Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 8

journal WEATHER ESTABLISHED 1870 RENO NEVADA TUESDAY MORNING MARCH 3 1953 PAGE EIGHT Gamblers Renew Plea Lost Weekend' Accusation or Stateline Permit Sparks Charter our Are Hurt Horse Race ilm Betting Proposed a startled state tax OUR OILWILL ALWAYS! Our heating oils' are highly for fUEL Purse Snatcher MOVED TO NEW LOCATION 640 WELLS AVE (At the Corner of Moran) DR EDWARD HARSH REAL ESTATE INSURANCE LOANS a Reno Nevada LLOYD HOBRON PHONE 3 5842 140 VIRGINIA ST RENO Twomey a San said he wanted to hap jury was the at all times the location of trains which' is on the fringe of the and can direct them in and out of atomic testing grounds near Las passing tracks as they speed along Vegas Three Arrested In Accidents KEEP YOU WARM IT GIVES A HEAT Old New Equipment On Display at Sacramento Proposals Include City Manager Referendum Yesterday High 36 low 13 air slightly warmer RAUD HEARING SET A Johnson 46 14C0 Sutro St was released on $25 bail yesterday following 'arraignment before Jus tice of the Peace Laurance Layman oh'" charges pf defrauding an inn keeper Hearing for Johnson has been set for 2 pm April 13 He is accused of defrauding Ernest Bres son of approximately $80 Miffs Touring Legislators seeing tours reservations in a spe cial apartment in Hyde Park over looking the parade route a cham pagne lunch buffet on the corona tion day a tour of the continent and airline transportation from Rome back to San rancisco Departure date for persons tak ing tjae tour wall be May 24 Air Calkins said persons wish ing to take the coronation trip need not pay the entire $1825 at once They can put $500 down and pay the balance at least six weeks be fore the tour is scheduled to leave San rancisco scribed the trip as benefi and added was very help ful as 'far as correcting my view point on Las Vegas I realize it was as big and as prosperous as itis It helped to convince me that Clark county needs state help to help Assemblyman Samuel Hough ton Reno Republican said trip to all the Las Vegas schools riday afternoon was worth the entire effort To see what those people have been doing about their schools was Others Comment Other comment included the fol lowing: Gary Adams Reno Republican assembly No one at all ever approached me to discuss any CRC or gambling bill The trip was of considerable value because we saw for ourselves that many of the gravbst problems we are facing here are reflected in Las Vegas to a greater extent than anywhere orest Lovelock Reno Re one who has been going in and out of Las'Vegas since 1924 I knew what kind of hospital ity to expect It was up to standard in every way shape and form Not once during my entire stay there was I approached by anyone cJn cerning legislation of' any sort There are matters down there of interest to this entire legislature I was particularly impressed by the plight of the schools I think if any body had of approached us he could have been poked in the CARSON CITY March 2 San rancisco gam blers Anthony Grech and Paul Venturi sought approval from the state tax commission today a gambling license for the Stateline Country Club at Lake Tahoe The gamblers sought a similar license last month in partnership with a third gambler Phil Zahlout but the license was rejected This time name was missing refined and are chemically treated to retard rust sludge and corrosion Our ticket stamping meters full measure and you can depend on us for the best in quality fuel oil and courteous service Defendant Is Charged With Possessing Weapon Western Pacific Is Marking 50th Birthday Today windows on numbered horses run ning in movies of horse races He said he had an option to purchase more than 4000 such racing films Track Name Secret The' films would not show the name of the track where the orig inal race which had 'been filmed was run nor give the names of the horses Patrons would know only that a six horse 12 horse or what ever the case mightbe race was to shown on a screen and would bet by numbers each horse in the race to be shown being assigned a number A film would then be selected by a patron on a number from a goldfish bowl basis and the movie of the race would be shown Pay offs would be made on the basis of the results The commissioners did not dis cuss the measure immediately be yond wondering whether the pari mutuel laws would' apply the proposal No action was taken on the mat ter for the time being Accused of snatching a purse from Marie De Veaux Sacramento visitor Sunday evening Pete Bave las 25 Boyes Springs Calif was arrested by Reno police It was reported that the victifri was accosted in Douglas Alley by a man who asked for a match then grabbed her purse and ran Police saw Bavelas running at irst and Center Sts heard Mrs De screams and accbrdingly picked up Bavelas for investigation The purse containing $16105 was found dropped on the floor of the police car