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Hecht, Chic, 1928-2006
Nevada businessman and Republican politician Jacob "Chic" Hecht (1928-2006) was elected to the U.S. Senate in November 1982. As a senator, he used quiet diplomacy skills to help Soviet Jews gain permission to emigrate. During the Korean War, Hecht served as a counterintelligence agent in Berlin. After the war he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and operated several businesses. Hecht also represented Clark County in the Nevada State Senate for eight years.
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Curtis, Hal G., 1926-
Hal G. Curtis was born July 09, 1926 in Galt City, California. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada when he was four years old. He graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1942 and went into the United States military until 1950. Curtis worked on the Union Pacific Railroad in iron work for more than 25 years.
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Spiess, Erick R., 1919-2016
Erick Robert Spiess was born May 29, 1919 to Lola and Erick Spiess in Kentucky. He later served in the military during World War II. He married Margaret Brown on August 10, 1944 in Lake Charles, Louisiana and the couple later moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. He died in Baltimore, Maryland on November 23, 2016.
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Barnes, TD
Thornton Duard "TD" Barnes was born in Texas on January 25, 1937, grew up on a ranch at Dalhart, Texas, and graduated from Mountain View High School, Oklahoma. He then embarked on a ten-year military career. He served as an army intelligence officer in Korea. Following two years of radar and missile electronics schooling, he taught foreign students the Nike radar and missile system, and deployed with a Hawk missile battalion during the Soviet Iron Curtain threat. He attended Artillery OCS, where an injury ended his military career.
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