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Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 10

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0 10 RENO EVENING GAZETTE AUGUST 11, 1959 University New Student Union Fallon Navy Air Oificer Sent to Italy uiiding Already Overcrowded Cash Box Theft Leads to Arrest Special to Gazette-Journal LAS VEGAS An 18-yeard old Las Vegas youth, John Wesley Barger, was free on bail today after he was arrested yesterday on suspicion of the theft cf $165 in a cash box from a downtown area service station. David Griffith, a station attendant, said he saw Barger fleeing the service station with what appeared to be the cash box under his arm. Griffith said he gave chase and when he shouted to Barger to stop, the youth 1 L. 1 Cmdr. Bill B.

Holt, USN, ad A year ago this month the Jot Each year a of student Travis Student Union officially ipays a fee of $5 to enjoy the opened on the University of Ne-jfa Uties of me uni ada campus. Now, a year later,) .7 student union officials say thata Same area for bndSe and bl1" facilities are barely adeuuate towards, as well as the snack bar, meet the needs of the students. and lounge areas. This year the The student union is the center student union sponsored a foreign of campus activities at Nevada, and domestic movie series in con- ministration officer Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Fallon, was sent to Naples, Italy early in i I 1 ii Cmdr. Holt had been aboard rr -V i ff' 0 eT ri NAAS, Fallon since 1956.

During Some 1200 students use the build- nect ion with the department oi his tour of duty he occupied sev- speech and drama at the univers eral billets; including operations' ft I ity. officer, assistant operations offi ing each day. The snack bar is packed with students and faculty from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Tentative plans are being made for future expansion once the George Koltanowski, chess and chess editor of the San cer, ordnance officer, communica Francisco Chronicle, was brought tions officer and his dual role of administrations and service information officer.

funds are available. Anticipated to me carnpus.bv the Jot Travis in the near future is a two-story student Union, the center is a In Naples he is slated to be Griffith said he finally caught Barger and forced him to return to the station where police were summoned. However, a search failed to locate the cash box and police said it appeared that two men may have been involved in the robbery. Police said they would continue to investigate the case before filing charges against Barger although he has been released from jail after posting J1.500 bond. TO ITALY U.

S. Navy veteran Cmdr. Bill Holt, above has been transferred from Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Fallon, vhere he was administration officer, to now duty with fleet air force in Naples, Italy. wmg to be added on tne normeast side of the present building. Additional facilities will include a music room, browsing library, meeting rooms, six rooms for the public information officer on the staff of the Commander Fleet Air Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Force.

He was promoted to the rank of commander Jan. 1, 1958. Cmdr. Holt was born Nov. 4, non-profit business and any funds left over are used for improvement of the building.

Displays of campus organizations as well as art exhibits are set up in the lobby to catch the eye of the student passing through the building. The center is also used for hosting receptions for visiting dignitaries to the university, such as the one given in honor of Carl Sandburg at graduation. The student union at Nevada is a member of the Association of College Unions with the headquarters at Cornell University, Ithaca, 1921, in Perryton, Tex. A graduate of Hutchinson Junior College, and Washburn University, housing visiting professors and university personnel, and six to eight lanes of bowling alleys. A hobby shop is being planned for the basement of the new addition with facilities for poster painting and crafts.

During the last year the center hosted some 600 delegates ro regional and state conferences. The Western Regional Interfraternity EXHIBIT OPENS NEW YORK (AP) The Soviet Scientific and Cultural Exhibition has ended bis 42-day stand here. Attendance was estimated at 1,100,000. Hasty Meeting Causes Mishap ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) The fire alarm rang and all the traffic lights in Roswell began blinking Topkea, he began active duty in the Navy in 1942 and was commissioned at corpus Christi, in June, 1943.

For the remainder of World War II he was stationed in the Aleutians Council, a group of Iranian farm- Now Appearing GATEWAY ers visiung me umversuy, tiiu ij Through this organizations yellow, as in all emergencies. Fire Chief George Daniels jumped in his new station wagon and and the West Pacific. He attended the General Line School at Monterey, Calif. He was flight deck officer and air officer of the USS me nusMdii oiu iccun uscu uk ovv, Palau in 1953 and -1954. Shortly took off.

afterwards he completed the Police Chief L. O. Thompson Sl, IRS facilities of the student union. 'House Watches' Start in Sparks Joint Tactical Commanders hnnnrl in a srniad rar and nishfd are promoted. The purpose the student union serves on the campus can best I be summarized in the words of Robert Kersey, director.

The Jot Travis Union is more than just a handsome building filled Course in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Prior to reporting at Fallon he was with the Fleet Airborne Elec away. They met abruptly at a downtown intersection. Daniels received hospital treat- tronic Unit in the Atlantic. 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 i Cmdr.

