Headlines in History 1956: 1957 Packards will be built in South Bend in mid-December
What was making news in our area during this week in years past? The History Museum offers these newspaper excerpts to give you an idea.
Nov. 13, 1906: “All praise be to Councilman Whiteman for interesting the city council in an anti-spitting ordinance and further praise be to the council for passing such an ordinance, extremely strict though it is. But we fear it will end there.” — The South Bend Tribune
Nov. 14, 1916: “Sale of 573.7 shares of the First National bank, the controlling interest and the holdings of the late Mrs. Janette B. Reynolds, at a price of $29.10 a share, a total of $171,019.97, was effected today. The stock was purchased by Samuel Parker, who is supposed to be acting in behalf of J. M. Studebaker, sr.” — The South Bend Tribune
Nov. 15, 1927: “Count Felix von Luckner, German sea raider, known in Imperial circles by the title of ‘the Sea Devil’ for his exploits on the high seas during the world war, arrived in South Bend at 1:25 o’clock this afternoon from the east. He was accompanied by the countess.” — The South Bend Tribune
Nov. 16, 1937: “Bids from more than 30 contractors are expected to be received Thursday night at 7:30 o’clock by the Niles, Mich., city authorities for a sewage disposal plant. “ — The South Bend Tribune
Nov. 17, 1947: “Sixty-five volunteer workers with cars and trucks visited every Jewish home in South Bend and Mishawaka Sunday and piled hundreds of pounds of clothing and food into the receiving depot in the Hebrew institute as this community’s current contribution to the needy Jewish war survivors in Europe.” — The South Bend Tribune
Nov. 18, 1956: “The work of preparing production facilities for the 1957 line of Packard motor cars will roll into its final phases this week in the Studebaker-Packard Corp. plant here. The cars, the first Packards built outside Detroit in 53 years, will begin rolling down South Bend assembly lines in mid-December.” — The South Bend Tribune
Nov. 19, 1966: “Workers at the Edwards Iron Works, 2901 S. Main St., this morning spotted a small fire on the wooden roof of the building. The fire, which caused about $100 damage, was confined to the roof and ductwork over the paint booth in the iron works, according to Capt. Thomas L. Latimer.” — The South Bend Tribune
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