Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 2

2-Reno Evening Gazette Tuesday, Dec 27,1877 Western precipitation Rain still hasn't halted the drought PnolanH also has clear skies, with a 1 si? A. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rain continued today In western states, but there was no promise from weathermen that the drought in Pacific Coast states was over. "So far this year precipitation is normal, but we don't know what the rest of the year really Is going to do," said National Weather Service forecaster Ray Williams. Three storms have dumped rain and snow on California since Thanksgiving. Rain spread today from the coastline to Utah and Arizona.

Snow fell at higher elevations. The Sreclpltation was to continue through ednesday. Since Sunday, as much as 2 inches of rain has fallen in the Los Angeles basin, weathermen said. Heavy snow and high winds along Lake Erie Monday stranded motorists and closed a section of Interstate 90 in Pennsylvania. The New York State Thruway remained closed from Lackawana near Buffalo, N.

to the Pennsylvania state line. Travel advisories for heavy snow squalls remained in effect today across much of upstate New York. In Buffalo, where as much as 2 feet of new snow was reported, some 6 more inches were expected today. Scores of businesses and factories In the area closed, giving workers an unexpectedly long weekend. Snow was reported in the Dakotas, near the Great Lakes and In the mid-Ohio Valley.

The overnight low reading was 27 below at International Falls, Minn. Monday's high reading was 74 at Presidio, Texas. Patchy fog was expected in some areas of Washington State today, with mostly fair skies across much of the state. Temperatures are below the freezing point across the state and across much of Oregon. Winds sometimes gusted to 30 mph in parts of Oregon Monday.

Temperatures were in the 30s, 40s and 50s across cloudy New Mexico. The temperatures were about the same, but the skies were clear across Utah. Gear to partly cloudy skies are expected across Colorado, with mild temperatures. Montana has partly cloudy skies with scattered light snow in the mountains. Parts of Wyoming were dusted with light snow Monday.

Light snow was expected in Idaho today where fog yesterday created widespread highway problems. The cold weather in the East is caused by a mass of artic air pouring in from the upper Great Lakes and Wisconsin. Massachusetts expected high temperatures to be in the 20s today under clear skies. Northern New oWinter (Continued from Ptgtl) unsuccessfully on Watson at the scene. He was dead on arrival at Tahoe Forest Hospital.

The CHP spokesman said about a dozen accidents were reported In the snow and rain Monday night In one, a truck accident blocked traffic on Interstate 80 west of Donner Lake for 45 minutes. The major highways were open today with warnings to carry chains and drive with caution. At morning today, Interstate 80 over Donner Summit was open with no controls, as was U.S. Highway 80. Snow tires or chains were required over Geiger Grade, Highway 17; Mount Rose Highway, State Route 27; and U.S.

Highway 395 from Reno to Carson City. The snow brought out wet weather sculptors. Including Mike McKibben of 519 J. Sparks, who said he and Frank Lewis built a five-by-five snowman, "all carved out." There were also reports of a 13-foot snow bunny at 3885 Picadllly Drive in Reno and a snow lady dressed in a ball gown at 650 Sawyer Way, Sparks. And two boys said they were building a giant snowball and were challenging other youngsters to try to build a bigger one.

Andy Quinn of 175 Moore Lane, Reno, said he and Jimmy Williams had constructed a snowball three feet tall by mid-morning, and were still working on it. They had used almost a whole yard full of snow already, Andy said. Chris Hill, forecaster for the National Weather Service in Reno said the present snow and rain will continue with heavy snow at times In the higher elevations and rain In the lower into Wednesday. The snow level will be above 7,000 feet. "Beyond tomorrow, It looks like Thursday into the weekend will see continued mild weather," Hill said.

He said it could rain again Friday and Saturday, The important thing about the present storm is the cold valley air combining with the warm moist air coming in from the Pacific. The storm now is moving northeastward and should reach Into central Nevada tonight, he said. Heavy snow at times fell late Monday In the northwest portion of the state, but changed to ram at night while the snow advanced into the east section of the state Monday night. Sierra Nevada ski resorts reported large crowds Monday. Skiing conditions varied from slushy to excellent, depending on altitude.

