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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada County Nugget

March 14, 1973 (12 pages)

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Open house at Beale AFB . A FEW OF the estimated 6,000 visitors to Beale Air Force Base for open house Thursday walk under the tail section of a KC-135, aerial tanker with a B-52 visible in the background. Beale had a lovely sunny day for their first open house in about five years. Many Grass Valley residents attended. THE PILOT of a SR-71 stands in front of his aircraft to show the visitors his $400,000 flight suit. The aircraft flies at such high altitudes and speed that the astronaut-type suit is necessary. : Berryhill will co-authormandatory sentence bill Senator Clare Berryhill representing the mountain counties, including Nevada County, announced today he will coauthor Senate Bill 237 requiring mandatory prison sentences for all convicted heroin peddlers and armed felons. oo. Referring to the disparity. in court sentences, the lawmaker claimed the problem is the result of penalty adjustments made’ by different judges throughout the state. “I am not opposed to court discretion when properly used,” stressed Berryhill, ‘‘but there is a lack of congruity in our courts, and too convicted criminals are back on the streets after trial.” Pointing out that less than 20 per cent of those convicted of selling hard drugs last: year received prison sentences, Berryhill commented it is time that those convicted of dangerous crimes must Know beforehand that they will serve a mandatory prison sentence. “This law is not intended to take discretionary powers away from our judges,” said the State Senator, “but to make. the criminal responsible for his own actions and to protect the welfare of innocent people.” Mar. 14 program to Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced today that it is participating in a nationwide service surveillance program to improve consumer satisfaction with gas appliances and equipment. Known as the Gas Appliance Improvement Network (GAIN), the new program will utilize appliance service reports of 50 gas utilities throughout the country, according to E.F. Sibley, PG&E vice presidentgas operations. The program is being coordinated by the American Gas Association and the Gas Appliance Association. The test region selected within the PG&E system is the high: customer density. Bay Area, including San Francisco, East Bay and San Jose, said Sibley. “When one of our gas servicemen discovers a major gas appliance defect, xhis. local company office will forward his report to the company’s gas utilization department in San Francisco,’’ Sibley said. “Each report will be analyzed to help determine any Golden Canaries elect officers Lucille Garner was elected to head Golden Canaries Cootiette Club for the following year. Mrs. Garner and other Golden Canaries officers were installed Sunday in-a joint ceremony with new officers of Grass Hoppers, Smart Diggers and Raggedy Ann Dolls Clubs. Ann Townsend was the installing officer for Cootiette Clubs and Don Townsend for the men’s organization. A turkey dinner was served before the ceremony, held in the Nevada City Veterans Memorial
Hall. The Golden Canaries will next meet on Monday. Other new officers for the club are Neva Treloar, Florence Clemo, Selma Daniels, Janet Bernall, Blanche Hatch, Giner Parker, Lula Alcock, Virginia Percy, Lillian Granholm, Marvel Purdy and Delores Ashley... me 49er group meets Members of the 49er Fruit Trail and Christmas Tree Lane group will meet at 8 p.m. March 19 at the Bowman School. _ Members’ will discuss distribution of new maps, obtaining new members and matters. 3 This non-profit organization -has .as its sole purpose the promotion and sale of locally grown . products. Anyone _interested may attend. For further information call Betty Fusek at 273-0550 or write the secretary treasurer at Rt. 2, Box 1687, Grass Valley. Manufacturers. * voluntary effort by gas utilities 19/3 The Nevada County Nugget 9 G&E joins new gas aid users developing trend or pattern of deficiency in the production, design .or performance of specific appliances. “If such a pattern is discovered, PG&E will report it to the manufacturer. If the manufacturer is not represented in this area, PG&E will forward the report to another utility company which maintains liaison with the manufacturer. There are 18 contact utilities, each responsible for liaison with a designated group of gas appliance manufacturers in its geographic area.” ‘The new network, according to Sibley, is a completely and appliance manufacturers to increase consumer satisfaction with gas and gas appliances. One of theprogram’s staunchest supporters is Mrs. ° Virginia H. Knauer, special assistant to President Nixon for consumer affairs. ‘‘This program will provide immediate and long-term advantages to the consumer as well as to the industry,”’ Mrs. Knauer told the American Gas Association. AGA laboratories were established 50 years ago to test appliances for compliance with national safety standards. The AGA Blue Star seal is widely recognized and appears today on more than 90 per cent of all gas appliances marketed in the United States. The new network is an outgrowth of this testing program and is designed as a more efficient response to the industry’s desire to provide consumer satisfaction with the more complex and sophisticated gas appliances now on_ the market, Sibley added. @ eo — @ * Align Wheels $9.95 -Rotate & Balance All Four Tires $4.00 Additional RECAPPING SERVICE PLAZA TIRE CO., INC. BEHIND SPD 265-4642