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2C Reno Gazette-Journal Wednesday, November 2, 1988 3 candidates battle for Senate seat in Nevada's largest district r.ottr cniri Is pnine to trv to SDced nn every part of the district outside of Getto's home base of Churchill County. Representing large areas is nothing new to her either. Nye County takes in more than a third of the district. She is finishing her first term on the county commission. Before that, she served six years on the Parhump Town Board.

With only a few dozen Libertarians scattered across the countryside, Harmon agrees that he stands only a slim chance. But he says those who know him in Tono-pah, where he runs a garage and service station, don't dismiss him as "some third-party wacko." Getto has chartered a small plane to meet the demands of the long Central Nevada campaign trail and anticipates spending about $35,000 on the race. Mankins has an advantage the family plane. Both her husband and son are pilots. She has spent about $20,000 campaigning so far.

Her family owns a service station and mini-mart in Pahrump and formerly ran a four-state distributorship for Texaco. Harmon says he enjoys driving around Central Nevada. He has spent only $250 so far, and doesn't plan to spend more than $1,000 on his campaign. None of the three had to run in the primary. On the issues, both Getto and Mankins have original proposals dealing with water.

Getto plans to introduce a bill calling for a statewide bond election to buy land for new parks and water for the drought-ridden Lahontan Valley wetlands. Ranches on the Carson River could be bought as parks with their water rights transferred to the Stillwater Marshes or Carson Lake, he said. Proceeds also could be used to buy marginal farmland in the Newlands Project, with the owners able to trade for better land if they wanted to continue farming, says Getto, whose farm straddles the Carson River. Mankins says she plans to sponsor a bill setting up a state water review board that could reverse decisions of the state engineer. She says she's pushing the idea because, according to her, the state Division of Water Resources has not kept its promise to talk to local communities before cutting off new ground-water permits.

Pahrump has been hit especially hard by state-imposed moratoriums on new wells, she notes. Harmon says he would oppose any efforts to solve one area's water problems by tapping the water supply of another region. None of the candidates supports the corporate profits tax proposed by the Nevada State Education Association. All three, however, say they would work to find more revenue for schools. Getto and Mankins pledged to try to lower By Doug McMlllanGazette-Journal The three candidates for the Central Nevada Senatorial District are logging thousands of miles on the campaign trail.

The district Is the largest state legislative district outside of taking in Mineral, Nye, Esmeralda, Lincoln and White Pine, most of Churchill and the southern ends of Lander and Eureka counties. That's half the state. Ken Redelsperger, the Pahrump 'Republican who represented the huge dis-trict the past four years, decided to devote more time to his business instead of a seeking second term. Trying to succeed him are Republican Virgil Getto, 64, of Fallon; iDemocratic Nye County Commissioner Pat Mankins, 56, of Pahrump; and Libertarian K.R. "Sandy" Harmon of Tono-pah.

Getto is the acknowledged frontrunner, having served nine terms in the Assembly 'and a brief stint in the Senate in 1981 when he was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Carl Dodge, who was appointed the state Gaming Commission. He already has been representing the northern third of the senatorial district from his 35th Assembly District seat. Mankins takes heart, however, that Democrats have majorities in nearly Nevada's average student-teacher ratio of 26.4-to-one. "We have a 25 percent school dropout rate in Nevada, and that's sad," said Getto, who would emphasis remedial reading and math classes. Mankins, who taught elementary school in Pahrump for many years, says she would "unveil" several school revenue proposals, if elected, but declined to discuss them now.

Harmon says school districts could save a lot of money by "redirecting resources" to the basics. He is especially critical of the University of Nevada System for asking money for "frills" such as the Lawlor Events Center. "It was built with money that should have gone to education; it's been losing money for three years and now they want more money to keep it open," he said. With big gold mines creating boom-towns all over Central Nevada, all three see a need for some kind of mining impact tax to offset the sudden demands on local governmental services and schools. But Harmon would like it to be "on a voluntary basis," such as mining companies already have done in Round Mountain, Tonopah and Beatty, "rather than an across-the-board flat tax" which could hurt small companies.

