Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 13

eno detective subdues gunman; If WiU ri No injuries in Peppermill incident About half done Work on the $2.7 million Reno Public Safety Center and Municipal Courts complex is about half completed. Warren E. Meacham, city public works department engineer, said about $1.5 million in work has been completed. The facility is tentatively scheduled for completion the first week of July. Work began in February.

It was originally scheduled to be completed in April, 1975, but a 70-day strike last summer delayed construction (Gazette Photo By PHIL BARBER Police said the manager of the South Virginia Street restaurant and bar, William Tenney, had walked outside with Waterman after the latter created a disturbance over his missing wallet. Waterman shot twice at Tenney with a pistol, but missed, Tenney said. Someone called the police. Officer James Hoff arrived and A former mental patient was jailed Thursday night after two shots were fired at the manager of the Peppermill Inn, Reno police said. Paul B.

Waterman, 43, of 1800 O'Farrell Reno, was held without bail today for investigation of attempted murder. began looking outside for the person who had fired the shots. He said he pursued a man to the area of Sierra and Grove streets, but couldn't find him in the dark. Hoff then heard on his walkie-talkie that someone was lying on the ground aiming a pistol at him. Detective Jim Westlake, his revolver drawn, approached the prone figure from behind.

Westlake, instead of shooting, jumped onto the man and wrestled a gun from his hand. Detective commander, Capt. Don McKillip, later said, "Westlake did a very commendable job." The Nevada Mental Health Institute reported Waterman had been a patient there until his release in September. IK Reno Evening Gazette Nevada Road Toll This year to date: 198 act veartnrlato- 941 ess E34i infi PHONE (702) 786-8989 RENO, NEVADA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1974 THIRTEEN ater Mm Kings Inn, Reef control changed i. itdmn-- mstmM' i x-.

i Heavily armed 'janitors' Reno police detectives mopped up their office this morning after a flood occurred in the second floor jail. Chief James Parker blamed it on a leaking connection on a fire hose used to wash down the felony section. Water poured through the ceiling, overran wastebaskets police had set out and disrupted police business. One detective said such occurrences have been common for years. (Gazette Photo) Second arrest made in theft of stored GI Christmas trees Two Reno hotel-restaurants have changed hands.

Four Reno businessmen have purchased the Reef Resort Inn and Casino and at the same time announced major changes will take place in the operation of the facility. Controlling interest of the Kings Inn on West and Third streets in Reno has been purchased by Allen Bergendahl, owner of a 20-acre ranch home in Verdi. The men who purchased the Reef Resort Inn, at 567 W. Fourth from Ernie Collins for an undisclosed amount are Marshall Davis, Neil Stein, Lane Fleischer and Lou Benetti. TOUR OPERATOR Davis was active in the hotel and restaurant business in Southern California before moving to Reno several years ago to open up VIP Tours.

He is president of Reef operations. Benetti, a native of Reno and owner of Nevada Novelty and properties in Virginia City, will be a vice president along with Lane Fleischer, owner of Alman Enterprises and Stan-A-Lane Gaming Manufacturing of Reno. Secretary-treasurer is the case after sheriff's deputies said the trees were spotted being sold at a roadside lot at Big Chief, about five miles south of Truckee. Allan estimated it would have taken three semi-trailer loads to move the trees which covered an area about the size of a football field at the Hobart Mills Forest Service Work Center north of Truckee. They were being stored there awaiting shipment after Allan's group cut them.

The trees were donated by the Forest Service. About 1,600 of the trees have been recovered. They were part of a shipment of more than 5,000 to be flown to the Philippines and Madrid for distribution to servicemen in areas without access to Christmas trees. The missing trees were valued at about $17,500 earlier this week by Douglas Allen of Eureka, founder of a veterans' group called Operation Christmas. The group has been shipping trees overseas since 1967.

Cushing and Baros were arrested in Another man was arrested Thursday in connection with the theft of more than 2,000 Christmas trees bound for U.S. military bases overseas from a storage area near Truckee. The Nevada County Sheriff's Department is holding Kenneth Cushing, 22, of Grass Valley, for investigation of grand theft. Ronald Baros, 19, of Truckee, was arrested earlier in connection with the theft of the trees, which was reported Tuesday. suit heard Hearings on a motion to dismiss a suit to stop federal takeover of the Newlands Project have been continued until Tuesday morning in federal court in Reno.

The suit involves attempts by the Truckee Carson Irrigation District to stop the Department of Interior from its planned takeover of the Fallon water project Nov. l. The Newlands Project is responsible for providing water to some 63,000 acres in the Fallon area. It has been operated since 1926 by the Truckee-Carson district under an agreement with the federal government. The government notified the district last year it was terminating the contract because of alleged violations by TCID.

