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...life." To indulge his weakness, the artist has created a special treat: a series of stained-glass windows for the Art Institute of Chicago. The 8-ft.-high by 30-ft.-wide windows, unveiled this week, are in commemoration of Chagall's friend the late Mayor Richard Daley. As Chagall explains: "Each window has a different theme-dance, architecture, theater, music, poetry and America." The master, who will be 90 on July 7, doesn't mind if his symbols aren't perfectly clear to viewers. After all, says Chagall with a Gallic shrug...
Engaged. Acting Mayor of Chicago Michael Bilandic, 54, close friend of the late Richard Daley and heir apparent to his throne; and Socialite Heather Morgan, 34, executive director of Chicago's Council on Fine Arts. Bilandic, who topped five other contenders in the Democratic primary, is expected to win the June general election tp fill the remaining two years of Daley's term...
...opening day, all of the late Mayor Daley's four sons had been invited to throw out a first ball. "Not only do we have four first balls," Veeck said, in a broad grin, "we have 20,000 more. Everybody wants to throw out a first ball, so I've bought all these harmless Styrofoam baseballs. You can throw one out yourself, if you'd like." After a slow, Styrofoam hailstorm, the Sox jumped ahead of the Boston Red Sox. Ralph Garr in left and Zisk in right misplayed fly balls, but Ken Brett pitched strongly...
...four decades until his 1973 federal conviction for bribery, mail fraud and tax evasion; in Chicago. Barrett, who served as Illinois State Treasurer and Secretary of State in the '30s and '40s, became Cook County clerk in 1955, succeeding his longtime crony, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley...
Champion not only had a good resume, but he had friends who remembered him. Among them was Daley, who is now in Washington working on a citizens' review of the workings of Congress. Daly is very friendly with a lot of Washington biggies, including House Speaker Tip O'Neill, so apparently when he suggested that the Carter team consider Champion as Under-secretary of HEW, his suggestion was not considered lightly--particularly when other political heavyweights echoed the idea...