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Evening NINETY-FIFTH YEAR, No. 243 RENO, NEVADA, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1971 HIONE (702) 323-3161 15 CENTS Callaghan in governorship Reno .1 dm Ifitel jit j. frpSid i with ceremonies at Carson i zzfor tc Donal N. O'Callaghan, who goes by the informality of "Mike" even in the most formal circumstances, was inaugurated as the 20th governor of the State of Nevada today. O'Callaghan took the oath of office on the steps of the Capitol in eight-degree weather and pledged fiscal integrity, preservation of the environment, jobs for the workless and a study of the tax structure.

A bright, clear day warmed the air slightly but left the "weather too cold for the usual military band performance. The National Anthem was sung a-capello by Cantor Jo in the Assembly chambers," Sawyer said. Retiring Gov. Paul Laxalt's inaugural day was termed "shirt sleeve" weather by a staff member. Laxalt stood with his daughter, Michelle, on the platform during today's ceremony.

O'Callaghan's wife, Carolyn, held the family Bible while her husband took the oath. Chief Justice David Zenoff of the Nevada Supreme Court administered the oath of office at 11 a.m. to O'Callaghan, seven other constitutional officers, a new member of the Supreme Court and eight district judges. O'Callaghan, 41, succeeded Republican Gov. Paul Laxalt $3-plus million purchase price Jessie Beck set to buy Reno's Riverside Hotel Overcoat inaugural Mike O'Callaghan delivers his inaugural address today after being sworn in as Nevada's 20th governor.

Behind O'Callaghan is his wife, Carolyn. Watching at right are former Nevada governors, from left, Charles Russell, Grant Sawyer and Paul Laxalt. (Gazette Photo) SST future left in limbo who is retiring after one term to a private law practice here. Those taking state office for the first time include 30-year-old Lieutenant Governor Harry Reid, one of O'Callaghan's former pupils; 34-year-old Robert List, the first Republican attorney general since 1894 and 65-year-old Harry Springer, state mines inspector. Democratic Secretary of State John Koontz begins his seventh term, Treasurer Mike Mir-abelli his third term and Controller Wilson McGowan a second term.

In his inaugural address, O'Callaghan said his goals will be in the area of retaining fiscal integrity, preserving the environment, getting jobs for those out of work and studying 4ne tax structure. He pledged no new taxes or (Tarn to page 2, col. 1) Nixon wires best wishes to O'Callaghan Gazette Carson City Bureau Legislators and cabinet members with their wives and guests met for a "family" breakfast at the Carson City Nugget to honor Governor-elect and Mrs. Mike O'Callaghan prior to the inaugural ceremony today. O'Callaghan, adhering to a promise to be brief, spoke only to greet those gathered and read a telegram from President Nixon.

"I will treasure this message because he is a man who has known both the ups and downs of all the hills," O'Callaghan said as he read: 1 "Inauguration day is a time of beginning and of hope. I want to take this opportunity to add my own hearty congratulations to the many you will be receiving as you begin your term of office as governor of Nevada. I look forward to working with you in the days ahead and you have my prayers and best wishes for success." More than 175 persons came from Las Vegas, Elko, Winne mucca and points between to. the capital city, arriving by 8 a.m. to express their good wishes, which were phrased by Su- preme Court Justice John Mowbray using a traditional Irish prayer' as a benediction.

"May his grace fall down about you like the mist in the vales of Ireland, and when you come to die may only the wailing of the poor mark your departure from this earth," Justice Mowbray intoned. Among those who appeared for the early hour gathering were former Gov. Grant Sawyer, Las Vegas, Sen. and Mrs. Warren Monroe and Assemblyman and Mrs.

Norman Glaser, Elko; and Sen. and Mrs. John Fransway and Assemblyman and' Mrs. Melvin Howard, Winnemucca. Labor Commissioner Stanley Jones, Health, Welfare and Rehabilitation director Orville Wahrenbroack; Philip P.

Hannifin, Gambling Control Board ing public pledges that the question of further SST spending would get a yes-or-no vote on its merits, separate from the transportation appropriation bill in which it is contained. Proxmire had sought to finish off the SST program ever since he successfully sponsored a Senate amendment deleting all super-plane money from the President's budget. But he complained a stacked House-Senate conference and legislative power of such SST backers as Sens. Warren G. Magnuson, and Henry M.

Jackson, were cheating him of victory. a standoff in the Congress that ended Saturday, has predicted the President may well drop the program entirely rather than face a new legislative defeat. Republican Leader Hugh Scott and SST backers predict the opposite, saying the new Congress will approve SST spending at about a $210-million yearly spending level. In its last day. of life, after weeks enduring a Proxmire-led filibuster, the old Congress approved a stop-gap deal and sent to its successor a resolution allowing federal SST subsidies to continue through March 30.

