Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 2

2-Reno Evening Gazette Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1977 oPradential Personal income IM takes sharp rise 1 7, I C() Cfl 11 government wages and salaries increase by $4.2 billion in October, compared with $1.5 billion in September. The raises for federal civilian and military personnel accounted for $2.8 billion of the boost. Manufacturing payrolls rose $3.8 billion in October, after rising $1.8 billion In September. About two-thirds of this increase was accounted for by an Increase In average hourly earnings from $5.36 to $5.41 per hour.

Employment also increased, and the average work week rose from 36.0 to 36.1 hours. Payrolls in the durable goods Industries accounted for most of the increase, with transportation equipment, electrical and nonelectrical machinery and fabricated and primary metals showing the biggest gains. WASHINGTON AP) Americans Increased their personal Income by the largest amount in seven months in October, as factory workers increased their wages and government salaries rose, the Commerce Department said today Total personal income rose 1.3 percent In October, after rising 0.8 percent in September and 0.6 percent in August, the department said. The October increase was the largest since a 1 .5 percent increase in March. The increase In October put total personal income for the month at $1 trillion, 580.9 billion, at a seasonally adjusted annual rate.

Private wages and salaries increased $10.1 billion in October after rising $6.7 billion in September. A 7 percent federal pay increase that took effect Oct. 1 helped overall Heavier the rock, the more the cost (Continued from Page 1) "We asked innumberable questions-about the prospect of gambling, and we were assured that there was to be no gambling," Jacobson said. Jacobson said Prudential realized the Sundowner would be the biggest hotel in Reno when it opened in 1975, and It questioned whether the owners could afford to operate it without a casino. He said the owners convinced Prudential they could.

So the company took the developers' word that they wouldn't open a casino, Jacobson said. Although Prudential Inserted a clause in the mortgate that no additional structures could be built without their approval, Prudential never insisted on a caluse that they could not operate a casino in the hotel, he said. So Prudential sent the corporation monthly payments for construction during 1975, and it sent Inspectors to watch construction. "When the facility was completed, suddenly we had a gambling operation and there was nothing we could about it," said Jacobson. He said he does not believe the developers had planned to open the casino when they were applying for the loan.

"I think they had an honest change in philosophy' he said, saying he was not suspicious that they may have kept their intentions from Prudential. "I guess I'm willing to give a lot of people the benefit of the doubt," Jacobson said. Coincidentally, when Hoseit, Karadandis and Maloff asked the Nevada Gaming Control Board for a casino license, in 1975, the agency refused to permis Hoseit to be involved. He has an interest in the property but not the casino. The board cited lawsuits charging the attorney with civil fraud but Jacobson said he was not aware of the lawsuits.

Since Prudential has learned it owned a mortgage on a casino, Jacobson said it has been trying to sell it, unsuccessfully so far. He said he hoped the owners would be able to refinance it withing a year, since they are building an addition. Although Jacobson said the Sundowner had been "eminently suc-cesful," he said Prudential would continue to try to refrain from lending to casino interests. He couldn't remember any loans that may have been made to any other hotel or motel in Nevada. Nobody saw the sign Four Marines ignore a "Handicapped Seating minal at Llndberg Field in San Diego rMentiy.

Only" sign as they occupy four seats in the ter- (Ar wirepnow) oGreed blamed for housing woes architects do. And Monday, the council approved an extra $10,000 half the requested change order for bigger rocks. For those who haven't shopped around for boulders lately, the going price is $470 each for 10-to 20-ton rocks, $425 for five-to 10-ton rocks, $267 for our-to five-ton boulders and $142 for the small variety one to three tons. Mayor Bruno Menicucci, and Councilmen Clyde Biglieri and Marcel Durant voted against the order. Durant said: "That's a heck of a price for rocks." The more rocks weigh, the more they cost, the Reno City Council was told Monday in conjunction with a request for an extra $19,914 for the Truckee River Beautification program.

The council approved a change order to CHS, Inc. on a narrow 4-3 vote, even though several complained that the change order is coming after the work is already done. The boulders in Wingfield Park already have caused woes for councilmen plagued by complaints from residents who don't see the beauty in them that the landscape Weather table Until Thursday JSL -so several large casinos now under construction. "City and county officials are hoping for a combination of rentals and mobile homes to relieve this pressure," Korinke said. "Several projects out of the city limits are in the works, but right now it's a tight situation." Despite the acknowledged seriousness of the situation, Richter believes the Washoe County Commission is going to have to re-evaluate its policy of allowing lots to be subdivided.

