Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 15

eno Evens ng Gazette Jailed candidate's name to stay on Reno ballot Phone (702) 786-8989 Reno, Nevada, Thursday, May 15, 1975 Fifteen 4 Lon Taylor's name will remain on the Reno City Council's June election ballot. City Atty Bob Van Wagoner said Wednesday Taylor, is beinj held in the Washoe County Jail in connection with the forgery of county payroll checks, sheriff's officials said He filed for the council's Ward 4 seat against incumbent Clyde Higheri At the time Taylor was arrested in connection with the pavroll forgeries, he gave 1100 lMh Sparks', as his address But on April 4, Reno City Clerk Robin Bofiich said Taylor filed a sworn affidavit of candidacy which listed 1973 Castle Way. Reno, as his address Washoe County Registrar of Voters Office records show he registered to vote Jan 17, and listed his address then as 1975 Castle Way Then, on Feb 21. a clerk said, he filed a change to have his address listed as 1 UK) 15th St Van Wagoner said when candidates fill out affidavits for office, the city clerk assumes they're correct and the person is eligible to run. If a person's candidacy is challenged, Van Wagoner said, then the matter would have to go to court Asked about Talor's current listing of a Sparks address, the cits attorney said a candidate could have two addresses, and it would be a matter of legal interpretation if they were alid Van Wagoner added that if a candidate was elected and it was found his qualifications didn't meet the city charter for election, not seating him on the council would be the best solution Taylor, meanwhile, is being held in the jail in lieu of Slfi.om) bail He was arrested with student William Walker, 21, who lives at Citron Reno Walker Wednesday was charged in a complaint with two counts of forgery He is in jail in lieu of $5.

000 bail, officers said. A sheriff's spokesman said an investigation began when bank statements revealed forgeries in the county payroll Taylor is being carried on Washoe County employment rolls as a data processor, according to count computer chief Joe Fletcher But Fletcher said Taylor is not being paid and has not worked for the last three or four weeks Taylor today declined to comment until he can talk to his law ver Child killed in crash A Yerington woman and a daughter are recovering at Carson Tahoe Hospital from injuries suffered Wed nesday in a traffic accident which killed another daughter. Pamela Van Gorder. 10, was killed Genevieve Van Gorder, 29, and daughter Diana, 8, were hurt. Less seriously injured was passenger Kelly Larramendy, 9.

of Gard nerville. The Nevada Highway Patrol reported, the small foreign car the woman was driving seven miles south of Gardnerville on U.S. Highway 395 at 6:10 m. overturned The accident remains under investigation, according to the highway patrol. Manogue layoff motive argued By LENITA DREW The principal of Manogue Catholic High School today said a teacher is not being rehired in order to better the student-teacher ratio at the school, but the teacher said the real reason is financial problems within the school The teacher who will lose her job at the school this summer said Father George Wolf, principal at Manogue, had told her she was not being rehired due to financial problems at the school The teacher, who did not want her name mentioned, said she had been approved for rehiring and a raise that would have brought her pav during her third vear at the school up to $8,000.

"But they were told to cut the budget at the school so they fired a teacher," she said "It's a great school I love it. Rut I don't think cutting back on teachers is the way to trim the budget." The current ratio at Manogue is one teacher per 18 2 students and anticipated enrollment and staff realignment will leave the rrratio at about one teacher per 19 students, well below the ratio in many schools. Father Wolf said Concerning financial problems. Father Wolf said the school, dependent on other sources of income beyond tuition to operate, is faced with the same financial needs and rising costs as public schools. Manogue is obviously having financial difficulties if it is cutting back on teachers, the English teacher leaving the school said She blamed the difficulty on poorly organized fund-raising projects and a lack of support from the community.

Father Wolf said there has been no thought to closing the school Attorney, Scott get into shouting match Sunrise on the Sundowner windows in preparation for the hotel's opening this month. The casino and restaurant areas are expected to be ready by July 1. (Gazette photo by Jim Beazley) Workmen were high up (middle left) on the side of the new Quality Inn, the "Sundowner" in downtown Reno this morning cleaning Jobs for 350 people otel to open in Reno this month Hammer The largest Quality Inn is in Pentagon City, Arlington, with 382 rooms. Two Quality Inn franchises are at Lake Tahoe, the Timber Cove Lodge and the Lake Tahoe Inn. President of the company is Robert Maloff, developer and hotel operator at Lake Tahoe.

Other principals are Max H. Hoseit of Sacramento, and George Karodanis of Stateline. General contractor of the Sundowner is Lake Tahoe Inns. Permanent and construction financing is by Prudential Insurance San Francisco. Quality Inns International is a motor inn organization with abot 335 inns in the U.S., Canada and Europe.

