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With the score tied, 3-3, Josh Henson faced Dennis Daley in a rematch of Henson's victory earlier this season at the Greater Boston Tournament. In last night's bout. Henson started quickly and had Daley in a precarious position which could have easily led to a fall...
...representing the South Side slum wards. The first black committee chairman (Government Operations), he actively opposed the poll tax and fought vigorously for integration of the armed forces. In recent years, younger and more militant blacks had labeled Dawson an Uncle Tom for his close alliance with Mayor Richard Daley...
...view was that the American judicial process was on trial. Washington columnists thought they were testing the 1968 anti-riot law. Abbie Hoffman said Amerika was on trial. The defense attorneys said the Movement was. Others claimed it was youth versus age or sex versus sterility. Or even Mayor Daley's version of the convention riots versus the media's. Or whatever you like really. Political beliefs were on trial, and attitudes, but also eight men, the judge, and most of the spectators who were curious when they came and troubled when they left...
...pull in a President," he said. "In 1960 the Republicans had 14 Governors. I carried 26 states -I carried the two biggest with Democratic Governors, lost the two biggest with Republican Governors.* The Governors cannot produce votes for a President-only a machine can. The only machine left is Daley's-and we'll see if we can't offset that with the Ogilvie machine. Sometimes Governors can be a drag in a presidential election. When it's your Governor, they need roads and all kinds of things and then you have to get involved...
...also shown a decisiveness and political pragmatism that his father lacked, though he is willing to suffer for principle: he might have had a Senate nomination two years ago but refused to pledge support for Lyndon Johnson's Viet Nam policies. This time, Chicago's Mayor Daley and his invaluable political machine came to Stevenson...