Print edition for September 19, 1996

Obituary: WILLIAM HOWARD WHEELER: Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery. Desert Memorial Cremation and Burial Society, 1111 Las Vegas Blvd. North, is handling arrangements.

'Hippies 2000'?: Teresa Hinds; They've been dissected by the news media, the subject of countless academic papers and courted by major companies for their disposable income.

Strike drags into its fifth year: Gary Thompson; As the bitter strike against the Frontier hotel-casino turns five years old Saturday, observers believe a change in ownership is the only real hope for a resolution.

Obituary: JOHN A. CAHILL SR.: Visitation is scheduled from 1 p.m. until 7 p.m. services Thursday in Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday in Holy Family Catholic Church. A private burial will follow.

NHL Notes: Atlanta paves way for NHL team: Officials in Georgia's Cobb County have approved a bond issue for a $16 million purchase of land for an arena to house a National Hockey League team.

Obituary: HAROLD DONALDSON: Obituary: HAROLD DONALDSON

Mourners grapple with questions in bookie's death: Bob Shemeligian; Among the nearly 100 mourners at Weinstein's funeral Wednesday at Bunker's Mortuary were family members and close friends who all remembered Weinstein as a man who lived life to the fullest.

Horse Racing: Another exciting weekend: Ralph Siraco; As for this weekend, the third renewal of Kentucky Cup day will be held at Turfway Park in Florence, Ky., on Saturday. The six-race series is featured by the Kentucky Cup, and the $1.25 million events will certainly produce others on the way to Breeders' Cup.

Obituary: KATHLEEN 'KATE' KERL: Palm Mortuary, 1600 S. Jones Blvd., is handling arrangements.

Mortuary license denied: "A lot of things have happened that were not in the best interest of the people in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas," Sharon Shaffer, chairwoman of the state Board of Funeral Directors, Embalmers and Operators of Cemeteries and Crematories, told the applicants Wednesday.

Rapper arrested on drug charges in New York City: The 24-year-old rapper, whose real name is Christopher Wallace, fellow rapper James Lloyd, 19, and Lamont Mosely, 25, were issued summonses and released, police said.

Steve Carp: WAC crowds nothing to cheer about: Everyone knows where Jeff Horton's team stands on the first part of the equation. At 0-3 and unable to surrender the title of the nation's worst defense, the Rebels are measuring their success in inches.

Homework Hotline heating up again: The Homework Hotline season continues through May 22. Students may call in their questions from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays.

Lake Mead ready to roar: By Ron Kantowski; Professional powerboat racing returns to Lake Mead this weekend with the Las Vegas Cup, a dual offering featuring the Formula One Series Presented by Pontiac Firebird and the Thunder Tour Presented by Las Vegas unlimited hydroplanes.

NLV officers use bean bag ammo on man with gun: But lying in University Medical Center today with a broken jaw and other injuries, he possibly does not know it yet.

Obituary: GERALDINE TAINTOR MILLER: Desert Memorial Cremation and Burial Society, 1111 Las Vegas Blvd. North, is handling arrangements.

Obituary: MILDRED L. TRUMBO: Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday in Palm Mortuary, 800 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson. Burial will follow in Boulder City Cemetery.

City spending: * $400,000 to Haworth for modular furniture systems for the Development Services Center.

Vikings say bye to valley: Bob Cloud; The Vikings, 0-8 a year ago, have opened the 1996 season with a 3-0 record following last week's 48-14 thrashing of Basic. Valley is tied with Las Vegas and Rancho atop the Sunrise Division heading into a Friday night contest at Chaparral.

Secret nuclear records handy: Hansen himself has had great luck with his Freedom-of-Information-Act (FOIA) requests.

People in the news for Sept. 19,1996: Hair apparent

Letters: Private Property rights a key issue in this campaign: Are we maintaining the right to private property or becoming serfs? Anti-private-property ideas certainly have no space in the American scene. Senate leader Trent Lott could use some encourage to bring bill S605 to the floor for a vote from all senators.

