Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 22

1 1 1 Micros portea an developer re; Family jf 1 i i i ii ii i ii i buying interest in Tropicana Doumani said other partners include Michael "Tiger Mike" Davis, who is a very wealthy wildcat oil drilling man from Denver." Another potential partner is Irving "Ash" Resnick, Doumani said. Resnick's role has been held up temporarily by the Nevada Gaming Board because he faces trial on charges of evading $95,000 in federal income taxes, the News said. West Coast newspapers reported Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra were interested but Doumani discounted the reports. Federal law enforcement agencies, including the Organized Crime Strike Force in Detroit, have confirmed they are investigating an alleged scheme estimated to have cost the casino at least $200,000.

According to authorities, tricksters using fictitious names signed credit slips while on vacation tour junkets, thereby piling up bad debts. was asking $43 million for a 60 per cent interest in his existing lease and purchase option with the owner. "We plan to split our controlling 60 per cent into six equal parts with my brother (Fred M. Doumani) and I dividing one of the 10 per cent shares while five other partners take 10 per cent apiece," Doumani told the News. Doumani, speaking by telephone from the Tropicana, said he was licensed Thursday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board to assume "an immediate hand in running this establishment until our full contract is cleared in about a month." Doumani said the partners "brought about a million dollars in the door with us" and added, "The real infusion of fresh capital" could amount to $40 million.

The investors plan to expand the complex, Doumani said. He said his group will take an option to purchase the property from Indiana investor Eugene Jaffe in the next 10 years. DETROIT (AP) A Michigan shopping center developer plans to buy 10 per cent of the Las Vegas Tropicana Hotel and Casino, his attorney has confirmed. The attorney, J. Leonard Hyman, said Jack Surnow of suburban West Bloomfield Township is part of a group purchasing control of the complex and two of his partners are prominent men from the entertainment field who might want to keep their names confidential until the deal is completed.

Surnow, who has developed shopping centers in Michigan and Ohio from his suburban Southfield headquarters, will be "an inactive partner as far as the gambling casino goes," Hyman said. The Detroit News reported the purchasing group is headed by Edward M. Doumani, a casino investor. The News quoted Doumani as saying Del Gustafson, Tropicana president, Steve Ellingson Yarn sheep delights children fi V'jj Have you any yarn? If so, you can make -this famous nursery rhyme come to life in your home, using either white yarn or macrame cord. The baa, baa, black sheep wallhanging picture here with Suzanne Rogers of NBC's "Days of Our Lives" television series, will prove to be a real conversation piece.

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Frame the project in a simple ready-made frame and it's ready to hang. To obtain our full-size Pattern No. 548 for "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep," send $1.25 (includes postage and handling). If airmail is desired, send $1.50 by cash, check or money order to: Steve Ellingson, Reno Evening Gazette Pattern Dept. P.O.

Box 2383 Van Nuys, California 91409. Other patterns you will enjoy: No. 400 Lion Tapestry No. 496 Owl Mural (yarn project) New "Patterns For Better Living" booklet picturing over 500 woodworking and handicraft projects $1.00. lions to dodlcoto latest Itiddio path The Reno Arch Lions Club's latest kiddie park is already open for business, but it'll be officially dedicated Sept.

21. The noontime affair at the park on the west side of Paradise Park will mark a $7,000 investment on the park of the service club. Gov. Mike O'Callaghan is scheduled to attend the dediction. The Reno Arch Lions Club has been selling candy at Christmas time for about 10 years and the $50,000 collected in that time has gone to kiddie parks in Idlewild Park, the crippled children's center in Sparks, the Reno Indian colony.

Black Springs and now Paradise Park. Club spokesman Bill Wallace said the $7,000 initial investment at Paradise was supported by donated labor, supplies and concrete." He said the club's park projects would never have succeeded "without the unending help of the Reno Parks Department." The club went into the kiddie park business in 1962 when members "realized there was a need for a facility not for the 12 to 18 year olds but for the very little kids," Wallace said. Several other service organizations contributed money to the Idlewild Park site. The Lions have been making additions to the park yearly and estimate the investment at about $15,000 total. In 1972, the club decided "there wasn't much more to do" at Idlewild and so with city council approval spent a year planning the Paradise Park park.

Construction began in earnest last spring when the giant slide was removed. Part of the park had been in use since the year before. Wallace said "several thousand man hours have gone into the new park, but if it wasn't for the cooperation of the city, these parks would be literally worthless. "We, as private citizens, wouldn't be able to maintain them." Annual peace fair slated living activities in the home, community Betty Malmgren, editor 22 Reno Evening Gazette Saturday, Sept. 14, 1974 Rummage sale benefits church Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Guild is sponsoring a rummage sale from 9 a.m.

to 6 p.m. Sept. 20 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept.

