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Jensen, Ellen B.
Ellen B. Jensen was a Las Vegas, Nevada newspaper editor and writer active in the late 1960s. She edited and wrote for the monthly Las Vegas Review Journal Jr. from November 1968 to August 1969 and used the bylines Ellen B. Jensen, Jenell, and Ellie. She also wrote articles for the Las Vegas Sun ("Sunday Scene") and Las Vegas Review Journal ("The Nevadan") from 1966 to 1969.
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Jensen, Frank C., 1904-1978
Frank Christian Jensen was born on May 18, 1904. Jensen served as a first aid attendant for the Bureau of Reclamation on the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) Project from 1932 to 1969, interrupted by World War II and the Korean War, where he served as an assistant flight surgeon. Jensen retired from the Bureau of Reclamation on October 22, 1969 and passed away in 1978.
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United States Congress. Congressional Record, Extension of Remarks. 91st Cong., 1st sess., Congressional Record 115, pt. 23: 30643-32004. April 22, 1969.
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Jensen, Norman C., 1913-1996
Norman C. Jensen (1913-1996) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army. He served in both World War II and the Korean War, and was captain of the Coast Artillery Corps assigned to the 31st Coast Artillery Regiment. The documents in this collection were discovered by Lt. Col. Jensen when he was stationed at Fort Taylor in Key West, Florida in 1945.
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Kearns, Ardis, 1922-2000
Las Vegas, Nevada community activist Ardis Kearns joined the League of Women Voters of the Las Vegas Valley chapter in 1956 and was instrumental in the organization's first meeting, held in Las Vegas in 1964. In 1975 she was elected as the League of Women Votes of Nevada president and her motto for the two-year term was "League Does Make a Difference." In addition to her extensive work with the League, Kearns was a member of the Southern Regional District Allocation Committee on Police and Criminal Justice from 1974 to 1977.
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Keeler, Dorothy A., 1900-1976
Dorothy Keeler (1900-1976) served as the Chief Deputy County Clerk in Clark County, Nevada in the 1930s. In this position, she issued many marriage licenses to Hollywood celebrities and others who came to Las Vegas to get married. Born Dorothy Alice Vandewerkern in Otego, New York, she married Charles Keeler in Reno, Nevada in 1927. The couple relocated to Las Vegas where Charles Keeler worked for Frank Garside at the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The Keelers later moved to Washington, D.C.
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