"The elimination of green space is going to ultimately result in an elimination of our air," Richter said. The long-time builder predicted that small communities outside the area which are close enough for commute purposes will undergo extensive growth in the near future. He offered Fernley as an obvious example. The panelists acknowledged that much of the housing problem could be solved by mobile home developments, but Korinke noted that the maximum period for such loans is 15 years. Korinke said some people, especially young couples, looking for a housing investment for the first time, are hard-pressed to finance even a mobile home.

But he noted that lending institutions are experimenting with methods to allow these applicants to qualify for a loan. One such plan calls for graduated payments during the first few years. Another situation which has caused serious problems in the Reno housing market speculation was addressed by Smart. He said First Federal, in an attempt to reduce inflation and speculation pressures, is no longer lending to tenant-occupied single-family residencesHe said he knows of one party who owns 62 homes. The usual procedure for speculators is to reside in one of the properties and rent all the others in order to make payments.

Much of the discussion in the question-and-answer period of the program dealt with selling a home through a realtor vs. do-it-yourself sale. Richter cautioned those in the audience to find a realtor who knows his business and who can be trusted. "More people than ever are realtors today, and many of them don't need the money," Richter said. "People looking for a home should take a lot of time finding someone who's honest." Tenk acknowledged that there's been a dramatic increase in the number of real estate agents in the area in the last five years.

He said the Reno Board of Realtors has grown from about 200 members in 1972 to nearly 1,000 today. During the same time, he said, the community has grown about 40 per cent. He admitted that the large increase of real estate agents has caused some problems and cautioned would-be home buyers to look for full-time agents. He said the Reno board has made significant advances in recent years and has much stricter membership requirements than in the past. By 1985, the Reno board hopes to establish rules which require a college degree before a real estate agent can practice, he said.

Various other aspects of the do's and don'ts of buying a house were offered by the panelists and were detailed in an hour-long slide show presented by the Boston-headquartered Investors Mortgage Insurance Co. (Continued from Page 1) Hewitt, whose company Is involved in appraising homes, provided a comparison of home values in three Reno-Sparks areas over similar periods of time. Noting that the figures "were only a small sampling but still indicative of what's going on," Hewitt said the value of homes in Southwest Reno went up 39 percent from the third quarter of 1976 to the third quarter of 1977. During the same quarter, the value of homes in the Northwest rose 19 percent and residences in Sparks went up 21 percent. The appraiser said he has received some signs that the price of housing is leveling off, but noted that the data so far is inconclusive.

He said the biggest factor in bringing about stability is the availability of money from lenders. First Federal's Smart, manager of the association's Sierra Street branch, said availability fluctuates from quarter to quarter "because we never know what the government's going to do." He indicated there has been less federal interference, though, than might be anticipated. 1 Smart said First Federal, like some other lending institutions, is not making loans in Hidden Valley or Virginia Foothills at the present time because of water quality problems in those areas. He said these loans would be available if the water systems in these areas are adequately filtered. i Korinke said there's no easy answer to how to accommodate the large influx of people coming into the Truckee Meadows in the next few years, especially those employed by Rom ESS Shower! 50 DOIO Iron.

60 Stohonorv Ordudsd AJIf utTirtun uc ATHER SERVICE NOA A Depl ol Commcir Princess Anne, son 4 doing fine' LONDON (AP) Princess Anne and her day-old son were both reported "doing fine" in the private wing of St. Mary's Hospital today, and chances are the 27-year-old princess will be allowed out of bed later in the day, hospital sources said. Visitors during the day are expected to be the proud father, Capt. Mark Phillips, and the equally proud grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. At the moment, Anne is resting in her private room, while the baby offically "Master Phillips" although fifth in line of succession to the throne after his three uncles and mother is in a small nursery close to the princess' room.

Precipitation is forecast today for the Northeast and Atlantic Coast states. Snow flurries are expected for the northern Rockies. Mild weather is seen for the Atlantic coastal region but most of the country will be cooler. (APmapi Cold front hits Midwest By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A cold front sliced across the nation's midsection today, triggering thundershowers in the South and Midwest and snow In northern Minnesota. In California, moist sea breezes replaced hot, dry, 20-40 mph desert winds as firefighters tried to douse a raging brush fire that had burned about 3 square miles west of downtown Los Angeles by early today.

The blaze was stalemated in a canyon three miles from expensive beachfront homes, but officials warned the "fire's still out of control." They said they expected humidity to drop below 30 percent again today, a level considered an extreme fire danger. Scattered thundershowers were reported in eastern Oklahoma and Arkansas and the southern parts of Missouri and Illinois. Golfball-size hail also fell in northeastern Oklahoma. Up to three inches of snow fell during the night at Hibbing and International Falls, while Stampede Pass in Washington state received six inches of snow for a total accumulation of 30 inches. As much as 5Vfe inches of rain fell at Oden, about 40 miles northwest of Hot Springs, overnight and some flash flooding was reported in Garland and Montgomery counties.

