November 18, 1965 (20 pages)

Kitts Says His Office Has A Slight Margin Of Error Nevada County Tax Assessor Charles Kitts Tuesday defended his department before the Board of Supervisors, At a recent meeting of supervisors it was learned that tax cancellations would cost the county some $20,000 which had already been budgeted, but which would no longer be available due to the cancellations, At that time the supervisors wondered how such an error could be made. Tuesday Kitts told the supervisors that the error in his department runs less than one half of one per cent, Henoted that part of the error comes from real estate transactions w hich often do not show up until an assessment protest is made, OMG G FI OMG GO OE GAG] WORLD PRESS DISPATCHES U.S. Orders That More Troops Be Sent To Fight In Viet Nam Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announced in WASHINGTON that President Johnson had authorized him to send more U.S. troops to South Vietnam in order to meet the request of General Westmoreland there for more servicemen. McNamara declined to state how many soldiers would be sent, but Washington sources indicated that the forces in Vietnam would number 200,000 by 1966. McNamara also announced that 17-year-old servicemen would be exempt from serving in South Vietnam. sese8 8 In WASHINGTON the Supreme Court, by an 8-0 decision, ruled that members of the Communist Party cannot be forced to register with the Federal government since such action might tend to be self-incriminating. e*e#28s8 es RED CHINA accused the Soviet Union of taking sides with the U.S. in Vietnam in an article in the official People’s Daily. The article said Soviet leaders were trying to help the U.S, bring about peacetalks “by deception” 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 er at Nevada City, Calif. djudicated 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. kKkekkkkkkk 1964 MERIT CITATION FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE. AWARDED BY CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Kitts said it is impossible to produce a pure tax roll, but his office comes closer to it than most, The supervisors, in effect,.rescinded an order of District Attorney Harold A. Berliner informing judicial district judges that in the future matters relating to bail bond forfeiture would be handled by the office of the county counsel, County Counsel Leo Todd told the supervisors Tuesday that the law permitted either the district attorney or the county counsel to handle such matters, He said his office was already overloaded, The supervisors approved sending a letter to Berliner asking him to have his office continue handling the -bail bond matters, in order to “tie the fraternal countries to the chariot of the Soviet-U.S. collaboration for world domination .. to isolate and attack the Chinese Communist party and all the other fraternal parties which uphold Marxism-Leninism, " eee#2s8s At the UNITED NATIONS the Ambassador from France, Roger Seydoux, urged the admission of Communist China to the U.N. U.S. -Ambassador Arthur Goldberg had already delivered a speech outlining the U.S. position against the admission of China. Seydoux saidthat the presence of China in the UN is essential if international issues are to be solved, adding that the future of progress in disarmament and peace in Asia is at stake, sees 8 In his first major policy address since his September election, Chancellor Ludwig Erhard of WEST GERMANY asked that West Germany be given nuclear weapons in order to share in the nuclear defense of Europe. The speechis expected to evoke protests from the Soviet Union, which has always feared the idea of a nuclear-armed Germany. eess 8 Prime Minister Ian Smith of RHODESIA declared independence from Britain after several years of negotiating with England failed, Britain had insisted that the four million Africans in Rhodesia be assured eventual control of the government, Prime Minister Wilson of Britain immediately called for various Sanctions against Rhodesia, the UN General Assembly voted 107-2 to condemn Smith's declaration of independence, andthe British Governor of Rhodesia, Sir Humphrey Gibbs, said he would not accept Smith's request that he resign, e*ee8ss In the NORTHEAST U.S. over 30 million people were plunged into darkness for one evening by a gigantic power failure. An investigation by the Federal Power Commission disclosed that the blackout was caused by equipment failure in a generating plant on the Canadian side of the Niagara River, Land Plan Gets Cool Reception The Nevada Irrigation District has asked the Tahoe National Forest to take over operation of proposed recreational facilities at Scotts Flat Reservoir, but chances of this happening look dim at the present time. The request of the NID was mentioned in. passing by