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A   $10 million  suit charging  "intentional decep-tion" has  been filed  in   Washoe District Court  byTahoe  Sierra  Development  Co .  Inc. against Boise

Cascade  Communities Inc.Also named   as  defendants  are   Incline Village

Inc.,  a  Boise subsidiary,  and the  Interlake  Steel Co.

According to the complaint, Tahoe Sierrabought  two  parcels  of  land from Boise Cas-cade in 1968 for over  $600,000.  Intending tobuild condominiums, they asked for assur-ance from Boise Cascade that they did notintend to build competitive units. Boise Cas-cade, the suit alleges, made an oral  agree-ment to this effect.On   this  understanding,  Sierra  Tahoe proceeded

with construction and has built 158 units to date.Tahoe  Sierra  also bought  38   acres  in Brockway,and planned to build 785  more ,  the complaint  states.

In   August  of  1970,  however,  the  co-defendant,Incline   Village Inc., filed  a  subdivision  ma p  withthe   Washoe Regional Planning  Commssion  askingauthority, which was granted, to build 136  condo-minium   units.

Tahoe   Sierra  says that word of the project hasleaked   out and many people are not buying theirunits a s  they have been advised  that  Incline VillageInc. will  undersell them.

The  suit alleges that in 1968 Boise Cas-cade made representations that were falsewith  the intent  to  induce  the  plaintiff  to. . .  purchase land from them. Accordingto the plaintiffs, Boise Cascade intended atall times to build  condominiums,  knowingthat their competition would  be injurious toTahoe Sierra.Represented  by   Reno attorney  Coe   Swobe  and

the firm of Echeverria  and Osborne, Tahoe Sierraclaims   damages  of  5 , 0 8 7 , 0 0 0 i n  addition  to  punitivedamages  of the  same amount.

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Tuna   Boats  SeizedQUITO,  Ecuador (UPI)  —   Ecuador reported

Monday the  capture  of two  more American  tunaboats accused  of poaching in   territorial waters.  Th eseizures brought  to 14 the  number  of  trawlers cap-tured since Jan.  11.

Th e  Navy ministry identif ied  the new   tuna boats

seized  as the  Caribbean  and the Day  Island,  botho f   San Diego, Calif. It disclosed at the  same  timethat  Ecuador  has  collected about  7 0 0 , 0 0 0  in  f i n e sand   licenses  from  the seized ships.

Ecuador claims its  terri torial  waters extend2 00   miles  off-shore  while  the   United States recog-nizes only a 12-mile limit for deep sea fishing.

One of the   captured American boats,  the  Lex-ington, still is undergoing   repairs  in a Guayaquildockyard,  the   navy said.  Th e  Lexington  s u f f e r e dbow  damage while inadequately anchored, the   Navysaid.

Today's  Journal18  Pages,  2  Sections

NEVADA-CALI FORNI A:  Elvis Presley  l i f e  threatargued—Page  11Washoe jud ge talks about youth trend in  f e l o n y Page 11Wells  Overpass  and  property  tax  increaseviewed—Page 8Teamster loan f or  Tahoe development  probed

—Page  8U.S . -WORLD:  U g a n d a  president  overthrown

—Page 2Venezuelan   airliner  crashes—Page 2

SPORTS: USC  takes over  No. 1 spot—Page 9Sullivan  Award  recipient  named—Page  10Ralph  Mantor  wins  pro-am—Page 10Amusements   and   Theaters  7Classified  Advertisements  14-17Dear Abby  12Deaths and Vita l Statistics 3Editorials  and   Commentary  4Gallup  Poll  11Health  Column  4Legislative News  2Nevada-California  News  7Sparks  High  School News   3Sports Section  9 - 1 0Stock  Market Report  13Tahoe Basin News  7Television   Log 12Weather  Map and  Temperatures  2World  News Briefs  2World  o f  W ome n  5

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—Frank  Sinatra was accusedof  beating up a Mexicanphotographer  and  smashinghis  camera after  the  photo-grapher  took his  photo  at anAcapnlco night club  Monday.

