Word: pittsburgh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...introduced race as an issue in the charter fight. Rizzo is concentrating his campaign on the working-class sections that have solidly supported him in the past. At Palumbo's Cafe in South Philadelphia, he told a group of a hundred or so supporters: "In Chicago, New York, Pittsburgh, Newark, there is no limit on mayors' terms. That's the American way. I'm a full-time mayor. I don't play tennis. I don't jog. My whole life is dedicated to this city...
DIED. Willard F. Rockwell, 90, honorary chairman of Rockwell International Corp.; of a stroke; in Pittsburgh. An engineer and inventor, Rockwell strung together a chain of companies, specializing in auto parts, from the 1920s through the 1950s. He gradually turned the business over to his son, who merged Rockwell-Standard with North American Aviation in 1967 and six years later assembled his companies into the current conglomerate...
Nelda Wood Pittsburgh...
PENNSYLVANIA. Democrat Pete Flaherty is considered ahead in the Governor's race, partly because he was a penny pincher even before Proposition 13. As mayor of Pittsburgh, he trimmed the city payroll by about 25% and reduced real estate taxes. Even so, neither Flaherty nor his G.O.P. opponent, Richard Thornburgh, is calling for a state tax cut, since Pennsylvania is running a small deficit. Instead, both are proposing constitutional amendments to limit state spending. As U.S. Attorney for Western Pennsylvania, Thornburgh sent some 200 gangsters and corrupt public officials to prison. But one of these, Numbers Racketeer Anthony Grosso...
...begin enjoying "Skate, skate, the puck's in front of the goal, it's on Cashman's stick, SCORE!!!" That's right, the hockey season commences tonight, and since there isn't a World Series game today, you might as well catch the Boston Bruins' opener against the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight at the Boston Garden...