officers said and was recovered for the owner Pending hearing Bavelas was booked at city jail for larceny from the person Six engraved invitations to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II are waiting to be picked up by any Reno residents who want them and who are' willing to shell out $1825 for each one The to Selby Calkins of the Reno Cham ber of Commerce who has them are a part of an all expense tour to the coronation which is headed by San rancisco Mayor Elmer Robinson The tour includes air transporta tion to the coronation apartments already engaged in London sight We fake pleasure in announcing that the firm of DRIVE IN RADIO SERVICE from the application Venturi told the commissioners he and Grech had an agreement with Nick Sahati to lease the State line for five years at $120000 yearly plus $30000 in improve ments Sahati he said had refused to let the partners see the books but they had been told by a friend employed at the casino that the venture was profitable inancing Explained Venturi said he owned a halt interest in a card room in San rancisco arid would put up be tween $60000 and $70000 of the money needed to finance the proj ect initially Grech would raise $20000 and the balance would be put up by three San Mateo county businessmen Dave Rasmussen John and Joseph Cassreto Attorney Harvey Sil vert of Los Angeles and Hollywood movie pro ducer Lewis Merman appeared to explain the financing proposed for the Casa Blanca Hotel a new resort hotel to be built on the fab ulous Las Vegas strip Silbert said the $3500000 300 room hotel project would be fi nanced by himself the Gensberg brothers of Los Angeles and by the Los Angeles building and archi tectural firms which would con struct it A Miami hotelman Sam Cohen would hold a $1500000 mortgage upon the land involved Once constructed the hotel would be leased for $500000 a year to a group of businessmen from Miami and lorida who would op erate the project Gambling would be directed by Clarence (Bucky) Harris currently licensed for seasonal gambling at the North Shore Club at Lake Tahoe The gambling was to have been operated by Willie Bischoff whosename was dropped from the project after it became apparent he would not have been granted a state gambling license New Resort Planned Surprising the commission plans for a ninth luxury resort hotel for the same Las Vegas strip were out lined to members by Walter Stutz I and Nate Roseriberg Las Vegas i amusement enterprise operators Stutz told the commission the pair planned to spend $3500000 adding 200 rooms casino swimming pool theater restaurant and like facilities to the Desert Spa motel The present owner of the motel Mrs Lillian Woods would receive a 5 per cent interest Stutz said the project would be financed by himself Rosenberg and a dozen private investors as yet unselected A building company would be formed to construct the resort hotel after which it would be leased to an operating firm Stutz and Rosenberg indicated they would play a major role in both projects They said they hoped the could be completed and in operation by Thanksgiving The commission reaffirmed its policy of refusing to grant any gambling licenses at Indian Springs Bandit Shows Concern or Victim bisby Mcknight Insurance and Real Estate Inc Will have as an associate When the Western Paific Rail road marks its 50th birthday today its directors and officers will travel in the style of 1903 the year of the organization to a birthday party in Sacramento Through the cooperation of the Antique Automobile Club of Amer ica (California region) seven an cient automobiles headed by a 1904 Cadillac will carry President Whitman the other railroad offi decked out in linen dusters caps and and Joyce Wil liams their across the Bay Bridge to the station at Third and Washington Oakland The procession will leave the West ern Pacific ticket office Post and Stockton Sts at 8:45 am Old Engine Restored At Oakland the party will board a period train with old No 94 which pulled the first passenger train through the eather River Canyon on the head end Old No 94 has been overhauled and restored to its original appearance for the occa sion Lt ornate private car borrowed for the will complete the train In this setting of 1903 decor with crystal chandeliers and gr mar ble fireplace the directors will hold their golden anniversary meeting while the old train chuffs on its way to Sacramento The antique Special will leave Oakland immediately following the California Zephyr at 9:40 am will pass through Stock ton about noon and reach Sacra mento about 1:30 pm Display at Sacramento At Sacramento station the rail road has arranged a display of old and modern rail equipment This will include a train of the pre Westem Pacific the 1903 train from Oakland a modern 6000 horsepower diesel locomotive one of the California vista dome coaches a freight car with adjustable gates which help to