Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 13

Water conservation plan also announced Sundowner Hotel expansion planned By BARBARA HENRY The initiation of two water-saving measures were announced today by the owners of the Sundowner Hotel-Casino along with the announcement of plans for a 150-room expansion and 10,000 square-foot gaming area addition in the near future. George Karadanis, part-owner of the Sundowner, made the announcement of the conservation measures on the heels of a plea this week by the Reno City Council for citizens to begin saving water to allow the city to grow prior to a planned 1979 expansion of the Reno-Sparks Joint Sewer Treatment Plant. The Sundowner has already installed special shower heads in each of its 351 rooms and plans the installation of water displacement devices in the toilets throughout the hotel. Karadanis and Bob Maloff also own the 177-unlt University Hills Apartments and plan to install the devices in the 354 bathrooms in the complex. The planned expansion of the Sundowner Includes an added lower to be built on property now occupied by the Stardust Motel on West Fourth Street.

Karadanis said he hopes to begin by the end of the year, but the expansion will depend on whether the city continues Issuing building permits prior to the sewer plant addition. Karadanis said the water displacement devices cost only 17 cents each, which means the total cost for Installing them in the partments and the hotel is about $120. The shower heads cost $3.50 each, which calculates to a total cost of about $2,400 for the hotel-casino and the apartments. Karadanis said he is saving much more than that in his water bills. Asked if the Sundowner was urging other hotels to follow suit with similar conservation efforts, Karadanis said, "Not really." He added, however, that he hopes other businessmen will begin similar efforts.

The toilet devices will displace one quart of water each time one is flushed and the Sundowner estimates they will save about 500,000 gallons of water a year from going into the sewer plant. The campaign to install water displacement devices was initiated by University of Nevada-Reno students and the Sundowner is buying the devices from the students, Karadanis said. "Considering the dangerous fire year we are experiencing this year, and the potential crisis at Reno's sewer treatment plant, the Sundowner Hotel is pleased to make this contribution to Reno," he said. Reno Evening Gazette Thirteen Reno, Nevada, Friday, July 9, 1976 This evening's L. i a treasure found on old irish sod byleoe.

mcfadden i had a delightful time In Ireland, re-vlsiting (or the umpteenth time the myriads of cousins and an aged but sprightly aunt, my mother's sister, and sharing that thrill again of sitting down in the thatched-roof cottage where my father was born and spent his early years before setting out on the great american adventure. towney is not a town nor even a village but rather a few homes in a farmland setting and the house "at the foot of the hill" which is my father's house is inhabited to this day by a double-related cousin and family. there it was that my sister and i sat not long ago on a gloriously warm day, sat in the same kitchen in which my father took his tea and glowed in the light of love and in the light of the peat fire. you are in the house exactly two minutes when the wife and a home from dublin on holiday, disappear, to return with tumblers of a vintage irish to "drive away the chill" on a gloriously warm day thenTt was that my sister, in idle conversation about this and that inquired if by chance the cousin had any old photos. now let me explain that the irish had a religious routine in the decades long dead of sending home photos by the packet, photos taken in borrowed clothes perhaps, but photos depicting the obvious wealth of the newly arrived immigrant.

my brothers and sister and i have had since the 50s pictures of our parents on their wedding day, pictures retrieved from an irish cupboard, and so it was that i listened with little interest to my sister's query and paid little attention as she began looking through a little candy box of aged photos. but out from under aunt biddy and uncle james there came a picture of my father roundup declared 'non-event' Range fire ELY (AP) A range fire which blackened 700 acres since Thursday remained out of control today. A Bureau of Land Management spokesman said the fire started on the old Miller ranch northwest -of here while a work crew was burning brush in efforts to clear land. The fire destroyed some unoccupied ranch buildings and spread into pinion pine and juniper around the ranch. The BLM said 100 fire fighters and one helicopter are at the fire site and there's hope the blaze will be controlled by late tonight.

Sheriff criticized LAS VEGAS (AP) State Sen. Joe Neal, D-North Las Vegas, is calling for the ouster of Sheriff Ralph Lamb because of alleged corruption in Lamb's department. Neal said Thursday evidence of a former policeman being involved in a burglary shows there is corruption in the agency. And Neal said "the blame really stops at the top." Ford fired ken NORTH LAS VEGAS AP) Susan Ford, found guilty of harboring an escaped prisoner, has been fired from her job at the police department here. The City Council voted unanimously Thursday to remove Mrs.

