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Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 12

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Reno, Nevada
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Grand Jury Indicts Eaton for Murder Commission Backs ish Game Probers Gas Chamber HOIST NEVADA LAG AT ANTARCTICA Despite Criticism 12 Reno Nev Nov 26 Mail Your Yule Gifts Cards Soon members Bar Permits Limits Asked On Cheat Talk before it is Denies Charges com the to 420 Slimmer Hearing Glasses! HOME COMING NEVADA HEARING SERVICE STRICTLY STAG NO GUESTS A EDWARDS ER JC KUMBLE Sec be are extra help will be and everything is to handle a record mail in Reno this idea is to transparent lane widening construction work went on for the past several months Included in the project will be a' bridge and overhead across the Truckee River and the Southern Pacific railroad south east of Boca an underpass at Hinton Road the Iceland side hill viaduct near the mouth of Grey Creek a bridge across the Truckee and an interchange at loriston and a second bridge across the Truckee northeast of loriston Sparks firemen yesterday had not determined the cause of a blaze that destroyed a one room house and its contents at Sun Valley Prive and Sixth St just after midnight Sunday Owner oP the unoccupied house was identified as rank Pappas Value of the house was listed as $1000 and the contents at $500 Another step toward making the Reno to San rancisco ropte a four lane freeway with in the next few years has been taken Bids will be asked for con struction of a nine million dol lar freeway on a six mile por tion of highway 40 between Reno and Truckee California public works direc tor rank Durkee yesterday authorized the highways divi sion to advertise for bids on the work The United Press was told that tge bids will be opened on January 22 in Sacramento The project Durkee revealed will include construction of six structures and 66 miles of four lane freeway The section will run from west of Boca to east of loris ton and when completed will bring Truckee within brief driv ing time to Reno Presumably the new six mile section will connect with the stretch from loriston to the Nevada state line where four the day by jet planes A search for a possible crash was still in progress at a late hour A teenage hunter was treated at Washoe Medical Center yes terday morning the victim of shotgun wounds in both legs be low the knees deputies identified the young victim as Tom Han sen 1940 oothill Road He was treated and released The young hunter told depu ties he and two companions were hunting ducks at Wheeler Lake near Hash Lane when the shot was fired by guy in a blind on top of the The person who fired the shot was not identified an oft consult incompe some in Specialists i PH RENO A 2 3269 The eather River Inn on the eather River changed hands last week in a transaction re ported by Ernest Erving sales manager of the Invest ment Co Sacramento Owned by the Interstate Co for 40 years it was sold to a group of San rancisco princi pals for approximately $400 000 The new buyers are Alfred rivetto Swiss hotel opera tor and Louis Petri of Petri Wines The Minster Co of Los Angeles represented the sellers while Dorothy Smith Lapp of the Investment Co repre sented the buyers state flag is raised at the bottom of the world A Renoite Lt Leonard Munker hoists the banner on a flagpole in Antarctica not far from the South Pole At the right the former University of Nevada student gets together with one of the natives of the desolate continent a big penguin wrapped in a for safety handling was comparatively warm here he wrote his mother Mrs ReJoyce Sharpe of Reno 20 Lt Munker recently figured in the headlines when as co pilot of a 13 man Navy plane starting on a rescue mission near the South Pole he helped tq safely bring down the flaming airplane ilibuster Club's annual de bate tournament commences next week at Reno High School and 30 aspirants are awaiting the signal ilibusters staged a debating clinic last for students who wished to learn about debate technique In charge of the clinic were James Manley James Mc Gee Mike Melner and Gloria Ross all experienced in forensics activities Purpose of the annual tourna ment is to give students an op portunity to study a vital prob lem of the day as well as offer the other vaues of debate train ing for collecting and judging in formation distinguishing be tween fact and opinion sound reasoning analyzing problems selecting and meeting argu ments As a result of the draw ings the following students will meet each other in the initial round LAS VEGAS Nov 25 After being dark for more than two years a spokesman for the new landlord of the Moulin Rouge Hotel said today the 105 room hotel would probably re open to the public later this week There would be no lush casino entertainment or restaurant only the rooms Helen rey resi dent agent for the Leroy Invest ment Co said that opening preparations have been under way for some time and it is hoped to have the hotel operat