Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 9

Buddha Club Application aces Delay 'Gazette Journal Carson City Bureau Twelve applicants for unre stricted Nevada gaming licenses got the green light from the State Gaming Control Board yesterday and now must wait only final ap proval from the State Gaming Commission July 19 to get their dice rolling in the legal ized wagering industry The board denied one applicant and deferred action on 13 others as it considered an agenda of 26 requests for table gaming li censes Among applications deferred were those of the Happy Buddha Club in Reno to change locations and become the China Mint and Sam Scardamaglia to become a corporation officer in Club Cal Neva The commission referred both back to the board for further study last month Recommend Denial Recommended for denial were John Williams and Tony Ancho for the Battle Mountain Club at Battle Mountain Al though the application was filed last April board members noted they had still failed to supply re quested information or pay re quired fees Woodrow Loftin won board approval to buy the 36 per cent interest held in the El Capitan Club Hawthorne by Bernard At the lamingo Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip five long time stockholders Edward Bar rick Sam Ziegman John Gaug han Morris Baker and Chester Simms were recommended for approval as percentage holders in a new operating company that took over this spring in an $11 000000 transaction Their 1225 per cent interest was valued at $306250 Others recommended for ap proval by the board included: Julius Gehring the Chief Ely Raymond Plunkett corporation officer Crystal Bay Club Crys tal Bay Kenneth and Lawrence Knight and their wives Exchange Club Beatty 25 per cent each George Specht Hollywood Sports Book Las Vegas Kenneth Mapel The Mint Las Vegas 5675 per cent Kenneth Taylor Pequops Ho tel bar and casino Wells 50 per cent Harold Turner Riviera Ho tel Las Vegas minor interest Ray Davis Bamie Sullivent and Loyd Davis Royal Casi no Henderson Clifton Morris Saddle Sir loin Club Las Vegas rank Capriotti Tahoe Pla za Stateline one per cent Withdrawing applications be fore the board could act on them were Al Rozen for 50 per cent of the bingo at the Nevada Turf Stateline Jack and Edna Scoles for the Palace Club and Cafe allon and David A Ep stein for 55 per cent interest in the Riverside Hotel Reno Strip Licensees Okayed by Board Gazette Journal Carson City Bureau ive men who clung to their minority interests in the plush lamingo Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip this spring after the share was sold to a group of lorida hotelmen for a reported $11000000 got the green light from the Nevada Gaming Control Board yesterday to continue as li censees The five including prominent former midwestern bookies Ed ward Barrick and Sam Zieg man had been lamingo stock holders for two to ten years sticking with several different management groups The other three are John Gau ghan Morris Baker and Chester Simms Their total 1225 per cent interest is valued at $306250 inal approval must come from the State Gaming Commission July 19 Store Employe Named in Suit Gray Reid Wright Co and one of its employes Wynn are defendants in a $30000 personal injury suit filed in district court by Mary and Joseph Green The Greens claim Wynn failed to yield the right of way at the Intersection of north Virginia and ifth streets on Jan 12 1959 while he was driving a vehicle for Gray Reid's and subsequently ran into the car Mrs Green is asking $20776 and her husband is seeking $10850 They are represented by Harry A Busscher The case is to be heard in District Judge A department TORTOLA PROGRAM (Special to Gazette Journal) PORTOLA Calif Past Ma trons and Past Patrons Night will bq celebrated riday in the Portola Odd Hail by the Portola Chapter Order of East ern Star The meeting will be preceded by a potluck supper in the downstairs hall beginning at 6:30 pm CANDIDATE edmond McGoldrick McGoldrick iles or County Post Edmond McGoldrick Sparks city councilman and area union official yesterday filed as a can didate for the post 4 of Washoe County commissioner from the Sparks district A Nevada resident since 1943 and a Republican McGoldrick has been a member of the Wash oe air and Recreation Board and served as Sparks mayor pro tern He is a former committeeman for the Boy Scouts of America and a member of the Sparks Chamber of Commerce He is a strong supporter of youth and recreation' projects In addition the 50 year old commission candidate holds the post of secretary treasurer of the Reno Musicians Union and recently represented that organi zation at a national convention in Las Vegas and a Northwest conference at Portland Ore He is a vice president of the Western Conference American ederation of Musicians and is working to bring the AM 1964 national convention to Reno A native of Meriden Conn McGoldrick was educated in schools in that state With his wife Ruth and sons