Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 15

Spanish theme in $6 million complex Reno's newest major hotel-casino, the Eldorado opens tonight The Eldorado Hotel will open its doors today at 8:30 p.m. The new structure, located at Fourth and Virginia streets, has been under construction for 10 months and was built at an estimated cost of $6 million. A gold, brown and black color scheme carries out the Spanish theme set by the name of the complex. The Spanish influence is seen throughout the gaming area, lounge, bars, restaurants and convention facilities. FIRST FLOOR The first floor contains a casino area, hotel registration and lobby, two restaurants and two bars.

Included in the casino area are 200 slot machines, a keno game and 10 table games. An entertainment lounge and bar is adjacent to the gaming area where Lisa DiMilo will star as the opening entertainer. Two restaurants are also located on the first floor. A 24-hour coffee shop with a seating capacity of 150 will open at 11 p.m. A dinner house which seats 80 will open at 5 p.m.

Friday. CONVENTION FACILITIES The second floor holds the convention facilities. The Grand Ballroom can provide banquet seating for 550 or reception space for 750. It can also be divided into four smaller meeting rooms for 50 or more. A separate banquet kitchen is located next to the ballroom and will provide food service exclusively for that room.

The remainder of the 10-story building is occupied by 272 guest rooms and six suites. Also included in the structure is an underground garage which serves the hotel patrons and has parking for 155 cars. FORMER BUSINESSES The Eldorado is built on the former site of two long-time Reno establishments, Welch's Bakery, which ceased operation last year and the Little Waldorf, which relocated to West Fifth Street. The complex will employ 300 person. It is owned by William Carano, Donald Carano, George Yori, George Siri, Jerry Poncia, and Richard Stringham, all of Reno.

Siri and Stringham are the hotel manager and assistant manager. H. E. McCoskey, formerly of the Crystal Bay Club at Lake Tahoe, is the gaming manager. Eeno Evening Gazette PHONE 323-3161 FIFTEEN RENO, NEVADA, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1973 Reno murder trial Sensible' rate for garbage hauling vowed State highway audit review scheduled Gazette Carson City Bureau Doctor testifies Pringle beaten r.

III) u) i Judge Guinan ruled, however, An on-call surgeon testified Reno City Councilman Sam at a night meeting between gar this morning that Dan Pringle, that remark be stricken from the record since it did not fall bage franchise holder Reno Dis 59, of Bethel Island, had posal Co. and local trash haul Dibitonto said Weednesday an immediate effort will be made to establish "sensible" rates for hauling compacted garbage in been beaten. ers and disposal company k' -5 1 li ft The doctor treated Pringle shortly after he was found on the floor in a Reno motel. Prin Criticisms of the Nevada Highway Department's financial operations may either be vindicated or laid to rest Friday as the highway board meets to review the results of a private audit of that agency. The audit was ordered by the board in the wake of claims of financial mismanagement, and that $7 million or more in Reno.

Dibitonto made his statement The meeting was called after gle died four days later. a local garbage compacting ma The surgeon testified at the chine distributor said Reno Washoe District Court trial of within the rules of evidence. Attorneys argued over the admission of items allegedly taken as a result of the service of a search warrant on Jones' residence. A Reno Police Department officer identified a shaver as one taken from Jones' home, and later identified by Mrs. Pringle as belonging to her husband.

WARRANT QUESTIONED Jones' attorney, Seymour Patt, said the evidence should two men charged with Pringle's Disposal was discriminating against compacted garbage by death. funds was missing. Approximately at that time, Benjamin Davis Jones 29, charging three times the normal Widely known Yerington rancher killed 821 Spokane and Eddie Lee Bayman, 25, 815 Quincy be $3.15 a cubic yard rate for loose garbage. Dibitonto also claimed gan trial Monday on charges of murder, burglary and Reno Disposal subsidiary, also, the department announced the imminent layoff of 130 employes, a step attributed to cutbacks in federal funds and confusion in the state's bookkeeping system. A state internal auditor who and Disposal, was picking not be allowed to be identified because the search warrant was Additional Reno police officers were scheduled to testify today concerning items of evidence al Edgar Williams, 49-year-old improper.

