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PAGE 5-SUPPLEMENT TO PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY. JULY 9, 1975 Outdoors reaches peak of grandeur in west That is judgment of Committee9s chairman following picture making session in Nevada By BILL AuCOIN Chairman, Committee for the Great Outdoors Nevada is Las Vegas, Reno. Casinos. Top flite enter tainment. Pun, yes! And Nevada is some of the grandest outdoor scenery and recreation in North America. Mountains with tow­ ering ponderosa pines. Rushing streams. Deep-blue water framed with warm sandy beaches and purple cliffs. Rainbow sprinkled panoramas. This "other Nevada" -- Nevada outdoors -- beckoned the Committee for the Great Outdoors to take a look. Don Payne, the chief of the Laa Vegaa News Bureau, invited the Committee to come to Laa Vegaa -- not for its night life -- but to see just how beautiful is the surrounding countryside. So the Committee, rep­ resenting major recrea­ tion-oriented firms, sent its crew of photographers and writers to Las Vegas last September. They set­ tled in the new and spec­ tacular MOM Grand Hotel and spent the week -- in the field -- gathering the material for the ninth Great Outdoors newspaper section. Welcomed by Governor The GO Committee re­ porters were welcomed to Nevada by Gov. Mike O'Callaghan at a warm reception hosted by the MGM hotel and the Las Vegas News Bureau. The following week Payne es­ corted the GO task force to the scenic wonders he had talked about. The Committee's chief photographer, Richard Matt, and John Stone, backed up by the News Bureau's Don Beale and Don English, agreed with Payne's summation--"This is the Great Outdoors." The first stop on the agenda -- Lake Mead, 255 square miles of clear, cool water. Mead, created 30 years ago when Hoover Dam tamed 115 miles of the famous Colorado, is home water to thousands of wa­ ter skiers, sailors, cruisers, and fishermen. "The Nevada Fish and Game Department has a continuing program of re­ search to maintain Mead as one of the better bass impoundments -In the west," said Payne. "But it also offers some of the country's best all-around sweetwater fishing--rain­ bow trout, salmon. striped bass, crappie, bluegill, and catfish." North from Las Vegas, the Great Outdoors en­ tourage found another photographer's paradise, the Valley of Fire State Park. This 26,000-acre rec­ reation area is an archeo- logical museum of early civilization. Clear, fresh streams On another day Payne led the group west out of Las Vegas to an area of brilliantly colored sand­ stone formations called "Red Rock." This north- south valley is bordered by a multi-colored es­ carpment towering several thousand feet and bisected by unique side canyons where melting snows spawn fresh, clear streams and a myriad of wild- flowers. From this valley you can see 12,000-foot Mount Charleston, biggest peak in the Spring Mountains, many developed camp­ grounds, picnic sites, over- * * Car battery or pack provides power for new portable TVs looka, and hiking trails. Before the week waa over Payne eaally had demon­ strated to the group that Southern Nevada offered the great outdoorsman delightful choices -- boat­ ing, photography, fishing, archery, hunting, bicy­ cling, camping, rec-veeing, off-roading, or a peaceful picnic punctuated by some soft radio music. Time always passes too quickly when such enjoy­ able work has to be done. So it was impossible for * the crew to visit many famous areas only a few hours' drive away. Ghost towns Among them: the Grand Canyon and its counter­ part, the steaming Colo­ rado river; Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks in nearby" Southern Utah; Yosemite &hd Kings Can- For those people who still like to have a way xof keeping in touch with "civilization" while rough­ ing it in the Great Out­ doors, there is an elec­ tronic favorite that helps to do just that. It's a portable 9-inch diagonal black-and-white TV re­ ceiver that goes anywhere and plays anywhere with­ in reach of a television station signal. This versatile compan­ ion operates on AC in­ doors, provides stop-and- view convenience with a special DC adapter cord plugged into the 12 volt electrical system of your car or recreational vehicle, or plays on an optional (extra cost) battery pack. The DC adapter cord which plugs into your auto cigarette lighter, a detach­ able sunshield, as well as an earphone attachment, are all standard equip­ ment. This receiver, called the Zenith Jet Set, is all-solid state in chassis design. Watch your favorite If you include the Jet Set with your camping equipment, Mom and the kids can enjoy watching their favorite morning tel­ evision show while Dad is off with rod, reel and lure to bring in the morning breakfast. On a rainy day, everybody can watch it indoors. The latest news ... a favorite ball team . . . are y o u r s w h i l e w e e k e n d camping. If you are out of reception range of your local TV station, perhaps you can switch your alle­ giance temporarily to a competitive ball club play­ ing in k city tfrat's near your campsite. More conveniences* Your Jet Set receiver has other advantages: its picture tube produces bright, detailed pictures with excellent contrast and sharpness over the entire TV screen. There, is also a solid state Custom Video Range 82-channel tuning system with a 70- position Synchromatic de­ tent UHF channel selector. Practically all of the set's vital TV circuitry is mounted on a solid state Uni-Panel that slides out for ease of servicing if and when needed. yon National Park in mid- California; Death Valley, and numerous ghost towns. Las Vegas is gaming tables and night life. But ifevada is also the Great Outdoors. Maybe You can't tell--maybe a fish goesx home and lies about the §ize of bait he stoleC -Journal, Milwaukee. from HISTORY'S SCRAPB00K DATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS July 4, -Independence Day in the United States of America. July 5, 1865-William Booth founds the Salvation Army in London. July 6, 1952-En route to England from New York, the liner United States establishes a new speed record across the Atlantic. The crossing took 3 days, 10 hours, and 40 minutes. July 7, 1898-President McKinley signs a joint resolution of Congress authorizing the annexation of Hawaii by the United States. 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