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...weeks ago, Keane was indicted by U.S. Attorney James ("Big Jim") Thompson, 38, whose energetic investigations may prove the undoing of the Daley machine. Among Thompson's many achievements: the indictments of 61 Chicago policemen-of whom 38, including two district commanders, have been convicted-for shaking down Chicago businessmen, mostly tavern owners; the indictments and convictions of 18 employees in the office of County Assessor P.J. Cullerton for giving tax breaks to major Democratic Party contributors; lawsuits to open up the Irish-dominated fire department to minority hiring and promotion; and the indictment of the mayor...
...reason is Daley's health. Although he recovered rapidly from the dizziness and leg cramps that sent him to the hospital two weeks ago, his condition is aggravated by high blood pressure, diabetes and age. Last week the mayor and his family quietly celebrated his 72nd birthday in his hospital room...
...cheek for several months may have caused the stroke as well. Although at week's end he was able to leave the hospital, he will soon return for an operation to remove the fatty deposits that are clogging the artery, a relatively simple procedure that ostensibly should leave Daley in better shape than ever...
Thompson Indicts. Daley has compelling reasons to use his illness as a pretext for an honorable exit when his fifth four-year term ends next April...
...being exposed and examined under the twin spotlights of sophisticated investigative reporting and relentless legal prosecution. In addition, charges of police brutality, much of it committed against blacks and documented in detail by the Chicago Tribune last fall, have contributed to the growing disaffection of the usually pro-Daley black voters, who make up about 30% of the electorate. With the help of a forceful civic group, the Better Government Association, the Sun-Times revealed the scandalous land deals involving Alderman Thomas Keane, the mayor's "floor leader" in the rubber-stamp city council and the city...