Print edition for June 1, 1999

Wednesday at Hollywood Park: 1st race 1-1/16 mi 3YO&up F&M Mdn Clm: 1 Muschi (Flores) 121; 2 Clear Skies (Delahoussaye) 115; 3 Amberific (Espinoza) 121; 4 Ivycovered Walls (Black) 115; 5 Rial Fill A Pocket (Demesme) 115; 6 O Que Vista (Valdez) 121; 7 Cool Flight (Pedroza) 121; 8 Kite's N Bells (Rodriguez) 121.

Wednesday at Golden Gate: 1st race 1-1/16 mi 4YO&up Clm: 1 Clip (Radke) 114; 2 Carsonic (Castanon) 119; 3 Gold Capital (Delgadillo) 119; 4 Keepon Prospecting (Gonzalez) 119; 5 Pirate's Quest (Arriaga) 119; 6 Vali Boni (Martinez) 119.

Small plane crash lands in field short of Reno airport: Rescue officials said the student and a flight instructor were flying in from Yerington and were on approach to Reno-Tahoe International Airport when things went wrong.

Ethics bill approved: The Senate and Assembly, without dissent, adopted a conference committee report that increases the size of the ethics commission from six to eight; gives it a full-time executive director and attorney and sets deadlines for making decisions.

Obituaries for June 1, 1999: Virginia Baird, 77, of Las Vegas died Friday in a local hospital. She was born Nov. 30, 1921, in Kansas City, Mo. A resident for 49 years, she was a homemaker.

Molestation of son may have led to Bell absence: Jerry Fink and Jace Radke; Bell abruptly left his show Oct. 13 without explanation, returning three days later to resume his "Coast to Coast AM" and "Dreamland" broadcasts.

Ralph Siraco's selections for Wednesday's races at Hollywood Park: Muschi - 3rd at this trip and track in last, distant 3rd before that, close runner up on wet track three races back, draws rail post now, has been knocking on diploma door, reunites with Flores here.

Columnist Ron Kantowski: Source: NFL out in Vegas, but NBA may be in: I 've long maintained that the only "Big 4" professional sport that would work here is football, because each game unto itself is a special event, and nobody does special events better than we do.

Australian pleads innocent in spying case: U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III set a Sept. 13, trial date after Ginsberg waived Wispelaere's right to an earlier proceeding under the speedy trial act.

Senate gives Nevada $268 million toward nuke waste oversight: The Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Committee finished writing the spending bill for 2000 on Thursday. If the full Senate approves and President Clinton agrees, the funds would come to Nevada after Oct. 1.

Stratosphere tower work remains on hold: Cassella has been serving in those capacities at the Stratosphere under a limited gaming license granted in 1993. In a hearing before the Gaming Control Board earlier this month, Board members determined the associations that had led the Board to limit Cassella's license in 1993 had been severed.

Letter: Hope for political settlement soon: NATO has plans to expand membership to Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. This will reignite the cold war with Russia. If you like the war in Yugoslavia, you'll love the future "humanitarian" wars that your children and grandchildren and mine will fight in the name of NATO and the U.N.

Letter: Motorcycle event promotions tough: Similar events (maybe on a less grand scale) have been tried here before, as well as Reno.

Anniversary: The Mattinglys: Lisa is a homemaker with a B.A. degree from UNLV and is a certified nurse's assistant. She is a member of the Homeschooling Network of Las Vegas.

Student hacker prompts on-line search: Benjamin Grove; Authorities are looking for a student who used a school computer to spew hate mail, racial slurs and Ku Klux Klan symbols.

'Star Wars' tops $200 million mark in record time: The movie's average ticket sales per screen were through the roof at $21,436, indicating packed houses.

Las Vegas news briefs for June 1, 1999: After 2 1/2 days of deliberation, a District Court jury on Friday found a Las Vegas man guilty of participating in the May 5, 1998, murder of a bartender and sentenced him to 100 years in prison.

Letter: Thanks to all for highway handling: Valley Hospital certainly should know I'll be forever grateful. I hope you let them know it's hard to get to be 77 years and be touched. With all the terrible things happening to our great Police Department they are the greatest. I want everyone to know about how wonderful everyone was to this old "gal."

