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Laxalt seeks to diminish gaming' probes The 57-year-old former governor served as Reagan's 1976 and 1980 campaign chairman. The head of the federal Investigation said he was unaware of Laxalt's opposition to the probe, but he said It Isn't unusual for federal investigations to annoy politicians. "Our work has gone so far at (Please see LAXALT, P.8) has far more IRS agents than it needs, as well as far more FBI agents. Martin said Laxalt does believe the number of agents is disproportionate with federal Involvement elsewhere in the nation. The Herald article stressed Lax-alt's longstanding friendship with the president, and said the senator is expected to use that relationship "to his advantage." Republican senator, who was briefly considered as a possible vice presidential running mate for Reagan, has said he will use his influence with Reagan to reduce the number of federal investigators he says are being "overly aggressive" and "harassing" the gambling industry.

The Herald quoted Laxalt as saying in an interview from his Washington office that the state that Laxalt has associates reportedly connected to organized crime. Laxalt attended Sunday's Super Bowl game in New Orleans and was unavailable for comment on the report. However, his Reno press aide, Bill Martin, confirmed that Laxalt believes there have been too many federal investigations of the gaming industry, but he said he doesn't think the senator would "stop any valid ongoing Investigations at the federal level. Martin said, "My personal feeling is that if he has any influence with Ronald Reagan, he will urge a careful look at the policies and practices of the past. The senator certainly isn't going to try to tell the president to call off all federal Investigations of gaming." The Miami newspaper said the By PAMELA GALLOWAY FAY and The Associated Press Sunday's Miami Herald reported that Nevada Sen.

Paul Laxalt allegedly hopes to use his influence with President Ronald Reagan to cut back a federal Investigation into the Las Vegas gambling industry. The Florida newspaper alleged ng Gazette HOT TO? see page 20 Reno, Nevada, Monday, January 26, 1981 25 A Gannett Newspaper Final Stocks Inside- A breather for ex-hostages Wxid AT A meeting of Islamic nations, Pakistani President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq said Pakistan and other nations represented should give "the highest priority" to ending the Persian Gulf war. Page 7 Miss Koob said: "We've been wandering around with silly grins on our faces." She wore a yellow ribbon and a yellow flower pinned to her coat. Former hostage William B. Royer whose home is in a suburb of Houston, Texas, called the reunion with his family "a tear-jerker and very heart-rending." He said he was overwhelmed by it all." As the reunited families arrived for the service under gray skies which carried the threat of rain or snow, Gen.

Andrew Goodpaster, commandant of the academy, greeted some of them at the door. The service was the only event on their schedule because what the the freed hostages wanted most was time to themselves and the chance, in solitude, to resume relationships abruptly severed 14 Mi months ago. So the government sealed them from a curious public at West (Please see WEST, P.8) same number of psalms and the number of hymns. "It was incredible," said Miss Koob, who last Christmas sang the Christmas carol "Away in a Manger" on television during the time her captors gave her to send a message home. Today, the former hostages, reunited at last with their loved ones, sang "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," "How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings," "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past" and Thank We All Our God." Miss Koob came out of the non-denominational cadet chapel on a hilltop.

She walked arm-in-arm with the other woman among the former hostages, Elizabeth Ann Swift, 39. They had been room-Related stories, page 3 mates during part of their imprisonment. Miss Swift shouted to reporters: "We're so happy to be back. It's simply marvelous." WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) -The liberated hostages offered prayers of gratitude in a chapel service at.

West Point today and sang the psalms that kept their faith alive during their long ordeal in Iran. Kathryn Koob, 43, one of the two women among the hostages, said "The service looked like it had been designed by us. The hymns that were sung, the anthems that were sung, were all things very meaningful to us and ones we sang in captivity right down to the Nation SUPREME COURT justices ruled today that television and still-cameras can be allowed in a courtroom during criminal trials, even if the defendant objects. Page 6 mw Local THE NEW president of the Reno-Sparks branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Bertha Woodard Moore, said she will address' dwindling membership and racial tension during her term in office. i Page 13 AP photo Former hostages Steven Kirtley, center, and Gregory Persinger, right, jog with unidentified third person at West Point this morning.

