Landmark Tower in Las Vegas Faces Troubled Future
A 31 story landmark in Las Vegas looms as promoters clash and funding dries up. The 80 percent complete Land mark Tower was planned as a hotel casino with a restaurant and dome, inspired by Seattle’s Space Needle. Litigation and changing plans stall work, with six months more expected but no immediate restart. Locals joke the structure tilts while architect Moffat notes only a slight taper and land slope misleads observers.
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Las Vegas
Landmark Tower
Nevada
Gerald Moffat
Highlights of 1965 at the University of Nebraska
The 1965 year at Nebraska featured record enrollment of 15 179 including top freshman class readiness plus expanded honors coursework and faculty honors. Major projects included new computer systems, campus building plans under a 6 year program, and a landmark stadium expansion. Notable gains in research education and outreach yielded Woodrow Wilson Fellows eleven recipients, rust resistant wheats boosting the economy, nationwide teaching programs, and significant grants for medicine and continuing education.
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University of Nebraska
Nebraska
University Hospital
College of Medicine
Omaha
Abel
Mari Sandoz
Gollege of Dentistry
Lincoln
Grant Memorial Hall
City
Memorial Stadium
Midwest
Nebraska Cooperative College
National Science Foundation
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Robert Manley
Turgut Sarpkaya
R. A. Olson
International Atomic Energy Agency
Vienna
Austria
Perry G. Rigby
Markle
L. K. Crowe
John Lonnquist
Nebraska Center For Continuing Education
United Nations
Ford Foundation
el Colegio
Mexico City
Nebraska Water Resource Research Institute
University notes and campus milestones 1960s
The report highlights university progress including a $7.1 million Foundation assets, a two day Dante anniversary conference, a Missouri River flume project, Nebraska Tractor Testing Station reaching its 900th test since 1921, a new School of Technical Agriculture at Curtis, and leadership changes with Harry Allen as director of institutional research and Dr. Fay Smith as first general practice professor. The Madrigal Singers were chosen for a national radio program.
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The
University Foundation
Dante
U.S
Corps of Engineers
Agriculture Field Laboratory
Mead
Mechanical Engineering
Nebraska
Curtis
School of Agriculture
Harry Allen
Fay Smith
College of Medicine
John Davis
College of Engineering and Architecture
Madrigal Singers
Great Plains
ABC
Voice of America
Armed Forces Radio Service
BEHIND THE SCENES in Hollywood
Barbara Bouchet exits Otto Preminger contract to pursue stardom with freedom to pick roles. The piece notes lively Hollywood chatter about June Allyson reconciling with ex-husband Glenn Maxwell and Rick Allyson's pneumonia, Phyllis Diller's humor amid separation, and other party snippets including Vic Damone buying a 45 foot yacht.
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Hollywood
Barbara Bouchet
Otto Preminger
Barbara
Otto
Harm's Way
Hugh O'Brian
Mr. Preminger
June Allyson
Decatur
Ill
Glenn Maxwell
Glenn
June
Connie Towers
Eugene McGrath
Connie
New York
Anya
Jerry Lewis
Las Vegas
Dorothy Malone
Bill
Hollingsworth
Vic Damone
Features Syndicate
Nebraska 4-H youth win national regional awards in Chicago
Five Nebraskans earned honors at the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. Mary Louise Detmer Linda Howell and Bob Christensen won $500 scholarships as national winners. Gary White and Gary Lentz were regional winners receiving $800 and $400 scholarships respectively. Congress announced 224 national 4-H award recipients from 45 states and Puerto Rico.
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Nebraska
Chicago
Mary Louise Detmer
Weeping Water
Coats & Clark
Linda Howell
Bristow
S&h Foundation
Bob Christensen
Maxwell
American Oil Foundation
Gary White
Lexington
Edwin T. Meredith Foundation
Gary Lentz
Wayne
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
Cooperative Extension’ Service
States
Puerto Rco
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Cecily Brownstone
AP Food Editor
Turkey
John Lengel
Associated Press
Pisa
Moffat
Landmark
Woodrow Wilson
Board of Regents
Coordinating Council For Public Higher Education
Ohio State University
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
University Museum
University of Nebraska Press
National Heart Institute
Diller
Dilly
By Harrison Carroll
Gardner McKay
Watusi
Raffles
Linda Evans
John Derek
Rick
Warde Donovan
Phyllis Diller
Covina
Jimmy Shigeta
Kin
Sharon Hugueny
Andy Prine
Johnny Johnston
Carol Stewart
Santa Monica
Unitarian Church
Hedy Lamarr
Marvin Paige
Johnny
Ye Little Club
Sol West
Ike
Sol
Sandy Hara
Sandy
Gayle Roberts
Gary Ayers
Deanna Lund
Paul Robertson
Sandra Giles
Paul
Robert Rambeau
Suzanne Pleshette
Marty Elfond
Deanne Quade
Tommy Gallagher
Suzanne
FOX Wednesday
Charlton Heston
Rosemary Forsyth
Universal
War Lord
Heston
Richard Boone
Maurice Evans
Miss Forsyth
Guy Stockwell
Henry Wilcoven
James Farentine
Niall MacGinnia
Michael Parks
Celia Kaye
Pennebaker
Brian Hutton
Albert S. Raddy
Walter Seltzer
Marlon Brando, Sr
Lentz
Miss Howell
Miss Detmer
Christensen
Rocky Mountains
Western Resort Review
P.O
Commerce City
Colorado
Arnold Sundermar Sidney
Nebr
Alfred Hitchcock
Mssing Olivier
Carol Lynley
Kei
Duller
Martita Hunt
Ind
Columbia
Richard Boone the Warlord
Technicolor Panavision
Man
Penney’s Giant White Goods
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