GOP Chooses Hotel Exec to Run Against Wagner
Robert K. Christenberry a 38 year old one handed World War I veteran and president of the Ambassador Hotel was picked by New York GOP leaders to challenge Mayor Robert F. Wagner. Christenberry called Wagner a do nothing mayor and cited graft and corruption as issues while Wagner praised him as a friend.
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New York
Robert K. Christenberry
France
Christenberry
Robert F. Wagner
Thomas E. Dewey
West Tennessee
Wagner
Bob
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Prayer Echoes New United Church of Christ Forming
George W. Cornell Claveland reports that the United Church of Christ began with prayer and song, aiming for worldwide Christian unity. Leaders say about two dozen Congregational Christian Churches left the merger, while roughly 200 adopted protective resolutions and most churches back the union despite tepid reactions.
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George W. Cornell
Claveland Pi
New United Church of Christ
Christian Unity
New Denomination
General Synod
Evangelical and Reformed Church
United Church of Christ
Church of Jesus Christ
Fred Hoskins
New York
Congregational Christian Church
United Church
FBI Seeks Former Tiger Pitcher Benton on Theft Charge
The FBI asks for the return of former Detroit Tigers pitcher Al Benton, accused of stealing a car in Sacramento and driving it to Oklahoma City. Benton was indicted in Oklahoma in October 1955 and has been living with his family in a Pontiac motel while working as a salesman in Detroit.
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Detroit
FBI
Detroit Tiger
al Benton
Sacramento
Calif
Oklahoma City
Charles W. Brown
Benton
Oklahoma
Pontiac, Mich
Theft of tires and wheels at DeSiard Street garage
Police investigate theft of four tires and wheels from parked cars at a garage located on 1903 DeSiard Street. Affected vehicles were identified as being in the facility’s lot during the incident. No suspects named at this time.
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DeSiard Street
NAACP to Honor Rev. Luther King at Detroit Convention
The NAACP will award the J. E. Spingarn Medal to the Rev. Martin Luther King at a mass meeting in Detroit's Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium. A Shad Polier speech praised Montgomery's bus boycott as a key civil rights victory. Detroit won a prize for its paid-staff branch and Kentucky earned a state conference prize for desegregation efforts.
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Detroit
Martin Luther King
Montgomery
Ala
National Assn
J. E. Spingarn
NAACP
Henry and
Edsel Ford
Shad Polter
American Jewish Congress
Polier
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Stewart Beach
GOP
Hotel Exec
Long
Uniting General Synod
Rev. Luther King
Freedom Fund
Sheraton Cadillac
Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Kentucky
Paul Hewitt Music CO
Louiusville Ave
Elgin Boats
Sears
Elgin
Urs
Louisville Ave
Elgin Motor
Nein
glRiple
Supreme Standard
Mahogany
Perr
West Monroe Furniture CO
Trenton St
West Monroe
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