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New Year's Day deep tfireeze Reno Evening Gazette A Gannett Newspaper Reno, Nevada, Monday, January 1, Nation caught in freezing weather Winds, cold hit much of nation By The Associated Press Howling winds combined with frigid temperatures, snow and freezing rain to create a New Year's Day deep freeze from Texas to Montana, from Spokane to the Straits of Mackinac. At least five deaths were attributed to the stormy weather during the weekend, as snowfalls topped 12 inches in some areas. In Dallas, an Ice storm coated trees, sending branches crashing to the ground and knocking out power for up to 75,000 customers. Ray Ward, a spokesman for Dallas Power and Light, called it "the worst ice storm in 30 years." And another power company spokesman warned Sunday: "If you are living near tall trees, you are eihter without electric power or soon will be." About 3,500 telephone customers were also without service in Dallas. Elsewhere, thousands were forced to alter travel plans because of hazardous driving conditions and disrupted airline schedules.

In some areas, New Year's Eve revelers stayed home because of snow-covered highways. In St. Louis, snow and ice felled power lines, cutting off power to more than; 10,000 customers. 3ftwte wonderland Freezing drizzle and some snow flurries down trees typical street scene in one of the residential areas of tures plunged in a wide area across the U.S. to create and power lines in Dallas, Texas, halting traffic and the city.

A Dallas Power and Light Co. spokesman a New Year's Day deep freeze. leaving many homes without power and heat. This is a called it the worst ice storm in 30 years. Tempera- (Af Laserphoto) New Iran civilian government Molitairy prime resigns Emergency shelters were set up for residents without heat or lights.

Outages were also reported in Washington, where record cold snapped power lines and caused transformers to burn out, and in Idaho. Sub-zero readings were common in Washington, the northern Plains and Rockies. In Stanley, Idaho, the temperature plunged to 49 degrees below zero. In Havre, a temperature of 25 below zero combined with 25 mph winds to produce a wind-chill factor of 81 degrees below zero, and the 22 below zero recorded in Spokane, broke a record for Dec. 31 set in 1884.

Ten inches of snow fell in the Kansas City area, and temperatures hovered in the teens or lower in Kansas and Missouri. Chicago and northern Illinois were buried under 11 inches of snow, and five of the six runways at O'Hare International Airport were closed for snow removal Sunday. In Missouri, a neighbor found David Sade, 21, of Lamar lying in his yard Sunday, and officials said he died of exposure. Samuel Anderson, 72, was found dead in his stalled car Sunday in Kansas City. Storm-related highways deaths during the weekend claimed three lives, one each in Kansas, Missouri and Wisconsin.

Ice jams were reported on Montana rivers, and the storm produced an ordeal for more than 200 passengers aboard an Amtrak passenger train. The train broke down in temperatures of 30 degrees below zero in northwestern Montana Saturday, and its passengers were taken to Seattle in six buses: In Iowa, where up to a foot of snow some restaurant owners reported heavy cancellations for New Year's Eve. But In Moline, 111., another restaurateur wasn't worried. "I can remember when the snow was far worse than this and they still -came," said Sam Gnatovich of the Wells Fargo. "The snow's not going to stop 'em." Index 10 Sections, 148 Pages Amusements la-3a Ann Landers 4a Astrograph 28 Bridge 4a Classified 25-33 Comics 4a Crossword puzzle 31 Deaths 24 Doctor column 16' Earl 4a Editorials 4 Lifestyle 8-9 Public notices 23-' Sports 35-40 Television Log 2a Vitals 24 Weather ..........2 he planned to leave the country for a vacation, he said he would like to take a holiday "if business permits." He did not elaborate.

Mounting anti-shah and anti-American violence prompted the U.S. Embassy to urge American wives and children to leave Iran. Other Western diplomatic missions told their "non-essential" nationals to go, and Canada sent military planes to evacuate Canadians. Most embassies told their nationals to use commercial transportation, but few flights were available. IranAir, the national airline, was shut down by a strike against the shah.

