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Station Casinos, Inc.
Station Casinos, Inc., was started by Frank J. Fertitta Jr. in 1976 in Las Vegas, Nevada as a single gambling facility. The facility was known as The Casino and underwent various expansions over the years before changing its name to the Palace Station in 1983. Fertitta’s son, Frank J. Fertitta III, joined the company in 1984 as vice president and director. Station Casinos continued expanding throughout the 1990s and establishing additional gaming facilities in Missouri including riverboat and dockside gaming in St.
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Cohen, Bernard Louis, 1918-2002
Bio taken from Find-A-Grave: "Dr. Bernard Louis Cohen, 83, of Prospect Street, Malone, N.Y. and E. Harmon Avenue, Las Vegas, Nev., died Wednesday, May 1, 2002, at Nathan Adelson Hospice, Las Vegas, Nev.
He was born Oct. 31, 1918, in Gouverneur, N.Y., the son of Hyman and Mildred Edison Cohen. They predeceased him.
He married Dr. Shirlee Krakauer Nov. 10, 1946, at the Essex House in New York City. She survives.
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Station Casinos, Inc.
Station Casinos, Inc., was started by Frank J. Fertitta Jr. in 1976 in Las Vegas, Nevada as a single gambling facility. The facility was known as The Casino and underwent various expansions over the years before changing its name to the Palace Station in 1983. Fertitta’s son, Frank J. Fertitta III, joined the company in 1984 as vice president and director. Station Casinos continued expanding throughout the 1990s and establishing additional gaming facilities in Missouri including riverboat and dockside gaming in St.
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