Ballet company to lose director after this season: Lisa Ferguson; Vassili Sulich, founder and artistic director of Nevada Dance Theatre, is stepping down after this season, the company's 25th.

Your dinner with Andre?: David Renzi; The dried sweat of Martina Navratilova. Now there's something you can't buy every day.

City to bring old neon back to life: Steve Sebelius; After more than a decade of delays, planning and missed deadlines, the City Council moved Wednesday to take the first steps to bringing the neon museum to life on Fremont Street.

Las Vegas News briefs: * GRANT SOUGHT -- The city will seek a $4.5 million grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, money aimed at creating 645 new homes in a depressed area of West Las Vegas. The money will be used to match private dollars to create new residential and commercial development in the so-called Homeownership Zone, bordered by Carey Avenue on the north, Lake Mead Boulevard on the south, H Street on the east and Comstock Drive on the west. The City Council authorized City Manager Larry Barton to waive all plans check and permit fees for new or rehabilitated ...

Boxing Notes: Saturday to be busy fight day: Dean Juipe; Both cards have double main events.

Letter: Efficient rail system would best answer for casinos: I propose, for some of the money saved, we erect at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard, St. Louis Avenue and Main Street, a plaster-of-paris statue in honor of the mayor of Vegas. We could have a contest to name it. How about the Calamity Dame?

NFL Notes: Doctor tells Dallas' Haley he can't play: Charles Haley's doctor has advised him not to play for several weeks because his chronically sore back is deteriorating, The Dallas Morning News reported today.

Hit-and-run suspect ID'd: He was arrested on charges of felony drunken driving and felony hit-and-run following Tuesday's accident, shortly before 6 a.m., between Lindell Road and Jones Boulevard.

West paces home-building: The West showed a the biggest increase for the month regionally, but statistics for Southern Nevada won't be available until next week.

Lecture to deal with sexual abuse: The talk, part of the UNLV Forum Lecture Series, begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Classroom Building Complex, Room C-120.

Obituary: PEARLEYObituary: MARGUERITE ANDERSON: Visitation is scheduled from 4-8 p.m. today in Davis Paradise Valley Funeral Home, 6200 S. Eastern Ave. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday in Davis Paradise Valley Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Paradise Memorial Gardens.

Cigar odes, rhapsodies find home: Art Nadler; In the fall of 1992, Shanken -- who skyrocketed Wine Spectator from a 3,000-circulation publication in 1979 to the world's largest wine magazine -- launched Cigar Aficionado.

New Eagle Scouts: Chris Wood, 17, is a 10th-grader at Green Valley High School, where he is active in varsity track and the school choirs.

Letter: Open Meeting Law allows personnel discussions in public: Letter: Open Meeting Law allows personnel discussions in public

Obituary: MARY B. LEVITT: Visitation is scheduled from 5-8 p.m. today in Davis Paradise Valley Funeral Home, 6200 S. Eastern Ave. Services will be 9:30 a.m. Friday in St. Thomas More Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City.

Obituary: DAVID W. DAVIS: Visitation is scheduled from 1-8 p.m. Friday in American Burial and Cremation Services, 310 Foremaster Lane. Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday in American Burial and Cremation Services. Burial will follow in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City.

CSU's Branch comes back running strong: Steve Carp; It's not the best route to success, but taking a year off from football didn't hurt Calvin Branch one bit.

SOUTHERN AAAA: SUNSET DIVISION

Pre-teen Nevadans compete for scholarships: The participants were evaluated in seven divisions: academic achievement, volunteer service to church and community, school honors and activities, development of personal skills and abilities, general knowledge, communicative ability and onstage expressiveness and overall pre-teen image.

