September 13, 1967 (16 pages)

Six Deaths Are Caused By Drinking Pesticide . Within the last 15 months six California farm workers have died because they drank a pesticide mistaking it for water or’ another beverage, says Les McCabe, Nevada County farm advisor. Farmers and farm workers are urged never to place a pesticide in a container where it could be mistaken for drinking water Taxpayer Group Sets Session Here The Conference of Northern California Taxpayer Associations will hold a special board meeting at the historic National Hotel in Nevada City Sept. 30, commencing ‘10 a.m, in the gold banquet room, Several items will be on the agenda pertaining to recent state legislation, According to conference president James Lenhoff, the proposed regional government for fifteen northern California counties will be discussed and acted upon. Reports will also be heard from member associations, Resolutions will be presented by several of the eleven county association members, Among the resolutions to be considered is one demanding a complete change in the present property tax structure, Another calls for all zoning to be restored to approval by property owners instead of planning commissions, A general easing of restrictive building codes and road requirements has also been. called for. A buffet lunch will be served by the hotel, The meeting will adjourn in the evening for a cocktail hour and menu dinner. Those desiring additional information may contact conference secretary Marion Johnson at Oroville, phone 533-8619, Guests are welcome providing arrangements are made with the secretary in advance, Screening Exam Scheduled By Civil Service WASHINGTON — Congressman Harold T. (Bizz) Johnson, representing the mountain-valley counties district, announced today that the Civil Service Commission on the third Saturday of the. months of October, November, January, February, March, April, May, June and July, would be holding the Federal. Service Entrance Examination which includes management internships with the federal government, This examination is designed primarily as an avenue through which young people with promise may enter the federal service, It offers career opportunities to those who qualify: to work on programs of national and international importance, Successful candidates will be assigned for training to career positions in such fields as personnel management, general administration, economics andother social. sciences, as well as many otheers, Forms 5000-AB and Form 867 can: be o ed from college placement Offices or offices of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, Form 5000-AB can be obtained also from many post offices,: Send application to FSEE Desk, U. S. Civil Service Com» mission, Washington, D._C., 20415, or other beverages. Last year a farm worker who was spraying the herbicide, Paraquat, died because he carried two identical containers on: his rig. One contained the herbicide, the ‘other his drinking water. He took a drink from the wrong container. Recently, another farm worker drank from a plastic Clorox-type container what he thought was the drinking water his wife had prepared for him to take to work, It acutally contained Parathion which a neighbor had given the wife for her garden, (and illegal and very hazardous used of Parathion), _ Another report has just been ‘Teceived which indicates that. ‘four farm workers died because they drank from a wine bottle in which an arsenical herbicide had been mixed, Others have _Gied in the past because they drank from beverage containers, such as milk cartons and soft drink bottles in which poisonous pesticides had been mixed, It is very important never to place any poisonous substance in containers which could be mistaken for food or drink, Pesticides should be kept in their original containers. When not in use they should. be: under lock and key away from food, beverages, or medicines, "Empty" containers should never be discarded where others can use them or children could reach them. They should -be decontaminated, buried at an authorized dump, or burned. Marriage Licenses Six couples have obtained marriage licenses in county clerk's offices in Nevada City and Reno, They are: Ernest Colombo, 48, and Madeline Evalyn Henderson, 41, both of Nevada City. Monte Edward Wigner, 25, Alameda, and Joyce Marie Randolph, 30, Oakland, , Charles E. Browning, 49, Nevada City, and Nada .L. Walton, 44, Elko, Nev. License obtained in Reno, ; Thomas W. Harrison, Grass Valley, and Marjorie B, Amick, Grass Valley. License obtained in Reno., Arthur R, Ellis, 18, Grass Valley, and Cynthia S, Barry, 17, Nevada City. . License obtained in Reno, Merle F, Stephens, 30, Grass Valley, and Ysleta C. Lawson, 25, Riverbank, Calif. License obtained in Reno, Horsemen Hold . Annual Ride Forty riders on horseback took part in the llth annual Labor Day trailride for Nevada County Horsemen, Inc., accordingto trail bosses Ken Maloney and Elton "Bub” Tobiassen Tuesday. The officers reported at the last meeting of the horsemen held at Trail's End Clubhouse and president John Reedreported that the event was financially successful. The ride began at the camp at.Lake Van Norden Sept. 2 and the. horsemen rode south, through Mount Lincoln Mount Disney, Crownest and Onion Creek before returning to camp for dinner. Achuck wagoncrew, consisting of Bob and Mary Short, Lowell and Roberta Williford and Ken Fontz prepared the dinner. Sunday, the group journeyed to Cascade Lake, Kid