insure damage free shipments and the military blood procurement car Guided tours of the traffic controls system are also open to the public This feature is the system by which all the signals and switches on the line between Oakland and Portola board at Elko Nev controls the remainder of the line to Salt Lake City) are operated by dispatchers at these control boards who know Cab Driver Injured When orced Off Highway CARSON CITY March 2 Plans for operation of a club where pari mutuel betting would be made on the basis of horse race movies were uniolded to commission today The plan was proposed by Donaldrancisco import export operator who establish such a business in Las Vegas Under his plan patrons would place bets at pari mutuel Zahloufs Name Cut roYn Application Tax Commission Defers Decision 1005 WEST SIXTH STREET EECTIVE MONDAY MARCH 2 PHONE: 3 4232 or 2 5430 Drive Carefully! Watch for Children our persops were injured three were arrested and two cited as re sult of traffic mishaps last week end Martin Degmetich 43 9 Plaza St received painful bruises to the back when his taxicab was forced off 395 three miles north of Reno early Sunday morn ing Mr deputies that he swerved to an oncoming car in the ce the road and lost control cab on a soft road shouldc: vehicle slid into a ditch Both Drivers Cited Adele Benetti 201 Arroyo St suffered minor injuries yester da5r morning in a collision at Ar royo and Haskell Sts She was also cited for failing to grant right of way while driver of the other car Gwendolyn Peck 250 Arroyo St was cited for speeding Two persons were (njured and one arrested as result of a crash late Saturday on ourth St near Chestnut St for cuts and bruises were Eleanor Shupe 33 Liberty St and Bernice Nelson Berkeley Calif Police arrested Mrs Shupe for reckless driving and later re leased her on $75 bail Officers said the Shupe car skidded and swerved into the path of a vehicle driven by Orvo Nelson 25 of Berkeley Paul McDaniels 42 Stead Air Base escaped injury Sunday morn ing when his car struck a power pole at Ninth St and University Ave He was booked at city jail for drunken driving Automobile Overturns Robert Potter 22 577 Tay lor St skidded off ourth St near the Third St intersection late Sat urday Although his car overturned he was not hurt He told police he lost control of the vehicle on apply ing brakes apparently on an icy stretch Willie Lawrence Young 18 Stead Air Base was taken into custody 'early Sunday morning after his caf nearly slewed into a police vehicle at Ninth St and Evans Ave police said Young was booked for reck less driving and failing to have a valid license Degmetich told pvoid Gunman ibs Gas Station of S12G Pistol Whipping Is Recalled at Lampman Trial Vegas Trip Staunchly Defended By Senators Assemblymen ELBERT "GRIZ" O'CONNELL Has Assumed Managership of BUICK TRANSER CO CARSON CITY March 2 The Sparks city charter would be amended to provide for calling of a special election to decide whether a city manager should administer the Rail City under terms of a bill Introduced in the assembly today The charter amendments were sponsored by two Sparks Demo crats Chester Christensen and Her bert Covington The special election would be called not less than 90 days before the next general election upon peti tion of 10 per cent of the number of voters who cast ballots at the November election If the city manager system was approved the council would be compelled to appoint a city man ager within six months Responsible to Council The post would be subject to rigid qualifications and the city manager would be responsible to the mayor and to the council He would serve at the pleasure of the ma or and the council and could not be removed until he was granted a hearing His salary would be fixed be $5000 and $9000 annually manager selected would not a resident of Sparks or at the time of his selec but he would have to reside in the Rail City after his appointment Christensen said he considered the city manager amendment the most important single change in the charter proposed in the bill Other changes in the charter would provide a method of naming a mayor in the event of the resig nation or death of such official No Method Now It was discovered following the recent resignation of Mayor odrin tkat the present charter provides no method for zoning a successor The charter would be to read that if the nrityor left the of fice except by an election change the post would be filled by one member of the city council to be named by that body The city councilman so named would have to resign as councilman and the remaining councilmen would name his successor The salary of the would be raised from $600 annually to a pos sible maximum of $3000 and thepay of" city councilmen boosted from $300 to $600 a year The sal ary of the city clerk would be boosted from $4000 annually to $4800 Other Amendments Other proposed charter amend ments