Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 8

Impressive Ceremonies Open of all Semester University of Nevada officials students faculty alumni special guests and local townspeople gathered at Mackay Stadium last night for the first all Roundup Started by a spectacular fireworks salute at 8 pm the program included talks by University President Minard 'Stout Gover nor Charles Russell and' Rt Rev William Lewis Episcopal Bishop of Ne vada Associated Students President Don Travis ser ved as master of cere monies Entertainment for the first Roundup featured a solo by Reno vocalist Joe Battaglia who sang of the Sage and a Nevada ballad He was accompanied on the piano by Dr rederick ree burne of the University music faculty Under direction of Prof elton Hickman the Uni versity band played a med ley of college songs and marches followed by the Nevada fight song led by the University student cheer leaders The audi ence joined in on this num ber An impressive ceremony where the audience struck matches at a given mom ent illuminating the then blacked out stadium to symbolize knowledge as a light in the darkness was conducted during the pro gram The all Roundup was started this year and is tentatively scheduled to take place in forthcoming years as a gathering of the University family for a re dedication towards the ideals of learning Last program also saw spotlight intro ductions of the Wolf Pack football squad for the 1957 season and their coach Gordon McEachron The team split up into two squads for a brief seasonal preview scrimmage follow ing the introductions Among the special guests who attended the Roundup were chairman of the board of regents Archie Grant president of the Associated Women Stu dents Myram Borders Alumni president Lee De Lauer Russell Mills re presenting Mayor Len Harris of Reno and Ray Peterson representing the Washoe County com missioners Stead AB Survival JET VAPOR TRAIL STREAKS DOWN RUNWAY Tragedy Averted Venturesome Trainees Make Move Youth Saved rom Ditch ebaiia journal Deer Season Reason Cited or Order 4 4 the Nation's Air Held in Vegas its Year's Leave us to do some WORKING Guys and Gals ft' I LAS VEGAS Sept 9 Police are holding two Reno men on robbery charges fol lowing their arrest here today and asserted admission that they obtained $280 in two week end filling station robberies Officers identified them as Vernon Tanner 30 and Dar win Coon 24 both of 427 Evans Ave who were picked up at a local motel after a pa trolman spotted the car as sertedly used in the thefts Sheriffs deputies say the pair robbed the Whitney Texaco Service Station of $150 Sunday night and police blame them for a service station robbery at 844 Bonanza Rd When ar rested police said they had $460 in cash and $2000 worth of personal property belonging to an unidentified Salt Lake City attorney who officers said they robbed When detectives broke in on them at the motel they were sleeping and offered no resist ance An estimated 20000 persons flocked to the municipal airport Sunday to attend the second an nual Nevada Air National Guard air show The crowd thrilled to dramatic aerial acrobatics and breath tak ing demonstrations of latest jet fighters pushed to their maximum performance Lending a solemn note to the air show were speeches made in hbnor of the late Benjamin Ber ry former United Air Lines dis trict agent here air show was dedicated to his memory by Gov Charles Russell and Maj Gen James A May Ne adjutant general A highlight air show was a demonstration of aerial acro batics flown by from the Colorado National Guard base pilots two helicopters from Stead and the RC121 radar search plane The top prize at the air show a ord Thunderbird was won by Betty Stark 853 Lake St Rummage Sale 138 EAST SECOND awarded con 1957 improve The city council last night with a minimum of discussion moved through a six point agenda in less than two hours During the unusually brief meeting the council with Russell Mills as mayor protem extended the indemnity bond one year for the Town and Country Estates Inc set a public hearing for the condemnation of the American Building and awarded a $19405 merge in a single stem and then burst away in a spectacular An Police Chief Berrum yes terday warned venture some youth against boating ex periments on the Truckee River One such excursion on a table top raft stopped a hair short of tragedy Sunday afternoon Off to explore the river during its summer lull were William Lee Houk 11 of 638 Washington St and Danny Raymond White 12 of 518 ourth St Underground Ditch At West St the ramshackle raft struck the entrances to an underground ditch which courses for a mile through downtown Reno Danny pitched off the tiny craft and was sucked into the en trance Eugene Bicandie of the River side Garage was alerted by Wil 1 iam and quickly called police and firemen Batallion Chief Sam the chain on the control valve lowering the water level in the flume and creating a breathing space at the top of the ditch Danny swept half a block managed to stop himself beneath a manhole near the Riverfront Restaurant Cook Daniel Vidako vic and his helper George Thysl ing heard the cries for help and aided him to safety The boy was taken to Washoe Medical Center where he was re leased after treatment for minor