Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 29

Thursday MARCH 10, 1983 GAZETTE-JOURNAL Section 2-7C NEVADA 4C OBITUARIES 12-18C CLASSIFIED 19C COMICS 19C HOROSCOPE a crra Noshow oe piremmoeir spool tm $500 million development plan's coming-out party draws only empty chairs across the lake and vast improvements in public recreational facilities. Advisory Commission member Connie Sparbel, of the Nevada State Parks Division, warned northern Nevadans they had better "speak up if they're concerned about Tahoe. "Most of those people feel Tahoe belongs to them. I think it behooves us to hit them between the eyes, so to speak, to let them know these things are happening," Sparbel said. The TRPA is still compiling a schedule of public hearings to be held in and out of the basin.

A final list should be released by early next week, but a preliminary list includes: March 23 in the TRPA board room, South Lake Tahoe; April 13-14 at a location to be arranged; and April 27 at 9:30 a.m. at Harvey's Inn, Stateline. governing board no later than mid-June. The agency also has compiled a seven-page summary of the environmental impact statement. When the TRPA staff released the environmental document last month, it also made preliminary recommendations, including that: 14,000 new homes be permitted in the basin over the next two decades; development follow a priority list topped by owners of "environmentally stable" land and people who want to build single-family homes in urban areas; and redevelopment, especially of hotels and motels, be encouraged.

The staff also suggested a South Shore fixed rail, an around-the-lake bike path, widening of major highways, levying highway tolls, providing a ferry service "As usual, we have tremendous turnout an overflow crowd," Commission Chairman Mike Harper said sarcastically, surveying the hearing room's empty chairs. Commissioners agreed to continue the public hearing at their April 13-14 meetings, which will be held on the North Shore. Commission member Sarah Michael, a California Energy Commission official, said, "I'm really concerned as to why people aren't here. It seems to me we've really lost an opportunity." Randy Sheffield, TRPA chief of long-range planning, said the agency will take out full-page advertisements in local newspapers explaining the alternatives and the complex process for developing the plan, scheduled for adoption by the By KATE SANTICH SOUTH LAKE TAHOE The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency held its first public hearing Wednesday on a $500 million master development plan for the Tahoe Basin, but the public didn't show up. The hearing was part of a meeting of the Advisory Planning Commission, a group of 19 representatives from California and Nevada that makes recommendations to the TRPA's governing board.

In a series of public hearings over the next two months, the board is seeking ideas and comments from the public on a 300-page environmental impact statement analyzing three alternatives for guiding Tahoe's development over the next 20 years. Women take to the street to Take Back the Night i mi i i gin ir win rr1 Vh 2255 founder and former prostitute Margo St. James made its way up the street, several spectators jeered at the women. "You lose (fugitive brothel owner) Joe Conforte, you'll have rape in the streets, too," one woman shouted from the sidewalk. Farther along the street, while the women sang "Move on Over" to the tune of "Battle Hymn of the Republic," another female spectator tried to drown them out with the better known words "glory, hallelujah." But, mostly the spectators stared at the candlelight procession as the marchers shouted chants about equal rights, getting rid of the Moral Majority, the rights of women in matters concerning their body, particularly abortion, and the problem of women and child battering.

"I'm not sure that many were aware of what we were doing," said Diane Loper, director of the Nevada Network Against Domestic Violence. "A lot were curious and wondering what those crazy females were doing. But, when they see it in the paper maybe it will make them aware of the problems of violence in all our lives, not just women's violence." See MARCH, page 7C By TERRI GUNKEL "Make the night SAFE!" The shout echoed in the night air by the time a group of almost 100 people mostly women reached the University of Nevada-Reno, the end of the one-mile "Take Back the Night" march up Virginia Street Wednesday. "The percentage of violence in Reno has increased drastically," said Leslie McDonald, co-director of the UNR Women's Center. The Women's Center sponsored the march and is sponsoring the Women's Week conference under way at UNR.

Sexual assault has increased 47 percent in Reno from 1981 figures, according to conference literature. "And (people) seem to take it as the norm," McDonald said. "It does occur at night and we want the night back. We want the right to walk around safe." "What should we do? Just take it for granted and let it go?" asked Kathy Bossier, also co-director of the Women's Center. "You've got to do something." Not everyone saw the march that way.