Water quality procedures outlined Procedures for implementing a water quality 'management policy were presented at an "urban runoff control planning seminar," conducted by the Washoe Council of Governments at the Pioneer Inn this morning. Representatives from federal, state and local government and citizen groups involved in water planning attended the seminar. i Jeff Yarney, regional coordinator for the URS Consulting Co. of Las Vegas, which has been working with WCOG in developing a water quality management policy, outlined the steps for establishing a water quality program in the Truckee Meadows as follows An assessment of urban pollution loads through data collection and evaluation must be conducted. Data collection is now taking place at the Orr Ditch, Steamboat Ditch and the North Truckee Drain.

Yamey said pollutants come from just about every affecting factor including land, use, rainfall, dry weather, street cleaning, new construction, road maintenance and general public practices. He said pollutants include solids (sediments), organics, grease and oils from cars, nutrients, nitrates and phosphates, and bacteria primarily from fecal matter. Determination of the significance of the pollution loads to water quality. For example, after a storm an effort would be made to find out if water quality standards are being violated by runoff pollutants. Identification of control methods and strategies to manage runoff to achieve water quality standards.

Representatives at the meeting were asked to discuss data presented with their respective organizations, which will then be asked to work with WCOG in developing a Water Quality Management Policy. Nevada temperatures' oHughes (Continued from Page 1) The Mormon Will divides the estate fractionally between a number of unlikely beneficiaries, including the City of Long Beach, orphans, the Boy Scouts, the Mormon Church, several universities, and Melvin Dummar. A chronic liar, according to Rhoden, Dummar is, ironically, the key to Rhoden's case. A former service station operator in Utah, Dummar claims to have met an old man in the desert about 200 miles north of here some 10 years ago. Dummar said the old man identified himself as Hughes, and that he gave the stranger a ride to Las Vegas.

When the Mormon Will first surfaced at the Mormon Church headquarters about three weeks after Hughes died on April 5, 1976, Dummar claimed ignorance of the document. Information as furnished by the National Weather Service at Reno International Airport. Temperatures high and low for 24 hours ending at 11 61 Slide Mountain 34 60 34 Peavine 47 40 58 18 Susanville 62 26 63 29 Yosemite 74 78 65 29 Bishop 78 30 67 21 PRECIPITATION 74 23 July 1 to date, .23. 77 44 Last year to date, 3.03. 53 30 Normal, 1.43.

60 32 SUNSET today, 4:43 p.m. 63 SUNRISE tomorrow, 6:45 60 29 m. 64 22 RENO AREA 64 22 AIR POLLUTION INDEX 57 31 Pollution level Tuesday 63 56 24 0- 25 Clean air 65 14 M- 50-Llght pollution 29 51- 75-Moderate pollution 60 48 76-100-Heavy pollution 71 43 101 and up Severe pollution Owyhee Wendover Ely Austin Tonopah Caliente Yucca Flat Las Vegas Sky Tavern incline Village Glenbrook Daggett Pass South Lake Tahoe Meyers School Echo Summit Tahoe City Truckee Norden Blue Canyon Sacramento a.m. Wednesday. Nevada-California RENO Sparks Vierdl Pyramid Lake Virginia City Carson City Fallon Yerington Hawthorne Lovelock Winnemucca Battle Mountain Elko 64 21 64 23 65 61 19 63 37 70 23 67 19 65 29 63 21 64 25 62 25 61 26 Regional forecasts Public input sought The public is asked to contribute ideas for improved services to the blind during a meeting of the Northern Nevada Federation of the Blind in Sparks Saturday.

'We do need young persons, especially the blind students and their families, to help us outline some realistic said Camille Monday, the organization's recording secretary. She said the gathering will also discuss ways of increasing community awareness and involvement in the problems of the blind. The meeting will take place at 2 p.m. at 2640 Coppa Way. Yoga registration begins The City of Sparks Recreation Department is accepting registration for the second session of adult coed yoga.

Classes will be held Wednesday's from 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 23 through Dec. 28 at the Recreation Office Building. The registration fee is $10 for the six week session.

Three to attend meet Three members of the University of Nevada-Reno student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, will attend the society's national convention in Detroit next Wednesday through Saturday. President Don LaPlante, vice-president Jeff Cloninger and member Jim Liston will represent the UNR chapter. Barbara Henry, a UNR graduate and city government for the Nevada State Journal and Reno Evening Gazette, will represent the society's Northern Nevada professional chapter at the convention. ABC News White House correspondent Sam Donaldson will be the keynote speaker. Other speakers include Jane Pauley, who replaced 'Barbara Walters on NBC's "Today" show; Ken Herman, 1977 Pulitzer Prize winner for investigative repor-ting; and Maxine Chesire, the Washington Post reporter who broke the story on Korean influence in Congress.

