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Brash huckster and visionary builder Bob Stupak dies at 67

One of a kind made his mark as gambler, developer of Vegas World, Stratosphere

Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009

Bob Stupak was the ultimate Las Vegas gambler and huckster, always pushing the envelope if it would bring him publicity. Always the independent, he was more aggravating than charming, but always a topic of conversation, which pleased him. He died Friday after a long battle with leukemia.

Bob Stupak, builder of Stratosphere and Vegas World, dies at 67

Friday, Sept. 25, 2009

Bob Stupak, a Las Vegas legend who developed the Stratosphere and called himself the Polish Maverick, died today at Desert Springs Hospital after a long illness. He was 67. After an unconventional boyhood in Pittsburgh he came to Las Vegas, where he survived a motorcycle crash and sparred with gaming regulators. In his early days, Stupak delved into pop music and motorcycle drag racing before he began selling coupon books.

Doctor’s influence reaches into many Vegas hospitals

Air Force physician helped train a generation of medical professionals in the desert

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

When Dr. Joseph Rojas arrived at Nellis Air Force Base, his plan was to return with his family to his native Louisiana to start a private obstetrics and gynecology practice when his hitch was up.

Gaming trailblazer had ‘big Texas heart’

State’s first female casino owner, champion of child welfare, education, dies

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Throughout her storied gaming career, which began when she was a 15-year-old waitress in a Texas gambling house owned by legendary casino boss Benny Binion, Claudine Williams had the golden touch.

Mob-era gambling boss was ‘Old Vegas’

Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008

With the heart attack-related death Monday of Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal , 79, at his Boca Raton, Fla., home, the book may finally be closed on one of the most colorful periods — and people — in Las Vegas history.

100 years of service

St. Joan of Arc celebrates distinction as oldest Catholic church and parish in Las Vegas

Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008

The parish of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church celebrates its 100th birthday today, a milestone that its pastor, the Rev. Timothy Wehn, credits to the “continuity of faith” displayed by parishioners, tourists and the homeless, and the stable leadership of a devoted clergy.

Desert Inn, Stardust chief helped integrate Las Vegas Strip

Monday, Sept. 1, 2008

When black U.S. diplomat and 1950 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Ralph Bunche visited Las Vegas during the height of Strip hotel segregation in the 1950s, Desert Inn Managing Director Allard Roen not only got Bunche a room at the resort but also safely escorted him to it.

Sister of Sun founder a hat designer, singer, philanthropist, dynamo

Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008

When Alice Goldberg came to work as a receptionist and operator for the Las Vegas Sun in 1955, the feisty transplanted New Yorker saw her duties as much more than greeting customers and answering phones.

His was the influence that backed Hughes’ cash

Former spy brokered big deals that led to mob’s exit

Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008

On his deathbed, Robert Maheu reminisced with his longtime friend Gordie Margulis about several moments in his life, but perhaps none as poignant as what happened on April 16, 1961, the night before the doomed invasion of Cuba.

Vegas TV pioneer, newsman, historian Stoldal retiring

Dedication to accuracy will keep him busy correcting government Web sites

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Bob Stoldal, top news executive for KLAS-TV Channel 8, is retiring from the station June 30 after 36 years there. But he’s not retiring from facts. He’s launching a crusade to go after one of the big producers of Web site inaccuracies: the U.S. government.

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