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Major Benjamin Coxson's troubles worsened when he moved into the White House. Not the one in Washington, D.C., but one in Camden, N.J., that Coxson has been remodeling to look like the original. The idea was to dramatize his candidacy as a political independent in the city's mayoral race next year. It worked so well, he says, that a political enemy asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate him, and he was subsequently hit with an outstanding $80,000 claim. While Coxson was trying to appeal the case, the feds moved in and seized his white...
...result is a novel, colorful campaign on wheels. Coxson's liveried chauffeur sits up front and does the pedaling; the candidate lounges on the back seat, waving to his would-be constituents. Coxson, 42, who once owned a nightclub and an auto-leasing firm, jokes: "I don't like the way that IRS works. If they keep it up, I'm going to stop doing business with them." Moral: In the wheeling-dealing game of politics, there is more than one way to peddle a candidate...
Cash & Good Will. Consul Emmett M. Coxson was so impressed by Kayira's "journey of unbelievable hardship" that he quickly wrote Skagit for aid. While the boy spent hours in the U.S.I.S. library boning up on algebra, Skagit's students raised more than $1,100 to guarantee clothing and round-trip fare. Schoolteacher William Atwood, father of seven, offered a free home at the Atwoods' roomy farmhouse in nearby Bayview. Mrs. Atwood quashed the only unpleasantness in the entire affair. Huffed one neighbor: "What if he wants to take your daughter to a dance?" Replied Mrs. Atwood...
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