About as far as he would go is a law requiring mining companies to negotiate pre-payment of taxes on new mines with local governments. a constitutional amendment to remove a ceiling on the net proceeds of mining tax, possibly by getting it on the ballot with next spring's municipal elections. That industry-supported measure would triple the state's mining tax revenue, Getto said, but it may not pass in time to help some of the towns affected now. Mankins said local governments have yet to see a pre-payment of net proceeds of mines tax the industry agreed to in the last session; the state is still holding the money pending passage of the constitutional amendment. Nye County alone is waiting for almost $1 million, she said.

The candidates would yield to constituents on brothels. "About 65 percent of them favor having legalized prostitution in place of what they have in Las Vegas streetwalkers," said Mankins, citing previous advisory votes. "I don't condone prostitution," Getto said, "but rural counties have not had any problems with it. I know rural people would be opposed to outlawing it." Noting the pressure to de-legalize brothels is coming from Las Vegas civic leaders, Harmon, a former minister, said, "I think they better clean up their own act before they ask us to change our lives." Doctor withdraws no contest plea in perjury case Restaurateur cleared in shooting death Emery, a resident of Torrance. Calif.

By Lenlta PowersGazette-Journal in Washoe District Court in which he tried Russo, owner of the State Street Lounge, was sitting in a booth with friends about 3 a.m. Sunday when a man came up behind him and grabbed him around the throat, witnesses told police. Russo reportedly pushed the man to the floor but he then grabbed a woman, identified as Lois Manners, 47, and cut her over the eye with the bottle. When Russo intervened, the man attacked him again, cutting Russo on the side and hand. At that point, Russo drew a handgun from his pocket and shot the man.

LAS VEGAS The district attorney's office cleared restaurant owner Gianni Russo Tuesday in the shooting death of a man at his restaurant. Chief Deputy District Attorney Bill Coot said the Sunday shooting was justifiable homicide on the part of the restaurant owner. The dead man was identified Tuesday as Lorenzo Morales, 30, of Cuba. Police said they were unsure whether Morales lived in Las Vegas or if he had a criminal record. The shooting occurred after the victim allegedly slashed owner Russo and a patron with a broken beer bottle.

Perjury carries a maximum 10 years in prison and $10,000 fine, but probation is allowed for the charge. In the motion to withdraw the plea and an accompanying affidavit, Emery's attorney Jerry Polaha said his client felt pressured into pleading no contest and did not fully understand its ramifications. The motion also states Emery would be financially destroyed by the plea "in that the State of California will revoke his license to practice medicine and there is a judgment against him which will wipe him and his wife out financially. The perjury charge against Emery stemmed from a lawsuit the doctor filed to either evict renters from the Verdi mobile home park or have them buy the lots for their mobile homes. During sworn testimony at a pre-trial hearing in April 1987, Emery testified he did not know and was not related to Norma Holley and Virginia Burdick, two people who had purchased lots in the parks for allegedly double their value, thus raising the appraisals of the remaining lots.

Later in the hearing, the attorney for park tenants discovered Holley was Emery's sister-in-law and Burdick was a friend of the doctor's father. California physician Clyde Emery on Tuesday filed a motion to withdraw the no contest plea he entered last week and requested a jury trial on perjury charges. Emery, 53, pleaded no contest Oct. 25 in Washoe District Court to a perjury charge stemming from his testimony at a hearing to evict tenants from his Glen Meadows trailer park in Verdi. Judge William Forman warned the doctor that during sentencing it was likely he would enter a judgment of guilty against Emery, the normal procedure when a no contest plea is made.

Forman scheduled Dec. 14 to sentence plishments in his six-year-term, including working with President Reagan's administration to lower the interest rate, rebuild national defense and raise the speed limit to 65 mph on rural freeways. Hecht distanced himself from National Right to Life Organization ads which the group now admits are erroneous when they indicate Bryan is pro-abortion. "I had nothing to do with it," Hecht said. Bryan was asked about the strength of his support of the Democratic presidential nominee, Gov.

Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts. Bryan gave a lukewarm endorsement of Dukakis, saying he disagreed with him on many things, including the nuclear waste repository, but agreed with Dukakis on two areas: the need to pour more money into education and his strong commitment to the environment. Hecht warned that Dukakis would appoint liberal judges "who often puts the rights of the criminals ahead of the rights of the victims." Hecht said after the debate that the question showing Bryan's support of Dukakis was the "number one issue" of the debate. Bryan said the heart of the debate revealed Hecht's "pattern of deception." "I am outraged when somebody goes on television and lies," Bryan said, referring to the ads on abortion, social security and Hecht's record. Bryan renewed his attacks on Hecht for missing 20 percent of the votes this year in order to campaign.

Hecht responded that's a ruse to cover up for the governor's decision to leave mid-term and that averaged over the six years, he has a 95 percent voting attendance record. Debate From page 1C owner who said the old plane, which the governor said was replaced with the jet for safety reasons, "will be flying after we're both dead." He asked if the governor was tring to "mislead the people of Nevada" about the need for the jet. Bryan countered that the misrepresentations in Hecht's ads have been deceitful and said that nationwide, there have been six crashes involving that model of airplane. Bryan, 51, used his first question to ask about the Wall Street Journal article where Hecht press spokesman Michael Miller was quoted as saying of his boss: "They either ignore him or ridicule him. the governor was talking differently than he talked in the past.

Asked afterward to expand on how Bryan has changed his position on abortion, Hecht said he would have to research it, he was relying on memory. Meanwhile, Bryan's camp was busy passing out copies of the Congressional Record showing Hecht's two pro-abortion votes in cases of rape and incest. One was part of a $105 billion budget package, the other was an amendment where Hecht said his vote was the lesser of two evils, since the option was federal funding of all abortions. Bryan hammered again and again at his theme of effectiveness, saying he wouldn't have run if Hecht had been effective at representing Nevada's interests. Hecht fired off a litany of his accom I'm kind of used to it." Hecht said it didn't matter what the Wall Street Journal said about him, he's happy to have the endorsement of the state's largest newspaper, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, one of the sponsors of the final debate.

"I'm not perfect, but then who is," Hecht told the audience watching statewide on public television. "Maybe I don't always say things the right way, but you never have to guess where Chic Hecht stands." Hecht, 59, accused Bryan of flip-flopping on issues including the death penalty, the nuclear waste repository and the Equal Rights Amendment. When Bryan said he absolutely opposes federal funding for abortion, even in cases of rape and incest, which Hecht has voted for in Congress, Hecht scoffed that Nevada digest with the church's building fund, 1327 Pyramid Way, Sparks 89431. Mary L. Roberts CARSON CITY Mary Lola Roberts, 76, died Monday at Washoe Medical Center, Reno.

A native of Irondale, she was born Nov. 17, 1911, and had been a Carson City resident for the past six years, coming from Eureka Springs, Ark. Mrs. Roberts was a cook. Surviving are her husband, William Parker of Carson City; daughters, Patricia N.

Beaman of San Luis Obispo, and Susan Walch of Steamboat Springs, sisters, Viola Ramsey and Alta Butts, both of Alabama; eight grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. No funeral is scheduled. Cremation will be at Sierra Crematory, Reno, under direction of Walton's Chapel of the Valley. Harold R. Conrad FALLON Harold R.

Conrad, 94, died Tuesday at the Fallon Convalescent Center. A native of Missouri, he was born Nov. 8, 1893, and had lived in Fallon for the past 56 years, coming from Carmichael, Calf. Conrad worked for the Frazzini Furniture Co. in Fallon and was also in road construction for many years, and later in prospecting.

There are no known survivors. Visitation is scheduled from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Austin, Matson and Smith Funeral Home, with a graveside funeral at 11:30 a.m. at the Fallon Cemetery. Obituaries Alphonso V.

Alexander A memorial service for Alphonso Vincent Alexander, 82, who died Sunday at his Reno residence of natural causes, is scheduled for 2 p.m. today at St. Therese of the Little Flower Catholic Church. A native of Nochera Umbria, Italy, he was born Sept. 20, 1906, and had been a Reno resident for the past five years, coming from Bartlesville, Okla.

