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Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 2

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"1 2-RENO EVENING GAZETTE, MARCH 17, 1966 Racial Tension Rumors Prelude to Riots, Deaths in Watts Area r1trvtrtr nf tho Cpntral TntplH. no amount of action can help." Iflare-up, said, "This is trie typ gence Agency, who headed an investigation into the bloody.l Two Negroes, Jimmy Smith, 17, and Dan Doyle, 22, were booked on suspicion of murder. SNIPER KILLS young Negroes whose tensions quickly spilled over the boiling point. Large groups began rampag Mayor Samuel W. lawless person that we hav speaking of Galloway and the to watch for.

incident that sparked the new, "There was a large number of adults who were helping get jury on officer Philip Seheideck-er. Police said Galloway began shouting: "Help! They're beating me up and I did nothing. Riot! Police brutality!" From there to a nearby hospital, where Galloway was treated (Continued from Page 1) and the nearby streets, where unemployed young Negroes loiter, were abuzz with talk of the shottings and plans for repraisal. SHOT TO DEATH Manv Neeroes later told rence Gomez, 30, father of five and truck driver for a water distilling firm, stopped to make a delivery, unaware of the growing violence. He was quickly surrounded by about 16 young Negroes, and one shouted, "Lefs get the water man." Two shots were Soon after, Joseph Lee Crawford, 33, an unemployed Negro, was shot dead as he young people off the streets and trying to stop the riots from spreading.

This is the kind of cooperation we want." massive riots that claimed 34 lives last August. Said McCone: "If you recall our report, we said a contributing cause was the continuing exhortation of some leaders of the civil righte movement for extreme action to correct real or imagined Man Suffers Injury in Wreck stepped from a liquor store, Police said that an unknown sniper killed Crawford, that ing up and down 103rd Street, turning over cars and setting them afire, dragging motorists, from their cars and beating them, breaking store windows end looting displays. Within an hour, beer truck driver Maurice Michels, white, was pulled from his truck; and savagely beaten and' robbed. It took seven stitches tol fired and Gomez, struck in the 77th Street Police Station, where he was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, Galloway shouted "Riot! Riot! Police brutality!" through the police car window. newsmen they had heard that a Negro had been shot to death and his Mexican-American attacker was not even arrested.

The truth, police said Graves was released Wednesday from Los Angeles County General Hospital. wrongs. We urgpd this leadership to a more constructive plane. This has not taken police fired not a single bullet during the five-hour rampage through the 36 square block area. As relative quiet was established, reaction was voiced by John A.

McCone, former head and chest, staggered down the sidewalk pounding on doorways and begging for refuge from the mob. He was repeatedly refused, police said, and slumped dead in the fourth doorway. In his wake, officers said. place. Unless the Negro people elose one head wound.

Less than an hour later, Law- are resolved to help themselves, Galloway left a growing mob of Sanders, after surgery $25 REWARD For information leading lh orrnt el the person wfco shot a miniature poodle in the vicinity of Plumb Lone and Circle Drive on March IS between 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Call 329-2834 Wednesday morning, was re John C. Dalton. 23.

of 1227B Gordon Ave. suffr-red minor injuries when the car he was driving and one being driven by Edward W. Milani, 37. of Chester, collided Wednesday at S. Virginia and E.

Taylor Streets. Police say that Milani was attempting a right turn from K. Taylor Street onto S. Virginia Street and Dfilton was traveling soinh on S. Virginia Slreet.

Dallon whs cii'-'i on charges of careless driving. Yori Firm Wins Holiday Lodge Return federal taxes, and owed some $80,000 on a contract for furniture, as well as being in arrears on rent payments. George J. (Bud) Ruppert, a former operator of the resort, was a lowed to intervene in the Witnesses said Gedlon owed more than 58,700 on the Holiday Lodge telephone bill and service had been cut off; owed the power company over was delinquent more than $6,000 on ported progressing satisfactorily- The next incident, the trigger, took place at 3 :20 p.m. Tuesday, police said, when Thomas Lee Galloway, 21, Negro, for no known reason threw three rocks at passing white motorists.

Robert Guy Hyder, 39. a white speech therapist at various schools in the area, received minor head cust from a rock and flying glass. Officers said: Galloway ran into a barbershop at 2054 E. 103rd jumped into a chair and told arriving officers he was there for a haircut. Found to have no money, he insisted he had already paid the barber.