The $6 million Sundowner Casino-Hote! on Fourth and Arlington streets in Reno will open partially Friday, May 23, Hector Herrera, general manager, said today. Part of the hotel will be open this month and the Sundowner is expected to open its casino, restaurant and bar areas by July 1, he said. It will employ about 350 persons. Herrera said. Manager and director of the Sundowner's gaming is Frank Sorce, formerly ith Barney's at South Lake Tahoe.

The 11-story Sundowner has restaurant seating for 100, a cocktail lounge accommodating 100 and banquet and meeting room facilities for 260. The hotel-casino is a Quality Inns franchise and will be the second largest motor inn in the system with 349 rooms. ead man's probe Electricity rate hike need detailed Crashes injure several Two motorists are in Reno hospitals after two Northern Nevada traffic accidents heft plea contested By MIKE REED Discussion of a $400,000 brain scanner for Washoe Medical Center today led to a shouting match between county commission chairman Dick Scott and the attorney for the hospital The altercation began when William Hadley, deputy district attorney representing the hospital, unexpectedly appeared during the commission's regular meet ing The meeting was interrupted and Hadley allowed to speak. He wanted to know why a hospital request for permission to obtain a loan for the brain scanner wasn't on the agenda. AGENDA DISPUTE Hadley was told the material for the loan discussion came in after the normal deadline tor preparing the commission agenda Hadley then argued the material had been submitted and the loan approved previously by the Washoe Medical Center Board of Trustees But some commissioners said they fell more information is needed before they could commit the county to a loan for the scanner But Hadley, his voice raised, said the commission's action in approving the loan is only routine He said because the loan has been approved by the hospital trustees, there is no need for commissioners to have any discussion.

At that point, Scott broke in, saying he feels the com mission has a duty and responsibility to review any expenditure ol $400,000 in governmental funds OUT OF ORDER Hadley began to argue the point But Scott ruled him out of order and said he didn't "appreciate the way you came in here and broke into this meeting." Scott heatedly broke into the argument and ruled Hadley out of order Hadley continued to argue with Scott and left the commission chambers veiling he didn't appreciate Scott's action in cutting him oil and saying the is the hospital's money and none of the commission's business Scott answered Hadley 's comments with his own verbal blasts about Hadley's conduct At one point in the discussion, as Scott slowly rose in his seat along with his voice and reddened face. Commissioner Dwight Nelson gingerly reached over and removed Scott's gavel from his reach attack hearing set Reno construction worker Steven Russo. 39, is scheduled for a preliminary hearing May 23 in connection with a May 5 claw hammer injury suffered by contractor Alvin "Bud" Smith. Russo, originally jailed for investigation of attempted murder, subsequently was charged in a complaint only with battery with a deadly weapon Smith was released from Washoe Medical Center, where he was treated for a head injury. Policeman's hand smashed Reno police detective Lonnie Jackson required hospital treatment Wednesday when struck on the hand with a claw hammer while making an arrest, police said.

Officers jailed Loyson Nightingale, 37. of 545 Sixth St. for investigation of assault with a deadly-weapon and disturbing the peace. The disposal truck driver was held in lieu of $1,600 bail. Police had been summoned to his residence at 3:50 p.m on a disturbance call, they said.

Fraternity eyes lot near sorority prospector's estate after he died in March last year. Howard's action last Friday made him the first man sentenced i $100 fine) of criminal wrongdoing by an investigation he himself called for. He asserts the plea was illegally extracted from him by state investigators. They say only that the charge and guilty plea speak for themselves. Howard said he has tried to solve the Cox case himself and, to some extent, got himself into present troubles through a habit always trying to hold back zingers." Howard, and his wife Jean, said Wednesday their own actions during the investigation have contributed to the present legal tangle.

"I guess Barney and I have just watched too much TV," ventured Jean Howard. "We got carried away with this Cye Cox mystery and tried to solve it ourselves." By EARL BIFDERMAN Churchill County grand jury investigation figure Barney Howard filed today two motions in Fallon Justice Court contesting his May 9 guilty plea to charges he took old fishing poles from the estate of prospector Cye Cox Through Reno attorney Sam Francovich, Howard filed one motion seeking withdrawal of the plea and another appealing that plea to the district court of Judge Noel Manoukian. Howard was scheduled to testify this morning for the second time before the grand jury investigating the handling by former coroner Edgar Clayton and others of the 1974 Cox estate. The probe is the result of Howard's agitation for an investigation of his claims millions of dollars disappeared from the old The Nevada Public Service Commission opened public hearings this morning on two separate requests by Sierra Pacific Power Co. for pass-along rate hikes in the firm's electricity service.

The two requests ask for an increase of rates totaling $942,630. The applications were consolidated for the hearing in order to hasten the application process by the Public Service Commission. The requested increase in both applications is being sought to offset the cost of the increased price of electricity purchased from Pacific Gas Electric Co. and the cost of generating its own electricity. The expense of generating electricity is increased because of the scarcity of natural gas, Sierra Pacific said in its applications.

