Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 11

NO EVENING 7 GAZETTE PAGE ELEVEN RENO, NEVADA, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1956 P.HONE 3-3161 Bar Gamblers From Play in Own Casinos New Regulations Are Adopted by Tax Commission Dunes Gambling Agriculture Dean Leaves University Dean John R. Bertrand Accepts Presidency of School In Georgia Resignation of Dr. John R. Bertrand as dean of the Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture at University of Nevadawas announced today by Pres.

Minard W. Stout. President Stout said he had been informed by Dean Bertrand that he had accepted the presidency of the Berry College and Schools at Mt. Berry, Ga. Dean Bertrand asked that his resignation be made effective when his successor is selected and reports for duty, if possible by Permit Protested Dire Fate for Hotel Forecast But Tax Board Grants License Promoters of new gambling establishments along the Sept.

1. President Stout said Clark county strip will have to look long and hard at their hole cards if the views expressed Monday" by William Deutsch, member of the Nevada Tax Commission from Las Vegas, are adopted by other members. Deutsch opposed the granting of a license to the Dunes hotel on five separate grounds which he summed up by asserting that "I can't see how this enterprise has if -in ...1 i 7 I i I I I dent's Medal as the highest scoring rifleman during the 1955-56 season competition; and Lewis won the Combat Forces Medal for leadership. Governor Charles H. Russell, University President Minard W.

Stout, and other dignitaries witnessed a full dress review of the University ROTC battalion at ceremonies this morning at Mackay Stadium. RECEIVING AWARDS at the University of Nevada's annual Governor's Day ceremonies today were ROTC Cadet Lt. Col. Everett L. Witt of Henderson, center, Cadet William F.

Rusk of Lafayette, right, and Cadet Col. Robert G. Lewis of Reno, left. Witt was awarded the Governor's Medal as the outstanding senior military student; Rusk was presented the Presi NEVADA ROTC CADETS HONORED AT REVIEW Governor's Day Ceremonies Held In Full Dress Rites on Campus that he would begin search for a new dean agriculture immediately. In his letter of resignation, Dean Bertrand said his decision has been difficult because of the "confidence which I have in our students, our staff, the administration, the Tanchers of the state, and the members of the Fleischmann Foundation." He expressed confidence in the staff of the college.

"I have finally made this decision after several months of careful study, because of the appeal to me of the fundamental principles upon which the program at the Berry College and Schools is founded," Dean Bertrand said. "I cannot refrain from commending you for your leadership while I have been at the Univer sity of Nevada. You are making possible the development of an in stitution in which all Nevadans should have confidence and pride I feel that you are on the right track." In announcing Dean Bertrand's resignation, President Stout said: I have accepted Dean Ber trand's resignation with a regret I do not want to minimize. In the two years that he has been at the university he has demonstrated all the fine qualities of leadership, in telligence, and character that have made him one of the nation's foremost young agriculturalists. The rewards of his tremendous efforts in recognizing the College of Agriculture, the Extension Di vision, and tne iLxperiment ta tion will be felt here for many years to come.

President Stout took the view- that it is a distinct honor to the University of Nevada that one of its staff has been chosen tor a presidency." Dean Bertrand came to th University of Nevada in 1954 from Texas A. here he was dean of the basic agricultural division. Prior to that time, he was assist ant to the dean of agriculture at Texas A. M. In his earlier career, he was an assistant professor of rural sociology at Sam Houston State Teachers College and a research fellow at the Uni versity of Nevada.

Before entering the field of teaching, he was a practical farmer for five years, He received his Ph. D. degree from Cornell University, and his masters and bachelors degrees from Texas Technological College. He is a lieutenant commander in the U. S.

Naval Reserve. For submarine service in the South Pacific during World War II, he was decorated wun xne smer Star, a Gold Star in lieu of a sec ond Silver Star, presidential unit citation, and a naval unit citation His submarine received national recognition when it sunk 14 Jap anese ships in a lone mission int to Tokvo Harbor. The Berry College and Schools are near Rome, Georgia. A pri vate, co-educational, undergrad uate institution, the college is widely known for its work pro gram. President of its board trustees is William McChesney Martin, chairman of the board of eovernors of the Federal Re serve System.

