Nevada will join exhibitors from all · over tbe U.S. and Qmada a.t "Insite .. '84H, an international business-site ,. conference and inchlltrial trade show Oct .. UH2 at tbe San Frane~ Civic Center.l{jgh.:f.ecb companies from Silicon Valley and other parts of . California are among tbe companies registered to attend. Tbe Nevada · Pavilion is being coordinated by tbe . state Economic Development Commission andwill include fro~mtbe .- "'. Reno area tbe EcQ!lOIDic Devel · Authority of Western Nevada, t • 'It's ~ over,' says· one; - b~t others Federal S&Vings, Pace Tech, Pacific Freeport Group, tbe Desert ReSearch Institute and tbe University of see revival. . as tourist' attraction Nevada. Tbe Nevada Qeve)opment . FORMER DUDE RANCH: Donner Trail Dinner Hou~. Authority of Las Vegas also will be ~ted . By SUSAN VOYLES To m(!et Joan and Harry Drackert In ··. their Indian .Territory 'store In down- ·• Classified 8dvertlslog.up ·" town Reno, you:ll find no bin~ of the , . . wild and r:ough tlmes·they had m tend-..-· Tbe J;\enO econOmy continUe& to ing bar for Indians, mustangers, wran IP'OW· according to a 17.4 percent · gle~. ~d-eyed . journalists. · ~ and • tncrease in claSSified advertising in ilivorcees. the Reno' GaZette-Journal In August. The Drackerts were the bosses of the Help-wanted advertising showed a 38 gue&t ranch at {'yramid Lake in the percent lncreise,,sligJltly higher tbe 1950s, where this assorted group would · 30-percent range 1eert most of this · congregate in the late afternoons and year. Real estate advertising showed eveillngs at · the . ranch's bar. The no increase from last year. Drackerts moved on to two other ranches, the · Donner Trail Guest "'. .• Ranch, in Verdi, In the 19608, and the· Silver Circle Guest Ranch on Holcomb More, RaleY'• for Nevada Lane, .for a career SPanning 31 years In catering to divorcees. , · Raley's aqpermarkets are planning These guest ranches are now history. two more stores in Nevada, one to serie north Reno and one In Elko, Even for Joan, now 70, and Harry, 79, • making a total of 14 stores In tbe · · the old da~ ~m to leer from .a dis state, aecorc:lin& to Joe Braun, Raley's tant past. Pictures taken over • the. many years are still in their ~velopes · director of real estate In Sacramento. , ·yet to be sorted and put in albums. And On Oct. to, Tom· Raley, o,wner of the .• Joan says the whole affair is "old hat" ; 48'1tore chain, will officially ~n his · new $5 million headQuarters biiilding unless you' can get her "wound up." In Sacramento. It is 50th year in For eight years, thll Drackerts bave .. his been suburbanites, living In Huffaker business. He started with a small , · Hilla .- They worry about the eneroach store In Placerville, .Calif. ·mg · new apartment buildings rising outside,their deYel~ent. .. And they l)tve:';jfown weary . of Industrial C9"ferencf;t o~ratlng theP>•,n4Uln art sbop_on Vir- i . gwa ·Street" eyen - ~· buSmess IS . 1 More than 5,000 people are expected good, Joan ~;ud. j, It~.B -' tin'ie to, &ell the:- i ia LaS Vegu this Week to ·attend the · · .store and tra\fel;' to l,:tJ:eali!away from ' ' , ...... 27tlrannual conference o1 tbe . Reno, its dirty . ~wn, stree~ ; the;.- SURVIVORS: Joan and Harry Drackert in their Virginia S,treet store. American ~tion and Inventory pel])etual lndeciSOn bangtng over the . . · · · Control Society at Caesars Palaee. ' redevelopment of down tow!\ ·and the . . . . More than 250 t.~chnical papefll will be gambling scene. · ' ' services of the ranch Joan or. Harry The New Yorker magazme from 1950 said. And many were called ','Judge" presented by tbe na~on's. experts in· 38 1955. tbe areQ oflndUBtrial produCtivity. "We've been in the public ~ye for :would testify their g~ests never once to He found it .necessary ~o because they started their careers as a · and manufacturing Inventory control. years. It's time to do something else," left the state during their six weeks' become a Nevada restdent for stx judge or prosecutor in one of Nevada's Joan said. ''We've neve~ had a priv!lte ·stay and then leave the courtroom. weeks In 194~ and kept c~nning ~ack_. rural counties. Elwood Buff, the author of "Meeting life. We gotten ncb, but I think. ' Swearing falsely in regards to one's As a of tiiJ!