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Gold, Aaron S., Rabbi, 1920-2001

Aaron S. Gold (May 13, 1920-June 13, 2001) was a rabbi who served many congregations including ones in Las Vegas, Wisconsin, and San Diego.
Gold was born in Poland, the son of a rabbi, and the tenth of eleven children.  While living in Poland, Gold faced anti-Semitic sentiments and
was once beaten so bad he went into a coma. When he was a child his father and brother emigrated to the United States and sent for the rest of
the family in 1928. After his move to the United States, Rabbi Gold trained as a rabbi and cantor as well as being a certified shochet and moehl.

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Hayes, Grace, 1895-1989

Grace Hayes was born on August 23, 1896 in Springfield, Missouri. She moved to San Francisco, California at the age of ten, and began to sing at nightclubs at the age of fourteen. In 1912 Hayes married Joseph Lind, and their son Joseph Conrad Lind (better known as Peter Lind Hayes) was born in 1915. She married twice after Lind; first to Charlie Foy, then to Robert Evan Hopkins. Hayes is best known for her career in motion pictures from 1929 to 1950, primarily for King of Jazz (1930) and Zis Boom Bah (1941).

Person

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) College of Human Performance and Development 33rd commencement program

Date

1996-05-11

Description

Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).

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"An Endangered Species": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date

1988 (year approximate) to 1995 (year approximate)

Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On Carl Rowan shooting a trespasser.

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"Dummy Up": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date

1991 (year approximate) to 1992 (year approximate)

Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On rogue cops and maintaining silence about them.

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