George Frasher Dies In Reno George Frasher, 68, formerly resident of Winnemucca. died suddenly Monday evening at local hospital. Mr. Frasher. whose occupation was mining, lived at 43 West Plaza St.

He is survived by son, Johnny J. Frasher of Tor ranee, Calif. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the O'Brien-Rogers Funeral Home. FENDER SKIRTS GONE Two white fender skirts, value unknown, have been reported stolen from a parked car belonging to Arthur Oppenheimer, 100 Market St. Casino operators are barred from gambling in their own establishments under a new ruie adopted by the Nevada Tax Com mission Monday.

The ban against licensees participating in games in their own casinos as one of five new regulations adopted by the commission. The rules had been approved previously by members of the state gambling control board. OTHER NEW RULES Other new regulations: Remove restrictions against the number of licensees that hold shares in casinos licensed prior to May 31, 1955. The limit is 50 for casinos licensed since that date. Requires all gambling ca.sino employes to file fingerprint records with the gambling control board, if local law enforcement agencies do not require men records.

Provides that casino owners must display a list of payoffs for slot machines and gambling games and adhere to such a schedule. Requires slot machine operators who have placed machines in less than four places to apply for licenses for each individual establishment. The commission, at a regular meeting in Carson Monday, also sustained gambling board recom- mendations in 17 gambling license matters. APPROVE SIXTEEN This action included 16 approvals and one denial. Among those approved were licenses for the Cal Neva lodge.

Lake Tahoe; Beatrice Kay Guest ranch, Reno; Albert F. Cole, slot machine operator, Carson; Claud A. Farmer, Comstock House, Virginia City; North Shore club, Lake Tahoe; The Supper Club, Reno; Tahoe Village, Lake Tahoe, slot machines only; Dunes hotel; Hollywood Race book; Ben Siegel, three per cent interest. Sands hotel; the Cocky Cactus; James Ates, five per cent working interest in the Pioneer club, keno; and the Spinning Wheel slot machine arcade, all in Las Vegas. The commission also authorized the control board to approve slot machine licenses for three establishments in Henderson.

Those approved were Carver ParkMarket, Basic Post No. 3843, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Victory Village Market, all in the Clark county industrial city. Licenses approved in the outlying areas included Daniel J. Skanovsky and James J. Clark, both of Tonopah, A-L club, Wendover; Ray May, Beatty club, Eeatty; Louis Gibellini, Louie's Bar, Eureka; Town Hall Bar, George Boscovich.

Fred F. Del Papa and LeRoy F. David, Tono pah. The denial was for The Oasis club at Indian Springs in Clark county. The establishment is located near the Indian Springs Air Force Base, which is an air force special weapons command installation dealing with atomic and hydrogen bomb warfare.

The policy of the commission has been to deny licenses for establishments near such installations. State Dairy Act Made Effective The Nevada state dairy act went into effect as of May 13 instead of June 1 as at first announced. Chairman A. J. Reed of the State Dairy Board, said this week.

This decision was reached during a meeting in Reno May 14 when the commission's attorney, Peter Echevarria. was asked to notify western Nevada distributors that their, applications for licenes could be received by May 29. The commission also asked that distributors in western Nevada be notified that a 60-day peried ould be allowed to secure bonds. More time than that will be allowed if necessary to cover extenuating circumstances. A hearing of distributors and producers will be called by the commission for the southern Nevada area in Las Vegas June 15.

This was requested by Commissioner Elmer Bowman. Wrong Vacation Time for Inmate Although Justice of the Peace Harry Z. Guerin is sitting on the Sparks police court bench for the vacationing incumbent, Judge Harold Call, things have come, as far as Raphael R. Perez is concerned, to a standstill. Judge Call, who was born and reared in Mexico, speaks fluent Spanish.

Judge Guerin speaks only English. Perez, charged with drunken driving and driving without a license, speaks only Police said they are trying to find an interpreter for Perez so he will not have to wait in jail lor Judge Call to return. a reasonable opportunity for success at this time." Deutsch, however, played a lone hand, and his motion to deny the license was defeated by a 5-1 vote, and a subsequent vote to grant the license carried by the same ballot count. The Dunes itself has a spotty history, having been closed by two sets of former operators. But a significant part of the Deutsch argument against granting the license was based on the location of the strip resort.

