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Wiener, Valerie
Valerie Wiener is a former Democratic Nevada State Senator who represented Clark County District 3 from 1996 to 2012. Born in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1948, she is the daughter of prominent local attorney Louis Wiener, Jr. After Valerie Wiener graduated from Las Vegas High School, she earned bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from the University of Missouri and a master's in contemporary literature from the University of Illinois before attending the McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific.
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Santana, John: correspondence, 2002
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Collection Name: Dennis McBride Personal Papers
Box/Folder: Box 11 (Restrictions apply)
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Lola Falana recordings, 1978 to 1984
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Falana discusses her upcoming album, recent performances, early career, body image, childhood poverty, relatability, and standing up for her principles; Falana answers questions from callers; Falana chats about life changes, and personal feelings; Falana discusses her childhood, her personality, and her views on growing older; Falana discusses religion, reincarnation, past life regressions, abortion, and homosexuality; Falana talks about how music for listening is coming back, romance, politics, common sense, and bowling with Rip Taylor and Sammy Davis Jr.
Falana talks about how she handles stress and answers call-in questions about her health issues, fear of cancer, dieting, and fasting; Falana talks about why she was blacklisted from the Johnny Carson Show for supporting Wayne Newton, how she was almost sold into prostitiution, and politics.
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Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with reporters, Washington, August 06, 1947
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