Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 1

INAL EDITION Jsebaba Jstale journal Rends Morning and Sunday Newspaper 96h Year No 5 Saturday November 27 1965 Daily 20c Sunday 'Two hour7 Meters Lauded Page 18 California Buys SACRAMENTO (UPI) Gov Edmund Brown riday an nounced purchase by the state of 2000 acres of prime recrea tion land for a park at Sugar Pine Point on the west shore of Lake Tahoe The land cost $83 million The purchase agreement be tween the state and owner Mrs Esther Ehrman Lazard of San rancisco was quickly approved at a special meeting by the Board of Public Works unds for the purchase which Brown said was less than the appraised value of the acreage came from the $150 Choice Lake Tahoe Land for State Park million beaches and parks bond issue approved by the voters last year Brown long an advocate of preserving the sparkling Lake Tahoe region from overdevel opment called the acquisition of the most important new park developments in Cal The property approved for purchase by the first special session of the 1965 Legislature included 15 miles of beach front and extended west about 3 miles along General Creek The area is in El Dorado County between Tahoma and Meeks Bay It also included a large three story turreted mansion and rec reation facilities Brown told the board he would ask the Department of Parks and Recreation to open the property temporarily next summer for piclmickers Brown said he would ask the budget session of the legisla ture in ebruary to provide funds for initial development He said the first permanent camping facilities were planned for 1968 five year plan is to pro vide 200 overnight camping units 200 picnic units and park ing for 200 cars at the he said 15 year development plan calls for a total of 1000 camping units 10 large group camps and 500 picnic units ull development could add 200 more campsites for a total of Mears Attorneys Seek to Prove Mental Weakness An attempt to prove that James Bonsall Mears is men tally incapable and was begun riday afternoon as the defense opened its case in the three day old murder trial Mears 39 is accused of the fatal shooting of Sparks bar tender Howard Clifford Haw thorne during a March 20 hold up attempt at the Greenbrae shopping center in Sparks Cite Surgery Defense attorneys Leslie Mack ry and Robert Herz contend that Mears whom they called an epileptic is mentally incom petent They said Mears under went a crainiectomy (surgery bn the skull) in Washington sev eral years ago The defense called four wit nesses to show alleged mental deficiences Washoe County Deputy Sher iff Lee Warmack told the court he found Mears lying on his cell floor shaking on June 22 Warmack who put a stick in mouth during the attack said he was incoherent for ten minutes Deputy Peter McCaskey pre sented jail records indicating Mears has slashed himself twice while in jail On July 3 he said Mears was taken to Washoe Medical Center after slashing his wrists On Oct 19 he added Mears again tried suicide by slashing his ankles Another deputy Lou Wid man testified he had applied compresses to both of wrists and summoned an am bulance on July 3 Widman told the prosecution he did not know if the wounds were deep or su perficial Undersheriff Richard testified he found Mears lying on his eell bunk in a rigid po sition on June 2 said Mears had bitten a pencil in half and appeared to be inco herent Prosecution Rests The prosecution rested its case riday morning by calling the last of nine witnesses An escape attempt by Mears from the Washoe County Jail was told by Deputy Sheriff Er nest Schwarz Schwarz said he believed Mears subsequent col lapse was staged to feign epilep sy On Wednesday the opening day of testimony seven wit nesses were called by the prose cution Mrs Louise Hawthorne widow of the murdered man testified a shot hit and killed her hus band as they were standing in a crowd outside the Super Store in Sparks Store employes told of seeing a bandit inside the store and seeing or hearing the shot that killed Hawthorne Mears was identified by Sparks police officer Gordon Jenkins as a man he chased wildly through the streets of Sparks after Jenkins accidental ly came upon the scene while off duty Jenkins said the fugitive es caped capture when two chil dren walked between him and the suspect The bandit escaped in a car later found abandoned in Sparks Mears and his wife were ar rested about an hour later in their trailer at 2601 Prater Way Mrs