Nevada State Journal (Newspaper) - January 15, 1966, Reno, Nevada FINAL EDITION 54 Reno's Morning and Sunday Newspaper Saturday January 15 1966 lOc Sunday Beefs Virginia Cif y 8 Guerrillas Slay Civilian Pilots LEONARD K FIRESTONE is shown here outside his Pebble Beach Calif home after police Thursday night blocked a kidnap attempt With him Is Mrs Stuart Heatley whom he plans to wed In the near future UPI Telephoto Jurors Indict Three In Vegas Fire Inquiry LAS VEGAS UPI Three persons were named by the Clark County Grand Jury day in secret indictments ing that 31 crimes were com- mitted in disposition of following the L Bar L Supermarket fire The Grand Jury charged that the crimes ed perjury larceny of goods abuse of of- power malfeasance and misfeasance of office Student Included The names of the persons in- were withheld pending their arrest They included two state health officials and a vada Southern student Earlier two state health of- were fired Nov 4 in con- with the case They are Burton J Corwin assistant di- rector of the state Bureau of Environmental Health and Jack Crisci the state sanitarian The jury's report sharply the stale Health ment for failure to handle the situation properly after the su was swept by fire last September Goods Removed It appears that a period several days followed which can only be adequately described as days of utter hopeless sion said the report The Grand Jury said over-all contro was lost and that stranger were allowed to enter the mar ket and remove goods The report charged that Cor- win lacked authority to con- demn the goods and said Cris- ci as a deputy state food and drug commissioner had ity to act but testified he left the problem up to his fit for human consumption the indicted state officials to appropriate private property Alleges Cigarettes Removed The Grand Jury charged tha the student was allowed to re- move cartons of cigarettes condemned for smoke dam age from the market as wel as worth of beer The Grand Jury report said and allowed to lay n warehouses for more than a month The report said an epi- emic could have resulted from he faulty disposal of products and that few quarantine signs vere posted The report said Corwin filled lis station wagon with food to lave it scientifically tested but hat no tests were made The report said the Nevada Southern student who was in- represented himself as a state employe He was accused by the Grand Jury of working Instructions To Condemn Claimed Cliff Luzier manager market argued with Shots Fell Informer BEVERLY HILLS Calif of two men slain y police in B trap laid to snar intended kidnapers c millionaire Leonard Firestone dually was the informe tip thwarted the on scheme police disclose riday George Skalla 28 was t lave gone free after leadin of th Corwin about blanket condemnation o the food but that Corwin did no alter any of his decisions There was a mass exodus o condemned goods which were hauled to dumps the Salvation Army and individuals not con with the store said th report Supervision over the con and destruction by state health author ties on the scene was totall said the report The Grand Jury contended th Department of Health was sub responsible for failin LAS VEGAS UPI Burton to supervise members of th J Corwin a state health Las Vegas office ete superior Corwin The Grand Jury said large amounts of goods which were Weather FOR TEMPERATURES AND TATION DATA AROUND THE NATION SEE PAGE Observation Point RENO Battle Mountain Carson City Elko Ely Fallon Las Vegas LovelocK Winnemucca 10 NEVADA 02 Bishop Sacramento CALIFORNIA Low Free 54 45 54 42 41 51 61 49 49 48 55 21 25 24 16 13 31 17 W Yi V X 19 cial who was fired in connection with the L Bar L Supermarket fire probe testified Thursday that he disposed of goods from the fire at the direction of a deputy attorney general Corwin told the Nevada Advisory Commission he issued a voluntary order con- demning goods left over after he fire on instructions from Deputy Dist Atty Gen Mike Wendell of Las Vegas He said he did not receive instructions rom his superiors in regard to landling the condemned duce The personnel board ed the hearing on an appeal rom Corwin who was fired fov 4 Corwin said most of the duce was buried He said some vas given to the Salvation Army on the advice of Wendell Corwin said most of the were quarantined He said he had planned to examine the goods and place salable back on the market He said the Clark County Grand Jury investigation stopped the practice DATA Amount recorded tor the 24 hour period ending 4 p m none July 1 to date 5.33 To dale last year 4.54 normal July 1 to date Sunset today p.m tomorrow FORECAST RENO AND Fair through Sunday Little change In temperature High today 53 Lew tonight IB SIERRA Mostly fair today and Sunday with some cloudiness n norther portion this morning Slightly colder In northern portion today nnd to WESTERN Mostly fair today and Sunday Slightly colder In northern Variable ness Saturday Occasional light snow In north Sunday Generally air and colder SOUTHERN Mostly sunny and Sunday Gusty northerly winds nightly colder today Four-year Term Plan Opposed SAN FRANCISCO UPI Sen Eugene J McCarthy D Minn said Friday he does no think President Johnson's prc posal to give members of th House of Representatives fou year terms is a good idea The President in his Stai of the Union message said law makers jobs have become to complex and demanding fn them to engage in lengthy an costly campaigns every tw the kidnap mastermind am Calvin Bailey to Wi th mansion home of Fireston Thursday afte irestone himself had left o of detectives But Bailey