Weekend burglaries hit visitors residents and shops
Police report a string of burglaries and thefts over the weekend. A Chicago woman saw her motel room broken into with jewelry and a cashmere sweater costing about 700 dollars taken. A Nantucket woman indoors at a downtown hotel found her room ransacked with jewelry and about 300 dollars missing. City Hall staffer surprised a thief who fled with keys and 70 dollars. A beauty shop window was broken and a wig worth 65 dollars stolen. An unused apartment lost a 100 dollar electric range. A policewoman’s home suffered 1600 dollars in furniture jewelry and personal items stolen hidden via ongoing burglaries in the area. Additional break-ins totaled 350 dollars cash 150 dollars in jewelry a 600 dollar typewriter and 180 dollar wristwatch. A car was stripped of 221 dollars in parts. teens suspected. Coin slot tampering at a gas station yielded 74 bottles of free pop. A motel soda machine was pried open taking 50 cents to 1 dollar.
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Helen Berky
Chicago
Blanche Corrigan
Nantucket
R.I
Taken
City Hall
Jennieve Asbaugh
Margaret Neal
N. 8Th St
Elmo Jackson
Galaxy Apartments
Jackie Lucero
Sundale
N. 12Th St
Donald Richard
Fremont Street
Las Vegas Building Slump Persists in July
Building permits in Las Vegas totaled 1.19 million in July, far below July 1965's 5.37 million, with the year’s total through July at 9.88 million. Home building remains about half of total activity, pace dips from 1963 peak, 31 new homes permits in July, 199 first seven months. February low at 864,676.
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Las Vegas
John Replogle
Russian Farm Lively Contrast With Lincoln Era
In Lincoln's time a farmer served three or four others. half the nation farmed. Now 64 percent of workers are in agriculture and a farmer feeds himself plus 35 others. In Russia today a farmer feeds five or six others with over 40 percent of the labor force farming.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Russia
Las Vegas Sun Publisher and Staff Credits
The Las Vegas Sun lists its publishing staff including Ruthe Deskin as assistant to the publisher and Bryn Armstrong as executive editor. VInce Ansemo is managing editor with Dave Bradley as city editor and Lerry Appleby as women's editor.
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The
Las Vegas Sun, Inc
South
Commerce Street
Las Vegas
Nevada
Ruthe Deskin
Bryn Armstrong
Vince Ansemo
Dave Bradley
Lerry Appleby
Jack Davenport
William Sherwood
Burt Bay
Haney Womack
H. M. Greenspun
Ray Ger‘aain
Ruthe Oes.kin
Barbara Green
Ward-Griffith Co
Chicago
Detroit
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
United Press International
Nevada State Press Association
American Newspaper Publishers Association
California Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mail Subscription Rates for United States Readers
Subscription prices shown are for one month three months six months and twelve months. Rates apply to continental United States readers only and all subscriptions must be paid in advance.
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Continental
United States
Judge Sets Ruling Date on Wilons writ of oram nobis
Dist. Judge John Mowbray fixed August 17 to rule on Jesse Wilsons bid for a writ of oram nobis seeking to overturn a 1961 assault with a deadly weapon conviction on constitutional grounds. If rights were violated the old conviction could be stricken and the ex convict in possession of a concealed weapon charge dismissed. Wilsons illiteracy blindness and alleged lack of counsel at preliminary hearing are cited.
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Dist
John Mowbray
Jesse Wilson
Wilson
Nelle Price
July Sets Records for Las Vegas Marriage Licenses
County Clerk Loretta Bowman reported July 1965 broke all records for marriage license applications in Las Vegas and led the fiscal year. Among 3,882 couples issuing licenses were Brigitte Bardot Mia Farrow and their husbands, while June had 3,526 licenses and earlier months ranged from 3,711 to 3,716.
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Brigitte Bardot
Gunther Sachs
Mia Farrow
Frank Sinatra
Schmaltz
Loretta Bowman
Las Vegas
Miss Bardot
Miss Farrow
Neighbors challenge plan for Washington Tonopah Texaco station
Las Vegas city commissioners set 7 p.m. hearing on Ed Fountain and Anthony Miranti proposed Texaco service station at Washington and Tonopah Highway. Carrigan and Smith appeals of a Board of Zoning Adjustment permit loom as residents protest the project. If upheld, case returns to District Court. hearings also on a special assessment district and rear yard setback denial for Dudley. Commissioners may name Regional Planning Council members and review waste disposal plans and downtown garage demolitions.
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Las Vegas
Ed Fountain
Washington and
Tonopah Highway
Gene Carrigan
Fountain
Anthony Miranti
Board of Zoning Adjustment
Franklin Smith
Twin Lakes Subdivision
Miranti
R. V. Dudley
Easy Street
Regional Planning Council
Michael Landwirth
Four Queens
Gordon Shelton
Bill Schardein
Black Orchid
H” Street
Charles Kellar
Owens
Carson
Ogden
Silver State Disposal Service
McCarran Field Struggles as Airline Strike Drains Revenue
McCarran Field in Las Vegas bleeds money as a major airline strike stretches into its fourth week. Passenger traffic collapses from 6,182 to about 2,000 daily, landing fees drop, concessions falter, and staff furloughs rise while officials dip into the building fund to stay afloat.
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McCarran Field
McCarran
Erle Taylor
Taylor
Ken O'Connell
Las Vegas
Johnson
America
Jack Gordon
Trans World Airlines
Washington
Young Democrats Meet Tonight In Las Vegas
The Las Vegas Young Democrats convene their monthly meeting at 8 p.m. in the Flamingo Hotel Gold Room with several local candidates set to speak. Richard Bryan chairs the program as Paul May leads the registration drive which added 11 732 new Democrats over 10 weeks, bringing total Democrats to 61 220 with 3 145 affidavits pending processing.
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Las Vegas
Flamingo Hotel
Richard Bryan
Paul May
Plant pests list of lawn and garden nuisances
A sequence of garden pests includes Cut Worms Digger Wasps Eorwigs Grasshoppers Grubs Lawn Moths Leaf Hoppers and related species numbered 5 through 11. The list compiles insects affecting turf and ornamental areas.
Sixty Workers Furloughed At Four Queens Hotel
Sixty employees at the Four Queens hotel casino were furloughed at a mass meeting led by executive Ben Goffstein. They will be reinstated when conditions improve. The eight story casino has been open two months with 115 rooms slated to open this month.
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Queens Hotel-Casino
Ben Goffstein
Goffstein
Nevada
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Park & Tilford Canadian
Ron Morro
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Pro Urbon
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Daniel Webster
Dunhill’s Gin
Prince Nickolas Vodka
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Isdal
Burke & Barry
Ibrand
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