November 28, 1973 (8 pages)

6 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Nov. 28,1973 oe ~THEOLD DEC. 3-9, 1973 It's a kind of grin and bear it week. Get Christmas cards ready.) ‘Pironrbition ended in UWS. Dec. 5.1933 .”; . Fall cold moon Dec. 9 . Partial Eclipse of the Moon Dec. 9. ‘he umbral phase will . be visible beginning at 8:10 PM EST. Average length of days for the week, 9 hours, 19 minutes. Year’s earliest sunsets Dec. 8-9. If this week be mild, winter will remain a . ! child. CIO-AFL merged Dec. 5, 1955. Matrimony is the . only game of chance that the clergy favor. Ask the Old Farmer: I recently found three elongated, sandbags in .an: attic.) . They’re about 214 feet long, . and two inches in diameter. . 1 The inner casing is of stout white cloth, the outer is of bright blue upholstery cloth. What are they? : E.L.B., Buffalo . In our parts they used to call them “draft-stops.” They were . placed along a window on the sill to keep the winter breezes . out. Some of them were pretty fancy, and I can remember our elders getting after us kids for using them in pillow fights. Home Hints: Before using old clothes for cleaning rags, remove zippers and buttons for future use . . Ice cube trays won’t stick in the freezer if you put waxed paper under them. OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS New England: Light rzin to start, then turning cold; cold . with intermittent snow latter part. Greater New York-New Jersey: Light rain at first then par. tial clearing and cold; énd of week cold with 3-5" si.ow. Middle Atlantic Coastal: Week begins mild with light rain, then cold. with:snow; 2-4” snow latter part. Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Showers to start, then partial clearing and cold; some rain end of week and mayhe snow. . Florida: Week begins partly sunny and mild, then showers in west and light rain in south; end of week cool with showers in north, light raim in south and sunny and mild in central region. Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Rain at first changing to snow, 10” in west, then very cold; 2-4” snow latter part. Greater Ohio Valley: Week begins cloudy with temperatures dropping, then snow, 2-4” in west and 1-3” in east; end of week very cold with 2-4" snow. Deep South: Rain and cold to start, then snow in northern sections, cloudy and cold latter part, then rain. Chicago and Southern Great Lakes: First part of week very cold with light snow; end of week cloudy and cold with 2-4” snow. Northern Great Plains-Great. Lakes: Snow at first, 3-5” in east, then partly clear and very cold; fair latter part except snow in east on weekend. Central Great Plains: Most of week very cold with intermittent light snow; 2-4” snow changing to rain in central and north oc weekend. :s-Oklahoma: Week begins cloudy and very cold, then ‘y rain along Gulf an flurries in north; light snow in north and light rain elsewhere latter part. Rocky Mountain Region: Mostly clear and cold to start with light snow in north, then warming; end of week mostly clear and warmer with 4-6" snow in central. Southwest Desert: Week begins clear and ‘cool with possible frost, then rain; end of week partly cloudy and mild with highs i in 60s. Pacific Northwest: First part of week pautiy clear and unseasonably cold; end of week rainy and slightly warmer. California: Increasing cloudiness at first, then rain; rain continues to end of week with heavy snow in northern mountains. (ALL Rights Reserved, Yankee, Inc., Dublin, N.H. 03444) CARL WILL Rotate, Inflate and Inspect All 5 Tires for $1.88 RECAPPING SERVICE PLAZA TIRE CO. ING. BEHIND SPD 265-4642 . A couple from Davis were injured Sunday afternoon when their vehicle left Highway 20 west of Grass Valley and struck an embankment. Kenneth Marion Cross, 32, the . driver, and his passenger, Michaelinda Cross, 25, refused medical aid in the 4:30 p.m. accident, the California Highway Patrol reports. Total damage listed for their car. Major damage listed for two Scout Leaders needed There are twelve second and third grade Grass Valley girls wanting tobe Brownie Girl Scouts who are unable to because they don’t have a leader. Won’t someonepleasecallMrs. Greenat 273-8105 or 273-3879 to volunteer to “help these girls? The Northern Mines Girl Scout Neighborhood is participating in Colgate Palmolives ‘help Young America’ campaign. December 31 is the deadline to vote for your favorite youth organization. The organization receiving the most votes wins the Grand Prize of $20,000. That groups ballots are thenputina container tobedrawn for individual unit winners. Ballots may be obtained at super markets, in Colgate Palmolive ads placed in magazines, or you may callMrs. Greenat the above number. During Fire Prevention Week, Darlene Alcantar’s Brownie Troop No. 318madefire hydrants from spray cans and presented them to the Nevada City Fire Department. Junior Troop No. 139 of Nevada City presented the children at the Tall Pines Nursery School with stuffed toysmadeand wrapped by the girls as a requirement in earning theToy Maker Badge. The sixteen girls, led by Marlene Parkhouse and Karen Jacobs, discussed how to makeeachtoy a ° safethingtoplaywithbeforefilling cloth animals with non-allergic stuffings. Facial features were made with felt tip pens. Bank of America employee Nancy Spindler guided Brownie Troop No. 663 through the Mill StreetbranchofficeNovember 14. The eleven Brownies and two Assistant Leaders, Bonnie Johnson and Lyn Hostetler, walked behind the tellers’ windows viewing different machines in operation on their way tothe