Mears was later released after charges of complicity were dropped The trial will resume Monday at 10 am The Defense is ex pected to call more witnesses to testify on mental con dition Contractor Backs Probe Of Highway Department Gazette Journal Carson City Bureau A Drumm Jr a contractor In Nevada for 45 years riday said he supports the move to impanel a grand jury to investigate handling of claims and contracts by the Ne vada Highway Department "If a grand jury is impaneled I will request to voluntarily testify as a citizen and road builder I will welcome a sub poena to appear and give testi Drumm said feel it is the duty of every person interested in government honesty and responsibility to come forth when his time to make a contribution to good government is at Drumm president of Silver State Construction Company of allon also took issue with a statement by Rowland Oakes executive secretary of the As sociation of General Contractors in Nevada He said: the record and as a founding member of the Asso ciation of General Contractors in Nevada I must strongly ob ject to the statement of Mr Rowland Oakes our executive secretary was dissappointed with his statement In my opinion he spoke as an individual and not as a representative of the AGC Mr Oakes to my knowledge had no authority to speak for the Associated General Contrac tors of Nevada His remarks to the effect that $250000 in the Weather 21 40 10 15 24 17 22 7 26 35 20 19 20 T01 (OR TEMPERATURES AND PRECIP ITATION DATA AROUND THE NATION SEC rAuc ivj NEVADA Observation fmm RENO Battle Mountain Carson city Elko Ely allon Las Vegas Lovelock Tonopah Winnemucca High Low Proc 40 37 41 36 39 39 54 40 39 37 CALIORNIA Bishop Sacramento 1 1 1 A 39 PRECIPITATION DATA Amount recorded for the 24 hour period ending 5 pm none July 1 to date 414 To date last year 82 Normal July 1 to date 187 Suneet today 4:37 pm Sunrise tomorrow 6:56 am ORECAST RENO Variable cloudiness with a lew light showers early Saturday clear Ing Saturday night and warmer on Sun day SIERRA NEVADA Scattered snow flurries and partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday warmer on Sunday SOUTHERN Variable cloud iness gusty winds little change in tem perature EASTERN NEVADA Cloudy snow showers Saturday night and late Sunday Miuroov mgnr state highway funds which al legedly have been misappropri ated constituted merely is completely ridiculous After all this could represent as much as $5 million in match ing federal Drumm said have been in the highway construction busi ness in this state for 45 years I am one of the original mem bers of the Association of Gen eral Contractors in Nevada and the recognized dean of highway builders in Nevada am deeply disturbed with the latest turn of events which involves the Nevada Department of Lt Gov Paul Laxalt riday reaffirmed his position that a state grand jury should inves tigate the Nevada Highway De partment and said he will call for such a grand jury when Gov Grant Sawyer leaves the state to go to Sacramento Sun day proceed until it ns confirmed Gov Sawyer has left the Laxalt said (See LAXALT Page 6 Col1) In Journal 30 Pages in Issue RENO SPARKS WASHOE: Re mapping to simplify Washoe Page 18 NEVADA CALIORNIA: Lady postmaster faces brisk Page 2 LAKE TAHOE: Half vote edge carries Page 2 WORLD NATIONAL: LBJ asks funds for Asian Page 7 SPORTS: Army Navy clash Page 8 College cage Page 9 SUPPLEMENTS: Entertainment section 12 pages Abby 11 Amusements 6 Bridge Church Notices 5 Classified 13 17 Comics 11 Editorial 4 Heloise 5 Lake Tahoe 2 Lighter Touch 8 Markets 10 Nevada California News 2 Obituaries 10 Sports 8 9 Television 11 Vital Statistics 10 Weather 10 World of Women 5 1 World News iV 1 3 NEVADA STATE JOURNAL Entered et the post office st Reno Nevada at secpndias mottor Published every morning by Reno Newspapers Inc 401 West Second St Bax 30L Kemb Nevadc Taleatopna MMIZL Sharp shooting Guard Nuclear Warships Deployed SAIGON (UPI) carrier Enterprise and the guided missile frigate Bainbridge first nuclear powered American war ships committed to the Viet Nam war moved into combat Shatters Holdup Gang stations riday off the coast of the embattled Southeast Asian country While the Navy added the extra muscle to the growing US military might in the war against the Communists B52 bombers from Guam pounded enemy targets 75 miles north east of Saigon Vast Rice Harvest The huge eight engined bom bers of the Strategic Air Command struck in support of a