Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 7

Reno Evening Gazette Thursday, May 12, 1977-7? t) Gaming control Casino take-over recommended CARSON CITY (AP) Plans by a New York group to take over a Las Vegas hotel-casino were recommended after officials rejected allegations of criminal conduct by one of the investors. Tbe state Gaming Control Board recommended approval Wednesday of plans by Millbrook Enterprises, and a subsidiary, Grand Pre-Stressed both of Deer Park, N.Y., to serve as holding companies for the 20th Century hbtelrcasino, the old Paradise in Las Vegas. tThe state Gamins Commission, which meets in Las if ilMT.c yegas next week, will have final say on the matter rnard Nemerov, who sold the Paradise, claimed he was offered bribes and then threatened by Andrew DeLillo, a key investor in the 20th Century, during sale negotiations. But state Gaming Control Board Chairman Phil Hannifin said a board polygraph test indicated Nemerov "was attempting deception to all relevant questions." Hannifin also said federal authorities have refused to let bjs agency question Arnold Daner, who identified a picture a that of Andrew DeLillo and said the man held him out a window in a tall hnildinff in efforts In rnllwt a ripht Board member Jeff Silver, a former federal attorney, I cnitl ha sticoni'vtvtirtfksl rt 4 falmnl otilm fAtmn'i. Mtfitt.nl 1a4 state gaming authorities question Daner, who is a key witness in a series of cases against alleged underworld figures on the East Coast.

Hannifin said that until Daner can be questioned, he couldn't put "much faith" in Daner's claim. DeLillo has flatly denied any wrongdoing as alleged by Nemerov ana uaner. The board recommended a one-year license for the 20th Century, so that any new information in the case could be brought up a year from now in relicensing proceedings. Vincent DeLillo, son 01 Andrew, would be licensed as Si. president, secretary-treasurer and director of the club.

The senior DeLillo holds a 48 per cent interest in Millbrook Enterprises, the holding company In other action the board recommended denial of William and Linda Brown's request for restricted gaming licenses at Billy Brown's Basin Bar in Las Vegas, and at the Overland Hotel and Bar in Pioche. Board members said Brown had a record of violence, including one incident in which he bit another man's ear off, while his wife had been accused of possessing shaved dice which could be used in cheating at craps. The board also backed plans by Jess Hinkle, former top executive with the Del E. Webb to sell his one-third interest in Western Village in Mesquite to Sy Redd, head of Bally Distributing Corp. in Nevada.

The board also recommended former gamins agent Joseph Roy Larralde as manager of the Reef hotel-casino in Reno. Glenwood Steven Brevick was recommended as general manager of the Club Cal Neva in Reno; James Moore was backed as shift manager at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas: and Robert Shelton was recommended as manager of the Overland Topaz Lodge and Casino at Topaz Lake. Richard newine was recommended as assistant mmmm 5 K. manaeer of the race book and sports pool at the Sahara f'V. fj 1 1 r.Ui, ClxUlna.

Inhn MnT'liira qc nit mem actor nnA I 3 1 1 OllUC, OiaiClUlC, 1IU Villi WlVVIUl ut un la.uiiui mum ir Loweli Nikolaison as chief financial officer at the Gold Dust RfV," 4 i 1 .0 -tmt Wis mm am 1 1 1 1 -y mmmi Also recommended were Brenda Michael and Becky ff Behnen to hold 4.8 per cent interests each in the Horseshoe fk jV? -'4 Kt 4 Club in Las Vegas; wuuam Miles as DiacKiacK operator ai the Carson Horseshoe in Carson City; and Jack Anderson as manager of Griff's Wagon Wheel in Wells. Also backed were Norm Brown Jr. and William Price as shift managers at the Holiday Monte Carlo Casino in Reno; and Ange Free as operator of the Bank Club Cafe in Pioche. Restricted slot operations at 16 Las Vegas area locations and four Reno sites were also recommended. Reno sites include the Vassar Lounge; Star Dust Lodge; Sierra Inn; and Molly Malone's Irish Pub.

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