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Stearns, Dave
Dave Stearns was a gambler and entrepreneur who owned and operated several casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1935 he bought the Meadows Club on Boulder Highway with his brother Sam Stearns and Larry Potter. By 1941, the Stearns brothers also operated the Northern Club in downtown Las Vegas, which Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel invested $18,000 in.
Gragg, Larry D. Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel: The Gangster, the Flamingo, and the Making of Modern Las Vegas. Santa Barbara: Praeger, 2015.
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Polikoff, Todd S.
Todd S. Polikoff was born on September 8, 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 2015, he was named president and chief executive officer of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas (Jewish Nevada).
Todd S. Polikoff served as President & Chief Executive Officer of the Jewish Nevada (formerly Jewish Federation of Las Vegas) from 2015 to 2018. Todd is a graduate of Stockton University and earned his MBA at Cleveland State University. He has three children: Samuel, Shira and Jordan.
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Dondich, Josie, 1908-1976
Josie Dondich (1908-1976) owned the Cut Rate Liquor Store located at 132 South Fifth Street (now Las
Vegas Boulevard) in the 1940s in Las Vegas, Nevada. She married Ali T. Dondich, a veteran and a construction worker for the Hoover Dam project. The couple had three children, Alex, Elena, and James. Josie Dondich passed away in 1976.
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Josie Dondich Papers, 1935-1974. MS-00261. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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