Heavenly Valley reported 4 new inches of snow Monday on the foot level on the California side and 3 inches of new snow on the Nevada side. The weather was clear and cold with good to very good skiing reported. Squaw Valley reported rain on and off at the bottom and excellent skiing at the top. "The parking lot Monday was jammed," a spokesman said. Tahoe Donner Ski Bowl reported a 1aid skiing crowd of 605 Monday, the argest of the season.

Today began with rain, which later turned to snow at about 8 a.m. Skiing was reported as better than spring slush. Mount Rose had 4-6 inches of new snow Monday night on top of a 6-inch base. The resort ran out of rental equipment. Incline reported blue skies and some clouds today.

It had 2 new Inches, this morning before it started to rain. Conditions were listed as wet and heavy. But, business was very good. It was the most crowded day so far, a spokesman said. Colby sees CIA problem in limiting newslinks By W.

DALE NELSON WASHINGTON (AP) Former CIA Director William E. Colby testified today that he agrees with new restrictions on the agency's use of Journalists abroad but opposes additional limits. Appearing before the House Intelligence Committee, Colby said, "I strongly recommend that we not establish a blanket prohibition against any relationship whatsoever between American Journalists and intelligence services." New regulations, established by CIA Director Stansfield Turner, prohibit the agency from initiating relationships with journalists in most cases, but Colby said they still allow newsmen to volunteer information about what is going on in a foreign country. Asked if he agreed with the regulations, Colby said he did. But he added that one clanger with the rules is that other groups might also "clamor to be included in this charmed circle" which cannot be approached by the CIA.

He did not specify which groups might seek such status. Colby was asked by Rep. Les Aspin, who presided at the committee hearing, whether he thought the regulations had "gone about as far as they can go." Again, Colby said hedid. Colby also said he did not think the use of foreign Journalists by the CIA should be prohibited. He said other nations make use of them in the United States and added, "I don't believe in unilateral disarmament." Colby conceded that in a few instances false stories had been planted in the foreign press, but said that in some cases such a story eventually "becomes a real fact." He gave as an example stories exaggerating the strength of a small resistance group, which then becomes stronger and is able to carry out a successful coup.

"In other words, if you do the Job well, it becomes Aspin asked. "Yes," Colby answered. "I am not sure that is what we want to have happen," Aspin said. About 15 men ana women wearing red, white and blue eyeglasses and identifying themselves as "Yippees" sat or stood in the hearing room during Colby's testimony. Some of them held signs, reading "Beware of War Criminal" and "There is Blood on that Witness." Colby testified that intelligence agents doubling as journalists, before such activity was ruled out, were not told by the CIA how to write their news reports.

The former director, who headed the agency from 1973 to 1S76, said he handled "CIA employes on intelligence missions abroad who served as real or pretended journalists." However, Colby did not mention the names of any journalists who cooperated with the CIA or agents who posed as reporters. "My agents and I had a clear understanding that they did their intelligence work for me, but that the news reports they wrote were a Committee witness Former CIA director William Colby removed a newspaper from his briefcase opened to a story about a reporter who worked for the intelligence agency prior to his appearance today before the House Intelligence Committee. (APWirephoto) Weather table- chance of some flurries later today. Virginia is under partly cloudy skies with temperatures getting down near five degrees at higher elevations. A large high pressure system is dominating the weather picture in the Southeast, bringing frosty temperatures, but clear skies to wide, areas.

Some snow flurries were expected today In the North Carolina mountains. Gear skies and cool weather" are expected today over much of. Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia. In Florida, vegetable growers in the south and citrus growers in the north braced for continued frigid tern-, peratures, but at midmoming no crop damage had been reported. A spokesman for the weather, service said scattered frost reported as far south as Irnmokalee: and Belle Glade, where sugar cane" was being harvested and winter vegetables were ripening.

The forecast called for another freeze tonight, with warming; predicted to begin Thursday. A reading of 33 at Orlando was 2. degrees below the low reading for the date in 1970. Generally fair and cool weather prevails over Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana. Clear weather prevails over Kansas and Missouri, with seasonably cool temperatures and some high wind.

