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The Detroit News is one of the two major newspapers in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. The paper began in 1873, when it rented space in the rival Detroit Free Press 's building. The News absorbed the Detroit Tribune on February 1, 1919, the Detroit Journal on July 21, 1922, and on November 7, 1960, it bought and closed the faltering Detroit ...
JoAnn Watson was born on April 19, 1951 [4] and raised in Detroit, Michigan.She was the daughter of Jefferson Nichols Sr. and Rev. Lestine Kent Nichols. [3]After graduating from Detroit Central High School in 1968, Watson attended the University of Michigan, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and was later recognized as a "Distinguished Alumnus" [4] [3] and, in 1996 ...
During the 1967–68 Detroit newspaper strike, [3] Gordon published Scope Magazine [4] in order to fill the news-hole made by a lack of daily newspapers in Detroit. Lou Gordon was the president of Scope Publishing, as well as a writer, and published the weekly until the Detroit newspaper strike ended. [ 4 ]
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He was hired by the Detroit Times in 1956 to cover the Detroit Tigers. He continued on the Tigers' beat with the Detroit Free Press from 1960 to 1978. His final move was to the Detroit News where he was a columnist and eventually sports editor. During his career, Falls also had weekly columns in both The Sporting News and The Hockey News. It is ...
April 16 - Edna Ferber, Pulitzer Prize winning author (So Big, Show Boat, Cimarron, Giant) and Kalamazoo native, at age 82 in New York City [24] May 1 - Jack Adams, coach (1927-1947) and manager (1927-1962) of the Detroit Red Wings who discovered and signed 16-year-old Gordie Howe, at age 73 from a heart attack at his office in Detroit [25]
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