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Sporn, Karin

Karin Sporn is the founder of Glaxo Pharma and was chairwoman of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Women’s Philanthropy council from 2012-2014. She is a 2016 award winner from the International Lion of Judah Conference  for her work with the Jewish community. While chairwoman of the Jewish Federation she took a trip to the Ukraine and saw firsthand how the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the Jewish Agency for Israel work to help members of the Jewish community.

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Spriggins, Deuce

Deuce Spriggins was an actor, singer, and composer. George R. Braunsdorf, known as Deuce Spriggens, was born on July 15, 1914, in Kansas and died May 30, 1965, in Los Angeles, California.

 

http://www.bobnolan-sop.net/Biographies/The%20Story%20of%20SOP/Deuce%20Spriggens/Deuce.htm

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Sproule, William

president of the Wells Fargo Express Company and later the Southern Pacific Railroad
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sproule 
"...retained presidency of SP's [Southern Pacific] Pacific Lines."
p. 115-116, The Southern Pacific, 1901-1985, by Don L. Hofsommer, Texas A&M University Press, 1986. https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1603441271 

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Spurlock, Janice

Janice Spurlock's family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada from California in the 1930s. 

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