joint force of American Vietnamese and Australian troops trying to prevent a vaM rice harvest in Binh Tuy province from falling into Viet Cong hands Ground fighting slackened and field forces in Viet Nam reported their quietist day of the month with no casualties from enemy action for 24 hour period (Defense Secretary Robert McNamara said on his arrival in Paris for a NATO meeting that the Communist monsoon offensive been blunted and I think McNa mara is going on to Viet Nam from the NATO meeting) No ighting Reported The allied troops thrown into the cam paign to protect the rice harvest were in the fifth day of (See RICE Page 3 Col 1) 1 4 uSSSt Bps 3 ML JIM LEEBVRE shown in Reno uniform when he played for the local Silver Sox in 1962 yesterday was voted National League Rookie of the Year See Page 8 for details of the honor for the Los Angeles Dodger second baseman (Journal Photo) Burglars Steal Vatican Relics VATICAN CITY (UPI) Burglars early riday stole two historic manuscripts and two treasured relics of the Roman Catholic Church in a daring raid on the Vatican library Vatican officials said the two manuscripts were The two relics were worth about $500000 they said The thieves apparently clam bered up a drain pipe to a narrow ledge then inched along it to a second story window to enter the famed library in the heart of the Apostolic Palace Police said the robbery was almost certainly done by a gang with international connec tions working for a collector who indicated in advance what he wanted Guard Asleep Most of the tiny police force of 120 gendarmes and 80 Swiss guards was sound asleep and only a two man patrol was guarding the 1087 ere state when the thieves struck So smooth was the operation that police did not discover the theft until the library was opened riday morning "It is impossible to place a price tag on the library official said are worth whatever sum an unscru pulous collector may be willing to pay for Most valuable of the objects stolen was an original copy ol poet rancesco the outstanding work of the 14th century Jet Cracks Speed Mark WASHINGTON (UPI) American Airlines jet set a speed record of three hours 20 minutes 57 seconds riday on a flight between Los Angeles and Dulles International Air port Italian Petrarch who lived from 1304 until 1374 was one of the early humanists and one of the greatest figures of Italian literature The includes a number of sonnets madrigals and ballads Series Of Poems The other manuscript was 152 parchment sheets a series of poems by Torquato Tasso a 16th century Roman poet The manuscript contains scattered poems by Tasso a few of them in his handwriting and others with corrections made by him Mop up Time LOS ANGELES (UPI) Southern California gained a re prieve from the weatherman to day when a five day forecast called for little or no rain and made it possible for flooded areas to mop up from the storm that deluged the area earlier in the week Reno Lions Anniversary Saluted Christian Jews Help Paiutes A salute to the Reno Lions of the National Conference of tion the full report from the Club on the eve of its 45th Christians and Jews which is World of Women and well anniversary gets top billing in the feature section of the big Sunday issue of the Ne vada State Journal The commu nity contributions since it was chartered Dec 9 1920 havebeen legion and they are re counted in a birthday tribute of stories and pictures Also in the Sunday Journal readers will be introduced to Project an undertaking of the Nevada State Chapter focusing the brainpower of some of the top execu tives on the problems facing the 75 Paiute families at the McDermitt Indian Reser vation Readers also will discover the way to the Never Sweat Hills Purgatory Peak and Howitzer Slide all little known Western Nevada land marks which finally have been given official names A big colorful sports sec hU balanced news coverage from the world' the nation and Ne vada along with syndicated and local columns and special features are standard fare in the Sunday Journal The amily Weekly maga zine supplement and eight pages of color comics are an added bonus No wonder the Journal is this most popular Sun day newspaper! "1 Banners May ly During Parade9 WASHINGTON (UPI) Ban ners of the Communist Viet Cong may fly alongside the American flag during Satur on Washington in defiance of its wishes Walter Teague of New York said riday that members of his US Committee to Aid the National Liberation ront of