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August 28, 1964 - Image 19

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1964-08-28

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Seymour Markowitz
Candidate
f-- Thirty-six candidates are run-

Preferred Rating

Wayne County Prosecutor Sam-
uel H. Olsen was given the rating
of "Preferred and Well Qualified -

VOTE IN THE PRIMARY—TUESDAY, SEPT. I, 19M

Re-Nominate

ALBERTA

ning for one seat on Detroit's
Common .Council. There. is only
one vacancy to fill!
One of the candidates, well
known in this area, is Seymour
' Markowitz, a lifetime resident of
Detroit. Markowitz,- a graduate of
Central High School, served in the
armed forces- and afterward at
tended Wayne State University,
where he did :.undergraduate work
in psychology and sociology and
worked on his Master's Degree in
tax law.

in the Civic Searchlight.

It has been pointed out that
this is the first time a Democratic
prosecutor has been given such a
rating by the Searchlight.
Deeply moved by the aeclaim
thus given him. Olsen said he con-
siders it "a mandate for a con-
tinued program of strict law en-
forcement for all the people and

K
A111111E11
STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DEMOCRAT

fr LLB., Wayne State Uriiver - sity Law School, 1949
it• Practicing Attorney --- , 15 Years
.

• 1-962 Democratic Nominee for the Office of State Representative
• Married, father of threQchildren
• World War II Veteran — 35 Months
1■ • Rated preferred by the OaklaniT .County Citizens 'League
Endorsed by 18th Congressional District Young Democrats
(Includes Cities:of 'Oak Park, Southfield . and Others)
• Endorsed by Michigan-Association of Court Clerks
• Member of the Executive Committee, Oakland County
Democratic Committee

Markowitz is a pfacticing at-
torney. earning his law degree
from the Detroit College of Law.
Fie has served with the Michigan

CorpOration and Securities Com-
mission, and in that capacity, he
presided over 'many hundreds of
, important conferences involving
homeowners' complaints against
builders and real estate brokers.
He is a member of the State

ALBERT A. KRAMER

Bar of Michigart and the Detroit

Bart Association.

Political Adverti

SAMUEL H. OLSEN

a stamp- of approval on .our efforts
which have successfully combatted
organized crime in the nation's
fifth IareKst city in the country. -
A practicing attorney. for 25
years. Olsen is serving his third
term as Wayne, County Prose-
cutor. - -
When he took office, Olsen was
39. He had been in the Prosecu-
tor's office for eight years and
was the chief trial laWyer for out-
county major felony cases.
He was also a special assistant
United States District Attorney.
The six - fool. 195 - pound Prose-
.cutor graduated from Highland
Park High School in 1936. He at-
tended Highland Park Junior Col-
lege, and Northwestern Univer-
sity. and r,ceived his law degree
from Wa.ne State University in
1942. '
Olsen was a college baseball
star, a municipal -tennis champion
and a trumpeter with the Scandi
navian: Symphony Orchestra,
Born -iii Copenhagen, Denmark
Oct. 5. 1-918, Olgen -came to De-
trolt at. the age of six, and he can
still speak Danish as fluently as

English.

In 1955. Olsen became the first •.
prosecutor to win admission .of a
tape recording as evidence in a
murder trial. He also is the only
prosecutor to gain conviction on
an attempted murder conspiracy
charge. ' • .
Olsen established the Criminal
Frauds Division within the prose-

.

cutor's office in 1957.

N

Lou Gordon in Race
for Recorders Court

Lou Gordon Is a candidate for

the

office of Detroit Recorders
Court, Judge to fill. the vacancy
created by the death' of Judge W.
McKay Skillman. He has been a
practicing trial attorney in the
Detroit area for five years.
Gordon attended Detroit grade
and high schools, - graduating from
Central High in 1951; He attended
Wayne State University, receiving
his bachelor of arts degree in
business 'administration in 1955
and the law degree in 1958.
He is a member of the Americah,
State and. Detroit Bar AssOciations,
of the local and national chapters
of the National Association of
Claimants Compensation Attorneys,
and . Tam Epsilon Rho legal frater-
nity. - -
Gordon is affiliated with the
Masonic Order, Perfection 'Lodge,
as a third degree Mason, is a
trustee- of the Eight Mile-Redferzi
Homeowners Association 'and for-
merly served as a secretary in the
organization. He is married and
has one child. The family resides
at 20288 Redfern.

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, Aug-ust 28, 1964 19

Our Suburbs, Our Schools,i0ur Citizens Need a
Responsible Man of= Action LEVIN is a talented
Public Servant who gets things done!

Here is a aose-up of Sander Levin









MADISON_ HEIGHTS, HAZEL PARK,
* IERNDALE,'OAK PARK,.PLEASANT
RIDGE, ROYAL OAK TOWNSHIP,

Member, Oakland County Board of Supervisors * * * * * *-* * *

• 'Chairman,

Oakland County Democratic Party

Delegate to 1964 Democratic National Conventi
Active in Suburban Education,

Mental" Health and Library Activities

Graduate, Chicago and Columbia
Law School

Harv.ard

Universialoa,



Experienced Attorney at Law



Married, 3 Children, Lifelong Michigan

Resident, Residing in Berkley


4(

45th
SENATORIAL

DISTRICT
) 1. HUNTINGTON WOODS, BERKLEY,
* * * *-* * * * * SOUTHRELD CITY, LATHRUP

Antidefamation League
Michigan Regional Advisory Board

• Member, B'nai Brith

Friends of Sander M. Levin for State Senator

IN ORDER TO VOTE. FOR SANDER

LEVI
VOTE DEMOCitATIC Tues. Sept. 1st,

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