contusions abrasions and lacera tions ree lu Shots or All Workers which holds the trans continental speed record the A4D i and the 11 the 33 jet trained in cluding a demonstration of jet as sisted takeoffs by Stead Air orce John Marean well known physics teacher of Reno High School has taken a leave of absence from the local school system to complete consultant work he started this past summer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology according to an an nouncement made recently Mat es position at the high school will be taken by Phillip Ternan Marean was one of almost 100 physicists high school physics teachers writers and represen tatives of industry and companies producing educational movies who conducted research at MIT dur ing the past summer to develop materials needed in a new ap proach to the teaching of physics in high school Asked To Stay At the completion of the sum mer project Marean was asked to remain as consultant to the Physical Science Study Commit tee in coordinating and utilizing the products of the find ings in schools located near MIT Marean will be working with the high school physics teachers in the area as they put the new ap proach into operation Marean will return to Reno High School for the 1958 fall term Mrs Marean and the four Marean children will remain in Reno SEPT 10 11 9 AM to 5 PM County Money Refund Asked By Councilman Vapor trails from four jet airplanes pattern during second annual Nevada Air National Guard air show held in Reno Sunday estimated 20000 persons attended the day long event at the municipal airport Topping the spec tacular exhibitions was the series of complicated maneuvers demonstrated by from the Colorado National Guard (Kerr Photo) SALT LAKE CITY Sept 9 (UR) Sen Karl Mundt (R SD) told the American Mining Congress here today the select Senate com mittee investigating improper union activity has scratched the and will need at least another 15 months to finish its work Mundt said inquiries by the Sen ate committee to investigate im proper practices in the labor man agement field of which he is rank ing Republican have made it clear that at least five new laws are needed He said legislation is needed to: 1 Safeguard union funds 2 Guarantee election of union officers by secret ballot 3 Prevent racketeer and un derworld elements from holding union office 4 Prevent union funds from be ing used to support candidates and causes members might prefer to oppose 5 Deal with the paralyzing ef fects of the secondary Mundt addressed a sectional labor relations meeting Earlier in the day 2500 dele Sponsored by VETERANS OREIGN WARS AUXILIARY RENO No 407 lAr Jesse rench Convenient Terms Also Rental Purchase Plan at 'gates were presented a resolution declaring it the responsibility of the federal government to protect domestic minerals producers from undue foreign competition are heartened by prelim inary steps recently taken toward establishment of a national min eral the resolution stated are disheartened and alarmed however by the failure to provide adequate protection for our domestic mining Another resolution concerned labor and outlined an 11 point program of proposed in the labor manage ment field urgently recommend the elimination by Congress of the de vices employed by labor leaders to destroy competition in our free enterprise system to place the American worker in union bond age and to jeopardize the welfare of the American it stated City councilmen indicated yesterday during an informal afternoon meeting that all city employes would be offered free vaccinations should an epidemic of the Asiatic flu hit Reno City Manager Kinnison told the council members that approximately 25 per cent of the population is affected in areas where the epidemic spreads ears of leaving the city with an understaffed police force and fire department because of the sickness prompted the discus sion of preventive measures If the program is needed Kinnison reported the use and administering of the vaccine can be arranged through the city health department DENTAL PLATES Repaired Relined Reconditioned REASONABLE COST Pioneer Dental Labs PHONE EL 5 2018 CM St SPARKS NEVADA EVENING APPOINTMENTS Pioneer Denture Service" raoNE WYman 4 3340 8 Nevada State Journal Reno Nevada Sept 10 1957 Swimming Sports ishing Bar ine ood Clean Rooms AMERICAN $800 Per Day Single PLAN: $1450 Per Day Double CONSOLES and GRANDS Mason Hamlin Chickering SCHOOL of DANCING Bob McClure's Piano Service 308 VASSAR East of Wells Avenue Reno ATERNOONS REGISTRATION OR ALL TERM SEPTEMBER 13 14 2:00 Io 5:00 AMERICAN LEGION HALL Ninth and Ralston Phone A 3 3504 or A 2 1486 In deference to the forthcoming Nevada deer season Stead Air orce Base survival training will move from this area to the Dixie Game Refuge of the Plumas Na tional orest The refuge is closed to hunting by the California legislature The closure has no connection with the USA Survival Training School program which will be conducted there Col Charles Long HI said the area will be pressed into serv ice under a federal special use permit Use Caution He asked persons in the area to use special caution in the dis charge of firearms to prevent in jury to the hundreds of students and instructors who will be in the area travelling in a tactical