Word: councill
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...front runner for the Democratic senatorial nomination next year. Possible drawback: a serious case of stomach ulcers. ¶ In Detroit (pop. 1,905,000), once racked by racial hate, Democratic Lawyer William T. Patrick Jr., 37, became the first Negro member of Detroit's non-partisan city council. A World War II pilot making his debut in politics, Patrick promised to serve as "a representative of the total' community." ¶ In Bridgeport, Conn. (pop. 292,000), 79-year-old Socialist Mayor Jasper McLevy was beaten by a slim 161 votes in a try for his 13th consecutive term...
...popular approval for his wild attempt to prevent integration at Little Rock's Central High School, gave no promises. In fact, the word soon went out that his aides were on the telephone, whipping up support for the seven candidates supported by the segregationist Capitol Citizens' Council (included were the president and secretary of the riot-causing Mothers League of Central High School...
...relations with the church. With great good luck, Thielicke avoided either a rifle .bullet or a prison cell. After the Nazi collapse, Thielicke started his career over again, as a professor of theology at Tubingen. In 1951 he was made rector of Tubingen University and later president of the Council of German Rectors. He came to Hamburg in 1954 as the first dean of the newly founded Theological Faculty...
...Union Committee has chosen its officers and Student Council representatives. Eugene Langevin of Stoughton Hall and Ferndale, Mich., has been chosen chairman, J. Thomas Rosche of Massachusetts Hall and Omaha, Neb., vice-chairman and treasurer, and Robert W. Wilkinson, Jr. of Grays Hall and Portland, Ore., secretary. Lewis B. Oliver, Jr., Robert E. Weil, and Hastings Wyman, Jr. are the new Council representatives...
...newly-formed Radcliffe Debate Council and the Harvard Inter-House Debate Council are planning an informal debate to be held between Dunster House and Radcliffe early in December...