(!S. Ltebhng I' tbe Competitive Challenge: . ~ven't chro~cler th~ In 1950, the divorce traqe began to I what we have done, we have ltesidence was among the most serious counted 130 lawrers m · tlie telephone ManufacturiDg Strategiels ·fw U.S. don~ , drop off, prompting the local bar asso Couipanies," will ·\lllveil his '"cure" well." · i· crimes ln'·Nevada, with the penalty of book in 1950, which worked out to one ciation to upgrade its standards. The Changing attitudes about. divorce . up to 14 years in prison. for every 160 residents. The glamour of for restoring AmeriCa's inchlltrial 1949 total of slightly more than five and more liberal laws in other s.tatea . , One of tlie Drackerts' best customers the Nevada divorce began in 1920 when thousand divorce decrees was the ~· put an end to the dude ranches. If there '· was Joe Liebling, wbo wrote a series of Mary Pickford got hers. · lowest since 1943, Liebling Sllid. . ~ ~·'···?· ~-,~e~~>,;_,~·;_ ~ ... : , . .. "', ·. were any chance ?f a re~wal of the -~,long articl~,.about.. Reno, the Drack- Some lawyers never tried anything Lawyers would send their wealthier ' ~t '.rancl\ busmess m northern,"' 'arts, ~ ml_· oJ..ake l'lld the Paiutes in . ther than an ,uncontested divorce, he ~-~· HonOnl 'fOr ..Dubllc transit .. ,_ N.:Na&,Sbeaaid,onlY>half - ~ · T~Z·,.~,.·· · · ,.~ , · .. ,...... ~· , ~lients t? . ~ne .of. th~ · r~ne_hes. "whsu:e. would be to provide work for some of P.o JI,..;j' \..V\.HU v ~ ~ v vn. Jl..\..1. (.l ;. l.\;) i:liHU p~ vuu - the thousands of people moving here. bly coddled a little bit, " J oa n said. The Regional Transportation The Drackerts managed the ranch at Commission and Citifare have been " It's over, it's over. I hate to spoil honored with the outstanding your story." Pyramid Lake from 1945-56; the Don achievement award presented by the Jean Ford, owner of Nevada Disco ner Trail guest ranch from 195~70; and American Public Trarisit Association very Tours in Las Vegas, disagrees. the Silver Circle Ranch from 1971-76. The former state senator holds high Harry, now hard of hearing but still for "meeting the public transit needs owlish-looking and bespectacled, says of the people of Reno." Alan Kiepper, hopes for a revival even though Rich chairman of the awards committee, and Lois Alfono, of the Williams Guest he misses his horses most. He was a said the Reno system has achieved its Ranch near Pioche, must support champion bronc rider in the 19205 and goals as measured by "ridership themselves by · work off the ranch. devoted his later years to breeding They are believed to be the only opera racehorses. growth, farebox return and other To Harry, the divorce trade was a significant measures of productivity." tors of a guest ranch left in Nevada. But there is plenty of talk. Bob Per cash crop in the summertime, Liebling In the past five years, the system wrote. Some of the daily disadvantages has grown from five to 'rl buses and chetti, of the Tonopah Convention from four to 21 routes. Ridership has Authority and Chamber of Commerce, to "dude wrangling" was "the daily is trying to convince some local ranch corvee of ·bringing a detail of the increased from 300,000·in the first women in to shop and have their hair yea~: to more than 3 milliqn. And the ers to get into the business. And a pub lic relations man is trying to generate done. system has acbieveWestern Village in Las Vegas. But no overnighters. Marilyn alfalfa or look over a quarter-horse percent to help support the system in colt, they would complain." 