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Transcript of interview with Lorna Kesterson by James M. Greene, October 18, 1974
On October 18, 1974, James M. Greene interviewed news editor, Lorna Kesterson (born December 30th, 1925 in St. George, Utah) in her office in Henderson, Nevada. The two discuss Kesterson’s work in news editing as well as her original reasons for moving to Nevada. They also discuss teenage social life of Boulder city, during the 1940s.
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Whitaker, Dean, 1925-
William Dean Whitaker was born in 1925 and raised in a suburb of Los Angeles,
California. Dean, as he is known, talks briefly about his parents and his brothers, for his youth quickly ended when he joined the Air Force and became an aviation cadet once he had turned 18 years old. The year was 1943 and World War II was raging. He became a member of the 398 th Bomb Group and flew twenty missions before being captured by the Germans.
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Brockett, Marilyn B., 1925-1993
Marilyn B. Brockett was born December 10, 1925, in Cedar City, Utah. Marilyn B. Brockett name before marriage was Marilyn B. Ballard. Brockett was a local store clerk. Brockett moved to Nevada in 1932.
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