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Smith, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1902-
Benjamin Franklin, "System Smitty," Smith was a professional gambler who devised strategies for casino blackjack in Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1950s. He was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania in December 1902. He left home at the age of fifteen and headed west, looking for an adventure in California. He moved to Las Vegas in the early 1930s, helped secure land for the Golden Nugget in 1945, and later supervised field work on the Flamingo Hotel.
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Sagel, Lois
Lois Sagel is an environmentalist best known for her advocacy for the designation of more than one million acres of wilderness in Nevada. In Las Vegas Sagel became a founding member of Friends of Nevada Wilderness (FNW). FNW helped pass the Nevada Wilderness Protection Act of 1989, which designated wilderness lands in Nevada as part of the U.S. Forest Service's National Wilderness Preservation System. FNW also helped designate the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area in 1993.
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Saito, Douglas
Douglas Saito is best known for his casino chip collection and newsletter on the collection and history of casino chips. He researched and published the history of casino chips here in Las Vegas in his magazine, Chip Chat. He also speaks at conventions and works as an auctioneer for casino chips and other memorbilia.
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Saltman, Michael, 1942-
Michael Saltman was born October 09, 1942 and raised in Flint, Michigan. Saltman earned his bachelor's degree from Michigan State University in 1964 and his Juris Doctor from Wayne State University Law School in 1967. From 1968 to 1975, he was an attorney in London, England and Geneva, Switzerland, and Director of International Operations at Shareholders Capital Corporation in Munich, Bavaria.
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Schafer, Bill
Bill Schafer is an active member of the Las Vegas, Nevada lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community. He worked at the Las Vegas Bugle and served as managing editor throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Subsequently, he was also involved with the Las Vegas Night Beat, another LGBTQ publication in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has a female impersonator identity known as Wilhelmina Parsons. He was ordained as a minister by the Universal Life Church under his given name and as Wilhelmina Parsons.
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Sprague, Charles S.
Charles Sprague was born in Ohio in 1865, the son of W. P. Sprague, a United States Congressman. After graduating from college, he bought and edited a local newspaper. In 1890 he moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado where he founded the Colorado Springs Evening Telegraph, and the Mining Investor, and served in the state legislature. In 1904 he was the editor of the Denver Rocky Mountain News. He came to Goldfield, Nevada in 1905 and leased the Goldfield News in 1906 from its then owner, J. P.
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Stabile, Dick, 1909-1980
Richard D. “Dick” Stabile (1909-1980) was a musician, big-band leader, composer, and orchestral arranger. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he was the eldest son of a professional musician. He began playing the saxophone at fifteen and joined the Ben Bernie Band in 1928 at the age of nineteen. By 1936, he was leading his own orchestra and recording for the Decca, Bluebird, and Vocalion labels.
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