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Today's tip Section 2C OBITUARIES 3-1 3C CLASSIFIED Monday OCTOBER 7, 1985 RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL Nevada Do something a bit outlandish. The March of Dimes is holding a "Buy a Guy" auction, at which 35 dates with bachelors will be auctioned off, at 6:30 p.m. at the Sparks Nugget. Details: 323-4107. Vucanovich working to kill land swap By Wayne MeltonGazette-Journal A proposed 4.6 million-acre land swap in Nevada may soon be killed if Rep.

Barbara Vucanovich, can convince directors of the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management the plan is unnecessary, her spokeswoman said. The agencies' plan might not have find "senators willing to introduce this legislation." "You're talking about killing a bill that hasn't even been introduced," Miller said, noting Hecht is not convinced the agencies' plan would save money. Meanwhile, Laxalt, who has "voiced skepticism" about the proposal since it was announced in late 1984 and openly opposed it several months, has "not determined" what action he might take to fight the plan, said his press secretary, Tom Loranger. "We're taking it a step at a time," Loranger said, noting it would be difficult to fight the bill since it hasn't been introduced.

He said that when and if a bill comes forward, Laxalt will do "whatever he can" to eliminate the Nevada portion of the proposal. posal until it is submitted before Congress. Vucanovich, Hecht and Laxalt, who together last March introduced a bill that would designate 137,000 acres of Nevada as wilderness, contend the agencies have not shown their plan would be beneficial. Vucanovich agrees with two Nevada state senators, co-chairmen of a special Nevada task force on the issue, who say "now is the time" to pull the Silver State out of the proposal, Hanna said. Vucanovich is a member of the task force with Sens.

Thomas "Spike" Wilson, D-Reno, and Sue Wagner, R-Reno, along with other Nevadans. Hecht does not feel the proposal "is going anywhere," Miller said. "It might not have to be shot down" because the agencies apparently have been unable to Western states. Congress must consider the proposal because it involves exchange of federal lands. BLM would gain control of 4.6 million acres of Nevada land now managed by the forest service, including practically all of its two national forests, Humboldt and Toiyabe.

A total 800,000 acres of national forest land left in Nevada near Lake Tahoe would be controlled by the Forest Service. Vucanovich wants to meet with Forest Service Chief Max Peterson and BLM Director Bob Burford, but still is trying to arrange a session, said Stephanie Hanna, the congresswoman's press secretary. Spokesmen for Hecht and Sen. Paul Laxalt, said the senators oppose the proposal, but have made no plans to meet with the directors or to fight the pro much chance anyway because "there doesn't seem to be any sentiment for it in Congress," and no legislators have been willing to submit the bill, said Mike Miller, press secretary for Sen. Chic Hecht, R-Nev.

The BLM and Forest Service say the land transfer would save Nevada $2 million and the federal government up to $30 million annually. The Nevada land exchange would be part of a 34 million-acre land swap between the agencies in 11 Woman recovering after she's hit by van A northeast Reno woman hit by a van as it smashed through her living room Saturday night was in good condition Sunday in Washoe Medical Center, a nursing supervisor said. Nellie Brorrero, 29, was pinned under the van and debris in the 9 p.m. accident at 669 Sadlier Way, Apt. 2, until firefighters and the Washoe County Hasty Team freed her, a police spokesman said.

Authorities withheld the 16-year-old driver's name because of his age. He escaped serious injury and was booked in Wittenberg Hall juvenile detention center on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, reckless driving and being a minor possessing alcohol, police said. Investigators believe the youth was driving in a parking lot at "a high rate of speed" and "brakes were not applied," the police spokesman said. More trouble for Dunes LAS VEGAS An attorney for the Culinary and Bartenders' union pension funds says the Dunes Hotel is behind $719,333 in its benefits payments. Attorney Tom Pursel said this week the Dunes has not paid the benefits since June, thus violating an order by U.S.

District Judge Howard McKibben. McKibben ordered the resort to keep the payments current as part of a settlement in a previous lawsuit. The pension fund problem is the latest in a series of financial troubles for the resort. It was announced last week that the hotel had defaulted on a $68.6 million loan by Valley Bank. rs.

a '-j; Lai State law challenged CARSON CITY State Transportation Director Al Stone says Nevada counties could lose up to $1.5 million if a Utah trucking firm is successful in challenging a state tax law. Dave R. Grant Hay of Odgen, Utah filed suit in district court last week saying out-of-state companies should be able to prorate the amount they pay on vehicle privilege tax. The Hay firm says it does only 12 percent of its business in Nevada but must pay the full cost of the tax. The suit says Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, Utah and Washington allow truckers to prorate the value of their vehicles for tax purposes.

