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Neal, Joe, 1935-2020
Joseph M. Neal Jr. was born July 28, 1935. Senator Joe Neal shares many memories of his childhood in Mound, Louisiana. He recalls his mother leaving him and his older brother Willie with a woman named Bea so that she could go to Alexander to get a job. He and Willie were ages 2 and 4, respectively, and were frequently left on their own. Willie would leave periodically for hours at a time and come back with food. He eventually took Joe to meet the couple who were supplying the meals, Mary and Gowens Prayder.
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Stratosphere free shuttle from Polo Towers begins: video
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Las Vegas, Nevada newscast describing a free shuttle operating between Polo Towers located at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip to the Stratosphere at the north end. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Bob Stupak Professional Papers (MS-01016) -- Professional papers -- Audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual clips file.
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"Nevada Week in Review" on Stratospere Tower design: video
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Nevada Week in Review featuring host Mitch Fox along with panelists Fred Lewis of KNEWS Radio, Jeff German of the Las Vegas Sun, Phil Hevener of Las Vegas Style magazine, and Angela Rodriguez discussing Stratopshere Tower design and marketing. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Bob Stupak Professional Papers (MS-01016) -- Professional papers -- Audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual clips file.
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Founders Day committee reports
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From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.
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Chet Buchanan oral history interview: transcript
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Oral history interview with Chet Buchanan conducted by Barbara Tabach on November 28, 2017 for the Remembering 1 October Oral History Project. Chet Buchanan begins this interview with a discussion of his move to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1999 after he was offered a job as a radio show host for 98.5 KLUC. He talks about the specifics of his job, including his career background as well as the Chet Buchanan Toy Drive. For this interview, he specifically goes into detail on his coverage of the Las Vegas October 2017 mass shooting and discusses being in San Diego, California at the time, yet still striving to reach people through his broadcast with the help of CBS San Diego. Throughout the interview, Buchanan examines his desire to make a difference in the community with his show and his interactions with the public.
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Audio clip of an inteview with Chris Ramirez by Wendy Starkweather on October 2, 2013.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, August 09, 2004
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Beverly Rogers Collection of Armed Services Editions
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The Beverly Rogers Collection of Armed Services Editions includes one thousand two hundred and seventy-nine of the original paperback Armed Services Edition titles published between 1943 and 1947 used by World War II service members in the United States Army and Navy, as well as four editions from the Legacy Project published in 2003 and one from the Pocket Books Inc. series published in 1944. The original Armed Services Editions include works of fiction and non-fiction in their unabridged forms.
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County agent project report, Erosion-flood control, April 1938
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Archival Collection
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Summary of situation, goals, duties of cooperating agencies, and procedures regarding the effort to prevent flooding and erosion threatening properties and silting Lake Mead. Cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics, University of Nevada Agricultural Extension Division and United States Department of Agricultural Cooperating. Project Number: State Office #172, Clark County #12.
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