Mary Manning

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Las Vegas ambassador extraordinaire: Friday, May 9, 2008; World War II fighter pilot G. Barney Rawlings came to Las Vegas in 1947 to sing — launching a half-century career as a performer, emcee and executive director of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
Large-scale hepatitis alert has no precedent: Friday, Feb. 29, 2008; The campaign to notify 40,000 patients of a Las Vegas endoscopy and colonoscopy clinic that they might have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV is believed to be unprecedented in U.S. history, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Past tragedies at Las Vegas resorts led to safer visits for today’s guests: Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008; The hotel fire with the second-largest loss of life in United States history took place on Nov. 21, 1980, when the 26-story MGM Grand Hotel and Casino burst into flames, killing 87 people and injuring 700.
At the time the MGM spouted a plume of black smoke seen throughout the Las Vegas Valley, there were no requirements for sprinklers, no smoke detectors in rooms and no way to contact guests in their rooms once the electricity was cut off.
MGM fire changed safety standards: Friday, Jan. 25, 2008; The 1980 MGM Grand fire altered safety standards in both Nevada and across the nation.
More about the Monte Carlo: Friday, Jan. 25, 2008; Here are some facts and historical information about The Monte Carlo Resort and Casino, which was damaged in a three-alarm fire on Friday, Jan. 25, 2008.
Las Vegas fire history: Friday, Jan. 25, 2008; Las Vegas residents and visitors have witnessed previous fires in various hotels.
Elise Vallee: 1928 - 2007: Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007; Elise Vallee, a singer and classically trained ballet dancer, arrived in Las Vegas by way of Paris and Hollywood.
HAROLD 'HAL' OBER, 1926-2007: Friday, Nov. 9, 2007; Harold "Hal" Ober came to Las Vegas in 1977 as a homebuilder, but for decades he devoted his time and energies to the needs of children , their education and their environment.
Craig Walton: 1934 - 2007: Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007; Craig Walton, UNLV's emeritus ethics professor and president of the Nevada Center for Public Ethics, praised Secretary of State Ross Miller's decision in March to learn more about a legal defense fund set up for Gov. Jim Gibbons.
Suicide prevention will get a vote, Reid promises: Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., promised Wednesday that he would bring to a vote a suicide prevention bill to help veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan that has been stalled since spring.