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Convivial Walter Mahoney, a Republican Roman Catholic, was elected state senator from Buffalo at 28, three years out of law school, won his way by hard work and political savvy to the majority leadership in 1954. He soon formed a rural, right-wing opposition to Rockefeller's state-financed welfare program, demanded a token tax cut that Rocky fought off with the help and ill-concealed smiles of Democrats. Ten days after Rockefeller withdrew from the Republican presidential race, Mahoney endorsed Vice President Nixon-the only state party official thus far who has not followed Rockefeller's example...
...collect bits and pieces of the wreckage, they were aware of the possibility that the cause of the crash might never be discovered. There were some similarities to the still unsolved crash of another Electra last September, in which a Braniff plane went to pieces in the air over Buffalo, Texas. In both the Tell City and Buffalo crashes, severe air turbulence had been reported by the airmen aloft in the vicinity. And although Electras have generally performed well, instances of metal fatigue have been reported; Lockheed Aircraft Corp. some time ago recommended mandatory inspection for cracks...
...Shape of the Thing. In Buffalo, John Baldyga escaped with a 60-day suspended sentence after he admitted in court that he had thrown a bowling ball through the window of a restaurant because the place served him a square pizza...
Local in Flavor. The Buffalo News is a big (circ. 285,206), powerful and prosperous example of the U.S. provincial daily, whose voice rings commandingly at home but is rarely heard outside. The News's province embraces eight upstate New York counties, of which Buffalo (pop. 607,000), Erie County seat, is the industrial core. To the 1,642,500 inhabitants of its territory, the News speaks loudly of things they want to hear...
...paper is intensely local in flavor; it devotes nearly as much space to domestic news as it does to national news. One of its most popular features is a three-to four-column chronicle of Buffalo items, headed "Daily News Summary" and set in eye-straining agate type. Here the News reports birth, traffic mishap, burglary, blaze, marriage license, missing person, court judgment, bankruptcy and stolen car. Deaths, society notices, club meetings and high school athletic contests get more generous shares of space...