Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 1

INAL ED IT! 0 i Jltate journal Reno's Morning and Sunday Newspaper 96th No 227 Thursday July 7 1966 10c Daily 20c Sunday Guest List Kept Secret Page 46 Political Campaign Headquarters Spring Open Here Page 42 In Supplement i i Mew Air Tactics oil Red Missiles USSR built Breitwieser Arraigned SAMs Miss On Driving Complaint US Planes Initiative of if Sawyer Wins Merlin Ore In Tax ight tax lying Saucer and Clubs to Gather July 4 1950 Dr (See LYING Page 3 Col 7) 10 In Journal sau of that he Weather condition by Plumber Strike news NEVADA STATE JOURNAL Wl Viet an and took ry a coma but this there is City Atty Rick Breit wieser was arrested Wednes day afternoon and arraigned in Reno Justice Court on a charge of driving while under the in fluence of liquor Breitwieser pleaded innocent EUGENE Ore (UPI) Col lege Editor Annette Buchanan 20 said Wednesday she probab ly would petition for a new con tempt trial before appealing her recent conviction to the Oregon Supreme Court Miss Buchanan managing ed itor of the University of Oregon Daily Emerald was found in contempt of court June 28 and fined $300 for refusing a order to tell a grand jury the names of student marijuana smokers she interviewed She said $900 has been con tributed so fdr to finance the legal battle 54 55 51 31 reportedly the ride aboard a The possibility of a zoo in Idle wild Park or elsewhere in Reno will be explored by the Greater Reno Chamber of Commerce Allen Williams new president of the Chamber said yesterday he hopes to stimulate enough in terest first among Chamber members and second in the com munity itself to warrant the zoo is my personal feeling that Reno is a large enough community so that a small zoo would be a good for the entertainment of our chil dren and the children of visi Williams said communities smaller LYING SAUCER enthusiasts from across the United States will open their third na tional convention riday morning in Reno with three days of discussions lectures and exhibits in store at the Centennial Coliseum Among the speakers will be Dr Daniel 40 52 47 41 40 46 55 74 51 40 Preston Earl Hill 29 accused of shooting a Reno bartender a year ago appeared in Washoe District Court Wednesday for the first time since he was de clared insane last October Hill has been charged with murder in the May 16 1965 slaying of William Herman Ors born 32 of Daly City Calif in Bar at 135 East Second St He was committed to the Ne vada State Hospital last Oct 21 after a Washoe District Court jury found him insane and in capable ot standing trial Judge John Barrett impaneled a sanity commission composed of three psychiatrists The commission ordered to ex amine Hill and report back to the court determined that the suspect is now sane and able to stand trial Appearing before Judge Grant Bowen Wednesday Hill asked that an attorney be appointed for his defense Tlie arraign ment was continued until 1:15 pan riday to the charge and trial on the matter was set for Aug 22 He was released from custody on $250 bail The charge stemmed from an accident on the night of July 4 in which the car driven by Grounds there Dr ry report ed he watched as the saucer landed then boarded the craft for a visit that lasted some 30 minutes It included a flight to New York City and return during which he conversed "almost in English appar ently by an intercommunica tions device with an occupant of another space craft He then There Is plenty In store for Nevada State Journal readers in today's Downtown Reno July Bargain Days supple ment In addition to bargains gal ora offered by downtown mer Gov Grant Sawyer of Ne vada Wednesday won a fight against a federal tax credit pro posal at the National Governors Conference in Izs Angeles that could have forced a state in come tax on Nevada In a verbal bout with Gov George Romeny of Michigan chairman of the special tax study group that fashioned the proposal Sawyer said the plan for a federal income tax credit for state income taxes paid was not the answer to state finan cial needs people of Nevada find a state income tax a repug nant Sawyer told Rom ney income tax is not the only recourse open to a Romney retorted "This plan leaves the way clear for a state RICHMOND Calif (UPI) About 650 union plumbers in Contra Costa Napa and Solano counties struck at midnight when thalr contracts with plumbing contractors expired ment The historic event reported as the Sands and published