Illinois temperatures today range from zero In the northern part of the state to the teens in southern areas. Minnesota and Wisconsin had tern-' peratures below zero, with the mercury expected to drop to lower than 15-below-zero in some parts of Wisconsin and to 10-below in Southern Minnesota. Skies were clear across Indiana. Celts, Lakers in big trade BOSTON (AP) The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association traded guard Charlie Scott to the Los Angeles Lakers for veteran former Celtics guard Don Chaney plus forward Kermit Washington, currently on suspension. The action followed rumors of a possible trade centering on Scott in Boston's attempt to end its slump.

The Celtics have lost 22 of their 32 games this season. Washington will not be able to play for Boston until Feb. 9 at the earliest because he was suspensed after punching Rudy Tomjanovich in a game ecu iici uno ocaami, viccuvuig iu jaw. Wednesday NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NOAA.

U.S. Dept. ol Commerce forecasts Susanville 40 30 .38 Yosemite 56 36 .96 Bishop 47 35 .04 PRECIPITATION Amount recorded for the 24 hour period ending 1 1 a.m. .41 July 1 to date 2.73 Last year to date 3.03 Normal 2.70 SUNSET today 4: 42 p.m. SUNRISE tomorrow 7:19 a.m.

RENO AREA AIR POLLUTION INDEX Pollution level Monday, 25 0- 25 Clean air 26- 50 Light pollution 51- 75-Moderate pollution 76- 100-Heavy pollution 101 and up Severe pollution 16 10 01 b18 22 17 28 08 33 00 80 60 52 42 23 09 49 26 35 35 34 07 .02 cdy cdy .06 cdy cdy .13 clr cdy cdy clr .08 cdy cdy 1.41 rn clr clr cdy cdy cdy cdy clr cdy cdy Orlando Philad'phia Phoenix Pittsburgh P'tland, Me 59 33 25 09 63 54 14 11 clr cdy 03 rn 01 cdy clr .01 cdy clr cdy rn rn .22 rn .24 rn cdy cdy clr 69 57 59 55 57 51 62 57 54 48 51 47 57 56 37 13 29 03 35 11 Rapid City Richmond St. Louis St. P. Tampa Salt Lake San Diego San Fran Seattle Spokane Washington Bakersfield Fresno Oakland Paso Rob les Red Bluff Sacramento Thermal 31 09 57 31 46 32 66 62 57 50 46 34 19 03 29 16 47 25 61 57 27 16 42 29 67 46 06 02 OS -10 46 25 36 13 48 20 23 00 Mj Until 10 90 Sn Hurries mm tain ESS Shown Stationary Occluded Mamaai m. oReno sewer policy called 'farce' wuain nam su Precipitation Is forecast today over wide areas of the West, including much of Nevada and the Rocky Mountain states.

Snow is predicted for the Great Lakes region. Unseasonably cool to very cold weather is expected to prevail across the nation. AP Map) he said, were an obvious means of exerting influence. Colby defended the agency's propaganda efforts as contributing "to the cohesion of free men" during a time when the communist world was conducting massive propaganda campaigns. He also discounted the argument that ending CIA contact with newsmen would free U.S.

journalists abroad from suspicion of working for the CIA. "Foreign nations, and especially hostile foreign nations, are not apt to believe protestations that our journalists have no intelligence relationships, however firmly we declare them," he said. Colby noted that banning CIA contacts with the Peace Corps has not ended expulsions of Peace Corps workers. "This ostrich-like tendency to pretend that journalism can be 'purified' by a total separation from CIA bears a strong similarity to Secretary of State (Henry) Stimson's closing of a code-breaking unit in the Department of State in the 1920s with the comment that 'gentlemen do not read each others' he said. "Secretary Stimson presumably believed that he lived in a world of gentlemen.

But when he became Secretary of War a few years later, Mr. Stimson was reading as much Japanese mail as he could obtain v'ondce said the situation in which the Sundowner developers or anyone else can apply for sewer capacity in increments under 10,000 gallons per day of sewer capacity is ridiculous when the elected officials in the county are trying to hold back accelerated growth until community services can catch up with demand. "I'm disappointed in the way in which this was handled. I hope we will look at this. It's a farce, it's a big farce," Wallace said.

