Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 1

NOfgSDAME SELECTION OF IRISnaR UNANIMOUS IN FINAL POLL OF SEASON. SPORTS, 1B NORTH WINS PLAIN VANILLA NEW RENO SHOP SELLS COLORFUL AND HARDY. FLIERS HAMILTONS' KITE PIT, NEIGHBORS LA I CO I Jf COURTROOM? MPLY-G ROUND IN IRAN CASE JUDGES TO HEAR HIS APPEAL, 5A ADDS UNMATCHABLE TASTE IN BLENDS lrTH OTHER FLAVORS, FOODS. STYLE, 1 ,1 MenoG "7 Suspect waives extraction in Reno killing Wednesday J. df 35 cents January 4, 1989 Authorities shooting Morning fog, high 43, tow 28 Complete weather report, page 14A Self-professed skinhead returns to face charges By Phil BarberGazettfrJournal The suspected triggerman in what Reno police called the racial killing of a black man has agreed to be returned from California to face trial, police said Tuesday.

Matthew D. Faessel, 18, waived extradition to Nevada, Reno Sgt. Greg Dion said. "We'll get him as soon as we can," Dion said, refusing to name a date. The Dec.

10 slaying has been tied to youths who describe themselves as skinheads and favor white supremacy at the expense of blacks, Hispanics, Jews and homosexuals. Faessel was arrested Saturday and held in the Kern County Jail in Bakersfield a deadly weapon and conspiracy to commit murder. Victim Tony Montgomery, 27, of Reno was killed in what police call a random, racially motivated shooting. The complaint alleges that Matt Stevens, also known as Matt Jeffrey and subsequently identified by police as Faessel, conspired with Angela Stanley to find a black person to kill. Stanley drove their borrowed car around northeast Reno until they spotted Montgomery walking on Andesite Avenue and Faessel shot Montgomery, the complaint charges.

Stanley, 17, faces the same charges while another 17-year-old youth with them is charged with being an accessory to murder. His name was not released because he is a minor and not charged with murder. Police affidavits quote an admitted skinhead as saying he rode with the couple as they cruised in search of a black to shoot. Tuesday's smog level: 72 (moderate) Today's srnog forecast: 0-49 50ff9 0449 150-199 200-299 I "t', Green day: IrS Wood burning allowed request, the hospital would release no further information about Hill. Officials said the family was worried because the assailant still was at large.

A witness told police the shooting climaxed a dispute between Hill and the unidentified man. After an argument between the two, the man forced his way into the apartment and shot Hill three times, police said. Police did not say whether they had determined the nature of the dispute. Although a neighbor said he believed some recent visitors to the victim's apartment were Crips gang members, police said there was no evidence of gang involvement. Hill was wounded with a handgun, police said.

By Phil BarberGazette-Journal Police on Tuesday were looking for a man in connection with the shooting of a northeast Reno resident. Reno police said there is no evidence the Monday night shooting of Teddy Duvall Hill, 22, was gang-related. Police were searching Tuesday night for a man described as very large and more than 6 feet tall. No arrests had been made by 10 p.m. Hill, 22, was wounded by three shots.

The gunfire rang out about 6:55 p.m. at the victim's residence in a two-story duplex at 1416 E. Ninth St. Hill was in serious condition after surgery at Washoe Medical Center on Monday night. But Tuesday night, hospital officials said that at the family's without bail.

He is charged in a Reno Jus tice Court complaint with murder Si Congress opens; leaders promise to work with Bush U.S.: Libyan chemical arms production starts WASHINGTON Libya has secretly started producing limited quantities of chemical weapons at a plant near Tripoli and has conducted trial runs of its production equipment, U.S. officials said Tuesday. Libya claims the facility manufactures pharmaceuticals, not chemical weapons. Until now, U.S. officials said Libya was on the verge of producing lethal gases but had not actually begun doing so.

