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...just what a good businessman would do. First you get the best possible product, then you let the world know that you have the best possible product." The first dividend was a homecoming parade in 1971, arranged for the entire orchestra. It was enthusiastically promoted by Mayor Richard Daley, with Solti riding high and proud in a lead car-and not all that common in Chicago, folks actually carrying violins in their violin cases...
Mayor of Chicago Richard J. Daley is the stuff political cartoons are made of-and books like Boss, by Chicago Daily News Columnist Mike Royko. When she saw the book for sale, the mayor's wife, "Sis," was so incensed she got one chain of Chicago supermarkets to remove it from its shelves. It was soon put back, however, and it has now been made into a musical that will open in Chicago's suburban Forum Theater next month. Hizzoner is played by Larry Gittelson, who, when he isn't acting, works as a floriculturist with...
...newspapers last week were reveling in the juiciest of exposes. Broken originally by the Sun-Times and then bannered by its competitors as well, the scandal starred Alderman Thomas E. Keane, chairman of the city council's powerful finance committee and friend of Mayor Richard J. Daley. The story had all the ingredients of classic muckraking: secret land trusts, gigantic tax breaks and windfall profits from sales of choice public land. As the inquiries broadened, other city leaders were implicated. The series−five months in the making−was an example of investigative journalism at its most effective...
...years as boss of Chicago's Democratic machine, Mayor Richard Daley has seldom been so troubled. His most illustrious protégé, former Governor and now Federal Judge Otto Kerner, has been convicted of bribery, conspiracy, income tax evasion, mail fraud and perjury (TIME, March 5). Possibly even more damaging to the machine, one of Daley's oldest political associates, Edward Barrett, was recently convicted of bribery, mail fraud and tax evasion. Since 1955 Barrett had been Cook County clerk, an influential office that carries rich patronage powers. The clerk's office does everything from dispensing...
Partly as a result of the corruption indictments, Mayor Daley has been increasingly criticized by rank-and-file Democrats. Several weeks ago, he called in heads of city departments and issued an ultimatum: either be loyal to Daley or be forced out. Some Democratic chieftains, noting that Thompson is increasingly talked about as a candidate for the mayor's job when Daley steps down in 1975, charge that his crackdown on corruption is politically motivated. The attorney convincingly denies the accusation. "I can't go out and hire Republicans to pose as defendants simply because...