Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 14

Hole A city spokesman one arbitrator said contended the tie down ac tivities were taken over from another airport fixed base operator which ceased business City Manager Henry Etchemendy said the city wants to get involved in hangar construction because is a demand for such facilities and Gamblers He said 18 local pilots have in dicated an interest in the hangars by making down payments on the rental Deputy Dist Atty Lou DoescheT said earlier this week the decision of the arbitrators would not be binding and he cautioned supervisors against committing themselves to something which could eventually wind up in court Thursday the same day attorneys Daniel Olguin and David Hamilton filed motion for the habeas corpus writ They argue that the district complaint against Darnell is not legal because its processing through Reno Justice Court already had been super ceded by district court jurisdiction over the indictment which was simultaneously on file The attorneys also contend that Darnell has a con stitutional right to know the nature of the charges against him and the district complaint does not give adequate information In addition they contend there is insufficient evidence against Darnell upon which to hold him Darnell is charged with claiming two stereo speakers which had been stolen as his own property and with keeping them The defense claims Darnell actually was in the process of buying the speakers from their rpal owner Journal Carson City Bureau water conservation ordinance is now more than two weeks old but it might be another two months before known whether the amount saved is meaningful or just a drop in a very large bucket will take at least five or six weeks before we can make a explains Deputy City Public Works Director Jerry Cass Cass and other city officials indicate generally Carson residents are observing the ordinance which prohibits water waste and more specially watering lawns between the hours of 10 a and 5 pm through Sept 15 Cass said city officials had no preconceived idea as to exactly how much water would be conserved under the ordinance was just part of our overall conservation program rather than an attempt to save number of gallons The measure provides for fines and possible im prisonment for violators but "to my knowledge no one has been warned and no citations have been says Lt Brian Hill of the department CARSON CITY (UPI) Gov Mike leading casino owners in Northern Nevada and a Methodist minister will be among witnesses scheduled to testify at a hearing of the National Gambling Commission here Aug 18 The commission conducting a comprehensive study of gambling in the country will hold one day of hearings here and then move to Las Vegas for three days of testimony Aug 19 21 Sen Howard Cannon Nev and state Atty Gen Bob List are members of the national commission and will make opening statements Also scheduled to testify are Peter Echeverria chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission Warren Nelson long time owner of the Cai Neva Club in Reno John Ascuaga owner of the Sparks Nugget Bill Harrah founder afhd majority stockholder in and the Rev Jerome Blankenship a Methodist minister from Reno Miners on tne list to testily include state Deputy Budget Director William Bible Assemblyman Joe Dini Yerington Harold Larragueta a Winnemucca casino owner and MG Vernon vice president of Sea and Ski Co in Reno So far the commission has conducted hearings in Washington DC Boston Philadelphia and Detroit and subjects have included lotteries sports betting pari mutual watering and off track betting The council rejected proposal by a 5 2 vote after Weiss told them there was no time for a study if the city is to get a good deal on the bond market Council members said they are not committing themselves to approving any of the proposals to be submitted Monday Councilwoman Pat Lewis and Councilman Bruno Menicucci voted to have Burrows Smith and Co do a study Mrs Lewis said she felt pressed" by proposal When Weiss said the city had to move quickly or the interest rate on bonds might go up she responded bond market can go down as' well as Mrs Lewis asked Smith if the bond companies which would sell the bonds received in the refunding would make money affect education for Pine students but students housed in elementary schools would be without home economic physical education and shop facilities At the special riday meeting trustees voted 5 1 to reaffirm their original plan but directed the school district administration to look into the possibility busing students to other middle schools with the needed facilities Board member Jerry Whitehead cast the only no vote Doug Byington principal of voiced fears' students and teachers would lose too much class time through busing 1 Byington said he favored putting studentson double sessions at Sparks Middle School a plan whjblt had been considered earlier by the board Dr Robert McQueen a trustee said the board should' not consider voting on double sessions at a time when many parents concerned might be out of town for the summer Board members agreed students could begin the school year in the five different elementary schools After