'Severe damage' suffered WASHINGTON (AP) President Reagan was told today that about a dozen of the freed American hostages are suffering "severe damage" mostly psychological and that nearly all of them want reassurances from him about their careers. Reagan received his first fullblown briefing on the hostages' condition from Secretary of State Alexander Haig. "He was a little watery-eyed" at what he heard, said White House press secretary James S. Brady. "You could see he was moved." Brady, asked if the president heard new evidence about abuse of the hostages, said, wouldn't say there was more evidence.

A lot of things were repeated." But, he added, the briefing "contained very specific cases of people that would have some damage. People were talked about by name, what specific problems were, and all that." Brady said that, without being specific as to details, there is evidence of about a dozen persons with "severe problems," mostly mental in nature. The press secretary also said that the overriding concern expressed by the former hostages is about their jobs and future. "They want to get back on the career path," Brady said. "Most of them voiced concern that their career path be renewed as quickly as possible." Brady, outlining plans for the red-carpet ceremony welcoming the former hostages to the White House Tuesday, also said the guests would include Col.

Charles Beckwith and the survivors from a team of commandos he led in an unsuccessful raid to free the hostages. About 6,000 people have been invited to the welcoming ceremony on the White House south lawn, and about 600 of them will attend the reception for the freed hostages inside the White House. Earlier today Reagan declared that the former hostages have shown "the spirit of our country can never be broken" and signed a resolution designating Thursday a day of thanksgiving in their honor. 6-story addition approved for Saint Mary's Hospital Business AUTOMAKERS ARE increasingly turning to lighter materials as auto components. Reinforced plastics and aluminum parts are popular materials to replace steel.

Page 14 Sports THE OAKLAND RAIDERS, who are living in the halfway house of the National Football League, have been called many things outcasts, rejects and renegades. But don't forget to call them champions. Page 33 THE PHILADELPHIA Eagles looked worried and concerned the day before they lost to the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XV. Page 35 By DICK COOPER proved the Saint Mary's addition, which will be located at Arlington Avenue and West Sixth Street. Councilman Bruno Menicucci did ask Saint Mary's representa-'tive Jay Evans how the hospital intends to handle a heliport for its proposed Life Flight service.

The councilman said he has questions about takeoffs and landings and how fuel will be stored. Evans said Saint Mary's has filed a separate special use permit application for the heliport, which would come to the council and address those questions. Councilwoman Janice Pine said she has some concern about a leased lot Saint Mary's plans to use in providing parking for the addition. Mrs. Pine asked for a condition in the approval requiring Saint Mary's to find an alternate site for the parking if the leased lot can no longer be used.

McClelland incorporated Mrs. Pine's request into his motion for approval. The council allocated federal Community Development Block Grant funds to the American Friends Service Committee; the Center for Employment Training; Community Cooperative Services; the city's housing rehabilitation and senior housing weatherization programs; Elderport Services; the Reno Housing Authority rental subsidy program; Sierra Sage Council of Campfire; United Front of Nevada; and the Young Women's Christian Association. About 10 other agencies did net receive funding, as the council followed recommendations by the Citizens Policy Planning Advisory Committee. McClelland raised the issue of further funding for El Centro, citing a memorandum he had distributed to council members last week.

In the memorandum, the councilman says the organization has "openly and flagrantly abused" its bylaws. The councilman referred to a (Please see SAINT, P.8) The Reno City Council today approved a six-story, foot addition to Saint Mary's Hospital, including 75 new patient rooms. The council this morning also allocated about $700,000 in federal community development funds to 10 social and community programs, although it deferred for two weeks a decision on funding for El Centro, an Hispanic referral service agency. Council members said they have questions about El Centro expenditures in particular, a contract for acting director Gilbert Flores that Councilman Joe McClelland said was not approved by the agency's governing board. Council members also said they are concerned that there is no guarantee that public funds aren't spent by El Centro to help illegal aliens.

