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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada County Nugget

September 16, 1965 (20 pages)

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September 16, 1965..Nevada County Nugget.. 7 SYOL QL 49qulojido s°**Josony Alunoy epeAan’** Mubern Dam Project Bass Praise From The President Last week as President Johnson signed into law H.R, 485, the Johnson-Kuchel Act to authorize Congress for compiling the greatest eight-month record of conservation since the nation was born. The Auburn-Folsom South construction of the AuburnFolsom South Unit of the Central Project legislation, he said, Valley Project, he pointed out the would add to the legacy of “savage and tragic contrasts” America --a legacy of protection which our nation has been exagainst drought, of recreation, * periencing in connection with of electrical power. water, “I have never seen a dollar In the westand midwest raging invested anywhere in this nation floods swept through town after in water conservation,’ the Presitown claiming lives, destroying dent said, “in multipleuse property, while in the East the projects, thatin a period of even nation is in thegrip of an unprea decade didn't prove that it was cedented ahd deepening drought. a good investment, and would The President pointed up the pay very high returns on what we tremendous cost of these emerhad spent for it.° gencies noting thatin the past 12 So, this is not the last consermonths flood damage inthe vation project that we will United States has amounted to approve, It is not the last legis$1, 250,000,000. The floods last lation inthis field. We are going Christmas in Northern California to continue it until we have alone wasted enough water into stopped the floods, until we have the seas to meet the domestic, preyented the drought, and we municipal and industrial demands have the kind of conservation of the entire nation for a whole program that is worthy of the 20th year-~-sixteen trillion gallons, Century, and worthy of the fore“Our generation is challenged sight of the American people. " to really make a steady, deter x” mined, and I hope, successful, effort to: eliminate drought and flood from this land," President THE WALLS started to rise this week on the Nevada Irrigation District's new office being constructed at the district's office and yard complex off Marysville Highway west of the Grass Valley city limits. Don Murchison Construction of Sacramento is building the new structure, the third to go up at the site. The district plans eventually to have all of its office, maintenance and storage facilities at the new location. Congressman Applauds Repeal Of Special Gas Tax Congressman Harold T. (Bizz) Johnson of the second, mountainvalley counties, district has hailed the one-cent reduction in California received $37 , 800,000 federal funds for the repair of state highways, county roads and In his proclamation reducing the gas tax effective September lst, Governor Edmund G, Brown city streets damaged by the pointed out that sufficient funds floods. Approximately $30,000,000 came asa direct conclusion of a joint federalresult of the Johnson -authorized state effort to finance the rePacific Northwest Disaster Act. Ofthetotal, about $28,700,000 building of Northern California's flood devastated road system. _ was spent on state highway rehabilitation and the balance on "Those of uswhoworked so long had been made available from California State gasoline taxes which represented the successful and hard to see that the federal city streets and county roads. Johnson told those of us gathered in the Rose Garden of the White House for the ceremony.
“And if our astronauts can do what they did the other day-spend eight days in space--we have got enough ingenuity, imagination and determination here to get the job done with drought and flood," The President praised the 89th Built in 1859 . . lately restored and refitted in the manner of the Gold Rush times.. now offers splendiferous overnite accommodations. Call (916) 265-5135 or write the Red Castle 109 Prospect St., Nevada City, California In California, after a day’s fishing beer’s the one.. for good taste, the federal sources and the additional gas tax to builda $57,000,000 emergency repair fund which should be adequate forthe job, Nearly two-thirds of this fund was from Federal sources, government met its responsibilities in this disaster, " Congressman Johnson said, “feel that the early elimigation of the simplicity ... emergency tax increase made the effort well worth while. " The California State Legislature had established the temporary one-cent increase in the gas tax to meet state costs The New in the financing of repair and restoration of roads and highways, BERGEMANN & SON It had been anticipated the tax would be kept in force until the Funeral Chapel end of the year. As a result of $37,800,000 in federal assistance, the tax was reduced four monthsearlier, Congressman Johnson pointed out. Most of the federal funds were provided as a result of special legislation introduced and steered through Congress by Represent~ative Johnson. The State of BostAve. off Lower Grass Valle y. Rd, ready to serve you day or night Nevada City call 265 2421 Wherever you fish for sport—on the ocean, by the booming surf, or on some quiet country pond, it’s great at the end of the. day to head for a rewarding glass of beer. While you're talking over the ones that got away, or pan-frying the ones that didn’t, you enjoy the hearty taste and cool refreshment only a glass of beer can give you so well. Yes, whatever your sport— bowling or strolling, golfing or gardening —a frosty glass of beer makes a naturally great accom panimen [ UNITED STATES BREWERS ASSOCIATION, INC.