As the group escorted by Reno police and led by a COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics) banner carried by COYOTE Gc There's no dope, but arrest made anyway Undercover narcotics officers arrested two men on a charge of selling them cocaine and LSD in Reno Wednesday despite the fact there was no dope. University of Nevada-Reno Police Chief Keith Shumway said his department, believing the pair was selling drugs to students at the University of Nevada-Reno and the Sierra Nevada Job Corps Center, asked the assistance of the Nevada Division of Investigation. A female undercover officer then paid the men an undisclosed amount of money for some cocaine and LSD, Shumway said. The men left to get the drugs, furtively tailed by police. After several stops, and still no dope, police decided to wait no longer.

They arrested the men in Lemmon Valley. Shumway said the men apparently couldn't find any cocaine or LSD for them. He said most of the dope money was recovered. Matthew B. Karm, 18, of 695 Magnolia Way and Anthony F.

Cable, 18, of 11528 Sitka both in Lemmon Valley, remained jailed today in lieu of $5,000 bail. Cable was held on $1,000 additional bail on a charge of possession of marijuana. Heifers grace MGM stage One of the biggest shows of the year will fill the MGM Grand-Reno Ballroom Friday afternoon, but it won't feature the regular line of chorus girls. Instead, 70 milk cows, heifers and young bulls will hoof their stuff before an expected crowd of 1,500 dairy farmers at the third MGM Grand Nevada Holstein Show. In this "regal atmosphere," the dairy cows will be auctioned off to farmers paying top dollar to try to improve their breeding lines, said Ann Gardner, immediate past president of the sponsoring Nevada State Holstein Association.

The animals are the "elite of the industry." Many have produced more than 30,000 pounds of milk a year, or more than 4,300 gallons. Dairymen from as far away as New York and Canada have consigned animals for sale. The Reno event, held every other year since 1979, has steadily gained in reputation, Mrs. Gardner said. "It ranks in the top 10 (dairy cattle) sales in the country," she said.

In 1979, a high of $32,000 was bid for a cow. In 1981, the top animal sold for $56,000. Open to the public, the sale will begin at 1 p.m. The animals also will be on view for potential buyers and the public today at the Livestock Pavilion on the Nevada State Fairgrounds. Inmate guilty of murder CARSON CITY After deliberating 45 minutes, a Carson jury Wednesday found Jimmy Neuschafer guilty of first-degree murder in connection with the August 1981 strangulation of fellow maximum security prison inmate Johnny Johnson.

The penalty hearing to determine whether the 30-year-old will be executed or face some lesser sentence was set for 2 p.m. today. The prosecution is seeking the death penalty. Neuschafer is currently serving two consecutive life sentences without possibility of parole for raping and fatally shooting two teen-age Carson girls in 1974. Bond refinancing passes Washoe County Commissioners, in a joint meeting with the Airport Authority of Washoe County this morning, unanimously approved the refinancing of last year's $33.3 million bond issue.

The action will save airlines $11 million in interest charges, airport spokesman Richard Peacock said. Refinancing the tax-exempt revenue bonds would lower their interest from 14.1 percent to 9.4 percent, for a savings of $400,000 a year. The average life of the bonds is 20 years, Peacock said. The move benefits airlines which are paying for the bonds through landing fees, which will now be 34 cents less per 1000 pounds of landed weight, Peacock said. "It's like refinancing a house," Peacock said.

He said when the bonds were first issued last year to finance new airport projects, interest rates were much higher than they are now. Peacock said the projects include: Land acquisition for noise abatement. Extension of the main 'north-south runway. Construction of parallel general aviation runway. Construction of an on-airport fuel facility.

Sonya Vowles was a person who was 'so happy with life' But the story was not how the 42-year-woman died, according to Mrs. Buck-. By WAYNE MELTON Sunday school teacher Sonya Dotson Vowles was about to be hit by a car and ingham "This is a story about a person who loved life and said so right before she was killed," she said. "Sonya had just spent the morning telling me why she loved life so much why she loved God's world." Mrs. Buckingham was with her friend's husband of 12 years, Keith, in his living room Wednesday evening.

Tears streamed down their cheeks, and those of several friends who had come to comfort him in the Reno home. The grieving husband sat on a couch. Some of his friends stood around the couch. Others sat beside him. killed as she jogged with a friend Wednesday morning on Mayberry Drive west of Reno.

"I'm so happy with life, I'm really bursting with joy," Mrs. Vowles told her friend minutes before the car came into view. The friend, Judith Buckingham, on Wednesday night told of how Mrs. Vowles was hit by the car. The driver, Carrol Rippy, 59, of 20 Livermore Drive, Reno, had been booked on felony counts of driving PHOTO BY LANCE IVERSEN SONYA VOWLES Killed in accident The couple's only child, 8-year-old UNDER CONTROL: Truckee Meadows firemen punch a hole in the roof of Sherril Summer's home at 13745 Chamey Drive to douse a blaze that caused moderate damage to the kitchen Wednesday.