The council unanimously ap Weather INCREASING CLOUDI- NESS today with a chance of showers, mainly over the mountains, through Tuesday. Snow level near 6,500 feet. Highs Tuesday in the mid to upper 40s. Lows tonight in the mid to upper 20s. Southwesterly winds locally 10-20 mph, increasing today.

Page 2 TV debate proposed in Poland WARSAW, Poland (AP) An unprecedented offer a televised debate has been extended by the government to leaders of the independent trade union Solidarity in the wake of a series of strikes and threats of more to back demands for a five-day workweek. Meanwhile, some 2,000 students were reported today to have begun a sit-in at the university in Lodz to demand abolition of mandatory classes in Marxist philosophy, adding a new element to the unrest in Communist Poland. The reported student sit-in was part of an ongoing wave of unrest that began when the government sought a sharp increase in meat prices last summer and has raised fears of possible Soviet military intervention. The students in Lodz, Poland's second largest city located 75 miles southwest of here, want "full independence" for universities and other changes amounting to liberalization of academic life, the sources said. Reports of student unrest came as farmers in the southeastern Polish city of Rzeszow threatened new strikes if an "authorized" government commission failed to appear by noon Tuesday to discuss their demands for a farmers' union, called "Rural Solidarity." The 300 farmers, supported by members of the independent union Solidarity that emerged from last summers' labor rebellion, have occupied the old local headquarters of the Polish government's trade union, disbanded in the wake of the strikes.

Solidarity leader Lech Walesa was to arrive in Rzeszow Tuesday in an apparent effort to defuse what union officials feared could become an explosive situation. Some worker sources were quoted by the official Polish news agency PAP Sunday as saying a government-union debate may be taped this week and shown on Polish television this weekend. There was no immediate response from Solidarity. Ex-congressman is found guilty Lemmon Valley girl slain anMHinmii mi hLy Index Amusements 19,20 Ann Landers 18 Astrograph 30 Bridge 18 Business news 14,15 Classified ads 22-31 Comics 18 Crossword puzzle 29 Deaths 21 Doctor column 18 Editorials 4 Lifestyle 16,17 Markets 14,15 Public notices 19-22 Sports 33-39 Sylvia Porter 18 Television Log 19 Vitals 21 Weather The small blond-haired girl reportedly was a foster child, living with the Art Leighton family. The mother of a friend said the girl apparently had been in the habit of hitchhiking.

Police said she left her residence between 7 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday to go to the arcade in the shopping center in Lemmon Valley, where she remained until approximately 8:30 p.m. Lane said the victim also appeared to have been beaten. He said investigators have no evidence linking the slaying with several other slayings of women in recent years in that area of the county. Sheriff's investigators are asking anyone who may have seen the girl before her death to contact them.

The stabbed body of a 16-year-old Lemmon Valley girl was found Sunday in sagebrush near Cold Springs, north of Reno. The Washoe Sheriff's Department reported it has no suspect and knows of no motive for the slaying of Cynthia Lynn "Cindy" Cook of 335 Idaho St, a junior at Hug High School. She would have celebrated her 17th birthday on Saturday. Chief Criminal Deputy Mills Lane called the killing particularly brutal. He said she had been stabbed between the eyes and numerous times about her torso.

Her body was found at 9:45 a.m., about 15 feet into the sagebrush from Old Cold Springs Drive. The body was face down, clad in jacket, jeans and boots. A pack of dogs was attacking it, he said. WASHINGTON (AP) Former Rep. Richard Kelly, and two co-defendants were convicted today by a federal court jury of charges brought in connection with the government's Abscam investigation.

The jury of seven women and five men deliberated for Just over 6' hours before finding the defendants guilty of three charges: bribery, conspiracy and crossing state lines to further illegal activity. The government said his co-defendants Gino Cluzlo, 49, a businessman from Longwood, and Stanley Weisz, 54, an accountant from Smithtown, N.Y. acted as middlemen in a $250,000 bribery scheme. The maximum prison term is 25 years for each defendant. CYhJTHIA COOK No motive known.