Wallace called the move by some developers in town "playing the numbers game." But Sundowner architect William Morris said it isn't his client's intent to get around Reno's sewer problems, but rather to build a facility that hopefully would be completed about the time Reno's sewer plant addition is completed. Hawks dies Hawks prided himself in discovering and developing new stars. Among those he propelled to stardom were Paul Muni in "Scar-face," Rita Hayworth in "Only Angels Have Wings," Jane Russell in "The Outlaw" (but he fought with Howard Hughes on the film and removed his own name), Lauren Bacall in "To Have and Have Not," Montgomery Qift in "Red River." Hawks produced but did not direct the 1951 movie, "The Thing," in which James Arness played the title role. Hawks had a long association with William Faulkner, whom he first brought to Hollywood to adapt a Faulkner short story, "Turn About," into the 1933 film, "Today We Live," which starred Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford and Robert Young. Over the years, Faulkner worked on such Hawks films as "The Road to Glory," Frederic March and Warner Baxter, 1936; Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not," 1945; Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep," 1946; and "Land of the Pharaohs," Jack Hawkins and Joan Collins, 1955.

matter between themselves and their editors, and were not given prior clearance or direction by me," Colby told the House Intelligence Committee. He acknowledged that this understanding "may not have been followed in some isolated instances," but contended that a serious study would "put to rest any myth that CIA dominated our media output." Colby, who is now a lawyer in private practice in Washington, said ''intelligence officers cannot be effective in hostile areas of the world if they wear the initials CIA on their hatbands." The problem of providing cover, he said, is one of the agency's "greatest areas of frustration and difficulty." During the last 10 years, he said, more and more possible sources of cover for agents have been ruled out of bounds, including the Peace Corps, Fulbright scholarships, the U.S. Information Agency, the U.S. Agency for International Development and now the news media. In many countries, he continued, "the remaining areas of cover are few and many CIA officers are all to easyto identify." "The melting ice floe of adequate cover has already led to the tragic death of one of our officers and the frustration of the work of a number of others," Colby said.

Foreign Journals and news media, dition, an extra 17,000 gallons per day was being requested of the City Council. That request was rejected, but the council did allow the Sundowner to build an addition Using up to 10,000 gallons per day of sewer capacity. The hotel-casino already has sewer capacity it acquired when the Stardust Motel on Fourth Street was demolished to make room for the addition. The council action today will allow the Sundowner to build a 19-story frame but put rooms in operation only up to 10,000 gallons per day of sewer capacity. The Sundowner already has under construction an additional gaming area, restaurants, and convention space.

The full project calls for 255 new hotel rooms on top of the gaming-restaurant-convention area. He financed short comedies with his inheritance, then began working for the studios as a director. However, throughout his career he remained a maverick, dictating his own terms and working conditions to studio bosses. He was a lean man, 6-foot-3 with an aquiline nose and aristocratic bearing. Carter names Budget choice WASHINGTON (AP) President Carter announced today he will nominate acting budget director James T.

Mclntyre Jr. to replace Bert Lance, who resigned as budget director during a controversy over his banking practices. Mclntyre, 37, had supervised day-to-day budget operations as Lance's deputy in the first months of Carter's administration while Lance served as the president's close adviser and ambassador to the business com munity. Regional (Continued from Page 1) the council later to ask for the added capacity for the extra floor. It was that action that the council took today, allowing the Eldorado to complete its full 10-floor addition instead of only nine floors.

The disputed amount of sewer capacity totaled just more than 2,000 gallons per day. The Eldorado addition will include 137 rooms and suites, a 650-seat showroom, and 100 additional underground parking spaces. Reno attorney Don Carano, president of the Eldorado's board of directors, said developers also plan to remodel the existing floors and casino area, moving the restaurant facilities from the main floor to the second floor. The current restaurant area will be used for additional gaming. In the case of the Sundowner ad RENO AND VICINITY Scattered rain showers this afternoon and into tonight Partly cloudy Wednesday with chance of showers.