KICKED, STRUGGLED When police began to drag him out, he kicked and struggled, inflicting a silght back in WEATHER TABLE The Holiday Lodge on U.S. 40 west of Reno was ordered Thursday to be turned over to the Yori Land and Livestock Co. on a temporary writ as soon as a $25,000 bond is posted. The comapy claims to be the owner of the resort motel which was being operated by Gedlon Inc. on a lease.

The temporary writ of restitution was granted by Washoe District Judge John Barrett after two days of hearings. TWO LAWSUITS Two lawsuits are on file in connection with the property. Gedlon Inc. and William and Marian Free are the plaintiffs in one against the Yori company and the First National Bank of Nevada, a co-trustee (Information furnished by the U.S. Weather Bureau at the Reno Municipal Airport.

Temperatures high and low for 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. all the other debts owed by Gedlon, there was $176,000 outstanding on a second deed of trust which he held. TEM PPORARY WRIT Judge Barrett granted the temporary writ of restitution of the property to the Yori interests, to take effect as soon as they posted the $25,000 bond. That was to protect Gedlon until the case could be tried and the civil trial calendar is full for at least a year, the judge said. Yori said, after the hearing, the Holiday Lodge would be locked up until he could find a manager to run it but that it must be opened as soon as possible.

Kwapil had testified it would cost possibly $12,000 a month in loan payments, taxes, insurance, phone and power bills, heating and a guard service, even if left closed. case as a defendant. His attorney, Leslie Gray, said Ruppert was a third owner of Gedlon Inc. but had not approved a sale and lease back deal made with the Yori company last May. Ruppert was owed by Gedlon, Gray said.

Gray had joined Yori attorney Robert Marshal at the plaintiff's counsel table causing Gedlon counsel Samuel Bull to accuse them of being morr friendly than was necessary for a plaintiff and a would-be de-fendant-intervenor. 'OUT OF TOWN' Gray said he suspected Marshal would rather he and his client were "out of town." Marshall agreed, saying. "I wish they'd go away." They were only adding further complications, he suggested. Mark Yori, a former Reno resident now living in Santa Cruz, testified that with March 17.) Fort Worth, cloudy 77 59 Helena, cloudy 48 32 Honolulu, clear 84 72 Indianapolis, clear 65 41 Jacksonville, cloudy 61 50 36 30 .21 46 12 41 15 42 13 41 12 43 17 52 15 48 19 77 49 44 12 57 24 40 11 64 25 61 38 42 2 Nevada-California Stations RENO Austin Battle Mountain Carson Elko Ely Fallon Las Vegai Lovelock Tonooah Winnemuccl Bishop Sacramento Susanville Tanoe Valley Truckee Juneau, snow Kansas City, clear Los Angeles, clear Louisville, clear Memphis, clear 75 61 72 51 65 38 74 54 LEGAL NOTICES fcfc 1 in 31 mm Miami, clear 73 67 Milwaukee, clear 43 36 cloudy 63 55 New Orleans, fog 75 52 New York, clear 49 33 Okla. City, clear 78 57 Omaha, cloudy 77 59 Philadelphia, clear 48 22 Phoenix, dear 83 48 Pittsburgh, clear 53 31 fW gh Gi'i Pried mm A with Mark Yori of the Yori company.

The complaint asks that the Yori company be enjoined from interfering with the plaintiff's tenancy and for an order requiring them to accept some SS.400 in rent arrearages, money which was offered and wrongfully refused, they claim. FORECASTS RENO AND VICiNiTY-Falr throuoh Friday with warmer daytime temperatures. High expected today to reach 50 with a low of 15. High tomorrow of 55. WESTERN NEVADAFair threuh Friday with slightly warmer temperatures on Friday.

SIERRA NEVADA Fair fhrougn Friday net so cold on Friday. SOUTHERN NEVADA Sunny on Friday with slightly cooler temperatures. EASTERN NEVADA Fair tonight and Friday. Cooler in the south portion tonight. Little warmer on Friday.

