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June 25, 1959 (6 pages)

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33rd Yor No. or ia GOVERNOR’S REPORT . Finest In of California,” He made the statement as the Legislature adjeurned its 1959. session, having given overwhelming approval to nearly 90 per cent of the program he proposed when inaugurated January 5. “I have no intention of going through the whole host of legislation which we have .produced together,” Governor Brown told sepaprate final sessions of the Assembly and Senate last Friday night. “But I do want to single out the water program and FEPC,”’’ he said. — “One is a great symbol of material progress, an achievement that demonstrates what reasonable men from every part of California can do when they agree } as citizens of one great state,” he added, “The other is a great symbol of human progress, an achiévement of enlightenment and understanding,” the Governor said. . The Legislature in week approved a budget changed only slightly from the one submitted by Governor Brown in January and called by leaders of both parties the tightest seen in Sacramento in recent years. The budget appropriated mere than $2,224,000,000 for the’ 1959-60 fiscal year and was called by the Governor a. “triumph of true economy.” ' Pin Governor Brown Said he want: ed to review the budget very carefully before deciding to bluepencil any items in it. He pointed out that it was only slightly higher than the budget he proposed, Chief among the additions to Water Problems Conference Is Set The annual meeting of the California Central Valleys Flood Control Association has been called by Horace B. Wulff, president, for Monday, June 29, at thhe. El Mirador Hotel, Sacramento, The conference on water and flood control problems will start at noon, with luncheon in the Ei Mirador Sky Room. Three major subjects are scheduled for discussion. Harvey O. Banks, director of the State Department of Water Resources, will review the 1958 legislative action on the state water program and will analyze the effects of the new legislation on the Sacramento Valley and Delta areas. On problems of flood control, the speaker will be Stanley Kronick ,president of the reorganized State Reclamation Board, who will present the board’s views on pending problems. Proposal of the Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District to construct and operate Iron Canyon Reservoir on the Sacramento River will be discussel by Paul M. Dwinell, manager of the district. Preceding the scheduled talks, a report: of the association’s activities for the past fiscal year will be given by John M. Luther, manager. Also to be presented will be a review 6f reclamation district legislation passed by the Legislature and a summary of the current status of federal legisia* tion. The conference will be attended by officers and trustees of reclamation districts throughout the valley and delta, and by “state; county and local officials con-. cerned with water problems. The meeting is open to all persons interested in water and flood control development in this area. ay its final -Struction now Gov. Brown Says 39 Legislature _ Governor Edmund G. Brown has Hailed the 1959 State Legis-. lature as “the fines and most productive Legislature in the history projects are contributing _ share tothe over-all during June, the Dairy reports Farm Advisor Bill ‘He ir tion: purpose. ment program, which will Placed on the November, ballot for a vote of the . 1960, year, lands’ oil royalties, the water program. futures for California.” legislation,~ crimination in job opportunities. eo : also approved the against high prices and rising utility rates, a-curb on racketeering in installment sales, an Economic Development ~Agency to help bring new industries and new jobs to Califernia and a program of medical aid for the né@edy disabled. In what Governor Brown described as a “return to fiscal reSponsibility in California,” the Legislature also approved a broad-based new revenue program which is expected to put the 1959-60 budget in “uneasy balance.” (Continued on Page 2) Bids On Highway Jobs Total $912,986 Low bids on a new State Division of Highways maintenance station in Baxter, Placer County; an equipment building at the highway division maintenance station in Truckee, Nevada County, and a plant quarantine inspection station near ‘Truckee, total: $912,986. The State Division of Architecture said Don da Rosa, Inc., of Dutch .Flat, Placer County, was low with a big of $489,986 to construct the Whitmore Maintenance Station. The Singleton Corporation of Redding, -Shasta County, submitted a low offer of $269,000 to build the one-story .equipment building for the Truckee Mainte-. nance Station. A -low offer of $154,000 was submitted by Singleton to construct the quarantine station for the State Department of Agriculture two miles west of Truckee and adjacent to US Highway. a0 Freeway. Traffic Routed On Iceland Detour : '*“PRie Division of Highways says that traffic on Highway U. S. 40]. will begin using the Iceland Detour, between east of Hirshdale and west of Floriston, this week. The detour will be utilized for approximately month. The detour will foute ‘traffic on this major transcontinental route around the freeway con-. presently 76 per cent complete he and expected to be im full -usethe budget were ‘itemms requested by the Governor himself to make a start on the giant statewide water program. More than $83 million was allocated for that Governor Brown said the Legislature had approved 25 of the 30 major measures he originally proposed in his inaugural message: Most important were the passage of a $1.75 billion bond issue for the statewide water developbe Besides the $83: million in appropriations for the 1959-60 fiscal the Legislature also. approved Governor Brown’s plan to dedicate $172 million in tidePlus future accruals to the fund, to develop Governor Brown said voter approval of the bond issue will assure “the greatest of all possible In the field of social-economic. the Legislature approved an historic Fair Employment Practices Act to outlaw dis‘to help protect the comsuaier * atthe: in G Valley. ‘Fairgrounds mas ents, the Braves defea Roseville tous have set'their eyes‘oh the second half championship, . either *team~ ogee will eve it California. In Nevada. Coun 4-H Club members: are r Some. of the boys and girls are raising their own dairy ani under’ the guidance of Ag tural Extension Service members and. club leaders.-They culship, and demonstration, A .total of 12 college. scholar. tion’s top winners to be announced next fall during the National 4-H Congress in Chicago. Other watches, and gold-filled medals, cago, awards for the dairy animal project winner, while Carnation Company, Los Angeles, will present awards to ee gc ag ‘members of the’ camellie ee Doll Club at their meéting room. in the Sacramento Garden and.Arts Center on June 4, 1959. — The charter meeting of this club was held in April and the guest speaker was” Rachel K. Laurgaard,; aiithor ‘of “Patty ‘wooden doll carried by one of the members of the Donner party. This little doll in its case ir Fort Sutter is the mascot doll for this newly organized doll club. Each meeting of this new club is dévoted to work projects. Projects covered so far have included making ‘miniature clothes pin dolls, fashioning elothes for old dolls, wig weaving and fitting of wigs to doll heads, Mrs. Gladys Cross was the instructor at this meeting on wig weaving and making the base for wigs to be fitted onto doll heads.
