Word: succeeded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Pakistan raised diplomatic eyebrows by putting its money on horsy Playboy Aly Khan as its permanent delegate to the United Nations. Aly's appointment struck some as a consolation prize for his failure to succeed his father as the top (Aga) Khan. A citizen of Iran, he promised to take an "active interest...
...Gothic gloom of San Francisco's Grace Cathedral house on Nob Hill, 115 clerical and 385 lay delegates elected him Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of California-slated to succeed Diocesan Bishop Karl Morgan Block when he retires next December. It took six ballots to do it. In Pike's favor were his age (44), moderate Low-Churchmanship and vigorous stand-taking as dean of New York City's Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Against him were his ex-Roman Catholicism, the annulment of his first marriage and the same vigorous stand-taking...
Amplified Needle. In Los Angeles, cops booked Frederick Brannan for stealing phonograph records from the record-pressing firm where he worked as a janitor, found he had written himself a reminder, "Keep Hustling," on the title page of the book How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying...
...Alleghany got the good news, directors voted in Allan P. Kirby, 65, Alleghany president and silent financial backer of Young for the last 20 years to succeed Young as Alleghany chairman. Five-and-Ten-Store Heir Kirby, largest single stockholder in both Alleghany (516,500 common shares) and Central (300,100 shares), will continue as president, also become chairman of the executive committee...
...Alleghany to younger men. Among them: Vice President and Secretary David W. Wallace, 34, Vice President and Director Thomas J. Deegan, 47, Young's right-hand man, and Kirby's son, Fred M., 38. Still to be decided on: a chairman for the New York Central to succeed Bob Young, who left his wife his entire personal estate, valued last week at more than $6,000,000, plus substantial real-estate holdings...