Lake, Palisades Lake and Ince Lake and returned to camp. , The ride scheduled for Labor Day was rained out, Reed said. Defeat Incorporation Truckee-Donner area voters went to the polls last Tuesday and defeated a proposal for incorporation of the area, The proposition was defeated by 96 votes, 355 voters were against the plan and 259 favored it, The voter turnout was over 70 percent according to the county clerk's office, Six-hundred and fourteen out of 865 eleigible voters went to the polls, Twenty candidates, including four women, had filed for five seats on the city, council if the residents had approved the proposal, * The question of incorporation in Truckee had been voted upon once before, in 1879, and stmmet succeeded, According to an accound in Thompson and West's "History of Nevada County," five trustees a treasurer, assessor, and marshal actually were elected. However, the legal minds of the era decreed that the election did not qualify under existing codes and incorporation was not accomplished, * SWAME Cipg di Va PARADE HIGHLIGHTS--The famous call to arms of the Revolutionary War was sounded again Sunday in Nevada City by Paul Revere, whoin real life is John Reed (bottom photo) during the Constitution Day parade. Canday Phillips (center photo) attracted much attention with her original parade entry. The Shrine Club Fire Brigade was also in evidence throughout the parade, distributing.candy to the children.

Six Deaths Are Caused By Drinking Pesticide . Within the last 15 months six California farm workers have died because they drank a pesticide mistaking it for water or’ another beverage, says Les McCabe, Nevada County farm advisor. Farmers and farm workers are urged never to place a pesticide in a container where it could be mistaken for drinking water Taxpayer Group Sets Session Here The Conference of Northern California Taxpayer Associations will hold a special board meeting at the historic National Hotel in Nevada City Sept. 30, commencing ‘10 a.m, in the gold banquet room, Several items will be on the agenda pertaining to recent state legislation, According to conference president James Lenhoff, the proposed regional government for fifteen northern California counties will be discussed and acted upon. Reports will also be heard from member associations, Resolutions will be presented by several of the eleven county association members, Among the resolutions to be considered is one demanding a complete change in the present property tax structure, Another calls for all zoning to be restored to approval by property owners instead of planning commissions, A general easing of restrictive building codes and road requirements has also been. called for. A buffet lunch will be served by the hotel, The meeting will adjourn in the evening for a cocktail hour and menu dinner. Those desiring additional information may contact conference secretary Marion Johnson at Oroville, phone 533-8619, Guests are welcome providing arrangements are made with the secretary in advance, Screening Exam Scheduled By Civil Service WASHINGTON — Congressman Harold T. (Bizz) Johnson, representing the mountain-valley counties district, announced today that the Civil Service Commission on the third Saturday of the. months of October, November, January, February, March, April, May, June and July, would be holding the Federal. Service Entrance Examination which includes management internships with the federal government, This examination is designed primarily as an avenue through which young people with promise may enter the federal service, It offers career opportunities to those who qualify: to work on programs of national and international importance, Successful candidates will be assigned for training to career positions in such fields as personnel management, general administration, economics andother social. sciences, as well as many otheers, Forms 5000-AB and Form 867 can: be o ed from college placement Offices or offices of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, Form 5000-AB can be obtained also from many post offices,: Send application to FSEE Desk, U. S. Civil Service Com» mission, Washington, D._C., 20415, or other beverages. Last year a farm worker who was spraying the herbicide, Paraquat, died because he carried two identical containers on: his rig. One contained the herbicide, the ‘other his drinking water. He took a drink from the wrong container. Recently, another farm worker drank from a plastic Clorox-type container what he thought was the drinking water his wife had prepared for him to take to work, It acutally contained Parathion which a neighbor had given the wife for her garden, (and illegal and very hazardous used of Parathion), _ Another report has just been ‘Teceived which indicates that. ‘four farm workers died because they drank from a wine bottle in which an arsenical herbicide had been mixed, Others have _Gied in the past because they drank from beverage containers, such as milk cartons and soft drink bottles in which poisonous pesticides had been mixed, It is very important never to place any poisonous substance in containers which could be mistaken for food or drink, Pesticides should be kept in their original containers. When not in use they should. be: under lock and key away from food, beverages, or medicines, "Empty" containers should never be discarded where others can use them or children could reach them. They should -be decontaminated, buried at an authorized dump, or burned.