Holt is married to the I with attractive furnishings. It A new policy on house watches (brings to the Nevada campus a has been instituted by the Sparks new way of life; and just as each fill Pi II former Helen Hanson of Conway, iment for head cuts and pavement Wash. They are the parents of Thompson suffered cuts 0l domestic family centers its life four children, Bill 14, Susan The cars? Minor damage Jane, 13, Steven, 12, and Kath- and bruises. erine, 6. The fire? It's out.

police department. Sparks Police Chief Robert Galli has put into effect a plan to give concrete evidence of surveillance to residents who request a watch on their house during an absence. around the living room or family room so will the University family develop its life around the 'living room of the campus'. As the building grows in program and size more aspects of the SPOIL SPORT 4H BY 10 10YALTON, Wis. (AP) Ten fammic nnmmnnihr urill fA 4-Un4- 3 --e-J odui aiu ucpaiunciiL Jot Travis Union is the one fill out slips noting the time and facility both prepared and eager of the 26 members of the Ever CHICKASHA, Okla.

(AP) Green Val'ey Junior 4-H Club Sheriff Emmett Watson, armed are members of the same family with a court order to padlock an all children of Mr. and Mrs. illegal whisky joint, found on ar-Arnold Zirbel. Three other Zir- rival that the owner had removed bel children are preparing for 'both the front and back doors, 4-H Club work. I leaving him nothing to lock.

date of each check made on the, to De oi service them." II II I i ft Mi I If I hi 11 1 1 1 III Three to Face Assault Counts Embarrassing people on Center street got three Reno youths into trouble Monday morning Police premises and leave them where the home owner can find them upon his return. "This will give the people positive proof of the work and attention our men give to the house watch requests," the chief said. He added, however, that police might not be able to check homes every night if the absence of the owner is prolonged but the checks will be made periodically and a slip left for each visit by the CHANGING SCENE on University of Nevada campus is indicated here. Photograph at top shows men's dormitory Lincoln hall overlooking Manzanita lake. Pictured below, taken from same place shows Lincoln hall obscured by men Jot Travis student union building, opened one year ago, but a 3 Ireatly overcrowded.

reported. Charged with assault and battery are William D. Evans, 20, Russell E. McCreary, 21 and Ed FOR SERVICE ON ALL WESTiMGKOUSE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES CALL Skiers Electrical Products Corp. FA 2-9134 IAKE TAHOE'S MOST BEAUTIFUL SUPPE CLU Dining from 6 Show Time of 8 Entertainment till 2 ward Ayers, 21, all of the Walton Two Suicides, One Is Mystery Special to Gazette-Journal address and that he was not list-LAS VEGAS Police reported ed in the city directory, the suicide of two elderlv men! sude victim had taken Hotel.

The trio was taken into cus tody after complaints were filed NEVADA with Reno police that the three here over the weekend but lu6 la.els rom were forcing people to bow down tius ciuuies anu uuifr iueniuymg laemny 01 one was puuiig marks leaving only a note which aoBBte LODGE NORTH END OF IAKE TAHOE to them and make insulting re marks about themselves. officers. jsaid, Vegas really got me this Are You Ready FOR RENO'S CITY-WIDE DOLLAR Leo S. Koniko, 66, a former time. Lost all my money.

Couldn't Report of the incident said the group made one man get down on member of the North Las Vegas i-ce it again. his knees annd beg for return of Planning Commission, shot himself to death at his home Satur day night with a .32 caliber re his suitcase. Another was required to go to his knees and call himself an obscene name in front of his wife. HAPPY BUDDHA JACKPOT CAUSES ROW Disagreement over division of a jackpot won at the Happy Buddha Club resulted in broken bottles, damaged bar stools and other damage to the Lake street bar. Charged with distrubing the peace are Jack G.

Wilkerson of 939 Florite Circle; Alvin Hunter, 139 E. Second St. and Chino Robert Williams of Lido Hotel. The problem stemmed from disagreement of the jackpot. Williams was struck on the head and became indignant.

At this point, bottles, bar stools, ash trays and other items began flying. Buddha Manager Fred Down told officers he would sign complaints against all three men "because he wanted someone to pay for the damages," the report shows. McCreary and Ayers had appeared previously in the Reno volver. Ill health was blamed in a note which Konko left his North Las Vegas home and some other possessions to a friend, Walter Studebaker. The identity of the second man, What 1,000 telephone paychecks mean to you rv7rz mm ii v- i 'AYS police station after a near riot on Elmcrest Ave.

July 30. The latter involved seven persons and re who was found dead in his room 1 quired four police cars to halt, records show. at a swank resort notel, was still confusing authorities today. FRIDAY SATURDAY Aug The man had registered under There are 19,343,700 acres of the name of E. Duncan" of forest lands in the state of Phoenix, but police said Phoenix authorities said no such person was living at the given J3 Dental Plate Service ARRIVES IX BELGRADE Special to.

Gazette-Journal SMITH VALLEY Word has been received here that Helen Batjer, daughter of Mrs. Mabel Batjer, has arrived in Belgrade, Yugoslavia to take up an assignment with the U.S. Foreign service. She has been with the de if i i jsSf1 Ssm7n-Mllf-- If ids mu 4 I tmiit ATTEND CIRCI'S Special to Gazette-Journal BATTLE MOUNTAIN About 65 youngsters last week attended the circus in Reno. They were chaperoned by Mrs.

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