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...children in two and knitting ready. Campaign flyers scattered over tables, chairs and the floor advertise candidates for U.S. Congress, Cleveland City Council, District Judge and "McFaul for Sheriff." Forman is circulating petitions to assure that Celebrezze has more than enough names to put him on the ballot. City Councilman Michael L. Climaco, another candidate for Congress, is pumping hands and introducing himself as "the picture on that card you're holding." Although the room has the ambience more of an after-church coffee klatch than a political meeting, those present take their politics seriously. The gap between St. Josephat...
...that family confuse voters in a race which one Cleveland columnist claimed has "overtones of a family rivalry?" A recent poll done for Tony's campaign showed a big gap between his support and his cousin's--respectively, they garnered 25.6 per cent and 7.5 per cent. City Councilman Basil Russo, Tony's major opposition, remarked that "having two Celebrezzes in would be the best thing that could happen...
...district where one-third of the population is slavic, there seems to be an overabundance of Italian surnames in the race. Behind Celebrezze and Russo jogs Michael Climaco, another young city councilman whose big issues are social security rip--offs and reducing U.S. imports. Despite his bias, Nixon is on target when he says, "Climaco has a good deal of polish but he's not big on substance. He gets all kinds of political mileage by wrapping himself in the flag and talking about things everyone has to be concerned about--but getting the facts wrong...
Carter suffers among some blacks for the same reason he does among some whites: accusations that he is vague on issues. "You can't nail him down," complains Clarence Burns, a Baltimore city councilman. "What is he going to do about unemployment?" (Carter has refused to support the Humphrey-Hawkins bill that would require the Government to reduce unemployment to less than 3%, but he vows an all-out attack on unemployment.) Still, as Burns concedes, "there's something about him that appeals to black people...
...city council committee, headed by Councilman Thomas W. Danehy, will hold a public hearing on the incident probably the week of March 22, Cambridge City Councilman Saundra Graham said yesterday...