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Carsony, Karl, 1924-2012
Karl Carsony was an Austrian-born acrobat and balancing artist who performed primarily in the United States and Europe from the 1940s-1970s. He was well known for performing a handstand on a cane while balancing atop the Sahara Hotel and Casino sign in Las Vegas, Nevada--a publicity stunt for the hotel's opening in 1952.
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Cunningham, Erma, 1912-2003
Erma Cunningham (1912-2003) taught school throughout Southern Nevada. She was born October 26, 1912 in Granby, Missouri. Cunningham taught in one-room schools in Beatty and Nelson, Nevada and retired from Gordon McCaw Elementary School in Henderson, Nevada. She passed away on March 9, 2003, in Henderson, Nevada.
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Daniels, Elizabeth (Daniels-Henderson)
Beth Daniels-Henderson (1946- ) was born in Dayton, Ohio and obtained her history degree in 1990 from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is a romance novelist who has published under a variety of names, including Beth Daniels, Beth Henderson, and Lisa Dane. Prior to becoming a novelist, she worked for Las Vegas radio station KLUC. While writing her first several novels, she worked for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas James Dickinson Library. She continues to write and teaches online writing workshops.
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Collins, Peter, 1945-
British academic Peter Collins is an author, lecturer, and consultant on gambling and the gaming industry. A graduate of the Universities of Oxford and London, he founded and directed the National Centre for the Study of Gambling at the University of Cape Town in South Africa between 1995 and 1999. In 2000, he relocated to England, where he served as director of the Centre for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming at the University of Salford, Manchester. In 2002, he was appointed Professor of Public Policy in the university's Salford Business School.
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