But Stone says the Nevada law is constitutional and he will fight to uphold it. Nevada counties now receive about $30 million a year from the vehicle privilege tax and an estimated $1.5 million would be lost if the law were changed. Old College president's work cut out I By Lenita PowersGazette-Journal Allan De Guilio took the helm of Reno's; struggling Old College two months ago because he couldn't resist the challenge. The challenge is to raise $5 million over five years, reverse a declining enrollment and overcome an image of administrative turmoil at an institution still lacking accreditation for its humanities and law; schools. "The warts of the past are there," the 48-year-old New York native acknowledged.

They include the beleaguered law school's loss of three deans within almost as many years. Two were fired by Old College's previous president and founder, the Rev. John Leary. A third dean departed amid controversy, having announced plans to raise $250,000 for the law school from businessmen in what apparently was an attempt to save his job with funds from family members and their connections. "There have been reports that have reached me that suggest there have been some questionable practices by previous operatives of the school," De Guilio said.

"I would be naive not to see that. I also would be naive not to acknowledge those past practices, operations, competitions did take place and are in the minds of folks out there. "Essentially my job is to persuade all of you, including the media, mat we're very serious about our task, that it is a do-able one and we can accomplish it in very short order." Father Leary, De Guilio's predecessor and somewhat of a lodestone for Old College's controversial history, compares the new president's job with "trying to take a 50-foot broad jump standing still." "He has a very large debt to take care of around a million dollars in letters of credit which will be due and must be taken care of soon," said Leary, who retired as president of Old College in June. Leary chaired the committee that selected De Guilio from about 150 applicants and describes him as "very energetic and an experienced administrator. From all the letters of recommendation we received, he does things with dispatch." Formerly the provost of Fairleigh Dickinson's Teaneck-Hackensack campus in New Jersey, De Guilio also served four years as academic vice president at Chicago State University and with the New York State Education Department.

He'll need his reputation as an energetic doer, according to Leary, who's on sabbatical at St. Joseph's of Yorkville on New York's East Side. "He's inherited a nice plant, a fine library, a dwindling student body and an increasing debt," the 65-year-old Jesuit priest said. "The problems are not insurmountable but it's a very difficult job and See OLD, page 2C NEW IMAGE: McCarran International Airport reflects the glitter of Las Vegas, thanks to a $1 billion face-lift. Las Vegas airport readied for 21st century central terminal by air-conditioned 100-passenger people movers which transport travelers to and from departing gates every 60 seconds.

When three satellites are completed, the airport will have more than 80 gates compared to the 100 gates in use at Los Angeles International Airport. "McCarran is designed to make Clark County competitive for the next century and it represents the progressive spirit and the confidence southern Nevadans have in their future," said Gov. Richard Bryan. What started as a landing strip with a 10-by-20-foot building seven miles out of town in the 1940s now employs more than 2,000 people, including 212 county workers earning $8.4 million in wages this fiscal year. The airport has 51 boarding gates, covers more than 2,000 acres, and handles 1,000 private and commercial takeoffs and landings a day.

A $315 million bond issue provided start-up money for the planning, expansion and remodeling project which began seven years ago. McCarran International Airport, named after the late Sen. Pat McCarran, is self-supporting through landing fees, terminal rents, and revenue from about 30 See AIRPORT, page 2C By Myram BordersGazette-Journal LAS VEGAS McCarran International Airport the first and last impression of Las Vegas for 10 million air travelers a year is undergoing a $1 billion face-lift in preparation for the 21st century. The first phase of the space-age facility complete with golden palm trees and dusky-rose-colored people movers opens for public use at 6 a.m. today.

Three days of celebrations, escorted tours, sneak previews, speeches, an open house and parties with the atmosphere of the Las Vegas Strip trumpeted the opening of the posh 1.3 million-square-foot central terminal and "satellite one" with its 16 new boarding gates. By the turn of the century the airport will be expanded to accommodate 20 million travelers a year. Today it is the 21st busiest air terminal in the United States. Singer Wayne Newton, backed by a full orchestra, performed for 5,000 VIP's Saturday night on a stage built in the baggage claim section which houses 12 baggage claim devices fed by 24 conveyor belts. The chrome ceiling supported by exposed aggregate columns topped by blue neon reflected Las Vegas Strip glamour.