in English in nine foreign languages place said than Reno have one I do think that since this is a total recrea tion town a zoo has a place of value in the The committee he explained would merely explore possibili ties of setting up a separate zoological society The Chamber will not undertake the zoo proj ect itself Idlewild was suggested as an immediate possibility Hie park was the site of a small zoo several years ago Williams further suggested that the zoo house only animals indigenous to Nevada a wide range of land and a wide assortment of he said it would make it easier for upkeep since the animals need special types of Many things would have to be done before a zoo could become a reality here Williams said have to explore the gen eral interest of the community then try to form the separate zoological society That society would have to discuss with the city council the grant of land for use for this purpose of course the subject of raising money A per fectly good idea could fall flat on its face for lack of Williams added there might be legislation which would preclude the keeping of caged animals even in a zoo Moon Pioneer Comes to Life chants there are top stories and special features by the Journal staff and from the wires of United Press Inter national or key to better liv where the action sea Pages 35 of Journal Coed Editor Wants Retrial fame rested insistence on handled his the Hearing Held In Reno Slaying BERRYVILLE Va (UPD ormer US Sen Harry Byrd Sr long time watchdog over federal spending sank Into a deep coma Wednesday and his family said there was no hope for his recovery from a malignant brain tumor doctors state that he will not regain consciousness Richard Byrd one of the ex sons said The 79 year old Byrd head of Democratic party for four decades and long time chairman of the Senate inance Committee resigned from the Senate last fall because of failing health He was replaced by his son Sen Harry Byrd Jr Va now embroiled in heated campaign for election to the remaining four years of the term The elder family disclosed Tuesday that his condition was undergoing "stea dy deterioration and was partly paralyzed Byrd has been in before and recovered time it was reported no hope Richard Byrd said news that his father has a malignant tumor was withheld until this coma to avoid alarming the sick man "The family could not release the nature of his illness until assured by his doctors that he would never know the hopeless ness of the the son said "He had been mentally alert and would have been informed of his such political largely on his frugality He private business much same way building a weekly newspaper and a depressed farm into a publishing and apple kingdom He moved into state politics when he wis 28 years old and 10 years later became governor of Virginia He served in the US Senate for 32 yean to raise the level of other es such as the sales feel the people of America are paying enough taxes the Nevada governor answered need a method of return ing federal money to the states without strings attached but I do not feel raising or institut ing new taxes at the state level is the He added that the proposal as it affected Nevada would mean the imposition of a state income tax or a loss of federal funds Several other governors in cluding Samuel Goddard of Ari zona Nils Boe of South Dakota and John Dempsey of Connecti cut sided with Sawyer At the conclusion of the de bate Romney yielded to the opposition and withdrew his mo tion for approval of the report Instead he merely filed it with the conference Thus it be comes a matter of record but without conference endorse ment Sawyer said tlie proposal for federal tax credit was the only portion of report with which he disagreed Overall he noted the report showed much thought and effort The Nevada governor later told newsmen he was pleased and relieved that a number of governors had jumped into the fight against the tax credit plan which would allow a tax payer to reduce his federal tax payments by the amount of state taxes paid Breitwieser ran off tlie edge Kietzke Lane and crashed into a speed control sign Breitwieser 35 was placed under arrest at the scene of I the mishap and was booked at the Reno City Jail shortly after wards He was subsequently re leased on his own recognizance to appear for arraignment Tues day morning in Reno Municipal Court When he failed to appear as scheduled Judge Earl Hill is sued a bencn warrant calling