U.S. Dist. Judge Bruce R. Thompson heard oral arguments from government attorneys today. Douglas Cain, representing the Interior Department, told Thompson the water district suit should be dismissed under the doctrine of sovereign immunity, which he said bars parties from suing the federal government unless it can be shown the government exceeded its constitutional authority.

Oregon woman of injuries An 80-year-old Bandon, woman died Thursday at Tahoe Forest Hospital at Truckee of injuries suffered Wednesday in a traffic accident on State Route 28, the California Highway Patrol reported. One motorist, Elsie Marie Martin, 64, of Tahoe City, was arrested for investigation of felony driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Patrolmen said the elderly victim was a passenger in a car driven by Alta A. Sullivan, 71, also of Bandon. Their car was forced from the road by the Martin car, went down an embankment and rolled over several times, officers said.

Alta Sullivan also was admitted to Tahoe Forest Hospital. Wittenberg guard knocked out A security guard at Wittenberg Hall was knocked unconscious and robbed early today, Washoe County sheriff's detectives said. Earl Childers, 26, was unable to give investigators any details of the assault. He wis listed in fair condition later today at Washoe Medical Center. Officers said Childers was struck down as he made his rounds outside the juvenile detention facility at 1255 Mill St.

at 3 a.m. His keys and $40 were missing, deputies said. Once there were two mice who lived in a museum. Neil Stein, Reno motel owner and land investor and formerly in the hotel and restaurant business at June Lake. Davis said ther would be "sweeping management changes and some remodeling of the facility." He said a new room, "Ernie's at the Reef," has been opened and is featuring gormet and flambe cooking.

Ernie's will also feature luncheons daily and on Thursday lingerie fashion MARSHALL DAVIS George Dilworth Middle School in Sparks today wore outfits from the 1950s to celebrate "Graffiti Day." The event was sponsored by the student body council. fV' i if I shows will be held during the lunch hour. "Entertainment and dancing in our Tiki Lounge will be upgraded and will start at 10 p.m. and run until the wee hours of the morning," Davis said, adding that free valet parking will be available. The cost of controlling interest in Kings Inn was not disclosed.

The inn presently has no casino operation while its gaming license is pending. The original owners of the Kings Inn, retired Col. Matthew Chotas, Bob Scoggin and Joseph Fischer, all of Reno, will retain a small interest, according to Jim Mallen, Bergendahl's personal accountant. The 167 room, seven-story Kings Inn complex was scheduled to open this spring, but didn't open until September due to construction strikes. The $3 million complex includes a casino area, restaurant and bar, convention area and show lounge.

However, there is presently no casino operation pending action on application for a gaming license. The developer, Bergendahl is president of GMFC Inc. in Downey, Calif. Woodpile scandal probed CARSON CITY (AP) -The state Consumer Affairs Division says some Reno-Carson residents have complained that cords of firewood they bought turned out to be "considerably less" than a full cord. The agency said Thursday some wood cutters sell "city cords" which are smaller than "country cords" but anything less than about 128 cubic feet isn't a full cord no matter what it's called.

That works out to a stack of wood four feet by four feet by eight feet, the agency said, adding it's interested in hearing from anyone who gets less than that after paying for a cord. Need $25 million? 'Maybe, maybe not' A draft report indicating Reno International Airport will need $25.4 million in improvements by 1993 "may or may not be correct" Airport Manager Gene Juilfs says. The $25.4 million figure was contained in a report released Wednesday by the Nevada Public Service Commission. It said airports in Nevada need $333 million by 1993 to upgrade facilities. Juilfs termed the report "an overall state plan which was not intended to go into specific detail about each airport." A master plan of the Reno International Airport and Stead facility will provide more specific information about future needs and future revenue sources, the airport manager said.

That report, being prepared by Arnold Thompson Associates in San Francisco, will be completed about June, he said. Juilfs cautioned that if the Nevada report is based on the present dollar, inflation could mean the actual dollar amount of future needs would be much higher. The report stated about $246.4 million of the total amount needed for improvements at airports in the state would come from federal sources while state and local governments would provide the rest. Grand jury defends Donner Lake Extradition hearing set in Reno robbery LOS ANGELES (AP) A federal magistrate has scheduled an extradition hearing Dec. 19 for two men accused of the largest bank robbery in U.S.

history. U.S. Magistrate James J. Penne ordered the hearing on whether Curtis R. Michelson, 38, and Edward T.