Deutsch emphasized that the Dunes is located a considerable distance south of the strip area where other resort hotels are clustered. FARTHER SOUTH This observation raised questions as to the fate of license applications from two nearly-completed resort hotels located even farther south than the Dunes. Pending before the commission are applications for gambling licenses in the Las Vegas Hacienda, and the Tropicana, which are situated near the highway in the vicinity of the municipal airport. William Sinott, gambling control board member, who said that the financial structure of the new Dunes management had been probed carefully, said that the pending applications will "just have to be decided on their merits." Deutsch also based his opposition to the license on a policy of no major entertainment the new Dunes management will institute. "I can't see where they are going to attract business without major entertainment and a big room." CLOSE BIG ROOM The new owners, William Miller, former Royal Nevada and Sahara manager; Robert Rice, former Dunes licensee, and Major A.

Kiddle, Chicago oil man, do not plan to open the large dining room of the hotel. The resort will offer only "back-bar" entertainment, and will operate a coffee shop. Sinnott remarked, however, that should the new Dunes policy prove successful, it would "break the back of the high priced entertainment in Las Vegas." Deutsch declared that he couldn't see how the Dunes could get away from the entertainment policy. "It is a 'Frankenstein' that is recognized in Las Vegas," Deutsch declared. Deutsch said he wanted it clearly understood that he does not believe business in Las Vegas is stagnate.

He said he recognized that there were more customers available than ever before, but, he said, there are more hotels there to share in the business, including the 13-story Fremont hotel which opened recently in downtown Las Vegas. IN COMPETITION None of the increased business is "earmarked" for the Dunes, Deutsch added. The hotel will have to compete with hotels offering big-name stars and nearly continuous lounge entertainment for customers. He read a prepared statement emphasizing what he considered to be the Dunes' shortcomings: 1. Location.

2. Not enough rooms to create its own paying clientele. 3. Insufficient bankroll 4. Las Vegas business has increased but established resorts are sharing in this business and offering competition to the Dunes.

5. What will induce players to go to the Dunes if it does not offer major shows in its big Arabian room? Miller and Riddle are each putting up 5150,000, and Rice has posted $40,000 for the bankroll. Newell Hancock, another gaming control board member, noted (Turn to Page 12, Col. 5) DRIVER PICKS WRONG AUTO FOR TARGET Ranch hand John Williams, 58, of Sparks was fined $150 Monday and his driving license suspended for 80 days. The charge was drunken driving.

WiUiams was driving the car hich sides wiped another Saturday morning on the Second St. bridge, a stone's throw away and certainly within earshot of the police station. Officers poured from the station to make an arrest. But their haste was unnecessary. The car Williams' auto had hit was driven by Edward Raurh, 57, a policeman.

CYRIL O. BASTIAN State Assembly Leader Enters Congress Race Cyril O. Bastian, 52, veteran Nevada legislative leader, officially entered the race for Nevada's seat in the House of Representatives Monday when he filed his candidacy for the Demo cratic nomination with Secretary of State John Koontz. Bastian, speaker of the Ne vada Assembly in the 1955 and 1956 sessions, long served as chairman of the ways and means committee. He said today that he is be ginning an active campaign to meet as many voters as possible throughout the state.

HAS TRAINING "I believe my past experience and efforts in state government give me the training I need to try for this high office," Bastian said. Bastian came to Nevada 29 years ago and spent 11 years working for wages on the state's highways. He later operated one of the large ranches at Hiko in the Pahranagat valley in county, first as a renter and later as an owner. He sold his ranch last week to devote full time during the Summer to meeting voters. Bastian spent 12 years on a local school board, and after becoming convinced that schools were being operated without adequate financing, he entered the state legislature determined to find a means of properly financing the school system.

