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Bureaucracy and the telephone Reno man gets long runaround, no information ident of 68 years, said. First, he called 7854206, the real estate division of the Washoe County Tax Assessor's By LENITA DREW get the runaround? Phil Arden of Reno did Monday when he tried to obtain information about a bill passed during the last session of the Legislature which gave a tax break on property of the elderly. "It's a good example of bureaucracy," Arden, a Reno res And they told Arden to call 882-7711. "I told them I'd already called (Turn to page 2, col. 8) "They were innocent enough and confessed they didn't actually know the formula of the new tax break," Arden, 69, said.

So they told him to call 832-7711, a branch of the Nevada State Tax Commission, which referred him to 882-7037, the division of assessment standards of the Tax Commission. 832-7296, the Legislative Council Bureau, which referred him to 882-7537, the research division of the Legislative Council Bureau. They told Arden to call Reno Evening Gazette NINETY-EIGHTH YEAR, No. Pentagon Papers trial MM) RENO, NEVADA, TUESDAY, dHT LOS ANGELES (AP) The defense team in the Pentagon Papers trial told the judge today it believes that President Nixon is personally involved in "impeding the delivery of evidence to this court" and will cite cases showing that Nixon "is liable for subpoena" by the court to testify. Defense attorney Charles Nesson, representing Daniel Ellsberg, told the judge that based on news reports, it appears the President discouraged the Justice Department from telling the court here that Watergate con ffn, lilt nvwM4f' 1 til -x wl I fv III 71 Rdll hr Hi 'I till 323-3161 15 CENTS At dedication Gov.

Mike O'Callaghan is shown at the recent dedication of the new Temple Emanu-El, Lakeside Drive and Manzanita Lane in Reno. The governor, a Catholic, led a group of distinguished speakers. O'Callaghan plans visit to Israel CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -Gov. Mike O'Callaghan said today that he has been invited to go to Israel in June by the Israeli government.

The governor said he has no definite date set for the trip yet. O'Callaghan said he has accepted the verbal invitation and will announce further details on the trip when they are confirmed by the Israeli government. It will be O'Callaghan's first trip to Israel. The governor noted that he has "worked for bonds for Israel in the state for a number of years" and he has been, awarded the Israeli City of Peace Award. Hughes casino plan submitted 36 When they arrived at the station this morning at 7:30 they were told the train would be an hour and forty minutes late.

Amtrak ticket agent J. W. Drew said the train was held with chocolate; 16-year term Dean Nozza died in November from what doctors said was malnutrition caused by living on a milk diet. Mrs. Nozza's 43-year-old husband, Michael, was acquitted of the same charges earlier this year.

During the two trials, witnesses described the home where the Nozzas and their six children lived as crawling with roaches and strewn with garbage and human waste. Police testified there was no food and no clean clothes in the house but they did find two grocery bags filled with Mrs. Nozza's cosmetics. A lesson in patience "They learned a lot about train stations," their teacher said. These Orvis Ring kindergarten students have been waiting for a train ride since SeptemberThis morning, the day of the ride, they learned they would have to wait another hour and forty minutes.

The train was late. (Gazette Photo by Harry Upson) Reno kids meet Amtrak: They waited and waited PHONE (702) after Byrne dismissed the jury for the remainder of the week. Byrne did not immediately rule on whether he would order a full-scale hearing with witnesses into the Watergate and White House involvement. But he indicated such a possibility is likely before jurors are allowed to deliberate on a verdict in the four-month-old trial of Ellsberg and Anthony Russo. The jury had been brought in at 10 a.m.

and told the government rebuttal was completed and the defense would not offer more witnesses. "I've never heard of executive privilege protecting the President from inquiry in criminal actions," said Nesson. He cited the judge's meeting with Presidential adviser John Ehrlichman, in which U.S. District Court Judge Matt Byrne was approached about taking the job of FBI director. Byrne has said he met Nixon briefly.

"When you were called to San Clemente and offered a job and given the hand of the President," said Nesson, "I think he told you at that point in some symbolic way where his presidency was at I think the present question is whether Mr. Nixon will be told where the judiciary is at." As Nesson concluded, Ellsberg's chief attorney, Leonard Boudin, arose and told the judge that the defense will submit to him case law established in cases of draft evaders in which judges issued post-trial opinions indicating that "the President is liable for subpoena of the court." First National raises prime interest rate First National Bank of Nevada hiked its prime interest rate to 7 per cent today following rate increases by major California banks. A spokesman said the last time FNB's rate was 7 per cent was in November of 1970. The Bank of America, the world's largest commercial bank Wells Fargo, Crocker and Security Pacific National Bank all raised their rates from 634 per cent Monday. Major banks have increased prime interest rates charged by large corporate borrowers by two per cent in less than a year.

The latest increase follows similar moves late last week by two New York banks and the Bank of California. ROBERT WOODWARD MAY 8, 1973 pi spirators E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy were involved in a burglary of Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office. "Is Mr.

Nixon different from some other man who would impede the turnover (of evidence) to this court?" asked Nesson. If this were some other person this person would be called to the stand and questioned." He said that the President obviously has "given notice" that he will invoke executive privilege if questioned about any Watergate involvement. The defense statements came The demand led to a meeting involving O'Callaghan, Hannifin and Hughes in the industrialist's London hideaway in mid-. March. O'Callaghan said later he had no doubt Hughes was in complete control of his holdings.

