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Southern Criticism Evening Gazette Reno PAGE NINE RENO, NEVADA, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1965 PHONE 323-3161 Armstrong: University Well Aware of Needs Of Las Vegas Campus gllllut.uupiiiy.tiiiwiM mmi tiuijgyiMHpiiytuMwmw iiji mm ji'uaiWMuiyw'iJM iimmm 1 i jiiii pm umih Dr. Armstrong referred to A Modern Home in a Modern Arena Workmen are putting up an entire house Inside the Centennial Coliseum for will be on display. Down the treet at Shoppers' Square, a Mobile Home the Home Show which is scheduled April 21-25. The latest facilities for homes Show is planned April 22-25, showing off the latest in mobile homes. Cheating Charged; Gambling Stopped blackjack dealer William F.

Bowden, who was said to have been observed three times in the last month dealing "sec onds." The board has five days to file a leeal complaint against the two establishments, asking the gaming commission to re WELLS (AP) State Gaming Control Board agents clamped down on two gambling establishments in this Northeastern Nevada town Friday, closing both on cheating charges. Enforcement chief Thomas Hill sealed table games and slot machines at the Hotel Pe-quop and Trail 40 Bar and Cafe Board Asks Kolod License Suspension LONG HOURS SET IN REGISTERING VOTERS OF RENO The Washoe County Clerk's office will keep longer than usual hours today and Monday to handle registrations for the May 4 Reno City Council primary election. The voter registration counter was to be open from 1 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, the last day to register. A spokesman said the pace of registration has quickened in the past few days, but still isn't approaching that of 1963 when all seven council seats were up for election. Persons who voted absentee in last November's election and those who didn't vote at all must register. Forty-four candidates have filed for the four council seats up for electin this spring.

The two top vote-getters in each of the four races will face each other in the June 8 general election. All voters, regardless of ward, will vote on all four council seats. Dr. Charles Armstrong, Uni versity of Nevada president said today he and the Board of Regents are aware of the needs of Southern Nevada Uni versity, but that, everything the Las Vegans want can't be bought because of the shortage of funds. Car Wreck Takes Life Of Elkoife ELKO (AP) Frank Jess Goicoechea, 19, of Elko, was killed Friday night when the car he was riding in overturned on a city street.

Police said Richard Lespade, 20, driver of the car, attempted to pass another vehicle at an excessive speed on Fifth Street. Lespade was hospitalized with minor injuries. The death brought the 1965 Nevada highway fatality toll to 38 compared with 44 on the same date one year ago. Elko to Vote On School Bonds Of $5,200,000 ELKO Elko County residents will vote Tuesday on a proposal to issue $5,200,000 worth of bonds to finance con struction of new school buildings throughout the county and for extensive remodeling of existing structures. The Elko County School Board has earmarked $1,752,180 to build 20 classrooms in the city of Elko, $100,000 to finish the Wells High School auditori um, build two more classrooms and remodel one room in the original high school building; $974,720 in Owyhee, where all school buildings need repairing and where living quarters must be constructed for teachers; in arun mciucung a physical education facility to cost $439,416.

Liquor Permit Stays With The Company When an employe leaves a Washoe County hostelry, he can take the liquor license with him, anymore. County commissioners passed an ordinance amendment Thurs day which says he can't. On several previous occa sions, the county has been asked to resolve a conflict be tween management and employe. A company would own a liq uor operation, but an employe would take out the liquor li cense. If he left, he would sometimes take the licesnse with him.

The amendment provides that a company must take out its own liquor license and appoint a qualified manager to handle the operation. If the manager leaves, an other must be chosen to take over responsibility specified by the license. Truckee Airport Project Planned TRUCKEE, Calif. Bids on phase five of the Truckee-Tahoe airport program will be opened April 20 at 7:30 p.m., manager Andre Creglow has announced. The project includes approximately 3,000 feet of taxiway, a parking apron, holding apron and high speed turnoff.

Lassen Changes Job Camp Site SUSANVILLE Bureau of Land Management officials and Lassen County supervisors are looking for another site for a proposed Job Corps camp in the Susanville area. Representatives of the two groups inspected Gerig Flat, 10 miles from Susanville this week after a site in Willow Creek Valley was rejected by the supervisors. A petition signed by 65 valley residents protesting the Willow Creek site has been presented to the supervisors. HAVE M3U EVER FACED A HERO OF CHARGING RABBITS? "S3 He added that "every time we go to Ihe legislature we have our budget request cut back," citing the $2.6 million cut cut of the budget for the next two years. "Obviously, we keep asking for the money, but if we don't get it we can't produce everything we'd like," Dr.