ing again in a few days The Moulin Rouge operated only during the summer of 1955 folding up that same September and has been in bankruptcy most of the time since then UPPER TERRACE ROOM MAPES HOTEL group could do a better job by sampling sportsmen opinion about various programs of the fish and game commission Later however he changed his opinion by declaring the rec ord would bear out that some members of the committee wrere and and have their minds made up on what they are going to recom mend Teglia the chief target of most of the criticism declared again it was not the purpose of the committee to fire anybody He said the committee instead planned to consult with com mission members and ederated Sportsmen on any program that might be recommended Hatty' Engel a 52 year old housewife living at 113 Sunny side Drive suffered a whiplash injury to the neck yesterday morning when her car was struck from the rear on Eighth St near Lake Traffic officers reported Mrs Engel was driving west on Eighth St when her car was hit by another auto driven by Leland Irman 28 og 1748 St Sparks Inman was cited for fol lowing too closely Mrs Engel was taken by the fire department ambulance to Washoe Medical Center for treatment Bernard Glisczinski 54 year old operator of the Ralston Market yesterday pleaded not guilty in municipal court 1 i charges of selling liquor to a minor He was arrested Saturday night after police officers re portedly saw him sell a bottle of vodka to one of two teenagers in his store at 626 Ralston St The youth had the vodka in his possession after he left the store and was stopped on the sidewalk The arresting officers were parked in front of the store 1 IVE SENTENCED Of the 27 persons tried in city court yesterday on charges of intoxication or vagrancy five were sentenced to jail terms of ten days or less eight promised to leave the city by 4 pm and 14 were fined $10 or more and released oley said he felt sure those charges could be satisfactorily answered at the Dec 5 show cause hearing in Carson City He also sought an amendment in the cheating charge or its dismissal He said "List spe cific charges of cheating and we'll face that any Earlier the board heard op posing attorneys argue the own ership of the Bird Case casino in Las Vegas Maurice ort ney and Stewart Kennard former Los Angeles bakers were recommended for a state gaming license at the Bird Cage last week by the gaming control board An attorney for three Las Ve gas men asked the board to de fer any decision until a court action brought by them and an other court suit against the cor poration owners were resolved in Las Vegas district court The Bird Cage and 20 other applicants recommended last week by the gaming board won state gambling licenses despite the protest Ownership of the Bird Cage the commission said was a matter for the courts to work out not the licensing agen cy itself DENTAL PLATES Repaired Relined Rebuilt AT REASONABLE COST Pioneer Dental Labs EVENING APPOINTMENTS Sit St SPARKS NEVADA Pioneer Denture Service" Phone EL 5 2018 Pat Hamilton debates Judy Doug Busey meets Sue Turner Marshal McCurdy clashes with Jim Manley Jack Stephens argues with Charles Bev Johnson opposes John Kimpton Mike Melner matches wits with Don Hennan Liz Drake does battle with Mike Robinson John Garfinkle de bates Jim McGee Henry Philcox opposes Joan Parsons Ethel Raggio meets Lynne Sterling Gloria Ross tangles with Geraldine Mar ti niz Don Coleman meets Lynn Spell Cecelia Molini debates Don Hutcheson Ty Cobb drew a first round bye which places the defending champion automatically in the second round of the single elimination tournament Others who drew byes for the initial round were Stan Smart James Drulias and Sarah Weil Council Quiz Probes Claim OfBIindAid lames Destroy Home in Sparks Lost Saddle Turns Up In 'Hock Shop' £tate journal Mystery Shots Wound Hunter Albert A Morris manager of Blind Made Products Co came under fire in the city council chambers last night by persons who said he was attempting to deceive the public in order to sell his goods Mr Morris whose salesmen sell products which are made by handicapped was called before the council to show cause why his business license should not be revoked The council ordered the hearing after the Nevada ederation of the Blind com plained that Mr Morris had as serted that part of his proceeds were going to aid local blind persons Mr Morris denied that his agents had ever represented the products in this manner and one of his salesmen Henry riedo told the council he had mini mized the presenta tion However Councilman William oster said he had been told by Mr riedo that most of the proceeds were going to the blind The council declined to make a decision on the matter after Donald Hewer representing the federation said he could produce other witnesses wjio would com ment on the sales effort Mayor Len Harris continued the hearing until December 9 when an opportunity will given to other persons who interested in the case AILS TO APPEAR Walter Orchard forfeited $50 bail yesterday