Proxmire agreed to shut off the filibuster only after receiv WASHINGTON (AP) The expired 91st Congress left President Nixon's supersonic transport project in a legislative limbo, neither airborne nor grounded, neither dead nor forgotten. One certainty is that the SST will keep the environment an issue and in the minds of congressmen far into the next session. Less certain is how hard Nixon, faced with an extremely tight budget situation, will fight to preserve federal subsidies for the SST prototype development program. Sen. William Proxmire, who battled the project to Tate trial LOS ANGELES (AP) -Charles Manson's attorney said today the Sharon Tate murder trial is "a political trial" in which Manson actually "is a very small part." "He is a person who is a symbol of one of the confrontations that is going on in this country today," said Irving Ka-narek, apparently referring to the conflict between hippie-type youths and the so-called estab-.

lishment. "The district attorney of Los seph Kohn, who also gave the invocation. Thirteen members of the Reno Police Department Honor Guard stood at attention throughout the ceremony. Sen. Alan Bible was the lone member of Nevada's congressional delegation present.

Former.Gov. Charles Russell said, "Just 20 years ago, I took my oath, but the weather had no effect on our ceremony. It was held across the street in the Supreme Court chambers." Former Gov. Grant Sawyer, now of Las Vegas, shivered a little as he said there was something to be said for an indoor ceremony. "Both my inaugurations were Teamsters Union Pension Fund for $2.3 million last December.

The Riverside, once the hub of casino life in Reno and with more public rooms than any other hotel in the community, has been closed since early 1968. Both exterior and interior redecorating are planned for the property, it was announced. Mrs. Beck sold her Harolds Club keno and pan games to Hughes last July. She had taken over the games on the death in 1954 of her husband, Fred who founded the games shortly after the club opened.

Named a Distinguished Ne-vadan by Gov. Paul Laxalt in 1969, Mrs. Beck was one of the first women to run a roulette table in this state. She also has been noted for theletters she writes and the packages she sends to servicemen jn Vietnam. The Award of Merit, the highest award the Defense Department Businessmen report good Reno weekend The horns have been tooted, the balloons broken, the hangovers just about over.

But Reno businessmen are still talking about the successful New Year's weekend. "It was very, very good," said Ron Smith, assistant manager of the Greater Reno Chamber of Commerce. He said Reno had a good cross-section of celebrants football fans here to watch the National Football Conference championship on television since the game was not aired in the San Francisco area; skiers taking advantage of the snow; and entertainment hunters. "All of our motels were very busy," Smith said. A spokesman at Harolds said it was an "exceptionally good weekend" for the casino.

Bob Brackett of the Sahara-Tahoe said it was "a crush. "It was really jammed," he said. "For the first time since July 4, our parking lot was full." Mark Curtis of Harrah's attributed a very good weekend in part to the weather conditions. "The weather didn't turn bad until Saturday the town was already jumping by then," he said. "So we had a typical good New Year's High Most of Nevada and the Sierra Nevada mountains lay in a deep freeze today as a high pressure area moved in following last week's snowstorms.

Continued cold weather is in prospect for the entire region through Tuesday, the National Weather Service said. Heavy overcoats and roaring fires were the order of the day, can give a civilian, was given to her in 1968. Bennett and Patton said the escrow was handled by Ray O'Brien of First Commercial Title Co. Peter Echeverria is the legal counsel for the buyers. Israel, Egypt set to begin peace talks JERUSALEM (AP) Peace negotiators from Israel and Egypt were flying today to rejoin mediator Gunnar V.

Jarring at the United Nations. Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Yosef Tekoah, left Tel Aviv this morning and said he would meet with Jarring Tuesday. Premier Golda Meir's coalition decided Sunday to send him for preliminary discussions on procedural questions. Egypt's U.N. Mohammed Hassan el Zayyat, met with President Anwar Sadat Sunday after a week of con-, sulfations with other Egyptian leaders.

He too, was to return to New York today. The third party to the Jarring talks, Jordan, was reported planning to replace its representative with a more moderate man. Arab sources in Jerusalem who claim access to Jordanian government officials said Muhammad H. el Farra, Jordan's U.N. ambassador and a Palestinian, would be replaced temporarily by Jordan's ambassador to the United States, Abdul Hamid Sharaf.

Sadat predicts Egypt to tight all-out war CAIRO (AP) Egyptian President Anwar Sadat predicted today that Egypt would fight an all-out war against Israel and told cheering followers that "we've become strong militarily, economically and politically." "There will be no compromise, and we will not give up one iota of our land," Sadat declared as1 a huge crowd shouted approval. "We will fight we will fight." Sale of the Riverside Hotel to the Jessie Beck Corp. of Reno is scheduled to be completed Tuesday, it was announced today. "The money has been placed in escrow by the buyer, and a representative of Investment Services Corp. of Oklahoma will be in Reno tomorrow to complete the transaction," it was announced by Henry F.

(Chick) Bennett and Johnie T. Patton, realtors, who handled the negotiations. The sale price is substantially In excess of $3 million, Bennett "and Patton said. The Beck Corporation will complete rehabilitation of the hotel which has been in progress under various prior owners, and on which approximately $1 million has already been expended recently, it "was announced. "The corporation will make it into a first class property," Bennett and Patton said.

They said the property will probably be ready for a Feb. 15 opening. Mrs. Jessie Beck's son, John Brown, will be general manager and Sam DeSarno will be the hotel manager, it was announced. The Beck Corporation held the keno and pan concession at Harolds Club for 35 years prior' to the club's sale to Howard Hughes last year.