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H e a r i n g  S t a r t sSAN FRANCISCO  (UPI)-

The skipper  of the  ArizonaStandard said M onday his sistership, the Oregon Standard,disappeared   from  hi s  rada rscreens   shortly before  a  colli-sion  under  the  Golden GateBridge a week ago whichcreated  a  vast  oi l  spill.

Capt. Harry  H.  Parnell , 46, ofAlameda, told a Coast Guardhearing  into  the incident thathis   ship's  bow was struck in theother ship  "like  a  cork  in aleaky   bottle."

Parnell  said  he  shifted  hiscargo   from front  to  back  tochange the trim so the ArizonaStandard could back out.

He said the ships were locked

together about seven hoursbefore they were pulled   apart .Parnell  said  his   ship  wa s

carrying   114,800 barrels  of SanJoaquin crude  oil and it has acapacity  of  115,000 "barrels.

The ship has an allowabledraft  of 31  feet,  3-8 of an  inchand was 31 feet  at the  time  ofthe   impact .

Parnell   said his chief  o f f i c e rplotted   the  course  of theOregon  Standard  for   some timeprior   to the  collision.  H e  saidthe Oregon Standard "blendedinto"  the bridge on the radarscreens before the collision.

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munist  troops prowling thefringes  of  Phnom Penh  ha-rassed   Cambodian positions  15miles  northwest of the capitalMonday and  U.S. aircraft werecalled  in to  silence them.  Th ecurfew   here  wa s  tightenedamid new   terror  bomb  scares.

In   southern Cambodia, Cam-bodian and  South Vietnameseforces ended   a  12-day  o f f e n s i v ealong Highway 4 between PhnomPenh  and the  seaport  ofK o mp o n g  Thorn,  declaring  theroad open a nd   ready  fo r  traffic.

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C H A R L E S   M A N S O N

Voting  Machine

Error  Reported

  y  ommitteeA   special Assembly commit-

tee   reported Monday  it  f o u n da voting machine used in thedisputed election between Dem-ocrat  A rt  Espinoza  and   Repub-lican  Hal   Smith  of  Henderson,wa s  defective  and it did notproperly count the votes  castfo r   Smith.

The   committee, composed off o u r  Republicans  and   threeDemocrats, unan imously report-ed its findings to the   full Assem-

bly   which will take up the seat-ing of  Smith today.

Party LinesDemocrats concede   the As-

sembly will probably vote   alongparty lines to seat Smith butindicate   the   contest  of electioncould end up in the  N e vadaSupreme Court.

Espinoza said he wasn' t   goingto bow out of the  contest  butadmitted  no w  there  wa s  somedoubt as to who was  actuallyelected   last  November.

"When   I came up here therewas no  doubt,  but now I 'm notsure,"  he   said.  Further  act ion,he   said, will  be up to his at-torneys.

Assemb lyman  Do n  Mello,  D-Sparks,   a  m em ber  of the  spe-cial committee, said   he expect-ed the  lower house  to  dividealong   party lines.  Th e  Repub-licans hold   a  21-18 majority.

Th e  committee  f o u n d  the vot-ing   machine  in  question "hasbeen kept  in a  place  and insuch  a m anner that it was nottampered with since   its   be ingused   for voting  purposes  an dthat  the   m achine  has not beenopened or moved since  the  f r o n t

doors of the  machine, only, wereopened   for the  purpose  of read-ing the  votes cast  for the  o f f i c eof   Assembly  by the  recountboard."

Vote ReportThe report said 165 persons

voted, with Espinoza receiving7 9 ;   J ames  E. Smalley getting76   and   Smith  8. The  committeesaid   Smalley's  vote  was not indoubt.

