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Rooms tower expansion: architectural, structural, electrical, and kitchen drawings, 1980 February 6
Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Roll 609
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Exhibition Center: electrical drawings, sheets E1-E11, 1983 June 1
Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Roll 693
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Remodel and additions: architectural drawings, sheets A0-A3.2-34, 1988 August 26
Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Roll 475
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Remodel and additions: "Catching a Rising Star" theater; architectural, and electrical drawings, 1988 August 4
Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Roll 479
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Remodel and additions: temporary front desk; architectural, mechanical, and electrical drawings, 1988 August 5
Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Roll 479
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Conedy, Clifford B., 1952-
Clifford Conedy played on the football team at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, beginning in 1973. The university got him a job working security as part of the youth patrol at Circus Circus Hotel-Casino. He lived in Washington State and came back to Las Vegas in 1977 and worked security for the Fremont Hotel and Casino and for the Stardust. He became a dealer for the Fremont and also worked for Little Caesars Casino, the Mint Hotel and Casino, El Rancho, the Imperial Palace, the MGM Grand, the Flamingo Hilton, and Casesars Palace.
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Stearns, Sam
Sam Stearns was an owner-operator of several casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1935 he bought the Meadows Club on Boulder Highway with his brother Dave Stearns and Larry Potter. By 1941, the Stearns brothers also operated the Northern Club in downtown Las Vegas, which Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel invested $18,000 in.
Gragg, Larry D. Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel: The Gangster, the Flamingo, and the Making of Modern Las Vegas. Santa Barbara: Praeger, 2015.
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Berman, Davie, 1903-1957
David "Davie" Berman (1903-1957) was one of the pioneers of the casino business in Las Vegas, Nevada. Berman was born January 16, 1903 in Odessa, Ukraine and grew up in Ashley, North Dakota. He was named Donald at birth but later changed his name to David. By age 16 he ran the biggest bootlegging operation in Iowa, and was also involved with organized crime in New York City and Minneapolis.
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Transcript of interview with Stanley and Sandy Mallin by Barbara Tabach, January 7, 2015
Stanley Mallin (1923- ) was a native of Kansas City, Missouri; the son of Bess and Louis Mallin. His mother was a homemaker and his father was an industrious immigrant from Ukraine who earned his US citizenship through combat in World War I. Stan was the middle child of their three. It was while Stan attended the University of Missouri that he met Jay Sarno. The two men’s fast personal friendship made them solid business partners. Their first endeavor was in Florida with a tile business. It was during a holiday stay at the Flamingo that the two dreamed a bigger, better hotel-casino. The result was Caesars Palace. He has lived and helped develop Las Vegas since 1968. In 1982, Stan married his wife Sandy (neé Jacoby) Mallin. Sandy grew up in New York and arrived in Las Vegas in 1977. She has provided dynamic leadership in the Jewish community. For several years she was President of the Women’s Division of Jewish Federation. She then followed this as the first woman to be President of T
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