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...York recognizes adultery as the sole ground for divorce. The law thus encourages divorce-bound people to commit little white lies by establishing "residence" in states where the divorce laws are less rigid. Said Bronx Rabbi Maurice J. Bloom in a sermon last week: "It is not fair to the citizenry when only the rich can take dubious advantage of fictitious residence in another state for a brief time, and the less opulent are given an example of avoiding our laws by those who can afford it. If New York State had a proper marriage and divorce code, neither Governor...
...year budget of $500,000. It will work with other denominations in stamping out segregation in churches, assist individual ministers in combatting prejudice among parishioners. The assembly's stand on race, exulted the Rev. Edler Hawkins, a Negro and pastor of St. Augustine's Church in The Bronx, is "tremendously significant. It gives the church the ability to move together for the first time...
What was it all about? Well, it was about a Waldorf banquet for U.S. Representative Charles A. Buckley, 72, Democratic boss of The Bronx. Buckley, best known in the House for his chronic absenteeism, is an old friend of Joe Kennedy's, was an active backer of Jack's presidential candidacy as early as 1957, looks fondly on all Kennedys-and with reason. It was therefore only natural that the President of the U.S. should dictate a telegram to be sent to Buckley in New York on the night of the dinner. It said: "We want to join...
...Attorney Robert Morgenthau, a hapless candidate who endangered the chances of several Democratic candidates for Congress. Bobby denies that he did any such thing, places the blame for Morgenthau's selection on New York City's Mayor Robert Wagner. But the critics insist that Bobby telephoned Bronx Democratic Boss Charles Buckley, enlisted his support for Morgenthau and thereby turned the unhappy trick. And Morgenthau's defeat, of course, did nothing to endear Bobby to his critics...
...Street last week sent the Dow-Jones industrial average surging to 711.68 at week's end, its highest close since last spring. Consumers are crowding into department stores and auto showrooms, in April sent retail sales to new highs. And the 3,700 stockholders who trooped into a Bronx armory for the annual meeting of A. T. & T. seemed to share the optimism of Chairman Frederick R. Kappel, who made happy talk about a general improvement in business confidence. Businessmen were heartened by President Kennedy's mild reaction to the steel price hikes, and even more buoyed...