Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 2

2 Monday, April 2, 1973 tteno evening uazeu Future of controversial project up to Congress High court backs decision to block trans-Alaska oil pipeline WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court today let stand a lower court decision blocking construction of the controversial trans-Alaska oil pipeline. The high court refused without comment or dissent an urgent government', plea to overturn the lower 'court. Thus, the justices left the future of the pipeline from Alaska's North Slope up to Congress. The government, the State of Alaska, and a consortium of oil companies had urged the court to overturn a decision issued in February by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals here.

RIGHT-OF-WAY The circuit court said the government could not issue permits for construction of the pipeline on U.S.-owned land because the right-of-way needed exceeds the 54-foot width allowed by the federal Mineral Leasing Act of 1920. The government, describing the issue as a vital -one involving national security and the nation's balance-of-pay- ments drain due to the need to import oil from foreign buyers, had asked not only for high court review but requested an extraordinarily speedy resolution by the high court. The pipeline has stirred storms of controversy over its potential impact on the environment. The Wilderness Society and four other environmentalist groups began the litigation that blocked construction of the 789-mile pipeline. In a counter brief, they urged the high court to uphold the circuit judges and leave the issue of right-of-way width, to Congress where several bills have already been introduced.

SIMPLE ISSUE In its decision, the circuit court had said the issue was a simple one. By enacting the Mineral Leasing Act, Congress' "allowed pipeline companies to use a certain amount of land to construct their pipelines. These companies have now come into court accompanied by the executive agency authorized to ad minister the statute, and have said, "This is not enough land, give us "We have no more power to grant their request, of course, than we have the power to increase congressional appropriations to needy the circuit court said. The government had argued that none of that was necessary. TEMPORARY PERMITS In its petition for a hearing, the government urged that the secretary of the interior be empowered to issue temporary permits for construction and maintenance for wider rights of way.

The pipeline would require 146-foot widths. The environmentalists had called this assertion "simply untrue." In their conuter brief, they argued that right-of-way in excess of 54 feet would be permanently necessary for access and maintenance. Unsteeled in all this was the question of environmental impact. The circuit court expressly refused to settle the issue of whether the secretary of the Interior had prepared a statement on environmental impact that met the standards df the National Environmental Policy Act. Since the right-of-way question would have to be settled by Congress, the appeals court reasoned, the environmental information contained in the statement would be out of date.

Chinese healing art supporters describe treatments to Assembly He said a particularly bad He rejected, at least for the immediate future, the possibility that those wishing to study the art qualify by examination, explaining the bill is "landmark legislation" and "we should walk slowly at the beginning." The bill requires that students of acupuncture be licensed medical doctors, and would exclude other medical professionals such mation of the inner ear." Aileen Parrott of Las Vegas said the removal of pins from her hip following surgery left her in pain and unable to put any weight on her right leg or walk without the assistance of a walker. Now, after a number of treatments by Dr. Lok, "the pain has gone away considerably," and she can move her leg in a manner she could not before," she said. Arthur Steinberg, president of the American Society of Acupuncture, was questioned close Gazette-Journal Legislative Bureau Efforts to leagalize the practice of acupuncture in Nevada were concentrated in the Assembly today as supporters of the ancient Chinese healing art spoke "in behalf of all the people who have received no assistance from western medicine." Opponents of SB 448, which passed the Senate without a dissenting vote, will have their chance Wednesday when testimony continues before the health and welfare committee. Today, Las Vegas newsman Bryn Armstrong told the committee that for more than a decade doctors had been unable to effectively treat an inner ear ailment which causes him dizzi ness, vertigo, nausea and loss of balance.

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"I've now had eight treat ments and feel more comfor table at this moment than I have been in the past 10 years," Armstrong said. 'MORE EFFECTIVE' He said he wasn't "attempting to denigrate the medical Drofession" but "it (acupunc ture) has been far more effective than any other course of treatment I ve undergone." Armstrong said it took west ern physicians five months to diagnose his problem "whereas Dr. Lok took six pulses and said you have a chronic inflam and never seen again. He was identified as Maj. Schmidt.

