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Incumbent Democratic Mayor Jim McConn, a suecessful builder, is expected to win the runoff, but the new council will change the basic style of Houston's government. It will almost certainly debate municipal issues publicly, rather than holding all discussions behind closed doors, as the old council did. It will be less attentive to downtown business interests, may be less anxious to annex white suburban areas until services in the center city improve, and will surely be more solicitous of poor areas. Vows Ernest McGowen, a black mailman who will represent Houston's northeast section: "People in office...
...William D. Schaefer (D) Phoenix, Ariz. Margaret Hance (R) Cleveland, Ohio George Voinovich (R) Philadelphia, Pa. William Green (D) Columbus, Ohio Thomas Moody (R) Salt Lake City, Utah Ted L. Wilson (D) Gary, Ind. Richard G. Hatcher (D) San Francisco, Calif. Dianne Feinstein (D) ahead Houston, Tex. James McConn run-off Louis Macey Toledo, Ohio Douglass DeGood (D) Indianapolis, Ind. William Hudnut (R) Governor State Minneapolis, Minn Donald Fraser (D) Kentucky John Y. Brown (D) New Haven, Conn. Biagio DiLieto (D) Mississippi William Winter...
...public hearings on the plan held in five cities, many citizens criticized Carter's plan and proposed energy-saving alternatives, including investment credits for the installation of more efficient cooling and heating systems. "The President's 80° proposal is intolerable," declared Houston Mayor Jim McConn. "With Houston's high humidity, it would cause the teak in Jones [symphony] Hall to fall off the walls, the glue binding books in the library to crystallize, clothing in department stores to mildew and blood donors to faint." He claims that his alternative-setting thermostats at 76° F, starting...
Spradley's Houston colleagues rallied to his side and a defense fund was set up. Mayor Jim McConn joined the campaign, hoping to recoup some prestige in the wake of a scandal involving a gambling debt and the indictment of a top fund raiser and aide for extorting kickbacks. In full uniform, Everitt flew to the rescue with Fire Chief V.E. Rogers...
...salt in the wound." Because of budget problems, Atlanta's men in blue have been receiving meager raises. In addition, a suit filed by black officers in 1973 claiming illegal discrimination has caused a hiring freeze, resulting in 220 vacancies on the force. Jackson cabled Houston Mayor James McConn: "Object very strongly...