The events and promotional material series contains advertisement material, contest and drawing submission forms and results, photographs, and newspaper clippings from the Stardust Resort and Casino property in Las Vegas, Nevada between 1987 and 2006.
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Ragnald “Rags” Fyhen was an original member of the Nevada Central Labor Council. He was a labor organizer in the Clark County area. Fyhen was born in Tromso, Norway on August 1, 1884.
Fyhen was a machinist by trade. He came to Clark County in 1934 to work on the Hoover Dam and founded the Central Labor Council with some colleagues, which was instrumental in negotiating the labor agreement with Six Companies, Inc. to complete the dam. He served as the secretary-treasurer for the Central Labor Council from 1934 to 1947.
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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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Marcell Eugene Bridges was born March 20, 1929 in Fairview, Wyoming. Eugene married Zenna on November 21, 1947 and had seven children: Eugene Lamont, Julia Ann, Melissa Leigh, David Kevin, Cynthia Marie, Laurie Michele, and Jonathan Charles.
Bridges' education is as follows: L.D.S Business College (now Ensign College); University of Utah for Banking and Finance; Masters in Trust Banking from the University of Washington.
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