Las Vegas restaurant founder James Sill dies in Oregon
Funeral services held today for James L. Sill pioneer Las Vegas restaurateur and former Elks leader. Sill and wife Louise Crowe opened the first Las Vegas drive in restaurant on Fremont Street now part of the Fremont Hotel grounds. He later led Cascade Land and Development in Salem and planned a country club expansion. Survivors include widow Louise, two sons James and William, daughter Janice Bullock, and sisters Orpha Miller Beulah Boucher Helen Stivers Edna Ludwig. Memorials in Salem followed by burial in Murphysboro Indiana. Reed Whipple will preside.
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Salem
Ore
Murphysboro
Ill
Las @gas
Louise Crowe
Restauant
Las Vegas
Fremonttreet
Fremont Hotel
Boulevard South
Charleston
Sill's
Sill
Oregon
Te Cascade Land and Development Company
New Country Ub
Elks Lodge
Mormon Arch
James of
Goodbody
City Rec Boss Quits Job
City recreation supervisor Nick Sylvester resigned yesterday effective August 20. Sylvester, a Las Vegas city employee since last October, said he planned to take another job in recreation in Southern California.
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Nick Sylvester
Sylvester
Las Vegas
California
Job Placements Reach Record High In 1965
Federal and state employment offices placed 6,473,400 people in jobs last year up 3 percent from 1964. Unskilled labor saw the biggest gain at 10.1 percent while service work accounted for about 2 million placements, the largest single category.
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Washington
Two teenage burglars confessions end spree in Las Vegas
North Las Vegas police say two brothers aged 13 and 15 confessed to 18 daytime burglaries across North Las Vegas and Las Vegas. Homes targeted in College Park area showed signs like front page newspapers and mail. They entered via sliding doors, stole loose cash, and said money came from mowing lawns.
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Las Vegas
City of
College Park
Washington, Owens, Pecos
30Th Streets
John Holland
Perliter St
Vern Botsford
Holland
Brazilian Actress Rosini Cozzolino faces federal hearing
Brazilian actress Rosini Cozzolino has a preliminary federal hearing scheduled for August 1 on a charge of interstate transportation of stolen property. She is also charged with second degree burglary and potential additional counts. Police report 100000 dollars in stolen goods found at her Los Angeles area home and a separate Beverly Hills inquiry for a 28000 dollar fur and jewel theft.
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U.S
Miss Cozzolino
the Dunes
Ida St
Beverly Hills
Las Vegas
Cozzolino
Calif
States
Jack Parr
Les Crane
Merv Griffin
Mexico City
RCA
Columbia
Regents Approve Record Budget for Nevada University
The University of Nevada Board of Regents approved a biennium operating budget of 36 million dollars as campus growth outpaces last year’s funding. They also objected to a drive in restaurant near Nevada Southern University, approved maintenance funds for Stead Base programs, and set ceremonies and programs including a new master's in vocational counseling at Nevada Southern.
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University of Nevada
Archie C. Grant
Board of Regents
Grant
University of Nevada Board of Regents
Stead Air Force Base
Nevada Southern University
Regent
Fred Anderson
Regents
State Technical Institute
Peavine Mountain
Reno
NSU
NSA
Archie Grant
Las Vegas
Collex
Stead Air Base
Orvis School of Nursing
Radiological Health Laboratory
Nevada Southern
USDA Grading Service Widely Used by Meat Producers
The U S Department of Agriculture offers its grading service to meat producers on a voluntary basis. More than half the beef lamb and mutton produced in the United States is USDA graded. About one fifth of veal and calf is USDA graded.
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Chicago
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Average US oil well depth reached 4,380 feet last year
An OCR sourced report notes the typical US oil well drilled in the prior year reached about 4,380 feet. No additional context or local details are provided in the fragment.
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United States
Denton Fundraiser Draws About 1000 Supporters
Nearly 1,000 attendees joined a five and a half hour fundraising barbecue at the Italian American Club in Denton honoring congressional candidate Ralph Denton. Beef grilled in an open pit fed the crowd, with a no host bar and dancing. Denton, a Boulder City attorney, has just returned from a Reno campaign swing and will MC the Young Democrat installation banquet, with Sen. Frank Moss of Utah as guest speaker.
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Ralph Denton
East
Sahara Avenue
Boulder
Reno
Where Not to Drive This Week on City Projects
Public works director Richard Sauer lists five city street projects this week. Bonanza Road from H Street to Clarkway for trench patching. Tonopah Drive from Washington to Bonanza Road for street overlay. Stewart Avenue from 8th to 18th Streets for street widening. Shadow Lane from Pinto Lane to Alta Drive for assessment district. Desert Lane from Pinto Lane to (incomplete).
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City Public Works
Richard Sauer
Bonanza Road
H” Street
Clarkway
Tonopah Drive
Washington
Stewart Avenue
Shadow
Pinto Lane
Alta Drive
Desert Lane
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TUL
Myron Cohen
Xavier Cugat
Driftwood
Jaye P. Morgan
USDA
Aku
Garrutt H EL & Golf Club
Bessuas
Ranten
New York
Greenbriar
Zane Tucker
Greenbriar Homes
Desert Inn
Sand Hill Roads
Zeron Bell
Ponderosa
Thiel
Nevada Power Company
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