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Despite the mayor's apology, the eleven-member panel adjourned after five weeks of testimony from 88 witnesses without clearly defining who was to blame for what Goode called "one of the most devastating days in the history of our city." Goode continued to insist that he was misled by subordinates who provided him with imprecise information. Contradictory statements by the mayor, Police Commissioner Gregore Sambor, Fire Commissioner William Richmond and City Managing Director Leo Brooks, who has since resigned, were not resolved. At issue was whether the mayor knew that police intended to use explosives on Move's fortified...
...sparkling reputation has been badly tarnished by the tragic events on Osage Avenue. About 400,000 Philadelphians watched the hearings daily on public television and many obviously did not like what they saw. A poll by the local CBS affiliate, WCAU, showed that the 64% approval rating the mayor received last spring for his handling of the Move incident fell twelve points just during the hearings. In municipal elections last week, Ronald D. Castille became the first Republican in 16 years to win the race for district attorney, trouncing Goode's candidate, Robert W. Williams...
Mike Greenly had been trying for weeks to interview Ed Koch about New York City's handling of the AIDS epidemic when he finally buttonholed the mayor on the steps of city hall. "There I was," Greenly typed into his portable computer soon afterward, "cheek to jowl with His Honor." Two hours later he had plugged his Tandy Model 100 into a telephone line and dispatched the first installment of his exclusive interview...
...Move, a radical cult. "American authorities recently gave the whole world a demonstration of their democracy," TASS declaimed, "when they publicly slaughtered more than a dozen black-skinned inhabitants of Philadelphia and bombed a whole city block." The Soviet press, however, omits any mention of the fact that the mayor of Philadelphia is black and that the bombing has provoked much soul-searching in addition to searing criticism and lengthy hearings and investigations...
...spokesman, promptly sent a "cease and desist" order. So what will the female Marines sing now? It probably would not do for them to take a cue from the guys. Says Miller: "The male Marines are singing and thinking about something that is far worse." No lyrics supplied. MIAMI Mayor of "North Cuba...