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Last week, in a series of municipal elections, the G.O.P. proved that its 1964 performance was not a flash in the pan. Where the party ran only two candidates in the 1961 municipal elections, this time it put up no fewer than 46-seven for mayor, 39 for lesser posts...
Jeering & Footsore. The city's idea was to turn the business over to the municipal bus system, which, as it turned out, had far too few vehicles to handle the trade. The ban stranded thousands of commuters who had no other way to get to work. Lagos' streets...
Although "under existing state and federal standards the area qualifies as 'blighted and decadent,'" the planners found "no compelling reason" to demolish the homes and said that "much of the apparent blight is due to superficial neglect and the absence of normal municipal services, such as paved streets and adequate...
Defending Counsel Melvin Belli, who has been offered all kinds of curious jobs since he defended Jack Ruby, ingeniously asked for dismissal on the grounds that the girls had been made to incriminate themselves, since nobody had told them they could refuse to have their pictures taken in the nonattire...
Labor leaders found solace in the fact that municipal elections do not always reflect national sentiment. Richard Crossman, Minister of Housing, noted that the government had had to do a great many "unpopular things in order to repair a long period of damage" under the Tories. Labor's austerity...