would: 1 Increase from per cent to per cent of the total assessed property valuation within Sparks the maximum city tax on such prop erty Christensen said this would be done only at such time as the city was able to do so 2 Remove entirely a section which restrictsassessments to 50 per cent of the value bf the prop erty concerned 3 Make it possible to pay any portion of an improvement or spe cial assessment at the time it is levied and the balance upon terms and within limits to be prescribed by the city council 4 Provide that a competent in spector be named by the cit coun cil whenever any building project was undertaken by the city The measure was referred back to Christensen and Covington study By ROBERT BENNYHO United Press Sta'f Correspondent CARSON CITY March 2 Assemblyman George Rudiak (D Clark) today described a three day trip by a majority of 'the members of the Nevada legislature to Las Vegas last weekend as most brazen attempt ever made to influence the lawmakers by wining and dining them on a lost The lawmakers made the trip upon invitation of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce leaving Thursday and returning Sunday night Rudiak asked about statements concerning this he made to Las Vegas newspaper said to reporters whole purpose of this trip was to create a climate in which it would be impossible for any of this legislation to go Later in the day he repeated his remarks and amplified them upon the floor of the assembly Rudiak said he had been in formed that the Las Vegas trip was arranged by inter ests whp are trying to kill bills calling for a legislative investi gation of the Colorado River Commission and an increase in gambling The Las Vegas attorney a Demo crat is the chief author of assem bly measures calling for a legisla tive investigation of the CRC and for an increase in gambling taxes to a maximum of five per cent of gross income The present tax is two per cent of gross income Identify Asked to identify the in to which he referred Rudiak declined to do so your own he said rather not go into that rather not complicate Rudiak added he wanted to make it clear that he did not believe any legislator would allow himself to be improperly influenced because of the trip my legislators to be hard working conscientious people I do ndt feel they would permit themselves to be influ He said on the floor that his re marks were directed toward any individual lawmaker but to ward he said he believed promoted the Las Vegas trip for their own purposes Reaction of various lawmakers who journeyed to Las Vegas to statement was generally opposed to that held by the Clark lawmaker Sen Ken Johnson (R Ormsby) chairman of the senate finance committee commented to being influenced I spent most of my time trying to the people of Clark "county to tfy to help solve their own problems par ticularly I con sider to berihe richest property in Nevada the tax rolls in 1 the amount it should Senate Officer Surprised The president pro tern of the senate Sen Rene Lemaire s(R Lander) declared am very sur prised at an individual from Clark county wTho would come to' the legislature and criticize the trip that has recently been made to Las Vegas I feel I would have been derelict in my duty as state sena tor had I not gone to Las Vegas to see and understand the problems created by the phenomenal growth and expansion of that Assembly Speaker McCuis tion (D Elko) said one ap proached me to influence me on any legislation It was one of the most wonderful things that could have happened to enlighten the boys of northern Nevada about the prob lems of southern He added he regarded state ment as through implica tion and innuendo a shadow upon the integrity of every member who made the trip this was done un fairly and with prejudice An influential member of the senate finance committee Sen red Settlemeyer (R Douglas) said agree with Mr comment at all I definitely learned a lot about the problems of south ern Nevada What we hoped would be done sometime in the future when we visited BMI in 1947 we saw last weekend had been accomp lished in 1953 the gambling interests asked for any comment ed Assemblyman James Wood certainly ask them of The Reno Republican added even hint there was any expected I certainly enjoyed at their expense seeing the condi tion of the schools in the Las Vegas area and realizing the po tentiakof Clark William Swackhamer j(D Lan der) chairman of the assembly ways and means committee de rl 1 A KI It headquarters is this quonset lN vT DLVvU DaInIx hut which was moved into a new location recently alongside Washoe Medical Center's emergency entrance Ellen Evasovic blood bank secretary is pictured inspect ing her new office during the moving procedure Constant increase in the need for and use of whole blood plus the expected arrival of the blood collection car March 13 has made the new headquai' ters necessary (Ross Photo) Cool gunman