a month or so of instruction by book they might then be bused to middle schools for physical education' home economics and shop By then the school district would have had a chance to' poll parents on their feelings about double sessions "at Sparks Middle School The school district administration is expected to" present a detailed plan for the possible busing program at the Aug 26 meeting 1 profiting is very profit Smith replied Menicucci said he voted for (the study by Smith Burrows ano vo oecause tne city already nas a contract with the company under which the study could have been done at no cost (j Weiss told the council have an obligation to save money to the citizens of He said proposals will be submitted by companies including the Hutton and' Co Merrill Lynch Pierce enner and Smith Inc and Kirchner Moore and Co He said the proposals would tie reviewed by him and the city manager before submissi on to council Monday Weiss said he spent an entire day July 25 in the Denver offices of Kirchner'Moore and Co and Hutton and the basis of a number of preliminary com soliciting proposals competitive on piiterized analyst of the present outstanding debt future bond issues compared to several refunding determined the city could save money by the refunding On July 18 a week earlier he disclosed his intention to refinance the bonds to a Nevada State Journal In July the city administration on the recom mendation of Weiss recommended the agreement with Burrows Smith and Co be terminated' Weiss who had been on the job a week said the has certainly received satisfactory service from the firm of Burrows Smith and Co He said however the cancellation of the financial consultant service with the firm would enable the city to expand its consultant review capability with the possibility of using in house staff when feasible Weiss said the agreement would prohibit the city from PSC Leader Clark Suffers Heart Attack CARSON CITY (AP) Noel Clark chairman of the state Public Service Commission remains in stable condition following a heart attack a state government spokesman said riday Bob Stewart Gov Mike press secretary said Clark 60 was hospitalized in Livermore Calif after the attack late Thursday afternoon Stewart said Clark was in Liver more meeting with officials of the federal Energy Resources Development Administration to discuss nuclear power development Stewart said he assumed Clark suffered a serious heart attack because doctors said there was no way he could be immediately tran sferred to a Nevada hospital RS Carpenter right of Mobile Ala is dredging for gold in the downtown Truckee River area but it the nugget variety This week helped by Robert Eberhart 12 of Reno his machine dredged up rings bracelets and coins In the two years worked at his hobby Carpenter has claimed 20 rings an earbob containing 2 'u carat diamonds and topaz 3000 pennies 15 mercury dimes buffalo nickels and even an 1872 dime In Reno for his summer vacation Carpenter says his gold dredge activities centered on what he calls the glory is fun than playing Journal Photo by Marilyn Newton) journal Saturday August 9 1975 Water Woes: Carson Awaits Conservation Law Impact Hill said ordinance has had some effect People are no longer spraying 16 feet out in the street There is a reasonable Supervisor Thelma Calhoun agreed that inroads had been made 7 She said the ordinance is directed largely against big wasters people who turn on their sprinklers leave and pretty soon a river running down the street This is not the first time Carson officials have con sidered restricting water use and or curbing subdivision development In July 1974 residents were asked to stop watering their lawns and to take other conservation measures to counter a droppage in the municipal water supply Other summers have seen requests that watering be done on every other day The decision to halt all subdivision development until more water is found was made in June qt this year O'Callaghan Tells Boards To Use Open Meeting Law By LEE ADLER Journal Carson City Bureau Gov Mike O'Callaghan in apparent recognition of a Carson City dispute said riday Open Meeting law should be observed spirit as well as in fact is the intent of the legislature that all governmental meetings excepting only those which deal with direct personnel matters should be open to the said in an open letter to all state agen cies boards and commissions He added policy of this administration in complying with that law list that every effort should be made to make the public aware of the time place and subject of the meeting in advance of that open meeting" It is not sufficient simply to announce that a particular meeting open" the governor said of the press must be given notice in advance of the meeting In Carson City he said would mean at the minimum notification of the capitol press corps the Reno and Las Vegas areas local newspapers television news directors and wire services should be advised of any upcoming public Similarly said the extent possible all meetings of boards commissions and state agencies should be held in public buildings or offices effort should be made to keep the meeting to the public and press and insure the meeting site is accessible to