Sex offender cleared for fourth release: A board spokeswoman said Friday that Jones, now 57, won't be freed before October. His release plan calls for him to live in Reno but that must be approved by the state Division of Parole, which will supervise him.

Appointments and promotions: Carolyn Muse Grant opened Creative Management Group, providing management and professional services to nonprofit groups and small businesses.

Agassi advances to French Open semis: Jocelyn Noveck; PARIS -- Las Vegas' Andre Agassi surged into the French Open semifinals, routing Marcelo Filippini today in a match so one-sided the fans were jeering his opponent.

Japan's April jobless rate for men hits record high of 5 percent: The number of people without jobs increased to 3.42 million, a rise of 0.9 percent from March, while the number holding jobs in April fell 630,000, or 1 percent, from a year earlier to 64.69 million, it said.

Former bank exec Gregor dies: Gregor had moved to Las Vegas at the age of 33 to serve as assistant to president at First Western. Four years later he became the youngest person ever to be named president of the company. In 1987 he became CEO.

Lazzarotto gets top security post: The nonprofit association of school security and school police officers seeks ways to keep schools safe.

Tobacco spending last act: The Senate and Assembly Monday limped toward final adjournment, saving Gov. Kenny Guinn's Millennium Scholarship program and the health care plan for last.

Legislature approves funds for Agassi's charter school: The Legislature passed a bill Monday to revise the 2-year-old law on charter schools. Tucked away in the bill is $600,000 for the Andre Agassi Foundation, which initially started a Boys and Girls Club in Southern Nevada and now plans a $4 million school.

Crossword cravings: A passion for puzzles plus a love of language equals a lifelong hobby: Kimberley McGee; C-r-o-s-s-w-o-r-d A-d-d-i-c-t-i-o-n.

Study: Las Vegas is second on list of top U.S. tourist cities: The study, conducted by Longwoods International, a Toronto marketing research firm that focuses on tourism, was commissioned by the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corp. The study was delivered to the agency last week.

LV entertainment firm defaults on debt: Imperial Commercial Credit and Investment Corp. of Los Angeles sent the default notice to On Stage after the company missed loan payments for the past three months.

Yugoslav signals acceptance of Kosovo peace principles: The group meeting at NATO's military headquarters - 19 NATO nations and 12 partner countries - will help create a force of 50,000, nearly double the number originally envisioned more than two months ago.

Confident UNLV golf team enters finals ranked No. 1: CHASKA, Minn. -- Nobody is using the term "easier," but at least two members of the UNLV golf team believe that repeating as national champions may be less stressful than winning their first title.

Atronic enters Nevada market with slots: The game received regulatory approval last December. Atronic, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., opened sales, technical support and customer service offices in Las Vegas and Reno last year.

Students returning to Columbine High School: Teachers met outside the building with the students who were in their classes when the attack began. In groups of about 15, the students were led into those classrooms to look for their belongings.

Columnist Dean Juipe: Partying like Kings suits Maloof: Dean Juipe; Connie Mack owned and managed the old Philadelphia Athletics baseball team for 50 years and he was a tightfisted son of a gun.

Special projects receive funding: Assembly Bill 703 and Senate Bill 560 are labeled the "pork barrel" bills because they are pet programs of legislators and are outside the budget recommended by Gov. Kenny Guinn. Few lawmakers, however, refer to them as "pork."

Jury to decide if airport merchant suffered unfair eviction: Adrienne Packer; On that, lawyers representing Naseef, the county and the airport master concessionaire Host Marriott can agree.

Wildfire rages through Lincoln County: Jace Radke; The fire was sparked Friday by a lightning strike in the remote Blue Garden area of Lincoln County, about 85 miles northeast of Las Vegas and 35 miles miles west of St. George, Utah.

Columnist John Katsilometes: An idea of Titanic proportions: I'm calling it The Hindenburg.

Letter: Lawmakers ignore proven solutions to school violence: Anderson, Titus and their ilk just don't seem to understand that those bent on human slaughter will gravitate towards unarmed, easier targets, especially those they personally have mandated to be defenseless.

