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Alfred B. Del Bello, 39, is the first Democrat ever elected county executive of affluent Westchester, N.Y. (pop. 900,000). A two-term city councilman in Yonkers, N.Y., he ran as the underdog for mayor in 1969 and won, the first Democrat to do so in 32 years. In two terms, the Fordham-educated lawyer cleaned up corruption, balanced the budget and restored Yonkers, his birthplace, to a semblance of civic health. Since his upset victory last year, which made him the youngest county executive in Westchester's history, he has laid plans for recycling garbage into energy...
...collided with the annual sheriffs posse rodeo parade. The drill team was dressed in old cavalry costumes, like the ones worn by the Indians' original oppressors. The resulting fracas left one policeman injured and 31 Indians under arrest. "These people are just trying to stir up trouble," says Councilman Jimmy Drake. "These parades could be caused by subversives, you know-Communists, for instance...
...offbeat union makes considerable financial sense. The Voice parent company's debt was absorbed by New York's publishing company, which in 1973 earned $401,000 on sales of $9.7 million. The paper's principal owners, Millionaire City Councilman Carter Burden and Voice President Bartle Bull, received $800,000 in cash and 600,000 shares of New York Magazine Co. stock, which amounts to 34% of the outstanding shares. For New York Editor and Publisher Clay Felker, 45, who is also president of the parent company, acquisition of the Voice added a new dimension to his journalistic...
Somewhat shy and constantly smiling ("He can outsmile me five to one," said Denenberg), Flaherty ran on his reputation as Pittsburgh's fiercely honest, cost-saving mayor. A former assistant district attorney and city councilman with a law degree from Notre Dame, Flaherty, 48, was first elected in 1969 on the slogan that he was "nobody's boy." He proved it by eliminating unnecessary jobs from city hall, attacking union featherbedding, and bringing in a cadre of new young department heads. He has also abolished or lowered several city taxes. Last fall he was re-elected on both...
DiCara said that he now plans to concentrate his efforts on his responsibilities as Boston city councilman...