Interview with Mary Louise Williams conducted by Claytee D. White on June 19, 1998. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Williams was musically trained and worked as a dancer at the opening of the Moulin Rouge in 1955. Following her career in social work and teaching in New York, she retired to Las Vegas.
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Peters' essay describes her family's journey to escape the Nazis and Communism, remaining in Hungary until 1956. She and her husband were part of the Hungarian Freedom Fighters group, and escaped to Vienna, and then to the U.S.
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Leonard Gang was born in New York in 1935. Leonard graduated New York University School of Law in 1961. He moved to Las Vegas to clerk with the Nevada Supreme Court. Both Len and his wife Bobbie grew up with Jewish traditions in New York and became members of Temple Beth Sholom upon moving to Las Vegas. Len is a Navy veteran, former Deputy District Attorney (1965-1966), District Court Judge, Clark County (1971-1974), accomplished criminal and civil litigator.
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Born Alfonso D'Abruzzo to a New York City Italian family in 1914, Alda began singing to supplement his income while studying architecture at New York University. This part-time work led to a career in radio, stage, film, and television that spanned over sixty years. Alda had two sons, Alan and Antony, who followed their father into acting. Robert Alda died in 1986.
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