for his arrest A Reno police officer made the arrest Wednesday afternoon in Breitwieser's residence at 1100 Harvard Way Prior to tlie city arrest yesterday an opinion was issued by his subordinate deputy attorneys to the effect that their office was in no po sition to prosecute the boss The driving complaint against Breitwieser was redrawn under a state statute Wednesday and filed by the Washoe County Dis trict Attorney Office Dist Attv William Ras'cio said that the case would ordi narily be handed in Municipal Court but that "in view of the circumstances this office feels that in the interest of justice a charge should be filed in Reno Justice Court and prose cuted by this Breitwieser was arraigned at 4 pm Wednesday before Judge William Beemer and en tered a plea of Innocence to the charge ry (left) of first man in modern time to At right is Gabriel Green presi dent of the Amalgamated lying Saucer Clubs of America and director of the three day convention (Journal Photo) PASADENA Calif moon pioneer Sur veyor awakened Wednesday on a 230000 mile call from earth and warmed up its muscles to start sending television pictures of the lunar surface Before electronic signals were transmitted across the void of space on June 14 to put Surveyor into hibernation for the two week lunar night the startling 620 pound intruder had sent back more than 10000 fine and clear pictures of the surface from where it had soft landed on June 1 The space robot was contact ed Wednesday morning by an Australian tracking station for the first time since the moon night began On commands from the Canberra Tracking Station the solar panels aboard the craft were turned toward the sun A spokesman at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory here said scientists probably would take few pictures Thursday morning but just to test the High Low 87 88 91 85 94 89 92 107 95 91 91 SAIGON (UPI) US pilots using a secret anti missile procedure dodged an estimated 27 to 29 Communist surface to airmissiles (SAM) and smashed four of the launching sites in a record day of bombing attacks against North Viet Nam US military spokes men disclosed Wednesday System Nullified Spokesmen said the number of Soviet supplied SAMs fired during 106 American bombing missions also was a record But they said the failure of the North Vietnamese to bring down a single plane proved tlie United States has discovered how to nullify the SAM system in of the significant breakthroughs of the All of the Communist mis siles were fired In a 2i hour period along a corridor 50 to 115 miles northwest of Hanoi Two Hawks ined In South Viet Nam it was disclosed that two American Hawk ground to air missiles had been fired mysteriously into' the crowded airspace above the huge US airbase at Da Nang The Hawk missiles were promptly destroyed by ground control before they could do any damage A military spokes man said an Investigation had been launched to discover how the I6I2 foot missiles had been unleashed The incident occurred June 30 and it was tlie first time American missiles had been fired in Viet Nam US officials confirmed it Wednesday only when asked They said they were Investigating the possibili ty of an electrical malfunction but had not ruled out human error as the cause of the firings Raise Death Toll The air action overshadowed the continuing ground fighting in South Viet Nam where US 1st Infantry Division troops pressed a sweep against the Communists 75 miles north of Saigon raising tlie toll of Communist dead in Operation El Paso to 428 LONDON (UPI) Prime Mi nister Harold Wilson will fly to Moscow July 16 presumably to seek a new peace bid on Nam it was officially nounced Wednesday night The statement from Downing Street said Wilson would visit the British Trade air in Moscow July 16 to 18 Sunset today 8:29 pm Sunrise tomorrow 5:40 sm ORECAST RENO: oir through riday gusty winds at times in the afternoons and evenings continued high fire danger little tem perature change high today 87 EASTERN NEVADA: Generally fair to day and riday little temperature change SOUTHERN NEVADA: Mostly cloudy some afternoon clouds today and SIERRA NEVADA: Mostly fair through riday little temperature change con tinued high fire danger WESTERN NEVADA: air through ri day little temperature changet aonlio News Bargains in Store in Journal Supplement Wilson to Pay Kremlin Visit from across the not lodge that claim for him United States will gather in self He admits however that