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Anderson, Jack Francis, 1940-

Attorney Jack Anderson was one of the lawyers who handled legal issues for Operation Life, the Westside community organization founded by welfare rights activist Ruby Duncan. The organization aided residents in housing, health services, food, education, job training, day care for working mothers, and general economic development. A former card dealer, Anderson, a caucasian, graduated from the historically black Howard Law School, and began work with his friend Mahlon Brown III, for Clark County Legal Services in the early 1970s.

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Hahn, Howard

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Round, Stephen, 1970-

Steve Round (born 1970) is a military veteran who has lived in Las Vegas, Nevada since 2013. Round was a guest at the Aria hotel and casino when the mass shooting occurred at the Route 91 Harvest festival on October 1, 2017. On October 2, 2017 Round began to build a memorial at Reno Avenue at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip. Once the memorabilia from the memorial was taken to the Clark County Museum Round moved to the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign and began to assist in that site's protection until October 10, 2017.

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Jensen, Ellen B.

Ellen B. Jensen was a Las Vegas, Nevada newspaper editor and writer active in the late 1960s. She edited and wrote for the monthly Las Vegas Review Journal Jr. from November 1968 to August 1969 and used the bylines Ellen B. Jensen, Jenell, and Ellie. She also wrote articles for the Las Vegas Sun ("Sunday Scene") and Las Vegas Review Journal ("The Nevadan") from 1966 to 1969.

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Jensen, Frank C., 1904-1978

Frank Christian Jensen was born on May 18, 1904. Jensen served as a first aid attendant for the Bureau of Reclamation on the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) Project from 1932 to 1969, interrupted by World War II and the Korean War, where he served as an assistant flight surgeon. Jensen retired from the Bureau of Reclamation on October 22, 1969 and passed away in 1978.

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United States Congress. Congressional Record, Extension of Remarks. 91st Cong., 1st sess., Congressional Record 115, pt. 23: 30643-32004. April 22, 1969.

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