November 5, 1964 (20 pages)

field, Humbug sre ae ul: Gold Fist, Songvile, Gold Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens Volume 38 Number 45 Be Lowell Hal il, Bourbon Hi, Scuch Hu, hae Tens Bae Ron thay prong beng: Talk, Glenbrook, Little ry tig mos Union Hill, Porade = orth Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebasto Cay, Wallon 10 Cents A Copy Cou ue, Li mig ry 7 ey ray Wolf, ae e Eye, Lime 5 pel. Gualver Hi Published Thursdays, Nevada City Hill, Willow Valtey, hea, I id . Se November 5, 1 964 RICKER IN, BISHOP OUT Area Goes With State AndNation Nevada County joined the rest of the state and the nation in electing Lyndon Johnson to the presidency. The county voted to send George Murphy to the U.S, Senate, and followed the rest of the state,vote on the 17 propositions. The Johnson-Humphrey slate scored a solid victory in the county as it did in the state. In Nevada County the Johnson ticket won 6,397 to 4,899. trend in upsetting Senator Pierre Salinger in favor of actor George Murphy. Murphy was given the nod by more than 1,300 votes pulling 6, 215 to Salinger's4, 911. Although all the votes on the state's 17 propositions were not complete throughout the state, it appeared that the positions taken by county voters followed the state trends. Of particular importance to this area because of the proposed Malakoff State Park and a proposed state historical complex park in Nevada City, was the favorable vote in. the county on Proposition One for a $150 million beaches and parks bond issue. The measure carried here 5,983 to 4, 288, Proposition Two, a $380 million bond issue for state construction, won here and appeared to be winning throughout the state. The county vote was 5,285to 4,737. Proposition Three, a$260 million bond issue for local school district aid was also carried here and was winning elsewhere in the state. In Nevada County the vote was 5,835 to 3,992, The county voters joined the rest of the state in approving the controversial Proposition 14 abolishing the Rumford Housing Act and amending the constitution to forbid future fair housing legislation. The vote here was 7,668 in favor to 3,337 against the initiative amendment. The state trend was also followed here in outlawing pay television. Voters approved an amendment which would repeal previous state law providing for operation of subscription television. In Nevada County there were 7,589 yes votesto3,071 no. County voters follow ed the state lead in defeating Proposition 16 (Continued on Page 2) ame F BALLOT COUNTERS were, at their job all night Tuesday tabulati ing the massive vote in Nevada The county also joined the state County. Counting of absentee ballots shown here did not conclude until about 8:15 a.m. Wednesday. Pictured (left to right) are Barbara Capps, Glenda Roberts, Marlene Fowler and Lou Leahy, Bizz Johnson And Lunardi Win, Gene Chappie Surprises Smith Second District Congressman Harold T. “Bizz” Johnson of Roseville was ‘returned to his House seat again Tuesday by a sizable margin over Chet Merriam. State Sénator Paul J. Lunardi of Roseville was also returned to office in the Seventh Assembly District with a resounding victory over Grass Valley City Councilwoman Margarette Brown Meggs. . Although full returns were not available at presstime, El Dor ada County Supervisor EugeneChappie was leading Auburn engineer and former city councilman Howard Smith in the race for the seat in the State Assembly from the Sixth District. Congressman Johnson seemed to have little difficulty in defeating Merriam throughout the vast Second District. In Nevada County he pulled 6,549 votes to Merriam's 4, 402. Lunardi, who was running for his first full term to the Senate since he was named to the post Big Dam Job Nears An End The heavy storm last weekend which created havoc with traffic inthe mountains, slowed but did not stop work at the mountain construction sites of the Nevada Irrigation District's Yuba-Bear River development. Monday there was six inches of snow in Jackson Meadows, but work was continuing on the tunnel (Continued on Page 2) in a special election to fill a vacancy, trounced Mrs, Meggs who had termed herself “the people's champ". By late Tuesday night with 90 per cent of the district vote in, Lunardi had 75 per cent of the vote to Mrs, Megg's’25 per cent. In Nevada County Lunardi had pulled 7,698 votes and Mrs. Meggs had 3, 354. Joining. in one of the two big Republican switches in the state, county voters gave Republican Gene Chappie the edge over Smith. Chappie polled 5,776 to Smith's 4,951. Yesterday morning with only 55 of 499 precincts still out in the district, Chappie was ahead 39, 127 to 36,002. ‘Crowds At The Polls It Was A Long Night With The Bulging Ballot Boxes A record number of voters went to the polls in California and across the nation Tuesday. Nevada County was,no exception to the trend, County Clerk John T. Trauner had predicted a turnout of 78.6, but the turnout was about 88 per cent. There are 12,974 registered voters in the county. A total of 11,296 cast ballots in the race for President. The voting started early and continued at a heavy pace throughout the day. In a check of five precincts around the Nevada City area one third of the vote had been cast before 11 a.m. The county saw something ne. in voting methods, This was complete or near complete coverage by Republican poll watchers, It was new to some of the old time election officials and it was apparently new to the poll watchers for many did not seem