Word: cook
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Died. Williamson Stuckey, 67, who parlayed a $35 loan from his grandmother in 1931 into a nationwide chain of candy shops and restaurants; of an internal hemorrhage; in Eastman, Ga.Stuckey began his business by buying pecans from local Georgia farmers and, with his wife as cook, providing roadside sweets for motorists. The Stuckey chain, which was sold to Pet Inc. in 1964, now numbers more than 300 stores...
...Democratic Party of Illinois he did; and Cook County; and the City of Chicago. He helped run the General Assembly in Springfield and he ran the slate-making process, which, months before the primary, anoints the candidates who will represent the Democrats on the local, county and state-wide level...
...Daley's other powerful post, as chairman of the Cook County Democratic Central Committee (party boss), was also vacant. The ten days between Hizzoner's death and the filling of those positions truly "shook Chicago," as the city's Sun-Times put it, but the power plays and deals cut would no doubt have made the old man proud...
...real power" instead of taking a "suicide jump" by seeking council votes for acting mayor. The black coalition said he had sold out and pledged not to support him in the special mayoralty election, six months hence. Bilandic was elected acting mayor by the council and the next day Cook County Board Chairman George Dunne was elected chairman of the Central Committee...
Eventually, the machine is expected to settle on a single candidate for mayor. Among the possible contenders is Cook County Board President George Dunne, who was elected last week as Cook County party leader. Dunne dropped a hint that he would not mind becoming mayor as well-which would give him control of the two posts that were the source of Daley's power. Dunne's suggestion came as a shock to many party regulars, who doubt that Daley's brand of one-man rule can be per-petuated-and who are, in fact, anxious...