vault tosee the money being counted. A safety deposit box was shown before they opened a checking account for the troops’ Brownie Gold. The girls were most impressed by seeing somany rolls of coin and bundles of paper money. Davis couple injured in Highway 20 crash pickup trucks in single-vehicle accidents Friday and Saturday. Richard Paul Bouthillier, 19, of Redwood City left Moonshine Road, went over the embankment and his truck hit some trees. The accident was at3 p.m. Saturday in Yuba county. Robert William McCallum, 46, of Nevada City swerved to avoid a deer on Highway 49 north of Nevada City. His truck ran off the road, into an embankment Capitol Comment by Earl G. Waters The legislature Joint Committee on Higher Education has completed its study and submitted a final report containing some 50 recommendations for changes in the state’s higher learning programs. It is fortunate, or unfortunate depending upon one’s viewpoint, that the report will receive passing attention and end up gathering dust in the archives of legislative history. For most of the recommendations are highly controversial and will be strongly resisted by those entrenched in the hierarchy of higher education as it now exists. The committee could hardly be so naive as to think all recommendations would be implemented. And if it sincerely hoped that some would be, then it would seem a strategical error to lump so many together. For the report does,contain recommendations which merit the support of thosé who truly want to improve the state’s colleges and university. But, as in most programs, the weakest parts often destroy the whole. And, when one combines a multitude of unpopular recommendations in one package it results in uniting the opposition of each facet into a solid front. The committee had earlier submitted a preliminary report, the main recommendation of which was the elimination of the Coordinating Council for Higher Education and its replacement with a Postsecondary Education Commission. This was accepted and is now a fact. Which strengthens the argument that the committee should have tackled one problem at a time. In its latest report the committee makes __ strong recommendations for the centralization of the headquarters of the governing bodies of all postsecondary segments. This would mean the shifting of UC headquarters from Berkeley to Sacramento and the State College Trustees headquarters from southern California to the Capital City. It also recommended the 16 year terms of the UC Regents be reduced to 8 years and the four year terms of the Community College Trustees be increased to 8 years thus making both conform to the current term lengths of the State College Trustees. Both the moves and the reduction of Regent terms are vigorously opposed by the entrenched. The opposition contends that such changes would ‘“‘open the educational system to political meddling.” It is a sorry argument. It implies that the administration of higher education is apolitical, which it definitely is not. The truth is that the educators want to play politics on their own terms and do it sanctimoniously under the screen of ‘‘working for the good of education.”’ The further truth is that they want to be out of the sight of the legislators, Department of Finance, Legislative Budget Analyst and everyone else who has anything to do with furnishing higher education tax dollars for their extravagances. If ever there is to be any real coordination of higher education it can only come about through closer day to day contacts between the staffs of the various segments of the postsecondary programs and those who provide the funds. This can only be achieved if they all live and work together in the same community. Had the committee stopped with their recommendations at this point they would have had a supportable program. But the committee stands to lose all support by taking off into the clouds on an ethnic-social kick. Much of its report is dedicated to recommendations for accomplishing a mathematical balance in student ratios with respect to ethnic, sex, and economic composition. To achieve this it flat out recommends casting aside academic admission requirements. It contends college student composition should resemble the high school enrollments as to sex, minorities and economic backgrounds. The recommendations are ridiculous. They ignore a basic that many overcoming years of brainwashing, now realize. College is not necessary, desireable, or good for everyone. Since high schools are composed of those attending under the state’s compulsory education laws, the student composition is not a proper standard to set for colleges. To say that college enrollments should have as many or more female students as males ignores the plain fact that many girls leaving high school want nothing more than to become homemakers and mothers. But the most giaring fallacy of all is the idea that colleges should be used to solve all of the social problems created by sex, ethnic and economic differences-which exist. They would destroy the colleges as institutions of learning for those who have a desire, a need and an ability to learn. Opening the doors to those lacking any of these qualities make the entire higher educational system a cruel joke. As one legislator most appropriately observed. “‘If all they want to do is hand out diplomas to everyone, why don’t we do just that without going through the motions. Then perhaps the colleges could devote their full attention to those who truly want to learn.”’ Every litter bit hurts YOU KEEP AMERICA Gi BEAUTIFUL oo ix) _ se an