Workshops included "Future of Media," "Editorial Cartooning," Covering Terrorism and Violence" and iTeam Investigative Reporting." RENO AND VICINITY Sunny today and Thursday. Fair tonight. Windy and cooler Thursday. Highs today 60 to 65. ighs Thursday 55 to 60.

Lows tonight 20 to 25. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph today. LAKE TAHOE BASIN Sunny today and Thursday. Fair tonight. Windy and cooler Thursday.

Highs today 55 toM. Highs Thursday 50 to 55. Lows tonight 15 to 25. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph today. Increasing westerly winds Thursday.

PYRAMID LAKE Sunny today and Thursday. Fair tonight. Windy and cooler Thursday. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph today, increasing to westerly Thursday. NORTHWESTERN AND NORTHEASTERN NEVADA Mostly sunny today.

Slightly cooler. Fair tonight. Windy with variable high cloudiness Thursday. Northerly winds 5 to 15 mph today. Increasing westerly winds Thursday.

SOUTHCENTRAL NEVADA Sunny today and Thursday. Fair tonight. Increasing westerly winds Thursday. EXTREME SOUTHERN NEVADA Sunny today and Thursday. Fair tonight.

Increasing westerly winds Thursday. Highs both days in the 70s. Lows tonight mid 40s. NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA Fair today and tonight, increasing clouds Thursday Northwesterly winds 10 to 20 mph today and Thursday. SIERRA NEVADA Fair through Thursday.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Fair through Thursday. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph SACRAMENTO VALLEY Fair through Thursday with patchy tog night and morning In the delta and northerly winds to 15 mph. Nevada bus service near back-to-normal LAS VEGAS (AP) Operations at the Las Vegas, Tonopah and Reno Stage Line could be back to normal within the next two weeks. Striking drivers who have manned the picket lines in a bitter dispute over pay for the past three months will soon vote on a new contract proposal. LTR is running with non-union drivers and some union drivers who opted to return to work.

The new contract offer, which haas not been released, is endorsed by union officials. Although there has been no elaboration, it is believed the new package offers a wage increase of more man 4.75 percent. When the strike began, the drivers were seeking a 7 percent wage boost, while the company offered a 4 percent hike. The 60 drivers in Las Vegas, Reno and Phoenix involved in the strike are expected to get copies of the new contract and ballots in the mail this nveek, and the results of the voting are expected to be known by next Clark loses yet another administrator National temperatures HI lo Pre Otlk 40 clr 65 36 67 35 37 34 01 -09 53 43 44 34 88 72 79 tf 11 cdy clr sn clr clr clr IS 14 6V 38 Duiuth Fairbanks Hartford Helena Honolulu Houston ind'apotis Jacks'ville Juneau Kan's City Las Vegas Little Rock 45 .07 clr clr 58 53 1 I 18 clr 63 62 56 39 SO 54 59 48 38 29 57 45 47 30 68 42 66 481 78 51 62 42 79 56 70 55 53 42 46 31 SS 45 45 24 61 33 cdy 51 45 Albany Albu'que Amarilkt Anchorage Asheville Atlanta Birmingham Bismarck Boise Boston Brownsville Buffalo Charlstn SC CharlstnWV Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dal Ft. Wth Denver Des Moines Detroit 78 68 1.02 Clr Philacrpnia Phoenix Pittsburgh Ptland, Me.

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County Manager Richard Bunker said Lewis resigned because he feels the office is in an untenable situation under the terms of current state law. The 1977 Legislature passed a resolution eliminating the administrator as an elected post, putting the Job in the appointive, salaried category. However, the resolution requires a constitutional amendment which must be approved again in the 1979 Legislative session and by the voters in 1980. The Clark County Commission took emergency action Tuesday in the wake of Lewis' resignation, giving Bunker the okay to hire two temporary employees to take over the duties of storing and securing the property of persons who die without wills. .23 clr clr wdy .48 clr .28 cdy .99 cdy .01 cdy LAS VEGAS (AP) Clark County has lost its third public administrator in six months.

Public Administrator H. E. "Erv" Lewis tendered his resignation Tuesday. Lewis was appointed to the post just five months ago fter another appointee, William Pursel, quit after only six days on the job. Pursel succeeded former Administrator Nat Adler, who was ousted after his conviction on charges of attempting to obtain money under false pretenses.

i Pursel quit saying he didn't have the financial Resources needed to set up the office properly. The public administrator is responsible for working tith the courts in settling the estates of persons who die without wills. The administrator must make provisions lor the storing and sale of personal belongings while the Cdy Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee Mpls St. P. New Orleans New York Ola.

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