Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 2

January 29, 1969 Reno Evening Gazette Correspondent Tries to Explain Paris Talks Steen uiven Time to Firm Payment Plan Millionaire Charles A. Steen still onlv two sides, themselves, ienouah. they can be A. Well, the Hanoi-NLF peo- A. Yes and No.

Hanoi and the the Americans seem to accept the fact that there are four negotiators, but to say there are four delegations would mean that the NLF is independent enough to have its own delegation. Q. Why is the table round? Pending Legislation Could Cut County's Impacted Area Funds The Washoe County School Ibursement for educating chil-District will lose some $375,000 dren of federal government em- Committee Kills Lottery Proposal (Continued from Page 1) torney general for gaming. Win ne said it tickets were carried across state lines, holders would be violating both federal laws and those of neighboring states. "The federal government would love to make an example Of us," Winne said.

"It has prosecuted without regard to personalities in this matter." image of Nevada gambling has improved greatly in recent years and a lottery would tarnish the image, Winne and Diehl both said. The gaming industry opposes the lottery for the same reason state officials do, said Charles Munson, executive secretary of the Nevada Gaming Commission. The committee was also told that many Nevadans believed that while state officials oppose a private lottery they are not opposed to one operated by the state. When the matter was brought before the voters last fall one argument against the proposal was that the state couldn't adequately control a private lottery but would be able to regulate a state operation. Winne, however, said that last fall the gaming policy board iisued a statement in opposition to any Gov.

Paul Laxalt last fall op posed the private lottery pro posal saying a lottery could best be run by the state and it would bring in more tax money to operate state government. William Swackhamer, D-Bat-tle Mountain, said he is opposed to a lottery of any kind. He said that although the resolution the committee killed today would have only repealed the constitutional ban, leaving actual creation of a lottery up to the legislature, legislative senti ment might change in the future. Repeal, he said, would make it easier to proceed. If today's committee action stands, it will take another five years to get a repealer through two sessions of the legislature and onto the general election ballot.

April Trial Set in Case Of Embezzlement An April trial has been set for a 40-year-old Reno woman whose attorney stood mute in her behalf on a charge of em bezzlement. Washoe Dist. Court Judge John Gabrielli then entered an innocent plea on behalf of Pe nelope C. Artman of 100 N. Ar lington Ave.

Trial was set for April 14. Mrs. Artman is accused of converting a car from a Reno car rental agency, on Sept. 18, to her own use with intent to steal or defraud the owner. The defendant was represented by attorney John Coffin, the state by Deputy Dist.

Atty. Frederick Pinkerton. said to into the! have only two sides. When thev KO room, do four delegations go in. A.

There are oniy iu Jnnrs en tho llanoi-NLr PFIL use one and the Washington-Saigon thp other. It there four doors, thee would have been the devil to pay Congressman To Oppose Pay Raises Washington (AP) Chair man William M. Colmer served notice today that his House Rules Committee will consider legislation to block congressional pay raises unless another committee acts promptly. Colmer called for "restraint and austerity" as he criticized the proposed automatic pay raises for top government officials, including $12,500 a year more for members of Congress. The raises were proposed by a special presidential commission and sent to Congress by former President Lyndon B.

Johnson. They take effect automatically unless either the House or the Senate vetos them by Feb. 13. Congress expects to start a 10- day recess next week. Resolutions to nullify the proposed increases are pending in both the Rules Committee and the Post Office and Civil Service Committee.

Colmer, in a statement, said the proposed salary increases would "add fuel to the flames of inflation which I regard as even more serious enemy than some of our foreign adversar ies." Dunes Hotel Purchase Application Continental Connector Corp. applied with the Nevada Gaming Commission to buy tne Dunes Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. Continental Connector is a conglomerate which manufac tures electrical equipment and is listed on the American Stock Exchange. The Woodside, N.Y., firm agreed last March to acquire the hotel for preferred shares worth about $21.6 million but details were being worked out before the gambling license was requested. Investment which now owns the Dunes, will op erate the gambling and the hotel, gaming officials said, as a wholly owned subsidiary of Continental Connector.