He began working on this problem in his first term in the legislature in 1943. GOOD EDUCATION "Neither a state nor a nation is better than the education that It gives its youth," Eastian said. "I am happy that I have been able to play a part in improving the schools and I am proud to have had a hand in the building of the budget control system, which is one of the finest in the nation." "The things that I have wanted for the state are well underway now," Bastian commented. "I feel that this is a good time to advance if the voters want me. "Being a farmer and livestock (Turn to Page 12, CoL 4) Scott Seen Near Bishop LOS ANGELES, May 22 JP L.

i Scott, husband of a missing socialite and himself the object of a widespread search, has been reported seen at Bishop, 300 miles north of here. John Preku, Bishop's police chief, informed the sheriffs office here yesterday that a man answering Scott's description had been registered for three days at a motel there, while his car was being repaired Scott disappeared May 1. The man answering his description was said to have stayed at Bishop May 2, 3 and 4. Bishop is on the main highway between Los Angeles and Reno. Mrs.

Evelyn T. Scott vanished under mysterious circumstances a year ago. Scott, who steadfastly denied knowledge of her whereabouts, was indicted by the county grand jury on grand theft and forgery charges in connection with administration of her estate. He forfeited $25,000 bail last week hen he failed to appear to plead Former Clark Sheriff Due In Court Today LAS VEGAS Former Sheriff Glen Jones, reported recently re turned from an extended vacation in Mexico, is to be arraigned in district court this afternoon on charges of bribery. District Attorney George Dick erson will represent the state in the indictment brought by the 1954 grand jury against Jones and County Commissioner Rod' ney Colton.

Both are accused of having ac cepted bribes from undercover man Louis Tabet, who posed as a hoodlum seeking illegal county licenses. Dickerson said he expects George Marshall, attorney for Jones, to file a motion to set aside the indictment, similar to one entered by Colton yesterday. Attorney Harry Claiborne, rep- senting Colton, yesterday filed a motion to allow Colton to withdraw his plea of not guilty and another to set aside the indict ment on the grounds that the grand jury foreman. Nelson Con way, was prejudiced in his actions regarding the indictment. Claiborne's motion pinpoints technicality in the indictment charging that the names of two witnesses who testified before the grand jury were omitted from the indictment.

They were listed as Hank Greenspun, publisher of the Las Vegas Sun, and Deputy Dis trict Attorney Gordon Hawkins An accompanying affidavit by Colton claims that Conway was an active participant in a "plot" to entrap him and remove him from public office. District Judge Frank Mc-Namee will preside over the Jones hearing today while the motions concerning Colton are in the court of Judge Ryland G. Taylor. Gunn Honored On Departure Reno city hall workers gave former City Manager Ira Gunn an impressive send-off Monday night with a cocktail party in the Mapes Hotel and going-away gifts. Gunn was given a fishing rod and two reels bought with donations from city hall employes.

The donations also financed the cocktail party. Airport Manager Joe Hicks made the presentation of the rod and reels. Mayor Len Harris complimented Gunn highly and said he would be glad to have Gunn in the city manager post again. "He has a higher I.Q. than any' of the councilmen or myself," Harris said, then concluded his brief talk saying "I'm a tough guy but I'm getting all choked up." Gunn, who begins at his new post as city manager of Walnut Creek, next week, said he enjoyed living in Reno and hoped some day to return.

Reno Channel 4 Permit Sought Ettlinger Broadcasting Corp. of Los Angeles, today ap plied to the communications commission for TV channel 4 at Reno, the Associated Press reported from Washington, D. C. The company said it was bidding for the channel on the contingency that the construction permit held by Nevada Telecasting Corp. for proposed Reno station KAKJ might be vacated.

Nevada Telecasting was grant ed thannel 4 in April, 1955, and has not gone on the air. It is currently petitioning for additional time in which to build the station. The Los Angeles company, newly formed, is headed by John A. Ettlinger, president of Medallion Productions. DEAN BERTRAND New Mayor Is Appointed In North Vegas NORTH LAS VEGAS Albert Ferguson, for nearly two years a North Las Vegas councilman, today was serving as mayor of this city the fourth person to hold the post in the last three years.

Ferguson a named to the position last night following the resignation of Mrs. Dorothy Porter, whose marriage to Chief of Police William Pool was announced earlier in the day. It was the fourth marriage for both. Others who have headed the city government within the last three years are Kenneth Reynolds and Earl Webb. VACANCY FILLED Ferguson took over after he resigned as councilman from the fourth ward.

