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Ryan, Ora Prichard Smith, 1904-1992
Ora Belva Palmer was born on September 4, 1904 in Aurora, Missouri to Amanda Belle Vaughn and James Henry Palmer. She married Everett John Phelps on December 25, 1921. The couple had one daughter, Rosetta Belle Phelps. She later left Phelps and moved west to pursue a divorce. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1931. She worked as a waitress and married Louis A. Prichard on February 8, 1935 in St. George, Utah. In 1938, she began to work at the Shady Moor Lodge, a boarding house located at 325 South Second Street.
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Hale, Blair
Dr. Blair Hale was born in Idaho in 1949, the third of four children born to Zendal McKay and Lenny Raymond Hale. His education includes semesters at Brigham Young University, El Camino City College, and a dental degree from Washington University.
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O'Brien, Matt (Matthew)
Matthew O'Brien is a journalist, author, and college instructor who is known for his nonfiction book Beneath the Neon about homeless people living underground in the Las Vegas Valley. He lived in Las Vegas from 1997-2017. O'Brien was born in Washington D.C. but grew up in Atlanta, GA, where he graduated from the University of West Georgia in 1995. He also earned an MFA from UNLV. O'Brien was a staff writer, news editor and managing editor of the alternative weekly Las Vegas CityLife from 2000 to 2008.
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Bayley, Judy, 1915-1971
Judy Bayley moved to Las Vegas, Nevada with her husband Warren "Doc" Bayley in 1956. Doc Bayley opened the Hacienda Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada later that year as part of his Hacienda Hotel chain that began in California. When he died in 1964, Judy Bayley took over the company and became chairwoman of Casino Operations, Inc.
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Straus, David, 1964-
David Straus was born November 11, 1964 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Joyce Straus, an artist, and Neil Straus, a doctor. After graduating from Clark High School, he attended the University of Arizona and then Whittier Law School. Straus built a successful legal career focused on estate planning, asset protection and charitable planning.
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Weinberger, William S., 1913-1996
William S. "Billy" Weinberger (1913-1996) was president of Caesars Palace in the 1960s and 1970s. He was also president of Bally's Park Place casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey in the 1970s and 1980s and ambassador emeritus for the Golden Nugget and the Mirage in Las Vegas in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Sheehan, Bill
William “Bill” J. Sheehan was born March 01, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was brought up in a Catholic household with a credit checker as a father. Knowing he might be drafted, Sheehan joined the United States Marine Corps in the 1940s and then returned home to finish his studies to become an accountant.
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