William and Patrick he resides at 1704 Eleventh St in Sparks In announcing his candidacy McGoldrick said terms of office with the Sparks council and the air and Recreation Board has given me plenty of opportunity to work with our incumbent commission ers It was a fine training pe He said he believes in honest McGoldrick stated one of the strongest planks in his platform w'ould be a closer liaison county commissioners and the City of Sparks for the solution of com mon problems major problem concerns sewage and this can best be ap proached through a metropolitan sewer district which will include Reno as well as Sparks and Wa shoe McGoldrick said He is also pressing for further development of the 12th Street park which is adjacent to Sparks in the county tate journal PAGE EIGHT THURSDAY JULY 7 1960 Original Investors In Holiday Hotel To Sell Back Stock Gazette Journa Carson City Bureau ive original investors in the Holiday Hotel are pulling out and selling their stock back to Crum ley Hotels Inc in a quarter mil lion dollar deal the State Gaming Control Board was informed yes terday The investigative agency was asked to approve the transaction as required by gaming regula tions covering the transfer of in terest among licensees but failed to do so because the agreement did not bear the signatures of the five stockholders Selling out their interest in the Holiday are John Berger of Elko and William Hawkins John Richards Lee Brock and McCarthy all Idaho busi nessmen The holdings represent 2607 per cent of the hotel stock Under the agreement payment will be made over a period of 60 months Attorney William Woodburn Demos to Gather or Picnic Here Members of the Democratic County Central Committee and other interested members of the party will gather at Virginia Lake park riday at 6 pm for a meet ing and picnic Washoe Democrat ic Chairman Paul Wright has an nounced Wright said he had called the first county central committee since the state convention to or ganize for the coming campaign and to help Democrats become better acquainted Each family is expected to bring its own food but soft drinks and beer will be sold All Democrats are welcome SEEKS REELECTION LAS VEGAS (UPI) Oscar Bryan yesterday filed for reelec tion to the post of justice of the peace Bryan was elected two years ago to the office representing the hotel said there was significance at to the deal just want to get thei money he said Woodburn also denied the trans action was complete before the approval of gaming authorities was ever sought Board member George Ullom in discussing the request had pointed to a May 15 completion date in the agreement and observed convinced this is an after the fact When the sale is approved it will leave only four stockholders in the Holiday Newton Crum ley Loyal Eldridge Carl Hicks and Lee rankovich In other action involving trans fers of interest the board rec ommended approval for: sale of 15 per cent of the stock in the Riviera Hotel from the estate of murdered gambler Gus Greenbaum back to the hotel for $120000 The estate still retains a 1683 per cent in terest in the Las Vegas Strip resort The sale of two per cent of the stock in the California Club Las Vegas from George Arquil la to Phil Long the majority stockholder The transaction re moves Arquilla from any holding in the club Manager Sues Apartment Owner An apartment manager has filed a $14000 personal injury suit against the owner for assault and battery Agnes Dans who managed apartments at 80 Eighth St claims the apartment owner WeaTtha Saling assaulted her in ebruary of this year Mrs Davis claims the owner tried to throw her down a flight of stairs and against doorways and walls Mrs Davis is asking $6475 for injuries and $2500 punitive dam ages Her husband Truman Davis is asking $5045 Attorney for the plaintiffs is Harry A Busscher Councilmen Open Bids or Two City Projects Opening of formal bids in Reno City Hall yesterday set the ma chinery in motion for two city pro jects demolition of the old recreation building on South Cen ter street and the construction of streets alleys sidewalks and gut ters under the 1960 Street and Alley Improvement program Three bidders submitted formal offers to demolish the old Reno Recreation Building at 303 South Center St with the low bid less than half of the highest offer red Schopper submitted the low bid of $6900 to level the structure and remove all debris Earl Games sandwiched a bid of $12 000 in between that of Schopper and the high bid of $14680 of Helms Construction Co The city engineering department recom mended the bid go to Schopper as the low bidder The old building long con demned as a safety hazard was vacated by the recreation com mission recently when the old Southside School building was con verted for the recreation depart ment bid was below the $8000 estimate by the city en gineering department The 1960 street and alley im provement program which in cludes asphalt paving of streets concrete alleys curbs