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Dorothy, Dale Burton, 1910-1982
Dale Burton Dorothy was born in 1910 in South Dakota. He married Gwendolyn Dorothy and they had a daughter named Sheila Lee Dorothy. Dale B. Dorothy died in 1982 at the age of 72.
"Dale B Dorothy in the 1940 Census." Ancestry. Accessed December 23, 2020. https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Arizona/Dale-B-Dorothy_2q8wj3/amp.
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Downs, Sheree L., 1956-
Born on April 2, 1956, Sheree Downs worked as a concert photographer for the vocal trio the Lettermen from 1976 to 1978. The Lettermen performed at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada twice a year during that time, and Downs accompanied them on these trips. She made personal visits to Las Vegas after she stopped working for the singing group, during which she documented the landscape through the eyes of a visitor. As of 2020, Sheree Downs lives in Colorado.
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DuBois, John B., 1921-
Republican Assemblyman from Clark County, Nevada John B. DuBois was born in West Point, New York on November 28, 1921. He graduated from the University of Missouri with a BS in journalism and did his graduate work in marketing and communications at the University of Southern California. After moving to Las Vegas he was the director of Corporate Communications for Southwest Gas Corporation from 1964 to 1976.
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Eadington, William R.
University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) Professor William R. Eadington joined the faculty as an economist in 1969. He was the first holder of the Philip J. Satre Chair in Gaming Studies, a professor of economics, and founding director of the Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming at UNR.
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Early, Charles Alvin, Jr., 1924-2012
Charles Alvin (Tod) Early Jr. was born in Yerington, Nevada and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1963. He started Central Credit Inc., the first credit check company for casinos to check credit worthiness of gamblers. He later sold the company to Chilton Corporation. He passed away in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 9, 2012.
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Gill, Benjamin
Benjamin Gill arrived in Goldfield from Seattle, Washington around 1905. An accountant, Gill worked for a number of mining and brokerage companies. From 1906, he was secretary and local agent for the Begole Mining Syndicate, owned by mining financier, F. H. Begole, of Marquette, Michigan. He also acted as secretary for the Nevada Registration and Trust Company of Goldfield.
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Gold, Hyman
Musician Hyman Gold was born in Cleveland, Ohio on August 26, 1914. A cellist since the age of twelve, Gold attended the Cleveland Institute of Music. He performed with many major symphonies and opera companies throughout the country. He was president of the Gold 'N' Cello Recording Company and performed on many albums.
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Goodwin, George
George Goodwin was a radio station director during the 1940s through the 1960s. He is best known with inventing the first Tune-Dex cards, a series of 3" by 5" cards with lyrics, melodies and chord symbols for musicians so they could carry more music aroundvwith them. Due to poor health, he retired in 1963 and died in 1965.
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Cal McKinley Collection of Tune-Dex Cards, 1943-1950. MS-00616. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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