Forest Supervisor Henry Branagh Monday afternoon at a meeting of local leaders, state health officials and ™ NID board members called to THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL Artists Christmas Fair sponsored by the Nevada City Art Association will be held Nov. 27 and 28 in The Gallery on Commercial Street, Above Niels Frederiksen, Bob Gilberg and Hal Raymond pause from the job of setting up for the event. Full Water Treatment Could Cost $7 Million (Continued from Page 1) have to pay the bill. He suggested the cost could run $75,000 to $100,000. Brown said he favored moving ahead with -current explorations for an overall plan of complete treatment. George Gentry, regional director of the state Bureau of Sanitary. Engineers from Redding, said his office is interested in safe drinking and h®s people have been concemed with this area for some time “because there is quite a severe problem here,” He said the state was not interested in "waving .the law at " The use of the law was Weather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall Nov. 11 56 =. 33 12 59 39 . 06 13 50 45 32° 14 50 45 2.22 15 52 43 202 16 55 =. 338 03 17 52 39 76 Rainfall to date 6.60 Rainfall last year 10.86 GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. Rainfall Nov, 11 63-36 12 63 39 06 13 54 45 48 14 50 45 2.20 215 51 45 53. 16 58 40 07 17 54 41 . 87 Rainfall to date 6.50 Rainfall last year 11,98 only a final tool, not the first one, but this case has been a matter of patience and "patience has been carriedtothe extreme, ” He saidthe matter contains many problems which have to be solved, but they do have to be solved, The question of cost, and just who would pay the bill seemed to be a key one, NID director Ross McBurney raisedthe question of whether the people would be able to pay for full treatment. It was pointed out that current studies underway for master treatment plants for the Grass Valley -Nevada City area and the north Auburn area would cost $5-7 million. McBurney pointed out that to pay the capital cost of such an improvement over a 40 year period would add $8 per month to everyone's water bill, Another $3 could be added for operation and maintenance costs for the facility. He asked the group if they believed the people could afford such an increase, Afford it or not, it was made clear at the close of the session that something would have to be done and done soon, Although the legal aspect of the matter was played down, Gentry was pinned down at the close of the meeting and asked just what the state would do if the district failed to meet the March 1 chlorination improvement deadline, “We would haveno other choice than to use legal means, "he replied, discuss the domestic water situation. Contacted Tuesday by The ' Nugget, Branagh said the request that the Forest Service take over maintenance and operation of the proposed facilities was made in a letter Sept. 24 fromNID Manager Edwin Koster. Branagh said that an investigation of the situation at Scotts Flat had disclosed several reasons why it would be difficult for the Forest Service to take over management of the recreation facilities. Hesaidwhilethe door was still being left open on the matter, it did not appear at this time that the Forest Service would be ableto meet the NID request, A letter to this effect, outlining thereasons for the Forest Service position and suggesting it might be better for the district to operate the facilities or contract with some other public or private agency, was sent to the NID last week, Among the reasons cited is the fact that the proposed facilities w Ould be located on NID lands outside the Tahoe National boundaries, Since these lands are outside the forest and do not have National Forest status, it would be impossible for the Forest Serviceto operate the recreation facilities. This situation is further complicated by the fact that since a portion of the project is outside of the forest, the Forest Service is bound by the Exchange Act which limits expansion of the Forest Service lands and any change would haveto be done by an act of Congress, Before the Forest Service would consider taking over facilities, all of the approximately 900 acres owned by NID exclusive of the dam and spillway would have to be deeded tothe Forest Service which feels this land should be reserved for watershed protection and intensive recreational development. The Forest Service, since no appropriation is made for this in the Tahoe Budget, would also have to require that the NID provide funds for maintenance and operation of the onshore facilities for several years, Because of these requirements, it now seems unlikely that the Forest Service will want to, or will be able totake over administration of recreation facilities at Scotts Flat, S96T *8T JoquIeAON***3083nN AquNo5 epeaon®** NY