in municipal court when he failed to appear to an swer a charge of leaving the scene of an accident mailing of all Christ mas cards and gifts is the big gest single factor in getting all I of the mail delivered before said Reno Postmas ter Pete Peterson yesterday Post office facilities have been expanded available geared up Christmas The postmaster suggested that you take special care in preparing gift packages for the mails Make sure that all ad dresses are legible and complete you have any articles of unusual' size bulk better check with the Post Office be fore attempting to mail Mr Peterson warns The limits on size and weight of packages vary depending on where you mail your package Use Cartons When wrapping gifts for mail ing it is always better to use corrugated cartons especially where there are a number of va rious sized objects in the ship ment Use plenty of wadded tis sue or newspaper for extra pro tection against shock and se curely wrap each package or carton in heavy paper and then tie it with strong cord Be sure to include an extra label with ypur return address and the re address inside the car ton or package wrapped Another good place a piece of cellophane tape over the ad dress portion of the label on your package to prevent de facing in transit and always make sure to include the re full name street ad dress city zone and state Three Rules Postmaster Peterson says that if you will follow these three simple rules you are certain to have your gifts delivered before Christmas Day: Wrap them se curely address them correctly and mail them early The Post Office will supply pamphlet No 2 telling you all about packaging and wrapping parcels' for mailing and pam phlet No 3 giving full details on domestic postage rates and fees When mailing your Christmas cards use the free labels from the Post Office reading for Local and for Out of Town By sort ing your Christmas cards and tying them in two separate bun dles with the all fac ing one way sure to speed their arrival Return Address All Christmas cards should be sent by first class mail and be sure to put your return" address on your Christmas card envel opes This is not only socially correct but will enable both you and your friends to keep your mailing lists up to date Christmas cards and packages fcr out of town destinations should be mailed well before De cember 10 and your Christmas mail for local delivery should be sent at least a week before Christmas Concluding his appeal for your help in early for Christ the postmaster said: am counting on lady of the to really make this cam paign a big success usu ally the one who selects the Christmas cards buys most of the gifts and sees to it that the Christmas mailing list is up date DENTAL NURSE OR WOMEN tr iMfORMATiaw" PON REQUEST i 'Dental nurses school4 Warning Markers Are Taken Away Bert Allison of 1615 Phillips St complained to police yester day that construction barricades and blinker lights were stolen from two locations some time Saturday Police said juveniles appar ently took the warning markers from intersections at Plumb Lane and Phillips St and at Hoyt and Phillips Sts Replace ment costs were estimated at $80 30 Students Will Enter Reno High Debate Event Thurs Nov 28 1957 12 NOON TO 3 PM Moulin Rouge Reopens Soon hearing in BOTH ears introduces the new Nevada's Oldest and Largest Hearing Aid 15 WEST SECOND 222 BYINGTON BLDG GUARANTEED RESH BATTERIES OR ALL AIDS or Men and Women of All Aaes Wonderful two ear hearing may be yours COMPLETE HEARING AID BUILT INSIDE With exciting new advanced EACH TEMPLE Slimette Hearing Glasses Hear better look and feel younger Attractive becoming SEVERAL COLORS AND MANY STYLES glasses are amazingly light and comfortable CAN BE BENT OR BETTER OPTICAL ITTING OPTICAL WORK BY OPTICAL SPECIALIST YOUR CHOICE of the capital city Residents of both Carson City the reflection of the setting sun and Virginia City reported see on vapor trails left earlier in ing a vapor trail leaning into tne mountains and then what ap peared to be smoke from an ex plosion At least one resident from Virginia City reported seeing a in the sky Others described it as a of A check with military instal lations in Nevada and California eather River Inn Sale Involves $400000 Deal Attention ELKS CARSON CITY Nov 25 (UR) A federal grand jury today in dicted a 62 year old Sparks man for the first degree murder of two Reno Veterans Administra tion officials Lists Two Murders The indictment charged Elza Eaton a former VA chief security officer de liberately maliciously and with premeditation and malice afore shot Arthur Small 48 year old personnel officer and Philip I Keables 59 assist ant engineering officer to death The first' degree indict ment was sought by At torney ranklin Ritten house to permit the state to press for the death penalty Assistant Si Attorney Ahiswede said Eaton if con victed suffer death un less the jury qualified its ver dict by adding the words suffer life The grand jury was empan elled shortly before 11 am and returned its indictment after