South Viet Nam also would carry signs rejected by march organizers demanding the immediate withdrawal of US forces from Viet Nam Red Term The National Liberation ront is the Communist name for the Viet Cong which is conducting guerrilla warfare against the Saigon government The National Committee for a Sane Nuclear foiicy (san is? has ruled out any but its own authorized placards and ban ners in the demonstrations planned Saturday in front of the White House and on the grounds of the Washington Monument Expect 30000 Persons About 20000 to 30000 persons were expected to take part NY News Dispute Settled NEW YORK (UPI) Repre sentatives of the American Newspaper Guild and the New York Daily News announced riday they had reached a last minute settlement of a contract dispute Settlement of the dispute which could have brought about the suspension of publication by five of the other major daily newspapers was an nounced at 7:05 pm EST This was five minutes beyond a strike deadline of 7 pm EST set by the union The New York Guild original ly had threatened to strike the News at 6 pm But three minutes before the deadline the executive vice president of the union Thomas Murphy announced move ment by both sides on all but one of the disputed issues and said the union had granted a one hour extension of the deadline Murphy said that on the key issue of the union shop the guild had compromised its earlier stand He said it had accepted a solution up to or equal with that won at the New York Murphy said that the publish er would retain the right to designate one of each 15 as to remain outside the He said employees who had been with the News before 1938 would not be required to join the guild He said however that many members who the with the enactment in 1947 of the Taft Hartley act be forced back He said this would involve or 70 But Teague said his displays would be carried SANE likes it or Asked what would happen if marchers showed up carrying Viet Cong flagg march coordin ator Sanford Gottlieb said monitors will make a strenuous non violent effort to persuade them to put them If the flag carriers persist he said be surprised if they were surrounded by American He would not say whether specific plans to block off Viet Cong flags had been made Meanwhile handbills were circulated advertising a counter rally organized by Ad Hoc Committee of Patriots to Stand Up or Our Boys In Viet to be held Saturday on (See MARCHERS Page 3 Col 5) Traffic Toll Rises to 242 By United Press International The traffic death toll in the long Thanksgiving holiday went past the 200 mark riday and kept on climbing A growing snow storm rolling out of the Rocky Mountains into the Great Plains made driving hazardous in the midlands Severe thun derstorms threatened the east ern Midwest A tabulation by United Press International at 11 pm (EST) showed at least 263 persons dead in traffic and accidents since the start of the holiday period at 6 pm local time Wednesday The breakdown: Traffic 263 ires 35 Planes 9 Miscellaneous 41 Total 348 Money Car Saved by Gun Shots LOS ANGELES (UPI) A daylight attempt to rob an ar mored money transport car riday was averted by a sharp shooting guard who shot one suspect to death wounded two others and police captured a fourth man Bystanders Hurt In addition to the dead and wounded robbery suspects an elderly bystander in his automobile was struck in the face by a shotgun blast fired by one of the bandit suspects Police credited par time guard Jerome Jacobson a for mer Los Angeles police ser geant with halting the attempt ed looting of the receipts col lected by his partner Glen Wil der after a stop at a West Pico Boulevard shopping com plex More than $50000? Although Armored Transport Inc refused to reveal the amount of money in the ar mored car it was estimated that the vehicle was carrying more than $50000 Wilder had gone to the shop ping complex to make several pickups and was returning to the armored car when the ban dit suspects disarmed him and took the money bags he was carrying Jacobson riding inside the armored car saw his partner being held up As the suspects headed towards a getaway car Jacobson opened fire first with a pistol and then a shotgun LBJ to Attend Graham Sermon JOHNSON CITY Tex (UPI) Johnson will fly to Houston Sunday to attend the closing meeting in evangelist Billy crusade the Texas White House said riday Johnson plans to return to his ranch after the services in the Houston Astrodome.