Ford from her job as file clerk, following what council members said were numerous complaints about her employment. Mrs. Ford is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 11 for harboring Michael Anselmo, a convicted murderer who escaped last January from the state prison. 'The Captives9 Members of the prison musical combo Bell, Jerry Rodgers and Lloyd Captives, are from left, Dave Pherson.

(Gazette photo) Musical group Prisoners tour state to perform for charity State gaming officials listened to tapes of wiretaps made at the former Kings Castle Casino in 1971, "but the wiretap was a non-event as far as we were concerned because there was just nothing there," Gaming Control Board Chairman Philip Hannifin testified today. Lt. Gov. Bob Rose, Washoe Sheriff Bob Galli, Washoe Dist. Atty.

Larry Hicks, sheriffs Chief Tom Benham, sheriff's Capt. Lome Butner, former sheriff's Sgt. William Whitmire, now a private investigator, and Nevada Bell are all standing trial in U.S. District Court in Nate Jacobson's $1 million suit accusing them of illegally tapping three telephones at his former Kings Castle casino, now the Hyatt Tahoe at Incline Village. Under questioning from Jacobson's attorney, Thomas Sheridan of Los Angeles, Hannifin said the wiretap tapes were checked by gaming investigator Tom Carrigan but they included no information suggesting gaming violations.

Hannifin said that the time the wiretaps were being made, state gaming officials were investigating the financial affairs of Kings Castle because the casino appeared to be in financial difficulty, but the wiretaps played no role in that investigation. Jacobson's $1 million civil suit ran into a temporary roadblock Thursday when the U.S. Attorney's Office intervened to prevent a subpoenaed FBI agent from testifying and producing records. Sheridan had subpoenaed agent Harold Newpher to' testify on the FBI's involvement in a kidnaping investigation of Jacobson, but when Sheridan called Newpher to the stand, Assistant U.S. Atty.

Sam: Coon appeared with him. Coon said Newpher could not testify Thursday because the Department of Justice had not yet given the agent permission to take the stand. Coon told U.S. Dist. Judge Bruce Thompson the Justice Department said it expected to have a decision on whether Newpher can testify by Tuesday.

(The trial is expected to end today.) Thompson told Coon to call Justice Department headquarters in Washington and inform them they would make a decision by noon today instead. Scanner approved The Washoe Medical Center board of trustees formally approved the purchase of a fast scan device which will update body scanner x-ray equipment now being installed. Trustees approved the purchase Thursday at a special meeting in order to take advantage of a reduced price before July 15. The device is expected to be delivered in March 1977. in early manhood in boston, replete with spats and high collar and the inevitable gold watch chain, borrowed, no doubt, in a nearby boston pub, while powell, registered photographer" did his thing.

well, i came out of my chair like the shot i held in my hand, so thrilling was the find when my sister, probing the bottom of the box, discovered still another picture we had never seen, a candid photo of my father and oldest brother, dad looking like pat o'brien hat pushed back and tie pulled down and a smile as big as the ocean he crossed and my brother john, a tiny tyke, all togged out in knickers, trying to stand. i had a delightful time in Ireland, sharing that thrill again of visiting my father's home and getting to know him far better than i ever knew him in life. group with clearance to perform on the outside as a result of Senate Bill 550 passed in the 1975 Nevada Legislature, which allowed the outside performances. They were approved for their first performance at The Centennial Coliseum for a senior citizens Thanksgiving dinner. That show was followed by performances for the Ormsby Association for Retarded Citizens Christmas Benefit Dance, the Retarded Children's Christmas Party, a musical show at the Veterans Hospital and various other service club performances.

The group cut its first professional tape at Harolds Club and the music is being aired on area radio stations. All arrangements for the band are done by McPherson and Bell. Originally, they concentrated on dance music. Lately, they've been working on lounge and stage shows in preparation for that day when they're out of prison and may have to change the group's name. They're called "The Captives," but the three-man combo is freed periodically from the Nevada State Prison to perform their music for charity.

The group, -composed of-Lloyd Mc-Pherson, Dave Bell and Jerry Rodgers, recently completed a tour of Nevada, including performances at Harolds Club. The three inmates are part of the institution's "Rehabilitation through Music" Erogram. The Reno Musicians' Union is elping to develop outlets to give the group as much exposure as possible. Both McPherson and Bell have played professionally before, but were unable to get in much practice time in the prison because of full-time prison jobs. As interest in the group increased, however, planned practices were made part of the rehabilitation program and now the group rehearses about five hours a day.

