DETROIT
50 YEARS AGO...
All Fronts Active
In War Effort
This column will be a week-
ly feature during The Jewish
News' anniversary year, look-
ing at The Jewish News of to-
day's date 50 years ago.
SY MANELLO
Special to the Jewish News
The front page of this date
was filled with news headlines
regarding mobilization of
groups both at home and
abroad. The Jewish News re-
ported research work in syn-
thetics to help with shortages
in America, a refugee problem
in Cuba, and the creation of a
Jewish infantry unit in Pales-
tine.
An inside story noted that
the Soviet press, which was
continuously making note of
the role of Jews in helping
Russia in the resistance, had
published a new list of Jewish
heroes. The Soviet govern-
ment even awarded an al-
lowance and a lifelong
monthly pension to the fami-
ly of a late Jewish aviation en-
gineer.
The need for medical re-
search funds was marked in a
story about a bequest to three
universities for cancer re-
search. The monies came from
the estate of the late Mrs. Lud-
wig Stross of New York.
For those who are thinking
about making ends meet these
days, perhaps we should take
heart from an item about the
success of a Jewish broad-
caster, C. Israel Lutsky. He
was responsible for dispens-
ing bits of philosophy on the
Forward's radio station
WEVD, and his earnings of
$30,000 a year put him among
the "big time" earners of
American radio.
The refugee problem con-
tinued in the news. In Rome,
Pope Pius XII issued a Papal
Nuncio which protested the
treatment accorded Jewish
refugees. The appeal was di-
rected primarily to arrests of
Jews in Paris and a breaking
up of French families by the
Nazis.
Locally, one of our men in
blue made a switch in uni-
form. Detective Sergeant Al-
bert Shapiro, a noted marks-
man, took a leave of absence
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1992
from the Detroit Police Force,
having been commissioned a
captain in the Marines. Also,
Dr. Carl Gussin of Parkside
Ave. left for active duty and
Corp. Charles Garvett re-
turned from Camp Pendelton
for a brief visit with his par-
ents on Longfellow Ave.
One local temple was in for
a drawl with their sermons
for a few weeks. Rabbi Albert
Gordon of Temple Israel in
Paducah, Ky., was scheduled
to be the guest rabbi at Tem-
ple Israel while Rabbi Fram
vacationed in the Berkshires.
The drawl, however, would be
touched with a Midwest
twang since Rabbi Gordon
was a former Detroiter who
attended United Hebrew
Schools.
Lou Handler of Camp
Tamakwa reported how
campers aided the war effort.
The Ontario Forestry De-
partment enlisted the aid of
several camps to supply coun-
selors and campers to perform
the duties of forest rangers.
Campers were able to com-
bine campouts with their new
duties.
On the social calendar, sev-
eral weddings were noted this
date. Hattie Goldsmith mar-
ried Aaron Blumenau; Pearl
Rosenberg and Arthur For-
man were wed, and Evelyn
Gross tied the knot with Man
Dale.
The new kids "on the
block" were Joan Marilyn
Radner, Robert Lawrence Ap-
plebaum, Mary Anne Con-
heim .and Caleb Mayer
Simon.
Apparently the hot weath-
er was not keeping buyers
from thinking furs. The fur
sales were on in full force this
August. Himelhoch's was of-
fering a black Persian lamb
coat for only $295; Milgrim's
was offering a full 20 percent
off regular prices.
For those who might have
felt deprived of their refresh-
ment source, Schmidt's beer
ran an ad explaining why
there might be a shortage of
their beer in bottles. It seems
that the metal used in the
caps was needed by the gov-
ernment. It was low calorie
and natutal, with no sugar or
glucose added. 0
The Wounds Begin To Heal
After The Republican Primary
KIMBERLY LIFTON,
JENNIFER FINER and
AMY J. MEHLER
A
t a Republican unity
breakfast at Roma's
of Bloomfield on
Wednesday morning, David
Honigman leaned over and
kissed Alice Gilbert on the
cheek in front of a television
camera.
