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...mayor. Among the 52 candidates who have filed for the race -- apparently the largest number in the city's history -- are a bus driver, a banker, two millionaires, a disabled veteran, a railroad worker, a retired policeman, a plumber and an actor-tax preparer. The leading contenders include city councilman Mike Woo, state assemblyman Richard Katz and lawyer Richard Riordan. The biggest problem: fitting all the names on the ballot, which comes in seven languages...
...Angeles the city council is expected to pass a resolution next month that will lead to a 43% female force by the year 2000, up from 13.4% now. "We have so much to gain by achieving gender balance, we'd be nuts not to do it," says councilman Zev Yaroslavsky. Ideally, the solution in all cities and towns is a healthy mix of male and female officers that reflects the constituency they serve and the changing demands...
...Angeles tentatively decided to get into the rail-car manufacturing business itself, with an option to construct a $49 million factory. All contract winners will be required to keep 70% of the labor inside the U.S. and fully 60% within the borders of Los Angeles County. Crowed city councilman Joel Wachs: "This will reverberate around the country...
...Good Sports. Their strained repartee made Nick & Nora look like a match made in heaven. Producer Norman Lear was born again in CBS's Sunday Dinner, a family comedy with a religious twist. Jimmy Swaggart's sermons got more laughs. James Garner, starring as a con artist turned city councilman in NBC's Man of the People, proved likability goes only so far in TV. You also need a script...
...Good Sports. Their strained repartee made Nick & Nora look like a match made in heaven. Producer Norman Lear was born again in CBS's Sunday Dinner, a family comedy with a religious twist. Jimmy Swaggart's sermons got more laughs. James Garner, starring as a con artist turned city councilman in NBC's Man of the People, proved likability goes only so far in TV. You also need a script...