Interview with Chic Hecht Julie Sefman on April 2, 1976. In this brief interview, Hecht talks about his time in the state senate working to bolster the budget with sales tax and gaming tax, starting a community college and health programs. He also talks about Pop Squires, a newspaper man and advocate for building Hoover Dam, who had a home on the site of Chic Hecht's clothing store on Fremont Street. Hecht also describes his time in the military and his involvement with the Military Intelligence Association.
Oral history interview with Christine Szukala conducted by Bridgette Foote on November 12, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Christine shares her family history and the story of her Thai mother and American Air Force father who met in Thailand and married before moving to the United States in 1970. She talks about her upbringing in Las Vegas, Nevada near Nellis Air Force base with her six siblings. Christine discusses her beliefs of how her newly immigrated mother adapted to American life, including altering her recipes to fit her husband's taste and reducing her visits to nearby Buddhist temples.
Includes meeting agenda and minutes along with additional information about the executive board nominations, memorandums, and senate stipend policy. CSUN Session 11 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.
B-roll of the Akke, the Stardust showgirl whose likeness is on the side of a Western Pacific Airlines plane, poses on the wing. Video switches to inside McCarran Airport, where a small ceremony celebrating the plane's reveal, including dancers and singers from "Enter the Night", including Marva Scott. Stardust executives, showgirls, and others board the plane for its inagural flight. Showgirls, dancers, and singers from "Enter the Night" walk up and down the plane's aisle while information about them is read aloud. Next segment is interview with Akke who describes the feeling of having her likeness on the side of a plane. Next segment is interview with Jim Seagrave, Stardust executive, who describes how exciting it is to have a "flying billboard." Edward Beauvais, Western Airlines executive, shares his thoughts on the plane-sized billboard. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Stardust Resort and Casino Records (MS-00515) -- Photographs and audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual material file.
Charles Pember "Pop" Squires (1865-1958) came to Las Vegas in 1905, and quickly established himself as a community leader and prominent businessman. He is best known as the publisher of the Las Vegas Age newspaper, which he edited for almost forty years. He married Delphine Anderson (1868-1961) on July 21, 1889. The Squires moved to Las Vegas in 1905, and Charles acquired hotel, banking, lumber, and utility interests before purchasing the Las Vegas Age newspaper in 1908.
Ena Russell Henderson was born on December 16, 1897. In 1941, she married Albert S. Henderson, whom she outlived after his death in 1961. Ena Russell Henderson passed away on November 23, 1992.
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Albert S. Henderson Papers, 1879-1962. MS-00191. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.