Baymans attorney, up garbage in violation of an exclusive garbage pickup franchise with Reno Disposal. FRANCHISE RULE widely-known Yerington ranch legedly belonging to Pringle that examined the department's books during fiscal 1971-72 was quoted as telling legislators last er, was killed there Wednesday night in a collision between his motorcycle and a pickup truck, City ordinances and the contract limit garbage pickup to Joseph Reynolds, said "I think any male over 16, whether he be white, black or green, would have a Norelco shaver, a grey overnight bag, shorts, a half bar of Ivory soap and a Timex watch." The officer was also asked were seized from the home of Jones and Bayman. In testimony Wednesday, a fingerprint taken from Pringle's room was identified as that of Jones. session that its general ledger was "the most infamous accounting record" he had ever reviewed. the Nevada Highway Patrol re ported.

Reno Disposal. The responsibil Patrolmen said the motor ity cannot be assigned to any The most recent audit, per The fingerprint expert said a other company. formed by the Reno accounting cycle and an approaching truck driven by Roberta Roberts, 22, how he could identify the items City Manager Joe Latimore he was searching for since the also of Yerington, collided as firm of Kafoury-Armstrong-Ber-nard and Bergstrom, sought to verify the department's begin last month asked the Washoe close comparison was not done until shortly before the trial because a request had not been made by the district attorney's description on the warrant was the latter was making a left 'Most valuable staffer' David Came of Reno High School, left, was presented the "Most Valuable Staffer Award" this morning by Reno Evening Gazette reporter Bob Felten. Each year the Gazette presents the American Newspaper Publishers Association awards to local high school students for outstanding contributions made during the school year in journalism. (Gazette Photo) County Health Department to turn on U.S.

Highway 95A one- ning balance for this fiscal year, half mile north of the city. office. Williams' father Gilbert was make a determination of what constitutes garbage under city ordinances. review the agency's internal controls and, generally, look into its finances. i He was questioned extensively about apparent inconsistencies an early settler in tne County valley area.

He is among sketchy. The officer said only the shaver was taken on the first search of the house because it was not certain the other items which were observed were the ones named in the warrant. Earlier in the day a doctor testified Pringle had died from a cerebral hemorrhage due to in the comparison of the prints At the meeting health depart the survivors. taken from the room and one taken from Jones but he said Others include the victims's ment spokesman Gene 'Clock Real estate widow, Mildred, and two daugh all differences were minor and Otis Vaughn recreation project to be dedicated said garbage generally was anything came in contact could be explained. SIGNATURE WORRY The police cadet who the exam defended with food including wet garbage and unsanftized food containers.

He said the health department Dedication ceremonies for the of U.S. Department of Housing prints from Jones reported the extreme trauma. He listed nu-i merous events including tripping and striking his head and hitting his head on an object which would have resulted in the wound from which Pringle and Urban Development, and Reno airport security talks planned Reno Airports Manager Gene Juilfs will meet with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials in Reno Friday to discuss plans for mechanical security gates at the airport. E. Otis Vaughn Public Recrea man said, "I don't know if I definition included pop bottles.

ters, Ruth and Althea, all of Yerington. Williams was a World War II Air Corps veteran. A service is pending at Freitas Funeral Service. The highway patrol reported the death was the 93rd of the year in the state compared with 89 at this time last year. Al Kimbrough, principal of E.

should have signed this," after Clock the department Otis Vaughn Middle School. signing the card on which his sent letters in early May to prints were recorded, "I may Music will be provided by the Vaughn Middle School Band and tion Complex will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the complex adjacent to the E. Otis Vaughn Middle School, 1200 Bresson Ave. trash haulers listed in the tele-phonebook notifying them they be signing my death certifi died.

The trial is in its fourth day and is expected to last through tha middle of next week. student body officers Bret Fer cate." are in violation of the franchise rari and Sandy Myers will un agreement if they pick up gar bage. veil the dedication plaque. The complex is the result of BUSINESS THREAT The operator of Speedy Pick- a joint venture of the City of Reno and the Washoe County School District and was made Grand jury hears several more witnesses Up; Ellis Fells, said Innocent plea made in 'cribs' possible by additional funds the letters were intended to put him out of business and wanted to know if the same letters had Telephone cable repair work still under way Nevada Bell is still working to repair a cable break last month at Ryland and Wheeler streets in Reno which interrupt been sent to and Disposal granted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Open Space Land Three policemen, two mem case Dibitonto asked Clock the same bers of the civil service com question.

