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Exber, Mel
Mel Exber (1923-2002) was an innovative sports book operator and the longtime owner of the Las Vegas Club casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Exber was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 3, 1923. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and moved to Las Vegas in 1947. With his business partner, Jackie Gaughan, Exber opened the Saratoga Sports Book in 1953. Exber bought the Las Vegas Club in 1960, and also owned interests in the El Cortez, Plaza, Club Bingo, Western, Nevada, Gold Spike, and Barbary Coast.
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Mortensen, Verna Calista Cox, 1904-1979
Teacher Verna Mortensen (1904-1979) was born to Frank and Elthera Cox in Bunkerville, Nevada. The family relocated to St. George, Utah in 1910. Verna Mortensen went on to graduate from Dixie State Junior College in St. George. She served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Eastern United States.
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Neilan, Marshall A., 1891-1958
American silent film actor, director, and producer Marshall Neilan was born on April 11, 1891 in San Bernadino, California to Mary Blanche Brown and Michael Ambrose Neilan. He is most known for his work directing early Mary Pickford films in the 1910s. Neilan spent majority of his career working for Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation from 1944 to 1957.
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