Editorial: Privacy concerns addressed: In an emergency motion filed prior to Tyson's relicensing hearing, his attorneys asked the Nevada Supreme Court to keep his psychological profile and other medical records private. They were denied. The 41-page profile was made available to the public. Members of the media literally lined up to obtain a copy of the report on the day it was made available.

Upcoming business events: Starting a small business -- Workshops offered by Service Corps of Retired Executives Association and the Small Business Administration. Ongoing. 388-6104.

LV bankruptcy experts work to sway Congress: John Wilen; But proponents of bankruptcy reform dispute that view, saying the legislation is necessary to prevent mounting abuses of the bankruptcy system.

Sam's Town plans $78 million expansion: Sun Staff; While Boyd officials declined to comment, it's expected the expansion will include increasing the size of the casino and adding an entertainment arena.

Regulation of mortgage industry OK'd on final day: Mortgage companies that sell deeds of trust would be forced to open their records more to potential investors. They would not be able to advertise guaranteed profit margins and their agents must be registered.

Mental health parity approved: Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie, D-Reno, said Senate Bill 557 means Nevada will join 25 other states in requiring insurance companies to provide mental health coverage at similar levels as physical ailments.

Softball complex named for student who died of cancer: The triplex softball park on district property at the north end of the Thurman White Middle School will be named Stephanie Lynn Craig Memorial Park.

NCAA men's golf glance: WHEN: Wednesday though Saturday

Homeowners file home defects lawsuit: The Duck Creek Village Homeowners Association and three individual owners filed suit in District Court against Classic Development Corp., two company officers and a company formerly known as Paragon Construction.

Community news briefs for June 1, 1999: The Arthritis Foundation is looking for volunteers to travel to Ireland to participate in the 17th annual Dublin Marathon Oct 25.

Board member quits; shipments up: Morton Topfer, vice chairman of Dell Computer Corp., has left the Alliance board, citing expanded international commitments and travel at Dell. Alliance officials have not announced a replacement.

Allen's homer boosts Stars: Leftfielder Dusty Allen drove in four runs, including three on a mammoth 450-foot home run in the fifth inning, and recent double-A call-up Jake Thrower banged out three more hits as the Stars (26-25) held on to defeat the Albuquerque Dukes, 6-5, at Sports Stadium.

Walters' golf course misses tax exemption: "We're disappointed," said Harvey Whittemore, the lobbyist hired by The Walters Group in the last few weeks to push through an exemption similar to the one given the privately run Angel Park Golf Course, located in a public park in Las Vegas.

County ruling would net UMC $6 million: Art Nadler; The agreement ends the hospital's dispute with the state over treatment of Medicaid patients from 1993 to 1998. The hospital had filed a $22 million lawsuit against the state, arguing that the county-run hospital was seeing more Medicaid patients than other Clark County hospitals and should be given a higher reimbursement.

Wynn, Adelson differ on kids: John Wilen; On a Saturday morning in February, Broomall, Pa., resident William Platt says he left his New York-New York hotel room and headed to the Bellagio hotel-casino with his daughter and granddaughter for breakfast.

Casino lobby works to sway federal panel: Laurence Arnold; It praised the American Gaming Association, the casino industry lobby. All eyes fell upon AGA President Frank Fahrenkopf Jr., who was in the audience.

Box score: Stars 6, Dukes 5: Time--2:48. Umpires: HP--Sanders; 1B--Barksdale; 3B--Drake.

Where I Stand -- Mike O'Callaghan: The U.S. Senate's shame: One of my favorite senators, Olympia J. Snowe, Republican of Maine, is quoted as saying, "the example of Kosovo reminds us that warfare in the 21st century will demand the deployment over greater distances from airfields and posts at home." So? Snowe went on to say, "we cannot escape from the fact that alternative savings sources provide more reliable long-term relief for readiness and modernization programs."

Crash wipes out victory hopes: INDIANAPOLIS -- The start of Sunday's race was a little slow. We didn't have a very good start and fell back a few positions, but I wasn't about to pressure it that early.

Legislative summary: Governor Measures signed

Big push enables lawmakers to end short 120-day session: Brendan Riley; The last bill passed by the lawmakers was Gov. Kenny Guinn's Millennium Scholarship trust fund - the highlight of his state of the state speech in January.