More expensive fuel oil Wednesday and today. Maurice Shane Sudweeks, 17, of Minden is in serious condition in the intensive care unit at Washoe Medical Center. John D. Reel, 33, of 321 Crampton Reno, is in fair condition at St. Mary's Hospital.

A car driven by Sudweeks and one driven by Carole Neptune, 46, of Sacramento collided at U.S. Highway 395 near Minden Sudweeks' passenger, Robert Muse, 18, of Markleeville, Calif and the other motorist escaped serious injury. Reno police said Reel was hurt when his car hit a utility pole at Roberts Street and Yori Avenue at 12 14 a m. today. Two young Reno men suffered minor injuries at 1:35 a m.

today when their pickup truck overturned while coasting down the Mt Rose Road, 18 miles from Reno, the highway patrol reported They were identified as driver David K. Carvin, 18, of 745 Ibis Lane, and James B. Catlin, 17, of 1040 Mark Allen Circle Reno girl gets some help from Lions Club eye bank Conforte appears before jury Brothel operator Joe Conforte made a brief appearance as witness Thursday before the Washoe County Grand Jury investigating Sparks government. Conforte's approximate 20 minutes of testimony marked.his first appearance before the months-old investigating grand jury Assistant Dist Atty Cal Dunlap released the name. The law forbids disclosure of what Conforte testified about or whether he will be recalled, officials said Mapes plan for games at airport turned down A proposal by hotel owner Charles Mapes to install electronic amusement games in the Reno airport terminal was recommended for denial today by the Airport's Advisory Commission.

Last month, Mapes asked the commission if he could use space previously used by United Airlines to hold passengers before the new holding rooms were built. He said he wanted to install electronic amusement games and television chairs for a 120-day trial period, during which he would pay $300 a month rent If at the end of the four months the idea didn't work out to the satisfaction of the city and himseif Mapes said the area would be converted to a gift shop or a fast food area and he'd pay $575 a month When Mapes made the proposal, Airport Manager Bob Mandeville disagreed, saying the area should be put to better use. Dick Campbell, commission member, said Mapes' proposal "is not compatible with the airport's needs or He also said it would be bad planning to build an amusement center, which would probably be used by teenagers, not airline passengers. Motorist dies The California Highway Patrol has identified the motorist killed Wednesday in a single-car accident near Echo Summit on U.S. High way 50 as Ralph E.

Brown, 51, of Tiburon, Calif Patrolmen said his eastbound car went over an embankment and burst into flames He was dead at the scene at 10:35 a has to be substituted for the natural gas to generate the electricity for the company's customers, utility officials say The first rate hike application was filed with the Public- Service Commission on March 31 and requests $581,328 This amount was sought to offset a 5.3 per cent increase in Pacific Gas' billing and for increased fuel oil use to compensate for natural gas cutbacks The second application was filed April 25 and requested $361,559 for similar reasons, the utility said This morning, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. officials outlined reasons for their increased billing to Sierra Pacific If the pass-alongs are approved by the Public Service Commission, the combined increase would add 38 cents to a monthly 750-kilowatt hour electric bill An 11 -year-old Sparks girl th" firs' iocallv to receive a corneal transplant through the I. ions Club eye bank program is reported doing "exceedingly well" in a San Francisco hospital Milan Pfisterer, duaghter of Linda Forson. a graphic artist at the University of Nevada. Reno, underwent surgery at the Pacific Medical Center last Friday Her physician.

I)r Robert Stamper, a member of the hospital staff and assocure of the Lions' Eye Clinic, said today the girl vision already has improved "But it will be several monnths before we know the full extent of it and the effect on her vision," Dr. Stamper said. The call verifying that a cornea wtls available came in from San Francisco last week to Mrs Joseph Graef. the wife of a South Reno Lions Club member The Graefs and another Lion, Anthony I. Trigueno.

a vice president at First National Bank of Nevada, got in touch with the girl's mother and arranged other hospitalization details. Milan was taken to San Francisco tor the surgerv bv her mother, reportedly San Francisco to be nearthe girl Corporation members of the Alpha Gamma Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority will meet today to discuss the possible sale of land behind their building to a fraternity Phi Delta Theta fraternity is interested in buying the approximately 100 by ioo-foot lot behind the sorority house at 401 University Terrace, a corporation member said today The lot faces Nevada Street The Phi Delta Theta House is now at 245 University Terrace At tonight's meeting, the possibility of selling the land will be discussed by the sorority's corporate members, of which there are about 200 in the Reno area HUKc Lire CT, TrtAS fiAo 3A53Ail THAT'S Tn SOST -V" TrtiNG ThAT CAN TfiRCLd 2 VUR OFF.