VET Ptlnd, clear Ptlnd, cloudy 1 46 25 47 38 75 43 51 25 73 54 Rapid City, cloudy Richmond, clear PRECIPITATION Amount recorded in 24 hour Tin period Crjsta'-Cear Smo-o-o-otfi as Extra Dry No B-eath Best Buy fsrysjr Money St. Louis, clear rri .07 Salt Lk. City, cloudy 59 30 San Diego, clear 63 49 WHO SERVED BETWEEN 1940 and 1957 LESS THAN 60 DAYS REMAIN TO QUALIFY FOR 5 10,000 G.I. LIFE INSURANCE CALL 322-9197 TO CHECK ELIGIBILITY AND RATES WITH YOUR OCCIDENTAL UNDERWRITER ending 4 a m. none.

July 1 to date, 5.57. Last year to date, 5.62. Normal July 1 to date, S.4. Sunset today 6:09 m. Sunrise Friday 6:05 a.m.

THE WEATHER ELSEWHERE By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Yesterday's High This Morning's Low 24-hour Precipitation 53 47 47 36 72 58 San clear Seattle, cloudy Tampa, cloudy BILL NO. 1998 ORDINANCE NO. 1623 AN ORDINANCE TO A WEND CHAPTER 12. ARTICLE XIX OF THE RENO MUNICIPAL CODE. CONCERNING "MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES," BY ADDING TO SECTION 12 I'O, "CRUELTY TO AND PROHIBITION OF HUNTING ANIMALS," A NEW SUB-SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS 12-110(C), RELATING TO UNLAWFUL TREATMENT OF DOGS; ANDf OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY RELATING THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENO DO ORDAIN: THERETO.

SECTION 1. Chanter 12, Article XIX, of the Reno Municipal Code, concerning "Miscellaneous Offenses," is hereby amended by adding to Section 12-110, "Cruelty to and Prohibition of Hunting Animals a new sub-section, to be known as Section 12-1 10(c) relating to unlawful treatment of dogs, to read as follows: "c) It shall be unlawful for any Derson to maliciously shoot, poison, kill, irt-lure, abuse or ill-treat any dog, and any person who kills or iniures a dog while driving a vehicle shall sfoo at the scene of the accident and shii immediately retxrt the incident to the PoMce Department." SECTION 2 This Ordinance be in effect from aid after its passage, adoption and publication in one issue of a newspaper published and printed in the City of Reno. SECTION 3. The City Clerk and Cierk of the City Council of the City of Reno Is hereby authorized and directed to have this Ordinance published in one issue of the Reno Evening Gazette, a newspaper printed and published in the City of Reno. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 14th dav Of March 1966, by the following vote of the Council AYES: Hunter, Thornton, Chism, Quilici NAYS: Bankofier, York ABSENT: Tyler APPROVED this 14th day of March, 1964.

Hugo M. Quilici, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF RENO ATTEST: E. E. Gill, I 32 83 PRCCF DISTILLED FROM GRAIN ROYAL GATE COMPANY- SAM FRANCISC9 Washington, clear 52 Winnipeg, rain 39 34 (M Missing; Trace) Pr. RENT DISPUTE The Yori company, in a counterclaim, says the rent was not offered in an acceptable manner within the grace period allowed for its payment.

R. O. Kwapil, First National Bank vice president and secretary-treasurer of the Yori company, testified in this week's hearings that he was offered checks for tlv rent drawn by Mrs. Muriel Geddes, president of Gedlon, on the Bank of America in Mill Valley. Calif.

He told Mrs. Geddes and Free, who accompanied her, the payment must be made in "good money," either cashier's checks or cash, lie said. He said he returned the checks because, when he started to call the Mill Valley bank, Free told him the money was not there as "some transfers" would have to bo mad first. .01 igh Low 40 72 42 56 42 60 39 44 29 48 29 40 26 Albany, clear Albuquerque, clear Atlanta, cloudy Bismarck, cloudy Boise, cloudy Boston, clear Buffalo, clear Chicago, clear 57 40 Cincinnati, clear 64 35 Cleveland, clear 50 33 Denver, cloudy 74 36 Des Moines, cloudy 76 51 Detroit, clear 45 34 Fairbanks, clear -5 -30 CITY CLERK AND CLERK OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENO, NEVADA Varch 17 K4 I FREEMONT HUMPHER Y'S I I I I I I I -us I ft. -1 I I I 11 1 i-l 1 1 I' -set HxV VMS '-iV jTiL lui Xr- vW -1 (MARCH 19) ABOUT SOLVING YOUR TAX PAYMENT PROBLEMS! CHAIRS and ROCKERS DINING ROOM FURNITURE BEDROOM FURNITURE SOFAS LAMPS ETC.

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