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Todd, Faye

Faye Todd was born in 1940 in San Antonio Texas. Featured in Ebony Magazine in 1979, Faye Todd achieved executive status in the Las Vegas gaming industry, serving as Special Events Coordinator for Desert Inn Hotel and Casino and Entertainment Director/Corporate Executive Assistant for Landmark Hotel and Casino.

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Trenier, Claude

Claude Oliver Trenier was born in Mobile, Alabama on July 14, 1919. Claude and his twin brother, Clifton, were the lead members of The Treniers, a blues/rock'n'roll group in the 1950s. He died in 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Pahor, Emil M., 1912-1991

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Paiz, Alice, 1927-1991

Alice Paiz was born in New Mexico on August 13, 1927. She moved to Las Vegas in 1952 and worked in entertainment. She passed away in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 9, 1991.

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Whitney, Alma J., 1936-2004

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Bellver, C. G. (Catherine Gullo)

Dr. Catherine Bellver is Distinguished Professor of Spanish at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her work has appeared in many scholarly journals. She worked over fifteen years to create the Women's Studies Program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dr. Bellver also worked with a volunteer group to create and staff the first Women's Center on campus.

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Pappas, John H., 1888-1981

John H. Pappas was born in Greece on March 15, 1888. He moved to the United States in 1904, and eventually settled in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1929 where he worked on railroad construction and later the Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction. He passed away in Nevada in August 1981.

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Pappas, John, 1935-

John Pappas was born on May 26, 1935 in New York. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1960s, where he worked as a dealer in casinos throughout Las Vegas.

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Parks, Muriel, 1917-1997

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