The Steffen Holding Corporation series consists of documents and materials from 1967 to 1982. United States Air Force office Dr. Robert Steffen formed the Holding Corporation with Elmo C. Bruner as president in the late 1960s. Bruner identified land for Steffen to purchase as investment property in Southern Nevada as well as along the Colorado River in San Bernardino County, California. Bruner earned a commission on profits. Following Elmo Bruner’s death, his son Jerry, became president of Steffen Holding. The corporation dissolved in the early 1980s.
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A series of news, press, and informational videos that follow the history of the Stratosphere Tower and show the buiding's press reveal announcment, ground breaking, construction, construction fire, and grand opening; first video is a KTNV-TV Channel 13 editorial with Jim Behling, V.P./General Manager; the news clips that follow are from multiple stations and feature multiple anchors including Paula Francis and Bill French from KLAS-TV Channel 8; Marianne McClary and Angela Rodriguez from KTNV-TV Channel 13; and Scott Andrus, Sue Tripathi, and Rikki Cheese from KVBC Channel 3; featured interviews from the videos include Robert Broadbent, Director of Aviation in Clark County; Bob Stupak, the owner of the Stratosphere Tower; Raymond Lafaire, a Las Vegas tourist; Jerry Miller, a crew worker; Jerry Smiley from Union Equity Partners; Mike Moody, a business editor; Las Vegas Mayor Jan Jones; Nevada Governor Bob Miller; and unidentified construction workers; additional videos include a history of Bob Stupak showcasing his Las Vegas legacy, Vegas World, and Stratosphere Tower; the construction fire at Stratosphere Tower on August 29, 1993; and Stratosphere Tower opening night press footage of Las Vegas Mayor Jan Jones, Nevada Governor Bob Miller, Bob Stupak, and Phyllis McGuire; b-roll footage of digital renderings, press announcements, ground breaking for construction, various stages of construction, Las Vegas, printed media of Bob Stupak, construction fire, and fireworks from the top of the Stratosphere Tower Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
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The Yucca Mountain, Nevada Final Environmental Impact Statement series (1957-2001) contains the documents listed in the following report:
United States. Department of Energy. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. Final environmental impact statement for a geologic repository for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County. North Las Vegas, Nev. : U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, February 2002.
Series 3 does not contain documents listed in the Draft EIS supplement.
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