Armstrong said. Contestant Gretchen Ronnow Grefchen Ronnow Pianist Seeks Title of Miss Reno Gretchen Ronnow, a talented pianist, will be a contestant in the Miss Reno Contest April 30. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Price Ronnow, 2850 Juliann Avenue.

Miss Ronnow, 18, was born in Reno and will graduate from Reno High School this year. She plans to further her educa tion at the University of Ne vada, majoring in home econom ics. High school activities include membership in the Pep Club, Pre-Med Club, French Club and Drill team. She has also appeared in the drama productions at the high school and in her church. The past two years, Miss Ronnow has won first place in the Mormon Church speech festival.

She has had special training in piano for seven years and three years ago was ac companist for the Billinghurst Chorus. In the talent competition at the Miss Reno Contest, Miss Ronnow will play "Valse Entrants in the dinner-con test, being directed by the Reno Venture Club, will be judged in evening gown, swim suit and talent. The event will be held in the Garden Room, Riverside Hotel. She is sponsored by Don'i Drug Store. Eagle Thrifty To Open Store At Lake Tahoe Eagle Thrifty Shopping World opened its fifth store in Washoe County Friday with the purchase of an existing super market lease at Incline Village, Laka Tahoe.

E. T. Gastanaga, president of the chain, said the market, lo cated in the Incline Village Shopping Center, would be only a temporary facility. "We plan to start construction of a store in the center within a month and will open it this fall," he said. Gastanaga said the Tahoe move would represent a $375,000 investment.

Present estimates put the North Lake Tahoe population at 8,400. "We know we are in one of the most remarkable growth areas in the country," Gastana ga. We intend to grow with North Tahoe." Eagle Thrifty changed its name to "Shopping World" a year ago to better identify it self as both a food and non-food outlet. The operation is the largest Nevada owned super market in the state. It began with a drug store in Winnemuc- ca in 1935, which is still in op eration.

Although the new store will be 15,000 square feet, the de velopment, including parking. will cover 75,000 square feet. Plans call for an even larger development in three years with the building of a regional super market in the same area, but separate from the presently proposed facility. Manager of the Tahoe stort is Darrell Moore. if frK i 5 IS i 'immmmmmllSSSkttmmmmmmmmwmmmmmmi criticism by Mrs.

Helen Can non, a trustee of the Clark Coun ty School District, who said Friday We are faced with a university president who refuses to recognize our needs. The problem of an inadequate university is common knowledge," she said as trustees declared the university should be "made aware" of the problem of South ern Nevada teachers seeking ad vanced education. "We're certainly aware of their needs and of Southern Ne vada's in the way of training teachers. But our basic responsibility first is the training of undergraduates," Dr. Arm strong said.

Dr. Clare Woodbury, also a Clark trustee, commented at a general discussion on Southern Nevada University: "The day Nevada Southern University will grow and be recognized as it should be is the day we have reapportion ment of the Board of Regents and get more southern sup port." Dr. Armstrong commented "Considering the number of years Nevada Southern has been in operation and the fact that we only reached the necessary status to be accredited to offer the baccalaureate degree last year, it is going to take some time before we have the funds or faculty to offer a full grad uate program in education. "We are offering a large num ber of courses that are credit able toward a graduate degree at Southern Nevada University and we plan to expand that as rapidly as we can," Dr. Arm strong said.

DOG SHOT AFTER KILLING RENO SHEEP One dog was shot by Reno police and a second escaped Friday after the animals had killed or maimed 10 sheep at the University of Nevada's Valley Road farm. Four ewe lambs, four yearling lambs and two rams, valued at a total of $600 were destroyed as a result of the foray by the dogs. The registered owner of the dog killed was identified as Clarence Jordan, 1297 E. 11th St. Police said a summons was issued against on a charge of allowing an animal to run at large.

Robertson Set To Talk to Republicans Bob Robertson, executive di rector of the Nevada Citizens Committee, will speak about the Right to Work issue to members of the Washoe Coun ty Republican Central Commit tee when they meet in the Circle Room of the Holiday Hotel, at 8 p.m., Wednesday. The showing of a 20-minute film, titled "Showdown," will supplement Robertson's talk The movie is a reproduction of a one produced by the famed Hollywood producer director Cecil B. DeMille, shortly before his death. The citizens committee, founded in 1949, was revived three months ago to help fight attempts to repeal section 14 (b) of the Taft Hartley Act. This section, which reaffirms the right of states to pass laws against compulsory unionism, is under attack in Con gress by international uniorv leaders.

Mother's Day Rodeo Slated In Lovelock LOVELOCK The Pershine Horsemen's Association will stage its annual Mother's Day Rodeo May 8 and 9 with added money raised to 51,000 this year. In addition to arena events, a parade will be staged Saturday mornine, and various local organizations are preparing tloats. There will be marching ETOUPS. mounted entries and other attractions. The parade will be directed by the Lovelock Lions Club.