The interior color scheme When arriving in Las Vegas people should see this kind of airport. Thalia Dondero, chairwoman Clark County Commission incorporates colors of the sky and the sunset blues, dusky rose and gold. Metallic golden palm trees on the esplanade (mezan-nine) level serviced by glass elevators overlooked the make-shift showroom. "This airport is Las Vegas," said Clark County Commission Chairwoman Thalia Dondero. "It is sophisticated.

It knocks your eyes out. When arriving in Las Vegas people should see this kind of airport." "The airport will be a billion dollar baby when Las Vegas tourists ring in the 21st century," said one county official. The pounding of hammers and heavy equipment has not stopped, nor will it for some years. The central terminal and satellite one cost an estimated $300 million. The master plan termed McCarran 2000 provides for construction of two additional airline satellites all linked to the Youth centers funded Foster Youth Service of Reno and Care Castle Counseling of Las Vegas were two of the 38 runaway youth centers in the U.S.

Department of Health and Human Service's Region IX to receive grants. Region IX includes Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas and the Trust Territories of the Pacific and serves approximately 47,000 youth and their families. Of the $2,252,880 given in grants, Foster Youth Service received $48,256 and Care Castle Counseling Center received $29,000. The grants will enable the centers to provide temporary shelter for runaway and homeless youths, and counseling and ongoing aftercare services for them and their families. Throughout the country, 273 runaway centers are being assisted by $18 million in HHS funding.

Nationally, the centers serve approximately 305,000 runaway and homeless youths each year on either an overnight stay or drop-in basis. Public safety open house The Carson City Sheriff's Office and other local and state public safety agencies and organizations will be holding a public safety open house Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m in the Silver City Mall in Carson City. The open house will use exhibits, demonstrations, films, participation activities, and other means to acquaint the people of Carson City and Reno sends prayers to South Africans By Courtney BrennGazette-Joumai The Rev.

Robert Bowling summed up the theme of the World Day of Prayer for South Africa Sunday with seven words: "Nobody is free until we're all free." Bowling, priest at St. Therese the Little Flower Catholic Church, was among the speakers Sunday afternoon at the Bethel AME Church on Bell Street. "We're praying for a nation torn apart by brutality, grief, and pain and suffering," said the Rev. Vincent Thompson, director of the Martin Luther King Hall. "Because of the cruelty that exists, we're here to give prayer for that nation.

We know we have to pray for those subjected to that cruelty, but we also have to pray for the people enforcing it. Our Bible tells us to pray for our enemies." About 20 people, most of them black, attended the service Sunday, sponsored by the Reno-Sparks National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The national chapter of the NAACP had designated Saturday and Sunday as national days of mourning for apartheid victims in South Africa. 1 think this should be done more often," said church member Johnie Luster. "It was beautiful and right to the point and for the cause.

They are all our brothers and sisters, and we're praying for their freedom, because we're really not free until they're free." The World Day of Prayer was a joint effort of the NAACP and many Reno religious institutions to recognize the suffering of those subjected to South 1 Site DAY, page 2C surrounding communities wiui uieir local and state public safety agencies, private and volunteer safety and assistance organizations, safety and crime prevention products companies and emergency management and preparedness groups. Gay parlor license sought NORTH LAS VEGAS Three men have applied to start a massage parlor in North Las Vegas exclusively for homosexual male youths. The applicants are Bob Telfer and David Siler, both of San Francisco, and David Cliff of Las Vegas. North Las Vegas City Manager Michael Dyal, asked for comment, said, "Why does everyone pick on Marilyn NewtonGazette-Journal MOBILE HOME FIRE: A firefighter, left, looks up at Valley and Golden Valley north of Reno Sunday night, a sagging ceiling as he and other Truckee Meadows The lone occupant and owner, Mike Lynch, 43, Fire Protection District firefighters douse flames that escaped uninjured after noticing smoke coming from destroyed a mobile home on Flinn Drive between Sur inside a wall near a fireplace, firefiphters said. us?" Vfire service and staff reports.