000.00 to do the job the subdividers should be doing. Although the taxpayers wouldn't get the bill in one year, over the years the installments would come _in with dependable regularity. (If the bill came in one year it would add about $3.75 to the tax rate!) "(2) Second Group: The people who are living and will live in these 31 subdivisions; when all sold there will be enough lots to house over 5,000 people figuring one family of three to each lot. So if we do just what this group of subdividers wants we would be adding another City of Grass Valley, ineffect, with dusty streets, pot -holed roads, inadequate sanitary controls, just any way the subdivider happened to want it. "(3) Third Group: Nevada County's residents; they want a firm base for Nevada County of the future; they want present county roads maintained, and the county just wouldn't have enough money to build new roads, which subdividers have the duty to build, and also maintain present roads; they don ‘t want to create the slums of tomorrow which would persist for 100 years for the benefit of a quick profit to a few real estate men. They want to keep Nevada County good to live in. "(4) Fourth Group: The subdividers who have obeyed the law; © scores of subdividers have fully complied with the law at all times; before we had a subdivision ordinance and afterward. Nevada County has examples of excellent development made at (Continued on Page 3) New School Election Set Chicago Park School District Monday night approved construction of a new school to house the growing enrollment of the district. The move will mean abandonment of the existing 30 year old two room school, purchase of a new site, construction—of-a four room building, and approval by the voters of a $25,000 bond issue’ and a $198,500 apportionment from the state. The board set Sept. 15 as the election date. Both the bond issue andthe state apportionment must (Continued on Page 3) LOUISE RYAN of the local unit of Licensed Vocational Nurses Association, and Larry Parsons of the Nevada City rescue crew, eXamine the new gas driven saw presented to the city by the LVN. w *3983nN AiunoD epeaeNn*** poet ‘2 Aqnt** a

SUBDIVISION SAGA CONTINUES Four Groups Have Stake Supervisors Hear Arguments The questions of alleged subdivision violations in the county were presented to the supervisors yesterday before a packed house. Attorney Harold Wolters, representing some of the subdividers who have been cited by the district attorney's office, and District Attorney Harold A. Berliner both made presentations to the supervisors. At presstime at least four possible solutions had come out of the discussion, but no final action. Wolters presented a resolution which would direct the planning commission to receive maps and petitions stating the nature and reasons for the various variances or exceptions required to alleviate the situation. Berliner suggested two solutions. First that the subdividers file tentative maps with the planning commission as required by law. Secondly that the 31 alleged violators be categorized and perhaps three test cases could settle the questions through Superior Court action. And Defer Action To Monday Alfred Brass, foreman of the ‘1964 Grand Jury appeared and notified the supervisors that the grand jury had inherited this problem from the previous jury and planned to continue investi' gations, He saidtrips had already been made andthe jury would meet again July 15. He asked that the status quobe maintained until the grand jury could present the supervisors with a report. At least three of the 31 were placed in a special category by Berliner who said they had been misinformed by letters from his office and deserved first relief. Another man appeared before the supervisors to file a map and for some reason was told not to bother. He too deserves relief according to Berliner. The questions of law and fact seem to be at variance between Wolters and Berliner. Berliner maintained all31 subdividers were in violation for not filing a tentative map for approval before the supervisors, Wolters maintained the supervisors could only rule on road design, lot size and OHO ROMO OMG Go) WORLD PRESS DISPATCHES Scranton Squelched In Bid To Woo Illinois Convention Delegates After hearing talks by Sen. Goldwater and Gov. Scranton, the ILLINOIS delegation to the Republican National Convention, due to begin in San Francisco July 13, took a poll of its membership. Goldwater received 48 preference votes, Scranton none, Eight members were uncommitted, and three, did not vote. The Illinois delegation has been generally regarded as the key tothe success of: any “stop Goldwater” drive. ++ e 4+ The pro-Communist Pathet Lao has agreed to a Polish plan for a NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET Published Every Thursday By NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC. 318 Broad Street, Nevada City, Calif. Alfred E. Heller, PublisherDonald L. Hoagiand, Editor. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, Calif. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960, Decree No. 12,406. Subscription rates: One year, $4; Two years, $6; Three years, $8. kekkkkkke 1964 MERIT CITATION FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE. AWARDED BY, CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION multi-nation conference on settling the problems of LAOS, where the neutral government has broken down and the Communist forces have advanced across the Plain of Jars. +++ +4 Fidel Castro's sister, Juanita, appeared in MEXICO CITY, where she denounced the Cuban premier as a Communist dictator and asked for asylum. +++ 4+ + Henry Cabot Lodge arrived in WASHINGTON after resigning as Ambassador-to South Viet Nam and declared he had come home to campaign for the nomination of Gov. Scranton at the Republican convention. He said he believed eventual victory over the Communists would be won in the Southeast Asian nation. +++ 4+ President Johnson sent an added contingent of FBI men to MISSISSIPPI over the weekend to help search for the three missing civil rights activists who disappeared at Philadelphia, Miss., June 