Investment has eight major owners, including Major Riddle of Las Vegas. Chairman of the board of Continental Connector is A. Parry Thomas, chairman of the Bank of Las Vegas. The president is Leon Gilbert and vice president is William L. Volgler.

Gaming officials said all officers will have to be licensed by the state. up By WILLIAM L. RYAN AP Special Correspondent PARIS (AP) Sir. I am an American in Paris. Can you tell me what's going on here about Vietnam? Well, we're gathering again Thursday around a round table to face issues squarely.

Q. Ah a peace conference? A. Absolutely not! The first thing a newcomer must learn is that you don't call this anything but talks. Q. Why? A.

Well, if you call what goes on at the International Confer ence Center a conference, the Americans and South Viet namese won't like it. A confer ence can mean that everybody present has the authority to con fer. If you call it a meeting, the North Vietnamese and the Na tional Liberation Front get mad at you. A meeting is an informal thing where anybody can throw in his two bits' worth. The NLF and Hanoi say its a conference.

Q. ve heard there 11 never be a meeting excuse me talks on a Wednesday. Why not? A. Because the Americans and the South Vietnamese think that would be too much like a continuation of the preliminary American-North Vietnamese talks, which were always on Wednesdays. Q.

So what? A. People would get the idea these are enlarged or expanded" talks. Expanded from two to four sides. Q. Aren't they? Federal Funds Allocated For Airport An additional allocation of $61,022 in federal funds has been allocated for Reno Municipal Airport work, Nevada's congressional delegation has announced.

The money brings the airport fiscal 1969 aid to $1,103,661. Airport Manager Joe Hicks says the money will be used for: Extension of the terminal apron, which will be paved with concrete and "will give us an area where we can construct the concourses later;" Installation of 11,000 linear feet of security fencing on the airport's west side. "That's our critical area;" Acquisition of clear zone property at the south end of the north-south runway and west end of the east-west runway; and, Completion of major drain age work in the Peckham Lane area. Hicks said the work will begin as soon as the Federal Aviation Administration presents its grant offer. City councilmen awarded low bids for the work several weeks ago.

HOME BURGLARIZED Money and a television set were reported missing Tuesday from a home at 935 Plumas police said. Richard F. Par- do told officers someone entered his home and ransacked his bedroom. He said $8 was missing A. If it were sniinr it would have four sidns and fnnr sides! look likes four delegations.

A round table doesn't have sides marked off, so one group can say it has four sides and anoth er can say it has two sides and both are right. The two rectangular tables, where the lesser staff sit, have sides, But if the rectangular tables are narrow ployes. At present, Washoe County is eligible for $396,000 from the government. The new legislation would result in a grant of only $21,000. "This could result in a reduc tion in supplies, a reduction in the number of teachers, and percentage decrease in all areas of our budget," Picollo said.

icollo said he has sent letters to Nevada's congressmen to seek help. "We are also hoping we can arrange a meeting with them." Casair Sale Authorized Sale of millionaire Charles Steen's fueling operation Reno Municipal Airport Casair Inc. was authorized today by federal bankruptcy referee Russell Taylor. Steen has defaulted on rent payments for the facility and the City of Reno has sought to terminate his lease, but has been prevented by a restraining order. Taylor approved, for first consideration by the city council, a bid by Casino Air headed by Elmo Whitmire, wno is pres ently managing the facility Whitmire's bid included 000 down payment, $2,388 pay ment of back rent and sewer fees, withdrawal of a $21,335 claim against Steen and payment of a $40,000 balance at two cents per gallon for fuel sold.

Should the city council not approve that sale, Taylor recommended an alternate sale to Air Reno headed by John Pierce of Reno. Pierce's bid included $10,000 down, $10,000 in 30 days, and a $40,000 balance of fuel sold, cents per gallon of ruel sold. There were two oher bids for the lease Roy Mathcett and Charles Kelly, Oregon business men, $65,00 with $8,000 down; and Altair a California corporation, $65,000 with $15,000 down, paid over six months. HEALTH OFFICER Dr. Thomas K.