1982. Foreign tour o~_>erators, especially, FILM SCENE: Adra Akers portrays blackjack dealer Silver, relieving a are interested m "anything that male dealer, in this scene fr om "Desert of the Heart," filmed recently at There were well-known people at one smacks of the Old West," Ford said. the Mapes Hotei-Cas1no in Reno. or another of the ranches - Mary " But it really takes a tremendous Rockefeller, Arthur Miller, Saul Bel 2 public relations speakers investment in marketing and letting low and Evelyn Funt, Allen Funt's ex people know you are there. One has to wife. But mostly, they spent their time On Wednesday, public relations be prepared for the long haul. Filmmakers recapture Reno's hidden away from the press, including people have a cho1ce of two different "But with the renewed vitality of the photographer Don Dondero, local luncheon speakers. Karen Galatz state's tourism program, one doesn't writer Roll an Melton, and Bill Berry, a Gov. Richard Bryan's press secr~tary, have to do it all by themselves," she era as Divorce Capital of World local correspondent for several New Will share her experiences in handling said. York papers. the press at a noon meeting at the By SUSAN VOYLES a handful of women who have pro Joan laughed, recalling Mrs. Funt's Joan and Harry are among the last, duced a commercial movie, having Ormsby House. Reservations for .the if not the last, of the survivors of the Part of Reno's elegant era as the demands for a bed if she were to join meeting sponsored by the local worked four years to raise the an overnight pack trip from Donner dozen or so dude ranches in the Reno Divorce Capital of the World will be money. chapter of the International area that catered to the six-weekers. brought back to life with the prod Trail - that was the only way she Association of Business But she says her struggle was would go. "So they hauled a bed, a big They were mostly women but some uction of "Desert of the Heart." more a reflection of the recent hard Communicators should be made by men who came here to file for the It is a story of a 1950s English pro brass bed on a truck," she said. Monday. Call 785~285 and ask for the times rather than a statement on One gentleman for the London famed, painless Nevada divorce. fessor, a New Yorker who spends how difficult it is for women to community affairs office at Washoe The residence requirement, reduced her obligatory six weeks in Nevada Times, eager to impress one of the Medical Center. break into the upper echelons of the boarders, once wanted to reserve a to six weeks in 1931 as a concession to to get a divorc<:> . It's a story about filmmaking business, which has Allan Frank, president of Allan the Depression, is still the same how her life changes after meeting horse for the next day. "Now mind Frank and Associates Advertising, of even given throes to big names such you, I don't ride very well. I would like today. people in Reno. as Barbra Streisand and Jane Salt Lake Citr,. will discuss handling Even though only the prospective Donna Deitch, the producer and a horse that is about to be destroyed," since 1954 of 'his finger-licking good" Fonda. Joan recalled him saying. divorcee, her lawyer and a judge were director in Santa Monica, Calif. , fin She has not yet lined up a distribu- account, Kentucky Fried Chicken at a all that needed to be present for the ished six weeks of shooting here Horseback riding "gave these people meeting of the Reno Women in ' decree, getting a divorce was serious earlier this month. She is one of only See FILM, page 2F Advertising group at Harrah's business in Nevada. As part of the C.onvention Cent~r. Accompanying h1m wlll be Jack1e Trujillo, who started as a wa1tress for the colonel 31 years ago and is now executive vice president for operations. For reservations, call Valerie Glenn at 827-5551. Strike unthinkable for typically loyal Nissan worker Question 12 debate By EUGENE MOOSA/ The AP of 360,000 Cedrics and Pulsars a year . Suzuki entered the Nissan Technical High education and other needs. Suzuki is the " kumi-cho" - foreman - UTSUNOMIY A, Japan - Teruo Suzuki School to learn machine repair. After Suzuki is an active member of the All The Greater Reno-Sparks Chamber of a team that handles the underfloor joining Nissan in 1960, he switched to Nissan Motor Workers' Union, which