21. The sale will be held at the church's McCarran Hall, 731 Sparks. Proceeds will benefit the church and items for sale include a stove, clothing and miscellaneous household items. Mrs. Marcella Roche is sale chairman.

Community calendar SATURDAY DUPLICATE Bridge Open Game, 8 p.m., Reno Bridge Studio, 155 University Ter. ALCOHOLICS Anonymous, 8:30 p.m., St. Luke's Lutheran Church of Reno, 3835 Lakeside Dr. COMMUNITY Ball Room Dance Club, 8:30 p.m., 1775 Mill public invited. Bandleader hurting for money Reno bandleader Al Shay wants to go to Expo '74 in Spokane, representing Reno.

But money for the trip isn't coming in very fast. In fact, Shay has collected only $10 of the expected $10,000 tab. That $10 came from inmates at the state prison. Shay said a friend, comic Milt Kamen, offered to lend his nationally-known name to the venture. "He works all the talk shows and he said he would talk up the trip and our sponsors on national TV before the trip.

"Those prime time plugs are worth $17,000 a minute, but so far we've had no takers," Shay said. Library film The film, "Gertrude Stein: When This You See Remember Me," will be shown at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Washoe County Library auditorium, 301 S. Center St. in Reno.

The film consists of photographs and historic footage illustrating the life of Gertrude Stein as a young girl in Oakland, as a college and medical school student, and as a hostess and art collector in Paris where her acquaintances included such famous artists and writers as Picasso, Matisse, Hemingway, and Fitzgerald. The program is free. LOOKING FOR A CHURCH HOME? YOU'RE WELCOME AT ST. JOHN'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1070 W. Plumb Lane 9:30 a.m.

Church School 10:30 a.m. -Worship Service Prison officials ask The annual peace fair at the Washoe Pines Ranch will be Sept. 22. Sept. 22-29 has been declared Nevada peace Week by Gov.

Mike Callaghan, according to the American Friends Service Committee. The fourth annual fair will start at noon and run until 7 p.m. Donations will be requested. A forum on "Alternatives the Middle East" will be the featured COURT REPORTING MIGHT SCHOOL begins Sept. 17 oi do special donas In PARA-LECAL Legal research Legal Investigation Calf now for night school outline RENO JUNIOR C0LLESE of Business 322-4071 utilizing the experiences of Robert Vogal, co-author of "Search for Peace in the Middle East" and coordinator for American Friends Service Committee's national Middle East Education Program.

The slides and commentary of Claire Gorfinkle and Howard Frederick, recently returned from a study-tour in Israel, will add further insight. A second program continues the basic theme: "Arm the World? Refocus for Survival." A local panel, including Joseph Robertson, Ken Stephens, Robert May and Elaine Backman will lead the discussion. In addition to the forum and panel, slides and other speakers will relay information about Indochina, amnesty, and non-violent struggles in America. The educational programs are just a part of the fair with entertainment from four music groups also highlighting the afternoo.i. Janice Weaver and Salvation will add an appearance at the fair to their regular professional performances at Lake Tahoe casinos.

Other groups include the Carson City Barbershop Quartet; The Madras, from Reno United Methodist Church; and Homespun Gold, A Baha'i group singing and playing songs reflecting the concepts of peace at work in the world. A first-time event at the fair this year will be instruction in ethnic folk dances from around the world, taught by Jan Ludel. Favorite activities from previous Peace Fairs will be repeated such as the palm reader, complimentary wine and cheese and punch, splash candles, and other craft demonstrations. The "Community Involvement" section, with local groups displaying their literature and interests will again be prominent and a full schedule of events for children is arranged. A supervised play area for infants and toddlers is set aside.

People may buy food and beverages for a low price throughout the day. Joni Kaiser, staff for the planning committee, said attendance has increased each year, with more than 500 in 1973. "The Peace Fair has become an early Autumn tradition for many Northern Nevada families, but we want more new people as well to experience this family event combining a relaxing Sunday afternoon with a chance to learn about alternatives to war," she said. The fair is sponsored by the Northern Nevada Peace Center and the American Friends Service Committee with participation in planning from several other organizations. The Washoe Pines Ranch is south of Bowers Mansion on Old Franktown Road.

HERBERT FINE Mining professor appointed Mining engineer Herbert D. Fine, has assumed duties as new assistant professor of mining engineering at the Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada. He replaces Dr. Harve Nelson who retired this summer after 23 years at the mineral college. Fine's career has been devoted exclusively to active mining operations.