Marriage Licenses Six couples have obtained marriage licenses in county clerk's offices in Nevada City and Reno, They are: Ernest Colombo, 48, and Madeline Evalyn Henderson, 41, both of Nevada City. Monte Edward Wigner, 25, Alameda, and Joyce Marie Randolph, 30, Oakland, , Charles E. Browning, 49, Nevada City, and Nada .L. Walton, 44, Elko, Nev. License obtained in Reno, ; Thomas W. Harrison, Grass Valley, and Marjorie B, Amick, Grass Valley. License obtained in Reno., Arthur R, Ellis, 18, Grass Valley, and Cynthia S, Barry, 17, Nevada City. . License obtained in Reno, Merle F, Stephens, 30, Grass Valley, and Ysleta C. Lawson, 25, Riverbank, Calif. License obtained in Reno, Horsemen Hold . Annual Ride Forty riders on horseback took part in the llth annual Labor Day trailride for Nevada County Horsemen, Inc., accordingto trail bosses Ken Maloney and Elton "Bub” Tobiassen Tuesday. The officers reported at the last meeting of the horsemen held at Trail's End Clubhouse and president John Reedreported that the event was financially successful. The ride began at the camp at.Lake Van Norden Sept. 2 and the. horsemen rode south, through Mount Lincoln Mount Disney, Crownest and Onion Creek before returning to camp for dinner. Achuck wagoncrew, consisting of Bob and Mary Short, Lowell and Roberta Williford and Ken Fontz prepared the dinner. Sunday, the group journeyed to Cascade Lake, Kid Lake, Palisades Lake and Ince Lake and returned to camp. , The ride scheduled for Labor Day was rained out, Reed said. Defeat Incorporation Truckee-Donner area voters went to the polls last Tuesday and defeated a proposal for incorporation of the area, The proposition was defeated by 96 votes, 355 voters were against the plan and 259 favored it, The voter turnout was over 70 percent according to the county clerk's office, Six-hundred and fourteen out of 865 eleigible voters went to the polls, Twenty candidates, including four women, had filed for five seats on the city, council if the residents had approved the proposal, * The question of incorporation in Truckee had been voted upon once before, in 1879, and stmmet succeeded, According to an accound in Thompson and West's "History of Nevada County," five trustees a treasurer, assessor, and marshal actually were elected. However, the legal minds of the era decreed that the election did not qualify under existing codes and incorporation was not accomplished, * SWAME Cipg di Va PARADE HIGHLIGHTS--The famous call to arms of the Revolutionary War was sounded again Sunday in Nevada City by Paul Revere, whoin real life is John Reed (bottom photo) during the Constitution Day parade. Canday Phillips (center photo) attracted much attention with her original parade entry. The Shrine Club Fire Brigade was also in evidence throughout the parade, distributing.candy to the children.