who told his victim he want him to get hurt i robbed the Two ranks Service Station 1935 Virginia St of $11956 Sunday night rank Bowron was alone in the station office he told police when the bandit entered at about 7:05 pm Producing a pistol the intrud er remarked to Mr Bowron have the He was told that the only money was in the cash box outside near the gas pumps Together the vic tim and the gunman went to the cash box the bandit scooped up the money and then warned Mr Bow ron to get back inside the office because want you to get It was believed the bandit inade his getaway in an automobile al though no car was parked on the service station premises at the time' Coronation Tickets Await Renoites With $1825 Each Operator Startles Tax Commission With Novel Method of Making Book ART REMPEL'S RADIO TELEVISION SOUND A PHONE 2 2463J A I 1 4 Announces the Re opening Of His Offices on March 15th or the General Practice of Dentistry at fr 943 Wells Ave Phone 2 1 835 PRESS BRI(K' RfNOiaUOLVEaLiR 'SINCE 1914 1201 WEST PHONE OURTH ST 33)46 Taking the witness stand in his own behalf late yesterday after noon Erie Lampman an ex felon charged with carrying a deadly weapon capable of being concealed challenged testimony' of a Nevada highway patrolman Lampman was arrested last July 13 after pistol whipping Glen Stit sel and Mary Stafford in a Mount Rose Road altercation A charge of assault with a deadly weapon is still on file against him Neatly dressed and soft spoken Lampman told members of a seven man five woman jury in district court that testimony given by Pa trolman Gordon airchild anearlier witness was correct with Where airchild had testified he found a loaded clip and 23 bullets for 32 caliber auto matic in the coat pocket after arresting him near Carson City Laippman told the jury he had never had the clip or the bullets out of a paper bag in which a sporting goods clerk hadplaced Them some 10 hours before Admits Beating On the witness stand Lampman freely admitted beating Stitsel and Miss Stafford was practically out of my he said must have been to participate in an af fair like Stitsel a witness for the state in hearings before Judge Harold Taber told the jury he and Miss Staff were "killing riding up Mount Rose Road when Lampman forced them to the shoul der of the highway He said Lampman struck him twice and Miss Stafford once with the Span ish make pistol while uttering a running stream of invectives against the woman Defense Attorney rederick Irequent objections to testi mony relating to the assault on Miss Stafford and' Stitsel on grounds that it pertained to a crime other than the one whidh his client was being tried were over ruled Claims He Was Pardoned Capt Cliff Webb of the Washoe county office who ques tioned Lampman late on the night of the assault said defendant first denied a past prison record then said might as well tell you the truth I have Webb said Lampman admitted serving time in Missouri and Texas prisons A defense motion for a continu ance of the hearing in order to get records of a pardon allegedly issued Lampman on the Texas offense was denied Judge Taber noted that the defendant though represented by other counsel was arraigned early last November While on the stand in his own defense Lampman said he was presiderft of a California specialty company prior to coming to Reno in March He said the company was engaged hjmanufacturing va rious items some of them of his own invention until the Korean war cut off its source of critical ma terials Lampman saying he was still not too cognizant ot what pened last July 13 told the that prior to that date he Bringing up cause he said hurt as much as serving the time on the charges now against Lampman was cut short by a prosecution objection when he said had been goaded died to de ceived The defendant said he first saw Stitsel on uly 13 when he was leaving a University Terrace guest home in the company of Miss Staf ford whom I was more than a little Telling the jury" that he had an engagement with Miss Stafford for that evening Lampman told the jury he followed car to the Mount Rose Road cutoff turned back to Reno then turned again and chased after them that time lie said am a little uncertain as Io what Lampman said he wanted to get his victims 'to medical attention after beating He left Stitsel on the highway and after seeing a passerby pick him up rushed Miss Stafford to the Bavarian Inn where and ambulance was called Attorney Called Telling the jurors that he went back to Reno after the assault Lampman said he immediately called an attorney and told him what he had done On the attor advice he said he packed some' clothes and began looking for a motel inding no vacancies he drove aimlessly through Virginia City and was picked up a short time later on his way into Carspn City Assistant District Attorney Dyer Jensen presented the case rt I1 1 SMI i I I I i IlllilM I' Police Capture.