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Clark, Helen M., 1921-2009
Helen M. Clark was born in July 1921 in Memphis, Tennessee. In her lifetime she has been a stenographer, real estate secretary, real estate agent, and a cashier. In this interview she discusses why she moved to Las Vegas with her family and why she was homeschooled, and then discusses her life in Las Vegas during the Great Depression, prostition, and the mob influence.
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Clark, Phyllis Webb, 1928-
Phyllis Webb Clark was born in Los Angeles, California on October 11, 1928. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1942. She was a homemaker.
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Deaner, Charles W., 1922-2017
Charles Deaner was born in 1922 near Erie, Pennsylvania. Deaner served in the Air Force and battled in the North African campaign of World War II. After the war, he attended college and received a law degree from Syracuse University. Because of a sister and brother-in-law who had settled in Las Vegas, Nevada, he ventured to join them in Las Vegas during the 1950s. Deaner became a leader in the law profession during the 1960s and the 1970s.
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Collins, Ed, 1916-
Edward A. Collins was born on March 30th, 1916. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1955. He worked as a dealer, a captain in a showroom at the Frontier Hotel, and had many more jobs on the Las Vegas Strip.
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Conti, Charlotte (Charlotte Ann Easton), 1941-
Charlotte Conti was born Charlotte Anne Easton on December 13, 1941 in Arkansas. She was a hairdresser and physical education instructor for the St. Francis School.
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Dennison, Merna Steiner, 1917-2007
Merna Steiner Dennison was born on September 9th, 1917 in Blanding, Utah. She worked as a maid and a waitress at various hotels and restaurants in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Corderman, Margie JoAnne, 1933-
Margie JoAnne Corderman was born on September 20, 1933 in Sac City, Iowa. She was a Deputy Assessor, engineering aid, planning technician, planning director, and engineering technician for Clark County, Nevada.
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Delibos, John J., 1951-
John Delibos was born on February 12, 1951 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin to a Catholic family. At the age of eight, his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. After graduating from Cornell University, Delibos returned to Las Vegas. He worked in various casinos around town. Eventually, Delibos retired from gaming and worked full-time as an interior designer.
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Cowan, Susan, 1928-
Susan Cowan grew up in Kansas City, Missouri with her parents, older sister and grandparents. By the time Cowan graduated from high school, she had moved five different times. This continued once she was married, she eventually settled in Boulder, Colorado. It was there that Cowan began working in higher education as a secretary at the University of Colorado-Boulder, where she met her second husband.
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