October 3, 1973 (12 pages)

2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Oct. 31973 # ‘ Notes By Po An ex-Army friend has contributed the following “Dictionary”’ of terms published in Army Magazine recently. We found interesting and very relevant to the state of affairs in the line of bureaucratic business of the present era: Channels — the trails left by memo routing slips. Committee — a group of the uninformed, appointed by the unwilling, to do the unnecessary. Concur in principle or concur in general — I haven’t read the paper and don’t want to be bound by anything it says. Coordinator — a guy with a desk between two expediters. Expedite to confound confusion with commotion. For necessary action — you are either the goat or the hero. Give us the benefit of your thinking on this — we’ll listen to what you have to say so long as it does not interfere with what we have already decided to do. Informed source the guy who told the guy you just met. ’ Note and initial — let’s spread the responsibility around. Program — any assignment that can’t be completed with a phone call. Reliable source — the guy you just talked with. This will be borne in mind — no further action will be taken until you remind me. Under «active -consideration— we're looking in the files for it. Unimpeachable source — the guy who started the rumor. We are evaluating — we need more time to think up a reply. Put it all together, boys. you can find a place for each and every one of these definitions, per se, in almost any phase of life today. Next week, October 7 -13, is National Newspaper Week. To a great many of the more casualtype readers that week will inean no more or no less than . NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET . 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Decree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One Year . $3.00 Two Yeors . $5.00 Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Off The Cuff] . Smith usual. But for the majority it will be a period of enlightenment stemming from their appreciation of something not to be found anywhere else in the whole world. Only in the United States of America does one enjoy the scope of freedom of expression so readily available thru our newspaper columns. Furthermore, it has been just that way'in our nation for 200 years.for the people of this yreatest of_all nations have, from its earliest beginnings, demanded and received the rights of free speech and a free press. Our ever-alert, articulate . press is the dictator’s nightmare.and our salvation. The ~ responsibilities of newspapers in general are of a magnitude not wholly understood. by some of the less erudite readers.they who skim the headlines in breathless anticipation of a new ‘‘scandal’’ or a bloody major disaster. It is as a governmental ‘‘watchdog”’ that. your hometown newspaper offers you the best possible outlet for making your interests and desires known in high places. The possibilities of a brief ‘‘letter to the editor’ are practically limitless — if the suggestions contained are constructive, logical and timely. How can you expect people-to react to your ideas.or your legislators to act in your behalf -if they are not made aware of the problem at hand? So.if something disturbs you, don’t sit at home muttering to yourself about it; don’t stand on street corners telling empty air what’s wrong and what should be done about it.put pen to paper, in a letter to the editor, and offer your own best solution to the problem. And idea can grow, you know, just like the proverbial acorn! The newspaper you are holding in your hand is standing by ready and more than willing to be of service. CHP analysis The California Highway Patrol-will analyze mechanical and structural failures that cause mobile homes to break down on the highway during a six-month period starting October 1, Commissioner Walter Pudinski said. If facts warrant, the information collected would be used in support of legislation upgrading structural and tire standards. Mobile Homes are oversize FOR THE 17th STRAIGHT YEAR Grass Valley gets an achievement award for its safety efforts. William Goldman (left) awards the certificate to Grass Valley Police Chief Vince Seck. Grass Valley honored for pedestrian safety achievement Grass Valley received the American Automobile Association’s Pedestrian Safety Achievement Award for the 17th consecutive year at a city council meeting Tuesday. — The award was presented to police chief Vincent Seck by William Goldman, ~ local manager of the California State Automobile Association. Grass Valley was one of 2,087 cities which participated in this year’s AAA Pedestrian Safety of mobile home break downs vehicles transported by permit. Their extra width can produce unusual traffic hazards when breakdowns force thefn to park at roadside, particuJarly along freeways. Z The study calls fer a report of every breakdown or accident involving a mi home, with emphasis 0 deficient si coverings, and faulty framgs, hitches, wheels, tongues, axles and suspension. .Pudinski said the Patrol and Toys for Tots program starts Nevada Union High School students are urging residents to donate outgrown and unwanted toys in good condition to their Toys for Tots program. The toys are repainted, restuffed and repaired and given to underprivileged children at Christmas time. Members of the local chapter of Future Teachers of America wif’ gick up toys on Saturday. Donated toys may be brought to acentral site in neighborhood and FTA members will pick them up or call at each home for the toys. Call Debbie Lanyon at 273-2103 or 273-7486 to arrange for pick up of toys. Classified Ads, the little felows with the big pulling power. tire failures, ~ the Trailer Coach Association “in 1969 agreed on voluntary engineering standards to solve the breakdown problem,’’ but that ‘‘breakdowns and accidents have not been: satisfactorily reduced.”’ Inventory Program: The city earned its award because of its record of no pedestrian deaths in 1972. Cities were evaluated in the following categories; maintenance and use of accident records, coordination of its overall safety program, school safety programs, enforcement of traffic laws, traffic engineering and publication of safety information. The number of nationwide pedestrian fatalities recorded in 1972 was approximately one third of the number in 1937 when the AAA conducted its first Pedestrian Safety Inventory. Dance club officers Mr. and Mrs. Dance Club, which will begin its new season October 13, has elected new officers for the coming year. Officers are Past-presidents, Gene and Margene Elliott; presidents, Rowland and Nancy Grumbling; Vice-presidents, Joe and Monika Padjune; Secretaries, Richard and Carolyn Donahue; and treasurers, Jim and Kay Moore. Board of Directors are Dennis and Vi Stancil, Art and Barbara Manchester, David and Darlene Winkle, Ray and Pauline Hoxworth, Bill and Gladys Ripley, Gene and Ardell Eddy, Ken and Barbara Buck, Doug and Terry Cornish, Jerry and Betty Lawton, Clint and Caren Wallington, Paul and Top Downs, John and Mary Eddy, Sam and Loretta Ramey, and Dennis and Diana Elliott. Music will again be provided by Chet Salvatorelli and the Gold-dusters. The Grass Valley Elks Hall is the setting for the club’s activities. Mr. and Mrs. Dance Club was organized for the purpose of providing dancing and social activities for married couples 21 years of age and older.

2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Oct. 31973 # ‘ Notes By Po An ex-Army friend has contributed the following “Dictionary”’ of terms published in Army Magazine recently. We found interesting and very relevant to the state of affairs in the line of bureaucratic business of the present era: Channels — the trails left by memo routing slips. Committee — a group of the uninformed, appointed by the unwilling, to do the unnecessary. Concur in principle or concur in general — I haven’t read the paper and don’t want to be bound by anything it says. Coordinator — a guy with a desk between two expediters. Expedite to confound confusion with commotion. For necessary action — you are either the goat or the hero. Give us the benefit of your thinking on this — we’ll listen to what you have to say so long as it does not interfere with what we have already decided to do. Informed source the guy who told the guy you just met. ’ Note and initial — let’s spread the responsibility around. Program — any assignment that can’t be completed with a phone call. Reliable source — the guy you just talked with. This will be borne in mind — no further action will be taken until you remind me. Under «active -consideration— we're looking in the files for it. Unimpeachable source — the guy who started the rumor. We are evaluating — we need more time to think up a reply. Put it all together, boys.. you can find a place for each and every one of these definitions, per se, in almost any phase of life today. Next week, October 7 -13, is National Newspaper Week. To a great many of the more casualtype readers that week will inean no more or no less than . NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET . 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Decree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One Year .. $3.00 Two Yeors .. $5.00 Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Off The Cuff] . Smith usual. But for the majority it will be a period of enlightenment stemming from their appreciation of something not to be found anywhere else in the whole world. Only in the United States of America does one enjoy the scope of freedom of expression so readily available thru our newspaper columns. Furthermore, it has been just that way'in our nation for 200 years..for the people of this yreatest of_all nations have, from its earliest beginnings, demanded and received the rights of free speech and a free press. Our ever-alert, articulate . press is the dictator’s nightmare..and our salvation. The ~ responsibilities of newspapers in general are of a magnitude not wholly understood. by some of the less erudite readers..they who skim the headlines in breathless anticipation of a new ‘‘scandal’’ or a bloody major disaster. It is as a governmental ‘‘watchdog”’ that. your hometown newspaper offers you the best possible outlet for making your interests and desires known in high places. The possibilities of a brief ‘‘letter to the editor’ are practically limitless — if the suggestions contained are constructive, logical and timely. How can you expect people-to react to your ideas..or your legislators to act in your behalf -if they are not made aware of the problem at hand? So..if something disturbs you, don’t sit at home muttering to yourself about it; don’t stand on street corners telling empty air what’s wrong and what should be done about it..put pen to paper, in a letter to the editor, and offer your own best solution to the problem. And idea can grow, you know, just like the proverbial acorn! The newspaper you are holding in your hand is standing by ready and more than willing to be of service.