wearing a Hal about a mask burst into th White House irestone home in front of th Skalla His gun wa rawn Three plainclothesmen two armed with shotguns fire killing Bailey and mortally wounding Skalla The informer was cautioned by police to pull out of the Incline Reaction Varied Washoe County Manager C B would warrant taking on from that which suggestion Incline incorporate as a ada city has met with mixed Arthur L Wood president of he Crystal Bay Development which was most ible for the creation of said he had not given much thought to such a step He took issue with the community is de- manding services that are not by its rural tax rate residents pay the same chool and county taxes as ne else We could incorporate but I know how to go about Wood said I don't know how would react Blowing Smoke Fred Schultz president of the Lake Tahoe North Chamber of Commerce and an Incline ent said Kinnison was just smoke in the air There is no hint that is being considered at Village at the present he said but added that such action may well be con- in the future Very few people want it Schultz said It was once felt we should incorporate early and start with a low tax sase but that wouldn't have Deen good We have no problems that additional tax burden of caused the City of South Lakr we are only yove miles and 45 minutes which he says nas stirred from the county seat over of incorporation for excellent highway Situation Dissimilar Schultz said the situation the California North Shore of Placer County ing Incline Village is REACTION Page 2 Col 1 Lindsay Defends Strike Compact Viet Cong Shoot Down Transport SAIGON UPI Cong guerrillas Friday shot down a civilian Air America transport plane executed the wounded pilot and co-pilot and hauled a third American crewman away with a rope around his neck a company spokesman said The plane was shot down near the Mekong Delta town of Vi Thanh 100 miles southwest of here while on a hauling flight Air America is a civilian operated charter line under contract to the U.S Operations Mission Pilot Hit Three Times The twin-engined was approaching the landing field NEW YORK UPI John V Lindsay defended Friday the million transit strike settlement against criticism by President Johnson with statistics showing most labor contracts exceed the White House 3.2 per cent anti- inflation guidelines Johnson stunned the weary mayor and his staff Thursday by making a strong news conference criticism of the agreement which ended the day transit workers strike He said it far exceeded the wage increase guidelines laid down by the President's economic advisers and was not in the national interest Lindsay's chief labor adviser Donald F Shaughnessy came up with a survey of U.S labor contracts for the past nine months indicating that the wage increase figure averaged 4.5 per cent He said me 15 per cent increase given the Trans- port Workers Union in three stages over a two year period averaged out to 5.5 per cent This is not so dramatically out of he said Dr Nathan B chairman of the special tion panel whose tions became the strike agree ment issued a statement saying the increase was ly within the confines of the when the Communists opened fire The spokesman said the pilot was hit three times in the shoulder leg and arm while flying at about feet and the plane crashed into a small canal The co-pilot wounded by ground fire after the landing radioed to another Air America freight plane in the area and called for Firing of Shot Probed by Police WASHINGTON UPI -A man described by police as an escaped mental patient fired a rifle shot into the air Friday block from the guidelines because the lines provide for correction of wage Inequities and much the money went for this police kidnap said he Bailey would kill him if he did To attempt to protect Skalla police devised a plan The was to be unmasked He was to enter the Firestone house ahead of Bailey then drop to the floor But Bailey's unexpected display of force destroyed the plan So closely did work with Skalla for the past week that they knew every move of Doth him and Bailey The men lad rented two as a kidnap headquarters and the an alternate site Told by Bailey to steal the kidnap car Skalla instead got the black sedan found outside Police said the man fied as Raul Rodriguez Torres 35 of 55 School St Yonkers wanted to attract dent Johnson's attention He vas quickly picked up by police or questioning Torres a native of Coamo Puerto Rico fired the single shot because he had tried attempt but repeatedly to get on welfare was terrified rolls and wanted to attract President Johnson's attention to his police said When apprehended police said Torres had his wife Carmen and an daughter with him Moments after the shot was ired police took Torres into custody in the 1500 block of Pennsylvania Ave near a bank He was holding a 1917 Report Given LBJ WASHINGTON UPI President Hubert H Humphrey returned from India Friday and immediately reported to ident Johonson on his several with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin Humphrey who headed the U.S delegation to the funeral of Indian Prime Minister Lai Bahadur Shastri met with Kosygin Indian officials and an Arab diplomat in discussions that included Viet Nam McCarthy told a news co ference that thought should b given to other ways of easin the congressman's burden One way would be to new ways of financing poli cal campaigns he said would be to give longer recesses during the yea so they could spread the campaigning at home over longer Firestone house from police who rented it Firestone 58 is president ol