Hines of Carson City was appointed health officer for Storey County today by Dr. Edward F. Crippen, state health officer. Ml and the others. Thev sav the NLF is a "reality" but not a "political entity.

Q. What should one call the talks, then? A. New, full-scale or substantive talks. But not enlarged or expanded. Q.

Aren't there four delegations here? Rattlesnake Undergoes Surgery FRISCO CITY, Ala (AP)-A 6-foot-9 rattlesnake still is in the lead for top honors in the Monroe County Rattlesnake Rodeo, but had to undergo surgery to keep it alive and thus eligible. Larry Gibbs, operator of the Atmore, reptile farm and owner of the rattler, said the snake had been bleeding inter nally and possibly was the vie tim of a traffic mishap prior to his capture. The rodeo, in which the larg est rattler captured is declared the winner, began Jan. 1 and will end Feb. 15.

School Board Grants Requests For Leaves Eight requests for short leaves of absence were approved Tues day by the Washoe County School Board. They are: George Brighton, associate superintendent, to attend the National Conference on School Finance in New Orleans for three days in March; Betty Olson, a teacher at E. Otis Vaughn Junior High School, to attend the Southern California Council of Teachers of Mathematics meeting in Los Angeles Feb. 21-23; Marcella McComas, a teach er at Earl Wooster High School, to attend a state leadership conference in Sparks March 16-18; Mary Ellen Van Lydegraf and Orsie Graves, counselors at Sparks High School, to attend the University of Nevada Edu cators tonterence eb. 21 in Reno; Verlita Conner, teacher at Elmcrest School, to attend a workshop on foster care spon sored by the Nevada Nurses Association on Feb.

18; Robert Scott and Roger Trounday, vice principals at Procter Hug High School, to vis it Wood Lake High School in Visalia, to study class scheduling. SENATE VOTE WASHINGTON (AP) Ne vada Sens. Alan Bible and How ard W. Cannon voted against ending debate Tuesday in a 50 42 vote which the Senate failed to cut off debate in a fight over its anti-filibuster rule: A two-thirds majority was re' quired. pie say they are, but the Washington-Saigon people say they aren't.

If you say "enlarged," it might mean that it has been enlarged from two sides to four, sides. Q. Hasn't it? A. The Hanoi-NLF people say it has, but the Washington Saigon people say there are Sleet Plagues East; Snow Covers West By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Freezing rain, sleet and fog plagued motorists in the eastern third of the country today while snow and cold weather spread into a large part of the West. Traverlers warnings were in effect throught the night along the Appalachians from the Car- olinas to New York as the same weather pattern which closed schools and hampered the Mid west Tuesday slid onto the east em seaboard.

Rain and fog extended into the Southeast below the glazed region. Rain also washed por tions of the Great Lakes region anc the Gulf Coast. Most of the intermountain re gion of the West received warn ings to travelers for locally heavy snow and gusty winds. The areas involved included portions of seven states from southern Idaho into Arizona and New Mexico. Rain fell in mud-and flood- ravaged sections of California again Tuesday, but amounts generally were light compared with recent downpours and skies cleared at Los Angeles and San Francisco during the night.

Cannon Wants To Address Legislature 1 Gazette-Journal Legislative Bureau Sen. Howard Cannon, has requested permission to ad dress the 55th session of the Nevada Legislature on Feb. 10 Assembly Speaker Howard McKissick R-Reno. said Gen. William Westmoreland also would like to make an appearance, on March 25.

McKissick said that date would be "after we've adjourned that is, if the 60-day session prevails." Laughingly, the Assembly approved the invitation to the chief of staff, "if we are still in Car son City." OFFICE BURGLARIZED Tools and an adding machine were reported stolen from the office of a used car lot at 290 E. Fourth Reno police said The office was broken into and ransacked. The value of the mis sing property was listed at $192, police said. in federal funds if legislation nendint? in Coneress is nasseH Supt. Marvin Picollo said today.

