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After their first day, most of the councilors said they were pleased with the progress and intent of the program. Lawrence Human, a councilman from Southbridge, said, "It has been very beneficial. We've gotten a lot of new ideas...
...about 100 joggers of all ages, sizes and lung capacities have huffed away their Sunday mornings together along the streets of Los Altos Hills, Calif. The bucolic town, 40 miles southeast of San Francisco, offered a peaceful setting for the so-called fun runs-until David Proft, a town councilman and high school teacher, got irritated by the hordes that streamed past his home on narrow Moody Road. Charging that group jogging constituted a public danger to motorists and to the runners themselves, he persuaded the town council to draw up an ordinance that would force two or more joggers...
...Mayor Richard Caliguiri, a Democrat who ran as an independent with support from the ethnic wards, beat Democratic candidate Thomas Foerster, a more conventional liberal. It was the third successive mayoralty defeat for the once mighty Pittsburgh machine. In Cleveland, scrappy Dennis Kucinich, 31, a former three-term city councilman, edged out Edward Feighan, 30, the candidate of the regular Democratic organization, and promised a thorough housecleaning at city hall. In Buffalo, State Senator James Griffin, who had lost the Democratic primary for mayor, bolted the party and joined the Conservatives. He won the election with 42% of the vote...
...challenge from E.L. Marina, a Cuban exile who runs a private school. In Houston, former District Attorney Frank Briscoe, a cousin of Governor Dolph Briscoe, led a field of twelve candidates in a muted, gloves-on primary. The gloves are expected to come off when Briscoe faces former City Councilman Jim McConn, a Houston developer, in a runoff next week. In Washington State, two former newsmen are about to take some of their own medicine. TV Analyst Charles Royer was elected mayor of Seattle, and TV Anchorman Ron Blair became mayor of Spokane...
Young easily defeated his more conservative opponent, City Councilman Ernest Browne, a black who likes to quote the Bible and emphasizes racial amity. While Browne got almost 90% of the white vote, Young picked up the same percentage of the black vote; in Detroit blacks make up about 55% of the population. In his victory speech to a mostly black audience, Young pledged to be the mayor of "all the people." By way of conciliating skeptical whites, he added: "The campaign brought the races a little closer. Our job is now to reduce that polarization even more...