A similar indication was given by State Department spokesman Charles Redman, who said that if foreign companies withheld further technical help from the Libyan chemical weapons facility, "Libya would find it difficult to begin full production, and would not be able to sustain limited CW production." He declined to elaborate. ABC News, quoting unnamed intelligence sources, reported Tuesday night that Libya has been moving material out of the plant in recent days, perhaps to clear away evidence before an international inspection. Related story, page 4A. Airline security heightened Four unscheduled landings, three departure delays and tight security in Asia and Europe came Tuesday in the wake of bomb threats against airlines following the Flight 103 disaster. Speaking to U.S.

airline representatives in London, T. Allen cArtor, head of the Federal Aviation Avlministration, called for a heightened level of security on all U.S. flights out of European and Middle Eastern airports. Story, page 4A. By Nancy J.

SchwerzlerBaitimore Sun WASHINGTON Congressional leaders pledged cooperation with the incoming administration of George Bush and urged reforms in ethics rules for lawmakers as the 101st Congress convened Tuesday. Bush, who as vice president holds the title of president of the Senate, presided over the chamber to administer the oath of office to newly elected and re-elected senators. He will return to Capitol Hill for his own swearing-in as president of the United States on Jan. 20. At least on the opening day of the Congress, there was a mood of cooperation and bipartisanship.

But the Democratic-controlled Congress and Bush, a Republican, are certain to clash over the budget deficit, trade, defense and social issues in the two-year congressional session that began Tuesday. Congress convened under intensified self-scrutiny as House leaders announced the creation of a bipartisan task force to recommend changes in ethics rules for ERA introduced again, page 5A lawmakers. Some members also agitated against an expected congressional pay raise that will be one of the first issues lawmakers confront when they get down to serious business in February. In setting the tone for the day, House Speaker Jim Wright, D-Texas, who was re-elected to the top House post on a party-line vote, said, "By working together, we can help our new president fulfill his promise of 'a kinder, gentler Wright said that Democrats would be eager to help Bush on certain domestic policies, such as improvements in education, child care, housing, and environmental cleanups where the Democrats and the new president, who stressed such issues in his presidential campaign, might find common ground. Wright said he expected Bush would bring to the White House a solid under- See CONGRESS, back page Associated Press NEW JOB: President-elect Bush swore in Sen.

Richard Bryan, Tuesday. Nearly 100 Nevadans on hand as Bryan takes Senate oath order after six years as governor, Bryan will begin working with the 101st Congress when it reconvenes on Bush's Inauguration Day, Jan. 20. The senator has been named to two high-profile panels: the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. However, Bryan didn't garner the prize he really wanted: an Armed Services Committee seat.

Even so, the freshman senator remains See BRYAN, back page how well we do." Miller is expected to run for governor in 1990. Miller's big job is to immediately prepare for the 1989 Legislature that will consider widespread changes in Nevada's tax structure when it convenes Jan. 16. In addition to his new job, Miller will continue to fulfill the responsibilities of lieutenant governor, such as directing the Nevada commissions on economic development and tourism. Miller's predecessor defeated Sen.

Chic Hecht, on Nov. 8, stopping the Republican's bid for a second six-year term. Still getting his political house in By Wayne MeltonGazette-Journal WASHINGTON Cheered on by nearly 100 of his Nevada supporters, Richard Bryan was sworn in Tuesday as a U.S. senator several hours after he resigned as the Silver State's 25th governor. "This is a historic day for us," the 51-year-old Democrat and former Nevada governor told friends and family as they crammed into the Capitol's Hugh Scott Room for two hours of champagne, hors d'oeuvres and political storytelling.

The half-hour swearihg-in ceremony headed by President-elect George Bush Nevada officials sworn in, page 1C marked a lifelong dream for Bryan, whose political career started as University of Nevada student body president in the late 1950s. In Reno, Lt. Gov. Bob Miller, who will complete the two years remaining in Bryan's second four-year term as governor, officially took over as acting governor with brief remarks to his staff. "I'm looking foward for us to spend several years together," said Miller, a Democrat.