21. As the week progressed, however, there was no report of success in the search. In the meantime, civil rights leaders postponed plans to send volunteers to southwest Mississippi, where they said that whites were armed with machine guns and grenades, In St. Augustine, Fla., the scene of recent racial violence, a truce prevailed after Gov. Bryant appointed four unnamed civic leadersto attempt to "re-establish communications” between the races. In WASHINGTON, the House is expected to pass the Senate version of the civil rights bill in time for the President to sign it into law on the 4th of July weekend, drainage. Wolters, in dramatic fashion, decried the district attorney's lack of understanding of the law and his failure to.be in town when he said he would to provide the attorney with answers to questions posed at a previous meeting. He. said that statements made ‘by Berliner that the roads in the subdivisions would be filled with potholes and would require private or county action to repair was incorrect and the supervisors were welcome to inspect the subdivisions. A Penn Valley resident said these charges were true and that her husband had to shovel material to patch the roads. She said the neighbors were squabbling because there were no lot lines in subdivision. Because of the request of the grand jury to hold off action, the supervisors finally set the matter over to 10 a.m. Monday for further consideration. Extra Checks Stopped By School Board Grass Valley Elementary School Board reelected Brian 'A. Bennallack as chairman yesterday at the annual reorganization meet-~

ing. The trustees also renamed Dr. Robert A. Ross as clerk of the board and retained the third Mon— day of the month as the meeting day. After considerable discussion, the board voted to stop two 13th month checks which had been approved for retiring superintendent Clay Caldwell and former Hennessy School principal Harold Houser. The two checks, amounting to almost $1,700, had been held up by county superintendent Ed Fellersen for action by the board yesterday. (Continued on Page 3) Weather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall June 25 94 49 ~~ .00 26 94 50 .00 9): 7-86' =. 48. +00 28 80 41 .00 29 81 438 —.00 oo a a July 1-84 46. —-.00 38.50 68. 88 Rainfall to date Rainfall last year GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. Rainfall June 25 96 60 .00 26 «8695 62 .00 27 85 48 .00 28 81 49 .00 29 82 50. .00 30 80 52 .00. july. 2 84 > 82-00 44, 82 71,29 Rainfall to date Rainfall last year In Subdivision Controversy Nevada County District Attorney Harold A. Berliner presented awritten statement to the county supervisors Wednesday on his post = tion in the matter of 31 subdividers accused of violations of the state map act. The statement was made at the request of the supervisors when tw o attorneys representing subdividers charged with violations of the state map act, asked that both they and the district attorney be allowed to present arguments before them. Part of the district attorney's statement, which he also read at the meeting, is presented here. "Shocking examples of what could happen to Nevada County's taxpayers were shown by the 1963 Grand Jury Report. This was released in early spring, and in res-~ ponse our office investigated violations of the Subdivision Map Act as requested, and found approximately 31 subdivisions in conflict with that law. “A group of subdividers have protested that this situation must be adjusted immediately because they have so much at stake; however, there are at least four other groups with just as much, if not more, at stake in the correct solution. "(1) First Group: The General Taxpayers; none of the 31 subdivisions have provided for roads paved to county standards, and the cost of doing this is the subdividers' under our law. If the subdividers don't pay their own way there is a great probability the County will be required to do it, and the costs have been estimated at $1,500,000.00 to do the job the subdividers should be doing. Although the taxpayers wouldn't get the bill in one year, over the years the installments would come _in with dependable regularity. (If the bill came in one year it would add about $3.75 to the tax rate!) "(2) Second Group: The people who are living and will live in these 31 subdivisions; when all sold there will be enough lots to house over 5,000 people figuring one family of three to each lot. So if we do just what this group of subdividers wants we would be adding another City of Grass Valley, ineffect, with dusty streets, pot -holed roads, inadequate sanitary controls, just any way the subdivider happened to want it. "(3) Third Group: Nevada County's residents; they want a firm base for Nevada County of the future; they want present county roads maintained, and the county just wouldn't have enough money to build new roads, which subdividers have the duty to build, and also maintain present roads; they don ‘t want to create the slums of tomorrow which would persist for 100 years for the benefit of a quick profit to a few real estate men. They want to keep Nevada County good to live in. "(4) Fourth Group: The subdividers who have obeyed the law; © scores of subdividers have fully complied with the law at all times; before we had a subdivision ordinance and afterward. Nevada County has examples of excellent development made at (Continued on Page 3) New School Election Set Chicago Park School District Monday night approved construction of a new school to house the growing enrollment of the district. The move will mean abandonment of the existing 30 year old two room school, purchase of a new site, construction—of-a four room building, and approval by the voters of a $25,000 bond issue’ and a $198,500 apportionment from the state. The board set Sept. 15 as the election date. Both the bond issue andthe state apportionment must (Continued on Page 3) LOUISE RYAN of the local unit of Licensed Vocational Nurses Association, and Larry Parsons of the Nevada City rescue crew, eXamine the new gas driven saw presented to the city by the LVN. w *3983nN AiunoD epeaeNn*** poet ‘2 Aqnt** a