As Hannifin explained it, Summa, the successor to the Hughes Tool would operate the Desert Inn, Castaways Frontier and Sands resorts in Las Vegas. Sands would operate 4Harolds Club in Reno and a 'corporation called Hotel Properties, which in turn would run the Landmark in Las Vegas, Hannifin said. Gay will serve as vice president of both Summa and Sands. Davis, a New York Attorney, would be vice president and general counsel. Mrs.

Henley of Van Nuys, Calif, would be sen-. ior vice president and head of department operations. Myler and Holmes were identified as members of Hughes' staff. Officials said it is the first time Hughes personal staff has been given positions in casinos operations. he is at a quandry as to what happened with the sample ballots.

He says he personally mailed some 31,000 of the ballots the third week in April. BOGART UNHAPPY At Monday's city council caucus session Councilman Carl Bogart, who is running for reelection from the Third Ward, was particularly critical of the fact many sample ballots have (Turn to page 2, col. 1) cluding four of the last five years. EAGLETON Reporters Robert Boyd and Clark Hoyt of the Knight Newspapers' Washington bureau won the prize for reporting on national affairs for their disclosure of the history of psychiatric therapy undergone by Sen. Thomas F.

Eagleton, D-Mo. Eagleton subsequently withdrew as the Democratic (Turn to page 2, col. 1) CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -A proposed reorganization of Howard Hughes casino holdingsmade possible by a meeting' between the recluse billionaire and Nevada Gov. Mike O'CaDaghan has been submitted to Nevada gaming authorities.

The key to the proposal would be licensing of directors of the Summa Corp. and Sands corporations which operate the six Hughes hotel-casinos in Las Vegas and Reno for the billionaire. Directors would include Frank W. Gay, Chester C. Davis, Nadine Henley, Levar B.

Myler and John M. Holmes, gaming officials said. Only Gay, a 26-year Hughes organization official, has been licensed previously in Nevada, Phil Hannifin, state gaming control board chairman, said today. Gaming officials last year refused to approve top level changes and a proposed reorganization of Hughes' casino holdingsowned solely by him until they obtained better communications with Hughes. up by a severe storm in the Midwest.

But the Orvis Ring School students had their own ideas on why the train was late. Anthony Shannon, said simply, "It's slow. Maybe they have to get gas." Brent Webster decided, "It's broken," and added as an afterthought, "The train's probably flat." Janice Dong commented, "They have to fix it," and when questioned what was wrong with the train, answered "they probably have to put an engine in it." Their teacher, Mrs. Harriet Wolfe said the time of the day was not lost, "they're learning a lot about train stations." The train trip is part of the Follow-Through Program, an education experience sponsored by the Health, Education and Welfare Department to follow the Head Start Curriculum. The basic idea behind the program, now in its four year at Orvis (Turn to page 2, col.

4) the newspaper, The Post's managing editor, Howard Simons, singled out for praise Woodward and fellow reporter Carl Bernstein. The two young reporters have spent the last 10 months producing the newspaper's major disclosures of White House involvement in the 1972 campaign espionage operation. David Broder, the Post's national political correspondent, also received a Pulitzer Prize for commentary for his politi Reno voters go to polls in primary council race By JAN KENNEDY Thirty-two Reno kindergarten students have been planning since last September to go on a train ride this morning to Sacramento. Baby starved Mother gets MIAMI, Fla. (AP) A Miami mother who doctors said starved her 4-year-old son to death by feeding him nothing but chocolate milk drinks for months has been sentenced to up to 16 years in prison.

Lois Jean Nozza wept Monday as Criminal Court Judge Alfonso C. Sepe sentenced her to six to 15 years in prison for manslaughter and one year for contributing to the dependency of a minor. "We didn't starve our son," Mrs. Nozza said. "Dean meant more to us than anything in the CARL BERNSTEIN litis Index 2 Sections 24 Pages SECTION ONE Amusements 9 Editorials 4 Family living 10-11 Public notices 8 The doctor 8 Travel 6 SECTION TWO Ann Landers 24 Classified ads 18-23 Comics 24 Crossword puzzle 21 Deaths 17 Earl Wilson 24 Local, regional news 13 Markets 17 Sports 14-16 Television log 24 Weather 17 Win at bridge 24 RENO EVENING GAZETTE A Speidel Newspaper, member of Associated Press.

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Chuckle, Some people get to the top just by being stuck in the back of the elevator, i Reno City Atty. Robert Van Wagoner Monday discounted the possibility today's primary election might be challenged due to problems with the distribution of sample ballots. Van Wagoner said state statutes require each voter be mailed a sample ballot. But he noted there is another state law that allows election statutes to be "construed liberally." City Clerk Robin Bogich said cal columns on the 1972 election campaign. Other winners of the 1973 Pulitzer Prizes announced Monday were: SPOT PHOTO Associated Press Photographer Huynh Cong "Nick" Ut, a Vietnamese, won the prize for spot news photography for his picture of a little, naked Vietnamese girl fleeing a napalm bombing.

The award to Ut was the 11th time an AP photographer has won the prize, in 'Didn't flinch under pressure' Post wins Pulitzer for Watergate NEW YORK (AP) "The newspaper didn't flinch or-buckle under pressure. It's good for journalism and the country. It's time to be cautious, not to speculate but stick to the facts as we did." That's how Washington Post reporter Robert Woodward summed up his reaction to his newspaper's receiving the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for meritorious public service for its work on the Watergate scandal. Although the award went to.