Ed Koch

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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.
How Vegas became a city like no other: Mix mobsters, visionaries and stars with desert, add decades; Sunday, May 18, 2008; For what was for so long a small town, Las Vegas always has been about big things. The gangsters and the gaming pioneers were larger than life. The entertainers were the biggest and the brightest of stars. Even the bombs were huge, as towering mushroom clouds from aboveground atomic testing in the 1950s were as iconic as the flickering neon and the stretch of skyscraper resorts that would become the signatures of this desert oasis.
The mob's man in Vegas: 'Bugsy' Siegel left his mark and myth in Sin City; Thursday, May 15, 2008; In builder Del Webb’s storied career, he was never more nervous than when he was general contractor for the construction of the Flamingo Hotel.
Showtime: How Sin City evolved into 'The Entertainment Capital of the World': Thursday, May 15, 2008; Before central air conditioning and eye-catching neon lights, the Las Vegas Strip entertainment scene started in the western-themed El Rancho Vegas, a motor lodge located on Highway 91.
Bill that transformed a city: Thursday, May 15, 2008; The Wide Open Gambling Bill of 1931 was the cornerstone on which Las Vegas’ economy was built.
Conscience of the community: Sun founder Hank Greenspun fought for little guy; left lasting legacy; Thursday, May 15, 2008; Where in the world was Hank Greenspun?
Mr. Las Vegas owned the Strip: Wayne Newton will go down as entertainer, but also owned the Aladdin; Thursday, May 15, 2008; In 1980, Wayne Newton, affectionately known as “Mr. Las Vegas,” got a taste of what Frank Sinatra had experienced for much of his life — accusations of mob association.
Mob Ties: Thursday, May 15, 2008; They were law enforcement’s pests and the casino industry’s parasites, arriving in Las Vegas as the feds cracked down on gambling coast to coast. They were the mob — gangsters, hoodlums, thieves, small men — Las Vegas’ founding fathers. Their influence locally lasted about half a century, although their impact on those formative years will forever be threaded into the tapestry of Las Vegas’ lore and history.