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...November, the new company was petitioning the Aldermen for extension permits. Heated discussion proceeded the November 23 hearing; the Chronicle ran several editorials urging the denial of their request, questioning the legality of the move and accusing the company of ulterior motives. At the meeting, one Alderman--Francis L. Chapman--requested a legal opinion from the city solicitor. A representative from C.R.R. countered that the city had no right to deny the request, that only the Supreme Court had jurisdiction. None of the debate really mattered. The Board voted to grant permission, Chapman casting the only dissenting vote...
Francis Bakey, Ward 2 alderman, and his opponent Edward Hardy traded charges last week over the Board of Aldermen's approval of the proposal last July...
...ceaseless, sometimes wacky, surprise. Daley believed in saying little, honoring promises, maintaining grudges. Byrne snaps out her feelings and shifts alliances without warning. Byrne has a whim of iron: in just two years she ran through four police chiefs, three planning directors and five press secretaries. Said one bitter alderman, asked to list her strong points: "Vengeance, audacity and total disregard for human relationships...
...educated at St. John's Military Academy in Delafield, Wis., served in the infantry in Korea, and was graduated from Loyola University in 1951. A baseball player who was once invited by Connie Mack to try out for the Philadelphia Athletics, Rostenkowski reluctantly obeyed his father, a Chicago alderman, and entered politics instead...
...Louis has filed a federal suit challenging the census count, the city is probably going to lose two state senators, seven state representatives, a Congressman and more federal aid than it can afford. St. Louis has also lost 24,000 jobs since 1973. Vincent Schoemehl Jr., a former alderman who was inaugurated as mayor last week, defeated Incumbent James Conway with the slogan: "Every working day Jim Conway's been mayor, one more taxpaying business left St. Louis...