"The Captives" is the only prison musical Attempted roBFery A young man attempted to rob the Town View Motor Lodge at 131 W. Third St. in Reno Thursday night, Arthur Eagan Nelson, the lodge's manager, told Reno police. Nelson said the man had a simulated pistol and said, "Give me all your money all of it He described the man as being 16-18 years old, 130-150 pounds, with a corn row hairstyle and wearing a brown short-sleeved sweater and light brown pants. Boat inspection The U.S.

Coast Guard Auxiliary, Reno flotilla, will hold motor boat examinations this weekend in the Greenbrae Shopping Center parking lot in Sparks. The exams will entail checking the boat for all legal and safety requirements. The exams will begin at 9 a.m. both Saturday and Sunday. The examinations, open to the public, are free.

The Rev. Leo McFadden, long-time Nevada priest, is pastor of Our Lady of Snows Church in Reno and a former world-traveling, Rome-based correspondent for the National Catholic News Service. Wild Horse roundup planned north of Reno Street closure Ralston Street between University Terrace and Fifth' Street will be closed Saturday between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. because of the annual soap box derby.

Reno Traffic Engineer Ross Ains worth said motorists are advised to take alternate routes. in the Warm Springs area, causing complaints. Velma "Wild Horse Annie" Johnston said her Wild Horse Organized Assistance (WHOA) organization approves of the plan because the Warm Springs area is being settled up by parcel buyers. Mustangs and property owners would probably find themselves in conflict. And, plans are to stabilize the herd in the Flanigan area at about 100 head, a number compatible with the range.

It contains about 140 head at present. Seventy five or 80 will be removed, and the number allowed to build back up to the 100 level so that the roundup will not have to be conducted The U.S. Bureau of Land Management plans to round up some 200 wild mustangs from the hills north of Reno this summer. BLM area manager Norm Murray of Carson City said the horses will be gathered from the Pah Rah range near Pyramid Lake and the Flanigan area east of Herlong. Plans are to remove the herd entirely from the Pah Rahs, generally including the ridges between the old Rocketdyne test facilities in Warm Springs Valley to Olinghouse northwest of Fernley The area is estimated to contain a little over 100 head.

Complete removal is planned, said Murray, because of the checkerboard ownership of land in the range and the attendant difficulties of herd management. Mustangs have also been feeding on crops Man found dead Tommy Lee Phillips, 41, was found dead Thursday in his trailer home at the Lucky Lane Trailer Park at 3650 Bonyton Lane in Reno. Phillips' body was found at 4 p.m. by Reno police who said he apparently had been dead for a couple of days. Police were alerted by neighbors who had be, worried after not seeing Phillips around his trailer.

Cause of death is under investigation. Arrest follows Reno gas station robberies A Reno man was arrested early this morning by Reno police for investigation of the armed robberies of two gas stations. The robberies occurred less than 15 minutes apart at the Keystone Shell Service Station at 690 Keystone Ave. and the West End Mobil Station at 815 W. Fourth St.

Albert Edward Robert, 33, of 1551 N. Virginia was apprehended moments after the second holdup. the first robbery occurred at 1 16 a.m. today at the Mobil station. A man approached the station's attendant, David R.

Driesbach, 20, and with his hand in his pocket, to Driesbach, "Be cool or I'll put a bullet through your head. The man forced Driesbach to open the till and took about He then made Driesbach enter the men's bathroom and lock himself in one of the stalls, according to the police "About 14 minutes later, a man walked into the office of the Keystone gas station and asked attendant Chris Win-decker, 26, how much money was in the station's till. The man had his hand in his pocket simulating a weapon and told the attendant, "You'd better give it all to me or you're a dead mother. After taking $281 from the till, the man forced Windecker to enter the men's bathroom at the station and lock himself in one of the stalls. Del Webb hotel plan to be told The Del E.

Webb Corp. has set a target date of September for announcing its plans for the Sahara Reno Hotel-Casino in downtown Vernon Daniel, 'iv- president of jaid today. Daniel the corporation is still seeking financing or the proposed high-rise facility across from the Primadonna Club on Sierra Street. "We're still dealing with the financing and deciding on the exact Elan so it will be September efore we're ready to announce," Daniel said. He added the corporation still is trying to acquire a parcel of land in the vicinity for the development.

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