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PERIODICALS SECTION
CAL. ST. LIBRARY
SACTO. CAL. 95814
NEVADA COUNTY NUG
Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega,
French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge,
Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly
Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Baurbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley,
Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens,
NUMBER 22. VOLUME 47 10 Cents ACopy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1969
The Sounding Board committee te Welfare tax rate
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HOW DO YOU FEEL AROUT THE APOLLO 10 SUCCESS on insurance h er e . ower than
AND THE MANNED SPACE PROGRAM? . Z
wtironeonmeres 1 Other counties
to advise the board of supervisors concerning a county inNevada county has a lower property tax rate for welfare
surance program. than other counties in its size range, a study presented by DiThe board Tuesday failed to rector Eugene Newman shows.
resolve the question of whether Newman, presenting his 1969-70 budget requests to the
or not to put roughly $48,000 of board of supervisors Tuesday, cited statistics on welfare
county insurance out to bid, and from a recent California Taxpayers Association bulletin,
decided to appoint the commitThe counties he used were Nevada, 25,200 population;
tee to aid in the decision. Each Siskiyou, 34,000; Lake, 18,500; Tehama, 29,100; and Tuolumne
_ supervisor will name one ap20,400.
pointee, .° Of these counties, Nevada's tax rate for welfare this year
Chairman Lou Hartman reis lowest at 43.9 cents per $100 assessed valuation, Newman
ported several insurance men said. This compares with Tehama, 46.6 cents; Lake, 52.7 cents;
had suggested the county has Siskiyou, 60.4 cents; and Tuolumne, 75 cents.
nothing to gain“ by putting insurance out to bid. Hartman
pointed out that Aetna insurVeterans donate pole, flag
"T gGont Janet Wyckoff: "I'm glad that ance has handled the insurance
Rec ye orig rac bias te it was successful and it will for a number of years, and it
myself. I would have liked to be ite pl knowledge of technolwo Mt take at — eyo ays of
2 " ogy and space." county counsel's time to prethe one goin’ along. pare for bids.
Supervisors Dean Lawrence
and Ralph Buchanan thought the
program should be reviewed
with a view toward saving the
county money.
According to County Counsel
Brian Bishop the formulation
of an insurance program requires specifications being reviewed by the board and his office. Then bids must be advertised. The last set took two full
. days of county counsel time.
Bishop said,
"My point is whether you bid
or do not is up to you--but it
:
coset necessarily guarantee
ies, : Z that taxpayers will save money."
Carmen Eoff; "Oh!-Ithinkit's . ; ‘ Bishop. said that me eect
insurance carrier w not
Mrs, Leroy Hopkin: "If it was want to divulge his "package" to :
a free trip tothe moon, 'dtake — other insurance companies,
itt" A representative of another
insurance company said that
"As an insured you canaskthem
and then the same information
can be given to others," and
noted that up to $48,000 is a
"good piece of business."
In other action the board approved tax cancellations and/or
corrections for the sum of $1,628.51.
.-. Approved final maps of In-dian Mountain Estate No. 2; Alta s
Sierra Estate No. 14 C; andAlta ©
Sierra Estates No. 15 C.
pote” peccnnnn aod MEMBERS OF THE Veterans Affiliated Council of Nevada
: hear hanging county hoist an American flag up the pole that the group
pic ee Boe ae i ton the name of a portion of old Highdonated to the: new Miners Stadium at Nevada Union High
om way 40, The public hearing will school. A k Corbert: "It's a ool, A flag and pole dedication ceremony for the students
8, lead us into better things, wn” Good be held at 1:30 p.m, June 17, and public was held on Thursday.
BRAVISIMO:"
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Mary Ann McGrath: "I thinkit
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