Alexander worked at Harrah's in the entertainment department, and was a member of St. Therese of the Little Flower Catholic Church. Surviving are his widow, Doreen of Reno; brother, Joseph, and a sister, Marie Alexander, both of Detroit; sisters, Ann Belledonna of Atlanta, and Mary Lou Apple-dorn of Sarasota, and two nephews. Cremation was at Masonic Memorial Gardens Crematory, under direction of the Northern Nevada Memorial Cremation and Burial Society. born Oct.

19, 1933, and had been a Reno resident for the past 11 years, coming from Fallon. Mrs. May was a hotel maid. Surviving are a son, Charles Brian of Reno; daughters, Alana May of Louisville, and Denise Bennett of Redondo Beach, Calif. grandmother, Susan McGunigal of Tucson, and one grandchild.

A memorial is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at Ross, Burke Knobel Funeral Home. Cremation was at Mountain View Crematory. Gary H. Mayfield Visitation for Gary Harold May-field, 39, who died Monday at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, is scheduled from 2 to 8 p.m.

today at the Ross, Burke Knobel Mortuary, Sparks. A native of Gridley, he was born March 30, 1949, and had lived in the area for the past 30 years, coming from California. Mayfield was a flight line crew chief for the National Guard for 13 years, Surviving are his father, Harold of Rushville, 111. mother, Merle Ternes of Reno; sisters, Geri Buf-faloe of Marysville, and Gil Corrigan of Albuquerque, N.M., and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. A funeral is scheduled for 10 a.m.

Thursday at the funeral home, with cremation at the Mountain View Cemetery a.m. to 10 a.m. Thursday at the Austin, Matson and Smith Funeral Home, with a graveside funeral with full military honors at 11 a.m. Thursday. A memorial is being established with the Cancer Society, 90 N.

Maine Fallon 89401. Joseph Macaluso Joseph Macaluso, 73, died Oct. 19 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center. A native of Union City, N.J., he was born Sept. 4, 1915, and had lived in Sparks for the past nine years, coming from San Francisco.

Macaluso worked as an insurance salesman for John Hancock Insurance for 23 years, retiring in 1978. He was an Army veteran of World War II, serving in Europe, where he received the American Service Medal and the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal. Surviving are his widow, Lenore of Sparks; sons, Charles of San Francisco and Michael of Woodland Hills, and two grandchildren. Cremation was at the Masonic Memorial Gardens Crematory, under the direction of John Sparks Memorial Cremation Society, Sparks. Betty J.

May Betty J. May, 55, died Friday at her Reno residence. A native of Sharon, she was Griffin, 71, died Monday at her daughter's residence. A native of Hayes, she was born Nov. 24, 1916, and had lived in Carson City for the past 30 days, coming from Reno, where she lived for 28 years.

Before that, she lived in Othello, and Altadena, Calif. Mrs. Griffin was a nurse, a member of the Reno Host Lions Auxiliary and the Episcopal Church. She was a World War II Army veteran, serving as a captain from 1941 to 1946. Surviving are her husband, Lt.

Col. Richard and a son, Richard both of Reno; daughters, Margaret Mitchell of Mesa, and Ruth Griff in-Conte of Carson City; brothers, Reuben and Henry Joy of Portland, Ore. sisters, Mildred Drees and Dorothy Olstrom of Hayes, and Mary Stanley of Pasadena, Calif. No funeral is scheduled. Cremation will be at Sierra Crematory, Reno, under the direction of Walton's Chapel of the Valley.

A memorial is being established with the Washoe County Lions Sight Conservation Committee, P.O. Box 11935, Reno 89510. John W. Huntoon Jr. FALLON John W.

Huntoon 82, died Thursday at the Riverside Hospital for Skilled Care, Reno. A native of Colton, he was born July 6, 1906, and had lived in Fallon for the past 10 years, coming from California. Huntoon was a retired maintenance person for a school district in California, an Army veteran of World War II, and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 1002 of Fallon. Surviving are a brother, Oscar of Fallon; and sisters, Annie Mason and Ruth Shirley, both of California. Visitation is scheduled from 9 Robert M.

