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Marina Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)
3805 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas, Nevada
Opened May 1, 1975; in 1989 it became the MGM-Marina Hotel. The Marina closed on November 30, 1990 and the building was incorporated into the new MGM Grand Hotel and Casino at 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South in 1991.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Grand_Las_Vegas
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Kline, Geoconda Arguello
Geoconda Arguello Kline became the first female Secretary Treasurer of the Culinary Union Local 226 and started as a maid. She climbed her way up the ladder as a union organizer, director, President and eventually attaining the highest office in the local. She speaks about her experiences working in the union.
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Knack, Martha C.
Martha Carol Knack is a Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) whose research focus was cultural anthropology of the indigenous tribes of North America. After receiving her PhD from the University of Michigan in 1975, Knack moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and began teaching in the Department of Anthropology at UNLV. Martha and her husband, Omer Knack co-authored numerous books and articles on the Northern and Southern Paiute.
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