Malone, 49, will be taken to Nevada for trial. Michelson and Malone were arrested last week in Newport Beach, Calif. They are accused of the September robbery of the First National Bank of Nevada's branch at Second and Virigia streets, in which authorities say more than $1 million was taken. Michelson is also accused of a Sacramento bank robbery and is wanted by Washington State authorities as a prison escapee, officers here said. Michelson was held on $600,000 bond and Malone on $500,000 bond.

Students try nostalgia Track bettors get break A bit of a break for horse players, and a new saddle of sorts for Nevada bookmakers, went into effect Sunday as a result of amendments to the federal Excise Tax Reduction Bill (HR-7780). The former 10 per cent tax on wagers has been reduced to 2 per cent. For the bettor who used to pay $2.20 to hear that his horse ran out of the money, the charge in the Reno-Lake Tahoe area now will be only $2.04 cents. Local bookmakers say they are planning to collect the tax from the customer, despite unconfirmed reports that some books in the Las Vegas area will absorb the lessened tax-bite them-sgIvbs. "Ten per cent on a $2 bet didn't add up to a whole lot," one bookie said, "but when someone was betting $1,000 or more it was a cnunK enough to drive some of the high rollers to illegal books." New York City; Dino Giambrone, 46, Brooklyn, N.Y., an employe of Hanover Tours, and Charles San Filippo, 42.

Brooklyn, owner of a dry cleaning firm. The Justice Department said the indictments capped a two year investigation by FBI agents. Each of the four was charged with conspiracy and interstate transport of money and property obtained by fraud. Cannon aide shifts to Santini An aide to Sen. Howard Cannon, John Brodeur of Reno, has been named press secretary to Nevada Congressman-elect James Santini, Democrat.

Brodeur, 24, will join Santini's Washington D.C. staff Jan. 3. He will be responsible for Santini's media activities and will assist in legislative matters. Both Santini and Brodeur are graduates of Bishop Manogue High School in Reno and the University of Nevada, Reno.

At UNR, Brodeur was president of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism society, and a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, Blue Keys, Coffin and Keys and other campus organizations. Named the Outstanding UNR Journalism Graduate in 1972, Brodeur's journalistic career began in 1967 as a sportswriter for the Nevada State Journal. He also worked for one year at the Reno bureau of United Press International, and spent three months at the Las Vegas Review-Journal as a general assignment reporter under DonRey Media Intern Scholarship Program. Allison arrested Edward E. Allison, president of May Advertising of Reno and former aide to then-governor Paul Laxalt, was arrested this morning for investigation of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor, Reno police said.

He was released on his own recognizance three hours after police stopped the car he was driving at 1:50 a.m. at Thoma and South Virginia streets. NEVADA CITY (AP) -The water in Donner Lake shouldn't be pumped out for the Tahoe Donner resort or any other project, the Nevada County grand jury says. The jury issued a report Thursday criticizing Dart Industries, developer of the resort, and called for a total but more damage If it looked like something out of the past or at least out of a movie it was supposed to. About 300 students at Fewer fires, The Bureau of Land Management reports fewer fires on public lands in Nevada during 1974, but more extensive property damage.

The recently ended fire season saw 561 fires which burned about 152,000 acres, the BLM said today, com One evening after the museum had closed, the first mouse crawled into a huge suit of armor. Junket cheating charged ban on drawing of water from the spring-fed lake between Donner Pass and Truckee. "Donner Lake is so significant in its visual, historical and cultural values to transcend any economic considerations," the jury said. tifications rollers. of known high- The junketeers then obtained casino chips on credit and turned them in to the four men, who cashed them in at the hotel and returned to their home states, the indictment alleged.

The indictment named Edward Alfred Zuber, 34, a roofer from Costa Mesa, Howard Finkelstein, 45, Orlando, the owner of Hanover Tours, Inc. of there has been an apparent trend toward greater property damage during the past 10 years because of more housing developments adjacent to range lands. Three fourths of the fires were under 10 acres, with the season's largest a 21,600 acre blaze near Midas in Elko County. "Help me make it through the knight!" pared to 619 fires covering 170,500 acres in 1973. Property losses were described as "substantial." and included 17 structures, 35 head of cattle, 37 miles of range fence, 273 tons of hay and one vehicle, the BLM said.

Spokesman Bob Soule said Before he knew it, lie was lost. "Help!" he shouted to his friend. LAS VEGAS (AP)-Four men have been indicted by a federal grand jury here on charges of taking more than a quarter-million dollars from a Strip hotel during two gambling junkets in 1969. The two-count indictment returned Thursday alleged the men brought in the two junkets to the Aladdin Hotel from California and New York and furnished the junketeers with iden-.