Obituary: MARY ANN ROBINSON-LEISER: She is survived by her companion and best friend, John Shern of Las Vegas; two daughters, Amy Robinson-Morrow of Grand Prairie, Texas, and Linda Lee Robinson-Falls of Las Vegas; two sons, Charles Robinson of Sandpoint, Idaho, and Jeffrey Robinson of Las Vegas; one stepson, Kim Kamerin of Las Vegas; one brother, Frank Rust, and three sisters, Estelle, Phyllis and Margie, all of Denver; and seven grandchildren.

Obituary: CONNIE ARCISZEWSKI: Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave., is handling arrangements.

Metro police seek clues in man's death: Authorities believe Ronald Cataldo may have answers for homicide investigators. He is described as a white male, medium height with a "large stomach," police said. Anyone knowing his whereabouts is asked to call police at 229-3521 or Secret Witness at 385-5555.

Obituary: LUCILLE F. ELLIS: Visitation is scheduled from 4-8 p.m. today in Bunker Mortuary, 925 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Services will be 3 p.m. Friday in Bunker Chapel. Burial will follow in Eden Vale Memorial Park.

Dedications set for kids' programs: The double dedication begins at noon with ceremonies at the Reach Out Learning Center, 1522 Pinto Lane, followed by the dedication of the Yvonne Atkinson Gates Early Childhood Development Center, 951 Washington Ave., at 1:30 p.m.

Las Vegas veteran takes silver medal in games: The games, held last week, were open to athletes 55 and older who are receiving inpatient or outpatient care at VA medical centers. About 400 veterans competed in six age groups.

This Week's Match ups: * The matchup: Certainly the feature matchup on Friday's slate, two of the Sunset Division's elite threesome (along with Western) square off seeking to get the first leg up in the league race. Cimarron's offense had struggled somewhat prior to last week, but the Spartans battered Bishop Gorman for 47 points in an easy win. Vernon Fox and Leonard DeRoche continue to provide Cimarron with a highly potent one-two punch, with Fox turning in a 227-yard, four-touchdown performance against Gorman. Cheyenne rebounded smartly from its first regular-season loss in two years in a 28-13 defeat of Silverado, and brings to ...

Obituary: JAMES SPLOND: Visitation is scheduled from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. services Saturday in Bunker Mortuary, 925 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Burial will follow in Memory Gardens.

Obituary: FRANK A. FACSKO: Visitation was scheduled from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. today in Bunker Mortuary, 925 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Burial will be in Michigan.

Tupac's final music video eerily foreshadowed death of rapper: The video for "I Ain't Mad," which aired Wednesday night on MTV, also shows Shakur being riddled with bullets and dying in an ambulance.

MLB Notes : Reds ban Mitchell for rest of the season: Outfielder Kevin Mitchell of the Cincinnati Reds has been suspended without pay for the rest of the season.

McKenna: Death would be for wrong reason: Rachael Levy; McKenna said prosectors want him executed because he has embarrassed the state by escaping from prison three times and for planning the most elaborate jail break in Nevada history.

Vegas to show up on Times Square: A tenant announced for the bustling development zone is Vegas, a theme restaurant at 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue to be operated by Creative Cafes. Executives said the restaurant would be the first of what they hope will be a chain of diners with nonstop, Las Vegas-style entertainment by singers, dancers and comedians.

Obituary: HAL SUNDERLIN ELDREDGE: Visitation is scheduled from 4-8 p.m. today in Bunker Mortuary, 925 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Additional visitation is scheduled one hour prior to 11 a.m. services Friday in the LDS Church, Eighth and Franklin. Burial will be in Bountiful Cemetery, Bountiful, Utah.

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Bergman loses for the first time in career in Australia: Dean Juipe; McKinney, a former world champion at 122 pounds, was a split-decision winner over Nestor Lopez at the Forum in Los Angeles on Saturday. Owens, 147, won by first-round TKO over Mike Johnson the same night in Tulsa.