Reno Man In Exercise Navy Capt. Theodore P. Dankworth, son of Mrs. E. G.

Dankworth of 243 Elm Reno, is taking part in Exercise Quick Kick VTI, aboard the dock landing ship USS Plym outh Rock. Quick Kick VTI is a joint services operation on Vieques Island, off the southeastern coast of Puerto Rico, March 22 through April 10. Olsen termed the operations "thieving games designed to deceive and defraud the public." As head of the commission's investigative arm, he charged Hotel Pequop gaming licensee Kenneth L. Taylor with dealing the second card from the top of the deck in a 21 game ob served Oct. 11.

In this manner, Taylor allegedly kept the top card for himself if it would help his hand, Olsen said. Taylor and his wife, Patricia Ann, own half interest in the hotel's gambling operation. The other 50 per cent is held by Kenneth and Marye Thomson, all of Wells. Thomson owns sole interest in the Trail 40 Bar and Cafe. His wife, Marye, and mother, Anna, are licensed as corporate officers without investment.

Three table games and 10 slot machines at the hotel were closed on the commission's or der. A 21 game and 28 slot machines at the Trail 40 were shut by the same action. Board agents charged craps dealer Mike Hogan of the hotel with using a loaded die (a sin gle dice) Saturday night. It is known in the trade as "flat," with the "six" side weighed. Also charged was Trail 40 Contract Let For Carson Job Corps Camp A contract for the construc tion of the Clear Creek Job Corps Conservation Center was let Thursday to the Hunter and Saucerman Construction Com pany of Idaho Falls, Idaho, ac cording to Toiyabe National Forest Supervisor Edward C.

May. A pre-work conference was held with the contractor Friday to answer any questions they had in regard to the contract. The Clear Creek Job Corps Conservation Center is located eight miles southwest of Carson City, just off U.S. Highway 50. Maw said the center would be built to house a maximum of 200 volunteeers.

The Corps will start with 100 youths and will gradually increase to a maximum of 200. In addition to the 200 youths, there will be up to 40 adult staff members. Maw said that equipment would start moving to the Job Corps site by April 21, and that he anticipated the center would be ready for occupancy by July 1. Holiday Lodge Named in Suit Security National Bank of Ne vada is suing Holiday Lodge, of the Reno area for 000 the bank claims is owed on a promissory note. Named in the suit are Georee J.

Ruppert Jr. and Barbara Ann Ruppert; C. E. and Gladys Crandall; Muriel Geddes, and Gedlon, Inc. The bank says Gedlon aereed to assume indebtedness of the Holiday Lodge, a spa west of Reno, and that the five persons named jointly guaranteed pay ment of a $40,000 note.

Nothing has been paid since a $10,000 installment in January, the bank claims. voke the licenses. The licensees, Bowden and Hogan will have 15 days to reply. The commission will then hear the case. lne closings came at noon Friday, with help from Elko County Sheriff Jesse Harris and Police Chief Earl Supp.

Busy Week For 4-H'ers In Reno Area In preparation for the Washoe County Livestock show to- daj and the Nevada Junior Livestock Show April 30, the South Truckee Sheep Breeders and Hog Callers have had a busy week. At the Wednesday meeting, Patty Morrison modeled the of ficial costume to be worn by all 4-H Club members when showing livestock. Richard Cameron gave a talk on the livestock sale promotion committee and urged the parents of all members to help advertise and promote the animal sale. Sunday all the sheep breed ers gathered at the home of the March Landas and practiced showing their animals. Those who participated were Larry Landa, Lane Biglieri, Virginia Anderson, Martha Biglin and Anna and Susan Cassard.

The hogcallers, Daniel Sullivan and David and Chris Cassard met at the Cassard home and prac ticed showing their pigs. Lovelock Rodeo Queen Selected LOVELOCK Miss Jeannie Duncan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Duncan of the FD ranch has been named queen of the Pershing County Horsemen's Rodeo. Judges selected the following attendants Sylvia Hamilton, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Min Hamilton; Karen Riggs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. R.

Riggs. THAT TAKES COURAGE. on charges of dealing "sec onds" in blackjack and using loaded dice on a craps table An emergency order was signed by four of five gaming commissioners suspending all gambling licenses at the two places. Commission Chairman Milton W. Keefer of Las Vegas was out of town.