the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co of California and a director of the parent firm The son o Harvey Firestone is a prom inent sportsman who serves as a director for the California Angels baseball team He is also part owner of the Lo Angeles Ram football Lovell whose husband was the co-pilot of America's record-breaking Gemini 7 endurance team Friday gave birth to a boy A spokesman for Houston's Methodist Hospital said Mrs Lovell the former Marilyn Ger lach of Milwaukee Wis hei astronaut husband and the babj were all doing fine Sunday Journal Includes Expanded Market Report Like to dabble in Through the new high-speed funds Whether you take an active computerized transmission of and other financial Envoys Go To Saigon BANGKOK UPI ry of Slate Dean Rusk and special envoy W Averell Harriman prepared Friday to carry President Johnson's peace offensive to Viet Nam There were indications the American emissaries would rescue helicopter Disguised VC The helicopter moved despite heavy sniper fire and landed near the downed Feinsinger noted that subway and bus workers had been receiving considerably less than other city employes of the same skills and the new contract went a long way to correct this It brought subway wages up to an hour from the an second plane Air America in American gaged in have a selling job to do on Vietnamese officials reluctant to accept all aspects of the U.S peace plan Rusk arrived here Friday for conferences with Harriman before proceeding to Saigon Saturday Harriman 74 who has been on the gruelling peace trail for 18 days was not at the airport to greet the secretary He was reported suffering from fatigue but U.S officials said there was no cause for concern The two Americans were to confer with Premier Thanom Kittikachorn and other Thai flexing and intelligence tions in the Black Sea off Russia's southern coast the Communist party newspaper U.S Warships Enter Black Sea MOSCOW UPI Two destroyers suspicious are en- muscle of er Two men jumped out of the transport wearing Air America uniforms But the spokesman said they turned out to be Viet Cong Both opened up on the helicopter with automatic pons fire and hurled hand grenades while other guerrillas moved in from flanking tions shooting The helicopter escaped from the trap Bodies A U.S Air Force plane tried to land a few minutes later but also was driven off by intenst ground fire An hour later another helicopter arrived on the scene and recovered the bodies of the pilot and co-pilot See RESCUERS Page 2 Col 3 Pravda charged Friday Pravda said Yarnell the ships the and the officials before continuing Enfield officers 30.06 said hunting rifle Son Born HOUSTON UPI Mrs Forrest Royal entered the Black Sea Jan 10 The newspaper called tion to a Soviet note delivered to U.S Ambassador Foy Kohler Dec 24 thai warned against American operations in the Black Sea near the Russian U.S officials here said AVO destroyers were operating in international waters and were not violating international 39 Killed In Crash CARTAGENA Colombia UPI persons were reported killed Friday night when a Colombian airliner crashed Into the Caribbean and sank Twenty of the 59 aboard the plane were reported rescued Many of those who died were trapped Inside the plane when It sank beneath the waves Viet Nam Informed sources in Saigon said Rusk and Harriman would meel with top ranking mese officials to give them a chance to express their views about problems arising from the proposed peace tions There were indications they would encounter some tion Informed sources said Vietnamese government have been perturbed by attempts to bring about a negotiated peace and miffed by the direct contact between the U.S and the Hanoi regime The sources said the Vietnamese government was not fore- warned about the contact 1 onlooker the reports from the big stock exchanges as published in the Nevada State Journal are keenly lowed They'll be even more scanned Sunday be- cause that's when the Journal begins its expanded report from the New York Stock Ex- change Sunday Journal will now pre- sent an even more coverage of market activities Starting tomorrow the ex- weekly summary will the year's range a full page and more along with selected stocks from the American Stock Ex- change on mutual The Journal Sunday ness section will be lighted by news of expansion local entertainment There's big the whole family Sunday the lively women's section complete sports coverage and many features including the Family Weekly supplement and color comics section Light Rain Plagues Rio RIO DE JANEIRO UPI Heavy rain which lashed the greater Rio area for four days causing hundreds of deaths moved out to sea Friday A light drizzle continued to plague the city A total of 333 bodies had been counted in morgues in Rio Petropolis Niteroi Sao and Campos up to mid-day when a collision of warm and cold air fronts drove the storm out to sea and the heavy rate In Today's Journal 30 Pages in Today's Journal Judge Craven's condition 18 Chain ape test 18 Little Theater play 12 repeal attempt scheduled 2 Gainers hold plurality on 10 LAKE Nine seek Sierra Snowflake Page 3 Clark jury indicts Column 1 this page Humboldt school trustee 3 Reno area pages Cavarretta named Reno 7 Pro college prep cage 8 San Diego Open 9 Almanac 2 Bridge 11 Church Notices 5 Editorials 4 Entertainment 7 Hints 5 Lighter Touch 2 NEVADA STATE JOURNAL Entered at the post office at Reno Nevada at Published every morning by Reno p o Box Nevada Telephone Markets 10 Nevada California News 3 Obituaries 10 Sports Tahoe News 3 Television World Briefs 2 World of Women 5 aj Me Watt