One of our guests was Mrs. Marguerite Ostrander, who makes dolis of pine cones and other materials available near El Tahoe, her home. Other guests were Lillian Wetzel, Marie Britton, Phyllis Williams, Lois Schnabel, and Ann Teevin of Sacramento. The door prize was won by Gladys Cross of Grass Valley. "Members present were Florence Stradan, Mildred McDonald, Patty Marchal, and Wanda Ramus of Sacramento; Gladys Cross eed Edith “Haricock of Grass Valley, ies Lenore Coughlin of Nevada a eras vs. Auburn Cubs On. Sunday With but one game played in the second half of the PiacerNevada League, the Grass Valley ‘Braves and the Auburn Cubs will]. lock horns in a crucial game SunBoth teams: won their last Sunday over tough oe Merchants 18-3~and the *€hicd* 6-4 at AuBoth the Braves and: ‘Cubs “and a win by hrcavt out the state 4-H. dairy phinstine of the Universit = in spécific dairy award programs. : are. learning about -production, bo sanitation, marketing, showman. : ships will be presented to the na-. awards include expénse-. > Paid trips to the congress, wrist} The Oliver Corporation, Chi-} ” will ‘again “provide 4-H] — Reed’s Roll,” a story of the little . ” and TRI-COUNTY NEWS 4 #@) A NRE meen . Fourth of J uly Queen 3 me “iteiatte. pee 28 Yeas” * Bidloved by Federal Forest Service Sponsored By Grass: Valley Business and Professional Women’s Club Many Old-Time Events Are To Be Reproduced At Celebration June 27 June 27 at 10 a.m, is parade time for the Comstock Lode Assay Centennial. Among the many ou-of-town organizations particippating are The Horseless Carriage Club of Nevada, the Shipmates of Lodi. the Shriners’ Mounted Patrol and their “Lion’s Head (an authentic Chinese paper dragon). the Northern California Horseless Carriage Club. Oakland Naval Air Station Drill Team. Fruitvale Native Daughters Junior Drill Team, and many others. Laurel Parlor No. 6 will’ conduct a “Country Store” in Deer Creek Inn. The Society of Early Recorded Music will have a display of early music players. The Commercial-Main Street Association will sponsor an art show. Donald C. Biggs, director of the California Historical Society will dedicate a plaque commemorating the assay of the Comstock Lode ote samples by James J. Ott 100 years ago, The Nevada Silver Centennial Photography Show is being brought intact, Several street dances are planned for the weekend, including a sa@liare dance at 7 p.m. and the Near-and-Far. Folk Dance group does: exhibition dancing, The Assay Theater will pre‘sent a new version of “A Physician iri ‘Spite of Himself’ at 8:30 p.m. and Frank’ Gallino is preparing an incomparable barbecue. Organizations that have not yet returned their entry blanks for the parade are asked to do so as soon as possible, Also. individuals and firms who ‘wish. to enter the parade are asked to notify the Commercial-Main Street Association, P. O. Box 686, Nevada City, California; ag soon as they can. Except for antique cars, vehicles . are not permitted and all entries should be of an historical nature. 10:00 a.m, to 12.00—Parade down Broad Street and up ComStreet, — 12:00 to 4:00 p.m.—Barbecue in park next to rani Broad ‘and Union Streets. : 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.—LModel ‘Airpl Park. 2:00 p.m. of Se Several nouts-iNetr-and-Pey Folk Dance Group of Reno. Commercial and Pine Streets. 3:00 vod —— by Donald C. Biggs, director Historical Society. at the Assay Office, Dr. mela a ‘Spada Nevada historian, guest of honor. _ can 2c AURA coals i the Ama Cities 4:00 pail bed fighs at the Plaza. N.C.F.D. challenges 20200 Cer Minas Vasey Show Commercial and Pine, . Plights and Race. Pioneer BROOK. LITTLE YORK. CHEROKEE. MOONEY . HUMBUG, RELIEF HILL. WASHINGTON, BLUE Tf Gc D PARK. WOLP, CHAIBIMAS MILL’ Libemen! en BAI HILL, NORTH COLUMBIA, COLUMBIA HILL, BRANDY FLAT, REMINGTON HILL. ANTHONY HOUSE, * $3.00 Per Year—Single Ce Single C . pic Games. llan Stale Library Oitley, A naween sede: een seonsen taebewesewen Rain to date.. oe Rain last year.. Aarne gue NC. Skier To Attend Racing School Robert Frantz, 350 Brock Road, . lected from the ranks of the curNevada City, has been accepted . rent Olympic teams and the ranks to attend the third annual session . °f Promising young racers of both of the International Summer Raca Pepi : Director of the school, ing. School for skiers June 15 to. .Gabi of St. Anton, Austria, is one June 25, it has been announced of the world’s top ski mentors. by Pepi