BOW TO VILLAGERS Waggoner said he was never subjected to public displays, although "immediately after I was captured, I was exposed and made to bow to villagers." He described the bowing as routine and "taught to you after two or three good, severe beatings." To questions about comments by anti-war activist Tom Hay-den, who said tales of prison beatings and tortures were not true, Waggoner commented: "I would like to know if Mr. Hayden has the courage to face me and call me a liar. And I would like to know how Mr. Hayden knows. How many times has he been to Hanoi? What prison camps did he see and how many prisoners did he talk to? Working parents don't prevent learning of roles Children may learn the different roles that men and women play in society even if both parents aren't in the home, a recent cross-national study of four, five, and six year olds by the National Institute of Mental Health suggests.

Those children whose fathers are absent or whose mothers work have conventional notions about adult roles, the study indicates. Parental example and sanctions are not always necessary for a child's learning of these roles, since information about them are provided by brothers and sisters, other relatives, mass media, and school experience. The investigation was carried out by Joan Aldous of the University of Minnesota and Takeji Kamido of Osaka City University, Japan, who studied Headstart children in Tennessee and rural Japanese children from low income families. Goods stolen Sidney Gilbert of 1348 Jones St. reported a burglary in the last two weeks resulted in the loss of a revolver, a television set, a stereo and a $1,000 mink jacket, Reno police said.

Consumers fight food price hike to go into the individual items on the agenda because I frank as chiropractors and podiatrists. Steinberg said the above "do not have a thorough enough medical background." The Las Vegas resident said there would be "no avalanche of practitioners" from outside the county because most had established practices elsewhere. "We are going to have to reach out and bring people in," he added. kindness toward the prisoners, Waggoner recalled, although it was limited. "Some of them were what I would call good soldiers," he said, "at least in their system If they were told to beat some body, they beat somebody and did it without emotion and a professional manner.

If they were told to treat us kindly they would treat us kindly. But most were worked up into a frenzy by their propaganda ma chine." VALID REASON After more than a month back in the United States, Waggoner believes, "our reason' for going into Vietnam is still valid." But he adds, "perhaps some of our decisions at the time could have been better." And he says any future Amer ican military involvements should be preceded by "a good hard look." The U.S. "should state our objectives very clearly and then go in with vigor and do the job." Girl killed in auto crash FERNLEY, Nev. (AP) A Sacramento, girl has been killed in a single car acci dent 20 miles east of here, the Nevada Highway Patrol said today. Cynthia Beatty, 9, was killed Sunday when a car driven by Stefanie Milliken, 29, of Sacra mento, went off Interstate 80 and overturned.

Mrs. Johnson given health checkup SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (AP) -Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson un derwent a routine annual physi cal examination Thursday at Brooke Army Hospital.

No details were announced. 19 DEAD IN BRAZIL PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) Nineteen persons were killed when an intercity bus and a truck collided headon in southern Brazil and the bus plunged upside down into a river, police said today. LANSKY RELEASED MIAMI BEACH (AP) Mey. er Lansky, alleged underworld financial wizard, has been discharged from St. Francis Hospital after undergoing heart surgery.

The committee concluded, "In view of the above-mentioned trend and local student (and faculty perhaps) dissatisfaction with current conditions, it might well be that a positive social benefit would be gained by the establishment of such a pub." 'With such a glowing recom- ly about the bill, which would establish a five man board of Chinese medicine with the au thority to regulate schools of acupuncture and those seeking to become practitioners. "All of his information is di rectly from the enemy." Despite the physical beatings and abuse, Waggoner says one thing sticks in his mind most. FAMILIES IN DARK "The hideous thing our captors did was simply keep our families in the dark about our fates, in my case for three years," he said. "Why did they do it? What did they gain from it? That is absolutely nothing more than yindictiveness." Prison guards displayed some Harrah buys Idaho land for green belt STANLEY, Idaho' (AP) A spokesman for William Harrah, president of Harrah's Club, in Reno, says the millionaire gambling executive plans no commercial development on land he has purchased in and around Stanley during the past 18 months. Lloyd Dyer, a vice president for Harrah's Club, said Harrah had acquired the property for green belt protection.

