Word: philadelphia
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...final rallies in Philadelphia's Democratic mayoral primary, Frank Rizzo ventured into a black neighborhood. Surrounded by bodyguards, the former mayor spoke bluntly. "You know, they're saying I'm going to get skunked in the black community. I don't believe that. I want to win with everybody in this city helping...
...Rizzo!" cried a woman in the crowd. "We don't want you as mayor." It was one of the few even slightly rude moments in a remarkably even-tempered, almost genteel campaign. It was also prophetic. Last week, in his quest to be Philadelphia's first black mayor, W. Wilson Goode reaped 97% of the city's black vote and took the primary by a margin of 7%. With a 65.6% turnout, the primary, like Chicago's bitter mayoral bout last month, evidenced emerging black power at municipal polls...
...sharply drawn as in Chicago. While Harold Washington won just a fraction of the white vote, Goode netted an impressive 23% of it. If Goode, 44, is elected in November, it would put blacks in charge of four of the nation's six largest cities: Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Detroit. But even cushioned by a 5-to-l Democratic superiority, Goode is no shoo-in. The G.O.P. is girding for a tough fight, hoping to take advantage of a fractured Democratic Party and regain city hall after 32 years out of power. "I've spoken to some...
Those chances rest with G.O.P. Primary Winner John Egan Jr., 39, a Democrat until just three days before he declared his candidacy. A high school dropout, he made his way from messenger boy to chairman of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, amassing a personal fortune. Goode strategists hope that Egan and the independent candidate, Thomas Leonard, a former city controller and Democrat, will split the vote of disaffected whites. Goode's campaign will continue to avoid direct appeals to black pride and to highlight his impressive credentials. The son of a sharecropper, he holds a master's degree...
Doctors have long known that ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun produces profound changes in human skin. "Even one day's exposure can cause damage," says Dermatologist Fred Urbach of Temple University in Philadelphia. The most insidious rays are the short wavelength UVB, which prevail during the peak sun hours (between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.). But new research has shown that even longer UVA waves, which are present all day, can promote skin cancer...