to know what they were supposed to do. The count of the massive vote started at 7 p.m. with a record total of 804 absentee ballots, The job wasnot completed until about 8:15 Wednesday morning. The story was about the same for the counting of the regular ballots. Bloomfield was the first precinct to phone in results, but Spaulding was the first to bring in the ballots tothe office of the county clerk. Officials from Spaulding arrived at 8:18 and reported LBJ was ahead 13-5. The last precinct to report was Buena Vista A in the Peardale area. Officials at the clerk's office afe still uncertain as to what happened, but a sheriff's deputy was finally dispatched at shortly after8 a.m. Wednesday to bring in the ballots, The final count was completed shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday. Bennallack OustsTabe In District Il One Nevada County Supervisor wasreturned to office and one was defeated in the hotly contested races Tuesday in the First and Second Districts. Incumbent Supervisor Gene M. Ricker of the First District eeked a victory over Mosco Smart by 152 votes. The total was Ricker 1125 and Smart 1078. Bret Bennallack, a former Grass Valley City Councilman, defeated incumbent Second District Supervisor W.W. "“Tabe" Bishop by an even small margin of 120 votes. The final vote was Bennallack 1675 and Bishop 1555. While there were few startling ‘contrasts of strength or weakness in the Ricker~Smart race, there were heavy votes registered in ‘some precincts inthe Bennal_lack-Bishoprace which could be said to have made the difference. Three of these precincts took in areas along Highway 49 south of Grass Valley. These include the Cottage Hill precinct at Higgins Corners where Bennallack pulled 193 votes to Bishop's 60, Forest Springs A at the Forest Springs Farm Center off Highway 49 where it was 151 to 58 for Bennallack and Forest Springs B where Bennallack took it 127 to 79, BothBishop and Ricker had been under heavy fire during the campaign from the Nevada County onusmeales 4 § °34180 : u0tgoes ST BOT poTse "318d *6 AABIQET 84 Taxpayers Association. Both in-cumbents denied the variety of. charges leveled at them by the Taxpayers. Smart said little during the campaign and Bennallack said almost nothing until the last few days when he denied, through newspaper advertising, any ties with the Taxpayers. A precinct breakdown of the voting for supervisors may be found on page 2 Snow Dampens Donner Party History has a startling way of repeating itself, On October 23, 13846 the illfated Donner wagon train party was hit by a heavy snowstorm. The results of this are well-known. On November . , 1964 the states of California and Nevada and the Chambers of Commerce along Interstate Highway SO gatherednear (Continued on Page 2)

field, Humbug sre ae ul: Gold Fist, Songvile, Gold Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens Volume 38 Number 45 Be Lowell Hal il, Bourbon Hi, Scuch Hu, hae Tens Bae Ron thay prong beng: Talk, Glenbrook, Little ry tig mos Union Hill, Porade = orth Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebasto Cay, Wallon 10 Cents A Copy Cou ue, Li mig ry 7 ey ray Wolf, ae e Eye, Lime 5 pel. Gualver Hi Published Thursdays, Nevada City Hill, Willow Valtey, hea, I id . Se November 5, 1 964 RICKER IN, BISHOP OUT Area Goes With State AndNation Nevada County joined the rest of the state and the nation in electing Lyndon Johnson to the presidency. The county voted to send George Murphy to the U.S, Senate, and followed the rest of the state,vote on the 17 propositions. The Johnson-Humphrey slate scored a solid victory in the county as it did in the state. In Nevada County the Johnson ticket won 6,397 to 4,899. trend in upsetting Senator Pierre Salinger in favor of actor George Murphy. Murphy was given the nod by more than 1,300 votes pulling 6, 215 to Salinger's4, 911. Although all the votes on the state's 17 propositions were not complete throughout the state, it appeared that the positions taken by county voters followed the state trends. Of particular importance to this area because of the proposed Malakoff State Park and a proposed state historical complex park in Nevada City, was the favorable vote in. the county on Proposition One for a $150 million beaches and parks bond issue. The measure carried here 5,983 to 4, 288, Proposition Two, a $380 million bond issue for state construction, won here and appeared to be winning throughout the state. The county vote was 5,285to 4,737. Proposition Three, a$260 million bond issue for local school district aid was also carried here and was winning elsewhere in the state. In Nevada County the vote was 5,835 to 3,992, The county voters joined the rest of the state in approving the controversial Proposition 14 abolishing the Rumford Housing Act and amending the constitution to forbid future fair housing legislation. The vote here was 7,668 in favor to 3,337 against the initiative amendment. The state trend was also followed here in outlawing pay television. Voters approved an amendment which would repeal previous state law providing for operation of subscription television. In Nevada County there were 7,589 yes votesto3,071 no. County voters follow ed the state lead in defeating Proposition 16 (Continued on Page 2) ame F BALLOT COUNTERS were, at their job all night Tuesday tabulati ing the massive vote in Nevada The county also joined the state County. Counting of absentee ballots shown here did not conclude until about 8:15 a.m. Wednesday. Pictured (left to