May 27, 1965 (20 pages)

Lack Of Money And Public Health — Requirements Plague Nevada ‘City Nevada City Councilmen had several bombshells dropped in their laps Monday night. First they were told by state officials that improvements would have to be made to both the Sugar Loaf Reservoir water system and the city sewer plant or the state officials would be unable to recommend renewal of the city’s permit to sell domestic water. Both jobs willcost a sizeable amount of money. On top of this, the council which is already facing a financial bind, was told by City Manager Henry Roese that the budget for the next fiscal year which he is in the process of finalizing, willbe even tighter than the current operating budget. Faced with the prospect of having to abandon putting in sidewalks on twocontemplated street improvement projects because of lack of funds and faced with the prospect of having to come up witha large sumto make changes in the sewer and water systems, one wag in the audience suggested thecity hold a cake sale to raise funds, Councilman Dan O'Neill had a more practical suggestion when he said he thought the city should take a hard look at the possibility of an override tax, It was pointed’ Mayor Hodge Will Play Baseball They did everything but adopt a player draft in Tuesday's baseball meeting of the Grass Valley City Council. New bleachers were ordered for Memorial Park, the blacktop and line fences for Condon Park were promised for this week's games, and Mayor Jack Hodge agreed to toss out the first baseball June Sth for a doubleheader in the newly revived American Legion Junior Boho Poh oMeh>oReroe WORLD PRESS DISPATCHES Temporary Truce Brought About In Dominican Republic In the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, US and OAS negotiators worked to bring about a moderate coalition government, acceptable to both the military junta and the constitutional forces, which could keep order until the election of a permanent government. Gen. ImbertBarreca, head of the military junta, after rejecting a UN appeal for a cease-fire and claiming that he had won complete control of the country, finally agreed to a 12-hour truce to permit removal of the dead and wounded, Although the 22,000 troops in Santo Domingo outnumber the Dominican army commanded by the junta, Washington said that to impose a NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET Published Every Thursday By NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC. 318 Broad Street, Nevada City, Calif. Alfred E. Heller, PublisherDonald L. Hoagland, 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. wkekekkkkkk 1964 MERIT CITATION FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE, AWARDED BY CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Baseball League. Following the basebai meeting the council instructed Public Works Director Art Colon to paint the City Hallsteps brightred, and to otherwise beautify the city for the upcoming Fourth of July celebration, In other action Jack Parman, Ed Tellam and Ray Hartung were swom in as fire investigators for the city. cease-fire on the junta by foree would be a violation of US “neutrality”, US spokesmen countered reports that US forces have been siding with the junta by claiming that US troops fired on the constitutional forces only when fired upon. On Saturday the OAS voted to activate its Inter-~4 merican Peace Force, and on Sunday the first 250 of the promised 1250 Brazilian contingent joined the 450 men from Nicaragua, Honduras and Costa Rica already in Santo Domingo. Brazilian Gen, Panasco Alvim was made commander of the Peace Force, and US Lt. Gen. Palmer deputy commander, US troops are.to be withdrawn from the Peace Force in proportion to the number of Latin American troops sent, the eventual number expected being 2,000. e®e@668tmhmUmhmU8 In SOUTH VIET NAM, US air strikes w ere resumed against N. VietNam after a six-day suspension. On Thursday, US Air Force planes flew within 55 miles of Hanoi and dropped half a million leaflets warming Communists to halt aggression against S, Viet Nam, On the following days the US began bombing “around the clock" without let-up. On Thursday, an attempted coup against Premier Phan Huy Quat was blocked and many of the plotters arrested, '_ ¢* © @ ¢ 6 In NORTH VIET. NAM, Pres, Ho Chi Minh said US air raids would only strengthen his people's hatred of the US and their determination to win. see 8 8 TAIWAN and LONDON reported that China is stepping up a vast movement of troops and equipmenttoward the Vietnamese border, out that the city had been at the maximum general tax rate of $1 for 10 years while costs of everything else had continued to rise. Frank Phillips of the Bureau of Sanitary Engineers, State Department of Public Health, said he had been checking both the Sugar Loaf Reservoir and the Sewer Plant for several months, He said the reservoir is so large that it is impossible to get the properchlorination and asa result in seven out of eight months checked in 1964 the water did not meet U. S. health standards for domestic water. Several suggestions on how the situation could be remedied were made andallwould cost money. Pressed for a figure, Roese said $10,000 could easily be spent on the project. . Onthe matter of the sewer plant, Phillips said because of the growing downstream use of Deer Creek water, the sewer plant operation no longer meets the requirements because of lack of facilities for proper chlorine contact time with the effluent being dumped into the creek, He said this could be remedied by increasing the chlorine dose, but this would probably kill the fish in the stream, Roese recommended a series of holding ponds, but noted they would have to be built at least a half mile from the plant and the effluent would have to be piped there. Again, in a very rough estimate, he figured this job could cost in the neighborhood of $10,000 to $15,000. Faced with the prospect of losing their water permit, the council approved a motion directing Roese to obtain preliminary engineering studies and cost estimates on both projects. After an informal public hearing of residents of Park Avenue and Nimrod Streets, the council voted to go ahead with the rebuilding of Park Avenueto a 40 foot width and Nimrod Street to a 32 foot width, Sidewalks contemplated for the improved streets had to be abandoned for lack of funds. Almost all of the improvement work willbe paid for with state gas tax monies, Weather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall May 20 70 50 .02 Ot 61 45 22 56 © 46 24 23 60 35 .00 24 68 36 25 67 38 26 15 42 Rainfall to date 69.75 Rainfall last year 36.80 GRASS VALLEY Max, Min. Rainfall May 20 te 48 04 21 65 44 22 57 45 14 23 61 41 <O7 24 10 41 25 68 45 26 17 49 Rainfall to date 69,12 Rainfall last year 42.79 TELEVISION AND MOVIE comedian Jonathan Winters was in Nevada County last weekend to do some fishing. Winters (right) is shown here with Charles Sailor of Rough and Ready last Friday obtaining a fishing license from Barbara Peters at the Alpha Store, A picture of the results of the trip is on page 19, County Planners Grant Use Permit For Dancers At La Barr Meadows A one, year use permit was granted to James and Beverly Hildreth to operate a dance hall at the La Barr Meadows skating rink by the Nevada County Planning Commission Monday night. The Hildreths presently operate the skating rink under restrictions established by a use permit previously granted by the Commission, Despite objections from 26 surrounding home owners in the form of a petition submitted by Gordon F, Rowe, the commissioners, on a motion by Commissioner Francis Longo, granted the permit subject tothe restrictions that only one Saturday night dance a month be held, that a 12 p.m. curfew be established, and that the restrictions in force for the skating rink be applied to the dance hall. Hildreth assured the commissioners that adequate control of teenage dances would be established, but the commission reserved the right to review the permit in one year, In other actions, the commission granted a use permit to Alfred F, Tucker for operation of a 10-unit motel at the former Indian Mountain Ranch Resort, andissued a use permit to the Napa Ski Club near Truckee to expand their lodge facilities providing that adequate parking for eight additional cars be established, and that sewage facilities meet county health standards. Use permits also were approved for Richard E. Mehrkens to construct and operate a wood processing plant on the north side of Brunswick Road in the Glenbrook district provided that state and county health and safety regulations be met, and for the Truckee Auto Service to operate a commercial garage in Truckee, with the stipulation that no auto wrecking is done, and that the use permit is limited to the terms of the applicants lease. A final map of Alta Sierra Estates Unit Six was approved, and a tentative map for Prosser Pines Subdivision north of Hobart Mills was also approved, subject to approval of water and sanitation facilities by the county health department. The Confusing Ways Of The Exception Nevada County Planning Commissioners became entangled in the growing problem of exceptions to the county's subdivision ordinance at _ their meeting Monday night. Some of the commissioners did not like the position in which they found themselves, In one case, the commission denied a petition for exceptions to a subdivider and in another recommended to the supervisors that a petition for exceptions be approved, In the first case, a petition for road exceptions for Preston Wright's Mother Lode Country Estates on North Bloomfield Road was denied, The petition asked for exceptions to the ordinance in regard to surface and width of pavement, The planning commission had a letter from the state division of forestry stating the narrow, one entrance road would be a fire hazard, Commissioner B ert Livingston said, “This is a new subdivision, It is time the new subdividers lived up to the subdivision ordinance, Some subdividers feel that this is an exception committee, but it is about time it became a planning committee. " The planning commission and the supervisors have been approving a string of petitions for exceptions over the past several months in the cases of subdividers cited by the district attorney for vAolations of the State Map Act. (Continued on Page 20) S96T ‘12 AeW***3083nN Ano epeaoys*: W

