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Underhill, Byron (Byron DeForrest)

Byron Underhill was born February 02, 1919 and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1927. Underhill and his father owned and operated the first Coca Cola Bottling Company in Clark County, Nevada. Underhill had three children, born between 1948 and 1955.

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Scodwell, Tony

Tony Scodwell was born on December 01, 1942 in Beloit, Wisconsin to Joyce Marie Conery and Anton John Scodwell. He first arrived to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1964. He went to Berklee School of Music and was a Jazz Musician.

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Brown, Mahlon

Mahlon Brown was born in 1940. He was a policeman in Washington, D.C., during the 1960s, an attorney in Las Vegas, Nevada along with Jack Anderson in the Las Vegas Welfare Rights Movement, a Justice of the Peace, and a Nevada, United States Attorney General under President Jimmy Carter.

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Searl, Hanford, 1947-

Hanford Searl was born March 02, 1947 in Buffalo, New York. He attended New Mexico Highlands University at Las Vegas, New Mexico and Brigham Young University in Utah. Searl worked as a writer at the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Billboard Magazine.

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Walker, Karen, 1967-

Karen Walker was born February 18, 1967 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She grew up working at her parents’ local restaurant, Hamburger Heaven. She attended community college and graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1985.

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Swank, Scott

Scott Swank grew up in Kansas City, Kansas. He attended Kansas State University. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2005 when his wife Heidi Swank was hired at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Block, Edith

Edith Block was born on June 15, 1924 in East Chicago, Indiana. She married Arthur Block in 1946. They moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1968. She worked at First National Bank and was very involved in her church community.

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Goolsby, Judy

Judy Goolsby was born in Kennett, Missouri. Her father worked as a bricklayer and moved the family to Texas. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1980 with her husband John Goolsby who had taken a job with Summa Corporation.

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Marsh, Arno

Arno Marsh was born in 1928 and grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Both of his parents were musicians. Marsh moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1957. He signed on to play with Charlie Ventura at the Thunderbird Hotel and several other hotels on the Las Vegas Strip.

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Snow, Jacob L., 1964-

Jacob L. Snow was born in Boulder City, Nevada. His parents came to Nevada, from Utah in the mid 1950s. Snow worked as assistant director of aviation for planning at McCarran International Airport, as general manager of the Regional Transportation Commission, and as city manager for the City of Henderson.

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