Airport sources TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Anti-shah mobs attacked a military garrison, set fire to tanks and stabbed a major to death during a weekend of bloody fighting in the northeast city of Mashhad, the state television said today. It said "no more than 170" persons died, but opposition reports said between 700 and 2,000 were killed. Iran's military prime minister resigned, meanwhile, to make way for a civilian government amid reports Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was still refusing to leave his strife-torn country. An opposition source said in Mashhad opened fire on a mob that lynched three agents of Winter SAVAK, the secret police, and a soldier Saturday. The fighting, which flared in front of the house of an anti-shah Moslem leader, continued Sunday.

The casualty reports could not be independently verified. A longtime confidant of the shah said the monarch told him Sunday he would not leave Iran for any reason or give up the throne. He quoted the shah as saying government media reports that he planned to go abroad resulted from a "misunderstanding." The ruler made a brief appearance for news photographers outside his palace and appeared tired and preoccupied. Asked whether Leavitt, Attorney General Richard Bryan, Treasurer Stanton Colton, Secretary of State William Swackhamer and Controller Wilson McGowan as a small crowd of their families watched. Next, Supreme Court Justices' Cameron Batjer and Noel Manou-kiari swore their oaths.

Then List, flanked by his wife, Kathy, their three children and his parents, swore on the family Bible to uphold tne laws of the state of Nevada. "As we gather here as Nevada's 'new constitutional family," said the new governor, "I offer fervent prayers that each of us is able to Bob, page 3, col. 1 About 30,000 Americans remain in Iran, and at least half are expected to leave. Sources in the political-religious alliance opposed to the shah said more than 200 demonstrators were killed in clashes Saturday and Sunday with troops in the northeastern city of Mashhad. There was no confirmation of the report from other sources.

One source said in Mashhad the army opened fire on a mob that lynched three agents of SAVAK, the secret police, and a soldier. The government radio service said the shah accepted the resig- Iran's, page 3 Col. 4 MGM lake the sedan plunged into the lake. One officer at the scene said the distance the car flew into the lake made it appear that the automobile's gas pedal may have been artifically held to the floor and the sedan ruined as a prank. The vehicle was taken from the Ponderosa Hotel parking lot about 3 a.m., police said.

The crash was reported at 3:38. The car, now damaged badly on all sides, belongs to Harold Smith former owner of Harold's Club. "To the best of our knowledge the driver was still in the car when it went in," RPD Watch Commander Wayne Lucia said. said ground crews were refusing to handle American and Israeli planes because of the U.S. and Israeli governments' support of the shah.

Other labor trouble was reported at the airport, and a loudspeaker announcment there in the early afternoon said all flights were cancelled today. But it was believed Swissair and El Al, the Israeli airline, each got a flight off earlier. Witnesses said mobs in Tehran attacked several buildings housing offices of American firms Sunday. Staunch American support for the shah has spurred anti-American violence by his foes. The man was treated for exposure at Washoe Medical Center and released.

The car's front window was open this morning when divers located it. Later, it was pulled from the lake. By late this morning no body had been found. Police officers were recon-tacting witnesses this morning after conflicting reports were filed as just what happened at about 3:30 a.m. in the MGM parking lot.

Though no body was found, at least one witness told police that a late model sedan and a pickup truck were were involved in a frantic chase around the parking lot before Auto crashes into icy It's official List now governor By DARYL KELLEY The crash of a stolen automobile into the icy waters of the man-made lake at Reno's MGM Grand may be the work of a auto thief-prankster or the death knell of a driver in a parking-lot game of chance. Whichever, Reno police said today, a Salt Lake City man heard the car crash and dove heroically into the waters in pitch darkness to see if the car's driver could be saved. The man pulled himself from the chilled, but not frozen, waters some 30 seconds after he had entered, police said. He had been unable to locate the automobile which sunk immediately to a depth of about 50 feet. By SUE VOLEK Gazette-Journal Carson Bureau Robert List became Nevada's 24th governor in a brief, 10-minute ceremony today at the Governor's Mansion in Carson City.

List and the five other state off i- cers took their oaths of office in an informal ceremony on today's holiday to comply with the state "constitution which requires elected officials to take office on the first Monday in January. Formal inauguration ceremonies will be held Tuesday in front of the State Capitol. Today's swearing-in was simple. Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice John Mowbray administered the oaths to Lt. Gov.

Myron.