6 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Nov. 28,1973 oe ~THEOLD DEC. 3-9, 1973 It's a kind of grin and bear it week. Get Christmas cards ready.) ‘Pironrbition ended in UWS. Dec. 5.1933 .”; . Fall cold moon Dec. 9 . Partial Eclipse of the Moon Dec. 9. ‘he umbral phase will . be visible beginning at 8:10 PM EST.. Average length of days for the week, 9 hours, 19 minutes.. Year’s earliest sunsets Dec. 8-9.. If this week be mild, winter will remain a . ! child.. CIO-AFL merged Dec. 5, 1955.. Matrimony is the . only game of chance that the clergy favor. Ask the Old Farmer: I recently found three elongated, sandbags in .an: attic.) . They’re about 214 feet long, . and two inches in diameter. . 1 The inner casing is of stout white cloth, the outer is of bright blue upholstery cloth. What are they? : E.L.B., Buffalo . In our parts they used to call them “draft-stops.” They were . placed along a window on the sill to keep the winter breezes . out. Some of them were pretty fancy, and I can remember our elders getting after us kids for using them in pillow fights. Home Hints: Before using old clothes for cleaning rags, remove zippers and buttons for future use . . Ice cube trays won’t stick in the freezer if you put waxed paper under them. OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS New England: Light rzin to start, then turning cold; cold . with intermittent snow latter part. Greater New York-New Jersey: Light rain at first then par. tial clearing and cold; énd of week cold with 3-5" si.ow. Middle Atlantic Coastal: Week begins mild with light rain, then cold. with:snow; 2-4” snow latter part. Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Showers to start, then partial clearing and cold; some rain end of week and mayhe snow. . Florida: Week begins partly sunny and mild, then showers in west and light rain in south; end of week cool with showers in north, light raim in south and sunny and mild in central region. Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Rain at first changing to snow, 10” in west, then very cold; 2-4” snow latter part. Greater Ohio Valley: Week begins cloudy with temperatures dropping, then snow, 2-4” in west and 1-3” in east; end of week very cold with 2-4" snow. Deep South: Rain and cold to start, then snow in northern sections, cloudy and cold latter part, then rain. Chicago and Southern Great Lakes: First part of week very cold with light snow; end of week cloudy and cold with 2-4” snow. Northern Great Plains-Great. Lakes: Snow at first, 3-5” in east, then partly clear and very cold; fair latter part except snow in east on weekend. Central Great Plains: Most of week very cold with intermittent light snow; 2-4” snow changing to rain in central and north oc weekend. :s-Oklahoma: Week begins cloudy and very cold, then ‘y rain along Gulf an flurries in north; light snow in north and light rain elsewhere latter part. Rocky Mountain Region: Mostly clear and cold to start with light snow in north, then warming; end of week mostly clear and warmer with 4-6" snow in central. Southwest Desert: Week begins clear and ‘cool with possible frost, then rain; end of week partly cloudy and mild with highs i in 60s. Pacific Northwest: First part of week pautiy clear and unseasonably cold; end of week rainy and slightly warmer. California: Increasing cloudiness at first, then rain; rain continues to end of week with heavy snow in northern mountains. (ALL Rights Reserved, Yankee, Inc., Dublin, N.H. 03444) CARL WILL Rotate, Inflate and Inspect All 5 Tires for $1.88 RECAPPING SERVICE PLAZA TIRE CO. ING. BEHIND SPD 265-4642 . A couple from Davis were injured Sunday afternoon when their vehicle left Highway 20 west of Grass Valley and struck an embankment. Kenneth Marion Cross, 32, the . driver, and his passenger, Michaelinda Cross, 25, refused medical aid in the 4:30 p.m. accident, the California Highway Patrol reports. Total damage listed for their car. Major damage listed for two Scout Leaders needed There are twelve second and third grade Grass Valley girls wanting tobe Brownie Girl Scouts who are unable to because they don’t have a leader. Won’t someonepleasecallMrs. Greenat 273-8105 or 273-3879 to volunteer to “help these girls? The Northern Mines Girl Scout Neighborhood is participating in Colgate Palmolives ‘help Young America’ campaign. December 31 is the deadline to vote for your favorite youth organization. The organization receiving the most votes wins the Grand Prize of $20,000. That groups ballots are thenputina container tobedrawn for individual unit winners. Ballots may be obtained at super markets, in Colgate Palmolive ads placed in magazines, or you may callMrs. Greenat the above number. During Fire Prevention Week, Darlene Alcantar’s Brownie Troop No. 318madefire hydrants from spray cans and presented them to the Nevada City Fire Department. Junior Troop No. 139 of Nevada City presented the children at the Tall Pines Nursery School with stuffed toysmadeand wrapped by the girls as a requirement in earning theToy Maker Badge. The

