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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1966
Page
2
Veteran Las Vegas hotel figure Saul Prell and key Sahara Nevada executives shaped the Strip. Prell expanded Sahara and launched high rises, led Sahara Nevada Corp, and backed Las Vegas promotions. Other insiders include Saul Messer, Elias Atol, Carl Wilson, and Al Garbian, detailing careers, families, and civic roles.
Gil Gilbert fled Russia during the revolution with little money and few English words. He learned upholstery in Long Beach California then moved to Las Vegas in 1957 joining Milton Prell at the Pioneer Club and later became managing director of the Aladdin. He helped form the Casino Center and Downtown Improvement Associations and was a Shrine leader. He is married to Mary for 31 years with two children, Sandy and Brenda.
Publicity staff at the Aladdin Hotel release a special supplement detailing the resort’s newest features and attractions in Las Vegas. Tansee Dick Kanellis edits with assistant Jim Stalnaker and Melvin Co. Inc. handling publicity. contact offices in Las Vegas for more copies.
A detailed roll of Aladdin Hotel staff shows Mel Prell and a large group of veteran Vegas executives joining the Aladdin in February. The lineup includes shift managers Greg Johnson Ernest Sims and Jimmy Konys, along with Joseph J. New and Harry Feinberg, detailing careers across Sahara Mint and Thunderbird properties.
Oscar Agron, a veteran Las Vegas gaming figure raised in Chicago, moved to Las Vegas in 1954 to work at the Flamingo Hotel. He later ran the Pioneer Club downtown, sold his interests in 1962, and returned to real estate before joining the Aladdin in March. His wife Sara and daughters Elissa and Marcie are noted, with Paula Clark’s career path at Prell Hotel Corp. and related roles.
A roster of department chiefs and managers is presented for the ALADDIN SUPPLEMENT 5-A. Names include Sam Cardillo Lecce Guzman Harold Kidder Marion King Rose Mancino A. J. Monte Hem RAG Lee Rypdahl Catherine Simmons Ken Van Vorst Dick Wallin and others. The document reads as a leadership and staffing guide.
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