The Boys are Back publicity photographs featuring two men standing outside of Al Phillips Cleaners in Las Vegas, Nevada. The men posing are most likely Al Phillips Cleaners founders and brothers, Philip Shapiro and Melvin Shapiro. 120mm negatives.
Group of photographs of Commissioner Ron Lurie at events, and presenting awards, plaques, and proclamations to citizens and friends of the City of Las Vegas. This group of images includes many photographs of Lurie with Mayor Bill Briare, and with notable Las Vegans including Woodrow Wilson and Ruby Duncan. There are also several images of the installation of a traffic light at an intersection.
The Bulletin, monthly newsletters from Temple Beth Sholom for 2004, include columns by the Rabbi, President, Executive Director and Cantor. The newsletters also feature news from the religious school, general announcements, events calendar, tributes and advertisements.
This folder contains loose scrapbook pages documenting the years 1968 and 1969 for the Las Vegas Chapter of Hadassah. The pages hold photographs, pamphlets, invitations, newspaper clippings and other ephemera about the active chapter.
The monthly meeting minutes from the board of directors and executive committee for the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas for 1994 provide details about the operation Federation and their programs. The documents include agendas and relevant news articles shared at meetings, along with correspondence received from the Council of Jewish Federations.
Transcripts from speeches delivered and testimony given by U.S. Representative Shelley Berkley regarding the transporation and storage of nuclear waste in Nevada at Yucca Mountain. The statements urge members of Congress to oppose H.R. 45, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1999, and propose amendments to H.R. 1655, the Department of Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1999.
The Chemical Catastrophe Prevention Act was proposed in 1991 after several chemical accidents occurred in Henderson, Nev. in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The bill was passed and called for the implementation of the Chemical Accident Prevention Program (CAPP), which sets thresholds for dangerous substances, and guidelines for accident prevention, emergency response and public right-to-know.