Wilbur Clark (December 27, 1908 – August 27, 1965) was an American casino owner and land developer in Las Vegas, Nevada. Wilbur Clark was born on December...
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Desert Inn (category Demolished hotels in Clark County, Nevada)
Desert Inn Road and Sands Avenue. The original name was Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn. Wilbur Clark, described by Frank Sinatra biographer James Kaplan as...
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Wright brothers (redirect from Wilbur Wright)
Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers...
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(1888–1979), US Army brigadier general Wilbur Cave (fl. 1970s–2000s), American politician from South Carolina Wilbur Clark (1908–1965), American businessman...
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resort for $1.2 million to Wilbur Clark, a San Diego businessman, and Clayton Smith, a Los Angeles hotel man. In 1945, Clark partnered with two California...
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1940s with the Desert Inn. When the original builder of the resort, Wilbur Clark, ran out of money, Dalitz led a group of investors that became partners...
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Lansky and his brother Jake, with Wilbur Clark as the front man. The new wing of the hotel, consisting of Wilbur Clark's Casino Internacional, the adjoining...
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Raiders general manager Al Davis and Wilbur Clark of the Desert Inn as a charity game to benefit 'Wilbur Clark's Cavalcade of Charities.' The game would...
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Charlotte's Web (redirect from Wilbur (Charlotte's Web))
tells the story of a livestock pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. When Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered by the...
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Desert Inn Road, also known as Wilbur Clark D. I. Road, is a major west-east road in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, Nevada, United States, part of the...
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Gaming Commission of Nevada was established on 30 March 1959. In 1959, the Clark County Commission built the Las Vegas Convention Center, which would become...
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business executive founder of Panda Express Spencer Clark Yes race car driver NASCAR Wilbur Clark No businessman ran El Rancho Vegas and Desert Inn Norm...
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manager of the Flamingo Hotel and a friend of mobster Bugsy Siegel, Wilbur Clark representing the Desert Inn, and Nevada Lieutenant Governor Clifford...
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and Bold 'n Determined. Love Sign was bred by Jane Wilbur Clark and raced by her husband, Stephen Clark, Jr. She was trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame...
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including 44.0% of those under age 18 and 22.2% of those age 65 or over. Wilbur Clark, builder and owner of Desert Inn hotel and casino in Las Vegas Frank...
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Victorville, California; the San Bernardino County West End Courts Building; Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn in Las Vegas; and high schools in Visalia, Los Angeles, Gardena...
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since 1943. The cover photography for the album was taken at the home of Wilbur Clark, the owner of the Desert Inn nightclub in Las Vegas. Durante's rendition...
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Davenport (county seat) Harrington Sprague Almira Creston Odessa Reardan Wilbur Clark Edwall Irby Lamona Lincoln Mondovi Mohler Seven Bays Fishtrap Govan National...
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In 1957, he partnered with Moe Dalitz, Morris Kleinman, Sam Tucker, Wilbur Clark (of the Desert Inn and Lansky's Hotel Nacional casino), Ed Levinson (of...
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casino opened in December 1946, and the hotel opened in March 1947. Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn resort opened in 1950. The funding for many Las Vegas projects...
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Superman (redirect from Clark Kent)
found and adopted by farmers Jonathan and Martha Kent, who named him Clark Kent. Clark began developing various superhuman abilities, such as incredible...
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Wilbur Burton Foshay (1881–1957) was an American businessman, who built a fortune buying utilities throughout the Midwest in the early 20th century. Foshay...
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brokers. Besides Dalitz were his old friends Morris Kleinman, Sam Tucker, Wilbur Clark of the Desert Inn (and Lansky's Hotel Nacional casino); Ed Levinson of...
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Wilbur Sweatman's professional music career began in the late 1890s when, still a teenager, he toured with circus bands, first with Professor Clark Smith's...
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1943, Turf Club replaced Northern Club. It ran only until 1945 when Wilbur Clark leased the club, renaming it the Monte Carlo Club. The Stockers continued...
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Meet the Robinsons (redirect from A Day with Wilbur Robinson (2006 film))
Disney Pictures. It is loosely based on the 1990 children's book A Day with Wilbur Robinson by William Joyce. The film was directed by Stephen J. Anderson...
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A longtime career criminal in Oklahoma during the 1920s, Clark was associated with Wilbur Underhill, Harvey Bailey and Robert "Big Bob" Brady and remained...
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had been deported from the U.S. back over the American border. When Wilbur Clark built the Desert Inn casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1947, he sought...
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and Wilbur Ware. He also recorded sessions with Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins, Billie Holiday, Stanley Turrentine, and Lee Morgan. As a leader, Clark recorded...
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