Custer County records show that Harrah and the Stan Harrah, a corporation he founded earlier this year, have acquired Wk lots in the resort community and about 29 acres immediately east of the city. Some of the 29 acres is in an area tabbed for annexation to the city, the hub of the newly created Sawtooth National Rec reation Harrah has owned a vacation retreat at Stanley since 1949, but most of the land he acquired was purchased in 1972. Financial aid deadline set Douglas Jackson of the Financial Aid Department at Univer sity of Nevada, Reno, has announced that May 1 is deadline for students to obtain financial aid applications, for the next school year. Jackson said students should complete the forms early and turn them in as soon as possible as some of the loan programs are in danger of not having sufficient funds. If this happens, he said, the money will have to.

be distributed on a first coma, first serve basis. of such a pub," the committee said. As for experience elsewhere, the committee learned the trend toward bars on college campuses is increasing, but is still in the minority of all colleges. The greatest majority of the colleges with taverns serve only 3.2 Deer, tney tound. (Continued from page 1) ture," he said.

"One was cap tured after an escape attempt and brought back in what appeared to be good physical he was never seen again." He identified the men he was sure died as Lt. Col. John Dar-mesi and Capt. Ed Attebury. He said another man was tak en from his cell late one night Marked card case probed An Ontario, man with a smudged finger was arrested while playing cards at Harrah's, Reno police said.

Robert Garner, 34, was booked for investigation of bun co steering. Police said this means marking cards. Seized as evidence were two decks of cards and $105 worth of chips. Garner was arrested Friday night. New state hiring ban approved CARSON CITY (AP) The Assembly today approved a bill banning hiring of new state employes not included in the state budget unless prior approval is given by the legislative com' Assemblyman Randall Ca- purro, R-Reno, said the measure "will help hold down spending" in between regular legisla tive sessions by insuring that the interim commission gets a chance to review such employe augmentation.

Capurro said the Assembly Ways and Means Committee heard testimony that 139 new employes were hired above spe cific numbers approved by the 1971 session and "we should have some way of approving this." The measure sent to the Sen ate is AB 709. GOETHERMAL ENERGY UNITED NATIONS, N.Y (AP) A scientist from Cali fornia said here Wednesday night that the state had enough unused goethermal energy or underground heat to meet all its energy needs by 1985 if properly developed. They found that in terms of the Nevada Revised Statutes, and the opinion of attorneys, there appears to be nothing preventing the establishment of such a pub. Beyond the problem of restricting the bar to those of legal age, the committee received a favorable report from Gorman served her family of nine a macaroni loaf made with, cheese, macaroni, tuna evaporated milk, onions, eggs', and pimentoes. Mrs.

Gorman, who helped organize the Maine boycott, said, "My husband likes spicier foods, but the kids. loved it." She said that she has ceived about 200 telephone calls" from women throughout the state who wanted to organize a meatless protest in their areas. 1 A housewife passing out" meatless recipes at. a Columbia, food store Saturday i was upstaged by a group of 16 cattlemen who bought the store out of meat and then gave it away to surprised customers. "We wanted people to see what it would be like to go into a store and not be able to buy meat because it wasn't said Marshall, a spokes-1 man for the- cattlemen.

Mrs. Marilyn Johnson, the said shoppers weren taking her recipes for salmon; souffle, chopstick tuna, rosy 4 cheese fondue and other meat- less dishes until the ranchers started handing out free meat. ly feel the negotiations are at a critical stage I'd rather wait until some agreement is reached. We hope to resolve the remaining issues soon." However, Frizzell did say some of the items involved not only the Justice Department, which he represents, but the Department of Interior, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and congressional actions. During the negotiations Saturday, the government rejected Indian requests that food be allowed into the village and that federal roadblocks be eased.

