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Harris, Otis
Otis R. Harris Jr. was born May 19, 1941 to Otis R. Harris Sr. and Florence Harris. In the early 1940s, after an argument with a white person, Otis Harris's father decided to relocate from Texas to California. During the trip west, he stopped in Las Vegas where they were hiring at the Basic Magnesium plant. Though he only worked there briefly, Las Vegas became home to the Harris family. In this interview, Otis talks about his father's hard working nature and being raised with seven siblings in Las Vegas.
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Harris, Tisha
Sylvia "Tisha" Harris was born on November 29, 1941 to Guy and Mae Fish of Princeton, New Jersey. She came to Las Vegas in 1963. Tisha married Otis Harris Jr. on July 31, 1965. Tisha worked in the Clark County School system for 29 years at the Westside School.
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Harteson, Leon, 1943-
Leon Harteson was born in rural Arkansas in 1943. He went to school in Las Vegas, Nevada graduating high school from Las Vegas High School. In 1968, Harteson graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Harteson has worked for the Clark County Juvenile Probation Department.
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Hawkins, Mary
Mary Hawkins moved to Southern Nevada in 1942. She moved to Nevada from Texas with her first husband. Hawkins was self-employed, running a cafe in Nevada, and she was also a housewife. Hawkins remarried in 1945, after her first husband died.
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Hart, Wendy
Wendy (Stark) Hart was born on November 18, 1960 in Houston, Texas to Harriet Maer Stark and Nathan Irving Stark. Both of Wendy's parents worked in the retail industry. Wendy Stark worked as a restaurant manager. Wendy married Steven Hart on October 01, 1985. They had one son David Louis Hart.
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Neville, Gladys, 1915-
Gladys Neville was born in Crowley, Louisiana in 1915, and was one of eleven children. Neville graduated high school in 1933 and earned her registered nurse certification in 1937. During World War II Neville qualified to join the 24th General Hospital and was deployed overseas to Florence, Italy. During her time in Italy Neville met her husband and the two wed while in Italy.
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McKee, Kathrine, 1949-
Kathrine McKee was born in 1949 in Detroit, Michigan to Lonnie and Dorothy McKee. Her father worked for General Motors and her mother was a homemaker. In 1965 McKee moved to Long Beach, California. On a visit to Las Vegas she auditioned for John Celli's show at the Mint Hotel. She got the job and moved to Las Vegas. She worked on various Las Vegas shows and even met the Rat Pack and established an intimate friendship with Sammy Davis Jr. In 1985 McKee moved back to Detroit and gave birth to a son. While in Detroit she became a casting director.
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Allen, Harvey, 1931-
Harvey Allen grew up poor in Philadelphia. After taking singing lessons at the Artie Singer Vocal School, he got jobs singing in night clubs up and down the east coast. He also took acting classes in New York and performed at the Copa Club. In the 1950s, he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and auditioned for Jack Entratter at the Sands Hotel and Casino where he performed with numerous entertainers including Lena Home, Louis Armstrong, Tallulah Bankhead and Robert Merrill.
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Albertson, Tim, 1973-
Tim Albertson's family moved to the Las Vegas, Nevada area in 1978, and his mother located her accounting business in the John S. Park area. Tim Albertson moved into the John S. Park Neighborhood in 2005.
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