Print edition for October 7, 1998

Tuesday's Prep Results: Western forfeit to Palo Verde 217 (at Eagle Crest). MEDALIST: Lindsay Hecker 40.

Letter: Affair not part of Clinton's job: How can anyone guarantee he will indeed go back to work. He hasn't been working. This affair had nothing to do with his private life. If the Starr report had come out before the election, would you have voted for Clinton?

Retaliation possible motive in shooting: There is still no suspect in the case.

Much-troubled lawyer Steven Hill finds himself in trouble again: Bill Gang; It took 26.

County Briefs: Officials from the Flamingo-Hilton, Bally's, Caesars Palace and Barbary Coast hotel-casinos asked for a 30-day delay while their assessors try to determine how much each property will benefit from the pedestrian overpasses.

Local Mormon Leader Addresses 'Misconceptions': Stacy J. Willis; From the 1800s, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been surrounded by controversial allegations.

Mormons knit LV's fabric: Stacy J. Willis; Mormons started Las Vegas.

Caesars, Boyd Gaming promote properties on the Internet: Caesars said its www.caesars.com site includes a tour of the property, thumbnail views of Caesars' amenities, panoramic views of its rooms, meeting areas and the casino; sample floor plans and meeting room dimensions and information.

RX drug ruled out as cause of fatal U.S. 95 crash: Karen Zekan; Lab analysis uncovered an amount of the drug phentermin in Jamie Ericsson's blood work which was "within accepted dosage amounts," NHP Trooper Scott Flabi said.

Nevada official says fuss just election year bickering: Nevada wants to work a deal with Arizona to store unused Colorado River water in Arizona acquifers, prompting charges that the governor was selling water rights for campaign contributions.

Letter: A soap opera of a presidency: Paul Smith

Las Vegas woman dies in auto crash: Karen Zekan; Angered by an argument with her boyfriend at a nearby McDonald's restaurant, Christy Delynn Toon, 23, was reported by witnesses to have sped out of the parking lot and north on Paradise when the accident happened shortly after 6 p.m., said Trooper Scott Flabi.

Cassidy leaving 'EFX' show: The former "Partridge Family" star took over the show's lead role from Michael Crawford in November 1996.

Nevada is going wild for outdoors on the airwaves: Mention the phrase "Nevada wildlife" to the average Valley resident, and chances are it will provoke thoughts of booze, bets and brothels.

Gates fights for 'affordable housing': Adrienne Packer; On Tuesday, County Commission Chairwoman Yvonne Atkinson Gates demanded that fellow board members accept and act upon this fact: A recent housing-authority study shows Clark County is short 76,000 units of affordable housing.

Obituaries for October 7, 1998: He is survived by his wife, Mary; four daughters, Erin, Maura, Jenifer and Teresa; one brother, Jeff Hardrath; and one sister, Debbie Thomas.

City council postpones MTBE ban another six months: The chemical is added to help make gasoline burn cleaner but studies show it is polluting water in and around Lake Tahoe. Eleven of the area's 34 wells already have been shut down.

LV limo owner fined, protests state regulation: The TSA is a state agency that last week denied him certification to operate within the state.

Letter: Theft, vandalism of car a shocker: I was asked was it paid for and so forth. We had saved and worked hard to pay cash for our new car six years ago, because we were in our late 60s and knew we could never buy another one.

Medical waste? Solid waste? City ordinance will be getting rewrite: City Manager Virginia Valentine said Tuesday that as a result of an injunction hearing brought by BFI Waste Systems of North America against Republic Silver State Disposal the City Council will rewrite an ordinance that was drafted long before federal laws changed the way medical waste was handled.

Las Vegas 500K schedule: Thursday

Letter: Clinton should take the blame: Remember, that both he and Hillary Rodham Clinton said in 1974 that Richard Nixon should be impeached even if he did not commit a felony. They both said he brought disgrace on America.

Unsightly homes in BC may lose their power, water: The city is responding to complaints from residents that a number of these properties have fallen into decay because their owners have moved away and rented them to people who have not kept them up. The property owners, officials say, also are not making aesthetics a top priority.

Test Site looks to land assembly plant: The project involves assembly of nuclear generators and heaters for deep-space probes used by National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Wynn loses battle on display of art: After losing a battle with the Nevada Tax Commission, Wynn said Tuesday he will decide later whether to allow free public viewing for 700 hours a year in order to qualify for a $1 million personal property tax break.

March 1 trial date set in DUI case: District Judge John McGroarty on Tuesday set a March 1 trial date on drunken and reckless driving and involuntary manslaughter charges for the woman whose blood-alcohol level was tested at 0.24 percent after the pre-dawn incident on Aug. 25. The minimum level needed to prove drunken driving under Nevada law is 0.10 percent.

