Word: badillo
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Some New Yorkers protested. The only Puerto Rican in the House of Representatives, Bronx Congressman Herman Badillo, suggested that the board could "find more impressive people than Mr. Albizu, who supported violence and overthrow of governments." Asked LaGuardia's widow, Marie: "Can they do that?" At week's end the board was standing by its eccentric decision...
...many liberals the preferred candidate is Hubert Humphrey. The marvelous irony of that is not lost on Humphrey. Last month he accepted an invitation to speak for New York Congressman Herman Badillo, who was one of his most vicious attackers a few years ago. In 1968, Joe Rauh, who now describes Humphrey as a first-teamer, was part of the crowd outside the Chicago convention hall screaming: "Dump the Hump." Liberals have forgiven Humphrey, mostly because they have...
Despite these prospects, some New Yorkers are not prepared for even initial austerities. The teachers' union was threatening a strike last week over city attempts to increase their duties and class size and eliminate some jobs (see EDUCATION). Congressman Herman Badillo and Congresswoman Bella Abzug urged New Yorkers to refuse to pay the new transit fare, raised last week from 35? to 50?. In parts of the city, protesters jumped subway turnstiles. At least in one case, they provoked a bloody confrontation with police...
...York Congressman Herman Badillo, another observer, contributed the most famous and most pertinent summation of what eventually happened at Attica. "There's always time to die. I don't know what the rush was," he said, after six minutes of uncontrolled shotgun and rifle fire had killed ten hostages, 29 inmates, and left more than 80 wounded...
Rockefeller and the order of things have buried 39 people and two issues--prison reform and basic human decency--in the cemetery reserved for all the dirty little stories of American history, most of which share the same themes: racism and violence. New York Congressman Herman Badillo provided the epitaph for Attica's tombstone: "There's always a time to die. I don't know what the rush...