Word: philadelphia
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...platform oratory is almost breathtakingly dull. "With fiscal stability, good management and an improved bond rating," promises W. Wilson Goode, 45, on the verge of becoming the city's first black mayor, "Philadelphia will be able to raise the level of public capital investment." Philadelphians may be yawning, but they are not turned off. Republican Candidate John Egan Jr., 40, ex-chairman of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, trails Goode's 42% in one poll by 19 points, while the independent contender, former City Controller Thomas Leonard, 37, has a mere...
Goode shrugs off such mild taunts and ignores uglier ones. Goode says that in Philadelphia, unlike Chicago (where bitter racial overtones preceded Harold Washington's victory), the fact that he is black is unimportant in the campaign. "I think I've transcended race by focusing on the issues," he asserts...
After the May primary, Rizzo came around and endorsed Goode. Last week Egan suggested that Goode had "cut a deal" with Rizzo, allegedly promising a high-level post at Philadelphia's gas company in exchange for Rizzo's endorsement. Egan later lamely admitted his sole source was a rumor he had heard "on the street...
...Pennsylvania golden girl with the pale blue eyes seemed unstoppable. One of her Ithaca College journalism professors told her, "There's no place for broads in broadcasting." So she worked her way up from radio disc jockey and newsreader to TV reporter and local anchor in Houston and Philadelphia; she put in 16-hour days to eliminate any chance that newsroom chauvinists could tag her as an electronic bunny...