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...progressive candidate for state assembly. She lost narrowly, but friends and political allies--including DSOC members--convinced her to run for city council in 1971. She won, and is now on an active part of a small progressive caucus on the council fighting the policies of Mayor Ed Koch, "probably the consummate best example of the drift to the right...
Nevertheless she espects Koch to be mayor for many years. She also expects Kennedy to be the Democratic nominee, but she hopes to "lean on him from the left...
...invited were told that their attendance would be considered an endorsement of the President for renomination. Almost 500 party powers showed up, including 109 Congressmen, a dozen Senators and a pride of Governors (Ella Grasso of Connecticut, Julian Carroll of Kentucky, Bruce King of New Mexico) and mayors (Edward Koch of New York City, Thomas Bradley of Los Angeles, Coleman Young of Detroit, Maynard Jackson of Atlanta). The Governors and mayors know quite well that Carter has at least another 15 months in which to approve or deny federal grants to their states and cities. Last week, for instance, Carter...
Johns, as customers of prostitutes are known, are finding the times a bit tough these days. Last week in New York City, a burg known for its peccadilloes, the municipally owned radio station, under orders from Mayor Edward Koch, started broadcasting the names of men convicted of patronizing prostitutes. In Minneapolis, a city noted for its civic probity, some leading citizens were unmasked as sometime Johns. The Minneapolis Star published an expose identifying 13 men who have frequented certain sauna baths and other places of prostitution. Six of them are key public figures who have played a role in shaping...
...York City Tuesday morning, John Paul got a brief glimpse of sunshine, and his white robe glistened with golden light as he stepped off his plane at 9 a.m. Again a brief airport ceremony with dignitaries was enlivened by the Pope's ability to unstuff a shirt. Mayor Edward Koch introducing himself: "Your Holiness, I am the mayor." The Pope: "I shall try to be a good citizen." Then off for two days of shrieking crowds and perhaps the toughest hours of his trip, a series of wildly contrasting events that showed all the nuances and talents of his complex...