Kitts Says His Office Has A Slight Margin Of Error Nevada County Tax Assessor Charles Kitts Tuesday defended his department before the Board of Supervisors, At a recent meeting of supervisors it was learned that tax cancellations would cost the county some $20,000 which had already been budgeted, but which would no longer be available due to the cancellations, At that time the supervisors wondered how such an error could be made. Tuesday Kitts told the supervisors that the error in his department runs less than one half of one per cent, Henoted that part of the error comes from real estate transactions w hich often do not show up until an assessment protest is made, OMG G FI OMG GO OE GAG] WORLD PRESS DISPATCHES U.S. Orders That More Troops Be Sent To Fight In Viet Nam Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announced in WASHINGTON that President Johnson had authorized him to send more U.S. troops to South Vietnam in order to meet the request of General Westmoreland there for more servicemen. McNamara declined to state how many soldiers would be sent, but Washington sources indicated that the forces in Vietnam would number 200,000 by 1966. McNamara also announced that 17-year-old servicemen would be exempt from serving in South Vietnam. sese8 8 In WASHINGTON the Supreme Court, by an 8-0 decision, ruled that members of the Communist Party cannot be forced to register with the Federal government since such action might tend to be self-incriminating. e*e#28s8 es RED CHINA accused the Soviet Union of taking sides with the U.S. in Vietnam in an article in the official People’s Daily. The article said Soviet leaders were trying to help the U.S, bring about peacetalks “by deception” 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 er at Nevada City, Calif. djudicated 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. kKkekkkkkkk 1964 MERIT CITATION FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE. AWARDED BY CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Kitts said it is impossible to produce a pure tax roll, but his office comes closer to it than most, The supervisors, in effect,.rescinded an order of District Attorney Harold A. Berliner informing judicial district judges that in the future matters relating to bail bond forfeiture would be handled by the office of the county counsel, County Counsel Leo Todd told the supervisors Tuesday that the law permitted either the district attorney or the county counsel to handle such matters, He said his office was already overloaded, The supervisors approved sending a letter to Berliner asking him to have his office continue handling the -bail bond matters, in order to “tie the fraternal countries to the chariot of the Soviet-U.S. collaboration for world domination .... to isolate and attack the Chinese Communist party and all the other fraternal parties which uphold Marxism-Leninism, " eee#2s8s At the UNITED NATIONS the Ambassador from France, Roger Seydoux, urged the admission of Communist China to the U.N. U.S. -Ambassador Arthur Goldberg had already delivered a speech outlining the U.S. position against the admission of China. Seydoux saidthat the presence of China in the UN is essential if international issues are to be solved, adding that the future of progress in disarmament and peace in Asia is at stake, sees 8 In his first major policy address since his September election, Chancellor Ludwig Erhard of WEST GERMANY asked that West Germany be given nuclear weapons in order to share in the nuclear defense of Europe. The speechis expected to evoke protests from the Soviet Union, which has always feared the idea of a nuclear-armed Germany. eess 8 Prime Minister Ian Smith of RHODESIA declared independence from Britain after several years of negotiating with England failed, Britain had insisted that the four million Africans in Rhodesia be assured eventual control of the government, Prime Minister Wilson of Britain immediately called for various Sanctions against Rhodesia, the UN General Assembly voted 107-2 to condemn Smith's declaration of independence, andthe British Governor of Rhodesia, Sir Humphrey Gibbs, said he would not accept Smith's request that he resign, e*ee8ss In the NORTHEAST U.S. over 30 million people were plunged into darkness for one evening by a gigantic power failure. An investigation by the Federal Power Commission disclosed that the blackout was caused by equipment failure in a generating plant on the Canadian side of the Niagara River, Land Plan Gets Cool Reception The Nevada Irrigation District has asked the Tahoe National Forest to take over operation of proposed recreational facilities at Scotts Flat Reservoir, but chances of this happening look