There were no injuries in the fire and the cause and amount of damage from the smoke had not been determined. Kevin, stood nearby. under the influence, reckless driving and involuntary manslaughter, police said. Rippy, a keno supervisor at the Sands Hotel-Casino, was released on $5,500 bail. See VOWLES, page 6C Senior Nevada lawmaker lobbies for youth drug and drive that golf ball on the golf course 250 or 260 yards every time.

Sometimes I can even hit, it 280 yards. The kids were outdriving me before, but not anymore. Something has happened to me and it's because of Gerovital." Sen. Randolph Townsend, a co-sponsor of the bill, said current law makes the product too expensive for senior citizens, who must pay for a doctor's office visit to get a prescription. "If it keeps the cost down for seniors, I'm all for it," he said.

"Seniors need all the help they can get. Gerovital is a harmless thing and it should be available to seniors." Faiss said he believes the bill stands a better chance of winning approval this session because lawmakers are looking for additional sources of revenue and the legislation would improve sales. The state imposes a 10 percent tax on the sale of Gerovital. Zobrist were originally charged with trying to bribe Assemblyman Lloyd Mann in favor of the legislation. Charges against Kratter were dropped.

After numerous procedural delays and appeals, Zobrist faces a June 20 trial in Carson District Court and Oram's trial is set for Aug. 29. Shortly after introducing the bill, Faiss gave a personal testimony of the product, the so-called "Romanian youth drug" said by its supporters to retard the growth process. He said he has "never felt better" since he started taking it six years ago. "It's done wonders for me I feel great," he said.

"Six years ago, I had some health problems. Now, my blood sugar is where it should be, my corpuscle count is on the number and I have no sign of arthritis or any colon or stomach problem. "It makes you stronger and more alert. You don't feel depression. I can rare back By MARTIN GRIFFITH CARSON CITY A measure allowing over-the-counter sales of the anti-aging product Gerovital was introduced Wednesday by a legislator who claimed it has done "wonders" for him.

Sen. Wilbur Faiss, D-Las Vegas, who at 71 is the oldest member of the Legislature, said he's pushing the bill, SB216, to make Gerovital more accessible to senior citizens. Under current law, the product is available only by a doctor's prescription. Although about 80 nations have legalized its use, Nevada is the only state in the nation that has done so. Similar legislation allowing over-the-counter sales of Gerovital was rejected by the 1979 Legislature.

That bill erupted into controversy over an alleged bribery attempt. Gerovital manufacturer Marvin Kratter and fellow Las Vegans Kent Oram and Gerry WILBUR FAISS Introduces Gerovital bill Former Reno mayor Hugo Quilici dead at 84 1 CORRECTIONS AND EXPLANATIONS F. By RICHARD MORENO Former Reno mayor Hugo Quilici died Tuesday in a Reno hospital. He was 84. A native Nevadan, he was born May 18, 1898 in Silver City.

He graduated from Dayton schools, and attended the University of Nevada before taking his first banking job in 1923 with the Farmers and Merchants Bank. He was also a veteran of World War I. Quilici did not enter the political arena until 1963, when he retired after 40 years in banking. He served as vice president of First National Bank of Nevada (later First Interstate Bank) from 1949-63. Quilici was well-known in the community even before he was elected in 1963 to the Reno Upon his departure from the City Council, an editorial in the Journal said, "He has more than done his part in bringing high caliber government back to Reno." Former Reno Mayor Sam Dibitonto, who spoiled Quilici's bid for the council in 1971, said that despite having been election opponents, he and Quilici were friends.

"When I think of Hugo, I get a lot of lumps in my throat. You hate to see, you know. little bit of the old town chips away at a time. He had a lot of influence on this town and he's in the thread of Reno no matter how you look at it," Dibitonto said. See QUILICI, page 2C City Council at-large position and chosen mayor by his council peers.

He served as president of the Sigma Nu fraternity alumni association, spearheading the drive to obtain the Sigma Nu chapter house at 1075 Ralston in 1950. Quilici also served as president of the University of Nevada Alumni Association, president of the Optimist Club, president of the Executive Club, president of the Nevada Art Gallery, president of United Way and president of the Hidden Valley Country Club. He was also a member of the Elks Club, the Masonic Lodge and the In 1966, Quilici accepted an appointment as the state Commerce director under Paul Laxalt, now a U.S. Senator. Due to an editing error, an article last Friday said the Legislature in 1981 passed a law to separate the community colleges from the University of Nevada System.

The Legislature did not vote on the bill. HUGO QUILICI Retired into politics.