Frizzell said 20 to 25 persons were spotted attempting to enter Wounded Knee between federal outposts Saturday night. The group scattered when challenged, and two persons were arrested, he said. A knapsack filled with ammunition was recovered, he added. A cease-fire in effect since Tuesday has not been broken, and both sides say it will be continued. Water consultant Dr.

George B. Maxey of the Desert Research Institute has been selected as a consultant for a Mexico water planning study. (Continued from page 1) showed most restaurants doing a booming business. WAITING LINE "Right now we've got a wait ing line of 20 minutes, and I've seen a lot of steaks going by," said Frieda Marianos. service manager at a Chicago restau rant where the best steak costs $7.50.

A random sampling of De troit area supermarkets showed customers in large numbers were avoiding meat counters. We've been selling chicken'. that's all," said Cheri Kill- ingsworth, a meat clerk at a Detroit food store. An assistant manager at another chain store agreed that it was "reallv bad." Joining the ranks boycotters in Michigan was the Rainbow People's party, formerly known as the White Pan- Li mer party, a party spokesman explained, "Meat dhcps a criminal, and we're in favor of an political action like this." Dolly Cole, wife of the president of General Motors, said her family wasn't hnvrntHno meat. She added, "But I really aon i tnink we have steak more than once every two weeks or i so.

RUMP ROAST Mrs. Cole said stop rut nn leftover rumo roast tn mai hash for Sunday dinner. She saiu, we iiKe nash. 1 In Waterville, Maine, Pat mendation, why, then did the committee vote 8-2 against a pub? Whittemore said desDite all the favorable information the committee voted the bar out for three reasons: the first, as stated before, is that it would be difficult to enforce, second, the reports on the advantages WOUNDED KNEE, S.D. (AP) Provisional agreement that could lead to the end of the 34-day occupation of Wounded Knee has been reached by the federal government and activist Indians.

Asst. U.S. Atty. Gen. Kent Frizzell, the government's chief negotiator, told a news conference Sunday that "a consensus" had been reached at that day's session on more than half of 10 Indian demands.

-'Possibly two or three items remain to be negotiated today," he said. "I think the confrontation is very close to being settled. In my opinion, remarkable progress has been made The talks were to resume at 4 p.m. (EST) today. Ramon Roubideaux, an attorney representing American Indian Movement (AIM) forces occupying the village; said the Indians were ready to leave the village and face legal charges as soon as agreement is reached on the 10 items.

AIM leaders presented the list of 10 demands to the Frizzell before Sunday's three-hour negotiating session was held in a tepee on the. outskirts of the village. Neither Roubideaux nor Frizzell would discuss the contents of the package. Frizzell said: "I'm not going A beer (Continued from page 1) older would be difficult to enforce. But this problem would be solved if the Legislature and governor approve lowering the drinking age to 18.

"I would suspect that the issue ought to be re-examined BANK CALL WASHINGTON (AP) Theu comptroller of the today issued a call for reports; of conditions of all banks as the close of; busK ness Wednesday, March 28, ot? parlor on Reno's University of Nevada campus Why if the 18-year-old bill is passed," he said. BASIC ISSUES The committee examined the possibility of a pub in depth covering four basic issues: the legal aspects, the enforceable aspects, experience elsewhere and the beneficial aspects of establishing a pub. local law enforcement agencies. "Both the campus' chief of police and the representative from the Reno Police Department agreed there would be little problem in enforcement of the rules and regulations surrounding such a pub. In fact, control of the drinking problem might be eased by the presence of such a facility from other campuses j'was not all that great," and third, "We didn't feel the pub! itself would break He said the committee also-! considered the possibility of ad- verse public jopinion, and, more importantly, the parents of the students.

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