He said and had not A 63-year-old man pleaded in been sent letters. "It was strict by ofticial Gazette Carson City Bureau Assertions that a recent state real estate brokers examination was unreasonable and was administered in questionable manner were denied today by an official, of the" Real Estate Division. The claims are related to a petition reportedly signed by 300 prospective brokers and their friends asking for a Carson District Court investigation of the division's operation and administration. "We think it was a fair test and we don't see any grounds for complaint," said Angus Mc-Cleod, deputy administrator of the division. McCleod said the exam, given in March of this year, was not substantially different from "old tests" given prior to a controversial March 1972 exam.

The latter, devised by the educational testing service of Princeton, N.J., was declared "illegal, invalid and. void" by Carson District Judge Frank Gregory. Those attacking the present SIXTH PROJECT The project is the sixth to nocent to a charge of attempted ly, an oversight," he said. murder in connection with a mission, a television newisman and a hotel employe testified Wednesday before the Washoe County grand the Reno Police Department, Dist. Atty.

Bob Rose said. ed telephone service to some 2,000 be developed in the Reno-Sparks and is no different than shooting at the "cribs" last month. area by joint ventures between the school district and the cities Company spokesman Mike any other private hauler in this city," Dibitonto said. "All rubbish or trash is fair game for Cuno said the utility spent two Walter, Muse entered the plea City officials have been concerned about delays in approval of an FAA grrant to help pay for the gates. The city was cited by the FAA in February for failure to maintain adequate security at fixed-base operator locations on the airport and was fined $2,000.

The fine was eventually reduced to $1,000. At last week's city council meeting councilmen expressed concern the city might be fined for security violations again if the gates were not installed. The $40,000 gate system calls for one card-key-operated gate at each of the airport's three fixed-based operations. Juilfs said the FAA has tentatively approved the federal grant. The meeting is to iron out differences between FAA quirements for the gates and city proposals, he said.

Scholarship given Carol A. Stewart, of Reno has received a McCrory Scholarship Award of $1200 annually to attend Antioch College in Ohio. But Rose continued to withhold comment about the testi days restoring service to a wide before Judge James i a of Reno and Sparks with additional funding from other sources. private enterprise. If you're get area of Southwest Reno.

The Wednesday and trial was set mony, which began in April. ting harassed, I'll guarantee ev service was interrupted when for July 2. More than $1.75 million has The jury will hear further, testi erybody in that game gets ha been spent on these projects Muse faces charges stemming mony next Wednsday Rose a tractor working on the Ky-land-Liberty street reconstruc rassed, he said to Fells. Prison term faces woman in drug case A 20-year-old Sparks woman will be sentenced to the Nevada State Prison for 10 years unless she can be placed in a federal drug rehabilitation program. Judge James Guinan set that sentence for Judy Lee Small-brook, 20, of 1745 this morning.

Miss Smallbrook was convicted in April on a charge of sale of heroin by a Washoe County jury. Sentencing was continued on another defendant in the case, Ronnie Lee Urschel, 23, of 2300 Prater Way, who was also convicted on the sale of heroin charge. The sentencing was continued pending a hearing on a motion for a new trial. The sentence for sale of a controlled substance is from one to 20 years in the Nevada State Prison. Miss Smallbrook has already served one term in the prison and faces revocation of probation on another narcotics charge: Attorney for Miss Smallbrook was Charles Springer and Harold Albright was counsel for to date.

In addition to Otis said. from the shooting of Robert H. tion project accidentally ripped Hensley, 63, April 6. Both men were residents of 400 E. Com Vaughn, the projects include the Northwest Park, Traner Com So far, 18 persons have been subpoenaed in the probe, which the buried cable from the ground.

plex, Oppio Parks, Dilworth Rose said concerns general op mercial Row, known locally as the Cuno said the break in the U.S. attorney in Nevada announced Complex and Swope Sports Complex. cable was temporarily repaired Hensley is still hospitalized eration of the department, morale and the dismissal of Patrolman James Fergoda. Called Wednesday were lieutenants Leonard Bonk and Carl John Robb, chairman of the and is listed in fair condition E. Otis Vaughn Park Advisory Committee, said the complex WASHINGTON (AP) The test failed by 87 per cent U.S.