or concealed manner He also asked that the students be given no food transportation or assistance Such aid would hinder the training that some day may help them to survive under adverse conditions USA personnel in the area are forbidden to possess firearms They may not take game animals by any method Beginning 48 hoursbefore open ing day and throughout the sea son air force personnel will man posts surrounding the area and will give information concerning survival school courses and stu dent activities Brief Agenda Speeds Reno Council Meet Two Renoifes CALPINE LODGE 51 MILES ROM RENO ON HIGHWAY 89 80 Jets The Colorado air guardsmen closed the show by putting their red and silver 80 jet fighters through a series of complicated aerial maneuvers Various squadrons the Nevada Air National Guard were seen iij flyovers and an unidenti fied air force pilot added to the excitement with a flyover in a 102 This is the newest interceptor The sleek jet hurtled across the Reno airport after a descent from 35000 feet Robert Love a test pilot from Northrup Aircraft Co put an 89 through its paces and Robert Hoover North American test pilot demonstrated the maximum performances of an 86 the jet flown by Nevada national guards men Inspect Planes Air show spectators were shown through the air national guard quarters at the airport and they also inspected these planes on the flight line: jet fighters 86 86D 84E 84 two 100s and the 102 amphibious rescue plane SA16 Navy jets 8U Might Shown To Nevadans Reno Physics Teacher Takes contract for paving sections of Renostreets Show Cause The owners of the American Building 127 135 Second St will be notified to show cause at the Sept 23 meeting of the coun cil why the structure should not be condemned The building was extensively damaged by fire in July that re portedly started in the basement of a vacated bar An inspection report filed by the fire depart ment and the building department indicated 57 violations of building codes The Town and Country Estates which filed' a performance bond with the city two years ago was granted a one year extension dat ing from Sept 10 4957 Sets Deadline The council told a representa tive of the subdivision planners that actual construction must be started within one year or the subdivision plat will be rescinded by the city The Isbell Construction Co was awarded a $19405 contract for placing gravel base and roadmix ing on sections of McKay Ave Lo cust St California Ave Vassar st and Harvard way Indian Guide Program Starts The Reno YMCA kicks off Indian guide program Tuesday evening at 7:30 with a meeting of dads and sons The Indian guide tribes are organized to further a deeper sense of 'omradeship be tween father and son when boys usually consider their dads the greatest men in the world but dads are often too busy to find adequate time for their needs athers and sons must attend the bi monthly meeting together Craft projects are developed and designed to bring fathers and sons closer together with a common in terest The Tuesday night infor mational and organizational meet ing will include a swim in the beautiful indoor YMCA pool Sparks city councilman AH Osborn last night demanded a resolution that money spent to pay county commissioner Ern est Kleppe for extra duty as acting county manager be re funded He also asked that nearly $5000 spent in county pur chases from Commissioners Ray Peterson and Ray Capurro be refunded The resolutions were at least temporarily refused as Mr Ohorn charged that attempts had been made to vital county affairs in the re cent report of the grand jury At one point City Attorney John GabrieUi warned the councilman' he was making Mr Oborn nevertheless insisted that has a stake in this It is up to The council tracts for its ment accepting four bids: Van Dyke Tree Surgery removal of 91 trees $2090 Isbell Construction Co paving $1570107 I Christensen curbs and gutters $368060 and side walks $55328 The councilmen allowed an ordinance requiring fees for an nexations to die Reconsidera tion of the twice introduced measure was requested riday by the HA subdividers and banks on the grounds such a All interested men with sons 6 fee could not be financed in 1 7 and 8 years of age are welcome HA approved loans I to attend their paces for the large crowd The event was dedicated to the memory of Benjamin Berry former United Air Lines district event and a number of the agent who died recently (Kerr Photo) PATTERN AIR MIGHT This is an overall view of the municipal airport during the second best pilots participated in putting the planes through annual Nevada Air iNationai Guard air show which attracted an estimated 20000 spectators Sunday A cross section of air might was displayed at Gets Trip to Reno Among Prizes Reno and the Holiday Hotel will receive nation wide pub iicity on the nationally televised or a program to 1 morrow at 1:00 pm The show may be viewed in Reno on both channels four and eight The Holiday Hotel and the Reno Chamber of Commerce have made available to the show several different photographs of activity in and around Reno The Queen will be awarded a vacation at the Holiday as one of her many prizes Mundt Addresses Mining Delegates LV 1 ft "ay i ''t Plan os lutk 'jLf i jsT 1 4 'J re I ar nt 4 i 'V A a 5 1V 'V 4.