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McCarran, Pat, 1876-1954
Patrick “Pat” Anthony McCarran (1876-1954) was a United States senator who was significant in Nevada’s politics for more than fifty years. He was a supporter of the aviation industry as well, lobbying for the construction of the Nellis Air Force Base. McCarran was one of the few Democrats who opposed President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was also known to be a passionate anti-Communist.
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Mack, Jerome D. "Jerry", 1920-1998
Jerome D. "Jerry" Mack (1920-1998) was a banker, investor, and community leader in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mack and his business partner E. Parry Thomas were the first bankers to loan money to casinos in Las Vegas. Mack was a co-founder of Nevada Southern College in the 1950s, now known as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Mack and Thomas established UNLV's land foundation, which added 400 acres to the campus in 1967, and they funded the basketball stadium, which was named the Thomas & Mack Center in their honor.
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Russell, Charles H. (Charles Hinton), 1903-1989
Taken from Wikipedia, "Charles Hinton Russell (December 27, 1903 – September 13, 1989) was an American politician. He was the 20th Governor of Nevada.
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Sahl, Mort
Taken from Wiki Page: "Morton Lyon "Mort" Sahl (born May 11, 1927) is a Canadian-born American comedian and social satirist, considered by filmmaker Robert B. Weide to be the first modern stand-up comedian since Will Rogers, a humorist in the early 20th century. Sahl pioneered a style of social satire which pokes fun at political and current event topics using improvised monologues and only a newspaper as a prop.
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Price, Robert E., Jr. "Bob"
Full name: Robert Earle Price, Jr. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Price_%28Nevada_politician%29)
Member of the Nevada General Assembly from the 17th district, 1974-2002 (http://www.leg.state.nv.us/71st/legislators/assembly/PRICE.cfm)
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Peres, Shimon, 1923-2016
Taken from wikipedia: "Shimon Peres (August 2, 1923 – September 28, 2016) was an Israeli politician who served both as ninth President of Israel, (2007 to 2014) and Prime Minister of Israel, as well as Interim Prime Minister. He was a member of twelve cabinets in a political career spanning 70 years."
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