Gabl, director of the] During winter months; Gabl is school, Frantz has been skiing director of the ski school at Timfor the Nevada Union High School . perjine Lodge, Oregon: He has Ski Olub. coached two U. S. teams in world The school has traditionally . championship competition and in served as a training ground for} addition to being a competitor, many top Canadian and Amerihas coached the teams of Austria, can ski racers, Applicants are se’ Jugoslovia, and Belgium. Bids Asked To Widen Route 38. The Division of Highways has ealled for bids on a project to widén and surface a 1.4-mile section of roadway in Placer and Nevada Counties on West River Street in between Route 38 south of Donner Creek underpass and Route 38 in Truckee: The bids will be opened in Sacramento on July 22, The project will consist of providing a new surface course over existing county roads and replacing the existing Donner Oreek bridge with a new structure. A total of $50,000 is available in the State Highway Budget to Cameron Resolution Would «Halt Closing Of Tahoe Post Office A resolution authored by Senator Ronald G. Cameron seeking to halt proposed closing of the Chambers Lodge post office on Lake Tahoe has been passed by the California Legislature. The measure is directed to the Post Office Department and copies will be sent to the President and Vice President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Postmaster General and each member of the House and Senate from California. The resolution points out that the Chambers Lodge post office . accomplish the work. on the pier where it originally handled the mail directly from the famous lake steamer Tahoe. “In my opinion there can be no valid reason for closing this post office, which is becoming onemanagie bagrihars elegin for the] ! view of the fact tat’ Chanibesk vada County ‘committee is still Lodge has been chosen as the. S?™e $950 short of its goal, it official headquarters for the. W@S announced recen tly by Mrs. cross-country races to be staged Selma A. Strange, chairman of . as part of the 1960 Winter Olymthe cancer committee of the nae ner Mountain Post A Other compelling reasons why Veterans . E Porsign Wars. it shouln’t be closed are the facts} . Mts: Said her comthat a new subdivision with 1,000 . ittee’s desire is that the volunhomesites is opening adjacent to. tee? campaign effort will conthe post office and this historic tinue until the goal is reached. facility also is on the site of the . Persons who have not yet had commercial seaplane base for airant opportunity to contribute to planes servicing the Tahoe area. this, year’s cancer crusade were “In view of the rapid expan— by Mrs. Strange to mail sion in the Tahoe area such pub. eit donations to the American lic services as are provided by a Society office at Post this post office should be~ inice Box 235, Nevada City. creased ,not curtailed.” : She points out that funds raised during the annual nationwide Vandals Damage ceive, pre waned: to) SunpiEr” aunes. of Truckee School an eae andservice to Damage estimated at several] ©@ncer. patients. thousand dollars was done in the}, =Vetyone has a vital interest ae Truckee High School during the . in cancer,” Mrs. Strange declared. past weekend by vandals. eee that strikes one — School officials reported the in age ur of us. ‘There Ne vandals wrecked office machines, . time when the diagnosis strewed and mixed records, spilled ink, shot arrows from the school archery sets into. ceilings and walls of the gymnasium, destroyed movie film, upset desks and other furniture.’ possible to The wreckers entered the variie) life of one Patient in a ous locked rooms with keys taken . ©" The ree from “a desk in the principal's . . aida. merican, Ca Ay fig office. against cancer with vast p in research and B heir a life of one cancer patient ev three is . saved, . Work Is Finished On 2 Loadometers The Division of Highways anmunity, rs hounced this week that work was] gy completed June 18 on the project to construct two loadometer stations, one located on State Sign . . Route 49, Nevada County, ap-. ~ __ proximately 0.6 mile west of Ne. @2nounced this week h vada City. The other is located . ment of two men . on State Sign Route’ 89, Sierra ors of County, 0.5 mile west of Sierraville, The work was:done by G. Ss. Herrifigton of Auburn at an ap-. proximate cost of $12,7770. ‘T. M. Heather served as resi-. dent-engineer: for the sabre of} Highways. ey,