Lack Of Money And Public Health — Requirements Plague Nevada ‘City Nevada City Councilmen had several bombshells dropped in their laps Monday night. First they were told by state officials that improvements would have to be made to both the Sugar Loaf Reservoir water system and the city sewer plant or the state officials would be unable to recommend renewal of the city’s permit to sell domestic water. Both jobs willcost a sizeable amount of money. On top of this, the council which is already facing a financial bind, was told by City Manager Henry Roese that the budget for the next fiscal year which he is in the process of finalizing, willbe even tighter than the current operating budget. Faced with the prospect of having to abandon putting in sidewalks on twocontemplated street improvement projects because of lack of funds and faced with the prospect of having to come up witha large sumto make changes in the sewer and water systems, one wag in the audience suggested thecity hold a cake sale to raise funds, Councilman Dan O'Neill had a more practical suggestion when he said he thought the city should take a hard look at the possibility of an override tax, It was pointed’ Mayor Hodge Will Play Baseball They did everything but adopt a player draft in Tuesday's baseball meeting of the Grass Valley City Council. New bleachers were ordered for Memorial Park, the blacktop and line fences for Condon Park were promised for this week's games, and Mayor Jack Hodge agreed to toss out the first baseball June Sth for a doubleheader in the newly revived American Legion Junior Boho Poh oMeh>oReroe WORLD PRESS DISPATCHES Temporary Truce Brought About In Dominican Republic In the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, US and OAS negotiators worked to bring about a moderate coalition government, acceptable to both the military junta and the constitutional forces, which could keep order until the election of a permanent government. Gen. ImbertBarreca, head of the military junta, after rejecting a UN appeal for a cease-fire and claiming that he had won complete control of the country, finally agreed to a 12-hour truce to permit removal of the dead and wounded, Although the 22,000 troops in Santo Domingo outnumber the Dominican army commanded by the junta, Washington said that to impose a NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET Published Every Thursday By NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC. 318 Broad Street, Nevada City, Calif. Alfred E. Heller, PublisherDonald L. Hoagland, 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. wkekekkkkkk 1964 MERIT CITATION FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE, AWARDED BY CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Baseball League. Following the basebai meeting the council instructed Public Works Director Art Colon to paint the City Hallsteps brightred, and to otherwise beautify the city for the upcoming Fourth of July celebration, In other action Jack Parman, Ed Tellam and Ray Hartung were swom in as fire investigators for the city. cease-fire on the junta by foree would be a violation of US “neutrality”, US spokesmen countered reports that US forces have been siding with the junta by claiming that US troops fired on the constitutional forces only when fired upon. On Saturday the OAS voted to activate its Inter-~4 merican Peace Force, and on Sunday the first 250 of the promised 1250 Brazilian contingent joined the 450 men from Nicaragua, Honduras and Costa Rica already in Santo Domingo. Brazilian Gen, Panasco Alvim was made commander of the Peace Force, and US Lt. Gen. Palmer deputy commander, US troops are.to be withdrawn from the Peace Force in proportion to the number of Latin American troops sent, the eventual number expected being 2,000. e®e@668tmhmUmhmU8 In SOUTH VIET NAM, US air strikes w ere resumed against N. VietNam after a six-day suspension. On Thursday, US Air Force planes flew within 55 miles of Hanoi and dropped half a million leaflets warming Communists to halt aggression against S, Viet Nam, On the following days the US began bombing “around the clock" without let-up. On Thursday, an attempted coup against Premier Phan Huy Quat was blocked and many of the plotters arrested, '_ ¢* © @ ¢ 6 In NORTH VIET. NAM, Pres, Ho Chi Minh said US air raids would only strengthen his people's hatred of the US and their determination to win. see 8 8 TAIWAN and LONDON reported that China is stepping up a vast movement of troops and equipmenttoward the Vietnamese border, out that the city had been at the maximum general tax rate of $1 for 10 years while costs of everything else had continued to rise. Frank Phillips of the Bureau of Sanitary Engineers, State Department of Public Health, said he had been checking both the Sugar Loaf Reservoir and the Sewer Plant for several months, He said the reservoir is so large that it is impossible to get the properchlorination and asa result in seven out of eight months checked in 1964 the water did not meet U. S. health standards for domestic water. Several suggestions on how the situation

