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Baker, Carol, 1943-
Carol Baker was born October 13, 1943 in a small village in England. Her entry into entertainment began when she joined the dance troupe known as the Bluebell Girls. She danced at the Lido in Paris before arriving in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1963. After leaving Las Vegas to return home for a few months, Baker received an offer to be a part of the Folies-Bergère at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino.
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Sweet, Kevin
Kevin Sweet was born in Wellsville, New York. He always knew he wanted to run casinos. When he graduated from college in December 2006, he came to Las Vegas and entered the MGM Management Associate Program. Kevin went to work at Treasure Island as a slot operations analyst. He worked in the same position at Bellagio, then as director of slot operations at Aria. Kevin wanted international experience, so he became the executive director of global slot operations for Las Vegas Sands Corporation.
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Buford, Eugene
Eugene Buford came to Las Vegas, Nevada from Birmingham, Alabama, when he was two years old with his mother and grandmother. He held a variety of jobs, including washing dishes at the Last Frontier and delivering ice to casinos like the Flamingo and the Stardust, and ultimately retired after thirty-six years with the Post Office. Buford's great grandmother, Mary Nettles, was instrumental in the formation and growth of the NAACP chapter in Las Vegas, and he recalls meetings in her house and his own role as president of the Junior League NAACP.
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McGee, Trula E., 1952-
Trula McGee grew up in a military family where children were well behaved, intelligent, and an asset to the family's community representation. She migrated to Las Vegas in 1952 and lived for a short time in Carver Park in Henderson and attended Basic High School. McGee lived on the Westside as a young adult and remembers the Golden West Shopping Center, Reubens Supper Club (H and Owens), Larry's Sight and Sound, and other Westside locations. The family shopped for clothing at Sears and JC Penney in the downtown area.
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Textor, Ronald D.
Ronald D. Textor was born in Kirksville, Missouri, but moved shortly after his birth to Flint, Michigan. He started his own band, earned a degree in music education, and was in the North American Air Defense Command Band for three years. He then toured with the Glenn Miller Band under the direction of Buddy DeFranco. Textor earned a master's in music and briefly taught in several colleges in the late 1970s. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1981 and played with the Norm Geller orchestra at the Sands.
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Roth, Jerry H., 1941-
Jerry H. Roth was a Las Vegas, Nevada boxing judge. Roth was born on May 12, 1941 in Las Vegas and started working for the Nevada Athletic Commission at the Silver Slipper Hotel and Casino. He worked on 225 world title fights including Oscar De La Hoya versus Félix Trinidad in 1999 and Mike Tyson versus Evander Holyfield in 1996.
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Stocker, Oscar Wellington, 1872-1941
Oscar Wellington Stocker was born on April 1, 1872 in Easton, Pennsylvannia. Oscar married Mayme Virgina Clifton on December 26, 1891 in Reading, Pennsylvania, who would later become the first person to hold a legal casino license. He and his wife had three sons, Clarence, Harold, and Lester. The family left Pennsylvania in 1904, eventually settling in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1911. Oscar worked as an engine foreman for the railroad yards in Las Vegas and was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainsmen. He passed away on September 10, 1941.
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Sweet, Kevin
Kevin Sweet was born in Wellsville, New York. He always knew he wanted to run casinos. When he graduated from college in December 2006, he came to Las Vegas and entered the MGM Management Associate Program. Kevin went to work at Treasure Island as a slot operations analyst. He worked in the same position at Bellagio, then as director of slot operations at Aria. Kevin wanted international experience, so he became the executive director of global slot operations for Las Vegas Sands Corporation.
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Rawls, Ellen Burke
Ellen Burke Rawls is an entertainment columnist and publicist in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and her entertainment columns detail the line-up of coming events and stars at Atlantic City hotels and casinos. Her "Atlantic City" byline column appeared weekly in the Staten Island Sunday Advance from 1990 to 1995. Her Star-Ledger columns were carried in the Special Section under "Gracious Living" from 1990 to 1993 and "Summertime" from 1993 to 1994.
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Baker, Carol, 1943-
Carol Baker was born October 13, 1943 in a small village in England. Her entry into entertainment began when she joined the dance troupe known as the Bluebell Girls. She danced at the Lido in Paris before arriving in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1963. After leaving Las Vegas to return home for a few months, Baker received an offer to be a part of the Folies-Bergère at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino.
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