After  testing the machine, thehighest n umber  of  votes record-ed for  Smith  wa s  eight.  Ye tSmith  presented  62   depositionsfrom   persons  wh o  voted, thatsaid they voted for him.

The   f inal  outcome  was   2 , 0 8 8fo r   Espinoza an d 2,072 for  Smith.

F o l l o w e r s

T o   M ai n t a i n

L o n g   V i g i lLOS ANGELES  ( U P I ) - A s

the verdict convicting hippieleader Charles Manson   andthree  of his  girl  followers  ofseven counts  of  murder  wa sread,  four  pale ,  waifish-lookinggirls   knelt side-by-side in  f r o n tof   tte  Hall  of  Justice.

Sandra   Good, Ketty Lutesin-ger,  Sue   Bartell  and   BrendaMcCann   knelt with  rather  wa nexpressions   and talked  with-newsmen   as  news of the  verdictreached them.  A   suddenforlorness came over them butthey said they would continuetheir  vigil until "Charlie wasfree."

Girls ConfidentTheir "father,"   Manson ,  the

man who was convicted justminutes  before  of  seven countso f  first degree murder  andconspiracy to murder in thegrisly   slaying  of  honey-blondeactress  Sharon  Tate  and sixothers  in  A ug. 1969, will  befree,  according  to the  girls.

W he n  asked  how   long theywould   maintain  their  vigil, analmost daily watch   that has runthe course of the seven m onth

trial,  they each said, "We'rejust  going  to  wait  here  until h e(Manson)   gets  out."

Reporters  a n d  onlookerspressed  around  the   girls  an dthrew questions at them aboutthe   verdict.

"W hat 's  your  reaction  to theverdict  for your  m a n ? "  on eperson called out.

"What 's  there  to   say?"  saidSandy with wide-eyed petu-lance. "The   press  has  been  themouthpiece   of the  prosecution.Charlie never  preached a  racewar.  He   never  did any of  thosethings.  W ho  knows what hap-pened? Nobody   wa s  allowed  totestify," she   said.

Vigil  MaintainedA ll  during the  trial,  his

"family" girls sat or kneltoutside the  gray - columnedcourthouse. They sang songs,they  "prayed"  and they readletters  f r o m  their  leader  wh owas   incarcerated  in one of theupper floors. Each had carvedan   "X" into  their  foreheads.This,  they  claim,  symbolizestheir  last  names. "We have nolast names. "We're   all  "X."

G e r m a n ,   F r e n c h L e a d e r sS t r e s s   M o n e t a r y  U n i o n

PA RIS  (U PI )— W e s t  GermanChancellor  W i l ly  Brandt  andFrench President  G e o r g e sPompidou agreed Monday  tomo v e  towards European  Mone-tary   Union step by step, thusremoving a major irritant inFranco-German relations.

Determimed   to  restore  f u l lharmo n y in  relations,  the twoleaders sought to resolve otherdifferences  concerning East-West  relations  an d  Britain'sCommon   Market membership.

Brandt and Pompidou movedFranco-German relations  off

their dead center  on   Europeanproblems during  an  hour-longElysee   Palace conversation.  Itwas the  first  of  three  meetingsMonday and  Tuesday undertheir regular bi-annual sum-mits.

"Our conversation will allow

us to  move forward on the  roadof   monetary  and   economicunion," Brandt told newsmenlater.  He   said  he was  "verysatisfied" by the way the   talkswent.

Details  of the  compromisewere  no t im mediately disclosed.

PATRICIA KRENWINKEL

LESLIE  VAN HOUTEN

SUSAN   DENISE ATKINS

  e a v y  Fighting

R a g i n g   in  L a o sV IEN TIAN E,  Laos  (UPI)-

Conununiques  Monday reportedheavy  fighting

  between Laotianforces   and  1,500 North  Vietna-mese troops  nea r  the   Plain  ofJars.  Three Laotian positionswere  attacked  an d  there werereports  of  Communist Chinesemilitary   supply planes landingin   Laos.

