Word: mardian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...conservative, nonpartisan Charter Government has cleaned up the city's fabled old gambling and vice rings and won at least 50 civic awards for its efficient ways. With that kind of record, Charter Government should have waltzed to re-election this year. Instead, Phoenix's Mayor Samuel Mardian Jr. and his incumbent city councilmen found themselves in a bitter fight over an improbable, implausible issue. The charge: that Charter Government's candidates-as well as Barry Goldwater-were soft on Communism...
That was too much for Mayor Mardian, a Republican, who denounced the charges as "sheer nonsense." Also appalled were Phoenix's powerful, conservative Gazette and Arizona Republic, which at first were reluctant to attack the committee, although they had given Charter Government strong support in the past. Despite the backing of Phoenix newspapers, Charter Government ran scared, spent more time defending itself against the pro-Communist charge than boasting of its solid civic record...
Last week Phoenix and Charter Government breathed easier. Carrying his six councilmen with him, Mayor Mardian defeated Hanner 32,880 to 13,019. But the battle was not necessarily over. Lacking money and experienced candidates, the Stay American Committee had done surprisingly well with its odd charges against responsible conservatives. "We've just begun to fight," said Kay Westermann, a housewife and a founder of the committee. "We ain't beat...
Miller's mission is apparently long overdue. In Phoeni, when he sat down recently for dinner with 20 top Phoenicians, the atmosphere, says Mayor Sam Mardian, "was antagonistic." But when the evening was over, the climate was noticeably warmer. Not that everyone was convinced. Says State Republican Chairman Stephen Shadegg, strategist and speechwriter for Senator Barry Goldwater: "I still think that the church should not apply itself to political situations that have merit on both sides." But Mayor Mardian summed up the consensus: "If Miller is head of the N.C.C...
...Enobarbus' famous Barge narration is not up to par, but his later scenes of repentance and death are powerful acting Rae Allen (Charmian), Will Geer (Agrippa), Claude Woolman (Menas), and Richard Waring (Sooth-sayer) are commendable in smaller parts; but Patrick Hires' cracking falset-to as the eunuch Mardian is a miscalculation...