Picollo has recieved word that Congress is considering drastic cuts in Impacted Area Act funds given to districts as a reim- Language Equipment Bid Accepted The $16,400 bid of White Electronics Development Corp. of Anaheim, Calif, for language laboratory equipment was ac cepted Tuesday by the Washoe County School Board. It was one of two bids sub mitted. The lower bid of $14,151 of Inland Networks Inc. of San Bernardino, was rejected because it was not up to specifications.

The board also accepted the low, $5,588 bid of Harold Chism School Supplies of Reno for wire less learning system equipment It was one of three submitted. In other action, the board: Moved to invite Nevada leg islators to visit district schools Accepted the resignation of Merlyn Thompson, a teacher at Roger Corbett School; Granted leave of absence for the 1969-70 school year for Con nie Weldon, a teacher at George Dilworth Junior High School, and Martin Mann, former principal of Wadsworth School; Approved teaching contracts for Alice Dallimore, Earl Wooster High School, James E. Lutt-ges, Roy Gomm School, Allura Morland, Darrel Swope Junior High School, Helen Sturm, Echo Loder School, Esther Chalmer, practical nursing coordinator and instructor; and Frank For- villy, an administrative intern at Stead School. Fire Damages Hotel Door A small trash fire behind the Riverside Hotel on South Vir ginia Street today caused minor damage to the back door of the hotel, the Reno Fire Department reported. Firemen said three engines responded to the call at 12:46 this morning.

The fire appar ently started in some trash and burned a partition and charred the back door of the hotel. I 9 4 inas Deen given nine xirm 4- his plan designed to pay nearly $6 million in debts before his creditors are asked to give final approval or disapproval. Federal bankruptcy referee Russell Taylor said today he hoped to call a meeting of Steen's creditors at a "reason-ably early date." Tuesday, following eight days of hearings, Taylor indicated he saw no reason, at least for the present, to adjudicate Steen bankrupt. During the hearings, Steen and other witnesses defined the value or potential value of his far-flung and complex assets in an attempt to work out a plan, acceptable to creditors, that would allow Steen to pay his debts without being judged bankrupt. Steen has valued his assets at $19 million.

During the hearings, witnesses testified Steen's assets had a value or potential value far in excess of that figure. At the heart of his payment plan is a proposed transfer of many of his mining assets into a new corporation with sale of stock over the Vancouver Stock Exchange. Testimony indicated the corporation should produce $3.5 million to Steen in a few months. Taylor said he was inclined to defer a decision on a Steen petition asking the removal of bankruptcy trustee Dick Dimond and his attorneys, Richard Hor-ton and Royal Stewart. Steen attorney, John Gibbons, summarizing the hearings, noted his client's business dealings had been successful when he stuck to mining and Steen had only suffered losses when he went outside that field and had to depend on others for advice.

"This man has made mistakes," Gibbons said. "We all have. He's a debtor. We're all debtors. He's gotten in a little over his Taylor called an informal meeting this morning with the Internal Revenue Service to discuss its claim that Steen owes some $2 million in back taxes.

Steen has disputed the claim. Larceny Case Figure Pleads Innocent A 20-year-old University of Nevada student pleaded innocent in Washoe District Court Tuesday to a grand larceny charge. John Sager Chekatis of Nye Hall is accused of stealing an amplifier and tape recorder belonging to Kurt W. Schweer of 792 West St. between June 4 and 21.

Judge John Gabrielli set trial for June 9. Chekatis was represented by attorney Samuel Fran-covich, the state by Deputy Dist. Atty. David Parraguirre. At your service 7 days a week evenings, too 0B! ITS raw THE RENO DODGE BOYS GIVE HIGHER TRADE-IN DOLLARS I Yes, the Reno Dodge Boys are turning up the fever with White Hat Specials and higher trade-in dollars for your car! Check with them today test drive a new Dodge! You'll find that It's Ho Snow Job! 700 KIETZKE LANE.