Th e  o f f i c i a l  spokesman  forthe   Laotian Defense Ministry,  e n Thongphan   Knocksy,  de-scribed the  f ighting  as "veryheavy"   but   gave  no   details  one f f e c t s  or  casualties.  He   saidthree  battalions  of  NorthVietnamese   attacked govern-ment positions north, northeastand   southeast  of the  Plain  ofJars,  a  vast  tract  situated  incentral Laos.

Thongphan   said  six   NorthVitenamese   battalions, identi-

f i e d   as  elements  of the  3 1 2 t h

Infantry   Division, returned  to

northeast Laos in the plain arealast week after  f o u r  m onths of

regrouping  an d  t ra in ing  in

North  V ie tnam .  He did notspecify  whether  the  f i g h t i n glast weekend   i n v o l v e d  theseunits  bu t  that  was theimplication.

PRECIPITATION  D ATAAmount  recorded  (or the   24 hour  period

ending  at 4  p.m,noneJuly  1, to  date,  3.98To date  last  year,  4.17Normal  to date,  3.78Sunset  today,  5:11 p.mSunrise tomorrow,  7:12  a.m.

FORE C AST RENO  AND VICINITY  -  F*lr  with

some high  clouds  through  Wednesda y .Mild  days.  Gent le  winds. High  <0. Low 25.

E A S T E R N  NEVADA  —  Partly  cloudyin the north and   fair  In the  south  throughWednesday.   Mild  days.

S O U T H E R N  NEVADA -  Fair  throughWednesday. A lit t le windy in the after-noons.

S I E R R A   N E V A D A —  Fair  through

Wednesday. Slight ly  warmer  da y s .WESTERN NEVADA —  Occasionalcloudiness In the   extreme north but  fairotherwise  through  Wednesda y .  Slightlywarmer  days.

L A K E T A H O E B A S I N  -  Fair withsome high  cloudiness  through  Wednesda y .Mild  days.  Gent le  northerly  winds.  Highin   the  40s and low 50s. Low  in  to 20,

A b a n d o n e d   C a r s S o l u t i o n  S o u g h t

S e v e n D e a t h s

A t t r i b u t e d

T o   'F a m ily 'LO S  A NGELES  (UPI) -

Charles Manson and   threehomeless young women hesnared into a  cuit  of free loveand   bloody death were convict-ed   Monday  of first  degreemurder in the   senseless  slaugh-

ter of actress Sharon   Tate  andsix   other  helpless  victims.

Th e  same predominantlymiddle-aged  jury now willdecide whether the 36-year-oldex-convict guru  an d  three  dark-haired   hippie  girls  will  get  lifeimprisonment   or  death  in thegas   chamber.

"You'l l  never live  to see  thatday," Manson snarled  to JudgeCharles J.  Older  as he was ledfrom   a  courtroom that  w as  wallto wall with armed  deputies.

Girls  GiggleTh e  girls giggled after  the

verdicts  were  read  and onesaid:  Oh,  doesn't the  ju rlook sad "

The seven-man,  five-womanjury  f o u n d  the self-styled Jesus  Christ"  guilty  of  sendinghis   "robots"  out to  stab  an dshoot to   death five  persons atthe   Tate  home  and two  others

at the   residence  of  wealthysupermarket owner Leno   LaBi-anca .

Th e   girls  —Susan  Atkins,  22 ,Patricia  Krenwinkel,  23, andLeslie  Van Houten, 21   —alsowere   convicted  of  first  degreemurde r .  Miss  V an   Houten,  aformer high school beautyqueen,  wa s  charged  only withthe   LaBianca  slayings andconspiracy to commit  murder.

Th e  f o u r  were convictedlargely  on the  eyewitnesstestimony   of  tiny blonde LindaKasabian, who joined the weirdcommune only  a  month beforethe August, 1969,  slayings  andwho   was given immunity fromprosecution   in   exchange  forturning informer.  She was  lastreported  with  her mother andtwo   children  in New   Ham p-shire.

