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Fresno, Calif.-The Fresno and Madera Counties Building Trades Council has voted to enter the cooperative homebuilding field and announced its intention tb form a nonprofit corporation to sponsor a group of lor,v-cost homes on a_tract just west of Fresno on Kearney boulevard. Lloyd Myers, Council secretary, last month said the size of the project rvas undecided but, if it appears practical, the project may be aimed at providing low-cost housing for elderly, low-income people. Tl.re Kavanagh Building Co. r,r'as selected to erect the h<-ruses.

Hubert C. Nead of the Nead Lumber Co., Redding, designed the recently opened new $80,000 First Baptist church there and served as general superintendent of construction. Volunteer labor did itost of the construction work.

A spectacular fire at the Lopez Lumber Co., Albuquerque, N. N{., recently destroyed about one-third of the 1ard, reported Severo Lopez, manager, and "Slim" Lopez of the yard.

The brush fire which swept over 40 acres of timberland south of Half Moon Bay last month did heavy damage to timber in the area, reported the San Mateo county fire department.

Dunsmuir, Calif.-A rrlnaway truck-and-trailer heavily loaded with plywood went out of control and rolled through this Siskiyou county lumber torvn last month killing one person, injuring four others, smashing seven cars and rip- ping through five storefronts. The truck u'as orvned by a Tucson, Ariz., suppiy company.

The Holiday hotel, a lavish, nerv eight-story lanai building recently opened in downtown Reno, rvas based on a ner.v idea for visitors to the area. Costing in excess of $4 rnillion, the hotel caters to sportsmen and rvomen who visit Reno for its breathtaking hunting, fishing, skiing, golfing ancl other sports activities. The management of the net' hotel pror.ides only 50 slot machines and does not offer the usual casino games rvhich are traditional in Reno. A private hunting preserve and a privately orvned lake for fishing is available to. sports-minded guests of the hotel. John V. Nfueller is president of Holiday, Inc., ou'ner of the Holiday hotel. Other prgminent men on the board include Nor- rnan Biltz; Dollar Associates, San Francisco shipping, timber and financial firm; Robert Cavenaugh and Marsh Johnson. General manager of the hotel is Arthur Allen. The hotel has 200 rooms, each with an outdoor balconv. The hotel occupies a square block in dor,vnton'n Reno on the Truckee river, and offers guests and visitors the largest parking facilities in Reno. A drive-in garage rvith faiili-