the disabled or The comments came within days of a closed meeting of Carson supervisors to discuss a response to a grand jury report critical of city welfare operations Supervisors justified barring the meeting to the press and public on the grounds part of it involved criticisms of City Welfare Director Jack Christner which made it a personnel session Carson Dist Atty Mike ondi currently is looking into the matter River Rescue: Reno police and firemen were called out to rescue Reno resident rank Weise who swam out to a rock in the Truckee River just west of the Second Street bridge riday afternoon but was unable to make it back to shore Rescuers brought him to shore and then he was taken to Washoe Medical Center and released shortly thereafter He reportedly suffered scrapes cuts and bruises (Journal Photos by Marilyn By LENITA POWERS About 1000 youngsters to be divided among five elementary schools also might be bused to middle schools to learn to bake cookies and make gun racks the Washoe County School Board decided riday Almost 2000 students are zoned to the William and Ed Pine middle schools under construction at Stead and Smithridge But earlier this year school trustees learned the and Pine schools would not open in September as expected because of a delayed steel delivery but were told they would be completed by October The board voted in April to spread the I students throughout six different schools for the one month period The plan was to keep Billinghurst Middle School which had been scheduled to close open to accommodate Pine students students were to be placed in five different schools Sixth graders were to attend the Veterans Memorial and Echo Loder elementary schools seventh graders were to be placed in the Mamie Towles and Grace Warner elementary schools and eighth graders were to go to Orvis Ring Elementary School However the trustees learned last month the new schools now are scheduled to open in December at the earliest because of further construction complications The additional two month delay would inot greatly Innocent Pleas Given to Jail Escape Charge loyd Clayton orsberg who disappeared from the Washoe County Jail in April riday pleaded innocent to federal escape charges orsberg 33 was awaiting trial on charges he and two other men robbed irst National Bank in downtown Reno of $1044000 last September when he and Daniel Rezin of Las Vegas disappeared from the jail Rezin was arrested the following day in Sacramento orsberg was re arrested in Bend Ore in June with Clark Gable Timmons Timmons also was arraigned riday on charges he aided orsberg in escaping the Washoe jail He also is fighting charges of cocaine possession in San Diego At Hearing A fl' Suspended Officer Charges Not Backed Up Suspended Reno policeman James Darnell has Hied a request for a writ of habeas corpus which would have the effect of dropping charges against him relating to the alleged theft of two stereo speakers 1 Washoe Dist Judge James Guinan set a hearing on the writ request for Aug 29 In the motion attorneys argue that charges brought against him by the district attorney in April were not filed properly and are supported by insufficient evidence Darnell was charged twice in the stereo speakers case first by a grand jury indictment handed up last fall and subsequently by a district criminal complaint filed in April The criminal complaint was filed after certain charges in the indictment acknowledged to be defective by the district office were dismissed Guinan dismissed the grand jury indictment on Tardy Schools: Home Ec Shop Students Might Ride Buses iw Reno Rejects Long time Bond Recommendations By java mcr AnnEiv The City of Reno will go against the recommendations of its long time bond consultant Monday and hear proposals for the refunding of $18316000 in outstanding bonds The refunding of the general obligation bonds will save the city between $12 million and $2 million inance Director Milt Weiss said But Nick Smith of Burrows Smith and Co Salt Lake City Utah told the council this week his firm would not recommend the refunding without a complete long range study of the capital improvement needs Smith said the refunding will have an impact on sewer rates and airport landing fees He said he opposed to bond refunding and had recommended to other clients in the past but after a study of their needs He said as part of its contract his company would do a study for Reno at no additional cost Carson Plane Hangars Hang on Panel's Word Journal Carson City Bureau A three member arbitration panel is expected to consider plans by Carson supervisors to construct up to 25 aircraft hangars at the municipal airport next week The city's intention to spend about $1 30000 on the hangars was contested by representatives of Carson Tahoe Aviation the fixed base operator at nobody else seems willing or able to me airport who feel it would run counter to their agreement with the city They contend the agreement provides the city would not compete ith them in any of their activities Similarly they reportedly con tended at arbitration hearing the city violated the no competition regulation by engaging in ai rcraft tie down operations To Testify jffiKz 4 Lite 3 jolv rrir 1 wai.