and gut Added Gambling Tables Slots Approved for Lake The Nevada Gaming Control Board yesterday approved 11 new table games and 151 extra slot machines to satisfy the wagering appetites of summertime Lake Tahoe visitors Approved by the board and sent Clyde Van Meter Taken by Death Clyde Van Meter husband of Mrs Inrrncp A Meter of ernley died yesterday in a Modesto Calif hospital He had been employed on highway proj ects in California He was the father of Arthur Van Meter of San Quentin Calif Don Van Meter of San Pablo Calif Mrs Dolores Baughn of San Pablo and Mrs Joann Brown and Bob and Patsy Van Meter all of ernley He was born in Oklahoma July 4 1902 The Walton uneral Home will announce services Methodists Slate Picnic on riday Local Methodists will hold a picnic riday evening at Idlewild Park it was announced yester day The gathering which begins at 6 pm is being sponsored by the Methodist Club and the Society of Christian Services amilies are requested to bring their own food TOP SOIL SALE 12 YDS OR MORE RIVER BOTTOM LOAM SAGE BRUSH SANDY LOAM DECOMPOSED GRANITE BARNYARD ERTILIZER 3 YARDS OR MORE ree Estimates on New Lawn SEABERRY LANDSCAPING 1410 PITTMAN SPARKS EL 5 4483 along to the State Gaming Com mission for final action July 19 were requests for extra games or slot machines from the Tahoe Plaza and Club at State line and the Bal Tabarin Lake Tahoe Monte Carlo Sierra Lodge and North Shore Club at Crystal Bay Most striking were the applica tions of Stateline and Tahoe for 134 and four additional slot machines respec tively They bring the number of machines now in operation at these two Stateline establish ments alone to 1042 In all the board recommended additional table games or slot ma chines for 27 current licensees throughout the state Turning to applications for new unrestricted slot machine opera tions (eight or more devices) it recommended approval of four in Reno and Las Vegas but urged denial of one for the State Inn at Carlin on grounds the land lord Gino Quilici had lost his own gambling license for opera ting cheating machines The de nial was made without prejudice to the applicant Elijah I Puett The board approved 24 of 32 re stricted slot machine license ap plications (less than eight de vices) and deferred action on the rest pending further investiga tion ters was sought by three local contractors with the recommen dation going to Ready Mix Con crete Co with a bid of $172827 Isbell Construction Co offered to do the job for $180840 and George Miller bid $189254 GOP Candidate Maps Campaign BIJOU Willard Harvey of Colfax Calif Republican can didate for the State Assembly in the Sixth District met this week with Republican leaders in Truckee Tahoe City and Bijou to discuss campaign strategy for the November general election The group also laid the basis for the establishment of Re publican and units to function as campaign or ganizations until November Aft er the election they will become formal units of the California Republican Assembly Narcotics Case In District Court Charges against John Ray mond Zachreus and Raymond Ellis Beavers who are accused of possessing narcotics illegally reached district court yesterday when a record of the preliminary hearing was filed in the court of Judge A Maestretti The two men were arrested here on April 27 after police said they found marijuana among their belongings The case is be ing handled by Assistant District Attorney hue wenaras ALL INTERESTED DEMOCRATS! I WASHOE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING I JULY 8 AT 6 PM amily TOT LUCK' at Virginia Lake ii Paul Wright ij Refreshment sold by County Chairman 1 Democratic Committee EL 5 3734 BUILDING THIS SUMMER? BUY BUILDING BRICK ROM RENO PRESS BRICK! Serving you si nee 1900 CLAY BRICK Reno Press Brick Co HEATING OILS INSTALLATIONS 1001 4th PO Box 5008 Reno A 3 3146 IN RACE News of Lake Tahoe lCI! i vd ARTIE VALENTINE Sparks Resident Seeks to Regain Assembly Seat Artie Valentine a former assemblyman from Sparks filed his candidacy for election yester day with County Clerk Harry Brown Valentine is seeking to re gain the post he held in 1957 and 1958 in the lower house of the state legislature Valentine a 32 year old rail road conductor elected to the assembly in 1956 but sought unsuccessfully to regain the seat in 1958 He also failed in a race for mayor of Sparks in 1959 He is a Democrat He is affiliated with the Sparks Lake Picnic Guide Issued Airport Busy Over Weekend Journal Tahoe News Service TAHOE VALLEY Lake Ta hoe airport proved a of over the ourth of July weekend Airport Manager Mal colm Wordell reported yesterday A total of 502 operations were reported between riday and Monday with 205 overnight tie downs Biggest operational day was on riday when 144 opera tions were recorded followed by 121 on Saturday 121 on Sunday and 116 on Monday Sunday night saw 71 overnight stays with 43 on riday 51 on Saturday and 40 on Monday Wordell also reported that the recent figures followed on