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Press release captioned "Army Air Force Planes Salute Howard Hughes"
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Audio clip 1 from interview with Maurice "Maury" Halfon Behar, March 14, 2016
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In this clip, Maury Behar discusses how he survived the Holocaust.
Audio clip 2 from interview with Maurice "Maury" Halfon Behar, March 14, 2016
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In this clip, Maury Behar discusses how he came to live in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Eddie Ernest Buxton oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Eddie Buxton conducted by Bernard D. Vardiman on March 30, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Buxton describes the significance of some of his ancestors, including Ernest May, who was the first law enforcement officer in Las Vegas, Nevada killed in the line of duty in 1933. Buxton also recalls the development of both Las Vegas and North Las Vegas, going to school in the city, and his father’s work on Hoover Dam.
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Alex X. Porter oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Alex X. Porter conducted by Claytee D. White on April 16, 2022 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: A Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Porter mainly discusses his membership of and devout role in the Nation of Islam. He discusses how he became involved with the religion after trying to enact change in the Black community through the NAACP. He discusses how his stance on education sets him apart from the majority of the Black community; he believes that a college degree is not necessary to teach intellectual topics to young people. Porter is active in the Las Vegas Black community as either a member or supporter of the Minister's Alliance, Shepherd's Breakfast, NAACP, Black Lives Matter, and the Nation of Islam.
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Photograph looking southeast through the remains of Saint Thomas, March 25, 1964
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Looking southeast through the remains of Saint Thomas with Lake Mead in the background.
Transcribed Notes: Bureau of Reclamation typed notes appended to back of photo: Townsite of St. Thomas, Nevada--Moapa Valley Project--Nevada A view of a portion of the townsite of St. Thomas, Nevada, settled by the Mormons in 1865, during a period of low water elevation in Lake Mead, above Hoover Dam. The town was first covered by Lake Mead in June 1938.
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