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During the year, the President and his wife received gifts worth $100 or more from 68 donors. Included were a crossbow from Admirer Wladyslaw Adamowski of Poland, a handmade Cherokee Indian headdress from Iron Eyes Cody of Los Angeles, a 32-cassette tape recording of the Koran recited by Mahmond El Husary of Cairo's Islamic Academy, and a vermeil chain with 62 gold peanut pendants from Frank Sinatra's daughter Nancy. All of the gifts were turned over to the Government, with five exceptions; a Norman Rockwell book from the Boy Scouts of America, a limited edition...
...attacked Daley's age and frail health (he suffered a stroke last spring), the scandals of his administration, rising crime and deteriorating public schools. But most Chicagoans hold an abiding admiration for Daley and went overwhelmingly for the status quo. Explained former State's Attorney Ben Adamowski, a onetime critic who endorsed Daley this time: "When the ship is in trouble, you don't throw an experienced captain overboard." Daley carried 47 of the city's 50 wards, piling up 432,224 votes in the unofficial count to 217,764 for his chief opponent, Independent Democrat...
Daley got 55.6% of the votes, beating Republican Benjamin Adamowski by 137,531. Against a formidable opponent that would have been a creditable showing, but not against Adamowski. An exDemocrat who had been a notably unsuccessful state's attorney, Adamowski had a sure-loser aura about him. even established his campaign headquarters in the Casualty Building. He carried on a drab campaign, failed to win the support of any of Chicago's newspapers (all of them Republican, more or less), stirred no enthusiasm in many G.O.P. ward leaders. Then why didn't Daley wallop Adamowski good? Apparently...
...detailed 77-page statement to Republican State's Attorney Benjamin Adamowski, Burglar Morrison told of a year spent stealing with the cops of the Summerdale District. Morrison filched antifreeze for his colleagues in the winter, outboard motors in the spring, television sets as the World Series rolled around. Generally, Morrison kept what cash he could find, and the stolen merchandise went to the cops, who arranged to have it hauled away. "They wouldn't let me get by over a week," he complained in his statement, "without asking me to give them a night of my services...
Last week Paschen announced that his worst fears had been confirmed. According to Banker Burke's report, a resounding $444,000 was missing from the county treasury, and, added Republican State's Attorney Benjamin Adamowski, the total might hit "millions" before the investigation ended. The boodling had followed Illinois tradition; e.g., court stenographers got paid $275 for 30 minutes' work (regular fee: $5 an hour); fat checks were made out to people who never existed, were duly endorsed and cashed -by whom...