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Vitto, G. L., 1922-1991
G.L. Vitto worked as a sportscaster and late-night movie host in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born on October 20, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. After the war, he worked as a radio disc jockey. VItto moved to Las Vegas in 1958. He worked at KENO radio, then as a sports reporter at Channel 13 and, later, Channel 8. He also worked as a ringside announcer for boxing matches at the Silver Slipper and hosted a late-night movie show. He died in Las Vegas of a heart attack on October 28, 1991.
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Salisbury, Lawrence J., Jr., 1916-1994
Lawrence J. Salisbury was born on July 10, 1916 in Provo, Utah. Salisbury later moved to Boulder City, Nevada in 1935 where he made a career in the grocery business. He passed away on April 10, 1994.
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Williams, Myrna, 1929-
Myrna Williams was born in Chicago in 1929. Her brother was the singer Mel Tormé, so the family moved to Hollywood when she was ten because her brother was under contract with MGM. Shortly after Myrna turned 21, she moved to New York to work for Decca Records. She met the jazz drummer David Williams, whom she married. Myrna, David, and their daughter Indy moved to Las Vegas in 1959. Myrna got involved in politics, and was elected to the Nevada State Assembly and to the Clark County Commission.
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Gibson, Rachel Ann, 1913-2004
Rachel Gibson was the granddaughter of Nevada pioneers. Rachel was born in 1913 in Yerington. Her 1930 class was the first to graduate from Las Vegas High School, and Rachel received her Bachelor's degree from the University of California at Berkeley. She taught first in Boulder City, then at the J.T. McWilliams Elementary School in Las Vegas. Rachel also was active in many community groups. Rachel passed away on April 25, 2004.
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Butterfield, Stella
Stella Butterfield's family, the Goldbergs, was Jewish, and she was born in the Bronx. During World War II she worked for the Coast Guard in the steno pool in Washington, D.C. Stella moved to Santa Monica a few years later while the war was still going on and worked briefly as a riveter for Douglas Aircraft and then as a teletype operator for the Air Force but at Douglas Aircraft. Because she had a hard time getting a job because of antisemitism, she changed her name to Gilbert.
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Segretti, Marguerite C., 1912-1990
Marguerite C. Segretti was born August 24, 1912 in Denver, Colorado to Melinda Pearl Cochran and Raymond G. Graham. She lived in Colorado until 1935 when she moved to California. She married John Joseph Segretti, a California native. The couple moved to Las Vegas, Nevada with their children in 1948. Sagretti later moved to Arizona where she died on December 10, 1990.
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Smith, Roy
Roy Smith was born in Montana in 1905, and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada for work in 1931. No additional information is known.
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Iaconis, Stella, 1910-1998
Stella Champo was born in Moche, Italy on September 16, 1910. In 1912, the Champo family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. The family first lived in downtown Las Vegas, before moving to a small ranch south of the city in 1917. Stella Champo received her grammar school education in Las Vegas, Nevada and matriculated to Las Vegas High School in 1927.
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