the heels of a successful June oper ation when 2528 flight and land ings were accumulated receipts totaled $118035 An audit for the August through May operation at the airport was taken It showed that credited to the Bridgeford lying Service the airport's leased service was $316869 office yesterday re ported that a 'lease with the United States orest Service is in the process of being complet ed which will result in the bas ing of a borate carrying airplane used by the service In the fight ing of forest fires On completion of the negotia tions a quonset hut will be placed at the airport for use by the USES At present the service maintains a helicopter there Trailer Control Plan Urged for Lake Tahoe AUBURN Calif James Brown president of the Tahoe Improvement and Conservation Association at Lake Tahoe has recommended to county supervis ors all house trailers be located in licensed trailer courts in pre cisely zoned areas of the county The recommenda tion follows a report made to the supervisors by a committee of county officials which made the same recommendation and also asked a zoning position be established to enforce such a regulation Brown in a letter to the board stated he also hopes a policy per mitting property owners to have house trailers on the property while a building is being construct ed is abandoned He said the policy has produced some undesirable elements includ ing a scattering of trailers par ticularly in the Kings Beach area a blunting of the purpose of zon ing regulations and an extra tax burden on the area Democratic Club the Sparks Toastmasters the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the ra ternal Order of Eagles He has been a resident of Sparks since 1948 Tn the 1957 legislative session Valentine served as chairman of the assembly committee on elec tions and was a member of the committees on aviation civil de fense and social welfare Chairman Post May Be Declined CRYSTAL BAY A guide for picnic and camping areas open to the public at lake Tahoe on the Nevada shore has been prepared by the Nevada Division of orestry The campgrounds are as fol lows: Nevada Beach located at Elks Point before Stateline over night camping allowed picnick ing and swimming Sand Harbor State Park locat ed state highway 28 three miles south of Incline picnic and swimming areas only open from 8 am until 8 pm Attorney Thomas Cooke has been named chairman of the newly created County Park Com mission but there was a doubt last night about whether he would assume the post County Commission Chairman Benjamin Winn announced that Cooke would be the chairman of the agency during the Tuesday meeting of the commissioners However Cooke said last night he had not been informed of the appointment and had understood that he was not to receive it Cook said he willing to serve on the park commission but that other obligations made it impos sible for him to undertake the duties of the chairman These camps are the only state or federal camps on the Nevada shore of Lake Tahoe All other lands are privately owned and permission to enter should be ob tained from the landowner All open fires in the Lake Tahoe area are prohibited due to the extreme fire danger approved camp grounds excepted BI Seizes Al Tahoe Man AL TAHOE (UPI) Gary Gra ville 25 of Al Tahce was arrest ed by BI agents Tuesday night on charges of transporting wom en for immoral purposes The new park group is being created by the county officials to help guide park and recreation development in the unincorporated areas of the county The mem bers will have a good deal of influence of guiding the expendi tures of park funds and selecting new sites Winn announced that Lura Tul arski would be secretary of the new commission and Roger Teg lia would be vice chairman His action wes approved by the county commissioners Berkeley Curtis uneral Pending uneral services for Berkeley II Curtis victim of an aircraft crash in Idaho Tuesday which claimed the of three other passengers will be announced by Walton uneral Home Mr Curtis about 45 was presi dent of Alturas Lake Develop ment Co of Idaho and a devel oper of projects near Silver Springs and Winnemucca He was a resident of Reno Mr Curtis who maintained an office in Reno was the owner of a large ranch near Doyle Calif He was an advertising salesman for two Los Angeles The BI said Graville was ac cused of transporting women from San Jose Calif to Battle Mountain Nev for immoral pur poses He was to be taken to San rancisco today for arraign ment before the US commission er there 25 ighters Control ire Special to Gazette Journal SUSANVILLE Twenty five firefighters of the California Division of orestry here brought a 7 acre brush fire under con trol yesterday afternoon orestry officials said they thought the blaze was caused by a lightening strike The fire started in an open spot in rugged timbered terrain four miles west of Susanville Two aerial tankers working out of Chester in Plumas County dumped suppressant on the