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Stocker, Harold J., 1900-1983
Harold Stocker was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on March 8, 1900. He and his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1911. Harold Stocker operated Nevada Silica Sand Company in Overton, Nevada, from 1932 to 1940. He was elected to the Clark County Commission in 1938. In 1939, he built the Chief Hotel Court, and in 1948, the Desert Plaza Apartments. Stocker was state GOP chairman in the 1950s. Harold died January 9, 1983 in Las Vegas.
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Mining equipment in Esmeralda County: photographic print
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Sachs, Allan D. "Al", 1925-2002
Allan D. "Al" Sachs (1925-2002) was a Las Vegas, Nevada casino executive who owned the Stardust, Fremont, and Sundance (now known as The D) hotel-casinos with partner Herb Tobman during the 1980s. Sachs was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 17, 1925. He lied about his age and joined the Navy at age 16. After the navy, he entered the illegal gambling industry in Chicago and later worked as a dealer in Cuba and Las Vegas. In Las Vegas, he opened the Royal Nevada Casino in 1955 and was a minor investor in the Tropicana in 1958.
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