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Steve Riback oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Steve Riback conducted by Barbara Tabach on December 12, 2017 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Steve Riback is a detective sergeant for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. He has been with the police force for nearly twenty years. He reflects on his overwhelming pride of the police on October 1, 2017. Riback recalls what he heard on his police radio, seeing the rush of police cars being dispatched, and watching a body camera video later. Sgt.

Nanyu Tomiyasu oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Nanyu (Nelson) Tomiyasu conducted by Samantha Kerwin on April 30, 1986 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Tomiyasu discuses life, changes, and politics in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tomiyasu also talks about the organizations he was a part of, including The Southern Nevada Landscaping Contractors Association, and The Southern Nevada Urban League. The interview concludes with Tomiyasu recalling the above ground atomic test, and World War II.

Robert E. Campbell and Patricia K. Campbell oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Robert E. Campbell and Patricia K. Campbell conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on November 28, 2017 and February 27, 2018 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Robert Campbell talks about the ways his career in public administration blossomed in Southern Nevada. Much of the interview is centered on Lake Las Vegas.

Ellis Landau oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Ellis Landau conducted by Barbara Tabach on November 28, 2017 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Landau discusses his education at Brandeis University, and Columbia Business School. He also talks about his involvement in the Las Vegas, Nevada Jewish community, the Temple Beth Sholom, working for Boyd Gaming, the Anti-Defamation League, and the Nathan Adelson Hospice.

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