Brown has been manager of the concession for the last 15 years, in cooperation with Mrs. Beck. DeSarno has owned hotels in Palm Springs, handled food concessions for the Hughes organization for a number of years and managed food operations for Trans World Airlines in Europe for some time. The seven -story, 186 room brick structure was sold to Investment Services Corp. by the Index 2 Sections 22 Pages SECTION ONE Editorials 4 Family living 8-9 notices 10 Sylvia Porter 7 SECTION TWO Amusements 16 Ann Landers 17 Classified ads 18-21 Comics 17 Crossword puzzle 17 "Deaths 18 Earl Wilson 17 Local, regional news 11 Markets 15 Sports 12-14 Television log 17 The doctor 22 Weather 18 Win at bridge 17 RENO EVENING GAZETTE A Spcldel Newspaper, Member of Associated Press.

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Chuckle alarm clock never arouses your better nature. B52s strike against enemy political' lace of Alabama and Robert Welch of the John Birch Society, saying "should they be prosecuted for murder, too?" He didn't elaborate. He said persons reading the Commmunist Party Daily Worker might be inspired to do violence but that the paper could not be blamed for what they did. The state has called numerous witnesses who said they heard Manson preaching a violent philosophy which condoned killing. Cong killed Sunday in scattered clashes in the Minh forest deep in the Mekong Delta.

Field reports said four South Vietnamese soldiers were killed and 12 wounded. No major battlefield action involving American troops was reported. But the U.S. Command said three Americans were killed and 14 wounded in a small firefight and in booby trap and mine explosions in various parts of the country. In government forces sweeping an area two miles south of Prey Totung, on Highway 7 about 40 miles northeast of Phnom Penh, clashed with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops.

the area were open without controls this morning but there was ice on the surface in many places and drivers were urged to proceed with extreme caution. Chains or snow tires were required on the Kingsbury Grade between Carson Valley and Lake Tahoe and on U.S. 395 between Carson City and the Cracllebaugh Bridge. called Angeles is a political office, and this trial is a political trial because of ideas antagonistic to the ideas some of us may have," he said. Kanarek, in the fourth day of his final summation, told the jury that Manson had the right to espouse any.

opinions he cared to and was not responsible if others acted upon those opinions. He compared the hippie-type clan leader to Gov. George Wal against the Ho Chi Minn trail, trying to cut the movement of supplies and reinforcements before they reach South Vietnam. During the past three months, the big bombers have flown nearly 3,000 sorties against targets in Laos, compared to about 100 in South Vietnam. A sortie is one flight by one B52, each carrying 30 tons of bombs.

The North Vietnamese usually move the bulk of their supplies south between October and May, when the dry season prevails over Laos and roads and trails are passable. On the battlefields, South Vietnamese troops backed by bombers and artillery reported 21 North Vietnamese and Viet Sunday's minimum of 11 degrees below zero in Reno tied a record set Jan. 3, 1912. The maximum of 17 degrees broke the record of 19 degrees set Jan. 3, 1910.

The temperature was expected to reach 23 degrees today here, dipping to minus five in the morning, then climbing to 28 degrees. Major highways throughout SAIGON (AP) U.S. B52 bombers attacked North Vietnamese positions in South Vietnam today for the first time in a month after intelligence reports of a new buildup in the northwestern part of the country. Six of the Stratofortresses dropped 180 tons of bombs less than half a mile from the demilitarized zone and the Laotian border, and at the head of the A Shau valley 60 miles to the southeast along the Laotian border. The U.S.

Command said the targets were "infiltration routes, storage sites, bunkers, base camps and staging areas." Since last October, the B52s have been used almost entirely cold-gripped area, ranging from two inches in Sparks and three in Reno to 22 at Virginia City, 41 inches at Truckee, 105 inches at Norden, 92 inches at Squaw Valley, and 88 inches at Echo Summit. Temperatures dipped below freezing in Las Vegas, where the low was 21 this morning and the mercury reached no higher than 38 Sunday. chairman; Howard Hill, Motor Vehicle Department director, and all five Supreme Court members were present. Sam Boyd, Las Vegas casino licensee for many years, was seen chatting with Frank Schrack, the youngest member of the gaming commission. Phil Carlin, Las Vegas, Democratic state chairman, was introduced by Chief Justice David Zenoff, as the master of ceremonies for the inauguration.

Valley, 13" below at Meyers, minus 10 at South Lake Tahoe, 18 below at Elko, 12 below in Carson City, 10 below at Yer-ington, minus nine at Winnemucca and minus 15 at Battle Mountain. Sparks was warmer than Reno, the mercury dipping to two below after climbing to 23 Sunday. Snow continued to cover the pressure front brings deep freeze to Nevada from Reno, where the mercury plunged to a record-tying 11 degrees below zero Sunday followed by a minus six reading today, to Ely, where the temperature dipped to 25 below this morning. Ely's minimum on Sunday was a somewhat warmer minus seven. Other low temperatures this morning were minus 18 at Truckee, eight below at Squaw L..