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...would-be purchaser was the City of Toledo, which wanted to enlarge an adjacent playground. Also in the bidding were the nuns of St. Ursula's Convent, who aimed to build a Roman Catholic school on the land. Finally, Rabbi Morton Goldberg's Congregation B'nai Israel wanted the plot for a new synagogue, school and library. After due reflection, Owens-Illinois suggested that the three would-be purchasers settle the problem around a table...
Last week Congregation B'nai Israel bought the whole piece. Rabbi Goldberg's congregation took a little over six acres for itself. The nuns received 11.7 acres, and the city close to an acre-following a division made a month before, after all three parties had set down their minimum space needs. Instead of prorating the cost, B'nai Israel's trustees voted unanimously to pay the whole amount, give the convent and the city their shares free. Said Mother Vincent de Paul of St. Ursula's: "A wonderful Christmas present...
Died. Rabbi Henry Cohen, 89, for 64 years spiritual leader of Galveston's Temple B'nai Israel, whom Woodrow Wilson called "the First Citizen of Texas"; in Houston. British-born Henry Cohen came to Galveston in 1888, soon became famous for scurrying through the streets and stopping to jot down on his long, white cuff ("my notebook") the names of those he must help, regardless of creed ("There is no such thing as Methodist mumps, Baptist domestic troubles, Presbyterian poverty or Catholic broken legs"). His interest in parole work was sparked by Author O. Henry, a onetime convict...
There are also signs that Perón is forcing La Naión, once an independent, anti-Perón daily, to conform to his line. When La Prensa was closed, La Naión's Editorial Writer Alfonso de Laferrère wrote in La Naión: "A great voice has been silenced, but its echo will continue to vibrate . . ." The Peronistas soon went to work-as they had on La Prensa-totting up a trumped-up "customs bill" of 17 million pesos that the paper was supposed to owe the government. If La Nai...
...collaborationist who is now an ardent friend of the West. Last week, with Phibun held prisoner on the warship Sri Ayuthia in the harbor, the navy announced that a new government, headed-with Siamese illogic-by a dissident ex-army officer, was taking over. The army supported Foreign Minister Nai Warakan Baucha as interim Premier...