It was an unusual display
of affection between the two
rivals, who used slick televi-
sion ads, lots of campaign
dollars and public mudsling-
ing in their attempts to
secure the Republican nom-
ination in the 11th Congres-
sional District.
Instead, Bloomfield Hills
insurance executive Joe
Knollenberg easily swept
the district, leading the pack
by a 2 to 1 margin. Mr.
Knollenberg now moves into
the general election against
Democrat Walter Briggs, a
CPA from Birmingham, who
beat Michael Meyer in the
primary.
At the breakfast, most
candidates were still wide-
eyed after a late night of
Alice Gilbert:
Burying the hatchet.
campaign parties. Mr.
Honigman and Ms. Gilbert
declared their support for
Mr. Knollenberg as the
choice of the GOP. In a few
days, Mr. Knollenberg said,
he would get back on the
campaign track.
Mr. Knollenberg is going
to take a few days of rest and
relaxation. Mr. Honigman
will resume his state senate
duties. And Ms. Gilbert, who
stepped down from the cir-
cuit court bench to run for
Congress, has yet to decide
her next move.
At a Tuesday night victory
party at the Radisson in
a,
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David Honigman remained upbeat with his supporters.
Farmington Hills, a smiling
Mr. Knollenberg said he was
"numb."
"I felt confident from the
start," he said. "In the last
couple of weeks, it seemed
people were unhappy. People
were looking for a concerned
community leader, not a
public trough."
On the other side of town,
Alice Gilbert, escorted by
her children and husband,
Dr. Herbert Bloom, drove
from a Southfield gathering
of Gilbert supporters to the
Radisson in Farmington
Hills to congratulate Mr.
Knollenberg in person.
It was about 1 a.m. when
she arrived, several hours
after Mr. Honigman had al-
ready conceded. Then she
went home to sleep.
Overall, Ms. Gilbert placed
second, securing just a few
more votes than Mr.
Honigman. Yet in the heav-
ily watched West Bloomfield
district, Ms. Gilbert emerged
victorious, beating Mr.
Honigman by about 1 per-
cent. In West Bloomfield,
Mr. Knollenberg came in
third.
"We see it as a defeat of po-
litical finger-pointing and
nasty campaigning," Mr.
Briggs said. "I think it is
important we start on an
even keel and we are both
working hard to tell the peo-
ple what we believe in."
By 10 p.m. Tuesday night,
the couple hundred sup-
porters at David
Honigman's election party
in Livonia had a feeling it
was over.
Mr. Honigman, 36, walked
in smiling and joking, but it
seemed forced. Then he
walked to the podium and
called up his "dream team of
campaigning."
Joining him on the podium
were his wife Joanne and his
many friends and relatives
who worked tirelessly on his
behalf.
"Never has one person
owed so much to so many,"
Mr. Honigman said. "This
was a campaign full of
tremendous emotional peaks
and valleys. We fought for
what we believed in and
stuck to the ideas we thought
would move the nation for-
ward."
At the same time, Ms.
Gilbert, dressed in her red,
white and blue- suit that
became a campaign staple,
was resting in a private
suite at the Southfield Holi-
day Inn, not yet ready to call
it quits. In the lobby
downstairs, her supporters
were upset. But they had no
regrets.
Also dressed in red, white
and blue, Republican ac-
tivist Harriett Rotter was
trying to analyze the elec-
tion. She quickly dismissed
idle chatter of anti-Semitism
and negative campaigning
as reasons for the defeat of
the two Jewish candidates.
"This victory proves that
the pro-life people are better
organized than the pro-
choicers," Ms. Rotter said.
"If Joe wins, it means my
people didn't come out to
vote," Ms. Gilbert said
before conceding. She
entered the race as the pro-
choice candidate, and she
focused primarily on the
choice issue throughout the
campaign.
Mr. Knollenberg was en-
dorsed by the right-to-life
movements, and Mr.