sixteen girls, led by Marlene Parkhouse and Karen Jacobs, discussed how to makeeachtoy a ° safethingtoplaywithbeforefilling cloth animals with non-allergic stuffings. Facial features were made with felt tip pens. Bank of America employee Nancy Spindler guided Brownie Troop No. 663 through the Mill StreetbranchofficeNovember 14. The eleven Brownies and two Assistant Leaders, Bonnie Johnson and Lyn Hostetler, walked behind the tellers’ windows viewing different machines in operation on their way tothe vault tosee the money being counted. A safety deposit box was shown before they opened a checking account for the troops’ Brownie Gold. The girls were most impressed by seeing somany rolls of coin and bundles of paper money. Davis couple injured in Highway 20 crash pickup trucks in single-vehicle accidents Friday and Saturday. Richard Paul Bouthillier, 19, of Redwood City left Moonshine Road, went over the embankment and his truck hit some trees. The accident was at3 p.m. Saturday in Yuba county. Robert William McCallum, 46, of Nevada City swerved to avoid a deer on Highway 49 north of Nevada City. His truck ran off the road, into an embankment Capitol Comment by Earl G. Waters The legislature Joint Committee on Higher Education has completed its study and submitted a final report containing some 50 recommendations for changes in the state’s higher learning programs. It is fortunate, or unfortunate depending upon one’s viewpoint, that the report will receive passing attention and end up gathering dust in the archives of legislative history. For most of the recommendations are highly controversial and will be strongly resisted by those entrenched in the hierarchy of higher education as it now exists. The committee could hardly be so naive as to think all recommendations would be implemented. And if it sincerely hoped that some would be, then it would seem a strategical error to lump so many together. For the report does,contain recommendations which merit the support of thosé who truly want to improve the state’s colleges and university. But, as in most programs, the weakest parts often destroy the whole. And, when one combines a multitude of unpopular recommendations in one package it results in uniting the opposition of each facet into a solid front. The committee had earlier submitted a preliminary report, the main recommendation of which was the elimination of the Coordinating Council for Higher Education and its replacement with a Postsecondary Education Commission. This was accepted and is now a fact. Which strengthens the argument that the committee should have tackled one problem at a time. In its latest report the committee makes __ strong recommendations for the centralization of the headquarters of the governing bodies of all postsecondary segments. This would mean the shifting of UC headquarters from Berkeley to Sacramento and the State College Trustees headquarters from southern California to the Capital City. It also recommended the 16 year terms of the UC Regents be reduced to 8 years and the four year terms of the Community College Trustees be increased to 8 years thus making both conform to the current term lengths of the State College Trustees. Both the moves and the reduction of Regent terms are vigorously opposed by the entrenched. The opposition contends that such changes would ‘“‘open the educational system to political meddling.” It is a sorry argument. It implies that the administration of higher education is apolitical, which it definitely is not. The truth is that the educators want to play politics on their own terms and do it sanctimoniously under the screen of ‘‘working for the good of education.”’ The further truth is that they want to be out of the sight of the legislators, Department of Finance, Legislative Budget Analyst and everyone else who has anything to do with furnishing higher education tax dollars for their extravagances. If ever there is to be any real coordination of higher education it can only come about through closer day to day contacts between the staffs of the various segments of the postsecondary programs and those who provide the funds. This can only be achieved if they all live and work together in the same community. Had the committee stopped with their recommendations at this point they would have had a supportable program. But the committee stands to lose all support by taking off into the clouds on an ethnic-social kick. Much of its report is dedicated to recommendations for accomplishing a mathematical balance in student ratios with respect to ethnic, sex, and economic composition. To achieve this it flat out recommends casting aside academic admission requirements. It contends college student composition should resemble the high school enrollments as to sex, minorities and economic backgrounds. The recommendations are ridiculous. They ignore a basic that many overcoming years of brainwashing, now realize. College is not necessary, desireable, or good for everyone. Since high schools are composed of those attending under the state’s compulsory education laws, the student composition is not a proper standard to set for colleges. To say that college enrollments should have as many or more female students as males ignores the plain fact that many girls leaving high school want nothing more than to become homemakers and mothers. But the most giaring fallacy of all is the idea that colleges should be used to solve all of the social problems created by sex, ethnic and economic differences-which exist. They would destroy the colleges as institutions of learning for those who have a desire, a need and an ability to learn. Opening the doors to those lacking any of these qualities make the entire higher educational system a cruel joke. As one legislator most appropriately observed. “‘If all they want to do is hand out diplomas to everyone, why don’t we do just that without going through the motions. Then perhaps the colleges could devote their full attention to those who truly want to learn.”’ Every litter bit hurts YOU KEEP AMERICA Gi BEAUTIFUL oo ix) _ se an