"How many together depends on Reagan to undergo surgery WASHINGTON President Reagan will undergo surgery on the ring finger of his left hand Saturday to repair a slight involuntary contracture, the White House announced Tuesday. The condition, known as Dupuytren's Contracture, was described by Army Col. John E. Hutton the president's physician, as minimal at the time Reagan took office in 1981, but Hutton said in a written statement that it had progressed sufficiently to require surgery. Story, page 6A.

Dukakis won't seek 4th term BOSTON Michael S. Dukakis announced Tuesday that he would not seek an unprecedented fourth term as governor of Massachusetts in 1990, but he did not rule out another run for the presidency in 1992. The unexpected announcement broke a political logjam in Massachusetts politics and touched off immediate speculation about the new landscape in the Democratic Party. Story, page 5A. Wire service reports Murder charge dropped in beating death of girl By Michael PhillisGazette-Journal A Reno judge dismissed the murder indictment Tuesday against Elizabeth Tjeltveit, saying the prosecutor failed to present evidence that might have cleared her in the death of her 4-year-old daughter, Heather Morsberger.

But Washoe District Judge Deborah Agosti made the dismissal a week before trial without prejudice, I i.t' i "'17'. TPl Despite storms, snowpack water content lacking By Don VetterGazette-Journal Despite a winter wonderland in the eastern Sierra Nevada and Carson Range, snowpack water totals would barely reach one-third of normal if winter fizzled out, the U.S. Soil Conservation Service reported Tuesday. Late-December storms gave the headwaters of the Truckee, Carson and Walker rivers normal to above-normal snowpacks for this time of year. But the depths are a far cry from achieving a normal snowpack for October through April, let alone ending 2 years of western Nevada drought.

It is the water content in mountain snowpack that feeds the rivers, reservoirs and ground-water supplies that nourish Nevada farms, provide water to Reno-Sparks and keep wildlife healthy. "We still pick up much of our snowpack from precipitation in January, February and early March," said Chris Pacheco, water supply specialist for the conservation service in Reno. Therefore, if precipitation accumu- allowing District Attorney Mills Lane to return to the Washoe County grand jury to again present evidence in hopes of getting a new murder indictment. That will include evidence Agosti said shouldn't have been omitted from the grand jury's consideration. The evidence concerns a statement from Mrs.

Tjeltveit's sister, who said she was at the Tjeltveit Inside Marilyn NewtonGazette-Journal Morsberger DOWNSTREAM VIEW: The Truckee River through Truckee. Horoscope 9D Markets 8-9B Nation 4-1 2A Nevada 1-2C Obituaries 2C School lunch 40 Sports 1-10B Style MOD TV log 8D Vitals 2C Weather 14A Work! 2A.4A Bridge 13C Business 7-1 0B Calendar 6D California 3A Classified ads 3-13C Comics 9D Crossword 70 Dear Abby 70 Editorials 13A Entertainment 5-6D Food 1-4D Health 70 tion goes in western Nevada in the next 90 days," said Bob Thompson, Nevada-area manager for the Weather Service. The service's 90-day prediction for western Nevada shows equal chances for above- or below-normal precipitation. The 30-day forecast shows a 55 percent chance for above-normal lations ended now, the area would fall far below the average winter total. So far, 30 percent to 35 percent of the winter total has been accumulated.

The National Weather Service is forecasting a cold winter storm that could drop as much as 1 foot of snow in the mountains tonight and Thursday. Long-range forecasts aren't as certain. "There are no strong signals one home the night of the alleged beating and heard Heather playing when she left with Mrs. Tjeltveit. Lane said the evidence was vague and never presented it.

Lane said he would take the case to the same grand jury that issued the original indictment last August and present evidence against both Mrs. Tjeltveit and her husband, James Tjeltveit, who is still charged under the original indictment with murdering Heather. "I intend to present the whole matter again to the See MURDER, back page Copyright, 1989 Reno Newspapers, Inc. A Gannett newspaper it way or the other as far as precipKa See SIERRA, back page 4k. -i i i.

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