dim at the present time. The request of the NID was mentioned in. passing by Forest Supervisor Henry Branagh Monday afternoon at a meeting of local leaders, state health officials and ™ NID board members called to THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL Artists Christmas Fair sponsored by the Nevada City Art Association will be held Nov. 27 and 28 in The Gallery on Commercial Street, Above Niels Frederiksen, Bob Gilberg and Hal Raymond pause from the job of setting up for the event. Full Water Treatment Could Cost $7 Million (Continued from Page 1) have to pay the bill. He suggested the cost could run $75,000 to $100,000. Brown said he favored moving ahead with -current explorations for an overall plan of complete treatment. George Gentry, regional director of the state Bureau of Sanitary. Engineers from Redding, said his office is interested in safe drinking and h®s people have been concemed with this area for some time “because there is quite a severe problem here,” He said the state was not interested in "waving .the law at " The use of the law was Weather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall Nov. 11 56 =. 33 12 59 39 . 06 13 50 45 32° 14 50 45 2.22 15 52 43 202 16 55 =. 338 03 17 52 39 76 Rainfall to date 6.60 Rainfall last year 10.86 GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. Rainfall Nov, 11 63-36 12 63 39 06 13 54 45 48 14 50 45 2.20 215 51 45 53. 16 58 40 07 17 54 41 . 87 Rainfall to date 6.50 Rainfall last year 11,98 only a final tool, not the first one, but this case has been a matter of patience and "patience has been carriedtothe extreme, ” He saidthe matter contains many problems which have to be solved, but they do have to be solved, The question of cost, and just who would pay the bill seemed to be a key one, NID director Ross McBurney raisedthe question of whether the people would be able to pay for full treatment. It was pointed out that current studies underway for master treatment plants for the Grass Valley -Nevada City area and the north Auburn area would cost $5-7 million. McBurney pointed out that to pay the capital cost of such an improvement over a 40 year period would add $8 per month to everyone's water bill, Another $3 could be added for operation and maintenance costs for the facility. He asked the group if they believed the people could afford such an increase, Afford it or not, it was made clear at the close of the session that something would have to be done and done soon, Although the legal aspect of the matter was played down, Gentry was pinned down at the close of the meeting and asked just what the state would do if the district failed to meet the March 1 chlorination improvement deadline, “We would haveno other choice than to use legal means, "he replied, discuss the domestic water situation. Contacted Tuesday by The ' Nugget, Branagh said the request that the Forest Service take over maintenance and operation of the proposed facilities was made in a letter Sept. 24 fromNID Manager Edwin Koster. Branagh said that an investigation of the situation at Scotts Flat had disclosed several reasons why it would be difficult for the Forest Service to take over management of the recreation facilities. Hesaidwhilethe door was still being left open on the matter, it did not appear at this time that the Forest Service would be ableto meet the NID request, A letter to this effect, outlining thereasons for the Forest Service position and suggesting it might be better for the district to operate the facilities or contract with some other public or private agency, was sent to the NID last week, Among the reasons cited is the fact that the proposed facilities w Ould be located on NID lands outside the Tahoe National boundaries, Since these lands are outside the forest and do not have National Forest status, it would be impossible for the Forest Serviceto operate the recreation facilities. This situation is further complicated by the fact that since a portion of the project is outside of the forest, the Forest Service is bound by the Exchange Act which limits expansion of the Forest Service lands and any change would haveto be done by an act of Congress, Before the Forest Service would consider taking over facilities, all of the approximately 900 acres owned by NID exclusive of the dam and spillway would have to be deeded tothe Forest Service which feels this land should be reserved for watershed protection and intensive recreational development. The Forest Service, since no appropriation is made for this in the Tahoe Budget, would also have to require that the NID provide funds for maintenance and operation of the onshore facilities for several years, Because of these requirements, it now seems unlikely that the Forest Service will want to, or will be able totake over administration of recreation facilities at Scotts Flat, S96T *8T JoquIeAON***3083nN AquNo5 epeaon®** NY