Reno today for the riday morn no one has challenged the state ing opening of the third national convention of the Amalgamated lying Saucer Clubs of America Inc Representatives of "perhaps individual saucer groups are expected for three days of dis cussions lectures and exhibits according to Gabriel Green convention director Green also is president of the ASCA and editor of its publication "ly ing Saucers 20 Speakers More than 20 speakers are expected to make their views known to the assemblage as the convention programs calls for activity from 10 am until 10 pm daily riday Saturday and Sunday Two speakers will be in ac tion most of the time in dif ferent rooms of the Coliseum Green said last night The public Is Invited to attend the sessions with tickets available at the convention site And even during from the speaking programs photo exhibits tape recordings and other attractions will be avail able the convention director said "All of bur scheduled speakers have had some sort of contact with the Green said last night "and about half of them have been aboard their Among the speakers will be Dr Daniel ry known among saucer followers as tlie first man in modem time to ride aboard spacecraft Dr ry modestly says he did LOS ANGELES (UPD Vice President Hubert Humphrey said Wednesday the United States has seized the initiative in the Viet Nam war and there are "flickering bits of that some of adherents are if there is some way The vice president told the governors meeting in their 58th annual conference that inflict ed on the Communists have shifted the initiative to the US and her allies He assured the governors that a team of White House assistants briefing them later on the Viet Nam conflict will give the state leaders the the good and the bad the sensitive and non sensitive and the secret the non Expects Majority Humphrey told a news conference however that he did not think it would make much difference if the governors were not unanimous in their support of a resolution endors ing the Viet Nam policy He said he imagined the declaration would be backed by a "very strong of the governors Humphrey said there had been no administra tion pressure to produce such a resolution Ambassador Averill Harri man presidential assistant Walt Rostaw and Maj Gen Andrew Goodpaster a Penta gon aide were sent to Ixs Angeles by the President to brief the governors on the Viet Nam situation report on Viet Nam and the world situation was warmly applauded by the governors and described by Chairman Gov John Reed Republican of Maine as an "honest The vice president made his remark about Hanoi's latest attitude on the war when asked by newsmen what there had been He replied that are flickering bits of evidence not solid and concrete that Hanoi is much more concerned that some of her adherents go around wondering if there is some way A reported asked if Hum phrey the slogan being used by some civil rights leaders "I deplore any form he replied Near White Sands happened near White 84 84 78 PRECIPITATION DATA Amount recorded tor the 24 hour period ending 4 pm none New Small Zoo Proposed in Reno It Sands NM and the US Mis sile Research and Proving Humphrey US Holds Sen Byrd In Coma (OR TEMPERATURES AND PRECIP ITATION DATA AROUND THE NATION SEE PAGE 26) NEVADA Observation Point RENO Aust I Battle Mountain Carson Citv Elko Ely allon Las Vegas Lovelock Tonopah Winnemucca CALIORNIA Bishoo Sacramento Susanville Truckee Airport 54 Pages 4 Sections in Journal RENO SPARKS WASHOE COUNTY: experts to Column 1 this page Slattery files for re Page 12 judges in Page 12 Stampede Dam Project Page 12 New ag aviation course inaugurated Page 43 NEVADA CALIORNIA: $6 million radiation lab dedicated in Page 14 LAKE TAHOE: Incline church to dedicate new fa Page 50 US WORLD: Johnson key advisers Page 9 Hanoi Page 10 Teamsters to elect vice Page 18 Market flexes muscles Page 26 Office romance plays role in Dodd quiz Page 41 Reds end summit Page 48 SPORTS: Nevada coach raps pro Page 23 Big league box Page 24 Nicklaus shares British Page 25 Prida named Truckee Page 27 BUSINESS: TV tapes big in auto Page 40 1 If W' 1MI i gS' 1 W) I fi' I a ft I ill U' I (s Abby 28 Lighter Touch 3 Almanac 2 Markets 26 Bridge 28 Nevada California News 14 Business 40 Obituaries 26 Classifieds 29 33 Sports 23 25 27 Editorials 4 Tahoe News 50 Entertainment 9 Television Log 28 Gallup Poll 36 Time for Living 38 Health 4 World Briefs 9 Hints 5 World of Women 5 Ainrimi a I I li.