Ford CARSON CITY Robert Martin Ford, 90, died Saturday at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center, Reno. A native of Cimarron County, he was born June 26, 1898, and had been a Carson City resident for the past 2 years, coming from San Jose, Calif. Ford was a marine engineer for the Army, retiring in 1966, and was a World War I Army veteran. Surviving are his widow, Marion, and a son Robert, both of Gardnerville; brother, Earl of Prescott, sister, Lucille Eaton of Denver; three grandchildren; and two great-granddaughters. No funeral is scheduled.

Cremation was at FitzHenry's Funeral Home and Crematory. C.E. Tucker YERINGTON C. E. "Bud" Tucker, 72, died Sunday at South Lyon Community Hospital.

He was born Oct. 22, 1916, in Calabasas, and had been a Yerington resident for the past 23 years, coming from California. Tucker was the past owner of the Yerington Mobile Village, and was amember of the Masonic Lodge and the Shriners. Surviving are his widow, Virginia of Yerington; son, George of Watsonville, daughter, Susan Lee Robinson of Reno; and five grandchildren. A graveside funeral is scheduled at 10 a.m.

Thursday at Valley View Cemetery, under the direction of Freitas Funeral Home. A memorial is being established with the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, 1701 19th San Francisco, 94122. Clayton J. Burg Births Helen R. Griffin CARSON CITY Helen Ruth Clayton J.

Burg, 74, died Sunday at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center. A native of Everett, he was born April 28, 1914, and had been a Sparks area resident for the past two years, coming from Arizona. Burg was a civil engineer, working in road construction 40 years before retiring. Surviving are his widow, Mary Ruth, and a daughter, Marty McCloskey, both of Sparks; sons, Clayton B. of Crescent City, and Joe Sheava of Pleasant Hill, and four grandchildren.

A memorial service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at the New Life Assembly Church. Cremation was at the Masonic Memorial Gardens Crematory, under direction of John Sparks Memorial Cremation Society. A memorial is being established Divorces granted nOSEL-CARLSON To Marv Hosel and Scott Carlson of Reno, a daughter, Oct. 31, 1988 LUIPPOLD To Chris and Meridith Luip-pold of Reno, a son, Oct.

29, 1899. MASI To Gregory and Rebecca Masi of Sparks, a daughter, Oct. 28, 1988. MURPHY To David and Christine Murphy of Reno, a son, Oct. 28, 1988.

OSBORNE To Dan and Shauna Osborne of Sparks, a daughter, Oct. 28, 1988. PERRY To Eric and Deeanne Perry of Susanville, a son, Oct. 28, 1988. QURESHI To Ishrat and Lucille Qureshi of Spark3, a daughter, Oct.

28, 1988. REYNOLDS To Freddrick and Kathy Reynolds of Herlong, a son, Oct. 28, 1988. ROLLINS To Brian and Lisa Rollins of Reno, a son, Oct. 29, 1988.

RUTH To Raymond and Judith Ruth of Sparks, a son, Oct. 28, 1988. SMITH To Samuel and Tracey Smith of Susanville, a son, Oct. 28, 1988. TAYLOR To Mark and Diana Taylor of Bridgeport, a daughter, Oct.

29, 1988. WARREN To Mark and Laurie Warren of Reno, a daughter, Oct. 27, 1988. Washoe Medical Center BERMAN To Steven and Sharon Barman of Reno, a son, Oct. 29, 1988.

DONATELLI To Leroy and Patricia Donatelli of Sparks, a son, Oct. 30, 1988. FULLER To Michael and Wendy Fuller of Reno, a son, Oct. 31, 1988. HAYES To Bradley and Linda Hayes of Reno, a son, Oct.

29, 1988. JOHNSON To Jon and Courtney Johnson of Sun Valley, a daughter, Nov. 1 1988. TERRY To Larry and Lisa Terry of Reno, a son, Oct 31, 1988. Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center ALBITER To Juan and Ellen Albiter of Carson City, a daughter, Oct.

31, 1988. BOYLAN To Jospeh and Cynthia Boylan of Sun Valley, a daughter, Oct. 31, 1988. FERRIS To David and Cynthia Ferris of Reno, a Oct. 30, 1988.

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