CHP analysis The California Highway Patrol-will analyze mechanical and structural failures that cause mobile homes to break down on the highway during a six-month period starting October 1, Commissioner Walter Pudinski said. If facts warrant, the information collected would be used in support of legislation upgrading structural and tire standards. Mobile Homes are oversize FOR THE 17th STRAIGHT YEAR Grass Valley gets an achievement award for its safety efforts. William Goldman (left) awards the certificate to Grass Valley Police Chief Vince Seck. Grass Valley honored for pedestrian safety achievement Grass Valley received the American Automobile Association’s Pedestrian Safety Achievement Award for the 17th consecutive year at a city council meeting Tuesday. — The award was presented to police chief Vincent Seck by William Goldman, ~ local manager of the California State Automobile Association. Grass Valley was one of 2,087 cities which participated in this year’s AAA Pedestrian Safety of mobile home break downs vehicles transported by permit. Their extra width can produce unusual traffic hazards when breakdowns force thefn to park at roadside, particuJarly along freeways. Z The study calls fer a report of every breakdown or accident involving a mi home, with emphasis 0 deficient si coverings, and faulty framgs, hitches, wheels, tongues, axles and suspension. .Pudinski said the Patrol and Toys for Tots program starts Nevada Union High School students are urging residents to donate outgrown and unwanted toys in good condition to their Toys for Tots program. The toys are repainted, restuffed and repaired and given to underprivileged children at Christmas time. Members of the local chapter of Future Teachers of America wif’ gick up toys on Saturday. Donated toys may be brought to acentral site in neighborhood and FTA members will pick them up or call at each home for the toys. Call Debbie Lanyon at 273-2103 or 273-7486 to arrange for pick up of toys. Classified Ads, the little felows with the big pulling power. tire failures, ~ the Trailer Coach Association “in 1969 agreed on voluntary engineering standards to solve the breakdown problem,’’ but that ‘‘breakdowns and accidents have not been: satisfactorily reduced.”’ Inventory Program: The city earned its award because of its record of no pedestrian deaths in 1972. Cities were evaluated in the following categories; maintenance and use of accident records, coordination of its overall safety program, school safety programs, enforcement of traffic laws, traffic engineering and publication of safety information. The number of nationwide pedestrian fatalities recorded in 1972 was approximately one third of the number in 1937 when the AAA conducted its first Pedestrian Safety Inventory. Dance club officers Mr. and Mrs. Dance Club, which will begin its new season October 13, has elected new officers for the coming year. Officers are Past-presidents, Gene and Margene Elliott; presidents, Rowland and Nancy Grumbling; Vice-presidents, Joe and Monika Padjune; Secretaries, Richard and Carolyn Donahue; and treasurers, Jim and Kay Moore. Board of Directors are Dennis and Vi Stancil, Art and Barbara Manchester, David and Darlene Winkle, Ray and Pauline Hoxworth, Bill and Gladys Ripley, Gene and Ardell Eddy, Ken and Barbara Buck, Doug and Terry Cornish, Jerry and Betty Lawton, Clint and Caren Wallington, Paul and Top Downs, John and Mary Eddy, Sam and Loretta Ramey, and Dennis and Diana Elliott. Music will again be provided by Chet Salvatorelli and the Gold-dusters. The Grass Valley Elks Hall is the setting for the club’s activities. Mr. and Mrs. Dance Club was organized for the purpose of providing dancing and social activities for married couples 21 years of age and older.