Highs both days 40 to 45. Lows tonight 27 to 32 LAKE TAHOE BASIN Scattered snow showers this afternoon and into tonight Partly cloudy Wednesday with a chance of showers. Highs both days 40 to 45. Lows tonight 25 to 30 Southwesterly winds 15 to 25 mph. PYRAMID LAKE Scattered rain showers this afternoon through Wednesday NORTHWESTERN, NORTHEASTERN AND SOUTCHCENTRAL NEVADA Scattered showers through Wednesday with chance of locally heavy showers in the mountains Snow level near 7000 feet north and 800 feet south.

EXTREME SOUTHERN NEVADA Occasional rain this afternoon and Wednesday Highs 45 to 55. Lows tonight 35 to 40. NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND THE SIERRA NEVADA Variable cloudiness through Wednesday with showers likely at times. SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY Cloudy with showers at times through Wednesday. Showers decreasing late Wednesday.

Winds southeasterly 10 to 20 mph. Newda temperatures oFilm director Howard OMr. Yuk (Continued from Page 1) Many of these deaths could be prevented by the use of new warning symbols like Mr. Yuk, according to a study by Kenneth C. Schneider, an assistant professor of marketing at St.

Cloud State University in Minnesota. Schneider's research was published in the University of Illinois' Journal of Consumer Research. Schneider concluded that the skull and crossbones symbol has lost much of its significance and reported that some children believe the once-frightening symbol designates "pirate food." He also found that children seem to be more attracted to white containers than black or red ones, to square containers and to those with an odor even those with unpleasant or antiseptic odors. Mr. Yuk is used in about 20 Eastern cities now, the poison center said.

Helicopter crash claims 2 lives QUINCY, Mass. (AP) A radio station traffic helicopter trying to make an emergency landing slammed through the roof of an apartment building today and exploded, killing two persons and injuring four others, authorities said. Two bodies burned beyond recognition were found near the wreckage of the helicopter, which started a fire where it came to rest on the second floor of the three-story, 23-unit red brick building. On board the helicopter were Henry "Chip" Whitmore, 29, of Boston, reporter for station WEEI, and pilot Richard "Red" Banks, 50, of Marlboro. William Amaral, 30, a shipyard worker who lives in the building, said, "I heard a loud bang.

I ran into the hallway, and people were running through the building yelling 'fire! Quincy Fire Chief Edward F. Barry said the charred bodies, one on top of the other, were found outside the burned tubular structure of the helicopter in a second-floor bedroom. Information as furnished by Wendover 36 30 the National Weather Service Ely 34 25 .04 at Reno International Air- Austin 39 32 .05 port. Temperatures high and Tonopah 42 31 .15 low for 24 hours ending at 11 Caliente 39 31 .08 a.m. Tuesday.

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The family moved to California and Howard was educated at a Pasadena high school, Phillips-Exeter Academy in Massachusetts and Cornell University, graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering. He began in films as an assistant prop man at Paramount in 1917, then entered the Army Air Corps and served In France as a second lieutenant during World War I. 'After the war, he built airplanes and raced cars, a hobby that continued throughout his lifetime; in his 70s he was racing motorcycles on the desert near his home. Lo Pre Otlk Detroit Duluth Fairbanks Hartford Helena Honolulu Houston Ind'apolis Jacks'ville Juneau Kan's City Little Rrv-k Albany Albu'que Amarillo Anchorage Asheville Atlanta Baltimore 26 10 47 34 49 22 32 30 31 11 34 17 27 10 35 25 cdy cdy .48 clr clr cdy clr cdy cdy cdy cdy cdy .29 cdy clr cdy cdy .01 cdy .01 cdy cdy cdy cdy Birmingham Bismarck 09 b03 Boise Boston Brownsville Buffalo Charlstn SC Charlstn WV Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dal Ft. Wth Denver Des Moines 36 30 37 18 69 53 15 10 43 28 17 14 14 01 18 08 15 12 53 26 36 13 17601.

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