right) are Barbara Capps, Glenda Roberts, Marlene Fowler and Lou Leahy, Bizz Johnson And Lunardi Win, Gene Chappie Surprises Smith Second District Congressman Harold T. “Bizz” Johnson of Roseville was ‘returned to his House seat again Tuesday by a sizable margin over Chet Merriam. State Sénator Paul J. Lunardi of Roseville was also returned to office in the Seventh Assembly District with a resounding victory over Grass Valley City Councilwoman Margarette Brown Meggs. . Although full returns were not available at presstime, El Dor ada County Supervisor EugeneChappie was leading Auburn engineer and former city councilman Howard Smith in the race for the seat in the State Assembly from the Sixth District. Congressman Johnson seemed to have little difficulty in defeating Merriam throughout the vast Second District. In Nevada County he pulled 6,549 votes to Merriam's 4, 402. Lunardi, who was running for his first full term to the Senate since he was named to the post Big Dam Job Nears An End The heavy storm last weekend which created havoc with traffic inthe mountains, slowed but did not stop work at the mountain construction sites of the Nevada Irrigation District's Yuba-Bear River development. Monday there was six inches of snow in Jackson Meadows, but work was continuing on the tunnel (Continued on Page 2) in a special election to fill a vacancy, trounced Mrs, Meggs who had termed herself “the people's champ". By late Tuesday night with 90 per cent of the district vote in, Lunardi had 75 per cent of the

vote to Mrs, Megg's’25 per cent. In Nevada County Lunardi had pulled 7,698 votes and Mrs. Meggs had 3, 354. Joining. in one of the two big Republican switches in the state, county voters gave Republican Gene Chappie the edge over Smith. Chappie polled 5,776 to Smith's 4,951. Yesterday morning with only 55 of 499 precincts still out in the district, Chappie was ahead 39, 127 to 36,002. ‘Crowds At The Polls It Was A Long Night With The Bulging Ballot Boxes A record number of voters went to the polls in California and across the nation Tuesday. Nevada County was,no exception to the trend, County Clerk John T. Trauner had predicted a turnout of 78.6, but the turnout was about 88 per cent. There are 12,974 registered voters in the county. A total of 11,296 cast ballots in the race for President. The voting started early and continued at a heavy pace throughout the day. In a check of five precincts around the Nevada City area one third of the vote had been cast before 11 a.m. The county saw something ne. in voting methods, This was complete or near complete coverage by Republican poll watchers, It was new to some of the old time election officials and it was apparently new to the poll watchers for many did not seem to know what they were supposed to do. The count of the massive vote started at 7 p.m. with a record total of 804 absentee ballots, The job wasnot completed until about 8:15 Wednesday morning. The story was about the same for the counting of the regular ballots. Bloomfield was the first precinct to phone in results, but Spaulding was the first to bring in the ballots tothe office of the county clerk. Officials from Spaulding arrived at 8:18 and reported LBJ was ahead 13-5. The last precinct to report was Buena Vista A in the Peardale area. Officials at the clerk's office afe still uncertain as to what happened, but a sheriff's deputy was finally dispatched at shortly after8 a.m. Wednesday to bring in the ballots, The final count was completed shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday. Bennallack OustsTabe In District Il One Nevada County Supervisor wasreturned to office and one was defeated in the hotly contested races Tuesday in the First and Second Districts. Incumbent Supervisor Gene M. Ricker of the First District eeked a victory over Mosco Smart by 152 votes. The total was Ricker 1125 and Smart 1078. Bret Bennallack, a former Grass Valley City Councilman, defeated incumbent Second District Supervisor W.W. "“Tabe" Bishop by an even small margin of 120 votes. The final vote was Bennallack 1675 and Bishop 1555. While there were few startling ‘contrasts of strength or weakness in the Ricker~Smart race, there were heavy votes registered in ‘some precincts inthe Bennal_lack-Bishoprace which could be said to have made the difference. Three of these precincts took in areas along Highway 49 south of Grass Valley. These include the Cottage Hill precinct at Higgins Corners where Bennallack pulled 193 votes to Bishop's 60, Forest Springs A at the Forest Springs Farm Center off Highway 49 where it was 151 to 58 for Bennallack and Forest Springs B where Bennallack took it 127 to 79, BothBishop and Ricker had been under heavy fire during the campaign from the Nevada County onusmeales 4 § °34180 : u0tgoes ST BOT poTse "318d *6 AABIQET 84 Taxpayers Association. Both in-cumbents denied the variety of. charges leveled at them by the Taxpayers. Smart said little during the campaign and Bennallack said almost nothing until the last few days when he denied, through newspaper advertising, any ties with the Taxpayers. A precinct breakdown of the voting for supervisors may be found on page 2 Snow Dampens Donner Party History has a startling way of repeating itself, On October 23, 13846 the illfated Donner wagon train party was hit by a heavy snowstorm. The results of this are well-known. On November . , 1964 the states of California and Nevada and the Chambers of Commerce along Interstate Highway SO gatherednear (Continued on Page 2)