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With that dizzying record of stop-go inconsistency, Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne made it even less likely that the citizens of Chicago will miss her erratic leadership. Defeated in the Democratic primary on Feb. 22 by Congressman Harold Washington, the only black ever to win a major party's mayoral nomination in Chicago, Byrne had offered herself as a write-in candidate in the April 12 general election, obviously hoping to attract the votes of white Democrats. Astonishingly, she apparently did not see that her candidacy was likely to draw white votes away from Republican Candidate Bernard Epton...
...mayor was often limited to observations about how little respect Epton got, even from members of his own party, who not long ago convened in Chicago without inviting him to join party officials on the dais (he sat in the back of the hall). But that was before Harold Washington's upset win in the Democratic primary...
...issue, unmistakably, is whether white Democrats will vote in large enough numbers for a black candidate who is carrying their standard. Congressman Harold Washington, 60, won that designation on Feb. 22, when he unexpectedly triumphed in the Democratic primary. He took only 36.3% of the vote, nearly all from blacks who had registered in record numbers. But that was enough, barely, to top two white candidates: Incumbent Mayor Jane Byrne, 48, and State's Attorney Richard M. Daley, 40, son of the mayor who ran the city machine with an iron fist until his death...
...very special." Maybe a little too special. The two-bedroom units in the pencil-thin tower start at $582,500 and go as high as $1.2 million. They come complete with spectacular views, small kitchens (who cooks?), marble baths with Jacuzzi whirlpools and a roof garden for parties. Owner Harold Lynn, 45, a onetime Seventh Avenue clothing importer, admits that the Rolls come-on amounts to a $110,000 discount to perk up sales (twelve of his 21 units are unsold...
...MAYOR Jane Byrne last week announced her intention to run for re-election as a write-in candidate, following her February 22 defeat in the Democratic primary. Chicago's crumbling Democratic party fragmented further. Her intentions drew sharp criticism from local and national Democratic leaders who are supporting Rep. Harold Washington (D-III.) in his effort to become Chicago's first Black mayor. But at the same time, two prominent Chicago Democrats voiced their decision to endorse the Republican candidate, Bernard E. Epton, in the mayoral election April...