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Williams, Estralita C., 1956-
Estralita Wiliams was born on October 16, 1956 in Las Vegas, Nevada, a Clark High School graduate. Her parents had relocated from Arkansas before her birth. Estralita is studious and reserved, someone who preferred being in the school library. Though she can recall the segregation and unrest of the late 1960s and early 1970s, she also playfully shares family stories of growing up in West Las Vegas.
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Williams, Monroe
Monroe Williams was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1940 and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1943. He was a soldier in the Navy, one of the first black fire fighters in Las Vegas, a proud member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples, and operated a real estate company and a property management company.
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Klinkner, Kathy
Kathleen Linkner was born on April 02, 1952 in Berkeley, California. She worked in the casino industry and was the first female credit manager in the entire Caesars organization. She married Donald Klinkner on April 15, 1983.
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Connell, Daniel
Daniel Connell was born in November 1937 in Ocean Gate, New Jersey. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1954. He went to the military for two years, upon returning, he married his wife Linda and in 1973 settled in the Westleigh neighborhood of Ward 1. He eventually was hired by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department to follow his father's footsteps in law enforcement.
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Simone, Ronald, 1935-
Ronald Simone was born on June 6, 1935 in New Haven, Connecticut to Florence and George Simone. Simone played trumpet in high school and went on to play piano for his profession. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada with his friend, violinist Joe Mack in 1960. He played in the Riviera showroom for five and a half years, in the exclusive Monte Carlo Room in the Desert Inn where he played for stars such as Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. for five years, and for nineteen years for all the Casino de Paris shows, line numbers, and production numbers at the Dunes.
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Millson, Cathie, 1952-
Cathie Millson was born on August 24, 1952 in South Dakota. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1984 with her husband and her one-year-old daughter. After having her next two children, her family moved into the Rancho Bel Air neighborhood.
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Pinjuv, John, 1923-2015
John Pinjuv was born 1923 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1941. Pinjuv served in the United States Army for 20 years until retiring. He owned Las Vegas Sheet Metal.
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Pinjuv, Fred, 1935-
Fred Pinjuv was born in 1935 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He graduated from Rancho High School in 1953 and attended college at the University of Oregon. Pinjuv was drafted by the Boston Red Sox right out of college, but decided to accept a draft to the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel.
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Genovese, Ann
Ann Genovese was born March 01, 1943 and was raised in Toronto Ontario, Canada. She met her husband, Robert, in Reno, Nevada and they married after knowing each other for only 31 days on September 09, 1967. The couple spent their first few years of marriage on the road with Robert’s band, with Las Vegas, Nevada as their home base. Later, they bought a home in McNeil Estates, and ceased their nomadic life when their eldest son, Joseph, started school. After their children grew up, the Genoveses started and ran a travel agency.
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Genovese, Robert
Robert Genovese was born and raised in Rochester, New York. He arrived to Las Vegas, Nevada for the first time in 1960 with two other musicians and were booked at the Fremont Hotel and Casino. They performed as a band opposite of Wayne and Jerry Newman for five years on a revolving stage at the Fremont. Over the years, Genovese’ music career flourished and he played showrooms in places like Caesar’s Palace Hotel and Casino, the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, and the Driftwood Lounge. He worked opposite of legends such as Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton.
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