Senate has confirmed Shoemaker of the Reno depart "has been made possible by at Washoe Medical Deputy Dist. Atty, Michael Malloy is prosecuting the case for the state and public defender Michael Specchio is defending Muse. the foresight, work and gen Devoe Heaton as U.S. Attorney by stringing two 900-pair aerial cables around the damaged area. The utility is still working on the damaged underground cable, he said.

He estimated the job might be completed by the end of May. The telephone company is conducting an investigation to determine who was at fault in who took it said it required knowledge beyond the 96 hours of study required by law. ment, Patrolman: Frank Wheeler of the Sparks civil service: commission members for Nevada. erosity of many people. We feel She presently attends Procter the citizens and especially the youth, will benefit from these Heaton, 39, was nominated for the job by President Nixon Buddy Beard and James Berry, They said also the division weighted certain sections more developments." earlier this year and confirmed heavily than others without in SPEECHES PLANNED on a unanimous voice vote Hug High School and win graduate this June.

McCrory is the parent corporation of Lerner Shops. Children af Lerner ShoD employes are eli forming-candidates. television newsman Larry Wiss-beck and Mike Andrason. Rose said Andrason is an employe of the Overland Hotel. Rose would not explain Andra-son's- connection with the Nevada Road Toll This year to date: 93 Last "year to date: 89 the accident and will "take appropriate action from there," Cuno said.

"We have no idea "It the questions The program will include addresses by Reno Mayor John Chism, Ed Pine, chairman of the Washoe County School Board, James Price, director Wednesday. He has been acting U.S. Attorney since Joseph L. Ward resigned to become U.S. Magistrate in Las Vegas.

A gible to compete for these schol asked, but how they were asked that made the test confusing what the final bill will be. No- arships which are awarded an nually for general excellence. and misleading," one man said, (body been' billed." exhibits with fees ppling Artist's association claims new city law cri pay their share- of the business tax," he said. Van Wagoner said non-profit organizations are exempt from paying the license fee per's Square" she said. The association announced Wednesday it will cancel another art show scheduled for June 16 at the Village Shop of the ordinance was to provide some protection to the local businessmen and to make the itinerant businesses coming in from out of town ping Center because of the ordinance.

Reno City Atty. Robert Van Wagoner said the ordinance was not intended to prevent artistic events. "The intention art shows and he ho. We were not consulted in any way." SHOWS CANCELLED The association has already had to cancel a show at Shop 1 4 iK'1 M600P AFTERNOON THE CHARITY? A stomach-aches; days and pay nothing but a basic $40 business license fee. "These people were corning in for two or three days, selling their wares and leaving town," he said.

Some local shopping center operators and merchants might present the ordinance problem to the city council for clarification, Van Wagoner said. He noted exceptions have been made to the license fees in the past and cited a waiver of the $2 per booth per day fee for Harrah's annual antique automobile swap meet. $50 a day business license fee plus $2 per day per booth to the city. The artist's association maintains the fee is prohibitive for exhibits. "If they want it (fee) for flea markets and stuff like that, it's okay because they charge admission, but art shows don't charge admission." She said the association was never asked to comment when the new ordinance was being drafted.

It was passed by the city council in February. "I called the city attorney and asked if it would affect 5T0MACH-ACHE5 ARE A LE61TIMATE CHARnYii The Nevada Artist's Association has claimed a city ordinance establishing license fees for special events is helping create a "cultural desert" in Reno. The statement was made by association members Thelma Collete and Majorie Hoeck. "This ordinance prohibits the traditional street art show," they said. BUSINESS FEES The ordinance requires special events such as flea markets, auto swaps, carnivals and rummaee sales to pay a 7 as long as all proceeds go to charity.

The Nevada Artist's Association is a non-profit organization, but proceeds from sales go to artists and not the association. FLEA MARKETS Van Wagoner said the law was drafted to protect local businessmen from flea markets which' operate only a few.