presentation of evidence by Rit tenhouse at 3:55 pm Shooting Spree Eaton stormed into the com bination hospital VA center Monday shortly after the begin ning of regular working hours and fatally shot three of his former superiors it was charged The indictment did not charge Eaton with the slaying of Earl Lombardi 39 year old engineer ing officer who died about 16 hours after the suspect felled him in his office with the first of four shotgun blasts he fired in the hospital Royal Nevada Demands acts Search ails to ind Any Clue To Carson Plane Crash Reports Carson City police at a late'indicated no jet flights were hour last night had discovered overdue in this area no evidence of a reported early Personnel at the Carson City evening plane crash southwest police department theorized the of the capital city could have been A Wyoming cowboy plained to police Saturday after noon his $350 saddle had been stolen from his parked car Of ficers found it in short order in a hock shop where it had been left to guarantee a $30 loan And before the night was over Meredith Oxentine 32 of 310 Grove St was identified as the man who had pawned the saddle Curley Matney of River ton Wyo told officers his car was parked on Commercial Row in mid afternoon and the saddle was taken before he returned at 6 to feed a dog left in his car Also missing was a lariat valued at $5 Theft Charged Don A Kellison a 32 year old laborer residing at 145 Maple St was arrested and charged with petty theft yesterday after he was reportedly seen taking a pint of liquor from a display shelf at Market on Virginia St Councilman Harold Mathisen yesterday asked the city coun cil to reduce the number of bar licenses which can be issued in the city At present there is a resolu tion of the city council in effect which limits the number of bars in the city to 119 and the num ber in each ward is designated in the resolution At present there are two licenses available for the fourth ward which are not in use and in recent months the council has failed to grant requested licenses in that area Mr move ap peared to be an effort to dis courage any moie bar license applications in the northeast part of the city The fourth ward councilman sought to re duce the total number of licenses possible in the cily This view aroused the oppo sition of some of the other coun cilmen who feel that the license limit should not be adjusted downward No formal action was taken yesterday Another Highway 40 Section To Be our Laned Next Year Penally Goal Of Attorney In another transaction Pony Express Motel on' Capitol Ave in Yolo county was sold for approximately $250000 to Mr and Mrs Lynch The Investment Co repre sented both' buyers and sellers Injures Neck In Car Crash By STANLEY HALL United Press Staff Correspondent LAS VEGAS Nov 25 (UP) An attorney today appealed to the State Commission to require the Gaming Control Board to list specific instances of cheat ing against the Royal Nevada Hotel The cheating charge was not listed among allega tions announced last week against the Las Vegas Strip hotel Attorney Thomas oley asked the commission to specify the dates and places when any cheating was alleged to have taken place in the ho casino He said the earlier charges allowed rumors to run wild the hack of the owners of the He inferred the gaming con trol board did not have specific cheating charges But Commission Secretary Robbins Cahill who also is chair man of the gaming control board declared resent that We have specific charges or that charge would not have been accusing us now of doing exactly what we were try ing keep from doing said Cahill in explaination of the gaming failure to dis i close the cheating accusation The charges against the Royal Nevada second major Nevada hotel to be ordered to show cause why its state gam bling license should not be re voked in legalized gambling history included im proper method of operation and allowing persons unsuitable to i the control board to be present on the premises CARSON CITY Nov 25 (UP) legisla tive commission adopted a resolution today declaring complete confidence in a special consultant committee on fish and game after a few pot shots were taken at the committee Although expected fireworks did not develop at the session there was some sharp criticism of the committee headed by Reno Sparks sports man Roger Teglia Warren Monroe of Elko presi dent of Nevada ederated Sportsmen declared repeated charge the ant committee was tent and could He noted that all were laymen having no technical training This he said left them unqualified to judge the techni cal aspects of game manage ment While Monroe said he felt all members of the committee were sincere and trying to improve the fish and game re sources he said he believed the I jE w'ivv rlNKI A A XJI KB 'St Oeduct each vour ggk i A Club ac one5 'four be pest Jr haas a Jr irst 1 igrtfr MEMPEH EDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION ra brings you Ifewwr' Wik 4 IRST NATIONAL BANK of NEVADA.

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