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sm? Mxfo wmtowm -i 4 New trial set in mass slayings JUAN CORONA STORY ON 4A Sudden death Watson hits 40-foot putt in playoff SPORTS azette Kotlq CLOSING STOCKS A Gannett Newspaper Reno, Nevada, Monday, February 22, 198225 Officials rebel against P.M. UPDATE 11 17 i mrew IfedleiraDasmn' pysh 21 -month market low today PACE 11 A WASHINGTON (AP) Leaders of the nation's county governments joined governors today in expressing strong reservations to President Reagan's plan to transfer billions of dollars in federal programs to state and local governments. After a 90-minute debate, the National Association of Counties adopted a statement generally praising Reagan's good faith efforts but seriously questioning his methods. The main disagreement was the county leaders' insistence that the federal government take over full responsibility for the nation's basic welfare programs. The "new federalism" Reagan unveiled in his State of the Union speech last month would have Washington take over the expensive Medicaid program providing health care for the needy.

But it would give state and local governments full responsibility for Aid for Families with Dependent children, the nation's fundamental welfare delivery system. The county officials also questioned Reagan's plans for financing the program transfer. They said in a resolution that local governments should get a share of the federal revenues now devoted to fully funding the programs that would be transferred to them. Reagan wants to finance a "new federalism" transition fund with money from excise taxes and the windfall profits tax on petroleum. The state and local officials say the taxes Reagan prefers could not be collected equitably at the state and local levels.

The county leaders, who are Please see BACK PAGE Eumpor Bucks Is here I PAGE 2B Civil suit may affect projects $50,000 bowling jackpot SPORTS COLUMN 1 Organize for taxes By HELEN MANNING Gazette staff writer A lawsuit in San Francisco alleging an $18 million bad-check scheme could cause problems for two local projects, including the' massive Double Diamond Ranch development. A federal judge in San Francisco has issued a court order that ties up $15 million in assets of developer George I. Benny, the man behind plans to convert the Double Diamond into a community of 17,000 south of Reno, and the River Inn on W. Fourth Street into a plush new casino. A trial date for the court case-has not yet been set.

Benny, a resident of Hillsborough, has invested about $6 million renovating the River Inn, which would open as George Benny's River Palace this spring. Regional planners say Benny has already spent about $20 million on designing the Double Diamond, the ranch development south of Reno. Ray Koon, chief of investigations for the state Gaming Control Board, says the federal court case Please see BACK PAGE AP photo By George, it's his birthday President Reagan, flanked by an honor ering today at Mount Vernon, the home event was in honor of Washington's guard in colonial garb, addresses a of President George Washington. The' 250th birthday anniversary. -W" 14 Dear George: By LOUISE COOK Associated Press Writer Does the approach of income-tax time send you rummaging through closets in search of receipts? Do you wind up with a tax return that's based on scribbled notes and a hazy memory? Are you losing money because you don't have the records to back up your deductions? If so, now is the time to organize your financial life and your two most important assets can be a filing system and a waste basket.

A consumer guide to recordkeeping from the federal government points out that you don't have to save copies of everything. The guide, "Keeping Family Records: What to Discard," is available at no charge from the Consumer Information Center, Dept. 591K, Pueblo, 81009. If you throw out what you DON'T need, the guide advises, it will be easier to find what you DO need. You should, for example, keep paycheck stubs until the end of the year.

But you can throw them out after you check the deductions against the W-2 form you get from your employer to make sure there is no discrepancy. You do not have to keep all canceled checks. You can usually get Please see BACK PAGE By DON McLEOD Associated Press Writer in mf the 250th anniversary of your birth. President Reagan arrives today, and then the governor and the county supervisors, color guards, veterans and scouts and all kinds of well wishers and tourists But these first visitors are special. These are the folks who look after Mount Vernon the way you did, or the way you would have if you could have spent more time here.

Your cousin Lund Washington took care of the place when you were away serving your country. Please see BACK PAGE I MOUNT VERNON, Va. -Happy Birthday, George Washington. Rest well. Your house and your memory are in good hands.

There are people who know this is your birthday and care, even if the federal government you started a couple of centuries ago celebrated it last week. In the early light, when the dew still clings to the slopes you so carefully terraced, the keepers of your house will visit your tomb and lay a wreath, commemorating iill'fi Illl Ifl Washington's Mount Vernon, a national shrine AFTERNOON NEWSWATCH INDEX i 1 i i World Sports Nation WAYNE B. Williams' ailing mother was called to the stand to testify today as her son's murder trial entered its ninth week. Page 4A Local THERE'S MORE to the operation than the name Desert Research Institute implies, and Dr. Clifford Murino, DRI's president, explains what they are and why.

Page IB LECH WALESA and other Solidarity leaders were pre- Earing for a "bloody fight" efore the military crackdown, the Polish army newspaper said today. Page 2A REED HIGH School lost a game Friday, but won a coin flip Sunday to become the top-seeded team in the Northern AAA zone basketball tournament, which begins Thursday. Page ID ANN LANDERS 5D ASTROGRAPH 5D BRIDGE 5D BUSINESS NEWS 9A-11A CLASSIFIED ADS 3C-10C COMICS CROSSWORD PUZZLE DOCTOR COLUMN 5D EDITORIALS 5B' MARKETS 10A.11A OBITUARIES 2B ROLLAN MELTON 1C RSVP 1C SPORTS 1D-6D SYLVIA PORTER 10A TELEVISION VITALS 3B WEATHER 3B RSVP IT WAS a time for gospel songs, poetry readings and dance numbers as Hug High School students celebrated Black History Month recently. Page 1C Weather COOLER AND windy with variable cloudiness, Highs 57-62. Winds becoming northwesterly 10-20 mph arid decreasing this evening.

Lows tonight 27-32. Page 3B THE REAGAN administration is preparing to release a highly classified report presenting "hard evidence" that the Soviet Union used chemical warfare in Indochina and Afghanistan. Page 6A CANADA PLANS to propose "precise and extremely significant" measures to curb acid rain in talks in Washington Wednesday, the Can-dian environment minister says. Page 2A SIERRA PACIFIC Power Co. President Joe Gremban will head the 1982 United Way of Northern Nevada campaign.

Page IB FORTY-NINER linebacker Dan Bunz says he feels like an outsider in San Francisco. Page 2D.