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South Bend Honors Civic Leaders Behind Revival
In South Bend Indiana a black-tie dinner honored Franklin D B Schurz Paul D Gilbert and Bernard J Woll for leading the city back from economic crisis after the Studebaker collapse in 1964 The event scaled to a larger venue underscoring the citys recovery along with Notre Dame and local industry The 1972 and prior year sales figures and the 1997 fundraising drive underscored the strong rebound of St Joseph County economy and the region as a shopping hub
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South Bend
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Franklin DB. Schurz
South Bend “Tribune
Paul D. Gilbert
Bernard J. Woll
Sibley Machine & Foundry Corp
Studebaker Corp
University of Notre Dame
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Gilbert
St. Joseph County
Mishawaka