Education gets increases in proposed budget: PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Allocates $1.12 billion, or about 35 percent of all state funds, for elementary and secondary schools. Gov. Kenny Guinn says that's the highest percentage of funding for K-12 programs in 10 years.

Congressional representatives push for airport: Officials are concerned that McCarran International Airport will eventually be overwhelmed by travelers and a second airport will be needed.

Mental health parity bill passed: Jennifer Coleman; The bill requires insurers to cover schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive, panic and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Those illnesses have high success rates with new medicines, said Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie, D-Reno, who co-sponsored the bill with Sen. Randolph Townsend, R-Reno.

Human services faces cuts under proposed budget: TOTAL PERCENTAGE: Cuts the allocation for human services overall to 24 percent of the total state spending from 27 percent currently.

Wildfires char thousands of acres in Southern Nevada: Sandra Chereb; Only 20 percent of the Blue Garden Fire was contained or surrounded early today, said National Park Service spokeswoman Heidi Netzler. Lightning sparked the fire on Friday.

Chess tournament set for July; role of defending champion uncertain: Robert Macy; Karpov's agent said Tuesday he would not participate.

Advertising director receives mentoring award: Advertising director receives mentoring award

High school girl arrested in bomb hoax: Authorities cracked the case thanks to a call to the Secret Witness hotline, Acting Washoe County Schools Police Chief Walt Lyman said

Public safety budget has hike for prisons, pays for hazardous material center: PRISONS: Legislators earmarked $303 million for the state's prison system - trimming $9 million from Gov. Kenny Guinn's proposed budget.

Man drowns after jumping into river to save son: Collins' son was playing at Centennial Park when he fell into the river.

Veterans fight for military funerals: "On behalf of the president of the United States, the Department of Defense and a very grateful nation," a uniformed honor guard member says, bearing a folded flag in white-gloved hands, "we present this flag to you in honor of your loved one's faithful and dedicated service to the United States military."

Some win, some lose in 1999 legislative session: Jennifer Coleman; Prison guards got a 7 percent raise, in addition to more protection from prisoners and a salary survey to see how their pay compares to guards in other western states. State employees got an unexpected 2 percent raise.

Reid, Bryan, Berkley cite sacrifices: Sen. Richard Bryan, D-Nev., said each generation has a responsibility to remind the next of the sacrifices of America's veterans.

Community forum on school violence: The 7 p.m. forum will be at Thurman White Middle School in Henderson.

Del Papa to announce Senate bid: Del Papa, 49, who backed out of a bid for governor last year, already has filed the Federal Election Commission paperwork needed to launch her bid for the seat Bryan is vacating.

Security experts cite importance of proper training: The family of a man who died as the result of an altercation with security officers at the Las Vegas Club won an out-of-court settlement exceeding $1.4 million in February.

The house wins again as Legislature draws to a close: Brendan Riley; But while Wynn is certain of his art tax break that could save him as much as $18 million, the casino industry in general may face hassles with voters next year as a result of the legislative events of 1999.

From six-shooters to squad cars, Washoe County sheriff collects history: "They had no cars with air conditioning, no flashlights, no radios. They did it by themselves."

Vegas top choice for trade shows: Chicago claimed 22 of the shows and Atlanta was third with 18.

Merrill Lynch to offer low-fee 'Net stock trading: Merrill Lynch & Co., joining startups like ETrade as well as long-established brokerages like Charles Schwab, announced today it is creating an Internet site for individuals to buy and sell stocks for $29.95 a trade.

Gaming industry appointments: Robert Guinn is director of gaming machine product development at VLC Inc.

Firm offers sports bets for PC users: The statewide service, approved for trial by the Nevada Gaming Control Board, will allow people to place the traditional range of sports wagers from personal computers in their homes or offices. It will be available to players who have registered for the service, and who have opened a sports wagering account.

Session ends in a flurry: The 86-year-old state industrial insurance system that cared for employees hurt on the job was dismantled. Legislation was passed to prepare citizens for the new era of competition in the 21st century among electric companies.

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State business director dies at 51: He was 51 years old.

Electric deregulation bill heads to governor: Jennifer Coleman; With Guinn's expected signature of SB438, Nevada will join 21 other states that have moved to deregulate the industry.