is of Commerce will sponsor a free likes working on the Nissan auto assem assemblage, which involves mounting the assembly line work at the company plant regarded as one of the more passive forum on the Question 12 tax initiative bly line with a team of workers he says is like a "big family." engine, fuel tank, brake assembl y and in Yokosuka. among Japan's company unions, which in Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Airport other tubes, pipes, and the wheel axi s on Nissan is not one of those Japanese general are far less militant than the Plaza Hotel. The panel members in Strikes are- unthinkable these days, he the chassis. firms that expects its production workers mdustrywide labor unions in the United support of Question 12 are State says. "The union knows that the best way "We take pride in our jobs because to start the day by singing the company States. Treasurer Patty Cafferata and to ensure a worker's livelihood is to seek we're producing something, not shuffling song, but Suzuki and his colleagues are Suzuki recalls that when he first joined Howard Barrett, Nevada Taxpayers the company's prosperity." papers or something," Suzuki says. strong on corporate loyalty nonetheless. Nissan, older workers described a four Association director. Representing the Suzuki, 41, is the head of a "kumi," or The close ties of the workplace extend Suzuki earns the equivalent of $28,500 a month strike in 1953 thatall but wiped out opposing views are Andy Grose state team, in one of two assembly lines turning to off-duty hours as well. On weekends, he year. Four years ago, he bought a new, the company. They told him strikes were economic development director: and out subcompact models - many bound manages the unit's baseball team, and $60,900, two-story house near the plant on useless. Steve Brown, a Reno stockbroker. The for the United States - at Nissan's sometimes after work he joins colleagues a 15-year mortgage. As is the case with The All Nissan Motor Workers' Union panel will debate the issue and take Tochigi Plant in Utsunomiya, about 60 at the local " kara-oke," or sing-along most major Japanese companies, Nissan repr~ents all 76,000 employees below the questions from the audience. miles north of Tokyo. The 736-acre plant bar. fringe benefits include special loan assis STAFF REPORTS employs 8,600 people and produces a total From junior high school in Yokohama , tance to employees to finance homes, See NISSAN, page 2F ~ ~ ~un: .,~ ..,...LUCT" WCI~liAV .~ · ,YC~ AUUWIJ, 111~ vt:sn com ~::; Mapes Hotel was brought to flight at 9:30 p.m. "Starting to ~sing-' and several shorts. life for casino scenes. And scenes looK .at dailies at that hour and .panese were also shot at the courthouse, a getting up at four or five in the "I think people are interested in wedding chapel, the railroad sta morning is a little harder," she stories about women. Not so many re, Set tion and Parker's Western Store. said. films are · being made about "A lot of locations are "But the only stumbling block ughter, women ~ as the·leading characters to c.ol unchanged," she said. was the afternoon wind. We were and the changes in people's Severalhundredlocalpeople,as shooting exteriors and at a certain on her, lives," she said. !agree, . extras, will be seen in the picture. point the wind would come up," Helen Shaver· is Vivian Bell, the More than 700 people turned out she said. professor who returns to New on call day. Antique car buffs, "But the coo~ration from recom-. York. Shaver recently appeared 1 lively members of various auto clubs, everyone was ternfic," she said,. storted • in "Best of Friends" with Eddie also were brought into service. "Everybody wanted to work on it ships," Murphy and Dudley Moore. Audra And the ranch at Pyramid Lake and we're excited about it. It Lindley, known for her role as also was used. Joan Drackert, seems to have been a favorite "Mrs. Roper" on "Three's Com- who ran the guest house there time in Reno."
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