Board Chairman Edward A days to remove Kolod for keeps or have all their licenses sus pended. Kolod Is the largest single stockholder in the 11-year-old Desert Inn, and a charter mem ber of the group which opened the Stardust in 1958. His shares are worth nearly $1 million. "Conviction of a Nevada gam ing licensee for such a heinous and infamous crime (extortion) reflects discredit upon the state of Nevada and the gaming in dustry and will cause the resi dents of Nevada to be subject ed to ridicule and contempt," Olsen said in a legal complaint filed with the commission. "Kolod's continued affiliation and identification with the Ne vada gaming industry will in evitably result in unfavorable national publicity, tending to in duce the tourist trade, upon which Nevada's economy is based, to patronize other resort areas." The commission might take up the request Tuesday at its monthly meeting.

Kolod was convicted along with Felix Alderisio of Chicago and Israel Alderman of Las Ve gas. Alderisio, 52, is reputed to be a strongman for the Cosa Nostra. Alderman, 62, former li censee in the Riviera, El Cor- tez and Flamingo hotel casinos, dropped his license when the gaming commission was estab lished in 1959. He is still a familiar figure along the gaudy Las Vegas strip. ihe trio was convicted of threatening disbarred attorney Robert Sunshine with violence and murder in a dispute over a $68,000 oil venture in Nebras ka which went dry.

"Establishments catering to these men place their gaming licenses in jeopardy," the board warned other gamblers in a statement Thursday. Under Nevada gaming regu lations, Kolod could be run out of all casino employment in the state if he is judged unsuitable to hold his licenses. Junior Leader Club Meets Motions and games were the subjects of the April meeting of the Washoe County 4-H Junior Leaders' Club. Jack Pursel, assistant county extension agent, lectured on the basic principles of the main motion in parliamentary law. Andy Hanson showed the members various new games he had learned at the State 4-H Leaders' Conference in Febru ary.

During the meeting, plans for 4-H Sunday were presented and a committee headed by John Capurro is working on the services to be held May 23. Planning the inter-county beach party are Jon Cameron, Jeannie Cassinelli, Susan Fin-ley and Anna Cassard. The State Gaming Control Board asked Friday for immediate suspension of millionaire Las Vegas gambler Ruby Kolod's licenses, pending a request for permanent revocation. Kolod, 54, was convicted last week in Denver on a federal charge of extortion. Board chairman Edward A.

Olsen asked an emergency order from the parent Gaming Commission instructing the Des ert Inn and Stardust hotel ca sinos to break all ties with Ko lod immediately. He also requested a permanent order, giving the luxurious Southern Nevada resorts 15 Graves, Suspect In Shooting, Wins Divorce Kenneth Graves, charged with the shooting of young Joseph Fuetsch in Reno Feb. 14, has won a divorce in Washoe Dis trict Court from his wife, Kay Police said Graves shot Fuetsch, 18, in the neck at the climax of an argument over a traffic incident. The youth has been paralized since. The 29-vear-old bar operator Is free on bail and awaits ar raignment in District Court for a charge of attempted murder.

His address was given as 500 Broadway Blvd. 4-H Clubs To Give Flags To Citizens Huffaker Community 4-H Club members have agreed to match funds raised by the Washoe County 4-H Citizenship Club. The latter plans to distribute small Nevada flags to those per sons completing naturalization as United States citizens April 30. 4-H membership cards were distributed by Anna Cassard, president. Entertainment was provided by the leaders, in the form of a medical skit.

Participating were Mrs. Homer North, state 4-H camp nurse; Richard Cameron, entomology and community club leader; Mrs. Daniel Cassard, livestock leader, and Freddy North. Five Men File For Elko Posts ELKO Five men have filed for the two seats at stake in the Elko city elections May 4. Adolph Lipparelli and Lynn Burns, incumbents, and John Gammick filed during March.

Louis Uriate and Lido Libro became candidates shortly before filing deadline Wednesday. Man Crushed While Working In Lander BATTLE MOUNTAIN (AP) An inquest was to be held to day into the death of Russell Luke, 22, of Battle Mountain, killed Friday while working on a construction project. Luke was crushed by a load of rocks which had been dumped where he was standing. He is survived by his widow, Nancy, and a son, Gregory. Here's How Nevadans Cast Votes WASHINGTON (AP) How Nevada members of Congress were recorded as voting on recent roll calls: SENATE On passage, 73-18, of $1.3 billion school aid bill.

For Bible, Cannon, D. HOUSE On passage, 315-65, of compromise bill extending arms control and disarmament act for two years. Against Baring, D. On adoption, 367-29, of resolution proposing constitutional amendment providing procedure for filling vacancies in the office of vice president and for dealing with presidential disability. Against Baring.

On resolution, adopted 12-43, providing for investiga tion of Ku Klux Man by House committee. For Baring. M30 NEVEft 00 ANVTHINS COURAGEOUS ALLWftE 600D FOR 15 CHASINS.

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