James J. Lyons

Speakers: Commissioner Moses State Supt. of Public Works John W. Johnson. Mayor Wagner. Governor Harriman.

Moses is introduced by an unnamed speaker.
Moses tells us that Governors Ribikoff [connecticut] and Harriman opened up the New England Throughway to traffic. He describes how the New England Throughway fits ...

Celebration and ceremony for the opening of St. Mary's Recreation Center in the Bronx. Bobby White sings the National Anthem.

Vincent Impellitteri, James Lyons, Thomas E. Dewey, and Robert Moses open the Bronx River Parkway, the first of three major New York City expressways opening that day throughout New York. Moses stresses the increased difficulties in building such expressways, while Governor Dewey notes the importance of the new expressways for ...

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Groundbreaking for a 12 acre conservation exhibit. Speakers include Henry Fairfield Osborn, Jr. president of the New York Zoological Society.

Bronx Zoological Park.
Acre Conservatory exhibit; ground ...

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Reception for Ralph J. Bunche by Bronx Borough President

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Presentation of awards to those civil service employees who have worked for 50 years; formation of "half-century club." John Splain, commissioner of Public Works, hosts.

Impellitteri: employment is ...