Penalty Phase

The penalty phase of the  trialwill  start  Thursday. DeputyDistrict Attorney Vincent Bugli-osi said he expected to   callabout  50 witnesses  in  support  ofthe   state  demand that  all   fourgo to the gas chamber at SanQuentin.

Manson   heard  the   verdicts  inabsolute silence but then begancalling to the judge: Hey,pops.  Look  at me  pops."

"We weren' t allowed to puton   a defense, old man," hesaid.  "I  think  the jury's  guilty."

Th e  three young women,dressed in blue denim prisondresses  w i t h  darker bluesweaters, put their  headstogether  an d  whispered  as theverdicts were  read  by   courtclerk Gene Darrow.

27   VerdictsIt  took Darrow  16 minutes  to

read the 27  separate  verdicts

which  included four counts  ofconspiracy to commit  murde ras   well  as the  individualkillings.

Defense   attorney  Paul Fitz-gerald said the defendantsexpected  the  guilty  verdicts a ndthat their lawyers were  "disap-pointed but not surprised.

"W e  thought we lost the   casewhen we  lost  the  change  ofv en ue  motion. W e had  about  asmuch chance  of a  fair  trial  inLos A ngeles as Sam Sheppard

Legislation  wa s  introducedMonday to  ha l t  the   spread  ofabandoned  cars  across  the   c o u n -tryside   in   Nevada ,

Sen.  C l i f f  Young, R-Reno, andLe e  Walker ,  D-North Las Ve-gas, propose each mototist  pay  2 5 - 5 0  for   each  car to the  StateM o t o r V e hi c le D e p a rt m e n twhich  would  set up a  revolving

f u n d .   W h e n th e  motorist  turnsin   his car to a  ju nk  dealer,he   w o u l d  receive  a  r e f u n d  ofhis   fee .

You ng  said over a  10-year  per-

iod   there were 3,500  old   cars

abandone d  alone  in Sun Valley

north of  Reno . T he  persons  wh o

abandone d  cars  would  not re-

ceive  their  r e f u n d  under this

legislation.  T hat money wouldbe   used to  haul  the   cars  awayto   j u n k  yards.

In   a  second ecology bill,  the

State  Depar tm ent  of  Heal th ,W e l f a r e an d  Rehabilitationw o u l d   set up  rules towards stop-p i n g   excessive  noist  in   variousparts  of  Nevada .

SB-39,  sponsored  by  Y o u n g ,

Walker,  C h i c  Hecht , R -Las V e-

gas, Thomas  Wilson, D-Reno,

and   John Foley, D-Las Vegas

says, "the legislature  f i n d s  that

excessive noise endangers phy-sical  and   emotional health  andwell-being,  interferes  with  l e g i t i -mate business  an d  recreational

activities,  increases constructioncosts,   depresses property val-ues,  o f f e n d s  the senses,  createspublic  nuisances and reduces thequality of our  environment."

Y o u n g   an d  W i l s o n  also  spon-

sored   SB-41 which  protects  wild

horses and burros. It prohibits

the   killing  of  mustangs  or  bur-ros,  but it  would  allow theircapture  if it was  determinedth e   animals have seriously  in -jured  w i l d l i f e  or  agricultural  in-terests.

A l s o   introduced  in the  Senatewa s  a  resolution  for the  leg-islative  commission to study en-vi r onme nt a l po llution and  reportto  the  1973 Nevad a  Legislature.

had in  Cleveland."

Three  Killed

In ExplosionMcALESTER,  O W a (UP I )~

Three men were killed andthree  others  injured  Monday

night when an explosion at theU.S. Naval Amm unition Depotsouth of McAlester destroyed ad e a c t i v a t i oM   furnace  aw d  fa-cility.