His vacancy on the city council vvas assumed by Walter C. Reeves, an unknown in politics here but a next door neighbor of Ferguson. Reeves is a mail clerk at Ronzone's, a Las department store. Mrs. Pool, Nevada's only woman mayor, obtained a divorce from Attorney John Porter in Ely last Wednesday and she continued on to Elko where she and the police chief were married.

Pool had divorced his wife of five months, Ramona, 21, in Ely last month. Although there had been rumors of possible trouble at the council meeting last night, once Ferguson took office as mayor, the proceedings continued peac-ably. ONE EJECTED Only one person was ejected from the meeting for disorderly conduct, and that person ironically, was Tom Williams, who is a member of the family that first settled in this commu irity. Meanwhile, Ramona Pool, whom the chief married Christ mas night 1955, told friends that she was planning action against Pool by claiming she was tricked into signing papers which per mitted the divorce. Pool denied all claims voiced by hLs ex-wife and also said he was not planning to resign as police chief which had been reported throughout yesterday.

Pool and his new wife, who is a former Zeigfeld Follies girl, were enroute to Albuquerque, N. M. to day where Pool is slated to testify in the murder trial of David Cooper Nelson, a Las Vegas sheet metal worker accused of slaying a Californian with whom he had hitched a ride. Hearing Slated On Library Bill Hearing on the library services bill will be held before a senate subcommittee in Washington on May 23, Mrs. Ruby K.

McLeod, federal relations coordinator for the Nevada State Library was informed today. The bill, which has passed the house of representatives, provides $7i million yearly for five years to libraries to develop library service in rural areas. Nevada's yearly share for the term would be $47,000. Mrs. McLeod said Senators Malone and Bible have promised to support the bill.

Rep. Clifton Young worked hard to get the measure through the house, she added. BAKERY DAMAGED Thieves did $100 worth of damage over the weekend when they pried a stale breadbox of the commercial type from a wall at the rear of Welsh's bakery, 339 N. Virginia St George Shaff told police bread and trash were scattered over the alley. Outstanding military cadets of the University of Nevada's ROTC battalion were honored at formal Governor's Day ceremonies held on Mackay Field today.

Gov. Charles H. Russell headed a list ot dignitaries on nana ior medal presentations and a full- dress military review7. Awarded the governor's medal for the outstanding senior military student was Cadet Lt. Col.

Everett L. Witt of Henderson. Other individual award win ners included: comoat iorces medal for leadership-Cadet Col. Robert C. Lewis of Reno; presi dent's medal for the highest scor ing rifleman Cadet William F.

Rusk of Lafayette, Amer- School District leering Set Persons for and against a pro posal to form special school districts for nomination of Washoe county school trustees will have a chance to be heard Wednesday night at a public hearing sched uled by Washoe county commissioners. The hearing is to begin at 7:30 in the county commissioners room, Washoe county court house. A petition urging formation of the districts was submitted to commissioners several weeks ago, and was signed by 4003 indi viduals. The nomination plan described in the petition is an alternative method for nominating trustees that was provided in the school code developed in the 1956 special session of the legislature. Districts involved would be identical with the present county assembly districts.

One trustee would be nominated in northern Washoe county, two in Sparks, and four from the third assembly district, which includes Reno. In the third district, three trus tees are to be from Reno and one from outside the city, according to the proposal. Although the trustees would be nominated in the various districts, they will be voted upon by the county asja whole. According to law, the commis sioners are to make their decision on the alternative plan by June 1 'Mostly Fair1 Skies Forecast Mostly fair skies, but with some cloudiness afternoons and a chance of thundershowers in the afternoon or evening comprised today's weather forecast. Little change in warm tempera tures was foreseen.

It was a "warm 81 by 12 noon today. Then, they sat down to wait for the owner to contact them. They didn't haVe to wait long. A local lawyer soon called. He had received, he said, "an anonymous telephone call" from one of the suspects.

They would pay for the television set if Burchett would drop all chafges. For Burchett, it was not the money, but the principle. He would accept no money for the shoplifted set, but would file charges of grand larceny with the district attorney, he told police. That leaves police holding the new car, and the trio with their freedom. If they decide Burchett has no case, they'll come for their car.