His early mining experience included two years on the engineering staff Mountain City Copper Co. in klko County. From 1948 to 1954 Fine worked in both operations and engineering for the Rosario Industries in El Salvador and Honduras, and for Frontino Gold Mines Ltd. in Columbia, S.A. This was followed by a period aS general manager of the Bald Mountain Mining Co.

gold mine in Trojan, South Dakota. In 1955, Fine returned to Latin America, where for a number of years, he was mine superintendent at the Fresnillo Co. in Mexico and also acted as an independent consultant in that country. In 1970 Fine was again in Mexico as assistant manager and later manager of the mining division of Geomet, an exploration and mining consultant subsidiary of International Minerals and Chemical Corp. In this capacity he completed feasibility studies of mine prospects and operating properties not only in Mexico, but in Kenya, Argentina, Portugal, and England.

Kruse endorsed Tom Kruse, Democratic candidate for State Controller, has received the endorsement of the Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3, which has some 37,000 members in California and Nevada. Kruse was unopposed in the Democratic primary. ESTATE SALE Commercial income producing property ap-prox. 18,260 sq.

zoned C-1A and C-3. Includes office building with 4- units and commercial building and (leased dba Mini Mart) located on West Moana Lane, Reno, Nevada. Sale subject to present leases. Right is reserved to reject any or all bids. Submit sealed bids to First National Bank of Nevada, Trust P.O.

Box 461, Reno, Nevada 89504. Bids will be opened 2 P.M., November 8, 1974. For information, call 784-3266. HARVEY GROSS Casino head to help Easter Seal Hotel-casino owner Harvey A. Gross, has accepted the post of 1974 Northern Nevada membership chairman for the Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults of Nevada, according to Tom Rodrigue, society president.

The drive, which is primarily mail oriented, will start Monday and continue through October. Proceeds will be used to further Easter Seal's programs of direct service to handicapped Nevadans. They include physical therapy, speech therapy, pre-schoolers for the swimming and camping for the physically adults stroke and aphasic club, equipment loan, consultant services and information referral. Gross, who is president and chairman of the board of Harvey's Resort Hotel and Casino and Harvey's Inn and Casino at South Lake Tahoe, has participated in the hiring of handicapped persons for many years. He has been a member of the President's Committee for the Handicapped since 1964 when he was first appointed by the late President Lyndon Johnson.

He has received the California Veterans Award, the American Legion Award for Hiring the Handicapped and again this year has been placed in nomination for Employer of the Year Award by the Nevada Department of Employment. Sunday school Lord of Mercy Lutheran Church celebrates Christian Education month with the start of a fall term of Sunday school for Sparks and Sun Valley. A teaching staff of 15 will be installed at 8 and 10:30 worship service on Sunday. A Christian Education workshop is being conducted by representatives of the Lutheran Church of America, Pacific Souths western Synod, Sept. 14, from 9 a.m.

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i FOX INC. Suite 1106 E. 1st St. (FNB Building) Reno 89501 TELEPHONE 329 669 upgrading sewer lines at the medium facility, he said. The southern Nevada prison could ease overcrowding at the maximum prison, and get youthful offenders out of the old prison, Pogue said, adding he had "lost track" of lawsuits citing poor conditions at maximum.

Pogue said he didn't want to seek much money for the maximum prison because plans are under way to abandon the 112-year-old facility within the next six or seven years. Initial steps to phase out the old prison are already started with construction of a 90-man unit at the nearby medium prison already started, he noted. cases for trial Deputy Dist. Atty. Cal Dunlap argued the two m- cidents were closely related and said Steele referred to Tina's death in statements made to Reno police.

District Judge Grant Bowen said he did not feel the evidence was so prejudicial as to prohibit its use in the case. Steele's wife, Patricia, 21, has been sentenced to one year in the county jail on a child neglect charge stemming from the Reno death. Military academies Rep. David Towell, is accepting applications from young Nevada men who wish to enter one of the U.S. military academies next summer.

Anyone interested can write to Congressman Towell at: 1206 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515. $8 million for CARSON CITY (AP) -State prison officials Friday outlined plans to ask the 1975 legislature for almost $8 million in efforts to continue upgrading facilities. Warden Ed Pogue told the state Public Works Board about $7.4 million of the total would be used to build a 250-prisoner facility in Southern Nevada. Another $250,000 could be used to improve the aging maximum prison's hospital while $125,000 would be used for an industrial building at the maximum security facility, he said.

Another $100,000 would be used to improve lighting at both maximum and medium prisons here, and to hook up Baby death to be linked Evidence concerning the death of another child in California can be aired at James Eugene Steele's murder trial for the death of his three-month-old daughter, a judge has ruled. Steele's attorney had sought to disallow any reference to a pending murder charge in Solano County, when his trial starts in Washoe District Court Monday. Steele, 35, is charged here with the death of his daughter, Annette, of head injuries last January. He also has been charged with the death of Tina Woodall, his wife's daughter by an earlier marriage. He led police to a Sacramento Valley grave where her body was found.

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