Word: local
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Orleans Mayor Ernest Morial believes that local politics is now "the cutting edge of the civil rights movement." But black mayors must balance the needs of all their constituents, often diluting their force as leaders of only the black communities. According to Atlanta's highly regarded Mayor Maynard Jackson, blacks themselves are increasingly skeptical of black leaders. Says Jackson: "If a black candidate believes he can still excite to the same extent the vote-for-me-because-I'm-black spirit, that candidate is badly mistaken. Black people want to know what the black candidate is going...
...mail box. The officers found Dederich at home. Said Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney John Watson: "He was in a stupor, staring straight ahead, with an empty bottle of Chivas Regal in front of him." Because his physical condition did not permit him to be formally arraigned in the local sheriffs office, Dederich was moved to the jail ward of Arizona's Mohave General Hospital...
Garth, who speaks little Spanish, relied on two top staffers who spoke the local language, and used two American law students to take his poll surveys for him. Herrera and Piñerua each spent an estimated $8 million for TV time. President Pérez, who naturally had an interest in seeing Piñerua elected, meanwhile managed to get around a law barring presidential involvement in an election by hitting the hustings on what were billed as "administrative tours." His government spent $15 million touting its achievements and otherwise burnishing its image. To critics of that blatant electioneering...
Under the Disciples' tradition of local autonomy, says Teegarden, "it is not possible nor has it been desirable to conduct investigations of the activities or ministries of local congregations. We have stood firmly for a variety of styles and approaches to Christian mission." He adds that because of the "tenuous relations" between headquarters and local churches, he had only a "bare knowledge" of Jones' operation. That is remarkable, given the fact that Jones' Peoples Temple branches were two of the five largest congregations in the church and for a decade he had stirred more press controversy than...
Only 9% of all meetings draw more than 1,000 registrants, and most conventions are small enough to fit in the Gold Room of your local Holiday...