World chess champion keeping close check on Bellagio events: But the world chess champion won't be a participant. He will be there to observe -- watching the proceedings with the eye of a chess master plotting several moves in advance.

Letter: Plea bargain doesn't end the sadness: David Cash Jr., high school classmate of Jeremy and evidently also quite bright, is in college majoring in nuclear engineering, and will not be prosecuted for his part in the death of Iverson, but he will be hounded by someone for the rest of his life for not going to help.

Editorial: Sensible approach on Sunrise landfill: Amid concerns about threats to public health, several agencies are working with Republic-Silver State Disposal Services Inc., manager of the landfill, to properly close it. A ground water monitoring plan is due to the state by Oct. 15.

Long-sought DeChant to stand trial: Bill Gang; A year ago she was a free-spirited bartender on Florida's west coast, but she had to spend her 50th birthday behind the bars of the Clark County Detention Center. There looms the possibility she could be spending every birthday from now on in a similar setting.

Governor in European talks: Miller, on the second leg of what is now a three-nation European tourism-building mission, concluded two days of talks in Germany and will now work on what most believe to be the most significant portion of the trip -- the British stop.

Columnist Elizabeth Foyt: Nevada's female pioneers remembered at tea party: Elizabeth Foyt; Dressed in costumes depicting famous ladies who contributed to Nevada's rich history were NWHP members, among them: Dr. Su Fong Chung (as Ah Cum Kee), Alice Brown (Helen J. Stewart), Rochelle Clark (Lu Bertha Johnson), Frankie Williams (Fanny Soss) and Charlene Cruz (Martha Cragin Cox). Each lady took on the respective persona of the character she depicted and mingled with the crowd of nearly 200 guests. State Sen. Kathy Augustine, Dr. Joanne Goodwin, Donna Krasnitz and Eva Stowers were seen visiting with Colleen Schroeder, Mary Manning and Mary Hausch as they waited to sign the guest book, which was manned ...

Letter: Clinton's misdeed can't be ignored: I urge our elected representatives to follow the constitutional provisions to seek impeachment hearings. May we move forward judiciously.

Letter: Republicans' tactic begins to backfire: Lee Babbitt

Editorial: Water wars spill over in Arizona: That's why it's disappointing that Arizona's Democratic candidate for governor, Paul Johnson, is distorting the facts and resorting to demagoguery regarding the possibility of Nevada securing additional water from Arizona. During a debate Sunday, Johnson said that Republican Gov. Jane Hull would be signing away Arizona's water rights if some of Arizona's unused Colorado River water was bought by Nevada.

Teen balks at Social Security number, may not be able to vote: The Clark County Election Department disagrees.

A steep price for 'special improvement': Adrienne Packer; Keith Berberich has a strip of gravel smothering his well-manicured lawn.

County asked to check out new nuclear-waste routes: Adrienne Packer; "None of us wants it in the state," Clark County Commissioner Mary Kincaid said.

Digging crew interrupts cable service: The outage was in the area of West Charleston and Rampart boulevards, according to Cox Communications director Steve Schorr.

Serial robber keeping Nevada No. 1: Karen Zekan; The arrest of the slender, Hispanic-looking man in his early 20s also could help authorities knock Nevada from its spot as the top bank robbery state in the nation.

Letter: Education dollars not wisely spent: Tammy Dalton

Letter: Casinos will eye bottom line: However, he was tipping the waitress $5 per drink so she was bringing him drinks even without an order from him. Yes, alcohol awareness really does work doesn't it?

Columnist Dean Juipe: UNLV coach both cursed and blessed: Dean Juipe; As he walked into head coach Jeff Horton's weekly luncheon, it was obvious he was unhappy. He was demonstrative, maybe even combative. A swear word slipped out as he expressed his displeasure.

Nanny, quick-thinking driver of exploding truck helped avert disaster: Scott Sonner; The explosion destroyed a house and forced the evacuation of 600 students and dozens of southwest Reno neighborhood residents up to a mile away Tuesday, but no one was injured.

Driving academy gives race fans a feel for sport: The problem with the so-called "stick-and-ball" sports is that no matter how great the television coverage or how close to the field of play your seats are, you never truly get the feeling of what it's like to participate at the professional level.

Authorities identify body found in ravine: Relatives said Neubert was depressed and suicidal.

New QB Reed could be rusty: Steve Guiremand; Chad Reed is the first to admit that he didn't see his first college quarterbacking start coming.

Columnist Paula Del Guidice: Thousands of ducks show up for opener: Predictions of high numbers of ducks available for the opening weekend of the waterfowl hunting season were realized last weekend at two of Southern Nevada's hunting areas. With 15,000 ducks present in the Pahranagat Valley, according to Bart Tanner, manager at Key Pittman Wildlife Management Area (WMA), hunting was fair. Hunters fared slightly better at Wayne E. Kirch WMA.

