Mary Hausch was born September of 1949 in Akron, Ohio. Hausch arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada during a spring vacation with four friends. The spontaneity of the trip and her enjoyment of the weather resulted in her applying for, and getting, a reporter position at the Las Vegas Review- Journal (R-J). For the next nineteen years, she worked her way up the newspaper ladder, covered local education issues that included desegregation, a groundbreaking series of Prisoners of War- Missing in Action war stories, and the Nevada legislature.

Jacqueline Evans, née Dwyer, was born on December 8, 1940 in Long Beach, California. She moved Las Vegas, Nevada in 1955. She was a student and a housewife.

Stella Fleming was born on December 01, 1897 in Victoria, Canada. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1929. She was a secretary and administrator for the public welfare office.

Mae Farei was born on April 12, 1909 in Dubquain, Illinois. She was a hotel housekeeper at the Twin Lakes Lodge and at the Stardust Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Marsha Lamb Bingham was born April 13, 1942 to Floyd R. Lamb and Eleanor Schofield in Caliente, Nevada. Bingham worked as a legal secretary in Nevada.

Tony Grasso was born in Brooklyn, New York. He came to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1951. He worked as a card dealer at the Aladdin Hotel.