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Died. Herbert W. Christen berry, 77, U.S. district judge in New Orleans; of an apparent heart attack; in Kentwood, La. Christenberry, who had been U.S. Attorney in his native New Orleans for five years, was appointed to the bench in 1947 by President Harry S. Truman. In the years since then, he made a number of pioneering rulings in civil rights cases, including a 1966 order forcing school integration in Plaquemines Parish, La., one of the longest Deep South holdouts against federal desegregation laws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 20, 1975 | 10/20/1975 | See Source »

...even the negotiators were pleased with the contract that ended the New York strike. "Neither side will sing victory songs about this," predicted School Board Vice President Robert Christen. Albert Shanker, president of the 81,000-member United Federation of Teachers called it a settlement that "nobody likes." Certainly few educators did. As Shanker outlined the proposed contract to the union's delegate assembly (which had voted overwhelmingly to strike the week before), he was interrupted with jeers and catcalls of "Sellout." Outside Madison Square Garden, rank-and-file teachers chanted: "Vote no, vote no." The roiled, resentful membership...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Unhappy Ending | 9/29/1975 | See Source »

...Radcliffe crew paused yesterday in its preparation for the nationals to christen three new rowing shells with the names of three prominent Radcliffe women...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Crew Team Christens Shells in Dockside Ceremony | 6/13/1973 | See Source »

...highlight of the ceremony came when Pforzheimer, whose husband Carl Pforzheimer donated the money for the four, was asked to unveil the name of the boat and christen it. When she unswathed the bow of the boat, she discovered to her surprise that it was embossed with her own name...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Crew Team Christens Shells in Dockside Ceremony | 6/13/1973 | See Source »

However, there was no minister at the service and no baby to christen. The Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship (HRCF) reserved the pool to baptize one of its members, George A. Baker...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Christian Fellowship Members Use Adams Pool for Baptism | 2/12/1973 | See Source »

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