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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...least of all Mario ("Will you please stop calling me Mr. Procaccino?"), would dispute the Democratic candidate's credentials to lead the revolt of the average man. He is as common as the machine clubhouse, a journeyman politician who worked hard, if without special distinction, and waited his turn. As he insists on informing people on every street corner, he is "not pretty" ? a useful attribute, he feels, in his war with Lindsay and the Beautiful Peo ple. He wears electric-blue suits and watermelon-pink shirts and in speech and gesture accentuates the ethnic...
...almost unknown state senator, John Marchi; as a result, the mayor is running for re-election as an independent. Marchi's victory last June makes the current campaign a three-cornered race, though the contest is primarily between Mario and the mayor. Procaccino started off far ahead, but his lead seems to be diminishing. Marchi is a bit off to one side in the contest, saying some of the same things as Procaccino, with more thought and less vehemence, and with a more traditionally conservative cast. His presence underscores the fact that the main issues in the campaign have almost...
...since its workers returned from their August vacations to the cold realities of President Georges Pompidou's austerity program. Pompidou rightly fears that a round of wage increases would force him to cheapen the recently devalued franc still further. A policy of intransigence, on the other hand, could lead to massive shutdowns. There was some speculation that Pompidou might have hit upon a middle alternative last week when he suggested that Renault workers be made shareholders in the factory (Charles de Gaulle's "participation" plan, by contrast, offered workers a role in policymaking...
...maximum sentence of one month in prison or 45 days at hard labor; 2) special courts-martial, which mainly try enlisted men for crimes that carry a bad-conduct discharge and up to six months in prison; and 3) general courts-martial, which handle serious crimes that can lead to life imprisonment and even the death penalty...
Legislatures are considering bills to raise permissible rates in several states, even though that is likely to lead to higher state or local taxes to pay the interest. If the bills pass, some local governments may have another try at selling bonds. Philadelphia school officials plan to offer a $60 million issue at 7% this month. They found no buyers at 6% in July for two issues of $30 million and $17.5 million. The money is needed for a program of closing and replacing 42 slum schools, all of which were built before 1907, and are not fireproof...