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...reapportionment plan, the Illinois legislature last week was puzzling over Democratic Governor Otto Kerner's suggestion that the Democrats sacrifice one of their Chicago seats. Even more surprising was the fact that Kerner's plan was approved by Chicago's tough Democratic Mayor Richard Daley, a man never noted for his political generosity...
...second thought. Illinois politicians soon realized that Daley was simply trying to fend off a worse possibility than the loss of a single seat. For unless the deadlocked Illinois legislature agrees on a redistricting plan, all 24 U.S. Representatives will be picked next year in statewide at-large elections. This prospect is not displeasing to many Republicans: they hope that in a nonpresidential election year, their outstate strength might overcome Chicago's Democratic vote. Explains a Daley aide: "With 48 candidates running all over the state, people will get confused and tend to vote according to party. I think...
...appropriation himself, rather than have it known he could not control his committee. Again, during the aid-to-education debate, Chicago's Representative Roman Pucinski threatened to kill the public school measure by tagging onto it a parochial school amendment. O'Brien appealed to Chicago Boss Dick Daley, who immediately telephoned Pucinski: "Who sent you there, me or the bishop?" he growled. "And who's going to keep you there, me or the bishop?" Pucinski has since remembered who sent him there...
With the four Crimson players on the second team were: Bill Daley, B.C., center; Bill Quinn, B.U., wing; Ed Sullivan, B.C., wing, and Mike Denihan, B.U., center...
Most of the action in the final period was in Bland's end of the rink, but on very few occasions did the Crimson defense allow the Eagles a clear shot. Their lone goal came when passes by Leetch and Jim Daley set up Owen Hughes in front of the cage...