But, if they think Burchett has a legal complaint, then they'll probably swap that $4000 automobile for the free fresh air and sunshine. ican Society of Military Engineers gold medal with key replica for engineering scholastic achievement Charles M. Taylor of Pasa dena, Armed Forces Com munication and Electronics Association gold medal for leadership by an electrical engineering student Cadet Major Daniel S. Goodman of Reno; Vet erans of Foreign Wars award, Post 9211, for leadership by a junior cadet Cadet 2nd Lt. James A.

Lusk, Cedar Ridge, Reserve Officers Associa tion honor for best sophomore drilling Cadet Ken H. Fujii, Reno; Scabbard and Blade awards for drilling Cadet Ken H. Fujii, Reno; Cadet Richard S. Beeghly, Fallon; Cadet Ralph Rubenstein, Las Vegas; National Rifle Association team member's medal for the best contributing rifleman Cadet Lt. Richard Mills, Fallon; Kerak Temple awards for first-year drilling Cadet Charles W.

Baker, Lovelock; Cadet David W. Wood, Las Vegas; Cadet Wayne B. Kramer, Napa, Calif. In other presentations, the Wil liam Randolph Hearst trophy was presented to the University of Ne vada rifle team for the highest score in the sixth army 35th annual Hearst match. Trophy and individual awards went to the following rifle team members Cadet Lt.

Richard L. Mills, Fallon; Cadet Lt. Terrance L. Katzer, Oroville, Cadet Lt. Col.

Maxwell K. Botz, San Francisco, Cadet Lt. Howard E. Espin, Hawthorne, Cadet Master Sgt. John Middle-brook, San Francisco, Calif.

The university rifle team also received the Redfield trophy for its winning of the 1956 National Intercollegiate champion ship, matches. The McClure revolving trophy for the best drilled cadet company went to Cadet Captain Gary B. Hafen of Mesquite for Company of the ROTC unit. Award presentations were made by Gov. Russell, President Minard W.

Stout, University of Nevada; Lt. Gen. Robert Young, commanding- general of the Sixth Army Area; Dean Vernon E. Scheid, Mackay School of Mines; Dean Stanley G. Pal mer, College of Engineering; Sam McDowell, VFW Post 9211; Col Charles L.

Winkel, President, Reno chapter. Reserve Officers Association; Cadet Major James T. WTright, Scabbard and Blade; Brig. Gen. Jack LaGrange, assist ant adjutant general for Nevada; Tate Williams, past potentate, Kerak temple of the Shrine, Reno; Col.

John G. Folkes, chief, Nevada Military District. Two Motorists Plead Innocent Two motorists who hit parked cars Monday night and Tuesday morning appeared before Munici pal Judge Harry D. Anderson Tuesday and pleaded innocent to reckless and drunken driving charges. A University of Nevada student, Manfred Nikoley, 21, was charged with reckless driving by officers Donald, Campbell and Arthur Thomas when his car hit a parked auto at 1950 Vale St late Monday night.

He told the officers his car hit a bump and he lost control. The parked car belong to Eu gene T. Moffett, 19, another student, 580 W. Sixth St. Nickoley told police he lived at 737 Lake St.

His trial date was set for June 6 at 3 pjn. A half-hour before Nikoley's trial. Jack Harris, 37, 516 Modoc is due before the judge to answer charges of drunken driving. Harris was arrested Tuesday morning by Nevada Highway Patrolman John Paszek after Harris' car allegedly struck a parked car on Virginia St. in downtown Reno.

Harris also charged with driving without a license. Which Way io Jump? Game of Cops, Robbers Now Cat, Mouse Contest What started as a game of cops and robbers has now become one of cat and mouse. Monday afternoon, Joseph L. Burchett of the Silver State Appliance company called police. He had three shoplifters cornered.

When officers arrived, two had already gotten away. One officer went after the escaped pair; the other was left to guard the cap- turned one. But he managed to get away, too. This left police with the trio's 1956 car and the evidence, one portable television set. Burchett told officers that as two of the men engaged a salesman in con versation, the third made off with the appliance and dumped 5t in the car before taking off on foot This left police with the car, which they towed to the station..