Will WestPac's mystery flights take off with locals: An airline that serves McCarran International Airport is betting there are adventurers who would.

Obituary: LORRAINE FAYE WISE: Desert Memorial Cremation and Burial Society, 1111 Las Vegas Blvd. North, is handling arrangements.

Columnist Jeff German: Dole says he'll win November presidential race in Nevada: Apparently feeling the effects of a fall from a three-foot platform in California earlier in the day, Dole appeared tired Wednesday night as he stepped off his campaign jet to chat briefly with local reporters.

Meegan jury gives up: Karen Zekan and Rachael Levy; The jury failed to reach a verdict Wednesday, giving up when three of the nine members refused to sentence Meegan to life in prison without the chance of parole. The same jury convicted Meegan of first-degree murder by child abuse in August.

Guinn joining Norwest board: Guinn, a Republican candidate for governor in 1998, said the move ensures continuity as the two banks join forces. Norwest bought PriMerit from Southwest Gas; the two banks merged in July.

Supporters roar for Dole: Dole was to address more than 1,000 supporters before meeting with gaming contributors at a private fund-raiser, also at the MGM Grand.

Editorial: Utah wilds gambit will save treasure: We're glad he did. It may be the only chance to save a pristine area threatened by a vast coal mining operation. Clinton invoked the Antiquities Act of 1906 to designate the 1.8-million-acre Redrock Wilderness as a national monument, the largest designation ever.

Obituary: RITA BARRETT: Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave., is handling arrangements.

Obituary: ROY NIEL KRIENS: Davis Paradise Valley Funeral Home, 6200 S. Eastern Ave., is handling arrangements.

Columnist Elizabeth Foyt: Team Nevada in top form for Transplant Games: Elizabeth Foyt; Our local representatives, each a member of the Nevada Kidney Foundation, flew to Salt Lake City to take part in the games held at the University of Utah campus. Prior to their departure, Team Nevada members and their families were honored by an informal send-off party at the Foundation offices on East Desert Inn Road.

Obituary: JAMES RYAN: Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in College Park Baptist Church, 2101 E. Owens. Burial will be 10:45 a.m. Monday in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City. Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St., is handling arrangements.

Obituary: JOHN ALLEN SR.: Visitation is scheduled from 2-7 p.m. Friday in Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday in the Evergreen Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Sports Briefs: UNLV's golfers ranked fourth: UNLV received 145 points in voting done by a panel of College Golf Foundation coaches.

Cool Millions slots have been cool to players so far: Bob Shemeligian; But in the nearly two years since the first Cool Millions $1 progressive slot machines were installed in Mississippi, and later in Nevada, no one has hit the progressive jackpot, which is over $8.5 million in Nevada and $5 million in Mississippi.

Obituary: WALT FERGUSON: Visitation was scheduled from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. today in Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave.

Columnist Joe Delaney: 'Grand Slam' tops this weekend: Joe Delaney; Last year's "Grand Slam" raised nearly $2 million for the Assistance League of Las Vegas' Operation School Bell, Boys and Girls Clubs of Las Vegas, Child Haven, UNLV's Cynthia Bunker Memorial Scholarship Fund and various tennis activities for children at-risk.

Don't shed any tears for the violence of a rap star: Susan Kay

Obituary: MELVIN KLAGES: Visitation is scheduled from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday in Palm Mortuary, 800 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson. A private burial will follow.

Where I Stand: Commission snub could gain Ross Perot more votes: Fahrenkopf, a Nevadan and former GOP national chairman, and Kirk were following the advice of the Advisory Committee on Candidate Selection. The gut of this recommendation was the conclusion that Perot has no chance to win. The advisory committee chairman Richard E. Neustadt wrote: "We have reviewed the data your staff has assembled for us, supplemented by telephonic inquiries of our own to political scientists and political journalists across the country. We have concluded that, at this stage of the campaign, Mr. Perot has no realistic chance either of popular election in November or of subsequent election by the House ...