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Lindquist, Ward A., 1921-1982
Ward Lindquist was born June 7, 1921 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Lindquist family moved to South Dakota in approximately 1925 and to San Bernardino, California in approximately 1938. Lindquist moved to Las Vegas, Nevada between 1942 and 1945 and he began working at the Lake Mead Lodge as a bartender. He later became a captain for the Lake Mead Boat Company that operated recreational boat tours of Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam. Lindquist later became a sheet metal worker at the Nevada Test Site. He died in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 12, 1982.
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Wilde, Hagar (1905-1971)
Hagar Wilde was born in Ohio in 1905. She was a successful short-story writer when Howard Hughes hired her to write the dialogue script for the Age of Love in 1931. Wilde is best known for co-writing scripts for two of Howard Hawks most well-known comedies, Bring Up Baby (1938) and I was a Male War Bride (1949), both starring Cary Grant. Wilde died in 1971.
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Daffron, Polly. "Introducing Hagar Wilde". The Time Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. June 28 1931, pg. 32.
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