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...prove it. The Socialists' lackluster Franz Jonas, 65, mayor of Vienna and a onetime Linotype operator, was not only unknown outside Vienna but had neither a university degree nor a "Herr Doktor" to his name. This inspired one comic to chortle: "Austria has a choice between a Holzbein [wooden leg] and a Holzkopf [wooden head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Austria: Holzben v. Holzkopf | 6/4/1965 | See Source »

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