fire to aid ground personnel The area was patrolled last night by 15 inmates of the Plum Creek conservation camp in Te hama County Lightning strikes in the Lassen National orest Tuesday sent 50 firefighters two aerial tankers Summer School Session Starts AL TAHOE The sixth annual Lake Tahoe summer session con ducted by Sacramento State Col lege started yesterday with an enrollment of 85 Henry Hansen director of the session said students may earn two hours of credit during each of the three two week ses sions Courses are offered in drama art audio visual education an thropology speech and elemen tary school social studies There is a tuition fee of $10 per college unit Classes will be held from 9 am to noon Monday through ri day and will be supplemented by field trips A string quartet directed by James Adair will give a free public concert at 8:15 pm Thurs day in the multi purpose room of the South Tahoe Elementary School in Al Tahoe Hansen said dramatic produc tions also will be offered later in the session Reno Creamery aces Charge The State Dairy Commission has filed a district court com plaint against Crescent Creamery Inc charging undercutting of cost on certain dairy products in a contract with Stead Air orce Base The commission is seeking a permanent injunction against the distributor Under terms of the contract Crescent Creamery was to begin delivery to Stead on July 1 with bid prices in effect until June 30 1961 Certain items were bid below cost which is of statute proviisons that prohibit sale below cost and regulations of the commission the complaint states Unless an injunction is granted the commission contends the pur poses of the law will be and fthe distributor will thq legislative ob of milk stabilization en actment Signing the complaint against Crescent Creamery were Joseph Kay Jr special deputy attor ney general and William Canepa chairman of the State Dairy Com mission ILES EDWARD PINE School Trustee Asks Reelection kBBvs' rmMI Edward Pine an executive of Isbell Construction Co iled for reelection to the Washoe County school board yesterday He is seeking one of the three Reno positions on the seven mem ber board Pine has served on the non partisan board since September of 1956 when he was appointed to fill a vacancy He was sub sequently elected to the board He is a former state highway engineer having been appointed in 1956 and serving until early this year when he resigned to take the private industry assign ment He is also former general secretary of the Associated Gen eral Contractors Pine is a native of Nevada He has been active in Masonic or ders in the 365th Engineering Group of the Corps of Engineers and in various civic and profes sional groups Salesman Held As Holdup Man Sparks police are holding James ranklin Stouffer 24 year old salesman on suspicion of the $210 armed robbery of the Park Grocery Store yesterday morn ing Stouffer who told police had no milk for the baby entered the store at 15th and Prater Way about 2:10 am Police said he pulled a small pistol from his right hip pocket and ordered Clerk Albert Perks: the money in the sack just the paper no silver des he warned Stouffer al legedly stuffed the gun back in his pocket and walked out the door and to his car parked be hind the store Before slipping out he ordered Perks to me five minutes before you call Stouffer was captured after a Sparks officer on routine patrol spotted the car parked in back A blond woman appeared to be sleeping inside While the officer went inside to inquire about the car the robbery suspect and the woman drove away Learning that a robbery had just taken place Sparks police put out the description of the car to Reno police and dep uties Stouffer and the woman identified as Marjorie Mabel Gal lo 20 a waitress were found later at the 4 Motel on street A baby was taken from the couple and placed in a private home by welfare authorities Stouffer from orrest Town Pa was booked for armed rob bery and the woman listed as a transient for investigation of armed robbery IRE PUT OUT CRYSTAL BAY A brush fire near the Brockway Hotel was quickly responded to by volun teers of the North Tahoe ire Department Tahoe City ire De partment and the orest Rang ers The fire covered approxi mately 150 square feet before be ing brought under control and kept from spreading to nearby homes and the Brockway Hotel newspapers before coming to the area Mr Curtis is survived by lais widow Mrs Thelma Curtis of Doyle two daughters Mrs Ka ren McCulley and Miss Cheryl Curtis both of Reno a son Berkeley Curtis Jr of Mon rovia Calif a granddaughter Laura McCulley of Reno and his mother Mrs Curtis of Doyle and five smokejumprs into a con centrated area to combat the fires ive small fires in the north east section of the forest were contained with the largest de stroying only a third of an acre Eleven small fires broke out in the Mineral District of the forest between Morgan Mountain and Child's Meadow All were quickly snuffed out 91.