Robert F. Wagner

National Wheelchair Basketball Tournament City Hall Reception for the event set to take place at the Armory at Columbus and 62nd avenue.
Speakers include Gus Gottlieb, president of the 52 Association, Harry A. Sweikar, president of the Wheelchair Basketball Association, and Mayor Robert F. Wagner.

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Opening concert for the 15th Annual American Music Festival.

Seymour Siegel introduces the program by discussing WNYC's role in opening a "channel of communication in a democracy" and ...

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34th Anniversary of the signing of the Armistice.
Robert F. Wagner, Borough President of Manhattan speaks.
Dolores Micheline sings the Star Spangled Banner
Mayor Impellitteri speaks.
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Recording of speeches and performances at dedication of Harlem Welfare Center. Includes discussions of public's response to welfare programs.

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Speeches and performances in celebration of the opening of the East Harlem District Health Center. Includes a speech in Spanish.

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On the occasion of the dedication and opening of Battery Park, Robert Moses introduces Robert F. Wagner, Edward F. Cavanaugh Jr. and Mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri to speak.

Each speaker comments on the historical significance of the site to early settlers and, more recently, to immigrants processed ...

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Speeches celebrating Governor Dewey's work in "underprivileged and typifying the American way of life." Specific programs mentioned include: New York State Youth Board, New York State Commission Against Discrimination (which work ...

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Celebration of the linking of the Westside Highway with FDR Drive through this underpass through South Ferry.

Past Borough Presidents in attendance are named: Isaacs, Hugo Rogers, Levy, ...

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Speeches by politicians during a dedication service for Frederick Douglass Circle.

Glester Hines, chairman of the Peoples Civic and Welfare Association, makes opening remarks and introduces Bishop R.C. ...

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Event to honor Robert F. Wagner, Jr., chairman of the City Planning Commission. The event benefits the Children's Welfare Federation.

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This recording celebrates the first transatlantic flights out of the recently dedicated New York Municipal Airport–LaGuardia Field (LaGuardia Airport)

The first program, captured only in part, includes the ceremony for Pan American World Airways' inaugural flight out of La Guardia Airport to Lisbon, Portugal. It is Emceed ...