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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 26, 2000

Date

2000-06-05

Description

Includes meeting minutes and agenda, along with additional information about requests, contracts, and amendments.

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Photograph of the outside view of Binion's Horseshoe Parking Garage (Las Vegas), 1962

Date

1962-12-01

Description

Facade of the Horseshoe parking garage. Stamped on original: "Las Vegas New Bureau - Las Vegas, Nevada. Convention Center - Photographers - Don English. Jerry Abbott. Joe Buck. Milt Palmer. John Cook."
Site Name: Horseshoe Club
Address: 128 East Fremont Street

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Photograph of the Horseshoe Hotel & Casino at night (Las Vegas), 1960s

Date

Unknown year in the decade of the 1960s

Description

Night view of the Horseshoe Hotel and Casino. Stamped on original: "Jay Florian Mitchell. Photographer. 614 So. 6th DU 4-5148 Las Vegas, Nevada. Douglass Studio, Inc. 614 South Sixth. Dudley 4-5148. Las Vegas, Nevada."
Site Name: Horseshoe Club
Address: 128 East Fremont Street

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Hecht, Chic, 1928-2006

Nevada businessman and Republican politician Jacob "Chic" Hecht (1928-2006) was elected to the U.S. Senate in November 1982. As a senator, he used quiet diplomacy skills to help Soviet Jews gain permission to emigrate. During the Korean War, Hecht served as a counterintelligence agent in Berlin. After the war he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and operated several businesses. Hecht also represented Clark County in the Nevada State Senate for eight years.

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