Entertainer Jimmy Caesar dead at 63: Caesar's impersonations led him across the United States and back, working clubs and showrooms while opening for some of the best in the industry.

Conservancy elects to buy Sunset Ranch: Bordering on U.S. Forest Service and Lake Tahoe Airport property, the land includes about 1 1/2 miles of the Upper Truckee River. The property is a key wildlife habitat for bald eagles, black bears, deer and other animals.

Brief: Cox Communications stock downgraded: "We're very bullish on it long term, but '99 does not look as good for cash flow as it once did," Simonds said.

Thursday at Belmont: 1st race 7 fur 2YO Mdn:

Brief: Wells Fargo plans to sell 2.5 million shares: Companies prefer pooling so that they can avoid a writedown for goodwill and report higher future profits.

Review: Taking out the Garbage: Geoff Carter; "Yeah, I know. How were they?"

Sheriff's candidate alleges voter fraud among prostitutes: But he said in a complaint filed with the secretary of state's office on that they actually live outside of the county located just east of Reno.

Hearing officer refuses to change findings on prison: Bayer said some of the allegations by Kladney were unfounded and should be stricken. Earlier, he threatened to take the issue to court if Kladney didn't strike some of the critical findings.

Brief: Man says casino guards hit him: Brief: Man says casino guards hit him

Seven Nevada death row inmates lose U.S. Supreme Court appeals: Brendan Riley; Petitions from Michael Sonner, Michael Rippo, Kevin Lisle, Antoine Williams, Lawrence Colwell, Wilbert Leslie and Edward Wilson were turned down Monday by the nation's highest court.

Rebels face stiff competition for prep star Kopono: Steve Carp; The regular season still is a month away. But the other important season, the recruiting campaign, is in full swing.

Brief: Profit up for North Las Vegas hospital owner: Tenet said profit rose to $136.6 million, or 44 cents a diluted share, from $116.2 million, or 38 cents, a year earlier. Revenue rose 9.5 percent to $2.55 billion during the quarter ended Aug. 31, from $2.33 billion.

Brief: Balloon rides proposed for Las Vegas Strip: Such heft allows the New Frontier to contemplate doing more with the balloon than just offering rides. The resort is also asking the Planning Commission to approve "opportunities for large assemblages of people including on-board weddings."

Brief: Review-Journal, others seek tax abatements: The Las Vegas Review-Journal is also seeking a $2 million tax abatement for a $40 million press expansion project expected to create 60 jobs, commission officials said. That application is scheduled to be heard Nov. 12.

Embattled racer John Paul Jr. trades checkered past for checkered flag: No matter how fast John Paul Jr. drives, he just can't seem to outrun his past.

Ralph Siraco's selections for Santa Anita: Selections made for clear racing conditions before scratches.

Columnist Peter Benton: Costabile, Power win tourney: Peter Benton; The Las Vegas Country Club's annual member-guest, purported to be the oldest and longest-running tournament of its kind in Nevada, was held last weekend under near perfect weather conditions and on a course that was in pristine shape.

No tax breaks for Wynn's big art collection: Brendan Riley; That was the 5-3 decision Tuesday of the state Tax Commission despite Wynn's protest he was up against an unwarranted, broad-brush attitude of "don't let the rich guy get away with something."

Magical Muppetry: Melissa Schorr; Emily Newberry stares up at Big Bird in wonder.

Hospital workers to decide on union representation: Registered nurses and professional, technical, administrative, service and maintenance employees are eligible for union representation.

Brief: LV gaming supplier reports higher sales: Paul-Son says it's the nation's leading manufacturer and supplier of casino table game equipment with plants in Las Vegas and San Luis, Mexico.

LV time sharefirm open to new merger proposals: Mego's stock was decimated this year after its merger with Sycamore Partners LLC fell through.

Thursday at Bay Meadows: 1st race 1-1/16 mi 3YO&up F&M Mdn Clm:

Columnist Muriel Stevens: Get a holiday jump with one-stop shopping: I confess: In spite of the time I spend in stores I'm mostly a last-minute shopper. I don't plan it that way, but it just seems to always happen.

Coroner asks screening for poison in Ted Binion 'to cover our bases': Flud said the tests are being handled by the same company, Associated Pathologists Laboratories, that last week found lethal levels of both heroin and the prescription sedative, Xanax, in Binion's body.

Missionaries sacrifice to spread church's word: Stacy J. Willis; They walk from door to door in suburban Las Vegas, grinning at peep holes, clutching their Books of Mormon. Many residents do not answer their doors. One man sees the two women coming up the sidewalk as he's getting his mail, then scurries inside before they have a chance to greet him.