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Sahl, Mort
Taken from Wiki Page: "Morton Lyon "Mort" Sahl (born May 11, 1927) is a Canadian-born American comedian and social satirist, considered by filmmaker Robert B. Weide to be the first modern stand-up comedian since Will Rogers, a humorist in the early 20th century. Sahl pioneered a style of social satire which pokes fun at political and current event topics using improvised monologues and only a newspaper as a prop.
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Saiger, Reba Gordon
Reba Gordon Saiger was a longtime resident of Las Vegas and wife of Morton "Mr. Frontier" Saiger. The two were married in 1945 in Las Vegas while Reba Gordon was working as clerk at Gordons Jewelry store. Reba Saiger was involved in many community events which included serving as thepresident for the John S. Park Elementary School as well as serving on the committee for the B'nai B'rith Convention held in July 1965.
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Salen, Simone Goldhirsch, 1939-
Simone Salen wrote a book interpreting her father's diary, which he kept during the Holocaust. The diary was recovered from the family of the Salen family's gardener.
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