Robert Earl Love was an American professional basketball player who spent the prime of his career with the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls. A versatile forward who could shoot with either his left or right hand, Love later worked as the Bulls' director of community affairs and goodwill ambassador. Love was nicknamed "Butterbean", which dates back to his boyhood when he was fond of the legume.

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1942Albert Kahn, American architect, Fisher Building, Packard Automotive Plant, Ford River Rouge Complex (born 1869)^[†]

Albert Kahn was an American architect noted for his collaborations with his brother Julius Kahn in designing industrial plant complexes such as the Ford River Rouge automobile complex. Based in Detroit, he also designed skyscrapers, office buildings, and mansions in the city and suburbs, as well as many buildings at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Kahn has been called the "architect of Detroit" as the designer of nearly 900 buildings in the city.

Headlines from December 8, 1942

Fighting Reported at Mateur; TANK FIGHT RAGES IN TUNISIAN HILLS

TANK BATTLE RAGES IN TUNISIAN HILLS AS AIR STRUGGLE GROWS IN INTENSITY; ALLIED SHIPS AND PLANES TO USE DAKAR; OUR LINE UNBROKEN

GEN. CATROUX CALLS DARLAN PERIL TO US; French Leader, Saying Admiral Could Cut Lines in Africa, Urges U.S. to Oust Him

Frills at Inaugural Barred By Dewey to Save $25,000; DEWEY SIMPLIFIES HIS INAUGURATION

Drafting of Men 38 Halted Here; Industry Told to Widen Training

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