could be remedied were made andallwould cost money. Pressed for a figure, Roese said $10,000 could easily be spent on the project. . Onthe matter of the sewer plant, Phillips said because of the growing downstream use of Deer Creek water, the sewer plant operation no longer meets the requirements because of lack of facilities for proper chlorine contact time with the effluent being dumped into the creek, He said this could be remedied by increasing the chlorine dose, but this would probably kill the fish in the stream, Roese recommended a series of holding ponds, but noted they would have to be built at least a half mile from the plant and the effluent would have to be piped there. Again, in a very rough estimate, he figured this job could cost in the neighborhood of $10,000 to $15,000. Faced with the prospect of losing their water permit, the council approved a motion directing Roese to obtain preliminary engineering studies and cost estimates on both projects. After an informal public hearing of residents of Park Avenue and Nimrod Streets, the council voted to go ahead with the rebuilding of Park Avenueto a 40 foot width and Nimrod Street to a 32 foot width, Sidewalks contemplated for the improved streets had to be abandoned for lack of funds. Almost all of the improvement work willbe paid for with state gas tax monies, Weather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall May 20 70 50 .02 Ot 61 45 22 56 © 46 24 23 60 35 .00 24 68 36 25 67 38 26 15 42 Rainfall to date 69.75 Rainfall last year 36.80 GRASS VALLEY Max, Min. Rainfall May 20 te 48 04 21 65 44 22 57 45 14 23 61 41 <O7 24 10 41 25 68 45 26 17 49 Rainfall to date 69,12 Rainfall last year 42.79 TELEVISION AND MOVIE comedian Jonathan Winters was in Nevada County last weekend to do some fishing. Winters (right) is shown here with Charles Sailor of Rough and Ready last Friday obtaining a fishing license from Barbara Peters at the Alpha Store, A picture of the results of the trip is on page 19, County Planners Grant Use Permit For Dancers At La Barr Meadows A one, year use permit was granted to James and Beverly Hildreth to operate a dance hall at the La Barr Meadows skating rink by the Nevada County Planning Commission Monday night. The Hildreths presently operate the skating rink under restrictions established by a use permit previously granted by the Commission, Despite objections from 26 surrounding home owners in the form of a petition submitted by Gordon F, Rowe, the commissioners, on a motion by Commissioner Francis Longo, granted the permit subject tothe restrictions that only one Saturday night dance a month be held, that a 12 p.m. curfew be established, and that the restrictions in force for the skating rink be applied to the dance hall. Hildreth assured the commissioners that adequate control of teenage dances would be established, but the commission reserved the right to review the permit in one year, In other actions, the commission granted a use permit to Alfred F, Tucker for operation of a 10-unit motel at the former Indian Mountain Ranch Resort, andissued a use permit to the Napa Ski Club near Truckee to expand their lodge facilities providing that adequate parking for eight additional cars be established, and that sewage facilities meet county health standards. Use permits also were approved for Richard E. Mehrkens to construct and operate a wood processing plant on the north side of Brunswick Road in the Glenbrook district provided that state and county health and safety regulations be met, and for the Truckee Auto Service to operate a commercial garage in Truckee, with the stipulation that no auto wrecking is done, and that the use permit is limited to the terms of the applicants lease. A final map of Alta Sierra Estates Unit Six was approved, and a tentative map for Prosser Pines Subdivision north of Hobart Mills was also approved, subject to approval of water and sanitation facilities by the county health department. The Confusing Ways Of The Exception Nevada County Planning Commissioners became entangled in the growing problem of exceptions to the county's subdivision ordinance at _ their meeting Monday night. Some of the commissioners did not like the position in which they found themselves, In one case, the commission denied a petition for exceptions to a subdivider and in another recommended to the supervisors that a petition for exceptions be approved, In the first case, a petition for road exceptions for Preston Wright's Mother Lode Country Estates on North Bloomfield Road was denied, The petition asked for exceptions to the ordinance in regard to surface and width of pavement, The planning commission had a letter from the state division of forestry stating the narrow, one entrance road would be a fire hazard, Commissioner B ert Livingston said, “This is a new subdivision, It is time the new subdividers lived up to the subdivision ordinance, Some subdividers feel that this is an exception committee, but it is about time it became a planning committee. " The planning commission and the supervisors have been approving a string of petitions for exceptions over the past several months in the cases of subdividers cited by the district attorney for vAolations of the State Map Act. (Continued on Page 20) S96T ‘12 AeW***3083nN Ano epeaoys*: W